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You’ve been reading your energy bill all wrong – common errors that are costing you money
FAILING to read your energy bill correctly could mean you're overcharged, and that's bad news for bill payers already strapped for cash amid rocketing costs.
Energy bills are at all time highs - they went up by 54% at the start of the month, all because the price cap shot up to £1,971.
That meant an increase of £693 for the average household.
The exact cost can vary depending on your use though, which has already prompted many bill payers to go to any lengths to cut down and save from forking out more.
But plenty of households are looking to keep a more watchful eye on their energy usage.
Martyn James consumer expert at Resolver, said: "Meters, readings and energy bills are seriously complicated, so remember the two golden rules: trust your gut and take a picture."
You'll want to make sure you're reading your meter right, so you're billed the correct amount, and check your supplier has got all the right info from you so you don't have to fork out more than you need.
They might have you on an estimated reading for example - you can usually spot this with an "E" marked on your bill - but you'll want to make sure you're not being overcharged.
Here's some of the things to look out for:
Don't rely on the smart stuff
Smart meters are designed so that you no longer need to send energy suppliers traditional meter readings - the device does all the leg work for you and it means your bills should be more accurate.
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Smart meters send data directly to your energy provider - but things can still go wrong.
We've seen examples where the wrong smart meter is registered on an account, meaning you're paying extra for energy. It's worth checking yours is set up correctly.
Other technical faults can crop up too, plus the controls on the device itself can be confusing to read.
This doesn't mean your bill will be more expensive but it does mean you won't be able to track your usage as well and you could end up using more than you wanted.
Martyn said: "If the meter seems wrong, ask the energy firm to conduct a test, which may include manual readings each day for a week."
Even Martin Lewis warned British Gas customers should try the old fashioned route of taking their own meter readings when an error cropped up that meant customers couldn't track them online.
Give regular meter readings
Often when you sign up to a new supplier or move into a new property, your bills are estimated.
This means you could be paying under or over the odds each month.
You can avoid this by giving regular meter readings - once a month - to your supplier.
Martyn said: "I’ve seen a number of examples recently of people moving in to new properties, giving readings and being hit with inconceivable bills.
"There are lots of reasons for this, but usually it’s the energy firm’s own system refusing to accept that it’s previous estimates were miles off, and continuing to apply the wrong rates.
"Remember the firm should be working off the readings you give when you move in, not estimates."
More than 20 suppliers have gone bust as of late due to rocketing wholesale prices, but what it's meant for customers is that as many as 2.7million have been moved to other providers.
Many of those people have faced billing issues as a result and complaints to the Energy Ombudsman were up 31% year on year.
Find the culprit
If you have a credit meter, it can be even more complicated if the readings seem wrong.
If you’re getting through energy too quickly, then unplug everything and pop one item at a time back on.
Watch the dial and if it’s moving too quickly while the kettle is on, you have a problem.
Read it the right way round
Analogue energy meters – the ones with four or five clock-like dials – are the source of much meter reading confusion.
That’s because each dial reads either clockwise or counter clockwise – and each dial works the opposite way to the one before.
Look closely to see where the arrow is pointing on each dial and pick the number closest to it to read it most accurately.
But you can also cover your back by taking photographs.
Many energy firms allow you to send in pictures, so it doesn't necessarily matter if you understand all the numbers and figures yourself, but submitting a picture means there's no room for fault.
Separate day and night
If you’ve got an Economy 7 meter, then there's something extra to watch out for too.
The tariff means your electricity is usually charged at two rates - a day rate and a night rate.
You should be able to see this on your bill.
You pay a cheaper rate for electricity for seven hours at night, also known as off-peak, and a higher one in the day, when everyone else is up and about and using energy too.
They aren’t always easy to separate out though.
Martyn said: "The simple answer is to take a reading in the morning and evening of the same day, then ask the energy firm to identify which is which."
What to do if you think your bill is wrong
If you think your bills are wrong you can put in complaint to try and correct the price, and more.
The first step is to talk to your provider.
Martyn said: "If that bill feels wrong make the business write to you and explain in simple terms how it's calculated.
"Remember to ask if they are using estimated readings and if it doesn't seem fair, make a formal complaint and go to the Energy Ombudsman if you're unhappy."
Explain the problem and what you want them to do - if it's a case of being unable to pay, then many providers have support grants to help cover costs.
And if you believe your billing is a mistake, then flagging the issue to your supplier should prompt a quick fix.
You can usually get in touch by email, letter or telephone, but keep a record of contact that you make so you can reference it later if need be.
Charities like Citizens Advice have template complaints letters you can use to help with the process.
Meanwhile, free online tools from Resolver.co.uk can also help you track and manage a complaint step-by-step.
But if you don't have any success with a complaint you can take it further and raise the issue with the Energy Ombudsman.
It handles issues between customers and suppliers on billing, installations and delays, loss of service, customer service, and switching suppliers.
Last summer thousands of households were urged by Citizens Advice to check for billing blunders.
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GCP Fund Offers Mini Perm Loans to Help Borrowers in New York Smoothly Settle an Outstanding Loan or Property
GCP Fund is known for providing world-class financial products such as mini-perm loans aimed at helping clients reduce the risk of default.
New York, NY, April 02, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Global Capital Partners Fund, a leader in commercial loan services, has been playing a part in the real estate ecosystem of New York City for several years. Among their portfolio of lending solutions, the company offers mini-perm loans to project developers, which helps them settle their outstanding loans on unprofitable projects. The GCP Fund mini-perm loan is designed to provide working capital to real estate investors when traditional funding sources are hard to come by. This facility helps reduce their risk of default drastically. Unlike conventional lenders, GCP Fund is not dependent on credit history and only requires hard collateral.
Some of the mini perm loan benefits include a fast approval process and no prepayment penalty.
According to the company spokesperson, their mini-perm loans come with a simple application process and some exciting benefits for the borrowers. "Our mini-perm loan program is designed for individuals looking for a short-term financing solution. These are ideal for borrowers who want to use them as a bridge between construction or renovation projects and permanent financing of a property," said the spokesperson during an interview with the local media.
"These can be used for any kind of commercial real estate project – whether you want to buy an office space or use it to build a new apartment complex," added the spokesperson while talking about these loans.
The company’s loan officers are real estate experts and will look at the value of a borrower’s property when considering the loan application. If a borrower has an outstanding loan, GCP Fund will use the property value as collateral to give them money to settle the outstanding loan.
GCP Fund offers loans for various purposes, including refinance, acquisition, and construction. The company also provides bridge financing for distressed properties and hard money loans. For more details regarding the financing program and how property developers can take advantage of this, go to https://gcpfund.com/.
About Global Capital Partners Fund, LLC
Under the visionary leadership of its chairman Joe Malvasio, GCF Funds has played a part in the real estate development of the Big Apple. They have quickly become one of New York city’s most reliable commercial lenders of asset-based loans. The company prides itself on top-notch customer service and a quick loan approval process. For more information, visit the website given below.
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Contact: 1-800-514-7350
Address: 555 Fifth Ave. Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017
Email:contact@gcpfund.com
Some of the mini perm loan benefits include a fast approval process and no prepayment penalty.
According to the company spokesperson, their mini-perm loans come with a simple application process and some exciting benefits for the borrowers. "Our mini-perm loan program is designed for individuals looking for a short-term financing solution. These are ideal for borrowers who want to use them as a bridge between construction or renovation projects and permanent financing of a property," said the spokesperson during an interview with the local media.
"These can be used for any kind of commercial real estate project – whether you want to buy an office space or use it to build a new apartment complex," added the spokesperson while talking about these loans.
The company’s loan officers are real estate experts and will look at the value of a borrower’s property when considering the loan application. If a borrower has an outstanding loan, GCP Fund will use the property value as collateral to give them money to settle the outstanding loan.
GCP Fund offers loans for various purposes, including refinance, acquisition, and construction. The company also provides bridge financing for distressed properties and hard money loans. For more details regarding the financing program and how property developers can take advantage of this, go to https://gcpfund.com/.
About Global Capital Partners Fund, LLC
Under the visionary leadership of its chairman Joe Malvasio, GCF Funds has played a part in the real estate development of the Big Apple. They have quickly become one of New York city’s most reliable commercial lenders of asset-based loans. The company prides itself on top-notch customer service and a quick loan approval process. For more information, visit the website given below.
Contact Information
Website: https://gcpfund.com/
Contact: 1-800-514-7350
Address: 555 Fifth Ave. Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017
Email:contact@gcpfund.com
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LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. (AP) _ JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) on Tuesday reported a loss of $255 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Long Island City, New York-based company said it had a loss of 79 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 80 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 85 cents per share.
The airline posted revenue of $1.74 billion in the period, which matched Street forecasts.
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How does Exeter City’s squad market value compare to Plymouth Argyle?
The two sides of the Devon derby have not met since 2019.
On that occasion Exeter City beat Plymouth Argyle a comprehensive 4-0 in October 2019.
But The Pilgrims have since found their way to League One, leaving Exeter behind in the fourth tier of English football.
However, we could be set for the two to square off again next season with the Grecians chasing automatic promotion out of League Two.
Two points from their final three games will confirm Matt Taylor’s side’s promotion.
But with the rivalry currently on ice for the time being, one way that we can compare the two to see the difference between them is by looking at their respective squad values, via Transfermarkt.
Given Plymouth are themselves chasing promotion to the Championship through the play-offs, the easy assumption to make is that their squad will be far more valuable than their rivals’ one.
Exeter’s total squad value is worth a little under £2 million, amounting to roughly £1.89 million.
Meanwhile, Plymouth’s is substantially worth more, totalling at roughly £4.75 million.
Quiz: Have any of these 28 ex-Plymouth Argyle players ever played for Exeter City?
However, Steven Schumacher’s side’s value has been propped up by loan signings such as Ryan Sessegnon who is worth £1.35m just by himself, which takes up a significant chunk of Plymouth’s worth.
The likes of Romoney Crichlow (£270K), Ryan Broom (£225K) and Jordan Garrick (£225K) also takes up another £720K.
Eliminating these loan deals from the side gives a more accurate reading of the situation at Home Park, with their value now equaling £2.68 million which is much closer to Exeter than might’ve been expected.
The League Two side do have loan deals of their own that gives a false reading of Exeter’s value, but it is far less significant and brings their total down to £1.17 million.
Perhaps the gap between the two sides is not as big as could’ve been thought, so if the teams do happen to meet in League One next campaign then the rivalry will be as competitive as ever. | https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/how-does-exeter-citys-squad-market-value-compare-to-plymouth-argyle/ | 2022-04-26T11:48:10Z | https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/how-does-exeter-citys-squad-market-value-compare-to-plymouth-argyle/ | true | 1 |
The Global Media Style Guide on Islam Launches
The Media Style Guide (MSG) on April 4, launched its major new initiative, the Global Media Style Guide on Islam (MSG-I), designed to help the world's media, governments and academia present Islam and Muslims accurately, authentically and with accountability. The launch coincides with the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and 1,400 years since the start of the Islamic civilization in 622 C.E.
London, United Kingdom, April 05, 2022 --(PR.com)-- The Media Style Guide (MSG) on April 4 launched its major new initiative, the Global Media Style Guide on Islam (MSG-I), designed to help the world’s media, governments and academia present Islam and Muslims accurately, authentically and with accountability.
The Media Style Guide has specifically launched MSG-I as its first initiative, as it aims to work with some of the world’s top media style guides such as the Reuters Handbook and the Associated Press Stylebook to help ensure their style guide entries on Islam and Muslims are representative, particularly after the likes of statements by the US President Donald J. Trump on March 9, 2016, that “I think Islam hates us.”
“Clear, accurate, and verified communication is one of the hallmarks of the Islamic tradition,” said Sheikh Tarek Elgawhary, an American scholar of Islam, with a PhD from Princeton University in the US and educated at the premier Sunni seat of learning, Al-Azhar, in Egypt, regarding MSG-I’s launch.
“I applaud the efforts of the Global Media Style Guide on Islam for providing this essential service on behalf of the global Muslim community and in reviving our tradition of verification.”
Shaykh Tarek Elgawhary, who is based in Washington, D.C, is the founder of the "Making Sense of Islam" platform and the editor of the annual "Muslim 500: The World’s Most Influential 500 Muslims" as published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan.
As part of MSG-I, all relevant terms about Islam and Muslim from the style guides of Reuters and Associated Press have been analysed, and either modified with enhancements and or corrected as needed, with new definitions proposed so that these style guides, as used by the world’s media and over 2 billion people daily, are above all accurate and authentic to what Muslims believe represents them.
MSG-I has not only been launched to coincide with the start of the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan on April 2 but critically marks the a major initiative to commemorate 2022 as the 1400th anniversary of the start of the Islamic civilisation as a world event, which began in 622 CE in the Arabian Peninsula, MSG said.
“MSG-I is an initiative to address and change some of the language used about the faith of Islam, the two billion Muslims and their portrayal which can not only be deeply offensive but more so, wholly erroneous,” said Rana Ismail and Idris Kamal, MSG-I co-directors, said in a joint statement.
“We aim for negative loaded terms to be corrected, neutral language adopted for objective journalism, and for the more widespread use of authentic terms; such as those of the five pillars of Islam, as used daily by millions of Muslims.”
MSG-I can be accessed on its dedicated website, http://Islam.MediaStyle.Guide, with each definition accessible as its own entry or in full as a download, contains 92 entries, 73 of which are jointly from Reuters and Associated Press, with 19 new suggested entries, all across 5 categories related to Islam as 1) a religion; 2) geographical locations and places; 3) Muslim dress; 4) politics and geopolitics and 5) militants, violence and terrorism.
It also contains a guide for the general public as to how to courteously approach the world’s media, government officials and academics with the correct terminology of Islam and Muslims, by sharing the relevant definition via a simple website link, thereby bringing accountability to the fore.
“This means that not only do the journalists and media not only have a definitive resource to refer to for the correct terminology when writing any stories about Islam and Muslims, but also anyone anywhere in the world can share a link to a more accurate term which should been used, when needed,” said Rana Ismail and Idris Kamal in a joint statement.
“This means the next time the word Jihadi is used in a story by any media outlet, anyone can share the link on MSG-I to the term Irhabi, asking them to kindly use that term instead, and the more prevalent the use, the more accountable the usage of language about Islam and Muslims will become.”
MSG-I has been launched in the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan where Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, and also to mark 2022 as being 1,400 years in the Common Era since Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, made his epic migration from his home city, Makkah, to launch the first Islamic state in the city of Madinah on 622 CE, marking the start of the Islamic calendar and the governance and civilisation of Islam itself.
MSG-I is available for access on its dedicated website, welcomes testimonials, reviews and feedback, and requests for media interviews.
The Media Style Guide has specifically launched MSG-I as its first initiative, as it aims to work with some of the world’s top media style guides such as the Reuters Handbook and the Associated Press Stylebook to help ensure their style guide entries on Islam and Muslims are representative, particularly after the likes of statements by the US President Donald J. Trump on March 9, 2016, that “I think Islam hates us.”
“Clear, accurate, and verified communication is one of the hallmarks of the Islamic tradition,” said Sheikh Tarek Elgawhary, an American scholar of Islam, with a PhD from Princeton University in the US and educated at the premier Sunni seat of learning, Al-Azhar, in Egypt, regarding MSG-I’s launch.
“I applaud the efforts of the Global Media Style Guide on Islam for providing this essential service on behalf of the global Muslim community and in reviving our tradition of verification.”
Shaykh Tarek Elgawhary, who is based in Washington, D.C, is the founder of the "Making Sense of Islam" platform and the editor of the annual "Muslim 500: The World’s Most Influential 500 Muslims" as published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan.
As part of MSG-I, all relevant terms about Islam and Muslim from the style guides of Reuters and Associated Press have been analysed, and either modified with enhancements and or corrected as needed, with new definitions proposed so that these style guides, as used by the world’s media and over 2 billion people daily, are above all accurate and authentic to what Muslims believe represents them.
MSG-I has not only been launched to coincide with the start of the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan on April 2 but critically marks the a major initiative to commemorate 2022 as the 1400th anniversary of the start of the Islamic civilisation as a world event, which began in 622 CE in the Arabian Peninsula, MSG said.
“MSG-I is an initiative to address and change some of the language used about the faith of Islam, the two billion Muslims and their portrayal which can not only be deeply offensive but more so, wholly erroneous,” said Rana Ismail and Idris Kamal, MSG-I co-directors, said in a joint statement.
“We aim for negative loaded terms to be corrected, neutral language adopted for objective journalism, and for the more widespread use of authentic terms; such as those of the five pillars of Islam, as used daily by millions of Muslims.”
MSG-I can be accessed on its dedicated website, http://Islam.MediaStyle.Guide, with each definition accessible as its own entry or in full as a download, contains 92 entries, 73 of which are jointly from Reuters and Associated Press, with 19 new suggested entries, all across 5 categories related to Islam as 1) a religion; 2) geographical locations and places; 3) Muslim dress; 4) politics and geopolitics and 5) militants, violence and terrorism.
It also contains a guide for the general public as to how to courteously approach the world’s media, government officials and academics with the correct terminology of Islam and Muslims, by sharing the relevant definition via a simple website link, thereby bringing accountability to the fore.
“This means that not only do the journalists and media not only have a definitive resource to refer to for the correct terminology when writing any stories about Islam and Muslims, but also anyone anywhere in the world can share a link to a more accurate term which should been used, when needed,” said Rana Ismail and Idris Kamal in a joint statement.
“This means the next time the word Jihadi is used in a story by any media outlet, anyone can share the link on MSG-I to the term Irhabi, asking them to kindly use that term instead, and the more prevalent the use, the more accountable the usage of language about Islam and Muslims will become.”
MSG-I has been launched in the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan where Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, and also to mark 2022 as being 1,400 years in the Common Era since Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, made his epic migration from his home city, Makkah, to launch the first Islamic state in the city of Madinah on 622 CE, marking the start of the Islamic calendar and the governance and civilisation of Islam itself.
MSG-I is available for access on its dedicated website, welcomes testimonials, reviews and feedback, and requests for media interviews.
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Hamilton may quit Mercedes team this season according Villeneuve
Apr.26 - While his fans suffer with him amid a rare personal slump, not everyone is unhappy that Lewis Hamilton is struggling in 2022.
"To be honest, I liked it when Max lapped him," world champion Max Verstappen's father Jos admitted after Imola.
But it wasn't just a one-off for the seven time world champion - he is struggling even more than his new teammate George Russell with the woeful 2022 Mercedes.
"He has to wonder why Russell is so much faster than him," former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland.
"He has to admit that Russell is the better driver right now. If things continue like this over the next few weeks, things will also get exciting in the team. There may be changes in the hierarchy.
"But I am far from saying that Hamilton missed the moment to retire. However, the new cars require the drivers to adapt a little and Hamilton is not used to that."
After Red Bull's intense battle with Mercedes and Hamilton last year, Dr Helmut Marko is not so magnanimous.
"Maybe he should have stopped at the end of last year," the 78-year-old said.
As he didn't quit, though, pundits are now wondering if the 37-year-old will be able to cope with a full season of pain in the badly-'porpoising' silver car.
"It's a question that will be raised," 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve told the Dutch publication Formule 1.
"In the meantime, Mercedes need to learn how to lose now. George Russell is doing a good job as underdog, but he learned this at Williams, while Hamilton always had something to fight for.
"He didn't look aggressive enough at Imola - like he couldn't even fight. It's not easy being the head of the Mercedes team right now.
"As Toto Wolff, do you choose your megastar, your poster boy, the record-breaking champion with the international image who costs you a mega sum of money? Or do you develop the car for the promising talent?
"A big star like Lewis is great if you win, but if you don't the backlash is so much bigger. A champion doesn't have the right to be uncompetitive.
"We've been surprised in the past," Villeneuve concluded. "It has happened before that champions sometimes say they've just had enough."
For his part, Hamilton is pointing the blame squarely at the car, insisting the W13 Mercedes is "not far from the experience" of the even more woeful 2009 McLaren.
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Afghanistan should join a list of the “worst of the worst” violators of religious freedom in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, a U.S. advisory body is recommending to the State Department.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, in its annual report issued Monday, says religious minorities have “faced harassment, detention and even death due to their faith or beliefs” since the Taliban reimposed its harsh interpretation of Sunni Islamon Afghanistan. It also cited attacks on religious minorities by an Islamic State affiliate that is an enemy of the Taliban.
Afghanistan is among 15 nations that the commission says should be on the State Department’s list of “countries of particular concern.” The commission, in its report summary, defined these as governments as the “worst of the worst” in tolerating or engaging in “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.”
The commission, created in 1998 under the International Religious Freedom Act, makes non-binding policy recommendations to the administration and Congress. The State Department has adopted some but not all of its recommendations in the past.
In the new report, the commission recommends maintaining 10 countries currently on the State Department list, including China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
It also recommends adding four more in addition to Afghanistan — India, Nigeria, Syria and Vietnam. The commission criticized the Biden administration for removing Nigeria from the list last year.
The report said that in Afghanistan, many minority Jewish, Hindu and Sikh residents have fled the country after the Taliban returned to power. It said many members of other religious minorities, such as Ahmadiyya Muslims, Baha’is and Christian converts are worshipping in secret for fear of persecution.
Many religious minorities fled Afghanistan out of fear for what could happen under the Taliban, rather than in response to specific actions or edicts issued by the Taliban. Some Sikhs still live and worship in Kabul, and the report notes that Taliban representatives visited a Sikh gurdwara or house of worship to assure them of their safety. But the report said many Sikhs and Hindus have fled to India “due to the lack of safety and security.”
The commission also cited a Human Rights Watch report of the Taliban attacking and seizing property of ethnic Hazaras belonging to the Shiite Muslim minority, plus an Amnesty International report of a Taliban massacre of Hazara men in 2021.
Several deadly attacks on Hazaras have been attributed to Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-K, which is hostile to the Taliban and proven to be an intractable security challenge. The cover of the commission’s report includes a photo of a deadly attack by IS-K on a Shiite mosque last year in Kunduz province.
The report echoes CIA World Factbook data from 2009, which said non-Muslim Afghans comprised a tiny fraction of the population. It said 99.7% of Afghans are Muslim, most of them Sunni Muslims, with about 10% to 15% Shiite Muslims.
“The Taliban, while they promised they would form an inclusive government, promising they would be a different kind of government, their actions have proven otherwise,” commission Chair Nadine Maenza said in an interview. She said that even members of the Sunni majority who don’t share the Taliban interpretation of Islamic law are being required to conform to strict dress codes and other measures.
The annual report, while based on developments in 2021, foreshadowed worries about a Russian invasion of Ukraine, citing religious persecution in Russia of Jehovah’s Witnesses and of religious minorities such as Muslim Tatars in Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014. The State Department first designated Russia as a country of particular concern last year.
“We fear that violence will continue to increase because of Russia’s blatant violation of religious freedom in Russia and in this conflict that exists in Ukraine,” said commission member Khizr Khan at an online news conference Monday.
This year’s report marks the first time since 2001, when the Taliban last ruled in Kabul, that the commission recommended designating Afghanistan as a country of particular concern, the report said. The State Department last year already listed the Taliban on a similar list of non-state violators of religious freedom based on its actions before returning to power in August.
The commission recommended sanctioning individual Taliban officials deemed responsible for severe violations of religious freedom and urged that those facing persecution receiving priority in refugee resettlement.
In its report, the commission cited Myanmar’s military for “atrocities against religious communities”; China for detaining Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims “arbitrarily in concentration camps, prisons and forced labor”; Pakistan for enforcement of anti-blasphemy laws that endanger minorities; and India for worsening conditions for religious minorities under its Hindu-nationalist government.
The commission also recommended 12countries be placed on a “special watch list” due to religious-freedom concerns. They include three on the State Department’s list — Algeria, Cuba and Nicaragua — along with Azerbaijan, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
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L&T to collaborate with IIT Bombay to develop green hydrogen technology
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Insomnia, Nightmares, And Wanting To Die: The Toll Of Witnessing Violence On Al Hol’s Children
Children in Al Hol camp, North East Syria, are witnessing devastating levels of violence daily, leading to nightmares, psychological problems, and fear for their own lives, according to new research by Save the Children.
The report comes just four weeks after a child was killed and five more children injured during security operations in Al Hol which is one of two camps housing people displaced in NE Syria since the collapse of the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2019.
In 2021, an average of more than two people were killed per week, making Al Hol, per capita, one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child. The overwhelming majority (98%) of these attacks have taken place in Al Hol’s Main Camp, home to Syrian and Iraqi men, women and children.
Children have seen their neighbours killed in their tents, others have seen shootings, stabbings and strangulations while going to the market or to school, according to the report which involved interviews with more than 20 Syrian and Iraqi families.
Hadia- told Save the Children that her son Ziad-, 12, saw his best friend and his friend’s father shot dead. She said: "When he came home he refused to eat or drink. He always calls the name of our neighbour’s son in his dreams. He always asks me why his friend was killed and what did he do to deserve to be killed. He would say ‘I may be killed just like my friend’, and during his sleep he says ‘my friend was killed, my friend was killed’. It has been nine months since the incident - he is still having the same dream, they were close friends.
Naser-, a teacher interviewed by Save the Children, said: " One day my students came and told me that a woman and her brother were killed. They had seen it on their way to school. They started giving details about how the brother was shot and his sister was strangled with a shoelace and how their children were screaming and crying for their dead parents. I was afraid hearing what they witnessed. This is common."
Children are having regular nightmares that involve killing and violence, and struggling with insomnia, the report says. They are resorting to aggressive behaviour and unable to concentrate at school. They are also bed-wetting, vomiting, and losing their appetite. Many of them, including very young children, feel hopeless about their futures.
Fadila- has a five-year old stepson, Nasr-. Nasr’s father survived a murder attempt. Since then, Fadila said: "Sometimes I notice that Nasr is preoccupied. I ask him what’s wrong, he answers me that he wants to die…I tell him you shouldn’t say something like this, in the future you will get older and become a teacher or a doctor. He answers back saying he doesn’t want that. He wants to die now."
About 57,000 people call Al Hol home, almost half of them children. Since March 2019, there have been at least 130 murders. The Main Camp- where the vast majority of the violence occurs- is home to Syrian and Iraqi nationals, but the Al Hol Annex, which has also seen insecurity, houses women and children from 60 other countries.
Save the Children is calling for urgent efforts to support the safe, voluntary and dignified return home of Syrian and Iraqi families from Al Hol, as well as the repatriations of children of foreign fighters and their mothers back to their home countries. In the interim, donors need to increase support for services for children affected by violence, including psychosocial support to help them cope with what they are experiencing.
Every single parent that Save the Children spoke to said that one or all of their children had heard and repeated stories of violence, including graphic details of killings or bodies, as news spreads quickly across the camp. They also described the fears that their children have for their own and for their parents’ safety. The fear instilled in these children - leading to them being consumed by thoughts and images of death and violence - has been hugely detrimental to their wellbeing.
Save the Children’s Syria Response Director, Sonia Khush, said: "It is entirely unacceptable that we have five-year-old children in Al Hol telling their parents that they want to die. Children cannot continue to live in such distressing conditions. The level of violence they experience in Al Hol on a daily basis is appalling.
"Insecurity in the camp needs to be effectively addressed without adding more stress and fear to these children’s lives, and they urgently need access to more psychosocial support to cope with their experiences. But the only lasting solution for this situation is to support children and their families to be able to safely and voluntarily leave the camp. This is no place for children to grow up." | https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2204/S00477/insomnia-nightmares-and-wanting-to-die-the-toll-of-witnessing-violence-on-al-hols-children.htm | 2022-04-26T12:04:36Z | https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2204/S00477/insomnia-nightmares-and-wanting-to-die-the-toll-of-witnessing-violence-on-al-hols-children.htm | false | 1 |
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to move faster in bolstering his nuclear forces, threatening to use them if provoked in a speech delivered during a military parade featuring powerful weapons systems, state media reported Tuesday.
His remarks suggest he will continue provocative weapons tests in a pressure campaign to wrest concessions from the United States and its allies. The parade Monday night was to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea’s army – the backbone of the Kim family’s authoritarian rule – and was held as the country's economy is battered by pandemic-related difficulties, punishing U.S.-led sanctions and its own mismanagement.
State media photos showed Kim, dressed in a white military ceremonial coat, smiling and waving from a balcony along with his wife Ri Sol Ju and other top deputies.
"(We) will continue to take measures for further developing the nuclear forces of our state at the fastest possible speed,” Kim told his troops and the crowd gathered for the parade at a Pyongyang plaza, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
He repeated an earlier message that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons when threatened by attacks and called for his nuclear forces to be fully prepared to go "in motion at any time.”
