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Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | 1 | 39,493 | 0.059878 | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17052734.php | 2022-04-02 04:51:31+00:00 | WHL
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U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Saskatoon 4 Moose Jaw 1
Brandon 4 Prince Albert 2
Winnipeg 7 Regina 0
Lethbridge 6 Medicine Hat 3
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna 9 Prince George 2
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's results
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. |
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17050018.php | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's games
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m. | 2 | 40,078 | 0.059878 | https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17052734.php | 2022-04-02 04:56:38+00:00 | WHL
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Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Winnipeg 8 Moose Jaw 1
Wednesday's results
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert 2 Brandon 1
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 4
Regina 3 Saskatoon 2
Calgary 3 Medicine Hat 2
Kamloops 8 Prince George 2
Friday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Saskatoon 4 Moose Jaw 1
Brandon 4 Prince Albert 2
Winnipeg 7 Regina 0
Lethbridge 6 Medicine Hat 3
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna 9 Prince George 2
Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's results
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Kamloops at Prince George, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Spokane at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. |
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https://www.money.co.uk/life-insurance/life-insurance-over-70 | Getting over 70 life insurance could be easier when you compare these companies. Choose your policy based on the cover you need and the price that best suits you.
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Yes, you can get life insurance for over 70s. But when you buy life insurance over 70, your choice might be limited. Your cover’s likely to be more expensive than it would be for someone younger. There’s some good advice on how to get life insurance for older people here. You can find out more about life insurance generally here.
Life insurance for over 70s usually comes with a maximum term. It’s normally based on either a set period (such as 50 years) or an age limit you can have your over 70 life insurance policy until (such as 80 years old).
This means that if you’re 70 and you pick a life insurance for over 70s policy with an age limit of 84 years old, your policy would only last 14 years. It wouldn’t matter how long the maximum term was – even if it was 50 years, you’d still only get 14 years of cover.
Different over 70 life insurance providers offer different limits for life insurance over 70, depending on what kind of cover you choose. You’ll find, for example, that the maximum age might be lower if you pick a decreasing term policy, compared to a level term policy when you buy your over 70 life insurance.
You can read about which life insurance cover is right for you here.
The earlier you get your over 70 life insurance, the better. The older you get, the greater your risk of illness, and the more expensive life insurance for over 70s will be.
Once you’re over 70, you’ll need to act quickly because many over 70 life insurance providers have a cut off point of 80 years old. So it’s a good idea to try to get the most affordable premiums while you’re still eligible.
Life insurance for over 70s costs more because the older you get, the more likely you are to have health conditions. There’s also more chance of you developing health conditions during the term of your policy. Plus, your life expectancy becomes shorter as you get older.
That’s why life insurance for over 70s is more expensive. But there are ways to cut the cost of your life insurance, so read our tips.
You can compare life insurance here.
The decision on whether to get over 70 life insurance can be a tricky one. It’s best to think about your circumstances and how important it is for you to have it.
Life insurance for over 70s can be quite expensive, but if you want to make sure your loved ones get a payout when you pass away, you might think it’s worth it. Funeral costs can be high, so it could contribute towards the cost. Alternatively, over 70s life insurance could pay for outstanding debts or be a gift for your family.
When you look into life insurance for over 70s, think carefully about how much cover you need.
The amount of cover you need from your over 70 life insurance will depend on what the money would be used for. For example, if it would be to pay your mortgage off, make sure you have enough cover for that.
There are two main types of life insurance for over 70s to consider:
Term life insurance covers a set period of time. You choose how much cover you want and, if you die within that time period, your family gets a payout. But if you die after the term ends, you won’t. You can decide whether the payout stays level throughout the term, or gradually decreases.
Whole life insurance is the most likely cover for over 70s. The policy lasts until you die, as long as you keep paying your premiums. This can give you peace of mind that your family will be taken care of.
Income payouts are rarely available as part of over 70 life insurance because most providers include upper age limits.
But if you need to have your over 70 life insurance payouts paid as income for a certain period of time, you could search for a family income benefit policy.
You would choose an amount of money that your over 70 life insurance providers will pay out as an income to your loved ones. It will be paid for the length of time remaining on your policy's term, if you die before it ends. This type of policy is not always available from over 70 life insurance providers and you may need to go through an independent financial adviser or broker in order to get cover that comes with an income payout.
If you took out a 30-year policy and died in the 28th year, your over 70 life insurance provider would only pay an income for the remaining 2 years.
With a standard life insurance policy, the lump sum payment when you die could be a larger amount in total than what would be paid through an income payout policy. However, if you need your income to be replaced when you die, a family income benefit policy is more likely to meet your needs.
But remember, it will only pay out until the end of the policy's term.
A family income benefit policy is a risky option if you are looking for the policy that pays out as much money as possible. The over 70 life insurance provider will only pay out for the remaining term of the policy. So if that is one year, the amount your loved ones get will be a year of income.
The price of over 70 life insurance is different for everyone. It’s based on your age, how much cover you want, how long you want cover for, and your medical history.
The easiest way to find cheap over 70 life insurance is to do a comparison to find the best policy that suits your needs. Before you run an over 70 life insurance comparison, be sure you know a few things:
How much cover you need
The type of over 70 life insurance policy you need
The premium you can afford
Some providers of over 70 life insurance will ask you to have a medical examination before they’ll give you cover.
When you buy over 70 life insurance, or any kind of life insurance, it’s important to declare any medical conditions you have. Failing to declare any condition will result in your provider refusing to pay out.
Compare life insurance from a wide range of UK providers
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Read MoreLosing someone is heart breaking, but a life insurance policy lessen any financial burdon the loss places on dependent family members. Here is how to deal with their life insurance claim.
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Our guide explains how life insurance for over 60s works, and what your best options are if you're looking for life cover during your golden years.
The bigger the risk is to the insurer of having to pay out, the more you will have to pay in monthly or annual premiums. Your age is going to be considered as a risk factor that is likely to increase the cost of your premiums.
However, with advancements in healthcare and general standards in living, the typical lifespan for many people is well above the age of 60. This means that finding relatively cheap life insurance for over 60s is possible.
Because of today's higher life expectancy, your age won't be the most important factor when you start applying for life insurance cover.
That doesn't mean it's not important, though. Some insurers may offer you a 'life assurance' policy, which means you will be covered for life and guaranteed a payout when you die, whenever that happens.
On the other hand, many insurers will put a maximum age limit on life insurance. This is an age agreed when you will no longer be covered and would be asked to renew your policy if you wanted further insurance.
This type of cover is often referred to as term life insurance, while any cover that offers you a guaranteed payout regardless of when you die is often known as life assurance.
Life assurance can be quite a bit more expensive than term life insurance, and if you're over 60, you will need to weigh up how much the extra cost is worth to you, considering the circumstances.
For example, if you're 65 years old and you're looking for life insurance, it's important to ask yourself how many years of cover you would realistically need - this is the 'term'. One insurer may offer you whole of life insurance, to cover you even if you die at 100 years old, and another insurer may cover you for up to 20 years from the time of the policy being taken out.
You can also choose between level term and decreasing term. Level terms means whatever sum you have agreed will be paid out regardless of when you pass away. Decreasing term life insurance policies are designed to follow a repayment mortgage, so as more is paid off the amount need to clear the mortgage declines. A decreasing term policy pays out less the later in the term you pass away so the monthly premiums are lower than for level term policies.
You will need to look at the cost, how important that final payout is for you and your loved ones, and what the fine print says under what circumstances you would be able to claim.
For instance, many insurers will not pay out if you die within a year of taking out the policy, so your actual cover may not kick in until a year or two after.
However, there are some factors you can control to get a cheaper deal on life insurance for over 60s.
The risk taken by insurers is the biggest factor in deciding how much they charge you on the monthly premiums.
To get cheap over 60s life insurance you should compare a range of policies across the market, but more importantly, you should lower the risk you pose to the insurers.
You're only going to get older, so your risk can only go higher, but if you're a smoker, drink regularly and have a poor medical history, then your risk will drastically increase.
Women may find that they get a cheaper deal than men because insurers find that they tend to live longer. Keeping healthy will improve your chances of lowering the cost of your premiums, so it's worth doing so before considering life insurance for over 60s.
Read on to find out how to get the best life insurance for over 60s that's right for you and your family.
Before you take out over 60s life insurance, consider how important the payout is. For example, if you're taking out life insurance to guarantee that your mortgage repayments will be completed after you die. Use an over 60 life insurance calculator to calculate how many years it would take you to pay it off while you're alive. This length will then give you a guide to how long your insurance policy should be.
If you need the payout no matter what, then you will probably need to get longer cover, or even whole of life insurance. Remember, the premiums will keep coming as you get older. So it's important to ask yourself if your income will be able to pay those premiums.
With many whole of life insurance policies for over 60s, premiums will either stay the same or increase – they almost never get lower as you get older.
You may need one or more of these:
Whole of life cover - life assurance that will pay out no mater how long you live
Level term life insurance - will pay out a fixed amount if you die at any point during the term of the policy
Decreasing term life insurance - will pay out a decreasing amount if you die at any point during the term of the policy (usually set to clear your outstanding repayment mortgage)
Many people with dependents have a combination of decreasing term to ensure their mortgage would be paid off and level term to replace the lost income from the person who has passed away.
But once the kids have flown the nest that level term cover may either need to be a lot less or not be needed at all. If paying off the mortgage would leave your partner comfortable with their own pension income and no mortgage to pay, you might not need any level term cover. Just having a decreasing term policy would be a big saving.
This is why it's vital that you shop around and compare the best life insurance policies for over 60s before committing to anything. Be sure to weigh up what your circumstances require and look at ways you can improve your health before beginning.
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Yes, you can get life insurance for over 70s. But when you buy life insurance over 70, your choice might be limited. Your cover’s likely to be more expensive than it would be for someone younger. There’s some good advice on how to get life insurance for older people here. You can find out more about life insurance generally here.
Life insurance for over 70s usually comes with a maximum term. It’s normally based on either a set period (such as 50 years) or an age limit you can have your over 70 life insurance policy until (such as 80 years old).
This means that if you’re 70 and you pick a life insurance for over 70s policy with an age limit of 84 years old, your policy would only last 14 years. It wouldn’t matter how long the maximum term was – even if it was 50 years, you’d still only get 14 years of cover.
Different over 70 life insurance providers offer different limits for life insurance over 70, depending on what kind of cover you choose. You’ll find, for example, that the maximum age might be lower if you pick a decreasing term policy, compared to a level term policy when you buy your over 70 life insurance.
You can read about which life insurance cover is right for you here.
The earlier you get your over 70 life insurance, the better. The older you get, the greater your risk of illness, and the more expensive life insurance for over 70s will be.
Once you’re over 70, you’ll need to act quickly because many over 70 life insurance providers have a cut off point of 80 years old. So it’s a good idea to try to get the most affordable premiums while you’re still eligible.
Life insurance for over 70s costs more because the older you get, the more likely you are to have health conditions. There’s also more chance of you developing health conditions during the term of your policy. Plus, your life expectancy becomes shorter as you get older.
That’s why life insurance for over 70s is more expensive. But there are ways to cut the cost of your life insurance, so read our tips.
You can compare life insurance here.
The decision on whether to get over 70 life insurance can be a tricky one. It’s best to think about your circumstances and how important it is for you to have it.
Life insurance for over 70s can be quite expensive, but if you want to make sure your loved ones get a payout when you pass away, you might think it’s worth it. Funeral costs can be high, so it could contribute towards the cost. Alternatively, over 70s life insurance could pay for outstanding debts or be a gift for your family.
When you look into life insurance for over 70s, think carefully about how much cover you need.
The amount of cover you need from your over 70 life insurance will depend on what the money would be used for. For example, if it would be to pay your mortgage off, make sure you have enough cover for that.
There are two main types of life insurance for over 70s to consider:
Term life insurance covers a set period of time. You choose how much cover you want and, if you die within that time period, your family gets a payout. But if you die after the term ends, you won’t. You can decide whether the payout stays level throughout the term, or gradually decreases.
Whole life insurance is the most likely cover for over 70s. The policy lasts until you die, as long as you keep paying your premiums. This can give you peace of mind that your family will be taken care of.
Income payouts are rarely available as part of over 70 life insurance because most providers include upper age limits.
But if you need to have your over 70 life insurance payouts paid as income for a certain period of time, you could search for a family income benefit policy.
You would choose an amount of money that your over 70 life insurance providers will pay out as an income to your loved ones. It will be paid for the length of time remaining on your policy's term, if you die before it ends. This type of policy is not always available from over 70 life insurance providers and you may need to go through an independent financial adviser or broker in order to get cover that comes with an income payout.
If you took out a 30-year policy and died in the 28th year, your over 70 life insurance provider would only pay an income for the remaining 2 years.
With a standard life insurance policy, the lump sum payment when you die could be a larger amount in total than what would be paid through an income payout policy. However, if you need your income to be replaced when you die, a family income benefit policy is more likely to meet your needs.
But remember, it will only pay out until the end of the policy's term.
A family income benefit policy is a risky option if you are looking for the policy that pays out as much money as possible. The over 70 life insurance provider will only pay out for the remaining term of the policy. So if that is one year, the amount your loved ones get will be a year of income.
The price of over 70 life insurance is different for everyone. It’s based on your age, how much cover you want, how long you want cover for, and your medical history.
The easiest way to find cheap over 70 life insurance is to do a comparison to find the best policy that suits your needs. Before you run an over 70 life insurance comparison, be sure you know a few things:
How much cover you need
The type of over 70 life insurance policy you need
The premium you can afford
Some providers of over 70 life insurance will ask you to have a medical examination before they’ll give you cover.
When you buy over 70 life insurance, or any kind of life insurance, it’s important to declare any medical conditions you have. Failing to declare any condition will result in your provider refusing to pay out.
Compare life insurance from a wide range of UK providers
Choosing the right policy depends on how long you need cover for, the payout amount and how you want it paid. Here is how to get the best life insurance policy for your needs.
Read MoreLosing someone is heart breaking, but a life insurance policy lessen any financial burdon the loss places on dependent family members. Here is how to deal with their life insurance claim.
Read MoreIf you take out a whole of life insurance policy, you are almost guaranteed to get a payout when you die. Here is how it works and what types you can choose from.
Read MoreBy comparing life insurance, you could save money on the policy. The best value life insurance will offer the cover to you and your family. Choose a life cover plan from one of the best UK life insurance companies and see the online discounts they offer.
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CHICAGO, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Life insurance is a useful way to protect loved ones should something unexpected happen. In 2020, around 54% of Americans had life insurance coverage. But keep in mind that life insurance shopping can be a little different over 50. Some older policyholders may have fewer financial responsibilities, such as kids at home, a mortgage, and auto loans, and their coverage needs may be lower. However, financial responsibilities don't go away completely, and finding life insurance quotes over 50 can take a little more work because of their older age. Here's what to consider when adults over 50 are looking for an affordable life policy.
1. Compare costs
Older policyholders will face higher premiums, so it's important to compare costs and coverage between policies. One of the best ways to do this is to shop for multiple life insurance quotes online. Policyholders can save time and easily compare premiums across different insurers.
2. Consider policy types
People over 50 have access to various types of life insurance policies. Here are a few of the most popular:
Term life insurance
Term life insurance provides coverage for a fixed period, usually between 10 and 30 years. If the policyholder dies during this period, the insurer will pay out a significant death benefit. However, if the policy term ends while the insured is still alive, they'll have to get a new policy. Many term life insurance policies are often cheaper than permanent policies and offer similar levels of coverage.
Permanent life insurance
Permanent life insurance is more expensive than term life insurance, but it provides guaranteed, lifelong coverage, as long as the insured continues to pay premiums on time. Permanent policies also come with cash value growth components. Part of each premium the policyholder pays goes into this component, which grows tax-deferred at a certain rate, depending on the policy type.
Once the cash value grows large enough, the policyholder can withdraw from it, borrow against it, or, with some policies, pay premiums with it. When policyholders surrender their permanent policies, the insurer pays out their cash value minus surrender charges.
Final expense insurance
Final expense insurance is a small whole life insurance policy designed to help beneficiaries pay for the policyholder's end-of-life costs, such as funeral expenses and medical bills.
Final expense insurance policies are much cheaper than full permanent policies and come with cash value. They don't often require a medical exam, making them easier for people over 50 to qualify for.
3. Understand coverage needs
A policyholder's coverage needs depend on their income, expenses, and beneficiaries. Policyholders should generally get a death benefit seven to 10 times as large as their income. However, policyholders with several beneficiaries, such as children, may want more coverage.
If a policyholder has multiple beneficiaries or longer-term expenses to cover, it may be wise to consider a larger death benefit. For example, policyholders with mortgages and car payments should factor these debts in, as their beneficiaries may need additional funds to pay those off.
Getting the right life insurance policy after 50
Purchasing life insurance after 50 may seem daunting, but the process is still nearly the same. Older policyholders should think about their coverage needs and spend time comparing policies because premiums may be higher. Weighing these factors closely and gathering several quotes will help people over 50 get the coverage they need at a rate within their budget.
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https://www.money.co.uk/life-insurance/life-insurance-over-70 | Getting over 70 life insurance could be easier when you compare these companies. Choose your policy based on the cover you need and the price that best suits you.
Get quotes from these life insurance providers and more.
Last updated: 24 November 2020
Yes, you can get life insurance for over 70s. But when you buy life insurance over 70, your choice might be limited. Your cover’s likely to be more expensive than it would be for someone younger. There’s some good advice on how to get life insurance for older people here. You can find out more about life insurance generally here.
Life insurance for over 70s usually comes with a maximum term. It’s normally based on either a set period (such as 50 years) or an age limit you can have your over 70 life insurance policy until (such as 80 years old).
This means that if you’re 70 and you pick a life insurance for over 70s policy with an age limit of 84 years old, your policy would only last 14 years. It wouldn’t matter how long the maximum term was – even if it was 50 years, you’d still only get 14 years of cover.
Different over 70 life insurance providers offer different limits for life insurance over 70, depending on what kind of cover you choose. You’ll find, for example, that the maximum age might be lower if you pick a decreasing term policy, compared to a level term policy when you buy your over 70 life insurance.
You can read about which life insurance cover is right for you here.
The earlier you get your over 70 life insurance, the better. The older you get, the greater your risk of illness, and the more expensive life insurance for over 70s will be.
Once you’re over 70, you’ll need to act quickly because many over 70 life insurance providers have a cut off point of 80 years old. So it’s a good idea to try to get the most affordable premiums while you’re still eligible.
Life insurance for over 70s costs more because the older you get, the more likely you are to have health conditions. There’s also more chance of you developing health conditions during the term of your policy. Plus, your life expectancy becomes shorter as you get older.
That’s why life insurance for over 70s is more expensive. But there are ways to cut the cost of your life insurance, so read our tips.
You can compare life insurance here.
The decision on whether to get over 70 life insurance can be a tricky one. It’s best to think about your circumstances and how important it is for you to have it.
Life insurance for over 70s can be quite expensive, but if you want to make sure your loved ones get a payout when you pass away, you might think it’s worth it. Funeral costs can be high, so it could contribute towards the cost. Alternatively, over 70s life insurance could pay for outstanding debts or be a gift for your family.
When you look into life insurance for over 70s, think carefully about how much cover you need.
The amount of cover you need from your over 70 life insurance will depend on what the money would be used for. For example, if it would be to pay your mortgage off, make sure you have enough cover for that.
There are two main types of life insurance for over 70s to consider:
Term life insurance covers a set period of time. You choose how much cover you want and, if you die within that time period, your family gets a payout. But if you die after the term ends, you won’t. You can decide whether the payout stays level throughout the term, or gradually decreases.
Whole life insurance is the most likely cover for over 70s. The policy lasts until you die, as long as you keep paying your premiums. This can give you peace of mind that your family will be taken care of.
Income payouts are rarely available as part of over 70 life insurance because most providers include upper age limits.
But if you need to have your over 70 life insurance payouts paid as income for a certain period of time, you could search for a family income benefit policy.
You would choose an amount of money that your over 70 life insurance providers will pay out as an income to your loved ones. It will be paid for the length of time remaining on your policy's term, if you die before it ends. This type of policy is not always available from over 70 life insurance providers and you may need to go through an independent financial adviser or broker in order to get cover that comes with an income payout.
If you took out a 30-year policy and died in the 28th year, your over 70 life insurance provider would only pay an income for the remaining 2 years.
With a standard life insurance policy, the lump sum payment when you die could be a larger amount in total than what would be paid through an income payout policy. However, if you need your income to be replaced when you die, a family income benefit policy is more likely to meet your needs.
But remember, it will only pay out until the end of the policy's term.
A family income benefit policy is a risky option if you are looking for the policy that pays out as much money as possible. The over 70 life insurance provider will only pay out for the remaining term of the policy. So if that is one year, the amount your loved ones get will be a year of income.
The price of over 70 life insurance is different for everyone. It’s based on your age, how much cover you want, how long you want cover for, and your medical history.
The easiest way to find cheap over 70 life insurance is to do a comparison to find the best policy that suits your needs. Before you run an over 70 life insurance comparison, be sure you know a few things:
How much cover you need
The type of over 70 life insurance policy you need
The premium you can afford
Some providers of over 70 life insurance will ask you to have a medical examination before they’ll give you cover.
When you buy over 70 life insurance, or any kind of life insurance, it’s important to declare any medical conditions you have. Failing to declare any condition will result in your provider refusing to pay out.
Compare life insurance from a wide range of UK providers
Choosing the right policy depends on how long you need cover for, the payout amount and how you want it paid. Here is how to get the best life insurance policy for your needs.
Read MoreLosing someone is heart breaking, but a life insurance policy lessen any financial burdon the loss places on dependent family members. Here is how to deal with their life insurance claim.
Read MoreIf you take out a whole of life insurance policy, you are almost guaranteed to get a payout when you die. Here is how it works and what types you can choose from.
Read MoreBy comparing life insurance, you could save money on the policy. The best value life insurance will offer the cover to you and your family. Choose a life cover plan from one of the best UK life insurance companies and see the online discounts they offer.
We have always aimed to provide the best possible services to bridge the gap between our users and our clients. Over the years, we have been thrilled to be recognised by various prestigious bodies and organisations for those efforts. | 2 | 20,158 | 0.632714 | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/04/11/2419716/0/en/eFinancial-How-to-Choose-the-Right-Life-Insurance-Policy-for-People-Over-50.html | 2022-04-11 09:28:18+00:00 | CHICAGO, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Life insurance is a useful way to protect loved ones should something unexpected happen. In 2020, around 54% of Americans had life insurance coverage. But keep in mind that life insurance shopping can be a little different over 50. Some older policyholders may have fewer financial responsibilities, such as kids at home, a mortgage, and auto loans, and their coverage needs may be lower. However, financial responsibilities don't go away completely, and finding life insurance quotes over 50 can take a little more work because of their older age. Here's what to consider when adults over 50 are looking for an affordable life policy.
1. Compare costs
Older policyholders will face higher premiums, so it's important to compare costs and coverage between policies. One of the best ways to do this is to shop for multiple life insurance quotes online. Policyholders can save time and easily compare premiums across different insurers.
2. Consider policy types
People over 50 have access to various types of life insurance policies. Here are a few of the most popular:
Term life insurance
Term life insurance provides coverage for a fixed period, usually between 10 and 30 years. If the policyholder dies during this period, the insurer will pay out a significant death benefit. However, if the policy term ends while the insured is still alive, they'll have to get a new policy. Many term life insurance policies are often cheaper than permanent policies and offer similar levels of coverage.
Permanent life insurance
Permanent life insurance is more expensive than term life insurance, but it provides guaranteed, lifelong coverage, as long as the insured continues to pay premiums on time. Permanent policies also come with cash value growth components. Part of each premium the policyholder pays goes into this component, which grows tax-deferred at a certain rate, depending on the policy type.
Once the cash value grows large enough, the policyholder can withdraw from it, borrow against it, or, with some policies, pay premiums with it. When policyholders surrender their permanent policies, the insurer pays out their cash value minus surrender charges.
Final expense insurance
Final expense insurance is a small whole life insurance policy designed to help beneficiaries pay for the policyholder's end-of-life costs, such as funeral expenses and medical bills.
Final expense insurance policies are much cheaper than full permanent policies and come with cash value. They don't often require a medical exam, making them easier for people over 50 to qualify for.
3. Understand coverage needs
A policyholder's coverage needs depend on their income, expenses, and beneficiaries. Policyholders should generally get a death benefit seven to 10 times as large as their income. However, policyholders with several beneficiaries, such as children, may want more coverage.
If a policyholder has multiple beneficiaries or longer-term expenses to cover, it may be wise to consider a larger death benefit. For example, policyholders with mortgages and car payments should factor these debts in, as their beneficiaries may need additional funds to pay those off.
Getting the right life insurance policy after 50
Purchasing life insurance after 50 may seem daunting, but the process is still nearly the same. Older policyholders should think about their coverage needs and spend time comparing policies because premiums may be higher. Weighing these factors closely and gathering several quotes will help people over 50 get the coverage they need at a rate within their budget.
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https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Another-solid-month-of-US-hiring-expected-despite-17050119.php | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,’’ said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.''
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,’’ said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn't include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy. | 0 | 11,705 | 0 | https://www.gmtoday.com/business/another-solid-month-of-us-hiring-expected-despite-obstacles/article_22a56d9c-b1a2-11ec-b7cd-1329a277d7e8.html | 2022-04-01 14:13:25+00:00 | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,’’ said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.''
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,’’ said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn't include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Another-solid-month-of-US-hiring-expected-despite-17050119.php | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,’’ said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.''
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,’’ said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn't include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy. | 1 | 58,740 | 0 | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-world/march-2022-jobs-report/507-d52cce3e-6ffa-46a4-b2a4-eac083c02587 | 2022-04-02 07:30:41+00:00 | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,’’ said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.''
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,’’ said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn't include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Another-solid-month-of-US-hiring-expected-despite-17050119.php | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,’’ said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.''
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,’’ said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn't include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy. | 2 | 24,846 | 0.030315 | https://www.newdelhitimes.com/another-solid-month-of-us-hiring-expected-despite-obstacles | 2022-04-01 15:10:52+00:00 | Defying a pandemic and supply chain disruptions, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year — a blazing winning streak in wildly uncertain times.
And despite surging inflation, the hiring wave likely continued last month in the face of yet another jolt: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has unsettled the economic outlook and catapulted gasoline prices to painful levels.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect the Labor Department’s jobs report for March to show that employers added 478,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped from 3.8% to 3.7%. That would mark the lowest unemployment rate since just before the pandemic struck two years ago, when joblessness reached a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The government will issue the March jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
“With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty rising and surging energy prices, we may see a modest slowdown in hiring in March,” said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at the jobs website Glassdoor. “However, employer demand remains strong, which should sustain a healthy level of hiring.″
The booming U.S. job market reflects a robust rebound from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession, which wiped out 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as businesses shut down or cut hours and Americans stayed home to avoid infection.
But the recovery has been swift. Fueled by generous federal aid, savings amassed during the pandemic and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve, U.S. consumers have spent so fast that many factories, warehouses, shipping companies and ports have failed to keep pace with their customer demand. Supply chains have snarled, forcing up prices.
As the pandemic has eased, consumers have been broadening their spending beyond goods to services, such as health care, travel and entertainment, which they had long avoided during the worst of the pandemic. The result: Inflation is running at 40-year highs, causing hardships for many lower-income households that face sharp increases for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent.
It’s unclear whether the economy can maintain its momentum of the past year. The government relief checks are gone. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate two weeks ago and will likely keep raising it well into next year. Those rate hikes will result in more expensive loans for many consumers and businesses.
Inflation has also eroded consumers’ spending power: Hourly pay, adjusted for higher consumer prices, fell 2.6% in February from a year earlier — the 11th straight month in which inflation has outpaced year-over-year wage growth. According to AAA, average gasoline prices, at $4.23 a gallon, are up a dizzying 47% from a year ago.
Squeezed by inflation, some consumers are paring their spending. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending rose just 0.2%% in February — and fell 0.4% when adjusted for inflation — down from a 2.7% increase in January.
Still, the job market has kept hurtling ahead. Employers posted a near-record 11.3 million positions in February. Nearly 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs, a sign of confidence that they could find something better.
“We’re still seeing a very tight labor market,” said Karen Fichuk, CEO of the staffing company Randstad North America, who noted that the United States now has a record 1.7 job openings for every unemployed person.
Even so, so many jobs were lost in 2020 that the economy still remains more than 2 million shy of the number it had just before the pandemic struck. Over the past year, employers have added an average of 556,000 jobs a month. At that pace — no guarantee to continue — the nation would recover all the jobs lost to the pandemic by June. (That still wouldn’t include all the additional hiring that would have been done over the past two years under normal circumstances.)
Brighter job prospects are beginning to draw back into the labor force people who had remained on the sidelines because of health concerns, difficulty finding or affording daycare, generous unemployment benefits that have now expired or other reasons.
Over the past year, 3.6 million people have joined the U.S. labor force, meaning they now either have a job or are looking for one. But their ranks are still nearly 600,000 short of where they stood in February 2020, just before the pandemic slammed into the economy.
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Today-in-History-17017790.php | Today in History
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. | 0 | 34,448 | 0.269157 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558597231971/today-in-history | 2022-04-04 13:37:31+00:00 | Today in History
Today in History
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. |
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Today-in-History-17017790.php | Today in History
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. | 1 | 35,331 | 0.269157 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558605274044/today-in-history | 2022-04-04 13:40:32+00:00 | Today in History
Today in History
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. |
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Today-in-History-17017790.php | Today in History
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee), was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo (oh-YEHLOH’-oh) is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. | 2 | 45,743 | 0.276181 | https://whnt.com/news/national/this-day-in-history/this-day-in-history-april-1/ | 2022-04-01 16:42:31+00:00 | Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days.
On this date:
In 1865, during the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
In 1891, the Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley, Jr.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22.)
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
In 1975, with Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
In 1977, the U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
In 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
In 2011, Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
In 2016, world leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
In 2020, resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Ten years ago: A coalition of more than 70 partners, including the United States, pledged to send millions of dollars and communications equipment to Syria’s opposition groups. Myanmar’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, was elected to her country’s parliament. Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Five years ago: An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city in Colombia, leaving more than 300 dead. Bob Dylan finally received his Nobel Literature diploma and medal during a small gathering in Stockholm, where he was performing a concert. Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo were among 11 people named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
One year ago: On the opening day of the baseball season, the game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets was postponed after four Nationals players tested positive for COVID-19; the entire three-game series would be postponed a day later. Virginia’s highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville could take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. Seven pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong were convicted on charges of organizing and participating in massive anti-government protests. North Carolina said Hall of Fame basketball coach Roy Williams was retiring; the decision came two weeks after Williams closed his 18th season with the Tar Heels.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Hastings is 88. Actor Ali MacGraw is 83. R&B singer Rudolph Isley is 83. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is 72. Rock musician Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 72. Actor Annette O’Toole is 70. Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 69. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Movie directors Albert and Allen Hughes are 50. Political commentator Rachel Maddow is 49. Former tennis player Magdalena Maleeva is 47. Actor David Oyelowo is 46. Actor JJ Field is 44. Singer Bijou Phillips is 42. Actor Sam Huntington is 40. Comedian-actor Taran Killam is 40. Actor Matt Lanter is 39. Actor Josh Zuckerman is 37. Country singer Hillary Scott (Lady A) is 36. Rock drummer Arejay Hale (Halestorm) is 35. Actor Asa Butterfield is 25. Actor Tyler Wladis is 12. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674821/Anthony-Albanese-unveils-Andrew-Charlton-Labor-candidate-Parramatta.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Anthony Albanese defends 'rich, white' businessman with $16MILLION harbourside mansion chosen as Labor candidate in diverse western Sydney - after outraged locals called the decision 'tone-deaf'
- Millionaire economist Andrew Charlton lives in $16m Bellevue Hill mansion
- He has been selected unopposed as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
- Seat is held by Labor on a 3.5 per cent margin and could be key at this election
- Anthony Albanese said he would be an 'outstanding' member if elected
Anthony Albanese has insisted a former private schoolboy who lives in a $16million eastern Sydney mansion will relate to residents in diverse western Sydney as he unveiled him as Labor's candidate for Parramatta.
The Opposition leader declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP in a joint press conference in front of cheering members of the nurses and midwives union on Friday.
Hopeful candidate and union official Abha Devasia had warned Dr Charlton's wealth and background made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a high proportion of migrants.
Economist Andrew Charlton (pictured) has appeared on several TV shows. He has been selected to run as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese (pictured) declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP
But Mr Albanese dismissed those concerns, saying: 'I think Andrew will be able to not just relate to all of the people of Parramatta, but be an outstanding representative for them.
'People who meet him are instantly are attracted towards his qualities.
'I have been looking for a range of candidates across a range of seats that fulfil the sort of qualities that make up a good government. And we have a diverse range of candidates,' he said.
Dr Charlton, an Oxford University trained economist and a managing director at Accenture Australia, was an advisor to Kevin Rudd when he was Prime Minister.
He said he wanted to make Parramatta a 'hub' for 'high-paid, high-skilled jobs and strong small businesses'.
'In many ways the future of Parramatta is the future of Australia and I look forward to presenting my plans for Parramatta to voters over the next few weeks and months,' he said.
Back in June Dr Charlton declared Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery marshalled by the Coalition to be 'nothing short of extraordinary'.
'The transformation has been remarkable. A year after the pandemic's height we now have more Australians in work than we did before the pandemic,' he told Sky News.
'Youth unemployment in Australia right now is lower than it has been in the last 10 years.
'We can look forward to some really positive conditions for workers.'
This is the mansion Dr Charlton bought in 2019 from Mamamia co-founders Mia Freedman and Jason Lavigne for $16million
Mr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons
Before Dr Charlton's pre-selection was decided, Ms Devasia, a hard-left Labor Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator, told the ABC: 'I desperately want Labor to win but selecting a white, millionaire man from the eastern suburbs to run for Parramatta would be a tone-deaf choice and willfully disrespectful to our community.'
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Devasia - who grew up in Ethiopia - expressed 'a rather simplistic view, actually'.
'Across the board, parliament has an issue that it doesn't necessarily reflect who we are as a nation at this point,' she said.
'Parliament generally needs to swing but no particular electorate should be this or that - if we get this right, we'll run a candidate of colour, of different cultural backgrounds in the Shire or in a regional seat.
A hard-left Labor preselection hopeful, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator Abha Devasia, has suggested Dr Charlton's wealth and skin colour made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a higher proportion of migrants
'When it does reflect who we are, you won't be saying this electorate has 30 per cent Chinese so therefore we run a Chinese candidate.'
Ms Owens also took issue with Ms Devasia bringing up Dr Charlton's skin colour in a bid to make parliament more ethnically diverse.
'The cultural background won't be a hindrance anywhere and nor, by the way, will being a white, successful man be a hindrance,' she said.
'It's a naïve position to think that only cultural diverse electorates should have culturally-diverse members - "You can't run a white man in a culturally diverse electorate".'
Dr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons.
Parramatta's previous right-wing Liberal member Ross Cameron, who held the seat from 1996 to 2004, also went to Knox Grammar.
It comes after Labor parachuted Senator Kristina Keneally into the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, covering Cabramatta, even though she lived 44km away on Scotland Island on the northern beaches.
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, and is now retiring
The managing director of economics consultancy AlphaBeta was previously an adviser to former prime minister Kevin Rudd during the Global Financial Crisis (he is pictured with his former boss in April 2010 shortly before Julia Gillard overthrew him as Labor prime minister) | 0 | 8,839 | 0.615864 | https://www.indianlink.com.au/australia/chai-with-andrew-charlton-alp-candidate-for-parramatta/ | 2022-04-20 16:15:58+00:00 | Sitting down for a chat in his smart casualwear, it seems Andrew Charlton, ALP candidate for the marginal seat of Parramatta, was all set for a day of door-knocking potential voters in this crucial seat which the Labor party is desperate to retain.
“I actually quite enjoy talking to people and Parramatta is such a wonderful mix of communities,” he admitted. “I was born in Kenthurst and my father worked at Rheem factory for a number of years. For my education and work, I have spent a lot of time in other states and country, but I am a Western Sydney boy at heart.”
Currently held by retiring Labor member Julie Owens by a margin of 2.9%, Parramatta is turning to be quite the battleground. The Indian Australian community form one of the largest voting blocs here, with the heart and soul of the community living around Harris Park or what is known as Little India. With many temples and restaurants, small and medium businesses, and of course the community that lives here, there are lots of votes to woo.
Leading the charge for the Labor Party is Andrew Charlton.
Andrew is a Rhodes Scholar and has Masters‘ and Doctorate degrees in Economics from Oxford University.
Politically he was a senior economic adviser to PM Kevin Rudd during the GFC of 2008, and a senior govt official to the G 20 economic summits.
Professionally, he has worked at London School of Economics, has been a consultant to the United Nations, and is currently the managing director at Accenture, a leading global consulting firm.
Welcome to Indian Link Radio, Andrew. Given your professional background we’re tempted to ask you first up, why are you getting into the bare pit of politics now?
Thanks for having me, Pawan. Good question. The answer is that I have an opportunity to make a positive contribution and I see this community around Parramatta as incredibly strong. Parramatta is the future of Australia, a culturally dynamic community for me. It’s an honour to be selected as Labor’s candidate here.
Your preselection, Andrew, bypassing rank and file, has raised quite a few eyebrows. This is not an area that has been home to you. In fact, your candidature has been described as “wilfully disrespectful to the local community”. Your comments on this?
I think the media has slightly misreported this. The truth is that I was born northwest of here in Kenthurst. My dad worked for many years at the Rheem factory in Parramatta, and I have lived all over Australia and all over the world. I spent two years in Melbourne, two in Perth, seven years in England, three years in Canberra, and now I’m delighted to be back here in this part of Sydney. What matters to people when I talk to them, is they don’t care about the past, they want to know what you are going to do for this community in the future. They want to hear about our plans to make Parramatta a stronger, better place for all the people who have moved here.
I’ll come to those plans in a minute Andrew, but let me put it to you that migrants, particularly many second-generation migrants, care deeply about this country, and want to be in positions where they can see change for their communities. They see themselves as Australians first and are deeply motivated to participate in the decision making for their country to see it become better. When will the major parties recognise this motivation, and give them a platform?
I think diversity in politics is extremely important. The Labor party has selected some very good diverse candidates in this election. They have a mix of candidates across their electorates. I’m really proud of the progress that the Labor party has made. I think there is more work to do in Australia, and more work to do in corporate Australia.
Although I would say that we have made a lot of progress in corporate Australia. There are Australians of Indian heritage leading some of the biggest businesses here. Think about Stockland, Link, Mirvac, a number of companies that have Indian leaders. There’s some good progress in the business community and we need to make progress in politics as well.
You’ve been working hard on the campaign trail. What are you hearing about the concerns of the local community in Parramatta?
People come to Parramatta to make a better life for themselves, for their families, and to get ahead. People are talking to me about the financial pressures that they face, the cost of childcare, the rising cost of living, that it’s harder to make ends meet as a family. I hear a lot about the challenges that small businesses here are facing, that they faced through COVID, that they’re continuing to face. Last night we were at an Indian restaurant that’s been going for 12 years and we learned that the last three have been the toughest they’ve experienced. Trade is down because of COVID, particularly at lunchtime as people work from home, construction in the area has disrupted business, and it’s harder to find workers. Small business has been doing it pretty tough, particularly those that didn’t get the government support because they weren’t citizens, for example.
I’m hearing a lot about jobs – people want good jobs for themselves and they want those good jobs to be local. They don’t want to be driving into the CBD for a job with a good wage. They want those jobs to be here in Parramatta. And that has to be our vision for Parramatta.
What would you or the Labor Party do to ease the cost-of-living pressures on the community?
We have a plan to create that reality – a place where you can afford to live in and get a great job. On cost of living, we have a number of measures. Firstly, we have measures around childcare, to reduce (that burden) for all the families that struggle with it.
Secondly, we have a plan to reduce energy costs. Chris Bowen has outlined a clear plan, the strongest plan I think of any country, to keep control of energy costs.
And third, we have inflation now rising very rapidly – the price of groceries, the price of fuel. In order to reduce those inflationary pressures and keep the cost of living down, we have to be investing in the expansionary capacity of the economy. We have to be making sure there aren’t bottlenecks in infrastructure, or in skills, that drive up the price of wages and cause goods to become more expensive. We have to make sure that freight costs stay low.
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You mentioned housing affordability, which is a major cause of concern for new migrants. House prices in Sydney are skyrocketing, and the Prime Minister has now announced certain facilities for first home buyers. How would you address the issue of a housing affordability?
The last time we were in government, Labor introduced lots of new measures for first home buyers to support them in the market, but the reality is that just throwing more money at the housing minority is not going to solve the problem in its entirety. What we really need to do, is to expand the supply of houses. And I don’t mean over development. I mean making sure that right across Sydney, we’re expanding the housing stock, putting houses in places where people want to live, making sure the transport infrastructure structure is good, the social infrastructure is good and the jobs are there.
Can you give me a practical example? When you say ‘more houses where people want to live where transport is available’ it spells ‘overcrowding and inner city’.
No, that’s not what I’m saying at all. I’m saying that as we expand the housing stock, including on the outer edges of the city, we are making those places desirable places to live, so that when people move into those areas, they have the infrastructure they need, so we can give them the housing they need without putting them all on top of each other, without making them smaller and smaller, without making them more expensive.
Secondly, we need to make sure that people aren’t burdened with too high interest rates. At the moment, the Reserve Bank is saying the interest rates will rise from their current historic lows. So some of the announcements that Labor has made are about being conservative in the budget, making sure the budget isn’t putting upwards pressure on interest rates.
We have a massive debt which has been built up over the last few years, especially during COVID times. What is the plan to pay down this debt? Any higher taxes, any other cuts? On one hand, you’re saying that we should be spending more money on infrastructure and other assets. How do you see the debt being tackled?
I’ll tell you this firstly. This debt was racked up by a Liberal government…
But this came at the time of COVID when they had to fund JobKeeper, JobSeeker, and other facilities. There was an easing of money supplies, and interest rates came up. And we have come out pretty well from what has happened, on a society level. Would you have done things differently?
Three things. Firstly, the increase in Australia’s debt occurred substantially before COVID. You’re right, that during COVID there was an even bigger step up in debt levels. But the Liberal government has been increasing Australia’s debt well before COVID began.
Secondly, a lot of the money that was spent in COVID times was wasted. Think about the $22million in JobKeeper that went to Harvey Norman. Think about all the big businesses that were collecting JobKeeper money while their profits were going up.
Third, when we were in government – and I worked during the GFC – we had very clear fiscal rules to come out of the crisis. So we said when we come out of the crisis, we’ll include rules that govern our future spending, make sure that taxes don’t rise, make sure that expenditure doesn’t rise, and see that we get it back down.
That was the framework that we put in place to manage the deficit after a crisis. This government has put in place no such framework. They have not created a pathway back to surplus. In fact, in their own documents, there is no pathway back to budget surplus for the next forty years. I think that’s the wrong approach for a government, and I’m pleased to see that Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers have been very prudent in their spending commitments and forward management of the budget.
How will they tackle our $1trillion debt?
Both have been very clear that they will manage the budget conservatively and I think you can already see that. This election campaign on the Labor side has not been a big spending election campaign. They have made important, but in no way reckless, spending promises. I think the reason for that is that they do recognise the size of the debt that has been built up, and the necessity to be restrained in future spending in order to reduce that debt over time.
We have seen the value of migrants for the economy. Should we increase the flow of migrants to Australia to further accelerate economic growth?
Well, I think we’ve had far too few migrants during COVID. And of course that needs to go up. Migrants are essential to Australia’s future, just as they have been to building the Australia that we know and love today.
Think about the Indian community – the fastest growing community in this country in terms of migration. One in 25 Australians now has some South Asian heritage. We should be very proud of that. I have had personal links myself. I’ve been to India three times. I was part of the Australia India Youth Dialogue a few years ago, and I think the Indian community in Harris Park, or as it should be known Little India, is the heartbeat of the Indian community in Sydney.
And I would like to see this become the real and the metaphorical centre of Sydney’s Indian community – a tourist destination where people come from all over Sydney, indeed all over the world, to experience the city’s Indian heritage.
160,000 migrants are coming to Australia annually. Should that number be increased?
I do believe that the number should be increased from previous levels, but I’ll leave it to Labor spokesperson Kristina Kenneally to make that announcement. But I can certainly say that I do believe that migrants have built Australia and are central to our future. In particular, Indian migrants who bring us their skills, who are some of the biggest taxpayers in this country, and who are some of the biggest contributors to our society – they’re an essential part of our future.
The younger voters seem, on the whole, to be quite disgruntled with the major parties – they have concerns that they think are not being addressed with the urgency that is required. How are you reaching out to younger voters, Andrew?
Look, I think the younger voters are right. They’re right to be despondent, you know. If they look at their future, there are challenges out there. Think about the issues that matter to them, about the long-term prosperity of Australia. There’s been very little significant long-term policy reform over the last ten years, in say climate change, jobs and skills, and the ability to buy a house.
I think we need to turn that around. I think we need to make sure that young Australians feel like their government backs them; that if they do the hard work, get a good education, the Australian dream is there for them no matter who they are, no matter where they come from.
