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Stars return to Dallas tied in playoff series riding stout defense
Life in the United States was pre-pandemic, had economy in a much different place, and the Dallas Stars had an iron-clad identity. Dallas found its roots in its hard-nosed, firm backcheck and reliable goaltending. The problem that ultimately kept the team a win away from reaching the Conference Finals? A lack...
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Detroit Rapper 42 Dugg Arrested For Skipping Out On Six-Month Prison Sentence, Now Faces 5 Years
27-year-old rapper 42 Dugg, close affiliate to chart-topping emcee Lil Baby, may have gotten himself in deeper legal issues than he already was in after feds arrested him this past Wednesday for not reporting to a West Virginia federal prison camp last month following a six month sentence for illegal possession of a firearm. He now faces up to five years in prison.
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The Detroit News reports that Dugg was apprehended in his hometown immediately after touching down on a private airplane from Memphis. Ironically enough, his last post on Instagram seems to confirm that as fact after he was seen at a heliport shortly before boarding. His failure to turn himself in on the initial charge led to a current absconding charge, with his lawyer Steve Scharg described the arrest by stating, “He got off the plane and they were waiting there to greet him.”
It all stems from an Atlanta gun range where the “We Paid” emcee is accused of possessing, loading and shooting a 9 mm Glock pistol based on surveillance footage. Sounds like normal behavior as far as gun ranges are concerned, but Dugg’s prior carjacking and felony firearms possession charges actually prohibit him from possessing a firearm of any kind.
His March 2020 arrest on firearm charges also plays a key role, which resulted in three years probation that eventually got revoked in February after he tested positive for drugs. That’s when he was given the six month prison sentence in addition to two years of probation.
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He reportedly was granted a bond by a Detroit judge, but authorities decided to transfer him to Georgia so he can begin serving the six month bid. We wish him all the best, and hopefully this doesn’t do too much damage to his budding rap career.
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Peru's government postpones meeting with Las Bambas mine protesters until Tuesday
LIMA, May 7 (Reuters) - The Peruvian government postponed a meeting scheduled for Saturday with the indigenous communities protesting Las Bambas copper mine due to protest leaders taking too long to respond, Prime Minister Anibal Torres said in a signed document.
The document, dated Friday and seen by Reuters, was sent to the leaders of the Fuerabamba and Huancuire communities and stated that the government also had "logistical difficulties" and weather difficulties in traveling to the conflict zone. The letter proposed that the meeting be held on Tuesday.
Peru is the world's second-largest producer of copper and the Chinese-owned Las Bambas supplies 2% of the world's supply of that metal. The mine is key to the Peruvian economy, as it represents at least 1% of the Andean country's gross domestic product.
Both indigenous communities had agreed on Friday to meet with government and mining representatives in a small community outside the current emergency zone. The prime minister's office is also proposing Tuesday's meeting be held in Tambobamba, a town farther east and closer to the city of Cuzco.
"We are accepting the meeting called for Tuesday, but we are telling (the prime minister) that the meeting be in Pumamarca, as a neutral zone," Alexander Raul Anglas Quiroz, an adviser to the Huancuire community, told Reuters by telephone.
On April 27, the government declared a state of emergency in several areas surrounding the mine. The measure suspends civil liberties such as the right to assembly and protest. Police later tried to evict the protesters, but were unsuccessful.
Residents of the Fuerabamba and Huancuire communities broke in to part of the mine owned by China's MMG Ltd 1208.HK on April 14, forcing Las Bambas to suspend operations. They allege that the mining company has not fulfilled the commitments it made to them.
(Report by Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun in Lima; Writing by Alexander Villegas Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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according to this link, eMMC is 400MB/s
https://www.windowscentral.com/emmc-vs-ssd
but on my lenovo tablet, it's so slow, to load a tiny 1 MB file, takes a noticeably delay on the time frame of 5+ sec.
Boot up is also slow. On my old PC, running SSD at 600MB/s, it takes 7 sec., on this 3 yr. old tablet, it takes much longer to load up windows, much longer than 7 sec.. If eMMC is really at 400MB/s, there is no way it takes that long to load up windows.
I am very tempted to install a SD card on the side of the tablet, and save these 1 MB file there, and see if loading those tiny 1 MB file be faster. Now, SD Card is only 12MB/sec, but at this pt., I won't be surprise if it's still faster than the eMMC
https://www.windowscentral.com/emmc-vs-ssd
but on my lenovo tablet, it's so slow, to load a tiny 1 MB file, takes a noticeably delay on the time frame of 5+ sec.
Boot up is also slow. On my old PC, running SSD at 600MB/s, it takes 7 sec., on this 3 yr. old tablet, it takes much longer to load up windows, much longer than 7 sec.. If eMMC is really at 400MB/s, there is no way it takes that long to load up windows.
I am very tempted to install a SD card on the side of the tablet, and save these 1 MB file there, and see if loading those tiny 1 MB file be faster. Now, SD Card is only 12MB/sec, but at this pt., I won't be surprise if it's still faster than the eMMC | https://hardforum.com/threads/is-emmc-really-at-400mb-s-as-on-my-tablet-is-very-slow.2019466/ | 2022-05-09T02:17:01Z | https://hardforum.com/threads/is-emmc-really-at-400mb-s-as-on-my-tablet-is-very-slow.2019466/ | false | null |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday registered their biggest win in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Sunday. A brilliant fifty from Devon Conway followed by a brilliant bowling effort by Moeen Ali led the defending champions to a convincing 91-run win over Delhi Capitals at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.
This was CSK’s fourth win in the ongoing IPL season and they moved to the 8th spot, going above KKR on net run rate. The win also kept CSK alive for playoff contention, even though their road to the final four remains dependent on a huge slice of luck.
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As CSK thrashed the Delhi Capitals, let’s have a look at the talking points of the game:
Devon Conway’s blistering knock: Chennai Super Kings have certainly found a like to like replacement for Faf du Plessis in Devon Conway. The New Zealand batter continued his red-hot form on Sunday night, smashing 87 runs off 49 runs against Delhi Capitals. His rollicking innings was laced with 5 maximums and 7 boundaries. He also featured in a 110-run opening stand with partner Ruturaj Gaikwad that laid the foundation of CSK’s biggest win this season. Conway scored the third consecutive fifty in IPL 2022 and won the player of the match award following his heroics.
Ruturaj sparked but missed the fire: Ruturaj Gaikwad may have started his IPL 2022 season pretty cold but has gradually found the rhythm. On Sunday, he played a 41-run knock off 33 balls against DC before falling prey to Amrich Nortje. He smashed a six and 4 boundaries during his stay at the crease and maintained a strike rate of 124.24.
Finisher Dhoni shines again: The death overs of CSK innings saw some quick dismissals, especially after Conway fell for 87. Rayudu was gone for 5 while Moeen Ali (9) and Robin Uthappa (0) couldn’t do much. However, Dhoni took charge and hammered some fine shots to keep the excitement levels high. With the help of a six and 2 boundaries, the CSK skipper got 21 runs of 8 balls and returned unbeaten.
Moeen Ali’s 2nd-best spell: The English all-rounder may not have contributed much with the bat but he did a splendid job with the ball. He registered magical figures of 3 for 13 in four overs which was also his second-best in IPL. He scalped the wickets of Mitchell Marsh (25), Ripal Patel (6) and the most important one, Rishabh Pant (21).
Success for Mukesh Choudhary and Simarjeet Singh: The pace duo is indeed inexperienced but their ‘never-give-up attitude’ has helped them cement their place in the playing XI. On Sunday, they pocketed 2 wickets apiece, causing the collapse of Delhi’s batting lineup. While Mukesh returned with the figures of 2/22 in 3 overs, Simarjeet picked 2 wickets for 27.
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Singapore Shares Expected To Open Under Pressure On Monday
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 65 points or 2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 3,290-point plateau and it's tipped to open in the red again on Monday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft on concerns for the global economy and for the outlook for interest rates, with technology stocks particularly likely to slide. The European and U.S. markets were down and the Asian bourses figure to open in similar fashion.
The STI finished sharply lower on Friday following losses from the financial shares, property stocks and industrial issues.
For the day, the index retreated 51.68 points or 1.55 percent to finish at 3,291.89 after trading between 3,289.92 and 3,305.72. Volume was 1.60 billion shares worth 1.53 billion Singapore dollars. There were 348 decliners and 54 gainers.
Among the actives, Ascendas REIT eased 0.35 percent, while CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust plunged 3.03 percent, CapitaLand Investment fell 0.75 percent, City Developments and Keppel Corp both stumbled 1.59 percent, Dairy Farm International and Thai Beverage both tumbled 2.14 percent, DBS Group retreated 1.58 percent, Genting Singapore slumped 1.24 percent, Hongkong Land tanked 2.28 percent, Mapletree Commercial Trust was down 0.53 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust lost 0.79 percent, Mapletree Logistics Trust declined 1.71 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation plummeted 3.32 percent, SATS dropped 1.11 percent, SembCorp Industries dipped 0.67 percent, Singapore Exchange surrendered 1.94 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering skidded 1.23 percent, SingTel slid 0.72 percent, United Overseas Bank sank 1.14 percent, Wilmar International shed 0.91 percent, Yangzijiang Financial jumped 2.13 percent and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Comfort DelGro were unchanged.
The lead from Wall Street ends up negative as the major averages spent most of Friday bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line before finally settling in the red.
The Dow dropped 98.63 points or 0.30 percent to finish at 32,899.37, while the NASDAQ tumbled 173.04 points or 1.40 percent to end at 12,144.66 and the S&P 500 sank 23.53 points or 0.57 percent to close at 4,123.34. For the week, the NASDAQ slumped 1.5 percent and the Dow and the S&P both eased 0.2 percent.
The lower close on Wall Street followed the closely watched Labor Department report showing stronger than expected job growth in April.
With the report showing continued strength in the labor market, economists predicted the Federal Reserve will now continue with its plans to raise interest rates sharply over the coming months.
Worries about the outlook for interest rates may have weighed on Wall Street along with a continued increase in treasury yields.
Crude oil prices closed higher on Friday, and posted a weekly gain as well, amid worries about supply following the European Union's decision proposing some of its toughest measures yet against Russia. West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures for June ended higher by $1.51 or 1.4 percent at $109.77 a barrel. WTI crude futures gained nearly 5 percent in the week.
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University of Minnesota to host 2026 Special Olympics USA
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games will be held at the University of Minnesota, officials announced Friday. Gov. Tim Walz said he is “incredibly proud” to have Minnesota host the seven-day event, which is expected to draw as many as...
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‘Friends’ actor Mike Hagerty has died at the age of 67
LOS ANGELES — “Friends” actor Mike Hagerty has died at the age of 67.
Bridget Everett, Hagerty’s costar in the HBO comedy, “Somebody Somewhere,” confirmed on Instagram that he died Thursday in Los Angeles.
“A beloved character actor, his love of his hometown of Chicago and his family were the cornerstones of his life. Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty [and] her wife Kathleen O’Rourke, and their daughter Meg. He will be sorely missed,” said Everett.
Hagerty has also appeared in a variety of shows, including “Cheers,” “The George Carlin Show” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, according to Rolling Stone.
He also played Mr. Treeger, a recurring character in “Friends,” according to TVLine.
The cause of death has not been released.
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As part of his interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday, former Secretary Mark Esper explained that every few weeks, there were illogical proposals coming out of Donald Trump's White House that he, along with other high-level officials, would have to put a stop to.
He described it as a kind of barrage of "crazy', which he would fight back.
At various times during the — certainly the last year of the administration, you know, folks in the White House are proposing to take military action against Venezuela. To strike Iran. At one point, somebody proposed we blockade Cuba," said Esper. "These ideas would happen — it seemed, every few weeks. Something like this would come up and we'd have to swat 'em down."
In one case, Esper described the conversation he had with Trump about bombing the drug cartels. Trump claimed, "No one would know it was us."
"And I just thought it was fanciful, right? Because, of course, it would be us. I was reluctant to tell this story. Because I think-- I-- I thought, people won't believe this," Esper continued. "That they'll think I'm just making it up and folks in-- in-- in Trump's orbit will-- will dispute it. And then I was having dinner after the election in 2020 with a fellow Cabinet member. And he said to me, he goes, 'You know, remember that time when President Trump suggested you shoot missiles into Mexico?' And I said to him, 'You heard that?' He goes, "Oh, yeah. I couldn't believe it. And I couldn't believe how well you managed and talked him down from that.' And at that moment, I knew I gotta write the story. Because at least have one witness who will verify that this really did happen."
It's "important to our country, it's important to the republic, the American people that they understand what was going on in this very consequential period. The last year of the Trump administration. And to tell the story about things we prevented. Really bad things. Dangerous things that could have taken the country in-- in a dark direction."
Esper never came forward at the time that any of this happened. Even after he was fired and the Senate was addressing impeachment, Esper didn't come forward. It was only in his book that he spoke out about some of the stories.
See a clip of the interview below:
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The Hershey Bears staved off elimination and pushed their first-round series to the limit with a 2-1 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday evening.
The decisive Game 3 is set for Monday night in Wilkes-Barre, with the winner moving on to face Springfield in the Atlantic Division semifinals.
Beck Malenstyn and Dylan McIlrath provided the goals for the Bears, who bounced back from a shutout loss in Game 1. McIlrath’s tally was his first goal in 50 career Calder Cup Playoff contests.
Hershey’s defense allowed only 23 shots on net for the game, with Pheonix Copley (1-1) making 22 saves.
Felix Robert had the goal for the Penguins, who are 0-7 all-time with a chance to close out a series with a win at Giant Center.
Tommy Nappier (1-1) stopped 30 shots for Wilkes-Barre.
Atlantic Division First Round – Series “B” (best-of-3)
A4-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. A5-Hershey Bears
Game 1 – Fri., May 6 – W-B/SCRANTON 3, Hershey 0
Game 2 – Sun., May 8 – HERSHEY 2, W-B/Scranton 1
Game 3 – Mon., May 9 – Hershey at W-B/Scranton, 7:05
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Ghana’s Black Satellites started the defense of the WAFU U-20 Zone B Championship title with a defeat to Nigeria on Sunday afternoon.
The U20 tournament started in Niger on Saturday with two matches already played on the opening day.
On day two today, defending champions Ghana locked horns with rivals Nigeria in a highly-anticipated contest staged at the Stade de General-Seyni-Kountche.
Unfortunately, for the Black Satellites, the young Super Eagles had too much ammunition in their arsenal.
Courtesy of goals from Ibrahim Muhammad and Ahmed Abdullai in each half of the game respectively, the Nigerian side cruised to a deserved 2-0 win against Ghana at the end of the 90 minutes.
The poor start to the tournament could prove disastrous for the defending champions if the team fails to win the second game.
In the second game of the Black Satellites, they will face Burkina Faso in the next group game on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the same venue.
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(The Hill) – COVID-19 cases among attendees at the White House Correspondents Dinner last weekend are mounting, highlighting the continued threat of the virus as cases rise nationally.
High-profile cases following the dinner include ABC reporter Jonathan Karl, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and reporters from The Washington Post, Voice of America, and other outlets.
There is no exact count, and it is not clear which dinner attendees contracted the virus at the dinner itself or at one of the many parties last weekend surrounding it.
But the string of reported cases does emphasize the point that even as the country seeks to move on from the virus, large indoor gatherings do carry some risk.
The cases have also played into an ongoing debate, with some arguing that the current era of COVID-19 allows vaccinated and boosted people to decide to attend large gatherings even if it means a small risk, while others are more cautious, pointing to the downstream effects on other people of increased transmission.
Reactions among attendees testing positive also varied.
“I’m yet another [White House Correspondents Association] weekend casualty,” tweeted Julia Ioffe, a correspondent at Puck News. “I knew I was taking a risk and, well, here we are!”
Jada Yuan, who covered the dinner for The Washington Post, also tweeted she tested positive afterward and would have to miss an international work trip she had been looking forward to.
“Hindsight and all that, but wear a mask or leave or tell your employer you can’t go if you’re in a situation where you feel uncomfortable,” she tweeted. “Those consequences are usually better than the ones you’ll face if you get sick.”
The dinner did require that all attendees test negative the day of attendance and that they be vaccinated. But those measures were not always in place at the surrounding parties that weekend.
“We worked hard to publicize our protocols and encouraged those eligible to get booster shots in the weeks leading up to the dinner,” Steve Portnoy, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, wrote in an email. “Our event implemented protocols that went beyond any guidance or regulation issued by the CDC or the DC health department. We wish anyone who may not be feeling well a speedy recovery.”
Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, wrote in The Washington Post last month after another string of cases after a different DC gathering, the Gridiron Dinner, that the event “shows what living with covid-19 looks like.”
She noted on Friday that the Correspondents Dinner had testing and vaccination requirements, so some of the cases could have come from surrounding events that did not have those precautions.
More broadly, she said, referring to vaccinations and new treatments like the highly-effective Pfizer treatment Paxlovid, “we have tools that allow us to continue the social activities that all of us as humans crave.”
“The key metric that we should be looking at here is are people getting severely ill,” she added.
There are no reports so far of any dinner attendees being hospitalized.
Attendees at the White House Correspondents Dinner are generally privileged and well-connected people, who have much better access to treatments like Paxlovid, as well as paid time off and other benefits, than some Americans.
The nature of a highly-infectious disease like COVID-19 is that cases from the dinner will not stop there, and people can transmit the virus onto others.
“It’s not about the people who are at the event,” said Walid Gellad, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. “What you do impacts what happens to other people.”
“It’s probably very easy for them to get Paxlovid,” he said of the “highly privileged” dinner attendees. “For others that the people at this gathering might affect, it may be more difficult.”
There are additional ways to make events safer, he noted, that do not come down to only the simple choice of having events or not having events, he said, noting measures like improving ventilation or reducing the size of the event to reduce crowding, in addition to the testing and vaccine measures.
The dinner’s most high-profile guest, President Biden, has so far avoided testing positive.
The White House has acknowledged it is possible he will get the virus at some point and the “risk assessment” that went into attending the dinner.
Biden said in his State of the Union Address in March that the country had reached a point where COVID-19 “no longer need control our lives.”
Asked on Friday about the president’s precautions on Friday given the string of COVID-19 cases after the dinner, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said: “He went to the Correspondents’ Dinner to honor the work of all of you and your colleagues and made a decision — a risk assessment, like we all do every day, that that was important for him to do.” | https://www.abc4.com/news/national/covid-19-cases-climb-after-white-house-media-dinner/ | 2022-05-09T02:34:18Z | https://www.abc4.com/news/national/covid-19-cases-climb-after-white-house-media-dinner/ | true | 38 |
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Chicago mom of 22-year-old killed in shooting demands answers on Mother's Day
CHICAGO - A Chicago mom is demanding justice after her son was murdered.
She says there are too many questions about what happened and not enough answers.
Right now, witnesses are not helping police. It's been a violent Mother's Day weekend with 18 shot and four killed.
"My baby was just 22-years-old and he was murdered. I just need justice," said Krista Loston.
It's no way for any mother to remember Mother's Day. Loston's oldest son Jamarion Loston was killed earlier this week.
"I would like justice for my grandson," said Inez Loston.
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The 22-year-old was gunned down in an alley in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday evening. Jamarion was found in a car with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
He later died and CPD says witnesses on scene are not cooperating with their investigation.
"City of Chicago we have to do something, this has to stop. I was born and raised here and moved to Georgia to get that phone call," Loston said.
Jamarion graduated from Morgan Park High School in 2018, attended Iowa State University and wanted to become a pro baseball player. His high school coach is devastated by his loss.
