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The shrub is advocating that we act just like the Nazis or the Japanese fascists in the 1930s. Aggressive militarism abroad and repressive of liberties at home. Is anyone else concerned about this? Is imperial overreach a stretch at this point? I’m not so sure.
George Bush has a history of running every company he ever controlled into the ground, being bailed out by rich friends of his daddy, and moving on to the next. Everything he has ever touched has turned to dirt. Now he is doing the same to the nation.
To follow this man to war in the Mideast is not the grandest of notions. W, the man — like King Midas, but with a different touch.
The Federal Reserve could boost interest rates later this year, but that move may not hinder dividend stocks and exchange traded funds as much as some income investors think. Additionally, dividend growth stocks could prove particularly sturdy in the event of an interest rate increase.
Stocks with steady dividend yields reassure investors of a company’s strong financial health. Additionally, dividend-paying stocks typically outperform those that do not pay over the long haul, with less volatility, due to the compounding effect of dividends on the investment’s overall return.
The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEArca: VYM) has been solid during some trying times for dividend stocks and ETFs. VYM is one of the four largest U.S. dividend ETFs and one of the least expensive as well.
It can be said that VYM belies its high-yield implication because the ETF’s exposure to the sectors investors view as yield destinations is relatively light. Staples, utilities and telecom combine for nearly a quarter of the ETF’s weight with over half that coming from staples names. That is to say that with its relati...
VYM charges just 0.09% per year, making it less expensive than 92% of comparable funds.
“Investors looking deeper into the portfolio will see Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) at #21. Wal-Mart’s shares remain cheap in my book. The company can rapidly grow earnings per share by buying back stock. The only way for that strategy to falter is if earnings and cash flows in future years declined so that the forward earnings...
ARTURO VIDAL is moving closer to a switch to Manchester United, Arsenal are set to sign World Cup winner Sami Khedira and Chelsea are on the brinking of sealing a deal for Atletico Madrid's Filipe Luis.
Manchester United's bid to bring Arturo Vidal has been boosted after the player admitted he was keen on a move to Old Trafford.
Juventus have begun the search for a replacement, with Tottenham ace Paulinho top of their list.
However, three players who don't look live moving to Old Trafford are Toni Kroos, Arjen Robben and Thomas Vermaelen.
Kroos is set to join Real Madrid, Robben is staying at Bayern Munich and Vermaelen could be heading to Napoli.
United and Chelsea are on alert after PSG striker Edinson Cavani reportedly instructed his agent to secure him a switch to English football.
The Uruguyan is a long-term target at Old Trafford, and the Blues are desperate to add talent to their forward line.
Another striker who could be heading to Stamford Bridge is Didier Drobga.
Jose Mourinho wants the Blues legend back in west London and will loan Demba Ba to Besiktas to finance the move.
Filipe Luis is set to complete his transfer to Chelsea this week after reports from Spain suggested he's jetting to London for a medical this week.
Mourinho wants the Brazilian as Ashley Cole's replacement.
Roma defender Mehdi Benatia could be joining Luis in moving to the Bridge after the club moved into pole position in the race for the Moroccan international.
Southampton defender Dejan Lovren has opted against going on strike, but is still desperate to join Liverpool this summer.
The Croatian has been the subject of strong interest from the Reds all summer.
Kop boss Brendan Rodgers is also chasing ex-Chelsea frontman Salomon Kalou, however, he faces a battle with neighbours Everton to secure his signature.
Atletico Madrid man Arda Turan could be set to a switch to Anfield with the club ready to meet his £32m buyout clause.
Customers can't get enough of PetMeds' convenience.
Shares of Petmed Express Inc. (NASDAQ:PETS), or 1-800-PetMeds as it's more commonly known, jumped as much as 18.8% in trading Monday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter results. The early pop subsided somewhat, and at 2:05 p.m. EDT shares were up 12.7% on the day.
Revenue was up 7% in the quarter to $71.4 million and net income was up 23% to $10.8 million, or $0.52 per share. Analysts were expecting $72.2 million in revenue and earnings of $0.50 per share.
One of the most positive signs for the company was that reorder sales, which measure customers who keep coming back to the company, were up 11% to $61 million.
Investors clearly aren't concerned about the slight revenue miss, and are focused today on the earnings-per-share beat by PetMeds. What's most impressive is the margin expansion from customers who keep coming back to the company for pet supplies. That's a sustainable long-term business, and that's why investors should ...
“BNP ballerina” Simone Clarke is due to perform in public for the first time since being exposed as a member of the far right organisation.
