Wg Cdr Roberts said the purpose of bringing the vaccine to Ascension Island, which sitsmidway between central South America and central Africa,was a case of staying ahead of the game.

The island is Covid-free and lets try and keep it that way, he said.

However, after crew on the ground were unable to sort the problem with one of the engines, cargo had to be unpacked and moved into storage, while passengers disembarked, setting the operation back by a whole 24 hours.

The timing of the vaccine is crucial.Once it has been removed from refrigeration it can only be in transit for a maximum of three days; any longer and it will be spoiled.

Packing the flight to carry the vaccine to Ascension Island was meticulous. The cargo hangar at Brize Norton,typically used for shipping out perishables, medicines and blood stocks to different theatres around the world, was rerolled during the pandemic in order to support the movement of vaccines.

Flying Officer George Cox, who helped prepare the aircraft, said: We are always agile and mobile in our responses, repurposing all of the equipment we have for defence and that does extend through to the cargo hangar.

The next morning, with 48 hours left on the clock, military personnel and contractors who work on the islandboarded the same aircraft, the precious vaccines strapped down in a crate on pallets covering the floor, and waited to see if there would be a successful take off.There was.

Despite cutting it fine, Operation Broadshare was back under control, until the plane touched down to refuel in Cape Verde, a group of islands off the West coast of Africa and on the Governments red list, which requires any travellers to quarantine in designated hotels upon arrival in the UK.

After seven hours flying, passengers stayed on board in order to avoid stepping foot on the island and being made to quarantine.However, after a successful refuel there was a problem with the engine once again and rumours started circulating that all on board would be made to vacate the plane and stay overnight in Cape Verde.

Ascension Island was another four and a half hoursflight away and time was ticking. Fortunately, the problem was eventually solved and the vaccines, enough for two doses for each of the 900-person population, arrived in Ascension Island late on Tuesday evening, as seen below.

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GONZALES- A family in Ascension Parish is grateful to be alive after an ice-encased tree uprooted and came crashing down on their house while they were inside.

Amanda Good recalled the terrifying moments it unfolded.

"At about 9 a.m., we were all in the house, and it sounded like someone was dragging a table across the floor," Good said. "Sounded like an earthquake and then we figured out that the tree fell on the house."

Another family member who was in a bed in a different room said the bed she was in hit the wall after the tree fell. When Good and the rest of her family saw what caused it, they were shocked no one was hurt. Her kids were frightened by the incident.

"They were scared," Good said. "I don't think they realized what happened at first, and when we started freaking out, they started freaking out."

Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said the big concern tonight is the accumulated ice that could fall and cause additional power outages. As a result, the parish has a plan in place to open warming shelters. However, as of 6 p.m., no one from the parish called saying those were needed.

"Now, we really have to worry about icy conditions on roads and trees, and now we have several reports of branches on power lines," Webre said.

A curfew is scheduled for 9 pm to keep people off of the roadways. Essential workers and plant workers are exempt from it.

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Celebrating one year ofASCENSION, Wakaan label headLiquid Stranger presents a powerhouse remix pack for Psychonaut, showcasing some of bass musics finest in one fell swoop.

Featuring eight brand new remixes from 12th Planet, AstroLizard, Blanke, Hydraulix, Krischvn, LICK, Luzcid, and Mersiv, the compilation takes us down the Psychonaut rabbit hole. Each remix taps the original, while offering new and exciting perspectives.

Liquid Stranger shares of the release:

We are all Psychonauts in our own way. We all at some point have recently braved the unknown, and explored new realities. As a celebration of ASCENSION being a year old, I wanted to celebrate with a bass-centric remix pack showcasing diversity!

Theres no need to play favorites, as each producer has a riveting, bass heavy take on the production.

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Liquid Strangermakes his glorious return to the release radar with a slew of new reworks. Celebrating the one-year anniversary since the release of his renownedASCENSION EP, the renowned Swedish dubstep powerhouse is back with a blistering 9-track remix EP of Psychonaut. This time around, hes enlisted remix duties from the likes of12th Planet,AstroLizard,Blanke,Hydraulix,Krischvn,LICK,LUZCID, andMersiv.

The 8-track EP immediately kicks off with the original track, featuring a bevy of bleeps and bloops, warbly basslines, and infectiously high-octane energy. The propelling rhythm eventually slows down, leaving the listener in a heady daze while audibly instilling a palpably raw sonic intensity. Near the end, a voice can be heard announcing the concept of a psychonaut, which further enhances the overall atmospherically cosmic ambiance of the tune.

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The Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office responded Dec. 15 to Tiger Honda in Gonzales about a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro that had been stolen from the used car lot.

The Property Crimes Unit began investigating and learneda former sales employee was suspected ofbeing involved in the theft. As the investigation continued, it was learned that 40-year-old Derek Austin and his relative, 59-year-old Edward McGary stole the vehicle.

McGary was arrested Feb. 8 by Hammond Police Department and was taken to the Ascension Parish Jail and charged with theft of a motor vehicle valued between $5,000 and $25,000.

Austin turned himself into the Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office Feb. 9. He was booked with theft of a motor vehicle and theft. He was released on a $25,000 bond Feb. 11.

McGary is being held in the Ascension Parish Jail due to a probation violation.

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Amid statewide power outages, many hospitals throughout Texas have lost water and heatforcing providers to conserve resources even as they see an influx of patients experiencing hypothermia and trying to escape the cold.

'No one is coming to help you': How hospitals can prepare for natural disasters amid Covid-19

According to the Washington Post, severe storms have put more than 100 million people across the United States under some version of a winter weather advisory, with at least 10 statesincluding Texasreporting widespread power outages.

As of Wednesday morning, at least three million Texas residents were without power amid a large-scale failure of the state's power grid, and several cities in the state have reported water supply disruptions, as well. According to state officials, it could be several more days before power is restored.

