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William V. Bowen
William V. Bowen, 72, husband of Medra Bowen, died Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Memorial Service 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, visitation prior beginning at 12 p.m. at Tucker, Yocum & Wilson Funeral Home. www.TuckerYocumWilson.com.
William V. Bowen
William V. Bowen, 72, husband of Medra Bowen, died Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Memorial Service 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, visitation prior beginning at 12 p.m. at Tucker, Yocum & Wilson Funeral Home. www.TuckerYocumWilson.com.
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Biggest jump in domestic energy bills in living memory comes into effect
The biggest jump in domestic energy bills in living memory has come into effect as charities warn that 2.5 million more households are set to fall into “fuel stress” and supplier websites remained unresponsive to customers.
As a 54% increase to Ofgem’s price cap hit bills, the Resolution Foundation think tank said the number of English households in fuel stress – those spending at least 10% of their total budgets on energy bills – was set to double overnight from 2.5 to five million.
Resolution Foundation senior economist Jonathan Marshall said: “Today’s energy price cap rise will see the number of households experiencing fuel stress double to five million.
“Another increase in energy bills this autumn hastens the need for more immediate support, as well as a clear, long-term strategy for improving home insulation, ramping up renewable and nuclear electricity generation, and reforming energy markets so that families’ energy bills are less dependent on global gas prices.”
Citizens Advice said around five million people would be unable to pay their energy bills from April, even accounting for the support the Government has already announced.
It warned this number would almost triple to one in four people in the UK – more than 14 million – if the price cap rises again in October based on current predictions.
Concern about the pressures households are facing came as energy firms continued to struggle to allow customers to submit up-to-date meter readings to avoid paying the higher tariff on energy used before April 1.
Customers reported issues logging in to supplier websites including British Gas, EDF, E.On, SSE, So Energy and Octopus Energy from early on Thursday.
Energy UK, the trade body for the industry, urged people not to worry if they were unable to submit a meter reading ahead of Friday.
It said: “Most suppliers are offering alternative options such as submitting at a later date, and different methods to send meter readings such as text, social media and email.
“This demonstrates the scale of the problem and how worried people are about high prices, which is why we have been asking Government to intervene to provide further support to consumers.”
Citizens Advice chief executive Dame Clare Moriarty said: “The energy price cap rise will be potentially ruinous for millions of people across the country.
“The support announced so far from the Government simply isn’t enough for those who’ll be hit hardest. With the long-anticipated price rises now hitting, many more people will face the kind of heart-rending choices that our frontline advisers already see all too often.”
The energy price cap for those on default tariffs who pay by direct debit is rising by £693 from £1,277 to £1,971 from April 1.
Prepayment customers will see a bigger jump, with their price cap going up by £708, from £1,309 to £2,017.
The regulator was forced to hike the energy price cap to a record £1,971 for a typical household as gas prices soared to unprecedented highs.
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) warned the cost of heating an average home has now doubled in 18 months, leaving 6.5 million households unable to live in a warm, safe home across the UK.
An Ofgem spokeswoman said: “We know this rise will be extremely worrying for many people.
“The energy market has faced a huge challenge due to the unprecedented increase in global gas prices, a once in a 30-year event, and Ofgem’s role as energy regulator is to ensure that, under the price cap, energy companies can only charge a fair price based on the true cost of supplying electricity and gas.
“Ofgem is working to stabilise the market and over the longer term to diversify our sources of energy, which will help protect customers from similar price shocks in the future.”
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has previously pledged to “take the sting out” of the price rises, promising all 28 million households in Britain would get a £200 upfront rebate on their energy bills from October.
The Government will provide the cash for this, but it wants the money back so will hike bills by £40 per year over the next five years from 2023 to recoup it.
Goldman Sachs has already warned that prices in the gas market are likely to remain at twice their usual levels until 2025.
Higher energy prices are not the only way households are set to feel the pinch, with tax rises and reductions in state pandemic support increasing costs for businesses and, ultimately, leading to higher prices for customers.
The cost of buying a pub meal, soft drink or hotel stay could become more expensive from this month as VAT levels across the hospitality sector lift back to 20%, while the National Insurance tax rise will come into force on April 6.
Fuel prices have also reached record highs in recent weeks amid a rise in oil prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Sunak cut fuel duty by 5p in his spring statement last week, but retailers have been accused of failing to fully pass on the saving.
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Contemporary artwork to be shown at Balmoral Castle for first time
A piece of contemporary art is being displayed at Balmoral Castle for the first time as part of an exhibition to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The installation, Salmon School, created by artist Joseph Rossano, consists of 250 mirrored glass forms, suspended in the air to look like a school of wild salmon.
The installation aims to highlight the plight of wild salmon and the importance of salmon conversation, as climate change and biodiversity loss threaten their existence in the wild.
It will take centre stage at the Platinum Jubilee exhibition, Life at Balmoral, which will be on show in the castle ballroom between April 1 and August 2 this year.
Mr Rossano said: “The Salmon School is an international collaborative performance project that contextualises the finality of a seemingly infinite resource.
“A synthesis of art and science, the Salmon School fosters environmental awareness, bringing together diverse communities for a greater good — cold, clean water.
“Embracing art’s ability to disarm, to make something beautiful — a sculpture mimicking an ideal, a restored ecosystem — the project achieves measurable change through its actions and initiatives.”
First conceived and shown in the Pacific Northwest in the US, Salmon School was then shown at Cop26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021.
Salmon conservation work has been supported by the Queen, the Royal Family and the Balmoral Estate on the River Dee over the last 170 years.
The Balmoral Estate works closely with the River Dee Trust to deliver practical salmon restoration to help protect the endangered fish.
Most recently, across Deeside, the River Dee Trust and Dee District Salmon Fishery Board have introduced a One Million Trees campaign to plant riverbank trees, to help restore the Dee and save its salmon.
Trees are said to have multiple benefits in helping wild salmon to thrive, including providing shade over the water, nourishment through leaves and insects, and helping to stabilise the riverbanks to prevent erosion.
In the last five years, the Balmoral Estate has planted 300,000 trees along the River Dee.
The work to protect wild salmon also includes using windblown trees to create large wooden structures in the rivers on the estate, to offer a variety of salmon habitats, which in turn give shelter from bad weather and trap nutrients.
Small wooden dams have also been created in the estate’s smaller streams to help river flows in times of flood and drought.
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Hundreds of adults and children test artificial pancreas on the NHS
Hundreds of adults and children with Type 1 diabetes are testing an “artificial pancreas” that could, in future, be rolled out across the NHS.
The device uses an algorithm to determine the amount of insulin that should be administered and also reads blood sugar levels to keep them steady.
The technology is much more effective at managing blood sugar levels than current devices and requires far less input than at present.
Managing Type 1 diabetes can be challenging, especially in young children, owing to variations in the levels of insulin required and unpredictability around how much youngsters eat and exercise.
Children are particularly at risk of dangerously low blood sugar levels (hypoglycaemia) and high blood sugar levels (hyperglycaemia), which can damage the body or even lead to death.
The new artificial pancreas, which is being manufactured by several firms, uses a “hybrid closed loop system” to continually monitor blood glucose and automatically adjust insulin through a pump.
A nurse gives a patient a diabetes test at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool. A new artificial pancreas could limit the need for blood sugar tests (PA)
It is being tested in more than 30 NHS diabetes centres across England, with 875 people benefiting for a year so far. This is the first nationwide study of its kind in the world.
The technology can eliminate finger-prick tests to check blood sugar levels and can hugely prevent hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemia attacks.
The NHS in England spends around £10 billion a year on diabetes – around 10% of its entire budget.
Professor Partha Kar, NHS national speciality adviser for diabetes, said: “Having machines monitor and deliver medication for diabetes patients sounds quite sci-fi like, but when you think of it, technology and machines are part and parcel of how we live our lives every day.
“A device picks up your glucose levels, sends the reading across to the delivery system – aka the pump – and then the system kicks in to assess how much insulin is needed.
“It is not very far away from the holy grail of a fully automated system, where people with Type 1 diabetes can get on with their lives without worrying about glucose levels or medication.”
Estimations show that only a third of children with Type 1 diabetes are able to achieve good control of their blood glucose level, which is needed to prevent complications.
Figures also show that a five-year-old child diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes faces up to 23,000 insulin injections and 52,000 finger-prick blood tests by the time they are 18.
Six-year-old Charlotte Abbott-Pierce was diagnosed just over a year ago with typical symptoms of increased thirst and the need to urinate.
Charlotte was initially started on insulin injections then progressed to an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor. Now, as part of the pilot, these systems work together.
Charlotte’s mum, Ange Abbott-Pierce, said: “Before the hybrid closed loop system was fitted, my husband and I would be up every two hours every night having to check Charlotte’s blood sugars and most times giving insulin, sometimes doing finger pricks or dealing with ketones due to quick rises in blood sugar.
“This was really hard as we both work full-time.”
She said the new system was a “godsend to us as we were at our wits’ end with worry, not being able to catch the highs before they got dangerous”.
The NHS’s pilot has been designed to include a representative mix of adults and children living with Type 1 diabetes from all backgrounds, to ensure the device’s effectiveness can be tracked.
Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: “This technology has the potential to transform the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes, improving both their quality of life and clinical outcomes.
“The trial will generate real-world data which will hopefully support the case for more people having access to this life-changing tech in the future.”
The data collected from the pilot, along with other evidence, will be considered by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence when it looks at wider NHS rollout.
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TOWANDA — The Bradford County Commissioners will issue a proclamation to declare April Child Abuse Prevention Month from 11 a.m. to noon on April 6 on the lawn of the Bradford County Courthouse.
On the courthouse lawn there will be the reading of the Proclamation, which designates April as Child Abuse Awareness Month in Bradford County. Over 1,000 pinwheels have been placed on the courthouse lawn to represent every investigation done by Bradford County Children and Youth for 2021 as well as each Forensic Interview conducted at The Children’s House Child Advocacy Center (CHCAC).
