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Why the Coinbase listing is bad news for bitcoin believers – The Australian Financial Review

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Coinbase is highly sensitive to super-volatile crypto valuations. A strong bull-market performance in the first quarter of 2021, when bitcoin rose above $US60,000, should be contrasted with the fact Coinbase posted a $US30 million annual net loss in 2019, a year when bitcoin averaged around $US5000-$US6000.

As it stands, Coinbase is also regulated and licensed under the US Money Services Business legislative framework, not as an exchange or so-called prime brokerage for services such as credit for trading. This gives Coinbase a big advantage over its more heavily regulated counterparts like ICE or the CME.

If that changed, there could be big consequences. Were it indeed regulated as an exchange, its capacity to generate earnings from prime brokerage, over-the-counter brokerage and principal trading would be firmly clipped back. If overseen as a prime broker or a bank, its capital burden would be increased significantly.

While the IPO might validate the importance of cryptocurrencies as a speculative asset, its a noteworthy irony that so-called bitcoin maximalists also consider the platform a brazen sellout. They believe it has forsaken cryptos true principles for the golden goose offered by Wall Street. Its a fair argument.

Bitcoin came to market touting promises of trustless banking, cheaper payments, privacy and most famously of all the end of the publics dependency on financial middlemen. But in both wooing Wall Street and embracing regulation, especially know-your-customer and anti-money laundering rules, Coinbase has not only abandoned the role of challenging the traditional state-controlled fiat currency system but also the privacy of crypto transactions envisaged by inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

The groups transmutation into just another middleman operator has been fascinating to watch. Its unclear if the platforms 56 million users understand or even care that they are not holding coins but Coinbase IOUs, or that most transactions on the platform are not even settled through any public blockchain.

The IPO comes at a time when the original challenger vision of Nakamoto is being rattled in other ways. Last week a former deputy director of the CIA, Michael Morrell, officially endorsed the bitcoin network, arguing blockchain analysis is a highly effective crime fighting and intelligence gathering tool.

It was also a week when famed libertarian Peter Thiel warned that China, a mass-surveillance state with big digital currency ambitions, was using bitcoin as a financial weapon against the US.

If this signals anything at all it is that the state, not crypto, has won the day in terms of control of the financial system.

Rather than celebrate the Coinbase listing, those who thought crypto would up-end the publics dependency on central banks or financiers should be lamenting it. All indicators imply crypto has acted less as a liberator and more as a honeypot designed to lure users into greater surveillance and not less.

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Albany Black Lives Matter protest takes to the streets – Times Union

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ALBANY - They gathered Saturday at Townsend Park, just as they had three days before.

Are we ready? Legacy Casanova asked the crowd of protesters, most wearing black, many carrying signs that professed the grief and anger that has enveloped so many across the city and nation.

They walked down Lark Street, where business employees peered outside and saw raised fists, raised signs and heard raised voices that screamed, Matter! each time the words Black lives were spoken.

When is this going to stop? Nahshon McLaughlin asked as he walked past the giant yellow Black Lives Matter mural painted last summer, a marker that reminded him of the last time he was here protesting, chanting different names of Black Americans killed by police: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd.

And now here he was again, over half a year later, chanting new names Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo walking atop a mural that was fading away.

Its sadness. This is just anger and sadness, he said.

The scores of activists and supporters eventually converged at the South Station on Arch Street, the scene of a confrontation Wednesday evening.

Casanova told the protesters not to climb or even touch the rail at the South Station an action that police said escalated tensions at the last protest.

As evening settled the scene was calm outside the station, with protesters singing and marching. No police were seen stepping outside, though at least two could be seen on the roof. The rails leading to the entrance were empty of people.

Three days ago the similar demonstration culminated in the brief clash between police officers and demonstrators, where officers deployed pepper spray and a window was broken by some protesters. City officials held a news conference about Wednesday's protest on Friday, describing the gathering as a "riot."

Protesters were peacefully chanting as night fell, with leaders reminding people to pick up their trash. Many criticized Mayor Kathy Sheehanfor her comments equating the clash Wednesday in Albany to the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

What she said made me sick, one protester said.

Lukee Forbes, a community leader, said officers not being outside dramatically helped with deescalating tensions.

Police not being here is whats going to keep this from escalating, he said. Thats what gets tensions high: when police are here.

Many protesters promised to return to the station and continue protesting until the officer who pushed at a womans megaphone on Wednesday is fired.

Kat Reyefico, 29, was at the station on Wednesday. She wasnt hit with pepper spray, she said, but her friends were, and as she tried to help them, she inhaled the residue from the chemicals. She was beginning to have an asthma attack, she said. She borrowed he friends inhaler, and promised herself she would return again on Saturday.

This is where Im supposed to be, she said, playing a drum she had borrowed from the heavy metal band shes in. She was giving rhythm to the chants, providing a beat for the people who yelled again and again: No justice, no peace.

Troy protest

The Albany march came a few hours after another gathering in Troy.

Under different circumstances, the gathering under the Collar City Bridge Saturday afternoon could have been mistaken for a family reunion. Music played, kids drew with chalk on the asphalt, and people passed out snacks and water. A large table loaded with flowers below a large banner reading "Black Lives Matter" taped to bridge supports and signs in the crowd with messages like, "Abolish Racism in Troy PD or Abolish the Troy PD" revealed the event as both a memorial and a call to action. There were no uniformed police present.

Saturday was the fifth anniversary of the day Edson Thevenin, 37, was killed by a Troy police officer during a traffic stop on the road above the crowd of roughly 150. The police officer who shot Thevenin, Sgt. Randall French, was cleared of wrongdoing.

The case roiled Troy, and people who spoke at the Spring into Action: Rally 4 Black Life gathering Saturday said the pain they feel over what they see is a lack of justice in the Thevenin case has only been worsened by the subsequent deaths of people of color at the hands of police, both locally and nationally.

Luz Marquez, a founder of Troy4BlackLives and a cosponsor of the event, spoke passionately, urging the crowd to keep raising their voices for Black lives and keep up pressure on the city's elected leaders.

"If you want to stop gun violence, stop white supremacy," Marquez said, adding her voice to others Saturday to defund the police.