In response to these issues, people displaced from their homes by a lack of power and heat are seeking shelter at hospitalseven as hospitals grapple with influxes of patients from the country's coronavirus epidemic and a wave of other, weather-related conditions such as hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. In Harris County alone, for instance, there have been more than 300 carbon monoxide poisoning cases as residents turn to "dangerous heat sources" amid the power outages and low temperatures, Forbes reports.

It is a "very serious public health emergency," George Kovacik, a spokesperson for Memorial Hermann, said. "We have seen both adults and children in our [EDs] as people without power do anything they can to keep their families warm."

According to the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council, hospitals in the region are facing three key challenges: accessing water for HVAC systems, sourcing oxygen, and getting supplies transported. In response, hospitals hard-hit by power outages and water-supply issues are trying to move their most vulnerable patients to other locations and taking steps to conserve resources, the Post reports.

For example, St. David's South Austin Medical Centerwhich on Wednesday ran out of water and lost heat, forcing the hospital to ask staff to use trash bags to clean toiletsis trying to find transportation to move vulnerable patients to other facilities, bring water trucks to the facility, and secure portable toilets. In addition, the hospitalwhich has canceled "all non-emergent procedures," according to the Austin American-Statesmanis discharging some patients early.

"I am personally directing every resource available within our health care system to find solutions to best care for and serve our patients during this challenging time," said David Huffstutler, CEO of St. David's.

Two other hospitals, Ascension Seton Southwest Hospital and Dell Children's Medical Center, are similarly reporting lost water pressure. According to the Post, Ascension on Wednesday said it would reschedule all of its scheduled procedures to conserve staff and keep beds open.

"While extreme weather conditions have caused intermittent water issues at several Ascension Seton sites of care, facility teams are working to quickly resolve the issues," Ascension Seton said in a statement. "All Ascension Seton hospitals have emergency response plans in place to provide uninterrupted patient care, including access to backup generators for each care site."

Meanwhile, Dell Children's, which has also lost power, in a memo said it was "doing [its] best to keep everyone safe and warm," although the facility acknowledged that toilets at the hospital no longer have "flushing capabilities."

In Arlington, Texaswhich had just one water plant running before the storms hitTexas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and Medical City of Arlington have reported low water pressure following the region's water boil order, the Post reports. To help, a fire tanker has already transported water to at least one area hospital so providers can continue to care for patients.

According to the Post, an additional five hospitals in the San Antonio region have faced weather-related challenges, from low water pressure to power outages that forced at least one facility to use a backup generator.

And in Houston, according to the Post, several Houston Methodist hospitals have reported burst pipes, with at least two of the health system's facilities are running without any water. According to Roberta Schwartz, EVP at Houston Methodist, the hospital system remains operational, conserving its resources by using water bottles for patients, limiting showers, and asking staff to wash their hands with sanitizer rather than soap and water.

"Quite honestly, I think we probably could have handled everything up until the water," Schwartz said. "The water has thrown a completely new loop onto everything."

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) is trying to conserve water for the area's hospitals by asking residents not to run water to prevent their pipes from freezing, "dipp[ing] into a water supply bookmarked for irrigating parks," and ordering grocery stores to give any available water they have to hospitals. In addition, the Houston Fire Department has sent water to the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

"We're all working together, just like we've done before," Turner said on Wednesday, "pulling resources from wherever they exist and then sharing those resources" (Bella/Shepard, The Washington Post, 2/18; Hoyt, The Dallas Morning News, 2/16; Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman, 2/17; Guzman-Tracy, News 4 San Antonio, 2/17; Childers/Edsitty, ABC 13, 2/18; McEvoy, Forbes, 2/16; Hernndez et al., Washington Post, 2/17).

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Austin hospitals have suffered losses to critical operations including water and heat that prompted more than two dozenpatients to be transferred to neighboring facilities and others to remain in what some described as near-dire conditions.

A compounding issue of low water pressure impacted in some facilities the ability for boilers to generate heat, as temperatures in hallways and patient rooms plummeted.

The issues appeared most acute at St. David's South Austin Medical Center. But other facilities had related issues.

"Out of caution, yesterday we transported approximately 30 patients who were either vulnerable or could easily be cared for at another facility," David Huffstutler, CEO of St. David's HealthCare, said in an email Thursday. "We continue to work with the City of Austin in an effort to resolve the water outage, but they have been unsuccessful in resolving the water system issue affecting service and water pressure to our hospital."

On Wednesday, St. David's South Austin Medical Center reporteda loss of water pressureand heat and said they were taking several steps to get water to the hospital. It said several other area hospitals were also facing the same issue.

Ongoing issues with the city's water system have caused a loss of water pressure at St. David's Medical Center downtown. And water pressure is still an issue at Heart Hospital of Austin, officials said in an email Thursday.

Huffstutler said that they have deployedwater tank trucks onsite at three hospitals St. Davids South Austin Medical Center, St. Davids Medical Center and Heart Hospital of Austin to connect and pressurize their systems due to water outages andlow pressure.

"While the duration of this issue remains unknown at this time, all St. Davids HealthCare facilities are prepared to handle the situation and have a sufficient supply of water to help ensure that we can continue to provide our patients with exceptional care," he said.

St. David's has been able to maintain food, water and other supplies across the system even as the Austin area has been blanketed with snow and ice for nearly a week. All hospitals have also maintained power throughout the weather event, and have not had to go on emergency power generation,Huffstutler said.

As of Thursday, officials said while four hospital campuses St. Davids Medical Center, St. Davids South Austin Medical Center, St. Davids North Austin Medical Center and Heart Hospital of Austin are located within the area of the City of Austin boil water notice, they havebeen able to and will continue to provide water for patients, staff and hospital operations.

Huffstutler said the hospital has plenty of water resources in terms of bottled water for use with patients and potable needs.

The water issue is also impacting "a number of other hospitals in the area," he said in a written statement Wednesday.

"Because this is a state-wide emergency situation that is also impacting other hospitals within the Austin area, no one hospital currently has the capacity to accept transport of a large number of patients," the statement said.

Officials with Baylor Scott & White said many area hospitals have been experiencing water outages, but teams have continued to use safe alternate water sources until service is restored.Backup power sources have also been engaged at several facilities.

Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center-Cedar Park is temporarily closed due to a winter weather-related water leak, but officials said crews are working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue and safely reopen.

"At all other Baylor Scott & White medical centersin the Austin area,although we are rescheduling some non-urgent surgeries, patient care is continuing at this time thanks to ourhighly dedicated staff members who are monitoring and responding to challenges as they arise," a spokesperson with the medical group said.

They have and will continue to collaborate with other hospitals on transfer needs.

Ascension Seton Southwest Hospital, in Southwest Austin, said Wednesday they arealso facing intermittent issues with water pressure. The hospital is rescheduling electivesurgeriesto preserve bed capacityand personnel, according to a statement from Ascension Seton.

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"While extreme weather conditions have caused intermittent water issues at several Ascension Seton sites of care, facility teams are working quickly to resolve the issues," thestatement said. "All Ascension Seton hospitals have emergency response plans in place to provide uninterrupted patient care, including access to backup generators for each care site."

Huffstutler said hospital officials are working with the city of Austin to address the issue, but they're already taking additional steps, including finding transportation to send home those people who can be discharged, giving out bottles of water to employees and others so that they can wash their hands, and canceling non-emergency procedures.

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Hospital staff are also trying to secure portable toilet facilities and are asking employees currently on shift to stay at the hospital.

"I am personally directing every resource available within our healthcare system to find solutions to best care for and serve our patients during this challenging time," Huffstutler said.

St. David's currently has about 300 patients.

American-Statesman staff writer Laura Morales contributed to this report.

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Water outages have been reported across the Austin area.

AUSTIN, Texas Three area hospitals have issued statements after reports of water outages inside their facilities.

St. David's

Staff at St. David's South Austin found notices saying the medical center had run out of water, a nurse told KVUE on Wednesday.

A nurse reported that they were at St. David's when the water was cut off. The nurse found a notice that said the water went out. The notice then listed some instructions for using the restroom, such as to not put toilet paper in the toilet when urinating, and to use trash bags to remove feces from the toilet and to then place it in a biohazard bag.

A spokesperson for St. David's issued the following statement Wednesday evening:

"Along with a number of other hospitals in the Austin area, St. Davids South Austin Medical Center lost water pressure today from the City of Austin. Water feeds the facility's boiler, so as a result, it is also losing heat. The hospital currently has just under 300 patients.

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Through our national partner, HCA Healthcare, we are able to secure and source food, linens, medication and supplies needed to care for and serve our patients.

Because this is a state-wide emergency situation that is also impacting other hospitals within the Austin area, no one hospital currently has the capacity to accept transport of a large number of patients. The health, comfort and safety of our patients and staff are always our top priority. I am personally directing every resource available within our healthcare system to find solutions to best care for and serve our patients during this challenging time.

A few hours later, Austin Water announced that the city would be entering a boil water notice city-wide. Austin Water said Feb. 18 it is working with the City's Emergency Operations Center to address the needs of critical customers, including hospitalsand power plants.

On Thursday, St. David's said it is working with its supply chain to provide water for patients, staff and hospital operations. It began supplementing onsite water inventory last week and supplies are continuing to arrive.

St. David's South Austin Medical Center was able to get a water truck to alleviate the issues on the heating system, creating a closed-loop system in the hospital to keep its boiler warm. The hospital is no longer experiencing heating issues.

Out of caution, on Wednesday St. David's transported approximately 30 patients who were either vulnerable or could easily be cared for at another facility. It is working with the City of Austin to resolve the water outage, but has been unsuccessful in resolving the water system issue affecting service and water pressure.

The hospital said in a statement on Thursday:

"Due to the ongoing water system issue affecting service and water pressure to much of the city, we have now lost water pressure at St. Davids Medical Center and continue to experience low-water pressure at Heart Hospital of Austin. We dont have any heat issues at those facilities, and so far, have been successful in maintaining regular operations. We are deploying water tank trucks onsite at three hospitals St. Davids South Austin Medical Center, St. Davids Medical Center and Heart Hospital of Austin to connect and pressurize their systems due to water outages and/or low-pressure. While the duration of this issue remains unknown at this time, all St. Davids HealthCare facilities are prepared to handle the situation and have a sufficient supply of water to help ensure that we can continue to provide our patients with exceptional care.

"All hospitals have maintained power throughout the weather event, and we have not had to go on emergency power generation because we were exempted from any mandated power blackouts.

"One of our biggest challenges has been the inability to discharge patients due to mobility and transportation issues, as well as power and water outages at their homes, and limited access to shelters in the area. Fortunately, so far, we have been able to manage through that, and things should get better over the next couple of days.

"We have sheltered hundreds of employees in our hospitals so they did not have to travel to and from the facilities while the roadways were unsafe and could remain onsite to continue to care for patients. They have been rotating working and sleeping, which made it possible for us to maintain staffing and coverage. Our employees have been nothing short of phenomenal. They are tired, but spirits are good, and it is their resiliency and tenacity that has helped us weather this storm and remain focused on keeping the needs of our patients first."

Baylor Scott & White

Meanwhile Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Parkis temporarily closed due to a winter weather-related water leak. The medical center is working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue and safely reopen.

Patient care is continuing at other Baylor Scott & White medical centers with some rescheduling of non-urgent surgeries.

Ascension Seton

Ascension Seton responded Wednesday, saying it also was experiencing water problems:

"Our highest priority is the safety and wellbeing of the patients and communities we are privileged to serve. While extreme weather conditions have caused intermittent water issues at several Ascension Seton sites of care, facility teams are working quickly to resolve the issues. All Ascension Seton hospitals have emergency response plans in place to provide uninterrupted patient care, including access to backup generators for each care site. Throughout the year, our hospitals prepare for a variety of emergency situations, which includes testing of backup power sources and reviewing and updating emergency response plans on a regular basis.