"This young man was a hell of a ballplayer, that's why I try so hard to coach to save all of our young men," said Ernest Radcliffe.
The staff of the University of Chicago Medical Center says they see Chicago’s violence first hand and are calling on city and state leaders to do something about it.
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Indonesia: Fisher Groups Are Marine Militia In War On Illegal Fishing – Analysis
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By Basten Gokkon
Esterlita Jabu says she still remembers the gut-wrenching horror of hearing explosions from blast fishers near the beach where she played as a child with her friends.
“Not only you could hear it, but also you could feel the vibrations,” she tells Mongabay during a visit to her village on the island of Mutus in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago. Today, 33-year-old Esterlita is a member of the island’s community volunteer group that patrols the waters for illegal and destructive fishing.
Methods such as blast fishing and cyanide fishing flourished in the waters of Raja Ampat since the 1980s in response to rising commercial seafood demand. By 2006, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing accounted for 20% of the total reef fish catch. These practices have also been blamed by local fishers for causing declines in fish catch and posing the greatest threat to fisheries resources.
Indonesia’s marine area covers 5.8 million square kilometers (2.2 million square miles) and is home to the highest coral reef fish diversity in the world. High levels of monitoring, surveillance and enforcement are needed to effectively prevent destructive fishing and protect marine resources, experts say.
However, regular patrols are costly and limited due to lack of infrastructure and human resources, especially for a massive archipelago like Indonesia with its thousands of islands. The fisheries ministry says it would “ideally need” at least 78 boats, or more than double what it currently operates, to monitor the country’s waters against illegal and destructive fishers, both foreign and domestic. Other government bodies that patrol Indonesia’s waters include the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the National Police.
Budget cuts at the fisheries ministry in recent years have also led to a reduction in total patrolling time, according to a report by the Indonesian Traditional Fishermen’s Union (KNTI). The ministry’s patrols dropped to a total of 84 days in 2019, from 270 days in 2015, the group reported.
The Raja Ampat islands are peppered across a 46,000-km2 (17,800-mi2) expanse of water in the Pacific Coral Triangle, a global epicenter of marine biodiversity that covers parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands. The official patrol staff for the archipelago number 47 individuals, according to Raja Ampat authorities.
Syafri, head of the Raja Ampat Islands Marine Conservation Park management, says this figure is far from ideal for carrying out effective monitoring against illegal and destructive fishing in the archipelago.
“What we truly need is patrolling teams, and underwater monitoring teams to constantly monitor the underwater ecosystem,” Syafri tells Mongabay.
In Mutus, Esterlita and 19 other people from her village have since March 2020 volunteered as members of Pokmaswas, a community-run monitoring group, to help patrol the island’s waters. Pokmaswas groups are found throughout Indonesia, part of a government initiative that began in 2001. On Mutus Island, however, Esterlita’s group was formed as part of a grant from the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF), under the Ministry of National Development Planning, with funding from the World Bank.
“The highest level of effectiveness in managing conservation areas is when the people are involved in the management itself and involved in surveillance, and experience for themselves the impacts of conservation,” says Idris, the head division for coral reef resource management at the Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation (Terangi) and one of the experts directly involved with Pokmaswas groups in Mutus and elsewhere.
In Raja Ampat, the ICCTF has created nine Pokmaswas groups on five islands, with each group comprised of 10-20 fishers, both men and women. Their task, as Esterlita puts it, is to “see, hear and report” to authorities on potential illegal and destructive fishing activities. The reports are submitted to a WhatsApp group that also includes representatives from the marine police, the park agency, and the Navy. These authorities can then respond immediately to the reports for further investigation and potential arrests.
The Pokmaswas groups carry out scheduled patrols at least twice a week, covering the fishing waters around their home island and a few neighboring islands. They leave at around 8 in the morning and return by noon, covering areas not covered by the official Raja Ampat patrol teams.
The fisher groups typically use their own boat for the patrols, but they’re provided with equipment such as binoculars, walkie-talkies, camera phones, and logbooks. They also have onshore monitoring towers that allow them to observe the coast outside the scheduled patrolling days.
Mongabay spoke to some of the Pokmaswas members on four islands, all of whom reported zero fishing violations since the groups were formed. “It seems that they know we are doing patrols now and so they’re avoiding this area,” says Sefnat Watem, 69, a Pokmaswas member from Sauwandarek village on Mansuar Island.
Syafri, the Raja Ampat park management head, says illegal and destructive fishing practices have declined by 70-80% over the past three years. He added that reports from the community patrols had thwarted several attempts at illegal fishing practices during that time.
“Pokmaswas has served as the eyes and ears of the authorities,” he says.
The nine Pokmaswas groups in Raja Ampat are currently in the process of being registered with the fisheries ministry. This effort is expected to help sustain their patrols and cover expenses such as fuel and boat maintenance. Indonesia currently has 2,945 government-registered Pokmaswas groups across its 34 provinces, according to data from the fisheries ministry. Seventeen of them are in West Papua province, where Raja Ampat is located.
“Being registered in the government might get them funding from the provincial budget or even the village fund,” says Tonny Wagey, director of the ICCTF, referring to a government program of unconditional cash transfers for each of the country’s 74,900 villages.
The fisheries ministry says it encourages more fishers across the country to be part of their local Pokmaswas, and has promised more funding to provide monitoring facilities and equipment for these groups. The ministry also says it has given special awards to members for outstanding work.
“In combating illegal fishing, we’re faced with the challenge of Indonesia’s expansive waters while our personnel and capacity are very limited,” Adin Nurawaluddin, the ministry’s director-general of marine and fisheries resources surveillance, tells Mongabay in an interview.
“That’s why public participation in surveillance is very much needed,” he adds.
Fitriani Banlol, 26, says it’s a special feeling to volunteer as a Pokmaswas member. She’s the only woman in her 10-member Pokmaswas in Harapan Jaya village, on the Raja Ampat island of Misool. “It’s such a point of pride for me to get to protect my sea,” she tells Mongabay. “The livelihoods of the Misool people depend on the sea.”
Editor’s note: Mongabay traveled to Raja Ampat at the invitation of the ICCTF. Mongabay retains full editorial control over this and all our other reporting.
See related video coverage from the Philippines: In this community, women guard a marine protected area:
*About the author: Basten Gokkon, A Jakarta-based writer with interest in wildlife conservation, renewable energy efforts, and indigenous peoples empowerment.
Source: This article was published by Mongabay
Citations:
Varkey, D. A., Ainsworth, C. H., Pitcher, T. J., Goram, Y., & Sumaila, R. (2010). Illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries catch in Raja Ampat Regency, Eastern Indonesia. Marine Policy, 34(2), 228-236. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2009.06.009
Larsen, S. N., Leisher, C., Mangubhai, S., Muljadi, A., & Tapilatu, R. F. (2018). Fisher perceptions of threats and fisheries decline in the heart of the Coral Triangle. Ocean Life, 2(2), 41-46. doi:10.13057/oceanlife/o020201 | https://www.eurasiareview.com/09052022-indonesia-fisher-groups-are-marine-militia-in-war-on-illegal-fishing-analysis/ | 2022-05-09T02:48:35Z | https://www.eurasiareview.com/09052022-indonesia-fisher-groups-are-marine-militia-in-war-on-illegal-fishing-analysis/ | false | 1 |
Trump calls Esper’s claims that the former president wanted to shoot protesters ‘a complete lie’
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Donald Trump is hitting back at former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s claims that the former president wanted to shoot demonstrators who filled the streets around the White House during protests in June 2020.
Esper made the claims in his forthcoming book, “A Sacred Oath,” writing that Trump also wanted to deploy 10,000 troops in Washington, D.C. to quell the protests.
“He says, ‘Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.’ And he’s suggesting that that’s what we should do, that we should bring in the troops and shoot the protesters,” Esper, who was fired by Trump days after his 2020 election loss, told 60 Minutes host Norah O’Donnell about the Oval Office meeting on June 1, 2020.
Trump called Esper’s claims a “complete lie” in a statement to 60 Minutes, saying that 10 witnesses would back him up.
“Mark Esper was weak and totally ineffective, and because of it, I had to run the military. I took out ISIS, Qasem Soleimani, al-Baghdadi, rebuilt the military with $2.5 trillion, created Space Force, and so much more,” Trump said in the statement. “Mark Esper was a stiff who was desperate not to lose his job.” Trump added, “He would do anything I wanted, that’s why I called him ‘Yesper.'”
Esper’s book was reviewed by nearly three dozen 4-star generals, civilians, and Cabinet members, some of whom were present at the relevant meetings, according to Axios, who originally reported the excerpt earlier this week.
Trump said at a Rose Garden press conference on the evening of June 1, 2020, that he is “dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers to stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, assaults and wanton destruction of property,” which would require the invocation of the 1807 Insurrection Act.
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It came during the peak of protests in the spring of 2020 over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets in the Capital and other cities around America, some of whom set fires and vandalized property.
“It really caught my attention, and I thought, that – we’re at a different spot now. He’s gonna finally give a direct order to deploy paratroopers into the streets of Washington, D.C. And I’m thinking with weapons and bayonets. This would be horrible,” Esper said on 60 Minutes.
Trump said that Esper’s claims that he wanted to send 10,000 troops into the streets of the Capital are “wrong.”
“I wanted to send at least 10,000 troops for January 6, because I knew many people were coming to Washington that day to protest the corrupt Presidential Election of 2020. Nancy Pelosi and the D.C. Mayor turned me down,” the former president said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, 8 May, that “as in 1945, victory will be ours” while he sent congratulations to former Soviet nations marking the 77th anniversary of the Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II.
Putin, who launched a 'military operation' in Ukraine in February 2022, said that even today, their soldiers are fighting to free their native land from “Nazi filth” and said that it is their duty to prevent the Nazi from “rearing its head” once more, reported AFP.
“Today, our soldiers, as their ancestors, are fighting side by side to liberate their native land from the Nazi filth with the confidence that, as in 1945, victory will be ours.”Putin
'Nazim Rearing Its Head': Putin
The Russian president said that Ukraine is in the grip of fascism and a threat to Russia and Russian minorities in the eastern areas of Ukraine. He said, “Sadly, today, Nazism is rearing its head once more.”
He urged the younger generation to preserve the memories of their ancestors who fought in the war and civilians who smashed Nazism and made countless sacrifices for their country.
Putin also wished Ukrainians a “peaceful and just future”.
Moscow who dubbed World War II as ‘The Great Patriotic War’ will officially commemorate victory over Nazi Germany with a giant military parade on Monday.
'Evil Has Returned to Europe': Zelenskyy
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday, compared Russia's invasion of his country to Nazi Germany during an address commemorating World War II, saying "evil has returned" to Europe.
"Decades after World War II, darkness has returned to Ukraine, and it has become black and white again," Zelenskyy said in a video address while standing in front of destroyed residential buildings.
"Evil has returned, in a different uniform, under different slogans, but for the same purpose," he added.
The video also showed archive footage of World War II and black and white footage of Russia's invasion.
He accused Russia of implementing a "bloody reconstruction of Nazism" in Ukraine using "its ideas, actions, words and symbols."
Zelenskyy said that the Russian army was replicating Nazi "atrocities" and giving justification that "aims to give this evil a sacred purpose."
(With inputs from AFP.)
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LAWRENCEVILLE — Drew Waters’ two-out single into the left-field corner capped a three-run ninth-inning comeback as the Gwinnett Stripers earned a 6-5 walk-off win over the Charlotte Knights on Sunday afternoon at Coolray Field.
The Stripers (15-15) trailed 5-3 entering the ninth, but rallied furiously to tie the game. Chadwick Tromp doubled to score Preston Tucker, then scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Pat Valaika. With two outs in the inning, Waters laced a single into the left-field corner off Will Carter (L, 1-1) to score pinch-runner Greyson Jenista from second base for the game-winner.
Tromp (2-for-4, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs) pushed his hitting streak to 10 games and RBI streak to eight games. Waters finished 3-for-5 with the game-winning RBI. Braden Shewmake went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Dylan Lee (W, 1-1) struck out four over two scoreless innings.
The walk-off hit was Waters’ first with Gwinnett, and the Stripers improved to 2-2 in games decided by walk-off this season. Tromp’s eight-game RBI streak (15 RBIs total) ties the Gwinnett record, first accomplished by Adonis Garcia from May 11-25, 2016 (13 RBIs).
Gwinnett now travels to Durham on Tuesday for a 6:35 p.m. game at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Right-hander Touki Toussaint (1-0, 4.43 ERA) will start for the Stripers vs. right-hander Easton McGee (2-2, 7.43 ERA) for the Bulls.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Lebanese living in nearly 50 countries cast their early ballots Sunday in the country’s closely watched parliamentary elections, days after a similar vote was held in 10 predominantly Muslim nations.
About 195,000 Lebanese had registered to vote Sunday in 48 countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, European Union member states and several African nations.
The vote in Lebanon takes place May 15.
Among those voting Sunday are many Lebanese who fled the country over the past two years during a historic economic meltdown. The downturn has been blamed on decades of corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has been running the small nation since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
Parliamentary elections are held once every four years and the last vote in 2018 gave majority seats to the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its allies.
The vote this year for the 128-member legislature is the first since the economic and financial crisis began in October 2019 leading to nationwide protests. It is also the first vote held since the massive Aug. 4, 2020 blast at Beirut’s port that killed more than 200 people, injured thousands and caused widespread damage in the capital.
In the United Arab Emirates, dozens braved the Persian Gulf heat to wait in long lines at the Lebanese consulate in Dubai on Sunday.
Although many of the Lebanese had emigrated to the Arab financial hub to escape their country’s mounting crises, the atmosphere was joyous as voters snapped selfies showing off inky fingers and blasted patriotic pop music.
“This is not change,” said Kamal Shehadi, an executive driven to Dubai by Lebanon’s government corruption, voting on Sunday for environmentalist and private sector candidates. “It’s the march of a thousand steps, and this would be step four or five if we’re lucky to get a few of our people elected.”
In other countries, divisions between Lebanese surfaced.
In France, several voters almost came to blows when one shouted at two supporters of President Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, which is politically allied with Hezbollah.
“You have brought the country to collapse. You have no honor or national sentiments,” the man screamed. The tense standoff mirrored divisions at home, where Lebanese are deeply fragmented along sectarian and ideological lines.
Little change was expected from the vote as mainstream political parties and politicians remained strong going into the vote while opposition figures are fractured. Western-backed mainstream parties are hoping to strip the parliamentary majority from Hezbollah, while many independents are hoping to break through traditional party lists and candidates.
A registered 194,348 voters will cast their ballots at 192 polling stations around the world, many of them at Lebanese diplomatic missions.
During Friday's vote, 59.45% of the registered 30,929 voters cast their ballots, according to Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib.
Lebanon’s parliament is equally divided between Christians and Muslims. The new legislature will elect a new president after President Michel Aoun’s term ends in October.
After official results are out following next week's vote in Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati will become a caretaker administration until the president calls for consultations with newly elected legislators to name a new prime minister.
More than 70% of the country’s 6 million inhabitants, including 1 million Syrian refugees, now live in poverty as a result of the economic crisis, which was described by the World Bank as one the world's worst since the 1850s.
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Cyclones Swept in Doubleheader in Aberdeen
May 8, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL) - Brooklyn Cyclones News Release
ABERDEEN, MD - The Cyclones dropped the opener of Sunday's double dip by the score of 4-2. Junior Santos was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits while walking one and striking out two.
After a scoreless first inning, Aberdeen took control of the game in the bottom of the second. Jacob Teter and John Rhodes led off the frame with back-to-back doubles to plate the first run of the game. TT Bowens then worked a walk before Donta' Williams added an RBI single to extend the Aberdeen lead to 2-0. Later in the frame, Collin Burnes added an RBI groundout to make it 3-0 in favor of the 'Birds. An inning later, with Justin Courtney now on the mound for Brooklyn, Jacob Teter added an RBI single to push the Aberdeen lead to 4-0.
Brooklyn started their comeback effort in the top of the fifth after Brandon McIwain led off the frame with a triple and soon after came home on an RBI groundout from Wilmer Reyes to slice the deficit to 4-1. In the sixth, Reyes added an RBI single that plated JT Schwartz and got Brooklyn closer at 4-2.
In the last chance top of the seventh, with the abbreviated doubleheader game, the Cyclones got the first two batters aboard when Jaylen Palmer was plunked by a pitch and Warren Saunders worked a walk to get the tying runs aboard. But Tanner Murphy struck out on three pitches and Rowdey Jordan popped out on the infield to leave the Cyclones with just one out to play with. JT Schwartz singled to center, scoring Palmer and getting the Cyclones within a run at 4-3, but Nic Gaddis grounded out to end the game and Brooklyn's comeback attempt came up just short.
GAME TWO BOX SCORE
Win - Strowd (2-1)
Loss - Acosta (0-4)
Save - None
Home Runs - Mena(1), Cook (3)
Time of Game - 2:16 (7 innings)
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC lost for the first time since March 12 in a 1-0 loss to LA Galaxy at Q2 Stadium on Sunday.
The Galaxy scored early on a goal by Mark Delgado in the sixth minute and withstood a frantic rally by Austin FC near the end of the match.
It’s the first time Austin FC has lost since the Portland Timbers beat them 1-0 in Portland. Coming into the match, Austin FC had been Major League Soccer’s highest-scoring team.
Austin FC head coach Josh Wolff said it “was a difficult night.”
“We started quite poorly,” he said. “We were sluggish and sloppy in the first half. I don’t think it was necessarily anything LA was doing. We lacked energy and intensity.”
Delgado’s strike came as the hot Texas sun was beating down on Austin FC No. 2 goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell, who was filling in for an injured Brad Stuver. Delgado lined up a shot after an Ethan Finlay turnover deep in Austin’s end and fired it from well outside the 18-yard box. It glanced off the right post and behind Tarbell for the match’s lone goal.
Findley went to clear the ball after wrestling it away from Galaxy midfielder Douglas Costa, but he booted it right to Delgado who was waiting about 35 yards away from the goal.
Austin’s best chance to equalize late came in the 90th minute after Sebastian Driussi worked his way into space near the right side of the penalty area. He slipped a pass to the near post and Danny Hoesen tried to backheel flick the ball by Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Bond, but the shot went wide.
Driussi had a free kick in the 89th-minute bend around a Galaxy wall and glance off the outside of the post.
Driussi, the MLS goals co-leader coming into the match, was bottled up by the Galaxy defense for most of the match. He broke through with a shot on goal in the 59th minute with a swerving, dipping strike from about 30 yards away that Bond swatted away.
It was especially frustrating for Austin FC because it outshot the Galaxy 13-9 and had more possession, 55%-45%.
Austin stays on 20 points with the loss with a record of 6-2-2. It was their first loss in Q2 Stadium this season.
“Through 10 games, there’s a solid feeling about what we’ve done,” Wolff said. “Regardless of tonight’s result, we still have work to do.”
Austin FC midfielder Cecilio Dominguez, who was recently reinstated after serving a 5-game suspension while the league investigated domestic violence allegations against him, was not part of the starting lineup or available off the bench.
Austin FC’s supporters group “Los Verdes” took a public stance against the reinstatement shortly after it was announced.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIJAY DEVERAKONDA: Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda turned 33 on Monday. The actor has predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and made his debut in acting with Ravi Babu’s romantic comedy Nuvvila in 2011. Deverakonda’s supporting role gained recognition in Yevade Subramanyam which released in 2015. Deverakonda played the lead role in the 2016 romantic comedy Pelli Choopulu.