Angela Beallor, a founder of Reimagine Troy, said as a white person, she has had interactions with police, but lived to tell the tale. Black and brown people often do not. Jessica Ashley read a statement from Gertha Depas, Thevenin's mother.

"Five years have not eased the pain, they have intensified the struggle," Ashley read. "The power is always in the hands of the people and change comes when we speak up."

Other speakers included Messiah Cooper, whose nephew, Dahmeek McDonald, was shot by police in 2017. Cooper said what he sees as his failure to act in the past is what motivates him to do so now. It's important, he said, not only to stand up for people because they are a friend or a relative, but simply because it's the right thing to do.

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How Black Lives Matter put slave reparations back on the agenda – FRANCE 24 English

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The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would create a commission to study the idea of reparations for slavery,an idea that has also been gaining ground in Europe since Black Lives Matter protests went global last summer.

Legislation to create acommission to study slavery reparations for Black Americans cleared aHouse committee in a historic vote this week,sending it on its way to a full House vote for the first time more than three decades after it was introduced.If the legislation, HR 40,is passed by the Democrat-controlled House, it would go to the evenly divided Senate, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.

Reparations are ultimately about respect and reconciliation and the hope that,one day, all Americans can walk together toward a more just future,saidDemocratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Leeof Texas, a sponsor of the bill.

Some Republicans voiced opposition to the bill, arguing that the suffering wrought by slavery happened too long ago.

No one should be forced to pay compensation for what they have not done,said Republican Congressman Steve Chabot of Ohio. Paying reparations would amount to taking money from people who never owned slaves to compensate those who were never enslaved.

Historical precedents

The idea of compensating the descendants of the estimated 4 million Africans forcibly brought to theUnited Statesbetween 1619 and 1865 was revived by the wave ofprotests that followedthe death of George Floyd in May 2020. But the first version of the legislative text advanced onWednesday was draftedmore than three decades ago.

Compensation to freed slaves was promised towards the end of the American Civil War in 1865, when Union GeneralWilliam TecumsehShermanfamously promised them forty acres and a mule. But this vow was never kept. It took until the 1970s and the creation of the Reparations Coordinating Committee by Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree for the issue to re-emerge.

Proponents ofreparations, however, remaindivided about what form they should take. Some argue for more welfare programmes and an expansion of existing measures such asaffirmative action.Others argue for direct financial compensation citingfact that there is still severe economic inequality between Black and White Americans,andmaintainingthat the long-term effects of slavery and segregation areresponsible. In 2019, the median annual income for an African-American household was $43,771 (36,000) compared to $71,664 (60,000) for White families.

Advocates of compensation havealso citedhistorical precedents.In 1988,Republicanpresident Ronald Reagansigned a 1988 lawto pay $20,000 (17,000) each to all survivingJapanese-Americans detained during the World War Two.In 2012,Barack Obamas White House agreedto pay more than $1 billion to 41 Native American tribes over the federal governments mismanagement of money and natural resources held in trust.

Partly inspiredby theBlack Lives Mattermovement, demonstrators in Bristol in southern England toppled a statue of18th-centuryslave trader Edward Colston and tipped it into the nearbyharbour last June.

Thatsame month, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bacheletcalled on former colonialistcountries tomake amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes and reparations in various forms.

In 2013, the Caribbean Community (or CARICOM), an intergovernmental organisation of 15 states in the region, believes that France, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Denmark should pay compensation for their role in the transatlantic slave tradebetween the 16th and 19th centuries.

Senior politicians inthe Democratic Republic of Congo demandedreparations from the countrys former colonial ruler Belgium after the2020 publicationof a letter of regret from Belgian King Philippe for atrocities committed duringthat era. They also called for the removal of statuesof King Leopold II, known for his brutal rule of what was then Belgian Congo. DR Congos neighbour Burundihas been calling for yearsfor 36 billion in compensation for atrocities committed by German and Belgian settlers from 1896 to 1962.

In 1999,a Truth CommissionConference held in Ghana estimatedthe total amount of reparations owedto African countriesbyformer colonial powers at $777 trillion (650 trillion).

An association of descendants of slaves filed a requestwiththe French state for 200 billion in compensationin 2005 on the groundsthat Frances historical participation in slavery was recognised as a crime against humanity in a 2001 law(known as the Taubira law).But a court ruled that this request was inadmissible because it was impossible to discern the amount due for events that happened so long ago.Thejudgement was confirmed by Frances two highest courts of appeal.

The Afro-Caribbean groupsbehind the demandsrejected thecourt rulings on the grounds that Francehadcompensated slave owners when it abolished slavery in 1848. The following year,the French state disbursed the equivalentof7.1 percent of public spending to compensate the owners of slaves in Senegal, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana.

In 1825, France imposed a considerable debt on Haiti which had won independence in 1804 as compensation for the French former owners of slaves there. The young Haitian republic was also forced to pay colossal interest on loans from bankers in Paris.

A French research initiative known asthe Repairs project is building a database to log the names of those who received compensation as former slave owners and the amount paid to them.

The British Empire also compensated slave owners when it abolished slavery in 1833.

Some historiansnote that a significant number of these former slave owners were free people of colour former slaves who themselves became owners of slaves.

We tend to see the history of slavery exclusively through the lens of White on Black racial oppression, but this is problematic because race is not the only criterion to be taken into account when thinking about the history of slavery, said Myriam Cottias, director of the Paris-based International Slavery and Post-Slavery Research Centre (Centre international de recherches sur les esclavages et post-esclavages).

In light of this, it seems to me that it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to identify the right people to receive compensation, Cottias continued.

In 2015, then FrenchpresidentFranois Hollande ruled outpayingany compensationto thedescendants of slaves.It would be impossible to calculate because it was so long ago, he said.

Private initiatives

While nocountry involvedin the transatlantic slave trade hasestablished reparationsfor the descendants of slaves,other initiativeshave been set up.In the US, the local council of the prosperous town of Evanston in the Chicago suburbs voted in March to hand out $10 million (8m) in compensation to its Black residents over the following decade.

In 2019, Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.,approved the creation of a fund to compensate the descendants of slaves sold to balance the universitys books in the19th century.Thatsame year, Glasgow University in Scotland announced that it would pay 20 million(23m)to fund a joint venture with the University of the West Indies as a way ofrefunding the descendants of slaves for donationsit had received centuries ago from slave owners.