Ascension Seton leadership continues to review operations for our network of hospitals and evaluate staffing and resources based on the rapidly evolving weather conditions and community needs. Effective today, Ascension Seton is rescheduling elective surgeries at all sites of care to preserve inpatient hospital bed capacity and redirect clinical personnel. We will notify all patients impacted by this change, and continue to evaluate operations on a daily basis."

Water issues have been reported across the City of Austin as a winter storm moves through Texas, particularly at apartment complexes. City officials have said they are working to ensure that hospitals and other critical infrastructure do not lose power.

Boil water notices have also been issued in surrounding cities in Central Texas.

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Ascension Parish voters will be asked April 24 to decide whether the way to settle parish government's decades-long struggle to improve sewage treatment is to let someone else handle it.

Through the years, parish leaders have floated various plans to build a regional system financed with government loans and grants or with a private partner. But the cost, a fledging customer base, and the potential necessity for high user fees, new taxes or both have led those ideas to founder time and again.

A new group of parish officials who fought as councilmen and president-elect in late 2019 to block a proposed sewer partnership with Bernhard Capital Partners Management have wrangled with the investment group and among themselves for the past 13 months.

They concluded it's better to exit the sewer business and sell off the parish assets. Under the deal voters will consider, Ascension would sell its package plants, force mains, trunk lines, land and other assets to a local sewer company owned by Bernhard Capital Partners for $9.26 million.

The company, National Water Infrastructure, would ink a 20-year, non-exclusive franchise agreement with the parish and pay an annual franchise fee that will escalate as new customers are added but start at $500,000, parish officials said.

In exchange, the company, which is the successor to and partly owned by longtime local sewer provider Ascension Wastewater Treatment, will spend $200 million on a new regional treatment plant. The new plant would consolidate now-scattered neighborhood sewage treatment systems and reroute the treated wastewater to the Mississippi River.

Parish officials said they will save $3 million per year in general tax revenue spent to subsidize the cost of the small, disconnected parish systems.

In pitching other council members to put the plan on the ballot earlier this week, Council Chairwoman Teri Casso recounted the parish's history with sewer negotiations and how they have led to this point.

"The rest of the story begins tonight, and it will make a difference for our children, and for their children and for our businesses. It will make a tremendous difference for our parish government. It will take off our plate a very expensive effort to accomplish what we have not been able to since 1990," the three-term councilwoman from Dutchtown said.

The initial joining of the parish and National Water systems would total 19,000 customers in unincorporated eastern Ascension. The plan doesn't affect Gonzales or Sorrento municipal customers or people with individual, private systems.

The regional system would fulfill a long-sought goal of parish leaders and state environmental regulators by pulling treated sewage effluent out of overburdened local waterways and ditches and sending it to the Mississippi.

Parish officials said they plan in-person open houses and perhaps virtual ones in the coming weeks to explain the deal. Thursday's vote suggests the entire council and Parish President Clint Cointment are behind the deal.

The state Public Service Commission would also have to approve the deal and any potential rate increases.

"It's fair, it's equitable and governed by the Public Service Commission," said Tom Pertuit, CEO of National Water, "who has a history of putting the ratepayer first, and they will be extremely cognizant of all issues related to the ratepayer, I know that."

Pertuit said ratepayers would see "extremely minimal" rate increases for at least the first two years but acknowledged some increases were likely with the significant capital outlay expected.

NWI residential customers currently pay $45 per month; parish customers pay $42.50 per month. Pertuit added that no one with a private, individual treatment system would be required to hook into National Water's network.

The united parish stance is a turnabout. Eight months ago, amid negotiations with Bernhard, Cointment had pitched a plan to have the parish go it alone and leverage Ascension's existing assets into a regional system.

After the vote Thursday, Cointment, who had months ago warmed to a sale, voiced his support for the deal and halting future use of general parish revenues on a sewer system that had already cost $42 million in subsidies over the past 10 years.

Though the parish system may be poised for customer growth it has accumulated the rights to a swath of new customers recently Ascension is only projected to have2,700 by the end of 2021 and faces significant upfront costs to meet environmental requirements.

"My administration fully supports this sale of the parishs sewer system because along with all of the financial benefits, this is our best chance to improve the environment and remove 3 million gallons of sewer effluent per day from our polluted waterways and ditches," Cointment said in a statement.

In addition to future annual savings, the sale will also allow the parish to redirect $13.5 million now set aside for sewer costs, the Cointment administration says.

NWI also has agreed to pay for $1 million in needed repairs to the parish-run sewage treatment plant at Oak Grove Primary School that serves the school and customers along a parish trunk line under La. 42 in Prairieville.

Councilman Corey Orgeron, who is the utilities chairman but was not part of private negotiations that have dominated the last months of the deal's refinement, was an early proponent of an agreement that would have eventually sold off the parish assets.

That earlier deal was closer to a lease with an option to buy for Bernhard and offered at least a $15 million payment to the parish for its assets nearly $6 million more than what the parish would now receive.

A subsequent appraisal found the replacement cost of the parish's sewer assets totaled nearly $28 million, but physical depreciation, obsolescence and other hits reduced value by nearly two-thirds. The final price of $9.26 million is an average of two valuation methods, the appraisals say.

Orgeron said this agreement remains the right path for the parish and the public: "This is the best deal we've gotten in decades, and it's the best deal we're going to get anytime in the near future."

Under the agreement, NWI has committed to finish a first regional plant within five years. NWI would build another 4 million gallons in treatment capacity, which also would discharge in the Mississippi, after an additional 15,000 customers are added to its system. The parish government would bear no cost for the plant, though ratepayers would have to finance it.

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And it's funny because I always get that question, 'Why do you think that there aren't more Black women in the UFC? There's Black women dominating in all other sports, but why don't you think that they're rarely seen in MMA?' Hill continues. And I know it's not me, but I feel like if I were more successful, then maybe you would see more faces there. So I've just been trying to be that role model that I would want to look up to as a young athlete, as well, and use that pressure, use that weight as a way to get out of bed in the morning when I don't feel like training or a way to push past some mental block that I'm having with a certain move. I know I can do this; I just have to focus more and use it. Because the pressure's never gonna go away. I'm never gonna stop caring about Black people, so I want to be a positive influence and be someone that people can look up to.