“Bradford County recognizes April as National Child Abuse Prevention and awareness month and is committed to working with professionals, families, and the community as a whole to advocate and educate for the prevention child abuse and neglect,” Katy VanDewark, Executive Director of the CHCAC, said. “April is typically one of our favorite months of the year because for one the weather is finally starting to change and get a little bit warmer and we are able to cast a hopeful and positive light on a difficult subject. As a community when a child and their family is experiencing the difficult path that abuse takes many down, it is important for them to know where they can turn to for help? As a community, this year April provides you a chance to help in small ways. Show your commitment to keeping kids safe and Help us create the future. Each year we at the CHCAC, are asked by many people how they can help and here is my response, Volunteer or donate to the CHCAC or one of the local nonprofits that helps these children and families in need, contact local and state officials to help ensure the commonwealth provides efficient support to those children who are affected by neglect or abuse, help a neighbor or friend, if they seem to be overwhelmed by the stresses of parenting, kind gestures can go a long way, and if you suspect abuse report it.”
Bradford County Commissioners stated, “April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. The Bradford County Commissioners are issuing a proclamation in support of those who work tirelessly to address this devastating problem that unfortunately harm’s way too many children within communities and our country. One abused child is one too many! Child abuse affects us all in one way or another even though we may not think it does. Abused children are our neighbors, they are our future. The Commissioners are extremely grateful for those who work on our behalf addressing this very troubling stain on our community.”
Debra Sharp, Bradford County Children and Youth, stated, “While this event and this month remind us to raise awareness about child abuse, it is up to all of us to raise our voices for children year-round. In doing so, we can all help play a part in keeping kids safe and reduce child abuse and neglect. We can also help strengthen families by supporting local organizations that assist us in our prevention efforts. We can further assist by nurturing healthy and supportive relationships within our own families and extend that to our friends and neighbors in our local communities. Please join us in putting families first in Bradford County. As we work together to prevent child abuse, we will help all children, families, and communities thrive.
For more information about child abuse prevention programs and activities during the month of April, and throughout the year, Contact Bradford County Children and Youth office or The Children’s House Child Advocacy Center (CHCAC) at 570-265-4132 or visit our website at www.chcac.org.
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How eco-crazy councils turned our streets into Gridlock Britain: HARRY WALLOP examines how 'low-traffic neighbourhoods' have added to congestion on our roads
Matthieu Denjean, 13, adores transport.
‘He loves to be on a plane, train or boat, but it’s got to move or he becomes upset,’ says his mother, Elodie.
This is because Matthieu is disabled.
‘He has a rare genetic condition,’ continues Elodie.
‘He is profoundly deaf and has ASD [Autism spectrum disorder]. He has severe and complex needs and is very delayed cognitively.’
Despite Matthieu’s difficulties, Elodie and her husband, along with Matthieu’s two older siblings, ensure the boy has as full and rich a life as possible.
That includes being picked up by car every morning from home in Islington, North London, to his special-needs school in neighbouring Camden.
The four-mile journey used to take 25 minutes.
It now takes up to 50 minutes in slow-moving, sometimes solid traffic.
‘He doesn’t understand sitting in traffic and gets very agitated and becomes aggressive because he’s distressed,’ says Elodie.
A few weeks ago, an 11-mile round trip — from school to a hospital appointment then back home — took three hours.
Elodie shakes her head as she tries to explain the effect it has had on the family.
‘Matthieu is non-verbal. It’s very distressing to see your child upset at the best of times, but when you ask them, they can’t verbalise it. It’s tough.’
Why has the traffic suddenly become so bad?
Elodie believes it is because of new ‘low-traffic neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) in Islington.
LTNs see cars banned from certain side streets and forced to drive only on main roads.
Low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) see cars banned from certain side streets and forced to drive only on main roads Pictured: A cycle lane on Kensington High Street
These controversial measures have been implemented in cities and large towns across the country, not just in Islington, where the bicycle-loving local MP is one Jeremy Corbyn.
From York, Bath and Oxford to Sheffield, Manchester and Dundee, local councils have implemented schemes that aim to limit car traffic and promote cycling and walking.
Encouraged by charities and environmental pressure groups, the aim is to reverse the impact of the car.
Living Streets, one of the leading charities pushing for these schemes, points out that in 1970, there were 13 million vehicles on Britain’s roads driving 145 billion miles.
Last year, there were 38 million vehicles driving 329 billion miles.
LTNs have been wholeheartedly backed by the Government.
The Department for Transport announced in November 2020 an extra £175million in funding for councils to support cycling and walking schemes whilst saying eight out of ten consumers support lower car traffic.
But there is increasing disquiet from residents.
Many resent how schemes were rushed through under the guise of Covid social-distancing, without proper consultation or rigorous analysis.
Many cities introduced LTNs soon after the first lockdown in March 2020, then kept them later as part of their policy to reduce car traffic.
Often, no proper pre-LTN monitoring was undertaken.
Islington claims the zones were intended to ‘make our neighbourhoods better and safer, for living, working and playing, for everyone’.
But earlier this month the council was forced to admit that some of its findings about LTNs were ‘misleading’.
Islington confessed that data for one key section, near the council’s Holloway Road, ‘was found to be of unacceptably poor quality to use for analysis’.
It went on: ‘It is therefore recommended that any conclusions related to this site are revoked’.
Until now, Islington had been at pains to suggest its LTNs — while no doubt a huge inconvenience to families such as Matthieu’s — were making the air in London easier to breathe.
The ‘interim report’ predictably found that traffic fell on side-roads that saw cars banned under LTNs.
But, surprisingly, it also suggested that traffic fell on some of the main roads on which cars were still permitted.
The report claimed that the Holloway Road — a stretch of the A1, ultimately heading all the way to Edinburgh — saw a 42 per cent fall in traffic.
This claim was trumpeted on a leaflet sent out to residents, boasting that air quality had improved.
A Railton low traffic neighbourhood by Lambeth Council
But Elodie and many Islington residents smelled a rat.
‘I thought there was no way that was true,’ she says. ‘Because I have eyes.’
I knew she was right.
I too live in Islington and have sat far too often in stationary traffic on the Holloway Road.
I was equally sceptical about the claim that traffic had fallen on this thoroughfare.
When I dared to complain on Twitter, someone told me that slow traffic on the Holloway Road ‘is hardly the end of the world if it saves thousands of others from the constant noise, pollution and danger of rat-running traffic thundering down residential roads.’
In short, a bit of inconvenience is a small price to pay for saving the planet.
But had the air quality actually improved, as the council insisted?
No. Islington’s own detailed report — though not the rather one-sided leaflet posted to residents — showed that nitrogen dioxide levels, a key pollutant caused by cars, had soared 44 per cent outside Highbury Grove School, a secondary school on a main road.
So is Islington a one-off?
Or have councils up and down Britain brought in LTNs which have made the problem they purported to solve far worse?
Certainly, across Britain, the weight of opposition to LTNs is clear.
Take south Birmingham’s Kings Heath suburb and its bustling high street, the Alcester Road (A435), which features residential streets on either side.
In order to stop drivers using these side roads, the council implemented a series of LTNs in 2020. A year later, it asked locals to fill in feedback questionnaires.
The results?
‘The responses to this consultation show that the options we presented have some but not full support,’ says the official update, optimistically titled The Way Forward and published last month.
On further reading ‘some but not full support’ is something of a euphemism.
Kings Heath residents roundly rejected LTNs — 62 per cent were opposed to the LTN east of the High Street versus 26 per cent who backed it, with similar figures for the eastern side.
So is the council going to remove the large tree planters that are blocking the residential streets and admit the experiment has not worked?
No, not quite.
‘We are very clear that doing nothing is not an option. To reach net-zero carbon, to improve air quality and to enable our growing population to travel around the city efficiently, we must take action to reduce trips taken by private car,’ the report concludes.
One resident despondent at all this is Roger Palmer, 58.
He owns the Parkview gallery and picture framers on Vicarage Road, a boundary street still used by car drivers.
Roger loves the area but says it is ‘now turned into a misery because of the wall-to-wall traffic’ jams outside his home and shop. He lives above the gallery with his wife, Manjinder, and one of his daughters.
Cyclist on a City of London cycle 'superhighway' path in Billingsgate
‘I agree that doing nothing is not an option. But a poor option is worse,’ he says.
‘I just can’t bear to see all the traffic any more. It’s been horrendous.’
He has had to install blinds on his windows.
Some of Roger’s neighbours have moved home to escape the pollution apparently caused by the local LTNs.
‘But I can’t — this is my livelihood.’
Needless to say, his customers can’t cycle to his shop — they need a car to collect the framed pictures.
Roger calls the level of consultation from the council ‘shocking’, adding that the authority ‘denied there was a problem.’
The council responded saying that it had listened to residents and altered the design of its Places For People layout, replacing some tree planters with a one-way system, but it reiterated that ‘doing nothing is not an option’.
Islington’s faulty data was processed and written up by a company called Project Centre, part of a larger outfit called Marston Holdings.
This earns most of its money from enforcing court and parking fines and maintaining parking meters.
During the year to May 2021, Marston’s revenues fell from £287million to £255million, as lockdowns stopped people travelling.
But one division did well: Project Centre, where turnover jumped from £17.6million to £18.5million.
It is understood that Project Centre recognises that some errors, spotted in a subsequent audit, were contained in the interim report that it drew up for Islington, but that the erroneous Holloway Road data was caused by the technical issue of an unrelated third party, and Project Centre did not collect the relevant data.
It is also understood that the statements about improved air quality were not contained in the main report but featured in the executive summary as well as a leaflet that was posted to residents, neither being their responsibility.
Islington Council said: ‘A final decision has not yet been taken on the future of Highbury’s people-friendly streets schemes and the council will be listening carefully to feedback from local people on the trials.’