And so, for Labor, that means having a very strong policy around education. We have very significant increases to support TAFE; more university places, Tanya Plibersek has announced pathways towards full Gonski funding for schools. I think young Australians should be confident that there is a party out there that wants to do long-term policy making, to make the future better over decades to come as they become working partners of Australia’s economy.
Why should voters in Parramatta elect you?
Voters in Parramatta should elect me because I have the experience and the energy, and I have a plan for Parramatta’s future. In many ways Parramatta’s future is Australia’s future. This should be the best multicultural city in the world. A place of diversity, a place where we have great jobs, good housing, where people can live and work, and be part of different communities in close proximity.
That’s my smart plan for Parramatta and I look forward over the coming weeks to present it to as many people in this electorate as I can, and I look forward to their support.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674821/Anthony-Albanese-unveils-Andrew-Charlton-Labor-candidate-Parramatta.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Anthony Albanese defends 'rich, white' businessman with $16MILLION harbourside mansion chosen as Labor candidate in diverse western Sydney - after outraged locals called the decision 'tone-deaf'
- Millionaire economist Andrew Charlton lives in $16m Bellevue Hill mansion
- He has been selected unopposed as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
- Seat is held by Labor on a 3.5 per cent margin and could be key at this election
- Anthony Albanese said he would be an 'outstanding' member if elected
Anthony Albanese has insisted a former private schoolboy who lives in a $16million eastern Sydney mansion will relate to residents in diverse western Sydney as he unveiled him as Labor's candidate for Parramatta.
The Opposition leader declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP in a joint press conference in front of cheering members of the nurses and midwives union on Friday.
Hopeful candidate and union official Abha Devasia had warned Dr Charlton's wealth and background made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a high proportion of migrants.
Economist Andrew Charlton (pictured) has appeared on several TV shows. He has been selected to run as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese (pictured) declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP
But Mr Albanese dismissed those concerns, saying: 'I think Andrew will be able to not just relate to all of the people of Parramatta, but be an outstanding representative for them.
'People who meet him are instantly are attracted towards his qualities.
'I have been looking for a range of candidates across a range of seats that fulfil the sort of qualities that make up a good government. And we have a diverse range of candidates,' he said.
Dr Charlton, an Oxford University trained economist and a managing director at Accenture Australia, was an advisor to Kevin Rudd when he was Prime Minister.
He said he wanted to make Parramatta a 'hub' for 'high-paid, high-skilled jobs and strong small businesses'.
'In many ways the future of Parramatta is the future of Australia and I look forward to presenting my plans for Parramatta to voters over the next few weeks and months,' he said.
Back in June Dr Charlton declared Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery marshalled by the Coalition to be 'nothing short of extraordinary'.
'The transformation has been remarkable. A year after the pandemic's height we now have more Australians in work than we did before the pandemic,' he told Sky News.
'Youth unemployment in Australia right now is lower than it has been in the last 10 years.
'We can look forward to some really positive conditions for workers.'
This is the mansion Dr Charlton bought in 2019 from Mamamia co-founders Mia Freedman and Jason Lavigne for $16million
Mr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons
Before Dr Charlton's pre-selection was decided, Ms Devasia, a hard-left Labor Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator, told the ABC: 'I desperately want Labor to win but selecting a white, millionaire man from the eastern suburbs to run for Parramatta would be a tone-deaf choice and willfully disrespectful to our community.'
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Devasia - who grew up in Ethiopia - expressed 'a rather simplistic view, actually'.
'Across the board, parliament has an issue that it doesn't necessarily reflect who we are as a nation at this point,' she said.
'Parliament generally needs to swing but no particular electorate should be this or that - if we get this right, we'll run a candidate of colour, of different cultural backgrounds in the Shire or in a regional seat.
A hard-left Labor preselection hopeful, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator Abha Devasia, has suggested Dr Charlton's wealth and skin colour made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a higher proportion of migrants
'When it does reflect who we are, you won't be saying this electorate has 30 per cent Chinese so therefore we run a Chinese candidate.'
Ms Owens also took issue with Ms Devasia bringing up Dr Charlton's skin colour in a bid to make parliament more ethnically diverse.
'The cultural background won't be a hindrance anywhere and nor, by the way, will being a white, successful man be a hindrance,' she said.
'It's a naïve position to think that only cultural diverse electorates should have culturally-diverse members - "You can't run a white man in a culturally diverse electorate".'
Dr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons.
Parramatta's previous right-wing Liberal member Ross Cameron, who held the seat from 1996 to 2004, also went to Knox Grammar.
It comes after Labor parachuted Senator Kristina Keneally into the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, covering Cabramatta, even though she lived 44km away on Scotland Island on the northern beaches.
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, and is now retiring
The managing director of economics consultancy AlphaBeta was previously an adviser to former prime minister Kevin Rudd during the Global Financial Crisis (he is pictured with his former boss in April 2010 shortly before Julia Gillard overthrew him as Labor prime minister) | 1 | 69,302 | 0.645666 | https://7news.com.au/politics/labors-charlton-defends-parra-parachute-c-6707044 | 2022-05-06 10:37:43+00:00 | Labor's Parramatta candidate has defended being parachuted into the western Sydney seat amid criticism he doesn't represent the diverse electorate.
Multimillion businessman Andrew Charlton hails from Sydney's east, and only recently moved from his $16 million mansion to Parramatta.
Mr Charlton, an economist and former economic advisor to Kevin Rudd when he was prime minister, is using his success to court the traditionally working-class, ethnically diverse residents of Sydney's west.
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"Lots of these communities have an aspiration for hard work, to support their families, to build a better life for their kids and in many cases to build a business," Mr Charlton told reporters at a Hindu Council of Australia dinner on Friday night.
"That's what I've spent my whole life doing.
"I understand what it takes to build a business and create jobs. And so those aspirations that many people in this community have fit well with my experience."
He says the main issues being raised in Parramatta centre around struggling to make ends meet with the increasing cost of living.
Mr Charlton is up against the Liberals' Maria Kovacic in the marginal seat, held by Labor on a slim 3.5 per cent margin.
With the incumbent MP Julie Owens retiring, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made frequent visits - including five since the election was called - as the Liberals fiercely target the seat.
Mr Charlton's campaign suffered a setback in the middle of the week, after he was slammed in the tabloids for not being able to name three local restaurants.
But the businessman accepted there would be ebbs and flows in his election bid.
"I've knocked on hundreds and hundreds of doors, I've been in every single train station, meeting as many people as I possibly can," he said.
"I can tell you what those concerns are, the cost of living. They're talking about how hard it is to make the family budget work, they're talking about small businesses."
Labor leader Anthony Albanese echoed Mr Carlton's aspiration pitch when addressing the Council, as he lauded the Hindu community's hard work.
"You're a growing community that's respected for your diligence, for your hard work, for your commitment to Australian values," he said.
"We need to continue to provide opportunity. To make sure we go forward (and) as we go forward, we remain a country of aspiration and a land of opportunity."
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674821/Anthony-Albanese-unveils-Andrew-Charlton-Labor-candidate-Parramatta.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Anthony Albanese defends 'rich, white' businessman with $16MILLION harbourside mansion chosen as Labor candidate in diverse western Sydney - after outraged locals called the decision 'tone-deaf'
- Millionaire economist Andrew Charlton lives in $16m Bellevue Hill mansion
- He has been selected unopposed as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
- Seat is held by Labor on a 3.5 per cent margin and could be key at this election
- Anthony Albanese said he would be an 'outstanding' member if elected
Anthony Albanese has insisted a former private schoolboy who lives in a $16million eastern Sydney mansion will relate to residents in diverse western Sydney as he unveiled him as Labor's candidate for Parramatta.
The Opposition leader declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP in a joint press conference in front of cheering members of the nurses and midwives union on Friday.
Hopeful candidate and union official Abha Devasia had warned Dr Charlton's wealth and background made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a high proportion of migrants.
Economist Andrew Charlton (pictured) has appeared on several TV shows. He has been selected to run as the Labor candidate for Parramatta
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese (pictured) declared Andrew Charlton will be an 'outstanding' MP
But Mr Albanese dismissed those concerns, saying: 'I think Andrew will be able to not just relate to all of the people of Parramatta, but be an outstanding representative for them.
'People who meet him are instantly are attracted towards his qualities.
'I have been looking for a range of candidates across a range of seats that fulfil the sort of qualities that make up a good government. And we have a diverse range of candidates,' he said.
Dr Charlton, an Oxford University trained economist and a managing director at Accenture Australia, was an advisor to Kevin Rudd when he was Prime Minister.
He said he wanted to make Parramatta a 'hub' for 'high-paid, high-skilled jobs and strong small businesses'.
'In many ways the future of Parramatta is the future of Australia and I look forward to presenting my plans for Parramatta to voters over the next few weeks and months,' he said.
Back in June Dr Charlton declared Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery marshalled by the Coalition to be 'nothing short of extraordinary'.
'The transformation has been remarkable. A year after the pandemic's height we now have more Australians in work than we did before the pandemic,' he told Sky News.
'Youth unemployment in Australia right now is lower than it has been in the last 10 years.
'We can look forward to some really positive conditions for workers.'
This is the mansion Dr Charlton bought in 2019 from Mamamia co-founders Mia Freedman and Jason Lavigne for $16million
Mr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons
Before Dr Charlton's pre-selection was decided, Ms Devasia, a hard-left Labor Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator, told the ABC: 'I desperately want Labor to win but selecting a white, millionaire man from the eastern suburbs to run for Parramatta would be a tone-deaf choice and willfully disrespectful to our community.'
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Devasia - who grew up in Ethiopia - expressed 'a rather simplistic view, actually'.
'Across the board, parliament has an issue that it doesn't necessarily reflect who we are as a nation at this point,' she said.
'Parliament generally needs to swing but no particular electorate should be this or that - if we get this right, we'll run a candidate of colour, of different cultural backgrounds in the Shire or in a regional seat.
A hard-left Labor preselection hopeful, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union legal co-ordinator Abha Devasia, has suggested Dr Charlton's wealth and skin colour made him unsuitable to run in an electorate with a higher proportion of migrants
'When it does reflect who we are, you won't be saying this electorate has 30 per cent Chinese so therefore we run a Chinese candidate.'
Ms Owens also took issue with Ms Devasia bringing up Dr Charlton's skin colour in a bid to make parliament more ethnically diverse.
'The cultural background won't be a hindrance anywhere and nor, by the way, will being a white, successful man be a hindrance,' she said.
'It's a naïve position to think that only cultural diverse electorates should have culturally-diverse members - "You can't run a white man in a culturally diverse electorate".'
Dr Charlton went to an elite upper north shore private school, Knox Grammar, that also produced former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam and newspaper commentator Peter FitzSimons.
Parramatta's previous right-wing Liberal member Ross Cameron, who held the seat from 1996 to 2004, also went to Knox Grammar.
It comes after Labor parachuted Senator Kristina Keneally into the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, covering Cabramatta, even though she lived 44km away on Scotland Island on the northern beaches.
Julie Owens, from Labor's soft left sub-faction who has held Parramatta since 2004, and is now retiring
The managing director of economics consultancy AlphaBeta was previously an adviser to former prime minister Kevin Rudd during the Global Financial Crisis (he is pictured with his former boss in April 2010 shortly before Julia Gillard overthrew him as Labor prime minister) | 2 | 62,441 | 0.651531 | https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/labors-charlton-defends-parra-parachute-c-6707048 | 2022-05-06 10:01:38+00:00 | Labor's Parramatta candidate has defended being parachuted into the western Sydney seat amid criticism he doesn't represent the diverse electorate.
Multimillion businessman Andrew Charlton hails from Sydney's east, and only recently moved from his $16 million mansion to Parramatta.
Mr Charlton, an economist and former economic advisor to Kevin Rudd when he was prime minister, is using his success to court the traditionally working-class, ethnically diverse residents of Sydney's west.
"Lots of these communities have an aspiration for hard work, to support their families, to build a better life for their kids and in many cases to build a business," Mr Charlton told reporters at a Hindu Council of Australia dinner on Friday night.
"That's what I've spent my whole life doing.
"I understand what it takes to build a business and create jobs. And so those aspirations that many people in this community have fit well with my experience."
He says the main issues being raised in Parramatta centre around struggling to make ends meet with the increasing cost of living.
Mr Charlton is up against the Liberals' Maria Kovacic in the marginal seat, held by Labor on a slim 3.5 per cent margin.
With the incumbent MP Julie Owens retiring, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made frequent visits - including five since the election was called - as the Liberals fiercely target the seat.
Mr Charlton's campaign suffered a setback in the middle of the week, after he was slammed in the tabloids for not being able to name three local restaurants.
But the businessman accepted there would be ebbs and flows in his election bid.
"I've knocked on hundreds and hundreds of doors, I've been in every single train station, meeting as many people as I possibly can," he said.
"I can tell you what those concerns are, the cost of living. They're talking about how hard it is to make the family budget work, they're talking about small businesses."
Labor leader Anthony Albanese echoed Mr Carlton's aspiration pitch when addressing the Council, as he lauded the Hindu community's hard work.
"You're a growing community that's respected for your diligence, for your hard work, for your commitment to Australian values," he said.
"We need to continue to provide opportunity. To make sure we go forward (and) as we go forward, we remain a country of aspiration and a land of opportunity." |
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/took-big-haddock-challenge-papas-6888870 | On a chilly March day, I took on Papa's Fish and Chips big haddock challenge.
The test of appetite and eating stamina has only been added to the chain's menu in recent weeks. For conquerors of the challenge a nice t-shirt labelled 'I'm the Papa' awaits. Did I have the stomach for the largest fish I've ever seen?
Unbelievably, against my expectations, I was able to finish the humongous haddock. More incredibly still, despite the weighty feeling of fullness I felt from two-thirds of the way through the challenge, the venture also never felt like a torturous trial. And the credit for that goes to Papa's Fish and Chips for the simply exquisite haddock.
Read more: Popular restaurant makes major change to bookings after 'crippling' cancellations
I prepared for the potential ordeal that I knew awaited me. Aside from a slither of chocolate to feel energetic early on during my work shift, I ate nothing beforehand on the day. I had the meal with a colleague at the tail-end of lunchtime.
Papa's Fish and Chips have eight restaurants in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and four outlets serving Hull. Three of these, at Willerby, Bilton and Kingswood Retail Park, also offer a drive-through service. For now though, the big haddock challenge is only available when eating in at a Papa's Fish and Chips restaurant.
The big haddock is equivalent in density to two servings of Papa's large haddock, a formidable dish in itself to finish off completely. I had the meal at Papa's Willerby branch, formerly The Ketch pub.
It's a luxurious space, home to what the restaurant dub the National Fish and Chip Museum, which is basically a room frozen in time to look like a fish and chip shop from the 1930s. There was a chatty ambience to the place - it was near the end of the traditional lunchtime rush - but with absolutely no danger of feeling like you couldn't hear yourself think.
I was taken to a beautiful marble table on the upper floor sporting a view of the roundabout where the A614 meets Albion Lane. It took less then ten minutes to wait for both big haddock challenges to arrive.
My word were they a sight for the eyes. I am fairly sure that the haddock I ate was at least two foot long. The batter glistened with lemon slice garnish on top. The fish was also accompanied by a mountain of chips.
There is, mercifully, no time limit to the challenge, so while my colleague scoffed things down, I adopted a more measured approach, and refused to abandon eating the haddock without cutlery. The haddock batter, made with a top secret recipe, glistened orange-brown. It was crisp to perfection, letting out an audible crunch sound as my knife and fork tore it open to reveal the haddock's white flesh beneath.
The white flesh was tender. I barely needed to chew to eat it, just the way I like it. The haddock tasted rich, particularly the batter, so this did begin to hit home more than halfway through.
I was glad of iced water to hydrate myself as eating so much crisp batter inevitably dried the mouth. Ketchup also came in handy as the last morsels were tidied up.
When you order a battered fish, you want it to be crisp, crunchy and flavoursome. The big haddock at Papa's Fish and Chips was immaculate in this regard.
On the suggestion of staff, I had a lovely cup of tea afterwards to help clean the palate. My stomach did feel wobbly for a brief time afterwards - mainly when holding a portion of fish and chips to take home for my housemate. The strong smell felt slightly nauseating to my already very full body.
Do not underestimate the scale of the challenge to eat the big haddock - you do need a near empty stomach beforehand. It was impossible to make any real headway with the chips as well as the haddock, so I would recommend even deciding beforehand whether to request a smattering rather than mountain of chips if you do not want to take cold chips home and are concerned about food wastage.
Overall, taking on the big haddock challenge at Papa's Fish and Chips was a memorable experience and for all the right reasons. | 0 | 59,040 | 0.801161 | https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/consumer/papas-fish-and-chip-restaurant-blackpool-review-we-discovered-how-the-nations-favourite-chippy-tea-has-been-transformed-into-fine-dining-3784206 | 2022-07-27 15:15:42+00:00 | Widely regarded as our national dish, there is something incredibly comforting about succulent fish covered in crispy batter and served with chunky chips.
With gravy, mushy peas, curry sauce, or lashings of vinegar – no matter how you like to eat it, you’ll never forget a tasty chippy tea.
We’ve enjoyed our fair share of Friday night suppers at our local takeaway, so I’ve been intrigued to experience an upmarket chippy tea at the largest fish and chip shop restaurant in Blackpool – Papas.
Situated on the corner of Church Street and the Promenade, Papas moved into the former Latin American-themed Las Iguanas restaurant – which was Burger King prior to that – last year.
It’s a prime spot on the Golden Mile for any restaurateur worth their salt – so having grown into a chain of 10 outlets since being founded in 1966, Papas is certainly proving that.
The firm is owned by brothers Dino and George Papas with their father Sid, who have their own secret recipe for batter.
They’ve even sent a portion of haddock and chips into space using a specially designed weather balloon launched from SentIntoSpace in Sheffield.
So, was our visit out of this world?
This is without a doubt the fine dining of chippy teas.
The black and white decor, floor to ceiling windows and prominent bar area give a classy look to the venue, while staff are dressed as smartly as you’d expect in a high end restaurant.
It was a scorching hot day when we visited as a family of six, and clearly the sunshine had attracted a throng of daytrippers who were keen to finish their visit with ‘Britain’s best fish and chips’ (as voted in a BBC show searching for the best takeaway in 2017).
We’d booked ahead, and were relieved we had as there was a queue out of the door to get inside. A good sign.
Friendly staff showed us to a comfortable circular booth area where we could watch with astonishment the fast pace of the workings of the kitchen that was turning out everything from seafood sharing platters to the haddock challenge which sees brave souls tackling a huge piece of fried fish and mountain of chips to win a ‘I’m the papa’ t-shirt.
We opted for starters to share and main courses.
Honey drizzled battered halloumi (£4.99) and calamari strips dusted in a light breadcrumb (£5.49) were melt-in-the-mouth appetizers.
Both were served with fresh salad garnishes. Salad in a chippy is a new one on me – but that’s just the point. This is not your average chippy.
This is the type of chippy where you can upgrade your chips to sweet potato fries; you’re not limited to choosing between cod or haddock (there’s plaice, skate wing and even ‘tofish’ tofu on the menu); and you can enjoy a beer or even a cocktail with your fish and chips.
For our main courses, the children chose fish, chicken nuggets and sausages with chips while the hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed our haddock covered with a layer of thin, crispy batter, served with mushy peas and thick, tasty gravy.
The portions were generous and eagerly devoured.
And a walk on the promenade was the perfect finale for our fine dining chippy tea experience. |
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/took-big-haddock-challenge-papas-6888870 | On a chilly March day, I took on Papa's Fish and Chips big haddock challenge.
The test of appetite and eating stamina has only been added to the chain's menu in recent weeks. For conquerors of the challenge a nice t-shirt labelled 'I'm the Papa' awaits. Did I have the stomach for the largest fish I've ever seen?
Unbelievably, against my expectations, I was able to finish the humongous haddock. More incredibly still, despite the weighty feeling of fullness I felt from two-thirds of the way through the challenge, the venture also never felt like a torturous trial. And the credit for that goes to Papa's Fish and Chips for the simply exquisite haddock.
Read more: Popular restaurant makes major change to bookings after 'crippling' cancellations
I prepared for the potential ordeal that I knew awaited me. Aside from a slither of chocolate to feel energetic early on during my work shift, I ate nothing beforehand on the day. I had the meal with a colleague at the tail-end of lunchtime.
Papa's Fish and Chips have eight restaurants in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and four outlets serving Hull. Three of these, at Willerby, Bilton and Kingswood Retail Park, also offer a drive-through service. For now though, the big haddock challenge is only available when eating in at a Papa's Fish and Chips restaurant.
The big haddock is equivalent in density to two servings of Papa's large haddock, a formidable dish in itself to finish off completely. I had the meal at Papa's Willerby branch, formerly The Ketch pub.
It's a luxurious space, home to what the restaurant dub the National Fish and Chip Museum, which is basically a room frozen in time to look like a fish and chip shop from the 1930s. There was a chatty ambience to the place - it was near the end of the traditional lunchtime rush - but with absolutely no danger of feeling like you couldn't hear yourself think.
I was taken to a beautiful marble table on the upper floor sporting a view of the roundabout where the A614 meets Albion Lane. It took less then ten minutes to wait for both big haddock challenges to arrive.
My word were they a sight for the eyes. I am fairly sure that the haddock I ate was at least two foot long. The batter glistened with lemon slice garnish on top. The fish was also accompanied by a mountain of chips.
There is, mercifully, no time limit to the challenge, so while my colleague scoffed things down, I adopted a more measured approach, and refused to abandon eating the haddock without cutlery. The haddock batter, made with a top secret recipe, glistened orange-brown. It was crisp to perfection, letting out an audible crunch sound as my knife and fork tore it open to reveal the haddock's white flesh beneath.
The white flesh was tender. I barely needed to chew to eat it, just the way I like it. The haddock tasted rich, particularly the batter, so this did begin to hit home more than halfway through.
I was glad of iced water to hydrate myself as eating so much crisp batter inevitably dried the mouth. Ketchup also came in handy as the last morsels were tidied up.
When you order a battered fish, you want it to be crisp, crunchy and flavoursome. The big haddock at Papa's Fish and Chips was immaculate in this regard.
On the suggestion of staff, I had a lovely cup of tea afterwards to help clean the palate. My stomach did feel wobbly for a brief time afterwards - mainly when holding a portion of fish and chips to take home for my housemate. The strong smell felt slightly nauseating to my already very full body.
Do not underestimate the scale of the challenge to eat the big haddock - you do need a near empty stomach beforehand. It was impossible to make any real headway with the chips as well as the haddock, so I would recommend even deciding beforehand whether to request a smattering rather than mountain of chips if you do not want to take cold chips home and are concerned about food wastage.
Overall, taking on the big haddock challenge at Papa's Fish and Chips was a memorable experience and for all the right reasons. | 1 | 58,781 | 0.821749 | https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/tried-out-best-rated-fish-7503981 | 2022-08-27 04:33:08+00:00 | Papas Fish and Chips has been a staple of Cleethorpes since it took over the pier in 2017. However, being born and bred in Skegness, I had never tried it before. I thought it was about time that changed.
Not only is the chippy the best rated in Cleethorpes, but it was also shortlisted as one of the top 10 chip shops in the UK back in the 2019. While this might be the case, it was going to have to compete against some of the best from my childhood just slightly further down the east coast.
While walking along the pier I could already smell the aroma of the fish pulling me in. I eagerly waited in line as staff behind the counter topped up the mushy peas and eventually ordered a medium haddock and chips.
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The service was amazingly fast and a big tray of food was quickly handed over to me. For just £8.87 I managed to get the meal alongside a can of pop to wash it all down with. At first, I thought I had been given the wrong order as the fish seemed way too big to be a medium.
One of the best things about this experience for me was that on the counter there was a Cajun spice seasoning available to use just next to the salt and vinegar. For someone who loves spice, this was an incredible find and so I quite rightly lathered my haddock in it.
I took my meal outside to dig right in while also enjoying the view of the beach. The fish was succulent and the chips were impeccable, especially after being covered in some spice. Despite it being so delicious, I was unsure if I was able to finish such a large portion.
In the end, I managed to take down the fish, but the chips ultimately defeated me. It's safe to say that I will be back to try again and maybe even check out other bits on the menu like the battered sausage. It's easy to see why the chippy is so highly regarded in the area, but I couldn't quite say how it compares to the ones from my youth just yet.
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https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/took-big-haddock-challenge-papas-6888870 | On a chilly March day, I took on Papa's Fish and Chips big haddock challenge.
The test of appetite and eating stamina has only been added to the chain's menu in recent weeks. For conquerors of the challenge a nice t-shirt labelled 'I'm the Papa' awaits. Did I have the stomach for the largest fish I've ever seen?
Unbelievably, against my expectations, I was able to finish the humongous haddock. More incredibly still, despite the weighty feeling of fullness I felt from two-thirds of the way through the challenge, the venture also never felt like a torturous trial. And the credit for that goes to Papa's Fish and Chips for the simply exquisite haddock.
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I prepared for the potential ordeal that I knew awaited me. Aside from a slither of chocolate to feel energetic early on during my work shift, I ate nothing beforehand on the day. I had the meal with a colleague at the tail-end of lunchtime.
Papa's Fish and Chips have eight restaurants in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and four outlets serving Hull. Three of these, at Willerby, Bilton and Kingswood Retail Park, also offer a drive-through service. For now though, the big haddock challenge is only available when eating in at a Papa's Fish and Chips restaurant.
The big haddock is equivalent in density to two servings of Papa's large haddock, a formidable dish in itself to finish off completely. I had the meal at Papa's Willerby branch, formerly The Ketch pub.
It's a luxurious space, home to what the restaurant dub the National Fish and Chip Museum, which is basically a room frozen in time to look like a fish and chip shop from the 1930s. There was a chatty ambience to the place - it was near the end of the traditional lunchtime rush - but with absolutely no danger of feeling like you couldn't hear yourself think.
I was taken to a beautiful marble table on the upper floor sporting a view of the roundabout where the A614 meets Albion Lane. It took less then ten minutes to wait for both big haddock challenges to arrive.
My word were they a sight for the eyes. I am fairly sure that the haddock I ate was at least two foot long. The batter glistened with lemon slice garnish on top. The fish was also accompanied by a mountain of chips.
There is, mercifully, no time limit to the challenge, so while my colleague scoffed things down, I adopted a more measured approach, and refused to abandon eating the haddock without cutlery. The haddock batter, made with a top secret recipe, glistened orange-brown. It was crisp to perfection, letting out an audible crunch sound as my knife and fork tore it open to reveal the haddock's white flesh beneath.
The white flesh was tender. I barely needed to chew to eat it, just the way I like it. The haddock tasted rich, particularly the batter, so this did begin to hit home more than halfway through.
I was glad of iced water to hydrate myself as eating so much crisp batter inevitably dried the mouth. Ketchup also came in handy as the last morsels were tidied up.
When you order a battered fish, you want it to be crisp, crunchy and flavoursome. The big haddock at Papa's Fish and Chips was immaculate in this regard.
On the suggestion of staff, I had a lovely cup of tea afterwards to help clean the palate. My stomach did feel wobbly for a brief time afterwards - mainly when holding a portion of fish and chips to take home for my housemate. The strong smell felt slightly nauseating to my already very full body.
Do not underestimate the scale of the challenge to eat the big haddock - you do need a near empty stomach beforehand. It was impossible to make any real headway with the chips as well as the haddock, so I would recommend even deciding beforehand whether to request a smattering rather than mountain of chips if you do not want to take cold chips home and are concerned about food wastage.
Overall, taking on the big haddock challenge at Papa's Fish and Chips was a memorable experience and for all the right reasons. | 2 | 70,764 | 0.894286 | https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/tried-sutton-seas-best-rated-7231334 | 2022-06-22 13:38:06+00:00 | On the hottest day of the year so far, we did what plenty of people also thought was a great idea on a scorching Lincolnshire day. We went to the East Coast and had some fish and chips.
As temperatures were set to reach almost 30 degrees Celsius on Friday, June 17, one thing was inevitable - Skegness would be jam-packed full of people. To avoid the chaos, we decided to head to Sutton-on-Sea instead.
The town is much quieter than its neighbour and is loved by dog-walkers as the beach is much more accommodating to our four-legged friends. As we got peckish, we took to TripAdvisor to see which fish and chip shop its users ranked as number one. This happened to be the Sea Breeze Restaurant.
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Unfortunately, as we came across it we were faced with a notice which said it was closed for personal reasons. This led us to look one place further down the list and the number two spot was taken by Waldo's Fish and Chips.
At 11.30am, there were already people waiting for their orders. It is clearly a popular choice in Sutton-on-Sea.
Lincolnshire Live photographer James Turner and I, placed our orders. For me, it was a cone-sized chips and large haddock and for James it was a large sausage and large chips.
I paired mine with tartare sauce and a can of shandy, while James treated himself to some tomato ketchup - it cost 30p for the privilege of the packet of condiment. We waited outside and received our order.
We had to go down to a bench by the beach, as there was no seating at Waldo's. It was such a beautiful day, however, so it was not an issue and we headed toward the coastline.
One thing I took issue with was the portion size of the chips. I always over-estimate when it comes to chips, as they often give you much more than you need.
In general terms, large seems to be able to feed about four people, however, James' portion of large chips did, to me, seem normal. My cone-sized chips, which at Mablethorpe's Salty's was an ideal portion for myself, were far less than I expected.
It probably seems odd to complain about portions being reasonable, but as I said, I always find myself over-estimating how much chips you get in a portion. Despite this, the fish was one of the best I have tasted on the East Coast.
It felt so fresh and light - it really tasted how you would expect a seaside chippy fish to taste. As far as I could tell, James was impressed with the sausage as well.
At £12.95 for everything, it seemed a reasonable price for a delicious midday treat. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill-2/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. | 0 | 4,702 | 0 | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill-2/ | 2022-04-01 13:41:54+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday,the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control.It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill-2/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. | 1 | 13,391 | 0 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-congress-insulin-costs_n_6246f50be4b007d384551df1 | 2022-04-01 14:20:35+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill-2/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. | 2 | 14,581 | 0 | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill-2/ | 2022-04-01 14:24:56+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday,the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control.It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/One-legged-inmate-awarded-504-000-in-excessive-17050129.php | A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
Bell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He's accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell" because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff's Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff's Office violated Bell's rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
The verdict should send the city “a very clear message ... that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney's office remains “adamant that the sheriff's deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting" Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
Four people pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. The alleged shooter, Montrail Brackens of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to murder. | 0 | 476 | 0.02874 | https://ktla.com/news/california/inmate-awarded-504000-in-excessive-force-suit/ | 2022-04-01 13:22:15+00:00 | A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
Bell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He’s accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell” because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff’s Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff’s Office violated Bell’s rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
The verdict should send the city “a very clear message … that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney’s office remains “adamant that the sheriff’s deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting” Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
Four people pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. The alleged shooter, Montrail Brackens of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to murder. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/One-legged-inmate-awarded-504-000-in-excessive-17050129.php | A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
Bell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He's accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell" because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff's Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff's Office violated Bell's rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
The verdict should send the city “a very clear message ... that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney's office remains “adamant that the sheriff's deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting" Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
Four people pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. The alleged shooter, Montrail Brackens of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to murder. | 1 | 83,321 | 0.172964 | https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2022/04/01/sf-jail-excessive-force-lawsuit-one-legged-inmate-awarded-504k/ | 2022-04-01 19:07:52+00:00 | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
READ MORE: State's Snowpack at Only 39% of Average as California Drought DeepensBell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He’s accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell” because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff’s Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff’s Office violated Bell’s rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
READ MORE: Registered Sex Offender From San Jose Accused Of Soliciting Teen In FremontThe verdict should send the city “a very clear message … that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney’s office remains “adamant that the sheriff’s deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting” Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
Four people pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. The alleged shooter, Montrail Brackens of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to murder.
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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/One-legged-inmate-awarded-504-000-in-excessive-17050129.php | A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
Bell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He's accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell" because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff's Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff's Office violated Bell's rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
The verdict should send the city “a very clear message ... that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney's office remains “adamant that the sheriff's deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting" Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
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A jury has awarded $504,000 to a one-legged San Francisco jail inmate who was taken from his wheelchair and forced to hop to a cell.
The federal jury awarded damages on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Vincent Bell against the city.
Bell, 40, was one of six people charged with taking part in the 2012 murder of a man who was beaten and shot. He's accused of providing the gun used by the alleged shooter and is awaiting trial.
Bell, who had one leg surgically removed, was being held at the jail in January 2018 when he was ordered moved to a smaller, padded “safety cell" because a guard said he had cursed her and was dangerous.
Guards said Bell resisted and put pads on his cell door to block them from entering. But a federal judge who refused to dismiss his suit last year said a video showed him waiting quietly in his wheelchair when they arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Bell was taken out of his wheelchair, handcuffed and told to hop to the cell 64 feet (19.5 meters) away. He fell on the way and was carried face-down to the cell, where he was stripped and held for 20 hours, the judge said.
The jury found that a guard, sheriff's Sgt. Yvette Williams, used excessive force and that the Sheriff's Office violated Bell's rights under federal disability laws by failing to properly train its staff.
The verdict should send the city “a very clear message ... that it must accommodate persons with disabilities and that deputies do not get to supplant their personal judgment for the judgment of medical professionals in the jail,” EmilyRose Johns, a lawyer for Bell, told the Chronicle on Thursday.
The city attorney's office remains “adamant that the sheriff's deputies acted reasonably and appropriately when placing and transporting" Bell, who had a history of hiding weapons in his wheelchair, spokesperson Jen Kwart said.
Bell was charged in connection with the December 2012 death of Stephen Reid, 26, who had recently arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Georgia.
Prosecutors said Bell, another man and two women stormed into a home on San Bruno Avenue and beat, gagged and hog-tied Reid and an 18-year-old woman, then put them in an SUV where Reid was shot before dumping both on a street. Reid died at a hospital. Authorities say the victims knew their alleged attackers.
Four people pleaded guilty to various charges in the case. The alleged shooter, Montrail Brackens of Oakland, has pleaded not guilty to murder. |
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-to-hit-screens-in-august-172630 | ’Game of Thrones’ prequel to hit screens in August
NEW YORK
“House of the Dragon,” the new HBO series set 200 years before the events of the mega-hit show “Game of Thrones” will premiere on August 21, the network announced on March 30.
The 10-episode drama series debuts Sunday, August 21 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the United States and in other countries where the WarnerMedia platform is available, a statement said.
“House of the Dragon” is based on the book “Fire and Blood” by George R.R. Martin and tells the story of the Targaryen family -- relatives of a key “Game of Thrones” character, Daenerys Targaryen.
Stars of the new series include Emma D’Arcy of “Wanderlust”, Matt Smith of “Doctor Who” and “The Crown”, Rhys Ifans from “The King’s Man” and “Spiderman” and Olivia Cooke, known for appearances in “Bates Motel and “Ready Player One.”
A global success that commanded legions of fans and was showered with awards, “Game of Thrones” made television series history with its mix of fantasy and medieval worlds over eight seasons that aired from 2011 to 2019, though the show’s non-stop sex and gore also sparked controversy.
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House of the Dragon, the new HBO series set 200 years before the events of the mega-hit show Game of Thrones will premiere August 21, the network announced Wednesday.
The 10-episode drama series debuts Sunday, August 21 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the United States and in other countries where the WarnerMedia platform is available, a statement said.
House of the Dragon is based on the book Fire And Blood by George R.R. Martin, and tells the story of the Targaryen family – relatives of a key Game of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen.
Stars of the new series include Emma D’Arcy of Wanderlust, Matt Smith of Doctor Who and The Crown, Rhys Ifans from The King’s Man and Spiderman and Olivia Cooke, known for appearances in Bates Motel and Ready Player One.
A global success that commanded legions of fans and was showered with awards, Game of Thrones made television series history with its mix of fantasy and medieval worlds over eight seasons that aired from 2011 to 2019, though the show’s non-stop sex and gore also sparked controversy.
The new show’s release date gives HBO the jump on rival streamer Amazon’s release of its big-budget fantasy series adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s saga The Lord of the Rings, scheduled for a September 2 debut. |
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-to-hit-screens-in-august-172630 | ’Game of Thrones’ prequel to hit screens in August
NEW YORK
“House of the Dragon,” the new HBO series set 200 years before the events of the mega-hit show “Game of Thrones” will premiere on August 21, the network announced on March 30.
The 10-episode drama series debuts Sunday, August 21 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the United States and in other countries where the WarnerMedia platform is available, a statement said.
“House of the Dragon” is based on the book “Fire and Blood” by George R.R. Martin and tells the story of the Targaryen family -- relatives of a key “Game of Thrones” character, Daenerys Targaryen.
Stars of the new series include Emma D’Arcy of “Wanderlust”, Matt Smith of “Doctor Who” and “The Crown”, Rhys Ifans from “The King’s Man” and “Spiderman” and Olivia Cooke, known for appearances in “Bates Motel and “Ready Player One.”
A global success that commanded legions of fans and was showered with awards, “Game of Thrones” made television series history with its mix of fantasy and medieval worlds over eight seasons that aired from 2011 to 2019, though the show’s non-stop sex and gore also sparked controversy.
The new show’s release date gives HBO the jump on rival streamer Amazon’s release of its big-budget fantasy series adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s saga “The Lord of the Rings,” scheduled for a Sept. 2 debut. | 1 | 36,988 | 0.367339 | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-watch-game-thrones-prequel-181647451.html | 2022-04-01 16:02:56+00:00 | The 'Game of Thrones' prequel, 'House of the Dragon,' finally has a release date—here's how to watch
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Fire and blood reign once more. Game of Thrones’ tumultuous final season ended in 2019, but the story doesn’t end at George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga. In 2018, Martin released a book called Fire & Blood that documented the rise of the Targaryen family, and the book was quickly revealed to have been picked up for adaptation by HBO, under the title House of the Dragon.
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HBO recently unveiled that the series will premiere this summer, on August 21, 2022. You can catch House of the Dragon when it releases, as well as the original 8 seasons of Game of Thrones, on HBO Max.
How can you stream the House of the Dragon when it arrives?
You can stream House of the Dragon when it premieres on August 21, 2022 with an HBO Max subscription. HBO Max is currently only available in the United States and certain U.S. territories, and can be accessed with an internet connection through Android products, Roku, Chromecast, iOS, some gaming consoles, and certain smart TV platforms.
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What will House of the Dragon be about?
The future of the franchise lies in the past. The next story set in the Game of Thrones universe will occur 300 years before the events of the first season of Game of Thrones and features the reign of the Targaryen family in early Westeros. Martin and Ryan Condal will executive produce the series, which stars Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, and more.
In terms of what we know about the series, Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen (ancestors to prominent GoT character Daenerys Targaryen) were key players in the Targaryen civil war that would become the Dance of the Dragons, so it’s likely that the first series will help set those events in motion. Other familiar names and Houses line the roster for the show, as well as lesser-known Houses like House Velaryon, House Highwater, and more.
The final season of Game of Thrones left some fans disappointed by what many considered to be an unsatisfying ending. House of the Dragon will likely seek to place emphasis on elements of the original series that were successful (the dragons, of course) and provide a refreshing return to the world of Westeros for fans.
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https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-to-hit-screens-in-august-172630 | ’Game of Thrones’ prequel to hit screens in August
NEW YORK
“House of the Dragon,” the new HBO series set 200 years before the events of the mega-hit show “Game of Thrones” will premiere on August 21, the network announced on March 30.
The 10-episode drama series debuts Sunday, August 21 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the United States and in other countries where the WarnerMedia platform is available, a statement said.
“House of the Dragon” is based on the book “Fire and Blood” by George R.R. Martin and tells the story of the Targaryen family -- relatives of a key “Game of Thrones” character, Daenerys Targaryen.
Stars of the new series include Emma D’Arcy of “Wanderlust”, Matt Smith of “Doctor Who” and “The Crown”, Rhys Ifans from “The King’s Man” and “Spiderman” and Olivia Cooke, known for appearances in “Bates Motel and “Ready Player One.”
A global success that commanded legions of fans and was showered with awards, “Game of Thrones” made television series history with its mix of fantasy and medieval worlds over eight seasons that aired from 2011 to 2019, though the show’s non-stop sex and gore also sparked controversy.
The new show’s release date gives HBO the jump on rival streamer Amazon’s release of its big-budget fantasy series adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s saga “The Lord of the Rings,” scheduled for a Sept. 2 debut. | 2 | 101,431 | 0.40797 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2556822366710/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-sets-summer-premiere-date | 2022-04-01 20:29:16+00:00 | ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Series ‘House of the Dragon’ Sets Summer Premiere Date
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House of the Dragon , HBO ’s much-anticipated prequel series to their hit Game of Thrones , has set the premiere date for its first season: Sunday, August 21.
The new show is based on George R.R. Martin ’s 2018 book Fire and Blood , a companion to the A Song of Ice and Fire series that inspired Game of Thrones . House of the Dragon — which shared its first teaser trailer in October — is set 200 years before the events of Thrones , focusing on the story of the rise and fall of House Targaryen, the ruling house into which Emilia Clarke’s Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen was eventually born.
House of the Dragon stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen; Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, the king’s first-born child; Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, the king’s younger brother and heir to the throne; Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, a sea adventurer and Lord of House Velaryon; Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, the “Hand of the King”; Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Otto’s daughter; and Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, an ally to Prince Daemon.
The series’ 10-episode first season was among Rolling Stone ’s Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2022 , noting that House of the Dragon boasts a different creative team than its predecessor, including George R.R. Martin himself as an executive producer and co-creator; despite creating the world of Westeros, the author had only an ancillary role on Game of Thrones , contributing occasionally as a writer on the series.
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Mountain biking, horseback riding and off-highway (ATV) trails are all opening on April 1, according to a news release.
Some campgrounds also are scheduled to reopen for the season on April 16, according to the release.
“We are excited to open the season earlier this year than we’ve been able to in years past,” Acting Forest Supervisor Joe Koloski said. “The newly adopted Recreation Amendment we’ve added to our forest plan allows us to extend our recreation season and provides the community greater opportunities to experience their public lands.”
For years, the trails and campgrounds at the national forest have opened on April 15. Trails opening today are Stone Church Trailhead, Stone Church Day Use Area, Utah Ridge Picnic Area and Kinderhook Trailhead.
On April 16, Leith Run, Burr Oak, Sand Run Picnic Area, Lane Farm, Hune Bridge, Ring Mill and Lamping Homestead trails are scheduled to open.
Meanwhile, Oak Hill Campground, Iron Ridge Campground and Big Bend Swimming Beach at Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area will remain closed until a waterline replacement project to Lake Vesuvius is completed.
Those campgrounds tentatively are scheduled to reopen on June 3, according to the Ironton Ranger District. Campsites that allow reservations can be booked at http://www.recreation.gov.
All other campsites operate on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved. Primitive camping, which means no water or electricity, also are available throughout most of the national forest, according to the release.
Seasonal trail passes for off-highway vehicles can be secured through Pay.gov as well as participating vendors and at the Ironton forest office on Ohio 93 north of Ironton.
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The Oak Hill and Ironton Ridge campgrounds will open to the public June 3.
The campgrounds had been closed for months as part of a waterline project funded by the Great American Outdoors Act to bring running water to the campgrounds, according to the release.
“With the new waterline in place, our Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area facilities are ready to welcome back campers from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia and across the nation,” said Ironton District Ranger Mathias Wallace.
The project in the Ironton Ranger District added 5.5 miles of waterline, Wallace said. The area has had problems with waterlines since 1996, leading to five closures since 2019, according to the release.
“One of our roles is to be an asset for the community to experience their public lands,” Wallace said. “It’s great to see families and friends returning to the national forest and seeing the tradition pass through generations of visitors.”
The Oak Hill and Iron Ridge campgrounds can be reserved for fees ranging from $15 to $20 per night, depending on amenities, according to the release.
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Mountain biking, horseback riding and off-highway (ATV) trails are all opening on April 1, according to a news release.
Some campgrounds also are scheduled to reopen for the season on April 16, according to the release.
“We are excited to open the season earlier this year than we’ve been able to in years past,” Acting Forest Supervisor Joe Koloski said. “The newly adopted Recreation Amendment we’ve added to our forest plan allows us to extend our recreation season and provides the community greater opportunities to experience their public lands.”
For years, the trails and campgrounds at the national forest have opened on April 15. Trails opening today are Stone Church Trailhead, Stone Church Day Use Area, Utah Ridge Picnic Area and Kinderhook Trailhead.
On April 16, Leith Run, Burr Oak, Sand Run Picnic Area, Lane Farm, Hune Bridge, Ring Mill and Lamping Homestead trails are scheduled to open.
Meanwhile, Oak Hill Campground, Iron Ridge Campground and Big Bend Swimming Beach at Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area will remain closed until a waterline replacement project to Lake Vesuvius is completed.
Those campgrounds tentatively are scheduled to reopen on June 3, according to the Ironton Ranger District. Campsites that allow reservations can be booked at http://www.recreation.gov.
All other campsites operate on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved. Primitive camping, which means no water or electricity, also are available throughout most of the national forest, according to the release.
Seasonal trail passes for off-highway vehicles can be secured through Pay.gov as well as participating vendors and at the Ironton forest office on Ohio 93 north of Ironton.
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Opening dates at Corps-managed campgrounds will vary depending on location.
In West Virginia at Burnsville Lake, Riffle Run and Bulltown will open April 15. The reservation period is May 26 through Sept. 4.
