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WASHINGTON (AP) — As more doctors prescribe Pfizer's powerful COVID-19 pill, new questions are emerging about its performance, including why a small number of patients appear to relapse after taking the drug.
Paxlovid has become the go-to option against COVID-19 because of its at-home convenience and impressive results in heading off severe disease. The U.S. government has spent more than $10 billion to purchase enough pills to treat 20 million people.
But experts say there is still much to be learned about the drug, which was authorized in December for adults at high risk of severe COVID-19 based on a study in which 1,000 adults received the medication.
WHY DO SOME PATIENTS SEEM TO RELAPSE?
Doctors have started reporting rare cases of patients whose symptoms return several days after completing Paxlovid's five-day regimen of pills. That's prompted questions about whether those patients are still contagious and should receive a second course of Paxlovid.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration weighed in. It advised against a second round because there’s little risk of severe disease or hospitalization among patients who relapse.
Dr. Michael Charness reported last month on a 71-year-old vaccinated patient who saw his symptoms subside but then return, along with a spike in virus levels nine days into his illness.
Charness says Paxlovid remains a highly effective drug, but he wonders if it might be less potent against the current omicron variant. The $500 drug treatment was tested and OK'd based on its performance against the delta version of the coronavirus.
“The ability to clear the virus after it’s suppressed may be different from omicron to delta, especially for vaccinated people,” said Charness, who works for Boston's VA health system.
Could some people just be susceptible to a relapse? Both the FDA and Pfizer point out that 1% to 2% of people in Pfizer’s original study saw their virus levels rebound after 10 days. The rate was about the same among people taking the drug or dummy pills, “so it is unclear at this point that this is related to drug treatment,” the FDA stated.
Some experts point to another possibility: The Paxlovid dose isn’t strong enough to fully suppress the virus. Andy Pekosz of Johns Hopkins University worries that could spur mutations that are resistant to the drug.
“We should really make sure we’re dosing Paxlovid appropriately because I would hate to lose it right now,” said Pekosz, a virologist. “This is one of the essential tools we have to help us turn the corner on the pandemic.”
HOW WELL DOES PAXLOVID WORK IN VACCINATED PEOPLE?
Pfizer tested Paxlovid in the highest-risk patients: unvaccinated adults with no prior COVID-19 infection and other health problems, such as heart disease and diabetes. The drug reduced their risk of hospitalization and death from 7% to 1%.
But that doesn’t reflect the vast majority of Americans today, where 89% of adults have had at least one shot. And roughly 60% of Americans have been infected with the virus at some point.
“That’s the population I care about in 2022 because that’s who we’re seeing -- vaccinated people with COVID -- so do they benefit?” asked Dr. David Boulware, a University of Minnesota researcher and physician.
There's no clear answer yet for vaccinated Americans, who already have a hospitalization rate far below 1%.
That may come from a large, ongoing Pfizer study that includes high-risk vaccinated people. No results have been published; the study is expected to wrap up in the fall.
Pfizer said last year that initial results showed Paxlovid failed to meet the study’s goals of significantly resolving symptoms and reducing hospitalizations. It recently stopped enrolling anyone who's received a vaccination or booster in the past year, a change Boulware says suggests those patients aren’t benefitting.
At a minimum, the preliminary data should be released to federal officials, Boulware said. “If the U.S. government is spending billions of dollars on this medicine, what’s the obligation to release that data so that they can formulate a good policy?"
CAN PAXLOVID BE USED TO HELP PREVENT COVID-19 INFECTION?
Pfizer recently reported that proactively giving Paxlovid to family members of people infected with COVID-19 didn’t significantly reduce their chances of catching it. But that's not the end of the story. Pfizer is studying several other potential benefits of early use, including whether Paxlovid reduces the length and severity of COVID-19 among households.
“It's a high bar to protect against infection but I’d love to see data on how Paxlovid did against severe disease because it may be more effective there,” said Pekosz.
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“Capitulation Risk”-Level Looms As Stocks Puke (Again)
May 9, 2022 | Tags: ZEROHEDGE
"Capitulation Risk"-Level Looms As Stocks Puke (Again)Nasdaq is now down 3% since Friday's rebound off-the-lows close, and down 9% in the last three days...
And the derisking of all equity exposures is dragging the S&P ever closer to the 4000 line in the sand...
All eyes are now on the large 4000 support area (total OI: 220k calls & 450k puts). SpotGamma has noted its significance for some time, as its the last strike with any meaningful call interest.
You may note in the image above that to the left of 4000 there is no call gamma at any strike (i.e. positive gamma bars).
The issue here for markets is a catalyst. Its clear that the reaction to the FOMC was negative as both stocks & bonds are lower (10Y yield touched 3.2% today). If the general market continues to liquidate we’re worried that the declines shift from something of a controlled demolition (i.e. fairly steady declines), to a limit down/capitulation type scenario.
Is it time for these two series to converge? The Fed flips less hawkish or stocks capitulate?
As we all know, not all flows are tied to options. If large equity liquidations persist to pressuring the S&P below 4000 – that will likely tie to a IV “release” which finally brings new YTD VIX highs and a capitulation type scenario. As below 4000 is purely put positions we think any options based support is fully eroded.
Here is a chart of SPY ATM IV going back to the Jan ’20. As you can see, despite the turmoil this year IV has been fairly contained, and uniform stock selling. A break of 4000 invokes larger short delta obligations on dealers due to “pure put” positioning <4000, and likely new IV highs.
Finally, we note that the 5/20 OPEX as a potential turning date, but that is still a full 2 weeks out. This is the first major area wherein options positioning may be a bullish catalyst for markets due to the expiration of large put positions. | https://freedombunker.com/2022/05/09/capitulation-risk-level-looms-as-stocks-puke-again/ | 2022-05-09T18:04:34Z | https://freedombunker.com/2022/05/09/capitulation-risk-level-looms-as-stocks-puke-again/ | true | 2 |
Covid Loneliness Will Have Long Term Effect, Researchers Warn
Faizan Hashmi Published May 09, 2022 | 10:00 PM
Increased loneliness suffered during the Covid pandemic could have implications for people's long-term mental and physical health, general well-being and life expectancy, a study has found
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2022 ) :Increased loneliness suffered during the Covid pandemic could have implications for people's long-term mental and physical health, general well-being and life expectancy, a study has found.
The research published on Monday by the American Psychological Association looked at loneliness accompanied by painful feelings that could become issues later in life.
There was a small but significant increase in loneliness during the pandemic of about 5 per cent across separate studies, on average.
The pandemic does appear to have increased loneliness," said study lead author Mareike Ernst, at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, in Germany.
"Given the small effect sizes, dire warnings about a 'loneliness pandemic' may be overblown. However, as loneliness constitutes a risk for premature death and mental and physical health, it should be closely monitored, The National reported.
"We think that loneliness should be made a priority in large-scale research projects aimed at investigating the health outcomes of the pandemic." Researchers reviewed 34 studies from four continents, mostly richer countries in North America and Europe, involving more than 200,000 total participants in long-term studies to calculate loneliness levels.
Despite the findings for increased loneliness, which were published in the journal American Psychologist, not all groups experienced the increase.
More studies are needed, researchers said, both in the richer countries included in their report and poorer nations, to find out why some people and groups are at higher risk of experiencing loneliness.
"Strong evidence supporting interventions addressing loneliness remains limited. The increase in loneliness associated with the pandemic highlights the need for a concerted effort to strengthen that evidence base," Ernst said.
One question that needs investigation is whether the changes in loneliness are primarily due to alterations in the quality or the quantity of people's social interactions.
The study looked at painful loneliness rather than social isolation, which can include having a small social network or fewer social interactions.
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In early trading on Monday, shares of Home Depot topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading flat on the day. Year to date, Home Depot has lost about 29.1% of its value.
And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Boeing, trading down 3.8%. Boeing is lower by about 28.8% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Chevron, trading down 3.5%, and Walmart, trading down 0.1% on the day.
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(NEXSTAR) – When some players opened up Wordle on Monday morning and started guessing five-letter words, they were surprised to find the correct answer was a timely term at the center of much political debate at the moment.
That wasn’t what the New York Times intended to happen. The newspaper bought the word game early this year, and said since then, has “continued to discover challenges.”
“Today, for example, some users may see an outdated answer that seems closely connected to a major recent news event,” the New York Times said in a statement Monday.
The word in question was “fetus.” Despite abortion rights being in the news nonstop over the past week, as the Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade, the Times said the word choice was loaded into the game last year. The word appearing this week “is entirely unintentional and a coincidence,” the Times said.
When the New York Times Games team saw last week that “fetus” was lined up for Monday’s puzzle, they tried to swap it out for as many players as possible. Purging it completely was difficult “because of the current Wordle technology,” the company said.
The Times said it’s working on the game’s technology to avoid similar problems in the future.
“At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news,” the Times said.
Any player who has refreshed their browser window won’t get the old puzzle, the Times said, but some users who hadn’t refreshed did end up being prompted to solve for the word “fetus.”
We won’t spoil what the alternate solution is for Monday’s puzzle, but it’s far less controversial. | https://www.wsav.com/whatstrending/new-york-times-explains-mondays-controversial-outdated-wordle-puzzle/ | 2022-05-09T18:08:07Z | https://www.wsav.com/whatstrending/new-york-times-explains-mondays-controversial-outdated-wordle-puzzle/ | false | 20 |
Queen to miss State Opening with Charles to read Speech for first time
The monarch is facing ‘episodic mobility problems’ and royal doctors advised her against attending.
The Queen will miss the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in nearly 60 years, with the Prince of Wales reading the Queen’s Speech for the first time, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The monarch, 96, reluctantly pulled out of the major ceremonial occasion as she continues to experience “episodic mobility problems” with royal doctors advising her against attending.
As Charles takes on the head of state’s major constitutional duty for the first time, the move, believed to be unprecedented in modern history, will be interpreted as a significant shift in his responsibilities as a king in waiting.
The Duke of Cambridge, also a future monarch, will attend the State Opening, the first time William has done so.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “The Queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the State Opening of Parliament tomorrow.
“At Her Majesty’s request, and with the agreement of the relevant authorities, The Prince of Wales will read The Queen’s Speech on Her Majesty’s behalf, with The Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.”
A new Letters Patent authorised by the Queen was issued to cover the State Opening delegating to Counsellors of State the royal function of opening a new session of Parliament.
In this instance, it enables Charles and William to jointly exercise that function.
No other functions have been delegated by the Queen.
The decision was taken on Monday.
The episodic mobility issues are said to be a continuation of the problems the Queen has suffered since the autumn.
The Queen is understood to have a busy diary at Windsor this week with a call with Australia undertaken on Monday, and a planned virtual Privy Council and phone audience with the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
She is expected to undertake some private engagements later in the week.
It would be only the third time during her reign that the Queen has not opened parliament – and the first time nearly 60 years.
The exceptions were in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with Prince Andrew and then Prince Edward, when her speech was read by the Lord Chancellor.
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Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhat played in several K'taka temples; CM orders officials to implement SC orders
Bengaluru: As some Hindu groups in Karnataka launched a campaign against the alleged unauthorised use of loudspeakers in mosques in the state on Monday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai directed strict implementation of the Supreme Court orders regarding their use as a section of Congress' Muslim leaders met him over the issue.
Ahead of his meeting with top police, home and law department officials here, Bommai said he has given directions regarding the implementation of the SC order on use of loudspeakers.
Earlier in the day, Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhata, Omkara and devotional songs were played at temples in different parts of the state as part of a campaign by Hindu groups, including Sri Rama Sene, alleging failure on part of the government to take action against loudspeakers installed at mosques.
Recorded versions or bhajans being recited by those present at the temples were played out at around 5 am to counter the morning azaan being recited on the loudspeakers.
There were reports of incidents at temples in various places including Bengaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi, Mysuru, Chikkamagaluru, Yadgir, Mandya and Kolar among other places. At places including in Bengaluru, some Hindu activists were detained by the police.
"Regarding the azaan issue, there are Supreme Court orders which are applicable to everyone, it has to be implemented in a very cordial atmosphere. We have observed what has happened in other states," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "There are also High Court orders regarding how to implement the Supreme Court orders. I have instructed the officials to strictly implement the orders. I have a meeting with senior officials, and will once again give clear instructions to them."
Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik, who participated in early morning prayers at Anjaneya temple in Mysuru, said their campaign is against the government and the "adamant" Muslim community.
"For the last one year, we have continuously been warning about the issues caused by the loudspeakers, disturbance to society, students and patients. We had also told Muslims, but nothing changed, no action was taken other than issuing notices. It was a drama. Even today, mosques have not stopped playing loudspeakers at 5 am," he said.
Stating that the sound of azaan during the other four times of the day is not being reduced in accordance with permissible limits, he said, "Our fight has only begun today. If still no action is taken, we will file a contempt petition in the High Court as it violates Supreme Court orders...This is not Taliban rule, Pakistan or Afghanistan. This is India, there is a constitution and rule of law here."
Sri Rama Sene had earlier warned that it will counter morning azaan with Hanuman Chalisa or Suprabhat or Omkara and devotional songs on May 9 if the government did not take action against loudspeakers installed at mosques.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said strict action will be taken in accordance with the court orders to control any activities that cause noise pollution.
"Everyone should abide by the court orders," he said in a statement adding that the government will not hesitate to take strict action against those taking law into their hands.
Earlier, Karnataka Congress' Muslim leaders met the Chief Minister and asked him to take necessary steps and precautionary measures to maintain peace and tranquility in the society.
Congress' deputy leader in the Assembly U T Khader, who led the delegation to meet the chief minister, maintained that the noise pollution issue should not be linked to any religion or community, and the government should formulate rules to implement the court orders, which everyone should abide by.
Congress legislators N A Haris, Naseer Ahmed and Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussain were part of the delegation.
"Ninety-nine per cent of the people want peace, tranquility and a cordial atmosphere to prevail in the society, but some forces are trying to disturb peace on certain issues, at such a situation the government should take steps to maintain peace and precautionary measures should be taken in this regard. This is what we have discussed," Khader said.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Bommai, he said the Chief Minister has assured that the government was taking all the required measures to maintain peace and tranquility.
"Certain communal forces are raising certain issues and are trying to cause disturbance, but peace is important for us and it is the duty of the government to establish. We have requested the government to do it. The Chief Minister has agreed that it is the government's duty and let there be no doubts about it," he added.
Noting that the government should take action against organisations that are disturbing peace and inciting communal hatred through social media and other means, Khader said, regarding the noise pollution, let the government implement the court orders and formulate rules, everyone will and should abide by it.
In response to a question of violations of court orders regarding loudspeakers, he said the government should say if there are violations and see to it that if there are any, they are rectified.
Noting that the noise pollution issue should not be associated with any community, religion or a party, the Congress leader not willing to react to Sri Rama Sene's campaign said, "The government will take care of it." | http://www.millenniumpost.in/nation/hanuman-chalisa-suprabhat-played-in-several-ktaka-temples-cm-orders-officials-to-implement-sc-orders-477342 | 2022-05-09T18:09:59Z | http://www.millenniumpost.in/nation/hanuman-chalisa-suprabhat-played-in-several-ktaka-temples-cm-orders-officials-to-implement-sc-orders-477342 | true | 4 |
Roman Josi, Cale Makar and Victor Hedman are the three finalists for the Norris Trophy. It is probably not a coincidence that Josi (96 points), Makar (86) and Hedman (85) also finished 1-2-3 in defenseman scoring this season.
Charlie McAvoy, meanwhile, scored 56 points, No. 11 among league defensemen. It was a career high.
It may be McAvoy’s ceiling.
Explosive offense is not McAvoy’s calling card. That is the realm of Josi, Makar and Hedman. Adam Fox, Quinn Hughes and Morgan Rielly are in the next tier. All of them push the offensive five-on-five pace and make their hay on the power play. There is value in all of that. You could argue that the more you’re scoring, the less you’re playing defense.
It is not tearing down McAvoy’s game to say he does not have the same degree of offensive fireworks in his feet, hands and eyes that his peers possess to put up their points. McAvoy is who he is, which is exactly what the Bruins want him to be: an all-situations stud who is just as comfortable flexing his muscles against top-liners as he is working the point on the No. 1 power-play unit.
“They should be able to play a 200-foot game,” coach Bruce Cassidy said earlier this year when asked what he believed should be Norris criteria. “I think it’s gotten tilted more offensively. And that’s OK. Because offense is a big part of the game. When you have the puck, it’s hard to get scored on. So you could make the argument that you’re probably as good defensively as anybody when you have the puck and you’re making plays. But I think it should involve a player that can play in a lot of different situations. Maybe not a penalty killer like every time over the boards. But they should be able to contribute to that.
“You’re seeing conversations with Makar now, who’s more of an offensive guy. I think that’s OK in today’s game. Before, you would have expected some more (Rod) Langway attributes of blocking shots and defending hard. There’s different ways you can defend now with your stick and your feet and your IQ. I think you have to factor that in. For me, it’s a guy that can play in all situations, make his team better and make his partner better, whoever that happens to be. It’s almost to the point now where you wonder whether there should be an offensive one and a defensive one. That’s probably the next conversation that will come up.”
The criteria of the award, similarly, outlines all 200 feet: “to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position.”
The five previous Norris winners were Fox, Josi, Mark Giordano, Hedman and Brent Burns. They finished, respectively, second, second, second, fifth and first in scoring by defensemen.
The Professional Hockey Writers Association votes on the Norris. It is up to PHWA voters, then, to make up their own minds on how to interpret the award’s criteria. Based on the three finalists, it could be that most PHWA members consider production more heavily when determining the nominations. That is their right, of course.