"The fundamental mission of our nuclear forces is to deter a war, but our nukes can never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent even at a time when a situation we are not desirous of at all is created on this land,” Kim said. "If any forces try to violate the fundamental interests of our state, our nuclear forces will have to decisively accomplish its unexpected second mission,” which would leave any invading force "perished,” he said.
The parade featured thousands of goose-stepping troops shouting "hurrah!” and some of North Korea's most powerful missiles. Some intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) could put the U.S. homeland well within range, and a variety of shorter-range solid-fuel missiles pose a growing threat to South Korea and Japan.
One of the weapons showcased at the brightly illuminated Kim Il Sung Square, named after Kim’s late grandfather and state founder, was North Korea’s biggest and newest ICBM, the Hwasong-17.
North Korea claimed to have test-fired that missile successfully last month, but South Korea concluded the launch was of the smaller Hwasong-15 and that a launch of the Hwasong-17 had failed. Whichever weapon it was, the launch on March 24 was its first full-range ICBM flight test in more than four years and the missile flew longer and higher than any other missile North Korea has launched.
KCNA said spectators at the parade raised loud cheers when they saw the Hwasong-17, which it said showed "the absolute power of Juche (self-reliance), Korea and the strategic position of our republic to the world.”
North Korea often commemorates key state anniversaries by mobilizing huge crowds to boost internal unity. Tuesday’s KCNA dispatch praised Kim for accomplishing "the historic great cause of completing the nuclear forces by making a long journey of patriotic devotion with a death-defying will” to make his people free of war.
Kim has been reviving nuclear brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and to remove crippling economic sanctions, exploiting a favorable environment to push forward its weapons program as the U.N. Security Council remains divided over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have been stalled since 2019 because of disagreements over the potential easing of U.S.-led sanctions in exchange for North Korean disarmament steps. Kim has stuck to his goals of simultaneously developing nuclear weapons and the country’s dismal economy in the face of international pressure and has shown no willingness to fully surrender a nuclear arsenal he sees as his biggest guarantee of survival.
Kim’s comments about the possible use of nuclear weapons and his decision to show up at the parade in a military coat, rather than his regular suit and tie, signals a tough approach toward South Korea’s incoming conservative government, which may take a harder line toward Pyongyang than current liberal President Moon Jae-in, according to analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at the South’s Sejong Institute.
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, who takes office on May 10, has criticized Moon’s inter-Korean engagement polices for supposedly ignoring a gathering North Korean threat. He has vowed to strengthen South Korea’s defense in conjunction with its alliance with the U.S., which he says would include enhancing preemptive strike capabilities.
"North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles have become a serious and realistic threat four our country and acquiring an ability to deter (the North’s threat) is an urgent task," Yoon's office said in a statement.
North Korea has conducted 13 rounds of weapons tests this year. There are also signs North Korea is rebuilding tunnels at a nuclear testing ground that was last active in 2017, possibly in preparation for exploding a nuclear device.
In 2017, North Korea claimed to have acquired the ability to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland after a torrid run of nuclear and missile tests. The North had halted such high-profile tests before it entered the now-dormant diplomacy with the United States.
Kim’s aggressive military push could also be motivated by domestic politics since he doesn’t otherwise have significant accomplishments to show to his people as he marks a decade in power. He failed to win badly needed sanctions relief from his diplomacy with then-U.S. President Donald Trump, and the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed further shocks to the country’s broken economy, forcing him to acknowledge last year that North Korea was facing its "worst-ever situation.”
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ABU DHABI, UAE, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBS Software, a worldwide leader of SaaS solutions to the travel industry and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, have launched iFly Corporate to transform the airline's corporate flyer experience.
iFly Corporate will allow Etihad to manage multiple corporate accounts with a one-stop solution, that enables direct distribution by replacing intermediaries and ensuring corporate customer retention.
Etihad's partners will now benefit from a self-service corporate travel solution, that provides a seamless booking experience across multiple platforms, through integration with Etihad's Passenger Service Systems and the end-user's HR systems.
Premium partners will also be able to unlock exclusive discounts including extra baggage, bonus miles and priority check-in for all bookings. A configurable business rules engine will help Etihad corporates to manage user profiles and travel agreements, while ensuring compliance with employee travel policies.
Martin Drew, Senior Vice President Global Sales & Cargo Etihad Airways, said: "Etihad launched iFly Corporate to take our corporate solutions to the next level as business travel returns. The holistic solution will both streamline our internal operations and benefit our customers' corporate experience - and we are looking forward to a continued partnership with IBS Software on our joint mission to modernize the air travel experience."
Vijay R Chakravarthy, Vice President, IBS Software, said: "We are proud to be working with Etihad as the launch customer of our pioneering iFly Corporate product. The solution will further elevate Etihad's corporate services, helping the airline to enhance cost savings, policy compliance and integrated corporate loyalty. We are excited to embark on the journey into the next generation of corporate travel solutions with Etihad and believe this will be a prosperous partnership for both companies."
Find out more about IBS Software's innovative iFly Corporate solution.
About IBS Software
IBS Software is a leading SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry globally, managing mission-critical operations for customers in the aviation, tour & cruise and hospitality industries. IBS Software's solutions for the aviation industry cover flight & crew operations, aircraft maintenance, passenger services, loyalty programs, staff travel and air-cargo management. IBS Software also runs a real time B2B and B2C distribution platform providing hotel room inventory, rates and availability to a global network of hospitality companies and channels. For the tour and cruise industry, IBS provides a comprehensive, customer-centric, digital platform that covers onshore, online and on-board solutions. IBS Software is a Blackstone portfolio company and operates from 15 offices across the world. Further information can be found at https://www.ibsplc.com/.
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About Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world's leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad's codeshare partners, Etihad's network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more. Etihad is recognised as one of the world's leading airlines in response to COVID-19 and was the first airline in the world to fully vaccinate its crew on board.
Etihad sees tackling the climate crisis as the most important issue of our time, and through strategic partnerships with major global aviation brands and OEMs, Etihad is relentless in its pursuit of industry decarbonisation.
To learn more, visit https://www.etihad.com.
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Gibrilville is the latest African artist to make his debut on the live music exhibition platform with a performance of his recent smash hits; ‘Kilodey’ and ‘Dididaada’.
Ever wondered what ‘Kilodey’ and ‘Dididaada’ would sound like live? Yes? Well, you’re in luck! Glitch Africa just turned yet another dream of Gibrilville’s sprawling fanbase into a beautiful reality; one that sees the artist alongside the platform’s team of near-perfect musicians, doing what they do best; entertain.
Gibrilville - who took center stage in shades and an eye-catching leopard print - owned the moment with his sweet voice and magnetic energy. In this performance Gibrilville against a misty backdrop of neon lights smoothly captivates viewers with acoustic versions of ‘Kilodey’ and ‘Dididaada’.
Concerning the now ended session, here’s what the artist had to say:
“I felt at home in their studio. The musicians were very friendly and welcoming, and since I had a flight to catch the next day, we put the whole session together in just a few hours”.
“We rehearsed the set 3 times and got the work done the same day. I want to say a big thank you to Glitch Africa for giving me the opportunity to work with such talented musicians and hopefully in the future we can end on a happier note and do more collaborations. Allhamdulillah”.
A surging personality thanks to his recent line of releases; ‘Kilodey’ [2021] and ‘Dididaada’ (feat. Wanlov the Kubolor) [2022], Gibrilville has been a very active artist who continues to sow his tuneful style of Afrobeat under the umbrella of Foreign Exchange Records, amid more to come.
If you’re late to the party, Glitch Africa is a Nigerian music-exhibition space which is quickly becoming the continent’s go-to for live sessions of your favorite songs from the artists behind them. It’s an initiative to earmark the rise of the next generation of Afrobeat superstars and content makers. | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Gibrilville-performs-live-on-Glitch-Africa-with-his-new-release-Kilodey-Dididaada-1524071 | 2022-04-26T12:14:19Z | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Gibrilville-performs-live-on-Glitch-Africa-with-his-new-release-Kilodey-Dididaada-1524071 | false | 2 |
(The Hill) – A federal judge in Louisiana says he intends to block the Biden administration’s plans for rescinding Title 42, siding with GOP-led states that had asked for the courts to force the White House to temporarily retain the pandemic-era border policy.
The decision from Judge Robert Summerhays, an appointee of former President Trump, will prevent the Biden administration from carrying out its plans to end Title 42 on May 23 and once again allow migrants to seek asylum.
The order, though temporary, is a victory in a suit initially filed by Louisiana, Missouri and Arizona that now includes some 20 GOP-led states.
It’s not yet clear what the terms of the order will be, as a summary of the hearing — which was not open to the public — said “the parties will confer regarding the specific terms to be contained in the Temporary Restraining Order and attempt to reach agreement.”
Started by the Trump administration at the beginning of the pandemic, Title 42 has been used more than 1.5 million times by the Biden administration to rapidly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum.
It’s something many Democrats have said is a violation of U.S. law.
“The Trump-initiated Title 42 was part of his anti-immigrant hate and fear agenda that used the pandemic as an excuse to deny asylum seekers their legal rights to due process. It must end now,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said after the group’s meeting at the White House.
The states made the request as part of a broader suit arguing the Biden administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act by failing to allow for a comment period on its revocation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, didn’t use such notice and comment rulemaking to put the order in place, with the Trump administration instead using a sunset clause requiring the CDC to review the order every 60 days.
The court ruling comes as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is set to make appearances before three different House committees this week, including the House Judiciary Committee, where ranking member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has outlined plans to grill him over plans for the withdrawal of Title 42. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-bidens-rescission-of-title-42/ | 2022-04-26T12:15:37Z | https://www.wwlp.com/news/judge-temporarily-blocks-bidens-rescission-of-title-42/ | false | 37 |
One of the pleasures of reading is discovering unfamiliar history and geography.
Jori Lewis' debut book, Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History, offers myriad discoveries. With a focus on a discrete period, primarily the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and a discrete geography — Saint Louis, Senegal, south along the West African coast to Freetown, Sierre Leone — Slaves for Peanuts weaves a complex story crossing time and oceans.
Lewis is an award-winning journalist focusing on agriculture and environment. In addition to publishing in a range of journals, she received a prestigious Whiting grant. She divides her time between Illinois and Senegal.
Worldwide peanut consumption is enormous. Americans alone devour over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products annually. Senegal has been one of the world's top peanut producers for more than a century. Lewis, who descends from American slaves and had a great-grandfather who grew peanuts in Arkansas, discovered that peanut cultivation in Senegal was intimately tied up with colonialism and slavery in that region.
As Lewis set out to give voice to those who were enslaved, she encountered difficulties.
"There is a fundamental silencing of Indigenous voices in the colonial archives, which privilege those of European officials," she writes. "And many of the available epic poems or oral histories that have been passed from generation to generation often tell stories of society's elites — the kings, nobles, warriors, and important religious leaders. Women rarely feature, and the enslaved almost never."
Lewis has more than diligently accessed griots and combed through archives, but there are inevitable holes. To circumvent them, Lewis unspools her narrative through individual stories, the history of peanuts as a cultivated crop, the important role of Islam in this part of Africa, France's relationship to slavery and colonialism, and the railroad — which French officials literally "railroaded through" to the detriment of local society.
The first individual profiled is Walter Taylor (1840s-1899). His parents were freed "from the belly of a Portuguese slave ship" and were returned to Africa by the British Navy patrolling for illegal cargo after Britain abolished slavery in 1807. Lewis provides fascinating details on the 100,000 enslaved people "freed" by British patrols. Some went into the British military — voluntarily or involuntarily — some became indentured servants to the West Indies, still others created settlements of freed slaves in Sierra Leone.
Walter Taylor grew up in a Sierra Leone farming community, where the Anglican church had aggressive missionaries whose aim was to stamp out local religious practices and culture. He received an Anglican education and became a schoolmaster. Imprisoned for three months for "stealing" a book, he had to leave. By about 1867, he was in Gorée as an accountant in the peanut trade. Gorée is the small island off Dakar notorious for its Door of No Return through which millions of African people sailed into bondage across the Atlantic.
Taylor ultimately joined a French Protestant mission in Saint Louis, a series of islands at the mouth of the Senegal River, and the seat of the French colonial governor, a French military base, and a mercantile hub for Europeans and local, mixed-race merchants. Saint Louis was unusual, Lewis writes, in that it was "to be a free city where no slaves would exist and where slaves could also find their liberty. It was to become a refuge," not only for people enslaved due to the peanut trade, but also for people enslaved by local Africans — kings, aristocrats, and religious leaders.
By dint of perseverance, Walter Taylor became a leader in the mission, where he provided a safe haven for escaping slaves. His tireless efforts to liberate his fellow Africans during his lifelong travels between Senegal and Sierra Leone form the backbone of the book.
Taylor's story is entangled with French colonialism, and the French government's complicity in slavery in this part of the world. While France proudly declared it had abolished the trade, it turned a blind eye to Africans being enslaved in the immensely profitable peanut business, Lewis writes. The racism suffered by Walter Taylor was emblematic of French occupation.
Lewis also profiles the independent African kingdom of Kajoor, and a succession of its leaders, including Lat Joor, Walter Taylor's contemporary, who tried unsuccessfully to oust the French in 1883. Lat Joor's trials and tribulations, woven throughout the book, provide rare insight into local 19th century royalty in this part of Africa.
Lewis also gives a history of the peanut plant, which likely originated in present-day Brazil. By the time it was under aggressive cultivation in 19th-century Senegal, the West's hungry maw insisted on profits over techniques such as crop rotation and other essential agricultural practices.
Slaves for Peanuts plumbs a fascinating and disturbing slice of history, shining a light on another glaring example of Western hypocrisy and oppression. The book is illustrated with extraordinary photographs, many from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also provides extensive endnotes and an index.
Although Lewis tells eye-opening stories, at times I found the book hard to follow. This was likely due to the many pieces of narrative Lewis ambitiously weaves together, and to the lack of connective tissue from the scant historical record. Lewis knows this. At the outset she asks: "How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?"
Lewis has much to teach us. Once Walter Taylor's mission closed its doors to runaway slaves, the real bottom line emerges. She writes: "The truth was that the missionary enterprise without the refuge for runaway slaves did not work. What use was it to evangelize in an area where slavery was still an active open secret?'
Martha Anne Toll is a DC based writer and reviewer. Her debut novel, Three Muses, won the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction and is forthcoming from Regal House Publishing in September 2022.
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Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG) is priced at $11.80 after the most recent trading session. At the very opening of the session, the stock price was $10.50 and reached a high price of $11.82, prior to closing the session it reached the value of $10.90. The stock touched a low price of $10.2972.Recently in News on April 19, 2022, Lightwave Logic Announces Publication of U.S. Patent Application for New Hybrid Photonics to Enable Improved Modulator Fabrication in High-Volume Foundry Manufacturing. New Patent Application to Simplify Fabrication of Polymer Modulators Designed to Integrate with Silicon Photonics to Enable Enhanced Internet Traffic Flow and Reduced Energy Usage. You can read further details here
Lightwave Logic Inc. had a pretty favorable run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company’s stock is recorded $16.79 on 01/04/22, with the lowest value was $5.54 for the same time period, recorded on 02/24/22.
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Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG) full year performance was 574.29%
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, Lightwave Logic Inc. shares are logging -41.87% during the 52-week period from high price, and 780.60% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $1.34 and $20.30.
The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Basic Materials managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 938424 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG) recorded performance in the market was -20.70%, having the revenues showcasing 61.42% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 1.50B, as it employees total of 19 workers.
Specialists analysis on Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG)
During the last month, 0 analysts gave the Lightwave Logic Inc. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 10.75, with a change in the price was noted -2.13. In a similar fashion, Lightwave Logic Inc. posted a movement of -15.29% for the period of last 100 days, recording 1,225,123 in trading volumes.
Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company’s financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders’ equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders’ equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for LWLG is recording 0.00 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 0.00.
Trends and Technical analysis: Lightwave Logic Inc. (LWLG)
Raw Stochastic average of Lightwave Logic Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 77.76%. The result represents improvement in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 59.40%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 53.27% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 63.17%.
Now, considering the stocks previous presentation, multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -20.70%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably improved by 24.21%, alongside a boost of 574.29% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares 1.90% in the 7-day charts and went down by 29.39% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were driven by 61.42% during last recorded quarter. | https://investchronicle.com/2022/04/26/lightwave-logic-inc-lwlg-is-primed-for-evolution-with-the-beta-value-of-1-69/ | 2022-04-26T12:17:08Z | https://investchronicle.com/2022/04/26/lightwave-logic-inc-lwlg-is-primed-for-evolution-with-the-beta-value-of-1-69/ | false | 19675 |
Indonesia, the world’s top producer of the world’s most used vegetable oil—palm oil—is set to ban exports amid a domestic supply shortage.
The ban was announced by President Joko Widodo on April 23, according to Indonesian media outlet Bilyonaryo, and is set to come into effect on April 28.
Although palm oil is utilized very sparsely in North America, Ega Kurnia Yazid, a research assistant for Jakarta’s Centre for Strategic and International Studies, told Al Jazeera the inevitable increase in palm oil prices caused by the ban “will also likely be followed by an increase in the prices of substitute products like canola oil, olive oil and coconut oil.”
What is palm oil used for?
According to environmentalist group World Wildlife Foundation, palm oil, which is not commonly seen for sale on North American grocery shelves, is nonetheless used in, well, “nearly everything.”
“It’s in close to 50% of the packaged products we find in supermarkets, everything from pizza, doughnuts and chocolate, to deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and lipstick,” states the group.
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2019 reporting by The Guardian charmingly referred to palm oil as “a very special kind of oil that made cookies more healthy, soap more bubbly and crisps more crispy.”
“The oil could even make lipstick smoother and keep ice-cream from melting,” the outlet added.
The Guardian explained that palm oil has other distinct advantages, such as:
- Being able to handle frying without spoiling
- Maintains consistency after refining for processed foods
- A natural preservative
- Makes ice cream harder to melt
- Cheaper than sunflower or cottonseed oils
- Serves as the foaming agent in “in virtually every shampoo, liquid soap or detergent”
- Is utilized extensively in cosmetics
- Doubles as utilization in the growing biofuel trend
- Serves as an adhesive for particle board and plywood
Familiar grocery store products containing palm oil
According to a missive published by NGO Friends of the Earth, palm oil is extensively utilized in everyday dinner table brands and items found in U.S. and Canadian grocery stores, such as:
- Old El Paso salsa and chips
- Cheerios
- Nature Valley granola bars
- Cool Whip
- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
- Oreos
- Heinz products
- Weight Watchers products
- Colgate toothpastes
- Colgate-Palmolive shampoos and conditioners
- Dove soap
- M&M’s and snickers
- Mars bars and Twix
- Sara Lee ice cream, lasagnas, and quiche
Other names for palm oil
Additionally, Friends of Earth states that while palm oil is contained in a dramatic “50 percent of all processed foods, cosmetics and cleaning products,” palm oil is very often “hidden behind other ingredient names, or labeled generically as ‘vegetable oil.’”
Here is a brief list of alternative names for palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients you may find on packaging during a shopping trip:
- Palm Kernel Oil
- Palmitate, Vitamin A, or Asorbyl Palmitate
- Sodium Laurel Sulphate
- Stearic Acid
- Hydrated Palm Glycerides
- Elaeis Guineensis
- Glyceryl Stearate
Palm oil production and consumption data
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service April 8 Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade datasheet, palm oil and palm kernel oil amount to a staggering 81.50 million metric tons of global production in 2021, accounting for 39.46 percent of all vegetable oil production.
Second place is soybean oil at 59.16 million metric tons of production in 2021.
Notably, when it comes to imports and exports, palm oil is in its own league with 47.46 and 48.19 million metric tons respectively.
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Second place for import and export again belongs to soybean oil, but with only 11.75 and 12.56 million metric tons respectively.
In the critical “Major Vegetable Oils” category of the USDA dataset, Indonesia is bar-none the world leader, creating nearly a quarter of the world’s total supply of all major oils in 2021 at 49.50 million metric tons.
China came in second at 27.96 million metric tons.
Indonesia is also the world’s leading exporter in the major vegetable oil category, selling 28.98 million metric tons—or 33.97 percent of global supply—in 2021.
Malaysia came in second at 17.32 million metric tons.
A stunning 92 percent of Indonesia’s 2021 vegetable oil exports are palm oil. The country produced 43,500 metric tons in 2021, exporting just shy of 62 percent of its wares, leaving the remainder to supply its own 273 million people.
2021’s top importers of palm oil were India at 8,411 metric tons, followed by China at 6,818 metric tons and the European Union in third place at 5,970 metric tons.
The trio amount to a combined 44.66 percent of all palm oil imports.
Indonesia and Malaysia combined for 88.7 percent of global palm oil exports in 2021, USDA data shows.
Palm oil inflation
While USDA data also shows that global palm oil production has increased steadily from 44.51 million metric tons in 2008 to 77.05 in 2021, exports have also risen from 35.00 to 49.62 million metric tons over the same time period.
Data also shows that industrial use has nearly tripled from only 9.63 million metric tons in 2008 to 24.00 in 2021.
And although domestic palm oil food consumption increased globally from 31.88 million metric tons in 2008 to 50.20 in 2021, global surplus reserves have also more than doubled since 2008, ending in 14.59 million metric tons in 2021.
But alarmingly, although from 2010 to 2020, palm oil prices nonetheless actually headed in a positive trend—for buyers—falling from an average price of $1,154 USD per metric ton in 2010 to $645 USD per metric ton in 2020, everything changed in October of 2020.
Starting in October of 2020, prices took a sudden 18.9 percent increase to $767, increasing steadily to a punishing $1,318 USD per metric ton by October of 2021.
Prices remained stable in this range for only a short period of time, quickly jumping to $1,540 and $1,778 USD per metric ton in February and March of this year.
Why did the palm oil price increase?
Palm oil’s explosive rise in price is directly attributable to failing supplies of alternative vegetable oils, specifically soybean oil, as a result of Argentina, the world’s third largest producer of soybeans behind Brazil and the United States, suffering a poor harvest year, according to Indian media outlet The Hindu.
March reporting by South American media outlet Merco Press stated that forecasts for the current season were as low as 40.5 million tons, down dramatically from the 45.1 million tons realized in 2021.
Although Argentina is only the third largest producer of beans, it is the world leader in soybean oil exports, shipping nearly half of global supply at 6,135 million metric tons, according to the USDA.
Second place goes to Brazil at 1,262 million metric tons by comparison.
Nonetheless, a fortuitously timed April 25 Reuters press release cited the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service as stating that Argentina’s soybean production for the 2022-2023 season was primed to actually increase dramatically to 51 million metric tons.
However, the boon appears to not come without potential downsides, noted as the result of “farmers shift[ing] acreage out of cereal crops that require more fertilizer.”
The release conceded that 41 million metric tons was indeed the expected yield for the 2021-2022 growing season.
Indonesia bans palm olein
The good news—at least if you’re in a country that doesn’t rely on palm oil as a cooking oil—is Indonesia announced on April 25 that its export ban would only apply to RBD palm olein, a processed form of palm oil utilized for food, while crude palm oil could continue to be sold, according to Bloomberg.
The difference is palatable for commodities traders, as crude palm oil and palm olein possess separate futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, both of which are trading in the same, albeit highly inflated, pattern as of time of writing.
Ban may yet extend to crude palm oil
But according to April 26 reporting by Malaysia’s The Star, a government presentation “presented to palm oil companies” and verified as legitimate by a senior official stated that the Indonesian Government was keeping its cards close to its chest.
“If there is shortage of refined palm oil, then further export bans can be carried out,” stated the presentation. | https://www.visiontimes.com/2022/04/26/palm-oil-olein-export-ban-indonesia.html | 2022-04-26T12:17:20Z | https://www.visiontimes.com/2022/04/26/palm-oil-olein-export-ban-indonesia.html | true | 1 |
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Zoox Will Coast Off Self-Driving Competitors as Much as Owner Amazon
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I’m often asked which company is “winning” the self-driving vehicle race, a question that doesn’t have a straightforward answer. Safety advocates rightly take issue with self-driving technology being framed as a competitive race — the goal should be fewer road deaths and not an economic victory.
The question is also tricky because it’s unlikely there will be a singular winner. Just as a rising tide lifts all boats, developments in the autonomous vehicle industry rarely benefit just one company. By the time AVs are commonplace on city streets, it won’t be just one company providing services to consumers.
Part of the reason for this is that regulators and the market won’t allow for a single winner. The ride-hailing industry provides a recent example of limits to market share a transportation company can hope to claim. As I’ve written previously, Didi’s dominant market position in China has attracted increased government scrutiny and investment has flooded into rivals and upstarts.
The less-well-understood reason there won’t be a singular winner in the AV space is that developers will struggle to succeed if all their rivals fail. For all the progress that’s been made in the self-driving space, there’s still much improvement required. One example: lidar sensors used by most AV developers remain too expensive for widespread deployment on robotaxis. Producing such sensors will become cheaper as self-driving companies achieve scale and improve their products.
This came up in a recent conversation I had with Zoox CFO Ilan Hart. Zoox is a company that’s not only developing AVs aimed at transporting passengers, but also building custom vehicles from the ground up.
While other prominent AV developers are working with automakers to match their AV systems with vehicles, Zoox is working directly with the auto-parts makers that supply components to vehicle manufacturers. Zoox can draw on the expertise of its owner Amazon for assistance in fleet management, digital platforms and other areas that will be useful for operating a robotaxi fleet. But it also will benefit from strides other AV developers make in shaping regulations for deploying vehicles without steering wheels, and building a customer base for AV products from parts suppliers including Continental, Autoliv, Bosch and Hella.
Hart agrees AVs won’t be a winner-takes-all scenario and points to a competitive market being particularly helpful toward bringing lidar costs down.
As I’ve mentioned before in this newsletter, the California Department of Motor Vehicles releases annual statistics on AV testing in the state. The most recent numbers show that there are fewer developers on the roads, but those that are testing are driving further distances in more vehicles. There were as many as 23 monthly active autonomous vehicle developers in California in 2021, down from as many as 29 in 2019. While this number will likely continue to decline over time, I expect this number will always be more than one.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied lifting suspension on Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Orsu, Njaba and Ihitte Uboma Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo.
INEC said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said however, that the exercise was still ongoing in its Owerri office as well as other LGAs in the state.
“Our attention has been drawn to media report that the commission has resumed the CVR in places where it was earlier suspended in Imo, the information is misleading.
“It will be recalled that following the unfortunate incident in which our staff was killed by gunmen in Ihitte Uboma (LGA) and reports of insecurity in other parts of the state, the commission suspended the CVR in all the 54 additional centres created to facilitate the registration of voters across the state.
“The exercise is still confined to our state and LGAs offices except in Orsu, Njaba and Ihitte Uboma where it is suspended indefinitely. The position of the commission has not changed.
“While the commission is not unmindful of the imperative of giving every eligible Nigerian the opportunity to register and vote in future elections, the safety and security of citizens involved in the exercise is a paramount concern,” he said.
Okoye appealed to the public to discountenance the purported resumption of the CVR in the three LGAs. | https://newsdiaryonline.com/inec-denies-lifting-suspension-on-cvr-in-imo-lgas/ | 2022-04-26T12:24:21Z | https://newsdiaryonline.com/inec-denies-lifting-suspension-on-cvr-in-imo-lgas/ | false | 2 |
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) _ Arrow Financial Corp. (AROW) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $12.6 million.
The Glens Falls, New York-based bank said it had earnings of 78 cents per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $37.1 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $36 million, beating Street forecasts.
Arrow Financial shares have dropped 11% since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined slightly more than 6% in the last 12 months.
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Reach Out to Participate in National Prescription Take Back Day Opioid Crisis Press Event & Expert Panel
Reach Out will be participating in a National Take Back Day Opioid Crisis Press Event & Expert Panel to raise awareness about the misuse of opioids at San Bernardino Valley College on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 10 a.m.
San Bernardino, CA, April 21, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Between 8 and 12 percent of people using an opioid for chronic pain develop an opioid use disorder. Non-Profit Organization Reach Out will be participating in a National Take Back Day Opioid Crisis Press Event & Expert Panel to raise awareness about the misuse of opioids at San Bernardino Valley College on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 10 a.m. Media outlet interested in attending can RSVP Natasha.Ferguson@we-reachout.org.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (NTBD) was created to encourage the proper disposal of unused prescription medications to keep them out of the hands of those who could misuse them. The expert panel will include: Ruth Morales, DEA Outreach Coordinator; Brianna Demilo, Person In Recovery; Eric Rey, Cri Help Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.