At East Lynn Lake, East Fork will open May 13. The reservation period is May 13 through Sept. 5.
At R.D. Bailey Lake, Guyandotte will open May 21 and at Summersville Lake, Battle Run will open May 1. The reservation period is May 26 through Sept. 4. No pets are allowed in Battle Run Campground.
At Sutton Lake, Bakers Run will open May 1. The reservation period is from May 1 through Sept. 30. Bee Run will also open May 1 and G.R. Freeman will open April 15 with a reservation period from May 25 to Oct. 31.
In Kentucky at Fishtrap Lake, Grapevine will open May 27. At Dewey Lake, Shoreline will open May 21.
Campsites may be reserved at Burnsville (Bulltown), Sutton (Gerald R. Freeman & Bakers Run), East Lynn (East Fork), Summersville (Battle Run), and all 3 campgrounds at recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777.
A complete schedule and more information can be found online at lrh.usace.army.mil.
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https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/ohio_news/wayne-national-forest-trails-reopen-to-public-today/article_0fb2bbd0-6ed6-5816-82ce-2ca6888820be.html | PEDRO, Ohio — Starting today, the trail systems will reopen to the public at the Wayne National Forest.
Mountain biking, horseback riding and off-highway (ATV) trails are all opening on April 1, according to a news release.
Some campgrounds also are scheduled to reopen for the season on April 16, according to the release.
“We are excited to open the season earlier this year than we’ve been able to in years past,” Acting Forest Supervisor Joe Koloski said. “The newly adopted Recreation Amendment we’ve added to our forest plan allows us to extend our recreation season and provides the community greater opportunities to experience their public lands.”
For years, the trails and campgrounds at the national forest have opened on April 15. Trails opening today are Stone Church Trailhead, Stone Church Day Use Area, Utah Ridge Picnic Area and Kinderhook Trailhead.
On April 16, Leith Run, Burr Oak, Sand Run Picnic Area, Lane Farm, Hune Bridge, Ring Mill and Lamping Homestead trails are scheduled to open.
Meanwhile, Oak Hill Campground, Iron Ridge Campground and Big Bend Swimming Beach at Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area will remain closed until a waterline replacement project to Lake Vesuvius is completed.
Those campgrounds tentatively are scheduled to reopen on June 3, according to the Ironton Ranger District. Campsites that allow reservations can be booked at http://www.recreation.gov.
All other campsites operate on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved. Primitive camping, which means no water or electricity, also are available throughout most of the national forest, according to the release.
Seasonal trail passes for off-highway vehicles can be secured through Pay.gov as well as participating vendors and at the Ironton forest office on Ohio 93 north of Ironton.
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Visitors are forewarned that they will be entering a burn scar where hazards may persist. Those include falling trees and limbs, loose rocks and ash pits, and trails blocked by debris or with washouts.
Forest staff and the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association, a Forest partner, will continue to address trail work over the summer and into future years. One of the first projects will re-establish the John’s Meadow backcountry camp area, which will be closed to overnight camping in the short term.
Free permits are required for day and overnight trips into the San Gorgonio Wilderness. They can be obtained online on the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association’s website. Recreation passes, such as the Adventure Pass, are required to park at Thurman Flats Picnic Area.
Visitors with questions can call the Mill Creek Ranger Station at 909-382-2882 Thursday through Monday, 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. |
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/panel-discusses-infrastructure-safety-at-marshall-symposium/article_7ad52766-b265-5e40-9277-c7891762948b.html | HUNTINGTON — A shared roadway is the way of the future to reduce traffic fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists and people in a vehicle, experts said during a symposium at Marshall University on Thursday.
The Society of Yeager Scholars’ annual Spring Symposium, “Infrastructure: Safety, Accessibility and Design,” featured three 20-minute panel discussions on the three topics as they affect the Marshall and Huntington communities, followed by a Q&A session in the Don Morris Room at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington.
Panelists were Thomas J. Smith, senior transportation adviser for the Appalachian Regional Commission; Phoebe Patton Randolph, firm principal with Edward Tucker Architects Inc.; and Ronald W. Eck, professor emeritus of civil engineering at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.
Campus infrastructure and safety shifted into the spotlight recently after separate incidents on or near 3rd Avenue in Huntington during the fall 2021 semester in which a student was killed after being hit by a bus and a professor was struck by a vehicle.
Following the incidents, a special task force was formed to study pedestrian safety on campus. Many of its members, including its leader, Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, were in attendance Thursday.
Smith said he recently spoke to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, which has hired a consulting firm to perform a safety audit. The audit was ordered after the student’s death in November, and Smith said it is expected to take place in April.
“The problem we’ve talked about is that cars have been sort of the center of the university for too many years,” he said.
“In a complete streets world, you try to consider all users.”
Several students, including those with varying disabilities, said they wanted to be involved in that discussion. Dr. James Bryce, an engineering professor and co-chair of the task force, said he wanted a list of interested students.
In her discussion, Randolph said Marshall’s population is about 38% of the population of Huntington, and balancing the needs of the university and campus — including pedestrians and bicyclists — with everything else happening in the city is important.
There is a lot of excess roadway along 3rd and 5th avenues, as both are about 90 feet wide and vehicles have a lot of unimpeded room to roam, Randolph said.
Randolph referred to a Hal Greer Boulevard concept design in which the city is working to create bike lanes and a grassed medium in the center “turn lane” to help pedestrians safely cross the street. The design also helps with stormwater drainage issues, she said.
That design started after a person attempting to visit her husband in a nearby hospital died crossing the road, Randolph said.
Smith discussed the issue from a national point of view, referring to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy, which was recently released.
Smith, West Virginia’s former secretary of Transportation, said more than 350,000 deaths from 2011 to 2020 were on the road nationwide, 16 times more than the other transportation categories combined.
He said deaths among pedestrians and bicyclists have been increasing at a faster rate than vehicle occupants, despite the pandemic taking vehicles off the roadway.
Smith said federal transportation agencies are changing traditional approaches to a new “safe system,” which designs roadways for human mistakes, shares responsibility and proactively identifies and addresses risks.
He proposed giving communities that create “complete streets” more funding to incentivize doing so.
“When I was secretary, I was one of the secretaries in the country that got hit by a car running here in West Virginia about five years ago,” he said. “So it’s personal to me that you try to accommodate all road users on the street.”
Eck, who focused on pedestrians in his discussion, said projects need to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained with all users in mind.
“I’ve recently read a couple of reports by engineers who said in black and white basically (these pathways are) accessible to someone with a disability, therefore it’s safe,” he said. “That’s not necessarily true.”
In studying pedestrian behavior, it is important to remember students are not exclusively logical or rational beings who do what they are told. Changing behavior requires an understanding of key influencing factors, he said.
Eck said it’s in a pedestrian’s human nature to take the most direct path possible. For students, that is crossing four lanes of traffic along 3rd and 5th avenues. So building overpasses oftentimes is a waste.
The members of the Holcomb Class of 2022 planned the symposium. Members of the class are Alex Conley, Adria Fox, Zack Ihnat, Ian McKnight, Julia Minigh Cardot, Logan Rose, Rileigh Smirl and Le Trae Wilborn. | 0 | 81,319 | 0.045522 | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/putnam_news/panel-discusses-infrastructure-safety-at-marshall-symposium/article_f177d853-5cbd-5e45-b220-84b3e1c7f6c5.html | 2022-04-06 05:07:47+00:00 | HUNTINGTON — A shared roadway is the way of the future to reduce traffic fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists and people in a vehicle, experts said during a symposium at Marshall University on Thursday.
The Society of Yeager Scholars’ annual Spring Symposium, “Infrastructure: Safety, Accessibility and Design,” featured three 20-minute panel discussions on the three topics as they affect the Marshall and Huntington communities, followed by a Q&A session in the Don Morris Room at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington.
Panelists were Thomas J. Smith, senior transportation adviser for the Appalachian Regional Commission; Phoebe Patton Randolph, firm principal with Edward Tucker Architects Inc.; and Ronald W. Eck, professor emeritus of civil engineering at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.
Campus infrastructure and safety shifted into the spotlight recently after separate incidents on or near 3rd Avenue in Huntington during the fall 2021 semester in which a student was killed after being hit by a car and a professor was struck by a vehicle.
Following the incidents, a special task force was formed to study pedestrian safety on campus. Many of its members, including its leader, Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, were in attendance Thursday.
Smith said he recently spoke to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, which has hired a consulting firm to perform a safety audit. The audit was ordered after the student’s death in November, and Smith said it is expected to take place in April.
“The problem we’ve talked about is that cars have been sort of the center of the university for too many years,” he said.
“In a complete streets world, you try to consider all users.”
Several students, including those with varying disabilities, said they wanted to be involved in that discussion. Dr. James Bryce, an engineering professor and co-chair of the task force, said he wanted a list of interested students.
In her discussion, Randolph said Marshall’s population is about 38% of the population of Huntington, and balancing the needs of the university and campus — including pedestrians and bicyclists — with everything else happening in the city is important.
There is a lot of excess roadway along 3rd and 5th avenues, as both are about 90 feet wide and vehicles have a lot of unimpeded room to roam, Randolph said.
Randolph referred to a Hal Greer Boulevard concept design in which the city is working to create bike lanes and a grassed medium in the center “turn lane” to help pedestrians safely cross the street. The design also helps with stormwater drainage issues, she said.
That design started after a person attempting to visit her husband in a nearby hospital died crossing the road, Randolph said.
Smith discussed the issue from a national point of view, referring to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy, which was recently released.
Smith, West Virginia’s former secretary of Transportation, said more than 350,000 deaths from 2011 to 2020 were on the road nationwide, 16 times more than the other transportation categories combined.
He said deaths among pedestrians and bicyclists have been increasing at a faster rate than vehicle occupants, despite the pandemic taking vehicles off the roadway.
Smith said federal transportation agencies are changing traditional approaches to a new “safe system,” which designs roadways for human mistakes, shares responsibility and proactively identifies and addresses risks.
He proposed giving communities that create “complete streets” more funding to incentivize doing so.
“When I was secretary, I was one of the secretaries in the country that got hit by a car running here in West Virginia about five years ago,” he said. “So it’s personal to me that you try to accommodate all road users on the street.”
Eck, who focused on pedestrians in his discussion, said projects need to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained with all users in mind.
“I’ve recently read a couple of reports by engineers who said in black and white basically (these pathways are) accessible to someone with a disability, therefore it’s safe,” he said. “That’s not necessarily true.”
In studying pedestrian behavior, it is important to remember students are not exclusively logical or rational beings who do what they are told. Changing behavior requires an understanding of key influencing factors, he said.
Eck said it’s in a pedestrian’s human nature to take the most direct path possible. For students, that is crossing four lanes of traffic along 3rd and 5th avenues. So building overpasses oftentimes is a waste.
The members of the Holcomb Class of 2022 planned the symposium. Members of the class are Alex Conley, Adria Fox, Zack Ihnat, Ian McKnight, Julia Minigh Cardot, Logan Rose, Rileigh Smirl and Le Trae Wilborn. |
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/panel-discusses-infrastructure-safety-at-marshall-symposium/article_7ad52766-b265-5e40-9277-c7891762948b.html | HUNTINGTON — A shared roadway is the way of the future to reduce traffic fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists and people in a vehicle, experts said during a symposium at Marshall University on Thursday.
The Society of Yeager Scholars’ annual Spring Symposium, “Infrastructure: Safety, Accessibility and Design,” featured three 20-minute panel discussions on the three topics as they affect the Marshall and Huntington communities, followed by a Q&A session in the Don Morris Room at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington.
Panelists were Thomas J. Smith, senior transportation adviser for the Appalachian Regional Commission; Phoebe Patton Randolph, firm principal with Edward Tucker Architects Inc.; and Ronald W. Eck, professor emeritus of civil engineering at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.
Campus infrastructure and safety shifted into the spotlight recently after separate incidents on or near 3rd Avenue in Huntington during the fall 2021 semester in which a student was killed after being hit by a bus and a professor was struck by a vehicle.
Following the incidents, a special task force was formed to study pedestrian safety on campus. Many of its members, including its leader, Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, were in attendance Thursday.
Smith said he recently spoke to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, which has hired a consulting firm to perform a safety audit. The audit was ordered after the student’s death in November, and Smith said it is expected to take place in April.
“The problem we’ve talked about is that cars have been sort of the center of the university for too many years,” he said.
“In a complete streets world, you try to consider all users.”
Several students, including those with varying disabilities, said they wanted to be involved in that discussion. Dr. James Bryce, an engineering professor and co-chair of the task force, said he wanted a list of interested students.
In her discussion, Randolph said Marshall’s population is about 38% of the population of Huntington, and balancing the needs of the university and campus — including pedestrians and bicyclists — with everything else happening in the city is important.
There is a lot of excess roadway along 3rd and 5th avenues, as both are about 90 feet wide and vehicles have a lot of unimpeded room to roam, Randolph said.
Randolph referred to a Hal Greer Boulevard concept design in which the city is working to create bike lanes and a grassed medium in the center “turn lane” to help pedestrians safely cross the street. The design also helps with stormwater drainage issues, she said.
That design started after a person attempting to visit her husband in a nearby hospital died crossing the road, Randolph said.
Smith discussed the issue from a national point of view, referring to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy, which was recently released.
Smith, West Virginia’s former secretary of Transportation, said more than 350,000 deaths from 2011 to 2020 were on the road nationwide, 16 times more than the other transportation categories combined.
He said deaths among pedestrians and bicyclists have been increasing at a faster rate than vehicle occupants, despite the pandemic taking vehicles off the roadway.
Smith said federal transportation agencies are changing traditional approaches to a new “safe system,” which designs roadways for human mistakes, shares responsibility and proactively identifies and addresses risks.
He proposed giving communities that create “complete streets” more funding to incentivize doing so.
“When I was secretary, I was one of the secretaries in the country that got hit by a car running here in West Virginia about five years ago,” he said. “So it’s personal to me that you try to accommodate all road users on the street.”
Eck, who focused on pedestrians in his discussion, said projects need to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained with all users in mind.
“I’ve recently read a couple of reports by engineers who said in black and white basically (these pathways are) accessible to someone with a disability, therefore it’s safe,” he said. “That’s not necessarily true.”
In studying pedestrian behavior, it is important to remember students are not exclusively logical or rational beings who do what they are told. Changing behavior requires an understanding of key influencing factors, he said.
Eck said it’s in a pedestrian’s human nature to take the most direct path possible. For students, that is crossing four lanes of traffic along 3rd and 5th avenues. So building overpasses oftentimes is a waste.
The members of the Holcomb Class of 2022 planned the symposium. Members of the class are Alex Conley, Adria Fox, Zack Ihnat, Ian McKnight, Julia Minigh Cardot, Logan Rose, Rileigh Smirl and Le Trae Wilborn. | 1 | 105,532 | 0.045522 | https://www.lincolnjournal.com/news_sentinel/panel-discusses-infrastructure-safety-at-marshall-symposium/article_199d4163-c6fe-5686-895d-d065fa67d8b9.html | 2022-04-06 18:07:03+00:00 | HUNTINGTON — A shared roadway is the way of the future to reduce traffic fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists and people in a vehicle, experts said during a symposium at Marshall University on Thursday.
The Society of Yeager Scholars’ annual Spring Symposium, “Infrastructure: Safety, Accessibility and Design,” featured three 20-minute panel discussions on the three topics as they affect the Marshall and Huntington communities, followed by a Q&A session in the Don Morris Room at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington.
Panelists were Thomas J. Smith, senior transportation adviser for the Appalachian Regional Commission; Phoebe Patton Randolph, firm principal with Edward Tucker Architects Inc.; and Ronald W. Eck, professor emeritus of civil engineering at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.
Campus infrastructure and safety shifted into the spotlight recently after separate incidents on or near 3rd Avenue in Huntington during the fall 2021 semester in which a student was killed after being hit by a car and a professor was struck by a vehicle.
Following the incidents, a special task force was formed to study pedestrian safety on campus. Many of its members, including its leader, Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, were in attendance Thursday.
Smith said he recently spoke to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, which has hired a consulting firm to perform a safety audit. The audit was ordered after the student’s death in November, and Smith said it is expected to take place in April.
“The problem we’ve talked about is that cars have been sort of the center of the university for too many years,” he said.
“In a complete streets world, you try to consider all users.”
Several students, including those with varying disabilities, said they wanted to be involved in that discussion. Dr. James Bryce, an engineering professor and co-chair of the task force, said he wanted a list of interested students.
In her discussion, Randolph said Marshall’s population is about 38% of the population of Huntington, and balancing the needs of the university and campus — including pedestrians and bicyclists — with everything else happening in the city is important.
There is a lot of excess roadway along 3rd and 5th avenues, as both are about 90 feet wide and vehicles have a lot of unimpeded room to roam, Randolph said.
Randolph referred to a Hal Greer Boulevard concept design in which the city is working to create bike lanes and a grassed medium in the center “turn lane” to help pedestrians safely cross the street. The design also helps with stormwater drainage issues, she said.
That design started after a person attempting to visit her husband in a nearby hospital died crossing the road, Randolph said.
Smith discussed the issue from a national point of view, referring to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy, which was recently released.
Smith, West Virginia’s former secretary of Transportation, said more than 350,000 deaths from 2011 to 2020 were on the road nationwide, 16 times more than the other transportation categories combined.
He said deaths among pedestrians and bicyclists have been increasing at a faster rate than vehicle occupants, despite the pandemic taking vehicles off the roadway.
Smith said federal transportation agencies are changing traditional approaches to a new “safe system,” which designs roadways for human mistakes, shares responsibility and proactively identifies and addresses risks.
He proposed giving communities that create “complete streets” more funding to incentivize doing so.
“When I was secretary, I was one of the secretaries in the country that got hit by a car running here in West Virginia about five years ago,” he said. “So it’s personal to me that you try to accommodate all road users on the street.”
Eck, who focused on pedestrians in his discussion, said projects need to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained with all users in mind.
“I’ve recently read a couple of reports by engineers who said in black and white basically (these pathways are) accessible to someone with a disability, therefore it’s safe,” he said. “That’s not necessarily true.”
In studying pedestrian behavior, it is important to remember students are not exclusively logical or rational beings who do what they are told. Changing behavior requires an understanding of key influencing factors, he said.
Eck said it’s in a pedestrian’s human nature to take the most direct path possible. For students, that is crossing four lanes of traffic along 3rd and 5th avenues. So building overpasses oftentimes is a waste.
The members of the Holcomb Class of 2022 planned the symposium. Members of the class are Alex Conley, Adria Fox, Zack Ihnat, Ian McKnight, Julia Minigh Cardot, Logan Rose, Rileigh Smirl and Le Trae Wilborn. |
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/panel-discusses-infrastructure-safety-at-marshall-symposium/article_7ad52766-b265-5e40-9277-c7891762948b.html | HUNTINGTON — A shared roadway is the way of the future to reduce traffic fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists and people in a vehicle, experts said during a symposium at Marshall University on Thursday.
The Society of Yeager Scholars’ annual Spring Symposium, “Infrastructure: Safety, Accessibility and Design,” featured three 20-minute panel discussions on the three topics as they affect the Marshall and Huntington communities, followed by a Q&A session in the Don Morris Room at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington.
Panelists were Thomas J. Smith, senior transportation adviser for the Appalachian Regional Commission; Phoebe Patton Randolph, firm principal with Edward Tucker Architects Inc.; and Ronald W. Eck, professor emeritus of civil engineering at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program.
Campus infrastructure and safety shifted into the spotlight recently after separate incidents on or near 3rd Avenue in Huntington during the fall 2021 semester in which a student was killed after being hit by a bus and a professor was struck by a vehicle.
Following the incidents, a special task force was formed to study pedestrian safety on campus. Many of its members, including its leader, Sen. Bob Plymale, D-Wayne, were in attendance Thursday.
Smith said he recently spoke to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, which has hired a consulting firm to perform a safety audit. The audit was ordered after the student’s death in November, and Smith said it is expected to take place in April.
“The problem we’ve talked about is that cars have been sort of the center of the university for too many years,” he said.
“In a complete streets world, you try to consider all users.”
Several students, including those with varying disabilities, said they wanted to be involved in that discussion. Dr. James Bryce, an engineering professor and co-chair of the task force, said he wanted a list of interested students.
In her discussion, Randolph said Marshall’s population is about 38% of the population of Huntington, and balancing the needs of the university and campus — including pedestrians and bicyclists — with everything else happening in the city is important.
There is a lot of excess roadway along 3rd and 5th avenues, as both are about 90 feet wide and vehicles have a lot of unimpeded room to roam, Randolph said.
Randolph referred to a Hal Greer Boulevard concept design in which the city is working to create bike lanes and a grassed medium in the center “turn lane” to help pedestrians safely cross the street. The design also helps with stormwater drainage issues, she said.
That design started after a person attempting to visit her husband in a nearby hospital died crossing the road, Randolph said.
Smith discussed the issue from a national point of view, referring to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy, which was recently released.
Smith, West Virginia’s former secretary of Transportation, said more than 350,000 deaths from 2011 to 2020 were on the road nationwide, 16 times more than the other transportation categories combined.
He said deaths among pedestrians and bicyclists have been increasing at a faster rate than vehicle occupants, despite the pandemic taking vehicles off the roadway.
Smith said federal transportation agencies are changing traditional approaches to a new “safe system,” which designs roadways for human mistakes, shares responsibility and proactively identifies and addresses risks.
He proposed giving communities that create “complete streets” more funding to incentivize doing so.
“When I was secretary, I was one of the secretaries in the country that got hit by a car running here in West Virginia about five years ago,” he said. “So it’s personal to me that you try to accommodate all road users on the street.”
Eck, who focused on pedestrians in his discussion, said projects need to be designed, constructed, operated and maintained with all users in mind.
“I’ve recently read a couple of reports by engineers who said in black and white basically (these pathways are) accessible to someone with a disability, therefore it’s safe,” he said. “That’s not necessarily true.”
In studying pedestrian behavior, it is important to remember students are not exclusively logical or rational beings who do what they are told. Changing behavior requires an understanding of key influencing factors, he said.
Eck said it’s in a pedestrian’s human nature to take the most direct path possible. For students, that is crossing four lanes of traffic along 3rd and 5th avenues. So building overpasses oftentimes is a waste.
The members of the Holcomb Class of 2022 planned the symposium. Members of the class are Alex Conley, Adria Fox, Zack Ihnat, Ian McKnight, Julia Minigh Cardot, Logan Rose, Rileigh Smirl and Le Trae Wilborn. | 2 | 129,634 | 0.612919 | https://www.wsaz.com/2022/04/21/wsaz-investigates-traffic-safety-study-underway-after-fatal-accident/ | 2022-04-21 23:32:06+00:00 | WSAZ Investigates | Traffic safety study underway after fatal accident
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Thousands of students cross high-traffic areas around Marshall University’s campus daily, including areas where multiple accidents involving pedestrians have been reported through the years.
One of those accidents took the life of a student after she got off a public transit bus.
Police say the light turned green right before Maribeth Cox walked into the path of oncoming traffic in the crosswalk.
She was hit by an SUV and died at the scene.
“In that one life, nothing can pay that back,” a Marshall University student said.
WSAZ reached out to the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) and Marshall University following the fatal accident last November to find out if they have any plans on improving safety in those high-traffic areas around campus where students frequently cross the road.
As of this week, a traffic safety study is underway.
We asked Robert Plymale, co-chair of the university’s pedestrian safety task force, why it had to take a student losing her life for a study like this to happen.
“I know this has been discussed a number of times by the engineering school and they have been very helpful in that. As a matter of fact, we have a number of students that participated in the road safety audit,” Plymale said. “When you have a death, you never do things fast enough, so I think that we’re reacting to this and we will do this quickly.”
Plymale says the university had to request the study from the WVDOT.
“It’s a process, and we’ve done the initial phase of it where you collect the data, collect the information, look at all the traffic signals, look at truck traffic, you look at vehicle traffic, you look at speeds, you look at signage,” Plymale said.
He said the study focuses on the high-traffic areas around campus-- starting at the corner of 20th Street and 3rd Avenue, down to Hal Greer Boulevard, up to 5th Avenue, then back down 5th Avenue to 20th Street.
We also talked to Plymale about how parents and students say they worry about crossing 3rd and 5th avenues everyday -- not just for class, but children sometimes having to cross these extreme high-traffic areas to go to football games or basketball games.
We asked him if he thinks these studies are a long time coming.
“Well, I think obviously they are done, because there’s been accidents. So, in order to do it and meet the long-range needs -- you’re gonna have to look at a multi-modal view whether you do bike pathways or whether you do other things that allow you to be able to do this,” Plymale said. “Right now, if you look at this road here, we’ve got four lanes of traffic. Do we need four lanes of traffic? Part of the problem you have with pedestrians crossing is it’s a lot wider too, so maybe you reduce that down to three lanes and do other things that make it a little easier to cross.”
Plymale says the process could take up to a couple of years, however they hope to finish it sooner.
As this safety study progresses, Plymale says it’s important for people to stay alert and stay off their phones while using the crosswalk.
We did reach out to the West Virginia Division of Highways asking for an interview multiple times, but they did not ever respond to that request.
They sent the following statement confirming the traffic study is underway and some basic details:
“The Pedestrian Road Safety Assessment we are participating in is a collaborative review with a multidisciplinary team of planners, emergency services, law enforcement, students, faculty and engineers. This is a problem solving process that will examine pedestrian generators, and pathways, while looking for potential countermeasures both in the short and long term.
“This process is in the beginning stages and to ensure the integrity of the data and information gathered while guarding against any bias in the findings, the assessment portion of the study should and shall be considered a work in progress. We believe some preliminary recommendations could be forthcoming as early as summer and should any promising ideas move forward to implementation, the team will most definitely reach out and share that information with the public.
“This accounts for where we are as the study begins and I have confidence this structured approach will lead the partners to a successful solution.”
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https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-brownfields-can-be-redeveloped-but-its-not-always-easy/article_040603b6-b8c7-5934-9263-43e33ad521de.html | For decades, the R.E. Burger Power Plant at Dilles Bottom, Ohio, stood along the Ohio River, plainly visible to people driving north on West Virginia 2 toward Moundsville. The plant dominated the Ohio shore as seen by visitors to Moundsville Riverfront Park.
The power plant’s owners took it out of service years ago. It was a victim of economic, regulatory and political forces that doomed many small coal-burning power plants in the Ohio Valley.
It was demolished in the past decade in part because the U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical wanted to take advantage of natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
That was a time when at least four new ethane crackers and other plants were being proposed. A Brazilian company was interested in building one in Wood County. There was talk of a small one in the Kanawha Valley. Shell Chemical looked at three states and announced plans to build one at Monaca, Pennsylvania, near West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle.
The $6 billion Shell plant is on track to go into operation later this year. Plans for the Wood County plant was abandoned, and nothing came of the Kanawha County idea.
According to the Associated Press, PTT Global Chemical received $20 million from JobsOhio — Ohio’s private economic development office — for development work on the plant near Moundsville, and now it has repaid the money after it failed to make an investment decision by 2020.
PTT Global had issued frequent statements saying it was lining up other investors, but the market for natural gas liquids processing in the Ohio Valley didn’t live up to the optimistic projections.
“They can’t find a partner because of market conditions,” Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told the AP. “They’re the ones who made the promise on what they’re going to do, and it’s up to them.”
Husted added, “The last thing I’m going to do is create a false hope. People in Appalachia have been promised a lot of things that businesses never delivered.”
PTT Global Chemical spokesperson Dan Williamson told the AP the company has invested $300 million in the project and is committed to building the plant. He said there is no deadline for a decision on building it.
Ohio officials, however, appear to have lost patience with PTT Global Chemical and are ready to move on. Ohio set conditions on a company receiving state assistance to bring industry to an area that needs it, and it enforced those conditions.
Industries looking to build new facilities are more interested in greenfield sites than they are brownfield sites. That’s understandable, as sites that had been farmland or otherwise vacant don’t carry the legacy costs that brownfield sites do. But brownfields are there because those sites once were attractive, and they can be again. PTT Global Chemical’s final decision on its site near Moundsville — what it will be — does not negate that fact.
This region has several unused brownfield sites that could be developed. The success of The Point industrial park at South Point, Ohio, shows brownfields have promise. So does the former Owens-Illinois site in Huntington. This region has other brownfields that can bring jobs and activity to the region if they are developed in ways that attract investment. | 0 | 123,727 | 0.854855 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/new-power-plant-to-bring-jobs-to-west-virginia/ | 2022-09-15 23:13:05+00:00 | CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)–A new natural gas power plant, expected to cost billions of dollars and employ hundreds of workers, is planned for West Virginia.
Sources familiar with the project say it will be located in Doddridge County, already a hotbed for natural gas wells and processing plants.
The project is expected to employ about 2,000 union construction jobs, and some 200 permanent workers when complete.
The company behind the project is CPV Shay, a Maryland-based energy company. 13 News reached out to the company for more information, but the company has not responded at this time.
Gov. Jim Justice and Sen. Joe Manchin will formally announce the project tomorrow afternoon in Charleston. |
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-brownfields-can-be-redeveloped-but-its-not-always-easy/article_040603b6-b8c7-5934-9263-43e33ad521de.html | For decades, the R.E. Burger Power Plant at Dilles Bottom, Ohio, stood along the Ohio River, plainly visible to people driving north on West Virginia 2 toward Moundsville. The plant dominated the Ohio shore as seen by visitors to Moundsville Riverfront Park.
The power plant’s owners took it out of service years ago. It was a victim of economic, regulatory and political forces that doomed many small coal-burning power plants in the Ohio Valley.
It was demolished in the past decade in part because the U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical wanted to take advantage of natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
That was a time when at least four new ethane crackers and other plants were being proposed. A Brazilian company was interested in building one in Wood County. There was talk of a small one in the Kanawha Valley. Shell Chemical looked at three states and announced plans to build one at Monaca, Pennsylvania, near West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle.
The $6 billion Shell plant is on track to go into operation later this year. Plans for the Wood County plant was abandoned, and nothing came of the Kanawha County idea.
According to the Associated Press, PTT Global Chemical received $20 million from JobsOhio — Ohio’s private economic development office — for development work on the plant near Moundsville, and now it has repaid the money after it failed to make an investment decision by 2020.
PTT Global had issued frequent statements saying it was lining up other investors, but the market for natural gas liquids processing in the Ohio Valley didn’t live up to the optimistic projections.
“They can’t find a partner because of market conditions,” Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told the AP. “They’re the ones who made the promise on what they’re going to do, and it’s up to them.”
Husted added, “The last thing I’m going to do is create a false hope. People in Appalachia have been promised a lot of things that businesses never delivered.”
PTT Global Chemical spokesperson Dan Williamson told the AP the company has invested $300 million in the project and is committed to building the plant. He said there is no deadline for a decision on building it.
Ohio officials, however, appear to have lost patience with PTT Global Chemical and are ready to move on. Ohio set conditions on a company receiving state assistance to bring industry to an area that needs it, and it enforced those conditions.
Industries looking to build new facilities are more interested in greenfield sites than they are brownfield sites. That’s understandable, as sites that had been farmland or otherwise vacant don’t carry the legacy costs that brownfield sites do. But brownfields are there because those sites once were attractive, and they can be again. PTT Global Chemical’s final decision on its site near Moundsville — what it will be — does not negate that fact.
This region has several unused brownfield sites that could be developed. The success of The Point industrial park at South Point, Ohio, shows brownfields have promise. So does the former Owens-Illinois site in Huntington. This region has other brownfields that can bring jobs and activity to the region if they are developed in ways that attract investment. | 1 | 135,295 | 0.864928 | https://www.wrkf.org/2022-07-19/a-shell-chemical-plant-stirs-economic-hope-and-environmental-fears-in-western-pa | 2022-07-20 00:52:12+00:00 | RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
There are some complicated feelings surrounding a new plant just outside Pittsburgh. Later this summer, oil giant Shell is expected to open a new chemical plant that will turn natural gas into plastic. Over the last decade of development, the plant has brought hope and fear for many in this stretch of the Rust Belt. The Allegheny Front's Reid Frazier reports.
REID FRAZIER, BYLINE: At a local restaurant, Skip Homan tells a story familiar to western Pennsylvania.
SKIP HOMAN: Steel in Beaver County was the major source of employment.
FRAZIER: Homan is a retired engineer who sits on the board of the Beaver County Partnership for Community and Economic Growth. He says when steel left in the 1980s, the county's tax base collapsed, as did its population and school enrollments. Then in 2016, Shell picked the county as the site for a multibillion-dollar plant called an ethane cracker.
HOMAN: Before Shell, Beaver County was really not recognized, not known. Now Beaver County is on the map.
FRAZIER: Shell received the largest state subsidy ever in Pennsylvania, a $1.65 billion tax credit to build the sprawling plant. Here's Hilary Mercer, a company vice president, in a video promoting the project on Shell's Facebook page.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
HILARY MERCER: Shell's building a new business here in Pennsylvania. We're building a polyethylene business, which is the building blocks for many of the plastics that we see around us today.
FRAZIER: At its peak, the site was the biggest construction project in North America. Eighty-five hundred workers, many from out of state, crowded hotels, restaurants and rental apartments. When the plant opens, it will have 600 permanent jobs. Not everyone here is happy about this project. Joyce Hanshaw lives across the Ohio River in the town of Vanport. She and husband, Don, a retired steelworker, used to have bonfires in their backyard.
JOYCE HANSHAW: The whole area here is all lit up all the time, so there's no - really, no nighttime here.
FRAZIER: The couple bought their house in 1973. She doesn't want to move, mostly because the house is paid off. Hanshaw is worried about what kind of health problems the plant might cause.
HANSHAW: I'm just wondering, for health reasons - it being plastic and that I already have lung problems as it is - what's it going to be like?
FRAZIER: Shell didn't respond to requests for an interview, but in written statements says it's following all state and federal rules. As part of a settlement with environmental groups, it installed pollution monitors around the plant. But it's still permitted to emit large amounts of smog-forming chemicals, particles and planet-warming carbon dioxide. That got Cheryl Hardy (ph) worried. Last year, she and her husband picked up and moved 15 miles away rather than live near the plant with their two young children.
CHERYL HARDY: Being, like, in eyesight or across from it in the event of an explosion or, you know, something that would have happened accidentally, and our kids - like, it just scared us.
FRAZIER: Hardy says she knows several other families thinking of doing the same, but Derrick Reynolds isn't among them. He grew up in Beaver County. One of his first jobs was taking apart a closed down steel mill. He worked in construction on the Shell plant and now runs a nearby catering business with his fiancee. For Reynolds, the prospect of pollution from the plant doesn't bother him.
DERRICK REYNOLDS: Before a lot of the jobs went away, the steel mills was booming around here. And you know it was a lot of exhaust and smoke going on. So to me, it's nothing new.
FRAZIER: He says he'll reserve judgment on the plant until he sees how it performs when it opens.
For NPR News, I'm Reid Frazier in Monaca, Pa.
(SOUNDBITE OF THE ALBUM LEAF'S "SHINE") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. |
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/editorial-brownfields-can-be-redeveloped-but-its-not-always-easy/article_040603b6-b8c7-5934-9263-43e33ad521de.html | For decades, the R.E. Burger Power Plant at Dilles Bottom, Ohio, stood along the Ohio River, plainly visible to people driving north on West Virginia 2 toward Moundsville. The plant dominated the Ohio shore as seen by visitors to Moundsville Riverfront Park.
The power plant’s owners took it out of service years ago. It was a victim of economic, regulatory and political forces that doomed many small coal-burning power plants in the Ohio Valley.
It was demolished in the past decade in part because the U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical wanted to take advantage of natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
That was a time when at least four new ethane crackers and other plants were being proposed. A Brazilian company was interested in building one in Wood County. There was talk of a small one in the Kanawha Valley. Shell Chemical looked at three states and announced plans to build one at Monaca, Pennsylvania, near West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle.
The $6 billion Shell plant is on track to go into operation later this year. Plans for the Wood County plant was abandoned, and nothing came of the Kanawha County idea.
According to the Associated Press, PTT Global Chemical received $20 million from JobsOhio — Ohio’s private economic development office — for development work on the plant near Moundsville, and now it has repaid the money after it failed to make an investment decision by 2020.
PTT Global had issued frequent statements saying it was lining up other investors, but the market for natural gas liquids processing in the Ohio Valley didn’t live up to the optimistic projections.
“They can’t find a partner because of market conditions,” Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told the AP. “They’re the ones who made the promise on what they’re going to do, and it’s up to them.”
Husted added, “The last thing I’m going to do is create a false hope. People in Appalachia have been promised a lot of things that businesses never delivered.”
PTT Global Chemical spokesperson Dan Williamson told the AP the company has invested $300 million in the project and is committed to building the plant. He said there is no deadline for a decision on building it.
Ohio officials, however, appear to have lost patience with PTT Global Chemical and are ready to move on. Ohio set conditions on a company receiving state assistance to bring industry to an area that needs it, and it enforced those conditions.
Industries looking to build new facilities are more interested in greenfield sites than they are brownfield sites. That’s understandable, as sites that had been farmland or otherwise vacant don’t carry the legacy costs that brownfield sites do. But brownfields are there because those sites once were attractive, and they can be again. PTT Global Chemical’s final decision on its site near Moundsville — what it will be — does not negate that fact.
This region has several unused brownfield sites that could be developed. The success of The Point industrial park at South Point, Ohio, shows brownfields have promise. So does the former Owens-Illinois site in Huntington. This region has other brownfields that can bring jobs and activity to the region if they are developed in ways that attract investment. | 2 | 109,258 | 0.867765 | https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/dominion-energy-west-virginia-changes-hands-becomes-hope-gas/article_b2199674-295c-11ed-990c-57a9d1489100.html | 2022-09-01 08:00:32+00:00 | FAIRMONT — A familiar name in West Virginia natural gas has new owners and a new name.
Dominion Energy sold its subsidiary Dominion Energy West Virginia to Illinois-based Ullico/Hearthstone Utilities Inc. for $690 million in February 2022 and the sale and name change are official Sept. 1.
Hearthstone, which will operate in West Virginia as Hope Gas, owns 15 water utilities and five gas utilities across the nation. With this latest purchase, Hearthstone owns six gas utilities.
Hearthstone CEO Morgan O’Brien plans to expand job opportunities and infrastructure at Hope Gas.
“There’s a lot of gas here in West Virginia. The Marcellus and Utica Shales are — depending who you talk to — the largest gas reserves in the world, but definitely the largest in the United States,” O’Brien said. “The journey in energy has been going from coal to natural gas, and for others it’s from gas to renewables.”
The shift from gas to renewables is what prompted Dominion Energy to sell its West Virginia branch, opting to focus more on renewable ventures.
O’Brien got his start in the energy sector with Peoples Gas in Pennsylvania. He knew West Virginia had a deep connection to energy and most of the state sits directly above two of the largest natural gas reserves in the world.
But an issue in West Virginia is that there’s been trouble constructing infrastructure to transport the gas. Pipelines are hard to get permission to build and that hurts demand for the product, according to O’Brien.
“The current market is a fixed size and it’s not really growing that fast and there are no pipelines,” O’Brien said. “While there’s an opportunity to drill more gas, because of those two issues there just hasn’t been a lot of drilling.”
Hearthstone’s vision for Hope Gas is to be a leader in the industry in the Mountain State and change the way the residents and businesses think about gas.
Hope Gas is the largest utility Hearthstone has taken on, with over 100,000 customers, 21,000 of which are in Marion County.
Most gas customers think of the utility as the stuff that keeps the house warm in the winter, and that’s true for the majority of the buyers, but the future of gas might be more akin to solar energy than a coal-fired stove.
Some larger businesses have leased their property for drilling and instead of opting to ship the gas away, they’ve built their own microgrids on site to create energy aside from the main power grid.
The Pittsburgh Airport does this and has avoided blackouts by having their own power generation. They also sell the excess energy back to the main grid so none of it is wasted.
This is a similar process to what is happening on a smaller scale with solar power. Homeowners that install solar have their own microgrid. O’Brien said homes powered by solar and natural gas together isn’t too far fetched.
As for Hope Gas’ role in this, the company will continue to push for more infrastructure and push to provide natural gas to communities who don’t currently have the utility.
O’Brien hopes to cement the company’s stake in the community by moving the headquarters to Morgantown and expand personnel. The company currently employs around 330 and plans to expand that number to 430 in the first year and continue to grow from there.
“We want to create a company that’s important here,” O’Brien said. “If you’re a businessman who’s looking to invest, we want to be a partner or if you’re a family who wants to keep the lights on and keep costs low, we want to help you too.”
Hope Gas will open its corporate headquarters in 35,000 square feet of the WVU Innovation Corporation’s 55,000 square foot office building on Chestnut Ridge.
“We are delighted that Hope Gas will be the first tenant in the WVU Innovation Corporation, as we feel their innovation spirit in the energy domain falls well in line with our desire to serve as a catalyst for economic growth,” WVU Innovation Corp. President Stacey K. Armstrong said. “We look forward to building this new partnership with Hearthstone and to welcoming other innovation-minded businesses into the facility as well.” |
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Los-Angeles-3-Calgary-2-17050103.php | Los Angeles won shootout 1-0
First Period_None. Penalties_Calgary bench, served by Tkachuk (Too Many Men on the Ice), 6:27; Byfield, LA (Holding), 11:11.
Second Period_1, Los Angeles, Iafallo 15 (Edler, Kempe), 1:05. Penalties_None.
Third Period_2, Calgary, Gaudreau 31 (Hanifin, Jarnkrok), 1:36 (pp). 3, Calgary, Gudbranson 6 (Lucic, Monahan), 13:33. 4, Los Angeles, Arvidsson 19 (Danault, Maatta), 15:38. Penalties_Durzi, LA (Cross Checking), 0:17; Andersson, LA (High Sticking), 2:53.
Overtime_None. Penalties_Lindholm, CGY (Holding), 1:03.
Shootout_Los Angeles 1 (Andersson G, Kempe NG), Calgary 0 (Backlund NG, Tkachuk NG, Gaudreau NG).
Shots on Goal_Los Angeles 7-10-9-6_32. Calgary 7-11-10-0_28.
Power-play opportunities_Los Angeles 0 of 2; Calgary 1 of 3.
Goalies_Los Angeles, Petersen 19-11-1 (28 shots-26 saves). Calgary, Markstrom 31-13-8 (32-30).
A_16,398 (19,289). T_2:36.
Referees_Marc Joannette, Peter MacDougall. Linesmen_Julien Fournier, Justin Johnson. | 0 | 14,805 | 0.6377 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558635203826/andersson-s-shootout-goal-lifts-kings-over-flames-3-2 | 2022-04-04 12:06:22+00:00 | Andersson's shootout goal lifts Kings over Flames 3-2
Lias Andersson scored the deciding goal in the shootout, Cal Petersen made 26 saves and the Los Angeles Kings edged the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Thursday night.
Alex Iaffalo and Viktor Arvidsson scored in regulation for Los Angeles, which moved within five points of Pacific Division-leading Calgary. The Flames have three games in hand.
Johnny Gaudreau and Erik Gudbranson scored for Calgary, which lost consecutive games for the first time since early January. After a stretch of winning 15 of 17 home games, Calgary has won just two of its last six (2-2-2) at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The Kings and Flames meet again in Los Angeles on Monday night.
Andersson was Los Angeles' second player in the shootout and scored by squeezing a shot through Jacob Markstrom's pads as he cut in off the wing. The goal stood as the winner with Petersen denying Mikael Backlund, Matthew Tkachuk and Gaudreau.
After giving up six goals in his last start, Petersen rebounded with a terrific performance to improve to 19-11-1. During one stretch in the first period, he kicked out a pad to get a toe on Backlund's shot, then stretched out his glove to deny Blake Coleman on the rebound.
In the second, he stopped Oliver Kylington on a 2-on-1 and seconds later got his shoulder on a dangerous shot from the slot by Tyler Toffoli.
Los Angeles dominated overtime, outshooting the Flames 6-0 but couldn't solve Markstrom. Four of the shots came on a power play when Elias Lindholm was sent off for holding.
Down 1-0 after 40 minutes on Iafallo's goal in the second period, Calgary tied it 1:36 into the third on a power-play goal by Gaudreau. The play capped off an eventful sequence for the left wing.
He was crunched into the boards from behind by Kings defenseman Sean Durzi, drawing a cross-checking penalty. Then on the power play, Gaudreau turned the puck over to Alex Iafallo, only to chase him down and steal it back again.
Shortly after leading the Flames back up ice again, Gaudreau converted Noah Hanifin's rebound for his 31st goal.
The Flames surged ahead at 13:33 on a rare goal generated from the fourth line. Milan Lucic and Sean Monahan combined to get the puck back to Gudbranson at the point and his shot through a crowd eluded Petersen.
But the Kings countered just over two minutes later with Arvidsson burying a shot inside the post. He broke through the slot and was neatly set up on a backhand pass from behind the net by Phillip Danault, who had his back to the play.
NOTES: Tkachuk's five-game point streak (four goals, eight assists) was snapped. ... The Flames lost Kylington early in the third when he went heavily into the boards after a hit from Rasmus Kupari. ... Seventy of Gaudreau's 91 points have come at even-strength, which leads the NHL. |
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Los-Angeles-3-Calgary-2-17050103.php | Los Angeles won shootout 1-0
First Period_None. Penalties_Calgary bench, served by Tkachuk (Too Many Men on the Ice), 6:27; Byfield, LA (Holding), 11:11.