It is also their right to weigh the importance of defense just as significantly. McAvoy does not have much company in that category.
According to Natural Stat Trick, 143 defensemen logged 1,000 or more five-on-five minutes this season. McAvoy’s rate of 1.86 expected goals against per 60 minutes of five-on-five play was lower than all but one, Matt Grzelcyk (1.82 xGA/60), who just happened to be one of his regular partners. Makar (2.21), Hedman (2.32) and Josi (2.37) were ranked 16th, 34th and 47th.
Opponents averaged 25.80 shots per 60 minutes with McAvoy on the ice, third-lowest in the league. It takes a lot of scrolling to find Hedman (28.1, No. 23), Makar (29.86, No. 61) and Josi (31.1, No. 88). On the flip side, McAvoy’s shots-for rate was a league-leading 41.49 SF/60. Being third and first in those categories — his resulting 61.66 percent shots-for share was best in show, naturally — speaks well to how McAvoy sparkles at both ends of the ice.
“He’s become a great defenseman in this league,” said fellow right-shot defenseman Connor Clifton. “Obviously he’s missed whenever he’s not playing in our lineup. As for the Norris, I would have voted for him.”
McAvoy is 24 years old. Fox (24), Makar (23) and Hughes (22) are younger. They figure to score more points than McAvoy for years to come.
It may mean that McAvoy’s value, at least in Norris terms, never gains full measure. That’s too bad.
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$6.5 billion raised at donors’ conference for Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — War-ravaged Ukraine received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid Thursday at an international donor's conference in Warsaw that sought to get Ukrainians urgent help while still planning for the country's post-war reconstruction.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, a co-host of the conference, announced that $6.5 billion was raised in donations, eliciting applause from leaders and other officials attending the one-day meeting, including representatives from the United Nations and companies such as Google.
The pledges came from countries and businesses, many of whom attended the conference at Warsaw's National Stadium in person and others who made their pledges remotely. His co-host, Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, said the sum exceeded their expectations.
Much of the world has responded to the war in Ukraine with an outpouring of humanitarian support. But as the war drags on, the humanitarian needs in Ukraine have grown even more acute. In addition to thousands of killed in the war millions of people have been displaced.
Morawiecki said Ukraine needs over 12,000 tons of humanitarian aid every day, but that only 3,000 tons are getting through. He said the conference shows that the world is not indifferent to Russia's "genocidal war."
Andersson said the aim was to help Ukraine both now and later.
“Ukraine will win this war and we will stand by your side,” she said.
European Council President Charles Michel said he hoped the conference could be a starting point for a “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine, referring to a U.S.-sponsored plan that helped revive European economies after World War II.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addressing the conference by video, echoed Michel in saying that funds for Ukraine mirror the Marshall Plan and repeated the hope that Ukraine could join the EU. He said funding that Ukraine is receiving would be an investment in security for the entire region.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “hundreds of billions of euros and reforms” are needed to build Ukraine anew and pave its way into the EU.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who attended in person, said he was grateful for the “crucial help” that's coming at a time when “the fate of our state is being decided.”
He described his government's post-war plans to “build back better” with technologically modern urban areas and energy efficient buildings.
"The new Ukraine will be an example for the world," said Shmyhal.
Google and COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca joined the nations in pledging aid.
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In a surprise move, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has expanded a special session of the legislature this week to target the state's premier attraction, Disney World.
Lawmakers will consider a bill that would end all "independent special districts" in the state formed before 1968.
In 1967, Disney got the support of Florida's then-Republican governor, Claude Kirk, and the legislature to establish the Reedy Creek Improvement District. It gave Disney near-total control of nearly 40 square miles as it built and then operated its theme park. It exempts the park and its environs from nearly all state regulations. Property taxes and elevator inspections are exceptions.
DeSantis announced the move to try to dissolve the district at a press conference Tuesday with Republican leaders in Florida's House and Senate. Disney has long been one of the leading businesses in Florida with one of the most powerful voices in the state capitol. DeSantis has criticized the entertainment giant in recent months for what he has called its "woke" policies, including requiring its employees to wear facemasks in the park during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In recent weeks, the tensions heightened when Disney CEO Bob Chapek said he'd support the repeal of Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, a measure critics call "Don't Say Gay." At the time, DeSantis said he believed Disney had "crossed the line."
Things had been different between Disney and DeSantis. Politico reported that the company donated $50,000 directly to Desantis during the 2020 election cycle. Last year, the governor's staff worked with Disney to give it an exemption from a law designed to crack down on big tech companies. DeSantis now says that was a mistake. And Disney says it has halted all political contributions in Florida.
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Newswise — Epigenetic drugs that have shown promise in cancer trials significantly reduce scarring in the cells of patients with scleroderma, an incurable and life-threatening autoimmune disease, a new study shows.
Scleroderma is a chronic disease that affects the immune system, causing a buildup of scar-like tissues in the skin and internal organs known as fibrosis. This process occurs when cells that make up connective tissue, called fibroblasts, produce too much collagen that causes the skin and organs of patients to harden – resulting in tissue damage and organ failure.
In a recent study, Michigan Medicine researchers focused on BETs, which are proteins that regulate gene expression by binding to modifications on proteins around which DNA wraps, a process called epigenetic regulation. Drugs targeting BETs, specifically an isoform called BRD4, have been developed by various pharmaceutical companies for cancer treatment.
Results published in JCI Insight reveal that drugs that inhibit BRD4, known to play a role in cancer, also affect fibrosis in scleroderma. Researchers tested BRD4 inhibitors on the skin fibroblasts of scleroderma patients and in mouse models of skin fibrosis. They found that the treatment stopped scarring in both human-derived cells and in animals.
The inhibitors used by Michigan Medicine researchers have shown promise for treating various cancers in preclinical studies. Specifically, one drug used in the recent study, called AZD5153, is being tested in a Phase I clinical trial for sarcomas and lymphomas.
“Through this study, we have uncovered a new class of epigenetic drugs that can be used in scleroderma fibrosis,” said Pen-Suen Tsou (Eliza), Ph.D., senior author of the paper and a rheumatology researcher at Michigan Medicine. “If we can repurpose these drugs and get them through development more quickly, we can provide faster relief for patients who struggle with debilitating symptoms of this autoimmune disease. The process can typically take around 10 years, but our patients cannot wait that long.”
The study is a collaborative effort with Michigan Medicine’s Scleroderma Program. Tsou’s team also found that a calcium signaling protein, called CaMKII, affects fibrosis in scleroderma, which researchers had previously not seen.
“Right now, we are doing some follow up studies to see if inhibitors of this protein can block scarring for scleroderma,” Tsou said. “This opens up a brand-new direction for us to offer a novel target for this disease.”
Additional authors include: Sirapa Vichaikul, B.S., Mikel Gurrea-Rubio, Ph.D., M. Asif Amin, M.D., Phillip L. Campbell, B.S., Qi Wu, Ph.D., Megan N. Mattichak, William D. Brodie, Pamela J. Palisoc, B.S., Mustafa Ali, B.S., Sei Muraoka, M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey H. Ruth, Ph.D., Ellen N. Model, B.S., Dallas M. Rohraff, B.S., M.P.H., Jonatan L. Hervoso, B.S., Yang Mao-Draayer, M.D., Ph.D., David A. Fox, M.D., Dinesh Khanna, M.B.B.S., M.Sc., all of Michigan Medicine, and Amr H. Sawalha, M.D., University of Pittsburgh.
Paper Cited: “Inhibition of histone readers bromodomain extra-terminal proteins alleviates skin fibrosis in experimental models of scleroderma,” JCI Insight. DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.150871 | https://www.newswise.com/articles/drugs-showing-promise-in-cancer-trials-reduce-scarring-for-scleroderma-study-shows | 2022-05-09T18:19:24Z | https://www.newswise.com/articles/drugs-showing-promise-in-cancer-trials-reduce-scarring-for-scleroderma-study-shows | true | 1 |
A photo of the water taken today in Kildimo
THE CAUSE of the discoloured water in the photo above is due to Irish Water staff repairing a leak in the Kildimo area.
A local resident took the photo this Monday and posted it on Facebook
Following a query from the Limerick Leader, an Irish Water spokesperson said: "There were leak repairs on the N69 impacting Kildimo and surrounding areas. This can cause discoloration and/or water outages. Repair works were completed at 4.30pm and supply can take two to three hours to resume."
Under the Facebook post one person commented, "Bear Grylls wouldn't drink that".
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There’s no question that 49ers fans have their radars up for any analysis of Trey Lance, good or bad. But, somehow, we missed Rich Scangarello’s comments from March on the Tape Heads podcast. In talking with hosts Greg Cosel and Bob Wischusen, Scangarello said a couple of things that some are taking as clues that he wasn’t on board with taking Trey at number three in 2021.
The main thrust of the conversation was about how to evaluate quarterbacks in general that are coming out of college. Scangarello was asked how you adjust things for guys from smaller schools.
“One of my favorite things about quarterbacks historically, the mid-major to smaller Power 5 schools — those over the history of time have been some of the best players in this league. And when you can take a quarterback who’s a multi-year starter at a mid-major for example, and he can take them a level that they’ve never season — let’s say they’re an average program, and then all of a sudden for two years they’re winning conference titles or competing for it — that tells me that quarterback has the ability to raise the level of everyone around him. For Josh Allen at Wyoming, the two years he was there, they won more games than probably ever in the history of that program. They had never had eight-win seasons. I think they’d had one or two in the whole history of the program. That tells me the guy is a winner and he has the ability to elevate the people around him. Those things are important to me.”
It’s possible you could say that’s a dig at Lance, but I don’t really see it. Historically, Scangarllo is right. The majority of the league’s best players have been from the big schools because those are the places that typically get the best recruits. In terms of talking about someone elevating a smaller school, there wasn’t really any higher North Dakota State could go. The Bison crush people every year, and that continued under Lance’s reign. He went undefeated in his only full year as a starter, didn’t throw an interception the entire season, won the championship, and was named the MVP in that game.
Scangarello also talked about the traits that are, in his eyes, non-negotiable. In his eyes, starting as a rookie in the NFL, you had to have started multiple years in college.
“If you have any aspirations of playing a guy Year 1, he better have been a multi-year starter in college. To me, the experiences and taking the snaps and what you do when you’re in charge and banking those reps are so important. You come out, you’re a one-year guy, it’s very difficult for you to just jump in and play in the league. You just haven’t played enough football to hone your craft. So I’m always looking for guys who have a lot of starts. Do they take care of the football in those moments when it could go sideways, or do they create positive plays? Do they make smart decisions in critical situations? How do they play in two-minute situations?
There are guys I’ve evaluated in recent drafts where they’re on such good teams at Ohio State or these other schools where maybe they don’t even have a two-minute situation that really matters in their entire career. Give me a guy who has played a lot of one-score games and found a way to win, and show me in those situations how he is under duress.
In college football, you forget, you don’t get to talk to the guy in the helmet so in two minute when he’s out there he’s on his own. In the NFL, us as coaches we’re babying these guys through a lot of stuff. ‘Hey, do this, do that.’ You can talk to a guy. They’ve got to be a coach for you out on the field in college football. So in those moments where they can’t look to the sideline and have an answer, how do they handle it? When you’re looking at the entire picture and make a decision that will decide a franchise’s course, their history, where they’re headed, a GM, a head coach, everyone that’s weighing on what will be the outcome of this pick, you have to un-turn every stone. Those things are very, very important.”
Again, I think these are statements of fact more than anything else. Lance didn’t have any meaningful two-minute drills in college because of the dominance of the team on which he played. Would you have liked to have seen those things on film for Lance? Of course. When evaluating a QB, you want as much information as possible. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always work out that way.
Does any of this mean Scangarello didn’t want Lance to be the pick two drafts ago? Maybe. Unless he comes right out and tells us, we’ll never know.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if Rich Scangarello didn’t want Trey Lance because Trey was the pick; he’s on the team now. Rich, of course, is not. He’s now Kentucky’s Offensive Coordinator and has been replaced with Brian Griese. Was Rich not retained because he didn’t want Lance, and clearly Trey is going to be the starter next year?
Maybe. That’s entirely possible.
But remember this: When a guy is drafted, there usually isn’t universal agreement within an organization that he was the right pick. Football teams involve many different people. Do you think everyone in Buffalo was thrilled when they took Josh Allen a few years ago? Or Lamar Jackson? Or even Peyton Manning back in 1998? Of course not.
The draft is an imperfect science, so people will always disagree.
What matters is that Trey was the pick, he’s going to be the starter next year, and he’s surrounded by people who are all pulling in the same direction. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/5/9/23063005/49ers-in-five-was-rich-scangarello-against-the-trey-lance-pick-in-2021 | 2022-05-09T18:24:01Z | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/5/9/23063005/49ers-in-five-was-rich-scangarello-against-the-trey-lance-pick-in-2021 | false | 1 |
Xbox is having issues preventing some players from launching cloud games, playing digital games, and making purchases from its store. According to Xbox’s status page, the outage started around 4PM ET, and the company is currently working on a fix.
“We’re aware that some users are unable to purchase & launch games or start Cloud Gaming sessions,” Xbox Support said in a tweet. “Our teams are investigating. Please keep an eye here and on our status page for updates. http://Xbox.com/status.”
We’re aware that some users are unable to purchase & launch games or start Cloud Gaming sessions. Our teams are investigating. Please keep an eye here and on our status page for updates. https://t.co/kQKp1LYR4o
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) May 7, 2022
This most recent string of issues follows a massive outage spanning several hours on Friday night and into Saturday morning. Some players were unable to start Cloud Gaming sessions, launch digital games, make purchases, or even access streaming apps including Netflix and Disney Plus.
Although Xbox seemed to resolve these problems, it looks like issues with its store, digital titles, and Cloud Gaming have started to resurface. As my colleague Tom Warren notes, if you’re affected by the outage, you should still be able to play games offline when you have your Xbox set as your “home” console. Xbox Support also says rebooting your Xbox console might help.
Update, May 7th 5:45PM ET: Updated to add that rebooting your Xbox console may help resolve some issues. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/technology/an-xbox-outage-is-preventing-some-players-from-launching-digital-titles/176063/ | 2022-05-09T18:25:20Z | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/technology/an-xbox-outage-is-preventing-some-players-from-launching-digital-titles/176063/ | true | 2 |
STONY CREEK — Assistance by the public is urged in the ongoing investigation into an apparent drive-by shooting resulting in the injury of a toddler in Stony Creek, according to Detective C.M. Cotman-Washington, Criminal Investigations Unit of the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office.
On Saturday, April 23, at approximately 12:40 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the area of Sussex Drive and Concord Sappony Road in Stony Creek for a report of shots fired.
Upon arriving at the scene, law enforcement officers discovered that a mobile home had been struck multiple times during the incident.
A toddler who was inside the residence when the intensive shooting occurred was transported by EMS to a local hospital for treatment of injuries resulting from the gunfire.
Investigation revealed that the mobile home had been struck 12 times, and ten shell casings were located outside the residence on the roadway.
“This is an ongoing investigation,” said Washington, “ and I cannot over stress that this situation is not about the code of the streets. This is about a little child being shot in their home. We are really hoping people will consider that next time it could be their child and open up, because somebody knows something.”
Anyone with information about this ongoing investigation is asked to contact Detective C. M. Cotman-Washington with the Sussex County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 246-5000. | https://www.emporiaindependentmessenger.com/news/article_47467e84-cfbb-11ec-9869-a3757770f68b.html | 2022-05-09T18:26:20Z | https://www.emporiaindependentmessenger.com/news/article_47467e84-cfbb-11ec-9869-a3757770f68b.html | false | 1 |
Australian men have taken to social media to share their biggest life regrets, in the hope that other guys can avoid making the same mistakes.
They say you should live your life without regrets. But sometimes looking back can help you plot a better path forward.
Speaking of which: a Facebook group of Australian men with more than 250k members recently discussed some of their biggest regrets.
This was so, as the originator of the discission put it, “maybe some people on here will read what you have to say and not make the same mistake.”
“Not respecting my dad enough when I was young,” was one of the most ‘liked’ regrets. “He is still alive now that I take care of him back, but I gave it to him way to[o] rough in my school days always running around and barely home.”
“Wish I could’ve realised him being my only parent I should’ve respected him way more.”
Another said: “I wish I’d had more self-belief when I was going through high school and into my 20’s.”
The same guy added: “Kept feeling like I needed to ‘prove’ myself and that I lacked something. That was 12 years of my life I should’ve enjoyed more but I can’t get that time back. Who knows how much further along I might be today and how many more valuable lessons I’d have learned if I’d backed myself more then and hadn’t been so worried about making mistakes?”
Not making the most of school was a common regret, with various comments like: “Fucking around in highschool instead of getting a descent education” rolling in. As one man put it: “I would be working a lot less harder for more money right now.”
“Moving out of home at 14 to move in with friends getting on drugs an being a criminal for 10 plus years … which I’m still paying for now.”
Another big theme was opening up (or the lack thereof). One of the group’s users said that his biggest regret was never talking about the trauma he experienced as a nipper.
“I regret telling myself that everything really is okay when actually… it’s fucken not,” he shared. “In this I found myself self-sabotaging myself into a person I never saw myself as a kid.”
“Heavy disgusting drug use and the behaviour & lifestyle that comes with that. And many more mistakes and dark experiences that nobody would enjoy to tell. Anyway.. It’s too easy fall into negative patterns or cycles. Especially when one finds their way to ‘cope’. I’m guilty myself … everyday for missing a step or making a decision that doesn’t align with who I am and want to be.”