In the private sector,Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and brewer Greene King have acknowledged responsibility for their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. So far,no French companyhas acknowledged involvement in slaveryor offered compensation.

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Miss Grand International wins the crown in Black Lives Matter-inspired dress: ‘I’m proud to be Black’ – Yahoo Sports

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Abena Appiah became the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Grand International and she served Black excellence throughout the whole competition.

The 27-year-old pageant veteran and Ghanian American earned her spot in the competition while representing the U.S., after being dubbed Miss Grand USA. Appiah seized her moment on the global stage to bring light to social justice issues.

In the National Costume segment she sported a long black overcoat featuring the faces of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Akai Garley all victims of police brutality. The coat read Im proud to be Black. When she took it off it revealed an opulent white gown with the American flag embedded in the skirt.

I am basically trying to tell people that even though theres so much corruption and hate crimes in our society if we come together as one we can all be equal, Appiah told Yahoo Life.

The multifaceted pageant queen, who is a musical therapist and anti-bullying advocate, is using her experience to inspire other young women.

I want you to know your hair is beautiful, your skin is flawless, and that you should wear all of it with pride and grace, Appiah wrote in an Instagram post celebrating her win.

We are enough; we are beautiful, we do not have to fit any beauty standards because we set our own. The first Black MGI Queen, the first to bring the golden crown home to the USA, and finally, a dream as a young three-year-old is now a reality, she said.

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Breonna Taylors mother blasts Black Lives Matter movement – The Independent

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Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, blasted the Black Lives Matter movement in Louisville, Kentucky in a since-removed Facebook post.

I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud [sic], Ms Palmer wrote on Wednesday. A screenshot of the post was later published by a local media show.

A screenshot captured by WAVE 3 News shows a since-removed Facebook post by Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor

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She called Kentucky statehouse representative Attica Scott another fraud.

Ms Palmer gave credit to family, friends and local activists for supporting her family after the death of her daughter. Ms Taylor, who was 26, died following a police shooting in her home during the execution of a no-knock warrant.

Ms Scott has pushed for a ban on no-knock warrants since Ms Taylors death.

Ms Palmer said local activist Christopher 2x and other supporters had never needed recognition.

I could walk in a room full of people who claim to be here for Breonnas family who don't even know who I am, she added.

She criticised people who have raised money for Ms Taylor's family without knowing them, writing: Ive watched yall raise money on behalf of Breonnas family who has never done a damn thing for us nor have we needed it or asked so Talk about fraud.

Its amazing how many people have lost focus Smdh. Im a say this before I go Im so sick of some of yall and I was last anybody who needs it Im with this enough is enough!!

Ms Taylor died after being shot six times as police returned fire after her boyfriend Kenneth Walker discharged his weapon, hitting one of the officers, as they used a battering ram to enter the apartment.

Two of the three officers who used their guns have been fired, with one remaining on the job. None of the officers have been charged in the death of Ms Taylor, but one of them is facing charges for wanton endangerment in respect of bullets that entered another apartment.

Sgt Jonathan Mattingly, who remains on the police force, is writing a book about the event and its aftermath to be published by Post Hill Press.

The Independent has reached out to BLM Louisville and Representative Attica Scott for comment.

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"Enough is Enough": Black Lives Matter Twin Ports marches through Duluth to spread their message – KBJR 6

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DULUTH, MN -- On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter Twin Ports and its supporters, took to the streets of Duluth to demand justice for Daunte Wright.

"The only thing I can say is I'm tired. When is it enough? Because it's a year later and it's still going on," said Lamarquita Leach, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Twin Ports.

Leach helped organize the Black Lives Matter march in Duluth on Wednesday.

A community now hurt by the death of another black man, Daunte Wright. Wright was shot and killed by Officer Kim Potter in Brooklyn Center. She is now facing a 2nd-degree manslaughter charge.

"The second degree is not what she did. She innocently murdered somebody and there was no accident. A taser weighs much less than a handgun. A handgun weighs two pounds compared to a taser like c'mon now," said Leach.

Others in attendance Wednesday said it's time to change the policing system.

"Complete reform. Just complete. They just got to abolish it and build from the bottom. I'm sorry. It starts from within," said Kenneth Fair an activist.

Fair traveled from Minneapolis to take part in the march. He said politicians need to stop talking about change and instead take action.

"They have to speak with their actions and not their words. I'm sorry, Jacob Frey, the governor. They need to step up," said Fair.

Calls to step up and make a change as a community mourns once again.

"I can't even say I thought a change would have been made by now. We've had centuries to change racism, and we didn't do it," said Leach.

Leach said they will march again Tuesday and Wednesday next week to continue to make their voices and messages heard.

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‘The fear increases. The anger grows’ Black Lives Matter rally held at Monongalia County Courthouse in Morgantown (West Virgina) – WV News

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) With her voice cracking and tears beginning to flow, Del. Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, raised her shirt to reveal the body armor she was wearing underneath.

Walker was speaking at a Black Lives Matter rally Thursday evening in Morgantown, organized in the wake of the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who died in Minnesota after being shot by a police officer.

Once again, we are here. Once again, this is our meeting place, Walker said. Once again, the tears flow. The fear increases. The anger grows. And the heart is no longer broken, it is shattered.

Del. Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, spoke during the Black Lives Matter rally held in front of the Monongalia County Courthouse, Thursday April 15.

Walker noted that people say the names of Black men killed by police violence when they happen and remember them on anniversaries, but she remembers them every day of her life for one reason: She is Black.

Im not OK, and, neither should you [be OK], she said. Im tired. Im frustrated. And Im scared. Im strong enough to lean on my community.

Walker said she felt guilt wearing body armor, but said it was a necessity.

As the only Black woman state elected official, I have to come into the town that I live in, a state I pay taxes in, where I am a stellar citizen and abide by the laws, come to my community space, and my king and I have to wear body armor, Walker said.

Walker said she was not going to walk in fear Thursday, relying on the support of those around her. But she offered a grim reminder of the reality she faces because of the color of her skin.

Dont make me a childless mother, but dont make my children motherless children, Walker said.