Second Period_1, Los Angeles, Iafallo 15 (Edler, Kempe), 1:05. Penalties_None.
Third Period_2, Calgary, Gaudreau 31 (Hanifin, Jarnkrok), 1:36 (pp). 3, Calgary, Gudbranson 6 (Lucic, Monahan), 13:33. 4, Los Angeles, Arvidsson 19 (Danault, Maatta), 15:38. Penalties_Durzi, LA (Cross Checking), 0:17; Andersson, LA (High Sticking), 2:53.
Overtime_None. Penalties_Lindholm, CGY (Holding), 1:03.
Shootout_Los Angeles 1 (Andersson G, Kempe NG), Calgary 0 (Backlund NG, Tkachuk NG, Gaudreau NG).
Shots on Goal_Los Angeles 7-10-9-6_32. Calgary 7-11-10-0_28.
Power-play opportunities_Los Angeles 0 of 2; Calgary 1 of 3.
Goalies_Los Angeles, Petersen 19-11-1 (28 shots-26 saves). Calgary, Markstrom 31-13-8 (32-30).
A_16,398 (19,289). T_2:36.
Referees_Marc Joannette, Peter MacDougall. Linesmen_Julien Fournier, Justin Johnson. | 1 | 31,986 | 0.650761 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558707918803/kings-claw-past-flames-in-shootout | 2022-04-04 13:25:53+00:00 | Kings claw past Flames in shootout
Lias Andersson scored the shootout winner to give the visiting Los Angeles Kings a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday in a clash between the Pacific Division’s top two clubs.
Andersson, the only player to score in the shootout for either team, worked down the ice and released a wrist shot from the slot that just squeaked between goalie Jacob Markstrom’s legs and into the cage.
Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen stopped 26 shots through regulation and overtime and all three Flames attempts in the shootout.
Alex Iafallo and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Kings, who pulled within five points of the Flames in the chase for the top spot in the division.
Johnny Gaudreau and Erik Gudbranson replied for Calgary, which has three games in hand on Los Angeles. Markstrom stopped 30 shots, including six during the overtime period. The Flames didn’t put a shot on net in OT.
The teams meet again Monday in Los Angeles.
After a scoreless opening period, Iafallo put the Kings on the board 65 seconds into the second period. Taking advantage of a lazy Calgary line change, the Kings raced up ice and Iafallo converted a two-on-one rush with Adrian Kempe for his 15th goal of the season.
The Flames, who were struggling to create sustained pressure, drew even with Gaudreau’s tally 1:36 into the third period. With Calgary on a power play because Gaudreau was the recipient of a cross check from Sean Durzi, the Flames winger was parked near the net when he pounced on a loose puck for his 31st goal of the season.
Then it was Calgary’s turn to blow a lead. Gudbranson put the Flames ahead with 6:27 remaining in regulation with a long wrist shot from the point that somehow made it through the maze and into the net for his sixth goal of the campaign.
Arvidsson replied 125 seconds later. Phillip Danault fed a perfect pass into the slot, and Arvidsson converted for his 19th of the campaign. It’s the first time he has scored against Calgary, in his 16th meeting.
The Flames took another hit with defenseman Oliver Kylington leaving the game in the middle of the third period after he crashed heavily into the end boards.
--Field Level Media |
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Los-Angeles-3-Calgary-2-17050103.php | Los Angeles won shootout 1-0
First Period_None. Penalties_Calgary bench, served by Tkachuk (Too Many Men on the Ice), 6:27; Byfield, LA (Holding), 11:11.
Second Period_1, Los Angeles, Iafallo 15 (Edler, Kempe), 1:05. Penalties_None.
Third Period_2, Calgary, Gaudreau 31 (Hanifin, Jarnkrok), 1:36 (pp). 3, Calgary, Gudbranson 6 (Lucic, Monahan), 13:33. 4, Los Angeles, Arvidsson 19 (Danault, Maatta), 15:38. Penalties_Durzi, LA (Cross Checking), 0:17; Andersson, LA (High Sticking), 2:53.
Overtime_None. Penalties_Lindholm, CGY (Holding), 1:03.
Shootout_Los Angeles 1 (Andersson G, Kempe NG), Calgary 0 (Backlund NG, Tkachuk NG, Gaudreau NG).
Shots on Goal_Los Angeles 7-10-9-6_32. Calgary 7-11-10-0_28.
Power-play opportunities_Los Angeles 0 of 2; Calgary 1 of 3.
Goalies_Los Angeles, Petersen 19-11-1 (28 shots-26 saves). Calgary, Markstrom 31-13-8 (32-30).
A_16,398 (19,289). T_2:36.
Referees_Marc Joannette, Peter MacDougall. Linesmen_Julien Fournier, Justin Johnson. | 2 | 26,263 | 0.654124 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558604487967/kings-claw-past-flames-in-shootout | 2022-04-04 13:01:04+00:00 | Kings claw past Flames in shootout
Lias Andersson scored the shootout winner to give the visiting Los Angeles Kings a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday in a clash between the Pacific Division’s top two clubs.
Andersson, the only player to score in the shootout for either team, worked down the ice and released a wrist shot from the slot that just squeaked between goalie Jacob Markstrom’s legs and into the cage.
Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen stopped 26 shots through regulation and overtime and all three Flames attempts in the shootout.
Alex Iafallo and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Kings, who pulled within five points of the Flames in the chase for top spot in the division.
Johnny Gaudreau and Erik Gudbranson replied for Calgary, which has three games in hand on Los Angeles. Markstrom stopped 30 shots, including six during the overtime period. The Flames didn’t put a shot on net in OT.
The teams meet again Monday in Los Angeles.
After a scoreless opening period, Iafallo put the Kings on the board 65 seconds into the second period. Taking advantage of a lazy Calgary line change, the Kings raced up ice and Iafallo converted a two-on-one rush with Adrian Kempe for his 15th goal of the season.
The Flames, who were struggling to create sustained pressure, drew even with Gaudreau’s tally 1:36 into the third period. With Calgary on a power play because Gaudreau was the recipient of a cross check from Sean Durzi, the Flames winger was parked near the net when he pounced on a loose puck for his 31st goal of the season.
Then it was Calgary’s turn to blow a lead. Gudbranson put the Flames ahead with 6:27 remaining in regulation with a long wrist shot from the point that somehow made it through the maze and into the net for his sixth goal of the campaign.
Arvidsson replied 125 seconds later. Phillip Danault fed a perfect pass into the slot, and Arvidsson converted for his 19th of the campaign. It’s the first time he has scored against Calgary, in his 16th meeting.
The Flames took another hit with defenseman Oliver Kylington leaving the game in the middle of the third period after he crashed heavily into the end boards.
–Field Level Media
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https://www.crn.com.au/news/intel-to-acquire-ai-startup-granulate-cloud-solutions-for-us650-million-578160 | After more than a week of rumors, Intel has now confirmed it will be acquiring startup Granulate Cloud Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI) software optimisation startup, for a reported US$650 million.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant said it will leverage Granulate’s technology to help its customers maximise compute workloads performance and reduce cloud and infrastructure costs. Intel plans to “rapidly scale” Granulate’s optimisation software, including across its data centre portfolio.
Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Datacentre and AI Group, said cloud and data centre customers are demanding scalable, high-performance software to make the most of their hardware deployments.
“Granulate’s cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer,” said Rivera in a statement.
The microprocessor superstar is currently building out its software optimisation toolset in a move to offer better scalability and flexibility to its massive customer base. Granulate’s approach to real-time optimisation software complements Intel’s existing capabilities by helping customers realise performance gains, cloud cost reductions and continual workload learning, Intel said.
Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, reports indicate Intel is paying $650 million for the startup. Intel employs 14,000 people in Israel at R&D centres and its Mobileye business – which Intel purchased for $50 billion in 2017.
Mobileye is already using Granulate’s Intel Workload Optimizer to make its cloud-dependent autonomous driving technology more efficient.
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. All of Granulate’s 120 employees are expected to join Intel.
What Granulate Cloud Solutions brings to the table
Granulate applies artificial intelligence to high-priority computing workloads to optimise how they travel across a customer’s both cloud and on-premises network.
Granulate’s autonomous optimisation service reduces CPU utilisation and application latencies by learning the customer’s application and deploying a customised set of continuous optimisations at runtime.
The technology enables deployment on smaller compute clusters and instance types to improve application performance and drive down cloud and data centre costs. Granulate’s service does not require developer intervention and doesn’t need the customer to make changes to its own code. Optimisations for the latest CPUs can be applied even on legacy Linux distributions and runtimes, Intel said.
Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate, said the combination of the two companies will help customers achieve meaningful cost reductions and “five times” the throughput across workloads.
“As a part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel’s 19,000 software engineers,” Ezra said in a statement.
Intel and Granulate first formed a partnership in 2019, when Granulate was part of the first graduating class of Intel Ignite—the startup accelerator program that taps into Intel’s resources to help early-stage companies succeed.
Over the past year, Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments. Intel said the collaboration resulted in gains in performance and decreases in costs for customers running on Intel processors. | 0 | 11,131 | 0.307337 | https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/intel-buys-israeli-workload-optimisation-startup-granulate-for-650-mn/90588617 | 2022-04-01 14:10:40+00:00 | San Francisco: Chip-maker
Intel has announced to acquire
Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimisation software, reportedly for up to $650 million.
The acquisition will help
cloud and
data centre customers maximise compute workload performance and reduce infrastructure and cloud costs, Intel said in a statement late on Thursday.
"Granulate's cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer," said Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of the Data centre and
AI Group at Intel.
Granulate's autonomous optimisation service enables cloud and data centre customers to significantly improve the performance of their deployments, reduce operational overhead and lower application costs.
"As part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel's 19,000 software engineers," said Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate.
Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. |
https://www.crn.com.au/news/intel-to-acquire-ai-startup-granulate-cloud-solutions-for-us650-million-578160 | After more than a week of rumors, Intel has now confirmed it will be acquiring startup Granulate Cloud Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI) software optimisation startup, for a reported US$650 million.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant said it will leverage Granulate’s technology to help its customers maximise compute workloads performance and reduce cloud and infrastructure costs. Intel plans to “rapidly scale” Granulate’s optimisation software, including across its data centre portfolio.
Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Datacentre and AI Group, said cloud and data centre customers are demanding scalable, high-performance software to make the most of their hardware deployments.
“Granulate’s cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer,” said Rivera in a statement.
The microprocessor superstar is currently building out its software optimisation toolset in a move to offer better scalability and flexibility to its massive customer base. Granulate’s approach to real-time optimisation software complements Intel’s existing capabilities by helping customers realise performance gains, cloud cost reductions and continual workload learning, Intel said.
Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, reports indicate Intel is paying $650 million for the startup. Intel employs 14,000 people in Israel at R&D centres and its Mobileye business – which Intel purchased for $50 billion in 2017.
Mobileye is already using Granulate’s Intel Workload Optimizer to make its cloud-dependent autonomous driving technology more efficient.
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. All of Granulate’s 120 employees are expected to join Intel.
What Granulate Cloud Solutions brings to the table
Granulate applies artificial intelligence to high-priority computing workloads to optimise how they travel across a customer’s both cloud and on-premises network.
Granulate’s autonomous optimisation service reduces CPU utilisation and application latencies by learning the customer’s application and deploying a customised set of continuous optimisations at runtime.
The technology enables deployment on smaller compute clusters and instance types to improve application performance and drive down cloud and data centre costs. Granulate’s service does not require developer intervention and doesn’t need the customer to make changes to its own code. Optimisations for the latest CPUs can be applied even on legacy Linux distributions and runtimes, Intel said.
Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate, said the combination of the two companies will help customers achieve meaningful cost reductions and “five times” the throughput across workloads.
“As a part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel’s 19,000 software engineers,” Ezra said in a statement.
Intel and Granulate first formed a partnership in 2019, when Granulate was part of the first graduating class of Intel Ignite—the startup accelerator program that taps into Intel’s resources to help early-stage companies succeed.
Over the past year, Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments. Intel said the collaboration resulted in gains in performance and decreases in costs for customers running on Intel processors. | 1 | 29,941 | 0.30795 | https://indusbusinessjournal.com/2022/04/intel-buys-israeli-workload-optimisation-startup-granulate-for-650-mn/ | 2022-04-03 19:00:36+00:00 | San Francisco– Chip-maker Intel has announced to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimisation software, reportedly for up to $650 million.
The acquisition will help cloud and data centre customers maximise compute workload performance and reduce infrastructure and cloud costs, Intel said in a statement late on Thursday.
“Granulate’s cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer,” said Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of the Data centre and AI Group at Intel.
Granulate’s autonomous optimisation service enables cloud and data centre customers to significantly improve the performance of their deployments, reduce operational overhead and lower application costs.
“As part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel’s 19,000 software engineers,” said Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate.
Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. (IANS) |
https://www.crn.com.au/news/intel-to-acquire-ai-startup-granulate-cloud-solutions-for-us650-million-578160 | After more than a week of rumors, Intel has now confirmed it will be acquiring startup Granulate Cloud Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI) software optimisation startup, for a reported US$650 million.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant said it will leverage Granulate’s technology to help its customers maximise compute workloads performance and reduce cloud and infrastructure costs. Intel plans to “rapidly scale” Granulate’s optimisation software, including across its data centre portfolio.
Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Datacentre and AI Group, said cloud and data centre customers are demanding scalable, high-performance software to make the most of their hardware deployments.
“Granulate’s cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer,” said Rivera in a statement.
The microprocessor superstar is currently building out its software optimisation toolset in a move to offer better scalability and flexibility to its massive customer base. Granulate’s approach to real-time optimisation software complements Intel’s existing capabilities by helping customers realise performance gains, cloud cost reductions and continual workload learning, Intel said.
Although financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, reports indicate Intel is paying $650 million for the startup. Intel employs 14,000 people in Israel at R&D centres and its Mobileye business – which Intel purchased for $50 billion in 2017.
Mobileye is already using Granulate’s Intel Workload Optimizer to make its cloud-dependent autonomous driving technology more efficient.
The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. All of Granulate’s 120 employees are expected to join Intel.
What Granulate Cloud Solutions brings to the table
Granulate applies artificial intelligence to high-priority computing workloads to optimise how they travel across a customer’s both cloud and on-premises network.
Granulate’s autonomous optimisation service reduces CPU utilisation and application latencies by learning the customer’s application and deploying a customised set of continuous optimisations at runtime.
The technology enables deployment on smaller compute clusters and instance types to improve application performance and drive down cloud and data centre costs. Granulate’s service does not require developer intervention and doesn’t need the customer to make changes to its own code. Optimisations for the latest CPUs can be applied even on legacy Linux distributions and runtimes, Intel said.
Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate, said the combination of the two companies will help customers achieve meaningful cost reductions and “five times” the throughput across workloads.
“As a part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel’s 19,000 software engineers,” Ezra said in a statement.
Intel and Granulate first formed a partnership in 2019, when Granulate was part of the first graduating class of Intel Ignite—the startup accelerator program that taps into Intel’s resources to help early-stage companies succeed.
Over the past year, Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments. Intel said the collaboration resulted in gains in performance and decreases in costs for customers running on Intel processors. | 2 | 3,223 | 0.31004 | https://telanganatoday.com/intel-buys-israeli-workload-optimisation-startup-granulate-for-650-mn/amp | 2022-04-01 13:34:44+00:00 | San Francisco: Chip-maker Intel has announced to acquire Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd, an Israel-based developer of real-time continuous optimisation software, reportedly for up to $650 million.
The acquisition will help cloud and data centre customers maximise compute workload performance and reduce infrastructure and cloud costs, Intel said in a statement late on Thursday.
“Granulate’s cutting-edge autonomous optimisation software can be applied to production workloads without requiring the customer to make changes to its code, driving optimised hardware and software value for every cloud and data centre customer,” said Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and general manager of the Data centre and AI Group at Intel.
Granulate’s autonomous optimisation service enables cloud and data centre customers to significantly improve the performance of their deployments, reduce operational overhead and lower application costs.
“As part of Intel, Granulate will be able to deliver autonomous optimisation capabilities to even more customers globally and rapidly expand its offering with the help of Intel’s 19,000 software engineers,” said Asaf Ezra, co-founder and CEO of Granulate.
Intel and Granulate have worked together under a commercial agreement to collaborate on workload optimisation on Xeon deployments.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. |
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-lgbtq-advocates-rally-state-capitol-international-transgender-visibility-day/277-5d4a5366-5a1f-43e9-ab06-42cbdb272b41 | BOISE, Idaho —
Idaho LGBTQ advocates were standing out and proud at the state Capitol steps for International Transgender Visibility Day. People around the Treasure Valley came with flags, signs and gave speeches about the importance of transgender representation in the community.
"People go, 'Why do we have to do this?' Well, we have to until this isn't an issue anymore," said Luke Anorak-Neill, a co-organizer of Thursday's rally.
Anorak-Neill, who identifies as a transgender man, said he and others have tried for a few years to make a Transgender Visibility Day rally. He said the importance of the event is to show others in the state the resources and community transgender people have.He noted there has been progress made around Idaho thanks to education, but said there is still more work to be done.
"In the last couple of legislative sessions, we've seen some really awful, what we would call transphobic, bills," Anorak-Neill said. He added that lawmakers got involved with issues that did not concern them.
In the 2022 legislative session, House Bill 675 was introduced. It would have prohibited gender confirmation medical treatment for anyone under the age of 18. The bill would place a ban on surgery, puberty blockers and hormone treatments that are used to assist in gender transition. It passed through the House by a vote of 55-13, but died in the Idaho Senate.
The Republican Senate Majority Caucus said it strongly opposes gender reassignment for minors, but the legislation undermines parental rights and allows the government to interfere.
Even though the bill did not pass, Anorak-Neill said it was still a harmful discussion.
"It's exhausting to have to keep going through this," Anorak-Neill said.
However, he said he's inspired by the other transgender people and allies that came out to the statehouse. Groups like Interfaith Equality Coalition believe it is important to show love and support for all, especially people who identify as LGBTQ.
"I think a lot of people don't realize how many transgender people there are in our community, it's much higher than you think," said Debbie Mallis, the coordinator for Interfaith Equality Coalition. "They shouldn't be hiding, they need to be proud of who they are and accepted for who they are."
With that support, Anorak-Neill said he and others alongside will continue to live out loud.
"We want to be visible and show people that we're not just five people in the blue Ada County. We are a lot of people."
Transgender Visibility Day has been internationally recognized for 13 years and is honored each March 31st.
The City of Boise Mayor Lauren McLean also showed support for the day by writing online, "Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness for transgender people in our community. On this day, and every day, we see you, we value you, and you are welcome in Boise."
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Today is National Trans Day of Visibility. It’s a day for celebrating those who identify as trans and meant to raise awareness about discrimination.
Kimber London is non-binary model, who lives in North Idaho.
“It’s been tough to be me in general, in the world, but in North Idaho in particular,” they said. “When it comes to nonbinary or gender nonconforming, then it gets a little more confusing from what I’ve experienced with a lot of questions for me. So, this day is special because we get to talk about those things.”
Earlier this month, a proposed Idaho bill would’ve made it a felony to provide gender affirming medical care to trans youth. While it was passed in the Idaho house, it was blocked in the Senate. The bill will not go any further, at least in this session.
“I think a lot of these bills come from a place of obviously fear,” London said. “That’s what I try to remember and try to tell people is ‘look, at the end of the day, these are fear-based decisions, people who do not understand who we are and what the people who support us are and what they’re about.'”
London sits on the board for the North Idaho Pride Alliance. They explained, it’s been difficult for their community and many have left or have thought about leaving North Idaho.
“I’ve chosen to stay here because I really do believe, that with the right organization and with the right amount of people, we can really change this town,” they said. “We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re happy about it.”
The North Idaho Pride Alliance is planning on adding trans education as an emphasis for next year. They are planning to have Pride in the Park this June.
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https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-lgbtq-advocates-rally-state-capitol-international-transgender-visibility-day/277-5d4a5366-5a1f-43e9-ab06-42cbdb272b41 | BOISE, Idaho —
Idaho LGBTQ advocates were standing out and proud at the state Capitol steps for International Transgender Visibility Day. People around the Treasure Valley came with flags, signs and gave speeches about the importance of transgender representation in the community.
"People go, 'Why do we have to do this?' Well, we have to until this isn't an issue anymore," said Luke Anorak-Neill, a co-organizer of Thursday's rally.
Anorak-Neill, who identifies as a transgender man, said he and others have tried for a few years to make a Transgender Visibility Day rally. He said the importance of the event is to show others in the state the resources and community transgender people have.He noted there has been progress made around Idaho thanks to education, but said there is still more work to be done.
"In the last couple of legislative sessions, we've seen some really awful, what we would call transphobic, bills," Anorak-Neill said. He added that lawmakers got involved with issues that did not concern them.
In the 2022 legislative session, House Bill 675 was introduced. It would have prohibited gender confirmation medical treatment for anyone under the age of 18. The bill would place a ban on surgery, puberty blockers and hormone treatments that are used to assist in gender transition. It passed through the House by a vote of 55-13, but died in the Idaho Senate.
The Republican Senate Majority Caucus said it strongly opposes gender reassignment for minors, but the legislation undermines parental rights and allows the government to interfere.
Even though the bill did not pass, Anorak-Neill said it was still a harmful discussion.
"It's exhausting to have to keep going through this," Anorak-Neill said.
However, he said he's inspired by the other transgender people and allies that came out to the statehouse. Groups like Interfaith Equality Coalition believe it is important to show love and support for all, especially people who identify as LGBTQ.
"I think a lot of people don't realize how many transgender people there are in our community, it's much higher than you think," said Debbie Mallis, the coordinator for Interfaith Equality Coalition. "They shouldn't be hiding, they need to be proud of who they are and accepted for who they are."
With that support, Anorak-Neill said he and others alongside will continue to live out loud.
"We want to be visible and show people that we're not just five people in the blue Ada County. We are a lot of people."
Transgender Visibility Day has been internationally recognized for 13 years and is honored each March 31st.
The City of Boise Mayor Lauren McLean also showed support for the day by writing online, "Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness for transgender people in our community. On this day, and every day, we see you, we value you, and you are welcome in Boise."
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Idaho LGBTQ advocates were standing out and proud at the state Capitol steps for International Transgender Visibility Day. People around the Treasure Valley came with flags, signs and gave speeches about the importance of transgender representation in the community.
"People go, 'Why do we have to do this?' Well, we have to until this isn't an issue anymore," said Luke Anorak-Neill, a co-organizer of Thursday's rally.
Anorak-Neill, who identifies as a transgender man, said he and others have tried for a few years to make a Transgender Visibility Day rally. He said the importance of the event is to show others in the state the resources and community transgender people have.He noted there has been progress made around Idaho thanks to education, but said there is still more work to be done.
"In the last couple of legislative sessions, we've seen some really awful, what we would call transphobic, bills," Anorak-Neill said. He added that lawmakers got involved with issues that did not concern them.
In the 2022 legislative session, House Bill 675 was introduced. It would have prohibited gender confirmation medical treatment for anyone under the age of 18. The bill would place a ban on surgery, puberty blockers and hormone treatments that are used to assist in gender transition. It passed through the House by a vote of 55-13, but died in the Idaho Senate.
The Republican Senate Majority Caucus said it strongly opposes gender reassignment for minors, but the legislation undermines parental rights and allows the government to interfere.
Even though the bill did not pass, Anorak-Neill said it was still a harmful discussion.
"It's exhausting to have to keep going through this," Anorak-Neill said.
However, he said he's inspired by the other transgender people and allies that came out to the statehouse. Groups like Interfaith Equality Coalition believe it is important to show love and support for all, especially people who identify as LGBTQ.
"I think a lot of people don't realize how many transgender people there are in our community, it's much higher than you think," said Debbie Mallis, the coordinator for Interfaith Equality Coalition. "They shouldn't be hiding, they need to be proud of who they are and accepted for who they are."
With that support, Anorak-Neill said he and others alongside will continue to live out loud.
"We want to be visible and show people that we're not just five people in the blue Ada County. We are a lot of people."
Transgender Visibility Day has been internationally recognized for 13 years and is honored each March 31st.
The City of Boise Mayor Lauren McLean also showed support for the day by writing online, "Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness for transgender people in our community. On this day, and every day, we see you, we value you, and you are welcome in Boise."
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See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | 2 | 104,857 | 0.636182 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/community/iowans-rally-at-capitol-for-transgender-day-of-visibility-lgbtq-trans-sports-ban/524-645e4c4d-284b-4aa3-b7b0-632a30dfc75e | 2022-04-04 19:00:23+00:00 | DES MOINES, Iowa — Although Transgender Day of Visibility officially fell on March 31, that didn't stop hundreds of Iowans from gathering for a rally at the state Capitol on Sunday. That date marks exactly one month since the passage of House File 2416, which prevents transgender girls from playing sports on girls teams.
Jo Allen, one of the rally's organizers, said they wanted to help bring the community together in the aftermath.
"Right now, I don't see many places for trans youth, LGBTQIA+ individuals to fit in or to have and build community. So we need to be creating more spaces for that," Allen said.
Multiple transgender Iowans spoke at the rally, sharing the struggles they've dealt with since coming out. Quinn Herbert, a senior at Iowa State University, was one of them.
"I feel my transness everywhere I go, especially in Iowa. You can feel the way that people look at you with daggers," she said.
Another speaker, Jordan Selha, is a transgender man. He is also a contractor with the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services and shared with the crowd the work he is doing to help address HIV in Iowa's trans community.
"Poverty, violence, mental health, suicidality, addiction, adverse childhood experiences, discrimination—all of these contribute to Iowa's HIV epidemic," he said.
RELATED: Des Moines students walk out in protest of law barring transgender girls from female sports
Allen told Local 5 they were appreciative for everyone who attended the rally, but especially so for the kids and said they are excited to see the change they will make in the future.
"To come and take up space and demand to be heard and validated and seen is bravery within itself, and I think it's these kids that are going to make the biggest difference," Allen said.
According to data from the Williams Institute, about 0.6% of U.S. adults are transgender. That same research found that Iowa has the second-lowest proportion of trans people in the county, at 0.31%.
At the federal level, the Biden administration announced a slew of initiatives for Transgender Day of Visibility. These include more mental health resources for trans youth, adding gender-neutral airport security scanners, and more. |
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078698.html | U.S. is to blame for South China Sea militarization, not China: spokesperson
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said that militarization of the South China Sea should not be blamed on China, but on the United States.
Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when commenting on relevant military activities by the U.S. side on the South China Sea.
Wu said that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters, and its deployment of necessary defense facilities is not only the legitimate right of a sovereign state, but also in full compliance with relevant international law and practice.
Facts have proven that the U.S. side is the biggest instigator of the militarization of the South China Sea, and the biggest destroyer and troublemaker to the regional peace and stability, he added.
Wu also mentioned that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the issuance of the Shanghai Communique. "We hope the U.S. side will work with China to draw experience and wisdom from history, and steer the relations between the two countries and two militaries back to the right track of healthy and steady development as soon as possible, so as to make greater contributions to world peace and stability."
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Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved. | 0 | 112,148 | 0.657396 | https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3187663/us-warns-south-china-sea-provocations-who-provoking-whom?utm_source=rss_feed | 2022-08-07 05:07:53+00:00 | High-ranking US officials claim China’s “provocations” in the South China Sea are increasing and have warned that it is only a matter of time before such “aggressive and irresponsible behaviour” results in a major incident. The frequency and intensity of dangerous incidents between the US and China militaries in the area are indeed increasing. And the possibility of an escalation is certainly higher following the visit to Taiwan by second in line to the US presidency Nancy Pelosi. But the US needs to pause and examine just who is provoking whom. Jung Pak, of the US State Department’s bureau of East Asia and Pacific affairs said recently there was “a clear and upward trend of PRC provocations against South China Sea claimants and other states lawfully operating in the region”– which means the US and its allies. Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, went further by declaring that “Beijing is systematically testing the limits of our collective resolve”, implying that this has become China’s policy. Their statements parrot comments by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley that the “Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive in this particular region”. This is clearly the latest Washington anti-China meme. But it evokes the famous exclamation of tennis star John McEnroe: “You cannot be serious!” The US certainly shares some of the blame for the situation. Let’s look at the facts. The context is that the South China Sea is halfway around the world from Washington and is China’s “backyard”. Historically, its colonisers used the sea to invade and conquer it. China’s fundamental defence strategy is to keep potential enemies as far from its shores as possible. To do so, China is developing what the US calls an “access/area denial strategy” designed to control China’s “near seas” and prevent access by the US in the event of a conflict. The US response is a plan of action intended to cripple China’s command, control, communications, computer and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems (ISR). That makes ISR the “tip of the spear” for both, and both are trying to dominate this sphere over, on and under China’s near seas. But China is facing an uphill struggle in implementing its strategy. The US – unlike China – already has military “places”, if not bases, for its ISR in Southeast Asia, including in the Philippines and Thailand – two US military allies – and more recently in Malaysia and Singapore. More important to China’s existential strategy, the South China Sea provides relative “sanctuary” for its retaliatory strike nuclear submarines based in Yulin on Hainan. These submarines are its insurance against a first strike, something the US – unlike China – has not disavowed. The US wants to deny China this “sanctuary”. It uses ISR probes to detect and determine the capabilities of China’s submarines, as well as to track and, if necessary, target them. To China, it is the US that is being more “assertive” in the South China Sea, beginning with its 2011 “pivot”, followed by increased freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) , ISR probes and projections of the epitome of power, aircraft carrier strike groups and nuclear-capable bombers and submarines. Moreover, the US is doing all this with “attitude”. As one senior US naval officer put it, FONOPs are “an in your face, rub your nose in it operation that lets people know who is the boss”. The Donald Trump administration increased the tempo of US military activities in the South China Sea, challenging what it saw as China’s attempts to undermine the US-led “international order”. The situation became so fraught that Beijing feared an attack on its installations. Yet President Joe Biden’s administration has continued fervently down this path and even worsened the situation. Incidents happen when China challenges US ISR probes that it thinks directly threaten its security. The US military now undertakes an average of four ISR missions a day over the South China Sea. That’s about 1,500 a year. Some come as close as 25 nautical miles – and China understandably sees this as threatening. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group just passed through the South China Sea and the USS Benfold just completed two FONOPs challenging China’s claims in the Paracels and the Spratlys. Stop for a moment and consider what the US reaction would be if China mounted a similar volume of probes and projections of power off its Gulf coast. Would the US military consider them provocative and threatening, and respond accordingly? Speaking of provocations, last week, more than 50 US and Japanese warplanes staged their “largest ever” show of force in and over the East China Sea. In an unusually threatening manoeuvre, US fighter jets crossed over the Japan-claimed median line with China, resulting in China scrambling its jets in response. And now, despite China’s deep concerns, Pelosi visited what Beijing considers a renegade province. Again, who is provoking whom? China must be the bigger person over Pelosi’s Taiwan visit The US is involved in a classic “security dilemma” in the South China Sea – a situation in which the actions of one state to make itself more secure tend to make others less secure, leading to a vicious cycle of action and reaction. In the end, neither state is more “secure”. The US needs to stop repeating and believing its own propaganda and recognise the situation for what it is, then deal with it with clear heads. Compromise on military behaviour in the South China Sea with an increasingly – and understandably – incredulous China is the only peaceful way out of this security dilemma. Mark J. Valencia is an adjunct senior scholar at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, Haikou, China |
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078698.html | U.S. is to blame for South China Sea militarization, not China: spokesperson
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said that militarization of the South China Sea should not be blamed on China, but on the United States.
Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when commenting on relevant military activities by the U.S. side on the South China Sea.
Wu said that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters, and its deployment of necessary defense facilities is not only the legitimate right of a sovereign state, but also in full compliance with relevant international law and practice.
Facts have proven that the U.S. side is the biggest instigator of the militarization of the South China Sea, and the biggest destroyer and troublemaker to the regional peace and stability, he added.
Wu also mentioned that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the issuance of the Shanghai Communique. "We hope the U.S. side will work with China to draw experience and wisdom from history, and steer the relations between the two countries and two militaries back to the right track of healthy and steady development as soon as possible, so as to make greater contributions to world peace and stability."
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China's actions were described by a US official as "one of the most significant threats to peace and stability" in the region today.
Tuesday 26 July 2022 22:10, UK
The US has accused China of increased "provocations" in the South China Sea, saying it is only a matter of time before the country's "aggressive and irresponsible behaviour" leads to a major incident or accident.
China claims most of the sea as its own, but the US and surrounding countries - Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam - disagree.
The countries have had territorial disputes for decades but tension has risen in recent years.
Jung Pak, deputy assistant secretary for East Asia at the State Department, said there was a "clear and upward trend" of Chinese provocations against other countries claiming parts of sea, as well as other states operating legally in the region.
There have been three separate incidents in the last few months where China challenged marine research and energy exploration within the exclusive economic zone claimed by the Philippines in the sea, she said at an event by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.
Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said there have been "dozens" of incidents involving the Chinese military in the South China Sea during the first half of this year - a sharp increase over the past five years.
"Beijing is systematically testing the limits of our collective resolve," he told the same event.
"In my view, this aggressive and irresponsible behaviour represents one of the most significant threats to peace and stability in the region today, including in the South China Sea."
"And if the PLA continues this pattern of behaviour, it is only a matter of time before there is a major incident or accident in the region," he said, referring to China's armed forces.
'Expansive and unlawful claims'
The growing US-China strategic rivalry is expected to be a focus of a call between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
The leaders are expected to discuss how to prevent conflict, particularly over the island of Taiwan.
China has warned it could take control of the democratically-ruled territory through force if necessary.
The US will join foreign ministers and partners from Southeast Asia when they meet in Cambodia later in the week.
Ms Pak said China's "provocative actions" to implement its "expansive and unlawful" claims over the South China Sea "contribute to regional instability, damage the economies of other claimant states, undermine the existing maritime order, and threaten the rights and interests of all nations that rely on or operate in this vital waterway".
She said Washington had a "very complicated relationship with Beijing", which is why the US was not trying to counter all of China's actions in Southeast Asia and the rest of the developing world.
"We want to make sure that countries, as they have their relationships with Beijing, have the tools and the power, and the ability, to stand up for their autonomy and their sovereign decision making," she said. |
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078698.html | U.S. is to blame for South China Sea militarization, not China: spokesperson
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said that militarization of the South China Sea should not be blamed on China, but on the United States.
Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when commenting on relevant military activities by the U.S. side on the South China Sea.
Wu said that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters, and its deployment of necessary defense facilities is not only the legitimate right of a sovereign state, but also in full compliance with relevant international law and practice.
Facts have proven that the U.S. side is the biggest instigator of the militarization of the South China Sea, and the biggest destroyer and troublemaker to the regional peace and stability, he added.
Wu also mentioned that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the issuance of the Shanghai Communique. "We hope the U.S. side will work with China to draw experience and wisdom from history, and steer the relations between the two countries and two militaries back to the right track of healthy and steady development as soon as possible, so as to make greater contributions to world peace and stability."
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Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved. | 2 | 108,749 | 0.694804 | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/29/china-accuses-us-of-navigation-bullying-in-south-c/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS | 2022-07-29 18:21:13+00:00 | MANILA, Philippines — China blasted a top U.S. Navy official Friday after he criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, saying it’s America’s military deployments in the disputed waters - which it called “navigation bullying” - that could spark confrontations.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila said it strongly deplored U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s remarks, which were “unfounded accusations against and maliciously smeared China” and inflated the “China threat.”
In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press while on a visit to Manila, Del Toro underscored how Beijing has encroached in sovereign waters of its Asian neighbors in violation of international law.
U.S. military focus in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the disputed South China Sea, would never slacken and, in fact, has intensified despite the war in Ukraine, he said in an assurance to Asian allies, including the Philippines.
China has had increasingly tense territorial spats in recent years with the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia in the South China Sea, which China claims virtually in its entirety on historical grounds. Brunei and Taiwan also have claims in the contested waters.
Washington lays no claims to the strategic waters but has said the peaceful resolution of the disputes - along with freedom of navigation and overflight in the waterway where a bulk of world trade transits - are in the U.S. national interest.
Beijing rejected a 2016 international arbitration ruling that invalidated its claims and continues to defy the landmark decision on a case brought up by the Philippine government.
Del Toro renewed assurances by President Joe Biden that the U.S. would honor its obligations under a 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty in case Philippine forces, ships and aircraft come under attack in the contested waters.
“As President Biden has said, if one country violates one inch of Filipino sovereignty, whether it be at sea or on shore or an offshore island, we will be there to support the Filipino nation and the Filipino people in every possible way,” Del Toro said.
China’s move to transform seven disputed reefs into missile-protected island bases in the Spratlys, the most hotly contested section of the South China Sea, “is very concerning” and prompted the U.S. and other Western nations to press on with freedom of navigation patrols around the Chinese-claimed territories.
But the Chinese Embassy said the U.S. military deployments “from half a globe away” aimed to “to flex muscles, make military provocations and create maritime and air tensions,” conducting “navigation bullying” in the name of freedom of navigation.
“In an attempt to preserve its hegemony, the U.S. keeps intensifying power projection in this region, and deliberately seeks to widen differences and provoke tensions,” it said.
China and other rival claimants “have exercised restraint, kept their differences and disputes in a proper place, and got them on the track of consultation and management,” the embassy said.
However, rival claimant states, including the Philippines and Vietnam, have filed numerous diplomatic protests over the years amid China’s increasingly assertive actions, including its transformation of seven disputed reefs into what are now missile-protected island bases.
Diplomatic talks have eased occasional confrontation but not ended them.
“The South China Sea is not a ‘hunting ground’ for countries outside the region, still less should it be a ‘wrestling ground’ for big powers,” the Chinese statement said. “We staunchly support all efforts that are conducive to peaceful settlement and management of disputes, and unequivocally reject words and actions that aim to stoke tension and confrontation in the region.”
Del Toro told the AP that potential aggressors in the region should learn from the current troubles of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has faced sanctions from Western nations and their allies, which also provide weapons and humanitarian support to Ukrainians battling Russia’s invasion forces.
If such level of aggression is ever committed in the Asia-Pacific, “I’m convinced that allies and partners will come together to do the same thing here in the Pacific,” Del Toro said.
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http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078735.html | China urges U.S. to stop politicizing economic, trade issues: commerce ministry
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The United States should immediately correct its wrong practices and stop politicizing economic and trade issues, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
The U.S. side should provide a fair, stable and non-discriminatory market environment for companies from all over the world, including Chinese companies, to operate in the United States, MOC spokesperson Shu Jueting told a press conference.
Shu made the remarks in response to a recent move by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for adding two Chinese telecom companies, China Telecom (Americas) Corp. and China Mobile International USA Inc., into its so-called "List of Communications Equipment and Services That Pose A Threat to National Security."
The move is another crackdown on Chinese companies by the United States following its recent unwarranted revoking of authorization for some Chinese companies to provide telecom services in the United States, Shu said.
The U.S. side generalized the concept of national security, limited market access for products and services and abused state power to impose sanctions and suppression on enterprises, Shu said.
The move violated the basic market principles and internationally recognized economic and trade rules, damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and consumers, including U.S. consumers, Shu noted.
China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, Shu said.
Commenting on the recent remarks made by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to more actively pressure China and to change trade policies with China, Shu said the United States, as a World Trade Organization (WTO) member, should keep its trade policies and practices in line with WTO rules.
The United States should not resort to unilateralism and protectionism in the name of new trade policies and practices, said Shu, adding that cooperation is the only right choice considering the huge common interests shared by China and the United States.
Shu urged the United States to adopt rational and pragmatic economic and trade policies towards China, and push for the sound and steady development of bilateral economic and trade relations based on mutual respect and mutual benefit.
Currently, the economic and trade teams of the two sides are maintaining normal communication, Shu noted.
In response to a recent announcement by the United States on imminent investigation into a claim that Chinese solar panel manufacturers moved their manufacturing operations to Southeast Asia as a way of circumventing tariffs, Shu urged the U.S. side to avoid taking trade protectionist measures.
Shu urged efforts to maintain the stability of the global photovoltaic industrial and supply chains and promote cooperation on tackling climate change.
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Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved. | 0 | 25,923 | 0.685308 | http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0506/c90000-10092957.html | 2022-05-06 17:11:45+00:00 | Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to stop politicizing business, trade ties with China
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang has urged the United States to stop politicizing China-U.S. business and trade ties and cancel the additional tariffs on Chinese goods that Washington still hasn't let go.
Qin made the remarks during a recent interview with Forbes magazine, which was conducted at the Chinese embassy in Washington on April 29 and was published on Thursday.
"Our trade and business relations have made remarkable achievements, benefiting the two countries and benefiting the world. We are natural partners, because our economies are highly complementary," Qin told the magazine's Shanghai bureau chief Russell Flannery.
Qin said many of the "uncertainties and instabilities" surrounding the China-U.S. business and trade relations these years are caused by the U.S. side. "The Section 301 tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration are still going on. And the United States is now defining China-U.S. relations as intense competition. Under such circumstances, business and trade are being politicized."
"So we hope that the United States should stop politicizing our business cooperation and stop using trade as a tool, so that we could provide more stability and predictability to investors," he said.
Speaking of the additional tariffs on Chinese imports imposed during the Trump administration, Qin said it "hasn't reduced the trade deficit of the United States. On the contrary, it brings more costs to American companies and American consumers."
"I think it's time for the U.S. administration to reconsider and to cancel it as early as possible," he said, adding "if the U.S. side still wants to continue, I don't know if they are prepared for more losses. If they will continue, we have to live up to it."
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http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078735.html | China urges U.S. to stop politicizing economic, trade issues: commerce ministry
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The United States should immediately correct its wrong practices and stop politicizing economic and trade issues, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
The U.S. side should provide a fair, stable and non-discriminatory market environment for companies from all over the world, including Chinese companies, to operate in the United States, MOC spokesperson Shu Jueting told a press conference.
Shu made the remarks in response to a recent move by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for adding two Chinese telecom companies, China Telecom (Americas) Corp. and China Mobile International USA Inc., into its so-called "List of Communications Equipment and Services That Pose A Threat to National Security."
The move is another crackdown on Chinese companies by the United States following its recent unwarranted revoking of authorization for some Chinese companies to provide telecom services in the United States, Shu said.
The U.S. side generalized the concept of national security, limited market access for products and services and abused state power to impose sanctions and suppression on enterprises, Shu said.
The move violated the basic market principles and internationally recognized economic and trade rules, damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and consumers, including U.S. consumers, Shu noted.
China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, Shu said.
Commenting on the recent remarks made by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to more actively pressure China and to change trade policies with China, Shu said the United States, as a World Trade Organization (WTO) member, should keep its trade policies and practices in line with WTO rules.
The United States should not resort to unilateralism and protectionism in the name of new trade policies and practices, said Shu, adding that cooperation is the only right choice considering the huge common interests shared by China and the United States.
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Currently, the economic and trade teams of the two sides are maintaining normal communication, Shu noted.
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Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved. | 1 | 99,702 | 0.704602 | https://gazette.com/news/us-world/china-to-take-necessary-measures-to-protect-domestic-firms-from-u-s-blacklist--/article_4f370977-fb4a-5d35-855b-d28b6e80ea60.html | 2022-06-02 08:51:54+00:00 | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will adopt necessary measures to protect the legitimate interests of Chinese companies after the U.S. said it was considering adding new Chinese firms to its blacklist over export sanction issues.
Commerce ministry spokesperson Gao Feng, speaking at a regular news conference, said the U.S. should stop its wrongdoings immediately and contribute to the stabilisation and recovery of global economy.
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom. Editing by Jane Merriman) |
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078735.html | China urges U.S. to stop politicizing economic, trade issues: commerce ministry
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The United States should immediately correct its wrong practices and stop politicizing economic and trade issues, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.
The U.S. side should provide a fair, stable and non-discriminatory market environment for companies from all over the world, including Chinese companies, to operate in the United States, MOC spokesperson Shu Jueting told a press conference.
Shu made the remarks in response to a recent move by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for adding two Chinese telecom companies, China Telecom (Americas) Corp. and China Mobile International USA Inc., into its so-called "List of Communications Equipment and Services That Pose A Threat to National Security."
The move is another crackdown on Chinese companies by the United States following its recent unwarranted revoking of authorization for some Chinese companies to provide telecom services in the United States, Shu said.
The U.S. side generalized the concept of national security, limited market access for products and services and abused state power to impose sanctions and suppression on enterprises, Shu said.
The move violated the basic market principles and internationally recognized economic and trade rules, damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and consumers, including U.S. consumers, Shu noted.
China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, Shu said.
Commenting on the recent remarks made by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to more actively pressure China and to change trade policies with China, Shu said the United States, as a World Trade Organization (WTO) member, should keep its trade policies and practices in line with WTO rules.
The United States should not resort to unilateralism and protectionism in the name of new trade policies and practices, said Shu, adding that cooperation is the only right choice considering the huge common interests shared by China and the United States.
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Currently, the economic and trade teams of the two sides are maintaining normal communication, Shu noted.
In response to a recent announcement by the United States on imminent investigation into a claim that Chinese solar panel manufacturers moved their manufacturing operations to Southeast Asia as a way of circumventing tariffs, Shu urged the U.S. side to avoid taking trade protectionist measures.