National Prescription Take Back Day is Saturday, April 30, 2022. Multiple locations will be available for people to discreetly dispose of unused or expired medication safely in one of many prescription drop-box locations. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Please visit takebackday.dea.gov or U.S. Department of Justice for a list of locations participating.
The Inland Empire Opioid Crisis Coalition reports that Riverside and San Bernardino counties experienced 688 opioid-related deaths, 479 opioid overdose-related hospitalizations, and over 1,800 emergency department visits due to opioid overdose according to the California DPH Opioid Dashboard. A total of 266 pounds of unused or expired medicine was collected and safely disposed of at the last NTBD event that Reach Out organized. Reach Out hopes to see the number of safely disposed medicine increase at this month’s NTBD event.
About Reach Out:
Reach Out is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Inland Empire for 52 years, underpinning a deep well of experience in community cohesiveness and organizing, and empowering communities to make transformational change on health equity and social justice issues. Our core work of strengthening communities takes many forms, from direct services to youth and families, to deep root cause work in building the health and quality of life of our region. Reach Out works to shift mindsets, policies and practices toward equity, justice, and prosperity for all our residents, which is especially needed during the pandemic and beyond. Reach Out is overseen by Executive Director, Diana Fox, and has three locations: the main office in Upland, and two additional offices in Jurupa Valley and Yucca Valley. For more information, visit www.we-reachout.org, or contact 909.982.8641.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (NTBD) was created to encourage the proper disposal of unused prescription medications to keep them out of the hands of those who could misuse them. The expert panel will include: Ruth Morales, DEA Outreach Coordinator; Brianna Demilo, Person In Recovery; Eric Rey, Cri Help Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselor.
National Prescription Take Back Day is Saturday, April 30, 2022. Multiple locations will be available for people to discreetly dispose of unused or expired medication safely in one of many prescription drop-box locations. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Please visit takebackday.dea.gov or U.S. Department of Justice for a list of locations participating.
The Inland Empire Opioid Crisis Coalition reports that Riverside and San Bernardino counties experienced 688 opioid-related deaths, 479 opioid overdose-related hospitalizations, and over 1,800 emergency department visits due to opioid overdose according to the California DPH Opioid Dashboard. A total of 266 pounds of unused or expired medicine was collected and safely disposed of at the last NTBD event that Reach Out organized. Reach Out hopes to see the number of safely disposed medicine increase at this month’s NTBD event.
About Reach Out:
Reach Out is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Inland Empire for 52 years, underpinning a deep well of experience in community cohesiveness and organizing, and empowering communities to make transformational change on health equity and social justice issues. Our core work of strengthening communities takes many forms, from direct services to youth and families, to deep root cause work in building the health and quality of life of our region. Reach Out works to shift mindsets, policies and practices toward equity, justice, and prosperity for all our residents, which is especially needed during the pandemic and beyond. Reach Out is overseen by Executive Director, Diana Fox, and has three locations: the main office in Upland, and two additional offices in Jurupa Valley and Yucca Valley. For more information, visit www.we-reachout.org, or contact 909.982.8641.
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RESEARCHERS ARE SEEKING to recruit 120 former professional footballers to help with a new study to investigate how to reduce the risk of dementia.
The BrainHOPE study will be led by consultant neuropathologist Willie Stewart, whose previous research showed ex-professionals were 3.5 times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than the general population.
The new project, jointly funded by the English Football Association and world governing body FIFA, will use a range of tests to compare brain health in former footballers between the ages of 40 and 59 with the general population, and explore whether there are ways to reduce the risk.
“This is an incredibly important study, and we are grateful to the FA and FIFA for their support to allow it to proceed,” said Stewart, an honorary professor at the University of Glasgow.
Our findings from the Field study show there is reason to worry about lifelong brain health in former footballers. BrainHOPE is designed to identify tests that might detect problems early on and, more importantly, possible ways to try and reduce dementia risk for former footballers.”
Several members of the 1966 England World Cup-winning squad, including Jack Charlton and Nobby Stiles, were suffering from dementia at the time of their deaths.
In 2002, an inquest recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease in the case of former West Brom striker Jeff Astle caused by repeated heading of the ball.
Stewart carried out a new examination on Astle’s brain in 2014 which concluded that the 59-year-old had died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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English football chiefs last year introduced guidance saying that footballers should engage in a maximum of 10 “higher force” headers during training in any one week.
Charlotte Cowie, head of performance medicine at the FA, said: “The launch of the BrainHope study is another important step in building our understanding of the long-term health of former professional footballers.
“Forming part of the wider Prevent Dementia study, this research will help us further understand the links between the game and neurodegenerative diseases and also potential early interventions which could help reduce risk or speed of developing dementia.” | https://www.the42.ie/dementia-football-study-5747774-Apr2022/ | 2022-04-26T12:27:52Z | https://www.the42.ie/dementia-football-study-5747774-Apr2022/ | true | 7 |
PFL 1: Twitter reacts to Clay Collard besting Jeremy Stephens in Fight of the Year contender
The opening night of the 2022 PFL season, PFL 1, featured a Clay Collard vs. Jeremy Stephens showdown that lived up to all the hype. The PFL returned for its 2022 season with several degrees of violence shown at PFL 1. And it was topped off by quite an excellent pairing,...
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Yogi Govt seeks removal of illegal loudspeakers, 125 loudspeakers taken down so far
Yogi Govt seeks removal of illegal loudspeakers, 125 loudspeakers taken down so far
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the removal of illegal loudspeakers from all religious places. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avnish Awasthi has sought a report from all the police captains, police commissioners, and district magistrates regarding the removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places by April 30. However, action will be taken if the report is not submitted within the stipulated time frame.
While issuing instructions, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) has said that illegal loudspeakers should be removed on the basis of a discussion held with all religious leaders after they came to a consensus that the sound should be within a permissible limit.
The Home Secretary also made it clear that the names of the religious places that deny to follow the instructions would be made public and it will be displayed at the police station. The situation will be reviewed weekly, the home secretary said.
Awasthi quoting the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 said that the loudspeakers in industrial areas should be 75 dB loud during the day and 70 dB at night while in commercial areas the sound level should be 65 dB during the day and 55 dB at night. Significantly, in the residential areas the pitch should be 55 dB during the day and 45 dB at night. Loudspeakers could be played at 50 dB during the day and 40 dB at night in the silence zone.
Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Prashant Kumar said that they have removed about 125 loudspeakers and the police have voluntarily reduced the sound of about 17,000 speakers. He has said that they have held talks with about 37,344 religious leaders in compliance with the Alvida ki Namaz and the festivals of other religions. The police have taken down 125 loudspeakers and 17000 people have voluntarily reduced the sound.
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How Do Your Social Security Benefits Stack Up to the Average?
Many older adults rely on Social Security benefits to at least some degree in retirement, so it pays to ensure you're receiving as much as possible.
Everyone's benefit amount will be slightly different, as it's based largely on your work history and income. Knowing how much the average retiree receives, though, can sometimes make it easier to plan for the future.
But how much are you expected to receive from Social Security? And how does that stack up to the average retiree? Here's how to find out.
How to determine your future benefit amount
Even if you're years away from retirement, you can still get a close estimate of how much you're expected to receive in Social Security benefits.
First, you'll need to create a mySocialSecurity account online. This will give you access to your Social Security statements, which will include an estimate of your benefit amount based on your real earnings throughout your career.
Keep in mind that this benefit amount could change slightly, depending on how many years you continue to work and how much income you earn during that time.
In addition, this estimated benefit amount assumes you'll be claiming at your full retirement age (FRA). If you file before or after that age, it will affect how much you receive each month.
How does your benefit amount compare to the average?
Again, everyone's benefit amount will be slightly different. But in 2022, the average retiree will collect around $1,657 per month, according to the Social Security Administration.
If your monthly payments are falling short of the average, there are ways to increase your benefits.
For one, you could consider waiting a few years to claim Social Security. You can begin claiming as early as age 62, but if you wait until your FRA -- which is either age 66, 67, or somewhere in between, depending on the year you were born -- you'll earn the full benefit amount you're entitled to based on your work history. By waiting until after your FRA (up to age 70), you'll receive a bonus amount on top of your full benefit amount each month.
Working a couple more years could also result in larger payments. The Social Security Administration calculates your benefit amount by taking an average of your wages over the 35 highest-earning years of your career. The longer you work (and the more you're earning), the higher your benefit amount could be.
Making the most of Social Security
Knowing how your benefit amount compares to the average retiree's can be helpful when planning for retirement. But even more important is to determine how much you can realistically rely on Social Security benefits.
Social Security benefits are only designed to replace around 40% of your pre-retirement income. When you know approximately how much you'll receive, it will be easier to determine how much of your income will be replaced by Social Security and how much you'll need to save on your own.
Social Security is an integral source of income for many retirees, and a little planning can go a long way. By determining how much you can expect to receive in benefits, you can ensure you're heading into retirement as prepared as possible.
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NOVALIQ PRESENTS DATA FROM SECOND PHASE 3 TRIAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT CYCLASOL® (0.1% CYCLOSPORINE OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION) AT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY ANNUAL MEETING
HEIDELBERG, Germany, and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novaliq, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the unique EyeSol® water-free technology, today announced that data from the second pivotal Phase 3 trial (ESSENCE-2) evaluating the investigational drug CyclASol® for the treatment of dry eye disease (DED), was presented as part of a podium symposium at the American Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) annual meeting in Washington D.C. on April 24, 2022.
CyclASol® is the first topical preservative-free, water-free, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating ophthalmic solution, containing 0.1% cyclosporine in a novel vehicle, developed for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of DED.
"The ESSENCE-2 data confirms that CyclASol® has consistent and superior therapeutic effects on the ocular surface in patients with dry eye disease. These became significant after 15 days, and 71.6% of patients showed a clinically meaningful improvement in total corneal fluorescein staining at 4 weeks. Patients with high central staining scores showed superior relief of blurred vision in the CyclASol® group compared to vehicle", highlighted John D. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, FACS, Professor of Ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Mid-Atlantic Medical Director for Eye Care Partners, and leading CyclASol® trial investigator. "The fact that 78.6% of patients rated their satisfaction with CyclASol® as positive or neutral underlines the excellent safety and tolerability profile of this novel water-free drug therapy to treat inflammatory corneal surface damage secondary to dry eye disease."
DED, one of the most common ocular surface disorders, negatively affects the quality of life for millions of people. Progressive corneal surface damage secondary to DED can lead to visual impairment and has a measurable impact on activities requiring sustained visual attention, including reading, driving, and work productivity.1 Corneal surface damage can have deleterious effects on visual outcomes of ophthalmologic surgeries including cataract and LASIK surgery and multiple guidelines recommend treatment of corneal surface damage secondary to DED prior to elective ocular procedures or treatments.2-5
"There is a high unmet need for a rapid, consistent, safe, sustained, and comfortable treatment for dry eye disease. These data support that CyclASol® potentially has the power eye care professionals require with the comfort their dry eye disease patents desire," said Dr Christian Roesky, Chief Executive Officer Novaliq. "We intend to submit for approval in the USA in July 2022."
ESSENCE-2 is an 834 subject multicenter, randomized, double-masked, vehicle-controlled clinical trial to assess efficacy, safety, and tolerability of CyclASol® for the treatment of signs and symptoms of DED in patients not responding to artificial tears. Key results include:
CyclASol® was well tolerated showing an excellent ocular safety profile. The number of all adverse events (AEs) and ocular AEs, including instillation site reactions, were low. 99.8% of patients experienced no or mild instillation site pain. AEs were generally of mild intensity and similarly distributed between the two treatment groups. Up to 86.5% of the patients reported an immediate feeling of comfort when describing CyclASol® water-free eye drops.
About Dry Eye Disease
Dry eye disease, one of the most common ocular surface disorders, impacts quality of life for millions of people. Although a multifactorial chronic disease, inflammation and immunologic processes play a key role in the pathology of dry eye. Infiltration of immune cells in the lacrimal glands, meibomian glands, conjunctiva, and cornea are dominant characteristics in dry eye disease. The inflammatory vicious cycle includes tear film instability, hyperosmolarity, inflammation and damage to the corneal and conjunctival epithelium. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors cause stress to the ocular surface, which accelerate the cycle and, in turn, exacerbate dry eye.6
About CyclASol® Ophthalmic Solution
CyclASol® is a topical anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating ophthalmic solution, containing 0.1% cyclosporine in EyeSol®, developed for the treatment of dry eye disease. The multi-dose, preservative-free, smaller and more physiologic droplet size profile provides unique clinical benefits and outstanding tolerability. Notably, an improvement in visual function associated with a clinically significant reduction of central corneal staining, as shown in clinical trials, differentiates CyclASol® from existing therapies and are published in Cornea: The Journal of Cornea and External Disease.7 Results from a dose-finding, vehicle-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial with an open-label comparator arm (Restasis™, Abbvie) evaluating CyclASol® were published in Ophthalmology.8 The clinical development program for CyclASol® is expected to conclude with an ongoing multi-center, open-label, single-arm, 12-month safety extension trial (ESSENCE-2 OLE).
About Novaliq
Novaliq is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and commercialization of first- and best-in-class ocular therapeutics based on the worldwide first water-free technology EyeSol®. Novaliq's proprietary water-free EyeSol® technology uses ultrapure semifluorinated alkanes (SFAs) that are physically, chemically, and physiologically inert with excellent biocompatibility and a very good safety profile. Novaliq offers an industry-leading portfolio addressing today's unmet medical needs of millions of patients with eye diseases. CyclASol® is the first drug product evaluated in a phase 3 clinical program utilizing EyeSol® as a vehicle to enhance topical bioavailability of the drug on the ocular surface and at the same time provide outstanding comfort and tolerability. Novaliq GmbH is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany and Novaliq Inc. has an office in Cambridge, MA, USA. The long-term shareholder is dievini Hopp BioTech holding GmbH & Co. KG, an active investor in Life and Health Sciences companies. More on www.novaliq.com.
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United expects a strong recovery in European summer travel and is adding new nonstop flights to the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France
United also will now be the only North American carrier to fly to popular destinations in Jordan, Norway, Portugal and Spain
CHICAGO, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United has kicked off the launch of its largest transatlantic expansion in its history, in anticipation of a strong recovery in European summer travel. In total, United will launch or resume 30 Transatlantic flights from mid-April through early June. This includes adding new nonstop flights to five distinctive leisure destinations no other North American airline serves including Amman, Jordan; Bergen, Norway; Azores, Portugal; Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. The airline is also launching five new nonstop flights to some of Europe's most popular business and tourist hubs including London, Milan, Zurich, Munich and Nice. United is also resuming fourteen Atlantic routes the airline has historically served and adding frequencies in six others.
United's transatlantic route network will be more than 25% larger than it was in 2019. With this expansion, United will serve more transatlantic destinations than every other U.S. carrier combined and will be the largest airline across the Atlantic for the first time in history.
"We have long anticipated a strong demand recovery, evidenced by our large, strategic expansion in Europe, and with these new flights, we're proud to offer our customers more options and access than ever before," said Patrick Quayle, senior vice president of international network and alliances at United. "United continues to leverage its leading global network in new and exciting ways to help our customers make meaningful memories and experience new cultures around the world."
Amman, Jordan
United will begin new capital to capital service between Washington, D.C./Dulles and Amman, Jordan on May 5. Customers will be able to explore the numerous historical sites in and around Amman, as well as visit Jordan's other top destinations including Petra, the Dead Sea and the Wadi Rum desert. United is the first airline to offer nonstop service between Amman and Washington D.C./Dulles and will be the only North American carrier flying to Amman with three times weekly service on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
United will add a third Portuguese destination to its global network with brand new flights between New York/Newark and Ponta Delgada in the Azores beginning May 13. The carrier will offer more flights between the U.S. and Portugal than any other North American airline and will be the only North American airline to fly to the Azores. This joins United's existing flights between New York/Newark and Porto, and its flights between Washington Dulles, New York/Newark and Lisbon. United will fly a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft that features United's new signature interior with enhanced seat back entertainment, Bluetooth connectivity and overhead bin space for every customer.
Bergen, Norway
Beginning May 20, United will become the only U.S. carrier to fly to Norway with flights launching between New York/Newark and Bergen. United will offer three times weekly service on a Boeing 757-200, allowing customers to experience Bergen's surrounding mountainous landscape and breathtaking fjords. United will offer the only nonstop service between Bergen and the U.S.
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
United is expanding its Spanish beach getaway destinations with three times weekly flights between New York/Newark and Palma de Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, launching June 2 with a Boeing 767-300ER. Mallorca is home to some of the world's most pristine beaches and inspired dining and nightlife options. This will be the first and only nonstop flight between the U.S. and Mallorca and will add to United's existing services to Madrid and Barcelona.
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Travelers looking for an additional new beach destination can enjoy the stunning black and white sand beaches of Spain's Canary Islands with United's new flight from New York/Newark to Tenerife. United will be the only airline to fly nonstop between the Canary Islands and North America with three-times weekly service launching June 9 on a Boeing 757-200 aircraft. Along with the new service to Palma de Mallorca, United will fly to more Spanish destinations from North America than any other airline.
Expanded European Service
In light of the increased demand for European travel, United is also launching new service to some of Europe's most iconic cities, including:
- New daily flights between Boston and London Heathrow, which began on April 14, and is United's only trans-oceanic point-to-point flight from Boston. This flight complements United's nonstop service to London Heathrow from all seven of United's hubs.
- New daily flights between Denver and Munich, which began April 23 and joins existing service from Denver to Frankfurt and London. United is the only U.S. airline to offer transatlantic service from Denver.
- New daily flights between Chicago and Zurich, which began April 23. United now offers more nonstop service between Switzerland and the U.S. than any other U.S. airline, and is the only U.S. airline with nonstop service to Geneva.
- New daily flights between New York/Newark and Nice, beginning April 29. United will offer more premium seats to Nice than any other U.S. carrier.
- New daily flights between Chicago and Milan, beginning May 6, joining existing seasonal flights between Chicago and Rome. United will be the only airline to offer nonstop service between Chicago and Milan, adding to its existing service between New York/Newark and Milan.
In addition to these new flights, United is increasing service to popular European travel destinations, including:
- Second daily flights between New York/Newark and Dublin, which began April 23.
- Second daily flights between Denver and London Heathrow, beginning May 7.
- Second daily flight between New York/Newark and Frankfurt, beginning May 26.
- Second flight between New York/Newark and Rome five times weekly, beginning May 27.
- Adding a third daily flight between San Francisco and London Heathrow and increasing service between New York/Newark and London Heathrow to seven daily flights, beginning May 28. With this additional service, United will offer 22 daily nonstop flights from the U.S. to London Heathrow.
To help generate excitement about these new routes, earlier this month United launched two unique out of home campaigns, including digital billboards in downtown Boston to highlight the airline's new Boston-London Heathrow service. United also teamed up with Saks Fifth Avenue for a series of window displays featuring fashion inspired by United's five unique transatlantic routes.
In addition to these European routes, United is also growing its presence in Africa as part of this transatlantic expansion. On May 8, United will increase its service to offer daily flights between Washington/Dulles and Accra, Ghana. The airline will also extend its existing seasonal service to Cape Town to year-round, with nonstop flights from New York/Newark resuming June 5, subject to government approval.
For more information and to book flights, please visit united.com.
About United
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." In 2019, United and United Express® carriers operated more than 1.7 million flights carrying more than 162 million customers. United has the most comprehensive route network among North American carriers, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more about how to join the United team, please visit united.com/careers and more information about the company is at united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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Zaha dives a lot - Phillips
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Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips has accused Crystal Palace forward Wilfred Zaha of "diving" too much after Monday's 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park.
"He is a good player and we defended against him well as a team," the Whites midfielder told 5 Live Sport.
"The ref complained at us for fouling him, but I think he dives a lot, to be honest with you."
However, Palace boss Patrick Vieira felt some Leeds players should have been booked earlier for their treatment of Zaha.
"That will not be the first time teams try to frustrate him," said the Frenchman. "I think he is used to it. But yes, I was angry. There were too many incidents." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c3glevr11dno | 2022-04-26T12:39:17Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c3glevr11dno | true | null |
MG Motor India And Bharat Petroleum Team Up, Aim To Enhance EV Charging Ecosystem Throughout India
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With the help of the wide-spread touchpoints of Bharat Petroleum, the partnership aims to bolster the ecosystem within the next 5 years
MG has collaborated with Bharat Petroleum to further enhance the EV charging infrastructure throughout India. The massive presence and reach of Bharat Petroleum will offer support for the emerging EV charging stations. The two groups will work hand-in-hand to analyze possible charging sites across highways and within cities, and gather consumer insights and build tech to maintain the charging infrastructure within the next five years.
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MG Motor India and Bharat Petroleum partner to strengthen EV charging ecosystem for passenger EVs in India
The collaboration aims to provide innovative EV charging solutions for customer convenience in India within the next 4-5 years
India, 25th April, 2022: In line with its commitment to sustainability and green mobility, MG Motor India has partnered with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’, a Forbes Global 2000, and a Fortune Global 500 Company, to bolster the EV charging infrastructure across the country. With this, MG Motor India becomes the first passenger car company to tie up with BPCL to rapidly enhance the adoption of ‘green mobility’.
Aligned with its vision to “ChangeWhatYouCan”, this is MG’s next step toward strengthening electric vehicle adoption in India. The partnership with BPCL will add momentum to EV adoption by expanding opportunities for intercity travel as the two entities will install EV chargers across highways and within cities. With BPCL’s vast customer reach and operations and MG’s strides in the EV space, the two entities can combine expertise to strategically identify charging sites, garner consumer insights, devise loyalty programs, and create technology to manage charging systems.
Commenting on the development, Rajeev Chaba, President and Managing Director, MG Motor India, said, “The key to a successful transition to electric mobility is a robust EV ecosystem. MG has been at the forefront of the development of a strong EV ecosystem since the launch of the ZS EV in 2020. Along with our ecosystem partners, we are working to create a vast network of EV charging stations, in addition to battery recycling & battery second life solutions for end-to-end sustainability for electric vehicles. Furthermore, our customers also benefit from the unique 6-way charging ecosystem that makes using an EV every day much easier. Our partnership with BPCL is yet another step to strengthening the EV charging infrastructure in India to energize and enhance customer confidence in EVs. BPCL's strong presence and vast network in India will ensure that existing and prospective customers across the country have convenient access to charging solutions. We aim to further expand the opportunities of charging an EV and educate consumers on the environmental benefits of the same.”
From its inception, MG Motor India has set its multi-step charging system with AC chargers and DC fast chargers in residential communities and MG showrooms. MG also extends a 6-way charging ecosystem to its customers, which includes a free-of-cost AC fast-charger (installed at the customer’s home/office), an extended charging network, a plug-and-charge cable onboard, and charge-on-the-go with RSA (Roadside Assistance), and community chargers. The proposed EV Charging Network with BPCL will facilitate an uninterrupted driving experience for EV users and boost the country's EV manufacturing ecosystem.
Also Read: 2022 MG ZS EV First Drive Review
Commenting on the partnership, Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, BPCL said, “Sustainable consumption is the present and future as we move into the era of mass electric mobility. As we herald the phase of rapid energy transition to electric mobility, BPCL is at the forefront of addressing the three big anxieties amongst electric vehicle owners (range anxiety, time anxiety, and discovery anxiety) in order to build consumer confidence for the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles in the country. BPCL is setting up fast charging corridors across major highways in the country, inter-connecting major cities, and economic centres, and will have a network of 7000 conveniently located fast charging stations in the country in the next 2-3 years. These fast charging stations will come with a host of customer amenities viz, hygienic washrooms, refreshments, microATMs, etc. This era calls for strategic cross-industry collaboration to reach new and important milestones in the EV charging ecosystem and at BPCL, we are excited to expand our ambit and create positive synergies with innovative brands like MG Motor India to usher in the era of best-in-class EV charging solutions. MG Motor India is known for creating differentiated customer experiences through its wide range of evolved Internet SUVs and is a leading player in EVs in India. We look forward to this partnership, providing a fillip to countrywide adoption of electric mobility and opening up opportunities for creating exciting customer offerings in the personal mobility space.”
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3 Balanced Mutual Funds for a Steady Portfolio
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Below we share with you three top-ranked balanced mutual funds, namely Fidelity Balanced Fund FBALX, State Farm Balanced Fund STFBX and Schwab MarketTrack All Equity Portfolio SWEGX. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.
Fidelity Balanced Fund aims for income and capital growth that is on par with reasonable risk by investing the majority of its assets in stocks and other equity securities and the rest in bonds and other debt securities. FBALX has returned 15.7% in the past three years.
FBALX has an expense ratio of 0.52% compared with the category average of 0.84%.
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- FDA grants Fast Track designation to facilitate development and expedite the review of therapies with potential to treat serious unmet medical needs. The purpose of this designation is to bring important new drugs to patients earlier
- OVAL Phase 3 top-line progression free survival (PFS) primary endpoint data for ofra-vec expected in 2H 2022; with positive results, VBL anticipates submitting a Biologics License Application (BLA) in 1H 2023
TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VBL Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VBLT), a late-clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing first-in-class therapeutics for difficult-to-treat malignant solid tumors and immune or inflammatory indications, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for ofra-vec (ofranergene obadenovec or VB-111) in combination with paclitaxel for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
“We are pleased to receive FDA Fast Track designation for ofra-vec in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The Fast Track designation can facilitate the process towards potential registration and, importantly, may help expedite the time to market for ofra-vec, if approved,” said Prof. Dror Harats, M.D., chief executive officer of VBL Therapeutics. “The readout of the progression free survival primary endpoint in the OVAL trial will be an important milestone for VBL in the second half of this year. We believe that, if positive, this will support a Biologics License Application submission to the FDA.”
Ofra-vec is VBL Therapeutics’ investigational anti-cancer, gene-based agent in development to treat a wide range of solid tumors. The lead clinical program for ofra-vec is the OVAL Phase 3 registration-enabling trial in recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patients. VBL recently completed patient enrollment of 409 patients in this global trial being conducted at centers in the United States, Europe, Israel and Japan. In addition, the Independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) unanimously recommended to continue the trial as planned, following review of unblinded data from 370 randomized patients.
About the OVAL Trial
OVAL (VB-111-701/GOG-3018) is an international Phase 3 randomized, pivotal registration-enabling clinical trial comparing a combination of ofra-vec (ofranergene obadenovec or VB-111) and paclitaxel to placebo plus paclitaxel, in adult patients with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The OVAL trial has two primary endpoints: progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Successfully meeting either primary endpoint has the potential to support a Biologics License Application (BLA). Meeting the PFS endpoint, with a top-line readout anticipated in the second half of 2022, could accelerate BLA submission by approximately one year, subject to discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A top-line readout of the OS primary endpoint is anticipated in 2023. OVAL is being conducted in collaboration with the GOG Foundation, Inc., an independent international non-profit organization with the purpose of promoting excellence in the field of gynecologic malignancies. For more information, refer to Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03398655.
About Ofra-Vec (ofranergene obadenovec; `VB-111`)
Ofra-vec is an investigational anti-cancer, gene-therapy agent in development to treat a wide range of solid tumors. Ofra-vec is a unique biologic agent designed to use a dual mechanism to target solid tumors. Its mechanism combines the blockade of tumor vasculature with an anti-tumor immune response. Ofra-vec is administered as an IV infusion once every 6-8 weeks. It has been observed in past clinical research to be generally well-tolerated in >300 cancer patients and demonstrated activity signals in an “all comers” Phase 1 trial as well as in three tumor-specific Phase 2 trials. Ofra-vec has received orphan designations for the treatment of ovarian cancer and for the treatment of glioma by the European Commission. The FDA granted ofra-vec orphan designation for the treatment of malignant glioma and fast track designation for the treatment of rGBM and the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Ofra-vec demonstrated proof-of-concept and survival benefit in Phase 2 clinical trials in radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer (NCT01229865) and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (NCT01711970).
About VBL Therapeutics
Vascular Biogenics Ltd., operating as VBL Therapeutics (VBL), is a late-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of first-in-class treatments for difficult-to-treat malignant solid tumors and immune or inflammatory indications. VBL’s novel VTS™ gene-based platform and antibody-based monocyte targeting technology enable the creation of a pipeline of programs that are designed to harness the body’s innate biological processes to provide unique solutions for significant unmet medical needs. VBL’s lead oncology product candidate, ofra-vec (ofranergene obadenovec; `VB-111`), is an investigational targeted anti-cancer gene-based agent in development to treat a wide range of solid tumors. Ofra-vec is currently being studied in a Phase 3 registration-enabling clinical trial (NCT03398655) for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. To learn more about VBL, please visit vblrx.com or follow VBL on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube or Facebook.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, which are often indicated by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “look forward to,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding timing of topline data from the OVAL trial and its potential to support BLA submission, the benefits of Fast Track designation, including its ability to expedite commercialization, as well as statements regarding the therapeutic benefit of ofra-vec (VB-111) and its ability to obtain regulatory approval, among others. These forward-looking statements are not promises or guarantees and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described or projected herein include uncertainties associated generally with the development of pharmaceutical product candidates, including risks associated with conducting research and development, clinical trials and related regulatory reviews and approvals, the risk that historical clinical trial results may not be predictive of future trial results, and other risks, which risks may be compounded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other risks can be found in VBL’s regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, and subsequent filings with the SEC. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. VBL undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.