Thursdays rally was organized by Sammantha Harris.

Its just a really bad time to kill a Black man, Ill put it like that, she said. The trial of George Floyd is going on; everyone is already fed up with everything. Just because the winter has passed does not mean that social justice has ended.

Harris said people all around the nation are mad, and that anger exists in Morgantown.

Sammantha Harris organized the Black Lives Matter rally held in Morgantown Thursday April 15.

Its important that our local government and our local cops know that if things like that happen here, we wont accept it, Harris said. Its a nationwide change that needs to be made.

The Black Lives Matter movement is important, she said, because for a long time America told Black Americans that we dont matter.

Daunte Wright is my exact skin color I look at him and I see my brother, Harris said. Until America is able to acknowledge that Black lives do matter, were not going to move forward.

Harris emphasized this is not a case of trying to prove one race is more important than the other.

Were just saying that we matter the barest of the bare, the bar is literally on the floor, Harris said. Somehow we just keep digging under it.

If I was a cop, Id want a police review board so I would know I was doing it right, Harris said. Theres no other job where you dont have some sort of outside influence whether or not youre doing good. The fact that cops can just walk around doing whatever they want and have the protection of the union is absurd, and it has to stop.

The purpose of the rally, Harris said, was to make the city know they are still there and not going anywhere.

I think the City Council and the police were hoping that after last summer, after everything calmed down, that this wouldnt go on anymore, she said. Were not letting up.

Harris said that until theres change nationwide and government sees that citizens are demanding better, it wont get better.

Thats why nationwide movements are so important I know it didnt happen here, and that Minnesota is states away, but it could have happened here, Harris said.

Reach Chris Slater at cslater@wvnews.com, 304-887-6681, or follow @chris_slater on Twitter.

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Roofers slammed with business after hail storms damage property in Ascension – WBRZ

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PRAIRIEVILLE - Residents are still assessing damage from back to back hail storms in the Prairieville area.

"That is the worst hail storm I have ever experienced," Rev. Anthony Bridges said, who lives in the Crestview area.

"I heard all that banging on the window. I never heard that before," Rev. Bridge added.

The two days of hail caused damage to Bridges' car. Now he's concerned about the house.

"I started worrying about my roof being damaged.Ijust put a new roof up, then my car windows are broken," Rev. Bridges said.

A roofing company answered calls several about damage in Bridges' neighborhood.

"The last two days it's been pretty busy," Kase Dupont with SOCO Roofing said.

DuPont says most of his calls were coming from the Prairieville area.

"The area we're in right now is a one (hail) inch impact zone,which is pretty significant as far as damage that will be causedto a roof," Dupont said.

Dupont says his workers won't be able to start repair jobs until next week, because they are still answering calls and inspecting hail damaged property.

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Ascension Healthcare announces partnership with Grand Meadows to launch joint support technology NANOFLEX in US Animal Healthcare market -…

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Ascension Healthcare announces partnership with Grand Meadows to launch joint support technology NANOFLEX in US Animal Healthcare market

LONDON, April 15 2021 Ascension Healthcare plc (Ascension or the Company), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising innovative therapies for haemophilia and osteoarthritis is pleased to announce it has signed a commercial partnership agreement with Grand Meadows, Inc. a US-based market-leading provider of high-quality science backed equine and pet supplements, to launch a revolutionary new joint support technology, NANOFLEX, for Horses, Dogs and Cats.

NANOFLEX, represents the first significant scientific evolution in joint support for animals in many years. Harnessing the power of Ascensions patented sequessome technology (SEQ TECH), it changes the way we approach joint wear and tear in animals to improve mobility. Through its lubricating action, NANOFLEX offers a premium and unique treatment for joint health and is entirely drug free.

Biresh Roy, Chief Executive Officer of Ascension said: We are delighted to be partnering with Nick and his team at Grand Meadows to launch NANOFLEX exclusively in the US to build a successful equine and companion animal business together. This exciting collaboration marks Ascensions commercial debut into the large and growing US equine and companion animal markets, using our proven, and highly effective drug-free SEQ TECH.

Nick Hartog, Owner and President of Grand Meadows said: The animal health market in the US, particularly in the area of joint support, has, from a product innovation standpoint, been stagnant and there is a need for new innovative joint support products. NANOFLEX is easy to use, entirely drug-free and, as such, is perfectly suited to fill the gap in this market. I am looking forward to a long and successful collaboration with Ascension.

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About Ascension Healthcare plc

Ascension Healthcare plc is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising innovative therapies for the treatment of haemophilia and osteoarthritis.

The Company has several products in clinical development for the treatment of Haemophilia A and also a range of internationally marketed products for osteoarthritis and well-being.

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With roads still flooded in Ascension Parish, residents find different ways of getting around – WBRZ

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ASCENSION PARISH - Homeowners who live along the Amite River have been dealing with flooding since Thursday.

With roads expected to be unusable for the next couple of days, some residents have come up with creative solutions to get around.

Bo Mathern owns a house on Airport Drive. Because of the high water, he and his wife have been using his bulldozer to get to and from his home.

Dudley Marchand III lives right down the road from Mathern. Marchand's land has flooded so much that his front yard looks like a lake. Marchand said that he uses a boat to get around, leaving it parked in the garage for easy accessibility.

Residents also faced power outages Friday night when a tree fell on power lines and cut off electricity in the neighborhood. A DEMCO crew was still working on repairing the lines Saturday.

Even with all the flooding and the power outage, residents say they are still happy to live in the area.

"It's so peaceful and quiet back here it's worth a little bit of aggravation from the water," Marchand said.

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Seven inches of rain in Gonzales? Ascension officials seek information on house, business flooding – The Advocate

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GONZALES Ascension Parish residents who had flood water in their homes or businesses after last week's heavy rains should report it to parish government.

Parish officials said they have received no reports of structure flooding so far but want to create "a complete record of any and all high-water events that are regularly reported to State and Federal agencies."

The information will be compiled by the parish Floodplain Management and Stormwater departments, officials said in a statement Monday.

Parish officials are not seeking flooding information on sheds, pole barns, and other out structures.

Between the morning of April 13 and Sunday morning, 7 inches of rain fell on the Gonzales, with about 3.5 inches falling between Tuesday, April 13, and Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service says.