She already is. And while she would have liked some of those close decisions to have gone in her direction, her work as an ambassador of the sport in and out of the Octagon isnt determined by a win-loss record. And as hard as it can sometimes be to feel that way after a tough defeat, Hill has received plenty of messages that let her know shes made an impact and is opening the doors she wants to.

A Timeline of African American and Black UFC Athlete Accomplishments

I get most people saying that to me online, Hill said. They'll go, 'You got my daughter into MMA,' or 'You got my wife into MMA. She hated it before, then she watched a couple of your fights, and she's like, 'Oh my God!'' It's funny, I think a lot of times when people are represented in most things, then you forget what it feels like not to be represented. So that's why you have a lot of people who love hip-hop flocking to Eminem because they're like, 'Oh, this guy looks like me.' And imagine if that was every other thing in the world, where it was dominated by people who don't look like you.

"So it's really funny when you see a TV show and the main character is a Black woman, you're like, 'Oh s**t, I'm gonna watch that,' because you feel like you can put yourself in that character even easier than when you're watching something where there are no Black people. It's pretty cool to inspire people like that and open that door for them, like, 'Hey, you can be an athlete,' 'Hey, you can be an MMA fighter,' or you can do something you might have thought wouldn't be welcoming to you because you don't see people who look like you doing it.

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Primal items introduced, along with Volatile Dreamstones and a new vendor.

While Counterplay Games Godfall launched to quite a mixed reaction, the developer has continued supporting it. Update 2.4.44 aka the Primal update adds new content for endgame players while revamping several activities like Tower of Trials. Ascension Levels have been added, allowing players to gain new powers and bonuses after hitting the level cap.

The titular Primal items are also live and provide a massive buff to the items primary trait as a new loot modifier. As for Tower of Trials, both the normal and Ascended versions have new objectives, surprise events and improved rewards while also serving as the source for Primal items. There are also Banes which players can equip, conferring debuffs but also providing a loot bonus.

If that werent enough, Dreamstones have been changed to have better loot targeting with new Volatile Dreamstones providing improved rewards. For more details, check out the patch notes here. Counterplay has also confirmed that Godfalls paid expansion, included with Ascended and Deluxe Editions, will release in Q2 2021. Stay tuned for more details on that in the coming months.

Key Features

For both new and veteran players, the Primal Update brings big changes to Godfall to test your mettle. Here is a quick summary of key features coming with this patch:

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Over the past month (and if Im really honest, the past few months) I have grown distant in my walk with God. Between work, seminary, and family I have let the busyness of life envelope me and have focused on the many tasks I must get done. In the few moments that time has allowed Ive let myself relax, but never intentionally committed any time to God. This isnt to say that I havent prayed or talked with God, because I have (and I have continued to pray every night with my kids). Ive even prayed most mornings that God would fill me and use me that day. But I havent always completely meant it; I havent delved into the Scriptures beyond what was needed for school; I havent sat in silence to listen to the Holy Spirit speak; I havent allowed myself to fully feel the presence of God.

So I decided to do something about that. This week I began working through Richard Fosters book Celebration of Discipline. My plan is to read a chapter of that book each week, then focus on that particular discipline that week. Along with that my goal is also to focus on a single chapter of the Bible each week, reading it every day (something suggested by Rev. Scott Chrostek in the recent Wednesday Night series Resolutions).

On Monday I began that process. The focused discipline of this week is meditation, a perfect start to encountering the presence of God. As I prepared to begin, sitting in my office and flipping my Bible to Romans 12, my daughter walked in. She took notice of my posture and said, Daddy, are you praying? I kindly said, Yes, and she smiled at me, turned, and skipped away. I read through that chapter twice, highlighting what stood out to me.

The moment I set the Bible down to begin in meditation my daughter walked in again. I smiled and asked her what she needed. Her answer instantly melted my heart: I wanted to pray with you, Daddy. So she sat there, next to me, as I held her and we prayed together for several minutes. When I said Amen she got up and skipped back out.

Heres what I realized in this wonderfully beautiful moment. For the last few months God has been inviting me into his presence--because he never stops inviting us. I have just been reluctant to say yes. And when on this day I came, ready and fully willing to accept Gods invitation, the Holy Spirit came to me, entering my room through my young daughter's small frame. And there he sat with me as we prayed together, my daughter in my arms, and I in his arms. This, to me, was a beautiful image of the relationship God invites us to. In this time of loneliness, God has always invited us in and will always be with us.

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GONZALES Murphy Painter, a former top law enforcement official in Louisiana who is suing Ascension Parish's president and others over alleged dirty tricks during his 2019 campaign for parish president, is one of 17 people seeking to be that parish's next registrar of voters.

Longtime Ascension Registrar Robert Poche' retired last month after nearly 40 years in a job that plays an important, non-partisan role in ensuring the integrity of the elections and offers a virtual lifetime appointment with lucrative pay.

Others seeking the job include Joanne Capace Reed, a former state director of voter registration who is chief deputy for East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar of Voters Steve Raborn; Shanie Bourg, elections operations administrator for the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office and former election operations manager; and Elizabeth Williams, a former Ascension chief deputy registrar of voters who left the office in 2009 after more than 35 years, their resumes say.

Painter has named Parish President Clint Cointment in his lawsuit, but it is the Parish Council, not the president, who makes the next appointment for registrar.

Cointment and other defendants in the suit have denied any role in an alleged conspiracy to damage Painter's election chances in 2019. Painter wasn't immediately available for comment Sunday.

Late last week, the Parish Council agreed on an interview and a ranking and voting process.

They decided to give each candidate 15 minutes to give an opening statement and answer three questions in an initial round of interviews that will be held in public before the entire council. Three finalists will given an additional five minutes to speak, then the council will pick its appointee.

Teri Casso, the council chairwoman, said the council has yet to decide when those interviews will happen but said she believes the interviews and voting will likely happen over two or three days. Due to scheduling conflicts, those interviews probably won't happen until next month, though the dates were still to be determined.