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Hospitals are places where people go to get well. But, they're also places where people can get sick. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2,000,000 people contract hospital-borne infections in the U.S. each year, like MRSA, Staph and C-dif. Omar Badreddin - a computer scientist at Northern Arizona University - believes that's because people don't clean their hands often enough. So he's developed a smart device that can track the number of times hospital staff use hand sanitizer.
"The sanitizer communicates with the phone or the badge of the staff member," Badreddin says. "It communicates through the Wi-Fi signal to update our database saying that this person used the sanitizer at this time."
Badreddin and his team of student researchers are working with Flagstaff Medical Center to install test dispensers in the hospital.
Badreddin says, "Hospitals today do not know how often people are using hand sanitization or washing their hands. It's too expensive to monitor. You cannot have someone sit on the floor and watch who's using it and who's not using it. Besides," he adds, "it's uncomfortable for everyone to see that someone is watching."
He hopes to raise awareness about the importance of hand washing and, ultimately, prevent sickness and deaths caused by these types of infections.
"There are ten times as many people who die from infections than from all car accidents," Badreddin says. "So, we are a society, and we evolve to take care of car accidents by air bags, seatbelts, car seats. But we don't really value infection as much, even though it causes much more number of deaths each year."
Testing of the new hand sanitizer smart devices is expected to begin this spring. | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2015-01-08/brain-food-monitoring-hand-sanitizer-use-in-hospitals | 2022-04-26T12:47:35Z | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2015-01-08/brain-food-monitoring-hand-sanitizer-use-in-hospitals | false | 1 |
First Alert Weather: CBS2's 4/26 Tuesday forecast
Forecast: We'll see some pockets of drizzle this morning, but the showers hold off until later this afternoon and evening. Expect highs in the 60s. The showers exit late this evening with some clearing overnight.
As for tomorrow, it will be cooler and blustery (gusts to 35 mph) with morning wind chills in the 40s (some 30s across our suburbs) and highs only in the 50s.
Looking Ahead: Chilly, breezy conditions persist Thursday and Friday with morning wind chills in the 20s and 30s and highs only in the 50s.
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MONACO , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), a non-profit professional association, has assembled a historic cooperative of over 70 companies to reduce carbon in digital infrastructure materials, products, and power. The iMasons Climate Accord (ICA) was formed by leaders in the iMasons Advisory Council. The ICA includes hyperscale companies AWS, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, which represent some of the largest digital infrastructure portfolios in the world, and over 40 colocation data center providers, product, service and investment firms that fund, build and operate the foundation and drive the supply chain.
"We established iMasons to unite the builders of the digital age," said Dean Nelson, Chairman and Founder of Infrastructure Masons. "The ICA represents an unprecedented collaboration between leading digital infrastructure companies to accelerate our journey to carbon neutrality. Today, we are combining forces to compound the efforts of these firms to make meaningful and sustained progress toward that goal."
iMasons Advisory Council members met on February 2, 2022 to decide on one thing they could do together as an industry to battle climate change. The ICA was born from that meeting.
"AWS is committed to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040, and we are on a path to power our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025 – five years ahead of our original target," said Eric Wilcox, Vice President, Data Center Design Engineering at Amazon Web Services. "We cannot do this alone and look forward to working with other forward-thinking companies to decarbonize. We are excited to join iMasons to reduce carbon emissions from digital infrastructure."
Currently, there is no universal labeling system or mechanism to measure embodied carbon over the life of the materials used to build data center facilities or the products that fill them.
"We have matched 100% of our global electricity use with renewable energy since 2017, and are now working toward operating on 24/7 carbon-free energy as part of our goal to achieve net zero emissions across all of our operations and value chain by 2030," said Joe Kava, Vice President, Data Centers at Google. "We are excited to help create an open standard for reducing the embodied carbon in data centers, and work with equipment manufacturers to improve energy efficiency across the industry."
It is essential to have industry adoption of an open standard to report carbon in data center materials and products, carbon intensity in power consumption, and a maturity model to report participant progress.
"Designing, building and operating efficient and low emissions data centers is a core part of our sustainability commitments at Meta," said Rachel Peterson, Vice President of Infrastructure at Meta. "We have set an ambitious goal to reach net zero emissions across our value chain in 2030. And we look forward to partnering with iMasons and others in the industry to find innovative solutions that will reduce our emissions and our impact on the environment and help us all reach our sustainability goals."
The next step in the iMasons Climate Accord is to identify and establish an independent governing body to adopt or develop a standard methodology for measuring carbon in digital infrastructure and ensuring transparency. The work from this body will influence market-based buying decisions to drive the industry to carbon neutrality as the first step to achieving planetary net zero.
"One of the biggest topics of discussion at COP26 was how a lack of reliable and consistent measurement hampers progress on the path to net zero. We also know that while many companies are making valiant efforts to improve their carbon footprints, Scope 3 emissions continue to be the most difficult to control and reduce," says Christian Belady, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer - Datacenter Advanced Development at Microsoft. "We're delighted to support such a valuable initiative to help bring both measurement and transparency to the datacenter industry."
Collaboration is key to compounding the results from the commitments of each of the ICA companies and ensuring the sum is greater than the parts. Visit imasons.org/climateaccord to learn more or to join the iMasons Climate Accord.
About Infrastructure Masons
Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) is a non-profit, professional association of technology and business leaders who represent over $150Bn in infrastructure projects in over 130 countries. The organization is guided by an Advisory Council composed of global leaders who manage some of the largest digital infrastructure portfolios in the world. The iMasons vision is to Unite the Builders of the Digital Age by enabling our global membership to Connect, Grow, and Give Back. Members leave their companies at the door and connect as individuals. iMasons has four strategic industry priorities – increase Awareness, enhance Education opportunities, champion Diversity & Inclusion, and inspire Sustainability through deep member engagement. Visit the website at imasons.org or LinkedIn.
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CBI alerts Kolkata airport after Anubrata Mandal denies having passport
By IANS | Published: April 26, 2022 05:54 PM2022-04-26T17:54:04+5:302022-04-26T18:10:36+5:30
Kolkata, April 26 After Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mandal denied having a passport, the Central Bureau of Investigation ...
Kolkata, April 26 After Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mandal denied having a passport, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday alerted the Kolkata airport authorities and said that any possible air travel attempt by Mandal via there should immediately be brought to its notice.
The CBI officers have also contacted the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata to verify Mandal's claims of not having any passport.
According to highly-placed CBI sources, on Monday, the central agency had sought from Mandal details about his passport, but he denied having one. For the time being, the agency has procured photocopies of his Aadhaar and PAN cards.
"However, we have alerted the Kolkata airport authorities and have also contacted the Regional Passport Office here to cross-check his claims," said a CBI source on strict condition of anonymity.
According to him, till the time they are clear on when and how they will be able to get Mandal for questioning, he will be kept under surveillance as far as possible.
On Monday afternoon, Mandal gave conditions to the CBI to appear for interrogation. At around 5.30 p.m., his letters reached the offices of CBI's anti-corruption branch (ACB) and special crime branch (SCB), containing the Trinamool Birbhum district President's conditions relating to time and place of his appearance for interrogation.
In the letters to the ACB and SCB, Mandal mentioned that he will be able to appear before the CBI only after May 21. As regards to the place of integration, he insisted that it would be decided only after mutual discussion.
Mandal had been using a medical report as a shield to avoid the CBI. He has also given seven summons from the central probe agency a miss, six of which are pertaining to cattle and coal smuggling cases and one relating to post-poll violence in the state.
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Congressman Kai Kahele facing criticism for use of proxy voting
When then State Senator Kai Kahele was running for Congress against Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, he argued that she was more focused on her 2020 presidential campaign than her constituents in Hawaii. "It's really too bad that Congresswoman Gabbard doesn't focus on her job, that's what the people of Hawaii...
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Explainer-Scientists investigate hepatitis outbreak in children in Europe and US
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By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover
LONDON (Reuters) - Health authorities around the world are investigating a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis - inflammation of the liver – in young children.
Below is a summary of what is known about the outbreak:
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
More than 190 cases have been identified, with the majority in Britain, which has reported 111 cases since January.
Other countries including the United States, Israel, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain have also reported smaller numbers of cases.
WHY IS IT CAUSING CONCERN?
Mild paediatric hepatitis is not unheard of, but the cases first raised the alarm in Scotland, on April 6, because children were very sick. Several have even needed liver transplants and one child has died.
The other concern was that the cases were not linked to the typical viruses usually linked to the condition – hepatitis A, B, C, D and E.
"This is still a very low number of cases, but they are children, that is the main concern, and the other thing is the severity," said Maria Buti, a hepatology professor from Barcelona and chair of the European Association of the Study of the Liver's public health committee, who has been following the outbreak closely with the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC).
WHAT IS CAUSING IT?
The leading theory is viral infection, probably with an adenovirus – a common family of viruses that can cause the common cold, among other conditions.
One kind of adenovirus, type 41, commonly causes acute gastroenteritis, and there have been reports of it causing hepatitis in immunocompromised children, but never previously in healthy children.
Public Health Scotland's director, Jim McMenamin, said work was under way to establish if the adenovirus involved had mutated to cause more severe disease, or if it could be causing the problems "in tandem" with another virus, including possibly SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Of the affected children in Britain, 75% tested positive for adenovirus.
It is also possible that a novel pathogen may be involved, or exposure to a toxin, but the geographic spread of cases suggests infection is a more likely explanation, scientists say.
Any link to COVID-19 vaccines has been ruled out, as the children in Britain, where the majority of cases have been found, were not vaccinated.
Other scientists said lowered immunity as a result of reduced social mixing during the pandemic could be an explanation.
"This may be an over-response to stimulation to the immune system that is not used to such insult ... that's a good theory," said Simon Taylor-Robinson, a consultant hepatologist and professor of translational medicine at Imperial College London.
Others cautioned that the adenovirus infections could be coincidental, because they circulate widely at this time of year.
WHAT ARE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES ADVISING?
Public health alerts in the United States and Europe have asked doctors to be on the lookout for the condition, and to test children for adenovirus if they suspect hepatitis.
Symptoms include dark urine, yellowing of the eyes and skin (jaundice), fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, light-coloured stools and joint pain.
There is no specific treatment to cure hepatitis but drugs can help to reduce inflammation and other symptoms.
Parents are being told to watch out for symptoms and to contact a health professional if they are concerned.
To prevent further spread, the British Health Security Agency urged handwashing and "good thorough respiratory hygiene", such as catching coughs and sneezes in a tissue.
Experts said that the rise in case numbers had been relatively slow but cautioned that more cases were expected.
"If you pay attention to a thing, you see more of it," Buti said.
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Rachel Martin. Two-hundred million - that's how many roses Americans will buy this Valentine's Day weekend. It's quite a logistical challenge for flower shops, getting these millions of roses to bloom and arrive at the same time. Stacey Vanek Smith of our Planet Money team tells us how they do it.
STACEY VANEK SMITH, BYLINE: Jan Ooms is the owner of Roses and Blooms, a flower shop in Manhattan.
So how much is a dozen roses on February 14?
JAN OOMS: It's about $80.
SMITH: And how much is it on February 15?
OOMS: It's $48.
SMITH: That's almost double.
OOMS: That's almost double, yes.
SMITH: Part of the reason for the high price is, of course, demand - lots of procrastinators getting last-minute flowers. But part of the price reflects just how challenging it is for Ooms to get enough perfect red roses.
OOMS: If we make a big mistake with Valentine's Day, it would us cost so much money that we would not be able to make it back up for the rest of the year.
SMITH: The planning starts in November. Ooms figured he could sell 25,000 roses this year. Rather than dealing with a flower wholesaler, Ooms contacted a farm in Ecuador directly.
(SOUNDBITE OF TELEPHONE RINGING)
OOMS: Hey, Juan. How are you?
SMITH: Juan is Juan Torrey(ph) with Cannon Volley Farms.
OOMS: So everything is OK with the roses then? We're still on schedule?
JUAN TORREY: Yeah. Everything is OK with the production now.
SMITH: This call was in early January and they checked in every week. But the problem with roses is that things can go bad very quickly. A few weeks later I traveled to Ecuador.
TORREY: Right now we are looking at the red roses.
SMITH: Juan Torey - the guy on the phone - showed me around the farm. It's high up in the Andes Mountains. Millions of rosebuds are covered with little black mesh socks to protect them from cold and from sunburns. Torrey was worried.
TORREY: I'm not sure that the roses will bloom in time. It depends a lot on the weather.
SMITH: It's all a matter of timing. You want to harvest a rose when the bud is perfect, not too open, not too closed. But you also have to harvest before February 6 in order to get the rose shipped off for Valentine's Day. There's not much wiggle room. Torrey has all sorts of tricks - potassium, hormones - to speed up or slow down the roses.
You can make the flowers bloom four days later or four days earlier?
TORREY: Yes, yes, yes. More than four days, it will be a disaster, yes.
SMITH: In 2010 there was a warm winter and the roses opened a week early. Torrey sold what he could at less than half price and threw the rest away. This year, Torrey has the opposite problem. The weather is chilly, and the buds aren't open enough. As we're talking, a cold wind starts to blow. Workers run along the sides of the greenhouse, rolling down the white plastic walls to keep the flowers warmer.
So is it going to rain? I heard rumbling.
TORREY: Yeah, maybe. Yeah.
SMITH: Is that good or bad?
TORREY: Yeah, that's not good.
SMITH: Last week I contacted Torrey to check on the roses. They had to pick them a day late, but they got them on the plane. And this part surprised me. They don't use a giant cargo plane. The roses fly the same way we do - on a commercial flight. Amy Stewart is the author of "Flower Confidential."
AMY STEWART: If you fly out of Quito or you fly out of Bogota, there's going to be boxes of roses alongside your suitcase in the passenger jet.
SMITH: And that's another thing that makes the flower business so risky. The roses can get bumped if people check too much luggage. There's always the possibility of bad weather and flight delays. This week, though, Jan Ooms lucked out.
OOMS: Good morning. How are you?
SMITH: Good. How are you doing?
OOMS: Good.
SMITH: It's 6:30 in the morning, and Ooms is at his shop to meet his roses. They arrived at JFK at 2 A.M. Now, here they are, stacked in boxes in the middle of his shop.
Do you get nervous before you open up the boxes of roses before you see them?
OOMS: I always am, yes.
SMITH: Although Ooms has solved all the logistical hurdles, he still doesn't know what the flowers look like. Did they wilt? Did they freeze? Were they ripped apart by customs agents looking for drugs? That happens.
What do you think?
OOMS: They look good. They look really, really good. So I'm a happy guy.
SMITH: And if Ooms is a happy guy, that hopefully means lots of happy couples.
KEN STERM: How much - are they just all the same price?
SMITH: Ken Sterm(ph) is getting flowers for his wife. He's a little shocked by the $80 price tag, but he says nothing but roses will do for Valentine's Day.
STERM: Yeah, you have to. If you bring home anything else you're seen a cheapskate.
SMITH: And now, the final step for the roses - getting delivered to Sterm's wife. He really hopes she'll like them.
STERM: So I might get, oh, they're beautiful. That beautiful kind of embellishment. That's what I'm looking for.
SMITH: That's what you're hoping for from your wife?
STERM: I am.
SMITH: The beautiful?
STERM: Yes, exactly.
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Texas native Sally Semrad always dreamed of being a musician. So several years ago, she packed up her red guitar and moved to Los Angeles to follow that dream. Her debut CD Left of Me is a fusion of Texas-style country and California roots-rock. Listen to tracks from the CD, and hear her conversation with All Things Considered guest host Liane Hansen. (8:00) The CD is on Stanley Recordings, available from http://cdbaby.com. More information about Sally Semrad is at http://stanleyrecordings.com.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Police in the separatist region of Trans-Dniester say two explosions on Tuesday morning in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked two powerful antennas out of service.
Trans-Dniester, a strip of land in Moldova with about 470,000 people, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 war with Moldova. Russia bases about 1,500 troops there, nominally as peacekeepers, but concerns are high that the forces could be used to invade Ukraine.
Tuesday’s blasts occurred in the small town of Maiac, roughly 12 kilometers (7 miles) west of the border, according to the region’s Interior Ministry. It comes just a day after several explosions believed to be caused by rocket-propelled grenades were reported to have hit the Ministry of State Security in the city of Tiraspol, the region’s capital.
No one was hurt in Tuesday’s explosions, officials said. The two antennas were used for broadcasting Russian radio shows.
A senior Russian military official, Rustam Minnekayev, said last week that Russian forces aim to take full control of southern Ukraine, saying such a move would open the way to Trans-Dniester.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu convened the Supreme Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the incidents.
The Security Council of Trans-Dniester on Tuesday reported there had been a total of three incidents in the region — explosions in Tiraspol on Monday, the ones in Maiac on Tuesday and damage to a military unit in the village of Parcani, also on Tuesday.
Officials did not offer any details on the military unit incident, but declared “a red level of terrorist threat” and promised to impose additional security measures in the region.
Trans-Dniester’s president, Vadim Krasnoselsky, called Tuesday for imposing anti-terrorist security measures at a “red level” for 15 days, including setting up blockposts at the entrances to cities.
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Intercontinental Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN – Get Rating) by 74.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 12,494 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,341 shares during the period. Intercontinental Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Elanco Animal Health were worth $355,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ELAN. 1ST Source Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Elanco Animal Health by 0.5% during the third quarter. 1ST Source Bank now owns 78,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,513,000 after buying an additional 385 shares during the last quarter. Loveless Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Elanco Animal Health by 6.2% in the third quarter. Loveless Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,890 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Commerce Bank lifted its position in Elanco Animal Health by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 11,522 shares of the company’s stock worth $367,000 after buying an additional 422 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in Elanco Animal Health by 14.0% during the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,910 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after acquiring an additional 480 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Heritage Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Elanco Animal Health by 12.3% in the 3rd quarter. Heritage Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,473 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,000 after acquiring an additional 489 shares in the last quarter. 97.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Shares of Elanco Animal Health stock opened at $25.74 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 1.16. The company has a market capitalization of $12.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.78. The business has a 50-day moving average of $26.58 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.38. Elanco Animal Health Incorporated has a 1 year low of $24.15 and a 1 year high of $37.49.
ELAN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Elanco Animal Health from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 28th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Elanco Animal Health from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 28th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $38.43.
In related news, Director R David Hoover purchased 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 1st. The shares were acquired at an average price of $28.66 per share, for a total transaction of $143,300.00. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 6.11% of the company’s stock.
Elanco Animal Health Profile (Get Rating)
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, an animal health company, innovates, develops, manufactures, and markets products for pets and farm animals. It offers pet health disease prevention products, such as parasiticide and vaccine products that protect pets from worms, fleas, and ticks under the Seresto, Advantage, Advantix, and Advocate brands; pet health therapeutics for pain, osteoarthritis, ear infections, cardiovascular, and dermatology indications in canines and felines under the Galliprant and Claro brands; vaccines, antibiotics, parasiticides, and other products for use in poultry and aquaculture production, as well as nutritional health products, including enzymes, probiotics, and prebiotics; and a range of vaccines, antibiotics, implants, parasiticides, and other products used in ruminant and swine production under the Rumensin and Baytril brands.
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Savant Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU – Get Rating) by 13.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,985 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 937 shares during the quarter. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Micron Technology were worth $744,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Selective Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Micron Technology in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Micron Technology by 600.0% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. now owns 350 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period. Activest Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Micron Technology by 237.3% during the 4th quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 398 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 280 shares during the period. Pacifica Partners Inc. increased its stake in Micron Technology by 93.0% during the 4th quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 415 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Micron Technology in the 4th quarter worth $42,000. 76.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
MU opened at $70.12 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $79.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 3.11. Micron Technology, Inc. has a one year low of $65.67 and a one year high of $98.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $78.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.16.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 11th will be issued a $0.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 8th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.57%. Micron Technology’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.03%.
In related news, SVP Robert P. Beard sold 266 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $96.17, for a total transaction of $25,581.22. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP April S. Arnzen sold 5,600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.00, for a total transaction of $425,600.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.
A number of research analysts have commented on MU shares. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Micron Technology from $105.00 to $115.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 6th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Micron Technology from $100.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 10th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $165.00 price objective on shares of Micron Technology in a research note on Wednesday, March 30th. Wedbush raised Micron Technology from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $100.00 to $120.00 in a report on Monday, February 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Micron Technology from $101.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 10th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $113.32.
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Micron Technology, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Storage Business Unit, and Embedded Business Unit. It provides memory and storage technologies comprises DRAM products, which are dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval; NAND products that are non-volatile and re-writeable semiconductor storage devices; and NOR memory products, which are non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels.
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Lafayette Police investigating a shooting that injured one man in the
100 block of Almeda street in front of super one foods. Monday night around 8:30.
Victim ran to Super 1 gas station after being shot for help.
The clerk called 911.
Victim received two gunshot wounds. They are non-life threatening. Transported to hospital.
More information will be made available as it develops.
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Jignesh Mevani’s bail plea rejected in assault case
Mevani was re-arrested after he was granted bail by a court in Assam’s Kokrajhar city for his tweets about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
An Assam court on Tuesday rejected the Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani’s bail in the case related to the alleged assault of a police official. The court remanded him to five days in police custody.
Mevani was re-arrested on Monday right after he was granted bail by a court in Assam’s Kokrajhar city for his tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The new case was filed based on a complaint by a woman police officer named Debika Brahma, who had alleged that Mevani had “uttered slang words” and assaulted her while he was being taken from Guwahati airport to Kokrajhar district.
“He [Mevani] pointed finger towards me and tried to frighten me and pushed me on my seat with force,” Brahma said in her complaint. “He thus assaulted me during the execution of my legal duty of being a public servant and outraged my modesty by touching me inappropriately while pushing.”
Mevani was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 294 (obscene act in any public place), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).
Lawyer Angshuman Bora, who represented Mevani, had told PTI that the allegations were atrocious.
Bora said that the prosecution had not mentioned the allegations when Mevani was in police custody for three days in connection with the case involving tweets about the prime minister.
Mevani was granted bail in the matter by Kokrajhar First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna on furnishing a bond of Rs 30,000 with two sureties.
The court had also directed him not to “directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any persons acquainted with the case”. | https://scroll.in/latest/1022704/jignesh-mevanis-bail-plea-rejected-in-assault-case | 2022-04-26T13:21:44Z | https://scroll.in/latest/1022704/jignesh-mevanis-bail-plea-rejected-in-assault-case | true | 2 |
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Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was on Tuesday remanded to five days police custody by a local court in Assam's Barpeta district in connection with a case lodged for allegedly assaulting a policewoman. The Court also rejected his bail petition.
Mevani was on Monday rearrested by Barpeta police for assaulting official’s right after being granted bail in another case.
Mevani had been granted bail by a Kokrajhar Court in the case related to a tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The Kokrajhar First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty had granted him bail with various conditions.
After the hearing, Mevani was taken back to the Kokrajhar Jail. His lawyers said that they were on to the formalities related to the bail bond.
Notably, Mevani had been arrested on April 19 from Palanpur town in Gujarat following an FIR against him which was lodged in the Kokrajhar Police Station over a tweet of his which said that PM Modi “considered Godse as God”.
Meanwhile, following his bail Mevani said that his arrest was "vendetta politics by the PMO (Prime Minister's Office)".
Also Read: Assam Police to be Honoured with President’s Colour Award | https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/gujarat-mla-jignesh-mevani-remanded-to-5-days-police-custody | 2022-04-26T13:24:34Z | https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/gujarat-mla-jignesh-mevani-remanded-to-5-days-police-custody | false | 2 |
- MAX Link provides code-compliant connectivity to elevator emergency communications equipment to better support passengers requiring immediate assistance.
- The emergency communication system not only allows voice, video and text messaging between passengers and emergency personnel, but also saves money on landline costs.
- MAX, the industry's first IoT predictive maintenance solution, enables smarter building management as it also provides data on elevator activity and traffic patterns.
ATLANTA, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TK Elevator has launched MAX Link Voice and Multimedia digital emergency communication services, providing two-way voice, video and text messaging between passengers and emergency personnel. Available in the U.S. and Canada, MAX Link routes passenger calls to a 24/7 dedicated elevator emergency call center or to a customer's answering service.
MAX Link is essential to helping property managers comply with ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) A17.1 elevator code in North America. ASME 17.1 provides requirements applying to the design, construction, installation, operation, testing, inspection, maintenance, alteration and repair of elevators, escalators and moving walks. While ASME A17.1 elevator code requires emergency phone service accessibility, updated code dictates that new elevators (2019 or later) include phone, text and video emergency communication services.
"Our MAX platform has been a game-changer for the industry, and we are happy to provide our customers with the most advanced digital emergency communications systems available. Implementing this technology is not about simply complying with code changes or saving money, it's about property managers doing what's right for their tenants and guests by providing the safest environment possible within their buildings," said Kevin Lavallee, CEO BU North America and Group COO Field.
MAX Link connectivity works with existing American Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant emergency phone systems with video observation a key element of the upgraded code. In this scenario, a wide-angle camera mounted in the cab ceiling is only activated when the emergency call button is engaged by a passenger. It then provides an encrypted video connection for privacy. The camera allows emergency personnel to visually verify the situation inside an elevator car, helping prevent false dispatching. Video can also be accessed locally from a communications panel and accessed remotely via the provided cloud services using a standard web browser when emergency services are in use. Meanwhile, battery backup provides four hours of system power in an unexpected power loss.
"By shifting traditional phone service to MAX Link, property managers can enjoy peace of mind from receiving specialized elevator emergency phone service and system monitoring from one company. This not only improves building management efficiency, but also streamlines what was a previously inefficient and expensive process," added Jon Clarine, Head of Digital Services for TK Elevator.
MAX Link is an extension of TK Elevator's cloud-based monitoring and predictive maintenance platform, MAX. Since its introduction in 2015, TK Elevator has installed MAX on more than 86,000 elevators in the U.S., collecting data on components, systems and performance, helping building owners and managers achieve higher elevator and escalator uptime as well as longer product lifespans.
In addition to its predictive maintenance capabilities, MAX also helps property managers monitor elevator traffic to improve building efficiency. In October 2021, TK Elevator North America released the industry's most comprehensive urban mobility report – the Index Outlook 2022 Report. Focusing exclusively on North America, it features exclusive insight from top experts in the commercial real estate industry, disclosing key trends as well as the digital-first technologies that will allow office buildings to thrive in a post-pandemic world.
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Alt-pop artist Beabadoobee has dropped her latest single, See You Soon from her upcoming LP, Beatopia.
Beabadoobee, who’s real name is Beatrice Laus, rocketed into the alt-pop radar after a remix of her song Coffee featuring Powfu went viral on TikTok, the social media app that has delivered all new kinds of artists into our musical sphere, causing viral hits and spontaneous record deals.
Her latest record is her third album release, following the success of Fake It Flowers which earned her great critical reception, including five stars from NME.
See You Soon was apparently written following a solo ‘shroom trip, reports Stereogum. The track layers lo-fi beats with teen pop-idol styled acoustic guitar, giving the song a dreamy, lucid feel. Beabadoobee’s delicate lulled vocals dazzle across the song and you can listen to the single for yourself below:
Beabadoobe spoke of the single’s release on her Instagram where she wrote, “See You Soon is out now!! This song is so so special to me and hits much harder listening to it at this particular time. This is my favourite song off Beatopia and the connection I have with See You Soon compares to no other song I have sat down and wrote. It is yours now to hear 🙂 produced by @jacobbugden.”
The Tired singer also released the track Talk back in March this year which gives a glimpse at the more punky side of the new record, with punch bass work and Avril Lavigne-esque lyrics.
Beatopia is out on July 15 2022 via Dirty Hit and tickets for her next tour are available here. | https://guitar.com/news/music-news/beabadoobee-releases-lucid-new-single-see-you-soon/ | 2022-04-26T13:32:10Z | https://guitar.com/news/music-news/beabadoobee-releases-lucid-new-single-see-you-soon/ | false | 1 |
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Jewish civil rights organization’s annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year, with a surge that coincided with an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Anti-Defamation League counted 2,717 antisemitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism in 2021, a 34% increase over the previous year and the highest number since the New York City-based group began tracking such incidents in 1979.
