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Women's pro golf tour updates policy to only allow biological females to compete.
www.foxnews.com
NXXT GOLF CEO Stuart McKinnon described in a statement the change in policy as a "crucial" step in helping to "uphold the competitive integrity that is the cornerstone of women’s sports."
"Our revised policy is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to celebrating and protecting the achievements and opportunities of female athletes. Protected categories are a fundamental aspect of sports at all levels, and it is essential for our Tour to uphold these categories for biological females, ensuring a level playing field," McKinnon said.
The new policy, announced on International Women’s Day, goes into effect Friday.
Women's pro golf tour updates policy to only allow biological females, banning trans golfer Hailey Davidson
The NXXT Women's Pro Tour updated its gender policy on Friday, announcing that only competitors who are "a biological female at birth" will be allowed to participate in events.
NXXT GOLF CEO Stuart McKinnon described in a statement the change in policy as a "crucial" step in helping to "uphold the competitive integrity that is the cornerstone of women’s sports."
"Our revised policy is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to celebrating and protecting the achievements and opportunities of female athletes. Protected categories are a fundamental aspect of sports at all levels, and it is essential for our Tour to uphold these categories for biological females, ensuring a level playing field," McKinnon said.
The new policy, announced on International Women’s Day, goes into effect Friday.
mugatu
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Wrong thread? Assume this was meant for the US going backwards thread.
Ooops ..thanks!! deleted
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2 Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies get yearslong sentences for torturing 2 Black men npr
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Hunter Elward, 31, was sentenced to about 20 years in prison, while Jeffrey Middleton, the 46-year-old leader of the so-called "Goon Squad" that abused the men, was given a 17.5-year prison sentence. Four other former law enforcement officers who admitted to torturing Jenkins and Parker are set to be sentenced later this week — two on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
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Hunter Elward, 31, was sentenced to about 20 years in prison, while Jeffrey Middleton, the 46-year-old leader of the so-called "Goon Squad" that abused the men, was given a 17.5-year prison sentence. Four other former law enforcement officers who admitted to torturing Jenkins and Parker are set to be sentenced later this week — two on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
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Wouldn’t be surprised if several states follow Florida’s lead on this.
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation into law that eliminates squatters’ rights in the Sunshine State and increases penalties against offenders.
"You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody's private property and expect to get away with it. We are in the state of Florida ending the squatter scam once and for all," DeSantis said during a press conference on the signing in Orlando.
The law will take effect July 1. DeSantis noted ahead of the signing that he believes Florida is the first state in the nation to take squatting issues head-on.
Lawmakers in the state overwhelmingly voted in support of the bill earlier this month, sending it to DeSantis’ office. The law outlines that squatters will face criminal charges for illegally moving into a home and allows property owners to file an affidavit showing they legally own a property.
DeSantis eliminates 'squatters' rights' in Florida, gives power to cops to remove offenders
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill into law that increases penalties against squatters and eliminates their "rights" to fraudulently live on a property.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation into law that eliminates squatters’ rights in the Sunshine State and increases penalties against offenders.
"You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody's private property and expect to get away with it. We are in the state of Florida ending the squatter scam once and for all," DeSantis said during a press conference on the signing in Orlando.
The law will take effect July 1. DeSantis noted ahead of the signing that he believes Florida is the first state in the nation to take squatting issues head-on.
Lawmakers in the state overwhelmingly voted in support of the bill earlier this month, sending it to DeSantis’ office. The law outlines that squatters will face criminal charges for illegally moving into a home and allows property owners to file an affidavit showing they legally own a property.
I never really understood the concept of why there are squatters rights.Wouldn’t be surprised if several states follow Florida’s lead on this.
DeSantis eliminates 'squatters' rights' in Florida, gives power to cops to remove offenders
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill into law that increases penalties against squatters and eliminates their "rights" to fraudulently live on a property.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation into law that eliminates squatters’ rights in the Sunshine State and increases penalties against offenders.
"You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody's private property and expect to get away with it. We are in the state of Florida ending the squatter scam once and for all," DeSantis said during a press conference on the signing in Orlando.
The law will take effect July 1. DeSantis noted ahead of the signing that he believes Florida is the first state in the nation to take squatting issues head-on.
Lawmakers in the state overwhelmingly voted in support of the bill earlier this month, sending it to DeSantis’ office. The law outlines that squatters will face criminal charges for illegally moving into a home and allows property owners to file an affidavit showing they legally own a property.
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Same here. But it sounds like the squatter can still make a fake and forged lease, present it to the cops and the cops won't kick the squatter out.
Extremely Important discovery as it is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors, rockets, superconductors and medical diagnostic equipment
Helium reservoir in Minnesota has 'mind-bogglingly large' concentrations. Highest concentrations ever tested by humans
recently discovered helium reservoir in Minnesota boasts "mind-bogglingly" high concentrations of the gas that are even greater than initially thought, potentially paving the way for commercial extraction.