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The heavy rains sent the Amite River and Bayou Manchac to minor or moderate flood stages over the weekend and early this week.

All residents who have had flooding issues should call the Citizens Service Center at (225) 450-1200.

The technician fielding the call will use the work order system to register the call and assign it so the case can be documented, parish officials said.

"It is a good way to track the work the work order, and it can also hold information and pictures," a parish statement says.

To date, the Parish has received no reports of any water in homes. This is a proactive step to ensure the Parish has a complete record of any and all high-water events that are regularly reported to State and Federal agencies.

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Novi police officer discovers he has a tumor thanks to Ascension Michigan’s mobile health clinic – WXYZ

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(WXYZ) In the middle of this pandemic and with the civil unrest still simmering across the nation due to the Capitol insurrection and now the George Floyd trial, first responders are under tremendous stress.

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That's why as a community service Ascension Michigan brings a mobile unit to our local police and fire departments to screen for the number one killer of men and women, but what they're uncovering goes far beyond.

Novi Police Officer Tim Farrell has been suiting up in the blue for 31 years. For him, it's a calling especially when someone's life in on the line, as it was during a recent motorcycle accident.

"We were able to save a gentleman's life; he lost two limbs," said Officer Farrell.

Now our men and women in blue and fire rescue are under more stress than ever before.

"Stress can play a significant role in any person's health especially in a police officer who will go to work every day wondering if he is going to come home alive," said Dr. Jerome Seid, a medical oncologist with Ascension Michigan.

According to the online database ScienceDirect.com, 80-percent of first responders report dealing with traumatic events on the job, and nearly 15 percent suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"We see a lot of good things and we see some sad things as well," said Farrell.

Death, car accidents, police shootings -- all can cause your blood pressure to rise, heart rate to go up and that creates a perfect storm for the number one killer of men and women.

That's why Ascension Michigan has committed to screening 1,000 police officers and firefighters from Metro Detroit with their mobile heart unit, and they come directly to our first responders.

"This is really our way for not just a health system but the community to give back to a lot of these folks that put their lives on the line, they run toward the fire not away from it," said Dr. Shukri David, Chair of Cardiovascular Services at Ascension Michigan.

This mobile unit screens for vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and more, and for Officer Farrell, who had no idea he had a cancerous tumor the size of a baseball growing inside him causing acid reflux, the screening was a wake-up call.

"I had a feeling something was going on as the tech was doing it cause she was asking me about my abdomen and if I had prior surgery," he said.

From there a CAT scan, MRI, and then surgery to remove the tumor, which is called a GIST, a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

"This is really a cancer of the wall, the material that holds that stomach wall together," said Dr. Jerome Seid.

Dr. Seid put Officer Farrell on targeted oral chemotherapy, which is a once-a-day pill for three years to reduce the chance of a recurrence.

"The likelihood of him being cured is extremely high," he said.

For Officer Farrell, who works sun-up to sundown and risks his own life daily just by the profession he's chosen, the results of this simple screening are just another reason to be grateful to see the sunrise.

"Every day is precious and this is a chance for anybody who can do any type of preventative testing, taking those measures so you don't run into something that can cost you your life," said Officer Farrell.

These screenings are $60-$70 and covered by Ascension as a community service, but certainly life-changing for first responders like Officer Farrell who have little time to make it to the doctor's office for a routine physical let alone a screening like this one.

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Ascension Parish left with flooding after weekend full of rain – KLFY

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ASCENSION PARISH, La. (BRPROUD)- Parts of Ascension Parish are facing high waters after a weekend of nonstop rainy weather.

According to Ascension resident, Rodney Purvis, the parking lot of Freds Bar on Port Vincent received around nine feet of water. The flooding mark in the area is eight feet.

The last time this happened was in 2019, it was 8.77, back in May of 2019 Purvis says. Sometimes you live on part of the river, sometimes you live in it. Right now youre in it.

Residents say flooding in the area is not common after a rainy day, however they learned to prepare for any high water after the floods of 2016.

I kayaked out today. Im not staying there tonight I have work in the morning, Purvis says.

Businesses around the area are already seeing water levels decrease after receiving some sun on Sunday.

They expect the flooding to clear out by the end of the week.

Its leveled out now, Purvis says This is part of Louisiana.

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COVID-19 and 5Geopolitics failed to derail China’s ascension and 5G aspiration – Lightcounting Market Research

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LightCounting releases its China Wireless Infrastructure & Macroeconomics Update

April 15, 2021 -- LightCountings latest report provides an update on 5G developments in China, including macroeconomics, geopolitics, and technology. The predictions made last year that Chinas economy would be the only major one to grow in 2020 and that 5G rollouts would go as planned turned out to be true.

In fact, Chinese consumers could not travel abroad and spent their money at home, which kept the economy on track, and China over-delivered and exceeded its 5G base stations (BTS) target. China is now home to more than 70% of the worlds 5G BTS footprint, said Stphane Tral, Chief Analyst at LightCounting Market Research.

Our major findings in the report are:

- China was the only economy to grow in 2020 while the U.S. posted its worst year since the end of World War II. This also suggests that China remains on track to surpass the U.S. as the worlds largest economy in the 2026-2028 timeframe because COVID-19 reset the GDP race between the U.S. and China.

- China added more than 900k combined 4G and 5G BTS in 2020, driving total capex up by 11% YoY5G capex grew 327% YoY

- Chinas RAN market rose more than 30% YoY, and Huawei and ZTE commanded a combined market share greater than 75% for 2020.

- This year, we expect the same level of 5G activity as last year.

- In the mid- and long-term, our model shows lumpiness and bumpiness through 2026, which we predict will be the year China kicks off 6G.

- Overall, we expect no changes in the U.S. administrations stance against China and that further motivates Chinas 5G ecosystem to keep up with the 5G race, build up self-sufficiency and pave the way to 6G. But there will be still severe headwinds and challenges.

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LightCountings China Wireless Infrastructure and Macroeconomics report focuses on 5G developments in China, including macroeconomics, geopolitics, and technology. The publication date is scheduled a few weeks after the 4 services providers (e.g., China Broadcasting Network, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom) provide their interim reports so that we can gather many details about 1H21 and provide a 2H21 outlook and a 5-year forecast. This report also includes RAN vendor market shares and analysis.