He added: “Even after getting clean and putting my life back on the rails, I still never opened up or actually realised I had trauma that caused me to spiral and literally sabotage myself in the first place… until I was 24/25.”
“I’m 27 now and honestly, still going through it all. I’m also guilty for being aware of these issues in my life and not working on them.”
“So to sum it up. Talk about your shit boys. Don’t bottle your shit up and push yourself to a spiral. And if I have one piece of advice for anybody who feels lost or angry or off path or whatever. Sit with that feeling/emotion and fucken feel it. Don’t react. Focus on why you feel that way. And make better decisions for YOURSELF.”
Others talked about how they wished they had managed their relationships differently. One big piece of advice was not to stay in a relationship you aren’t happy in.
One guy shared: “Staying with my ex ‘for the kids’. Don’t ever do it. Mine and the kids lives are 100x better off. Kids need happy parents, they don’t need together parents.”
Further insights included safety regrets (“took my safety glasses off becoz it was dark and couldn’t see half hour later fucking 3inch nail from a framer straight into the eyeball goodbye sight!”), addiction (“lighting that first durrie fucking 7 years ago and now I’m really struggling to stay off them”) and looking out for your mates.
Speaking of which, one sad tale shared on the page is as follows:
“[I regret] not picking up on subtle hints of a young lad. (I was young too). Hints were dropped in a normal conversation that I thought he was talking about moving back home. (Which he was doing). The lad committed suicide 2 days later. I do openly talk about this incident, even today.”
“The hope that someone else picks up on hints better than I did could save a life.”
There were also plenty of regrets about money and (not) investing. As one guy put it: “[I] spent a lot of my 20’s earning and burning good money. Wish I set myself up a bit better.”
Another said he regretted ignoring Bitcoin in 2008 and joked that now he invests in every single risky startup he sees to compensate.
“Spending what would have been a decent house deposit on vs commodore ute while living with my parents.”
Medical issues were another hot button topic. One man wrote: “Not checking on my health with doctors [is a regret]. Spent 30 years of my life not knowing I had ADHD and had a constant feeling of disappointment and regret in myself thinking I was just a lazy, unfocused piece of shit.”
Another wrote: “Waiting until I was 33 (37 now) to seek mental health advice. Absolutely ruined everything and everyone up until then. Family are nuts for sticking by me and now got a new career and doing better than ever.”
Yet another guy expressed his contrition that he never got himself into peak physical fitness, whether by military or sports.
“[I regret] that I never joined the military and never did any physical sports like footy boxing or martial arts or something. My mum was dead against it. Learn to tell people to get fkd youngins. Do what YOU want.”
Two more relationship based regrets also hit home quite hard. One man talked about how he lost a friend by not going to see him in hospital (“my biggest regret is not going to see a good mate when he was in hospital when he lost his leg in a bike accident…Lost a good mate because of it”) and another said he regretted choosing the army over his family.
“Missed the first 12 months of my daughter’s life. We are all good now super close bond but it’s taken me a while to even talk about losing that time without getting emotional.”
Finally, to cap things off, the honourable award (in our view) for the most hilarious regret goes to the guy who held an “after grog bog” shit in for three days while camping.
We’ll let him take it from here.
“Came home and had to enema 2kg of molasses coloured poo out of my rectal cavity which was pretty much just Great Northern and Woolies sausages and ended up scratching my ringer whilst conducting this operation. 10/10 worst pain I’ve felt is having a cut on me dot. Regret.”
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The roster-alteration portion of 49ers’ offseason has wrapped and now they’re onto preparations for the regular season.
With free agency and the NFL draft behind us, we took a step back to survey the team’s 90-man roster and made our first guess at what the 53-man roster might look like after final cuts:
Quarterback (2)
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
Trey Lance
Nate Sudfeld
It’s something close to zero chance Jimmy Garoppolo is on the roster.
Running back (4)
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Elijah Mitchell
Trey Sermon
Tyrion Davis-Price*
Jeff Wilson Jr.
This group may change 10 times between May and the end of training camp. There’ll be a very fun roster battle playing out in the backfield during the preseason.
Fullback (1)
Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
Kyle Juszczyk
Obviously.
Wide receiver (5)
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Deebo Samuel
Brandon Aiyuk
Jauan Jennings
Ray-Ray McCloud
Danny Gray*
There’s a chance one of the other seven wide receivers on the 90-man roster sneak in here, but ideally this is what the 49ers’ receiving corps would look like going into the regular season with Gray taking on at least a small offensive role.
Tight end (4)
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
George Kittle
Charlie Woerner
Ross Dwelley
Jordan Matthews
It’s fun to imagine Matthews making it in the NFL as a tight end so we’re going to roll with that for now.
Offensive line (9)
Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
Trent Williams
Mike McGlinchey
Colton McKivitz
Daniel Brunskill
Aaron Banks
Jaylon Moore
Spencer Burford*
Alex Mack
Jake Brendel
This is another group that could look dramatically different at various times throughout camp. The 49ers are surely hoping Banks steps into a starting role this year.
Defensive line (10)
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Nick Bosa
Samson Ebukam
Drake Jackson*
Charles Omenihu
Kerry Hyder
Kemoko Turay
Arik Armstead
Javon Kinlaw
Kevin Givens
Kalia Davis
There are tons of moving parts on the defensive line and versatility could wind up being the deciding factor for the coaching staff.
Linebacker (5)
(AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Fred Warner
Dre Greenlaw
Azeez Al-Shaair
Oren Burks
Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
This group feels mostly set with a prioritization on special teams on the back of the depth chart.
Cornerback (6)
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Charvarius Ward
Emmanuel Moseley
Ambry Thomas
Jason Verrett
Darqueze Dennard
Samuel Womack*
The good news for San Francisco is no matter how this group shakes out they’re going to have five or six NFL-caliber cornerbacks.
Safety (4)
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Jimmie Ward
Tarvarius Moore
Talanoa Hufanga
George Odum
With Jaquiski Tartt all but ruled out by Kyle Shanahan this seems to be the safety group going into camp and it’s hard to imagine a ton of changes coming.
Specialists (3)
(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Robbie Gould
Mitch Wishnowsky
Taybor Pepper
Easy calls here. There’s no competition on the roster.
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AG Kaul Announces New Use of Force and Arrest-Related Death Data Dashboard
96% of Wisconsin Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting, Covering 99.9% of Wisconsin’s Population
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that the Bureau of Justice Information and Analysis (BJIA) in the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Law Enforcement Services has released a new dashboard detailing use of force and arrest-related death data collected from law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin.
“The release of this data marks the first time that our state government has made comprehensive, statewide use-of-force data available to the public. This information will allow for a more comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of use-of-force incidents in Wisconsin,” said AG Kaul. “Thank you to the law enforcement agencies across the state whose commitment to transparency has ensured that use-of-force data for agencies serving 99% of Wisconsinites will be publicly available.”
UFAD reports are reflected in the data when one or more of the following occurs:
- An officer utilizes force that results in the death of a person.
- An officer utilizes force that results in the great bodily harm of a person.
- An officer discharges their firearm at or in the direction of a person.
- A person dies while detained, arrested, or in the course of being arrested.
The data, required by Wisconsin Statute 165.845 and the national Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, shows 96% of all Wisconsin law enforcement agencies reporting, covering 99.9% of Wisconsin’s population.
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Be A Good Friend And Tell People That NY Really Has A Pickle Festival
It's okay to admit that this really is a big dill. Yeah, we said it.
Why Do So Many People Love Pickles
Think about what your tastebuds do when you bite into your favorite pickle. Do you get a smile on your face that can't be removed? Here is why. Pickles give you sourness, saltiness, sweetness (sometimes), and many more flavors. They are flavors that can't be replicated in many other things.
A Festival Dedicated To Pickles
If you get excited when you enter a grocery store and find pickle-flavored anything, then this festival is definitely for you. It is called the Rosendale Internation Pickle Festival. For 2022, this will be the 25th annual event.
Where Is The Festival?
It is in the name, it takes place in Rosendale, New York. Rosendale is located in the Hudson Valley. While that may seem far away, think about it as the last pickle sitting at the bottom of the jar, it still is worth the effort getting that pickle. It is worth the drive.
What Happens At This Festival?
The festival does say, if it's pickled, you'll find it there. Beyond buying pickles, there is so much more. They have what is called The Pickle Triathalon too. In that, there is a pickle eating contest, pickle juice drinking, and for good measure, a pickle toss as well.
If you're interested, this year's festival will take place on Sunday, October 16th at the Rosendale Community Center in Rosendale, NY. For more info, click here.
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Arizona State University football player charged in DUI crash that killed 23-year-old
An Arizona State University football star was arrested on DUI charges after allegedly fatally hitting a 23-year-old woman with his car over the weekend, police said.
Stanley Lambert, a 22-year-old redshirt senior on ASU’s football team, was identified as the driver of a single-passenger vehicle that struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross Camelback Road near Minnezona Avenue, in Scottsdale. It happened Saturday around 1:30 a.m., the Scottsdale Police Department said to NBC News.
The pedestrian, identified as Norah Bruther of New Jersey, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Scottsdale police said she was visiting and staying in the area near where the collision occurred.
Lambert was arrested at the scene on DUI-related charges and was later released, police said. Additional charges are possible, police said.
Lambert did not immediately respond to NBC News requests for comment on Monday and it’s not clear if he has legal representation.
The investigation is ongoing and pending lab results for the blood alcohol level.
When the probe is complete, the case will be forwarded to the court for formal charging, authorities said.
Police said Lambert lives in Tempe, Arizona. According to ASU's website, the athlete is originally from San Antonio, Texas.
Sun Devil Athletics with Arizona State University said in a statement officials "are aware of the tragic situation over the weekend involving one of our student-athletes."
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of all involved. We are still gathering information and we do not have any other statement at this time," the statement continued. | https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-state-university-football-player-172106105.html | 2022-05-09T18:40:26Z | https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-state-university-football-player-172106105.html | true | 2 |
CALGARY - The Ottawa Senators will be well-represented when Canada competes at the upcoming 2022 World Hockey Championship.
Senators forward Drake Batherson and defencemen Thomas Chabot and Nick Holden were named to the team’s 24-player roster released Monday by Hockey Canada.
The Ottawa trio will join Senators head coach D.J. Smith, who is an assistant on Claude Julien’s staff for the tournament that kicks off Friday in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland.
The New Jersey Devils also have three players on the roster: forward Dawson Mercer and defencemen Damon Severson and Ryan Graves.
Winnipeg forwards Pierre-Luc Dubois and Adam Lowry, Montreal forward Josh Anderson and New York Islanders centre Mathew Barzal are also on the roster.
Anaheim forward Max Comtois is the lone player returning from Canada’s 2021 championship-winning team, though Barzal, Chabot, Dubois and Severson bring previous world championship experience.
Canada will open its quest for its 28th world championship gold medal against Germany on Friday.
“We are thrilled to unveil the 24 players who will wear the Maple Leaf in Finland and take on the challenge of defending last year’s gold medal,” Canada general manager Shane Doan said in a release. “Our roster combines veteran experience and young talent, along with a number of players who have previously played for Canada on the international stage and some who will have their first opportunity to represent our country.
“We know the entire group is excited for this opportunity, and we look forward to gathering in Finland and competing for another gold medal.”
Canada:
Forward — Josh Anderson, Burlington, Ont., Montreal (NHL); Mathew Barzal, Coquitlam, B.C., New York Islanders (NHL); Drake Batherson, New Minas, N.S., Ottawa (NHL); Max Comtois, Longueuil, Que., Anaheim (NHL); Dylan Cozens, Whitehorse, Buffalo (NHL); Pierre-Luc Dubois, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., Winnipeg (NHL); Morgan Geekie, Strathclair, Man., Seattle (NHL); Noah Gregor, Beaumont, Alta., San Jose (NHL); Kent Johnson, Port Moody, B.C., Columbus (NHL); Adam Lowry, Calgary, Winnipeg (NHL); Dawson Mercer, Bay Roberts, N.L., New Jersey (NHL); Eric O’Dell, Ottawa, Dynamo Moscow (KHL); Nicolas Roy, Amos, Que., Vegas (NHL); Cole Sillinger, Regina, Columbus (NHL);
Defence — Thomas Chabot, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que., Ottawa (NHL); Ryan Graves, Yarmouth, N.S., New Jersey (NHL); Nick Holden, St. Albert, Alta., Ottawa; (NHL); Dysin Mayo, Victoria, Arizona (NHL); Travis Sanheim, Elkhorn, Man., Philadelphia (NHL); Damon Severson, Melville, Sask., New Jersey (NHL); Zach Whitecloud, Brandon, Man., Vegas (NHL).
Goal — Chris Driedger, Winnipeg, Seattle (NHL); Logan Thompson, Calgary, Vegas (NHL); Matt Tomkins, Sherwood Park, Alta., Frölunda HC (SHL).
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 9, 2022. | https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/05/09/senators-contingent-headlines-canada-roster-for-world-championship.html | 2022-05-09T18:40:43Z | https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/05/09/senators-contingent-headlines-canada-roster-for-world-championship.html | true | 7 |
Keegan Bradley isn’t leaving TPC Potomac with the hardware. Two double bogeys and a tough break in a fairway bunker on his final hole made sure of that.
“I didn’t play my best golf today,” said Bradley, whose 2-over 72 led him in a three-way tie for second, two shots behind Wells Fargo champion Max Homa. “It was choppy, and then I had a couple good stretches, but I had a chance there at the end, so I’m proud of that aspect of it. But I’m pretty bummed, I felt pretty good about this one.”
Bradley, the 54-hole leader by two, quickly gave up his advantage thanks to a poor greenside bunker shot and then 6-foot bogey miss at the par-5 second. But he had pulled to within a shot of Homa with just the par-4 18th to play. That’s when his drive found the right fairway bunker, his ball coming to rest near the right lip and just behind the tongue of the trap.
Max Homa ‘trusted’ his game for Wells Fargo victory
The difficult shot led Bradley to mis-hit the ball, coming up well short of the green and eventually carding a closing bogey.
“It comes a little bit further left in the bunker, I’m totally fine,” Bradley said, “but just wasn’t my week to win.”
Lost in Bradley’s disappointing finish, though, were two positives. Bradley’s T-2 was enough to bump him inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, to No. 44, which should guarantee him an exemption into the U.S. Open at Brookline (Bradley is from New England). Secondly, this week marked Bradley’s best putting week, according to strokes gained, since the 2019 Travelers.
Bradley gained an average of 2.438 shots on the greens per round at TPC Potomac, just under the 2.462 he gained at TPC River Highlands three years ago (he also tied for second that week).
Full-field scores from Wells Fargo Championship
Before that, it had been since the 2012 WGC-Bridgestone (2.993) since Bradley putted better than he did this week.
“It’s the best it’s been since I’ve had the belly putter, and it’s not even close,” said Bradley, who made the switch a couple of years before the official anchoring ban in 2016. “So, I feel like I can be even better than I was with that now with what I’m doing here. … When they go in is when I feel happy about it, and they were going. I’m happy with where my game is at, especially my putting.
“Geez, if I can putt like this, I feel like I can do a lot of damage the rest of the year.” | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/bummed-keegan-bradley-still-has-two-big-reasons-to-smile-after-wells-fargo-runner-up/177290/ | 2022-05-09T18:41:57Z | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/world/bummed-keegan-bradley-still-has-two-big-reasons-to-smile-after-wells-fargo-runner-up/177290/ | false | 2 |
Missouri head women's basketball coach Robin Pingeton filled the opening on her coaching staff on Monday by hiring Jasmine James. James comes to Mizzou after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech.
James was an All-SEC player at Georgia before playing four seasons of professional basketball in the WNBA and overseas. She was a head coach at the high school level along with a stint as an assistant coach at SIU-Edwardsville.
“She was a high-level player in the Southeastern Conference at Georgia and has been a head coach at the high-school level," said Robin Pingeton in a news release. "I am looking forward to seeing her impact our current and future Tigers on and off the court.”
“Coach Pingeton and her staff have created and nurtured a first-class women's basketball program that represents everything that I relish within an organization,” James said in a news release. "I am beyond elated to be able to be a part of the Mizzou women's basketball family and add to that continued growth!”
James replaces former Mizzou assistant Ashleen Bracey who left the program to become the head coach at the University of Illinois-Chicago in late March. | https://www.komu.com/sports/mizzou-wbb-hires-new-assistant-coach/article_c4112b70-cfc1-11ec-abb1-2b7d3c4c6ce1.html | 2022-05-09T18:45:51Z | https://www.komu.com/sports/mizzou-wbb-hires-new-assistant-coach/article_c4112b70-cfc1-11ec-abb1-2b7d3c4c6ce1.html | true | 2 |
Pain in the gas: Toronto fuel prices could hit record highs this month
After hitting record-breaking highs over the weekend, one petroleum analyst said that gas prices would only get higher.
Sorry drivers, there’s no clear end in sight for the strain on your wallet. En-Pro International Petroleum analyst Roger McKnight said that this weekend’s record-breaking prices might just be the beginning.
McKnight said that the squeeze on wallets is a result of demand outpacing supply. He said that as demand increases ahead of the May long weekend, so too will prices.
It’s no surprise that Ontarians are debating changing their summer road trip plans with the cost of driving getting higher and higher.
According to the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada, 66% of drivers in Canada say they plan to either cancel or alter their road trips because of oil prices. For drivers aged 18 to 24, the number of people planning to skip or change their road trip plans climbs to a whopping 75%.