Over 260 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed during the May 2021 war between Israel and Hamas. Israeli aircraft struck hundreds of targets in Gaza, while Hamas launched thousands of rockets at Israel. The Israeli air force bombed and destroyed a 12-story tower that housed dozens of families as well as offices belonging to The Associated Press and the Al-Jazeera satellite channel.
ADL counted 297 antisemitic incidents that occurred between the May 10 start of military action and the end of the month, a 141% increase from the 123 incidents that it counted during the same period in 2020.
“The perpetrators of many of these incidents explicitly referred to the conflict between Israel and Hamas,” the report says.
ADL said its tally of antisemitic incidents still increased by 46% during the last 20 days of May 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, even when incidents with explicit references to Israel or Zionism are excluded.
“It’s alarming because the vitriol against the Jewish community is coming from all angles,” said Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL’s Center on Extremism.
ADL counted 15 antisemitic assaults between May 10 and May 30 of last year after counting none during the same period in 2020. The group said there is evidence that at least eight of those assaults were motivated by “anti-Israel/anti-Zionism sentiment.”
For example, it cited a May 18 incident in which people in a caravan of cars and flying Palestinian flags attacked Jewish diners outside a Los Angeles restaurant.
“The Palestinian supporters pushed one of the victims to the ground and kicked him. Soon after, a brawl erupted, and subsequent news reports indicated the attackers also hurled anti-Jewish slurs during the melee,” the ADL report says.
ADL also cited a May 20 incident in New York City, where a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was attacked on his way to a pro-Israel rally. His attackers yelled anti-Jewish and anti-Israel slurs while they punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed him, the report says.
ADL says its audit includes incidents of harassment, vandalism or assault that incorporated “anti-Israel and/or anti-Zionism themes” if they also express “classic anti-Jewish animus” or “demonize Jews as a group for real or perceived support of Israel.”
The 11-day war led to hundreds of “anti-Israel” protests and rallies in the U.S., the report says. But the group says its audit didn’t include those events unless they “featured slogans or signs that directly linked their opposition to Israel or Zionism to all Jews or incorporated antisemitic tropes.”
The audit found that extremists groups or individuals, including white supremacists, were responsible for 484 incidents last year, up from 332 in 2020. The distribution of antisemitic fliers, banners, stickers or written messages accounted for most of those incidents. They also included acts of vandalism and bomb threats to Jewish institutions.
The group’s tally of total 2,717 incidents last year included 1,776 cases of harassment, a 43% increase from 1,242 in 2020. ADL also counted a 14% increase in vandalism cases (from 751 in 2020 to 853 last year) and a 167% increase in assault incidents (from 33 in 2020 to 88 last year). The 88 assault incidents involved 131 victims, none of whom were killed, the report says.
ADL says it compiles data for its annual audit by evaluating information reported by news media, victims, law enforcement and community leaders. The group says it avoids conflating general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism.
“However, Israel-related harassment of identifiable groups or individuals may be included when the harassment incorporated anti-Jewish references, accusations and/or conspiracy theories, or when American Jews are demonized for their real or perceived support of Israel,” the report says. | https://www.sbsun.com/2022/04/26/group-reports-record-tally-of-antisemitic-incidents-in-2021/ | 2022-04-26T13:37:09Z | https://www.sbsun.com/2022/04/26/group-reports-record-tally-of-antisemitic-incidents-in-2021/ | false | 17 |
DJ Mo Playfully Peeps at Size 8's Backside in Loved-Up Snaps: "My Password"
- Gospel DJ Mo and his wife Size 8 thrilled fans with their cute playful photos of each other enjoying time together
- The father of two posted photos of himself checking out his celebrity wife's behind and admiring her while she was shyly standing in front of him laughing
- Netizens complimented the two and prayed that their love withstands the storms that shape and shake relationships
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Gospel mixmaster DJ Mo has wowed Kenyans after posting a playful photo of himself and his wife Size 8.
DJ Mo admires his wife's derrière
The father of two posted different photos looking at his wife's derrière and the caption is what left Kenyans laughing and amused at their loved-up pictures.
Mo held his wife's hand while she laughed out loud to a point that she bent as her hubby looked at her from behind.
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"Checking out my password," he said.
Netizens reactions
Here are some of the comments from the post:
@Gracious Jennah said:
"Look at the woman she has become, she is uncomparable."
@Christine Mumbi commented:
"And after checking your password, tell us how it is!"
@Liz Busienei said:
"Being with the right partner is the best thing that could ever happen to someone."
@Kendrick Ericyoh commented:
"This is what happens when best friends get married."
@Chepkirui Damaris said:
"Being with the right person, you will never get disappointed."
@Millicent Ngugi commented:
"It's the simple things that make love life beautiful."
@Jane Njeri said:
"Beautiful couple. May God protect this love forever."
Mo discloses Size 8 turned him down
The DJ said his singer wife refused him the first time he tried asking her out but that did not discourage him.
Mo, however, never gave up, he still chased after her and years later the two are married and with two beautiful kids.
The gospel singer said Mo sacrificed his birthday to take her out on a first date and added that he is creative in giving better gifts than she does.
Size 8 also recently disclosed she told her hubby to bless his parents and grandmother with a new home before they thought of building theirs.
According to the singer, she wanted her husband to honour the people who raised him because they were still struggling.
She also disclosed that the land they bought was sold at a double.
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IT company Wipro Limited will acquire 100 per cent stake in Rizing Intermediate Holdings for about USD 540 million (around Rs 4,135 crore) in an all-cash deal to scale up its SAP consulting capabilities, the company said on Tuesday.
US-based Rizing is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Wipro, underscoring the company’s ambitious growth agenda.
“Rizing’s high-touch approach, along with its industry expertise and SAP consulting capabilities in enterprise asset management, consumer industries, and human experience management, will be instrumental in advancing Wipro’s position as a sought-after advisor for clients’ most complex SAP transformations,” Wipro said in a statement.
The deal will require anti-trust approvals under the competition laws of the United States of America, Germany and Canada. The transaction is expected to be completed before the quarter ending June 30, 2022.
“Rizing’s complementary consulting capabilities and strong client relationships will significantly boost our existing offering, creating one of the most differentiated SAP services in the marketplace.
“Together, we will be able to expand our presence in high-growth industry sectors,” Wipro Limited, chief executive officer and managing director Thierry Delaporte said in a statement.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Rizing will operate as ‘Rizing, a Wipro company’, under the leadership of Mike Maiolo.
“With Wipro’s backing, we will be able to enhance the value we deliver to our current clients and bring our differentiated offering to a broader universe of businesses. Combining the two firms will allow us to scale our services and expand our footprint in the market,” Rizing Chief Executive Officer Mike Maolo said.
Rizing is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and has more than 1,300 employees in 16 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Rizing was previously owned by private equity firm One Equity Partners. | https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/wipro-to-acquire-rizing-for-about-540-million/2504312/ | 2022-04-26T13:40:28Z | https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/wipro-to-acquire-rizing-for-about-540-million/2504312/ | true | 8 |
(The Conversation) – The pretzel, one of the fastest-growing snack foods in the world, recently crossed a billion dollars a year in sales.
It has its own emoji, comes in flavors like pumpkin spice, mocha and banana, and is now available as an aromatherapy scent. It even has its own special day: April 26 is National Pretzel Day.
But not that long ago, the future of the pretzel didn’t look as shiny as its surface. As I point out in my Food and Society class, foods that are ubiquitous in certain pockets of the world don’t often spread beyond that region. For decades in the U.S., the pretzel wasn’t known outside of the mid-Atlantic states. It took advances in manufacturing and tweaks to the recipe to make it the global snack it is today.
When German immigrants first started coming to America in the 1700s, they brought the pretzel with them. Bavarians and other southern Germans had been enjoying pretzels for hundreds of years. Sometimes they ate pretzels as a side to a main dinner course; other times, they munched on sweet pretzels for dessert. In Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany, signs for bakeries still include gilded pretzels hanging over the door.
Many of these immigrants settled in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley, where they became known as the Pennsylvania Dutch (Dutch being a corruption of “Deutsch,” the German word for “German”). The pretzel soon became a staple in local bakeries. Italian bakers in Philadelphia also learned how to make them, and peddlers hawking soft pretzels from carts were a familiar sight on city streets.
The food remained a regional specialty until Julius Sturgis opened the first commercial bakery dedicated to pretzels in Lititz, Pennsylvania, in 1861. Like everyone else, Sturgis made pretzels that were soft. But he soon realized that these soft pretzels quickly went stale, which meant they needed to be sold quickly and couldn’t be shipped very far.
To overcome this obstacle, he developed a hard pretzel: By using less water, he was able to create a more brittle, cracker-like snack.
Hard pretzels sealed in an airtight container had a long shelf life, could be shipped nearly anywhere, and could be displayed in attractive tin containers on store shelves. It wasn’t long before others in the area followed Sturgis’ lead and Pennsylvania became the pretzel capital of the world. Today Americans eat many more hard pretzels than soft ones, and more than 80 percent of hard pretzels are still made in Pennsylvania.
Prior to World War II, all pretzels were shaped by hand, and a talented pretzel maker could twist 40 pretzels per minute. Then, in 1947, the Reading Pretzel Machine – which could twist 250 pretzels a minute – debuted. Once pretzels could be made cheaply and in large quantities, national snack food companies took an interest and began to market them across the country.
Pretzels get their sheen and distinct texture from being dipped in a mild lye solution before being baked. Lye is a caustic soda, but not to worry – the baking process converts the lye into a safely consumed carbonate. The lye enhances what’s called the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction that causes the protein in the flour to brown. It also gives pretzels that slick surface texture.
Though they’re growing in market share, hard pretzels still undersell potato chips by a wide margin. But fresh soft pretzels are having a little renaissance of their own.
Anne Beiler – more famously known as Auntie Anne – started her fresh pretzel business in 1988 in a Pennsylvania Dutch country farmers market.
Today, the mall and airport stalwart has over 1,600 outlets around the world, with regional offerings like a banana pretzel (England), a seaweed pretzel (Singapore) and a date-flavored pretzel (Saudi Arabia).
Pretzels have long been thought of as the perfect accompaniment to beer. With the rise of the craft beer movement, artisan pretzel shops are opening up to give customers the opportunity to pair creative brews with funky pretzels.
What better way to celebrate National Pretzel Day than with an imaginative beer and pretzel pairing? Here are some combinations to get you started: honey mustard pretzels with Hefeweizen, bacon and cheddar pretzels with an India pale ale or peanut butter pretzel nuggets with Dogfish Head Namaste. | https://www.wnct.com/news/offbeat-and-unique/how-the-pretzel-went-from-soft-to-hard-and-other-little-known-facts-about-one-of-the-worlds-favorite-snacks/ | 2022-04-26T13:40:50Z | https://www.wnct.com/news/offbeat-and-unique/how-the-pretzel-went-from-soft-to-hard-and-other-little-known-facts-about-one-of-the-worlds-favorite-snacks/ | true | 19 |
In Brief: ‘The Batman’ scores for HBO Max, and more
Hulu on Tuesday released the first trailer for Fire Island, a new rom-com starring Saturday Night Live‘s Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho and comedian Joel Kim Booster, who also wrote and produced the feature film based on his own trips to the LBTQ-friendly New York resort. Fire Island, described as “an unapologetic, modern day rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, follows Yang’s character, who falls for a doctor, bringing him and his group of friends into a whole new social group. The movie premieres June 3 on Hulu… (Trailer contains censored profanity.)
Just 45 days after its theatrical release, during which time it collected $750 million worldwide, Matt Reeves‘ The Batman is putting up huge streaming numbers on HBO Max. Deadline reports the movie, starring Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight, was watched in 4.1 million households in just the first week alone, topping The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman 1984, The Matrix Resurrections and Dune, all of which were released the same day on the streaming service as they were in theaters. The Batman‘s first week is also the second best for a theatrical movie on HBO Max after Mortal Kombat, according to the outlet. The Batman also stars Zoe Kravitz, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell…
Illumination and Universal are pushing back the theatrical release of Super Mario Bros. from December 21, 2022 to April 7, 2023, the companies announced on Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The CGI-animated film, based on the popular video game series, features Chris Pratt as Mario. The voice cast also includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson and Sebastian Maniscalco…
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Antoinette Singleton’s been walking through the front doors of STEAM at Dr. King Elementary School for 17 years. Every day is different, but it always starts the same way.
“So I actually pick up students who, for whatever reason, they either missed the bus or don’t have a bus, I just say listen, I’m on my way,” Singleton, a school social worker said.
Transportation is just one of the many issues plaguing students at Dr. King as they navigate a city that’s now ranked number one for child poverty in the nation according to new Census Bureau data.
“It’s shocking you know, it’s it pulls at your heart,”
Kuricheses Alexander, Principal STEAM at Dr. King
The child poverty rate in Syracuse now sits at 48.4%, a decrease from 49.6% in 2015 but not enough to knock it out of the top stop.
Rochester trailed behind in second place for cities with a population of 100,000 and Buffalo in sixth.
Outside of school, students face a multitude of obstacles like homelessness and the rise in gun violence.
“Now it’s almost like every violent incident that takes place some child is affected by it at the school whether it be an uncle or a neighbor, it’s just gotten so personal now,” Singleton said.
Singleton said she wasn’t surprised by the number one rating but has seen an increase in gun violence in her 31 years as a school social worker.
“You know you say kids need to come to school ready to learn but if they’ve got all these things going on at home or if mom is safe or if grandma is okay they’re not ,they can’t, they can’t learn,”
Antoinette Singleton, School Social Worker
As one of two school social workers, she often receives phone calls from families asking for help. The calls range from needing food for the weekend to needing a three-bedroom apartment.
“I’m glad they feel that they have that relationship that they can call and express that need,” Singleton said.
It’s relationships like that that Principal Alexander wants to keep creating with families to better help the entire family unit.
The staff at Dr. King is always going above and beyond their job titles to help provide. They feel grateful for community partnerships like Blessings in a Backpack which sends kids home with extra food for the weekend. Each student receives a free breakfast and lunch while at school.
Dr. King is also one of eight schools in the district to have a school-based health center offering physicals with a nurse practitioner, teeth cleanings with a dentist, and therapy with a mental health professional.
“We love our babies, we want the absolute best for them and we’re here. We’re gonna do what we can to help our families so we can help our babies,” Alexander said.
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Automotive Interiors Market is expected to grow from USD 118.2 Billion in 2020 to USD 163.9 Billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period 2021-2028 : Greyviews
Automotive Interiors Market are ADIENT, Grupo Antolin, Hyundai Mobis Company, ltd., Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Faurecia S.A, Robert Bosch, Visteon Corporation, International Automotive Components Group S.A. (IAC), Lear Corporation, and Yanfeng Automotive Interiors among others. To enhance their market share in the global Automotive Interiors market, the key vendors are now focusing on adopting the prominent strategies such as recent developments, product innovation, mergers & acquisitions, joint venture, collaborations, and partnership.
/EIN News/ -- Pune India, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Automotive Interiors Market is anticipated to grow at a steady growth rate over the forecast period, owing to the upsurge in production and sales volumes of vehicles around the globe coupled with the rising customer preference toward premium features, convenience, and safety. Automotive Interiors are all of the components that are inside a vehicle. It includes the steering wheel, dashboard, door panels, seats, and so on. The interiors ensure safety of passengers while providing and assuring the functions of the instrument panels, doors, seats, and windows. Along with enhancing the user comfort, automotive Interiors boosts the vehicle's aesthetic appearance and efficiency.
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Key Insights & Findings:
- The cockpit module segment led the automotive interiors market and valued at USD 36.88 Billion in 2020. Growth of this segment is mainly driven rise in demands for premium cockpit in the car as well as need to focus on augmenting appeal of a cabin and modifying it to be a feature-full cockpit.
- The passenger car segment accounted for the largest market share and valued at USD 77.66 Billion in 2020. Growth of this segment is mainly driven by rise in usage of passenger cars for conveyance in developed as well as developing countries. In addition to this, the car manufacturers are introducing wide range of designs and features, giving the buyers a number of options to choose.
- The glass fiber composite segment accounted for the significant market share and valued at USD 40.78 Billion in 2020. Glass fiber composite are rapidly being used in a number of automotive interior applications such as doors, headliners, dashboards, and insulation.
- The semi-autonomous segment accounted for the largest market share and valued at USD 74.11 Billion in 2020. Ongoing demand for efficient and safer driving systems encourages development and adoption of semi-autonomous vehicles boosts growth of the segment.
- The BEV segment accounted for the largest market share and valued at USD 47.52 Billion in 2020. Growth of this segment is driven by factors such as supporting government regulations & policies and improvement in battery technology.
- The regions analyzed for the market include North America, Europe, South America, Asia Pacific, and Middle East and Africa. The Asia-Pacific region emerged as the largest market for the Automotive Interiors market and valued at USD 41.84 Billion in 2020. Upsurge in vehicle production along with the rising demand for luxury and comfort fuels growth of the Asia-Pacific automotive interiors market. Middle East and Africa region is anticipated to grow at prominent CAGR over the forecast period. This is due to rising trend among the automotive manufacturers to set up their manufacturing plants.
Key players operating in the global automotive interiors market are ADIENT, Grupo Antolin, Hyundai Mobis Company, ltd., Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Faurecia S.A, Robert Bosch, Visteon Corporation, International Automotive Components Group S.A. (IAC), Lear Corporation, and Yanfeng Automotive Interiors among others. To enhance their market share in the global Automotive Interiors market, the key vendors are now focusing on adopting the prominent strategies such as recent developments, product innovation, mergers & acquisitions, joint venture, collaborations, and partnership.
- For instance, in February 2019, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the supplier of automotive interiors partnered with Startup Autobahn in Stuttgart, capital of southwest Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state.
- In January 2019, Gentherm, the global developer of innovative thermal management technologies, and Lear Corporation, the automotive technology provider announced a strategic development partnership to drive the future of passenger thermal seating solutions.
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Global Automotive Interiors Market by Component:
- Cockpit Module
- Flooring
- Automotive Seat
- Door Panel
- Interior Lighting
- Other
Global Automotive Interiors Market by Vehicle Type:
- Passenger Car
- Light Commercial Vehicle
- Heavy Commercial Vehicle
Global Automotive Interiors Market by Material:
- Leather Fabric
- Vinyl
- Wood
- Glass Fiber Composite
- Carbon fiber Composite
- Metal
Global Automotive Interiors Market by Autonomous Driving:
- Semi-Autonomous
- Autonomous
Global Automotive Interiors Market by Electric Vehicle:
- BEV
- FCEV
- HEV
- PHEV
Global Automotive Interiors Market by Region:
- North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- U.K.
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Asia-Pacific
- Japan
- China
- India
- Korea
- Southeast Asia
- South America
- Brazil
- Peru
- Middle East and Africa
- UAE
- South Africa
- Saudi Arabia
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This research report gives detailed data about the major factors influencing the growth of the Automotive Interiors market at the national and local level forecast of the market size, in terms of value, market share by region, and segment; regional market positions; segment and country opportunities for growth; Key company profiles, SWOT, product portfolio and growth strategies. It studies the market essential sides such as top participants, expansion strategies, business models, and other market features to improve market insight.
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The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes says he is "recovering well" after being bitten by a rattlesnake.
"Bit not by a ROUS but a rattlesnake," Elwes joked on Twitter, a reference to the Rodents Of Unusual Size in the hit 1987 film. He also shared a photo of his swollen, discolored finger.
The actor was working outside his Malibu home when the snake bit him, and he was later airlifted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Elwes is one of the roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people who are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year, and about five of those people die, according to federal data.
Here's what experts say to do if you have a run-in with the deadly reptile:
How to know if you've been bitten by a snake
About 20% of snakes in the U.S. are venomous, according to the Mayo Clinic. That includes rattlesnakes and others such as water moccasins and coral snakes.
Venomous snakes sometimes swim in water or hide under debris. If you spot a snake in your home, you should call their local animal control authorities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. It's a bad idea to try to trap a snake yourself.
You may be unsure whether you've gotten a snake bite or an unrelated injury. Some signs of a bite include puncture marks at the site of the wound, pain and swelling as well as neurological symptoms such as blurred vision or numbness and tingling of your face and limbs.
If you are bitten, try to remember the color and shape of the snake, because that may help medical professionals treat your injury.
Don't apply a tourniquet or suck out the venom. Instead, try to stay calm and call 911
You've been bitten by a snake. Now what?
First of all, find a safe place to sit down and try to stay calm, since that can help slow the spread of venom in your body. Call 911.
The international Asclepius Snakebite Foundation suggests circling the site of the bite with a Sharpie and writing the time next to it. You should keep a list of your symptoms and periodically update it, as that could help the medical team that treats you.
The foundation recommends removing jewelry and watches, which will be much harder to get off if your limbs start to swell.
If you begin to experience anaphylaxis, including swelling of the face and throat, hives or difficulty breathing, use an EpiPen if you have one. The CDC also suggests washing the wound with warm, soapy water and covering it with a clean, dry dressing.
Experts say that, unlike in the movies, you should not try to slice open the wound and suck out the venom. Don't apply a tourniquet for any snake bit. And don't drink alcohol to try to ease the pain.
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Savant Capital LLC decreased its holdings in shares of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY – Get Rating) by 13.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 10,390 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock after selling 1,608 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in eBay were worth $691,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allworth Financial LP purchased a new position in eBay during the 3rd quarter valued at about $48,000. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its stake in eBay by 5.6% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 113,608 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $7,915,000 after buying an additional 6,075 shares in the last quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC raised its position in shares of eBay by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 7,079 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock worth $492,000 after purchasing an additional 444 shares during the period. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. boosted its stake in eBay by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 506,500 shares of the e-commerce company’s stock valued at $35,288,000 after purchasing an additional 7,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Herold Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of eBay in the third quarter valued at $222,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.95% of the company’s stock.
eBay stock opened at $53.63 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $31.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.65, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.16. eBay Inc. has a one year low of $49.53 and a one year high of $81.19. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $55.21 and its 200 day moving average is $63.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 1.97.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 10th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This is a positive change from eBay’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 9th. eBay’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4.35%.
In related news, SVP Pete Thompson sold 2,755 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.58, for a total value of $158,632.90. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.
EBAY has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of eBay from $70.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 24th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of eBay from $75.00 to $67.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 24th. Argus dropped their price target on shares of eBay from $88.00 to $69.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on shares of eBay in a research report on Tuesday, March 15th. They set a “buy” rating and a $64.00 price target for the company. Finally, Evercore ISI cut their target price on shares of eBay from $76.00 to $69.00 and set an “inline” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 24th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $69.88.
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UBS (UBS) Beats Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
UBS (UBS) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.61 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.49 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 17.31%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this bank would post earnings of $0.24 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.38, delivering a surprise of 58.33%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
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The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
UBS shares have lost about 3.3% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of -10.4%.
What's Next for UBS?
While UBS has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for UBS: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.47 on $9.23 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $2.18 on $35.29 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Banks - Foreign is currently in the bottom 30% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Bank of Montreal (BMO), another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended April 2022. The results are expected to be released on May 25.
This bank is expected to post quarterly earnings of $2.60 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +4.4%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 2.1% higher over the last 30 days to the current level.
Bank of Montreal's revenues are expected to be $5.47 billion, up 13.3% from the year-ago quarter.
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BERKELEY, Calif (StudyFinds.org) – The Tyrannosaurus rex may have been the most feared dinosaur of its time, but what’s up with those arms? A 45-foot-long T. rex might have had a huge, five-foot-long skull, yet its arms were only three feet long — the equivalent of a six-foot human with five-inch arms. According to a recent study, scientists believe the reason that the iconic T. rex had such short arms was to protect them during feeding frenzies on carcasses.
The latest theory is that the predator’s arms shrank to their tiny size to prevent accidental or intentional amputation when a pack of T. rexes descended on prey with their massive heads and bone-crushing teeth.
Paleontologist Kevin Padian, a professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, has been pondering the question or decades. He focused his study on possible benefits of such tiny arms.
“What if several adult tyrannosaurs converged on a carcass? You have a bunch of massive skulls, with incredibly powerful jaws and teeth, ripping and chomping down flesh and bone right next to you. What if your friend there thinks you’re getting a little too close? They might warn you away by severing your arm,” he says in a statement. “So, it could be a benefit to reduce the forelimbs, since you’re not using them in predation anyway.
Such severe bite wounds could lead to infection, hemorrhaging, shock and even death for the T. rex.
Padian, also a curator at the UC Museum of Paleontology, says that T. rex’s ancestors, some of which were even bigger than T. rex, had long arms. Hence, there must have been a reason that they became reduced in both size and joint mobility.
“All of the ideas that have been put forward about this are either untested or impossible because they can’t work,” he explains. “And none of the hypotheses explain why the arms would get smaller. The best they could do is explain why they would maintain the small size. And in every case, all of the proposed functions would have been much more effective if the arms had not been reduced.”
The scientists admits that the theory will be hard to substantiate.
When the great dinosaur hunter Barnum Brown discovered the first T. rex fossils in 1900, he thought the arms were too small to be part of the skeleton. His colleague, Henry Fairfield Osborn, who described and named T. rex, hypothesized that the short arms might have been “pectoral claspers” — limbs that hold the female in place during copulation. This is similar to some sharks and rays’ pelvic claspers, which are modified fins, but Osborn provided no evidence.
But Padian concludes that T. rex’s arms are too short to go around another T. rex, and certainly too weak to exert any control over a mate.
Previous proposed explanations for the short arms included waving for mate attraction or social signaling. Scientists have also suggested they serve as an anchor to allow T. rex to get up from the ground. Others believe they were used for holding down prey, stabbing enemies, and even pushing over a sleeping Triceratops at night.
Some paleontologists even propose that the arms had no function at all.
“The arms are simply too short. They can’t touch each other, they can’t reach the mouth, and their mobility is so limited that they can’t stretch very far, either forward or upward,” says Padian. “The enormous head and neck are way out in front of them and pretty much form the kind of death machine you saw in Jurassic Park.”
The answer came to the professor after other paleontologists unearthed evidence that some tyrannosaurids hunted in packs, not singly, as often depicted.
“Several important quarry sites unearthed in the past 20 years preserve adult and juvenile tyrannosaurs together. We can’t really assume that they lived together or even died together. We only know that they were buried together,” adds Padian. “But when you find several sites with the same animals, that’s a stronger signal. And the possibility, which other researchers have already raised, is that they were hunting in groups.”
Perhaps, he thought, the arms shrank to get out of the way during pack feeding. Tyrannosaurus rex youngsters, in particular, would have been wise to wait until the larger adults were finished.
Twenty years ago, two paleontologists analyzed the arms and hypothesized that T. rex could have bench pressed about 400 pounds with its arms. Even so, Padian says the beast still couldn’t get close enough to pick anything up.
Although not conclusive, crocodiles and Komodo dragons descend in packs, leaving the smaller bits for their young when they have finished. They often suffer maulings, however.
“Bite wounds on the skull and other parts of the skeleton are well known in tyrannosaurs and other carnivorous dinosaurs. If fewer bite marks were found on the reduced limbs, it could be a sign that reduction worked,” says Padian. “To me, this study of what the arms did is interesting because of how we tell stories in science and what qualifies as an explanation. We tell a lot of stories like this about possible functions of T. rex because it’s an interesting problem. But are we really looking at the problem the right way?”
The study is published in the journal Acta Palaeontologia Polonica.
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General Electric (NYSE:GE – Get Rating) posted its earnings results on Tuesday. The conglomerate reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.05, RTT News reports. General Electric had a positive return on equity of 6.62% and a negative net margin of 8.80%. The business had revenue of $17.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.92 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.24 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Shares of NYSE:GE opened at $89.88 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $92.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $97.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $98.81 billion, a PE ratio of -14.43, a P/E/G ratio of 4.14 and a beta of 0.96. General Electric has a 1 year low of $85.29 and a 1 year high of $116.17.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 8th were given a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 7th. General Electric’s dividend payout ratio is currently -5.14%.
Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. First Community Trust NA purchased a new position in General Electric in the fourth quarter worth approximately $73,000. HB Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of General Electric during the 4th quarter valued at $232,000. Jaffetilchin Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in General Electric by 54.3% in the 4th quarter. Jaffetilchin Investment Partners LLC now owns 5,779 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $546,000 after buying an additional 2,034 shares in the last quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC raised its stake in shares of General Electric by 9.1% in the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 7,193 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $680,000 after purchasing an additional 601 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kingsview Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of General Electric by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,974 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $942,000 after buying an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. 70.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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New York, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Sewer Cable Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06038357/?utm_source=GNW
To effectively compete in the market, these manufacturers are partnering with local distributors and online platform providers to reach their target audience.