There is evidence to suggest that councils are making lots of money from LTN-related fines.
That is because while some councils have installed large planters to physically block traffic, many use a no-entry sign and camera.
(There’s no suggestion that Marston will win a borough’s parking fine contract if it successfully implements profitable LTNs in those councils.)
Southwark Council in South London received an astonishing £6.62 million from just five cameras in the Dulwich LTN during 2021.
In Hackney, between February 2020 and August 2021, a single street gathered £4.12million in fines after it became part of an LTN.
All of this pain would be acceptable if there was noticeable gain in air quality or in reducing traffic congestion.
But there rarely is.
In Oxford, another city where LTNs have been implemented, there is very little data to compare, for example, air pollution before and after LTNs.
And yet nobody doubts the huge inconvenience to drivers.
Oxford, as a university town in a flat river valley, has a lot of cyclists.
An LTN might be expected to have increased the number of cyclists as people left their cars at home.
But buried on page 385 of a 556-page report, the council reveals that average daily cycling rates within the Cowley LTN were actually lower than before installation —in eight of the nine months evaluated.
Flowers have been dug up and plants destroyed in in Dulwich Village, South London as part of a protest against Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Richard Parnham is a legal researcher who helps run Reconnecting Oxford, which tries to interrogate some of the official data.
‘Is the medicine working? No, and it won’t work unless you remove all people in the area that drive and replace them with nice middle-class cyclists,’ he says.
Solicitor Sadiea Mustafa-Awan, 39, lives in Littlemore, a relatively poor suburb south of Oxford, with her husband, a van delivery driver, and two young children.
One of her children, Quasim, 8, has autism and ADHD.
Like Matthieu in Islington, Quasim gets agitated if his bus to his special school is late picking him up — as it now frequently is.
‘He can’t cycle to school,’ says Sadiea.
‘It’s just so unfair that he doesn’t get a choice about this.’ Sadiea is so furious that Oxford council seems to have ignored opposition to the LTNs that she has decided to stand as an independent councillor in the forthcoming local elections.
Oxfordshire County Council received about 2,400 responses in its LTN consultation. Of those, 63 per cent said they objected, 11 per cent had ‘concerns’, while 26 per cent supported the schemes.
But despite three-quarters of residents being negative about LTNs, the council intended to rubber-stamp the measures being made permanent last month.
It was only at the last moment, in the face of increasingly angry residents, that it agreed to delay the decision.
Oxfordshire County Council said: ‘Through the consultation process so far, we have received valuable feedback from people in these groups, which we will use to help shape the final plans for the LTNs.’
It is this reluctance to listen to residents that enrages so many people — those who want nicer streets, fewer cars and to encourage cycling.
But they also want to be listened to.
As Elodie in Islington says: ‘We live in a world where data is king. We need to focus on data. But then we discover bogus data about LTNs is being relied on, which shatters your confidence.
‘The trust between us residents and the council is absolutely broken. And that is a very dangerous place for the council to be in.’
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Intuit (INTU) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Intuit (INTU) closed at $481, marking a +1.92% move from the previous day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 1.57% loss on the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.56%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.09%.
Heading into today, shares of the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other accounting software had lost 2.89% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 4.23% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.37% in that time.
Intuit will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect Intuit to post earnings of $7.60 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 25.21%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $5.52 billion, up 32.24% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $11.66 per share and revenue of $12.29 billion, which would represent changes of +19.71% and +27.61%, respectively, from the prior year.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert said investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men's college basketball programs — including 2022 Final Four participant Kansas — have taken “way too long.”
What solutions might be on the table to speed it up, Emmert did not say, but there appears to be increasing acknowledgement that the current process is broken.
“It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,” Emmert said, referring to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP).
The IARP was created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport. It began looking into allegations against Kansas, Arizona, LSU, Louisville and North Carolina State on the heels of a federal investigation into corruption in college sports that resulted in convictions of shoe company executives, a middle man who worked with them and some assistant college coaches.
Of those FBI cases nearly five years ago, only one -- North Carolina State, tied to its recruitment of one-and-done star Dennis Smith Jr. -- has actually gone through the IARP system to completion and received a ruling that resulted in probation for one year, some vacated victories and penalties for previous coaches.
The four other cases are still pending in the IARP structure, while Auburn went through the more traditional process and received four years of probation in December from an NCAA infractions committee panel.
In the meantime, this year's NCAA Tournament could be tainted should Kansas win the national championship and subsequently have an unfavorable decision come down in a now half-decade-old investigation.
Created to handle complex cases, the IARP includes independent investigators and decision-makers with no direct ties to NCAA member schools, and rulings cannot be appealed.
Emmert said NCAA institutions need to come up with a process that has “got to be fair. It’s got to be swift. And it’s got to not punish the innocent. ... That’s where the membership’s got to be in all of this, as they shape a new process or rebuild the one that’s in place.”
The Kansas case hinges on whether Adidas representatives were considered boosters — the school contends they were not — when two of them arranged payments to prospective recruits. Kansas does not dispute the payments. Kansas asked for referral to the IARP instead of having the NCAA's infractions committee handle the matter.
While the lengthy IARP process has been going on, Self agreed to a new contract on April 2, 2021, that will keep him with the school until he retires.
The five-year deal adds one additional year after the conclusion of each season — in effect, making it a lifetime contract. It guarantees him $5.41 million per year with a base salary of $225,000, professional services contract of $2.75 million and an annual $2.435 million retention bonus.
The contact also includes a clause that says the school cannot terminate him for cause “due to any current infractions matter that involves conduct that occurred on or prior to” the signing of the new contract. Instead, he would forfeit half of his base salary and professional services pay while serving any Big 12 or NCAA suspension.
Emmert declined to weigh on on Kansas' decision to double down on Self.
“I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,” said Emmert, who also spoke at the women's Final Four on Wednesday. “That’s their business, obviously. They can do that as they see fit.”
The infractions process has also come up with the Division I Transformation Committee, which is working to recommend ways to modernize and reform NCAA governance and regulatory policies.
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, who chairs the committee along with Ohio athletics director Julie Cromer, said the group is looking at both the overall infractions process and the IARP structure as part of its work.
“I don’t know fully what was envisioned and what wasn’t envisioned,” said Sankey, who has served on the NCAA infractions committee. “But we have to have timely outcomes, both for those accused and for those competing against those who are accused. That has to be a point of emphasis.”
Later, Sankey added: “I was on an implementation working group, and I disagreed with elements of the approach. So I think some of these problems were foreseeable. We have an opportunity to correct and enhance the process. That doesn’t mean everybody will like the process.”
Among other topics Emmert addressed:
NATIONAL NIL RULES
Emmert offered an urgent plea to Congress to craft what he said was needed, uniform national legislation governing financial endorsements for athletes know known as name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.
“This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” Emmert said. "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that.
“We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents.”
Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws.
TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION
With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events.
The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness.
Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states."
TRANFER RULES
Emmert said the current transfer rules continue to draw a lot of scrutiny and complaints from coaches and could be adjusted over time.
“The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,” Emmert said.
But he added that officials are keeping an eye on how the rules affect “students being able to finish their degrees in a timely fashion and go on and lead productive lives, because we know how few of them will be professional basketball players. It’s a constant point of discussion. I don’t anticipate it going away too soon.”
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AP Sports Writers Aaron Beard, Dave Skretta and John Marshall contributed to this report.
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Inquiry to be held into government handling of Nazanin's detention in Iran
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An inquiry will be held into the government's handling of efforts to bring home Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained in Iran for six years.
The Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has announced an inquiry into "state-level hostage situations", which will take into account the detention of Nazanin and Anoosheh Ashoori.
Nazanin returned to the UK on March 17 after spending nearly six years imprisoned on charges of spying – something that was always denied.
Following their release, Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq wrote to Tom Tugendhat MP, chair of the FAC, to ask for an inquiry.
She said Nazanin's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, agreed there was a need for a public inquiry to understand why the government failed to bring Nazanin home for so long and is still failing to secure the release of all British nationals held in Iran.
"I thank the FAC for agreeing to our call for an inquiry," she added.
She has asked the committee to consider why three Iranian officials who came to the UK in 2013 to negotiate repayment of a £400m debt were arrested when they arrived in the UK.
She also wants to know why the deal that the UK and Iran supposedly made in 2021 to resolve the debt and bring Nazanin home collapsed.
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“I know that the Foreign Office cannot reasonably be held responsible for the arbitrary detention of its nationals abroad, but it also cannot escape scrutiny and challenge for its clear shortcomings in trying to secure their release – particularly from Iran," she said.
"Other countries including Australia, France, Germany, Canada and the US have had greater success in securing the fair treatment and release of prisoners held for leverage on false charges."
She spent months in isolation before being sentenced to five years at the notorious Evin Prison.
Ms Siddiq said she was grateful to the government for getting Nazanin home, but said: “Richard Ratcliffe and I have known since the start that Nazanin’s imprisonment was linked to the historic debt we owed to Iran, yet it was only after many years of pressure that this was finally resolved.
"While in Iran, Nazanin was blindfolded, handcuffed, interrogated and subjected to solitary confinement, sleep deprivation and torture.
"The government has serious questions to answer about why this was allowed to happen to an innocent British citizen, who was caught as a pawn in a political dispute between two countries."
The FAC said its inquiry will focus on the challenges that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) faces when handling countries which use extra-judicial detention as a tool for diplomacy.
The high-profile releases of Nazanin and Anoosheh will be examined "as well as the precedent the FCDO’s response in these cases may set".
Processes and approaches taken by the government to try to secure the release of detainees will be looked at, as well as the likely impact the FCDO's approach could have on deterring other states from using the tactic.
It will also "consider options for multilateral action to further deter such behaviour".
Mr Tugendhat said: “Nazanin and Anoosheh’s homecoming is wonderful news, but long overdue. After years of imprisonment, in extremely difficult circumstances, Nazanin and Anoosheh are right to ask for answers.