More information on the report is available at: https://www.lightcounting.com/products/ChinaFY20/

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Free COVID vaccinations Friday in Ascension campus of Baton Rouge General – The Advocate

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Baton Rouge General will have a free COVID-19 vaccination event 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at its Ascension Parish hospital off La. 73 in Prairieville, hospital officials said.

Participants must register in advance and bring identification and an insurance card, if you have one, officials said in a statement Tuesday.

The hospital is providing the Pfizer vaccine. Recipients must stay at the hospital for 15 minutes after receiving the shot to ensure they don't have an allergic reaction, hospital officials said.

BRG has vaccinated more than 30,000 people through two vaccine clinics in its Bluebonnet and Mid City campuses in Baton Rouge, as well as community events and special events for groups such as postal workers and teachers, hospital officials said.

The vaccine is available to those age 16 and older.

To register for the vaccination event Friday, go hereor to the BRG website athttps://www.brgeneral.org/in-the-community/events-calendar/event-details/?Event=23439.

The Baton Rouge General Ascension hospital is located at 14105 La. 73, Prairieville, near the Interstate 10 interchange.

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Now is not the time to reduce Medicaid funding for safety net hospitals | Guestview – Pensacola News Journal

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Tom VanOsdol, Guest columnist Published 10:42 a.m. CT April 15, 2021

Since the first patients with positive indications and test results for the novel coronavirus began to arrive at local hospitals in March 2020, nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, environmental services personnel and other essential staff members have heroically put their lives at risk to care for those stricken with COVID-19. The pandemic has tested and stressed our teams as never before, and exacted a terrible toll across Northwest Florida. At Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola alone, more than 2,000 people have been hospitalized in our COVID-19 units and ICUs.

When the pandemic began, Ascension Sacred Heart was one of the first hospitals in the state to open drive-through testing sites. Since then, our Ascension Medical Group has provided more than 80,000 COVID-19 tests to people in our region. Similarly, Ascension Sacred Heart was THE first provider in the region to open a mass vaccination clinic. To date, our clinics in Northwest Florida have administered 60,000 shots of vaccine.

It's been an extraordinary and historic effort, and our ongoing work to fight this virus has come at a material and human cost. COVID-19 imposed a financial hit on most hospitals, but especially on safety net hospitals like Ascension Sacred Heart which care for the largest percentage of those who are poor and most vulnerable in our community.

When the pandemic began, our hospitals temporarily stopped performing non-urgent surgeries and procedures in order to appropriately conserve personal protective equipment and prevent the spread of the virus within our facilities. Consumers anxious about COVID-19 also stopped coming to our ERs for care they needed, and they postponed other essential and necessary medical care for conditions like heart and vascular disease, cancer care,and other significant and potentially serious health concerns.

At a time when we are still experiencing a loss of revenue due to COVID-19, we never expected the Florida Legislature to further cut the Medicaid funding we receive to care for the poor and vulnerable in our communities. But sadly thats exactly what's happening. While the Governors budget recognized our efforts over the past year and proposed no cuts, the Florida House budget proposes to reduce Ascension Sacred Heart's Medicaid reimbursements by $16 million and the Senate bill includes cuts totaling $15 million. Importantly, these are NOT governmental payments to healthcare institutions. Rather, these cuts follow individual patients, and further reduce the already less-than-cost reimbursement hospitals receive to cover the care of Medicaid beneficiaries.

We are further dismayed that hospitals providing neonatal intensive care are facing some of the most dramatic funding cuts in the Senate and House budget plans. As the 7th largest Medicaid provider in the state, Ascension Sacred Heart has no room to absorb these proposed cuts. With over 30 percent of our patients being Medicaid enrollees, we now face $16 million in reductions of an already anemic reimbursement rate. In light of these proposed cuts, we simply cannot see a way to balance our budget. For our doctors, nurses and other caregivers who have performed so valiantly and selflessly over the past year, this would mean we would not be able to support and resource them as before. This is not the reward they deserve for their service. And for patients, these cuts would render us unable to continue and extend all the essential services we provide, particularly for those most in need.

We sincerely ask our legislators to reconsider the fairness and the full implications of the House and Senate plans to cut support for the safety net hospitals in Florida, and for those most in need. We are specifically asking the House to reinstate the Critical Care Funds, which are allocated to the top 25 Medicaid providers in the state and are intended to help offset losses incurred when reimbursement is far less than the cost to deliver care. Importantly, were not asking for more money. Were simply asking NOT to be cut, particularly in light of the year weve all lived through.

Additionally, the Legislature is planning these cuts at the same time that Florida is the beneficiary of $10 billion in federal funds coming to the State and over $300 million is coming from an increase in the rate of federal matching funds for the Medicaid program.

Throughout the pandemic, the community has been able to rely on us despite the financial and operating challenges COVID-19 has presented. And in turn we've been fortunate to have the support of the community, and of our state and local officials as we worked to fight this battle, save human lives and slow the spread of the virus. Today, the new vaccines provide great hope, but the fight against COVID-19 is not finished. Now is not the time to reduce Medicaid funding for healthcare providers who have battled tirelessly over a year to serve the needs of our community and those most vulnerable to this insidious disease .

Tom VanOsdol is president and CEO ofAscension Florida and Gulf Coast.

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Michigan hit record high, health systems in West Michigan managing – Fox17

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MICHIGAN The number of people in the hospital being treated for COVID19 reached an all-time high on Tuesday.

According to state data, 4,158 patients are hospitalized with confirmed cases of the virus, with 663 patients locally. There are 896 people in the ICU and 530 people are on a ventilator.

While the east side of Michigan is behind much of those numbers, doctors say West Michigan is nowhere in the clear.

Our trend is still going in that upward direction, said Dr. Joshua Kooistra, chief medical officer at Spectrum Health West Michigan.

According to Kooistra, Spectrum Health is nearing hospitalization records of their own. Currently there are 314 patients, with about a quarter in the ICU. Last November, the health system hit a high, treating 358 patients.

Adding to the issue, Kooistra says, is Spectrum seeing its normal levels for other inpatient admissions, such as routine illnesses and injuries.