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Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved. | 2 | 105,865 | 0.704602 | https://denvergazette.com/news/nation-world/china-to-take-necessary-measures-to-protect-domestic-firms-from-u-s-blacklist--/article_74a9a529-9cdd-54ad-92b3-a295d68053e5.html | 2022-06-02 09:40:58+00:00 | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will adopt necessary measures to protect the legitimate interests of Chinese companies after the U.S. said it was considering adding new Chinese firms to its blacklist over export sanction issues.
Commerce ministry spokesperson Gao Feng, speaking at a regular news conference, said the U.S. should stop its wrongdoings immediately and contribute to the stabilisation and recovery of global economy.
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http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078875.html | Consequences of U.S. Cold War mentality destructive to world
People attend the ceremony of the Remembrance Day for the Victims of the NATO Aggression, in Kraljevo, Serbia, March 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Shi Zhongyu)
A large demonstration was recently staged in Belgrade, capital of Serbia to protest the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 23 years ago, which was executed without the U.N. Security Council approval and lasted for 78 days.
NATO’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Serbians, the Chinese, or the people in the rest of the world.
The U.S. and the NATO have waged a number of wars in the past decades, tearing countries and regions in different parts of the world apart. These wars demonstrated to all peace-loving people around the globe that the U.S., which is obsessed with Cold War mentality, as well as the U.S.-led NATO, is the biggest source of turbulences in the world.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the NATO has purported to be a guardian of peace, order and morality.. It positions itself as an ultimate decision-maker of international affairs, provokes confrontation, and threatens other countries to pick a side with sanctions, so as to reach its geostrategic goals.
However, it's self-evident who initiated the most ferocious international security conflict in the post-Cold War era. An international political analyst believes that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a result of U.S. conspiracies and interference.
According to a political dignitary, the conflict could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from among its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would increase regional instability.
The arbitrary decision of the U.S.-led NATO to move its so-called line of defense for collective security to the borders of Russia and Ukraine has directly turned down the opportunity to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations and led to a war between the two countries.
"We say we're a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?" That's a very good question once raised by The Washington Post in one of its articles.
The U.S. always talks about peace, but it is indeed marching along the opposite path - wars. It's a country that's addicted to wars, and the American history is exactly a history of wars, which is a fact recognized by the international society. It is indicated by the photos posted by many people on social media of how their countries look like after U.S. bombings, as well as the miserable stories of themselves and their families in the wars launched by the U.S.
According to U.S. website War History Online, America has been at war 93 percent of the time since it was founded in 1776. After the World War II, Uncle Sam extended the tentacles of interference to the whole world, and became even more unscrupulous after the Cold War ended. A study by professor Monica Duffy Toft of international politics at Tufts University showed that the U.S. was engaged in 46 military interventions from 1948 to 1991, and the number more than quadrupled to 188 between 1992 and 2017. It's fair to say that there was a trace of the country in almost every conflict that happened.
The U.S.-based magazine Foreign Policy once pointed out that the U.S. may feel an impulse to start a foreign war as long as it is deemed necessary, and as for the terrible humanitarian disasters resulting from these foreign wars, they will be borne by others.
American historian Alan Brinkley recorded in the book American History that during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military carpet-bombed Vietnamese villages, tore down buildings with bulldozers, and wiped out fields and forests with chemical agents, killing two million civilians and forced over three million refugees to flee their homes.
Furthermore, the U.S.-led NATO employed depleted uranium weapons, which are banned by international treaties, in bombing Yugoslavia, and caused long-term negative impacts on Serbia's environment and people's health. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. successively launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to regional turbulences and spillover of security threats.
According to Smithsonian, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. launched military actions in the name of "counter-terrorism" in around 40 percent of the countries on the globe after 2001. The Costs of War project at Brown University indicated that these so-called "counter-terrorism" wars have killed over 800,000 people and displaced more than 38 million. The refugee problem that has plagued Europe for years was indeed to a large extent caused by the warlike nature of the U.S.
The U.S. has devolved into a destroyer, and Washington is obsessed with armed forces rather than building peace, according to Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Repeatedly provoking conflicts and wars, showing indifference to peace talks, and even trying to protract the conflict, the U.S. has fully revealed that to protect global and regional peace and stability is never a priority in its strategy. What matters most to the country is its dominance in the international landscape, especially in the so-called "superpower game."
The above point is well explained by the Ukraine crisis: what makes the U.S.-led NATO contain Russia is the White House's intention to take dominance on the issue of European security.
We live in the 21st century, but the U.S. is still reluctant to abandon the outdated zero-sum games. The warlike U.S. is the largest destroyer of international order, and is in no position to play a guardian of peace.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's Daily to express its views on foreign policy and international affairs.)
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NATO’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Serbians, the Chinese, or the people in the rest of the world.
The U.S. and the NATO have waged a number of wars in the past decades, tearing countries and regions in different parts of the world apart. These wars demonstrated to all peace-loving people around the globe that the U.S., which is obsessed with Cold War mentality, as well as the U.S.-led NATO, is the biggest source of turbulences in the world.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the NATO has purported to be a guardian of peace, order and morality.. It positions itself as an ultimate decision-maker of international affairs, provokes confrontation, and threatens other countries to pick a side with sanctions, so as to reach its geostrategic goals.
However, it's self-evident who initiated the most ferocious international security conflict in the post-Cold War era. An international political analyst believes that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a result of U.S. conspiracies and interference.
According to a political dignitary, the conflict could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from among its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would increase regional instability.
The arbitrary decision of the U.S.-led NATO to move its so-called line of defense for collective security to the borders of Russia and Ukraine has directly turned down the opportunity to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations and led to a war between the two countries.
"We say we're a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?" That's a very good question once raised by The Washington Post in one of its articles.
The U.S. always talks about peace, but it is indeed marching along the opposite path - wars. It's a country that's addicted to wars, and the American history is exactly a history of wars, which is a fact recognized by the international society. It is indicated by the photos posted by many people on social media of how their countries look like after U.S. bombings, as well as the miserable stories of themselves and their families in the wars launched by the U.S.
According to U.S. website War History Online, America has been at war 93 percent of the time since it was founded in 1776. After the World War II, Uncle Sam extended the tentacles of interference to the whole world, and became even more unscrupulous after the Cold War ended. A study by professor Monica Duffy Toft of international politics at Tufts University showed that the U.S. was engaged in 46 military interventions from 1948 to 1991, and the number more than quadrupled to 188 between 1992 and 2017. It's fair to say that there was a trace of the country in almost every conflict that happened.
The U.S.-based magazine Foreign Policy once pointed out that the U.S. may feel an impulse to start a foreign war as long as it is deemed necessary, and as for the terrible humanitarian disasters resulting from these foreign wars, they will be borne by others.
American historian Alan Brinkley recorded in the book American History that during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military carpet-bombed Vietnamese villages, tore down buildings with bulldozers, and wiped out fields and forests with chemical agents, killing two million civilians and forced over three million refugees to flee their homes.
Furthermore, the U.S.-led NATO employed depleted uranium weapons, which are banned by international treaties, in bombing Yugoslavia, and caused long-term negative impacts on Serbia's environment and people's health. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. successively launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to regional turbulences and spillover of security threats.
According to Smithsonian, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. launched military actions in the name of "counter-terrorism" in around 40 percent of the countries on the globe after 2001. The Costs of War project at Brown University indicated that these so-called "counter-terrorism" wars have killed over 800,000 people and displaced more than 38 million. The refugee problem that has plagued Europe for years was indeed to a large extent caused by the warlike nature of the U.S.
The U.S. has devolved into a destroyer, and Washington is obsessed with armed forces rather than building peace, according to Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Repeatedly provoking conflicts and wars, showing indifference to peace talks, and even trying to protract the conflict, the U.S. has fully revealed that to protect global and regional peace and stability is never a priority in its strategy. What matters most to the country is its dominance in the international landscape, especially in the so-called "superpower game."
The above point is well explained by the Ukraine crisis: what makes the U.S.-led NATO contain Russia is the White House's intention to take dominance on the issue of European security.
We live in the 21st century, but the U.S. is still reluctant to abandon the outdated zero-sum games. The warlike U.S. is the largest destroyer of international order, and is in no position to play a guardian of peace.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's Daily to express its views on foreign policy and international affairs.) |
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People attend the ceremony of the Remembrance Day for the Victims of the NATO Aggression, in Kraljevo, Serbia, March 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Shi Zhongyu)
A large demonstration was recently staged in Belgrade, capital of Serbia to protest the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 23 years ago, which was executed without the U.N. Security Council approval and lasted for 78 days.
NATO’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Serbians, the Chinese, or the people in the rest of the world.
The U.S. and the NATO have waged a number of wars in the past decades, tearing countries and regions in different parts of the world apart. These wars demonstrated to all peace-loving people around the globe that the U.S., which is obsessed with Cold War mentality, as well as the U.S.-led NATO, is the biggest source of turbulences in the world.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the NATO has purported to be a guardian of peace, order and morality.. It positions itself as an ultimate decision-maker of international affairs, provokes confrontation, and threatens other countries to pick a side with sanctions, so as to reach its geostrategic goals.
However, it's self-evident who initiated the most ferocious international security conflict in the post-Cold War era. An international political analyst believes that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a result of U.S. conspiracies and interference.
According to a political dignitary, the conflict could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from among its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would increase regional instability.
The arbitrary decision of the U.S.-led NATO to move its so-called line of defense for collective security to the borders of Russia and Ukraine has directly turned down the opportunity to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations and led to a war between the two countries.
"We say we're a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?" That's a very good question once raised by The Washington Post in one of its articles.
The U.S. always talks about peace, but it is indeed marching along the opposite path - wars. It's a country that's addicted to wars, and the American history is exactly a history of wars, which is a fact recognized by the international society. It is indicated by the photos posted by many people on social media of how their countries look like after U.S. bombings, as well as the miserable stories of themselves and their families in the wars launched by the U.S.
According to U.S. website War History Online, America has been at war 93 percent of the time since it was founded in 1776. After the World War II, Uncle Sam extended the tentacles of interference to the whole world, and became even more unscrupulous after the Cold War ended. A study by professor Monica Duffy Toft of international politics at Tufts University showed that the U.S. was engaged in 46 military interventions from 1948 to 1991, and the number more than quadrupled to 188 between 1992 and 2017. It's fair to say that there was a trace of the country in almost every conflict that happened.
The U.S.-based magazine Foreign Policy once pointed out that the U.S. may feel an impulse to start a foreign war as long as it is deemed necessary, and as for the terrible humanitarian disasters resulting from these foreign wars, they will be borne by others.
American historian Alan Brinkley recorded in the book American History that during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military carpet-bombed Vietnamese villages, tore down buildings with bulldozers, and wiped out fields and forests with chemical agents, killing two million civilians and forced over three million refugees to flee their homes.
Furthermore, the U.S.-led NATO employed depleted uranium weapons, which are banned by international treaties, in bombing Yugoslavia, and caused long-term negative impacts on Serbia's environment and people's health. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. successively launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to regional turbulences and spillover of security threats.
According to Smithsonian, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. launched military actions in the name of "counter-terrorism" in around 40 percent of the countries on the globe after 2001. The Costs of War project at Brown University indicated that these so-called "counter-terrorism" wars have killed over 800,000 people and displaced more than 38 million. The refugee problem that has plagued Europe for years was indeed to a large extent caused by the warlike nature of the U.S.
The U.S. has devolved into a destroyer, and Washington is obsessed with armed forces rather than building peace, according to Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Repeatedly provoking conflicts and wars, showing indifference to peace talks, and even trying to protract the conflict, the U.S. has fully revealed that to protect global and regional peace and stability is never a priority in its strategy. What matters most to the country is its dominance in the international landscape, especially in the so-called "superpower game."
The above point is well explained by the Ukraine crisis: what makes the U.S.-led NATO contain Russia is the White House's intention to take dominance on the issue of European security.
We live in the 21st century, but the U.S. is still reluctant to abandon the outdated zero-sum games. The warlike U.S. is the largest destroyer of international order, and is in no position to play a guardian of peace.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's Daily to express its views on foreign policy and international affairs.)
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NATO’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Serbians, the Chinese, or the people in the rest of the world.
The U.S. and the NATO have waged a number of wars in the past decades, tearing countries and regions in different parts of the world apart.
These wars demonstrated to all peace-loving people around the globe that the U.S., which is obsessed with Cold War mentality, as well as the U.S.-led NATO, is the biggest source of turbulences in the world.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the NATO has purported to be a guardian of peace, order and morality.. It positions itself as an ultimate decision-maker of international affairs, provokes confrontation, and threatens other countries to pick a side with sanctions, so as to reach its geostrategic goals.
However, it’s self-evident who initiated the most ferocious international security conflict in the post-Cold War era. An international political analyst believes that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a result of U.S. conspiracies and interference.
According to a political dignitary, the conflict could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from among its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would increase regional instability.
The arbitrary decision of the U.S.-led NATO to move its so-called line of defense for collective security to the borders of Russia and Ukraine has directly turned down the opportunity to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations and led to a war between the two countries.
“We say we’re a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?” That’s a very good question once raised by The Washington Post in one of its articles.
The U.S. always talks about peace, but it is indeed marching along the opposite path – wars. It’s a country that’s addicted to wars, and the American history is exactly a history of wars, which is a fact recognised by the international society. It is indicated by the photos posted by many people on social media of how their countries look like after U.S. bombings, as well as the miserable stories of themselves and their families in the wars launched by the U.S.
According to U.S. website War History Online, America has been at war 93 percent of the time since it was founded in 1776. After the World War II, Uncle Sam extended the tentacles of interference to the whole world, and became even more unscrupulous after the Cold War ended.
A study by professor Monica Duffy Toft of international politics at Tufts University showed that the U.S. was engaged in 46 military interventions from 1948 to 1991, and the number more than quadrupled to 188 between 1992 and 2017. It’s fair to say that there was a trace of the country in almost every conflict that happened.
The U.S.-based magazine Foreign Policy once pointed out that the U.S. may feel an impulse to start a foreign war as long as it is deemed necessary, and as for the terrible humanitarian disasters resulting from these foreign wars, they will be borne by others.
American historian Alan Brinkley recorded in the book American History that during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military carpet-bombed Vietnamese villages, tore down buildings with bulldozers, and wiped out fields and forests with chemical agents, killing two million civilians and forced over three million refugees to flee their homes.
Furthermore, the U.S.-led NATO employed depleted uranium weapons, which are banned by international treaties, in bombing Yugoslavia, and caused long-term negative impacts on Serbia’s environment and people’s health. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. successively launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to regional turbulences and spillover of security threats.
According to Smithsonian, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. launched military actions in the name of “counter-terrorism” in around 40 percent of the countries on the globe after 2001.
The Costs of War project at Brown University indicated that these so-called “counter-terrorism” wars have killed over 800,000 people and displaced more than 38 million. The refugee problem that has plagued Europe for years was indeed to a large extent caused by the warlike nature of the U.S.
The U.S. has devolved into a destroyer, and Washington is obsessed with armed forces rather than building peace, according to Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Repeatedly provoking conflicts and wars, showing indifference to peace talks, and even trying to protract the conflict, the U.S. has fully revealed that to protect global and regional peace and stability is never a priority in its strategy. What matters most to the country is its dominance in the international landscape, especially in the so-called “superpower game.”
The above point is well explained by the Ukraine crisis: what makes the U.S.-led NATO contain Russia is the White House’s intention to take dominance on the issue of European security.
We live in the 21st century, but the U.S. is still reluctant to abandon the outdated zero-sum games. The warlike U.S. is the largest destroyer of international order, and is in no position to play a guardian of peace. |
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0401/c90000-10078875.html | Consequences of U.S. Cold War mentality destructive to world
People attend the ceremony of the Remembrance Day for the Victims of the NATO Aggression, in Kraljevo, Serbia, March 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Shi Zhongyu)
A large demonstration was recently staged in Belgrade, capital of Serbia to protest the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 23 years ago, which was executed without the U.N. Security Council approval and lasted for 78 days.
NATO’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Serbians, the Chinese, or the people in the rest of the world.
The U.S. and the NATO have waged a number of wars in the past decades, tearing countries and regions in different parts of the world apart. These wars demonstrated to all peace-loving people around the globe that the U.S., which is obsessed with Cold War mentality, as well as the U.S.-led NATO, is the biggest source of turbulences in the world.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the NATO has purported to be a guardian of peace, order and morality.. It positions itself as an ultimate decision-maker of international affairs, provokes confrontation, and threatens other countries to pick a side with sanctions, so as to reach its geostrategic goals.
However, it's self-evident who initiated the most ferocious international security conflict in the post-Cold War era. An international political analyst believes that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a result of U.S. conspiracies and interference.
According to a political dignitary, the conflict could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from among its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would increase regional instability.
The arbitrary decision of the U.S.-led NATO to move its so-called line of defense for collective security to the borders of Russia and Ukraine has directly turned down the opportunity to settle the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations and led to a war between the two countries.
"We say we're a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?" That's a very good question once raised by The Washington Post in one of its articles.
The U.S. always talks about peace, but it is indeed marching along the opposite path - wars. It's a country that's addicted to wars, and the American history is exactly a history of wars, which is a fact recognized by the international society. It is indicated by the photos posted by many people on social media of how their countries look like after U.S. bombings, as well as the miserable stories of themselves and their families in the wars launched by the U.S.
According to U.S. website War History Online, America has been at war 93 percent of the time since it was founded in 1776. After the World War II, Uncle Sam extended the tentacles of interference to the whole world, and became even more unscrupulous after the Cold War ended. A study by professor Monica Duffy Toft of international politics at Tufts University showed that the U.S. was engaged in 46 military interventions from 1948 to 1991, and the number more than quadrupled to 188 between 1992 and 2017. It's fair to say that there was a trace of the country in almost every conflict that happened.
The U.S.-based magazine Foreign Policy once pointed out that the U.S. may feel an impulse to start a foreign war as long as it is deemed necessary, and as for the terrible humanitarian disasters resulting from these foreign wars, they will be borne by others.
American historian Alan Brinkley recorded in the book American History that during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military carpet-bombed Vietnamese villages, tore down buildings with bulldozers, and wiped out fields and forests with chemical agents, killing two million civilians and forced over three million refugees to flee their homes.
Furthermore, the U.S.-led NATO employed depleted uranium weapons, which are banned by international treaties, in bombing Yugoslavia, and caused long-term negative impacts on Serbia's environment and people's health. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. successively launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to regional turbulences and spillover of security threats.
According to Smithsonian, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. launched military actions in the name of "counter-terrorism" in around 40 percent of the countries on the globe after 2001. The Costs of War project at Brown University indicated that these so-called "counter-terrorism" wars have killed over 800,000 people and displaced more than 38 million. The refugee problem that has plagued Europe for years was indeed to a large extent caused by the warlike nature of the U.S.
The U.S. has devolved into a destroyer, and Washington is obsessed with armed forces rather than building peace, according to Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Repeatedly provoking conflicts and wars, showing indifference to peace talks, and even trying to protract the conflict, the U.S. has fully revealed that to protect global and regional peace and stability is never a priority in its strategy. What matters most to the country is its dominance in the international landscape, especially in the so-called "superpower game."
The above point is well explained by the Ukraine crisis: what makes the U.S.-led NATO contain Russia is the White House's intention to take dominance on the issue of European security.
We live in the 21st century, but the U.S. is still reluctant to abandon the outdated zero-sum games. The warlike U.S. is the largest destroyer of international order, and is in no position to play a guardian of peace.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's Daily to express its views on foreign policy and international affairs.)
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NATO's response to the Ukraine crisis clearly exposes its nature as a tool of the U.S. to maintain American hegemony.
The Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs held on April 6 and 7 continued to exacerbate the tensions between Ukraine and Russia, just like what the NATO summit did in late March, trying to build a strategic pattern in Europe where Russia is comprehensively oppressed.
Meanwhile, the NATO again distorted China's responsible stance on the Ukraine crisis that promotes dialogue and peace talks, and groundlessly hyped the so-called China threat, following the U.S. to smear and contain China with the crisis.
NATO survives on conflicts as a Cold War relic. It has never enhanced and will never enhance world peace. The outbreak of the Ukraine crisis is exactly the latest example of the military alliance provoking conflicts upholding Cold War mentality.
The world has gradually become peaceful since the end of the Cold War. However, NATO, led by the U.S., has expanded eastward five times to pursue its absolute security. Its para-security, para-political and para-military practices in the economic, finance and cultural spheres are a potential danger threatening the security of Europe, and have led to a sense of insecurity for all.
Robert Wade, a political economy and development scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science, sees through the NATO's intention to seek and create an imaginary enemy. He said that to justify U.S. leadership, to present a unitary front in NATO and to justify big increases in western military budgets, Russia must be presented as the common enemy.
Peace is the only target that China sees on the Ukraine crisis. To reach the target, China has actively encouraged Russia and Ukraine to overcome difficulties and disputes, believing that the general direction of peace talks should be upheld until a ceasefire is reached and peace is restored. Such stance is highly consistent with the mainstream voice in the international society.
It is the NATO that lit the fuse for the Ukraine crisis, and is still fueling protracted conflicts. The military alliance is in no position to accuse China for the latter's responsible stance on peace.
Twenty-three years ago, the NATO, without approval from the UN Security Council, arbitrarily launched a 78-day bombing against the sovereign country of Yugoslavia, killing thousands of innocent civilians, including three Chinese journalists. The military alliance’s war crime will never be forgotten by the Chinese people or the people in the rest of the world. The NATO is never qualified to oppress China with the "sovereignty principle" and "international order" rhetoric.
Nothing is more precious than peace. What's the most urgent for solving the crisis is to strive for a cease fire. However, the practices of the NATO are extremely likely to escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, contradicting the common aspiration for reconstructing peace of the international society, including European countries.
The U.S., as an external force, is just fanning the flames and waiting to profit from the two countries' fight. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine would make the NATO great again, said David Petraeus, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The U.S. is coping with the Ukraine-Russia conflict by enhancing Europe's strategic dependence on the U.S. by dealing a heavy blow to Russia and plaguing Europe with the conflict-related refugee crisis and energy crisis.
George Galloway, former Member of the UK Parliament warned Europeans that the U.S. "is ready to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood, in the end, it's prepared to fight to the last drop of European blood."
According to Portuguese newspaper Publico, the NATO should have been dissolved when the Warsaw Treaty Organization was, because only in this way can the EU establish its own defense policies and military power that conform to its own interests, rather than to those of the U.S.
The Ukraine crisis stemmed from the regional security contradictions accumulated over the years in Europe, and to address this root cause, reasonable concerns of all relevant parties shall be accommodated.
Facing the increasing spillover of the Ukraine crisis, European countries urgently need to come to grips with the consequences of themselves being strategically utilized by the U.S. and make rational analysis. Following the U.S. to offer arms, upgrade sanctions and fan up bloc confrontation would only worsen the situations in Ukraine and create more risks against international peace and stability, which will place the European people in miseries.
Cold War mentality cannot by applied to build world and regional security frameworks in today's world. Security should be universal, equal and inclusive. Be it in Europe or other places in the world, countries should embrace a new vision of security featuring common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. Only by doing this can the security dilemma in international relations be resolved.
(Zhong Sheng is a pen name often used by People's Daily to express its views on foreign policy and international affairs.)
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https://www.campaignasia.com/article/how-a-hotel-business-grew-by-50-during-the-pandemic/476894 | While much of the travel industry has found the past two years tough, The Fives Hotels & Residences, a collection of luxury hotels in Mexico, has come out of the pandemic one step ahead. By using Meta’s suite of lead generation tools along with HubSpot CRM software, the company has been able to drive 50% growth in business since the end of 2019.
Scaling the business to that extent, at a time when prospective customers have been scarce overall across the industry, has been no mean feat. But The Fives found a way of meeting their potential customers where they were, and connecting with them using their preferred method of communication — be that filling forms, calling or messaging —to create opportunities for those potential leads to turn into sales.
They did this using Meta’s customisable suite of lead generation tools, which allows customers to get in touch in just a few clicks. This includes forms (Lead Ads), phone calls (Call Ads) or messages (Ads that Click to Messenger), which they can do directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
When using these along with HubSpot CRM software, The Fives had new leads sent directly to them, and found particular success through offering customers an instant, real-time connection.
Reconnecting with guests
By leveraging Meta’s reach and optimisation, The Fives found it easy to reconnect with past guests to generate leads. And by integrating their HubSpot CRM via Meta’s Conversions API, they were able to connect with potential customers.
This gave The Fives the knowledge to adjust and customise its messaging to suit specific audiences, optimising its approach to ensure the quality of leads. This in turn improved conversion and ROI.
“Gaining valuable metrics such as geography, the reason for people’s stay and their customer history allows us to tailor our messaging and offer additional services and upgrades to entice return visits,” says Roberto Peon, call centre director, The Fives. “The combination of HubSpot and Leads Ads on Facebook and Instagram allows customers to easily share that information with us.”
With good-quality data on hand, The Fives has the ability to generate leads at scale and sync these in real-time with HubSpot, so they can be integrated with existing workflows.
The company also found significant success with Meta’s Call Ads – a product that helps businesses instantly connect over the phone with prospective customers. “There’s little friction and no waiting to take action on leads,” says Sandor Winkler, vice president of sales and marketing, The Fives. “The moment a customer is ready to tap click to call, we’re here for them. It takes just a few clicks and the conversation starts.”
Impressive growth
The resulting success of these Call Ads has meant The Fives now employs nearly 40 agents working 24 hours a day, across different languages and regions.
But perhaps most impressive is that since The Fives started using Meta lead generation tools in combination with Hubspot to generate leads, it’s seen 10x the revenue on direct channels and is exceeding monthly sales goals.
“This growth and expansion was made possible through the data provided through Meta and HubSpot,” says Winkler. “And because of these tools, we’re excited to apply these insights to our other businesses and to continue growing.”
Making leads count
The Fives used a customisable suite of lead generation tools on Meta – Lead Ads, Call Ads and Ads that Click to Messenger. This allowed customers to get in touch with them in a few simple clicks, via forms, phone calls or messages, directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
While Meta’s suite of lead generation tools helps companies reach their customers in ways that appeal to them, what you do with the data from those leads is what matters.
By including a Meta partner such as HubSpot in lead generation, companies open themselves up to receive greater, more reliable customer insights than they would have alone, which in turn generates more valuable, high-quality leads.
Not just that, but using a CRM partner can truly make sense of that data, to help companies target customers more effectively, improve conversion rates and watch their ROI soar.
Inspired by HubSpot and lead generation on Meta? Find out how Meta’s lead generation tools, including Lead Ads and Call Ads, could help your business achieve similar growth here. | 0 | 4,835 | 0.73932 | https://www.ibtimes.sg/advertising-expert-shares-3-ways-generate-high-quality-leads-your-business-65482 | 2022-06-29 05:45:46+00:00 | As a business owner, it's easy to overlook advertising and marketing but overlooking it is costing your business new customers and loads of revenue each month. Marketing agencies like Omnisocial can implement systems that put your lead generation on autopilot and use social media marketing to maximize your revenue.
Founder and director of Omnisocial Alireza Rabar is an expert in social media marketing and specializes in helping service based businesses, such as property and home improvement companies, increase revenue through his unique approach to digital marketing.
Alireza has developed a methodical and scientific process consisting of 4 proven steps; clarification, validation, systemization, scaling. Through implementing AI systems such as automated email and SMS sequences and landing pages he converts businesses who wouldn't have considered outsourcing into your biggest fans.
Here, Alireza shares 3 ways to generate high quality leads for your business.
Use fast and engaging quiz funnels.
Quiz funnels are a nifty way to get people involved in your business. Through answering a series of interesting multiple choice questions aimed at your target audience, potential clients are introduced to your business and signed up to your mailing list. Quiz funnels allow you to have a better understanding of a potential client's needs allowing you to enter the consultation and pitch a service that is tailored to their unique requirements.
Use laser-focused targeted ads.
Everyone knows that it is possible to target ads based on a client's location but did you know that you can also target ads to their behavior and interest? Through laser-focused targeted ads, your ads aren't wasted on people who don't require your service and instead your ads are reaching the people who you want to work with.
Two point selling system.
A two point selling system involves a discovery call as well as a service consultation. During the discovery call, you have the opportunity to get to know the client and their business as well as allowing you to gauge if they can afford your service. In the consultation, you can use what you have learnt from the discovery call to appeal to your client and sell your service.
If you're ready to start making more revenue and hit your business goals sooner than you planned this year, get in contact with Alireza and Omnisocial Agency through their Facebook or Instagram. |
https://www.campaignasia.com/article/how-a-hotel-business-grew-by-50-during-the-pandemic/476894 | While much of the travel industry has found the past two years tough, The Fives Hotels & Residences, a collection of luxury hotels in Mexico, has come out of the pandemic one step ahead. By using Meta’s suite of lead generation tools along with HubSpot CRM software, the company has been able to drive 50% growth in business since the end of 2019.
Scaling the business to that extent, at a time when prospective customers have been scarce overall across the industry, has been no mean feat. But The Fives found a way of meeting their potential customers where they were, and connecting with them using their preferred method of communication — be that filling forms, calling or messaging —to create opportunities for those potential leads to turn into sales.
They did this using Meta’s customisable suite of lead generation tools, which allows customers to get in touch in just a few clicks. This includes forms (Lead Ads), phone calls (Call Ads) or messages (Ads that Click to Messenger), which they can do directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
When using these along with HubSpot CRM software, The Fives had new leads sent directly to them, and found particular success through offering customers an instant, real-time connection.
Reconnecting with guests
By leveraging Meta’s reach and optimisation, The Fives found it easy to reconnect with past guests to generate leads. And by integrating their HubSpot CRM via Meta’s Conversions API, they were able to connect with potential customers.
This gave The Fives the knowledge to adjust and customise its messaging to suit specific audiences, optimising its approach to ensure the quality of leads. This in turn improved conversion and ROI.
“Gaining valuable metrics such as geography, the reason for people’s stay and their customer history allows us to tailor our messaging and offer additional services and upgrades to entice return visits,” says Roberto Peon, call centre director, The Fives. “The combination of HubSpot and Leads Ads on Facebook and Instagram allows customers to easily share that information with us.”
With good-quality data on hand, The Fives has the ability to generate leads at scale and sync these in real-time with HubSpot, so they can be integrated with existing workflows.
The company also found significant success with Meta’s Call Ads – a product that helps businesses instantly connect over the phone with prospective customers. “There’s little friction and no waiting to take action on leads,” says Sandor Winkler, vice president of sales and marketing, The Fives. “The moment a customer is ready to tap click to call, we’re here for them. It takes just a few clicks and the conversation starts.”
Impressive growth
The resulting success of these Call Ads has meant The Fives now employs nearly 40 agents working 24 hours a day, across different languages and regions.
But perhaps most impressive is that since The Fives started using Meta lead generation tools in combination with Hubspot to generate leads, it’s seen 10x the revenue on direct channels and is exceeding monthly sales goals.
“This growth and expansion was made possible through the data provided through Meta and HubSpot,” says Winkler. “And because of these tools, we’re excited to apply these insights to our other businesses and to continue growing.”
Making leads count
The Fives used a customisable suite of lead generation tools on Meta – Lead Ads, Call Ads and Ads that Click to Messenger. This allowed customers to get in touch with them in a few simple clicks, via forms, phone calls or messages, directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
While Meta’s suite of lead generation tools helps companies reach their customers in ways that appeal to them, what you do with the data from those leads is what matters.
By including a Meta partner such as HubSpot in lead generation, companies open themselves up to receive greater, more reliable customer insights than they would have alone, which in turn generates more valuable, high-quality leads.
Not just that, but using a CRM partner can truly make sense of that data, to help companies target customers more effectively, improve conversion rates and watch their ROI soar.
Inspired by HubSpot and lead generation on Meta? Find out how Meta’s lead generation tools, including Lead Ads and Call Ads, could help your business achieve similar growth here. | 1 | 71,383 | 0.776203 | https://www.asiaone.com/business/automated-marketing-technology-small-business-lead-generation-solutions-launch | 2022-05-19 04:39:48+00:00 | —
The new system provides Small Business clients with an automated marketing assistant that can fill several roles, including prospecting with Facebook, Google, or Twitter ads, pre-qualifying leads, direct selling conversations, and more.
More details can be found at: https://www.viralfiremarketing.com
Most businesses recognize the importance of online sales channels. However, the limited resources of smaller companies mean that they are at a disadvantage. With the latest solution, Viral Fire Marketing provides clients with an efficient and effective means of generating leads and increasing profit.
While e-commerce has been growing steadily for many years, the pandemic led to an unprecedented surge in online sales. Technology review website findstack.com reports that e-commerce sales were over $4.8 billion in 2021, and are expected to increase to more than $6.3 billion by 2024.
Given the large and growing market, it is little surprise that most businesses are investing in online marketing efforts. Viral Fire Marketing recognizes that most small businesses do not have the time to manage multiple sales channels. The agency’s innovative new marketing automation solution is designed to save a significant amount of time in the lead generation process.
As an example, a Facebook Messenger Ad campaign would be designed around specific target groups. When a prospect clicks on the ad, the system’s automated chat bot responds to initial queries and obtains contact information. Businesses can then use the resultant contact list to upsell or cross sell additional offers, leading to an increase in sales.
About Viral Fire Marketing
Operating from Idaho headquarters, Viral Fire Marketing aims to provide the latest automation technologies to small businesses around the world. The agency works across a wide range of sectors, including health and medical, retail, e-commerce, services, home improvements, automotive, and more.
A satisfied client recently stated: “This is a game changer for our Mexican restaurant. We’ve always done the ‘old school’ forms of marketing. When we worked with Viral Fire Marketing, we wanted two things: new local customers and returning repeat customers on tap. In just under two weeks, we now have hundreds of local leads and can communicate with them across three distinct channels.”
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https://www.campaignasia.com/article/how-a-hotel-business-grew-by-50-during-the-pandemic/476894 | While much of the travel industry has found the past two years tough, The Fives Hotels & Residences, a collection of luxury hotels in Mexico, has come out of the pandemic one step ahead. By using Meta’s suite of lead generation tools along with HubSpot CRM software, the company has been able to drive 50% growth in business since the end of 2019.
Scaling the business to that extent, at a time when prospective customers have been scarce overall across the industry, has been no mean feat. But The Fives found a way of meeting their potential customers where they were, and connecting with them using their preferred method of communication — be that filling forms, calling or messaging —to create opportunities for those potential leads to turn into sales.
They did this using Meta’s customisable suite of lead generation tools, which allows customers to get in touch in just a few clicks. This includes forms (Lead Ads), phone calls (Call Ads) or messages (Ads that Click to Messenger), which they can do directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
When using these along with HubSpot CRM software, The Fives had new leads sent directly to them, and found particular success through offering customers an instant, real-time connection.
Reconnecting with guests
By leveraging Meta’s reach and optimisation, The Fives found it easy to reconnect with past guests to generate leads. And by integrating their HubSpot CRM via Meta’s Conversions API, they were able to connect with potential customers.
This gave The Fives the knowledge to adjust and customise its messaging to suit specific audiences, optimising its approach to ensure the quality of leads. This in turn improved conversion and ROI.
“Gaining valuable metrics such as geography, the reason for people’s stay and their customer history allows us to tailor our messaging and offer additional services and upgrades to entice return visits,” says Roberto Peon, call centre director, The Fives. “The combination of HubSpot and Leads Ads on Facebook and Instagram allows customers to easily share that information with us.”
With good-quality data on hand, The Fives has the ability to generate leads at scale and sync these in real-time with HubSpot, so they can be integrated with existing workflows.
The company also found significant success with Meta’s Call Ads – a product that helps businesses instantly connect over the phone with prospective customers. “There’s little friction and no waiting to take action on leads,” says Sandor Winkler, vice president of sales and marketing, The Fives. “The moment a customer is ready to tap click to call, we’re here for them. It takes just a few clicks and the conversation starts.”
Impressive growth
The resulting success of these Call Ads has meant The Fives now employs nearly 40 agents working 24 hours a day, across different languages and regions.
But perhaps most impressive is that since The Fives started using Meta lead generation tools in combination with Hubspot to generate leads, it’s seen 10x the revenue on direct channels and is exceeding monthly sales goals.
“This growth and expansion was made possible through the data provided through Meta and HubSpot,” says Winkler. “And because of these tools, we’re excited to apply these insights to our other businesses and to continue growing.”
Making leads count
The Fives used a customisable suite of lead generation tools on Meta – Lead Ads, Call Ads and Ads that Click to Messenger. This allowed customers to get in touch with them in a few simple clicks, via forms, phone calls or messages, directly from an ad served to them on Instagram or Facebook.
While Meta’s suite of lead generation tools helps companies reach their customers in ways that appeal to them, what you do with the data from those leads is what matters.
By including a Meta partner such as HubSpot in lead generation, companies open themselves up to receive greater, more reliable customer insights than they would have alone, which in turn generates more valuable, high-quality leads.
Not just that, but using a CRM partner can truly make sense of that data, to help companies target customers more effectively, improve conversion rates and watch their ROI soar.
Inspired by HubSpot and lead generation on Meta? Find out how Meta’s lead generation tools, including Lead Ads and Call Ads, could help your business achieve similar growth here. | 2 | 131,351 | 0.812004 | https://www.mid-day.com/brand-media/article/from-cold-calling-to-email-marketing-how-to-boost-post-covid-travel-sales-23232887 | 2022-06-24 12:43:40+00:00 | Savvy digital marketing methods that yield sales. The most effective online marketing methods to propel your company to post-pandemic success. Essential digital tools and strategies for business marketing today.
The travel and hospitality industry was one of the worst-hit by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Most marketers in that industry are keen on adopting the most efficient marketing campaigns that will propel their companies forward despite the pandemic.
While some traditional marketing methods continue to be in use, their efficacy is dwindling, making it pertinent for marketers to rethink their approach.
As a marketing executive or business owner, you may be wondering how you can tweak your strategy to make the best of the unfortunate situation caused by the pandemic.
That is where digital marketing methods and digital marketing consultants come in. These are online tools that are easy to deploy and promise a great return on investment.
Below are some of the five ways through which you can boost your company’s travel sales digitally following the pandemic.
1. Cold calling
Cold calling is a vital component of accomplishing sales objectives within the travel industry.
Nevertheless, plenty of people find it awkward and off-putting as they reckon it means having to make random and unsolicited calls and visits to strangers.
Regardless of how uneasy and reluctant you are to make such cold calls or visits, you must do it to turn your potential consumers into long-term ones.
Furthermore, most of your prospects’ questions can be better answered by telephone or in-person meetings.
Luckily, there is an easier and more effective way to handle your cold calling.
When done properly, cold calls can yield immense benefits. One of the critical areas you need to focus on is getting your target audience right.
In this regard, a verified cold calling contact list of warm leads is invaluable, as it assures you of a targeted audience that is likely to be interested in your offers. In turn, that results in higher rates of conversions from your cold calling campaign.
2. Email marketing
Given the vast number of people keen on having a positive travel experience and are eager to pay for it, providing helpful information on travel offers is vital. That includes information on travel trends, safety, and destinations.
While social media has gained considerable popularity as a source of information in this regard, a substantial number of travelers still rely on email marketing as a reliable source of information.
Interestingly, 58 percent of individuals check their email first thing in the morning, ahead of checking social media or the news.
That is excellent news for email marketers within the travel industry, as a successful travel email marketing campaign will enable you to connect with millions of potential clients eager to read your content.
As a marketing method, emails allow you to alert your clients of upcoming promotions and discounts, funnel new prospects into visiting your website, and thereby convince people to plan for the trips you offer.
3. Deals and offers via social media
Offering special sales promotions or offers is an excellent strategy to pique customers' interest in traveling. You can announce or advertise these incentives via social media, websites, and in promotional ads.
Thankfully, the most prominent social media platforms allow you to post sponsored ads targeting your chosen demographic.
Offerings of this nature will attract new clients while also prompting the desire of existing ones to return. This concept can also be used in diverse yet travel-affiliated industries (such as spas, gyms, etc.).
However, it is most appropriate in sectors that have been directly and severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as travel and restaurants.
You may entice your customers to invest in your business through discounts and other savings choices. You might even offer membership deals for clients who decide to invest in you within a specific period.
Even in difficult economic times, this will enable you to make some money.
4. Adopt a data-driven strategy
Analyze your target markets' behavior online. Where do they spend most of their time? What areas are of interest to them?
With that information, you can tweak your campaign strategy accordingly.
For instance, you can influence the amount of human traffic your website receives by generating content likely to increase that traffic.
One way to do this is by viewing the keywords that sent people to your site using Google's free tool- the Google Search Console.
Additionally, it will show you historical search trends so you can choose your content themes based on that data. With such information, you can generate relevant content that brings an added number of online visitors to your site.
The Keyword Planner is yet another Google resource that you can utilize on the Ads platform. You could connect your website to the Google Ads platform even if you don't intend to spend money on advertising.
It's excellent for investigating any keywords you are curious about and determining how many hits they receive monthly. You can search globally or by city, region, or country.
5. Content marketing
As the adage goes, ‘content is king.’
Having a beautifully designed website is of little use to your business if it fails to carry information you're your clients will find relevant and valuable.
That is where content creation comes in, and for travel businesses, content may be in the form of videos or blog articles.
Blogging is a great way to retain visitors to your website, especially if it reflects your business scope and has an exquisite and easy-to-navigate catalog of offers.
Encourage people and establish trust by demonstrating your knowledge in your blog entries to aid travelers in making their decisions for the post-Covid travel rebound!
Publishing exciting and informative articles accompanied by attractive visuals is a surefire way of making your online visitors develop trust in your brand. Such content may feature information on different destinations and the attractions found there. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674993/Republican-NY-Supreme-Court-judge-rules-Democrats-gerrymandered-congressional-districts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Republican NY Supreme Court judge rules Democrats gerrymandered congressional districts and blocks their use in upcoming election - throwing midterm contests into turmoil
- Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Democrat-produced electoral maps for New York were not acceptable
- McAllister said the maps, approved by the Democrat-controlled government, were not fair and needed to be redrawn
- Governor Kathy Hochul and the state attorney general, Letitia James, immediately said that they would appeal
- The appeal will be heard by a more amenable court, meaning that the new districts - changed following the latest census - will likely stand
New York's electoral maps were thrown into chaos on Thursday after a judge on the state Supreme Court ordered Democrats to go back to the drawing board and work with the Republicans.
The new maps were signed into law in February, as a consequence of the census - which every 10 years gives an updated view of the population, and a chance to redraw electoral districts to match.
It is meant to provide a chance to rectify fluctuations in the number of residents, so that each district is as equal in population to all other congressional districts in the state. In practice, it is often a highly-contested process whereby Democrats and Republicans jostle to redraw the maps in their favor.
New York is one of nine states to have independent commissions to decide the maps - the others are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, and Washington.
But in New York, the independent commission became bogged down in bickering, with Democratic and Republican members unable to agree.
That by default gave the Democrats — who control the governorship and supermajorities in both the State Senate and Assembly for the first time in decades — an essentially free rein to do as they choose.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that New York's new electoral maps needed reworking
The new map for 2022 sees the Democrats making significant gains - in particular on Long Island, in New York City, and upstate
The previous map, from 2012, shows a stronger Republican grip on Long Island and north of Albany
The resulting map, approved in February, would usher in a greater change than any other state in the country.
As many as four current House Republicans would be at risk, thanks to the maps moving lines on Long Island, in New York City and upstate. The website Five Thirty Eight analyzed the changes.
The State Senate map promised similar Democratic advantages.
The new maps would see an increase of three Democratic-leaning seats, a decrease of three Republican-leaning seats and a decrease of one highly competitive seat from the old map.
If the map survives its legal challenge, it would likely set up Democrats to flip the open Republican-held 1st and 22nd districts, as well as the seat held by Nicole Malliotakis, the 11th District, which encompasses Staten Island - the only Republican area of New York City.
Malliotakis tweeted: 'It's clear to all that Albany Democrats redrew our district to tilt the scale & steal our seat.
'It's not just wrong, it's also a violation of our State Constitution.
'Today, the NY Supreme Court agreed. We are encouraged by the action of the court & we await the new district maps.'
Nicole Malliotakis (pictured), whose constituency includes Staten Island, is among those who would be profoundly affected by the redistricting, with her seat in Congress at risk
The 2022 proposed map for New York City (pictured) shows Malliotakis's district, the 11th, being significantly redrawn. As well as including strongly Republican Staten Island, the new district would encompass parts of strongly Democrat Brooklyn
The 2012 district map shows that Malliotakis's district, 11, only includes a small area of Brooklyn. Redrawing that puts her seat at risk
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who is a chairman of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, said it was shameful.
'The Democrats in New York should be ashamed of themselves for what they tried to do here,' he said.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court said that Democrats were using tactics they had denounced Republicans for, and called the redrawing of the maps to win political advantage - known as gerrymandering - a 'scourge' on democracy.
'The court finds by clear evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that the congressional map was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias,' he wrote in the opinion.
'Gerrymandering discrimination hurts everyone because it tends to silence minority voices.
'When we choose to ignore the benefits of compromise we not only hurt others, we hurt ourselves as well.'
Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York (pictured on March 15) said she will appeal McAllister's ruling
He ordered Democrats to come up with new 'bipartisanly supported maps' by April 11.
If they fail, McAllister said he would appoint an independent special master to draw them, raising the possibility that candidates already campaigning could be left in limbo for weeks, and that primaries scheduled for June could be delayed.