“Iran is not the only country engaging in state hostage taking. The tactic is fast becoming a tool of choice for authoritarian states and recent high profile cases have highlighted the challenges governments face when securing the release of hostages held captive by states.
“This inquiry will examine the support provided by the FCDO to hostages in recent cases, as well as take a look at the broader picture and ask how the Government can clamp down on the practice internationally.”
Written submissions are being accepted by the inquiry until May 13.
The Foreign Office has been contacted.
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NEW BOSTON — Needing offensive production to overcome a late deficit, the Clay Lady Panthers found their bats in the top of the seventh inning.
Trailing host New Boston 5-2 entering the seventh, Clay (3-0, 1-0 SOC I) scored six runs in the top of the frame to secure an 8-5 road win in SOC I play.
Sophomore Shea Edgington led the Lady Panthers at the plate with a team-high three hits.
Senior Jacy Gearhart had a seventh-inning triple as part of her two-hit day, and senior Preslee Lutz delivered a seventh-inning solo home run.
Lutz was the winning pitcher for Clay, going the distance and allowing three earned runs and four hits, while striking out 13 hitters.
Senior Kailey Ware and freshman Sarah Cassidy both had a triple in the midst of Clay’s seventh-inning rally.
New Boston junior Dylan O’Rourke led the Lady Tigers with two hits and a pair of RBI.
Senior Kenzie Whitley and sophomore Jadelyn Lawson both had a hit in the contest.
Clay hosts Green on Friday in SOC I play, while New Boston (1-1, 0-1 SOC I) prepares to host Symmes Valley.
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BOX SCORE
Clay 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 — 8 12 4
New Boston 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 — 5 4 3
Clay hitting
Shea Edgington 3-4, R, RBI
Jacy Gearhart 2-3, 3B, R, RBI
Jordyn Mathias 0-3, RBI
Preslee Lutz 2-4, HR, R, RBI
Morgan McCoy 1-4, R
Kyleigh Oliver 1-4, R
Kailey Ware 2-4, 2R, RBI
Sarah Cassidy 1-4, R
New Boston hitting
Kenzie Whitley 1-4, 2R
Jadelyn Lawson 1-4, R
Dylan O’Rourke 2-4, R, 2RBI
Cassie Williams 0-3, RBI
Maci Seibert 0-2, BB, R
Pitching
Preslee Lutz (C) 7IP, 13K, 2BB, 3ER (W)
Kenzie Whitley (NB) 6.1IP, 4K, BB, 4ER (L)
Cassie Williams (NB) 0.2IP, 2H. ER
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The city of Denton is expected to add due diligence processes to its policy governing economic incentives — steps recommended following the controversial pursuit of Ranchland Foods.
In a presentation last week before the Denton City Council on proposed changes to the tax abatement and Chapter 380 policies, Economic Development Program Administrator Erica Sullivan said the department would require prospective incentive recipients to submit a form authorizing staff to obtain internal records to verify application data. The form would allow for the review of business financial statements, company creation documents and credit ratings of an applicant.
Staff also would verify business addresses with outside central appraisal districts and through the use of map data if the policy is approved.
Asked by At-Large Place 5 council member Deb Armintor if the changes would incorporate vetting best practices to ensure “we don’t get scammed by somebody who seems too good to be true,” Sullivan told the council it would allow for more transparency early in the process.
“This allows us to do more, and they’re giving us more access than they have in the past,” Sullivan said. “This was done following RanchLand, so if you look at that as an example, we created this form [and] we also did verification to make sure they’re registered with the state, and we can do that with other states as well. […] We’re learning to adapt after that.”
City staff filed a report with the Denton Police Department in September citing concerns the Arizona-based meat production company RanchLand Foods was not legitimate. That was months after the Denton City Council had signed off on a $218,000 Chapter 380 agreement with the company, though those funds had not been released at the time of the report.
An investigation by the Denton Record-Chronicle raised questions about the company and its CEO and founder, Kenny Davis. Record-Chronicle staff discovered discrepancies in the company’s claimed financials and found Davis previously served time in federal prison for his part in a fraudulent multilevel marketing scheme in North Texas. The address given for RanchLand’s corporate headquarters on Denton incentive application materials did not exist, according to Arizona’s Apache County Appraisal District, and the closest real property was an empty field — not a distribution hub for the supposed multimillion-dollar company.
A former RanchLand executive said he was among several Denton area residents owed thousands by the business after it was given a public vote of confidence by city staff, who touted RanchLand’s move as a win for Denton.
Though economic development staff did do some vetting of incentive applicants such as running comps prior to the proposed changes presented last week, the policy updates would make the procedures a regular part of the review process.
“I love that this really unfortunate mistake of the past is being used as a bit of a test case because we can and should — we have an imperative to — learn from that mistake, all of us,” Armintor said during the meeting.
But Mayor Gerard Hudspeth said that, since the city did not disperse money to RanchLand, no mistakes were made. Chapter 380 agreements require companies that are a party to such contracts to meet agreed-upon benchmarks before money is released.
“We can always get better every day, but the fact of the matter is the system at hand worked, so it’s not a failure, it’s not a mistake, it’s not an error, it’s none of those things,” Hudspeth said during the meeting. “It’s an experience that we learn from, and I’ll note even the cities that quote-unquote ‘got it right’ were still pursuing them, right? Everything in place from legal to staff worked and would have prevented us from ever giving them a dime.”
RanchLand also applied for an economic development deal with the city of Decatur in March 2021. Decatur officials told the Record-Chronicle that the details on RanchLand’s application raised “a lot of questions,” including about the company’s address and financials.
That application process stalled when Davis stopped responding to questions, according to Decatur staff.
The proposed changes presented last week in Denton incorporated recommendations from the Economic Development Partnership Board and the City Council, Sullivan said. Erin Carter, interim vice president of the EDP Board, told the Record-Chronicle on Wednesday she could not answer questions about how conversations surrounding those EDP recommendations played out, since she is not employed by the city of Denton and the EDP board is a separate entity.
“We are partners in economic development, recruiting and retaining companies — we’re working always together in like a handshake motion, but we do certain things together and then we also do certain things in parallel,” said Carter, who is also president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce. “I’m not a local municipal employee, and so I would be doing a disservice, not only to residents and readers but also to myself as a professional. So I’m not going to answer a question that I will not be able to stand behind because I’m not employed by the city of Denton.”
Carter referred the Record-Chronicle to city staff.
The additional vetting processes are aimed at aligning the Chapter 380 Policy with the city’s revised strategic plan and were also incorporated in response to front-end vulnerabilities highlighted by the RanchLand agreement, Deputy City Manager David Gaines said.
“We may have ended up in the same spot regardless just by looking at our policies and trying to think of improvements, but when something happens, we’re always going to use that as a learning opportunity,” Gaines said. “We made that commitment to council and to the public that we would look at what changes we could make to ensure we can do everything we can on the front end to do that due diligence, so we feel like these steps help us.”
Also included in the proposed changes is a new evaluation matrix that economic development staff would use to help assess whether a candidate would be a good fit for the city, Sullivan said. It would weigh priority considerations like increasing high-wage jobs, strategic growth areas and public benefit factors like community investment when considering applicants.
Staff will bring the policies back before the EDP Board on April 13 and will bring final changes to the Denton City Council the first week of May for approval.
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Nreal Raises $60 Million from Alibaba. The funding will help China’s Nreal AR Smartglasses launch in its home country following roll outs in Japan and the U.S. The company raised $200 Million at a $700 Million valuation last year, and has built its own manufacturing planet in Wuxi, China. The $600 the AR glasses are cheap for what they are, but they do need to be tethered to very specific new 5G Android smartphone. Nreal says the new funds will also enable them to grow their app ecosystem, which will be critical to user adoption.
Mojo Vision Demos Next Generation AR contact lenses Every once in a while I see something that makes me go wow. Scott Stein of Cnet said wow. Tony Vitillo said wow. Dean Takahasi of Venturebeat said: “The Mojo Lens prototype is a critical milestone for the company in its development, testing, and validation process, and is an innovation positioned at the intersection of smartphones, augmented reality/virtual reality, smart wearables, and health tech.” The company demo’d basic apps in through the actual lens, showing off simple interactive graphics like a compass, and text clear enough to read like a teleprompter. You control the device with gaze, which would definitely take some getting used to. The company has branched out from serving the vision impaired to exploring sports and fitness applications. Mojo Vision has raised over $200 Million.
Hackers Make off with $600 Million in Ronin Cryptocurrency from Axie Infinity. The hack of the blockchain powering the play-to-earn NFT game Axie Infinity has led to one of the biggest crypto heists. Axie brushed it off on Twitter, causing everyone to wonder whose crypto got stolen here.
LIV Raises $8.5 Million to record and livestream players inside of VR and AR games. Creators are able to either film their real bodies inside their favorite VR game or transform themselves into a customized avatar. LIV supports full-body tracking, finger tracking, eye animation, and lip tracking. The technology works live with no post-production needed. The Series A funding round was led by BITKRAFT, with Sony Innovation Fund, Amazon Alexa Fund, Credo Ventures, Samsung Next, and Olive Tree Capital. Angel investors including Dave Wu, partner at Maveron Ventures also investing.
The Nimo Smart Glasses Want to Replace Your Laptop Screen replacement is back. The old Meta (not to be confused with the company formerly known as Facebook, which bought their trademarks out of bankruptcy), founded by Meron Gibretz in 2013 and foundered in 2018, was based on the premise of screen replacement, too. Nimo Planet has been working on their AR glasses for more than four years with a core team of 10 people based out of Kerala, India. The company expects the glasses to ship in India the first half of 2023 for $799.
Wendyverse serving fun in Meta's Horizon Worlds. This is one virtual land grab that makes sense. I also like that Meta is presenting the brand in a way that is organic to the medium. You can only get virtual food there, but you can also shoot some hoops and play other interactive games.