As fans celebrate his birthday, we take a look at some of the latest and upcoming movies of the actor:
- Liger
One of the most-awaited movies of Deverakonda, Liger also marks his first pan-India movie. The sports-action-drama stars Deverakonda, Ananya Panday, and American boxing legend Mike Tyson as well. Directed by Puri Jagannadh, Liger will show Deverakonda as an impressive professional fighter. The actor had undergone intense training in multiple martial arts to play the role. - Khushi
Last month, the actor began shooting for his next film directed by Shiva Nirvana. The movie also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead role. The duo are currently filming for the movie in Kashmir, as the actress’ recent Instagram Story suggested. - World Famous Lover
Directed byKranthi Madhav, World Famous Lover features Deverakonda playing roles of various kinds of lovers in different stories and settings. The movie stars the actor as an aspiring writer who grieves his heartbreak by writing love stories. During this process, he recognizes the mistakes made by him in his relationship. - Dear Comrade
One of Deverakonda’s recent release was this romantic drama. Directed byBharat Kamma, Dear Comrade stars Deverakonda as a student leader who has anger issues. The movie also stars Rashmika Mandanna as the leading actress. The actor’s character is faced with hurdles in his love life as his anger causes serious troubles. - Geetha Govindam
Starring Deverakonda and Rashmika, Geetha Govindam is a romantic drama. Directed by Parasuram, the movie stars Devarakonda as a young lecturer who falls in love with an independent woman. The story takes a twist whenunfortunately for him, things begin with Rashmika on the wrong foot and he has to try his best to clear the misunderstandings.
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A disaster response expert reflects on health of Ukraine's refugees
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Granite Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Get Rating) by 4.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 96,490 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 3,994 shares during the period. Granite Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in CME Group were worth $22,044,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ raised its holdings in CME Group by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ now owns 77,522 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $17,726,000 after buying an additional 550 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC raised its holdings in shares of CME Group by 103.0% in the fourth quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 856,704 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $195,723,000 after purchasing an additional 434,699 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of CME Group by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 313,632 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $71,650,000 after purchasing an additional 13,349 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of CME Group by 13.9% in the fourth quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 133,106 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $30,409,000 after purchasing an additional 16,250 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. raised its holdings in shares of CME Group by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. now owns 273,979 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $62,593,000 after purchasing an additional 6,700 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.71% of the company’s stock.
In related news, insider Sunil Cutinho sold 4,900 shares of CME Group stock in a transaction on Monday, February 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.96, for a total value of $1,166,004.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kevin Kometer sold 13,500 shares of CME Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $244.04, for a total transaction of $3,294,540.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 32,650 shares of company stock valued at $7,814,564 over the last ninety days. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Shares of CME stock traded down $2.90 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $210.37. The stock had a trading volume of 1,296,100 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,385,001. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $234.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $230.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. CME Group Inc. has a 12 month low of $185.79 and a 12 month high of $256.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $75.61 billion, a PE ratio of 27.46, a PEG ratio of 4.40 and a beta of 0.47.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 27th. The financial services provider reported $2.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $1.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.33 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 57.98% and a return on equity of 9.29%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.79 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that CME Group Inc. will post 7.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 10th will be issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 9th. CME Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 52.22%.
CME Group Company Profile (Get Rating)
CME Group Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income products.
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COLORADO — Many students are getting ready to don the cap and gown and walk across the stage to receive their diploma. But for some, the road to get there has been more challenging than others. For a college student from Falcon, this is a huge accomplishment.
Sierra Jarmon graduated from Falcon High School in 2016, then headed to Greeley to attend the University of Northern Colorado, attracted by the smaller class sizes and its proximity to home.
“I want to be somewhere where I’m close to home so that way I can still drive home and see my parents but far enough that I can still have my own independence and kind of just grow up and branch out on my own,” Jarmon said.
The future veterinarian worked hard through difficult biology classes with hopes of eventually receiving a degree in biological sciences. But she had never taken any AP classes in high school, so she struggled at first.
“My first semester was very rough and I did not do as well as I wanted to,” Jarmon said. “I ended up failing a class and I kind of started to rethink my decision. I’m like, you know what, I’m not really cut out for science. This is too hard for me.”
Just when she finally started to get her head above the water, in September of 2018, she received some tragic news.
“It was the day I was coming back from a retreat — from a Christian group that I was a part of on my campus — and my parents had met me in Greeley. They sat me down in my dorm room and they told me. And that really was the worst day of my life.”
It was the news that her 23-year-old sister, Jesse had died.
“During that time, I feel like I was doing pretty well in my classes, but after they told me the news, I shut down completely.”
She said she took a few weeks off, but it caused her to fall behind in her classes.
“It was stressful. I wasn’t eating, I lost a lot of weight and I just went through so much depression,” Jarmon said.”
She said she considered dropping out many times, but she credited her support system on campus as well as reminding herself her sister would want her to keep going.
And then, on May 7, after six years, she was able to celebrate her graduation.
“My big sister, she was a huge part of my heart. She still is a huge part of my heart. And, even though it was hard no having her there yesterday, I just know she would’ve been proud.”
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The 7 Best Liquid Multivitamins of 2022
Your choices are many when it comes to multivitamins — caplets, tablets, gummies, chewables and liquid — yes, liquid. It's probably not the first type you'd consider, but maybe it should be.
Liquid vitamins are gaining popularity by those who want their nutrients to be absorbed quicker with peace of mind that their body is getting what it needs.
As with every other supplement, you should be an educated consumer when choosing your liquid multivitamin off the shelf. Learn how to pick the best liquid multivitamin to ensure you're reaping the benefits.
How We Chose
Our writer used her knowledge as a registered dietitian to review the available liquid multivitamins and chose the ones below based on the following criteria:
- Brand quality
- Nutrient profile
- Other ingredients
- Availability
- Cost
1. Best Overall: Centrum Liquid
Centrum boasts that it's the number one doctor-recommended brand, so it only makes sense that it makes the list as a reputable liquid multivitamin supplement at an affordable price.
This supplement, recommended for adults only, hits most of the marks for what to look for in a liquid. The nutrient formulation provides a healthy mix of what you would expect in a multivitamin off the shelf.
This liquid contains more iron than most (9 mg), which is just over the recommended amount for men (8 mg) and half of what pre-menopausal women should have daily (18 mg). This makes it a great choice for most women as well as men who eat a mostly plant-based diet .
It does not contain calcium and only has 400 IU of vitamin D , so make sure you are getting both of those from food sources in your diet.
This liquid multivitamin does not need to be refrigerated, so as long as you avoid extreme temperatures, you can carry this with you. It also does not have artificial sweeteners, as it's sweetened with sugar.
2. Best for Women: Garden of Life Vitamin Code Multivitamin Liquid
Garden of Life is an established brand of supplements often tested by Consumer Lab, which makes it a generally good choice. While this particular supplement has not been tested, it gets points for the reputable brand behind it.
This multivitamin is vegetarian, with nutrients coming from a blend of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and sprouts.
When it comes to multivitamins for women , this one is a win, with 1,000 IU of vitamin D and a small amount of iron. You'll just need to ensure you're getting additional iron in your diet (if you haven't hit menopause yet), and you'll have to get calcium, potassium and magnesium from whole foods to round out your nutrient intake throughout the day. (This can be done by drinking milk, which gives you calcium, potassium and magnesium.)
3. Best for Men: Vitamin Shoppe Liquid Multivitamin
If your diet is not quite what you'd like it to be, this liquid multivitamin has you covered. The mix of nutrients is a great blend for a man who prefers his vitamins in a liquid form. It does not contain iron — you don't want iron in a men's multivitamin — and has a good amount of nutrients needed to maintain good health, such as selenium, zinc and B vitamins.
Vitamin Shoppe adheres to CGMPs set by the FDA, so that should give you confidence in choosing this brand.
The customer reviews rave about the great taste, but make sure you keep it in the refrigerator for best quality.
4. Best for Children: Pure Encapsulations LiquiNutrients
Finding a suitable multivitamin for children can be a confusing task, as there are so many to choose from. If you want to stay away from the gummies but want a liquid with comparable nutrients, Pure Encapsulations is a great choice.
Most gummies do not have iron and only a small amount of calcium, and the same goes for this liquid multivitamin, so make sure your child is getting enough of these nutrients in their diet.
This liquid is sweetened with apple juice concentrate and stevia leaf extract and contains the equivalent of one teaspoon of sugar.
Pure Encapsulations is third-party tested and this supplement is vegan, gluten-free and meant for children ages 4 and older.
5. Best for Older Adults: NOW Liquid Multi
NOW liquid multivitamin is a good choice for a supplement that is truly meant to be in addition to a healthy diet. NOW adheres to CGMPs, is gluten-free, non-GMO and plant-based.
The blend of nutrients includes a high amount of B vitamins and vitamins A, C and E. It does not contain iron, which makes it a good choice for men and postmenopausal women.
The nutrient formulation includes selenium and zinc, both of which are important for men's and women's health. It only contains 400 IU of vitamin D, which is below the recommended daily amount of 800 IU, so ensure you take a separate vitamin D supplement or get it from D-rich food sources or natural sunshine.
Liquid vitamins are a great choice for older adults who may have difficulties swallowing, and this supplement is one that all older adults in the house can take without having to purchase separate bottles.
6. Best Vegetarian: Nature's Way Alive! Liquid Multivitamin
This liquid multivitamin is made by Nature's Way, which adheres to NSF-certified Good Manufacturing Practices. In addition, every product carries a TRU-ID certification, which is a third-party certification that tests for purity of ingredients.
Alive! has a hefty amount of every nutrient you would expect to see in a multivitamin, with a few exceptions: It does not contain iron, and it has lower than the daily recommended amounts of calcium, vitamin D and magnesium.
On the plus side, it does have a blend of fruits, vegetables and greens like dandelion and lemongrass. It also has a blend of omega- 3, -6 and -9 fatty acids.
7. Best Tasting: Mary Ruth's Liquid Morning Multivitamin
If you are a review reader, then you'll see the trend on this multivitamin: Tastes great.
This liquid multi is a true supplement to your diet, as it contains many important nutrients, but not all. This means you'll still need to get nutrients like iron, calcium and zinc from your diet. It contains 800 IU of vitamin D and vitamin A in the form of beta carotene, so those are both a plus for this multivitamin.
Mary Ruth's adheres to CGMPs and is vegan, free of the eight major allergens and free of added sugar. It is not recommended for children under 12 or pregnant or lactating women.
This liquid comes in three flavors, but choose the raspberry to get 100 percent of the daily amount of vitamin C — the other flavors fall short.
What to Look for in a Liquid Multivitamin
Keep these pointers in mind when choosing a dietary supplement, to help ensure you're getting a good quality product that's right for you.
1. Third-Party Testing
Because the FDA doesn't guarantee the safety or effectiveness of supplements before they're sold, third-party testing ensures that the supplement contains the nutrients it claims in the amounts on the label. It's done by independent labs (those not connected to any supplement brand), which may also check to ensure there's no heavy metal contamination and that a supplement breaks down appropriately in your body (although the latter isn't something you have to worry about with a liquid multivitamin).
The big three third-party testers are Consumer Lab , NSF (also NSF for Sport) and USP . There are other independent labs that test supplements, but they aren't as common.
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of liquid multivitamins that meet this important criteria. But you can also look to ensure the supplement is manufactured according to current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs). This is a program run by the FDA to ensure quality control of dietary supplements.
2. Nutrient Formulation
It is rare to find two multivitamins with the exact same amount of nutrients. Many are designed to fit a specific need or population.
Keep in mind which nutrients are important to you, and ensure you get those in your liquid multivitamin. For example, many do not contain iron or calcium, so if those are a must, you'll need to either be choosy about your multivitamin or add an additional supplement to your regimen.
Benefits of a Liquid Multivitamin
1. Medical Reasons
Let's face it: Some of those multivitamin caplets are big, and if you have swallowing difficulties, then there's no way those are going to work for you. The liquid multi allows you to have a multivitamin in a form right for your medical needs. Liquid vitamins are also good for those who may have recently had surgery or have possible digestion issues.
2. Absorption
Liquid vitamins may actually have a faster absorption rate because they don't need to be broken down. Throughout the process of digestion, liquids leave the stomach first, then solid foods after that, according to 2019 research in Neurogastroenterology and Motility .
Drawbacks of a Liquid Multivitamin
1. Storage and Shelf Life
Many liquid multivitamins need to be refrigerated, which means they aren't a great choice if you travel with your nutrients in hand.
In addition, just like their pill and caplet counterparts, liquid multivitamins have a use-by date, which is good to stick with, as your vitamins my lose their potency if kept longer.
2. Dosage
Liquid multivitamins are dosed by you. Each one is different and is usually taken in teaspoon or tablespoon doses. Stick with the dosing instructions to ensure you are not getting too little or too much of the supplement. If you don't trust yourself to dose appropriately, stick with another form.
3. Cost
Liquid vitamins are going to cost you. They are typically more expensive than traditional multivitamin pills.
Safety Considerations
1. Children vs. Adult Dosage
There are some safety considerations when taking liquid multivitamins. If you're using your supplement for several members of the family, ensure you are dosing appropriately. The dose for adults will not be the same as the dose for children.
2. Pregnancy
There are considerations during pregnancy also. Many liquid multivitamins contain vitamin A in the form of retinyl palmitate. The Linus Pauling Institute recommends not exceeding 3,000 micrograms RAE per day of retinyl palmitate during pregnancy. That's because vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, so it's stored in the body, and too much of it can be harmful to your baby.
Beta-carotene is also a form of vitamin A found in liquid supplements. There is no upper limit for beta-carotene.
Ensure you inform your primary care physician about your supplements, as they have the potential to interact with your medications. In addition, if you experience any uncomfortable side effects after taking your liquid multivitamin, call your doctor right away. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2372023282009/the-7-best-liquid-multivitamins-of-2022 | 2022-05-09T04:38:00Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2372023282009/the-7-best-liquid-multivitamins-of-2022 | true | 1 |
The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital increased to 31 as search crews with dogs continued looking for people still missing.
The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.
Several nearby structures also were damaged, including the historic Marti Theatre and the Calvary Baptist Church, headquarters for the denomination in western Cuba. The church said on its Facebook page that the building suffered “significant structural damage, with several collapsed or cracked walls and columns (and) the ceiling partially collapsed,” though no church workers were hurt.
In releasing the names of those who were killed, the Health Ministry said the dead included four minors, a pregnant woman and a Spanish tourist, whose companion was seriously injured.
The ministry also said 54 people were injured, with 24 taken to hospital. It previously reported 85 injured, but that tally turned out to include those killed by the explosion.
Nineteen families had reported people missing as of Saturday evening, but authorities did not say on Sunday whether the number had changed.
Authorities said the cause of the explosion at the hotel owned by Grupo de Turismo Gaviota SA was still under investigation, but believed it to have been caused by a gas leak. A large crane hoisted a charred gas tanker out of the rubble on Saturday.
Burials for victims had begun, municipal authorities said, while some people still waited for news of missing friends and relatives.
“We are hoping that something will be known about my cousin’s mother,” Angela Acosta told The Associated Press near the site of the explosion.
Crews have worked to clean up streets around the hotel and by late Saturday, substantial pedestrian traffic had resumed.
The explosion added to the woes of a crucial tourism industry that had been stifled by the coronavirus pandemic as well as tightened sanctions imposed by former US President Donald Trump and kept in place the Biden administration.
Tourism had started to revive somewhat early this year, but the war in Ukraine deflated a boom of Russian visitors, who accounted for almost a third of the tourists arriving in Cuba last year.
The Saratoga, which had been closed through the pandemic, was one of the elite lodgings in Havana, often hosting visiting VIPs and celebrities. Its owner is one of the Cuban military’s businesses. | https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/world-news/2022/05/09/havana-hotel-death-toll-at-31-as-dogs-search-for-survivors/ | 2022-05-09T04:41:18Z | https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/world-news/2022/05/09/havana-hotel-death-toll-at-31-as-dogs-search-for-survivors/ | true | 11 |
Lebanon probe gets account data on central bank governor's brother
May 5 (Reuters) - A Lebanese probe into alleged embezzlement and money-laundering by the central bank governor and his brother received new account information on the brother on Thursday, two judicial sources said, in a development that could advance the investigation.
Central Bank Chief Riad Salameh is facing judicial probes in Lebanon and at least five European nations into the alleged embezzlement of at least $330 million in public funds by him and his younger brother, Raja.
Both have denied the accusations.
On Thursday, the central bank's special investigation commission handed over account information from nine Lebanese banks on Raja Salameh to Lebanon's top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat, the two judicial sources said.
The handover of complete information would mark significant progress in the investigations after months of delay.
Riad Salameh had earlier told Reuters that the bank's commission, which he heads, had agreed to hand over the information and that he had stepped back from presiding over the body as far as it pertains to his case, "so there is no conflict of interest".
Oueidat had previously sent letters to Lebanese banks asking them to provide the Lebanese judiciary with account information on Raja Salameh.
The banks had refused, citing banking secrecy laws, and instead provided information to the central bank's commission.
The move came as a French judge investigating the Salameh brothers for money laundering and embezzlement visited Beirut on Thursday.
French investigative judge Aude Buresi met Oueidat and other judges, including prosecutor Jean Tannous, at a Beirut courthouse, in the first such visit by a French judge in Salameh's case.
Her visit was aimed in part at increasing pressure on Lebanese authorities to secure account information relating to the Salameh brothers and other persons of interest in the probe, two people familiar with the matter said.
Buresi and the Lebanese judges also exchanged details of their investigations.
The French Embassy declined to comment, saying it was not involved in the coordination between the two judiciaries.
Reporting by Timour Azhari; Additional reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Maya Gebeily, Frances Kerry and Alex Richardson
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The question is how could India not sound like an apologist and align itself not with any country or block but only with its core national interest, in a clear departure from previous years and yet remained extensively engaged with the west in economic, defence, strategic, space, environment and blue energy sectors. Indeed, it was ridiculed and even threatened initially for following a policy that they said was opportunistic and unhelpful for greater economic and strategic cooperation with the west. But slowly the condemnation gave way to expressing disappointment and now, to an understanding of India's position.
Reasons are evident. India has never invaded a nation. On the contrary, it has been at the receiving end of invaders - Pakistan, China, Greeks, Mughals and Britishers. The record of the US, France, Germany etc on this count is least flattering. In the instant case, while Russian forces have invaded Ukraine, US and its allies have unleashed a proxy war by stepping up supplies of military hardware, sharing critical intelligence inputs with Ukrainians and imposing severe economic sanctions against Russia. The west probably hopes that Russian military will eventually split vertically and there will be widespread unrest in the country forcing Putin to retreat in humiliation. How could India call out any one an aggressor when no one wants to give peace a chance to succeed.
Putin, Zelensky and Biden seem unmindful that scars left behind by bombings and attacks and counter-attacks will take generations to heal.
India's pro-active and pragmatic neutrality reflect actually the character, compulsions and aspirations of this nation. It's an India now that is confident to defend its territory and strategic interests on its terms. It has called out Pakistan's nuclear bluff by attacking Kashmir-bound terrorists twice, ended the irony of India having two constitutions by splitting J&K and integrity it and took on Chinese headlong in 2020 and reacts to every provocation from any quarters in equal measure. Gone are days when India begged and borrowed. Its economy has opened up like never before attracting massive foreign investments. Covid -19 demonstrated that it can feed its people despite minimum economic activity, vaccinate 80% of its population with indigenously developed vaccines and use the pandemic as an opportunity to digitize transactions and services and unleash national energy to become self-reliant in defence production, space, alternative source of energy, manufacturing etc. It may still take another 10 to 15 years to fully realize its potentials. Until then, India has to depend on resources and technology of other countries.