Clarke, a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, was outed by a newspaper last month as a British National Party member.
She is due to dance the lead in a matinee performance of Giselle at the London Coliseum.
Members of the Unite Against Fascism coalition have organised a noon protest outside the Covent Garden venue.
“We are calling on all those who have an appreciation for the arts, music and dance to demand that the promotion of racist and fascist politics are incompatible with a leading arts institution such as the English National Ballet, to speak out against the association of artists with the BNP, and to demand that Simone Cl...
Clarke, 36, was exposed last month as a card-carrying BNP member and went on to give an interview defending her political beliefs.
She supports a crackdown on immigration despite the fact her dance partner and boyfriend is a Cuban of Chinese descent.
“I’m not a particularly political person but I read the manifesto and I took it on face value.
“Sometimes it feels as though the BNP are the only ones willing to take a stand. I have been labelled a racist and a fascist because I have a view on immigration and I mean mass immigration but isn’t that something that a lot of people worry about?” she said.
The broadcasting workers union Bectu called on the English National Ballet to distance itself from any pro-BNP comments made by the ballerina. The union has not called for the ballerina to be sacked but said it was “disappointed” that the English National Ballet had not issued any statement on the controversy.
Ethiopians rally in solidarity with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Meskel Square in the capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, June 23, 2018. A deadly explosion struck the huge rally for Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the crowd that had turned out in numbers...
A thwarted attempt to hurl a grenade at Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister led to a deadly explosion Saturday at a massive rally in support of sweeping changes in Africa's second most populous country. Nine police officials were arrested, state media reported.
HAND UP: Legal Aid solicitor Talina Hurzeler, Birrang Vtec administrator Rachael Powell, Legal Aid solicitor Lynne Worrall, Birrang training co-ordinator Peta McGrath and Legal Aid paralegal Teresa Preston.
ALL fines hurt, but especially for those with least capacity to pay them.
Legal Aid NSW has been combating accumulating fine debt since 2009 by connecting vulnerable people to the Work and Development Order scheme and has already noticed gains.
The scheme works by connecting those in debt with unpaid work, education, vocational or life skills courses, financial and other types of counselling, and even mental health, drug or alcohol treatment.
Birrang Enterprise Development Company has been running sessions at Glenroi, Bowen, Bathurst and Kelso, attracting up to 50 at a time.
Training co-ordinator Peta McGrath said three-hour sessions equated to the removal of $150-worth of fines, up to a cap of $1000 a month.
“Which is huge – you can attend for a couple of weeks and get your fines paid off,” she said.
Whole families have evolved, they get their kids back, they get treatment, they get off the drugs.
Legal Aid solicitor Lynne Worrall said accumulating fines added an extra impediment for low-income families.
“Their driver’s licence can be suspended or a block can be put on so they’re not even allowed to apply for a licence,” she said.
She said a loss of licence could lead people to face court for driving while suspended, and more fines, if they took the risk.
Ms McGrath said she had witnessed people move from homelessness to government housing to private rentals in three years because a licence and independence meant they could more easily seek work.
“Whole families have evolved, they get their kids back, they get treatment, they get off the drugs,” she said.
The Central West’s fine debt was at $45.1 million as of November 2018, with $3.9 million repaid through the program.
It is targeted only at those suffering severe economic hardship, an intellectual disability or addiction and set criteria applies.
Contact the Orange Legal Aid office on 6362 8022 or Revenue NSW.
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NEW ORLEANS — Many local authors are putting out amazing works and there are a ton of great books to check out.
That is why every month I will highlight five authors that you should check out, focusing on local reads.
If you have a book that you would like me to feature, send me an email at sturk@wwltv.com.
Coming in at number five on our list is an inspirational memoir from a New Orleans mother whose teenage son was sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated robbery.
"This story is not just for the low-class or African-Americans. It's for everyone and it can happen to each and every one of us," Tosha Smith Mills said.
In "Momma I Should Have Listened: A Voice of Pain and Power," Mills takes reads inside this mother-son relationship.
"There's a stigma that when a child goes to prison, it is always the parents' fault. And here we are, my son had the best of everything. He was a St. Aug student and made the wrong choice," Mills said.
Mill's book is a page-turner that captivates readers with its raw and emotional look at a mother's grief.
If you are looking for a lighter read, grab a copy of "100 Things To Do in New Orleans Before You Die."