McKnight said that these record-high prices could have staying power as demand for fuel continues to grow. | https://dailyhive.com/toronto/gas-prices-may-long-weekend-2022 | 2022-05-09T18:48:37Z | https://dailyhive.com/toronto/gas-prices-may-long-weekend-2022 | false | 1 |
LAHORE:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) President and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi have prayed for the recovery of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement on Sunday, the Muslim League leaders said that may Allah protect King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques, and grant him speedy and complete recovery.
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LAHORE:While marking the International Mother’s Day, the Asia-Oceania Post-Doctoral Academia and SAARC-ASEAN...
LAHORE:The country received 74 per cent largely below normal rainfall during the month of April 2022 due to which Met... | https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/956289-pml-q-leaders-pray-for-king-salman | 2022-05-09T18:51:54Z | https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/956289-pml-q-leaders-pray-for-king-salman | false | 1 |
Step outside Sunday night and you'll be able to catch a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse.
Late in the evening, the full moon is slated to pass directly into Earth's shadow cast by the sun, illuminating the moon a brilliant red.
According to NASA, the moon will begin to enter Earth's shadow – also known as the umbra – around 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Totality – or the period when the moon is fully immersed in Earth's shadow – will begin at about 11:30 p.m. ET and last for roughly an hour and a half.
The eclipse ends just before 2 a.m. ET Monday morning.
A lunar eclipse is safe to look at with your naked eyes
At least part of the eclipse will be visible across most of the Americas, Europe and Africa, NASA says, with large portions of the continents able to see the total eclipse.
Viewers in South America as well as the continental U.S. will be able to the total eclipse, when the moon is fully in Earth's shadow. Those on the East Coast will be able to see the eclipse high in the sky, but the further west you are, the closer the moon will be to the horizon. West Coast watchers should try to find an unobstructed view of the sky to see the eclipse.
Unlike a solar eclipse – when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun – it's safe to look at a lunar eclipse with your naked eyes, since the sun is at your back.
You can simply step outside and gaze up at the transit or use binoculars or a telescope to get a better view.
Can't get outside to see the eclipse? NASA will be live streaming the event online, with views from around the world.
Why does the moon turn red during a lunar eclipse?
Picture the celestial bodies in a line. From left to right, you've got the sun, then the Earth, then the moon.
The sun is shining directly on the Earth, creating a shadow on the far side. That's what the moon passes through during the eclipse.
If you were standing on the moon looking at Earth, our world would be silhouetted in a red halo. NASA describes this as all the sunrises and sunsets occurring around the globe at that time.
It's that red-orange light that's projected through Earth's atmosphere and onto the moon, giving it the warm red tone it takes on during the eclipse.
That's also the origin of the term "blood moon."
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Fatal crash in Midland County
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) -According to DPS, a Midland man has died after a crash Saturday evening.
42-year-old Alejandro Anchondo was pronounced dead at the scene on Airline Road .96 miles west of Midland.
The other driver in the accident, Leland Farley, was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital and is in stable condition.
According to DPS, Farley was driving east on Airline road and Anchondo was driving west and went to make a slight right onto Airline Road. Farley failed to stop at a stop sign and hit Anchondo’s car.
Copyright 2022 KOSA. All rights reserved. | https://www.cbs7.com/2022/05/09/fatal-crash-midland-county/ | 2022-05-09T18:52:16Z | https://www.cbs7.com/2022/05/09/fatal-crash-midland-county/ | false | null |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times moved swiftly to change Monday's answer to its daily Wordle puzzle out of fear that it would be seen as some sort of commentary on the debate over abortion rights.
The game, which became a sensation late last year and was bought by The Times in January, gives users six tries to guess a different five-letter word each day.
Yet The Times scrambled when it discovered that Monday's word, which had been entered into Wordle's computer program last year, was “fetus.”
The timing was particularly fraught given last week's leaked report of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would strike down a 50-year-old ruling governing the ability of women to receive abortions.
The appearance of “fetus” was “entirely unintentional and a coincidence,” the newspaper said in a message to readers on Monday.
“At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news,” the message said.
The Times changed Monday's answer to a different word, and a spokesman said that a “vast majority” of users saw that. But some people who had not refreshed their browsers saw “fetus” instead, spokesman Jordan Cohen said.
He would not say whether The Times had received any complaints about “fetus.”
Wordle was invented by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer, as a gift for his partner and took off when he began posting it online. Players guess words and hone in on the correct answer as the game tells them if their guesses contain letters in the word of the day.
The Times bought his invention for more than $1 million and is revamping the technology to make sure every user is seeing the same word every day, the newspaper said. Cohen said millions of people play Wordle each day. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Wordle-whoops-Times-changes-puzzle-to-avoid-17159736.php | 2022-05-09T18:57:10Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Wordle-whoops-Times-changes-puzzle-to-avoid-17159736.php | true | 34 |
IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Market Research Report 2022
IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Market research report includes specific segments by region (country), by manufacturers, by Type and by Application. Each type provides information about the production during the forecast period of 2017 to 2028. by Application segment also provides consumption during the forecast period of 2017 to 2028. Understanding the segments helps in identifying the importance of different factors that aid the market growth.
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Segment by Type
- Short Wave Infrared Imaging
- Medium Wave Infrared Imaging
- Long Wave Infrared Imaging
Segment by Application
- Medical
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Others
By Company
- IFM Efector
- ABB
- Micro-Epsilon
- Optris Infrared Sensing
- UTC Aerospace Systems
- Flir Systems
- Omron
- Cognex
- L3 Technologies
- Hamamatsu Photonics
- Leica Microsystems
- Exergen
- Tecomet
- Baumer
- LumaSense Technologies
- Watlow
- Automation Technology
- AMETEK
- Dali Technology
Production by Region
- North America
- Europe
- China
- Japan
Consumption by Region
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- U.K.
- Italy
- Russia
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Australia
- China Taiwan
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Colombia
Table of content
1 IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors
1.2 IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Segment by Type
1.2.1 Global IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Market Size Growth Rate Analysis by Type 2022 VS 2028
1.2.2 Short Wave Infrared Imaging
1.2.3 Medium Wave Infrared Imaging
1.2.4 Long Wave Infrared Imaging
1.3 IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Segment by Application
1.3.1 Global IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Consumption Comparison by Application: 2022 VS 2028
1.3.2 Medical
1.3.3 Industry
1.3.4 Aerospace
1.3.5 Others
1.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.4.1 Global IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Revenue Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
1.4.2 Global IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Production Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
1.5 Global Market Size by Region
1.5.1 Global IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Market Size Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2017 VS 2021 VS 2028
1.5.2 North America IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
1.5.3 Europe IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
1.5.4 China IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
1.5.5 Japan IoT Infrared Imaging Sensors Estimates and Forecasts (2017-2028)
2 Market Competition by Manufacturers
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The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc (Symbol: SCHN) presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.
But making Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Monday, shares of SCHN entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $37.79 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. In the case of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc, the RSI reading has hit 28.7 — by comparison, the universe of dividend stocks covered by Dividend Channel currently has an average RSI of 40.2. A falling stock price — all else being equal — creates a better opportunity for dividend investors to capture a higher yield. Indeed, SCHN's recent annualized dividend of 0.75/share (currently paid in quarterly installments) works out to an annual yield of 1.89% based upon the recent $39.77 share price.
A bullish investor could look at SCHN's 28.7 RSI reading today as a sign that the recent heavy selling is in the process of exhausting itself, and begin to look for entry point opportunities on the buy side. Among the fundamental datapoints dividend investors should investigate to decide if they are bullish on SCHN is its dividend history. In general, dividends are not always predictable; but, looking at the history chart below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.
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As a young girl growing up in Shelby, Kaleigh Lane often accompanied her parents to many of her mother’s appointments for the treatment of her rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson’s disease. Those appointments and being around the healthcare industry frequently because of her mother sparked the beginning of a career.
“I knew then that I wanted to be a nurse,” Lane said.
She attended elementary school at Shelby-Tennant in Shelby, graduating high school from AHST in Avoca in 1997. She enrolled in the Associate Degree of Nursing program at Jennie Edmundson, which merged with Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing where she graduated in 2001.
Lane’s first nursing job brought her back to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. She remained at Jennie Edmundson for six years, starting in the ortho/med surgery floor where she was quickly put in the charge nurse role. While at Jennie, she also worked as a case manager and did wound care.
After she and her husband, Travis, had their first child, Lane took a job at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan to be closer to home and worked in the surgery department there for 12 years.
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“We were all RNs and did everything in the department,” she said. “RNs set up the cases and handed the instruments to the surgeons while other RNs functioned as the surgeon’s helper, holding retractors, suctioning, cutting sutures, etc. We also worked in the recovery room. We circulated, also working in preop/postoperative areas and in the endoscopy room.
“It was a different specialty every day, which was always fun and interesting,” Lane said. “We had outpatient doctors come out from Council Bluffs and Omaha besides our own surgeons to do cases. The beauty of nursing is that it provides endless opportunities!”
A 21-year veteran of the healthcare profession, Lane is currently the school nurse for the AHSTW Community School District.
“Once the school nurse job came open at our children’s school, which doesn’t happen often, I knew I had to take the opportunity to apply for it,” Lane said. “Our last school nurse was here for 22 years. School nursing is a dream nursing job. I absolutely love it.
Lane was nominated for inclusion in the Salute to Nursing section by Amy Parker who wrote, “Kaleigh started at my kids’ school just a couple of months before Covid-19 hit. She was thrust into a new role amid a pandemic. She has taken everything in stride and has always put the health of the students and staff first. Her role has been ever-changing, but she has shown nothing but grace, love and compassion for her students, the staff and our community.”
“I love the kids,” Lane said. “I love to see our own kids in the hall or having them leave a sweet little note for me and having their same schedule There’s nothing better than having a class walking through your office giving you a homemade card. I love taking care of our friends’ kids. I’m the ‘school mom’ for 750-plus kids.
“I started the school nursing job in December of 2019, right before Covid-19 hit,” Lane said. “It was a challenge as the only RN in the building going through a global pandemic with such uncharted waters and in a new role. I’m starting to finally see what a normal school year might look like, and it’s amazing. It’s an honor to be the school nurse in our hometown and an honor to be nominated for this award.”
Lane is responsible for the health needs of over 800 students and staff on a daily basis. That ranges from special health diagnoses that she’s constantly monitoring, to daily meds to emergency situations.
“I am the only RN to care for everyone,” she said.
Lane and husband Travis have three children, Charlie, 15; Kaeden, 12; and Brynnleigh, 9. As a family, they love to travel and go sight-seeing and go fishing.
Asked about the most rewarding aspect of her current work, Lane said, “I would say being ‘that special person’ for some of the kids who don’t always have a lot of support at home, all the hugs that the little ones give me and the ‘Thank Yous’ that I receive from parents for helping their children. The list is endless.” | https://nonpareilonline.com/news/local/nurses-2022-lane-inspired-by-treatment-of-mother/article_2096cbfe-c4bc-11ec-ab03-e30742771a0b.html | 2022-05-09T18:59:49Z | https://nonpareilonline.com/news/local/nurses-2022-lane-inspired-by-treatment-of-mother/article_2096cbfe-c4bc-11ec-ab03-e30742771a0b.html | true | 2 |
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Private Credit Firms Are Taking Market Share From Junk Bonds Amid Rout
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,(Bloomberg) -- Private credit is coming for the junk bond market.
For years, low interest rates made junk bonds one of the hottest places for companies to borrow money and for investors to seek returns. But the market’s turmoil in recent months has spurred some corporations to instead turn to private credit funds, firms that band together and lend directly.
Companies borrowing in the $1.2 trillion direct lending market are looking for financing they are confident will happen, even if it costs a little more. Selling unsecured junk bonds has become tougher in recent months, with more deals struggling and at least one withdrawn, as Federal Reserve tightening and high inflation make investors skittish.
Private credit firms are providing portions of the funding for the buyouts of U.S. TV ratings business Nielsen Holdings and of CDK Global Inc., an auto-dealership software company. In both cases, private equity firms had originally planned to get part of that financing in the unsecured junk-bond market.
The shift to direct lending is happening mainly in leveraged buyouts, where private credit firms have been providing bigger and bigger financings for years, bypassing banks in the process. Historically the private credit presence in these deals was part of a debt plan lined up before the buyout was even announced.
But recently the direct lenders have been swooping in after deals become public, where banks have provided temporary underwritten funding that they expected to be refinanced with unsecured bonds. For Wall Street banks, that translates to less bond underwriting revenue.
“Direct lenders have historically eaten into the loan market, but the high-yield market is absolutely part of our landscape and we believe that we’ll continue to take market share considering the volatile macro environment,” said Craig Packer, a founder at private credit firm Blue Owl, in an interview.
Apollo Global Management Inc.’s private credit fund has also held preliminary discussions with the banks behind the buyout financing for Citrix Systems Inc. with an offer to purchase as much as $4 billion of the secured portion of the debt together with other private lenders.
Junk bond buyers, who tend to evaluate their performance on shorter time horizons, have grown less willing to take risk -- not only because of inflation and the Fed, but also because of the war in Ukraine. The conflict has worsened supply chain problems and added risk of recession to a world still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, private lending firms have plenty of money to put to work: the market has grown to more than $1.2 trillion, according to Preqin, as investors seek higher returns. In terms of dollar value, the market has the largest amount of dry powder in its history: about $390 billion. Fundraising is running at a rapid clip as well, with lenders typically launching a fund every 15 to 18 months, an acceleration from the historical norm of three years, according to a report from Intertrust Group.
For Nielsen, a group of lenders led by Ares Management Corp. has scooped up the $2.15 billion unsecured portion of the debt financing. It’s now going to be a second-lien loan, one of the largest the market has ever seen, and will help fund the buyout of the company by Elliott Investment Management and Brookfield Asset Management.
For CDK, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s asset management division is providing a $865 million second-lien loan to help fund Brookfield’s LBO. The private loan replaces a planned unsecured bond of the same size.
Typically private credit is more expensive than the broadly-syndicated markets, but that gap has gotten smaller, as yields have risen in loan and bond markets.
High-yield bonds have lost 9.3% this year through Friday, accounting for both interest payments and price movements. And getting deals done is harder as the market has deteriorated: In late April, Apollo had to step in to save online auto dealer Carvana Co.’s junk-bond deal. Bioventus Inc., a medical device manufacturer, recently shelved a planned $415 million sale. Frontier Communications Holdings is now selling $800 million of junk bonds, the first company to come forward with a deal this month.
Closing deals in the leveraged loan market seems be getting harder now too: wireless services company Syniverse Holdings LLC and electric equipment maker AZZ Inc. were both forced to make prices on their loans more favorable to money managers on Friday. Restoration Hardware Inc. halved the size of its deal last week and offered the biggest discount seen in the new-issue market since February.
In Europe, high-yield bond issuance went through the longest dry spell in at least a decade, seeing no new deals for around 11 weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. There are now signs of life after an 815 million-pound ($1.02 billion) notes offering backing Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Miller Homes Ltd. was sold late last month, and Spanish soccer league La Liga launching a fixed-rate euro-denominated bond on Thursday.
Still, signs of weakness remain: Europcar Finance has decided not to proceed with a sustainability-linked note sale given deteriorating market conditions.
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- The Queen will not attend the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday.
- She is experiencing "episodic mobility problems" according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.
- Prince Charles will read her speech in her stead, according to the BBC.
Queen Elizabeth will miss her usual appearance in UK Parliament Tuesday due to "episodic mobility problems," Buckingham Palace announced, according to the BBC.
Her son, Prince Charles, will read her speech in her place, Buckingham Palace announced.
Until Monday, updates from the Queen indicated she hoped to make the trip to Westminster for the address, but she chose to pass up the event after consulting with her doctors, the BBC reported.
—Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) May 9, 2022
"The Queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the State Opening of Parliament," Buckingham Palace said in a statement, according to a tweet from Beth Rigby, a Sky News politics editor and presenter.
Rigby went on to report that Prince William would attend the State Opening alongside his father.
Representatives for Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Kensington Palace, and Parliament, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
This is the first time since 1963 that the Queen will miss the opening of Parliament and the reading of the Queen's speech — a ceremony that sets out Parliament's governmental agenda for the coming year.
Reports of the Queen's "mobility problems" are not a total shock, as the monarch was photographed using a cane in October 2021 and she missed multiple Easter events, according to the BBC.
She also had to cancel multiple royal engagements in February after testing positive for COVID-19. A false report from a gossip site that said she had died went viral at the time.
The Queen and the royal family are preparing for her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, which will honor her 70 years on the throne.
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At least 40 migrants including a small child and a man 'in handcuffs' arrive in Dover after crossing the Channel - as Priti Patel's plan to ship migrants to Rwanda gets underway this week
- The group was escorted to the harbour in Kent shortly after 3.30pm on a cutter
- Boris Johnson has said he wants the first flight to leave by the end of the month
- But six legal challenges mean the whole scheme may never get off the ground
At least 40 migrants have crossed the English Channel and arrived in Dover by small boat today.
The group, which included several women and at least one child, was escorted to the harbour in Kent shortly after 3.30pm on Border Force cutter Speedwell.
According to Sky News, one man was seen in handcuffs as he was led along the gangway for processing by UK officials.
Other migrants, including a child, covered their faces as they were escorted off the boat by soldiers dressed in camouflage fatigues and high-vis vests.
While the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is yet to release the official figures, the latest arrivals are thought to bring today's total number of migrant crossings to more than 40.
At least 40 migrants have crossed the English Channel and arrived in Dover by small boat today
The group, which included several women and at least one child, was escorted to the harbour in Kent shortly after 3.30pm on Border Force cutter Speedwell
Other migrants, including a child, covered their faces as they were escorted off the boat by soldiers dressed in camouflage fatigues and high-vis vests
It comes as the first migrants slated for deportation to Rwanda will be told of the decision this week as Priti Patel battles to secure her flagship policy in the face of a deluge of legal challenges.