For example, it cannot forsake Russia from whom it imports oil, fertilizers, coal and 72% of arms including S-400 air defence systems and Akula class nuclear-powered attack submarines to counter Chinese and Pakistani aggression. It cannot dump Ukraine either, because the bilateral trade touched 2.8 billion US dollars last year. It also needs Ukraine to upgrade AN-32 transport planes, sell R-27 air-to -air missiles and a plethora of Ukrainian defence equipment to reduce its dependence on Russia. With US, it is currently engaged in an unprecedented level of strategic consultations on trade, commerce, education, space, science and technology, defence and nuclear cooperation, which it cannot abandon. With Australia, Japan, US and UK, it is part of QUAD to prevent Chinese from dominating navigation in the Indian Ocean. And, with leaders of almost every European country, it has to constantly bid for cooperation in expanding trade and manufacturing, developing green energy and boosting its defence production. The present political leadership in Delhi has thus been deftly balancing its internal challenges with dynamics of ever changing external relations.
(Amar Bhushan worked with the Research and Analysis Wing for 24 years after briefly serving in the BSF intelligence, State Special Branch and Intelligence Bureau. He served as the Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat before he retired in 2005.)
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George Pérez, a famed comic book artist who was influential in shaping the Wonder Woman character people know today, died on Friday. He was 67.
A family friend announced the news in a post on social media. Pérez died peacefully at his home with his wife by his side, said Constance Eza. He had an advanced stage of pancreatic cancer.
"We are all very much grieving but, at the same time, we are so incredibly grateful for the joy he brought to our lives," Eza wrote on Saturday. "To know George was to love him; and he loved back. Fiercely and with his whole heart. The world is a lot less vibrant today without him in it."
In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes. He co-created The New Teen Titans at DC Comics in 1980 and drew The Avengers for Marvel Comics. He helped ink the closure of a chapter on Superman.
Pérez's mid-'80s reboot of Wonder Woman returned the superheroine to her Greek mythology origins. Patty Jenkins, who directed the Wonder Woman movies, has cited Pérez's interpretation of the character as a major influence.
In a post remembering Pérez, DC Comics described the artist as a "writer, co-plotter, penciller, and inker," who left his mark on the Man of Steel. Pérez designed villain Lex Luthor's iconic purple-green warsuit in Action Comics, and penned stories for The Adventures of Superman.
After he was brought on to work on DC's New 52 version of Superman in 2011, Pérez lamented "corporate comics." He called his brief stint on the project "the nadir of my career," and suggested he was unhappy with top-level changes to his contributions.
"If the fans love it, fantastic, my name's attached to it. If they don't like it, I can't help that, even though my name's still attached to it," Pérez told ComicBook.com.
"George Pérez had an art style that was both dynamic and incredibly expressive," said DC Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee. "His art was the perfect storytelling canvas for some of the most important events in DC history. While he will be sorely missed, his work will live on with a countless number of fans, as well as all the talent he's influenced over the years."
After Pérez was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer in late November, friend Constance Eza kept fans updated on Pérez's health with frequent posts on his Facebook page. Fans responded by flooding the comments with well wishes and photos they'd taken with Pérez at comic conventions — as they did over the weekend.
"George's true legacy is his kindness," Eza wrote on Saturday. "It's the love he had for bringing others joy — and I hope you all carry that with you always. Today is Free Comic Book Day. A day George absolutely loved and a fitting day to remember his contributions to comics and to our lives. I hope you'll enjoy your day today with him in mind. He would have loved that."
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Photos: Meet The Longtime Wife Of Kirk Herbstreit
Happy Mother's Day, everyone!
ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is going to have a crazy fall. The former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback will be covering both college football and the National Football League.
Thankfully, the Herbstreits have a solid family foundation.
Kirk has been married to his wife, Allison, since 1998. Hopefully they're having a nice Mother's Day.
The happy couple has four children together, attending the likes of Ohio State and Clemson.
Kirk and Allison met in college, where the ESPN analyst played college football and his wife was a cheerleader.
They resided in Columbus, Ohio for a while, before moving to Nashville. Some nasty Ohio State fans played into the move for Herbstreit.
“To continue to have to defend myself and my family in regards to my love and devotion to Ohio State is unfair,” Herbstreit told Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch. “I don’t like moving. I love living here. I don’t want to leave. But I just can’t do this anymore. I really can’t keep going like this."
Kirk and Allison have since gotten a place in Cincinnati, where their youngest attends high school.
Hopefully Kirk, Allison and their family are enjoying a special day on Mother's Day. | https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/photos-meet-the-longtime-wife-of-kirk-herbstreit | 2022-05-09T04:49:55Z | https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/photos-meet-the-longtime-wife-of-kirk-herbstreit | false | 1 |
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Indian Air Force's plans to upgrade the fleet of its Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft has been put on the backburner for now.
The deal for the 12 most advanced Su-30MKI aircraft worth over Rs 20,000 crore would also be delayed slightly as the stakeholders will now have to add more Made-in-India content in the planes as per the current policy of the government to promote Indian defence products over imports, government sources told ANI.
The Indian Air Force was planning to upgrade 85 of their planes up to the latest standards in collaboration with the Russians and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The plan has been put on the backburner for now in view of the present situation, the sources said.
The plan was to equip the Su-30 aircraft with more powerful radars and the latest electronic warfare capabilities to make it more powerful as per the latest standards, the sources said.
The Su-30 MKIs form the mainstay of the Indian Air Force as 272 of them have been ordered by the IAF in different batches as every time shortage of fighter jets in service was highlighted, the Russian manufacturers would receive an order of 30 to 40 of these planes.
The aircraft are supplied by the Russian manufacturers to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in semi and complete knocked-down kits and then they are assembled in the Nasik facility.
The ongoing conflict in Russia and Ukraine has also resulted in delays in the supply of spares for the fighter aircraft fleet.
Sources said even though the spares situation is manageable at the moment and expected to remain so in the near future as India had stocked them up in a considerable amount post the Uri surgical strikes and the ongoing China conflict.
However, it is expected that the supply of these spares and other equipment may become an issue in near future and that is why, the force has gone on an indigo ration spree of its imported equipment. | https://www.rediff.com/news/report/ukraine-crisis-iaf-plan-to-upgrade-su-30-aircraft-fleet-in-limbo/20220508.htm | 2022-05-09T04:56:33Z | https://www.rediff.com/news/report/ukraine-crisis-iaf-plan-to-upgrade-su-30-aircraft-fleet-in-limbo/20220508.htm | false | 9 |
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Gabe Klassen scored a short-handed goal with less than four minutes to play as the Portland Winterhawks edged the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 to take a 2-0 series lead in their second-round WHL playoff series.
Taylor Gauthier made 28 saves to pick up the win while Seattle's Thomas Milic stopped 29 shots.
The Thunderbirds opened scoring in the game with Lucas Ciona finding the back of Portland's net at the 9:05 mark of the first period.
Portland would respond midway through the second frame as Tyson Kozak scored to tie the game at 1-1.
In the third, at 16:22, Klassen would put the Winterhawks ahead for good 2-1 after Seattle turned the puck over leading to some good work from Jaydon Dureau, who charged the Thunderbirds net, missed his shot on goal, but picked up the rebound and found an open Klassen parked on the right side of the post for an easy tip-in.
The series will now shift to accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash., for two games.
Game 3 will go Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 8, 2022. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Klassen-s-short-handed-goal-gives-Winterhawks-2-0-17158392.php | 2022-05-09T05:01:56Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Klassen-s-short-handed-goal-gives-Winterhawks-2-0-17158392.php | false | 12 |
PHILADELPHIA — James Harden scored 31 points, Joel Embiid had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Miami Heat 116-108 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Heat won the first two games in Miami with Embiid out with a right orbital fracture and mild concussion. The 76ers won Games 3 and 4 at home with Embiid and his mask in the lineup.
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Miami.
Embiid is ready. So is Harden. And if the Heat can’t figure out those two, the next thing they face could be the offseason.
The Heat pecked away at the lead and got within five until Harden sank his fifth three-pointer of the game with three minutes left. Harden crushed the Heat on catch-and-shoot threes and hit one clutch shot after another in the fourth.
He at last played in the postseason like the three-time scoring champion the Sixers needed when they traded for him in February.
Harden drilled a step-back three for a 114-103 lead that sent the crowd into a frenzy — and the Sixers off to Miami with new life.
Jimmy Butler scored 40 points and nearly one-man willed the Heat to victory. The Heat missed 28 of 35 three-pointers.
Embiid worked out the Game 3 cobwebs and returned to the dominant form that earned him season-long “MVP!” chants from the Philly diehards. His first quarter was about as good as it gets for the center. He made 5 of 6 shots, including a three-pointer, and scored 15 points to put the Sixers ahead. Worn out in Game 3 from days of inactivity because of the concussion, Embiid played all 12 minutes in the quarter.
“He’s really weathering the storm and getting through stuff,” coach Doc Rivers said before the game.
Harden took over the next quarter. After a scoreless first quarter, Harden scored 13 in the second. He missed his first four shots of the game until he buried a three and then got rolling. He scored a bucket in transition during a 15-2 run and then waved his arms toward the crowd, calling on them to get louder.
Philadelphia shot 64% from the floor in the half. But 10 turnovers — that Miami converted into 13 points — kept the Sixers from stretching the lead well into double digits. The Sixers made nine threes in the half to Miami’s four.
Butler kept the Heat in the game with six straight points. He hit a layup, was nailed in the face by Embiid — who was whistled for a flagrant, then helped his former teammate to his feet — and Butler made the free throw. Butler hit a three off the possession and the Heat pulled to 74-70.
Butler drew Embid’s third foul with 1:37 left in the third and converted the three-point play that kept the Heat within four. Butler trolled Embiid on Instagram after the Sixers posted a picture of him in the mask and quoted a line from “The Dark Knight Rises.”
“(Expletive) yo mask,” Butler wrote.
Butler scored 17 points in the third, yet the Heat still trailed 89-85. The 76ers fans let him have it when Butler fired an airball in the fourth and Harden came right down and nailed a steptback three for a 97-85 lead.
TIP-INS
Heat: Dewayne Dedmon (illness) sat out Game 4. ... Kyle Lowry, who scored his first bucket of the series on a layup, went to the locker room in the first half with a balky hamstring. He missed four straight playoff games before Game 3 with a strained left hamstring.
76ers: Isaiah Joe (right ankle sprain) did not play.
-- The Associated Press | https://www.oregonlive.com/nba/2022/05/james-harden-joel-embiid-power-philadelphia-76ers-past-heat-to-even-series-at-2-2.html | 2022-05-09T05:02:30Z | https://www.oregonlive.com/nba/2022/05/james-harden-joel-embiid-power-philadelphia-76ers-past-heat-to-even-series-at-2-2.html | false | 8 |
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
President Joe Biden is traveling to the Pacific Northwest tomorrow to mark Earth Day. His most ambitious climate proposals are stalled in Congress. Today the White House announced a new initiative. Among other things, this plan lets states develop plans for using federal money to reduce emissions and encourage clean energy. Gina McCarthy is the White House's national climate adviser. Welcome to the program.
GINA MCCARTHY: Thank you. It's great to be here, Ari.
SHAPIRO: This carbon reduction program lets states decide how best to use federal transportation dollars to reduce emissions. And a line from The Washington Post article about this initiative struck me. It says states plans are not binding and the money will flow regardless of whether they achieve their objectives. So if that's the case, why do you expect this to move states any farther or faster than they would have gone on their own anyway?
MCCARTHY: Well, there's two ways of looking at it. These are budget allocations that are made routinely to states, but states at their highest level don't generally make these decisions. And we have a lot of priorities where we can couple expenditures at the state level like this with also grant programs and other investments by the bipartisan infrastructure law that can really make this money go further.
So we have full expectation that we should be providing guidance on how they should do this work, opportunities they have to advance it with other goals. And we're going to work closely and hand in hand with them to make sure that they look at things like labor standards, made in America, equitable investments to advance environmental justice. These are these things that states generally would work with us on, and we ought to tell them what we think our values are in this country and how to advance them.
SHAPIRO: So you're offering guidance, describing values, you know, collaboration. But if you look at a state like Florida, where the Republican governor and the legislature are taking steps right now to undo clean energy incentives, will this new federal initiative changed the direction of emissions in a state like Florida?
MCCARTHY: Well, I believe that it will, because, as I said before, the governors don't generally sit and make determinations on projects. And a lot of these projects are supported not just by this resource, but also by other bipartisan infrastructure, which are investments that make sure they're done in a way that's resilient, that make sure they're done by identifying the risks and looking at the opportunities and alternatives to make the money go farther and advance the transportation options for each of these states.
So there are real opportunities here not just to do business as usual but to guide it in a way that that really provides incentives for it to be done right. That's what the bipartisan infrastructure law provides us with is resources that will really provide the needed incentives to take a close look at how we're looking at infrastructure and ensuring it meets the needs today and tomorrow, given the climate impacts we expect to see.
SHAPIRO: To look at the big picture, on Earth Day last year, President Biden set a goal of reducing greenhouse gases 50% by 2030 compared to 2005 emissions levels. Now, as I said, the administration's most ambitious climate programs are put on hold. They couldn't get through Congress. And so is the U.S. on track to hit that goal the president said a year ago?
MCCARTHY: Well, I think we need to be clear that there is an opportunity already through the bipartisan infrastructure law to heavily invest in climate, to heavily invest in environmental justice issues, to make sure that we're providing resources smartly in resilience. So we already have opportunities like environmental, like electric vehicle charging stations, closing up some of the methane exposure that we have in old abandoned wells. We're looking at getting the lead out of water systems.
SHAPIRO: Is that going to get the U.S. to 50% reduction?
MCCARTHY: Well, a lot of it will, because we both have regulatory authority, and we're exercising that on methane and HFCs, which are super-polluting. But we also have access to a breadth of whole-of-government approach. All of the agencies are looking to integrate climate impacts and risks and opportunities into the way in which they're running their programs. So we're not simply relying on Congress to dictate. We have great regulatory authority and we're willing to use it, and we are using it every single day.
SHAPIRO: As you know, there's also a lot of political pressure right now to lower gas prices. And people in the oil and gas industry are arguing that there should be more drilling. The administration itself just greenlit more drilling in federal lands. How do you square that with the climate goals that the administration has set?
MCCARTHY: Well, the recent drilling in public lands for oil and gas was court ordered. So we're going to have some setbacks. But we're fighting that like crazy because we know that the path to clean energy is actually the only one that's going to keep us secure. So, yes, the president is addressing the immediate emergency challenge from Putin's war, but he's also recognizing that that is not going to stall or slow down our effort to move towards clean energy. We're advancing offshore wind. We're looking at electric vehicles moving forward. We're looking at energy efficiency standards in housings and new appliances.
We're using every tool in the toolbox, including ensuring we have critical minerals that we need to advance clean energy and manufacturing and all throughout. We're focusing on environmental justice. We're focusing on job growth. And we're going to make sure that families pay less. And so one of the ways in which we're going to get Congress to act is make sure they're acting in the best interests of people and saving them money while we produce a great future for our kids.
SHAPIRO: Just in our last minute, I have to ask about news reports that have said you're planning to step down from your White House role, at least in part out of frustration at the slow pace of climate progress. Are those reports accurate?
MCCARTHY: No, they aren't. And they also said I sold my house in Alexandria when I don't own a house in Alexandria.
SHAPIRO: (Laughter) Duly noted.
MCCARTHY: There's a lot of things that were said. Look. I'm here to do the work of the president, and it's not done yet. We have a lot of opportunity moving forward. We're going to take advantage of that. And, frankly, we're not frustrated at all. We recognize the challenge of climate is a serious one. And we have to move forward every step of the way with every tool available, and that's what the president's doing.
SHAPIRO: White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy. Thank you very much.
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Asia is not just China: Who else will buy what New Zealand has to sell?
Simon Draper is the executive director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono.
OPINION: Certain words wax and wane in public discourse. One you hear a lot these days is “diversity”. In the New Zealand business context, this tends to describe the desire to see New Zealand diversify its exports. It’s an old adage: don’t put your eggs in one basket.
The basket in question is, of course, China: New Zealand’s top trading partner. China was the biggest source of New Zealand’s export growth last year, driven largely by dairy, meat, and forestry exports. New Zealand’s reliance on China has increased to be more than 30% of our total exports.
I’m old enough to remember New Zealand’s experience in the 1970s, when Britain joined the European Economic Community and we lost most access to our largest market. The egg basket broke.
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A very real challenge around diversity of markets is that while the Government negotiates the rules and frameworks that allow our exporters access, ultimately, governments don’t trade. Businesses do.
Moreover, companies are usually legally required to maximise the returns to their shareholders. That said, there is also a responsibility to manage risk, which includes those attached to having all your eggs in one basket.
So, how to diversify export markets? Economics 101 makes clear it’s a function of two factors: what you can sell (supply) and who will buy (demand).
Let’s start with supply. New Zealand’s top five exports in the year ended December 2021 were dairy, meat, wood, travel, and fruit and nuts. The top five export destinations were the People’s Republic of China, Australia, the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
Of course, border settings have had an impact on our services exports. Our two largest pre-pandemic services, tourism and international education fell by a combined 51% in 2021. Increased product to China has insulated us from some of the impact.
Over the years, New Zealand has talked about the desire to change its export picture – fewer commodity exports, more value-add. And we’ve seen progress in areas like wine, health products, boutique foods, and services like Xero.
But the fact is these newer export products still make up relatively small amounts of the overall picture. Realistically, we can expect dairy, meat and logs to remain the backbone of exports.
Then there is demand – what markets want to buy. Our dairy and meat exports are essentially protein: safe, high-quality protein.
Protein is in demand when people reach a certain wealth threshold. Safe protein from other countries is demanded when you don’t trust your own systems, and when safety is a very high priority (for instance, baby formula).
So, who wants protein? Let’s take a cursory look around the globe.
Europe and the US remain pretty closed when it comes to protein exports from New Zealand. As Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern noted during her visit to Singapore, domestic politics in the US means a meaningful CPTPP is a low possibility.
While New Zealand’s new FTA with the UK is a bright light for our dairy and meat in the coming years, it is still unclear what an FTA with the EU might offer. Europe is wealthy and demands safety, but it also produces its own food – and much of that is subsidised.
Latin America has great potential, but New Zealand also has strong competitors in the protein stakes in that region.
Africa’s 54 countries have huge potential; but have a way to go to reach the middle-class numbers required to demand or afford New Zealand exports. But it’s a potential bright spot for future decades.
Which leaves Asia. A report from the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation last year noted that pressure on agricultural land in Asia would intensify as populations grew. Urbanisation was growing rapidly and would contribute to consumption of higher value and processed foods. Average incomes were continuing to grow in China, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, and consumption of dairy and meat protein would grow.
Various international economic growth projections have Indonesia, with its 273 million people, on track to overtake major economies like Germany, Russia and the UK in the years ahead. Vietnam and the Philippines are other economies projected to grow rapidly.
Unsurprisingly, then, it looks like Asia – with its growing populations and wealth, and limitations around protein supply – will offer real potential for New Zealand to diversify its exports.
And despite the preconception of many, Asia is not just China. China will remain a very important source of demand for our products, but there is much potential in the many other countries of Asia. My hope is that ministers and the officials continue their work on visiting Asia, increasing access and reducing barriers and opening doors for New Zealand businesses.