However, most analysts expected the Democrats to appeal McAllister's ruling, and it would find a much more sympathetic ear in the Democrat-controlled appellate courts.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Letitia James, the state attorney general, said that they would appeal the ruling.
'This is one step in the process,' said Michael Murphy, a spokesman for the State Senate Democrats.
'We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts.'
The redrawing of electoral district maps is proving contentious in other states, ahead of the November elections that Democrats fear will see them lose significant ground to the Republicans.
Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Florida are all seeing arguments being taken to the courts. | 0 | 78,115 | 0.38882 | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/04/26/fight-over-gerrymandering-argued-at-new-yorks-highest-court/ | 2022-04-26 21:13:00+00:00 | By MARINA VILLENEUVE
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges on New York’s high court peppered attorneys with sharp questions Tuesday as they considered whether to throw out new congressional district maps that Republicans charge are unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
Court of Appeals judges heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican voters challenging the legality of the new district maps, which critics say were drawn to favor Democrats. The court’s decision — which could come at any time — could play a crucial role in the battle for control of the U.S. House, where Democrats now enjoy a thin majority.
Judges repeatedly asked the Democrats’ attorneys about what should happen next if the high court decides to strike down the maps. But they also seemed wary about overstepping their authority.
“I’m again having difficulty with your argument that you’re driving the substantive work of drawing district lines into a judicial forum,” Judge Jenny Rivera told a lawyer for the petitioners.
The voters contend in their lawsuit the Democrat-controlled Legislature violated provisions in the state constitution that barred the redrawing of districts for partisan gain. New York’s governor and legislative leaders deny they bent the rules, but two lower courts have already ruled the district maps were drafted specifically to give Democrats an advantage.
A midlevel appeals court last week gave the Legislature a deadline of April 30 to come up with revised maps, or else leave the redrafting in the hands of a court-appointed expert.
A third ruling against the maps could potentially upend the state’s planned congressional primary, now scheduled for late June.
Attorneys for Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and legislative leaders from her party say the maps address population shifts and unite similar minority and geographical communities. The attorneys urged the judges to allow lawmakers to fix any errors with particular districts.
They’ve cast doubt on computer simulations run by elections expert Sean Trende, who found the maps were gerrymandered. Trende has served as a redistricting expert in Virginia and Maryland.
Political district maps across the nation have been redrawn in recent months as a result of population shifts documented in the 2020 Census.
Democrats had been counting on New York lawmakers producing a map heavily favorable to their party to help offset expected Republican gains in other states.
New York’s new maps would give Democrats a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts. Republicans, who represent about 22% of registered New York voters, currently hold eight of the state’s 27 seats in Congress. New York will lose one seat in 2021.
Partisan gerrymandering of political district maps is an age-old tradition in the U.S., but New York voters attempted to limit the practice through a constitutional amendment in 2014.
Some judges on Tuesday questioned whether Democrats followed the spirit of that reform.
“It seems the people said they believed this would be real reform,” Judge Michael Garcia said. “We would be telling them it wasn’t.”
A politically appointed commission was supposed to draw the new maps. But that body, comprised of equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans, couldn’t reach consensus.
The judges are also weighing whether the Democrat-led Legislature had authority to step in and pass new maps.
So far this election cycle, courts have intervened to block maps they found to be Republican gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a Democrat gerrymander in Maryland. Such decisions have led to delayed primaries in North Carolina, Ohio and Maryland.
The Democrats’ attorneys said New York’s redistricting process is a far cry from Florida, where critics say the Republican governor’s new maps will diminish the state’s Black representation in Congress and benefit Republicans.
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Associated Press writer Michael Hill contributed.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674993/Republican-NY-Supreme-Court-judge-rules-Democrats-gerrymandered-congressional-districts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Republican NY Supreme Court judge rules Democrats gerrymandered congressional districts and blocks their use in upcoming election - throwing midterm contests into turmoil
- Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Democrat-produced electoral maps for New York were not acceptable
- McAllister said the maps, approved by the Democrat-controlled government, were not fair and needed to be redrawn
- Governor Kathy Hochul and the state attorney general, Letitia James, immediately said that they would appeal
- The appeal will be heard by a more amenable court, meaning that the new districts - changed following the latest census - will likely stand
New York's electoral maps were thrown into chaos on Thursday after a judge on the state Supreme Court ordered Democrats to go back to the drawing board and work with the Republicans.
The new maps were signed into law in February, as a consequence of the census - which every 10 years gives an updated view of the population, and a chance to redraw electoral districts to match.
It is meant to provide a chance to rectify fluctuations in the number of residents, so that each district is as equal in population to all other congressional districts in the state. In practice, it is often a highly-contested process whereby Democrats and Republicans jostle to redraw the maps in their favor.
New York is one of nine states to have independent commissions to decide the maps - the others are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, and Washington.
But in New York, the independent commission became bogged down in bickering, with Democratic and Republican members unable to agree.
That by default gave the Democrats — who control the governorship and supermajorities in both the State Senate and Assembly for the first time in decades — an essentially free rein to do as they choose.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that New York's new electoral maps needed reworking
The new map for 2022 sees the Democrats making significant gains - in particular on Long Island, in New York City, and upstate
The previous map, from 2012, shows a stronger Republican grip on Long Island and north of Albany
The resulting map, approved in February, would usher in a greater change than any other state in the country.
As many as four current House Republicans would be at risk, thanks to the maps moving lines on Long Island, in New York City and upstate. The website Five Thirty Eight analyzed the changes.
The State Senate map promised similar Democratic advantages.
The new maps would see an increase of three Democratic-leaning seats, a decrease of three Republican-leaning seats and a decrease of one highly competitive seat from the old map.
If the map survives its legal challenge, it would likely set up Democrats to flip the open Republican-held 1st and 22nd districts, as well as the seat held by Nicole Malliotakis, the 11th District, which encompasses Staten Island - the only Republican area of New York City.
Malliotakis tweeted: 'It's clear to all that Albany Democrats redrew our district to tilt the scale & steal our seat.
'It's not just wrong, it's also a violation of our State Constitution.
'Today, the NY Supreme Court agreed. We are encouraged by the action of the court & we await the new district maps.'
Nicole Malliotakis (pictured), whose constituency includes Staten Island, is among those who would be profoundly affected by the redistricting, with her seat in Congress at risk
The 2022 proposed map for New York City (pictured) shows Malliotakis's district, the 11th, being significantly redrawn. As well as including strongly Republican Staten Island, the new district would encompass parts of strongly Democrat Brooklyn
The 2012 district map shows that Malliotakis's district, 11, only includes a small area of Brooklyn. Redrawing that puts her seat at risk
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who is a chairman of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, said it was shameful.
'The Democrats in New York should be ashamed of themselves for what they tried to do here,' he said.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court said that Democrats were using tactics they had denounced Republicans for, and called the redrawing of the maps to win political advantage - known as gerrymandering - a 'scourge' on democracy.
'The court finds by clear evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that the congressional map was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias,' he wrote in the opinion.
'Gerrymandering discrimination hurts everyone because it tends to silence minority voices.
'When we choose to ignore the benefits of compromise we not only hurt others, we hurt ourselves as well.'
Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York (pictured on March 15) said she will appeal McAllister's ruling
He ordered Democrats to come up with new 'bipartisanly supported maps' by April 11.
If they fail, McAllister said he would appoint an independent special master to draw them, raising the possibility that candidates already campaigning could be left in limbo for weeks, and that primaries scheduled for June could be delayed.
However, most analysts expected the Democrats to appeal McAllister's ruling, and it would find a much more sympathetic ear in the Democrat-controlled appellate courts.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Letitia James, the state attorney general, said that they would appeal the ruling.
'This is one step in the process,' said Michael Murphy, a spokesman for the State Senate Democrats.
'We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts.'
The redrawing of electoral district maps is proving contentious in other states, ahead of the November elections that Democrats fear will see them lose significant ground to the Republicans.
Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Florida are all seeing arguments being taken to the courts. | 1 | 111,102 | 0.392263 | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/04/26/fight-over-gerrymandering-argued-at-new-yorks-highest-court-2/ | 2022-04-26 23:30:44+00:00 | By MARINA VILLENEUVE
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges on New York’s highest court peppered attorneys with sharp questions Tuesday as they considered whether to throw out new congressional district maps that Republicans say were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
The Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican voters challenging the legality of the new district maps, which were widely seen as likely to help Democrats gain seats in Congress and knock some incumbent Republicans out of office.
The court’s decision — which could come at any time — could play a crucial role in the battle for control of the U.S. House, where Democrats now enjoy a thin majority.
Judges repeatedly asked the Democrats’ attorneys about what should happen next if the high court decides to strike down the maps. But they also seemed wary about overstepping their authority.
“I’m again having difficulty with your argument that you’re driving the substantive work of drawing district lines into a judicial forum,” Judge Jenny Rivera told a lawyer for the petitioners.
The voters contend in their lawsuit the Democrat-controlled Legislature violated provisions in the state constitution that barred the redrawing of districts for partisan gain. New York’s governor and legislative leaders deny they bent the rules, but two lower courts have already ruled the district maps were drafted specifically to give Democrats an advantage.
A midlevel appeals court last week gave the Legislature a deadline of April 30 to come up with revised maps, or else leave the redrafting in the hands of a court-appointed expert.
A third ruling against the maps could potentially upend the state’s planned congressional primary, now scheduled for late June.
Attorneys for Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and legislative leaders from her party say the maps address population shifts and unite similar minority and geographical communities. The attorneys urged the judges to allow lawmakers to fix any errors with particular districts.
The Democrats have also criticized computer simulations run by an elections analyst who testified for the Republican plaintiffs that the maps were gerrymandered.
Political district maps across the nation have been redrawn in recent months as a result of population shifts documented in the 2020 Census.
Democrats had been counting on New York lawmakers producing a map heavily favorable to their party to help offset expected Republican gains in other states.
New York’s new maps would give Democrats a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts. Republicans, who represent about 22% of registered New York voters, currently hold eight of the state’s 27 seats in Congress. New York will lose one seat in 2021.
Partisan gerrymandering of political district maps is an age-old tradition in the U.S., but New York voters attempted to limit the practice through a constitutional amendment in 2014.
A politically appointed commission was supposed to draw the new maps. But that body, comprised of equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans, couldn’t reach consensus. The Democrat-led Legislature then stepped in and passed new maps of its own design.
Among other issues, the Court of Appeals was weighing whether the Legislature had the authority to do so. Some judges on Tuesday questioned whether Democrats followed the spirit of the reforms.
“It seems the people said they believed this would be real reform,” Judge Michael Garcia said. “We would be telling them it wasn’t.”
So far this election cycle, courts have intervened to block maps they found to be Republican gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a Democrat gerrymander in Maryland. Such decisions have led to delayed primaries in North Carolina, Ohio and Maryland.
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Associated Press writer Michael Hill contributed.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10674993/Republican-NY-Supreme-Court-judge-rules-Democrats-gerrymandered-congressional-districts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Republican NY Supreme Court judge rules Democrats gerrymandered congressional districts and blocks their use in upcoming election - throwing midterm contests into turmoil
- Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Democrat-produced electoral maps for New York were not acceptable
- McAllister said the maps, approved by the Democrat-controlled government, were not fair and needed to be redrawn
- Governor Kathy Hochul and the state attorney general, Letitia James, immediately said that they would appeal
- The appeal will be heard by a more amenable court, meaning that the new districts - changed following the latest census - will likely stand
New York's electoral maps were thrown into chaos on Thursday after a judge on the state Supreme Court ordered Democrats to go back to the drawing board and work with the Republicans.
The new maps were signed into law in February, as a consequence of the census - which every 10 years gives an updated view of the population, and a chance to redraw electoral districts to match.
It is meant to provide a chance to rectify fluctuations in the number of residents, so that each district is as equal in population to all other congressional districts in the state. In practice, it is often a highly-contested process whereby Democrats and Republicans jostle to redraw the maps in their favor.
New York is one of nine states to have independent commissions to decide the maps - the others are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, and Washington.
But in New York, the independent commission became bogged down in bickering, with Democratic and Republican members unable to agree.
That by default gave the Democrats — who control the governorship and supermajorities in both the State Senate and Assembly for the first time in decades — an essentially free rein to do as they choose.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that New York's new electoral maps needed reworking
The new map for 2022 sees the Democrats making significant gains - in particular on Long Island, in New York City, and upstate
The previous map, from 2012, shows a stronger Republican grip on Long Island and north of Albany
The resulting map, approved in February, would usher in a greater change than any other state in the country.
As many as four current House Republicans would be at risk, thanks to the maps moving lines on Long Island, in New York City and upstate. The website Five Thirty Eight analyzed the changes.
The State Senate map promised similar Democratic advantages.
The new maps would see an increase of three Democratic-leaning seats, a decrease of three Republican-leaning seats and a decrease of one highly competitive seat from the old map.
If the map survives its legal challenge, it would likely set up Democrats to flip the open Republican-held 1st and 22nd districts, as well as the seat held by Nicole Malliotakis, the 11th District, which encompasses Staten Island - the only Republican area of New York City.
Malliotakis tweeted: 'It's clear to all that Albany Democrats redrew our district to tilt the scale & steal our seat.
'It's not just wrong, it's also a violation of our State Constitution.
'Today, the NY Supreme Court agreed. We are encouraged by the action of the court & we await the new district maps.'
Nicole Malliotakis (pictured), whose constituency includes Staten Island, is among those who would be profoundly affected by the redistricting, with her seat in Congress at risk
The 2022 proposed map for New York City (pictured) shows Malliotakis's district, the 11th, being significantly redrawn. As well as including strongly Republican Staten Island, the new district would encompass parts of strongly Democrat Brooklyn
The 2012 district map shows that Malliotakis's district, 11, only includes a small area of Brooklyn. Redrawing that puts her seat at risk
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who is a chairman of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, said it was shameful.
'The Democrats in New York should be ashamed of themselves for what they tried to do here,' he said.
Justice Patrick F. McAllister of State Supreme Court said that Democrats were using tactics they had denounced Republicans for, and called the redrawing of the maps to win political advantage - known as gerrymandering - a 'scourge' on democracy.
'The court finds by clear evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that the congressional map was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias,' he wrote in the opinion.
'Gerrymandering discrimination hurts everyone because it tends to silence minority voices.
'When we choose to ignore the benefits of compromise we not only hurt others, we hurt ourselves as well.'
Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York (pictured on March 15) said she will appeal McAllister's ruling
He ordered Democrats to come up with new 'bipartisanly supported maps' by April 11.
If they fail, McAllister said he would appoint an independent special master to draw them, raising the possibility that candidates already campaigning could be left in limbo for weeks, and that primaries scheduled for June could be delayed.
However, most analysts expected the Democrats to appeal McAllister's ruling, and it would find a much more sympathetic ear in the Democrat-controlled appellate courts.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Letitia James, the state attorney general, said that they would appeal the ruling.
'This is one step in the process,' said Michael Murphy, a spokesman for the State Senate Democrats.
'We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts.'
The redrawing of electoral district maps is proving contentious in other states, ahead of the November elections that Democrats fear will see them lose significant ground to the Republicans.
Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Florida are all seeing arguments being taken to the courts. | 2 | 118,377 | 0.394596 | https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/new-york-high-court-hears-redistricting-arguments-tuesday/article_5c0df466-c27b-11ec-813e-c79f286ab604.html | 2022-04-22 22:36:28+00:00 | (The Center Square) – The New York State Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Tuesday about whether Democrats pushed through redrawn state legislative and U.S. House of Representatives districts that gave them unfair advantages for the upcoming November election.
The announcement, posted on the court’s website, came less than a day after a lower appeals panel ruled the New York State Legislature has until the end of the month to redraw the congressional map. That upheld a March 31 state court ruling in Steuben County that found the new state Assembly, state Senate and congressional maps violated the state constitution.
However, the Fourth Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division said Thursday that it found the process lawmakers used after an independent committee failed to agree on maps based on the 2020 U.S. Census to be proper.
Because of that, the appeals court overturned a portion of Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Patrick F. McAllister’s ruling by tossing out the maps for the state Assembly and Senate seats.
A spokesman for the Republican voters who filed the lawsuit told The New York Times they would appeal the decision to reinstate the state legislative maps.
The New York congressional map is significant for several reasons. First, the state lost a seat in the U.S. House, effective with the upcoming election. Census data revealed if New York had 100 more people in the state, it would have retained all 27 seats it currently has in the 435-seat House.
Second, a contentious midterm election is expected this fall. Democrats hold a slim majority in the U.S. House now, and a map tilted their way in left-leaning New York could help the party stay in power for the next term.
Under the current map, Democrats hold 19 of New York’s congressional seats. The 26-seat map the Democratic state legislature passed established 22 Democratic-majority districts and just four for Republicans.
Hochul, Democratic legislative leaders and state officials were sued after Hochul signed the maps into law. They argued that the maps did not give their party an unfair advantage.
A majority of the five-judge appellate panel disagreed and found evidence from an analyst presented by plaintiffs to be convincing. Sean Trende testified after reviewing the congressional map and running simulations to create maps. Trende found that the newly enacted map compacted GOP voters while spreading out Democratic voters.
The state’s top court is expected to act quickly. The New York primary election is June 28. |
https://news.sky.com/story/king-dethroned-as-thai-group-minor-wins-60m-battle-for-the-wolseley-12579284 | King dethroned as Thai group Minor wins £60m battle for The Wolseley
Jeremy King is to leave the group behind top London restaurants including Colbert and The Wolseley after Thai-based Minor International won a £60m late-night auction of Corbin & King, Sky News can reveal.
Friday 1 April 2022 07:07, UK
One of Britain's most prominent restaurateurs is to leave the owner of The Wolseley after losing a battle to buy the company he founded from administrators.
Sky News has learnt that Minor International, which placed Corbin & King (C&K) into administration in January, paid more than £60m in an overnight auction to regain control of the group.
Its winning bid will trigger the departure of Jeremy King, one-half of the company's founding team and arguably the best-known figure in London's upmarket dining scene.
A spokesman for Minor said it was "now time to focus on growing the business in the UK and internationally without the involvement of Messrs Corbin and King".
"We wish them success in their future endeavours and have no doubt that the outstanding Corbin & King team will build upon their legacy, taking it to new heights as we invest significantly in the company's and our employees' future growth."
It insisted it had "the utmost respect for what they have achieved in the London restaurant business [and indeed] their continued involvement in the business was a critical factor in deciding to make our original investment".
"However, as time passed it became clear that Mr King had significantly different views on the appropriate strategy for the business."
In a message sent in the early hours of Friday morning to regular customers of restaurants including The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Colbert, Mr King wrote: "As you know, after our shareholder Minor Hotel Group appointed administrators over the Corbin & King 'TopCo', we were assisted by Knighthead of New York in taking on the debt that was at issue, with a view to fully acquiring the company.
"We left the appointed administrator in place in order to resolve our dispute with Minor by having a sales process to establish the new owners.
"The final stage of that process - an auction - took place in the early hours of today.
"We took part in the auction to try and buy the business and assets of Corbin & King that we didn't already own, including of course all the restaurants.
"Regrettably, that attempt failed and Minor Hotel Group was the successful bidder, buying the entire business.
"As a result, I no longer have any equity interest in the business although for the time being, I remain an employee. I assume Minor will take immediate control of the restaurants."
One source said it had been "inevitable" that Mr King would leave the business if Minor won the auction given the fractious dispute - including several legal battles - between the two sides which erupted in the last three months.
Dillip Rajakarier, group chief executive of Minor International, said: "Given the global appeal of Corbin & King Limited's iconic portfolio of brands, it is no surprise that competition for the business was so strong.
"We are delighted that our offer was accepted, and we can now look forward to building on the existing strong foundations to drive growth in the UK and internationally.
"We have exciting growth plans for the business and are delighted to embark on this journey with our outstanding employees, the company's key stakeholders, and, of course, our valued customers."
FRP Advisory, which has been working on the insolvency of Corbin & King (C&K) since January, received two final bids for the business, with Minor understood to have paid more than £60m including the group's debt.
Mr King fell out with Minor over the group's expansion plans, and the Thai-based company has resorted to a string of legal actions in a bid to remove him from the company.
It accused Mr King of mismanaging the business and of refusing to place it on a more sustainable financial footing.
The accusations were rejected by Mr King, who recently won another important London court battle when a judge ordered Axa, the French insurance giant, to pay C&K more than £4m for a business interruption claim brought as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0 | 115,791 | 0.559208 | https://www.cityam.com/corbin-king-has-fallen-what-does-it-mean-for-the-wolseley-zedel-et-al/ | 2022-04-07 18:40:07+00:00 | Corbin & King has fallen: What does it mean for The Wolseley, Zedel et al?
You can be forgiven for not following the corporate intricacies of the hospitality sector, but last week was significant. On Friday, it was announced that Corbin & King, the restaurant group founded in 1981 by the eponymous Chris and Jeremy, had been bought out of administration by Minor International, the vehicle of American-born Thai billionaire William Heinecke. Minor had forced the group into administration, owning 74 per cent, and now it has complete ownership for the sum of £60 million.
So what? Well, Minor’s victory meant that Jeremy King had failed in his attempt to buy the group he founded, and is no longer an equity partner. He remains CEO, and Corbin a director, but Minor has announced it is “now time to focus on growing the business in the UK and internationally without the involvement of Messrs Corbin and King.”
This matters because Corbin & King controls some of London’s finest and most high-profile restaurants. The Wolseley, the Delaunay, Brasserie Zédel, Colbert, Bellanger… these cut a distinctive swathe through the fine dining scene. Food critic Jay Rayner has a residency at Zédel with his jazz band, and the Wolseley was beloved of AA Gill and Lucien Freud (whose favourite table was left empty and draped in black when his death was announced).
The corporate response is that this will continue. Although Jeremy King and Chris Corbin will exit stage left (pursued by a bear market?), the group still has a significant footprint in the capital. But Minor is also talking about “growing” its “iconic brand portfolio”, both in the UK and abroad. This is the inevitable collision of passion and business.
Here is not the place to dwell on the handling of hospitality and entertainment brands, but it is, perhaps, the place to reflect on what King and Corbin have done so well. I confess that I do not (yet) lead the kind of lifestyle in which my favourite table will be draped in black when I die, but I have visited some of their restaurants over the years. I proposed to a girl in the Wolseley over afternoon tea (not randomly, I was dating her), and I’ve often used Colbert on Sloane Square for semi-professional assignations.
The portfolio that Jeremy and Chris created did an almost impossible thing: it provided accessible glamour without scaling the most perilous heights of price. Only a fool or a rich man would argue that the Wolseley or the Delaunay is “affordable”, but they are not beyond the reach of civilians, not populated solely by starlets, bankers and moguls.
The glamour, however, is important. It is not just the trappings — the bowler hatted doormen outside the Wolseley — but the clientèle. Because the food is good, even great at times, and the service of a high standard, they attract and retain high-profile and high-spending patrons, whose presence is part of the attraction for us mortals. You can see these gods and goddesses, and even some lesser or faded deities, close up and in the wild, and you are, for a time, having the same experience as them.
But Corbin & King also understood what the Platonic ideal of a restaurant should be. Going out for a meal, if you are doing anything but satisfying basic requirements of hunger and thirst, should have a whiff of occasion about it. Whether you turn up in your best suit or a pair of jeans and trainers (yes, I’m judging), you should feel that you are being treated, that it is an event, and the Delaunay and Zédel and the rest captured that perfectly, providing a sense of theatre and occasion.
Perhaps Minor will preserve some essence of Corbin & King in its new arrangements. But there is a feeling among famous patrons (and staff, many of whom were devastated by Friday’s news) that something valuable, perhaps priceless, has been lost. And London should worry too: these restaurants have been among the best cheerleaders for the West End as a glamorous and stylish destination. We lose them at our peril. |
https://news.sky.com/story/king-dethroned-as-thai-group-minor-wins-60m-battle-for-the-wolseley-12579284 | King dethroned as Thai group Minor wins £60m battle for The Wolseley
Jeremy King is to leave the group behind top London restaurants including Colbert and The Wolseley after Thai-based Minor International won a £60m late-night auction of Corbin & King, Sky News can reveal.
Friday 1 April 2022 07:07, UK
One of Britain's most prominent restaurateurs is to leave the owner of The Wolseley after losing a battle to buy the company he founded from administrators.
Sky News has learnt that Minor International, which placed Corbin & King (C&K) into administration in January, paid more than £60m in an overnight auction to regain control of the group.
Its winning bid will trigger the departure of Jeremy King, one-half of the company's founding team and arguably the best-known figure in London's upmarket dining scene.
A spokesman for Minor said it was "now time to focus on growing the business in the UK and internationally without the involvement of Messrs Corbin and King".
"We wish them success in their future endeavours and have no doubt that the outstanding Corbin & King team will build upon their legacy, taking it to new heights as we invest significantly in the company's and our employees' future growth."
It insisted it had "the utmost respect for what they have achieved in the London restaurant business [and indeed] their continued involvement in the business was a critical factor in deciding to make our original investment".
"However, as time passed it became clear that Mr King had significantly different views on the appropriate strategy for the business."
In a message sent in the early hours of Friday morning to regular customers of restaurants including The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Colbert, Mr King wrote: "As you know, after our shareholder Minor Hotel Group appointed administrators over the Corbin & King 'TopCo', we were assisted by Knighthead of New York in taking on the debt that was at issue, with a view to fully acquiring the company.
"We left the appointed administrator in place in order to resolve our dispute with Minor by having a sales process to establish the new owners.
"The final stage of that process - an auction - took place in the early hours of today.
"We took part in the auction to try and buy the business and assets of Corbin & King that we didn't already own, including of course all the restaurants.
"Regrettably, that attempt failed and Minor Hotel Group was the successful bidder, buying the entire business.
"As a result, I no longer have any equity interest in the business although for the time being, I remain an employee. I assume Minor will take immediate control of the restaurants."
One source said it had been "inevitable" that Mr King would leave the business if Minor won the auction given the fractious dispute - including several legal battles - between the two sides which erupted in the last three months.
Dillip Rajakarier, group chief executive of Minor International, said: "Given the global appeal of Corbin & King Limited's iconic portfolio of brands, it is no surprise that competition for the business was so strong.
"We are delighted that our offer was accepted, and we can now look forward to building on the existing strong foundations to drive growth in the UK and internationally.
"We have exciting growth plans for the business and are delighted to embark on this journey with our outstanding employees, the company's key stakeholders, and, of course, our valued customers."
FRP Advisory, which has been working on the insolvency of Corbin & King (C&K) since January, received two final bids for the business, with Minor understood to have paid more than £60m including the group's debt.
Mr King fell out with Minor over the group's expansion plans, and the Thai-based company has resorted to a string of legal actions in a bid to remove him from the company.
It accused Mr King of mismanaging the business and of refusing to place it on a more sustainable financial footing.
The accusations were rejected by Mr King, who recently won another important London court battle when a judge ordered Axa, the French insurance giant, to pay C&K more than £4m for a business interruption claim brought as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 1 | 58,725 | 0.683856 | https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-11108457/Future-Wolseley-restaurant-Londons-Mayfair-doubt.html | 2022-08-13 20:57:41+00:00 | Future of The Wolseley restaurant in London's Mayfair again in doubt following sudden closure of sister cafe
The future of The Wolseley restaurant in London's Mayfair is again in doubt following the sudden closure of its sister cafe.
The Wolseley counts writer Stephen Fry, model Kate Moss and former Bank of England governor Mark Carney among its many celebrity diners.
It was put into administration earlier this year amid a bitter battle for control between Jeremy King, co-founder of Corbin & King, and Thailand-based Minor International, its majority shareholder.
Style: Model Kate Moss is one of the celebrities who dines at The Wolseley in Piccadilly
Minor eventually won with a £60million bid and Corbin & King was rebranded The Wolseley Hospitality Group.
In addition to The Wolseley, it has seven other upscale restaurants in London, including The Delaunay, Colbert and Brasserie Zedel.
Another, Cafe Wolseley at Bicester, Oxfordshire, closed last week.
The Wolseley Hospitality Group said it had been 'forced' to shut the cafe after four years because its landlord, Value Retail, had 'taken advantage of a technicality in the lease'.
The Mail on Sunday understands this relates to a 'change of control' clause that was triggered when Minor bought the business from administrators FRP Advisory. Crucially, the move means that the landlord at The Wolseley in Piccadilly, STJ Investments, could also take back its lease at some stage – and even install new management if it decides to keep the flagship open.
The news comes just days after The Wolseley's new owners poached Albanian-born Baton Berisha from rival D&D London, formerly Conran Restaurants, to be its new chief executive with a brief to expand in the UK and overseas.
Critics say plans to franchise The Wolseley would compromise the brand.
Jersey-based STJ Investments is run by the Russian-born Belgian oligarch Vladimir Zemtsov. He was also recently embroiled in a public spat with King, this time over unpaid rent built up during the pandemic.
The Wolseley Hospitality Group said shutting Cafe Wolseley in Bicester was 'highly regrettable'.
It declined to say what the 'technicality' in the lease was that triggered the closure but added that it did not face the same situation at its other restaurants.
King, who The Wolseley Hospitality Group says is still an employee, declined to comment. STJ was also contacted.
King and co-founder Chris Corbin are veterans of the London restaurant scene, having run Langan's Brasserie, Le Caprice and The Ivy before taking over The Wolseley in 2003.
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https://news.sky.com/story/king-dethroned-as-thai-group-minor-wins-60m-battle-for-the-wolseley-12579284 | King dethroned as Thai group Minor wins £60m battle for The Wolseley
Jeremy King is to leave the group behind top London restaurants including Colbert and The Wolseley after Thai-based Minor International won a £60m late-night auction of Corbin & King, Sky News can reveal.
Friday 1 April 2022 07:07, UK
One of Britain's most prominent restaurateurs is to leave the owner of The Wolseley after losing a battle to buy the company he founded from administrators.
Sky News has learnt that Minor International, which placed Corbin & King (C&K) into administration in January, paid more than £60m in an overnight auction to regain control of the group.
Its winning bid will trigger the departure of Jeremy King, one-half of the company's founding team and arguably the best-known figure in London's upmarket dining scene.
A spokesman for Minor said it was "now time to focus on growing the business in the UK and internationally without the involvement of Messrs Corbin and King".
"We wish them success in their future endeavours and have no doubt that the outstanding Corbin & King team will build upon their legacy, taking it to new heights as we invest significantly in the company's and our employees' future growth."
It insisted it had "the utmost respect for what they have achieved in the London restaurant business [and indeed] their continued involvement in the business was a critical factor in deciding to make our original investment".
"However, as time passed it became clear that Mr King had significantly different views on the appropriate strategy for the business."
In a message sent in the early hours of Friday morning to regular customers of restaurants including The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Colbert, Mr King wrote: "As you know, after our shareholder Minor Hotel Group appointed administrators over the Corbin & King 'TopCo', we were assisted by Knighthead of New York in taking on the debt that was at issue, with a view to fully acquiring the company.
"We left the appointed administrator in place in order to resolve our dispute with Minor by having a sales process to establish the new owners.
"The final stage of that process - an auction - took place in the early hours of today.
"We took part in the auction to try and buy the business and assets of Corbin & King that we didn't already own, including of course all the restaurants.
"Regrettably, that attempt failed and Minor Hotel Group was the successful bidder, buying the entire business.
"As a result, I no longer have any equity interest in the business although for the time being, I remain an employee. I assume Minor will take immediate control of the restaurants."
One source said it had been "inevitable" that Mr King would leave the business if Minor won the auction given the fractious dispute - including several legal battles - between the two sides which erupted in the last three months.
Dillip Rajakarier, group chief executive of Minor International, said: "Given the global appeal of Corbin & King Limited's iconic portfolio of brands, it is no surprise that competition for the business was so strong.
"We are delighted that our offer was accepted, and we can now look forward to building on the existing strong foundations to drive growth in the UK and internationally.
"We have exciting growth plans for the business and are delighted to embark on this journey with our outstanding employees, the company's key stakeholders, and, of course, our valued customers."
FRP Advisory, which has been working on the insolvency of Corbin & King (C&K) since January, received two final bids for the business, with Minor understood to have paid more than £60m including the group's debt.
Mr King fell out with Minor over the group's expansion plans, and the Thai-based company has resorted to a string of legal actions in a bid to remove him from the company.
It accused Mr King of mismanaging the business and of refusing to place it on a more sustainable financial footing.
The accusations were rejected by Mr King, who recently won another important London court battle when a judge ordered Axa, the French insurance giant, to pay C&K more than £4m for a business interruption claim brought as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2 | 59,277 | 0.683856 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-11108457/Future-Wolseley-restaurant-Londons-Mayfair-doubt.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-13 21:02:42+00:00 | Future of The Wolseley restaurant in London's Mayfair again in doubt following sudden closure of sister cafe
The future of The Wolseley restaurant in London's Mayfair is again in doubt following the sudden closure of its sister cafe.
The Wolseley counts writer Stephen Fry, model Kate Moss and former Bank of England governor Mark Carney among its many celebrity diners.
It was put into administration earlier this year amid a bitter battle for control between Jeremy King, co-founder of Corbin & King, and Thailand-based Minor International, its majority shareholder.
Style: Model Kate Moss is one of the celebrities who dines at The Wolseley in Piccadilly
Minor eventually won with a £60million bid and Corbin & King was rebranded The Wolseley Hospitality Group.
In addition to The Wolseley, it has seven other upscale restaurants in London, including The Delaunay, Colbert and Brasserie Zedel.
Another, Cafe Wolseley at Bicester, Oxfordshire, closed last week.
The Wolseley Hospitality Group said it had been 'forced' to shut the cafe after four years because its landlord, Value Retail, had 'taken advantage of a technicality in the lease'.
The Mail on Sunday understands this relates to a 'change of control' clause that was triggered when Minor bought the business from administrators FRP Advisory. Crucially, the move means that the landlord at The Wolseley in Piccadilly, STJ Investments, could also take back its lease at some stage – and even install new management if it decides to keep the flagship open.
The news comes just days after The Wolseley's new owners poached Albanian-born Baton Berisha from rival D&D London, formerly Conran Restaurants, to be its new chief executive with a brief to expand in the UK and overseas.
Critics say plans to franchise The Wolseley would compromise the brand.
Jersey-based STJ Investments is run by the Russian-born Belgian oligarch Vladimir Zemtsov. He was also recently embroiled in a public spat with King, this time over unpaid rent built up during the pandemic.
The Wolseley Hospitality Group said shutting Cafe Wolseley in Bicester was 'highly regrettable'.
It declined to say what the 'technicality' in the lease was that triggered the closure but added that it did not face the same situation at its other restaurants.
King, who The Wolseley Hospitality Group says is still an employee, declined to comment. STJ was also contacted.
King and co-founder Chris Corbin are veterans of the London restaurant scene, having run Langan's Brasserie, Le Caprice and The Ivy before taking over The Wolseley in 2003.
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/six-nj-high-school-football-players-agree-to-plea-deal-in-hazing-case-sources/3625891/ | What to Know
- Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed
- Wall Township High School football team members faced criminal charges including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between Sept. and Oct. 2021
- The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4
Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed to NBC New York.
The members of the Wall Township High School football team faced criminal charges — including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment — for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between September and October 2021.
The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4. The more serious charges will be dropped after the players do community service and complete a probation period, the sources said.
A seventh player charged in the scandal, who also faces sexual assault in separate incidents outside of school, was not offered a plea deal, sources said.
Christopher Adams, an attorney for one of the players charged, previously said the hazing was "sophomoric behavior by 15, 16 and 17 year old boys before football practice in front of the coaches — if there was anything sexual the coaches would have stopped it but they didn't because it was nothing more than horseplay."
Four students were suspended in late 2021 by school administrators. The student suspensions also came after the high school's athletic director was placed on administrative leave, multiple coaches were suspended and games were canceled. It followed multiple heated school board meetings that took place since the allegations came to light earlier in November.
The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the locker room incident in which parents say was captured on cellphone video.
"We are hopeful that the lessons gleaned from this case foster a renewed focus on actively teaching juveniles in all of our schools what conduct crosses the line of acceptability, and what students must do if they are a bystander or victim of hazing, harassment, intimidation, or bullying," a prior release from Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
At one of the meetings in the fall, many angry parents wanted to know why they found about about the allegations from the news and not the school, asking when district officials first found out. Among the people who took to the mic were former students who say hazing has long been part of the school and that they were bullied years ago.
A total of three coaches for the Wall High School football team were suspended, sources told NBC New York, including head coach and business teacher Tony Grandinetti. He and two others were placed on administrative leave.
So far, one school board member has resigned, citing the hazing allegations as the reason. | 0 | 44,301 | 0.374024 | https://www.app.com/story/news/education/in-our-schools/2022/04/04/wall-nj-high-school-football-hazing-scandal-jail-plea-deal/7263938001/ | 2022-04-04 14:26:42+00:00 | Wall High School football hazing scandal plea deal means no jail for 'sophomoric behavior'
WALL - At least six Wall Township High School football players have agreed to plea agreements in the recent hazing scandal that will allow them to avoid jail and face probation and community service, according to sources.
A Juvenile Court judge dismissed the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment, sources confirmed.
But the players pleaded guilty to juvenile charges of hazing and harassment, which may be dropped if the players successfully complete probation sentences of up to one year each.
“The plea offer from the state confirms that this was sophomoric behavior and not at all sexual,” said Christopher Adams, attorney for one of the defendants.
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The players must engage in anti-bullying sessions and perform community service under the plea agreements, the sources said.
A seventh player is also facing sexual assault charges in a separate non-school incident and was not offered the plea deal.
The plea agreements are the latest action in the hazing case that began in November and resulted in the suspensions of the seven students, the dismissal of several coaches and the firing of the former athletic director.
Wall Schools Superintendent Tracy Handerhan did not respond to requests for comment on the plea deals Sunday. Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Spokesman Chris Swenderman stated via email that "in light of the confidentiality of juvenile proceedings, the office will decline comment."
In January, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office took the unusual step of confirming charges had been filed "against a number of" Wall High School students. Further details were not disclosed because the students were under 18.
'Culture of toxicity': Wall schools' recent football assault charges echo troubled past
In addition to the school punishments and legal action, three football players have accused several teammates of “viciously” assaulting them and attempting sexual abuse in the locker room on at least two occasions, according to tort claim notices that are required to be filed in advance of a lawsuit. They also accuse the school district of “carelessness, recklessness and negligence” related to the incidents that allegedly occurred in October.
The claims were filed Jan. 11 by lawyer Austin B. Tobin on behalf of the three unnamed students. Copies of the tort claims were obtained by the Asbury Park Press through an Open Public Records Act request to the district.
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One claim contends that in mid-October, one of the victims was in the Wall High School boys’ locker room prior to an after-school football practice without adult supervision.
The attorney states in the claim that the assailants were “allowed to viciously assault” the unnamed victim and “put their hands down (his) pants and also attempted to penetrate (his) anus.”
It also claims that this was not the first time such abuse had occurred, stating, “the assault/battery, which is captured on video, was not stopped or otherwise interrupted at any time by any employee … despite the fact that (the assailants) had subjected other members of Wall High School’s varsity football team to similar assault/batteries on multiple prior occasions.”
Two other tort claims offered similar accusations, but cited a specific date, Oct. 27, as the day that they occurred.
Armen McOmber, one of the attorneys representing the three students, said his clients must wait six months from the time of the tort claim filing with the school district to file a lawsuit against the district.
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Wall's final two football games of the 2021 season — against Delsea in the state playoffs and the annual Thanksgiving Day game against Manasquan — were canceled by the Board of Education after the allegations became public.
The football team investigation related to several alleged incidents that occurred in September and October.
The Board of Education recently reached settlement agreements with the families of six of the suspended students that have allowed them to return to classes. Each student agreed to perform unspecified community service and is barred from participating in spring sports or attending the junior prom.
The Board of Education in February hired former Manalapan head coach Ed Gurrieri to oversee the Wall football program next fall, while also bringing in interim athletic director Nicholas Pizzulli.
Joe Strupp is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience who covers education and several local communities for APP.com and the Asbury Park Press. He is also the author of three books, including Killing Journalism on the state of the news media, and an adjunct media professor at Rutgers University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Reach him at jstrupp@gannettnj.com and at 732-413-3840. Follow him on Twitter at @joestrupp |
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/six-nj-high-school-football-players-agree-to-plea-deal-in-hazing-case-sources/3625891/ | What to Know
- Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed
- Wall Township High School football team members faced criminal charges including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between Sept. and Oct. 2021
- The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4
Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed to NBC New York.
The members of the Wall Township High School football team faced criminal charges — including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment — for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between September and October 2021.
The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4. The more serious charges will be dropped after the players do community service and complete a probation period, the sources said.
A seventh player charged in the scandal, who also faces sexual assault in separate incidents outside of school, was not offered a plea deal, sources said.
Christopher Adams, an attorney for one of the players charged, previously said the hazing was "sophomoric behavior by 15, 16 and 17 year old boys before football practice in front of the coaches — if there was anything sexual the coaches would have stopped it but they didn't because it was nothing more than horseplay."
Four students were suspended in late 2021 by school administrators. The student suspensions also came after the high school's athletic director was placed on administrative leave, multiple coaches were suspended and games were canceled. It followed multiple heated school board meetings that took place since the allegations came to light earlier in November.
The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the locker room incident in which parents say was captured on cellphone video.
"We are hopeful that the lessons gleaned from this case foster a renewed focus on actively teaching juveniles in all of our schools what conduct crosses the line of acceptability, and what students must do if they are a bystander or victim of hazing, harassment, intimidation, or bullying," a prior release from Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
At one of the meetings in the fall, many angry parents wanted to know why they found about about the allegations from the news and not the school, asking when district officials first found out. Among the people who took to the mic were former students who say hazing has long been part of the school and that they were bullied years ago.
A total of three coaches for the Wall High School football team were suspended, sources told NBC New York, including head coach and business teacher Tony Grandinetti. He and two others were placed on administrative leave.
So far, one school board member has resigned, citing the hazing allegations as the reason. | 1 | 19,410 | 0.481542 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558451499449/sources-6-defendants-in-wall-hs-hazing-scandal-sentenced-to-probation-community-service | 2022-04-02 19:32:55+00:00 | Sources: 6 defendants in Wall HS hazing scandal sentenced to probation, community service
Six Wall High School football players accused in a hazing scandal have been sentenced to probation and community service, sources tell News 12 New Jersey.
The players were originally charged with hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment. The most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment were dropped as part of a plea bargain.
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The source tells News 12 the students involved will be eligible for fall sports if they abide by the sentences.
Investigators say that hazing incidents took place between September and October 2021 in the football team’s locker room.
Multiple sources tell News 12 that upperclassmen on the football team subjected lowerclassmen to bullying and hazing. At least one video allegedly shows students threatening other players. And one video shows students threatening a fully-clothed student with a broomstick.
The Wall High School athletic director and three assistant coaches were also placed on administrative leave. A school board member also resigned back in November. |
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/six-nj-high-school-football-players-agree-to-plea-deal-in-hazing-case-sources/3625891/ | What to Know
- Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed
- Wall Township High School football team members faced criminal charges including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between Sept. and Oct. 2021
- The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4
Six of the seven football players charged in disturbing locker room hazing incidents at a New Jersey high school have agreed to plea deals, sources with direct knowledge of the juvenile case confirmed to NBC New York.
The members of the Wall Township High School football team faced criminal charges — including hazing, attempted criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment — for the incidents that occurred inside the locker room between September and October 2021.
The plea deal will see the most serious charges of criminal sexual contact and false imprisonment dropped, while the six teens plead guilty to juvenile hazing and harassment, sources told News 4. The more serious charges will be dropped after the players do community service and complete a probation period, the sources said.
A seventh player charged in the scandal, who also faces sexual assault in separate incidents outside of school, was not offered a plea deal, sources said.
Christopher Adams, an attorney for one of the players charged, previously said the hazing was "sophomoric behavior by 15, 16 and 17 year old boys before football practice in front of the coaches — if there was anything sexual the coaches would have stopped it but they didn't because it was nothing more than horseplay."
Four students were suspended in late 2021 by school administrators. The student suspensions also came after the high school's athletic director was placed on administrative leave, multiple coaches were suspended and games were canceled. It followed multiple heated school board meetings that took place since the allegations came to light earlier in November.
The prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the locker room incident in which parents say was captured on cellphone video.
"We are hopeful that the lessons gleaned from this case foster a renewed focus on actively teaching juveniles in all of our schools what conduct crosses the line of acceptability, and what students must do if they are a bystander or victim of hazing, harassment, intimidation, or bullying," a prior release from Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
At one of the meetings in the fall, many angry parents wanted to know why they found about about the allegations from the news and not the school, asking when district officials first found out. Among the people who took to the mic were former students who say hazing has long been part of the school and that they were bullied years ago.
A total of three coaches for the Wall High School football team were suspended, sources told NBC New York, including head coach and business teacher Tony Grandinetti. He and two others were placed on administrative leave.
So far, one school board member has resigned, citing the hazing allegations as the reason. | 2 | 43,592 | 0.619772 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558868641922/most-serious-charges-dropped-against-wall-nj-students-in-hazing-case | 2022-04-03 20:53:23+00:00 | Most Serious Charges Dropped Against Wall, NJ, Students in Hazing Case
WALL — Six football players facing juvenile hazing and sexual contact charges have been sentenced to community service and if they keep their records clean the rest of the charges will be dropped within a year. A source with knowledge about the investigation told the Townsquare News Network...