For instance, RIDGID sells its sewer cables via various e-commerce platforms, including Amazon.com, to reach residential end user segment. Several well-known brands have collaborated with local distributors as well. For instance, Duracable has a long list of authorized distributors including EPL Solutions (US), Western Drain Supply (US), Winnipeg MB Canada (Canada), and CPR Supplies Duracable and repair center (US). Apart from partnering with distributors, manufacturers also offer repair services via various repair centers located in key revenue generating regions. These repair centers offer repair and maintenance services to the customers, thereby helping manufacturers create a loyal customer base. Therefore, key trends in the global sewer cable market circulates around strengthening distribution network and offer high quality repair services.
In 2020, North America dominated the sewer cable market, followed by Europe and APAC.Rising urbanization and building activities are bolstering the sewage and drain business in North America.
Sewage cables are in high demand in the region as sewer cleaning service providers and individuals are well-versed with the technology.The low entry barrier and inexpensive CAPEX for sewer cable production have resulted in an increase in the number of sewer cable producers in North America.
A consistent rise in the number of manufacturers supplying products at reasonable costs is one of the key factors driving the expansion of the sewer cable market in this region.
Many sewage cable producers are based in Europe.They are mostly concentrated in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands.
Sewer cable models from these manufacturers are sold to a wide range of consumers, including residential customers, business building customers, and municipalities. Wymefa B.V. (Netherlands), REMS GmbH & Co KG (Germany), Cabere GmbH (Germany), Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), and Ferguson Plc are a few of the leading sewer cable producers functional in Europe. The European Union emphasizes sewage systems, regardless of whether they are residential, commercial, or municipal, and as a result, the demand for sewer machines is at an all-time high in the region. The APAC area, on the other hand, is expected to develop at the quickest rate throughout the projection period. Growing populations and increased demand for utility services in countries like China, India, and Japan are some of the reasons driving market expansion. In 2020, China was the region’s leading sewage cable market, followed by Japan and South Korea. The COVID-19 pandemic has a severe impact on the sewer cable market growth, specifically in the developed nations. The purchase of new sewer machines has lowered owing to the low demand for sewage cleaning services. Hence, the demand for sewer cable is reduced, which directly affected the market growth.
The global outbreak of COVID-19 has led to a spike in the adoption of sewer machines, along with associated accessories such as cables.The increase in frequency of sewage cleaning activities is majorly associated with the rise in the use of paper towels and wipes across the world, which lead to the frequent clogging of drains and sewer lines.
A rise in frequency of sewer cleaning activities reflected in higher procurement rate of sewer cleaning machine as well as sewer cable (as replacement cable). Thus, the sewer cable market players witnessed growth in their monthly, half-yearly, and annual sales in 2020.
The overall size of the sewer cable market has been derived using both primary and secondary sources.Exhaustive secondary research has been conducted using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the market.
The process also serves the purpose of obtaining an overview and forecast for the sewer cable market with respect to all the segments.Also, multiple primary interviews have been conducted with industry participants to validate the data and gain more analytical insights.
The participants of this process include industry experts such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers, national sales managers, and external consultants, including valuation experts, research analysts, and key opinion leaders, specializing in the sewer cable market. The key companies operating in the market and profiled in the report include Hongli Pipe Machinery; General Wire Spring Co.; MyTana LLC; SEWER CABLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY.; Coast Manufacturing; DURACABLE; Electric Eel Manufacturing; Ferguson Enterprises, LLC.; RJM Equipment Sales, Inc; Spartan Tool; Trojan Worldwide Inc; Drain Cables Direct (DCD); Gorlitz Sewer & Drain, Inc.; Milwaukee Tool; and RIDGID.
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Sewer Cable Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis
The Sewer Cable market was valued at US$ 86. 06 million in 2021 and is projected to reach US$ 109. 16 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3. 5% from 2021 to 2028. Sewer cable manufacturers operating in the market are facing significant competition from local manufacturers.
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Eskom customers will be paying more for their electricity from 1 April 2022. Photo: Clint Mason / Flickr
‘No end in sight’: Energy regulator Nersa has reportedly proposed yet another electricity price hike for South Africans.
Eskom customers will be paying more for their electricity from 1 April 2022. Photo: Clint Mason / Flickr
On 1 April this year, Eskom customers were subjected to a 9,7% electricity price hike – and judging by many reactions, people were not happy – especially because of load shedding which has plagued the country for years now.
It appears the woes don’t end here for South Africans who are likely to be hit with another price hike in July this year.
Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, Energy regulator Nersa proposed another massive electricity tariff increase.
According to reports, Nersa recently proposed that the tariff for municipal-provided electricity be increased by a minimum of 7.34%.
In April this year, the price of electricity increased by 9.6%.
The price hikes will take the average electricity tariff in South Africa from just over R1.33 per kWh to around R1.46, caching executive of Debt Rescue Neil Roets says.
According to Roets, this is will send many South Africans over the edge as they already battle to keep up with the current cost of living.
“The reality is that consumers have been wrestling with constant electricity price increases over the past year – with no end in sight.
“On 1 April 2021 South Africans woke up to a 15.6% increase – one of the largest in the country’s history. In real terms, this bought consumers 137.74 units of electricity for R200. Fast forward to April 2022 and the same R200 will get you only 136.98 units,” he said in a BusinessTech article.
Roets also shared that the continuous rise in prices will affect people across the country who run their households and businesses with electricity.
He added that the cost of electricity is even more of a slap in the face because of the bout of load shedding that South Africans are faced with.
“The reality is that consumers have been wrestling with constant electricity price increases over the past year – with no end in sight.
“On 1 April 2021 South Africans woke up to a 15.6% increase – one of the largest in the country’s history. In real terms, this bought consumers 137.74 units of electricity for R200. Fast forward to April 2022 and the same R200 will get you only 136.98 units,” he said.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks resume losses ahead of Big Tech earnings
U.S. stocks fell Tuesday after markets staged a rebound to end higher in the previous trading session. Investors are looking ahead to a batch of mega cap tech earnings in the coming days, with reports from Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL) due out after the bell.
The S&P 500 dipped 0.7% at the start of trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 230 points after the index staged a 500-point recovery on Monday to close in the green. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.1%.
Investors are in the heart of earnings season, with the S&P 500’s most heavily-weighted components scheduled to report earnings results this week. Facebook parent company Meta (FB), Apple (AAPL), and Amazon (AMZN) are also set to report quarterly results through Thursday.
As of Friday, one-fifth of companies in the index have reported results for the first quarter so far, with 79% reflecting an earnings beat for the period – above the five-year average of 77%, according to the latest available data from FactSet. The magnitude of the earnings beat, however, is below the five-year average: 8.1%, compared to 8.9%.
“The lower earnings growth rate for Q1 2022 relative to recent quarters can be attributed to both a difficult comparison to unusually high earnings growth in Q1 2021 and continuing macroeconomic headwind,” John Butters, a FactSet senior earnings analyst, said in a note.
U.S. stocks paralleled movements in global equity markets on Monday, with major stock indexes in Europe and Asia largely falling on renewed concerns a COVID outbreak in China may spur another wave of lockdowns and further disrupt global supply chains.
Worries of an economic slowdown also weighed on bonds and oil, with the 10-year Treasury yield retreating back to 2.8% and West Texas intermediate crude oil futures edging below $100 per barrel.
"I think the most interesting thing happening in China right now is not that the yuan's moving and not that the economy's slowing – it's that everything that's happening right now, we knew weeks ago,” China Beige Book CEO Leland Miller told Yahoo Finance Live. “We knew that the economy was slowing, we knew they were not going to stimulate in a big way, we knew that lockdowns were spreading from Shanghai to other big cities, we knew the Fed was hiking, we knew there’s a policy crackdown, so it is interesting that people are seeing today as a pivotal moment."
Elsewhere in markets, shares of Twitter jumped 5.7% after the social media giant formally announced it agreed to be acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk for $54.20 per share, or $44 billion. Twitter shareholders are set to receive $54.20 in cash for each share held, representing a 38% premium over Twitter's closing level on April 1.
“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to Twitter,” Hedge Fund Tips' Thomas Hayes told Yahoo Finance Live. “Elon Musk is going to rehab the building and generate a lot of value for users.”
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9:30 a.m. ET: Stocks resume losses to extend April sell-off
Here's where the main indexes were at the start of trading on Tuesday:
S&P 500 (^GSPC): -22.31 (-0.52%) to 4,273.81
Dow (^DJI): -224.66 (-0.66%) to 33,824.80
Nasdaq (^IXIC): +165.56 (+1.29%) to 13,004.85
Crude (CL=F): +$1.65 (+1.67%) to $100.19 a barrel
Gold (GC=F): +$10.90 (+0.57%) to $1,906.90 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): -7.7 bps to yield 2.7490%
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9:23 a.m ET: Home prices jump nearly 20% during February
Home price growth in the U.S. accelerated during the month of February, but a slowdown may be underway.
Standard & Poor’s reprted Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index registered a 19.8% gain during the second month of the year, up from 19.1% in January. The figure marks the third-highest reading since the index was developed in the 1980s.
The 20-City results were higher than analysts’ expectations of an 19.2% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates.
The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 18.6%, up from 17.3% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted a 20.2% year-over-year gain, up from 18.9% in the previous month.
“The macroeconomic environment is evolving rapidly and may not support extraordinary home price growth for much longer," said Craig J. Lazzara, managing director and global head of index investment strategy at S&P DJI, in a statement. "The post-COVID resumption of general economic activity has stoked inflation, and the Federal Reserve has begun to increase interest rates in response."
"We may soon begin to see the impact of increasing mortgage rates on home prices," he added.
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9:09 a.m ET: PepsiCo ups full-year revenue forecast on higher prices, soda demand
PepsiCo (PEP) reported higher than expected quarterly earnings of $1.29 per share, beating the $1.23 per share analysts had expected, according to Bloomberg consensus data.
The beverage and snacks maker also raised its full-revenue forecast, buoyed by higher prices and a rebound in demand for its sodas at theaters and restaurants. Pepsi now anticipates fiscal 2022 organic revenue to rise 8%, compared with its forecast of a 6% increase.
During the quarter, the company also reported taking a $241 million charge related to Russia-Ukraine crisis.
"Looking ahead, we will focus on controlling what we can, such as enhancing our focus on productivity and sharpening our revenue management capabilities, while also continuing to make the necessary long-term investments to fortify our businesses and win in the marketplace," PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta said in the earnings release.
Shares of Pepsi were little changed in pre-market trading.
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7:10 a.m. ET: Futures slip after stocks recover from losses in previous session
Here were the main moves in futures trading ahead of Tuesday's open:
S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -16.50 (-0.40%) to 4,276.25
Dow futures (YM=F): -130.00 (-0.38%) to 33,835.00
Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -62.50 (-0.46%) to 13,473.25
Crude (CL=F): -$0.35 (-0.36%) to $98.89
Gold (GC=F): +$12.70 (+0.67%) to $1,908.70 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): 0.00 bps to yield 2.8260%
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6:15 p.m. ET Monday: Stock futures muted ahead of earnings reports mega cap earnings
Here's were stock futures were in post-market trading Monday evening:
S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -1.75 (-0.04%) to 4,291.00
Dow futures (YM=F): -10.00 (-0.03%) to 33,955.00
Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -19.50 (-0.14%) to 13,516.25
Crude (CL=F): -$0.10 (-0.00%) to $98.66
Gold (GC=F): +$3.20 (+0.17%) to $1,899.20 per ounce
10-year Treasury (^TNX): -8 bps to yield 2.8260%
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MURRAY- The students in the Murray State University Electromechanical Engineering program won second place in the NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge with their hydraulically powered bicycle. The MSU team also won second place overall and in all of the other races. The MSU team was only beaten by Iowa State who won first in every race.
The MSU team won the best use of pneumatics award. To be considered for this award, the team had to display creativity, efficiency and safety. The challenge to incorporate pneumatics onto the vehicle wasn’t required, but it encouraged the teams to explore pneumatic applications.
The bikes were first judged to make sure they fit the design constraints. These include adequate safety features, the weight of the bike, and the components used.
Boaz Burnett, from Calloway County, explained the essence of how the bike operates, “We had a lot of component failures that we were only able to overcome by the tireless work of our team and our faculty advisors, Roger Riquelme and Jordan Garcia,” Burnett said. “We had a hose blow on the day of the competition that would have disqualified us, but we were able to repair it in two hours.”
The parts were put together by Grady Busbey and Tyler Kuykendall, both from Webster County, and Boaz Burnett from Calloway County. The other students who worked on the bike are Austin Hawkins from Calloway County, Michael Antes from Benton, Nate Heady from Owensboro, James Riddle from Medina, Tennessee, and Dami Ogunjimi from Lagos, Nigeria.
“I am fully confident that we could have won at least one of the races if we didn’t have components fail,” Burnett said. “In the sprint race we lost by one second. That was only due to our human power side having a part fail which didn’t allow us to pedal.”
The electronics were controlled using a programmable logic controller (PLC) which is one of the main focuses of the electromechanical engineering degree. All the students currently on the team are EMT majors. Several parts were custom made using a computer aided design, 3d printing, and water jetting.
They used a photo reflective sensor to detect engine rpm and then transferred the data to the PLC in order to shift the transmission. The team essentially turned a manual motorcycle transmission into an automatic transmission, complete with manual overrides if they needed it.
The team competed in three races. The sprint race was 600 meters long where the bikes used pre-stored hydraulic pressure and peddling. The efficiency race used pre-stored hydraulic pressure to see how far the bike could go without pedaling. The endurance race tested how far the bike could go in 20 minutes without hydraulic pre-charge. Another aspect of the endurance test is that it tested the bike’s brakes regenerative capabilities by forcing the driver to come to a complete stop during part of the race. This aspect of the endurance race measured how far one can go off only hydraulic pressure.
Heady said, “While we’re happy to have placed second, especially when competing with such talented schools and students, we’re already looking forward to next year and how we can improve for that competition.” | https://www.murrayledger.com/news/local/msu-engineering-program-won-2nd-in-nfpa-fluid-power-vehicle-challenge/article_8bb01326-c4f0-11ec-aef1-5bcc8ebeab7e.html | 2022-04-26T14:01:32Z | https://www.murrayledger.com/news/local/msu-engineering-program-won-2nd-in-nfpa-fluid-power-vehicle-challenge/article_8bb01326-c4f0-11ec-aef1-5bcc8ebeab7e.html | true | 1 |
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court handed down a ruling Tuesday that could force countries to regularly justify why they are conducting ID checks on people who should be able to move freely within Europe’s passport-free travel area.
The travel zone, known as the “Schengen area,” is made up of 26 countries — 22 EU nations plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Normally, people and goods move freely between these countries without border checks. Temporary controls are allowed for security or health reasons.
At least seven countries currently have some restrictions in place, mostly for security reasons or to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Restrictions should only last for six months but some countries — notably Austria, France and Denmark — routinely renew them and have done so for years.
The European Court of Justice ruled that countries must justify why they are rolling over the border measures, and that they should only do so “in the event of a serious new threat arising.” Under the Schengen rulebook, it said, border controls “cannot exceed a maximum total duration of six months.”
France, for example, has constantly justified its checks due to a “continuous terrorist threat” and pandemic concerns over the past two years.
The case came to the ECJ after a man was checked as he crossed into Austria from Slovenia twice in 2019. He was fined for refusing to show his passport, and complained to a regional Austrian court. That court sought advice from the Luxembourg-based tribunal about whether the checks respect the rules.
The ECJ said “Austria did not demonstrate the existence of a new threat” at the time it renewed its restrictions. It noted that Schengen member countries should be able to take action to deal with any security or health threat within 6 months.
Around 420 million people live in the Schengen zone. Almost 1.7 million people reside in one Schengen nation and work in another, while an estimated 3.5 million people in Europe cross what were once permanent border crossings every day.
Free movement is a pillar of European integration. It helps businesses flourish and many officials worry that the future of the Schengen area is under threat as some countries routinely use the excuse of the coronavirus, migrant movements or ill-defined security concerns to crack down at borders.
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Danish researcher explains zero-knowledge proofs and post-quantum encryption
A graduate from the University of Aarhus, a Danish researcher is now a leading player in some of the most important issues in cyber security
A native of Denmark, Jens Groth became interested in cryptography as a student at the University of Aarhus, where he obtained a master’s degree in mathematics and a PhD in computer science – specifically in cryptography. From there, he went to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he took a postdoc that revolutionised “zero-knowledge proofs” – a technology that has become very important in blockchains.
Groth has been working on zero-knowledge proofs ever since, making more major contributions along the way.
A zero-knowledge proof is a protocol between two parties – a “prover” and a “verifier”. Through an interaction, the prover demonstrates to the verifier that something is true but doesn’t reveal any specific information about why it is true.
“This idea goes back to the 1980s,” says Groth. “Computer scientists were looking at the concept of mathematical proofs and noticed the magical fact that you don’t actually have to give information beyond the fact that something is true.
“In my research, I introduced some new techniques for building zero-knowledge proofs in a more efficient manner, allowing the proofs to be extremely compact. You can have a huge, complicated statement that takes up gigabytes of space and you can prove that it’s correct with just a few hundred bytes. That is super compact.”
Groth adds: “I got into this area when I was doing my PhD and was looking at voting protocols. There you have voters encrypt their votes, so nobody else sees what their vote was. There are some tallying mechanisms, so you can aggregate a lot of encrypted votes and get out the right results without looking inside each individual ciphertext.
“But those aggregation methods mess up if voters input invalid votes. For example, you could have somebody input minus 1,000 votes for Alice in their ciphertext. It turns out that you can use zero-knowledge proofs to prove that the ciphertext you’re sending contains a correct vote – that it’s one of the eligible options – without indicating which of those options it is.”
These same protocols can be used in many other ways. They could allow a user to show that they fall within a certain age range, without having to reveal exactly how old they are. Users could also prove they have sufficient income to obtain a loan, without having to disclose the exact income or the sources.
Groth describes zero-knowledge as a “Swiss Army knife” for assurance. When a computer runs a protocol, you can use a zero-knowledge proof to ensure it is doing so correctly and without deviation from the protocol. And this assurance comes with total privacy – the zero-knowledge proofs do not reveal confidential data that the computer holds.
The remaining challenge is to make the zero-knowledge proofs efficient enough that they do not cause an unacceptable slowdown. Groth’s inventions have drastically reduced this cost – and have inspired more research. Finding further efficiency improvements is now a very active area of research.
The Internet Computer
Groth has transitioned from academia to industry and now applies his expertise to the Internet Computer, which was founded on the idea of having a distributed computer platform that never shuts down. The idea is that just like you have a shared internet, you can have shared computing services that everyone can access, and developers can build upon. The intention is to protect not only against technical failures and attacks, but also against corporate control, through decentralised governance.
All computation is replicated on multiple computers running in different datacentres around the world, so even if one of them breaks down, or gets hacked, the Internet Computer still runs.
Groth is director of research at DFINITY, a not-for-profit organisation based in Zurich that built and launched the Internet Computer. The platform is open source and DFINITY is currently its biggest contributor. The long-term vision is to grow a large community around the Internet Computer, with DFINITY being only one of many contributors.
The Internet Computer uses blockchain technology to allow machines around the world to come to an agreement about the order in which they execute inputs. Getting agreement among machines comes with a cost, however.
“For any blockchain, it is expensive to write to the blockchain,” says Groth. “Every time you do a write, all the machines have to be updated in exactly the same way. They have to reach a consensus on what that way is. All the machines talk back and forth and agree on the order in which they want to execute all the incoming messages from thousands of users.
Jens Groth
“If one of the machines is down, or cannot connect to another machine, it doesn’t get to vote on the order of the messages. The Internet Computer has a mechanism built in to make it resilient to this situation – it requires only a super majority of machines to agree, so if one of the machines is hacked, the rest can continue without it.”
One important aspect of the Internet Computer is that it provides general-purpose computation. Developers can create applications on it, using their favourite language. Most people program in Rust or Motoko, which is a special language developed by DFINITY. They compile their code to something called WebAssembly, which is closer to machine code. This allows developers to write an application and deploy it around the world. By doing this on the Internet Computer, the application is executed with guaranteed security.
The Internet Computer is expected to be a major enabler of Web3, the next iteration of the World Wide Web, which will be highly decentralised and powered by blockchain technologies. Futurists speculate that this decentralised version of the Web would reduce the reliance on major technology players, such as Google and Facebook, and more cooperative business models could be developed with less reliance on advertising revenue.
Web3 would also lead to decentralised finance, allowing users to exchange currency in the form of tokens, without involving banks or governments.
But such a big overhaul is not expected in the current decade. This means that by the time Web3, or some variant, becomes dominant, quantum computing may have become practical. If that is the case, a whole new set of security concerns will have to be addressed.
Post-quantum security
“We have known for a long time that quantum computers will be able to break some of the cryptography we use today,” says Groth. “Not all cryptographic algorithms will be susceptible to quantum attacks, but some of the most popular will. Anything based on either the discrete logarithm problem or the factorisation problem needs to be changed.
“Quantum computing is not at the point where we can break key cryptography as it is deployed today on the internet. We don’t know exactly how long that is going to take, but it’s definitely on the horizon, and we need to prepare for it now because it takes a long time to develop and deploy the cryptography that we will need to protect against quantum computers.”
Groth adds: “There is a distinction to be made in the cryptography we use to check things and the cryptography we use to store or exchange information. For instance, if I create a digital signature on a document, send it to you and you check it right now, we don’t have to worry because quantum computers are not at a state where they can forge the digital signatures commonly used.
“However, when information is stored or exchanged in encrypted messages, it is important to think about post-quantum cryptography right now. An attacker could intercept a message and save it for five or 10 years, then use a quantum computer to decrypt it.
“Secure multi-party computation is an example of something that requires post-quantum protection. Its goal is to facilitate computation with privacy. In order to keep confidential information private, you have to encrypt the data. You also have this storage problem. If a hacker takes and stores all the communication for a few years – until quantum computers become real – then when they get access to a quantum computer, they can decrypt the information they have stored.”
Groth notes that organisations such as the National Security Agency in the US are already storing encrypted information that they might decrypt later when quantum computing can break the cypher. Intelligence agencies in other countries around the world are certainly doing the same.
Fortunately, the cryptographic community is waking up to this concern. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been organising competitions for researchers to standardise new cryptographic protocols that are secure against quantum attackers.
“We are definitely interested in post-quantum security at DFINITY,” says Groth. “Currently, our cryptography relies on the discrete logarithm problem. This works well now, but in the long run it would jeopardise the Internet Computer. Take, for instance, our digital signatures. We use them to certify all data that is coming from the Internet Computer. If you had a quantum computer right now, you could just go and impersonate somebody.
Jens Groth
“We need to find a replacement technology for that. We don’t need to implement it right now, but we would need to have it ready before quantum computers become a real thing.”
Post-quantum security is critical for the future not only of the Internet Computer, but also for blockchain in general, banking transactions, and a lot more. In many cases, the Internet Computer relies on standard protocols that are in widespread use. For example, digital signatures and transport layer security (TLS) are both used.
Groth does not expect to have to work much on these standard protocols, because the wider cryptographic community is already working to standardise post-quantum digital signatures and TLS. The task of people working on the Internet Computer will just be to find the best one of those tools and implement it. The challenge is in the advanced solution that the Internet Computer uses.
“Not only do we have to tweak our protocols to use some of the post-quantum security solutions being developed, but we also have to come up with some tools ourselves,” says Groth. “There are areas, sophisticated special-purpose solutions, where we cannot expect the community to solve problems for us. We want to keep the same functionality and security for the Internet Computer without being vulnerable to quantum attacks. There is a lot of research to do on that.
“And then there’s a final thing, which is cryptography that we don’t have yet, but also needs to be post-quantum secure. One of the research projects we have is to build in confidentiality on the Internet Computer. We want to be able to encrypt the data that the Internet Computer holds. We may want to compute on encrypted data such that nobody can learn what’s going on. We want a trusted runtime environment.”
Groth adds: “There are different approaches. One is that you could have a trusted execution environment ,which is basically you trust that the chip has a trusted execution environment. The idea is that if you tamper with it, it will break. The problem is that it’s hard to rely on hardware because there have been quite a lot of attacks in these trusted execution environments.
“If you’re shipping hardware and you find a bug later, it’s hard to replace. An alternative approach is secure multi-party computation, which relies on cryptography to protect confidentiality. But this relies very much on encryption and so needs to be post-quantum secure.“
The changing role of trust
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Economies are becoming increasingly dependent on electronic exchanges, and banks and governments no longer have the control they had before. At first glance, you might assume more trust is required. But, thanks to researchers like Jens Groth, the need for trust has diminished – computer systems can be made to cooperate without reliance on a central party. | https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516064/Danish-researcher-explains-zero-knowledge-proofs-and-post-quantum-encryption | 2022-04-26T14:03:24Z | https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516064/Danish-researcher-explains-zero-knowledge-proofs-and-post-quantum-encryption | true | 1 |
Italy captain Giorgio Chiellini plans to retire from the national team after the “Finalissima” match against Argentina in London on June 1.
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“If I’m in form I’ll play and bid the national team goodbye at Wembley, where I reached the apex of my career in Azzurro and perhaps of my entire career,” Chiellini said, referring to Italy’s European Championship title last summer.
The 37-year-old Chiellini had planned to continue playing for the national team through the World Cup at the end of this year but he has moved up his plans after the Azzurri failed to qualify for the tournament in Qatar.
The Finalissima match at Wembley Stadium features the champions of Europe and South America.
Chiellini, who has formed a potent centre-back pairing with Leonardo Bonucci during his career, is sixth on Italy’s all-time list with 116 appearances.
A gritty defender, Chiellini was bitten by Uruguay striker Luis Suárez during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Chiellini’s contract with Juventus expires after next season but he wouldn’t commit to remaining in Turin amid speculation that he wants to end his club career in the United States.
“From now to the end of the season I do have to evaluate everything, talk to my family about what is best,” Chiellini said after Juventus’ win over Sassuolo in Serie A late Monday. “Let’s reach fourth place first and win the Italian Cup, then we’ll sit down with my two families — at home and with Juventus — to figure out what is best for everyone.”
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Kevin Durant Rejects Narrative That LeBron James Commands Lakers' Roster Decisions
April 26, 2022Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant doesn't believe LeBron James wields all-encompassing power within the Los Angeles Lakers' decision-making process.
Durant discussed James as part of a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Sports' Vincent Goodwill after the Nets were eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics on Monday night.
"I feel like that's a narrative that [the media created]. I don't even think LeBron does that," KD said. "He might have input or know some information. But him saying [pointing left], 'This is who you should get.' [Points right.] 'That's who you should get.' I don't think it works like that."
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Here's How Shiba Inu Could Repeat Its 2021 Return of 43,800,000%
The stock market is a known wealth generator, and it can be life-changing over the long term. In fact, had you invested in the Nasdaq-100 technology index 20 years ago and held on until now, you'd have earned a return of 1,016%. In other words, a $100,000 investment would be worth over $1 million today.
But what if you could earn $1 million from an investment of just $2.29? If you bought the controversial cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) on Jan. 1, 2021, and held on until Dec. 31, that would have been your reality.
The token's return of 43,800,000% for the year was seemingly once-in-a-lifetime, but naturally, investors would love for history to repeat. Is it possible?
The current problem
At present, Shiba Inu is grappling with a supply issue. There are 589 trillion tokens in circulation, and at the current price of $0.000025 per token, their total value comes to $14.6 billion. Some investors have wondered whether $1 is a possible future price target for Shiba Inu, but that would result in a whopping $589 trillion total valuation.
For context, that would make Shiba Inu 218 times more valuable than Apple, the largest company in the world, which has a market capitalization of $2.7 trillion.
Shiba Inu would also be six times larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of the entire world, which came in at $94 trillion in 2021.
And since all of the recorded wealth on Earth sits at $431 trillion, if every person, business, and government converted all of their cash and assets to Shiba Inu, that still wouldn't warrant a price of $1.
But believe it or not, we haven't reached the most ridiculous part yet. A return of 43,800,000% from the current price of $0.000025 would send Shiba Inu far beyond $1. It would actually soar to a whopping $10.95 per token, taking its total market valuation to over $6 quadrillion. In other words, it's impossible for Shiba Inu to repeat its 2021 return. Unless...
Burn baby, burn
Solving Shiba Inu's supply problem is pretty simple at face value. The community has pondered ways to "burn" tokens, which permanently removes them from circulation, and therefore shrinks the 589 trillion supply number. In turn, it would organically boost Shiba Inu's price per token, assuming its total market valuation of $14.6 billion remained constant.