For businesses themselves, it reinforces the need to grow knowledge of this diverse region, because growing a customer base takes time, effort and experience, and good relationships.
New Zealand has limited time, resource and effort to put into finding new markets that want what we provide. The numbers indicate a pretty strong case that the effort should be put into Asia. Or, as that great New Zealander Ernest Rutherford once said: “We haven’t got the money, so we’ll have to think.” | https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/300581718/asia-is-not-just-china-who-else-will-buy-what-new-zealand-has-to-sell | 2022-05-09T05:10:54Z | https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/300581718/asia-is-not-just-china-who-else-will-buy-what-new-zealand-has-to-sell | false | 1 |
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
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x-if necessary
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee 2, Boston 1
Sunday, May 1: Milwaukee 101, Boston 89
Tuesday, May 3: Boston 109, Milwaukee 86
Saturday, May 7: Milwaukee 103, Boston 101
Monday, May 9: Boston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m., TNT
Wednesday, May 11: Milwaukee at Boston, 6 p.m., TNT
x-Friday, May 13: Boston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m./8 p.m., ESPN
x-Sunday, May 15: Milwaukee at Boston, 2:30 p.m., ABC
Miami 2, Philadelphia 2
Monday, May 2: Miami 106, Philadelphia 92
Wednesday, May 4: Miami 119, Philadelphia 103
Friday, May 6: Philadelphia 99, Miami 79
Sunday, May 8: Philadelphia 116, Miami 108
Tuesday, May 10: Philadelphia at Miami, 6:30 p.m., TNT
Thursday, May 12: Miami at Philadelphia, 6 p.m., ESPN
x-Sunday, May 15: Philadelphia at Miami, 2:30 p.m.6 p.m./7 p.m., TNT
Western Conference
Phoenix 2, Dallas 2
Monday, May 2: Phoenix 121, Dallas 114
Wednesday, May 4: Phoenix 129, Dallas 109
Friday, May 6: Dallas 103, Phoenix 94
Sunday, May 8: Dallas 111, Phoenix 101
Tuesday, May 10: Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m., TNT
Thursday, May 12: Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
x-Sunday, May 15: Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m./8:30 p.m., TNT
Golden State 2, Memphis 1
Sunday, May 1: Golden State 117, Memphis 116
Tuesday, May 3: Memphis 106, Golden State 101
Saturday, May 7: Golden State 142, Memphis 112
Monday, May 9: Memphis at Golden State, 9 p.m., TNT
Wednesday, May 11: Golden State at Memphis, 8:30 p.m., TNT
x-Friday, May 13: Memphis at Golden State, 8 p.m./9 p.m., ESPN
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Top Greensville County teachers selected (Part 1)
Consider it Greensville County’s closest thing to college basketball’s Final Four. Each year, the four schools that make up the Greensville County Public School district each name their Teacher of the Year. A month later, one of those four will be named the Teacher of the Year for the entire...
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A former U.S. Marine is now on his way back home after being imprisoned in Russia for 985 days. The Biden administration and Trevor Reed's parents made the announcement this morning. NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen is following the story and joins us now.
Michele, just give us more details, as you know them, about Trevor Reed's release.
MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: So U.S. officials are saying this was the result of months and months of hard and careful work, as they put it. The U.S. released a Russian man from prison - we can talk about that in a minute - and the Russians, as you say, released Trevor Reed. He was first detained in 2019 for a scuffle with Russian police. He's always maintained his innocence. And the U.S. considered him unjustly detained - effectively a hostage. There were a lot of concerns about his health, and officials today say that's what led to this flurry of talks to get him out of prison. We're told that he was in good spirits and is on his way home with the U.S. Hostage Affairs envoy.
MARTIN: Reed's parents, I understand, were instrumental in at least talking about his imprisonment, getting it out, which is a particular kind of strategy. Can you talk about their role in this?
KELEMEN: Yeah. I mean, they've been playing a big role publicly for all this time. But they staged a protest outside the White House last month and got a meeting with President Biden. I think it really was about all their - the concerns about his health. They put a statement out today saying that Trevor Reed will share his story when he's ready, but for now, he needs to deal with what they call a myriad of health issues that were brought on - and this is a quote - "by the squalid conditions he was subjected to in his Russian gulag."
MARTIN: So you nodded to this - this was part of a prisoner exchange. Do we know anything more about the Russian man who was also freed?
KELEMEN: Yeah. The U.S. commuted the sentence of Konstantin Yaroshenko. He's a pilot who was serving a 20-year prison term for drug smuggling. Officials say that he paid a steep price and had served a majority of his sentence. But I should point out that it was actually just over half of his prison term that he served. Officials say that it was a tough call to release him. The Russians have been lobbying for his release for a while in proposing prisoner swaps. The other man they want back is Viktor Bout, but the U.S. would have a hard time releasing someone like Bout. He's an arms dealer who's known as the Merchant of Death, and his story is much more widely known than Yaroshenko's was.
MARTIN: So, I mean, each case is particular, right? There are different circumstances that lead to someone's detention in a nation-state. I mean, as you noted, Trevor Reed was detained initially because of this kind of - he was accused of attacking a Moscow police officer. But does his release signal good news in any way for other Americans who are being detained there - Paul Whelan, who is accused of spying, and most recently, the WNBA star Brittney Griner?
KELEMEN: Right, right. I mean, it's a good sign that the U.S. is - can still talk to Russia about these cases because, you know, the embassy has been very short-staffed, and there are all kinds of problems. But so far, we're told that the talks have not gone beyond these sort of discreet issues about hostages. So hopefully, they can come up with some other deals and prisoner exchanges. But so far, it hasn't gone beyond this.
MARTIN: NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen. Thank you so much.
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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected members of a robbery syndicate in Ogijo, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The suspects, Shadrach Blessing, Edibo Peter and Osuwgu Oyebuchi, were arrested on Saturday around 2.45am when the police stormed a company, Ruthfort Service Limited, which was under attack by the suspects.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said, “The suspects, Shadrach Blessing, 25; Edibo Peter, 25; and Osuwgu Oyebuchi, 27; were arrested following a distress call received by policemen at the Ogijo divisional headquarters that suspected armed robbers invaded Ruthfort Service Limited at Ikorodu-Sagamu Road, Ogijo.
“The robbers, who gained access into the company around 2.45am through the fence, pointed a gun at the security man on duty after cutting the security wire and ordered him to lie face down while they removed four industrial batteries.
“On receiving a distress call, the DPO, Ogijo division, CSP Onatufeh Umoh, quickly led his patrol team to the scene where the robbers, who had already escaped to the street, were chased in collaboration with members of the public. Three of them were apprehended, while others escaped. Recovered from them were the four industrial batteries.”
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Elon Musk is fighting the establishment elites to bring free speech back to the public circle, and the elites and especially Democrats are furious about it.
They want you to be able to speak, as long as it’s what they want to hear. If you stray from what they want to hear, then you shouldn’t be allowed to speak. You know, tyrants are going to tyrant.
According to the Daily Mail, Musk shared the following on his plans:
Elon Musk is planning to fire 1,000 staffers at Twitter as soon as his purchase of the social media platform is complete.
It’s believed he will fire many of the firm’s woke staff following the transfer of ownership which will take around six months, after which Musk is likely to wield the ax.
But then within the next three years, Musk anticipates making thousands of new hires, swelling the ranks to around 11,000 employees, up from 7,500 currently.
Much of the new talent is likely to be in the field of engineering.
Numbers at the company would fluctuate rising to 9,225 employees this year before falling to 8,332 in 2023. Then adding a further 2,700 workers by 2025.
Most of the jobs being shelved would occur during the takeover period, according to a pitch deck Musk presented this week to investors and seen by the New York Times
Musk as you know is the CEO and founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink. He also founded PayPal, among other companies that have been extremely successful.
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Battleground Park halts trail access for dogs because owners aren't picking up poop
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The dogs are good, but their humans are in some trouble. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is temporarily closing access to interior trails for dogs, effective May 7. National Park Service said this is happening because dog owners aren't picking up after their pets, leaving...
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Kolkata Knight Riders will aim to get back to winning ways when they fight with Mumbai Indians in the 56th IPL 2022 match on Monday at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
KKR are currently second-last in the points table with four wins and seven losses. The team suffered a defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants in their most recent league match. Despite the loss, the team is unlikely to make any changes to their playing XI.
Shreyas Iyer’s side has already tried almost all the possible batting and bowling combinations but they haven’t gained much success. The team will hope to back the same team and come up with improved performance on Monday.
Mumbai Indians are also unlikely to make any changes to their playing XI. After a torrid ride in the first half of the league, the franchise has finally gained success in finding a balanced playing XI.
They won their last game against dominant Gujarat Titans by five runs owing to an all-round performance. With just two wins so far, the five-time champions are already out of the playoff race. The team will now aim to give a good end to their campaign in the tournament.
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders predicted playing XI:
Mumbai Indians Probable Playing XI: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XI: Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Baba Indrajith (wk), Aaron Finch, Anukul Roy, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Shivam Mavi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders squads:
Mumbai Indians’ squad: Arshad Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Daniel Sams, Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Fabian Allen, Tymal Mills, Murugan Ashwin, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Rahul Buddhi, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Anmolpreet Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Squad: Varun Chakravarthy, Aman Khan, Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith, Nitish Rana, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammed Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer
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220508-N-DW158-1031 TOKYO BAY, Japan (May 8, 2022) Sailors keep a close eye on the starboard anchor chain during an anchor drop test in the forecastle of the U.S. Navy’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan’s anchor chains are 1,080 feet long with each individual chain link weighing more than 350 pounds. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gray Gibson)
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Highlights
- The letter was received by the Superintendent of Roorkee Railway Station
- The police said a mentally disturbed person is sending such threat letters for the last 20 years
- Precaution is still being taken, the police said
A letter threatening to blow up several railway stations across Uttarakhand was received by the Superintendent of Roorkee Railway Station, the police said on Monday.
The letter, which was received on the evening of May 7, threatens to blow up six railway stations namely Laksar, Najibabad, Dehradun, Roorkee, Rishikesh and Haridwar.
The sender of the letter described himself as the area commander of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
"Roorkee Railway Station Superintendent received a letter on the evening of May 7 threatening to blow up 6 railway stations namely, Laksar, Najibabad, Dehradun, Roorkee, Rishikesh, and Haridwar, by posing as Salim Ansari, JeM Area Commander," said Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar.
However, the police said a mentally disturbed person is sending such threat letters for the last 20 years.
"A mentally disturbed person is sending such threat letters for the last 20 years. Still, precaution is being taken," he added.
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Yoon Suk-yeol will seal his surge to the summit of South Korean politics when the man who once dreamed of becoming a pastor, but became known as the 'fighting cock' for his tenacity as a prosecutor, is sworn in as president.
Elected in March, the 61-year-old former prosecutor-general only formally entered the cut and thrust of Korean politics when he declared his run for the presidency last June.
That came after he was courted by the conservative bloc for showcasing his uncompromising nature by filing bribery charges against a key aide to outgoing President Moon Jae-in - the man who hired him.
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Described by colleagues as feisty and gregarious, Yoon ran on a ticket to fight corruption and create a more level economic playing field, while seeking a tougher line on North Korea.
His appointment to prosecutor-general in 2019 came after more than two decades in the legal service, jailing many across the national political spectrum for corruption.
Born in 1960 in Seoul, Yoon graduated from a mission elementary school, where he has said he harboured ambitions to be a pastor, before deciding to study law on the advice of his father, a renowned economic professor.
But Yoon was late to the prosecutors' office, passing the bar exam only on his ninth attempt in 1991.
Yoon likes people and socialising over drinks, and still maintains long-standing links with friends who now occupy key government and corporate posts, aides told Reuters.
He values trust among his staff, and had scrapped a plan to send a group of envoys to Washington after a media leak, reviving it only after North Korea broke a moratorium on long-range missile testing in March, two people who worked with his team said.
The people declined to be identified because of diplomatic sensitivity.
Recalling his unique path to the highest office, Yoon said during a recent television show: "I wasn't really anxious, and slept well during the campaign, but since the election, I've been struggling to get a good sleep.
"I guess loneliness is what being the president means ... You know, former US President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that said 'The buck stops here'."
As a prosecutor, his unbending nature and adherence to the rules helped him climb the career ladder.
But his record of antagonising powerful people also resulted in several demotions - moments he has joked gave him time to work on his cooking skills.
His defining ethos? In a 2013 hearing that made waves in Seoul, Yoon told politicians, "I am not loyal to any person" - underlining his obedience to law, not those in power.
On Tuesday he will become the 13th president of South Korea.
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In the swirling days since what I suppose we should just call The Leak, a significant theme has been the argument that the Supreme Court has grown deeply politicized. But there never existed a golden age when the court was anything else.
To call the court politicized is to make two separate charges: First, that partisans have successfully packed it with those who will vote a particular ideological line; second, that the justices themselves, busily pursuing ideological agendas, consider the political implications of their work.
Neither is new.
Demanding a court full of ideological conformists is a long-standing American tradition. Pick any era you like.
In 1811, when President James Madison nominated Joseph Story as chief justice, Federalists howled with dismay. They feared he’d dismantle the legacy of his predecessor, John Marshall, who had done much to expand the powers of the federal government. (As it turned out, they needn’t have worried.)
After the execrable pro-slavery decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, the anti-slavery politician William Seward promised to reorient the court’s “political sentiments and practices” so as to “bring them into harmony with the Constitution and the laws of nature.” During the Civil War, the party’s anti-slavery wing eagerly awaited the death of the ailing Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott’s author. Mindful that the great post-bellum legal issue would be the fate of the freed slaves, they hoped that President Lincoln would select a dedicated abolitionist in Taney’s place.
When Taney died in 1864, Lincoln fulfilled their hopes, choosing Salmon P. Chase and, in the process, cementing his support from the radical wing of the Republican Party — and ridding himself of a potential rival. (Speaking of political motives.)
A year earlier, Lincoln had become the first president to nominate a justice from the opposing party — but that practice remains a rarity. During the 20th century, some 90% of judges appointed to the court were of the same party as the president. Some years ago, a friend of mine was offered a federal appellate judgeship. When he asked nervously whether he’d have to meet an ideological litmus test, he was told, “Well, we’d at least want to know if you voted for the president.”
Nevertheless, litmus tests have been a feature of history. Franklin Roosevelt appointed eight justices, each of whom he believed would ardently support the New Deal. Richard Nixon promised to appoint only “strict constructionists.” Ronald Reagan ran largely against Roe.
The Supreme Court’s awareness of the politics of its decisions also has a long history. One need only peruse the voluminous scholarship detailing the court’s sometimes ornery negotiations over language (can’t be too harsh!) and even timing (can’t be too rushed!) in the series of school desegregation cases that culminated in Brown v. Board of Education. Chief Justice Earl Warren’s caution to his colleagues during the wrangling over Brown itself has gone down in history: “(T)he opinions should be short, readable by the lay public, non-rhetorical, unemotional and, above all, non-accusatory.”
A prescient warning — but, certainly, a political one.
And let’s not forget the behind-the-scenes politicking that produced Roe v. Wade itself. After the case was argued but before a decision was handed down, two justices retired. Chief Justice Warren Burger sought to have the case argued afresh so that their successors might weigh in. Justice William Douglas, a strong abortion rights supporter, saw the delay as a ploy to change the outcome. He issued a threat: “If the vote of the Conference is to reargue, then I will file a statement telling what is happening to us and the tragedy it entails.” The audience for Douglas’ “telling” was obviously the world; the threat was that he’d draw political attention to the court’s internal processes.
Burger refused to assign the opinion to Douglas, the most senior justice. Instead he chose Justice Harry Blackmun — some think in the hope that the public would more readily accept an opinion authored by one of Nixon’s aforementioned strict constructionists.
Blackmun himself was concerned about how the decision in the abortion case would be received. His contemporaneous notes display a keen awareness of the political moment. He wondered whether the “mandate” — the actual implementing order from the court — should be postponed to allow state legislatures to adopt new statutes.
Do justices have agendas? Of course they do — including the great Earl Warren himself, who later wrote that he took his seat animated by the notion that the court should prevent “the dominant group in a nation” from “pressing for further domination.”
We could go on and on, from justices accused of tempering their work because they had political ambitions to justices who sought advice from beyond their walled garden in drafting their opinions — including a 1945 dissent by Justice Hugo Black that was crafted with the editorial assistance of … the author of an amicus brief in the case.
I am not defending the current court’s politicization. Nor do I think that politicization justifies the leak, which I consider an outrage. I write to remind us politicization has long been the status quo. Given the scope of authority the justices exercise, any other history would be a surprise.
Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Yale University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His novels include “The Emperor of Ocean Park,” and his latest nonfiction book is “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”
Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Yale University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His novels include “The Emperor of Ocean Park,” and his latest nonfiction book is “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.” | https://www.timesleader.com/opinion/op-ed/1555073/stephen-l-carter-the-supreme-court-has-always-been-political | 2022-05-09T05:44:34Z | https://www.timesleader.com/opinion/op-ed/1555073/stephen-l-carter-the-supreme-court-has-always-been-political | true | 12 |
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TAMPA, Fla. — Ross Colton scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a fast start and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 4 on Sunday night to even their first-round playoff series.
Steven Stamkos, Pierre Edouard Bellemare and Pat Maroon scored in the first eight minutes against Game 3 star Jack Campbell in the opening period, setting the tone for a long night for the Toronto goalie coming off a stellar performance two nights before.
Corey Perry and Ondrej Palat also scored, and Brandon Hagel and Nikita Kucherov each had two assists for the Lightning.
Vasilevskiy improved to 17-0 in games following a playoff loss over the past three postseasons for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.
William Nylander scored twice and Jake Muzzin also had a goal for the Maple Leafs. Campbell gave up five goals on 16 shots before being replaced in the second period by Erik Kallgren, who stopped all 10 shots he faced.
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Toronto.
Tampa Bay put the finishing touches on a dominant performance with empty-net goals by Palat and Colton in the final 5:20.
The Lightning felt they self-destructed in losses in Games 1 and 3, spending far too much time in the penalty box against a team that had the NHL’s top-ranked power play during the regular season.
They were all over the Maple Leafs from the start Sunday night, with Stamkos beating Campbell from just inside the blue line exactly one minute into the game. Bellemare and Maroon followed with goals over the next seven minutes to build the lead to 3-0.
Things only got uglier from there for Toronto, which pulled Campbell after Colton scored from the slot, and Perry — with Kucherov and Brayden Point picking up assists — delivered on a 5-on-3 power play for a 5-0 lead at 5:25 of the second period.
The five-goal deficit would have been bigger if not for the play of Toronto ’s penalty-killing unit. Tampa Bay was 1 of 7 on the power-play through two periods and finished 1-of-8. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, were 0 for 2 in man-advantage situations before finally breaking through against Vasilevskiy with the first of Nylander’s two goals at 2:27 of the third.
Vasilevskiy and the Lightning once again slowed down Toronto’s Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner. Matthews had the primary assist on Nylander’s first goal, however the NHL’s leading goal-scorer during the regular season didn’t have a shot on goal until the third period. | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1555069/lightning-strike-early-beat-maple-leafs-7-3 | 2022-05-09T05:44:44Z | https://www.timesleader.com/sports/1555069/lightning-strike-early-beat-maple-leafs-7-3 | false | 10 |
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Man Utd blow as Erik ten Hag’s top assistant manager target Fred Rutten REJECTS chance to join him at Old Trafford
ERIK TEN HAG has suffered a setback in his preparations to take over at Manchester United after his first choice assistant rejected the chance to join him at Old Trafford.