The initial cohort are expected to be single men who crossed the Channel by small boat and who have been deemed to be economic migrants rather than refugees fleeing their homelands for safety.
Boris Johnson has said he wants the first flight to leave by the end of the month - but six legal challenges mean the whole scheme may never get off the ground.
The number of people chosen initially is likely to be in the dozens to reduce the number of further individual legal challenges.
A group of migrants are brought ashore in Dover, Kent, after crossing the Channel on Friday
Each person will be given a week to provide legal grounds for remaining in the UK, which will be assessed by government lawyers before the formal notification of deportation is sent.
There is intense scepticism that the Prime Minister will meet his deadline for the first flight, with a Home Office source predicting it would be 'a couple of months' before the deportations begin.
'There is a lot to work through and we are doing it for the first time and have to make sure we get it right,' the source told The Times.
'There is a legal process we needed to follow and the priority is to do it properly.'
It came as hundreds more migrants arrived by boat over the weekend, loading more pressure on Ms Patel to get the scheme up and running.
Latest figures show that 169 would-be refugees crossed the Channel in 11 separate dinghies on Saturday, following 116 on Friday.
Priti Patel and Boris Johnson have blamed 'liberal lawyers' for delaying the start of the Rwanda programme
It takes the total for May to more than 1,000 as people-smuggling gangs took advantage of a spell of calm weather in the Dover straits, after stormy seas meant that no boats could set sail for 11 days at the end of April.
The Government had wanted flights to Kigali to start by the end of May under the £120million deal it secured with the Kagame government last month.
Under the partnership agreement, people arriving in the UK, including by crossing the Channel in small boats, will be flown 4,000 miles to East Africa if they are deemed to have travelled illegally for economic reasons rather than asylum.
Mr Johnson has blamed 'liberal lawyers' for delaying the start of the scheme.
The Home Secretary shakes hands with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Birutaare after signing the migration agreement at a joint news conference in Kigali
Last week two asylum seekers who came to Britain in the backs of lorries this year instructed lawyers to bring a legal challenge against the policy.
A 11-day break in crossings in recent weeks was cited by some supporters of the scheme that it was already having a deterrence effect, but experts insisted it was purely due to poor weather.
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At the end of the latest market close, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM) was valued at $3.27. In that particular session, Stock kicked-off at the price of $3.32 while reaching the peak value of $3.37 and lowest value recorded on the day was $3.26. The stock current value is $3.07.Recently in News on May 2, 2022, Fortuna announces the release of its fourth annual sustainability report. Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE: FSM) (TSX: FVI) is pleased to announce that it has published its fourth annual sustainability report which summarizes the Company’s sustainability and ESG performance in 2021, and which has been prepared in accordance with GRI1 and SASB2 standards. The sustainability report includes an ESG for Investors section and shares the Company’s sustainability commitments for 2022 through 2025 on key environmental, social and governance indicators. Fortuna has also aligned its climate-related disclosure in the report with the recommendations of the TCFD3. The sustainability report is available on the Company’s website. You can read further details here
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Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM) full year performance was -49.30%
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. shares are logging -57.48% during the 52-week period from high price, and 5.37% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $2.91 and $7.22.
The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Basic Materials managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 3668173 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM) recorded performance in the market was -16.15%, having the revenues showcasing 0.93% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 953.65M.
Specialists analysis on Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM)
During the last month, 0 analysts gave the Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 3.79, with a change in the price was noted +0.01. In a similar fashion, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. posted a movement of +0.32% for the period of last 100 days, recording 5,438,656 in trading volumes.
Trends and Technical analysis: Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM)
Raw Stochastic average of Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 0.31%. The result represents downgrade in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 0.34%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 2.56% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 11.79%.
Now, considering the stocks previous presentation, multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -16.15%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably deteriorated by -32.72%, alongside a downfall of -49.30% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares increased approximately by -6.03% in the 7-day charts and went up by -13.95% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were driven by 0.93% during last recorded quarter. | https://investchronicle.com/2022/05/09/boiling-and-ready-to-burst-as-fortuna-silver-mines-inc-fsm-last-month-performance-was-13-95/ | 2022-05-09T19:07:02Z | https://investchronicle.com/2022/05/09/boiling-and-ready-to-burst-as-fortuna-silver-mines-inc-fsm-last-month-performance-was-13-95/ | false | 19675 |
Hospitality and Retail Each Saw Over 1 Million Job Postings in Q1 2022: New Report by Staffing Giant PeopleReady
U.S. median hourly wage up 5.5% year over year, according to new report
TACOMA, Wash., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The labor shortage brought on by Covid-19 has extended well into 2022, leaving many employers scrambling to fill open positions. Hospitality and retail — two sectors that have been hit especially hard during the pandemic — both saw over 1 million new job postings during the first quarter of 2022, according to a new report from staffing giant PeopleReady.
PeopleReady's U.S. Workforce Trends Quarterly Report explores the latest job and wage growth trends throughout the U.S., with timely data that provides valuable insight about employment in several major industries. The report also features recommendations on how today's employers can overcome their recruitment challenges.
Demand for workers, based on job postings, remains high in virtually every sector. The number of job postings for select sectors during Q1 2022, according to the PeopleReady report:
- Hospitality: 1,619,000 job postings
- Retail: 1,061,000
- Manufacturing: 802,000
- Construction: 364,000
- Building and grounds cleaning/maintenance: 275,000
- Utilities: 40,000
With 5 million more job openings in the U.S. than the number of available workers, employers are increasing wages to attract and retain new hires. The U.S. median hourly wage for Q1 2022 was $31.76, a 5.5% increase year over year, the report notes.
"Even with the economy hovering just above full employment, job growth continues at a rapid pace. In response to the labor shortage, employers across the country are looking to remain competitive and explore new ways to grow their pool of potential candidates," said Taryn Owen, president and COO of PeopleReady and PeopleScout. "With so many jobs unfilled across so many major industries, PeopleReady is committed to connecting employers with job seekers in their local communities."
PeopleReady helps companies navigate the challenging labor market by putting a Workforce Within Reach™ 24/7. The staffing giant's award-winning app, JobStack, provides employers with immediate access to a vast and expanding network of temporary workers.
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 94,000 businesses and put approximately 220,000 people to work in 2021. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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Huawei Ireland enterprise team grows to focus on local business solutions
In association with Huawei Ireland
Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home, and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.
Employing over 195,000 people in 170 countries across the globe, Huawei has been in Ireland since 2004, with its business now serving 3 million people and supporting over 900 direct and indirect jobs here.
Research and development (R&D) is a fundamental part of how it drives its business. In Europe, Huawei has over 12,000 employees and 27 R&D institutes in 14 European countries, including the Ireland research centre. Its R&D focus includes wireless communications, network communications, devices, cloud computing, and software reliability engineering.
Since establishing itself in Ireland – with its first facility initially featuring just four employees – Huawei has come from humble beginnings to now having five vibrant hubs in Dublin, Cork, and Athlone, with much recent growth. In 2019, Huawei Ireland expanded its Mespil Court offices in Dublin city centre creating 100 jobs, and has grown its employment to 500 staff in Ireland at present. As Huawei Ireland has grown, so too has Ireland’s telecommunications capacity and innovative tech ecosystem.
Intelligent connectivity with fibre and 5G has begun and will empower the market of mobile networks and broadband networks with AI and IOT technologies moving forward. Huawei Ireland is working very closely with local operators and partners and is focused on nurturing future talent and highly skilled professionals in these areas across the country. Key clients include Eir, Imagine and Siro.
Moreover, Aspiegel works to empower its business partners and continuously improve the Huawei device ecosystem. It is responsible for Huawei Mobile Services in 62 countries which includes over 80 million registered users and offers a series of services including AppGallery, Mobile Cloud, Music, and Video services.
Huawei enterprise business group
As Ireland, like the world, emerges from the economic shock of the pandemic, the technology needs of small- and medium-sized companies are becoming increasingly diverse and complex to support competitive advantage. Focussing on networking, storage and the IdeaHub, Huawei’s collaboration product for smart offices, the enterprise business group has expanded to focus on the Irish channel market and meet this need.
The burgeoning team has widened its expertise and skillset significantly in recent times making a number of key appointments. With a background in distribution and vendors, Glenn Mullins joined the Huawei team as the new channel sales manager to implement the channel programme in Ireland through recruitment and development of channel partners, having previously worked for Tech Data, Commtech, Dell and SonicWall.
The team’s two new account directors, Declan Hogan and Darragh Lawlor, have extensive knowledge and expertise in the areas of enterprise and business development. Declan’s focus is to work with Huawei’s enterprise customers in Ireland to drive the enterprise offering and was formerly at Hewlett Packard Enterprise for many years in a number of roles, including Head of Enterprise Business.
Darragh Lawlor has over 20 years’ sales and business development experience in the technology, financial services and telecoms industries in Ireland and joined Huawei in November 2021. Before Huawei, he was the SMB territory manager for Ireland in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for almost six years. In this role, he developed a strong understanding of the ICT solutions market and developed experience working with a varied ecosystem of channel partners.
Eoin Barry joined Huawei after a long career in Dell EMC Professional Services. In his new role as senior IT solutions sales manager for storage and backup, he will be part of a strong sales team focused on winning over the storage market in Ireland with Huawei’s extensive portfolio of products, including the market leading OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage solution.
Fast track – stock ready to ship
Speed is increasingly critical in the fast-moving 24/7 business world, and Huawei’s Wi-Fi-6 network offering is the perfect enterprise solution in this respect. While other providers have waiting times of four to six months, Huawei can deliver in as little as two weeks. Huawei is committing to two-week delivery on selected Flash Storage products and typical configurations after declaring the time has come to deploy flash storage in data centres.
Huawei launched its two-week delivery pledge in response to global demand from organisations looking to modernize their networks and establish new global locations within shorter timeframes. This will help customers to streamline their operations and reduce the costs associated with longer lead times.
By ordering a switch or Access Point (AP) from the list on the Fast Track promotion page before 30 June 2022, customers can benefit from the hyper-fast Wi-Fi-6 network within two weeks. This is just one of many ways Huawei fosters quick and simple connectivity for customers as part of its global portfolio of products. Huawei is dedicated to working with customers and partners in every sector to deliver cutting-edge storage and network solutions and is supporting them with discounts and its two-week delivery commitment as part of our Fast Track initiatives.
As part of widening its footprint in Ireland, Huawei will be engaging with many customers and stakeholders in the coming months, and will be a partner sponsor at the Tech Excellence Awards 2022. The company will also be involved in the extremely timely Now that’s what I call Cybersecurity event, organised by Arrow, at Orlagh Country House, Dublin.
Colm Murphy, a senior cybersecurity adviser in Huawei’s global cybersecurity transparency centre in Brussels, previously stated that in today’s world cyber literacy is just as important as financial literacy and a central component of risk management. Understanding what cyber threats are out there and knowing which cybersecurity solutions are the best fit for businesses is vital to safeguard data, strengthen security posture, and build business resilience, and Huawei will be a key contributor to this critically important discussion on 10 May.
Huawei’s vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world, and it was former Huawei West Europe President, David Li, who described SMEs as the backbone of the European economy. Now firmly focused on the Irish Channel Market, the expanding Huawei Enterprise Business Group is ideally positioned to provide networking and data storage solutions to enterprise across the country moving forward.
CSR and sustainability
Community support and local investment is at the core of Huawei’s operations in Ireland, particularly in the STEM area. Since it first launched in 2015, Huawei’s Seeds for the Future programme has seen Irish STEM students benefit hugely from its unique learning and cultural experience. The programme has accepted over 172 STEM students from Irish universities to date, providing them with an immersive two-week training program in ICT knowledge and culture.
Students that secure a place on the 2022 programme will be given the unique opportunity to experience virtual tours of Huawei’s campuses, the company’s flagship store in central Shenzhen, alongside Chinese culture experiences including tours of famous cities, learning Mandarin, calligraphy and gaining an insight into modern Chinese business. By sharing its ICT expertise and experiences in the global business environment, young people from different countries can learn about advanced technologies in the ICT industry and accumulate expertise and skills through the Seeds for the Future programme, contributing to the progress of the global ICT industry.
Huawei works with a number of Irish third level institutions, including Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, University of Limerick, University College Dublin, and University College Cork, funding vital Irish research into video, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. The company also partners key Science Foundation Ireland centres such as Connect, Insight, Adapt and Lero.
Huawei Ireland is also supporting Ocean Research & Conservation Ireland, a ‘for-impact’ non-profit organisation based in Cork, to conduct Ireland’s first real-time study to assess the impact of marine traffic on whales in Irish waters. The new study will see the deployment of acoustic monitoring equipment in the Celtic Sea at locations where sightings of whales and other wildlife have been recorded. The equipment will be able to listen for movements of whales, and with the help of machine learning models to enhance data analysis, for the first time provide near real-time detection.
In 2020, Huawei Ireland launched the Tech4Her scholarship programme in partnership with Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and University College Dublin, aimed at supporting female students studying STEM subjects. The scholarships are available at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition to financial support, Tech4Her also offers the opportunity to engage in a mentoring programme with representatives from Huawei. The scholarship programme expanded to University College Cork (UCC) entering its second year, which was announced in 2021. Up to now, 32 female STEM students have benefited from the programme.
Huawei has committed to cutting carbon emissions per connection by 80% by 2025. If this goal is met, ICT will become one of the most energy-efficient industries in the world. Simply said, with digital assistance, more can be accomplished with less. Huawei is committed to technology for a better planet – one to be proud to hand down to future generations. By developing, supplying and investing in these technologies, Huawei is determined to be central to the global drive for sustainable growth and operations, as well as reducing carbon emissions. In an increasingly digital world, Huawei wants to ensure the global impact of digitalisation is overwhelmingly positive. According to the World Economic Forum, by 2030, digital technology can actually help reduce global carbon emissions by 15%, and its latest sustainability report based on new Amárach research gives fresh insight into how Ireland can harness technology to not only grow, but mitigate against climate change.
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to secure a 1-gallon container of spray solution onto a UTV frame," said an inventor, from Pomeroy, Ohio, "so I invented the SPRAYER MOUNT. My design ensures that the spray container remains stabilized and secure while riding."
The invention provides an effective way to carry and store a 1-gallon pump sprayer on a UTV. In doing so, it eliminates the need to struggle and hold the sprayer bottle. As a result, it increases convenience and safety and it reduces the risk of spills and accidents. The invention features a simple and secure design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for UTV owners, farmers, etc. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4631, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint at war cemetery
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia’s ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced the attack, saying that “we won’t be scared” while the “people of Europe should be scared to see their reflection in a mirror.”
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau described the incident as “highly deplorable.”
“Diplomats enjoy special protection, regardless of the policies pursued by the governments that they represent,” he said.
Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers’ cemetery to lay flowers on Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Allies. The major Russian patriotic holiday was celebrated with pomp in a parade at Red Square in Moscow.
As he arrived at the Soviet Military Cemetery in the Polish capital, Andreev was met by hundreds of activists opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Red paint was thrown from behind at him before a protester standing beside him threw a big blob of it in his face.
The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted “fascists” and “murderers” at him, in Russian, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with red, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war. Other people in his entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint.
Zakharova said that “admirers of the neo-Nazis have once again shown their face.” She said that along with the removal of monuments to Soviet army World War II heroes, the attack reflected the “course for the reincarnation of fascism.”
Some Russian commentators suggested that the attack on the ambassador could prompt Moscow to recall him and ask the Polish ambassador to leave Russia.
The Polish government faced some criticism for not providing the ambassador with more security, allowing for an incident to occur that Russia could use to depict Poland as hostile to Moscow.
Among the critics was a former interior minister, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, who said he couldn’t understand why there wasn’t more protection for the ambassador when for weeks “you could feel how May 9 could end in Warsaw.”
Poland’s current interior minister, however, said Poland’s government opposed the ambassador against laying a wreath at the cemetery, and noted that police helped him to safely leave the scene. The ambassador had originally hoped to hold a Victory Day march in Warsaw, but national and city authorities opposed that — and some viewed his appearance at the cemetery as provocative.
“The gathering of opponents of Russian aggression against Ukraine, where the crime of genocide takes place every day, was legal,” Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski added. “The emotions of Ukrainian women taking part in the demonstration, whose husbands are fighting bravely in defense of their homeland, are understandable.”
Protesters also marched in Warsaw on Sunday evening to protest the war, bringing a tank on a tractor and parking it in front of the Russian Embassy. Since the war began on Feb. 24, images of Ukrainian tractors hauling off Russian tanks have been symbols of Ukrainian resistance.
The Soviet cemetery is set amid a vast park on the route linking the downtown to the international airport. It is the final resting place of more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers who perished on Polish soil fighting while helping to defeat Nazi Germany.
While Poland has removed some monuments to the Red Army in the decades since it threw off Moscow-backed communist rule, it has allowed the cemetery to remain undisturbed. Though Soviet soldiers defeated the Nazis, earlier in the war the Soviet forces had invaded Poland following a secret agreement with the German Nazi government, and carried out atrocities against Poles, including mass executions and deportations to Siberia.
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The people who run America’s abortion clinics agree: There’s no job like it.
There are the clients -- so many of them desperate, in need, grateful. There are the abortion opponents -- passionate, relentless, often furious. And hovering over it all are legal challenges, and the awareness that your clinic may be just a judicial ruling away from extinction.
That reality became more urgent last week with a leaked, draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court suggesting a majority of justices support overturning the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion. If that happens it could spell the end of abortion in about half the states.