There are a few potential avenues available to make this happen, but one of the most intriguing is the metaverse. Shiba Inu developers are building a virtual world for the community, and they're calling it the Shiberse. It will serve as a central meeting hub for investors and enthusiasts of the dog-faced token, and it will feature over 100,000 virtual land plots in addition to non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Land transactions will be facilitated using the Ethereum cryptocurrency, but Shiba Inu tokens will play a unique role. Owners of virtual land will be able to rename their plots in exchange for a fee paid in Shiba Inu tokens, which will then be burned.
But just how much burning will need to take place to replicate Shiba Inu's 2021 price explosion of 43,800,000%?
Here's what the math says
To send the price of a Shiba Inu token soaring 43,800,000% to $10.95 from $0.000025 today, the supply of Shiba Inu tokens would have to shrink from 589 trillion to just 1.33 billion. That assumes its current market valuation of $14.6 billion remains constant the entire time.
In other words, 99.9998% of all Shiba Inu tokens currently in circulation would have to be burned. Unfortunately, it's extremely unlikely initiatives like the Shiberse would attract enough participation to achieve a result like that.
In fact, it's such a lofty target that every single holder of Shiba Inu tokens would have to get involved by burning almost all of their own -- and that would eliminate any potential return they could have made.
So while anything is possible, Shiba Inu's blockbuster 2021 return will likely remain firmly in the history books.
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Teengers Lily Baggott and Tyler Pattinson, both 17, along with 12-year-old Lottie Pabari have all eclipsed previous best efforts set by CoP members in years gone by.
In the Youth Development League upper age group meet at Hillingdon, sprinter Baggott set a new record time over the 100metre distance in the girls category for a City of Portsmouth performer at under-20 level.
Baggott's time of 12.2seconds beat the U20 girls club record previously held by Leah Tribe from 1999, which stood at 12.4secs.
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CoP team-mate Pattinson broke his own U20 club discus throw record. His 46.78m distance in the U20 discus event at Hillingdon surpassed the 43.06m previous record which he set last year.
Young gun Pabari sent a third City of Portsmouth club record crashing at the weekend. In the U13 javelin event in the Wessex League competition which took place in Swindon, she threw a 39.52m distance. That took her to third on the all-time list across the UK at U13 age group level. Pabari broke the U13 City of Portsmouth javelin record which she had previously broken earlier this month. | https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/promising-prospects-send-city-of-portsmouth-athletics-club-records-tumbling-3669494 | 2022-04-26T14:13:37Z | https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/promising-prospects-send-city-of-portsmouth-athletics-club-records-tumbling-3669494 | true | 1 |
Philadelphia (WPHL)- The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance locating a missing girl last seen on April 21, 2022
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India creates a Guinness world record by simultaneously waving 78,220 national flags
India set a new world record of most people waving flags simultaneously with 78,220 people simultaneously waving the Indian national flag in Bihar's Bhojpur district at Dalaur ground on April 23rd.
India created history by entering the Guinness Book of World records by simultaneously waving 78,220 national flags on April 23, 2022. This took place in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit at the 'Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav' programme at Bhojpur, Bihar.
The Guinness world record was created in the presence of representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records. The attendees were asked to wear bands for physical identification.
The official Guinness World Record certificate read, "The most people waving flags was achieved by Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Culture, Government of India (India), to celebrate Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' at Jagdishpur, Bhojpur, Bihar, India on April 23, 2022."
In presence of Union HM Amit Shah, India has created record in waving National Flag at same time. On 23 April. India entered Guinness Book of World Records by waving 78,220 flags simultaneously at 'Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav' programme at Bhojpur, Bihar:Ministry of Culture pic.twitter.com/ijXrZ0d8UJ
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Guinness World Record of India
India set a new world record of most people waving flags simultaneously with 78,220 people simultaneously waving the Indian national flag in Bihar's Bhojpur district at Dalaur ground on April 23rd.
India broke the earlier world record set by Pakistan about 18 years ago, when 56,000 Pakistanis had simultaneously waved their national flag at an event in Lahore.
The Indian national flag was waved for complete five minutes at Jagdishpur at an event that was organised to mark the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Babu Veer Kunwar Singh as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
First-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology
India’s top numerologist JC Chaudhry created the first-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology and the first world record of 2022 by educating 6000 participants about ancient science. The numerology enthusiasts had joined from countries across the world including India, the US, the UK and the middle east. The Guinness World Record's London office opened a new category, “Numerology” for this achievement.
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Dividend Harvesting: Week 32 Update, $3,200 Allocated, $220.29 In Annual Dividends Yielding 6.91% With 48 Positions
Summary
- After 32 weeks and $3,200, the Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is generating $220.29 in estimated annual income and $18.36 in monthly estimated income.
- In week 32, I added to my position in Southern Company and the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF.
- The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio is now generating 50 weeks of dividend income from 368 annual dividends with another 25 positions paying an estimated $14.08 throughout October.
This article series is dedicated to everyone in the Seeking Alpha community interested in building an income-producing portfolio. Investing in equities and funds that produce dividends has been part of my overall investing strategy for some time. I have received many comments and messages during my time as a contributor to Seeking Alpha asking me specific questions about how to start a dividend portfolio, where to start, and how much capital is needed to make this strategy work for them?
There is a serious misconception about dividend investing revolving around the amount of capital someone needs to make this an effective strategy. There isn't a one-size-fits-all investing strategy, and many paths throughout the investing space can help investors reach their end goal. For some, continuously investing in an S&P 500 index fund or a total market fund will do the trick. For others, a combination of equities and funds works well.
For me, I invest in funds, individual equities, and dividend-producing investments. I started this series to illustrate how someone could start from scratch and build a dividend portfolio from the ground up by investing on a fixed budget. I am allocating $100 a week to this series and its investments. I have allocated $3,200 over 32 weeks to this specific portfolio. My positions include 10 Closed-End Funds (CEFs), 8 ETFs, 3 BDCs, 2 ETNs, and 25 individual equities.
Diversification has been one of the fundamental principles of constructing this portfolio, and I continuously read comments indicating that I have too many positions. This would be entirely too many positions for some investors as it creates a substantial amount of ongoing work to stay current on the positions. I have plenty of time to conduct the necessary ongoing research for my investments, and I am building this portfolio into a personalized dividend fund for myself. Eventually, when we experience a correction or bear market, I believe this portfolio will navigate the adversity well as it's not overweight in a specific individual equity or sector, and the dividend snowball effect will continue to amplify as the months come and go.
In week 32, I allocated my $100 to current positions just as I did last week. Southern Company (SO) is one of my favorite dividend companies. Its shares have slid from $67.18 to around $61.75 in the past month, so I added to my position on the sell-off. I also added a share to the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF (RYLD). RYLD is one of Global X's call strategy ETFs that I am fond of as it takes writing covered calls out of my hands, and I can sit back and collect the income while Global X does the work for me.
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
I have made this Excel file that I update each week free to download for anyone who wants a copy. If you would like a copy, please click here and go to Dividend Harvesting. Everything in the sheet is live so that you can plug in your investments, and the charts and spreadsheet will update, providing you with your own personal tracker. If anyone has any ideas for enhancements after playing around with this, please let me know, as I am happy to make improvements.
A look inside the Dividend Harvesting portfolio
After 32 weeks of investing $100 per week, below is an overview of the Dividend Harvesting portfolio's composition:
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
Since 4/12/21, when the first dividend was collected in the Dividend Harvesting portfolio, 131 dividends have found their way into my account. So far in October, 3 positions have paid me $2.28 in income, with another 25 positions paying an estimated $14.08 throughout the month. The ongoing cycle of dividends is exciting, and after my recent additions, an estimated 85 dividends will flow into my account throughout the rest of 2021.
Some of the comments have indicated that this portfolio is a waste of time, and why am I not focusing on the winners from the portfolio instead of over diversifying? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and everyone's investment strategy is different. These aren't my only investments. As I indicated in the opening, I am creating this portfolio from the ground up and documenting the progress along the way, and turning it into a series on Seeking Alpha. Remember, every investor's situation is different, and there aren't many articles that illustrate building a dividend portfolio from the ground up. One of my goals is to make this series relatable to the masses and show that anyone can start investing with any budget. Even if you are not fond of dividends, the strategy of allocating a fixed amount of capital every week, month, or quarter can be replicated to index funds, growth companies, or anything that meets your investment goals. Overall I want to emphasize the importance of allocating capital to savings or investments and planning for the future.
This portfolio accomplishes my primary goal of generating a continuous income stream that increases with each addition and dividend reinvestment. There will be periods in the future when the market corrects, and this portfolio is in the red, and there have been some weeks where I thought that would occur. This portfolio isn't about growth, it's about generating income, and more importantly, I hope it teaches the importance of saving for the future. 32 weeks have flown by, and anyone who decided to follow the premise of saving money each week regardless of how they wanted to invest it would have a nice start to their investing future. I am choosing to invest this capital in dividend investments so I can expand my passive income. After 32 weeks of allocating $100 per week, the Dividend Harvesting portfolio is now generating an estimated $220.29 in estimated annual income with an estimated monthly average of $18.36.
- Estimated Annual Dividend Income
- $7.44 to $220.29, an increase of $212.85 or 2,861%
- Estimated Monthly Dividend Income
- $0.62 to $18.36, an increase of $17.74 or 2,861%
- Annual Dividends Generated
- 12 to 368, an increase of 356 dividends or 2,967%
- Weekly Dividends
- 9 weeks to 50
(Source: TD)
I am still stuck on 50 weeks of dividend income, with 368 dividends flowing into my account over the year. I will eventually generate income every week, but I have no idea when that will occur. I am looking at this process as a conglomerate of individual businesses to create a constant flow of income. In some months, there are over 35 dividends being paid, and I am excited for the future of this portfolio.
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
New Goals and Rules
After going through my holdings in the Dividend Harvesting portfolio, I have developed two goals that will turn into rules once they are met. After the first year and $5,200 is allocated, I don't want a single sector to account for more than 20% of the entire portfolio. Here is how the overall sectors have changed:
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
In week 32, I added capital to utilities and ETFs, which helped bring my overall exposure to REITs down a bit. Even though REITs weren't above the 20% threshold I have implemented, I will make a conscious effort to even out my portfolio sectors over time. It will take a while but I would like to see a more even balance down the road. After the first year, the second goal is that I don't want a single position to exceed 5% of the portfolio. Here is a look at the top ten largest holdings in the portfolio:
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
New dividends being generated annually
Just as important to generating continuous dividend income is having the share count of an investment increase without adding additional capital, and there is a lot of work to be done. Outside of generating reoccurring dividend income, one of my top priority long-term goals is to have each position generate enough dividend income annually to purchase 1 additional share. Eventually, I want an additional share of each position coming in every quarter. After this occurs, the next level would be to replicate the process on a bi-annual basis, then quarterly.
Things are similar from last week, and the only position that moved was RYLD from the 20-29.99% category to the 40–49.99% category. SO jumped quite a bit, and after I add an additional share, it should move into the 10–19.99% category. Going forward, one of my goals is to get more of these symbols moving right on the grid I created below. It will take some time, but eventually, I want these positions to produce an additional share annually.
(Source: Steven Fiorillo)
Week 32 additions to the Dividend Harvesting portfolio
In week 32, I added an additional share of SO and RYLD to the portfolio. SO is one of the United States largest utility companies, with over 9 million customers receiving services from their seven electric & natural gas utilities. SO operates more than 27,000 miles of transmission lines, 3,700 substations, and 300,000 acres of right of way. Utility companies provide critical infrastructure across the country and lack traditional competition, which is replaced with regulation from state, federal, and local agencies. Since 1948 SO has rewarded shareholders through its dividend program and has 73 years of dividend payments under its belt. SO paused its annual dividend increases in 1997 and resumed this practice in the middle of 2002. Shareholders have received 19 consecutive years of dividend increases from SO, and they are on the path to becoming a Dividend Aristocrat once again. I firmly believe SO can be a core dividend position in any portfolio, and I plan to add more shares as the weeks pass.
RYLD from Global X follows a covered call or buy-write strategy against the Russell 2000 index. RYLD brings an at-the-money-covered call-writing strategy to the U.S. small-cap space. RYLD provides exposure to stocks within the Russell 2000 and simultaneously sells a call option on the Russell 2000 index to generate large amounts of income. I am a fan of these covered-call ETFs as I am not looking for these investments to generate large amounts of capital appreciation. I can sit back and let the Global X fund managers do all of the work while I receive a portion of the income they generate. There are several funds that have similar strategies, and I plan on allocating additional capital in the future to these types of investments.
Week 33 gameplan
I cannot believe it's week 33 already, and I will be even more shocked when 52 weeks have passed by. Shares of Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) have fallen off a cliff decreasing from $69.20 on 8/20/21 to $57.26 as of 10/8/21. BMY is now yielding 3.42%, and it's in my buy range. I need to research why this sell-off occurred, but its price is very enticing. I am also looking at shares of Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) which I just wrote an article on. KHC is yielding 4.35%, and I think this is a great entry point. I want to add additional Intel (INTC) shares as their numbers are excellent, and I think they are very undervalued. INTC is generating a 2.58% yield, and they have more than enough FCF to continue buying back shares and increasing their dividend going forward. INTC, in my opinion, is one of the best tech dividends you can add to your portfolio, and I wrote an article on them as well outlining my investment thesis. We will see what occurs, but these are the companies I am considering for week 33.
Conclusion
I want to say thank you to everyone who continues to read and comment on the Dividend Harvesting series. I am looking forward to engaging with everyone in the comments section and gaining perspectives and ideas for new investments. It's hard to believe that 32 weeks have gone by. I am enjoying documenting this journey and look forward to the progress in the years to come. I hope that individuals see this blueprint and incorporate the practice of investing on a schedule into their savings routine. Hopefully, everyone is enjoying this series, and your goals of reaching financial independence get closer with each investment you make.
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First National Financial Co. (TSE:FN – Get Rating) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, April 14th, Zacks reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of 0.196 per share on Monday, May 16th. This represents a $2.35 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 28th.
Shares of First National Financial stock opened at C$39.52 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7,176.75, a current ratio of 9.13 and a quick ratio of 8.93. First National Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$35.65 and a fifty-two week high of C$53.25. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$40.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$42.34. The company has a market cap of C$2.37 billion and a PE ratio of 12.35.
First National Financial (TSE:FN – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 1st. The company reported C$0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.70 by C($0.01). The business had revenue of C$339.29 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$174.10 million. Analysts expect that First National Financial will post 3.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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“I’ve been a very active mother for the last two decades. My kids and I are in a great headspace,” she added.
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Jakarta: Currently, 131 areas outside Java and Bali region have implemented Level 1 COVID-19 community activity restrictions (PPKM), according to the Home Affairs Ministry.
"We assess that the condition keeps improving in the areas outside Java and Bali region," Director General of Regional Administration at the ministry Safrizal Z.A. said via an electronic message here on Tuesday.
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The number of areas has increased significantly compared to the areas regulated earlier by Instruction Number 21 of 2022 of the Home Affairs Minister, he said.
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Twitter -hours before being bought by Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and CEO of Tesla- has announced that it will include a new button in the tweets where a video appears. The “CC” button (close captions) will allow you to add subtitles to the videos, yes, as long as they are previously available in it because they have been incorporated by their author.
Subtitles can be added to videos posted on Twitter using the “CC” button
In the first moment this new “CC” button will appear in the iOS version of the Twitter app, arriving at a later time than the version of the application for Android. The button will appear in the upper right part of the videos published on Twitter (and, again, provided that the video has already previously incorporated the subtitles) and with a single click it will be possible to add or remove them.
The novelty has been announced through the social network itself through the Twitter Support account, announcing that the function is already in test mode. At the same time, the tweet is accompanied by a video showing the operation of this button for activating the subtitles, although at the moment the way in which content creators must implement the subtitles within the video has not been disclosed.
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Video captions or no captions, it’s now easier to choose for some of you on iOS, and soon on Android.
On videos that have captions available, we’re testing the option to turn captions off/on with a new “CC” button. pic.twitter.com/Q2Q2Wmr78U
—TwitterSupport (@TwitterSupport) April 22, 2022
Already in the year 2020 it was announced from Twitter that work was being done on the development of various options to improve accessibilityaction in which this addition of the possibility of watching videos with subtitles is framed.
Already at the end of last year, Twitter added an option for automatic subtitling of videos, although this type of technology may contain a small percentage of errors and may present errors in the transcription, with the new “CC” button the subtitles that will be displayed will be those generated by the same author, thus minimizing the risk of possible errors.
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Nets risk on-court ‘continuity’ with Ben Simmons’ return approaching
Despite two defeats, Stan Van Gundy has marveled at the Nets’ competitiveness in the first two games against the Celtics. He views the Nets roster as hastily thrown together without time to blend.
As such, even though he’s a big fan of Ben Simmons, Van Gundy can’t image the enigmatic 6-11 guard making much of a difference.
Simmons is slated to make his long-anticipated season and Nets debut in Game 4 Monday . But will Simmons turn into just another new body thrown into an already chaotic mix?
Van Gundy, who called Game 2’s Nets loss and will be back for TNT’s broadcast of Monday’s Game 4, said Nets coach Steve Nash has been dealt a bad hand for the playoffs. Down 0-2, the Nets return to Brooklyn for Saturday’s Game 3.
‘I know people have been critical of Steve Nash ,’’ Van Gundy told The Post. “I just laugh. The expectations are ridiculous.’’
The win-the-title-now Nets were forced into dealing disgruntled James Harden at February’s trade deadline to Philly, adding Seth Curry and an injured Simmons, who hasn’t played since June 2021.
“I’ve always been one of (Ben’s) biggest advocates — I love him,’’ Van Gundy said. “He’s one of three, four guys in the league who truly can guard 1 through 5. He’s been one of the best defensive players the prior couple of years. He can really rebound. He can help their transition game and he’s a pass-first guy who’s very creative. But he hasn’t played a single minute with any of these guys.
“He’s not plug-and-play type guy because he’s not a shooter. You have to really spend some time to get your station right. Not so much when he has the ball, but when he doesn’t have the ball. Is he playing with a center where do you put (Andre) Drummond or (Nic) Claxton on the floor? Those things are not that easy.”
Beyond rust and back issues, nobody knows if Simmons’s mental block shooting the ball has disappeared the past 11 months.
‘He’s got a good pick-and-roll game with him as screener,’’ Van Gundy added. “But when are you going to develop that? On the fly during a game in the middle of the playoffs against a team like Boston?
The Celtics, Van Gundy, says, are a well-oiled machine, compared to the Nets’ cobbling together a rotation the past two months – all part of the domino effect from Kyrie Irving’s decision to go unvaccinated.
see also Steve Nash must elevate game for Nets to overcome 2-0 hole“What they’re trying to accomplish is almost unprecedented,’’ the longtime NBA coach said. “They’re playing basically eight guys. Four of the guys in their rotation haven’t played 30 games with them. Curry, Drummond came over in the trade. Kyrie couldn’t play (full-time) all year. And Goran Dragic has hardly played.
“They’re playing all these guys who’ve had no time with each other. And Boston’s a really good team, underestimated all year. They’ve been by far – and it’s not close – the best team in the East the second half of the year.’’
Irving’s vaccination holdout led to him playing 29 games. It prompted Harden to ask out and possibly wore down Durant, who is struggling at 13 of 44 for the series .
Van Gundy credits Boston’s “incredible defense’’ collapsing on KD. But he says, it’s evident that there isn’t enough on-court simpatico to get more “movement’’ to run different sets for the Hall-of-Famer to make life easier.
“No question that has been a big part of this season,’’ Van Gundy said of Irving’s choices. “They haven’t had the continuity on the floor to develop great chemistry. And I think it does cause players – rightly or wrongly – to question his commitment to the team. So trust deteriorates. It’s been an extremely difficult situation. But I thought they played really well in the two games.’’
“(Wednesday) was the hardest I’ve been them play 48 minutes all year. So think it’s far from over with them going home.’’ | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2580596684840/nets-risk-on-court-continuity-with-ben-simmons-return-approaching | 2022-04-26T14:34:39Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2580596684840/nets-risk-on-court-continuity-with-ben-simmons-return-approaching | true | 3 |
Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE:RGA – Get Rating) by 3.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 746,161 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,181 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 1.10% of Reinsurance Group of America worth $81,697,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Earnest Partners LLC raised its stake in Reinsurance Group of America by 39.2% during the 4th quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,082,894 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $228,056,000 after buying an additional 586,198 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Reinsurance Group of America by 304.6% in the 3rd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 674,876 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $75,087,000 after purchasing an additional 508,080 shares in the last quarter. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Reinsurance Group of America in the 4th quarter valued at $39,995,000. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Reinsurance Group of America by 11.1% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,605,344 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $394,749,000 after purchasing an additional 359,665 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in Reinsurance Group of America by 76.7% during the third quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 499,033 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $55,523,000 after buying an additional 216,541 shares during the last quarter. 96.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Reinsurance Group of America in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Credit Suisse Group lifted their target price on Reinsurance Group of America from $76.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 3rd. Zacks Investment Research raised Reinsurance Group of America from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $116.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 6th. TheStreet raised shares of Reinsurance Group of America from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a report on Monday, April 11th. Finally, Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Reinsurance Group of America in a research report on Friday, January 21st. They set an “underperform” rating and a $100.00 price target on the stock. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.10.
Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 3rd. The insurance provider reported ($0.56) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.83 by ($1.39). The firm had revenue of $4.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.18 billion. Reinsurance Group of America had a net margin of 3.70% and a return on equity of 0.60%. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.19 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated will post 8.82 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 15th were paid a $0.73 dividend. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.59%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 14th. Reinsurance Group of America’s dividend payout ratio is currently 32.34%.
Reinsurance Group of America Company Profile (Get Rating)
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated engages in reinsurance business. It offers individual and group life and health insurance products, such as term life, credit life, universal life, whole life, group life and health, joint and last survivor insurance, critical illness, disability, and longevity products; asset-intensive and financial reinsurance products; and other capital motivated solutions.
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Ever since the musical “Allegiance” first opened on Broadway in 2015, it has helped tell the story of the inconceivable way Japanese-Americans were treated by their own country during World War II.
It’s a dark chapter in U.S. history, and Palo Alto Players is hoping its current production, which runs through May 8 at the Lucie Stern Theater with a streaming option, will shed more light on this era and perhaps help younger Americans grasp the downside of seeing demons everywhere.
It’s a noble gesture, especially so because the cast is directed by Vinh G. Nguyen, an Asian-American himself, with all but a few roles performed by Asian Americans.
The plot is loosely based on “Star Trek” actor George Takei’s family as developed by Jay Kuo and others, with Kuo also providing the lyrics and music. It follows the Kimura family, who are forced to leave their Salinas farm following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They and many other Japanese-American families are told to pack up a few belongings and then herded into trains and sent to internment camps like Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming.
On opening night, the Palo Alto Players’ production hadn’t quite gelled, with some actors still a bit hesitant about their lines. Act 2 felt choppy, with many short scenes.
Still, several actors stand out, none more so than Marah Sotelo as Kei Kimura, the sister of lead character Sammy Kimura. Sotelo also possesses the best voice in this production.
Sammy is a young hothead played here with varying degrees of success by Jomar Martinez. At times Martinez seems ineffectual, then suddenly lashes out too angrily, seemingly without cause.
One of the reasons for Sammy’s anger is likely his intransigent father, Tatsuo Kimura, who constantly compares Kei to Sammy and tells Sammy to get a college degree and go into the family business.
Tatsuo is delicately underplayed by Bryan Pangilinan, who has the ability to show both anger and love well.
Besides Marah Sotelo, two other standout performers are Christopher Sotelo as Frankie Suzuki, who adamantly refuses to go into the Army, becomes a draft resistance leader and is sent to prison, and Ron Munekawa as the patriarch of the family who provides a steady hand for his grandchildren.
“Allegiance” is certainly a story that is worthy telling. Several of the actors wrote in their program biographies they had had relatives who were sent to World War II internment camps, so being in “Allegiance” felt personal to them.
Tickets are $27-$57 or $20 for on-demand streaming at www.paplayers.org or 650-329-0891. | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/26/allegiance-sheds-light-on-dark-chapter-in-u-s-history/ | 2022-04-26T14:35:36Z | https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/26/allegiance-sheds-light-on-dark-chapter-in-u-s-history/ | false | 2 |
Energy Secretary Hears Concerns, Expectations Over Lithium Development
CALIPATRIA — Often, those who find themselves in the midst of a historical undertaking are unaware of the significance of the moment. Such a scenario could apply to the Imperial Valley, where the anticipated development of its lithium resources should be considered nothing less than history in the making, U.S. Department...
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 26, 2022) - Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR) (OTCQB: GSHRF) (FSE: 8X00) ("Goldshore" or the "Company"), is pleased to update the market on its Moss Lake Project activities for the forthcoming spring and summer exploration period.
Key Points
- The Company is expanding the exploration program to 8-10 rigs as soon as possible and remains well funded with a treasury of nearly $20M;
- The Company is accelerating its metallurgical test work; structural geology understanding, 3D geologic model(s) and analysis of historical core;
- The 2021 VTEM survey highlighted 29 quality drill targets including potential expansion of the Moss Lake strike length; as well as the potential for a resource increase at East Coldstream; and the Company will attempt to identify maiden resources at other known mineralized targets; and
- Drilling of these targets has yielded positive results including 6.3g/t Au over 58.85m News: Goldshore Drills 6.3 g/t Au over 58.85m at Moss Lake (goldshoreresources.com).
Earlier in the year, the Company released the detailed interpretation and analysis of the VTEM geophysical survey conducted in 2021 (see Press Release dated March 10, 2022: Technical Analysis: Goldshore's VTEM Results Greatly Expand the Prospectivity). This produced 29 quality drill target areas, including 11 new Moss Lake target styles that potentially expand the strike length by over 4x from 2.5km to over 11km.
Subsequently, initial drilling of several of the targets successfully intersected new gold minerlization including the hole MMD-21-008 that returned 6.3 g/t Au over 58.85 metres and interpreted to be a high grade structure in the Moss Lake Deposit. (see press release Goldshore Drills 6.3 g/t Au over 58.85m at Moss Lake).
To that end, the Company is accelerating its exploration program at the Moss Lake Project, currently having a historical resource of 1.47M oz Au Indicated and 2.51M oz Au Inferred (see Table 1). The Company is preparing to ramp up its drilling efforts to 8 to 10 rigs as soon as practicable,. It is planned that the Moss Lake area will utilize 4 to 5 drill rigs through the spring-summer period; Coldstream / North Coldstream / Iris Lake area targets will utilize 2 to 3 rigs and Hamlin Lake area targets will utilize 1 to 2 rigs.
The Company is currently well funded with approximately $19.6M in the treasury, after closing its recent funding of $10M (see Press Release Goldshore Announces Closing of $10M Private Placement).
Key Strategic Highlights
- Increasing the quantum and frequency of drilling at the Moss Lake Project; and early mobilization of rigs into the north-east corridor of Coldstream / North Coldstream and Iris Lake; as well as early mobilization into Hamlin Lake area;
- Accelerated re-logging and mutli-element assaying of historic North Coldstream and Moss Lake core;
Goldshore has been logging historic core throughout this campaign to maximize the value of the historic drill core. As part of this program, the team has commenced resampling of core that were not sampled in the past. This has been driven by the recognition of additional zones of mineralization that were previously ignored or missed. Recently, the team discovered visible gold in quartz-pyrite veinlets in drillhole NS-92-247 at 546.9 meters depth along the northern edge of the QES Zone (see press release Goldshore Reports Additional Step-Out Intercepts ). This highlights the potential for high grades in previously unrecognized zones parallel to the main targets.
- Establishing a robust 3D geologic model of the Moss lake deposit to guide exploration and updating future resource estimates.;
Goldshore has been rebuilding the mine model for the historic North Coldstream copper mine that was mined between 1957 and 1967. This has included compiling all historic data and wireframes for the underground workings to understand the distribution of mineralization with a view to identifying the potential for additional mineralization; but also to guide scout drilling of similar geophysical targets identified by last year's VTEM/magnetics survey.
Analysis of underground data focused on copper and gold, which returned assays in the range of 1.0 to 15.0% Cu and 0.5 to 5.0 g/t Au. Of note, limited assaying for cobalt on one level returned values in the range of 0.1 to 0.5% Co. These high levels of cobalt have not been recognized in the past but clearly point to the strategic value of this deposit style.
Scout drilling of preferred mineralization trends at North Coldstream and of similar nearby targets will aim to confirm the highly mineralized nature of this deposit style.