Fred Rutten, who worked with Ten Hag at PSV between 2009 and 2012, was reportedly the front runner to become the Dutchman's right hand man at Man Utd.
But despite discussing the idea with the current Ajax boss, he has opted to link up with Ruud van Nistelrooy at PSV instead.
Speaking on ESPN Netherlands, he said: "“Erik ten Hag has asked me to be his assistant at Manchester United, I said no. Everyone makes his own choices in life."
He then went on to add: "I have a family, I have grandchildren. I want to see them every now and then.
“At Manchester United you get on a train and you can’t get off it. I want to feel comfortable in something you step into. That is the case with PSV.
“It’s nice when you have grandchildren, who you see every now and then and who can play ball with.”
Rutten has managed several high-profile teams including Schalke, PSV, Feyenoord and Anderlecht.
But he will now assume the position as assistant at PSV behind legendary Man Utd striker Van Nistelrooy.
The hammer blow to United's plans comes just 24 hours after they were humiliated by Brighton in a resounding 4-0 defeat.
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It is now officially the club's worst points tally in the Premier League era.
And after the match Ralf Rangnick stated the club could need EIGHT new players in the summer.
He said: "In the end football is pretty easy, you just need to win games.
"In order to do that it's obvious with quite a few players whose contracts are expiring we need a number of new players.
"There is already at least something like a number of players that are really top players for this club but as I said we need all the other areas.
"[I] suppose there will be six or eight new players.
"They should be top players to strengthen the quality of the squad."
United have plenty of stars on their transfer wishlist including Declan Rice, Christopher Nkunku, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Frenkie de Jong.
Ten Hag was announced as Man Utd's new manager last month after lengthy speculation over who would succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the next permanent manager.
The Ajax boss was always one of the favourites to take over at Old Trafford along with PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino.
But now he has been appointed, there has been a lot of talk as to who will assist him in the coaching of the team.
And former England manager Steve McLaren was one man touted for the role.
Ten Hag was McLaren's assistant during his time at FC Twente.
He could now choose to revisit the idea after Rutten's decision to choose PSV. | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8763314/man-utd-ten-hag-assistant-manager/ | 2022-05-09T05:49:30Z | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8763314/man-utd-ten-hag-assistant-manager/ | true | 5 |
How the Michigan tennis teams fared in the NCAA Tournaments this weekend
The men's and women's tennis teams both advanced to the NCAA Tournament this year. The tournament began this weekend, and one team is still vying for a national championship.
Women's team
The women's team knocked off Oregon, 4-0, on Friday afternoon in the Austin, Texas regional. The Wolverines blew past the Ducks to set up a date with No. 3-ranked Texas in the tournament's second round.
However, the Longhorns proved to be too much for the Big Ten Tournament-winning Wolverines. Michigan fell, 4-0, and saw its season come to a close.
Although the team's season is over, Kari Miller, an Ann Arbor native, will represent Michigan at the NCAA Singles Championship, which will take place May 23-28. Miller was defeated by Texas' second-ranked Peyton Stearns, 6-1 6-2, on Saturday.
Men's team
The men's team, which hosted its regional, did not falter. It defeated Western Michigan, 4-0, on Friday to advance to the second round.
On Saturday, Michigan, along with its opponent, Oklahoma, moved to the outdoor courts at the Varsity Tennis Center. The change in scenery didn't affect the Wolverines, though. The team dominated Oklahoma from the get-go. Ondrej Styler, Jacob Bickersteth and Nino Ehrenschneider all recorded victories in singles.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines will now host the Super Regional for the first time in program history. They will take on No. 12 seed Texas in the Super Regional on Saturday, May 14 at 1 p.m. | https://michigan.rivals.com/news/how-the-michigan-tennis-teams-fared-in-the-ncaa-tournaments-this-weekend | 2022-05-09T05:54:00Z | https://michigan.rivals.com/news/how-the-michigan-tennis-teams-fared-in-the-ncaa-tournaments-this-weekend | true | 1 |
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Jade Goody’s son Bobby Brazier is dating stunning daughter of famous DJ as pair kiss in street
JADE Goody's model son Bobby Brazier is dating the daughter of a famous DJ.
The handsome catwalk star, 18, confirmed his romance with Liberty Love as they kissed and engaged in various displays on PDA in London's Soho.
Liberty is the daughter of DJ Don Letts, a British film director, DJ and musician.
He was the videographer for The Clash and directed several of their music videos. Don also won a Grammy in 2003.
Bobby and Liberty looked in great spirits as they cosied up for a night out.
At one point they stopped for a kiss and Bobby tenderly placed his hand on his girlfriend's face.
The twosome couldn't wipe the smiles of their faces as they enjoyed their burgeoning romance.
Bobby looked every inch the model with his hair slicked to the side, a black leather biker jacket worn over a white t-shirt and black skinny jeans.
Liberty was equally cool, wearing a very similar outfit. She sported her own black leather jacket, skinny leggings and biker boots, while her long hair was braided and worn down.
She also carried a white designer handbag over one shoulder as she looked up at her boyfriend admiringly.
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Liberty is an influencer who regularly posts make up tutorials on her YouTube page.
Bobby is the son of Jeff Brazier and late Big Brother star Jade.
He tragically lost his mum when he was just five years old when she died of cervical cancer.
The young lad recently gave a rare interview where he revealed that he didn't miss her famous mum because he was too young when she died.
In an interview with The Face, he said: "I don’t feel like I was with her long enough to miss her."
Bobby added: "I miss what could’ve been. I hear all the time she was such a presence, that she was one of a kind. What hurts most is that it wasn’t just losing anyone, it was losing Jade.
"I just would’ve loved to have seen what other people had seen."
Bobby and Freddie, 17, live with their dad Jeff and his wife Kate Dwyer.
During the interview Bobby admitted he's grateful Jade was in the public eye as he can look back over her time in the spotlight.
He said: “I’m always being told that she’s a hero and that she was funny and that people see me in her on a daily basis, which is nice.
“I’m lucky that [her life was] kind of public, because it means that I can watch videos when I’m feeling strong enough to watch videos.
"But sometimes I can’t. I will cry if I do.” | https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/8763227/jade-goody-bobby-brazier-dating-dj-daughter-kiss/ | 2022-05-09T05:57:57Z | https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/8763227/jade-goody-bobby-brazier-dating-dj-daughter-kiss/ | true | 3 |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A'ja Wilson and Dearica Hamby posted double-doubles and Kelsey Plum provided a spark in the fourth quarter to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 85-74 victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday night.
Wilson had 20 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks, while Hamby added 10 points and 19 rebounds. Plum scored 10 of her 18 points in the first four minutes of the final quarter. Her 3-pointer with 8:48 remaining in the game gave Las Vegas (2-0) a 64-61 lead, and the Aces never trailed again.
Breanna Stewart had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Storm (1-1). Jewell Loyd added 19 points and Epiphanny Prince came off the bench to score 11 points in 10 minutes. Prince's 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left gave Seattle a 59-58 lead heading into the final quarter.
Jackie Young had 19 points for Las Vegas, and Chelsea Gray scored 12. Plum added seven assists.
Seattle shot just 30.8% (12 of 39) in the first half, including 4 of 16 from 3-point range, and trailed 39-33.
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Is Sonakshi Sinha engaged? Actress flaunts her ring in new post, check out
Sonakshi Sinha shared a post where she could be seen holding a guy’s hand as she shyly laughs and flaunts her ring placed on her ring finger. Take a look at the photos here.
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Bollywood diva Sonakshi Sinha , who was last seen featuring in the 2021 movie Bhuj: The Pride of India, has shared a number of posts on her Instagram where she could be seen making an announcement. The actress shared some pictures on her social media where she can be spotted flaunting a ring placed on her ring finger.
Sonakshi Sinha shared a post where she could be seen holding a guy’s hand as she shyly laughs and flaunts her ring. She captioned the post, “BIG day for me!!! One of my biggest dreams is coming truuuue… and i cant wait to share it with YOUUUU Cant believe it was SO EZI!!!!”
Take a look at the photos here:
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The initial public offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) continued to receive strong interest from employees, policyholders and retail investors as the issue got subscribed 1.78 times till May 8, the fifth day of bidding. The country’s biggest public issue received 29.07 crore bids against 16.02 crore shares on the offer.
The portion reserved for retail investors was fully subscribed on third day and 1.59 times by the end of the fifth day of subscription. The issue received 10.9 crore bids from retail individual investors, against 6.9 crore shares set aside for them.
It may be recalled, the initial share sale of Reliance Power in 2008 had received 4.8 million applications. Fourteen years later, LIC smashed this record as it received nearly 6 million applications from retail equity investors.
The LIC IPO opened for subscription on May 4 and will close on May 9. Bidding for the issue was also open on Saturday and Sunday.
Track LIC IPO Live Updates here: Final day bidding in focus
The IPO is divided into three parts: 50 percent quota has been reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIB), 35 percent for non-institutional investors (NII), and the remaining 15 percent for retail individual investors (RII). A 10% discount was also offered to policyholders.
The price band of the IPO was fixed at Rs 902 to Rs 949 per equity sharen. LIC policyholders receive a discount of Rs 60 per equity share, while retail investors and qualifying employees receive a discount of Rs 45 per equity share.
The issue is fully an offer for sale of around 22.13 crore equity shares held by the Indian government, that owns 100% of the insurance behemoth but will only sell 3.5 percent of it. By selling 3.5 percent stake in the LIC, the government hopes to raise Rs 21,000 crore.
Due to the unstable market conditions, LIC reduced the IPO size from 5 percent to 3.5 percent. Even with the lower size of roughly Rs 20,557 crore, the LIC IPO remains the country's largest initial public offering.
LIC had raised Rs 5,627 crore from anchor investors by allocating 5.92 lakh shares at Rs 949 per share. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ipo/lic-ipo-receives-record-applications-from-retail-investor-8474671.html | 2022-05-09T06:00:13Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ipo/lic-ipo-receives-record-applications-from-retail-investor-8474671.html | true | 2 |
Owl Rock Capital Co. (NYSE:ORCC – Get Rating) – Equities research analysts at Oppenheimer cut their Q2 2022 EPS estimates for shares of Owl Rock Capital in a report released on Thursday, May 5th. Oppenheimer analyst M. Penn now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $0.31 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.33. Oppenheimer also issued estimates for Owl Rock Capital’s FY2023 earnings at $1.32 EPS.
Owl Rock Capital (NYSE:ORCC – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 23rd. The technology company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter. Owl Rock Capital had a net margin of 48.03% and a return on equity of 8.67%. The business had revenue of $281.62 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $267.01 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.29 EPS.
ORCC opened at $13.68 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $14.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a current ratio of 1.12. Owl Rock Capital has a twelve month low of $13.41 and a twelve month high of $15.33. The firm has a market cap of $5.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.60 and a beta of 0.81.
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. InTrack Investment Management Inc lifted its position in Owl Rock Capital by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. InTrack Investment Management Inc now owns 56,982 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $842,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares during the period. CIBC Asset Management Inc lifted its position in Owl Rock Capital by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 16,320 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $231,000 after purchasing an additional 807 shares during the period. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC lifted its position in Owl Rock Capital by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 58,241 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $825,000 after purchasing an additional 811 shares during the period. Visionary Wealth Advisors lifted its position in Owl Rock Capital by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Visionary Wealth Advisors now owns 22,410 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $317,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Finally, Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Owl Rock Capital by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC now owns 50,601 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $717,000 after purchasing an additional 1,020 shares during the period. 42.26% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.06%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 29th. Owl Rock Capital’s dividend payout ratio is currently 96.12%.
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attention! The US Embassy in Peru has conducted the Visa Lottery Draw for 2023 and the results of the lottery are already known. Since the inscriptions closed in November 2021, the results of the 50,000 visa lottery for the Diversity Visa Program will eventually be known, and this will allow for permanent residence or a “green card”.
It is important to note that people who have applied more than once during the entry period are automatically disqualified from the entire draw and are no longer eligible to win a visa in that draw.
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How do I know if I have been selected in the visa lottery?
To find out if you have won the visa lottery, you must enter https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-sub Saturday, May 7 to check the results, as detailed on the official website of the US State Department.
If you manage to win a visa, you must go to the website and enter the confirmation number that was provided at the time of registration, as well as some information necessary to identify you.
Likewise, it is important that people who were able to register for this raffle (DV-2023) keep their confirmation number until at least September 30, 2023, because in case of any problem, they will have the current participation number.
However, if you write down the registration number or if you lose it, you can check if you won by entering your details (name, date of birth, email), the State Department warns on its website.
What do I do if I am selected as a visa lottery winner?
If you are selected as one of the lucky ones to get a visa in the lottery, then everything you need to do will be shown step by step. The Department of State encourages selected participants to promptly complete the online DS-260 application to schedule an interview at the appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate.
In 2023, visas will be issued to all those selected, who must go to stay in the United States.
What countries are excluded from the visa lottery?
Just as many people can register for the visa lottery, there are many countries that were excluded from the draw, namely: Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, on the US side. While the other countries that were unable to participate are Canada, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom and their territories except Northern Ireland.
“Music buff. Social media lover. Web specialist. Analyst. Organizer. Travel trailblazer.” | https://www.eastafricanewspost.com/visa-lottery-results-usa-2022-check-if-you-have-won-the-visa-lottery-resident-or-green-card-usa-visa-lottery-us-embassy-nmri-emcc-the-answers/ | 2022-05-09T06:01:40Z | https://www.eastafricanewspost.com/visa-lottery-results-usa-2022-check-if-you-have-won-the-visa-lottery-resident-or-green-card-usa-visa-lottery-us-embassy-nmri-emcc-the-answers/ | true | 1 |
Florida Gov. DeSantis won't say if Florida will pursue stricter abortion laws
Gov. Ron DeSantis was noncommittal Wednesday about whether he will ask lawmakers to further restrict abortion in Florida, as the nation awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision. A leaked draft opinion published Monday by Politico would rescind Roe v....
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SÃO PAULO, May 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (B3: ITUB3, ITUB4; NYSE: ITUB) (the "Company") informs that the results of this quarter will be published in the Investor Relations website on May 9th, before trading hours in Brazil and in the United States.
We are going to present our results from the first quarter of 2022, in an interactive meeting, with a Q&A session at the end, starting at 09h a.m. (EDT). Check out the speakers:
- Milton Maluhy Filho, CEO;
- Alexsandro Broedel, CFO; and
- Renato Lulia Jacob, Group Head of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence
Register now on the Company's Investor Relations website (https://www.itau.com.br/relacoes-com-investidores/).
São Paulo (SP), May 08th, 2022.
RENATO LULIA JACOB
Group Head of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence
Contact: Itaú Unibanco – Comunicação Corporativa
(11) 5019-8880 / 8881
imprensa@itau-unibanco.com.br
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If it takes a village to raise a child, then surely it requires a village to protect its women and children.
Hillary Gardee's friends and family have gathered at Church On The Hill in Kamagugu, Nelspruit for her funeral. Picture: Twitter/@EFFSouthAfrica
The pain in Godrich Gardee’s voice was palpable as he spoke at the funeral of his daughter, Hillary: “We birth children to bury us and not to bury them.” But it was his later comments which cut to the essence of the gender-based violence (GBV) which plagues this country. ALSO READ: Hillary Gardee murder case: Two more suspects arrested Garde said his daughter had been forced by her abductors to use her bank card to get cash. He also said her adopted three-year-old child (who was with her when she went to the shops) told people in the area that...
The pain in Godrich Gardee’s voice was palpable as he spoke at the funeral of his daughter, Hillary: “We birth children to bury us and not to bury them.”
But it was his later comments which cut to the essence of the gender-based violence (GBV) which plagues this country.
Garde said his daughter had been forced by her abductors to use her bank card to get cash.
He also said her adopted three-year-old child (who was with her when she went to the shops) told people in the area that her mother had been “fighting”.
Men – and it is overwhelmingly them who are the perpetrators of these heinous murders, rapes and assaults – have been getting away with these crimes because the community at large lets them get away with it.
This community – including women, it must be said – allows a climate to be fostered where women and girls are regarded as second class citizens, where abuse is tolerated or laughed at.
If it takes a village to raise a child, then surely it requires a village to protect its women and children. | https://www.citizen.co.za/premium/3092792/sa-women-children-must-be-protected-9-may-2022/ | 2022-05-09T06:19:49Z | https://www.citizen.co.za/premium/3092792/sa-women-children-must-be-protected-9-may-2022/ | true | 1 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, is finally headed to trial after various delays over five years, including pandemic-induced court shutdowns.
Opening statements are expected Monday in the trial of Richard Rojas, a 31-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who told police after his arrest that he had been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogenic drug PCP before plowing through helpless tourists in 2017 at the Manhattan landmark known as “the crossroads of the world.”
Alyssa Elsman, an 18-year-old from Portage, Michigan, on an annual family trip was killed. Her 13-year-old sister, Ava, was among the injured. Jessica Williams, of Dunellen, New Jersey, was so badly hurt that her mother had to accept the diploma at her high school graduation while she remained in the hospital.
Rojas' trial, in state court in Manhattan, is expected to take several months.
Prosecutors say Rojas drove his car from the Bronx, where he lived with his mother, through Times Square on May 18, 2017, then made a U-turn, steered his car onto a sidewalk, and roared back up the sidewalk for three blocks before he crashed his car into protective barriers.
Photographers snapped pictures of a wild-eyed Rojas after he climbed from the wrecked car and ran through the street waving his arms. PCP, or phencyclidine, can cause users to become delusional, violent or suicidal, according to the National Drug Intelligence Center.
According to prosecutors, Rojas said he wanted to “kill them all.”
Rojas pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in 2017 and has since been jailed at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex. His lawyer said at the time that it was a “terrible thing that happened" in Times Square.
“But how we handle this type of a case will determine how civilized of a society we are,” said defense attorney Enrico DeMarco.
Rojas has several prior criminal cases that paint a picture of a troubled man. Days before the Times Square incident he pleaded guilty to a harassment charge in the Bronx for pulling a knife on a notary in his home and accusing the person of trying to steal his identity.
He also had two previous drunken driving cases.
Rojas enlisted in the Navy in 2011 and served for part of 2012 aboard the USS Carney, a destroyer. Rojas spent his final months in the Navy at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida.
In 2012, he was arrested and accused of beating a cab driver whom he said had disrespected him by trying to charge too much, according to the arrest report. The arresting officer said Rojas screamed, “My life is over!” as he was being detained. After his arrest, Rojas told the officer he was going to kill all police and military police he might see after his release from jail, the Jacksonville sheriff’s office report stated.
Alan Ceballos, an attorney who represented Rojas in that case, said the state charges were dropped after the military stepped in to take jurisdiction over the criminal case. Navy records show that in 2013 Rojas spent two months at a naval prison in Charleston, South Carolina. He was discharged in 2014 as the result of a special court martial, a Navy official said. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Trial-to-start-for-driver-who-ran-down-Times-17158471.php | 2022-05-09T06:28:32Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Trial-to-start-for-driver-who-ran-down-Times-17158471.php | true | 37 |
Although much of the campaign has been done online, Save the Children Papua New Guinea (SCPNG) is taking a different approach to online safety advocacy.
SCPNG’s Child Protection Coordinator, Owen Suanga, says: “Most of the information on online safety is not being viewed on Facebook by children between the ages of 13-18 because of the high cost of data.
“This is the reason we must go to the schools physically and talk to them about being safe online so they can share this information with their friends and families.”