Casso said the application process has drawn "severalvery eligible candidates."

While registrar's offices don't have a role in the direct vote count that is left to parish clerks of court they register the people who do vote and ensure what parish and precinct they live in and, thus, in what elections they are eligible to cast ballots.

Registrar's offices also distribute and receive mail-in ballots and, in Ascension, offer some of the locations for in-person, early voting. The registrar of voters is also one of five members of the parish Board of Election Supervisors, which oversees election preparations, counts mail-in votes and certifies elections in Ascension. The registrar must be a registered voter in the parish.

In Ascension, the registrar's office has seven budgeted positions. In that parish and elsewhere, it can be a low-key job unless election-time passions bring the office's responsibilities to forefront.

In August, for example, voter registration records for two candidates for Donaldsonville City Council played an important role in election challenges ahead of fall elections. In court hearings, Poche', the now retired registrar, testified about the candidates' registrations and voting records. One candidate was allowed to stay in the race and another was not, in part, based on their registrations and voting history.

Perhaps more notably, the registrar's office in East Baton Rouge was tasked with verifying whether the supporters of the St. George incorporation movement had obtained enough signatures from registered voters to put their measure on the ballot.

The office determined movement came up 71 signatures short in 2015, but had surpassed the threshold in 2019. Voters later approved forming the new city. Reed was working for Raborn's office during the second count.

The opening has also drawn applicants with less direct experience in elections but with management or legal careers. They include Barbara Duhe, a retired city of Gonzales manager; Paul Gibson, a retired human resources and student support services director for St. Charles Parish schools; Isaac Jackson, a retired general counsel for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; and Leroy Laiche, a Prairieville lawyer and former justice of the peace in Ascension who was forced from the office in 2016 for judicial misconduct.

In an interview Sunday, Casso avoided discussing any candidate by name. In public discussions, other council members have done the same. But some top officials in Ascension have already made their views known.

Clerk of Court Bridget Hanna, who is the parish's elections chief and would work closely with a future registrar, said she has told anyone who has asked her, including some other applicants who have called her, that she is recommending Bourg.

Hanna, who has worked in the clerk's office for more 37 years and as clerk for six, said she has worked with Bourg for many years. She called her the most qualified of all the applicants, saying she wrote Secretary of State materials that parish clerks and registrars use for elections.

"I know the integrity that she has. I know that she can walk into that office on day one, take over that office, and bring it where it needs to be," Hanna said.

Reed, the deputy registrar in East Baton Rouge, has amassed her own recommendations. Her application includes those from nearly a dozen other parish registrars, including Raborn, and from Bill Blair, the state Legislature's director of demographic services and an important figure in redistricting.

Others who have applied for the job are Paphine Bajoie, a Baton Rouge 1st City Court clerk; Laura Baragona, a retired Ascension schools paraprofessional; Melody Christy, administrative assistant to Louisiana 1st Circuit Appeals Judge Guy Holdridge and a former Ascension deputy clerk of court; and Michael Heath, a facilities manager for River Parishes Community College and longtime local elections commissioner, resumes say.

Additional candidates are Monica Jackson, an assistant chief tax collector in the Ascension sheriff's office; Debra Larks, a postal supervisor and former business owner; Brady Moran, an IT analyst; Charla LeMaire Moran, an accountant and Ascension school office system specialist; and Rhonda Washington-Dunbar, a retired Ascension schools librarian who briefly was office manager for local Judge Alvin Turner Jr., resumes say.

This story was changed 2:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, to correct the current and prior jobs of Shanie Bourg, an applicant for the Ascension registrar of voters.

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On. Feb. 5, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions.

Ned J. Martello, of Denham Springs, has been reappointed to the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Martello is the owner of Martello Chiropractic.

The Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners serves to license and regulate chiropractors in the state of Louisiana.

Celeste P. Cogswell, of Prairieville, has been appointed to the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners. Cogswell is the assistant director of nursing at Landmark South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and will serve as a practical nurse representing the Louisiana Nursing Home Association.

The mission of the examiners board is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public by providing reasonable assurance that persons who practice practical nursing are competent, ethical practitioners with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities appropriate to the title and role of the licensed practical nurse.

Lt. Col. Chavez Cammon, of Prairieville, has been appointed to the Louisiana Emergency Response Commission. Cammon is the deputy superintendent over the Patrol Division of Louisiana State Police and will serve as the designee of the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

The Louisiana Emergency Response Commission coordinates and supervises implementation of the federal hazardous materials Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act within Louisiana. LERC develops, coordinates, and leads the state emergency management program, enabling effective preparation for, response to, and recovery from emergencies and disasters in order to save lives, reduce human suffering and minimize property loss.

Connie D. Nelson, of Gonzales, has been appointed to the Group Benefits Estimating Conference. Nelson is the director of finance and administration for the Governor's Office.

The Group Benefits Estimating Conferences mission is to develop or gather information relating to group health and life insurance, premium rates, and budgeting as is determined by the conference principals as needed for the state planning and budget system.

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Rosaria made her debut in Genshin Impact Version 1.2 during the Dragonspine story, but she has yet to appear as a playable character in-game. That should change soon if rumors and beta leaks hold out, meaning those eager to get their hands on this goth nun may have something to look forward to in the coming month or two.

We dont know precisely when Rosaria will arrive, but we do have an idea as to what her kit looks like, and what materials shell need for ascension thanks to information from the closed beta, provided by the ever excellent Honey Hunter World (who have her stats listed if thats what youre looking for). For the time being this guide will only list Rosarias abilities, passives, constellations, ascension materials, and talent level-up materials. Once shes closer to launching and her kit is essentially finalized well update this article with equipment and weapon build suggestions.

Below will be listed Rosarias full set of attacks and abilities, her passive talents, constellations, and finally all of her ascension and talent material requirements. Since this information hasnt been officially confirmed as of publication (its all from the closed beta), any and all of this can change between now and Rosarias debut. Ill add a build portion with suggested artifacts and weapons to this guide once shes closer to going live. You can find guides for other characters by following the link here to our complete Genshin Impact character list.