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https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/mp-column-our-small-businesses-are-facing-a-huge-crisis-3635310 | MP COLUMN: Our small businesses are facing a huge crisis
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy in providing most jobs and so many valued services.
Sadly, many suffered badly throughout Covid and some went to the wall.
As we begin to live with Covid, just as we do with flu, we need government action to help struggling businesses facing extra challenges due to the cost of living crisis.
Mr Singh, the co-owner of Sidhu’s, a famous and award winning fish and chips shop for over two decades in Battlehill and Wallsend, recently contacted me to detail the problems they are facing which are pretty typical for many others.
He is specifically concerned about the sharp increases in the price of frying oil and of fish, the latter having soared by nearly two-thirds.
But, he says, even more drastic than this is the price of utilities. Gas and electric prices are at an all-time high. There is no cap on utility prices for the private sector.
Their current energy bill is about £17,000 although they have invested heavily in energy-saving devices such as motion sensors and timers. That hefty bill could almost treble in what he understandably calls a ticking timebomb.
He suggests a cap on such utility costs for small businesses and grants to introduce green measures like solar panels.
Armed with this real life plea, I raised the issue in the Commons with the business minister.
I told him that businesses such as Sidhu’s chippies had pinned their hopes on the Chancellor reducing VAT to 12.5% but were disappointed.
I expressed the fear that Sidhu’s are now going to be pushed to the brink and asked for action to help Sidhu’s and other businesses that have served their local communities for decades but now cannot guarantee jobs and services into the future.
The minister had a few warm words but that amount to a flash in the pan and don’t fully address the huge problems faced by our local fryers and so many crucial small businesses. | 0 | 60,316 | 0.608161 | https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/chelmsford-fish-chip-shop-owner-7547438 | 2022-09-06 13:53:58+00:00 | A popular Essex fish and chip shop has made a desperate plea to the government to help local businesses in the cost of living crisis. The owner says that without help local businesses like his own will disappear from the high street, as rocketing energy bills force them to close.
Paul Robinson, the owner of Robinson's Fish and Chip restaurant on Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, says the government needs to step in with support for local businesses akin to that given during the pandemic. Paul says his annual gas and electric bill now stands at around £35,000 a year, but he fears it could be even more soon.
He said: "When you start piling on all the little bits that have all gone up in price - the oil, the bills, the food - you are looking at a couple of grand a week in difference. It’s frightening. I’ve been one of the lucky ones in that I signed a long-term contract for my bills. But if I was renewing the prices now, I wouldn’t be at thirty grand a year but probably 45 or 60,000-a-year.
"That money can be most of your profit gone. That’s where things are at now. When the oil doubled in price, I worked out how I can get that money back through small increases across the board - I’d raise the sausages by 10p, 10p on the chips, 15p on the curry sauce. I’ve had to do that about three or four times otherwise I’d have ended up going under."
He added: "I think the Government needs to drop the VAT charges on food again like they did during the pandemic - it will really help shops, restaurants and pubs. I think it’s the only way people and their businesses will survive. It is really scary.
"I don’t think all customers realise the position we are in. I had one customer complaining about the cost of my food, but we have to raise things slightly just so that we can survive. It’s not to make a profit. It’s to avoid us ending up on the wayside.
"Everyone is feeling the pinch of the cost of living, but now is such an important time to support your local businesses. This is key over the next 18 months if we all want to survive and get through this."
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https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/mp-column-our-small-businesses-are-facing-a-huge-crisis-3635310 | MP COLUMN: Our small businesses are facing a huge crisis
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy in providing most jobs and so many valued services.
Sadly, many suffered badly throughout Covid and some went to the wall.
As we begin to live with Covid, just as we do with flu, we need government action to help struggling businesses facing extra challenges due to the cost of living crisis.
Mr Singh, the co-owner of Sidhu’s, a famous and award winning fish and chips shop for over two decades in Battlehill and Wallsend, recently contacted me to detail the problems they are facing which are pretty typical for many others.
He is specifically concerned about the sharp increases in the price of frying oil and of fish, the latter having soared by nearly two-thirds.
But, he says, even more drastic than this is the price of utilities. Gas and electric prices are at an all-time high. There is no cap on utility prices for the private sector.
Their current energy bill is about £17,000 although they have invested heavily in energy-saving devices such as motion sensors and timers. That hefty bill could almost treble in what he understandably calls a ticking timebomb.
He suggests a cap on such utility costs for small businesses and grants to introduce green measures like solar panels.
Armed with this real life plea, I raised the issue in the Commons with the business minister.
I told him that businesses such as Sidhu’s chippies had pinned their hopes on the Chancellor reducing VAT to 12.5% but were disappointed.
I expressed the fear that Sidhu’s are now going to be pushed to the brink and asked for action to help Sidhu’s and other businesses that have served their local communities for decades but now cannot guarantee jobs and services into the future.
The minister had a few warm words but that amount to a flash in the pan and don’t fully address the huge problems faced by our local fryers and so many crucial small businesses. | 1 | 10,704 | 0.641431 | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/business-environment/business/3612847/fsb-warns-energy-costs-pushing-small-firms-to-the-brink/ | 2022-08-20 16:09:55+00:00 | Soaring energy costs are pushing cafes, restaurants and shops across the nation to the brink, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.
FSB director Martin McTague has told The Independent the rising energy bills, coupled with reduced consumer spending as household bills soar, is forcing thousands of small businesses into making “impossible choices”.
“How is an independent cafe supposed to find another £20,000 a year to keep the lights on and the coffee machine going, when they are barely breaking even as it is?” Mr McTague said.
“How can a small manufacturer find another £70,000 to keep the production line going and the staff room heated? With five-figure annual energy cost increases common, too many small firms are being faced with impossible choices.”
Almost 15% of small-and-medium sized firms believe they may have to close or downsize as a direct result of the spiralling energy costs, according to a poll by the FSB.
The Government has faced calls to freeze bills or provide more support to households, which could give a much-needed boost to consumer spending.
However, ministers have said no action will be taken until a new prime minister is in place on September 5.
“We need direct and immediate support from the government,” Mr McTague told the paper.
“Extending energy support issued via the council tax system to the rates system, direct help with bills for those small firms which don’t pay business rates, and cutting VAT on energy consumption will make a real difference in this space.” |
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/mp-column-our-small-businesses-are-facing-a-huge-crisis-3635310 | MP COLUMN: Our small businesses are facing a huge crisis
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy in providing most jobs and so many valued services.
Sadly, many suffered badly throughout Covid and some went to the wall.
As we begin to live with Covid, just as we do with flu, we need government action to help struggling businesses facing extra challenges due to the cost of living crisis.
Mr Singh, the co-owner of Sidhu’s, a famous and award winning fish and chips shop for over two decades in Battlehill and Wallsend, recently contacted me to detail the problems they are facing which are pretty typical for many others.
He is specifically concerned about the sharp increases in the price of frying oil and of fish, the latter having soared by nearly two-thirds.
But, he says, even more drastic than this is the price of utilities. Gas and electric prices are at an all-time high. There is no cap on utility prices for the private sector.
Their current energy bill is about £17,000 although they have invested heavily in energy-saving devices such as motion sensors and timers. That hefty bill could almost treble in what he understandably calls a ticking timebomb.
He suggests a cap on such utility costs for small businesses and grants to introduce green measures like solar panels.
Armed with this real life plea, I raised the issue in the Commons with the business minister.
I told him that businesses such as Sidhu’s chippies had pinned their hopes on the Chancellor reducing VAT to 12.5% but were disappointed.
I expressed the fear that Sidhu’s are now going to be pushed to the brink and asked for action to help Sidhu’s and other businesses that have served their local communities for decades but now cannot guarantee jobs and services into the future.
The minister had a few warm words but that amount to a flash in the pan and don’t fully address the huge problems faced by our local fryers and so many crucial small businesses. | 2 | 78,556 | 0.641431 | https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/business/uk-and-abroad/4688533/fsb-warns-energy-costs-pushing-small-firms-to-the-brink/ | 2022-08-21 01:38:58+00:00 | Soaring energy costs are pushing cafes, restaurants and shops across the nation to the brink, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned.
FSB director Martin McTague has told The Independent the rising energy bills, coupled with reduced consumer spending as household bills soar, is forcing thousands of small businesses into making “impossible choices”.
“How is an independent cafe supposed to find another £20,000 a year to keep the lights on and the coffee machine going, when they are barely breaking even as it is?” Mr McTague said.
“How can a small manufacturer find another £70,000 to keep the production line going and the staff room heated? With five-figure annual energy cost increases common, too many small firms are being faced with impossible choices.”
Almost 15% of small-and-medium sized firms believe they may have to close or downsize as a direct result of the spiralling energy costs, according to a poll by the FSB.
The Government has faced calls to freeze bills or provide more support to households, which could give a much-needed boost to consumer spending.
However, ministers have said no action will be taken until a new prime minister is in place on September 5.
“We need direct and immediate support from the government,” Mr McTague told the paper.
“Extending energy support issued via the council tax system to the rates system, direct help with bills for those small firms which don’t pay business rates, and cutting VAT on energy consumption will make a real difference in this space.” |
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220331/Investigational-new-drug-may-be-safe-for-patients-for-mild-cognitive-impairment-dementia.aspx | A small, preliminary study of an investigational new drug being studied for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease suggests it is safe and may be associated with improvements in executive function, thinking and memory skills. The study is released today, March 31, 2022, and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 74th Annual Meeting being held in person in Seattle, April 2 to 7, 2022 and virtually, April 24 to 26, 2022. The drug, called SAGE-718, is also in clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
Cognitive impairment is often one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, can be very difficult for patients and their families, and represents an area of great unmet medical need. These results support further research with larger numbers of people to determine whether this therapy is safe and effective in treating cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and in improving how well people can function independently in their everyday lives."
Aaron Koenig, MD, study author, Sage Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass
Aaron Koenig is the maker of the investigational drug.
The study involved 26 people with an average age of 67. They had an average score of 20.7 points on a common cognitive test, indicating cognitive performance consistent with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. The participants took SAGE-718 daily for two weeks and were then followed for another two weeks. They completed tests of thinking and memory at the beginning of the study, at the end of treatment, and after one month. Both the participants and researchers knew that SAGE-718 was being administered.
The study was designed mainly to gather data on the drug's safety. There were no serious side effects of the drug. Five people had mild or moderate side effects believed to be related to the drug, such as headache or constipation.
After one month, the participants' scores on the cognitive test had improved by an average of 2.3 points, to 22.8 points.
Koenig said some participants also had improvement in assessments of how well they were able to complete their daily activities, especially in complex activities such as using a computer, carrying out household chores, and managing their medications. This coincided with consistent improvement on multiple tests of executive functioning that were administered during the trial.
Koenig said, "If replicated in future studies, such improvements suggest that this drug may eventually provide meaningful benefits to people in their everyday lives."
SAGE-718 is a type of drug called a positive allosteric modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
The study's limitations include its small size and that participants and researchers knew that the drug was being administered, which could lead to bias.
The study was supported by Sage Therapeutics, Inc. | 0 | 38,247 | 0.297635 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2567998695764/car-show-aims-to-raise-money-for-alzheimer-s-and-dementia | 2022-04-12 21:48:12+00:00 | A small, preliminary study of an investigational new drug being studied for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease suggests it is safe and may be associated with improvements in executive function, thinking and memory skills. The study is released today, March 31, 2022, and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 74th Annual Meeting being held in person in Seattle, April 2 to 7, 2022 and virtually, April 24 to 26, 2022. The drug, called SAGE-718, is also in clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. |
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220331/Investigational-new-drug-may-be-safe-for-patients-for-mild-cognitive-impairment-dementia.aspx | A small, preliminary study of an investigational new drug being studied for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease suggests it is safe and may be associated with improvements in executive function, thinking and memory skills. The study is released today, March 31, 2022, and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 74th Annual Meeting being held in person in Seattle, April 2 to 7, 2022 and virtually, April 24 to 26, 2022. The drug, called SAGE-718, is also in clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
Cognitive impairment is often one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, can be very difficult for patients and their families, and represents an area of great unmet medical need. These results support further research with larger numbers of people to determine whether this therapy is safe and effective in treating cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and in improving how well people can function independently in their everyday lives."
Aaron Koenig, MD, study author, Sage Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass
Aaron Koenig is the maker of the investigational drug.
The study involved 26 people with an average age of 67. They had an average score of 20.7 points on a common cognitive test, indicating cognitive performance consistent with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. The participants took SAGE-718 daily for two weeks and were then followed for another two weeks. They completed tests of thinking and memory at the beginning of the study, at the end of treatment, and after one month. Both the participants and researchers knew that SAGE-718 was being administered.
The study was designed mainly to gather data on the drug's safety. There were no serious side effects of the drug. Five people had mild or moderate side effects believed to be related to the drug, such as headache or constipation.
After one month, the participants' scores on the cognitive test had improved by an average of 2.3 points, to 22.8 points.
Koenig said some participants also had improvement in assessments of how well they were able to complete their daily activities, especially in complex activities such as using a computer, carrying out household chores, and managing their medications. This coincided with consistent improvement on multiple tests of executive functioning that were administered during the trial.
Koenig said, "If replicated in future studies, such improvements suggest that this drug may eventually provide meaningful benefits to people in their everyday lives."
SAGE-718 is a type of drug called a positive allosteric modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
The study's limitations include its small size and that participants and researchers knew that the drug was being administered, which could lead to bias.
The study was supported by Sage Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | 130,569 | 0.396308 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2558859033425/scientists-find-new-way-to-treat-mild-cognitive-impairment-mild-dementia | 2022-04-04 09:30:28+00:00 | Scientists find new way to treat mild cognitive impairment, mild dementia
Scientists from Sage Therapeutics found a new drug for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer’s disease is safe and may be linked to improvements in executive function, thinking and memory skills.
The research was presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 74th Annual Meeting and was conducted by Aaron Koenig et al.
The drug, called SAGE-718, is also for the treatment of cognitive impairment linked to Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.
Cognitive impairment is often one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease, can be very difficult for patients and their families, and represents an area of great unmet medical need.
In the study, the team tested 26 people with an average age of 67. They had an average score of 20.7 points on a common cognitive test, indicating mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.
The study was designed mainly to gather data on the drug’s safety. There were no serious side effects of the drug.
Five people had mild or moderate side effects believed to be related to the drug, such as headache or constipation.
After one month, the participants’ scores on the cognitive test had improved by an average of 2.3 points, to 22.8 points.
Some participants also had improvement in assessments of how well they were able to complete their daily activities, especially in complex activities such as using a computer, carrying out household chores, and managing their medications.
This coincided with consistent improvement on multiple tests of executive functioning that were administered during the trial.
These results support further research with larger numbers of people to determine whether this therapy is safe and effective in treating cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and in improving how well people can function independently in their everyday lives.
If replicated in future studies, such improvements suggest that this drug may eventually provide meaningful benefits to people in their everyday lives.
SAGE-718 is a type of drug called a positive allosteric modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220331/Investigational-new-drug-may-be-safe-for-patients-for-mild-cognitive-impairment-dementia.aspx | A small, preliminary study of an investigational new drug being studied for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease suggests it is safe and may be associated with improvements in executive function, thinking and memory skills. The study is released today, March 31, 2022, and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 74th Annual Meeting being held in person in Seattle, April 2 to 7, 2022 and virtually, April 24 to 26, 2022. The drug, called SAGE-718, is also in clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
Cognitive impairment is often one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, can be very difficult for patients and their families, and represents an area of great unmet medical need. These results support further research with larger numbers of people to determine whether this therapy is safe and effective in treating cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and in improving how well people can function independently in their everyday lives."
Aaron Koenig, MD, study author, Sage Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass
Aaron Koenig is the maker of the investigational drug.
The study involved 26 people with an average age of 67. They had an average score of 20.7 points on a common cognitive test, indicating cognitive performance consistent with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. The participants took SAGE-718 daily for two weeks and were then followed for another two weeks. They completed tests of thinking and memory at the beginning of the study, at the end of treatment, and after one month. Both the participants and researchers knew that SAGE-718 was being administered.
The study was designed mainly to gather data on the drug's safety. There were no serious side effects of the drug. Five people had mild or moderate side effects believed to be related to the drug, such as headache or constipation.
After one month, the participants' scores on the cognitive test had improved by an average of 2.3 points, to 22.8 points.
Koenig said some participants also had improvement in assessments of how well they were able to complete their daily activities, especially in complex activities such as using a computer, carrying out household chores, and managing their medications. This coincided with consistent improvement on multiple tests of executive functioning that were administered during the trial.
Koenig said, "If replicated in future studies, such improvements suggest that this drug may eventually provide meaningful benefits to people in their everyday lives."
SAGE-718 is a type of drug called a positive allosteric modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
The study's limitations include its small size and that participants and researchers knew that the drug was being administered, which could lead to bias.
The study was supported by Sage Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | 57,535 | 0.440536 | https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/alzheimers-cognition-memory-executive-function/2022/04/01/id/1063897/ | 2022-04-01 17:27:03+00:00 | Researchers are working on a pill that might safely help people with early Alzheimer's disease improve their thinking and memory skills and possibly even live independently longer.
The new study was only designed to gather data on the experimental drug's safety, but when 26 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease took SAGE-718 daily for two weeks, they showed marked improvements in tests measuring thinking function as quickly as one week. Not only that, these improvements lasted for at least a month.
"We are seeing an improvement in symptoms that will be meaningful to patients, and being able to see improvements so early on is a really exciting thing," said study author Dr. Aaron Koenig, vice president of early clinical development at Sage Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass. Sage is the drug's maker and study sponsor.
SAGE-718 is a positive allosteric modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. "Over the course of the disease, there is a deficit in the NMDA receptor, and the new drug helps the receptor function normally," explained Koenig.
The drug is also in clinical trials for the treatment of thinking impairments due to Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
For the study, participants took SAGE-718 daily for two weeks and were followed for another two weeks. When the study began, they had an average score of 20.7 points on a standard cognitive test, which suggests mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. After one month, scores on the cognitive test had gone up by an average of 2.3 points.
Some people also showed improvement in performing complicated activities such as using a computer, performing household chores, driving, cooking and managing their medications. These gains dovetailed with improvements seen on multiple tests of executive functioning.
"These are meaningful things for patients," Koenig noted.
The drug is also extremely safe, he said: No patient stopped early due to adverse events, while five people had mild or moderate side effects such as headache or constipation.
The company plans to begin conducting larger randomized, controlled studies to see if these findings hold up.
There are other medications that can help ease some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease such as memory loss for a limited time, but they are largely approved for later stages of the disease, Koenig said. These drugs include cholinesterase inhibitors that increase levels of acetylcholine, a brain chemical that sends signals from one brain cell to another.
"Available drugs don't slow the progress or affect higher-order cognitive deficits," Koenig said. "We know that Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease and that there are stages that increase in severity and character, and that treating early in the disease probably has the highest chance of success."
The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting, held in Seattle April 2-7. Findings presented at medical meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dr. Howard Fillit is founding executive director and chief science officer at the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation in New York City. "This is a really potentially interesting drug directed toward the NMDA receptor," he commented.
Another approved Alzheimer's drug, Namenda (memantine), also targets this receptor, but goes about it differently. "The investigational drug regulates how the receptor works, and this is really a novel mechanism of action, and the efficacy is pretty impressive," said Fillit, who has no ties to the new research.
The study was small and short in duration, so more research is needed to confirm these findings, but there is reason for optimism, he said.
"The data are provocative and combined with the relative safety profile, this drug will move into a larger trial and may bring a new class of therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease," Fillit said.
The bigger picture is that the Alzheimer's disease treatment pipeline is filling up at long last, he added.
"We are seeing a tremendous number of diverse mechanisms being tested," Fillit noted. The newest Alzheimer's drug, aducanumab [Aduhelm], works by removing amyloid plaques from the brain, which may help stave off cognitive decline, and others in this class are also under development, he said. Amyloid plaques are clumps of misfolded proteins in the brain that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
"We still need more drugs with different mechanisms of action and combination therapy to ultimately conquer this disease," Fillit said. |
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https://www.westernjournal.com/report-hillary-dnc-finally-made-pay-trump-russia-hoax-one-major-problem/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=rebirthoffreedom&utm_campaign=lminetwork&utm_content=2022-04-01 | Report: Hillary and DNC Finally Made to Pay for Trump-Russia Hoax, But There's One Major Problem
The last several years of American politics have been a roller coaster of fake news, corruption and sheer, election-manipulating media hysteria, so it can be easy to lose sight of the egregious underhanded tactics employed by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
All the same, the actions of these notoriously corrupt entities have long gone unpunished … that is, until now.
Sort of.
The Washington Examiner reported this week that the Federal Election Commission has, at long last, fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee for the part they played in the creation of the notorious “Steele dossier,” which served as the building block for the lengthy Trump-Russia collusion investigation and the material for breathless cable news monologues for years.
The problem?
They’re being fined a scant $8,000 and $105,000 between Clinton’s treasurer and the DNC’s treasurer — compared to the combined $1,024,407.97 these officials paid out to fund the dossier.
The words “slap on the wrist” come to mind.
The FEC says that the DNC violated strict agency rules on describing campaign expenditures of the payments they funneled through the political opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, which commissioned former British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, to compile his notorious dossier.
The Examiner reported that the Clinton campaign and the DNC described the shelled-out funds — $849,407.97 from the Clinton campaign and $175,000 from the DNC — as legal services, not political research.
While the Clinton campaign and the DNC both claim that it was correct to characterize these payments as “legal advice and services” because law firm Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS, they will not contest the finding.
“Solely for the purpose of settling this matter expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs, respondent[s] does not concede, but will not further contest the commission’s finding of probable cause to proceed” the FEC’s memo, which was issued to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation in response to its complaint with the agency, noted.
The memo is said to be made public next month.
“This may well be the first time that Hillary Clinton — one of the most evidently corrupt politicians in American history — has actually been held legally accountable, and I’m proud to have forced the FEC to do their job for once,” said Dan Backer, who represented the foundation in its complaint.
“The Coolidge Reagan Foundation proved that with pluck and grit, Americans who stand with integrity can stand up to the Clinton machine and other corrupt political elites,” he added.
I’m sure the organization, which focuses on First Amendment liberty issues and filed its complain three years ago, is quite content to be vindicated, as well they should be.
Yet I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling rather strongly that this small payout to the FEC hardly amounts to appropriate retribution for the damage that the Steele dossier caused to the American political scene.
Backer seems to feel the same way.
“Hillary Clinton and her cronies willfully engaged in the greatest political fraud in history — destroying our nation’s faith in the electoral process, and it’s high time they were held accountable. I hope this is only the beginning,” he said.
Let’s certainly hope so.
It’s been long known and well-documented that the Clinton-linked firms were behind the exhaustively discredited dossier, yet the information contained within formed the basis for the most emphatically stated narrative on Trump’s presidency for years.
Ironically, as his critics love to focus on his supposed penchant for fake news and mistruths, we have several years of American press coverage on the books that surrounded a completely fabricated claim of “Trump-Russia” collusion.
It was always impossible to get a fair gauge of Trump’s presidency, in very large part thanks to the salacious garbage that was disseminated within the nation’s intelligence agencies by thinly-veiled political operatives intent on undermining the outsider president who infuriated the establishment with his popularity and, eventually, historic defeat of the Clinton political machine.
It’s not unreasonable to speculate, at the very least, that there was downright treason going on, if not, at the very least, minor crimes.
FEC fines are hardly going to cut it.
Do you agree?
Truth and Accuracy
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards. | 0 | 25,170 | 0.358709 | https://www.conservativefreepress.com/2022/04/01/breaking-federal-election-commission-fines-hillary-for-funding-the-steele-dossier/ | 2022-04-01 15:12:08+00:00 | The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for lying about funding the since discredited “Steele Dossier.”
The infamous dossier written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele was circulated to the FBI and media outlets before the 2016 election. Its unproven assertions that Russia had embarrassing information about Trump and some of his campaign’s advisers were meant to damage Trump.
The FEC said Clinton and the DNC violated strict rules on describing expenditures of payments funneled to the opposition research firm Fusion GPS through their law firm, the Washington Examiner reported.
The FEC, in a memo to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which filed a complaint more than three years ago, said it fined Clinton’s treasurer $8,000 and the DNC’s treasurer $105,000.
“This may well be the first time that Hillary Clinton — one of the most evidently corrupt politicians in American history — has actually been held legally accountable, and I’m proud to have forced the FEC to do their job for once,” Dan Backer, who brought the complaint on behalf of the foundation, which focuses on free speech and the First Amendment, told the Examiner.
The DNC and Clinton campaign claimed a combined $1,024,407.97 was paid for legal services, not opposition research, to law firm Perkins Coie for Fusion GPS’ information.
The money — $849,407.97 from the DNC and $175,000 from the Clinton campaign — covered Fusion GPS’ opposition research on the dossier, which fueled the so-called “Russia hoax.”
The Clinton campaign and DNC argued they paid for “legal advice and services” because it was Perkins Coie, not them, that hired Fusion GPS. The FEC, however, said the law was clear and violated.
Clinton has in the past defended her campaign’s spending for the information and the work of campaign lawyer Marc Elias, who worked for Fusion GPS, which compiled the dossier.
“Solely for the purpose of settling this matter expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs, respondent[s] does not concede, but will not further contest the commission’s finding of probable cause to proceed,” the FEC said in its memo.
The revealing news about the fines came less than a week after President Trump himself sued Clinton and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig the election by tying his campaign to Russia.
“Hillary Clinton and her cronies willfully engaged in the greatest political fraud in history — destroying our nation’s faith in the electoral process, and it’s high time they were held accountable,” Backer told the Examiner. “I hope this is only the beginning.”
As do we, Dan, as do we. |
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-hillary-dnc-finally-made-pay-trump-russia-hoax-one-major-problem/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=rebirthoffreedom&utm_campaign=lminetwork&utm_content=2022-04-01 | Report: Hillary and DNC Finally Made to Pay for Trump-Russia Hoax, But There's One Major Problem
The last several years of American politics have been a roller coaster of fake news, corruption and sheer, election-manipulating media hysteria, so it can be easy to lose sight of the egregious underhanded tactics employed by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
All the same, the actions of these notoriously corrupt entities have long gone unpunished … that is, until now.
Sort of.
The Washington Examiner reported this week that the Federal Election Commission has, at long last, fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee for the part they played in the creation of the notorious “Steele dossier,” which served as the building block for the lengthy Trump-Russia collusion investigation and the material for breathless cable news monologues for years.
The problem?
They’re being fined a scant $8,000 and $105,000 between Clinton’s treasurer and the DNC’s treasurer — compared to the combined $1,024,407.97 these officials paid out to fund the dossier.
The words “slap on the wrist” come to mind.
The FEC says that the DNC violated strict agency rules on describing campaign expenditures of the payments they funneled through the political opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, which commissioned former British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, to compile his notorious dossier.
The Examiner reported that the Clinton campaign and the DNC described the shelled-out funds — $849,407.97 from the Clinton campaign and $175,000 from the DNC — as legal services, not political research.
While the Clinton campaign and the DNC both claim that it was correct to characterize these payments as “legal advice and services” because law firm Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS, they will not contest the finding.
“Solely for the purpose of settling this matter expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs, respondent[s] does not concede, but will not further contest the commission’s finding of probable cause to proceed” the FEC’s memo, which was issued to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation in response to its complaint with the agency, noted.
The memo is said to be made public next month.
“This may well be the first time that Hillary Clinton — one of the most evidently corrupt politicians in American history — has actually been held legally accountable, and I’m proud to have forced the FEC to do their job for once,” said Dan Backer, who represented the foundation in its complaint.
“The Coolidge Reagan Foundation proved that with pluck and grit, Americans who stand with integrity can stand up to the Clinton machine and other corrupt political elites,” he added.
I’m sure the organization, which focuses on First Amendment liberty issues and filed its complain three years ago, is quite content to be vindicated, as well they should be.
Yet I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling rather strongly that this small payout to the FEC hardly amounts to appropriate retribution for the damage that the Steele dossier caused to the American political scene.
Backer seems to feel the same way.
“Hillary Clinton and her cronies willfully engaged in the greatest political fraud in history — destroying our nation’s faith in the electoral process, and it’s high time they were held accountable. I hope this is only the beginning,” he said.
Let’s certainly hope so.
It’s been long known and well-documented that the Clinton-linked firms were behind the exhaustively discredited dossier, yet the information contained within formed the basis for the most emphatically stated narrative on Trump’s presidency for years.
Ironically, as his critics love to focus on his supposed penchant for fake news and mistruths, we have several years of American press coverage on the books that surrounded a completely fabricated claim of “Trump-Russia” collusion.
It was always impossible to get a fair gauge of Trump’s presidency, in very large part thanks to the salacious garbage that was disseminated within the nation’s intelligence agencies by thinly-veiled political operatives intent on undermining the outsider president who infuriated the establishment with his popularity and, eventually, historic defeat of the Clinton political machine.
It’s not unreasonable to speculate, at the very least, that there was downright treason going on, if not, at the very least, minor crimes.
FEC fines are hardly going to cut it.
Do you agree?
Truth and Accuracy
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards. | 1 | 43,376 | 0.402585 | https://www.zerohedge.com/political/clinton-campaign-dnc-are-paying-fec-fines-effort-bury-story-kash-patel | 2022-04-05 02:10:40+00:00 | Clinton Campaign, DNC Are Paying FEC Fines In Effort To Bury Story: Kash Patel
Authored by Masooma Haq and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The lead investigator for the House Intelligence Committee’s 2018 probe into the FBI’s investigation of alleged Trump–Russia collusion, Kash Patel, said the fact that the Hillary Clinton campaign is paying a penalty to Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an admittance of guilt.
Clinton and DNC are doing so to bury the narrative and prevent more media coverage of these illegal activities, said Patel.
“I think the public sees what that is. It’s their way of burying the narrative, because if they contested what happens, more media coverage, more people start looking into these things,” Patel said.
“So the Hillary Clinton campaign is not contesting it, they’re paying the fine. It’s basically admitting that they did this and they’re out is: ‘we just don’t want a protracted legal deal, as if the Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC ever shied away from taking something or someone to court,” Patel added.
Clinton’s campaign and the DNC agreed to pay a combined $113,000 to the FEC, according to documents made public on March 30, after the commission found probable cause that the entities violated federal law by describing payments that ultimately went to the Fusion GPS research group as going toward legal services and consulting.
“It shows them how wrong they were to violate the law and spend political campaign dollars on hit job, opposition research pieces for then-candidate Trump, all of which, [to] remind the audience, was then used intentionally by the FBI—even though they knew it was false—to go to a federal secret court and surveil a presidential candidate and later a president of the United States.”
The FEC, which is responsible for overseeing federal elections, including the presidential election, found that the Hillary Clinton campaign broke FEC rules about how donations can be used.
“What we knew when we ran the Russiagate investigation, Chairman Nunes and I, we exposed that the Hillary Clinton campaign paid for the Steele dossier, an opposition research hit job. We had proven that some years ago,” said Patel.
“What the Coolidge Reagan Foundation did … based on our investigation, said ‘wait a second FEC, you as a political campaign cannot spend political dollars launching opposition research, false or otherwise,’” said Patel.
Dan Backer, an attorney who lodged the complaint with the election commission against the Clinton campaign and the DNC, told The Epoch Times that it’s the first time Clinton “has actually been held accountable for misconduct,” calling the fines “a great step for accountability.”
“So they fined them, that’s the FEC’s job. And the Hillary Clinton campaign could have said: ‘We disagree with your finding. We’re going to go to court.’ What did the Hillary Clinton campaign do? … They agreed to the finding of probable cause by the FEC, which means they’re basically agreeing that it happened. … Like we’ve always said, ‘follow the money.’”
Patel said while the FEC fine is an important step toward holding the Clinton campaign and other key players involved in the Russia disinformation campaign accountable, the true victory, he hopes, will be indictments made by U.S. special counsel John Durham.
In October 2020, Durham was appointed by the Dept. of Justice as special counsel to investigate the FBI’s handling of Russiagate. His recent filings revealed that internet traffic at Trump Tower and the White House was accessed to fabricate ties between Trump and Russia.
The filing, which was submitted late on Feb. 11 in connection with the indictment of Michael Sussmann, a former attorney to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, reveals that Rodney Joffe, a tech executive who was working with Sussmann, had exploited access to domain name system (DNS) internet traffic pertaining to the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP) as well as Trump Tower and Donald Trump’s Central Park West apartment building.
“This FEC fine is another step towards accountability. But [for] me as a former federal prosecutor, maybe I’m biased, but the ultimate step of accountability which the American public is waiting for,comes in the form of indictments, especially to those people who violated their oath of office,” Patel said.
The Epoch Times reached out to the Clinton campaign for comment. |
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-hillary-dnc-finally-made-pay-trump-russia-hoax-one-major-problem/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=rebirthoffreedom&utm_campaign=lminetwork&utm_content=2022-04-01 | Report: Hillary and DNC Finally Made to Pay for Trump-Russia Hoax, But There's One Major Problem
The last several years of American politics have been a roller coaster of fake news, corruption and sheer, election-manipulating media hysteria, so it can be easy to lose sight of the egregious underhanded tactics employed by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
All the same, the actions of these notoriously corrupt entities have long gone unpunished … that is, until now.
Sort of.
The Washington Examiner reported this week that the Federal Election Commission has, at long last, fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee for the part they played in the creation of the notorious “Steele dossier,” which served as the building block for the lengthy Trump-Russia collusion investigation and the material for breathless cable news monologues for years.
The problem?
They’re being fined a scant $8,000 and $105,000 between Clinton’s treasurer and the DNC’s treasurer — compared to the combined $1,024,407.97 these officials paid out to fund the dossier.
The words “slap on the wrist” come to mind.
The FEC says that the DNC violated strict agency rules on describing campaign expenditures of the payments they funneled through the political opposition research firm, Fusion GPS, which commissioned former British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, to compile his notorious dossier.
The Examiner reported that the Clinton campaign and the DNC described the shelled-out funds — $849,407.97 from the Clinton campaign and $175,000 from the DNC — as legal services, not political research.
While the Clinton campaign and the DNC both claim that it was correct to characterize these payments as “legal advice and services” because law firm Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS, they will not contest the finding.
“Solely for the purpose of settling this matter expeditiously and to avoid further legal costs, respondent[s] does not concede, but will not further contest the commission’s finding of probable cause to proceed” the FEC’s memo, which was issued to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation in response to its complaint with the agency, noted.
The memo is said to be made public next month.
“This may well be the first time that Hillary Clinton — one of the most evidently corrupt politicians in American history — has actually been held legally accountable, and I’m proud to have forced the FEC to do their job for once,” said Dan Backer, who represented the foundation in its complaint.
“The Coolidge Reagan Foundation proved that with pluck and grit, Americans who stand with integrity can stand up to the Clinton machine and other corrupt political elites,” he added.
I’m sure the organization, which focuses on First Amendment liberty issues and filed its complain three years ago, is quite content to be vindicated, as well they should be.
Yet I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling rather strongly that this small payout to the FEC hardly amounts to appropriate retribution for the damage that the Steele dossier caused to the American political scene.
Backer seems to feel the same way.
“Hillary Clinton and her cronies willfully engaged in the greatest political fraud in history — destroying our nation’s faith in the electoral process, and it’s high time they were held accountable. I hope this is only the beginning,” he said.
Let’s certainly hope so.
It’s been long known and well-documented that the Clinton-linked firms were behind the exhaustively discredited dossier, yet the information contained within formed the basis for the most emphatically stated narrative on Trump’s presidency for years.
Ironically, as his critics love to focus on his supposed penchant for fake news and mistruths, we have several years of American press coverage on the books that surrounded a completely fabricated claim of “Trump-Russia” collusion.
It was always impossible to get a fair gauge of Trump’s presidency, in very large part thanks to the salacious garbage that was disseminated within the nation’s intelligence agencies by thinly-veiled political operatives intent on undermining the outsider president who infuriated the establishment with his popularity and, eventually, historic defeat of the Clinton political machine.
It’s not unreasonable to speculate, at the very least, that there was downright treason going on, if not, at the very least, minor crimes.
FEC fines are hardly going to cut it.
Do you agree?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the infamous Steele dossier.
That’s according to documents sent Tuesday to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which had filed an administrative complaint in 2018 accusing the Democrats of misreporting payments made to a law firm during the 2016 campaign to obscure the spending.
The Clinton campaign hired Perkins Coie, which then hired Fusion GPS, a research and intelligence firm, to conduct opposition research on Republican candidate Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. But on FEC forms, the Clinton campaign classified the spending as legal services.
“By intentionally obscuring their payments through Perkins Coie and failing to publicly disclose the true purpose of those payments,” the campaign and DNC “were able to avoid publicly reporting on their statutorily required FEC disclosure forms the fact that they were paying Fusion GPS to perform opposition research on Trump with the intent of influencing the outcome of the 2016 presidential election,” the initial complaint had read.
The Clinton campaign and DNC had argued that the payments had been described accurately, but agreed, according to the documents, to settle without conceding to avoid further legal costs.
The Clinton campaign agreed to a civil penalty of $8,000 and the DNC $105,000, according to a pair of conciliatory agreements that were attached to the letter sent to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation.
The documents have not yet been made public, and FEC spokeswoman Judith Ingram said the FEC has 30 days after parties are notified about enforcement matters to release them.
The Steele dossier was a report compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele and financed by Democrats that included salacious allegations about Trump’s conduct in Russia and allegations about ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Documents have shown the FBI invested significant resources attempting to corroborate the dossier and relied substantially on it to obtain surveillance warrants targeting former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
But the dossier has been largely discredited since its publication, with core aspects of the material exposed as unsupported and unproven rumors. A special counsel assigned to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe charged one of Steele’s sources with lying to the FBI and charged a cybersecurity lawyer who worked for Clinton’s campaign with lying to the FBI during a 2016 meeting in which he relayed concerns about the Russia-based Alfa Bank.
Trump, who has railed against the dossier for years, released a statement celebrating the agreement and once again slamming the dossier as “a Hoax funded by the DNC and the Clinton Campaign.”
A DNC spokesperson played down the decision, saying: “We settled aging and silly complaints from the 2016 election about ‘purpose descriptions’ in our FEC report.” The lawyer representing both the campaign and the DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The letter was first reported by the Washington Examiner.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10675303/Kuti-family-keeps-Felas-Afrobeat-legacy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Kuti family keeps up Fela's Afrobeat legacy
Made Kuti, the grandson of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, is in the running for a Grammy for an album he recorded with his dad, Femi Kuti
In the Kuti family, music is clearly in the genes.
Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States.
With their double album "Legacy +", the father and son duo have been nominated for this year's Grammys, hoping to win the Global Music category in the US music awards in Los Angeles on Monday.
It is the first Grammy nomination for Made Kuti, 26, but the fifth for Femi, who started his career at the age of 17 alongside his famous father. Femi Kuti's younger brother Seun Kuti was also nominated in 2018.
The new album is divided into two parts -- one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments on his section, from the saxophone and drums to the trumpet and piano.
Femi Kuti has already notched up five Grammy nominations -- he began his musical career at the age of just 17
"My music is very influenced by what I listened to as a child, that's obviously my grandfather, my father and my uncle," Made told AFP in an interview at the Shrine, Fela's famous Lagos concert venue.
On the stage, shirtless and with a saxophone strapped across his chest, Made bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, who commanded a strong stage presence often with his face painted.
He runs his fingers over the saxophone before leading his group in a rehearsal of "Free Your Mind," the title track of his first album, released in February 2021.
The influence of rock mixes with the genius of Fela -- a potent cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Life style, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk.
Made's calm and composed attitude contrasts with that of his grandfather, who was all high-energy exuberance. But the lyrics are just as committed.
Throughout his career, Fela Kuti constantly denounced the corruption of elites, dictatorship and the power of multinationals, using music as a weapon.
"People see Fela as a figure of liberty, freedom and justice, the revolutionary mindset of being able to fight for what they believe in," Made said.
The Shrine: Fela Kuti's son and grandson play free concerts almost every week in the cradle of Afrobeat
After the release of his anti-military album "Zombie" (1976) during Nigeria's military dictatorship, Fela's residence, known as the Kalakuta Republic, was completely razed in an army assault.
Fela himself was imprisoned and tortured several times during his country's military rule.
"He was by far one of the most talented musicians (...) but also a great source of sincerity, integrity and passion," said Made.
- Street protests -
A quarter of a century after his death, Femi and Made Kuti are attacking the same evils, using songs about the daily life of Nigerians as their ammunition.
Nigeria is no longer a military dictatorship since it returned to democracy in 1999.
Multi-skilled: Made Kuti plays all the instruments, from saxophone and trumpet to drums and piano, on his part of the double album he recorded with his father Femi
But corruption, extreme poverty, glaring inequalities and abuses remain entrenched in Africa's most populous nation.
In "Different Streets", Made sings acerbically like Lou Reed: "Grandpa was not predicting the future with his songs, he was speaking about everything he saw, everything that was wrong... How scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the 70's".
The father and son attract crowds for their tours in Europe and at the Shrine, which has become a haunt of Fela fans, music lovers and expatriates.
Almost every week they open its doors to the public to provide free concerts.
But their music is not as popular in Nigeria as Fela's was during his heyday.
- Afrobeat and Afropop -
These days, Nigeria's youth prefer to dance to Afropop -- a derivative of Afrobeat played by superstars like Davido or Wizkid, who is also nominated for the Grammys this year.
Nigerian musician Dabenja performs at the "Felabration," an annual Afrobeat concert devoted to Fela Kuti
The music biz today is not an industry that Femi Kuti, 59, views very favourably.
"We have to distinguish an entertainer and a musician," he said.
"Many of these artists don´t write their music, probably don´t write they lyrics... It takes years to become a great musician."
Afropop lyrics praise capitalism more than militancy, but lately the genre's repertoire has expanded and lyrics have become more political.
Nigeria's youth are often described as resilient or even apolitical, but they took to the streets en masse in October 2020 to protest against police violence and poor governance.
During the peaceful demonstrations, which were quickly and bloodily repressed, young people danced to the music of their parents. Fela Kuti's classic songs of rebellion -- "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" or "Zombie" -- resounded everywhere. | 0 | 43,103 | 0.206453 | https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/music/1463560-from-generation-generations-kuti-family-keeps-up-felas-afrobeat-legacy/ | 2022-04-01 16:31:36+00:00 | From Generation to Generations: Kuti Family Keeps Up Fela's Afrobeat Legacy
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In the Kuti family, music is clearly in the genes.
Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States.
With their double album "Legacy +", the father and son duo have been nominated for this year's Grammys, hoping to win the Global Music category in the US music awards in Los Angeles on Monday.
It is the first Grammy nomination for Made Kuti, 26, but the fifth for Femi, who started his career at the age of 17 alongside his famous father. Femi Kuti's younger brother Seun Kuti was also nominated in 2018.
The new album is divided into two parts -- one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments in his section, from the saxophone and drums to the trumpet and piano.
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"My music is very influenced by what I listened to as a child, that's obviously my grandfather, my father and my uncle," Made told AFP in an interview at the Shrine, Fela's famous Lagos concert venue.
On the stage, shirtless and with a saxophone strapped across his chest, Made bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, who commanded a strong stage presence often with his face painted.
He runs his fingers over the saxophone before leading his group in a rehearsal of "Free Your Mind," the title track of his first album, released in February 2021.
The influence of rock mixes with the genius of Fela -- a potent cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Lifestyle, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk.
Made's calm and composed attitude contrasts with that of his grandfather, who was all high-energy exuberant. But the lyrics are just as committed.
Throughout his career, Fela Kuti constantly denounced the corruption of elites, dictatorship and the power of multinationals, using music as a weapon.
"People see Fela as a figure of liberty, freedom and justice, the revolutionary mindset of being able to fight for what they believe in," Made said.
After the release of his anti-military album "Zombie" (1976) during Nigeria's military dictatorship, Fela's residence, known as the Kalakuta Republic, was completely razed in an army assault.
Fela himself was imprisoned and tortured several times during his country's military rule.
"He was by far one of the most talented musicians (…) but also a great source of sincerity, integrity and passion," said Made.
Street protests
A quarter of a century after his death, Femi and Made Kuti are attacking the same evils, using songs about the daily life of Nigerians as their ammunition.
Nigeria is no longer a military dictatorship since it returned to democracy in 1999.
But corruption, extreme poverty, glaring inequalities and abuses remain entrenched in Africa's most populous nation.
In "Different Streets", Made sings acerbically like Lou Reed:
"Grandpa was not predicting the future with his songs, he was speaking about everything he saw, everything that was wrong... How scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the 70's".
The father and son attract crowds for their tours in Europe and at the Shrine, which has become a haunt of Fela fans, music lovers and expatriates.
Almost every week they open its doors to the public to provide free concerts.
But their music is not as popular in Nigeria as Fela's was during his heyday.
Afrobeat and Afropop
These days, Nigeria's youth prefer to dance to Afropop -- a derivative of Afrobeat played by superstars like Davido or Wizkid, who is also nominated for the Grammys this year.
The music biz today is not an industry that Femi Kuti, 59, views very favourably.
"We have to distinguish an entertainer and a musician," he said.
"Many of these artists don’t write their music, probably don’t write they lyrics... It takes years to become a great musician."
Afropop lyrics praise capitalism more than militancy, but lately the genre's repertoire has expanded and lyrics have become more political.