Live Actors Have Returned to The Under Presents. First launched in 2019, The Under Presents is a pioneering interactive VR adventure incorporating both live actors and scripted performances to deliver a narrative-driven mystery that centers on themes of time, fate, and free will. Many of the original cast members of The Under Presents will be returning for this limited engagement, including: Brandon Bales, Michael Bates, Karlie Blair, Sophie Cooper, James Cowan, Whitton Frank, Genevieve Flati, Stephanie Hyden, Dasha Kittredge, Terence Leclere, Deirdre Lyons, Haylee Nichele, Kelly Pierre, Soren Royer-McHugh, and Katelyn Schiller.
This Week in XR is now a podcast hosted by Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at Viacom, and Charlie Fink, the author of this weekly column. Our guest this week is TFM Jonny, professional Vtuber on Youtube, Twitch and Tiktok, where he plays an anime wolf boi who lives in VR Chat. You can find us on podcasting platforms Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
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Augmented Reality Goes Mainstream How a flight line superintendent turned an inspired idea into the Air Force’s one-stop shop for Augmented Reality. Another overnight success that only took ten years. (Amy Hudson/Air Force Magazine)
The Metaverse Will Be a Multi-Platform Mess Conflicting priorities will mean there's a fragmented collection of different 3D realms, not a single destination. (Stephen Shankland/Cnet)
I went to metaverse fashion week and it was like a dystopian nightmare (Charlotte Edwards/The Sun)
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How to choose the best baseball bat for your needs
Unless you play Major League Baseball, you have a choice when it comes to picking the material for your bat. Your options are wood, aluminum or composite. Each of these materials provides the player with a distinct set of advantages. Each also has an inherent set of drawbacks.
When shopping for a baseball bat, you must consider what your needs are and match the type of bat to those needs. A wood bat still has its place, even though aluminum and composite bats offer a performance advantage.
Wood baseball bats
Because of safety (and other) issues, the MLB only uses ash, birch and maple bats. If you want to play like a pro, this would be your bat of choice. It honors tradition and offers a little more safety, although a pair of quality batting gloves will come in handy to reduce the sting.
Wood baseball bats pros
- From a budget perspective, wood bats are appealing because of their lower cost.
- Wood bats are the best bat for training because they provide the most feedback. This helps the player improve their swing mechanics.
- Wood bats are safer because the bat doesn’t increase the ball’s velocity like other materials.
Wood baseball bats cons
- Wood bats break more easily than aluminum or composite bats.
- The sweet spot on a wood bat is smaller than it is on the other options.
- Wood bats are the heaviest type of bat, which means they are harder to swing and may be smaller in size, so they won’t provide as much plate coverage.
Best wood baseball bats
The Big Stick is certified for MLB play. It is made of maple and employs a heavier barrel, making it ideal for power hitters.
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Louisville Slugger Series 3X Ash Bat
This bat is from a trusted name in baseball. It is made of ash and has a natural finish. The large sweet spot and lighter weight make this a favorite.
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Wilson Sporting Goods Louisville Slugger
This 27-inch wood bat is cupped for reduced weight. The black design features red lettering so your bat is sharp looking and easy to identify.
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Aluminum baseball bats
Aluminum bats were introduced to college baseball in the early ’70s to cut down on the rising costs of replacing broken wood bats. Besides being more durable, aluminum is lighter than wood and provides more pop when hitting a ball. However, aluminum bats are not without their downsides.
Aluminum baseball bat pros
- Aluminum bats are best when they are new — there is no break-in period required.
- Aluminum bats have a larger sweet spot, which makes them ideal for a beginner who is having trouble hitting with any sort of power.
- Aluminum bats have a trampoline effect. When the bat makes contact, some of the energy is transferred to the ball, making it travel farther and faster than a ball hit by a wood bat.
- The lighter weight of an aluminum bat means they can be longer and larger, giving the player greater plate coverage and a faster swing.
Aluminum baseball bat cons
- Although an aluminum bat will rarely break, it can lose its pop over time. The more imperfections the bat gains from hitting balls, the more its performance deteriorates.
- Aluminum bats cost slightly more than wooden bats, but they are less than composite bats.
- With an aluminum bat, there is less feedback sent to the batter, so it can be harder for a beginner to develop proper swing mechanics.
Best aluminum baseball bats
Louisville Slugger Omaha USA Youth Bat
The Omaha USA youth bat features a one-piece construction. It feels solid in the batter’s hands and offers enhanced energy transfer. It has a cushioned leather grip for increased comfort and control.
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The lightweight construction of this bat gives the player increased speed, letting them get more power behind their swing. It has a cushioned grip and is approved for all associations that follow the USA Baseball standard.
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This affordable aluminum bat is for entry-level T-ball players. The ultralightweight design is suitable for ages 7 and under. It has a large sweet spot to deliver greater satisfaction and foster confidence.
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Composite baseball bats
A composite baseball bat is made of carbon fiber. These crystalline filaments are thinner than a strand of human hair but become remarkably rugged when twisted together. It is a lightweight material that has incredible strength. Some composite bats are made from a single piece of material, while others are two-piece items: a handle and a barrel. A two-piece bat is better for the average player because it doesn’t transfer as much vibration to the hands after a solid hit. Advanced players with greater speed and power, however, may opt for one-piece bats.
Composite baseball bat pros
- Composite bats are the lightest baseball bats available. This lets manufacturers make longer bats without increasing the weight so players have greater plate coverage.
- Since most composite bats have a two-piece design, they are less likely to sting a player’s hands.
- Composite bats have a larger sweet spot, which makes them best for inexperienced players.
- Over time, the trampoline effect increases on a composite bat.
Composite baseball bat cons
- Composite bats are not as durable as aluminum bats, and it is possible to break them.
- Compost bats cost more than wood bats and aluminum bats.
- A composite bat is not ready to go out of the box. You need to break it in. This process takes anywhere from 150 to 300 hits.
Best composite baseball bats
Louisville Slugger Meta BBCOR Bat
This is a high-end composite bat that is best for the serious player. It features a large barrel with a balanced design and a comfortable yet secure grip.
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Easton Ghost X Hyperlite Youth Bat
This composite bat from Easton is 29 inches long but only weighs 18 ounces. It has a large sweet spot and a balanced swing weight that makes it a good choice for beginners.
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This bat is available in five sizes ranging from 27-31 inches. It features an ultralightweight design to help young players succeed. The lower price adds value.
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Should you get a wood, aluminum or composite baseball bat?
For the average player, an aluminum bat wins out because it offers the best of all worlds. It has a large sweet spot, a lightweight design, and it is available at a reasonable price. However, if you have an unlimited budget, a composite bat might edge out an aluminum bat. A composite bat won’t help you hit the ball farther, but the larger barrel and lighter weight design could up your batting average. For players who want to perfect their swing mechanics, however, there is no better option than using a wood bat at practice.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For some people, overdraft fees are a frustrating inconvenience. For others, they pose crippling costs. Some lawmakers now want to change how they’re charged altogether.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced legislation called the “Overdraft Protection Act.” The bill includes provisions to cap the amount and number of fees a bank can charge.
“My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices,” the New York Democrat said.
Advocates like Elyse Crawford-Hicks with Americans for Financial Reform say overdraft fees hit low-income families and people of color the hardest.
“Overdraft fees are paid the most by people who can least afford them,” Crawford-Hicks said.
Others say over-drafting is a useful service because it can function like a short-term loan. Paul Kundert is the CEO of UW Credit Union, which recently reduced their overdraft fees and put more limits on how they charge them.
“When prices are fair, we believe consumers do benefit from access to the credit provided by overdraft fees,” Kundert said.
Recently, major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America have made changes themselves, by reducing their overdraft fees or eliminating them altogether.
Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, says that demonstrates the legislation is unnecessary.
“The market is naturally, naturally taking care of the issue without government intervention. And we do not need more rules from Washington,” Williams said.
Because banks make billions of dollars in revenue from overdraft fees, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law Todd Zywicki argues the proposed changes would cost consumers.
“We’ll see higher bank fees, we’ll see higher minimum monthly deposits as basically insurance against over-drafting and we will see a loss of access to free checking,” Zywicki said.
Lawmakers like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., are promising to continue pushing for the reforms.
“How can we perform such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people simply for being poor?” Pressley said.
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Police officers had been "prepared" to take action against Will Smith, including potentially arresting him, following the Oscars slap, a ceremony producer has said.
The actor, 53, stormed the stage of the award show on Sunday night (March 27) following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50, by guest presenter Chris Rock, 57.
The comedian had suggested she looked like G.I. Jane, assumed to be in reference to her shaved head - with her said to have previously suffered hair loss due to alopecia.
Smith - who's been married to Pinkett Smith since 1997 - confronted Rock and slapped him during the live broadcast from the Dolby Theatre, located in Los Angeles.
The outburst has attracted significant attention in the days since it happened, with it having been reported in recent days that Rock had opted against filing a police report.
It has now been alleged that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had been "prepared" to take action against Smith, had the comedian opted to press charges.
That's according to Will Packer, 47, - a producer on the Oscars this year - who has now opened up about what happened in the aftermath of the altercation to ABC News.
He said the LAPD spoke to Rock following the altercation, with him alleging in his recent interview that police officers had referred to the incident as "battery" at the time.
The producer - whose interview will be released in full today - said that officers told Rock they were prepared to take action and laid out the options to the comedian.
Packer alleged that officers had explained to Rock: "We will go get him. We are prepared. We're prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him."
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Packer said the comedian had been "very dismissive" of the options that were given to him by the officers and claimed that Rock declined the opportunity for action to be taken.
A spokesperson for the LAPD told us that at all Oscars award ceremonies the police department are "in the area."
The spokesperson further commented that had the victim decided to make a private person's arrest, officers from the LAPD would have facilitated the arrest.
They however confirmed that there was no arrest made and there has been no further action taken by LAPD on behalf of the victim or anyone else in relation to the incident.