Our capacity is becoming strained, said Kooistra. Like in the fall, we are deferring some non-emergent or urgent procedures that could be safely deferred until our capacity will allow us to care for our patient population.

Regionally, Mercy Health is seeing a slow increase at its hospitals in Grand Rapids and Muskegon, with numbers shifting from the low 40s and 50s to upper 40s and 50s. The trend is translating to its ICU admissions.

At Ascension Borgess in Kalamazoo, data shows its two cases from hitting its highest number of patients since mid-December.

Bronson Healthcare saw a recent peak at its hospital in Kalamazoo with 73 patients, however the health system says its four hospitals saw a 10 percent reduction in hospitalizations over the weekend. A spokeswoman said its too early to tell if the worst is behind them.

Our teams are fatigued, but still have the mission to care for our community and do so in the best way possible, said Kooistra.

According to Gov. Whiter, youth sports, COVID-19 fatigue, and variants are behind the increased numbers.

Health officials are urging people to continue to mask up, social distance, wash their hands, and get vaccinated. Kooistra says at Spectrum, the number of people hospitalized in the 70+ age group is not rising like the other age groups.

The West Michigan Vaccine Clinic has appointments open this week. To sign up, click here.

That alone should encourage people in those younger age groups to really go out and get vaccinated, said Kooistra. If you have the opportunity and youre eligible to do so, I would encourage everybody to sign up and get your vaccine.

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Seniors lead the way for Spartan baseball – The Advocate

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Coaching is not easy, but when you can coach a mature group with the same set of goals, it makes it easy.

Coaching this team is easy due to the senior leadership we have; they lead us on and off the field, said East Ascension High baseball coach Kade Keowen.

The East Ascension Spartans baseball team is full of senior leaders who have played for several years at the varsity level. Leading the group is four-year starter Kael Babin (outfielder) who is hitting .325 and has 18 stolen bases this season. Senior catcher Jacob Falgoust leads the team with a .365 average along with two home runs, 33 runs batted in and eight doubles. Senior first baseman Brock Hebert is hitting nearly 300 and has 15 runs batted in. Junior OF Dominick Regira hits at a .333 clip and leads the way with three home runs.

The Spartans pitching staff is led by senior Tanner Hebert, a four-year letterman, with a 5-2 record, 3.02 ERA and 44 strikeouts recorded. Regira has a 4-2 record with a 3.60 ERA and 24 strikeouts. Brock Hebert has the best ERA at 1.43 and is 1-1 on the season.

The Spartans have played to their strengths this season with eight seniors leading the way; they started with Keowen when he became the head coach four years ago.

Everything runs through the seniors. They are sometimes vocal and sometimes just lead by example. I am so proud of them as the lead this program, Keowen said.

Making the routine plays is something the coaches want to improve on.

We need to just make the routine plays, dont make the hero plays, this will allow our pitchers to stay away from big innings and minimize the damage, said Keowen.

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The Spartans have hit well as a team and the coaches like the daily approach.

Putting the ball in play with two strikes and force the defense to make plays, this will extend innings for us and run up opposing pitchers counts said Keowen.

The Spartans play in a tough district with Catholic High and their rivals.

I believe this will be a tight district race. We have split with Catholic, everyone knows that St. Amant has a well-coached and talented team, plus Dutchtown as a rival, all of the teams are well coached, and they play hard, Keowen said.

The 5A playoffs look strong from top to bottom and just making the top 16 will guarantee a home playoff game in the first round.

We are currently sitting as the No. 20 seed. We will travel anywhere, we dont care, but everyone hopes to get the 16 seed or better to get a home game; we will be ready no matter where we fall, Keowen said.

As the season winds down and heads to the playoffs, the Spartans will certainly be a team to watch in 5A. East Ascension opened district play with two losses to Dutchtown High.

This is my fourth year as their head coach and having this senior group makes it extremely fun, our philosophy is to start fast, score early and most of all, just play hard and have fun, Keowen said.

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Listen to Sufjan Stevens Lamentations, the second part of his five-part album – NME

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Sufjan Stevens has shared the second part of his upcoming five-part album listen to Lamentations below.

The track is included on the second part ofStevens new 49-track album Convocations, which is due out next month.

Each of the five parts of the album are being released one-by-one in the run-up to the albums full release. Earlier this month, Stevens shared the albums first part, Meditations, before the Lamentations release was previewed earlier this week by new track Lamentation II.

Following them will be Revelations (April 22), Celebrations (April 29) and Incantations (May 6). The new instrumental record from Stevens will be released digitally on May 6 via Asthmatic Kitty. A 5xLP coloured vinyl edition of Convocations will follow on August 20.

Listen to the 30-minute Lamentations below.

The forthcoming project is comprised of five volumes Meditations, Lamentations, Revelations, Celebrations and Incantations and sees Stevens reflect on a year of anxiety, uncertainty, isolation and loss through 49 new songs.

Stevens created the album in tribute to his biological father, who died just two days after his 2020 album The Ascension was released. According to a press release, each Convocations volume represents a different stage of the mourning process.

Reviewing The Ascension upon its release last year, NME said: The unashamed pop feel of The Ascension is regularly coupled with the sort of wiry electronics you might expect to hear in a Glastonbury dance tent at 4am.

These anxious instrumentals echo the albums uneasy outlook and fear of the future, and when they combine forces it often makes for an astonishing listen. The world is pretty shitty at the moment and its easy to feel helpless, but as the horror show that is 2020 continues to rumble on, The Ascension is yet another ample soundtrack to rage-dance to.

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Check out the high school track and field leaders for the Baton Rouge area – The Advocate

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Boys

Track events

100-meter dash: 1, Dylan Sampson, Dutchtown, 10.48. 2, Kevin Domino, St. Amant, 10.69. 3, JayVeon Haynes Woodlawn 10.79.

200: 1, Dylan Sampson, Dutchtown, 21.16. 2, Chris Hilton, Zachary, 21.33. 3, Imania Coleman, West Feliciana, 21.48.

400: 1, Chris Hilton, Zachary, 49.47. 2, Imania Coleman, West, Feliciana 49.99. 3, Kalvin Skelton, Brusly, 50.18.