"One of my favorite places to go for a cocktail is the Sazerac Bar. It's so atmospheric. Again, it feels like you are in a mysterious bubble of glamour,"
Coming in at number four on our list is Beth D'Addono's book. She has some great recommendations for tourists and locals when it comes to enjoying the magic in New Orleans.
Beth has been writing about New Orleans for nearly three decades. From great drinks to ideas for a daytime adventure, she's got you covered.
Up next is a collection of short stories and essays that tackle a lot of issues that young people in New Orleans can relate to.
Arnold C.J. Burks writes about racism, illiteracy and violence in his book which is simply titled "Short Stories and Essays."
"I wrote it because I remember wanting books that talked about things I was dealing with," Burks said. "They have you reading about the Odyssey and things that had nothing to do with me."
Burks said he hopes the book gives teens in New Orleans an opportunity to connect with what they are reading.
And, of course, we need a good read for the little ones.
"Mally in the Middle," tells the story of two friends from another planet who hit the wrong button on their spaceship and end up in New Orleans.
The author, Jordan Sullen, is a Tulane University graduate and former NFL player who has worked with kids through several non-profit organizations.
Sullen says this read is a summertime tale of two curious friends.
And coming in at number one is Mia X. The legendary rapper was the first woman on Master P's No Limit record label.
These days, she's spent a lot of time in the kitchen. And she's put her recipes together in a cookbook memoir titled "Things My Grandma Told Me, Things My Grandma Showed me." The book is filled with great recipes like Mama Mia's Jambalaya and cheesy yummy biscuits. There's also a lot of old school New Orleans wisdom th...
Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar recently took to her Instagram to share a video with Varun Dhawan, where he was seen talking about his Sui Dhaaga diet and how it wasn't easy for him to lose his muscles for the role.
Actors Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma are looking forward to the release of Sui Dhaaga - which is set to hit the screens tomorrow. When preparing for their role in a particular movie, actors do a lot of hard work. Every role demands a different physique, a different appearance in order to best suit the character and p...
Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar recently took to her Instagram to share a video with Varun Dhawan, where he was seen talking about his Sui Dhaaga diet and how it wasn't easy for him to lose his muscles.
In the video below, Varun mentions that he was shooting in Chanderi. He talks about the fact that his director did not want him to have a muscular body since he is playing the role of a tailor in the film. Despite not having worked out for 3 weeks, his muscles in arms failed to reduce.
It was then that the director asked him to shift to a vegetarian diet with lots of vegetables in it. Apart from temporarily giving up on meat, Varun was also asked to eat local foods of Chanderi.
Eating local and seasonal is something Rujuta Diwekar has always advocated. Foods which are in season and are local to the place that you are living in helps in promoting good health and proper digestion. Fad diets and the trending low-carb diets can make you nutrient deficient. Also, these diets for weight loss compel...
Speaking from an actor's perspective, eating local vegetables in Chanderi helped Varun improve his performance in the film as well. As he says in the video, eating local foods in Chanderi made him feel as if he belongs to the place, and it ended up in better performance for the film.
We will soon know how Sui Dhaaga is loved by the audience. Until then, you know what to do for good health and living healthy! Good luck to both Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma!
A proposal that would allow governments to charge a labor fee for time-intensive public records requests would restrict access to information and undermine open government, a media attorney told lawmakers Thursday.
“Bottom line is, public records in Arizona belong to the people. They don’t belong to government officials, they don’t belong to government bureaucrats and they don’t belong to public bodies,” said Chris Moeser, representing Phoenix Newspapers Inc. and KPNX-TV before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committe...
But René G. Guillen Jr., legislative director for the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, said some municipalities are overwhelmed by the number of requests combined with the requirement under state law to fulfill them promptly.
“It can become an all-hands-on-deck (situation) in order to fulfill public record requests,” Guillen said.
Proposed by Rep. David Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, as a strike-everything amendment to HB2419, the measure would allow governments to charge for public record requests that take longer than four hours to fulfill.
The fee would include reimbursement for the cost of labor to obtain the copies, printouts or photographs, calculated in hourly wages following the four hour mark.
Stevens said several people have mentioned to him the difficulties governments have complying with large numbers of public records requests, and Guillen said sometimes many of those requests are submitted by one or two people – for example, an individual in Yuma who made 46 requests in 44 days.
Guillen said his group’s main concern is individuals who file multiple requests for information that they don’t even wind up reviewing.
“When it’s getting legitimate requesters, legitimate information, we don’t have a problem,” he said.
While Stevens cited other states that have similar fees, Moeser said the proposal would be unprecedented under Arizona law.

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