The Mirror approached reps of Rock and Smith.
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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was killed and two others injured Thursday during a shooting that occurred while responding to a domestic disturbance call, Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello said.
Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. for the disturbance call. Nearly an hour later gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit, Capello said at a brief news conference.
All three officers were taken to hospitals. One of them has been pronounced dead. A second was in critical condition, but stable, and a third was in stable condition, Capello said.
“This is an extremely difficult moment for everyone,” Capello said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Lebanon, was killed in the shooting, Lebanon Police Chief Todd Breiner said.
“As one can imagine, it's clearly a traumatic event,” Breiner said. “Our guys are strong, but we're human and we have families.”
The slain officer's name is being withheld pending notification of extended family members.
Police did not release further details.
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RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.
Soskin “spent her last day providing an interpretive program to the public and visiting with coworkers," a Park Service statement said.
She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that “she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white," according to a Park Service biography.
“Being a primary source in the sharing of that history – my history – and giving shape to a new national park has been exciting and fulfilling,” Soskin said in the Park Service statement. “It has proven to bring meaning to my final years.”
Soskin won a temporary Park Service position at the age of 84 and became a permanent Park Service employee in 2011. She celebrated her 100th birthday last September.
“Betty has made a profound impact on the National Park Service and the way we carry out our mission,” Director Chuck Sams said. “Her efforts remind us that we must seek out and give space for all perspectives so that we can tell a more full and inclusive history of our nation.”
Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography.
Her family then moved to Oakland, California, and Soskin remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where in 1945 she and her first husband founded one of the first Black-owned record stores in the area, the biography said.
She also was a civil rights activist and took part in meetings to develop a general management plan for the Home Front park. She has received several honors.
She was named California Woman of the Year in 1995.
In 2015, Soskin received a presidential coin from President Barack Obama after she lit the National Christmas tree at the White House.
In June 2016, she was awakened in her home by a robber who punched her repeatedly in the face, dragged her out of her bedroom and beat her before making off with the coin and other items. Soskin, then 94, recovered and returned to work just weeks after the attack. The coin was replaced.
Soskin also was honored with entry into the Congressional Record. Glamour Magazine named her woman of the year in 2018.
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A new Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy study describes an immunocompetent individual with prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) shedding 221 days after their initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis.
Study: Case of a pregnant woman with probable prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding 221 days after diagnosis. Image Credit: Myriam B / Shutterstock.com
COVID-19 testing during pregnancy
Pregnant women are typically tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection before hospital admission. Generally, pregnant women are questioned about the presence of any symptoms and history related to travel, occupation, and close contact with infected individuals.
Whenever a moderate to high risk of infection is predicted, pregnant women should be tested. However, some healthcare facilities test all pregnant women, irrespective of symptoms and personal history.
Case of a pregnant Japanese woman
A 20-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the end of May 2021, which was identified by a SARS-CoV-2 antigen test. This patient had a fever and no other symptoms and was quarantined for 10 days.
Since this initial diagnosis, the patient did not visit crowded places or display any symptoms. Her family members also did not exhibit any COVID-19 symptoms.
Later, the patient realized that she was about eight weeks pregnant during the time she had a fever. In September and October 2021, she was vaccinated with two doses of a COVID-19 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine.
In December 2021, the patient was admitted to the hospital for delivery. She had an uncomplicated pregnancy and normal vaginal delivery.
The woman underwent a routine SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test on a nasal and oral swab, which was collected during admission. The patient was found to be SARS-CoV-2 positive with a cycle threshold (Ct) value of 36.4, thus indicating a low viral load. This was 221 days after the initial COVID-19 diagnosis.
Testing for variant strains
The samples taken from the patient in this study were analyzed for the presence of mutations indicative of the variant. To this end, the samples showed the presence of the
Alpha variant, whereas Delta and Omicron variant mutations were confirmed to be absent. Genomic sequencing was challenging due to the low viral load in the samples.
Case of prolonged viral shedding
In December 2021, the Alpha variant was no longer in circulation in Japan, as the COVID-19 wave caused by the Alpha variant in Japan ended in July 2021. The patient had no symptoms or known contact with SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals. Since the patient’s viral load was very low, it was concluded that this was a case of prolonged viral shedding; the longest duration ever reported.
Geographically, this woman is from Ibaraki Prefecture, where the Alpha variant was dominant from April to July 2021. Comparatively, the Delta variant was the dominant circulating strain in this area by mid-September 2021, which is when it almost completely replaced the Alpha variant.
When the patient in the current study was tested SARS-CoV-2 positive, the Omicron variant was dominant in the region. Almost all SARS-CoV-2 infections in January and February 2022 were due to the Omicron variant. If the woman was reinfected, it would more likely have been due to the Delta or Omicron variant.
Several studies have shown that individuals with mild to moderate and severe COVID-19 can test RT-PCR positive up to 17.2 days and 19.8 days after the symptom onset, respectively. Additional reports of prolonged viral shedding have also been published.
According to published data, the average duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding was 17.0 days and the maximum duration was 83 days. Usually, prolonged viral shedding is associated with older age, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus; however, pregnancy has not been previously associated with this phenomenon.
Notably, one previous case study reports prolonged viral shedding during pregnancy after 104 days of the initial positive test.
Reasons for prolonged viral shedding
There remains a lack of understanding of the mechanism for prolonged viral shedding during pregnancy.
During pregnancy, there are physiological changes in the immune environment within the maternal body that are predominantly Th2 cell-mediated with attenuation of Th1 cell-mediated immunity. As a result, a pregnant woman is susceptible to intracellular pathogens, including viruses.
In fact, it has been observed that the lungs of pregnant mice have an eight times higher viral load of influenza virus than non-pregnant mice. This implies that viral clearance is impeded during pregnancy.
Th2-dominant immunity promotes the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, it is possible that in pregnant women, the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection is Th2-dominant, which may result in mild COVID-19 symptoms in pregnant women. Thus, the Th2-dominant state may cause prolonged viral shedding and prevent severe COVID-19 in this patient population.
Limitations
Due to the low viral load in the patient’s sample, no genomic sequence data was available. Therefore, Alpha variant confirmation was done by variant strain screening PCR test.
Journal reference:
- Akine D, Sasahara T, Koido A, et al. (2022). Case of a pregnant woman with probable prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding 221 days after diagnosis. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. doi:10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.012.
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Fears patients will die at regional, rural hospitals with 'system overwhelmed', says emergency director
By Kimberley Price and James FindlayA regional hospital emergency director says Victorians need to demand more from politicians of every persuasion amid an overcrowded medical system, warning patients who experience overcrowding will become sicker and die.
Key points:
- Dr Simon Judkins says there are many factors contributing to the demand at regional and rural emergency departments
- Self-harm presentations to emergency departments have spiked by 200 per cent in the past 12 months
- Pressure in metro hospitals is impacting regional and rural services, as waiting times increase for medical transfers
The mental health crisis, GP shortage, access to aged care, and a spike in COVID-19 cases are all putting intense pressure on regional and rural emergency departments.
Bendigo Health reported a record-breaking 2,276 emergency department presentations on March 15 and patients are being forced to wait up to 12 hours before specialist transfers in some regional Victorian locations.
Echuca Regional Health emergency department director Simon Judkins said the complex problems were being "replicated in every regional and rural facility" across the state.
"We know that patients presenting to a system that is overcrowded, that is full, resources aren't matching demand [and] the outcomes aren't going to be as good," Dr Judkins said.
"We know that with delays to care, there can be an increase in mortality.
"So, people become sicker, the long-term impacts on their health are more significant, and patients with delays to care, they die."
Self-harm presentations spike
Intentional self-harm presentations to the emergency department have dramatically increased in the past 12 months, with cases in young people up almost 200 per cent.
Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee executive director Lisa Renato said while the number of deaths by suicide had decreased, any number was too high.
In the 12 months to June 2020, there were 9,514 calls to mental health services. The following year saw 11,229 and in the first nine months of the 2021/22 financial year there have already been 13,828.
"I think it's pretty safe to say that the system's overwhelmed, especially the past two years."
There have been some positive initiatives in Central Victoria in a bid to ease the mental health pressures for young people, including the opening of headspace Echuca and Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee starting grief and loss counselling.
But Dr Judkins said, without systematic mental health care changes, emergency department presentations would continue to impact the system.
"Trying to access mental health care in regional and rural areas is a huge issue across the state," he said.
"We need access to mental health care in the community and we need access to mental health beds within the hospital system."
City pressure impacting regional and rural services
Dr Judkins said the pressure in metropolitan hospitals was trickling into regional and rural areas and intensifying the problems impacting emergency departments.
"If we have a patient in a rural facility who needs intensive care treatments, and if those ICU units in our metro hospitals are full, then there are delays to transfer," he said.
"The combination of all of those things is really a perfect storm to see increasing hospital presentations and ambulance ramping across the state."
Dr Judkins called for greater government spending in the public hospital sector.
"This is really a political choice about where people want their money spent," he said.
"I think people need to think about what sort of healthcare system they want and need and deserve.
"It really does come down to we need to demand better from our from our politicians, of all persuasions."
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The owner of a restaurant in Portland says her business has seen backlash because of the conflict in Ukraine. While Kachka serves Russian-inspired cuisine, the owner is fundraising to help the people of Ukraine.
Bonnie Morales is the chef and co-owner of Kachka. She says they've received hurtful comments on social media — and some guests have cancelled reservations in response to the war.
In spite of all that, the restaurant is showing support for Ukraine. Morales' family is from Belarus in eastern Europe. When Russia invaded Ukraine she wanted to help.
"What we could do immediately is put a cocktail [on the menu] which the proceeds would go to the Red Cross,” explained Morales.
So far they’ve raised over $4,500 for the Red Cross in Ukraine, with the Ukrainian spirit made with a blend of peppers and honey. Morales wanted to do more to raise funds and awareness of the growing humanitarian crisis.