- Engaging world renown structural geologist, Dr. Brett Davis to work with the Goldshore geological team, to optimize drill targeting through both structural geology methods and through the VTEM geophysical interpretation prepared by TechnoImaging © . Dr. Davis will be on site in May and June 2022.
Dr. Brett Davis graduated from James Cook University, Australia with a Bachelor's in Geology in 1986, which was followed in 1992 with a Doctorate degree in Structural Geology. Dr. Davis has worked and consulted globally on a number of large scale deposits and has established himself as a world leader in structural geology and currently runs Olinda Gold Structural Geology Consulting. Dr. Davis also serves as an Adjunct Research Fellow at his alma mater - James Cook University.
- Accelerating the geometallurgical characterization study to determine the geometallurgical domains, and commencing metallurgical test work to optimize the recovery profiles of these domains at Moss Lake;
The Goldshore geological team is working with ALS on establishing geometallurgical parameters, in an effort to optimize and guide the metallurgical test work required for use in the updated preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") intended to be published in Q1 2023.
Brett Richards, President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldshore commented: "With the recent market support to close the $10M funding; coupled with the excellent drilling and VTEM results previously shared with the market; we are pleased to be accelerating the exploration program at Moss Lake, as well as Coldstream, North Coldstream, Iris Lake and Hamlin Lake. It has been shown that all of the 29 high priority targets that have had historical drilling and/or form part of the historic resource; along with 17 gold targets identified in the VTEM interpretation need to be accelerated into this coming field season. The main purpose for this is to quantify and maximize the understanding of mineralization in all of these targets; prior to conducting a mineral resource update and updated PEA (intended to be published in Q1 2023).
About Goldshore
Goldshore is an emerging junior gold development company, and owns the Moss Lake Gold Project located in Ontario. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is currently a strategic shareholder of Goldshore with an approximate 22% equity position in the Company. Well-financed and supported by an industry-leading management group, board of directors and advisory board, Goldshore is positioned to advance the Moss Lake Gold Project through the next stages of exploration and development.
About the Moss Lake Gold Project
The Moss Lake Gold Project is located approximately 100 km west of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is accessed via Highway 11 which passes within 1 km of the property boundary to the north. The Moss Lake Gold Project covers 14,292 hectares and consists of 282 unpatented and patented mining claims.
Moss Lake hosts a number of gold and base metal rich deposits including the Moss Lake Deposit, the East Coldstream Deposit (Table 1), the historically producing North Coldstream Mine (Table 2), and the Hamlin Zone, all of which occur over a mineralized trend exceeding 20 km in length. A historical preliminary economic assessment was completed on Moss Lake in 2013 and published by Moss Lake Gold1. A historical mineral resource estimate was completed on the East Coldstream Deposit in 2011 by Foundation Resources Inc2,3. In addition to these zones, the Moss Lake Gold Project also hosts a number of under-explored mineral occurrences which are reported to exist both at surface and in historically drilled holes. The Moss Lake Deposit is a shear-hosted disseminated-style gold deposit which outcrops at surface. It has been drilled over a 2.5 km length and to depths of 300 m with 376 holes completed between 1983 and 2017. The last drilling program conducted in 2016 and 2017 by Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. ("Wesdome"), which consisted of widely spaced holes along the strike extension of the deposit was successful in expanding the mineralized footprint and hydrothermal system 1.6 km to the northeast. Additionally, the deposit remains largely open to depth. In 2017, Wesdome completed an induced polarization survey which traced the potential extensions of pyrite mineralization associated with the Moss Lake Deposit over a total strike length of 8 km and spanning the entire extent of the survey grids.
The East Coldstream Deposit is a shear-hosted disseminated-style gold deposit which locally outcrops at surface. It has been drilled over a 1.3 km length and to depths of 200 m with 138 holes completed between 1988 and 2017. The deposit remains largely open at depth and may have the potential for expansion along strike. Historic drill hole highlights from the East Coldstream Deposit include 4.86 g/t Au over 27.3 m in C-10-15.
The historically producing North Coldstream Mine is reported to have produced significant amounts of copper, gold and silver4 from mineralization with potential iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit style affinity. The exploration potential immediately surrounding the historic mining area is not currently well understood and historic data compilation is required.
The Hamlin Zone is a significant occurrence of copper and gold mineralization, and also of potential iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit style affinity. Between 2008 and 2011, Glencore tested Hamlin with 24 drill holes which successfully outlined a broad and intermittently mineralized zone over a strike length of 900 m. Historic drill hole highlights from the Hamlin Zone include 0.9 g/t Au and 0.35% Cu over 150.7 m in HAM-11-75.
The Moss Lake, East Coldstream and North Coldstream deposits sit on a mineral trend marked by a regionally significant deformation zone locally referred to as the Wawiag Fault Zone in the area of the Moss Lake Deposit. This deformation zone occurs over a length of approximately 20 km on the Moss Lake Gold Project and there is an area spanning approximately 7 km between the Moss Lake and East Coldstream deposits that is significantly underexplored.
Table 1: Historical Mineral Resources1,2,3
Notes:
(1) Source: Poirier, S., Patrick, G.A., Richard, P.L., and Palich, J., 2013. Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Moss Lake Project, 43-101 technical report prepared for Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd. Moss Lake Deposit resource estimate is based on 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade for open pit and 2.0 g/t Au cut-off grade for underground resources.
(2) Source: McCracken, T., 2011. Technical Report and Resource Estimate on the Osmani Gold Deposit, Coldstream Property, Northwestern Ontario, 43-101 technical report prepared for Foundation Resources Inc. and Alto Ventures Ltd. East Coldstream Deposit resource estimate is based on a 0.4 g/t Au cut-off grade.
(3) The reader is cautioned that the above referenced "historical mineral resource" estimates are considered historical in nature and as such is based on prior data and reports prepared by previous property owners. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current resources and Goldshore is not treating the historical estimates as current resources. Significant data compilation, re-drilling, re-sampling and data verification may be required by a qualified person before the historical estimate on the Moss Lake Gold Project can be classified as a current resource. There can be no assurance that any of the historical mineral resources, in whole or in part, will ever become economically viable. In addition, mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Even if classified as a current resource, there is no certainty as to whether further exploration will result in any inferred mineral resources being upgraded to an indicated or measured mineral resource category.
Table 2: Reported Historical Production from the North Coldstream Deposit4
Note:
(4) Source: Schlanka, R., 1969. Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Deposits of Ontario, Mineral Resources Circular No. 12, Ontario Geological Survey, pp. 314-316.
Peter Flindell, MAusIMM, MAIG, Vice President - Exploration of the Company, a qualified person under NI 43-101 has approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For More Information - Please Contact:
Brett A. Richards
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Goldshore Resources Inc.
P. +1 604 288 4416 M. +1 905 449 1500
E. brichards@goldshoreresources.com
W. www.goldshoreresources.com
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements relating to expectations regarding the exploration and development of the Moss Lake Gold Project, including planned drilling activities and metallurgical test work and the other matters listed under the heading "Key Strategic Highlights", intended identification of maiden resources, an update to the historical preliminary economic assessment, and other statements that are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions acceptable; compliance with extensive government regulation; domestic and foreign laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company's business and results of operations; the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company's securities, regardless of its operating performance; and the impact of COVID-19.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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To all those outsourced Indian Americans in Trump’ office.. #TRAINGATE » « Kickass Bharatanatychari 8642:\nThis Blogger in the Wall\nWhen blogposts start coming thick like pusses coming out… this wall gets jam – punishing punishment, and pardon is an impossible prospect!!!!! Well a bane.. A pain.. It is what it is or we made it like a rack so what Melissa Lucio's execution delayed by Texas appeals court
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of Melissa Lucio amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of lawmakers, celebrities and even some jurors who sentenced her to death.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a request by Lucio’s lawyers for a stay of execution so a lower court can review her claims that new evidence would exonerate her.
Lucio had been set for lethal injection Wednesday for the 2007 death of her daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a city of about 75,000 in Texas’ southern tip.
Prosecutors have maintained that the girl was the victim of abuse and noted that her body was covered in bruises. Lucio’s lawyers say Mariah died from injuries she sustained in a fall down a steep staircase several days before she died.
“I am grateful the court has given me the chance to live and prove my innocence,” Lucio said in a statement provided by her lawyers. “Mariah is in my heart today and always. I am grateful to have more days to be a mother to my children and a grandmother to my grandchildren. I will use my time to help bring them to Christ. I am deeply grateful to everyone who prayed for me and spoke out on my behalf.”
Lucio’s mother, Esperanza Treviño, tearfully thanked all of her daughter’s supporters, saying, “Thank God for the miracle.”
Lucio was first told her execution had been delayed in a phone call with state Rep. Jeff Leach, a Republican who has helped lead a bipartisan effort to halt her execution, said Vanessa Potkin, one of Lucio’s attorneys who is with the Innocence Project.
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“She sobbed. She was just overwhelmed,” said Potkin.
In a statement, Leach said he was grateful the appeals court had “pushed the pause button on her execution, saving the state of Texas from the irreversible blunder of potentially killing an innocent citizen.”
The execution stay was announced minutes before the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had been set to consider Lucio’s clemency application to either commute her death sentence or grant her a 120-day reprieve. The paroles board did not review her clemency petition because of the execution stay. If the case were to come back before the board in the future, Lucio’s lawyers would have to file a new petition.
Lucio’s attorneys say her capital murder conviction was based on an unreliable and coerced confession that was the result of relentless questioning and her long history of being sexually, physically and emotionally abused. They say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession.
Her lawyers also contend that unscientific and false evidence misled jurors into believing Mariah’s injuries could have been caused only by abuse and not by medical complications from a severe fall.
“It would have shocked the public’s conscience for Melissa to be put to death based on false and incomplete medical evidence for a crime that never even happened,” said Potkin. “All of the new evidence of her innocence has never before been considered by any court. The court’s stay allows us to continue fighting alongside Melissa to overturn her wrongful conviction.”
Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz, whose office prosecuted the case, said in a statement he expected the execution to be delayed because various legal issues remain unresolved.
“I welcome the opportunity to prosecute this case in the courtroom: where witnesses testify under oath, where witnesses may be cross-examined, where evidence is governed by the rules of evidence and criminal procedure ... That is our criminal jurisprudence system, and it is working,” said Saenz, who was not in office when Lucio was tried in 2008.
During a sometimes contentious Texas House committee hearing on Lucio’s case this month, Saenz had said he disagreed with Lucio’s lawyers’ claims that new evidence would exonerate her. Prosecutors say Lucio had a history of drug abuse and at times had lost custody of some of her 14 children.
In its three-page order, the appeals court asked that the trial court in Brownsville that handled Lucio’s case review four claims her lawyers have made: whether prosecutors used false evidence to convict her; whether previously unavailable scientific evidence would have prevented her conviction; whether she is actually innocent; and whether prosecutors suppressed evidence that would have been favorable to her defense.
It was not immediately known when the lower court would begin reviewing her case. Tivon Schardl, one of Lucio’s lawyers, said they hope to convince the trial judge to recommend a new trial. If such a recommendation is made, that would then be sent to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which would make the final decision on a new trial.
More than half the members of the Texas Legislature had asked that her execution be halted. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers traveled this month to Gatesville, where the state houses female death row inmates, and prayed with Lucio.
One of those lawmakers, El Paso Democratic state Rep. Joe Moody, tweeted that he was relieved for Lucio. “A stay confirms what we’ve said all along: Melissa Lucio shouldn’t be on death row,” he wrote.
Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced Lucio and one alternate juror have questioned their decision and asked that she get a new trial.
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As home prices continue to climb to record highs in Missoula, community nonprofits are turning modular homes that were once intended for workers in the Bakken oil fields into permanently affordable housing for two lifelong area residents.
Homeword and Habitat for Humanity of Missoula are working together to help two East Missoulians attain homeownership using money from Missoula’s new Affordable Housing Trust Fund and a long-term lease that ensures permanent affordability.
The modular homes will be available for two residents — a retired house painter and a working diesel mechanic — to purchase at a fifth of the cost of Missoula’s median home price, said Heather Harp, the executive director for Habitat for Humanity of Missoula.
The project comes as home prices in Missoula continue to rise. The median home price in Missoula County has climbed to a new high of $510,000, according to a report released recently by the Missoula Organization of Realtors.
“This is a beautiful partnership because you’ve got two nonprofits that are working on an innovative solution,” said Andrea Davis, the executive director of Homeword. “Is it only two homes? Yes, but every household that gets impacted is a win. And this is a model that can be used by other people and inspire other land sellers.”
The homes will be placed on permanent foundations on land in East Missoula that a family sold at a discounted price to Habitat for Humanity. Homeword bought the modular homes from a surplus that was intended for workers in the once-booming Bakken oil fields of western North Dakota and northeastern Montana.
Habitat will use $190,000 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund that the Missoula City Council unanimously approved spending to purchase the structures from Homeword and pay for costs associated with moving and repairing the homes.
After placing the homes on foundations and making any necessary repairs, Habitat will sell the homes to the new owners and hand over land stewardship to Trust Montana, a statewide community trust working to increase affordable properties for Montanans. Homeword will also help prepare the prospective homeowners by providing them with financial education.
Harp said the homes will be available for purchase by the prospective homeowners who make under 80% of the area median income. The area median income (AMI) is the midpoint of an area’s income distribution, meaning half of the families in the area earn more than the median and half of the families earn less. Harp also said the mortgages for the homes will not exceed 30% of each household’s income.
A MODEL FOR SUCCESS
The project is based on a model that has proven successful in the past. Several years ago, Homeword purchased 10 modular homes that originally were meant for oil workers and placed six of those homes on permanent foundations in what was called the Montana Street Homes project.
The six homes were sold to households earning 80% or less of the area median income, which was about $36,900 or less for one person or $56,300 or less for a family of four in 2018, according to the American Community Survey. The 450-square-foot, one-bedroom home sold for $98,000 and the 550-square-foot two-bedrooms sold for $120,000. The land under the homes is permanently owned by Trust Montana, and the homebuyers lease it via renewable and inheritable 75-year agreements, according to Homeword’s website.
Homeword is no longer affiliated with the project because the land was transferred to Trust Montana after Homeword developed the properties. But Davis said that, to her understanding, all of the original homeowners from 2018 have remained.
The model of homeownership using a community land trust ensures long-term affordability for current and future homeowners and helps them build equity, Davis said.
But Davis also noted that community land trusts are only one tool for helping create affordable housing for Missoulians and said that many other changes, such as more development and changes to zoning that allow for more townhome development, are needed.
For their part, community land trusts are an effective way for Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates across the country to house more families, Harp said. The nonprofit will be able to place both the homes on the same lot because Missoula County’s zoning regulations allow developers to increase density for the purpose of permanent affordability.
The use of modular homes will allow Habitat for Humanity to house the two residents in East Missoula in a quarter of the construction time it typically takes the organization to complete a project.
“Habitat is trying to pivot so that we can increase our production above and beyond two homes per year,” Harp said. “In order to do that, it requires us to be innovative so we’re looking at our construction methods.”
In addition to conventionally built homes, Harp said Habitat for Humanity plans to pursue more modular homes.
Apart from the quick construction timeline, the use of modular homes also helps address a lack of homes for people who live alone.
According to AARP, the percentage of nuclear family households, or households that consist of two parents and one or more children, has been on a steady decline over the past 50 years while the percentage of single-person households has been on the rise. But the housing market hasn’t kept up with the shift.
“With this particular project, we got to do something we’ve never done before,” Harp said. “We got to focus on the single people, and this is the first time in our history that we’ve been able to do that and it’s in large part because these were already designed to be one bedrooms.”
Davis said Homeword still has two modular homes that the organization is looking to place on land, and added that it would like to hear from anyone who might be interested in donating or selling land at a discount to nonprofits.
Harp also said Habitat for Humanity of Missoula will be holding a town hall meeting to educate the public about community land trusts on May 25.
“We need to inform and educate people about the work we do, and we also need to inspire people to be the change we need to see happen,” Harp said. “Just like (those) who donated the lots to us a few years ago, we hope to inspire others to do the same.”
This story originally appeared in the Montana Free Press, which can be found online at montanafreepress.org.
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JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) said the company's first quarter results were characterized by a very strong demand acceleration, with revenue coming in more than six points ahead of its initial view in January. Revenue declined 7.2% year over three, compared to the company's guidance of a 6% to 9% decline year over three. The company noted that this was approximately 6 percentage points ahead of the midpoint of initial forecast of an 11% to 16% decline year over three, driven by pent-up demand that materialized beyond expectations. Capacity declined by 0.3% year over three, compared to the company's guidance for capacity to decline 1% year over three. Excluding one-time items, adjusted pre-tax loss of was $400 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to adjusted pre-tax income of $70 million in the first quarter of 2019.
Looking ahead, the company reduced its full-year capacity growth outlook. For the full-year 2022, the company is now planning to grow capacity between 0% and 5% versus 2019. The company originally planned to grow capacity by 11 to 15 percent compared to 2019. Also, JetBlue is reducing its summer schedule by more than 10 percent from its original plan, and scheduled aircraft utilization will be down 10 to 15 percent compared to 2019.
"We are reducing our full-year capacity growth as we work to restore operational reliability and catch up on a backlog of training events, and also as we remain mindful of elevated fuel prices," said Ursula Hurley, JetBlue's CFO.
For the second quarter, JetBlue Airways expects capacity to increase in a range between 0% and 3% year over three. The company also expects revenue to increase between 11% and 16% year over three. However, the company expects its best quarterly revenue result in the second quarter.
JetBlue Airways noted that significantly higher fuel prices and investments in the operation are delaying its return to sustained pre-tax profitability.
First-quarter adjusted loss per share was $0.80 compared to adjusted profit per share of $0.16 in the first quarter of 2019. On average, 12 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to post a loss per share of $0.87 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
GAAP pre-tax loss was $398 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to a pre-tax income of $58 million in the first quarter of 2019. Reported GAAP loss per share was $0.79 compared to profit per share of $0.14. Total operating revenues were $1.74 billion, for the quarter. Analysts on average had estimated $1.74 billion in revenue.
Shares of JetBlue Airways were down 2% in pre-market trade on Tuesday.
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WISeKey International Holding AG (NASDAQ:WKEY) has seen 6.25 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $40.29M, closed the last trade at $2.04 per share which meant it gained $0.05 on the day or 2.51% during that session. The WKEY stock price is -428.43% off its 52-week high price of $10.78 and 5.39% above the 52-week low of $1.93. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 0.71 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 274.66K shares.
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Sporting 2.51% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on Monday, 04/25/22 when the WKEY stock price touched $2.04 or saw a rise of 23.31%. Year-to-date, WISeKey International Holding AG shares have moved -48.09%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.67%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of WISeKey International Holding AG (NASDAQ:WKEY) have changed -28.42%. Short interest in the company has seen 0.24 million shares shorted with days to cover at 0.82.
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Insiders own 0.00% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 3.10% with a share float percentage of 3.10%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with WISeKey International Holding AG having a total of 18 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are Susquehanna International Group, LLP with over 0.23 million shares worth more than $1.46 million. As of Sep 29, 2021, Susquehanna International Group, LLP held 0.95% of shares outstanding.
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA OR SWITZERLAND OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER PURSUANT TO LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS IN SUCH RELEVANT JURISDICTION WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SHAREHOLDERS NOT RESIDENT IN SWEDEN WHO WISH TO ACCEPT THE OFFER (AS DEFINED BELOW) MUST MAKE INQUIRIES CONCERNING APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND POSSIBLE TAX CONSEQUENCES. SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD REFER TO THE OFFER RESTRICTIONS INCLUDED IN THE SECTION TITLED "IMPORTANT INFORMATION" AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND IN THE PROSPECTUS AND THE OFFER DOCUMENT PUBLISHED ON NEOGAMES' WEBSITE (IR.NEOGAMES.COM/OFFER-PAGE). SHAREHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ALSO REFER TO THE SECTION TITLED "SPECIAL NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES" AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
LUXEMBOURG, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 17 January 2022, NeoGames S.A.1 ("NeoGames") announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of Aspire Global plc2 ("Aspire Global") to tender all their shares in Aspire Global to NeoGames for a consideration consisting of a combination of cash and newly issued shares in NeoGames in the form of Swedish depository receipts (the "Offer").
The prospectus relating to the newly issued shares in NeoGames in the form of Swedish depositary receipts offered as consideration in the Offer has today been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and on the settlement agent Mangold Fondkommission AB's website). The prospectus will also be available on the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's website).
A copy of the Swedish language version of the offer document and acceptance form as well as the Swedish language translation of the prospectus summary will be sent to shareholders in Aspire Global whose shares were directly registered with Euroclear Sweden AB on 10 March 2022, except for those domiciled in the excluded jurisdictions (please see above).
As earlier communicated, the acceptance period for the Offer will commence on 27 April 2022 and is expected to end on 25 May 2022, and settlement is expected to commence on or about 14 June 2022. NeoGames has reserved the right to amend the acceptance period, as well as the settlement date. A notice of any such amendment will be announced by NeoGames by means of a press release in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
Contacts and information about the Offer
Mr. Raviv Adler, CFO
ir@neogames.com
+972 73 372 3107
Information about the Offer is made available at NeoGames' website: ir.neogames.com/offer-page
For administrative questions regarding the Offer, please contact your bank or the nominee registered as holder of your shares.
Important information
NeoGames discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Corporate Governance Board's Takeover rules for certain trading platforms. The information was submitted for announcement at 3.00 p.m. (CEST) on 26 April 2022.
This press release has been published in Swedish and English. In the event of any discrepancy in content between the two language versions, the Swedish version shall prevail.
The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland or in any other jurisdiction where such offer pursuant to legislation and regulations in such relevant jurisdiction would be prohibited by applicable law, by use of mail or any other communication means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone and the Internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of national securities exchange or other trading venue, of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland, and the Offer cannot be accepted by any such use or by such means, instrumentality or facility of, in or from, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland. Accordingly, this press release or any documentation relating to the Offer are not being and should not be sent, mailed or otherwise distributed or forwarded in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland.
This press release is not being, and must not be, sent to shareholders with registered addresses in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland. Banks, brokers, dealers and other nominees holding shares for persons in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or Switzerland must not forward this press release or any other document received in connection with the Offer to such persons.
The Offer and the information and documents contained in this press release are not being made and have not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA"). Accordingly, the information and documents contained in this press release are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of the information and documents contained in this press release is exempt from the restriction on financial promotions under section 21 of the FSMA on the basis that it is a communication by or on behalf of a body corporate which relates to a transaction to acquire day to day control of the affairs of a body corporate; or to acquire 50 percent or more of the voting shares in a body corporate, within article 62 of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the expected end date of the acceptance period, the expected settlement date and assumptions underlying such statements, as well as statements that include the words "expect," "intend," "potential," "plan," "believe," "project," "forecast," "estimate," "may," "should," "anticipate" and similar statements of a future or forward-looking nature. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including the factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in NeoGames' Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2021, as such factors may be updated from time to time in NeoGames' other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, NeoGames operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for NeoGames' management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements that NeoGames may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release are inherently uncertain and may not occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the expected end date of the acceptance period and the expected settlement date, as well as the completion of the Offer and closing of the combination between NeoGames and Aspire Global, is subject to various conditions and there can be no assurances that the transaction will be consummated or that any of the expected dates will be met. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. In addition, the forward-looking statements made in this release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this release. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Special notice to shareholders in the United States
The Offer described in this press release is made for the issued and outstanding shares of Aspire Global, a company incorporated under Maltese law, and is subject to Maltese and Swedish disclosure and procedural requirements, which are different from those of the United States. Shareholders in the United States are advised that the shares of Aspire Global are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange and that Aspire Global is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), and is not required to, and does not, file any reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder.
The Offer is made in the United States pursuant to Section 14(e) and Regulation 14E of the U.S. Exchange Act, subject to exemptions provided by Rule 14d - 1(c) under the U.S. Exchange Act for a Tier I tender offer (the "Tier I Exemption") and Rule 802 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "802 Exemption"), and otherwise in accordance with the disclosure and procedural requirements of Swedish law, including with respect to withdrawal rights, the Offer timetable, settlement procedures, waiver of conditions and timing of payments, which are different from those applicable under U.S. domestic tender offer procedures and law. Holders of the shares of Aspire Global domiciled in the United States (the "U.S. Holders") are encouraged to consult with their own advisors regarding the Offer.
Aspire Global's financial statements and all financial information included herein, or any other documents relating to the Offer, have been or will be prepared in accordance with IFRS and may not be comparable to the financial statements or financial information of companies in the United States or other companies whose financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Offer is made to the U.S. Holders on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other shareholders of Aspire Global to whom an offer is made. Any information documents, including the prospectus and offer document, are being disseminated to U.S. Holders on a basis comparable to the method pursuant to which such documents are provided to Aspire Global's other shareholders.
As permitted under the Tier I Exemption, the settlement of the Offer is based on the applicable Swedish law provisions, which differ from the settlement procedures customary in the United States, particularly as regards to the time when payment of the consideration is rendered. The Offer, which is subject to Swedish law, is being made to the U.S. Holders in accordance with the applicable U.S. securities laws, and applicable exemptions thereunder, in particular the Tier I Exemption and the 802 Exemption. To the extent the Offer is subject to U.S. securities laws, those laws only apply to U.S. Holders and thus will not give rise to claims on the part of any other person. The U.S. Holders should consider that the price for the Offer is being paid in SEK and that no adjustment will be made based on any changes in the exchange rate.
It may be difficult for Aspire Global's shareholders to enforce their rights and any claims they may have arising under the U.S. federal or state securities laws in connection with the Offer, since Aspire Global and NeoGames are located in countries other than the United States, and some or all of their officers and directors may be residents of countries other than the United States. Aspire Global's shareholders may not be able to sue Aspire Global or NeoGames or their respective officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violations of U.S. securities laws. Further, it may be difficult to compel Aspire Global or NeoGames and/or their respective affiliates to subject themselves to the jurisdiction or judgment of a U.S. court.
To the extent permissible under applicable law or regulations, NeoGames and its affiliates or its brokers and its brokers' affiliates (acting as agents for NeoGames or its affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time and during the pendency of the Offer, and other than pursuant to the Offer, directly or indirectly purchase or arrange to purchase shares of Aspire Global outside the United States, or any securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for such shares. These purchases may occur either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices, and information about such purchases will be disclosed by means of a press release or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S. Holders of such information. In addition, to the extent permissible under applicable law or regulation, the financial advisors to NeoGames may also engage in ordinary course trading activities in securities of Aspire Global, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities as long as such purchases or arrangements are in compliance with the applicable law. Any information about such purchases will be announced in Swedish and in a non-binding English translation available to the U.S. Holders through relevant electronic media if, and to the extent, such announcement is required under applicable Swedish or U.S. law, rules or regulations.
The receipt of cash pursuant to the Offer by a U.S. Holder may be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes and under applicable U.S. state and local, as well as foreign and other, tax laws. Each shareholder is urged to consult an independent professional adviser regarding the tax consequences of accepting the Offer. Neither NeoGames nor any of its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees or agents or any other person acting on their behalf in connection with the Offer shall be responsible for any tax effects or liabilities resulting from acceptance of this Offer.
NEITHER THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE OFFER, PASSED ANY COMMENTS UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE OFFER, PASSED ANY COMMENT UPON THE ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS PRESS RELEASE OR PASSED ANY COMMENT ON WHETHER THE CONTENT IN THIS PRESS RELEASE IS CORRECT OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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ProShare Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG – Get Rating) by 55.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 77,042 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 27,523 shares during the quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC owned about 0.19% of Booking worth $184,841,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booking in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Gradient Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Booking by 116.7% in the 4th quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 13 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 7 shares in the last quarter. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booking in the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Booking in the 3rd quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Arlington Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Booking in the 4th quarter worth $34,000. 89.79% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
In related news, CFO David I. Goulden sold 183 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2,210.00, for a total value of $404,430.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 6,569 shares in the company, valued at $14,517,490. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Glenn D. Fogel sold 750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $2,199.81, for a total value of $1,649,857.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 49,265 shares in the company, valued at $108,373,639.65. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.24% of the company’s stock.
Shares of Booking stock opened at $2,246.04 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $92.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 79.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $2,233.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $2,337.06. Booking Holdings Inc. has a 1-year low of $1,796.45 and a 1-year high of $2,715.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 2.10 and a quick ratio of 2.10.
Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 23rd. The business services provider reported $15.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $12.73 by $3.10. The business had revenue of $2.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.85 billion. Booking had a return on equity of 35.57% and a net margin of 10.63%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 140.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.57) EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Booking Holdings Inc. will post 86.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Booking Profile (Get Rating)
Booking Holdings Inc, formerly The Priceline Group Inc, is a provider of travel and restaurant online reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.
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