Nigeria's youth are often described as resilient or even apolitical, but they took to the streets en masse in October 2020 to protest against police violence and poor governance.
During the peaceful demonstrations, which were quickly and bloodily repressed, young people danced to the music of their parents. Fela Kuti's classic songs of rebellion -- "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" or "Zombie" -- resounded everywhere.
Source: AFP |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10675303/Kuti-family-keeps-Felas-Afrobeat-legacy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Kuti family keeps up Fela's Afrobeat legacy
Made Kuti, the grandson of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, is in the running for a Grammy for an album he recorded with his dad, Femi Kuti
In the Kuti family, music is clearly in the genes.
Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States.
With their double album "Legacy +", the father and son duo have been nominated for this year's Grammys, hoping to win the Global Music category in the US music awards in Los Angeles on Monday.
It is the first Grammy nomination for Made Kuti, 26, but the fifth for Femi, who started his career at the age of 17 alongside his famous father. Femi Kuti's younger brother Seun Kuti was also nominated in 2018.
The new album is divided into two parts -- one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments on his section, from the saxophone and drums to the trumpet and piano.
Femi Kuti has already notched up five Grammy nominations -- he began his musical career at the age of just 17
"My music is very influenced by what I listened to as a child, that's obviously my grandfather, my father and my uncle," Made told AFP in an interview at the Shrine, Fela's famous Lagos concert venue.
On the stage, shirtless and with a saxophone strapped across his chest, Made bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, who commanded a strong stage presence often with his face painted.
He runs his fingers over the saxophone before leading his group in a rehearsal of "Free Your Mind," the title track of his first album, released in February 2021.
The influence of rock mixes with the genius of Fela -- a potent cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Life style, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk.
Made's calm and composed attitude contrasts with that of his grandfather, who was all high-energy exuberance. But the lyrics are just as committed.
Throughout his career, Fela Kuti constantly denounced the corruption of elites, dictatorship and the power of multinationals, using music as a weapon.
"People see Fela as a figure of liberty, freedom and justice, the revolutionary mindset of being able to fight for what they believe in," Made said.
The Shrine: Fela Kuti's son and grandson play free concerts almost every week in the cradle of Afrobeat
After the release of his anti-military album "Zombie" (1976) during Nigeria's military dictatorship, Fela's residence, known as the Kalakuta Republic, was completely razed in an army assault.
Fela himself was imprisoned and tortured several times during his country's military rule.
"He was by far one of the most talented musicians (...) but also a great source of sincerity, integrity and passion," said Made.
- Street protests -
A quarter of a century after his death, Femi and Made Kuti are attacking the same evils, using songs about the daily life of Nigerians as their ammunition.
Nigeria is no longer a military dictatorship since it returned to democracy in 1999.
Multi-skilled: Made Kuti plays all the instruments, from saxophone and trumpet to drums and piano, on his part of the double album he recorded with his father Femi
But corruption, extreme poverty, glaring inequalities and abuses remain entrenched in Africa's most populous nation.
In "Different Streets", Made sings acerbically like Lou Reed: "Grandpa was not predicting the future with his songs, he was speaking about everything he saw, everything that was wrong... How scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the 70's".
The father and son attract crowds for their tours in Europe and at the Shrine, which has become a haunt of Fela fans, music lovers and expatriates.
Almost every week they open its doors to the public to provide free concerts.
But their music is not as popular in Nigeria as Fela's was during his heyday.
- Afrobeat and Afropop -
These days, Nigeria's youth prefer to dance to Afropop -- a derivative of Afrobeat played by superstars like Davido or Wizkid, who is also nominated for the Grammys this year.
Nigerian musician Dabenja performs at the "Felabration," an annual Afrobeat concert devoted to Fela Kuti
The music biz today is not an industry that Femi Kuti, 59, views very favourably.
"We have to distinguish an entertainer and a musician," he said.
"Many of these artists don´t write their music, probably don´t write they lyrics... It takes years to become a great musician."
Afropop lyrics praise capitalism more than militancy, but lately the genre's repertoire has expanded and lyrics have become more political.
Nigeria's youth are often described as resilient or even apolitical, but they took to the streets en masse in October 2020 to protest against police violence and poor governance.
During the peaceful demonstrations, which were quickly and bloodily repressed, young people danced to the music of their parents. Fela Kuti's classic songs of rebellion -- "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" or "Zombie" -- resounded everywhere. | 1 | 46,811 | 0.315985 | https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/music/3067020/kuti-family-keeps-up-felas-afrobeat-legacy/ | 2022-04-04 14:39:37+00:00 | In the Kuti family, music is clearly in the genes. Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States.
With their double album “Legacy +”, the father and son duo have been nominated for this year’s Grammys, hoping to win the Global Music category in the US music awards in Los Angeles on Monday.
It is the first Grammy nomination for Made Kuti, 26, but the fifth for Femi, who started his career at the age of 17 alongside his famous father. Femi Kuti’s younger brother Seun Kuti was also nominated in 2018.
The new album is divided into two parts — one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments on his section, from the saxophone and drums to the trumpet and piano.
“My music is very influenced by what I listened to as a child, that’s obviously my grandfather, my father and my uncle,” Made told AFP in an interview at the Shrine, Fela’s famous Lagos concert venue.
On the stage, shirtless and with a saxophone strapped across his chest, Made bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, who commanded a strong stage presence often with his face painted.
He runs his fingers over the saxophone before leading his group in a rehearsal of “Free Your Mind,” the title track of his first album, released in February 2021.
The influence of rock mixes with the genius of Fela — a potent cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Life style, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk.
Made’s calm and composed attitude contrasts with that of his grandfather, who was all high-energy exuberance. But the lyrics are just as committed.
Throughout his career, Fela Kuti constantly denounced the corruption of elites, dictatorship and the power of multinationals, using music as a weapon.
“People see Fela as a figure of liberty, freedom and justice, the revolutionary mindset of being able to fight for what they believe in,” Made said.
After the release of his anti-military album “Zombie” (1976) during Nigeria’s military dictatorship, Fela’s residence, known as the Kalakuta Republic, was completely razed in an army assault.
Fela himself was imprisoned and tortured several times during his country’s military rule.
“He was by far one of the most talented musicians (…) but also a great source of sincerity, integrity and passion,” said Made.
Street protests
A quarter of a century after his death, Femi and Made Kuti are attacking the same evils, using songs about the daily life of Nigerians as their ammunition.
Nigeria is no longer a military dictatorship since it returned to democracy in 1999.
But corruption, extreme poverty, glaring inequalities and abuses remain entrenched in Africa’s most populous nation.
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In “Different Streets”, Made sings acerbically like Lou Reed: “Grandpa was not predicting the future with his songs, he was speaking about everything he saw, everything that was wrong… How scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the 70’s”.
The father and son attract crowds for their tours in Europe and at the Shrine, which has become a haunt of Fela fans, music lovers and expatriates.
Almost every week they open its doors to the public to provide free concerts.
But their music is not as popular in Nigeria as Fela’s was during his heyday.
Afrobeat and Afropop
These days, Nigeria’s youth prefer to dance to Afropop — a derivative of Afrobeat played by superstars like Davido or Wizkid, who is also nominated for the Grammys this year.
The music biz today is not an industry that Femi Kuti, 59, views very favourably.
“We have to distinguish an entertainer and a musician,” he said.
“Many of these artists don’t write their music, probably don’t write they lyrics… It takes years to become a great musician.”
Afropop lyrics praise capitalism more than militancy, but lately the genre’s repertoire has expanded and lyrics have become more political.
Nigeria’s youth are often described as resilient or even apolitical, but they took to the streets en masse in October 2020 to protest against police violence and poor governance.
During the peaceful demonstrations, which were quickly and bloodily repressed, young people danced to the music of their parents. Fela Kuti’s classic songs of rebellion — “Sorrow, Tears and Blood” or “Zombie” — resounded everywhere. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10675303/Kuti-family-keeps-Felas-Afrobeat-legacy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Kuti family keeps up Fela's Afrobeat legacy
Made Kuti, the grandson of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, is in the running for a Grammy for an album he recorded with his dad, Femi Kuti
In the Kuti family, music is clearly in the genes.
Nearly 25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son Femi and grandson Made are taking his Afrobeat sound to the United States.
With their double album "Legacy +", the father and son duo have been nominated for this year's Grammys, hoping to win the Global Music category in the US music awards in Los Angeles on Monday.
It is the first Grammy nomination for Made Kuti, 26, but the fifth for Femi, who started his career at the age of 17 alongside his famous father. Femi Kuti's younger brother Seun Kuti was also nominated in 2018.
The new album is divided into two parts -- one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments on his section, from the saxophone and drums to the trumpet and piano.
Femi Kuti has already notched up five Grammy nominations -- he began his musical career at the age of just 17
"My music is very influenced by what I listened to as a child, that's obviously my grandfather, my father and my uncle," Made told AFP in an interview at the Shrine, Fela's famous Lagos concert venue.
On the stage, shirtless and with a saxophone strapped across his chest, Made bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, who commanded a strong stage presence often with his face painted.
He runs his fingers over the saxophone before leading his group in a rehearsal of "Free Your Mind," the title track of his first album, released in February 2021.
The influence of rock mixes with the genius of Fela -- a potent cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Life style, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk.
Made's calm and composed attitude contrasts with that of his grandfather, who was all high-energy exuberance. But the lyrics are just as committed.
Throughout his career, Fela Kuti constantly denounced the corruption of elites, dictatorship and the power of multinationals, using music as a weapon.
"People see Fela as a figure of liberty, freedom and justice, the revolutionary mindset of being able to fight for what they believe in," Made said.
The Shrine: Fela Kuti's son and grandson play free concerts almost every week in the cradle of Afrobeat
After the release of his anti-military album "Zombie" (1976) during Nigeria's military dictatorship, Fela's residence, known as the Kalakuta Republic, was completely razed in an army assault.
Fela himself was imprisoned and tortured several times during his country's military rule.
"He was by far one of the most talented musicians (...) but also a great source of sincerity, integrity and passion," said Made.
- Street protests -
A quarter of a century after his death, Femi and Made Kuti are attacking the same evils, using songs about the daily life of Nigerians as their ammunition.
Nigeria is no longer a military dictatorship since it returned to democracy in 1999.
Multi-skilled: Made Kuti plays all the instruments, from saxophone and trumpet to drums and piano, on his part of the double album he recorded with his father Femi
But corruption, extreme poverty, glaring inequalities and abuses remain entrenched in Africa's most populous nation.
In "Different Streets", Made sings acerbically like Lou Reed: "Grandpa was not predicting the future with his songs, he was speaking about everything he saw, everything that was wrong... How scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the 70's".
The father and son attract crowds for their tours in Europe and at the Shrine, which has become a haunt of Fela fans, music lovers and expatriates.
Almost every week they open its doors to the public to provide free concerts.
But their music is not as popular in Nigeria as Fela's was during his heyday.
- Afrobeat and Afropop -
These days, Nigeria's youth prefer to dance to Afropop -- a derivative of Afrobeat played by superstars like Davido or Wizkid, who is also nominated for the Grammys this year.
Nigerian musician Dabenja performs at the "Felabration," an annual Afrobeat concert devoted to Fela Kuti
The music biz today is not an industry that Femi Kuti, 59, views very favourably.
"We have to distinguish an entertainer and a musician," he said.
"Many of these artists don´t write their music, probably don´t write they lyrics... It takes years to become a great musician."
Afropop lyrics praise capitalism more than militancy, but lately the genre's repertoire has expanded and lyrics have become more political.
Nigeria's youth are often described as resilient or even apolitical, but they took to the streets en masse in October 2020 to protest against police violence and poor governance.
During the peaceful demonstrations, which were quickly and bloodily repressed, young people danced to the music of their parents. Fela Kuti's classic songs of rebellion -- "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" or "Zombie" -- resounded everywhere. | 2 | 78,803 | 0.490556 | https://www.africaglobalvillage.com/the-kuti-family-is-taking-the-afrobeat-legacy-to-the-us/ | 2022-04-01 18:47:48+00:00 | The Kuti family is taking the Afrobeat legacy to the US
25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son, Femi, accompanied by his grandson are taking the sounds of Afrobeat to the US.
The new double “Legacy” was nominated for a Grammy. The father and son duo are hoping to win in the Global Music category.
“It’s a joint release with my son, which makes it extra, extra special because of the collaboration with my son, him playing on my album because he played bass on my album, saxophone, and then being able to appreciate him doing his work, and then bringing the work out together, I think that was very special for me“, admitted 59 year-old Femi Kuti.
The new album is divided into two parts — one for the father, the other for the son, who plays all the instruments on his section. Dealing with the legacy left by music legend Fela Kuti was the hardest part.
“He has already stood firm to tell everybody, this is “Made Kuti and The Movement”, with his first album even. It took me years… Look (laughing) my life was miserable! And to find my feet in such chaos… because my father was huge! Now he has a huge grandfather, a huge father, and then to find himself immediately, that’s beautiful” added the son of music legend Fela Kuti.
Another contender for the Grammy is Nigerian afropop star Wizkid.
“I really like some of the ideas of some musicians that are taking, going back culturally, and reintroducing the cultural sounds to the modern scene like The Cavemen with Highlife. Everything is wonderful, Nigeria is a hotspot for creativity, Lagos” said 26 year-old singer and songwriter, Made Kuti.
The new album is a powerful cocktail of repetitive and hypnotic High Life style, Yoruba polyrhythms, jazz and funk. |
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MG Motor domestic sales decline 14.5% to 4,721 units in March 2022
Sales in March this year were impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage, MG Motor India said.
New Delhi: MG Motor India on Friday reported 14.5% decline in retail sales in March to 4,721 units. The company had retailed 5,528 units in March last year.
Sales in March this year were "immensely impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage," MG Motor India said in a statement.
However, the automaker said it continues to witness positive momentum in enquiries and bookings across its product portfolio, including Astor, Hector, Gloster, and the all new ZS EV, which has registered 1,500 bookings just within March.
The carmaker is continuously accessing and aligning its production, subject to the volatility of supply constraints existing worldwide, it said.
MG stated that its domestic sales have grown over 69.8% to 13,555 units in January-March 2022 period, over October-December 2021 when it clocked 7,984 units.
For the carmakers, raw material is almost 75% to 78% of the cost which has seen steady growth over the past few months. Owing to the recent geopolitical problems, the price situation continues to be uncertain. The prices of the key commodities of steel, plastics, aluminium, copper, rhodium, platinum, etc have been stubbornly high since 2020.
Video of a blue colour Ola S1 pro electric scooter on fire emerged in Lohegaon area of Pune that may add to fears about battery safety in electric vehicles. At least half a dozen instances of thermal runway have emerged in the last six months including in scooters from Pure EV and Okinawa, but Ola's is the most high profile case till date.
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Two and three-wheeler major TVS Motor Company reported sales of 307,954 units in March 2022 as against sales of 322,643 units in March 2021.
The OEM’s two-wheelers registered sales of 292,918 units last month, as against sales of 307,397 units in March 2021. Domestic sales of its two-wheeler stood at 196,956 units during March, as against sales of 202,155 units in March 2021.
Motorcycles registered sales growth from 157,254 units in March 2021 to 160,522 units in March 2022, but scooter sales of the company fell from 104,513 units in March 2021 to 94,747 units during last month.
According to the OEM, the shortage in supply of semiconductors impacted the production and sales of premium two-wheelers. ‘We are cautiously optimistic that the supply of semiconductors will improve in the coming months’, the company said in a press statement.
TVS Motor’s exports stood at 109,724 unitsin the month of March 2022 as against 119,382 units a year ago. Two-wheeler exports registered sales of 95,962 units in March 2022 as against sales of 105,242 units in March 2021.
Sales of TVS three-wheelers stood at 15,036 units in March this year, as against sales of 15,246 units in March 2021.
During the fourth quarter of the financial year 2021-22, the company’s two-wheelers registered 815,000 units of sales as against 887,000 units registered in the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21. Three-wheeler sales grew from 40,965 units in the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 to 41,774 units in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2021-22.
The growth in overseas shipments has come as a reprieve for the two-wheeler makers who have been struggling to increase volumes in the local market for the last three years.
Video of a blue colour Ola S1 pro electric scooter on fire emerged in Lohegaon area of Pune that may add to fears about battery safety in electric vehicles. At least half a dozen instances of thermal runway have emerged in the last six months including in scooters from Pure EV and Okinawa, but Ola's is the most high profile case till date.
The company launched its maiden scooter Simple One back in August 2021 and will begin deliveries only by June but is prepared for 1 lakh bookings by then to be serviced by the end of 2022. Given Bhavish Aggarwal's struggles at Ola Electric with ramp up and deliveries to customers, Simple's Suhas Rajkumar is going slow and steady opting for caution knowing that for a three year old startup, he cannot afford to have his scooters stutter on the roads. |
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MG Motor domestic sales decline 14.5% to 4,721 units in March 2022
Sales in March this year were impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage, MG Motor India said.
New Delhi: MG Motor India on Friday reported 14.5% decline in retail sales in March to 4,721 units. The company had retailed 5,528 units in March last year.
Sales in March this year were "immensely impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage," MG Motor India said in a statement.
However, the automaker said it continues to witness positive momentum in enquiries and bookings across its product portfolio, including Astor, Hector, Gloster, and the all new ZS EV, which has registered 1,500 bookings just within March.
The carmaker is continuously accessing and aligning its production, subject to the volatility of supply constraints existing worldwide, it said.
MG stated that its domestic sales have grown over 69.8% to 13,555 units in January-March 2022 period, over October-December 2021 when it clocked 7,984 units.
For the carmakers, raw material is almost 75% to 78% of the cost which has seen steady growth over the past few months. Owing to the recent geopolitical problems, the price situation continues to be uncertain. The prices of the key commodities of steel, plastics, aluminium, copper, rhodium, platinum, etc have been stubbornly high since 2020.
Video of a blue colour Ola S1 pro electric scooter on fire emerged in Lohegaon area of Pune that may add to fears about battery safety in electric vehicles. At least half a dozen instances of thermal runway have emerged in the last six months including in scooters from Pure EV and Okinawa, but Ola's is the most high profile case till date.
The company launched its maiden scooter Simple One back in August 2021 and will begin deliveries only by June but is prepared for 1 lakh bookings by then to be serviced by the end of 2022. Given Bhavish Aggarwal's struggles at Ola Electric with ramp up and deliveries to customers, Simple's Suhas Rajkumar is going slow and steady opting for caution knowing that for a three year old startup, he cannot afford to have his scooters stutter on the roads. | 1 | 54,105 | 0.686009 | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/two-wheelers/motorcycles/suzuki-motorcycle-reports-16-dip-in-sales-to-50734-units-in-march/90596889 | 2022-04-01 17:12:47+00:00 | ET Auto privacy and cookie policy has been updated to align with the new data regulations in European Union. Please review and accept these changes below to continue using the website.
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New Delhi: Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd. (SMIPL) on Friday reported a drop of 15.7% to 50,734 units in the domestic market in March 2022. The company had sold 60,222 units in March last year.
Its total sales stood at 65,495-unit sales in March 2022 as against 69,932 units in March 2021, reporting a 6.34% decline.
Exports of the company stood at 14,761 units for the month.
Cumulatively, the two-wheeler maker sold 754,938 units from April 2021 to March 2022 compared to 591,846 units in the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
“Suzuki Motorcycle India’s recently-launched scooter, Avenis, proved to be a one of the popular picks for the customers,” the company said in a statement.
Satoshi Uchida, Managing Director, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd. said, “It is quite satisfying that despite the COVID-induced challenges and supply chain issues, we successfully registered a sales growth of 27.6 % in FY 2021-22.”
“This growth reflects that our products have been well received by our consumers. Additionally, the sales response on our recently-launched scooter Avenis has been overwhelming. We are thankful to all our customers and dealer partners for their trust and belief in the brand, and making Avenis a successful product in just a couple of months,” he said.
Video of a blue colour Ola S1 pro electric scooter on fire emerged in Lohegaon area of Pune that may add to fears about battery safety in electric vehicles. At least half a dozen instances of thermal runway have emerged in the last six months including in scooters from Pure EV and Okinawa, but Ola's is the most high profile case till date.
The company launched its maiden scooter Simple One back in August 2021 and will begin deliveries only by June but is prepared for 1 lakh bookings by then to be serviced by the end of 2022. Given Bhavish Aggarwal's struggles at Ola Electric with ramp up and deliveries to customers, Simple's Suhas Rajkumar is going slow and steady opting for caution knowing that for a three year old startup, he cannot afford to have his scooters stutter on the roads. |
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MG Motor domestic sales decline 14.5% to 4,721 units in March 2022
Sales in March this year were impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage, MG Motor India said.
New Delhi: MG Motor India on Friday reported 14.5% decline in retail sales in March to 4,721 units. The company had retailed 5,528 units in March last year.
Sales in March this year were "immensely impacted by the supply chain constraints due to the new COVID-19 variant and the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage," MG Motor India said in a statement.
However, the automaker said it continues to witness positive momentum in enquiries and bookings across its product portfolio, including Astor, Hector, Gloster, and the all new ZS EV, which has registered 1,500 bookings just within March.
The carmaker is continuously accessing and aligning its production, subject to the volatility of supply constraints existing worldwide, it said.
MG stated that its domestic sales have grown over 69.8% to 13,555 units in January-March 2022 period, over October-December 2021 when it clocked 7,984 units.
For the carmakers, raw material is almost 75% to 78% of the cost which has seen steady growth over the past few months. Owing to the recent geopolitical problems, the price situation continues to be uncertain. The prices of the key commodities of steel, plastics, aluminium, copper, rhodium, platinum, etc have been stubbornly high since 2020.
Video of a blue colour Ola S1 pro electric scooter on fire emerged in Lohegaon area of Pune that may add to fears about battery safety in electric vehicles. At least half a dozen instances of thermal runway have emerged in the last six months including in scooters from Pure EV and Okinawa, but Ola's is the most high profile case till date.
The company launched its maiden scooter Simple One back in August 2021 and will begin deliveries only by June but is prepared for 1 lakh bookings by then to be serviced by the end of 2022. Given Bhavish Aggarwal's struggles at Ola Electric with ramp up and deliveries to customers, Simple's Suhas Rajkumar is going slow and steady opting for caution knowing that for a three year old startup, he cannot afford to have his scooters stutter on the roads. | 2 | 60,602 | 0.693853 | https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/e-scooter-maker-ather-says-high-costs-pushing-back-profit-timeline-122072000306_1.html | 2022-07-20 09:12:12+00:00 | -
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By Aditi Shah
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian electric-scooter maker Ather Energy said a surge in raw material costs and supply chain disruptions were delaying the company's path to profit despite high demand for its vehicles.
"I was hoping to break even later this year itself. I would add a few quarters to that now," its Chief Executive and co-founder Tarun Mehta told Reuters.
Electric-vehicle manufacturers globally have seen a spike in demand as more people shift to cleaner transport, but a sharp increase in commodity prices and severe supply chain disruptions have slowed their growth.
Ather has witnessed an addition of "several hundreds of dollars" in material costs due to firmer commodity prices, some of which have been passed on to customers, Mehta said.
The company's production volumes have also been curtailed by a chip shortage and challenges in procuring lithium-ion cells for batteries, made worse by COVID-19 lockdowns in China and logistics disruptions, he added.
Backed by private equity fund Tiger Global and India's biggest bikemaker Hero MotoCorp, Ather sold over 3,200 electric scooters in June. It lags rivals Ola Electric, backed by Japan's Softbank Group and Hero Electric.
The company, which launched the third generation of its 450X e-scooter on Tuesday, plans to ramp up production to 10,000 units a month by the end of the year and will fully utilise its annual output capacity of 400,000 units by end-2023, Mehta said.
Sales of electric scooters have surged more than five-fold in India last year, as high fuel prices pushed buyers to look for alternatives and government subsidies narrowed the price gap between electric and gasoline models.
Still, electric models made up just 1% of total Indian motorcycle and scooter sales of 14.5 million in 2021. The government targets this to reach 40% by 2030.
Mehta expects the industry to grow rapidly despite a recent spate of e-scooter fires in the country, which triggered safety concerns, prompted a federal investigation and has hurt demand for such vehicles.
"It definitely shook the industry. I think we are still sort of coming out of it ... it will take another 3 to 4 months before the industry really bounces back," he said, adding that Ather has not seen a dip in demand after the fires.
(Reporting by Aditi Shah; editing by Uttaresh.V)
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-arctic-sea-ice-peaked-on-february-25-this-year-why-is-that-important/article65277677.ece | Explained | Arctic sea ice peaked on February 25 this year. Why is that important?
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March, this year the maximum extent was recorded on February 25.
The story so far: The Arctic winter sea ice hit its maximum extent on February 25 this year, according to the data collected by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC). This is the tenth-lowest in the satellite record maintained by the NSIDC, a Distributed Active Archive Centre of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres, according to the data analysed by the NSIDC. This is around 770,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average maximum, equivalent to an area of ice slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Maine combined.
Since February 25, the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped around 390,000 square kilometres. The loss of sea ice has primarily been observed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea. The losses, however, have been offset by gains in the Bering Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Labrador Sea, according to NSIDC. At the same time, gains in the Antarctic sea ice are not enough to balance the loss in Arctic sea ice.
What is sea ice?
Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March. The minimum extent is usually recorded in September after it melts through the warmer months. The Antarctic sea ice in the south follows the opposite cycle.
According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979 – when satellites began reliably tracking the data. This is in sync with human global warming activities like emission of carbon dioxide, deforestation, and so on.
Why is polar sea ice important?
Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
Sea ice reflects 80% of the sunlight that strikes its surface, thus keeping the polar regions cool. Once the ice melts in the summer, the dark surface of the ocean is exposed and it absorbs 90% of the sunlight that falls on it. This causes a rise in the temperature of the polar region. Small temperature changes at the poles can lead to greater warming over time, making polar regions extremely sensitive to climate change. The loss of sea ice can accelerate global warming.
How is the extent of sea ice measured?
The extent of sea ice in an area of the ocean is where there is at least some ice. Scientists usually use a 15% cutoff as the threshold of minimum concentration to mark the ice edge. This has been observed to provide the most consistent agreement between satellite and ground data.
In the past, NSIDC has used NASA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite to observe the extent of sea ice. These satellites collect data when they pass over the polar regions multiple times during the day and the data is then transformed into images for analysis. The AMSR-E satellite is no longer functioning.
What is NSIDC?
NSIDC researches the earth’s cryosphere – all things snow, ice, glaciers, and frozen ground. It began functioning in 1976 when the United States Geological Survey transferred responsibility for the World Data Centre for Glaciology to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Data and Information Service.
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Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March, this year the maximum extent was recorded on February 25.
The story so far: The Arctic winter sea ice hit its maximum extent on February 25 this year, according to the data collected by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC). This is the tenth-lowest in the satellite record maintained by the NSIDC, a Distributed Active Archive Centre of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres, according to the data analysed by the NSIDC. This is around 770,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average maximum, equivalent to an area of ice slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Maine combined.
Since February 25, the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped around 390,000 square kilometres. The loss of sea ice has primarily been observed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea. The losses, however, have been offset by gains in the Bering Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Labrador Sea, according to NSIDC. At the same time, gains in the Antarctic sea ice are not enough to balance the loss in Arctic sea ice.
What is sea ice?
Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March. The minimum extent is usually recorded in September after it melts through the warmer months. The Antarctic sea ice in the south follows the opposite cycle.
According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979 – when satellites began reliably tracking the data. This is in sync with human global warming activities like emission of carbon dioxide, deforestation, and so on.
Why is polar sea ice important?
Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
Sea ice reflects 80% of the sunlight that strikes its surface, thus keeping the polar regions cool. Once the ice melts in the summer, the dark surface of the ocean is exposed and it absorbs 90% of the sunlight that falls on it. This causes a rise in the temperature of the polar region. Small temperature changes at the poles can lead to greater warming over time, making polar regions extremely sensitive to climate change. The loss of sea ice can accelerate global warming.
How is the extent of sea ice measured?
The extent of sea ice in an area of the ocean is where there is at least some ice. Scientists usually use a 15% cutoff as the threshold of minimum concentration to mark the ice edge. This has been observed to provide the most consistent agreement between satellite and ground data.
In the past, NSIDC has used NASA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite to observe the extent of sea ice. These satellites collect data when they pass over the polar regions multiple times during the day and the data is then transformed into images for analysis. The AMSR-E satellite is no longer functioning.
What is NSIDC?
NSIDC researches the earth’s cryosphere – all things snow, ice, glaciers, and frozen ground. It began functioning in 1976 when the United States Geological Survey transferred responsibility for the World Data Centre for Glaciology to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Data and Information Service.
- Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
- According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979.
- Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-arctic-sea-ice-peaked-on-february-25-this-year-why-is-that-important/article65277677.ece | Explained | Arctic sea ice peaked on February 25 this year. Why is that important?
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March, this year the maximum extent was recorded on February 25.
The story so far: The Arctic winter sea ice hit its maximum extent on February 25 this year, according to the data collected by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC). This is the tenth-lowest in the satellite record maintained by the NSIDC, a Distributed Active Archive Centre of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres, according to the data analysed by the NSIDC. This is around 770,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average maximum, equivalent to an area of ice slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Maine combined.
Since February 25, the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped around 390,000 square kilometres. The loss of sea ice has primarily been observed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea. The losses, however, have been offset by gains in the Bering Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Labrador Sea, according to NSIDC. At the same time, gains in the Antarctic sea ice are not enough to balance the loss in Arctic sea ice.
What is sea ice?
Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March. The minimum extent is usually recorded in September after it melts through the warmer months. The Antarctic sea ice in the south follows the opposite cycle.
According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979 – when satellites began reliably tracking the data. This is in sync with human global warming activities like emission of carbon dioxide, deforestation, and so on.
Why is polar sea ice important?
Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
Sea ice reflects 80% of the sunlight that strikes its surface, thus keeping the polar regions cool. Once the ice melts in the summer, the dark surface of the ocean is exposed and it absorbs 90% of the sunlight that falls on it. This causes a rise in the temperature of the polar region. Small temperature changes at the poles can lead to greater warming over time, making polar regions extremely sensitive to climate change. The loss of sea ice can accelerate global warming.
How is the extent of sea ice measured?
The extent of sea ice in an area of the ocean is where there is at least some ice. Scientists usually use a 15% cutoff as the threshold of minimum concentration to mark the ice edge. This has been observed to provide the most consistent agreement between satellite and ground data.
In the past, NSIDC has used NASA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite to observe the extent of sea ice. These satellites collect data when they pass over the polar regions multiple times during the day and the data is then transformed into images for analysis. The AMSR-E satellite is no longer functioning.
What is NSIDC?
NSIDC researches the earth’s cryosphere – all things snow, ice, glaciers, and frozen ground. It began functioning in 1976 when the United States Geological Survey transferred responsibility for the World Data Centre for Glaciology to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Data and Information Service.
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April 01, 2022 12:43 ISTSea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March, this year the maximum extent was recorded on February 25.
The story so far: The Arctic winter sea ice hit its maximum extent on February 25 this year, according to the data collected by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC). This is the tenth-lowest in the satellite record maintained by the NSIDC, a Distributed Active Archive Centre of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres, according to the data analysed by the NSIDC. This is around 770,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average maximum, equivalent to an area of ice slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Maine combined.
Since February 25, the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped around 390,000 square kilometres. The loss of sea ice has primarily been observed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea. The losses, however, have been offset by gains in the Bering Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Labrador Sea, according to NSIDC. At the same time, gains in the Antarctic sea ice are not enough to balance the loss in Arctic sea ice.
What is sea ice?
Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March. The minimum extent is usually recorded in September after it melts through the warmer months. The Antarctic sea ice in the south follows the opposite cycle.
According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979 – when satellites began reliably tracking the data. This is in sync with human global warming activities like emission of carbon dioxide, deforestation, and so on.
Why is polar sea ice important?
Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
Sea ice reflects 80% of the sunlight that strikes its surface, thus keeping the polar regions cool. Once the ice melts in the summer, the dark surface of the ocean is exposed and it absorbs 90% of the sunlight that falls on it. This causes a rise in the temperature of the polar region. Small temperature changes at the poles can lead to greater warming over time, making polar regions extremely sensitive to climate change. The loss of sea ice can accelerate global warming.
How is the extent of sea ice measured?
The extent of sea ice in an area of the ocean is where there is at least some ice. Scientists usually use a 15% cutoff as the threshold of minimum concentration to mark the ice edge. This has been observed to provide the most consistent agreement between satellite and ground data.
In the past, NSIDC has used NASA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite to observe the extent of sea ice. These satellites collect data when they pass over the polar regions multiple times during the day and the data is then transformed into images for analysis. The AMSR-E satellite is no longer functioning.
What is NSIDC?
NSIDC researches the earth’s cryosphere – all things snow, ice, glaciers, and frozen ground. It began functioning in 1976 when the United States Geological Survey transferred responsibility for the World Data Centre for Glaciology to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Data and Information Service.
- Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
- According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979.
- Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures. |
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-arctic-sea-ice-peaked-on-february-25-this-year-why-is-that-important/article65277677.ece | Explained | Arctic sea ice peaked on February 25 this year. Why is that important?
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March, this year the maximum extent was recorded on February 25.
The story so far: The Arctic winter sea ice hit its maximum extent on February 25 this year, according to the data collected by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC). This is the tenth-lowest in the satellite record maintained by the NSIDC, a Distributed Active Archive Centre of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Arctic sea ice extent peaked at 14.88 million square kilometres, according to the data analysed by the NSIDC. This is around 770,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average maximum, equivalent to an area of ice slightly larger than the U.S. states of Texas and Maine combined.
Since February 25, the extent of Arctic sea ice has dropped around 390,000 square kilometres. The loss of sea ice has primarily been observed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Barents Sea. The losses, however, have been offset by gains in the Bering Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Labrador Sea, according to NSIDC. At the same time, gains in the Antarctic sea ice are not enough to balance the loss in Arctic sea ice.
What is sea ice?
Sea ice is essentially frozen ocean water. All stages of winter sea ice – formation, growth, and melting – occur in the ocean, unlike icebergs, glaciers and ice shelves that originate on land.
Sea ice in the Arctic usually reaches its peak in March. The minimum extent is usually recorded in September after it melts through the warmer months. The Antarctic sea ice in the south follows the opposite cycle.
According to NASA, the maximum extents of the sea ice in the Arctic have declined at a pace of about 13% per decade since 1979 – when satellites began reliably tracking the data. This is in sync with human global warming activities like emission of carbon dioxide, deforestation, and so on.
Why is polar sea ice important?
Polar sea ice is important to maintain global temperatures.
Sea ice reflects 80% of the sunlight that strikes its surface, thus keeping the polar regions cool. Once the ice melts in the summer, the dark surface of the ocean is exposed and it absorbs 90% of the sunlight that falls on it. This causes a rise in the temperature of the polar region. Small temperature changes at the poles can lead to greater warming over time, making polar regions extremely sensitive to climate change. The loss of sea ice can accelerate global warming.
How is the extent of sea ice measured?
The extent of sea ice in an area of the ocean is where there is at least some ice. Scientists usually use a 15% cutoff as the threshold of minimum concentration to mark the ice edge. This has been observed to provide the most consistent agreement between satellite and ground data.
In the past, NSIDC has used NASA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite to observe the extent of sea ice. These satellites collect data when they pass over the polar regions multiple times during the day and the data is then transformed into images for analysis. The AMSR-E satellite is no longer functioning.
What is NSIDC?
NSIDC researches the earth’s cryosphere – all things snow, ice, glaciers, and frozen ground. It began functioning in 1976 when the United States Geological Survey transferred responsibility for the World Data Centre for Glaciology to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Data and Information Service.
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https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/article_6e0e9061-c1f4-583c-9cf3-45657178b348.html | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country's parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic's party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia's 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
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Opposition party officials say Russia's war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president's election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’"
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country's representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z - a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia's 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don't see any difference between these elections and those two years ago," political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'"
Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 0 | 38,345 | 0.062994 | https://www.hjnews.com/world/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/article_23b6f628-88ca-5475-abf2-b3eddf274520.html | 2022-04-01 16:09:03+00:00 | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country's parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic's party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia's 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
Opposition party officials say Russia's war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president's election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’"
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country's representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z - a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia's 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don't see any difference between these elections and those two years ago," political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'"
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Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed. |
https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/article_6e0e9061-c1f4-583c-9cf3-45657178b348.html | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country's parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic's party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia's 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
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Opposition party officials say Russia's war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president's election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’"
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country's representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z - a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia's 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don't see any difference between these elections and those two years ago," political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'"
Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 1 | 2,809 | 0.064002 | https://www.wkrg.com/news/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/ | 2022-04-01 13:32:50+00:00 | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country’s parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic’s party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia’s 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
Opposition party officials say Russia’s war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president’s election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’”
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country’s representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z – a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia’s 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don’t see any difference between these elections and those two years ago,” political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'”
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Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed. |
https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/article_6e0e9061-c1f4-583c-9cf3-45657178b348.html | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country's parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic's party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia's 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
People are also reading…
Opposition party officials say Russia's war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president's election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’"
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country's representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z - a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia's 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don't see any difference between these elections and those two years ago," political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'"
Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2 | 4,889 | 0.064002 | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/in-serbia-pro-russia-is-seen-as-the-winning-election-stance/ | 2022-04-01 13:43:02+00:00 | BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country’s parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic’s party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia’s 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
Opposition party officials say Russia’s war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president’s election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’”
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country’s representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z – a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia’s 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don’t see any difference between these elections and those two years ago,” political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'”
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Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed. |
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BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - China's new home prices rose slightly in March with demand in small cities still weak despite more local policy easing steps, and renewed COVID-19 flare-ups curbing the appetite to buy.
New home prices in 100 cities grew 0.03% on month, matching the rise in February, according to data from China Index Academy, one of the country's largest independent real estate research firms.
China's rattled property sector has gained some momentum in larger cities since the beginning of the year as authorities take policy action to stoke buyers' interest and ease a liquidity crunch at some major developers.
Premier Li Keqiang early in March called for city-specific property measures to meet home buyers' demand, paving the way for local authorities to relax some curbs based on their city's own conditions.
In March, around 20 small and medium-sized cities announced steps to boost demand, such as allowing smaller down payments, cuts in mortgage rates, subsidies and lower curbs on purchases.
Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, this week relaxed curbs on home buying in five districts and allowed some buyers to pay down payments with housing provident funds.
But overall demand remains weak, with 53 of the 100 cities surveyed reporting declines in new home prices in March, compared with a decline in 52 cities in February, the China Index Academy said.
Real estate market woes in small cities have not improved. Prices in tier-three and tier-four cities dropped 0.02% month on month, after a 0.01% fall in February.
New home prices in tier-one cities including Shanghai, which has been fighting a major COVID outbreak since March, rose 0.03%, slowing from February's 0.17% gain.
The pace of recovery in the real estate market was interrupted to some extent by the COVID outbreaks, with the markets in Shanghai and some other areas experiencing spikes in cases looking "dim", according to the China Index Academy.
"Although local governments continue to ease some local property curbs, the pace appears moderate, and we continue to believe Beijing will stick to most of its major property curbs," Nomura analysts said in a note on Friday.
Most property developers in their full-year financial results conferences said they expected to see recovery in the second quarter.
Chairman Yu Liang at China Vanke said the sector is returning to a "normal, rational" stage as the central government reassures on healthy development of the sector.
Regulators and governments at all levels will introduce more policies to stabilise the market, Yu said.
Visitor volume of first-home buyers at development projects in March has returned to end-December levels, said state-backed Greentown China, and added it expected to see recovery in the second quarter.
"The darkest time is behind us," said CIFI Holdings said, but cautioned low-tier cities will remain under pressure.
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China's April new home prices grew at a slightly slower pace compared with March gains, a private survey showed on Sunday, with policy-easing moves by local governments yet to significantly revive buying sentiment.
New home prices in 100 cities rose 0.02% from a month earlier, easing from the 0.03% gain in March, according to survey data from China Index Academy, one of the country's largest independent real estate research firms.
More than 80 cities have taken steps to boost demand this year after the property market, a pillar of China's economic growth, slowed sharply in 2021 due to Beijing's crackdown on high leverage in the sector.
Sentiment has also been dampened by COVID-19 outbreaks across China this year, especially in Shanghai, which has endured a month of lockdown to block local transmissions of the virus.
Measures to encourage buying include subsidies, smaller down payments, reductions in mortgage rates and relaxation on rules for home purchases.
Some banks in the city of Zhangjiakou, 180 km (110 miles) northwest of capital Beijing, cut minimum down payments from April 18, according to state-backed Securities Daily.
In April, banks in over 23 cities loosened limits on provident housing funds for certain home buyers.
Data from the China Index Academy survey showed 44 of the 100 cities surveyed reported gains in new home prices in April, compared with 37 cities in March.
"Policy has turned more supportive of housing demand and home sales should rebound once the virus situation improves," research company Capital Economics said in a note last week.
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BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - China's new home prices rose slightly in March with demand in small cities still weak despite more local policy easing steps, and renewed COVID-19 flare-ups curbing the appetite to buy.
New home prices in 100 cities grew 0.03% on month, matching the rise in February, according to data from China Index Academy, one of the country's largest independent real estate research firms.
China's rattled property sector has gained some momentum in larger cities since the beginning of the year as authorities take policy action to stoke buyers' interest and ease a liquidity crunch at some major developers.
Premier Li Keqiang early in March called for city-specific property measures to meet home buyers' demand, paving the way for local authorities to relax some curbs based on their city's own conditions.
In March, around 20 small and medium-sized cities announced steps to boost demand, such as allowing smaller down payments, cuts in mortgage rates, subsidies and lower curbs on purchases.
Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, this week relaxed curbs on home buying in five districts and allowed some buyers to pay down payments with housing provident funds.
But overall demand remains weak, with 53 of the 100 cities surveyed reporting declines in new home prices in March, compared with a decline in 52 cities in February, the China Index Academy said.
Real estate market woes in small cities have not improved. Prices in tier-three and tier-four cities dropped 0.02% month on month, after a 0.01% fall in February.
New home prices in tier-one cities including Shanghai, which has been fighting a major COVID outbreak since March, rose 0.03%, slowing from February's 0.17% gain.
The pace of recovery in the real estate market was interrupted to some extent by the COVID outbreaks, with the markets in Shanghai and some other areas experiencing spikes in cases looking "dim", according to the China Index Academy.
"Although local governments continue to ease some local property curbs, the pace appears moderate, and we continue to believe Beijing will stick to most of its major property curbs," Nomura analysts said in a note on Friday.
Most property developers in their full-year financial results conferences said they expected to see recovery in the second quarter.
Chairman Yu Liang at China Vanke said the sector is returning to a "normal, rational" stage as the central government reassures on healthy development of the sector.
Regulators and governments at all levels will introduce more policies to stabilise the market, Yu said.
Visitor volume of first-home buyers at development projects in March has returned to end-December levels, said state-backed Greentown China, and added it expected to see recovery in the second quarter.
"The darkest time is behind us," said CIFI Holdings said, but cautioned low-tier cities will remain under pressure.
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BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - Growth in new home prices in China was flat again in March versus the previous month, government data showed on Friday, pointing to fragile demand as growing COVID-19 lockdown measures dampened consumer confidence.
Average new home prices in 70 major cities were unchanged on a month-on-month basis for the second time in a row, according to Reuters calculations based on March data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
On a year-on-year basis, new home prices rose 1.5%, the slowest pace since November 2015, and easing from a 2.0% gain in February.
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Over 60 cities have eased curbs on home purchases to support the ailing property market, after a government campaign to reduce developers' high debt levels pushed the sector into a deep chill in the second half of 2021.
Banks in over 100 Chinese cities have lowered mortgage rates by around 20 to 60 basis points since March，central bank official Zou Lan said on Thursday.
But after signs of improvement in January, a surge in cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant and strict virus lockdown measures have again cooled demand in many cities.
In tier-one cities, prices gained 0.4% on month, narrowing from a 0.5% rise in February, while growth in tier-two cities was zero.
"The growth slowdown in first-tier cities in March was mainly due to the impact of the COVID pandemic, indicating weaker market expectations," said analyst Xu Xiaole at Beike Research Institute.
More cities are likely to relax property curbs in the near future, and demand will be gradually released, said Xu.
The property market in the commercial hub of Shanghai slowed with home prices rising at the slowest pace in four months, at 0.3% month-on-month.
Shanghai is in the midst of China's worst outbreak since the virus emerged in Wuhan in late 2019, reporting more than 20,000 cases daily amid an unprecedented citywide lockdown. Dozens more cities are in partial or full lockdown.
Price growth in Shanghai does not reflect the overall market situation, said analyst Lu Wenxi at property agency Centaline.
"The growth in new home prices in Shanghai will further ease in April," Lu added.
In March, transactions by value of newly built homes in Shanghai slumped 27% from a month earlier to 36.2 billion yuan ($5.68 billion)，financial magazine Yicai said.
China's State Council, or cabinet, on Wednesday said more policy measures are needed to support the economy, but analysts are unsure if interest rate cuts would quickly reverse the slump as long as the government maintains its zero tolerance COVID-19 policy.
In the first 12 days of April, new home sales by volume in 30 cities surveyed by Wind were down 55.6% year-on-year, analysts at Nomura said in a client note on Wednesday.
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