"I’m not a writer so I can’t write an op-ed or anything, but I can cook," Morales said. With that in mind, she created Ukrainian-style dumplings.
"Ukrainian dumplings are a called vareniki and they are typically made with some kind of fruit or vegetable filling," said Morales.
Kachka’s version is filled with the restaurant’s home-made sauerkraut and potato puree – wrapped in a unique display of solidarity.
"Dyed with turmeric to make it a little yellow and the other side dyed with butterfly pea flower to make it a little blue," explained Morales. "So when they cook, one side is blue and the other side is yellow and resembles the Ukrainian flag," said Morales.
One dollar from each package will be donated to UNICEF’s Ukraine Appeal.
"It’s important for Portlanders and Oregonians to remember there are thousands of Ukrainians and Russians living here, so it’s very likely that someone that you interact with has family right now suffering," said Morales.
Olga Blackwood lives in Portland but was born in Ukraine. She still has family there.
"Every morning I wake up and I wonder are they alive," said Blackwood. "They’re living with air raid sirens constantly and so far they’re okay.”
In uncertain times it brings Blackwood a little joy to see her Portland community show up in support — whether it be with a rally or dumplings.
The dumplings are available at the restaurant's grocery store for $10.99. You can also find them online and at Portland-area New Seasons. Kachka hopes to add them to the restaurant menu next week
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Braze, Inc. Annual Report (Form10)
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Australia prepare for England in Cup final
Australia are relishing the chance to play the old enemy England in the Women's Cricket World Cup final on Sunday.
While Australia have won eight straight in New Zealand, the English have dug themselves out of a hole to reach the final.
Heather Knight's side started 0-3, including an opening loss to Australia that lengthened a miserable run.
Including the five winless Ashes matches across all formats earlier this summer, England went eight matches without victory before mounting their form reversal.
Beth Mooney, one of Australia's stars with the bat at the World Cup, hat-tipped England's effort while issuing a warning of what would come next.
"We played them obviously in the first-round game and I think everyone was happy to have a bit of a break from them," she told AAP.
"They fought their way to the final and kudos to them.
"But not much of what's happening this tournament matters now because you've got to show up at the right time on Sunday."
Mooney worked out how much she didn't like losing to England back in 2017.
It wasn't at the last ODI World Cup - although England had Australia's measure in the group stage of that tournament - but during the Ashes series that came a few months later.
At the time, Australia was deep in its post-World Cup navel gazing, a galvanising period when the world No.1s examined why they fell short and vowed not to do so again.
Instead, the defeat came at Coffs Harbour, in the third match of their Ashes series, when Austalia fell short in a rain-affected chase.
"We beat them 2-1 in a one-day series and lost the last game. There was a bitter taste in our mouth that we let them get one back," she said.
"Since then we've made a real concerted effort to make sure that if we do have them 2-0 down ... we really come home strong and beat them again.
"We do enjoy beating them to be honest. There is a huge rivalry there."
Australia haven't lost an ODI to England since, a five-year run that includes seven matches.
Jess Jonassen agreed "it's always nice to beat England".
"And fortunately, we've been on the winning side a little bit recently," she said.
"There's such an incredible rivalry between us and England that I don't think anybody likes coming out on the losing end.
"It's always high stakes. And a World Cup final, it doesn't get any bigger."
Off-spinner Sophie Ecclestone has been a key to the English revival in New Zealand, taking 20 scalps to be the tournament's leading wicket-taker, including 6-36 in the semi-final against South Africa.
Mooney said the Australian are of her threat, saying "she's probably come up against teams that don't play a lot against her".
"In the Ashes series and the (World Cup) game against her, our batting group played her exceptionally well. (At the World Cup against Australia) she went for 0-77 in her 10 overs," she said.
"We've got a few better plans to some of their bowlers now. We understand she's a bit of a threat. But we're also pretty comfortable with our batting and how we're going to take her on."
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday that Australia will send armored Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy specifically asked for them while appealing to Australian lawmakers for more help in Ukraine's war against Russia.
Zelenskyy addressed the Australian Parliament on Thursday and asked for the Australian-made, four-wheel-drive vehicles.
Morrison told reporters the vehicles will be flown over on Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport planes. He didn’t specify how many would be sent or when.
“We’re not just sending our prayers, we are sending our guns, we’re sending our munitions, we’re sending our humanitarian aid, we’re sending all of this, our body armor, all of these things and we’re going to be sending our armored vehicles, our Bushmasters, as well,” Morrison said.
Zelenskyy has been tailoring his message to individual countries through video appeals like the one shown to legislators in the Australian Parliament. Lawmakers gave him standing ovation at the start and end of his 16-minute address.
Zelenskyy also called for tougher sanctions and for Russian vessels to be banned from international ports.
“We need more sanctions against Russia, powerful sanctions until they stop blackmailing other countries with their nuclear missiles,” Zelenskyy said through an interpreter.
Zelenskyy specifically asked for Bushmaster vehicles.
“You have very good armed personnel vehicles, Bushmasters, that could help Ukraine substantially, and other pieces of equipment,” Zelenskyy said.
While the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) from the Australian capital Canberra, Zelenskyy said Australia was not safe from the conflict which threatened to escalate into a nuclear war.
He suggested that a Russian victory over Ukraine would embolden China to declare war on Taiwan.
“The most terrible thing is that if we don’t stop Russia now, if we don’t hold Russia accountable, then some other countries of the world who are looking forward to similar wars against their neighbors will decide that such things are possible for them as well,” Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy also said Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Moscow had been punished for the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine.
Two weeks ago, the Australian and Dutch governments launched a legal case against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organization to hold Moscow accountable for its alleged role in the missile strike that killed all 298 people on MH17. Of the victims, 196 were Dutch citizens and 38 were Australian residents.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison had earlier told the president that Australia would provide additional military assistance including tactical decoys, unmanned aerial and unmanned ground systems, rations and medical supplies. He later said the additional help would cost 25 million Australian dollars ($19 million).
“You have our prayers, but you also have our weapons, our humanitarian aid, our sanctions against those who seek to deny your freedom and you even have our coal,” Morrison said.
Australia has already promised or provided Ukraine with AU$91 million ($68 million) in military assistance, AU$65 million ($49 million) in humanitarian help and 70,000 metric tons (77,200 U.S. tons) of coal.
Earlier Thursday, the government announced Australia was imposing an additional 35% tariff on all imports from Russia and Belarus starting April 25.
Oil and energy imports from Russia will be banned from that date. Exports to Russia of Australian aluminum ore will also be banned.
Sanctions have been imposed on more than 500 individuals and entities in Russia and Belarus. The sanctions cover 80% of the Russian banking sector and all government entities that handle Russian sovereign debt.
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Giannis becomes Bucks' scoring leader in OT win over Nets
NEW YORK (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become Milwaukee's career scoring leader on a 3-pointer that forced overtime, and then made two free throws in the final seconds to give the Bucks a 120-119 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
The defending NBA champions clinched a return to the postseason with the win, in which Antetokounmpo had 44 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Jrue Holiday added 19 points and Khris Middleton had 16 before being ejected for a flagrant foul midway through the third quarter.
Kevin Durant had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds for the Nets, but missed a 3-pointer that would have won it. Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and Bruce Brown had 23.
Just as in the memorable end to their second-round series last summer, when the Bucks overcame 48 points from Durant - most ever in a Game 7 - overtime was needed to determine a winner. Milwaukee took that one 115-111 and pulled it out Thursday behind a second straight 40-point game from Antetokounmpo.
He came into the game 39 points behind Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's career scoring leader who had 14,211 points after beginning his career in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo passed him with a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left that knotted it at 110.
The Bucks and Nets could be headed for a first-round matchup this year. The Bucks are a half-game behind Miami for the top spot in the Eastern Conference, while the Nets are tied for eighth and can likely hope for nothing better than the No. 7 or 8 seed by coming out of the play-in tournament.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives to the basket against Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
The Bucks led by four in overtime but the Nets rallied to take a 119-118 lead when Durant was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all three shots with 8.7 seconds left. Antetokounmpo quickly rushed into the lane and was fouled by Nic Claxton. He made both free throws and finished 15 of 19 from the line.
Brooklyn took control before Middleton's ejection, with Seth Curry scoring five straight points to give the Nets the lead and Brown scoring to make it 99-96 with 5 1/2 minutes to play.
Antetokounmpo re-entered the game but threw a bad pass that Brown grabbed and appeared to be on his way to an uncontested layup. But Middleton raced back and grabbed Brown´s upper arm as he was in the air, sending him to a hard landing. Referees reviewed the replay and informed a stunned Middleton that he received the harsher Flagrant 2 and was ejected.
Brown made the free throws, Irving scored and the Nets´ built a 108-99 lead when Durant threw down Irving´s lob pass with 3:52 left.
TIP-INS
Bucks: Coach Mike Budenholzer coached in Brooklyn for the first time this season, having missed the Bucks´ 121-109 victory on Jan. 7 while in the NBA´s health and safety protocols.
Nets: Coach Steve Nash said he isn´t closely watching the results of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have tumbled all the way to seventh in the East. If they remain behind Toronto, the removes the possibility of having to play a play-in game in Canada, where the unvaccinated Irving is unable to travel.
"I´m not averse to seeing how they´re doing and where they´re at, but it´s not something that I´m, like I said the other day, refreshing my feed daily," Nash said.
THE GREEK´S KNEE
Though Antetokounmpo appeared on the injury report with right knee soreness, Budenholzer said it´s nothing beyond what the two-time NBA MVP has been dealing with for years.
"I think it´s in a good place," Budenholzer said. "I don´t think it´s anything that we´re concerned about, but there´s a daily attention and effort that it takes from the sports performance team and him and what he does to be his best. It´s impressive."
UP NEXT
Bucks: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.
Nets: Visit Atlanta on Saturday.