Rosaria Attacks and Abilities

Rosaria Passive Talents

Rosaria Constellations

Rosaria Character Ascension Materials

Rosaria Talent Level-Up Materials

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SYRACUSE, N.Y., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MarketDesign Consulting recently celebrated two years of business success echoed by an elevation in their partnership with HubSpot to a Platinum Solutions Partner. MarketDesign takes the step from untiered to Platinum Partner in just under two year, making MarketDesign a top performing partner.

"Today's businesses need growth strategies that support the entire customer lifecycle. Buyers don't just want, but rather expect, a frictionless experience. That's exactly what Market Design is known for delivering. It's a massive achievement to reach the Platinum tier of our program, a tier reserved for the very best in the Solutions Partner Program. Congratulations to Market Design," Taylor Swasey, Senior Account Manager at HubSpot

This is an exciting time for, Kara Rudy, President & CEO of MarketDesign, who has garnered success with clients serving solely IT space given her for nearly 15 years' experience in the industry before founding her own marketing consulting firm. As MarketDesign thrives and elevates its partnership with HubSpot, Rudy now begins the steps of expanding her business with the recent hiring of two new team members; a Director of Client Growth and a Project Coordinator.

HubSpot, a business enablement tool supporting specifically Marketing, Sales, and Service teams, is a critical tool MarketDesign brings to its clients. The growth and elevation to Platinum Partner is an indicator that MarketDesign is positioned to continue taking IT businesses to the next level by streamlining business operations and increasing revenue.

"I believe the key to operational efficiency is unifying marketing, sales, and services teams with a single line of site to customer engagement that gives an accurate picture of business health. This elevation in our HubSpot partnership is a direct correlation to the success our clients are having eliminating disparate systems. I have been working in the HubSpot platform for over a decade and will continue to demonstrate to our clients and potential clients how important the right foundation of business tools makes on the success of a company. I'm excited to watch new clients increase efficiency, make data-driven decisions, and increase employee satisfaction with our guidance and support," says Kara Rudy.

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MarketDesign brings nearly 15 years of IT and marketing experience to our technology organizations across the US. By building brands, telling stories, and driving results, MarketDesign is committed to doing our part to cure cancer with annual investments of our time, money, and resources. You get a nimble, accountable, and inquisitive mar-tech specific team that translates to brand differentiation and results for your IT business. Unify your team and differentiate your brand with MarketDesign. http://www.marketdesignco.com

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"If you don't get operated on you got a 15 percent chance of living out the year," Leonard said his doctors told him.

INDIANAPOLIS At 88 years old, Bobby "Slick" Leonard recently escaped an imminent health threat and he wants the same thing for you. The beloved and former Indiana University basketball player, NBA player and coach and long-time Pacers announcer had an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

"We refer to them as the silent killers or the ticking time bombs," said Dr. Brent Marsden a vascular surgeon at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Hospital in Carmel. "In general, people don't know that they have it, they're completely asymptomatic. They don't cause a problem until they go on to rupture and take people's lives," Marsden explained.

Leonard remembers the blunt prognosis from his team of medical doctors.

"If you don't get operated on, you got a 15 percent chance of living out the year. That woke me up a little bit. But they said if you do get operated on and it is successful, you got a 99 percent chance of living out your life," Leonard said.

Leonard opted for a minimally invasive surgery at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Hospital the Monday after Thanksgiving.

"With the stent repair that we were able to do for him. He was able to get home within a day and really have no functional limitations. He would be able to go back to the basketball court and the broadcast booth within, you know, 48 hours," Marsden said.

Leonard is still surprised his life was in such danger, and yet he was symptom-free.

"I didn't know I had it!" Leonard exclaimed.

Leonard feels fortunate the aneurysm was detected in time for a fix and that's what he and his medical team want for you too.

Marsden says most people who have aneurysms don't know it.

"One of the things that kind of keeps myself and my partners up at night worrying about who is out there and when are they going to have a problem?" Marsden said.

The undiagnosed cases are all the more frustrating to Marsden, because detection is relatively simple. He says patients, however, are unaware, unmotivated, or unsure if they should get screened.

A tri-vascular screening can detect abdominal aortic aneurysms. It's similar to the ultrasound used for pregnancy. But for vascular issues, the medical staff is looking to see how blood is flowing through your neck, your stomach, and your legs. If there's an issue, you can pursue a fix.

Leonard says his screening took a matter of minutes and he's grateful for the discovery which saved his life.

"It's so simple. I did this to make people understand if I can help you...get to that hospital or doctor's office and get that ultrasound done for 10 minutes and save your life. You gotta go," Leonard said.

For Check Up 13 on February 13, 2021, the Ascension is providing the Tri-Vascular screening to qualified Hoosier patients at a reduced $79 cost.

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Boys basketball

Donaldsonville 73, St James 64

St James 20 19 8 17-64

Donaldsonville 21 10 13 29-73

SCORING: DONALDSONVILLE: Jakai Allen 25, Lawrence Forcell 22, Maliek Robinson 18; ST JAMES: S. Jones 18, K. Brown 17, S. Preston 10

3-POINT GOALS: Donaldsonville 5( Allen 5); St James 5 (Brown 4, Johnson)

Records: Donaldsonville 8-5

Madison Prep 46, Episcopal 42

Episcopal 15 6 9 10 2-42

Madison Prep 6 13 8 13 6-46

SCORING: EPISCOPAL: J. Jones 20, I. Besselman 16, A. Bourgeois 2, B. Smith 2, M. Carter 2; MADISON PREP: A. Washington 15, J. Webber 12, L. Robinson 9, B. Johnson 6, T. Abott 2, J. Nora 2

3-POINT GOALS: Episcopal: 6 (Jones 5, Besselman) Madison Prep: 6 (Webber 3, Johnson 2, Washington)

Records: Episcopal 21-4

Scotlandville 69, Central 45

Scotlandville 23 12 20 14-69

Central 16 2 10 17-45

SCORING: CENTRAL: R. Walker 11, N. Stinson 9, M. Hillard 8; SCOTLANDVILLE: M. McDonald 23, Z. Jackson 20, C. Teasett 14.