The Associated Press talked with three women and one man who run abortion clinics in such states about their work. Some came to the work through personal brushes with abortion; for others it started as a job. For all, it has become a calling.
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SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA -- When Kathaleen Pittman was growing up in a small, conservative community in rural Louisiana, abortion was not openly discussed. When she started working at the Hope Medical Group for Women, she sat her mother down and told her.
“To my shock ... she told me then: ‘Women have always had abortions and always will. They need a safe place,’” she recalls. “That moment was kind of a watershed moment.”
She was not drawn to the work as an activist. The part-time job counseling women undergoing abortions was a good fit while she was trying to finish her master’s degree.
But she knew the fear some women feel with an unwanted pregnancy. When she was in her early 20s, a good friend asked for her help getting an abortion. At the time, in the early ’80s, the procedure was legal but they didn’t know where to find someone in northwestern Louisiana who performed it.
Pittman dialed information. It took 20 minutes to find a doctor in nearby Arkansas. Her friend despaired.
“I’m sitting there watching her cry,” Pittman says.
Pittman was counselor, director of counseling and assistant administrator before becoming director of the clinic in 2010. The clinic has survived numerous efforts to restrict abortion, such as requirements for waiting periods or admitting privileges for doctors.
When she started working there, about 11 other clinics operated in the state, and some private doctors performed abortions. Now, Hope is one of three remaining.
To alleviate stress, she does needlepoint. She also texts other clinic administrators. A few times a month they gather on Zoom to compare notes or just to vent.
“It can be very isolating, particularly running a clinic in the South,” she says.
Pittman knows the Supreme Court ruling could end abortion in her state. When the draft opinion leaked, Pittman says she had a “horrible feeling” in the pit of her stomach. But then she took stock, and reminded herself that it was not final. For now, abortion is legal.
And as always, she focused on the women who walk past her office every day, after their appointments.
“They no longer look like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders,” she says.
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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA -- Katie Quinonez had the first of her two abortions when she was 17, months after graduating from high school. She was in an emotionally abusive relationship with a man seven years her senior.
She wanted to attend college, have a career. “I didn’t want to be chained to this person for the rest of my life because of a mistake that I made in high school,” says Quinonez, now 31.
Ashamed to tell her mother, Quinonez worked at a pizzeria after school to save up for an abortion. Weeks passed; finally, Quinonez broke down and revealed her plight. Her mother was immediately supportive and helped her schedule an abortion appointment.
But by then, she was in her second trimester. The experience was traumatic. She remembers crying in pain as she walked out the door.
Shortly after she graduated college, she found out she was pregnant again, and was ashamed.
But this time, the experience was different. She had a supportive partner — now her husband — who went with her to a different clinic, the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston. From the nurses who held her hand to the recovery room with big comfy chairs, it was an “affirming experience.”
“There was no judgment or shame,” she says.
It was that experience that led her to apply in 2017 as the center’s development director. By that time, it was the only clinic left in the state. She became the leader in January 2020.
It was, she says, her dream job.
Every day is a challenge. Bills to ban or limit abortion care are introduced every year. The clinic is nearly surrounded by anti-abortion activists: A pregnancy crisis center moved in next door, and a pro-life organization purchased land across the street and erected a large white cross.
But she and her staff see the clinic as a safe haven from those outside forces. Even if Roe is overturned, she is determined that the clinic stay open and continue providing resources like birth control, emergency contraception and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.
And a clinic fund that pays for abortions for those who can't afford them will continue to do that — and it will also help with the cost of traveling to states where the procedure will be legal.
“I know firsthand how critical being able to get the abortion that you need is,” she says.
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HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA -- Dalton Johnson says his mother always thought he’d grow up to work in a dangerous job, perhaps join the FBI or the DEA. But his current line of work -- owning and operating the last abortion clinic in Huntsville, Alabama -- has come with its own threats and dangers.
In fact, when he and his then-partner, a Huntsville doctor, decided to open the clinic, his partner told him that it was hazardous work. The partner felt a responsibility to meet Johnson’s parents first to address any concerns and questions they might have about their son’s new business.
Johnson initially expected to spend a few years at the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives and then move on to something else. But he quickly realized that this was what he was meant to do. He also realized that if he closed down, no one would take his place, and that weighed on him.
“I just really believed that ... we’re really helping women,” he says.
It took roughly two years to get the approvals to open the clinic. And the challenges have not stopped.
The clinic’s doctor -- who would become Johnson’s wife -- was arrested for Medicaid fraud, charges that were later dismissed. There were legal obstacles involving admitting privileges for doctors at the center and the clinic’s proximity to a school. Johnson has been the target of threats; he stepped down from the board of his church to protect it from harassment.
He says he’s also been accused of preying on the Black community -- an accusation that’s particularly galling because he is African American: “They’re pulling the race card on me,” he says, incredulously.
His wife has a ob/gyn practice that is located in a separate facility. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe and his clinic is forced to close, they’ll likely turn that space into another branch of his wife’s practice and transfer the staff there without having to lay anyone off.
But he’s worried about the effect on Alabama women of a loss of abortion services.
“It’s really just sad how so few people can make the choice for so many women,” he says.
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FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA -- Tammi Kromenaker has given over her entire adult life to helping women get abortions. And with the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion, she’s beginning to think the days of the Red River Women’s Clinic are numbered.
“The writing has been on the wall for a long time, but I think now it’s in ink,” she says.
It wasn’t necessarily a career she foresaw growing up in a Catholic family in suburban Minneapolis, where she attended Christian music festivals with her boyfriend.
But during her freshman year in college in Fargo, a good friend got pregnant. Kromenaker remembers her immediate reaction: Her friend needed an abortion. She sent her money to help pay for it.
In a flash, her thinking had changed. “It was like night and day,” she says.
A professor recommended her for a part-time position at an abortion clinic. That turned into a fulltime job; then, when the Red River clinic opened in 1998, she moved there as the director. Finally, in 2016, she bought Red River -- now the only surviving abortion clinic in North Dakota.
The clinic sits right on the street, and even in frigid North Dakota winters protesters are outside, calling to the women and volunteers who escort them in. There’s never been any violence, she says, but one time a protester did get into the building. Kromenaker confronted him at the top of the stairs.
“I said, ‘You need to go,’” she recalls. “And he did.”
Kromenaker, 50, talked to the clinic staff about the draft Supreme Court opinion, emphasizing that it’s not yet final. And she took solace in a story of a woman who was doing a pre-abortion consultation and took time to tell the staff she’d seen the news and was grateful for the clinic.
Kromenaker worries about her staff if abortion is outlawed in the state. Most employees work there the one day a week they perform abortions, but there are a few fulltime employees. She hopes the draft leak will galvanize Americans to support abortion rights.
But if not, she’s prepared. No state line, she says, will prevent her from continuing her life’s work.
She plans to cross the Red River to Minnesota and open another clinic there.
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Roku streaming sticks and devices are a fantastic way to access hundreds of entertainment apps on your TV, all in one accessible hub. And while exploring all the Roku Channel Store has to offer can be a fun social experience, sometimes you may just want to add a layer of privacy when it's just you watching.
Thankfully, all the best Roku streaming devices have a mode with that intention in mind: private listening. However, as it's not a mode the streamer draws a lot of attention to by default, you might not have known it even existed in the first place.
Essentially, Roku private listening is accessible by connecting a pair of headphones via the Roku app, meaning that all audio from your Roku streamer will output through those headphones, and not the TV. This is especially handy if your TV doesn't have a headphone jack or Bluetooth connectivity.
In this guide, we'll show you how to set up private listening via the Roku app, to ensure the utmost privacy while you're watching all the best streaming services on your streaming stick or device.
First steps
The first thing you'll need to do in order to access the Roku private listening mode in the first place is to download the Roku mobile app. Available on both iOS and Android phones, the app can pair wirelessly to your Roku device with just a few quick taps.
To do so, first make sure your TV and Roku streaming device are booted up. When your screen is showing the Roku Channel Store homepage, open the Roku mobile app, tap "Devices" in the bottom right, and the app will automatically search for your device. When your Roku device appears in the list, you can tap it to pair the app to your streamer.
If you're not seeing the Roku Channel Store as intended, you may need to undergo some extra setup steps:
- Learn how to connect a Roku streaming stick to your TV
- If that's sorted, find out how to connect a Roku streaming stick to your Wi-Fi
With the mobile app now paired to your Roku device, you'll also need to make sure you have a compatible pair of headphones. If your phone has a headphone jack, you'll be able to use any pair of wired headphones for your private listening sessions.
Alternatively, you can connect a pair of wireless earbuds or wireless headphones via Bluetooth to your phone. In either case, you'll now have everything you need to start using private listening on your Roku streaming device.
For most Roku owners, pairing headphones to your mobile will be the most straightforward method of accessing the private listening mode. Roku used to make bespoke remotes that featured a headphone jack, such as the Enhanced Voice Remote and Voice Remote Pro.
However, with the mobile app proving to be so convenient, the company has since phased out these remotes. But they are still available to buy online second-hand should you desire.
How to enable private listening on your Roku device
Now that you've got everything you need to start using Roku's private listening mode, the next thing you'll need to do is enable it.
The easiest way to enable private listening is to open the Roku mobile app, and tap the 'Remote' icon down at the bottom of the screen. While we have a full guide on how to pair a Roku remote, this handy section of the app presents an interactive remote that works as soon as you've paired the app to your streaming device.
If you ever misplace or break the remote that comes packaged with your Roku streaming stick, this digital remote will be your best friend.
To enable private listening, then, simply tap the headphones icon, situated at the bottom right of the large directional pad. Once you do, a pop-up window will let you know that private listening has been activated. To turn it off, all you need to do is tap the headphones icon a second time.
Not seeing the headphones icon? You may need to update the Roku mobile app to the latest version. Head to your phone's app store and search for 'Roku mobile app' to make sure you've got the latest version of it downloaded.
If the headphones icon still isn't there after updating, Roku's support page notes that you may have an older Roku device that doesn't support the private listening feature.
In most cases, though, you'll now have successfully enabled private listening on your Roku device, and you can now watch all of your favorite streaming channels like Netflix and Disney Plus, or listen to music via Spotify, while keeping the audio all to yourself via a pair of connected headphones.
Roku private listening is a fantastic failsafe feature, then, especially if (as mentioned) your TV lacks the means to hook up a pair of headphones via a wired or wireless connection. It's a great way to ensure some me-time with your favorite shows and movies, or as a means to listen without interruption, especially if you live in a busy household.
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Delhi reported 799 new coronavirus cases and three related deaths on Monday -- the single-day fatality count highest in over two months -- while the positivity rate dropped to 4.94 per cent, showed the data shared by the health department here.
A total of 16,187 tests to detect coronavirus were conducted in Delhi a day before, it stated.
With the new cases, Delhi's overall Covid-19 infection tally rose to 18,95,053, while the death toll stands at 26,182, the data showed.
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Delhi logged 1,422 Covid cases and nil death due to the disease on Sunday, while the positivity stood at 5.34 per cent.
The city saw 1,407 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.72 per cent and two deaths on Saturday.
It had on Friday logged 1,656 COVID-19 cases, highest since February 4, while the positivity rate stood at 5.39 per cent.
There are 5,369 active cases in the capital. The number of containment zones has risen to 1,935, according to the latest health bulletin.
The hospitalisation rate has so far been low, accounting for less than three per cent of the total number of active cases, it stated.
Currently, 175 Covid-19 patients and seven suspected cases, are admitted in Delhi hospitals, while 4,395 are recuperating in home isolation, the bulletin stated.
Of the 9,590 beds for Covid-19 patients in various hospitals, only 182 (1.9 per cent) are occupied, it stated.
The spurt in Covid-19 cases and the test positivity rate in Delhi over the last few weeks does not suggest the onset of a new wave, but people should keep basic mitigation measures in place to prevent the spread of the infection, experts have said.
Eminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya had earlier said the test positivity rate is stagnant, and it means the infection is spreading at the same rate and that there is no wave. | https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/covid-799-new-cases-3-deaths-in-a-day-in-delhi-positivity-rate-4-94-1947418-2022-05-09 | 2022-05-09T19:25:48Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/covid-799-new-cases-3-deaths-in-a-day-in-delhi-positivity-rate-4-94-1947418-2022-05-09 | false | 9 |
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This is the biggest city in Alaska, but it is still not that famous for a living when we talk about the whole USA. However, it is incredibly renowned for tourism. So, if you are planning to go there, you have to know some favorite spots for your fried chicken.
This is one of the best spots in the city to have burgers. From Hamburgers to onion rings, there are so many things that tourists and locals both love about this restaurant. But still, fried chicken is on the top. You should try the fried chicken burger of this restaurant as it is one of the best meals you will have in Anchorage.
This is qu9ite, a famous restaurant in Nashville that serves Southern fried chicken with a touch of Nashville hot fried chicken. And this combination is loved in many states and cities of the USA.
In this family restaurant, you can have almost every traditional and famous American cuisine.
2. Waffle Rush
If you are a lover of fried chicken and waffles, you have to visit this place because this is heaven for you. You should come here in the morning for breakfast because this dish tastes much better in the morning.
This is the most famous spot for meals in this city. It was established in 1955, and now, it has gained so much experience in fried chicken that no one can leave the city without tasting this scrumptious chicken. Their milkshakes and burgers are also worth0eating, but their buffalo chicken salad is divine. They put shredded and pan-fried chicken with buffalo sauce and some veggies in this salad. | https://original.newsbreak.com/@restaurant-review-1453573/2592669950365-top-5-most-popular-fried-chicken-restaurants-in-anchorage-alaska | 2022-05-09T19:26:40Z | https://original.newsbreak.com/@restaurant-review-1453573/2592669950365-top-5-most-popular-fried-chicken-restaurants-in-anchorage-alaska | false | 1 |
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Air Products will Showcase its Hydrogen for Mobility Solutions at the Expo
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products' (NYSE:APD) Eric Guter, Global Vice President – Hydrogen for Mobility, will take part in a panel discussion titled "Hydrogen Fuel Supply and Fueling Strategies," at 1 p.m. PT on Monday, May 9 at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California.
"To achieve our decarbonization goals we need to rethink how we move goods throughout society and that's where hydrogen has a distinct advantage over other zero-emissions technologies. It is abundant, produces no emissions when used in a fuel cell and is the only technology that can provide the range and refueling requirements needed in heavy-duty transportation," said Guter. "We're very excited to be supporting the energy transition, not only by converting our own fleet of trucks but by also providing the hydrogen production, distribution and dispensing expertise needed to help solve the world's energy and environmental challenges."
Guter will be part of a four-person hydrogen workshop panel discussion that will focus on hydrogen fuel sources, production and delivery methods; liquid and compressed storage and refueling systems; and opportunities for hydrogen fuel cost reductions to meet fleet economic sustainability needs.
The ACT Expo is North America's largest advanced transportation technology and clean fleet event. More than 5,000 people with more than 250 exhibitors are expected to attend.
Convention attendees are invited to stop by Air Products' booth #553, on the exhibit floor to learn more about the company's hydrogen for mobility solutions.
Hydrogen is an important technology option for sustainable transportation. Hydrogen fuel cells are gaining momentum as the technology of choice in heavy-duty applications due to the duty-cycles, especially in extreme climate conditions. Hydrogen as a transportation fuel most closely mirrors the traditional consumer transportation fuel experience. Air Products' technologies are used in over 1.5 million refuelings annually across 20 countries, with Air Products having been involved in more than 250 projects. With over 60 years of global hydrogen experience operating in over 50 countries, Air Products has the proven capability and know-how to make hydrogen through all available production methods and to distribute this increasingly important emission-free fuel safely, reliably, and economically.
For more detailed information about Air Products' hydrogen for mobility solutions visit: www.airproducts.com/h2fm.
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Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects, including: gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and world-scale low- and zero-carbon hydrogen projects supporting global transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2021 sales of $10.3 billion from operations in over 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $55 billion. More than 20,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
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WEST ALTON — Relocating southbound U.S. 67 to a higher location, next to the northbound lanes, has forced workers to pulverize part of the old Missouri approach to the Clark Bridge into Alton.
The section is being removed to allow for storm water sewer installation for the new highway. Eventually, traffic will be on a reconfigured approach on the Missouri side of the bridge.
Meanwhile traffic is reduced to one lane northbound during this phase of construction.
The project, estimated to cost about $3.9 million, will elevate southbound traffic for about 3 miles after it crosses the Clark Bridge from Alton into Missouri. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The elevated section will eliminate minor to moderate flooding, but will not prevent large scale floods from covering the lanes. The new lanes will be alongside the already significantly higher northbound lanes.
The work will also include improvements for a safer interchange at U.S. 67 and Riverlands Way where many people in the Alton area go to purchase gasoline. | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/US-67-pulverized-near-Clark-Bridge-17159989.php | 2022-05-09T19:31:38Z | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/US-67-pulverized-near-Clark-Bridge-17159989.php | false | 1 |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Elizabeth Olsen Reveals She Never Met SPOILER
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has its fair share of surprises, including the return and debut of several popular fan castings of characters from across the multiverse. As fate would have it, much of cameos had to be filmed depending on the schedule of the actors appearing, meaning that more often than not, not everyone was in the same room at the same point. Case in point, Elizabeth Olsen recently admitted she hasn't even met a pair of actors behind two of the film's biggest cameos, despite her character interacting with them on-screen.
Full spoilers up ahead! If you've yet to see Multiverse of Madness, you will be spoiled.