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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) shoots from between Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo (34), Wesley Matthews (23) and Brook Lopez (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dunks as Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant (7) and Kyrie Irving watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant (7) is defended by Milwaukee Bucks guard Wesley Matthews (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday (21) reaches for the ball next to Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton (24) drives to the basket against Brooklyn Nets forward Nic Claxton (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Brooklyn Nets guard Patty Mills (8) reacts after making a 3-point shot against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, March 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
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Xavier topples Texas A&M in final seconds for NIT title
Jack Nunge hit a leaning bank shot in the lane with 3.1 seconds left Thursday night as second-seeded Xavier rallied to nip top-seeded Texas A&M 73-72 for the NIT championship in New York.
It was the last of 15 points for Nunge, who added 11 rebounds and four assists as the Musketeers (23-13) went 4-0 under interim coach Jonas Hayes after coach Travis Steele was fired following a first-round win over Cleveland State on March 15.
With new coach Sean Miller watching from behind the Xavier bench, the Musketeers also got 21 points from Colby Jones and 18 from Dwon Odom. Xavier hit nearly 54 percent of its shots in the second half.
The Aggies (27-13) had a chance to win it as time expired, but Tyrece Radford's running 3-pointer from the left wing rattled in and out. It was just their third loss in 14 games.
Quenton Jackson scored a game-high 23 points for Texas A&M, going 12 of 14 at the foul line. Radford finished with 15 and reserve Hassan Diarra added 12 points. The Aggies were outscored 40-32 in the paint.
Xavier came out and threw the first punch, establishing a 15-6 lead less than five minutes into the game when Jones drilled a 3-pointer off a Texas A&M turnover.
But the Aggies controlled the rest of the first half, using their staples of defense and balanced scoring. They went on a 14-4 run, grabbing a 20-19 edge at the 7:19 mark after Diarra canned a 3-pointer in transition.
Texas A&M rattled off a 16-4 burst after trailing 26-24, upping its advantage to 40-30 when Radford put back Jackson's missed layup. However, the Musketeers got the last say when Jones drove into the lane for a layup just before time expired, slicing their deficit to eight at halftime.
The Aggies finished the half at 56 percent shooting and also went 9 of 10 at the foul line.
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Morning Digest | Hundreds march to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house; Jaishankar sees ‘campaign’ against India for buying Russian oil, and more
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Jaishankar sees ‘campaign’ against India for buying Russian oil
Criticising what he called a “campaign” against India for buying Russian oil at discounts in the past few weeks, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said the European countries remained the biggest buyers of oil and gas from Russia despite announcements that they would cut down. Speaking at an event organised by the Ministry of External Affairs’ think tank, Indian Council for World Affairs, where he held a discussion with visiting U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Mr. Jaishankar said it was “natural for countries to go out in the market and look for good deals” when oil prices go up, as they had in the past month since Russia’s war in Ukraine and the U.S.,U.K. and EU sanctions were placed on Russia.
As Sri Lanka crisis worsens, hundreds march to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house
Hundreds of angry protestors gathered outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private residence in Colombo late on Thursday night, after the island experienced a 13-hour-long power cut amid Sri Lanka’s worsening economic meltdown. Riot police were swiftly deployed to the spot. They used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd, but those agitating endured at the spot, chanting “Gota go home” in Sinhala. Many were holding posters with anti-government slogans, and demanded that the government step out immediately, having “mishandled” the country’s economy.
Will not resign, ready for no-trust vote, says Imran Khan
A defiant Imran Khan on Thursday indicated that he will not resign from the post of Pakistan’s prime minister despite losing the majority in the National Assembly and insisted that he will face the vote of no-confidence which would take place on Sunday. In a live-address to the nation, 69-year-old Mr. Khan also discussed a ‘threat letter’ that purportedly showed “evidence” of a foreign conspiracy to topple his coalition government. He named the U.S. as the country behind the threat in what appeared to be a slip of tongue.
Punjab Assembly to have special, one-day session today
The Punjab Assembly will have a special one-day session on Friday to discuss the Centre’s decision to extend the central service rules to employees of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The decision to convene the special one-day session was taken in a State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The Assembly’s list of business for the day said Chief Minister Mann will move a resolution “regarding matters pertaining to Union Territory Chandigarh“. The Centre’s recent decision that central service rules will apply to the employees of the Union Territory of Chandigarh has evoked sharp reactions from AAP, Congress and SAD in Punjab.
U.S. Deputy NSA cautions India against trade deals with Russia
There will be “consequences” for any country, including India, that conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central bank or constructs a payment mechanism that subverts or circumvents the United States’ sanctions against Russia, American Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Daleep Singh said in New Delhi on Thursday, hours before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed. Mr. Lavrov is due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday, and is expected to brief them on the war in Ukraine, peace talks, keeping defence supplies running and alternate payment mechanisms in the face of Western sanctions.
Mullaperiyar row | Dam Safety Act can end disputes, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday found in the Dam Safety Act of 2021 a panacea to end the “perennial” legal battle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar dam. A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said that the new law provided for almost everything, other than how to “settle political scores”, to resolve inter-State disputes over dams. The Act comprehensively postulates for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of dams to prevent disasters.
Congress, BJP spar in Lok Sabha over cuts in MGNREGA budgets
The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed sharp exchanges between Congress members and BJP ministers after Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressed concern over reduction in budgetary allocations for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Ms. Gandhi said there has been a 35% reduction in allocation in the current budget compared to the 2020 Budget and several States are left with negative balance in their MGNREGA accounts to the tune of ₹5,000 crore. This has led to delays in payments to workers, she added. Responding to her statement, Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the allegations were “far from the truth” and charged the Congress chief with politicising the issue.
No change in interest on small savings
The government on Thursday opted to leave interest rates on small savings instruments like the Public Provident Fund unchanged for April to June 2022, maintaining the status quo for the eighth successive quarter. The Reserve Bank of India had indicated the need to pare interest rates on these schemes between 0.09 and 1.18 percentage points in the coming quarter. However, the resurgence of inflation beyond 6% in the last two months and the upswing in oil prices may have weighed against taking an unpopular step, especially after the Employees’ Provident Fund rate for 2021-22 was reduced from 8.5% to 8.1% earlier this month, the lowest in over 42 years.
China, Pak., Afghanistan agree to boost three-way ties
China on Thursday said it would deepen three-way cooperation with Afghanistan and Pakistan as the Foreign Ministers of the three countries met in eastern China. “Under the current circumstances, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan should restart the trilateral cooperation mechanism and advance cooperation in the three areas of politics, development and security based on the principles of mutual respect, equal-footed consultation and mutual benefit,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said following talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Acting Foreign Minister of Taliban government Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Nepal PM to focus on Pancheshwar dam project during visit
During his upcoming visit, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is expected to focus on his personal experience of handling India-Nepal relations over multiple tenures as the PM of Nepal. Mr. Deuba will meet External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar here on Friday, soon after arriving from Kathmandu. The meeting will mark the beginning of high power interactions between the two sides since the eruption of the Kalapani territorial dispute in November 2019.
Northwest, Central India to experience above-normal maximum temperature in April, says IMD
Northwest and central India and parts of the northeast are expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures in April, the weather office said on Thursday. Normal to below normal maximum temperatures are likely in south peninsular India, many parts of the eastern parts of the country and the adjoining areas of the northeast, India Meteorological Department Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
Trinamool leaders resort to blame game over Rampurhat massacre
Senior leaders of the Trinamool Congress are indulging in a blame game over the Rampurhat massacre. On Thursday, Trinamool Congress district president Anubrata Mondal said he wanted to remove Anarul Hossain, block president of the party’s Rampurhat Block, but did not go ahead after a request from Asish Banerjee, Deputy Speaker in the West Bengal Assembly.
Unity of India will not bend to passing winds of empty slogans: Allahabad High Court
“The unity of India is not made of bamboo reeds which will bend to the passing winds of empty slogans,” said the Allahabad High Court as it granted bail to three Kashmiri students who are arrested in Agra last October for allegedly hailing the Pakistan cricket team’s victory over India in a T-20 cricket match. A first information report had been lodged against Arsheed Yousuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh and Showkat Ahmed Ganai for allegedly posting a WhatsApp status praising Pakistani players after the country defeated India in the T20 World Cup cricket match. They had been in jail since October 27, 2021.
Russians leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure: Ukraine
Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, and the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had not been able to confirm reports of Russian troops receiving high doses. It said it was seeking more information.
IPL set to allow 50% spectators from April 5
The Indian Premier League (IPL) games in Maharashtra are set to witness double spectator attendance from April 5 than in the first week of the tournament, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) set to allow 50% attendance at all four venues. The Hindu understands that following a green signal from the Government of Maharashtra, the BCCI has directed the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Maharashtra Cricket Association to make arrangements for 50% attendance from April 5.
Indian Premier League 2022: LSG vs CSK | De Kock and Lewis flatten Super Kings
No doubt the boundaries at the Cricket Club of India’s Brabourne Stadium were small. No doubt the conditions were tilted towards batters, with the dew making the ball as wet as it can be in a bucketful of water. Still, a team had to bat out of its skin to surpass a target of 211, that too versus the defending champion. Lucknow Super Giants did just that on Thursday night.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced Thursday that the state’s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is sending 9,000 pounds of surplus equipment to Ukraine to help in its war against Russia.
The governor’s office said Thursday that the equipment was donated by 11 local, county, state and tribal law enforcement agencies.
It includes 874 bullet proof vests, 77 helmets, miscellaneous tactical clothing, footwear, pads and shields.
The 17 pallets of equipment will be transported to Ukraine by the Ukrainian Relief Group and is expected to be delivered in the next two weeks.
As a sign of support, the Ukrainian flag flies in front of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix alongside the state flag.
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March 25-31, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.
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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.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
8-9-4-2, FIREBALL: 9
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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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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:
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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.
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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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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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’Game of Thrones’ prequel to hit screens in August
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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