3-POINT GOALS: Central: 2 (James, Zheng); Scotlandville: 10 (McDonald 5, Teasett 2, Smith 2, Jackson)

Records: CENTRAL: 17-5, Scotlandville 21-3

JUNIOR VARSITY: Central 40, Scotlandville 46

Zachary 77, Denham Springs 32

Denham Springs 4 18 20 8-32

Zachary 16 23 20 18-77

SCORING: Zachary: Jalen Bolden 17, John DeCuir 13, Brandon Hardy 12, Kyree Davis 12, Michael Quiett 5; DENHAM SPRINGS: Elijah Gilmore 10, Jordan Reams 10, Mike Rodriguez

3-POINT GOALS: Zachary: 7 ( Davis 2, Hardy, Bolden, Quiett, James, DeCuir) Denham Springs: 1 (Baker)

Records: Zachary : 20-5, 2-0 District; Denham Springs: 13-15,

JUNIOR VARSITY: Zachary: 48, Denham Springs 19

Donaldsonville 76, St James 10

St James 3 4 1 2-10

Donaldsonville 25 25 21 5-76

SCORING: DONALDSONVILLE: L. Ester 19, P. Richard 12, J. Southall 8; ST JAMES: T. Nelson 7, A. Anderson 2, Z. Broden 1

3-POINT GOALS: Donaldsonville 2 ( Joseph, Warr)

Records: Donaldsonville 11-7

Liberty 70, Plaquemine 39

Plaquemine 4 4 20 11-39

Liberty 12 16 21 23-70

SCORING: Scoring: PLAQUEMINE: Comora Davis 11, Chantoryia Rivers 11, Mallory Watkins 10, Maddison Mitchell 5, Jomiya Cain 2; LIBERTY: Haley Franklin 21, Ceara Myers 13, Rashauna Stewart 10, Mashiya Cherry 7, Madison Williams 6, Anniah Holliday 6, Tamara Christmas 5, Paige Webb 2.

3-POINT GOALS: 3-point goals: Plaquemine 1 (Mitchell); Liberty 8 (Franklin 3, Stewart 2, Holliday 2, Cherry 1

Records: Records: Liberty 18-6; Plaquemine 17-7

Copper Mill

Par 36

Team scores: 1. University A 164

2. University B 197.

Individual scores: 1. Lail Shaw, University, 37. 2. Hastings Dawson, East Feliciana, 40. 3. Tray Toups, University, 40.

The Bluffs

Par 35

Team scores: 1. Zachary 171. 2. Live Oak 227

Individual scores: 1. Kyle Bennett, Zachary, 35. 2. Drew Filman, Zachary, 42. 3. Tiago Vallebuona, Zachary, 45.

Webb Memorial

Par 36

Team scores: 1. Ascension Christian 113. 2. Baton Rouge High 127

Individual scores: 1. Carter Evans, Ascension Christian, 53. 2. Joshua Ritchie, Ascension Christian, 60. 2. Sohan Atluri, Baton Rouge High, 60, 3. Harsha Vatsavayi, Baton Rouge HIgh, 67

Santa Maria

Par 36

Team scores: 1. Dunham 158. 2. St. Amant

180. 3. Episcopal 186. 4. Parkview Baptist 224

Medalists: 1. (tie) Peyton Carter, St. Amant

34. Ryan Dupuy, Dunham 34. Gage Landry, St. Amant, 34. 4. John Collier Thorton, Dunham 35.

Greystone Country Club

Par 36

Team scores: Catholic 153, Denham Springs 182, St. Michael n-a

Leaders: 1,Teagan Richards, Catholic, 34; 2, Walter Anderson, Catholic 39; 3 (tie), Tyler Swick, Denham Springs, 40; Carter Schmitt, Catholic, 40; Christopher Cerniauskas, Catholic, 40

Parkview Baptist 3, St. Amant 2

Singles

Daniel Compton, St. Amant def. Mason Mitchell, 6-3, 6-2

Presley Sheets, St. Amant def. Josh Domingue, Parkview 6-3, 7-5

Doubles:

Jack Momenzadeh-Ian Pourciau, Parkview def. Garon Hebert-Grant DiCarlo

Richard Bilich-Jack Sherman, Parkview def. Beali Babin-Keaton Guillory

Harrison Dougherty- Jacob Dougherty, Parkview def. Cody Credur-Dayton Spruill

Zachary 3 East Ascension 1

Singles

Fletcher, Zachary def. N. Naquin 6-0, 6-0

White, Zachary def. R. Naquin 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

Cronin-Funk, Zachary def. Tedeton-Hoffman 6-1, 6-2

Lambert-Poche, East Ascension def. Nalepa-Baudouin 2-6, 7-6(7-3), 10-8

Parkview 4, St. Amant 1

Singles

Madison Morris, Parkview def. Victoria Marchand 6-0 6-0

Grayce Reynolds, St. Amant Def. Addison Bell-Pierce 0-6 0-6

Doubles

Micah Luong-Avery Morris, Parkview def. Yaire Angel-Lilie Sage

Kate Kratzberg-Amanda Blakeney, Parkview def. Allie Phillips-Rebecca Angel

Mallory Wiley-Aiden Porciau, Parkview def. Miranda Crooks-Libby Lambert

Zachary 4 East Ascension 1

Singles

Garcia, East Ascension def. Leblanc 7-6 (7-5), 6-1

Hughes, Zachary def. Lomax 0-6, 0-6

Doubles

Schlorke-Trotti, Zachary def. Trinka-Greenfield 6-2, 6-1

Norred-Chatelain, Zachary def. Balkin-Powers 6-0, 6-0

Fowler-Haddox, Zachary def. Smith-Gautreau 6-0, 6-0

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