The Illuminati, a group of heroes mirroring the Avengers, was introduced as the protectors of Earth-838. The members making the group up include Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Reed Richards (John Krasinski), Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell), Black Bolt (Anson Mount), and Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Even though Olsen's Scarlet Witch kills them all in brutal fashion, Olsen herself told CinemaBlend she's never even met Stewart or Krasinski. "I've never met them. Movie magic," the actor joked with the outlet.
She added, "We decided that the limitation is that she isn't in her body, she's in a "less oiled" version of her body so it's not capable of doing as much as our universe's Wanda could do. It's more about using the body like a bad car or something like a not-so-tuned-up-car. I wanted it to be easier. It's amazing to get to have those moments."
Each of the members of the Illuminati would technically "variants," or versions of the character from outside the primary, "sacred" timeline introduced in Loki Season One. Because of that, it's unclear if those same actors will return when their respective counterparts are introduced in Earth-616, if they so should be.
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Tributes Paid To Memory Of JKLF Leader Amanullah Khan In Washington
Sumaira FH Published May 09, 2022 | 11:10 PM
Kashmiri-Americans activists in Washington metropolitan area have paid tributes to the late Amanullah Khan, Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, as a leader who steadfastly struggled for the freedom of Kashmiris from the Indian yoke
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2022 ) :Kashmiri-Americans activists in Washington metropolitan area have paid tributes to the late Amanullah Khan, Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, as a leader who steadfastly struggled for the freedom of Kashmiris from the Indian yoke.
The JKLF leader died in Rawalpindi on 26 April 2016, after, in the words of speakers at a meeting held on Sunday, praised his "selfless" contribution to the cause of Kashmir.
The meeting was held at the Woodbridge, Virginia, home of Yamin Khan, a Kashmiri activist, who said that they will never forget his the tireless efforts in projecting the sufferings of Kashmiris under Indian occupation and advocating their liberation.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General of World Kashmir Awareness Forum, a Washington-based advocacy group, said that Amanullah Khan was a symbol of sacrifice and decency who struggled tirelessly for the right of self-determination of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, and remained true to the Kashmir cause until the end of his life.
"Aman Sahib's message to the Kashmiri Diaspora was to disconnect themselves from Kashmiri political parties and become Kashmiris and Kashmiris alone to gain their right of self-determination," he said.
Fai said Aman Sahib had defined the parameters about negotiations for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute: That the issue of Kashmir was about the right of self-determination; that the right of self-determination has to be unrestricted, and that the leadership of the people of Kashmir can never be sidelined in any final settlement.
Sardar Zarif Khan, Secretary General, Kashmir American welfare Association (KAWA), said that Aman Sahib has made it clear time and again that he was primarily an advocate of the people of Kashmir and was never against the prosperity of the people or the state of India or Pakistan. Sardar Zarif Khan added that Aman Sahib always stressed that a just resolution of Kashmir was not only in the best interest of the people of Kashmir but also in the interest of both India and Pakistan who are spending billions of Dollars on their defence.
Sardar Zubair Khan, a Kashmiri activist, emphasized the need for seeking the understanding of the American policy-making agencies to help resolve the Kashmir conflict according to the wishes and aspirations of the people of Kashmir. Amanullah's sacrifices will never go in vain, he said.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts on Monday the creation of an east Mediterranean firefighting hub aimed at quickly addressing huge summer wildfires that could overwhelm any single country.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides made the proposal during a virtual meeting of the three countries’ top diplomats as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, aimed at closer cooperation on energy, the economy, climate action, emergency preparedness and counterterrorism.
Kasoulides also said his island nation is willing to host a gathering of ministers to discuss ways of protecting the east Mediterranean Sea through the development of environmentally friendly ports and other coastline infrastructure.
Cyprus, Greece and Israel have often assisted each other in recent years by sending firefighting teams, gear and aircraft to help combat massive wildfires. The Cypriot proposal would seek to streamline and speed up the dispatching of such assistance.
Blinken joined Kasoulides, and their Greek and Israeli counterparts, Nikos Dendias and Yair Lapid, to demonstrate Washington’s support for the three-way cooperation pact that Cyprus, Greece and Israel have developed over recent years.
In a joint statement, the ministers said they had decided to intensify cooperation on issues “contributing to resilience, energy security and interconnectivity in the region.”
They agreed to meet again before the end of 2022.
Cyprus, Greece and Israel have worked for the last six years to strengthen ties based on new gas deposits in Cypriot and Israeli waters, and want to explore ways of getting those hydrocarbons to European markets as a potential alternative to Russian gas.
Additionally, the European Union agreed earlier this year to earmark 657 million euros ($687 million) for the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the three countries’ power grids.
Officials said that with the completion of the cable dubbed “Eurasia Interconnector,” it’s expected that more investment will flow into renewable sources enhancing the energy mix of Greece, Cyprus and Israel.
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Mayor John Tory has formally terminated a municipal state of emergency which had been in effect for a total of 777 days, calling it “just one more sign that the city is returning to a more normal state of existence.”
Tory made the announcement during a press conference outside Toronto City Hall on Monday morning.
He said that while COVID-19 is far from over, the removal of the emergency declaration does represent an “important juncture” in the more than two-year fight against the virus.
“We are on the right track but I think we have to remind ourselves every single day that this is not over. So we continue to do the work,” he said. “But I think the sort of stress level and the acute nature of the pandemic has receded a bit and it allows us to have days like today where we can remove the state of emergency while still continuing with just as much effort on things like vaccination.”
Tory said that the formal declaration of an emergency back on March 23, 2020 gave the city added flexibility with regards to staffing, ultimately allowing more than 1,700 of its workers to be temporarily reassigned to help support vaccination efforts and maintain critical services.
However, all but 40 of those people have returned to their original jobs as the city transitions away from an emergency-oriented response to COVID-19.
As part of that transition, Toronto’s Board of Health will meet on May 16 to vote on a motion which would make its hyper-local vaccination campaign a permanent program, contingent on additional funding being provided by the province.
“The declaration signalled our intent to fight COVID-19 with everything we had and now two years, one month and 17 days later and more than seven doses of vaccine later there is no doubt that our collective efforts have been successful in getting us to a better place,” Tory said. “I do want people to understand that by taking away our state of emergency in the city we are not ending our fight against COVID. We know that COVID-19 is still active in the city and the work that we have been undertaking will not stop.”
Public health indicators improving
The municipal emergency declaration was first issued on March 23, 2020.
Back then there were only 304 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city and most were associated with recent travel.
Since then, Toronto has reported more than 312,000 confirmed cases and that number is considered a significant undercount due to limited eligibility for PCR testing.
There have also been more than 4,200 residents who have died after contracting COVID-19.
Speaking with reporters on Monday, De Villa called COVID-19 a “once in a lifetime public health crisis” and said that she is “truly in awe at the resilience of Toronto residents” over the last two years.
She said that while all public health indicators are all now either “decreasing or holding stable,” residents should socialize outdoors as much as possible in the coming months and ensure that they are up to date with their vaccination.
She also warned that there is emerging research which points to an increase in reinfection rates due to the new Omicron subvariant.
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Why the Army cut back on incoherent screaming by drill sergeants on day 1 of basic training
“Nothing’s really changed other than we’re not screaming in their faces."
If you’ve observed Army recruits on their first day at basic training in recent years, you may have noticed something a little different: there isn’t quite as much screaming.
It’s been almost two years since the Army announced it was changing the way infantry recruits were greeted at basic training in 2020, moving away from an aggressive and incoherent screaming ‘shark attack’ on trainees that mostly worked to establish drill sergeants’ dominance.
The Shark Attack was useful during a time in Army history when the service depended on draftees: Wide-eyed drill sergeants used “intimidation and fear to weed out the weak of heart,” according to Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Fortenberry, previously the top enlisted leader of the Infantry School.
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But the Army doesn’t use drafted troops anymore. Each soldier getting off that bus signed up to do so, and the Shark Attack betrayed “the innate trust between teammates and worse, betrays the crucial bond of trust with our leaders,” Fortenberry said.
Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, told Task & Purpose that the new event, called The First 100 Yards, helps instill a critical lesson for trainees on day one: trust their noncommissioned officers.
“The first order that a noncommissioned officer will give an infantry soldier in the United States Army is ‘Follow me,’” Donahoe said. “As they get off the bus it’s not an adversarial sergeant-on-trainee, it’s the sergeant as the noncommissioned officer at the center of the team, leading by example … That’s a pretty powerful touchstone to the centrality of the noncommissioned officer in our Army. It should start day one.”
Infantry recruits aren’t the only ones seeing a change in their first day at basic training. The Army also moved Armor recruits away from the shark attack and into an exercise called the “Thunder Run,” which requires trainees to run a set of equipment down a quarter-mile track, handing it off to teammates along the way, and arranging the equipment at the end in the same way it was at the beginning.
“Nothing’s really changed other than we’re not screaming in their faces,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Yaudas of the 194th Armored Brigade.
At its core, basic training is meant to build the foundation for a soldier’s career, and that includes a trust in their leadership. For example, Donahoe said, the person soldiers are supposed to feel they can go to with a problem is their squad leader — typically a staff sergeant — but soldiers’ “first experience was a staff sergeant ripping their face off as they get off a bus.” It made “no sense,” he said. But now, The First 100 Yards will “hopefully set the model for that relationship between a noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted soldiers as they go up the ranks.”
While it was no doubt a shift for the Army, the new way of doing things seems to be working. Command Sgt. Maj. T.J. Holland, the former top enlisted leader of the 18th Airborne Corps, said in an Army news release that they are seeing “more discipline” and “more physical readiness” from soldiers going through The First 100 Yards.
They’re being shown “right off the bus” how the Army wants them to work together, while also potentially cutting down on immediate injury as soldiers aren’t chaotically scrambling with their things off the bus. It’s about showing them “what right looks like” from the very start, Master Sgt. Adam Breeding of Army Forces Command said last year.
And for any of the “back in my day crowd” who feel the new generation of soldiers couldn’t possibly be as tough as they were because they’re not being chaotically screamed at by drill sergeants, Donahoe invited them to give it a try.
“For the folks who are like, ‘That’s weak’ — first off, they haven’t seen it,” Donahoe said. “They’re just reacting to something they’ve heard. And I welcome any of those guys to come back and get on a bus and go through the First 100 Yards or Thunder Run, and see just how weak and easy it is.”
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As prices rise on the luxuries of life you might think that a trip to see a West End show is out of reach.
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to secure a 1-gallon container of spray solution onto a UTV frame," said an inventor, from Pomeroy, Ohio, "so I invented the SPRAYER MOUNT. My design ensures that the spray container remains stabilized and secure while riding."
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Stocks fell sharply at the opening of the market on Monday. Investors are trying to find stability in a volatile market. Bonds are usually a safer investment, but even the bond market is down this year.
Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to Jill Schlesinger, business analyst at CBS News and the host of “Jill on Money” about what’s going on.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Three Americans who were found dead at a resort in the Bahamas have been identified.
Royal Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Paul Rolle said 68-year-old Michael Phillips and his wife 65-year-old Robbie Phillips were declared dead at the Sandals resort on Great Exuma Island.
The two were from Tennessee.
64-year-old Vincent Chiarella was found unresponsive in another room and was later pronounced dead. He was from Florida.
Vincent’s wife, Donnis Chiarella, was airlifted to a hospital in Nassau before being transport to a hospital in Miami.
She is said to be in fair condition.
The U.S. State Department is now “monitoring” the investigation into the cause of death.
The acting Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Chester Cooper, said there were no signs of foul play.
Officers found no signs of trauma, but it appeared at least two people “showed signs of convulsion.”
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Goldfish crackers is partnering with Old Bay for a new "bold" and "zesty" limited-edition snack just in time for summer.
The limited-edition Old Bay seasoned Goldfish snack is now available, according to a news release.
The crackers are seasoned with Old Bay's popular spice blend that includes black pepper, paprika, celery salt and red pepper flakes, which "creates a bold, savory taste."
“What I find most exciting about this partnership is that once again Goldfish is showing up for our flavor enthusiasts in a big, bold way,” said Janda Lukin, chief marketing officer of Campbells Snacks, in the news release.
“Old Bay Seasoned Goldfish harnesses the fandom of two iconic brands and brings consumers a new way to experience their favorite zesty flavor on their beloved fish-shaped cracker, just in time for summer," the release continued.
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SA mining is now a R1 trillion industry | Fin24
South African mining manufacturing breached R1 trillion for the primary time final 12 months on the again of robust commodity costs, the Minerals Council South Africa mentioned on Monday.
The council introduced the file consequence when it revealed its annual Facts and Figures report forward of the beginning of the Investing in African Mining Indaba which takes place in Cape Town this week.
The worth of manufacturing was simply shy of R1.2 trillion in 2021 and properly above the R910 billion achieved in 2020. The enhance in worth was a results of improved commodity costs, which had been 40% increased year-on-year in greenback phrases and 20% increased in rand phrases. A 12% firming of the rand in opposition to the greenback meant mining corporations didn’t reap the total good thing about worldwide commodity costs.
The manufacturing worth supplied the home economic system with a significant injection of upper taxes, wages, and elevated employment, the council CEO Roger Baxter mentioned in a press briefing.
“The importance of mining for the South African economy cannot be understated [and it is critical] for the country, the broader economy, the fiscus, and the labour market,” he mentioned.
“The industry increased employment during 2021, a rare occurrence for a major economic sector in the prevailing climate, more than offsetting the jobs lost in 2020, mainly because of Covid, and adding additional jobs to the economy.
“The council nonetheless highlighted its concern round key state-owned enterprises like Eskom and Transnet. It estimates that rail and port constraints resulted in a chance value of R35 billion for 2021. If the capability of the rail community for bulk commodities like iron ore, coal, and chrome is taken into account, the chance loss is R50 billion, a 3rd of which might have flowed into the fiscus.
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PHOENIX (AP) — With anti-immigrant rhetoric bubbling over in the leadup to this year’s critical midterm elections, about 1 in 3 U.S. adults believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gains.
About 3 in 10 also worry that more immigration is causing U.S.-born Americans to lose their economic, political and cultural influence, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to fear a loss of influence because of immigration, 36% to 27%.
Those views mirror swelling anti-immigrant sentiment espoused on social media and cable TV, with conservative commentators like Tucker Carlson exploiting fears that new arrivals could undermine the native-born population.
In their most extreme manifestation, those increasingly public views in the U.S. and Europe tap into a decades-old conspiracy theory known as the “great replacement,” a false claim that native-born populations are being overrun by nonwhite immigrants who are eroding, and eventually will erase, their culture and values. The once-taboo term became the mantra of one losing conservative candidate in the recent French presidential election.
“I very much believe that the Democrats — from Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, all the way down — want to get the illegal immigrants in here and give them voting rights immediately,” said Sally Gansz, 80. Actually, only U.S. citizens can vote in state and federal elections, and attaining citizenship typically takes years.
A white Republican, Gansz has lived her whole life in Trinidad, Colorado, where about half of the population of 8,300 identifies as Hispanic, most with roots going back centuries to the region’s Spanish settlers.
“Isn’t it obvious that I watch Fox?” quipped Gansz, who said she watches the conservative channel almost daily, including the top-rated Fox News Channel program “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” a major proponent of those ideas.
“Demographic change is the key to the Democratic Party’s political ambitions,” Carlson said on the show last year. “In order to win and maintain power, Democrats plan to change the population of the country.”
Those views aren’t held by a majority of Americans — in fact, two-thirds feel the country’s diverse population makes the U.S. stronger, and far more favor than oppose a path to legal status for immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children. But the deep anxieties expressed by some Americans help explain how the issue energizes those opposed to immigration.
“I don’t feel like immigration really affects me or that it undermines American values,” said Daniel Valdes, 43, a registered Democrat who works in finance for an aeronautical firm on Florida’s Space Coast. “I’m pretty indifferent about it all.”
Valdes’ maternal grandparents came to the U.S. from Mexico, and he said he has “tons” of relatives in the border city of El Paso, Texas. He has Puerto Rican roots on his father’s side.
While Republicans worry more than Democrats about immigration, the most intense anxiety was among people with the greatest tendency for conspiratorial thinking. That’s defined as those most likely to agree with a series of statements, like much of people’s lives is “being controlled by plots hatched in secret places” and “big events like wars, recessions, and the outcomes of elections are controlled by small groups of people who are working in secret against the rest of us.”
In all, 17% in the poll believe both that native-born Americans are losing influence because of the growing population of immigrants and that a group of people in the country is trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants who agree with their political views. That number rises to 42% among the quarter of Americans most likely to embrace other conspiracy theories.
Alex Hoxeng, 37, a white Republican from Midland, Texas, said he found those most extreme versions of the immigration conspiracies “a bit far-fetched” but does believe immigration could lessen the influence of U.S.-born Americans.
“I feel like if we are flooded with immigrants coming illegally, it can dilute our culture,” Hoxeng said.
Teresa Covarrubias, 62, rejects the idea that immigrants are undermining the values or culture of U.S.-born Americans or that they are being brought in to shore up the Democratic voter base. She is registered to vote but is not aligned with any party.
“Most of the immigrants I have seen have a good work ethic, they pay taxes and have a strong sense of family,” said Covarrubias, a second grade teacher in Los Angeles whose four grandparents came to the U.S. from Mexico. “They help our country.”
Republican leaders, including border governors Doug Ducey of Arizona and Greg Abbott of Texas — who is running for reelection this year — have increasingly decried what they call an “invasion,” with conservative politicians traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border to pose for photos alongside former President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Vulnerable Democratic senators up for election this year in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire and Nevada have joined many Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to wait on lifting the coronavirus-era public health rule known as Title 42 that denies migrants a chance to seek asylum. They fear it could draw more immigrants to the border than officials can handle.