The school visit is part of Save the Children supporting National Information Communication and Technology Authority (NICTA) and the PNG Safer Internet Committee’s (PNGSIG) Safer Internet Day 2022 campaign.
The campaign is about being safe online for young people and informing them about online and cyber bullying.
Save the Children conducted online safety awareness at schools like Coronation Primary, Sacred Heart Primary, Carr Memorial Primary and Bavaroko Primary.
Both students and teachers found the visits very educational and helpful.
Joe Lai, a senior teacher at Coronation Primary School, said: “Some of the lessons that we teach in the classroom are in line with the IAmDigital Campaign.”
He was impressed with the advocacy that took place and added: “We are in a digital age and social media, especially Facebook, has become a big part of our life today.
“Such awareness is very helpful, so that our students will understand how to use social media in appropriate ways.”
I Am Digital is a digital literacy and safety initiative that was first launched in December 2021 in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga. The awareness into schools falls under phase 2 of the I Am Digital campaign that kicked off in January this year and included three more Pacific Islands countries; Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Vanuatu.
The campaign aims to deliver targeted and localised information to educate and empower Pacific Islands teenagers, youth and parents on how to have safer and more positive online experiences.
This campaign is a partnership between Save the Children and Meta (formerly Facebook) to create safer online experiences for young people in the Pacific. | https://www.looppng.com/tech/%E2%80%98i-am-digital%E2%80%99-campaign-targets-schools-112182 | 2022-05-09T06:28:33Z | https://www.looppng.com/tech/%E2%80%98i-am-digital%E2%80%99-campaign-targets-schools-112182 | false | 1 |
The AP Interview: BLM’s Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — No, insists Patrisse Cullors, former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation: Despite allegations of financial improprieties, neither she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations.
But in an interview with The Associated Press, Cullors acknowledged that BLM was ill-prepared to handle a tidal wave of contributions in the aftermath of protests over George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020. She said the foundation was slow to build the necessary groundwork.
She and others offered insights into the growing pains of an organization that went from an idea to a global brand, almost in an instant.
“On paper, it looks crazy,” she said. “We use this term in our movement a lot, which is we’re building the plane while flying it. I don’t believe in that anymore. The only regret I have with BLM is wishing that we could have paused for one to two years, to just not do any work and just focus on the infrastructure.”
Recent disclosures that the foundation had paid $6 million for a Los Angeles compound in 2020 unleashed a torrent of criticism and social media chatter. The property in Studio City — including a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms, a swimming pool, a soundstage and office space — is meant to be both a meeting venue and a campus for Black artists.
Some criticism came from BLM supporters like Justin Hansford, director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University. He said the property purchase could be weaponized by movement opponents, leading possible donors to shy away from Black-led social justice organizations: “That’s the thing that you don’t want to get out of hand.”
Cullors defended the purchase. “We really wanted to make sure that the global network foundation had an asset that wasn’t just financial resources,” she said, “and we understood that not many Black-led organizations have property. They don’t own their property.”
Cullors said she had made mistakes and even some regrettable choices that haven’t fostered trust. She acknowledged she had used the BLM property twice for personal purposes.
But the 38-year-old bestselling author and artist angrily and adamantly denied accusations that she had personally benefited in the six years she guided the BLM foundation, including media reports that she had purchased homes for herself and members of her family.
“The idea that (the foundation) received millions of dollars and then I hid those dollars in my bank account is absolutely false,” she said. “That’s a false narrative. It’s impacted me personally and professionally, that people would accuse me of stealing from Black people.”
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BLM first appeared as a Twitter hashtag following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. The next year, the death of Michael Brown at the hands of police in Ferguson, Missouri, saw the movement’s emergence in the political realm.
Along with BLM co-founders Alicia Garza and Ayọ Tometi, Cullors pledged to build a decentralized movement governed by consensus. As donations and support grew, an array of local BLM chapters transformed into a nonprofit organization.
BLM protests in the summer after Floyd’s death in May 2020 became the largest mobilization of a movement in U.S. history. Cullors said she became the foundation’s full-time executive director that year, charged with ensuring it had the organizational infrastructure to handle the massive influx of donations and would use the resources to further its mission.
Just over a year ago, the foundation announced a $90 million fundraising haul. That announcement drew sharp criticisms over access to donor funds, as well as broader calls for openness from activists in several local BLM chapters and from the families of police brutality victims who had rallied to the movement.
Cullors acknowledged that a lack of transparency about the foundation’s board and staffing drove perceptions that things were amiss. And when the organization was transparent — revealing that it had raised millions — the reaction wasn’t what she expected.
“I thought practicing radical transparency with Black people would have been received well,” she said. “What was unhelpful about releasing it was not getting enough people allying with us about it. We weren’t the only organization to receive millions of dollars.”
Then Cullors resigned as foundation director to work on personal projects — a departure that had long been planned, and was unconnected with any alleged improprieties, she said.
In addition to promoting her latest book, “An Abolitionist’s Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World,” Cullors is focused on the Crenshaw Dairy Mart. It’s a former convenience store in Los Angeles that was converted into an artist collective and gallery, which overlaps with her activism on criminal justice issues. Cullors is also well into a multiyear programming development deal with Warner Bros.
In the year since her resignation, the BLM foundation hasn’t hired new leadership or publicly discussed plans for money still sitting in its coffers.
Two veteran civil rights organizers who were announced last May as interim senior executives for the foundation said they never began serving in that capacity, citing in a statement a failure to reach an agreement with BLM’s leadership council about the scope of their work and decision-making authority.
It was only earlier this month that the foundation announced a new board of directors, which leaders said will grow in the coming months.
And it was only recently that the foundation caught up with its financial filings: In California, where it had been deemed delinquent in submitting required charity disclosures from 2020, the state Registry of Charitable Trusts now shows the foundation is current.
Records show a small number of people with responsibility over the foundation. A 990 filing submitted to the IRS for January through June 2020, lists Cullors as an uncompensated executive director and the foundation’s only employee. At that point, still under the fiscal sponsorship of a well-established charity, the BLM foundation reported no revenue, assets, contributions or expenses.
The filing lists just two board members, including Shalomyah Bowers, who is the president at Bowers Consulting, a firm that has provided operational support to the BLM foundation for two years.
In a phone interview, Bowers said the organization had been working since Cullors’ departure to sort out its infrastructure. He said the organization underwent an independent financial audit which, along with the expected May release of its latest 990 filing, will show that “nothing impermissible or nefarious has happened” with BLM’s finances.
“We are now a foundation that is deeply devoted to investing in organizations that are committed to doing the work of abolition (and) committed to building Black power,” he said.
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Cullors is far from the only Black activist to withstand questions about her money, her motivations and her leadership. Elders in the civil rights struggle often speak of attacks, both from within and outside of the movement, meant to discredit or stop social change.
On Saturday, Candace Owens, the Black conservative political pundit and opponent of the BLM movement, arrived uninvited with a camera crew at Cullors’ Los Angeles-area home. In an Instagram video shared with millions of followers, Owens said she was there to film a documentary about BLM’s finances and ask questions about the foundation’s property (which is not at the same address as Cullors’ home).
“The constant harassment, online and offline, that I’ve experienced is unacceptable and dangerous,” Cullors said.
Still, legitimate questions of accountability should not be dismissed, said Garza, the BLM co-founder who was not involved in the BLM organization after 2015.
“I think it is important to be transparent about what is actually happening,” Garza said. “And my assessment is that because there was a lack of response (to public questions), specifically from the global network foundation, it allowed for people to fill in the blanks.”
She added: “If there is impropriety (in the foundation), we should talk about it. I don’t think we should sweep that under the rug, but we haven’t established that.”
Cullors knows that she gave critics an opening when she issued a statement denying suggestions that she had lived at the Studio City property or taken advantage of it for personal gain. She later acknowledged to the AP that, during a four-day stay at the property, she had used the compound for purposes that were not strictly business.
She said in January 2021, while seeking refuge at the property amid threats on her life, she hosted a small party to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The gathering included about 15 people, including BLM Los Angeles chapter members and other prominent movement supporters, she said.
And in March 2021, she held a private birthday party for her son at the property, for which Cullors said she intended to pay a rental fee to the foundation. The foundation confirmed it had billed her, and it said it was reviewing its policies to prevent such uses in the future.
Cullors said, in hindsight, she should not have used the property that way.
“I look back at that and think, that probably wasn’t the best idea,” she said.
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AP writer Donald Thompson in Sacramento contributed.
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Morrison is a New York-based member of AP’s Race and Ethnicity team. Follow him on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/aaronlmorrison.
By AARON MORRISON
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New Delhi, May 9: India reported 3,207 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hrs, a marginal decline against previous day's 3,451, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Also, 29 Covid deaths were reported taking the nationwide death toll to 5,24,093.
Active caseload of the country presently stands at 20,403, accounting for 0.05 per cent of the total positive cases. The recovery of 3,410 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,25,60,905. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.74 per cent. Shanghai Tightens Lockdown to Hit Zero COVID-19 Goal by Late May: Report.
Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate is at 0.95 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stands at 0.82 per cent. In the same period, a total of 3,36,776 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall to 84.10 crore.
As of Monday morning, India's Covid vaccination coverage exceeded 190.34 crore, achieved via 2,36,58,273 sessions. Over 3.05 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of the jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 09, 2022 10:46 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com). | https://www.latestly.com/india/news/india-reports-3207-covid-19-cases-29-deaths-in-past-24-hours-3684958.html | 2022-05-09T06:35:13Z | https://www.latestly.com/india/news/india-reports-3207-covid-19-cases-29-deaths-in-past-24-hours-3684958.html | true | 7 |
BEIJING, May 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For Chinese President Xi Jinping, "Children's upbringing begins with mother's education." His mother Qi Xin runs deep in Xi's outlook on life and philosophy of governance, prompting him to solemnly honor his duties to the nation and the people.
Ahead of the Mother's Day, China Media Group (CMG) published stories recounting how Qi taught his son and set an exemplar model for the Chinese president, in the celebration to honor motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
Qi, who was born in 1924, joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1939 at the age of 15, becoming a staunch supporter of the Party's values and beliefs.
Over the years, Qi taught her son many important lessons of life through her words and deeds, such as to serve the country with selfless loyalty, work hard and handle all affairs well, and be strict with oneself.
Xi put on the backpack and left home at the age of 15 to live and work with the farmers in Liangjiahe Village of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
During the years in the countryside, Xi was accompanied by a sewing bag embroidered with "mom's heart" made by Qi. The words were meant to remind Xi of staying true to one's original aspiration for the country and the revolutionary cause, which are spirits shared by both the mother and the son.
During Xi's entire upbringing, his mother often urges him to be strict with himself, especially when he is in a leadership position. Xi's philosophy and practice of governing the country has always been featured by maintaining integrity and solidarity to serve the public good.
In June 2000, Qi visited Beiliang Red Army Primary School in Zhaojin township, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The Beiliang Red Army Primary School, which was opened in 1955, used to be a revolutionary site, where the Chenjiapo Conference was held.
Seeing its dilapidated classrooms and shabby facilities, Qi mobilized her whole family to donate to relocate and rebuild the school.
Over the years, Xi has always kept in mind his mother's words, stayed true to his original aspiration, and taken on his due responsibilities. For Xi, to serve the people wholeheartedly is his "greatest filial piety" to his mother.
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BARCELONA, Spain, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Good start to the year with Core Net Sales* at €218.8 MM (+1.6% year-on-year) driven by recently launched products and good performance of European Dermatology portfolio
- Total EBITDA reached €59.6MM which includes a net positive impact of €9MM from the transfer of global rights for Eklira® and Duaklir® from AstraZeneca to Covis Pharma
- Solid Core results with strong EU Dermatology performance as sales increased +31% year-on-year due to the positive contribution from growth drivers. Ilumetri® continues to show strong performance with excellent momentum of the anti IL-23 class while the recent rollouts of Klisyri® and Wynzora® in Europe are gaining good traction
- The company is working hard on the late-stage pipeline to leverage its significant potential and preparing the business for important launches such as lebrikizumab following positive 16 week-data from phase 3 clinical studies reported this quarter
- Mr. Carlos Gallardo has been appointed Chairman and President of the Board of Directors of Almirall at the General Shareholders Meeting on May 6th. His international experience in the pharmaceutical industry as well as in the digital health sector will support Almirall in its growth trajectory and help position the company as a leader in Dermatology
- Based on the good performance of the business in Q1, Almirall is reiterating its 2022 guidance
Almirall, S.A. (ALM), the global biopharmaceutical company based in Barcelona, has announced its Q1 2022 financial results.
Summary of results
- Core Net Sales* reached €218.8 MM, a +1.6% year-on-year increase with positive contribution from growth drivers. Core EBITDA* reached €50.3 MM, a -26% year-on-year decrease, in line with expected performance as Q1 2021 had the positive effect of €16MM in one-offs**.
- Total EBITDA was at €59.6 MM, a -19,7% year-on-year decrease, and it includes the net positive impact from other income related to the AstraZeneca and Covis Pharma agreement (€9MM)***.
- Almirall finished Q1 with a very healthy balance sheet with Net Debt of €253.0MM and a 1.1 x Net Debt to EBITDA.
- SG&A (Selling, General and Administrative) expenses were €102.9 MM (47% of Core Net Sales*), higher than last year as expected to support the launch of Wynzora®, Klisyri® in the US & EU, and Ilumetri® rollout in key countries.
- Core Gross Margin* of 66.7% was in line with expectations. Product divestments in Q1 2021 benefited the comparable period.***
*Core business excludes AstraZeneca and Covis Pharma contribution: Deferred Income and Other Income.
** Divestments of a small product in Spain and licensing out income from other products with a combined positive impact on Net Sales of €16 MM.
*** €9 MM booked in Q1 2022 boosting Total EBITDA following from the transfer of global rights for Eklira® and Duaklir® from AstraZeneca to Covis Pharma.
Further information from Almirall's Q1 results is available at: https://www.almirall.com/media/newsroom
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Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, May 9th, 2022
14 ImagesThousands of refugees are fleeing Russian-occupied areas, and towns have been left in ruins in the wake of the invasion.
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Kendrick Lamar is more than just a fan of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. He's a passionate devotee.
So much so that in his newest music video, Lamar actually shape shifts into the Lakers legend.
That's right, Lamar's face actually becomes Bryant's in the 14-time Grammy award winner's new music video.
On Sunday, Lamar released the new visual for his latest single, "The Heart Part 5," which will be featured on his forthcoming fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The video appears to keep things simple with Lamar in a white tee and bandana kerchief standing in front of a dark red hued backdrop.
But as Lamar raps through each verse, his face morphs into famous Black entertainers, actors and athletes like OJ Simpson, Will Smith, Jussie Smollet, Nipsey Hussle and Bryant.
Here's the video, which shows Lamar's face morphing into Bryant at the start of the third verse.
Matching the vibe of the video, the cover art for "The Heart Part 5" shows the hands of each of the people Lamar shape shifts into. Bryant's hand is from his fifth championship in 2010 as it's taken from an iconic photo of him with the Larry O'Brien photo.
the internet just cracked Kendrick Lamar's new cover art to The Heart Part 5
— SOUND (@itsavibe) May 9, 2022
He used a hand from every deep fake in the video, I can't find Will Smith's though... pic.twitter.com/RDiPJSBGHD
LeBron reacts to Kendrick's new video
The song and accompanying video instantly became a viral sensation, even eliciting an emoji-laden tweet from Lakers superstar LeBron James.
OMFG!!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/7cAyX6KuXs
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 9, 2022
James can be a bit hyperbolic on social media but his reaction to the video is well warranted as the visual effects are quite striking and at the same, poignant. Seeing Bryant's face while Lamar raps instantly recalls the legacy left by Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash with his 13-old-daughter Gianna in January 2020.
But that was likely the intention of Lamar, who has paid tribute to Bryant in the past in both creative and musical ways.
2016 Tribute: Before Kobe's last game
Before Bryant's final game in 2016 against the Utah Jazz, Lamar linked up with ESPN's Scoop Jackson and performed a video tribute entitled, "Kobe Bryant: Fade to black."
The tribute features memorable highlights from Bryant's illustrious career and has Lamar's speaking about the Hall of Famer's importance to Los Angeles and the NBA. Lamar himself is seen throughout the video. His parts where shot from The Forum in Inglewood, the former home of the Lakers and where Bryant played in his rookie season.
2020 Tribute: Nike ad
To honor what would've been Kobe Bryant's 42nd birthday in 2020, Nike released an ad entitled "Better: Mamba Forever" that Lamar narrates.
In the ad, Lamar emphatically uses his unique lyrical flow to highlight Bryant's greatness and showcase how the Lakers legend's relentless drive is part of his lasting legacy.
From Nike:
Narrated by Kendrick Lamar, Better celebrates the universal relevance of progress and highlights Kobe’s prolific desire for improvement. The Mamba Mentality is about getting better, every day, in everything we do. In his own words, Kobe described his Mamba Mentality by saying, “It’s to constantly try to be the best version of yourself. It's a constant quest to try to be better today than you were yesterday." While incremental change may feel small in the short term, those subtle shifts culminate to greater progress over time. This relentless drive for improvement is the legacy Kobe leaves.
Kobe taught us to be better: a better teacher, a better teammate, a better loser, a better winner. As Kendrick says in the film, “Just be better.” Whatever it is that you’re trying to improve — work to be better today than you were yesterday. That’s the Mamba Mentality.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military is warning that there is a “high probability of missile strikes” amid Russia’s war on the country.
The warning came Monday just ahead of Russia’s planned Victory Day parade in Moscow.
The Ukrainian military’s general staff also said that in Russian-controlled areas of Zaporizhzhia, Russian troops had begun the “seizure of personal documents from the local population without good reason.” Ukraine said Russian troops seized the documents to force the local people to take part in Victory Day commemorations there.
Ukraine’s military also warned that Russia had located some 19 battalion tactical groups in Russia’s Belgorod region, just across the border. Those groups likely consist of some 15,200 troops with tanks, missile batteries and other weaponry.
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LVIV, Ukraine — The British military is warning that Russia is running out of precision-guided munitions, meaning that Moscow increasingly will turn to inaccurate rockets and bombs that can spread destruction even wider.
The British Defense Ministry made the comment Monday in a daily intelligence report it provides via Twitter.
The British military said although Russia claimed that “Ukrainian cities would therefore be safe from bombardment,” the unguided munitions posed an increasing risk.
“As the conflict continues beyond Russian pre-war expectations, Russia’s stockpile of precision-guided munitions has likely been heavily depleted," the report said. "This has forced the use of readily available but aging munitions that are less reliable, less accurate and more easily intercepted.”
The British added that Russia “will likely struggle to replace the precision weaponry it has already expended.”
TOKYO — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan will slowly phase out Russian oil imports in unity with the Group of Seven’s effort against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Leaders from the G-7 countries met online Sunday and announced their commitment to ban or phase out Russian oil imports in their latest effort to pressure Moscow into ending its aggression on Ukraine.
“It’s an extremely difficult decision for a country that mostly relies on energy imports, including oil,” Kishida told reporters Monday. “But G-7 unity is most important right now.”
Kishida said it will be a gradual and slow process of phasing out Russian oil imports and that details and timeline will be decided later as the process requires securing alternative energy sources.
About 4% of Japanese oil imports come from Russia. Japan has also announced phasing out Russian coal imports.
Japan will not ban imports from its own stakes in oil and natural gas projects in Russia, including those in Sakhalin, Kishida said.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief says he is “appalled” at the reported attack on a school in the Ukrainian town of Bilohorivka, where many people were apparently seeking shelter from fighting.