Resource exploration company Pulsar Helium, Inc. announced the discovery of helium stores in late February, after a drill just outside of Babbitt, in northern Minnesota, located gas deposits at depths of 2,200 feet (670 meters). Initial measurements showed helium concentrations of 12.4% — which "is just a dream," Thomas Abraham-James, the president and CEO of Pulsar Helium, told CBS News at the time. But new laboratory readings have surpassed those results.
The new tests reveal helium concentrations up to 13.8%, which are the highest the industry has ever seen, according to a statement. "That's just a mind-bogglingly large number, because really anything that's 0.3% or 0.5% helium or greater is of interest," Abraham-James told Live Science.
Despite being the second-most abundant gas in the universe, helium is scarce on Earth and only forms through nuclear fusion or the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium.
Normally, helium is obtained as a byproduct of natural gas production, as it accumulates underground in pockets of methane and other hydrocarbons. Minnesota is one of just a handful of locations globally where helium is known to exist without hydrocarbons — the others being in Greenland and southern and eastern Africa. These sites all feature a crust of granite rock rich in uranium and thorium, as well as a rift system that fractures the rock to expose the helium produced through radioactive decay. A dose of volcanism then releases helium atoms from the rock.
"The last ingredient that you need is somewhere for that all to be trapped, and so that could be a sedimentary basin or, like for our project, an igneous rock," Abraham-James said. "For us, it's had 1.1 billion years to accumulate in there, which may account for why the concentration is so high."
Liquid helium is important today as it is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors, rockets, superconductors and medical diagnostic equipment, but due to a limited supply, some sectors are already facing shortages.
"It's pretty dire out there," Abraham-James said.
The recently discovered helium deposits in Minnesota could address critical shortages in the U.S. with minimal losses through transportation, Abraham-James said.
Helium is notoriously difficult to store, and depending on the container, it begins to break down between 25 and 45 days after it is extracted. Most of the world's helium is mixed with hydrocarbons and wafts out of the ground uncontrollably, Abraham-James said, at which point the clock starts ticking to get it to customers. The reservoir in Minnesota, however, could provide helium on tap.
"Effectively, the reservoir is the storage itself," Abraham-James said. "There's not that sense of emergency that you must get it out right now." There would be no need for fracking, he added, as the gas naturally rises to the surface. A production facility at the rig site could then process the helium as and when needed.
Experts are reviewing data collected at the site to establish the size and properties of the reservoir. More measurements are needed to estimate the pressure under which the gas is stored and the flow rates that can be expected once it is released from that pressure.
"That's really just as important as high concentration, because you want to know how much of the gas is voluntarily coming out of the ground — a bit like cracking a soda can," Abraham-Jones said. Results are expected by the middle of the year and will determine whether the site is suitable for commercial production, he said.
Public good.
Broad strokes here but adverse possession (squatters rights) takes years and even decades in some states. The squatter's possession of the property must be open and notorious. To fulfill those requirements usually means that the actual owner has gone such long periods of time without doing anything with their property, including paying taxes, that the actual owner has essentially abandoned the property.
Would you rather have a house next door to you abandoned or kept up?
Also, it is a way to fix property line disputes.
Yes it should be illegal to just move into someone's home while they are on vacation. Removing adverse possession is not the method to fix that issue.
If you don't pay your taxes the govt takes your property and does not observe squatters rights they auction it off....at least in some states. I don't know all the nuance of state to state laws but it's a lot more than what you are talking about in cases. I have family that had to fight this out in court....bought some land while working a job where they traveled over 80% of the year....had a primary residence so when they were home most of the time was spent there and there wasn't cows to check or anything it was just land that was posted and all that good stuff....some folks moved a camper trailer on it you couldn't see from the road went to the post office and lied and got some mail there....when they went to sell it the folks claimed squatters rights and a lengthy court process ensued to get them off and it was figured out it's what these folks did they just moved place to place like that.
There isn't a reason you should be able to squat on someone's property. What I don't understand about this don't you have to break the law to start squatting. Maybe one of the resident attorneys can clear it up....Like I can't just go in your house because you aren't there that has to be trespassing at a minimum right? When does it shift from a B and E or trespassing to squatting? Like cant that be prosecuted and then the squatter is gone and viola?
Income Tax Cut for Millions of Americans. (Newsweek).
Georgia
1) Income tax decrease for all
2) Property tax freeze opportunity for seniors
3) additional tax deduction for dependents
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tax...1&cvid=77ffa65a15024b60ec4fa41b100626e5&ei=10
Georgia
1) Income tax decrease for all
2) Property tax freeze opportunity for seniors
3) additional tax deduction for dependents
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tax...1&cvid=77ffa65a15024b60ec4fa41b100626e5&ei=10
My brief research shows that GA moved from a graduated tax to a flat tax rate. If so how does that impact lower income people?
Georgia's governor and top Republican lawmakers say they want to speed up state income tax cut
Georgia’s Republican governor and legislative leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate. Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov.
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It’s graduated only up to $10k. Everything above $10k was 5.75%.My brief research shows that GA moved from a graduated tax to a flat tax rate. If so how does that impact lower income people?
Georgia's governor and top Republican lawmakers say they want to speed up state income tax cut
Georgia’s Republican governor and legislative leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate. Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov.
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