800: 1, Joseph Ellis, Catholic High, 1:56.60. 2, Rhen Langley, Zachary, 1:56.97. 3, Lejuane George, Zachary, 1:59.91.

1,600: 1, Rhen Langley, Zachary, 4:19.56. 2, Daniel Sullivan, Catholic High, 4:22.83. 3, Blaison Truell, Catholic High, 4:24.00.

3,200: 1, Rhen Langley, Zachary, 9:37.22. 2, Caleb Ackman, Zachary, 9:39.78. 3, Steven Mayer, Catholic High, 9:46.05.

110 hurdles: 1, Lanard Harris, Woodlawn, 14.57. 2, Cosy Smith, Zachary 14.96. 3, Donnell Matthews, Scotlandville, 14.96.

300 hurdles: 1, Lanard Harris, Woodlawn, 37.83. 2, Donnell Matthews, Scotlandville, 39.84. 3, Ethan Hook, Episcopal, 40.07, Louis Rudge, Catholic High, 40.07

4x100 relay: 1, Zachary 41.24. 2, Dutchtown 42.36. 3, Scotlandville 42.53.

4x200 relay: 1, Zachary 1:26.23. 2, Dutchtown 1:27.91. 3, St. Amant 1:28.81.

4x400 relay: 1, Scotlandville 3:23.09. 2, Catholic High 3:25.88. 3, Zachary 3:26.99

4x800 relay: 1, Catholic High 7:59.98. 2, Zachary 8:20.41. 3, Scotlandville 8:27.33.

Field events

Discus: 1, Jerrell Boykins, East Ascension, 170-02. 2, Oliver Jack, Episcopal, 153-6. 3, Sam Cole, Catholic High, 150-2.

High jump: 1, Chris Hilton, Zachary, 7-0. 2, JaMarius Snowden, Northeast, 6-8. 3, TreShaun Dunn, St. Amant, 6-6.

Javelin: 1, Jackson Rimes, Catholic High, 208-8. 2, Peyton Pontiff, Episcopal, 198-6. 3, Caleb Marcantel, Catholic High, 181-7.

Long jump: 1, W'Juanterous Rodrique, St. Amant, 23- 7.75. 2, Chris Murphy, Port Allen, 23-6.5. 3, Jaden Wiliams, Walker, 22-10.5.

Pole vault: 1, Clayton Simms, Live Oak, 17-2.5. 2, Trey Boucher, Parkview Baptist, 16-2. 3, Todd Collins, Walker, 14-0.

Shot put: 1, Oliver Jack, Episcopal, 56-1. 2, Prince Edwards, Catholic High, 53-0. 3, Jerrell Boykins, East Ascension 52-2.5.

Triple jump: 1, Kevon Hamilton, Scotlandville, 47-6. 2, W'Janterous Rodrique, St. Amant, 44-8.5. 3, Reginald King, Scotlandville, 43-11.

Track events

100 meters: 1, Zoa Adams, Zachary, 11.99. 2, Sade Gray, Scotlandville, 11.99. 3, Jessica Pitcher, Baton Rouge, 12.01.

200: 1, Sade Gray, Scotlandville, 25.08. 2, Ariane Linton, Dutchtown, 25.21. 3, Hannah Jones, SJA, 25.61.

400: 1, Zoa Adams, Zachary, 55.83. 2, Makeriah Harris, Scotlandville, 56.6. 3, Haley Jones, SJA, 57.94.

800: 1, Callie Hardy, Episcopal, 2:21.10. 2, Rachel Fereday, Dutchtown, 2:23.04. 3, Amelia Cochran, SJA, 2:23.85.

1,600: 1, Sophie Martin, SJA, 5:06.50. 2, Maddie Gardiner, SJA, 5:15.80. 3, Callie Hardy, Episcopal, 5:18.40.

3,200: 1, Sophie Martin, SJA, 10:53.43. 2, Maddie Gardiner, SJA, 11:28.22. 3, Emma Claire Hendry, SJA, 11:56.10.

100 hurdles: 1, Makeriah Harris, Scotlandville, 14.2. 2, Ariel Pedigo, Parkview Baptist, 14.66. 3, Orsciana Beard, Zachary, 14.97, Heather Abadie, St. Michael, 14.97.

300 hurdles: 1, Makeriah Harris, Scotlandville, 42.29. 2, Whitney Harris, Scotlandville, 45.96. 3, Daila Young, Episcopal, 47.11

4x100 relay: 1, Zachary 48.72. 2, Scotlandville 48.85. 3, Dutchtown 49.55.

4x200 relay: 1, Zachary 1:40.58. 2, Scotlandville 1:41.61. 3, Baton Rouge High 1:42.76.

4x400: 1, Scotlandville 3:58.25. 2, SJA 3:59.84. 3, Zachary 4:00.86.

4x800: 1, SJA 9:43.27. 2, Episcopal 10:10.60. 3, St. Michael's 10:15.00.

Field events

Discus: 1, Jaydan Jackson, Zachary, 138-5. 2, Jamyah Williams, Madison Prep, 133-9. 3, Laila Guy, Baton Rouge, 122-1.5.

High jump: 1, Ariel Pedigo, Parkview Baptist, 5-10. 2, Riley Wilson, SJA, 5-6. 3, Alana Simms, Episcopal, 5-5.

Javelin: 1, Ariel Pedigo, Parkview Baptist, 142-3.25. 2, Rebecca Bordelon, SJA, 136-0. 3, Anna Ferrand, SJA, 135-8.

Long jump: 1, Ariel Pedigo, Parkview Baptist, 19-5.75. 2, Orsciana Beard, Zachary, 18-3.75. 3, Heather Abadie, St. Michael, 17-10.

Pole vault: 1, Heather Abadie, St. Michael, 13-4.25. 2, Ava Riche, SJA, 11-6. 3, Taylor Walker, SJA, 11-1.

Shot put: 1, Jaydan Jackson Zachary, 44-8. 2, Laila Guy, Baton Rouge, 42-5.75. 3, Jamyah Williams, Madison Prep, 39-8.

Triple jump: 1, Orsciana Beard, Zachary, 39-2. 2, Simone Castelluccio, SJA, 38-1. 3, Francis Oliver, Episcopal, 37-4.

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