A U.N. spokesperson said Sunday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterates that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be spared under international law.
Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says, “This war must end, and peace must be established in line with the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Ukraine will continue supporting those whose lives have been shattered by war.”
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — More than 170 people have been evacuated from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after weeks of shelling and fighting as Russia attempts to take over the port city.
That’s according to a Sunday statement by Osnat Lubrani, the United Nation’s humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine.
The evacuees have been taken to Zaporizhzhia, a city in southeastern Ukraine. Lubrani says more than 600 people have now been evacuated from the Mariupol area.
The most recent evacuation was the latest effort to rescue people from tunnels beneath the Azovstal steel mine, where Ukrainian fighters are trying to hold off Russian attackers.
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross have been coordinating the evacuations.
KYIV, Ukraine — U2 frontman Bono performed in a Kyiv subway station that serves as a bomb shelter on Sunday, showing his support for Ukrainians trying to fend off the Russian invasion.
The Irish singer has tweeted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do.”
Bono, alongside guitarist the Edge, sang the Ben E. King song “Stand By Me” in the Khreschatyk metro station. He was joined by another singer in Ukrainian military fatigues.
He also visited Bucha, a town outside Kyiv where hundreds of bodies were found after Russian troops withdrew last month. The town is considered a possible war crimes site.
KYIV, Ukraine — Leaders from the Group of Seven developed democracies pledged Sunday to phase out or ban the import of Russian oil as they met with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for online talks to stress their support and to display unity among Western allies on Victory in Europe Day, which marks Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.
Cutting out Russian oil supplies “will hit hard at the main artery of (President Vladimir) Putin’s economy and deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war,” the G-7 countries, which include the U.S., Britain, Canada, Germany, France and Italy and Japan, said in a statement.
“We will ensure that we do so in a timely and orderly fashion, and in ways that provide time for the world to secure alternative supplies,” they added.
Casting a look back at World War II, the leaders stressed unity in their resolve that Putin must not win.
“We owe it to the memory of all those who fought for freedom in the Second World War, to continue fighting for it today, for the people of Ukraine, Europe and the global community,” they said.
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Photo: Jorge Alfaro's walk-off homer in the ninth gave the Padres the series win. Via @padres on Twitter
May 8, 2022 (San Diego) - Last night was a horrible loss, but today is Mother’s Day, so the Padres really wanted to give Mom a good game today. Trevor Rogers started for Miami against Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove.
The Marlins started first again with Garrett Cooper’s sac fly in the fourth that scored Jesus Aguilar and the Marlins led 1-0 after four.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. added on with a solo homer in the sixth and the Marlins led 2-0 after six.
Everything looked done for. But then, Jorge Alfaro saved the day in the ninth with a three-run walk-off bomb and the Padres took three games from the Fish with a 3-2 win.
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Salute: Trip to Washington, D.C. shows many memorials to nation's veterans
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My husband and I were able to visit Washington, D.C. this week, checking some places to visit off our bucket list.
Packed with history and government buildings, Washington D.C. also has many memorials dedicated to those who gave their lives through the Armed Forces. Here are some scenes from our adventure.
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National Retail Properties: Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful
Summary
- National Retail Properties is a high-quality, triple net lease REIT that's trading at an attractive valuation after the recent selloff.
- It has a strong balance sheet with long-duration leases, helping to provide investors with consistent and growing dividend income.
- It appears to be well-positioned in the face of a potential recession with tenants that are geared towards low price points.
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What goes up must come down, and tech investors have been painfully aware of this over the recent months. This is reflected by once perceived high-growth names such as Netflix (NFLX) and Zoom Video Communications (ZM) now trading more than 70% below their 52-week highs.
That's why I prefer more reasonably priced income-generating assets that pay steady income in both good times and bad. This brings me to National Retail Properties (NYSE:NNN), and in this article, I highlight why the recent price weakness from the $48 level down to $43 provides a great entry point for long-term dividend growth investors.
Why NNN?
National Retail Properties is a truly "national" triple net lease REIT with a diverse high-quality portfolio of 3,271 properties that span across 48 states. It has over 370 tenants and this includes long-standing relationships, with its top 25 tenants representing 55% of NNN's annual rent, averaging 1,091 stores each.
NNN continues to demonstrate steady results, with AFFO per share growing by $0.03 YoY to $0.79 in the first quarter of this year, representing 3.9% growth on a percentage basis. This was driven by a continued high occupancy rate of 99.2% and NNN maintains a long-weighted average remaining lease term of 10.6 years, putting it more or less on par with that of Realty Income Corp. (O).
Management has also remained active in portfolio recycling, as it sold 10 properties for $20 million during Q1 for a $4.0 million gain. At the same time, it made $211 million in property investments across 59 properties for an attractive initial cash yield of 6.2% and a very long average lease duration of 17 years.
Also encouraging, the CEO is guiding for a respectable 6% growth in Core FFO per share for the full year 2022. Risks to this guidance come from the potential for a recession. This is mitigated, however, by NNN's higher exposure to tenants with low price points, as noted during the Q&A session of the recent conference call:
Q: Just looking at recent market activity, it does seem as though implied recession odds have gone up in recent weeks. How do you guys feel about your primary lines of trade in the event of a broader economic slowdown? And is there any high level color you can provide on your tenant’s current rent coverage levels?
A: At the moment, we don't feel like there's any real notable pressure to the rent paying ability of our tenants. We've not seen a lot of stress there. And fortunately, a lot of our tendency is in the fairly low price point, service related, and food & beverage. So far, we've not seen a lot of change in consumer behavior, if you will, despite the fact that prices definitely are rising. And so far at the top level, it doesn't feel like there's a lot of stress with our tenants.
Meanwhile, NNN carries a respectable BBB+ rated balance sheet that makes it less vulnerable to the impact of rising rates. This is especially considering the fact that it maintains a sector-leading 14.5 year weighted average debt maturity with 100% fixed rate debt.
This also lends support to the 4.9% dividend yield, which comes with a 71% dividend to FFO payout ratio and an impressive 32 years of consecutive annual growth.
I see value in NNN at the current price of $43.35, with a forward P/FFO of just 14.1, sitting well below its normal P/FFO of 17.8 over the past decade. Sell side analysts have a consensus Buy rating with an average price target of $49, implying a potential one-year 18% total return including dividends.
Investor Takeaway
National Retail Properties is a high-quality triple net lease REIT that's trading at an attractive valuation after the recent selloff. It has a strong balance sheet with long-duration leases, providing investors with consistent and growing dividend income. I see value in the stock after the recent sell-off for its durable and growing income stream.
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A focus on the first thousand days of life and extending young adult treatment options until people turn 25 are among proposed mental health and addiction service reforms.
And people with personal experience of mental health distress could help lead, deliver and partner with colleagues to transform the system.
Ministry of Health officials predicted how mental health and addiction services would look in ten years' time, and made the suggestions in a new discussion paper.
The mental health and addiction system and service framework (SSF) draft identified ways to potentially improve addiction and mental health services.
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Advertise with NZME.One proposed shift involved focusing on the first thousand days of life, with specialist infant and perinatal mental health services.
These services could possibly stand alone, or have specialist expertise integrated into other areas such as specialist child and youth mental health services.
The paper said services for young adults should be developed in line with recent evidence on human development which recognised that adulthood did not begin until the late 20s.
It proposed youth not have to transition to adult services until turning 25.
Another shift involved building peer-led transformation.
That meant people with experience of mental health distress would help lead, deliver and partner with colleagues to transform the system.
"People with lived experience of distress will form the heart of the future system of services," the paper added.
University of Auckland Psychology Professor Ian Lambie said extending youth adult treatments to 25 and focusing on the first thousand days of life were both good ideas.
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Advertise with NZME."As an overarching thing, it's very good to hear they're using what the evidence suggests to guide policy."
He said the frontal lobe of the brain wasn't fully developed until the mid-20s.
"It largely focuses on impulse control, executive function...being able to be more considered and think through the consequences of your actions."
Lambie said policies which prioritised early intervention were also laudable.
"It's really clear that we need to have more investment at the early stages of everyone's life," Green Party mental health spokeswoman Chlöe Swarbrick said.
"Obviously it is really good to see on paper what the pathway looks like," she said of the SSF.
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Advertise with NZME."But there are still some really glaring gaps, particularly around addiction."
Swarbrick said the paper should also have addressed foetal alcohol syndrome.
"That has been languishing with successive Governments."
And she said it was important drug abuse was treated as a health issue.
National's mental health and suicide prevention spokesman Matt Doocey also welcomed the proposed focus on early childhood.
"We do know there's a real window of opportunity around the first thousand days," he said.
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Advertise with NZME."Unfortunately for mental health, we invest more money later in life."
Doocey supported suggestions young adult services continue to age 25.
"For young people, going into adult services too early is actually detrimental. Quite often they drop out of adult services."
Doocey said it was important to view promoting mental well-being as a parallel workstream to addressing mental illness.
Ree George, a health coach specialising in mental fitness and addiction, lost her older brother to suicide in 2008 when he was 32 years old.
She previously experienced depression herself and said it was sensible for people with lived experiences of distress to play a central role in mental health services.
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Advertise with NZME.She is studying for an advanced certificate in mental health through PreKure, and believed mental health and addictions coaches were an emerging solution to some treatment gaps.
"We have the time, the knowledge and the skill set to help people early on, rather than waiting till their problems are firmly established."
She said even for people older than 25, there was also hope for mental health improvements through behavioural changes and better lifestyle choices.
This hope was partly due to neuroplasticity - the brain's ability to change and adapt.
The draft Ministry of Health paper also highlighted how factors including income, housing, employment and education influenced wellbeing.
It called for all people in New Zealand to have access to resources and live in healthy environments conducive to mental wellbeing.
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Advertise with NZME."Substance-related harm, mental health issues and distress occur within a cultural, social, spiritual, environmental and economic context," the SSF added.
The system should provide pathways for people to get holistic support, acknowledging most people would be able to cope without formal mental health and addiction services.
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Key forward Daniel McStay could be back to bolster Brisbane's AFL premiership push within a month after scans confirmed some lateral ligament damage in his left ankle.
There were initial fears McStay would be out of action for a more extended period when he hurt the ankle during Saturday night's win over West Coast.
But the 26-year-old goal-kicker was cleared of a break and follow-up scans have revealed a sprain.
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"He's got a bit of ankle damage there which is an ankle sprain, so we'll give him about three weeks," Lions high performance manager Damian Austin said.
"We'll hopefully get him up and moving by the end of the week."
Fellow Lions key forward Eric Hipwood is a chance to return from a long-term knee injury this Saturday night against Adelaide.
Joe Daniher is sidelined with a shoulder injury, with the Lions yet to put a specific timeline on his return.
"Joe's going well," Austin said.
"We've got him running and have upped his running loads and he's just spending time in the gym rehabbing that shoulder."
Meanwhile, Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn is in doubt for the match against West Coast after suffering a knee injury.
The unbeaten Demons will start hot favourites against the last-placed Eagles at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
But they may head to Perth without captain Gawn, who had scans on Monday after damaging his knee during the round eight win over St Kilda.
"I didn't do much in the second half," Gawn told reporters on Monday.
"I felt a little bit sore in the second quarter but I managed to play out the half and I've woken up pretty good this morning."
Gawn has battled knee issues throughout his career and does not believe the latest issue is a dreaded PCL injury.
"I've had a pretty good start to the year ... and yesterday just got me a little bit in the second quarter," Gawn said.
"But I played out the half, so I'm pretty confident.
"I'll be pushing (to play this week).
"I've woken up really good this morning and I didn't want to do this (MRI scan) today but they said to go in and make sure."
Young star Luke Jackson did most of the ruck work in the second half against St Kilda is capable of playing the lead role for Melbourne if Gawn is ruled out.
The Demons meet bottom two sides West Coast and North Melbourne over the next fortnight before a clash with Fremantle, who currently sit second.
They will come up against a depleted Eagles ruck division this week, with Nic Naitanui (knee) and Bailey Williams (hamstring) sidelined.
Second-gamer Callum Jamieson rucked for West Coast in their round eight loss to Brisbane, and the Eagles even turned to defender Tom Barrass at one point.
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MIAMI GARDENS: World champion Max Verstappen resisted a late attack from series leader Charles Leclerc of Ferrari to claim an accomplished victory for Red Bull in sweltering conditions at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.
In a physically exhausting race for the drivers and teams at the Miami International Autodrome, the 24-year-old Dutchman produced a mature performance to make the most of superior straight line speed in a largely processional race until a late Safety Car intervention.
His second win in succession and third of the season enabled him to trim Leclerc's advantage to 19 points in the drivers' championship. Leclerc has 104 and Verstappen 85. It was the 23rd win of the Dutchman's career.
“It was an incredible Grand Prix, very physical as well, but I think we kept it exciting until the end,“ said Verstappen, interviewed by retired American driver Willy T. Ribbs after the race.
When Ribbs suggested he looked ready to “get into a boxing ring”, Verstappen retorted: “I think I’ll stick to racing, but I appreciate boxing a lot. It felt a bit like that out there in terms of how we feel now.
“I’m incredibly happy with winning here in Miami and it was an incredible Sunday for us.”
Leclerc said he felt that the Red Bull was clearly a faster car than his Ferrari in a hot and punishing race.
“It was such a difficult race, physically,“ said Leclerc. “We struggled quite a bit with the medium tyres, especially in the first stint, and was overtaken there. That made our race a bit more difficult from that moment onwards.
'Step up'
“On the hard tyre, we were very competitive and towards the end I thought I could get Max at one point, but today they had the advantage in terms of pace.”
He said he hoped Ferrari would make a 'step up' with upgrades for the Spanish Grand Prix later this month, but added that he had enjoyed the atmosphere generated by a sell-out crowd that was sprinkled with celebrities.
“It was fun and it’s amazing to see so many people again,“ he said. “I keep saying it, but it’s great to see so many Ferrari fans in the grandstands.
“Now, we need to keep pushing. Upgrades will be very important throughout the year and I hope that we can do a step up from the next race onwards.”
Verstappen came home 3.786 seconds ahead of Leclerc with Carlos Sainz third in the second Ferrari after holding off a late charge from Sergio Perez. George Russell finished fifth after recovering from 15th on the opening lap to come home ahead of Mercedes team-mate, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
“I did the best I could. It’s a good result for the team,“ said Hamilton, who had spent the buildup to the race rowing with the sport’s governing body about how much jewellery he wears.
In a tactical race of attrition and many minor incidents, Russell made the most of a late Safety Car intervention when McLaren's Lando Norris collided with Pierre Gasly's Alpha Tauri to take a 'free' pit stop for new tyres.
The final ten laps produced more action than the previous 47 including another accident when Mick Schumacher of Haas collided with fellow-German four-time champion Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin.
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Delhi University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh has received a letter from the Forum of Academics for Social Justice, urging him to analyse the admission data of the past five years to look into the “shortfall” in enrolment of students under reserved categories before initiating this year's admission process.
Chairman of the forum and a former member of Delhi University Academic Council, Hansraj Suman, has alleged in the letter that the university colleges admit more students than sanctioned seats every year while seats under reserved categories remain vacant.
DELHI UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR GETS THIS LETTER
"Before starting the admission process under the ST, OBC, and PWD (persons with disabilities) quota, the data of the last five years should be analysed. It will show that colleges have given more admissions than the sanctioned seats, while the reserved seats are not filled in return. Every year the seats in reserved categories remain vacant," the letter said.
Every year, 10 per cent more admissions are done at Delhi University colleges than sanctioned seats and most of the colleges do not fill the seats of reserved categories on the increased seats. There should be a report on the lack of facilities in these institutions, the letter by Hansraj Suman said.
"Delhi University should constitute a monitoring committee for the colleges at its level. Only teachers of reserved classes should be kept on this committee. The committee should visit these colleges and talk to the teachers/staff/students about their problems. Talk to those students about the problems faced by them and prepare a report on the lack of facilities in the colleges," he said.
DU ADMISSION SHORTFALL
An eight-member committee has been formed to examine the issue of shortfall in the enrolment of SC/ST students at the university.
The Dean of Students Welfare, Pankaj Arora, and the Joint Dean of Students Welfare, Gurpreet Singh, are appointed to form a committee.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s impressive scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees 4-2 Sunday to salvage a doubleheader split.
The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’ game-ending homer leading off the ninth. New York had three hits in the nightcap after collecting just five in the early game.
King (2-1) had pitched 14 1/3 consecutive innings without allowing a run before Miller smacked a 1-0 fastball out to center for a two-run lead. The Yankees right-hander hadn’t given up a run since an RBI double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11.
“It’s a cold night and you’re facing a guy who really hasn’t given up anything all year,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said. “To square one up and the wind is blowing straight in. To hit it out that far, it was a pretty good poke.
It was Miller’s fourth career pinch-homer, and six of his 14 RBIs have given Texas a lead this year.
“Credit to Miller,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “I think (King) was trying to four-seamer up and in there and probably didn’t get it to where he wanted to, but I don’t think missed too bad with it, and Miller kind of sold out and got to it and caught him.”
King relieved Jordan Montgomery after Jonah Heim opened the inning with a double to left. King walked Kole Calhoun, walked Nathaniel Lowe and retired Andy Ibáñez on a forceout that moved Heim to third. Heim scored on a wild pitch to the backstop one pitch before Miller’s homer.
The rare ineffective outing raised King’s ERA from 0.51 to 1.42.
“Obviously I want to be great every time out there and to have a bad one always hurts,” King said. “But it’s a learning experience. You got to keep going and bounce back.”
Eli White also homered as Texas won for the fifth time in six games.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer in the second game. New York lost for only the second time in 14 games.
Texas starter Glenn Otto allowed two runs and two hits in five innings against his former team, which dealt him for Joey Gallo last July. He struck out two, walked two and retired his final seven hitters after Stanton hit a 461-foot drive into the Texas bullpen in the third.
Montgomery allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings. It marked the 22nd time a New York starter allowed two earned runs or fewer this year.
Garrett Richards (1-1) followed Otto in the sixth and got the win when Miller homered. Dennis Santana retired Aaron Judge with the bases loaded to end the seventh, Brett Martin tossed a perfect eighth and Joe Barlow pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
GAME 1
Torres’ seventh career game-ending hit gave the Yankees their third walk-off win this year. He connected off John King (1-1) into the short porch in right field.
“The bigger the situation, it does seem like he ratchets the concentration level a bit,” Boone said. “Cold day out there, it was good to see him to stick one.”
Rangers starter Dane Dunning lost his no-hit bid on an infield single by Judge to open the sixth.
Gerrit Cole allowed a run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings for New York. He struck out 10, walked one and threw a season-high 114 pitches, reaching 100.6 mph. Jonathan Loáisiga followed Cole with 1 2/3 innings. Clay Holmes (3-0) worked around Mitch Garver’s double in the ninth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: RHP Josh Sborz was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock as the 27th man for doubleheader.
Yankees: OF Tim Locastro (left lat strain) was placed on the 10-day injured list and will be out a few weeks. Locastro said he was hurt when he stole second as a pinch-runner in the ninth inning of Monday’s 3-2 win in Toronto. … RHP Ron Marinaccio was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and Boone said the Yankees will likely keep an extra pitcher through the opener of a four-game series in Chicago on Thursday. … OF Estevan Florial was added to the roster as the 27th man and started the second game.
UP NEXT: Texas RHP Jon Gray (0-1, 7.50) opposes New York LHP Nestor Cortes (1-1, 1.82 ERA) on Monday afternoon.
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