U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 221,000 times at the Mexican border in March, a 22-year high, creating a fraught political landscape for Democrats as the Biden administration prepares to lift Title 42 authority May 23. The pandemic powers have been used to expel migrants more than 1.8 million times since it was invoked in March 2020 on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Newly arrived immigrants are barred from voting in federal elections because they aren’t citizens, and gaining citizenship is an arduous process that can take a decade or more — if they are successful. In most cases, they must first obtain permanent residency, then wait five more years before they can apply for citizenship.
Investigations have failed to turn up evidence of widespread voting by people who aren’t eligible, including by non-citizens. For example, a Georgia audit of its voter rolls completed this year found fewer than 2,000 instances of non-citizens attempting to register and vote over the last 25 years, none of which succeeded.
Blake Masters, a candidate for Senate in Arizona, is among the Republicans running for office this year who have played into anxieties about a changing population.
“What the left really wants to do is change the demographics of this country,” he said in a video recorded in October. “They want to do that so they can consolidate power so they can never lose another election.”
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The AP-NORC poll of 4,173 adults was conducted Dec. 1-23, 2021, using a combined sample of interviews from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population, and interviews from opt-in online panels. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 1.96 percentage points. The AmeriSpeak panel is recruited randomly using address-based sampling methods, and respondents later were interviewed online or by phone. | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/politics/ap-politics/1-in-3-fears-immigrants-influence-us-elections-ap-norc-poll/ | 2022-05-09T19:47:37Z | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/politics/ap-politics/1-in-3-fears-immigrants-influence-us-elections-ap-norc-poll/ | false | 33 |
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A man was arrested in Lafayette over the weekend for illegally possessing over a dozen firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and several illegal narcotics, according to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office (LPSO).
Dustin McCullough, 41, is facing the following charges:
- Possession or dealing in unregistered or illegally transferred weapons (8 counts)
- Handling of machine guns unlawful
- Possession of unidentifiable firearm (2 counts)
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule I controlled dangerous substances (2 counts)
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule II controlled dangerous substances (3 counts)
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule III controlled dangerous substances
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances (3 counts)
- Sale, distribution, or possession of legend drug without prescription
- Firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance (14 counts)
- Possession of or dealing in firearms with obliterated numbers or marks
- Possession of firearm by a person convicted of certain felonies (14 counts)
The Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF), staffed by LPSO and the Lafayette Police Department (LPD), made a traffic stop on McCullough Saturday, May 7 around 10:45 p.m. in the 100 block of W. Second St. in Lafayette.
In total, 14 firearms were seized during the search. McCullough was found to be in possession of seven handguns, four machine pistols, and three short-barreled rifles as well as more than 2,200 rounds of assorted ammunition.
Additionally, approximately 334 grams of methamphetamine, 14.3 grams of cocaine, 120 Carbamazepine tablets, 81 Clonazepam tablets, 76 MDMA tablets, 12.6 grams of marijuana, 15 Oxycodone tablets, and smaller quantities of Buprenorphine, Diazepam, and Alprazolam.
McCullough was arrested and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center. | https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/14-firearms-2k-rounds-of-ammunition-drugs-seized-during-traffic-stop-in-lafayette/ | 2022-05-09T19:48:35Z | https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/14-firearms-2k-rounds-of-ammunition-drugs-seized-during-traffic-stop-in-lafayette/ | false | 4 |
What appears to be a World World II-era Japanese hand grenade was found in a basement in Vermont this weekend, prompting a response from the Vermont State Police Bomb Squad.
State police said the person who found the grenade was cleaning out a basement and called it in just before noon. That person had moved it into the backyard of the Rutland home before the bomb squad came in to assess and remove it. No one was hurt and there was no danger to the public, police said.
The grenade will be turned over to the Vermont National Guard and disposed of appropriately, police said.
According to the FBI, it is not uncommon for families of U.S. war veterans to find potentially dangerous souvenirs among their belongings. Known as military ordnance, these items may still be live even after decades in storage or on display and can explode without warning. If you ever find one, call 911 - any of these items should be assessed and handled only by trained professionals. | https://www.necn.com/news/local/world-war-ii-era-grenade-sets-of-emergency-response-in-vermont/2734891/ | 2022-05-09T19:48:35Z | https://www.necn.com/news/local/world-war-ii-era-grenade-sets-of-emergency-response-in-vermont/2734891/ | true | 2 |
Once ‘so sad’, Snapchat is back in the frame
What clearly excites Murphy, who gives relatively few interviews, is Snapchat’s rapidly growing augmented reality work. Through Snapchat’s camera, users can morph into a horse, a nonna, or a fish. Popular landmarks can come to life, some in a disconcerting style reminiscent of the 2010 movie Inception. Others show more about the historical figures they memorialise. Murphy’s favourite is a wall of memories at Cindarella’s Castle in Disney’s Magic Kingdom Park in Florida where visitors can submit a photo to an ever-expanding mural visible through an app. “It’s just a fantastic demonstration of our location technology and a great way for any park visitors to connect,” he says. It must be the technology that Murphy finds most appealing because he has not yet been there to see it in person.
These features are undeniably fun, though there are some that focus squarely on physical attractiveness, making a user more square-jawed, for example. Paired with Snapchat’s Discover tab, which is filled with models and clickbait headlines like “This Kiss Challenge Goes Crazy Viral!“, it is the sort of content that could spark parental anxiety for body-conscious teens. Some is from independent publishers that Snapchat does not pre-moderate; other posts are from influencers it checks. All content is checked against the company’s policies once it goes live, Snapchat says, to ensure none is hateful or harmful.
There is another kind of augmented reality technology that Snapchat is betting on: virtual try-ons of garments and shoes. It works reasonably well, with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age donning a virtual North Face jacket and Louis Vuitton sunglasses. The advantage is you can see how they look on you. The downside is that you are not as good-looking as the model that wears the items in store photos, and the try-on sometimes glitches a little. The idea is that eventually users will be able to browse a host of clothes directly through Snapchat and quickly purchase.
In some ways, Snapchat’s focus on online try-ons of real-world objects is the opposite way to how other social media companies, such as Facebook owner Meta, are going. Meta sees the metaverse, an ill-defined concept that at its core refers to the idea of fully virtual simulated environments, as the future of its $US550 billion company.
Murphy doesn’t mention Meta directly, but clearly has some scepticism about the relative promise of the metaverse. “We see augmented reality as a much bigger opportunity than the metaverse,” Murphy says. The reason is that it allows for more interaction with the real world.
Consider, for example, a construction firm meeting where you can see your real colleagues through special glasses but also an augmented reality version of the planned bridge that you are building. That seems plainly more compelling than a fully virtual tour of a site.
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Murphy is more positive about non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. These are signifiers of ownership of some form of digital asset, like a digital illustration, held on a blockchain. So far, many NFT investments have proved speculative, with values soaring and crashing because they are not tied to something of inherent value. Snapchat seems as good a place as any to change that because it is not hard to imagine people paying to incorporate art, filters or augmented reality effects into their snaps (though that could be accomplished without NFTs).
“The concept of NFTs is certainly very interesting,” Murphy says. “Just insofar as it is becoming a format that allows for compensation for digital assets. And I think you’re totally right that there is potential in augmented reality. So yeah, it’s an area that we’re that we’re starting to explore a little bit.”
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a comfortable way to sit and move while using a laptop or performing various work tasks while in a remote location," said an inventor, from Cincinnati, Ohio, "so I invented the WERK - A - WAY. My design would increase efficiency and it would ensure that work supplies are accessible when needed."
The invention provides an improved chair for working in remote locations. In doing so, it would facilitate performing work and computing tasks. It also increases mobility, comfort and convenience and it enhances storage capabilities. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use, transport and store so it is ideal for students, various members of the work force, medical facilities, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4469, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK — Wall Street is tumbling toward its lowest point in more than a year on Monday as renewed worries about China’s economy pile on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates.
The S&P 500 was 2.6% lower in midday trading after coming off its fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in more than a decade. It joined a worldwide swoon for markets Monday. Not only did stocks fall across Europe and much of Asia, but so did everything from old-economy crude oil to new-economy bitcoin.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 558 points, or 1.7%, at 32,340, as of 11:05 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 3.5% lower as tech-oriented stocks again took the brunt of the sell-off. Monday’s sharp drop leaves the S&P 500, Wall Street’s main measure of health, down slightly more than 16% from its record set early this year.
Most of this year’s damage has been the result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive flip away from doing everything it can to prop up financial markets and the economy. The central bank has already pulled its key short-term interest rate off its record low of zero, where it sat for nearly all the pandemic. Last week, it signaled additional increases of double the usual amount may hit in upcoming months, in hopes of stamping out the high inflation sweeping the economy.
The moves by design will slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow. The risk is the Fed could cause a recession if it moves too far or too quickly. In the meantime, higher rates discourage investors from paying very high prices for investments, because investors can get more than before from owning super-safe Treasury bonds instead.
That’s helped cause a roughly 28% tumble for bitcoin since April’s start, for example. It dropped 3.9% Monday.
Worries about the world’s second-largest economy added to the gloom Monday. Analysts cited comments over the weekend by a Chinese official warning of a grave situation for jobs, as the country hopes to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened restrictions, amid citizen grumbling that it feels endless, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown after an outbreak.
The fear is that China’s strict anti-COVID policies will add more disruptions to worldwide trade and supply chains, while dragging on its economy, which for years was a main driver of global growth.
In the past, Wall Street has been able to remain steady despite similar pressures because of the strong profit growth that companies were producing.
But this most recent earnings reporting season for big U.S. companies has yielded less enthusiasm. Companies overall are reporting bigger profits for the latest quarter than expected, as is usually the case. But discouraging signs for future growth have been plentiful.
The number of companies citing “weak demand” in their conference calls following earnings reports jumped to the highest level since the second quarter of 2020, strategist Savita Subramanian wrote in a BofA Global Research report. Tech earnings are also lagging, she said.
The tech sector is the largest in the S&P 500 by market value, giving it additional weight for the market's movements. Many tech-oriented companies saw profits boom through the pandemic as people looked for new ways to work and entertain themselves while locked down at home. But slowdowns in their profit growth leave their stocks vulnerable after their prices shot so high on expectations of continued gains.
The higher interest rates engineered by the Fed are also hitting their stock prices particularly hard because they’re seen as some of the market’s most expensive. The Nasdaq composite’s loss of roughly 25% for 2022 so far is much sharper than that for other indexes.
Electric automaker Rivian Automotive slumped 16.7% Monday as restrictions expire that prevented some big investors from selling their shares following its stock market debut six months ago. It's lost more than three quarters of its value so far this year.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury has shot to its highest level since 2018 as inflation and expectations for Fed action rose. It moderated Monday, dipping to 3.08% from 3.12% late Friday. But it's still more than double the 1.51% level where it started the year.
In Asian stock markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 2.5%, and South Korea's Kospi lost 1.3%. Stocks in Shanghai inched up 0.1%.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 fell 2.2%, and Germany’s DAX lost 1.5%. London's FTSE 100 was down 1.9%.
Apart from concerns about inflation and coronavirus restrictions, the war in Ukraine is still a major cause for uncertainty. More than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday Monday.
Even the energy sector, a star performer in recent weeks, was under pressure Monday. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 4.5% to $104.80 per barrel, though it's still up nearly 40% this year. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 4.1% $107.82 a barrel.
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Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people’s photos without their consent.
The company in a legal filing Monday agreed to permanently stop selling access to its face database to private businesses or individuals around the U.S., putting a limit on what it can do with its ever-growing trove of billions of images pulled from social media and elsewhere on the internet.
The settlement — which must be approved by a federal judge in Chicago — will end a 2-year-old lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups over alleged violations of an Illinois digital privacy law.
Clearview is also agreeing to stop making its database available to Illinois state government and local police departments for five years. The New York-based company will continue offering its services to federal agencies, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and to other law enforcement agencies and government contractors outside of Illinois.
“This is a huge win,” said Linda Xóchitl Tortolero, president of Chicago-based Mujeres Latinas en Acción, which works with survivors of gender-based violence and was a plaintiff in the case along with the ACLU and other groups.
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Among the concerns raised by Tortolero’s group was that photos posted on social media sites such as Facebook or Instagram — and turned into a “faceprint” by Clearview — could end up being used by stalkers, ex-partners or predatory companies to track a person’s whereabouts and social activity.
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act allows consumers to sue companies that don’t get permission before harvesting data such as faces and fingerprints. Another privacy lawsuit over the same Illinois law led Facebook last year to agree to pay $650 million to settle allegations it used photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users.
“It shows we can fight these companies when they’re taking these kinds of actions,” Tortolero said of the Clearview settlement Monday. “It also highlights the fact that there a many ways that social media — and the technology companies that collect this kind of information — can be harmful to Americans.”
The settlement document says Clearview continues to deny and dispute the claims brought by the ACLU and other plaintiffs. But even before Monday’s settlement, the case has been curtailing some of the company’s controversial business practices.
Clearview AI co-founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That told The Associated Press in April that the company was preparing to launch a new “consent-based” business product to compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in verifying people’s identity using facial recognition.
The new venture would use Clearview’s algorithms to verify a person’s face, but would not involve its trove of some 20 billion images, which Ton-That said is now reserved for law enforcement use. That’s a shift from earlier in Clearview’s business history when it had pitched the technology for a variety of commercial uses.
Regulators from Australia to Canada, France and Italy have taken measures to try to stop Clearview from pulling people’s faces into its facial recognition engine without their consent. So have tech giants such as Google and Facebook. A group of U.S. lawmakers earlier this year warned that “Clearview AI’s technology could eliminate public anonymity in the United States.” | https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/ct-biz-clearview-settlement-limits-20220509-gcwuv35uvraivhief4wvm5m4ly-story.html | 2022-05-09T19:55:41Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/ct-biz-clearview-settlement-limits-20220509-gcwuv35uvraivhief4wvm5m4ly-story.html | false | 12 |
CTS Corporation (CTS) CEO Kieran O'Sullivan on Q3 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
CTS Corporation (NYSE:CTS) Q3 2021 Earnings Conference Call October 27, 2021 10:00 AM ET
Corporate Participants
Kieran O’Sullivan - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Ashish Agrawal - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Justin Long - Stephens Inc.
John Franzreb - Sidoti & Company
Hendi Susanto - G. Research
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the CTS Corporation Third Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. Today's conference is being recorded.
At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Kieran O’Sullivan, CEO. Please go ahead, sir.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Thank you, Tracy. Good morning and welcome everyone to our third quarter 2021 earnings call. We reported solid financial results that were propelled by our ongoing diversification efforts. Sales in the third quarter were 122 million up 8% compared to the same period in 2020. Customer demand remains robust, our supply challenges persist especially for transportation products.
Third quarter gross margin was 37.3% up 490 basis points from 32.4% in the third quarter of 2020. EBITDA margin up 21.7% was up 270 basis points from 19% in the same period last year. Third quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.46 were up 35% from $0.34 in the third quarter of 2020. Later Ashish Agrawal our CFO who is with me for today’s call will speak to the GAAP performance.
Operating cash flow of 21 million was down from 26 million in the third quarter of 2020. New business awards of 179 million were solid and up from 127 million in the same period last year. Ashish will take us through the Safe Harbor statement.
Ashish Agrawal
I would like to remind our listeners that this conference call contains forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Additional information regarding these risks and uncertainties is contained in the press release issued today and more information can be found in the company's SEC filings. To the extent that today's discussion refers to any non-GAAP measures under Regulation G, the required explanations and reconciliations are available in the Investors section of the CTS website.
I will now turn the discussion back over to our CEO, Kieran O’Sullivan.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Thanks, Ashish.
In the third quarter, our sales increased 8%, 122.4 million versus the prior period. Demand from customers remained strong. But not surprisingly, revenue has been dampened by persistent supply chain constraints reverberating throughout the global economy, especially for automotive products where we saw sales decline in the third quarter, excluding sales from the acquisition of Sensor Scientific sales were up 6% organically.
Importantly, the SSI acquisition continues to deliver solid growth and we're pleased with the performance of our Temperature acquisitions and the momentum we are building to scale this platform. We are benefiting from the richness of our customer base, in particular in transportation end market. As a result, we performed better than the overall market as our teams excelled in sourcing initiatives globally, including the qualification of alternative sources.
Gross margin for the third quarter was 37.3%, up 490 basis points from the 32.4% in the prior year, as we gained momentum from the advancement of our diversification strategy that I will talk about more in just a minute. EBITDA margin of 21.7% was up 270 basis points from 19% in the third quarter of 2020. We continue to be impacted by rising commodity prices, as well as increased freight costs. That said, we've been working alongside our customers to offset or share these cost increases. While inflationary pressures negatively impacted our earnings for the third quarter, we remain confident in our ability to navigate this dynamic environment.
Third quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.46 were up 35% from $0.34 in the same period last year, new business awards of 179 million were solid and up from 127 million in the same period last year. We added two new industrial customers in the quarter, one for an RF filter application, and the other for a temperature-controlled crystal component applied in a GPS application.
Our long-term strategy centers on diversifying our end market profile by expanding our range of technologies, products, customers in geographic reach. This diversification will also enhance the quality of our earnings. We made tremendous progress on this front with the non-transportation related revenue moving closer to 50% of total revenue during the third quarter of 2021.
As a reminder, historically, our non-transportation related revenue was roughly a third of sales. And our movement towards 50% of revenues is a meaningful shift that advanced our business across the board. As we move forward, we will continue to strategically grow our transportation business, while at the same time continue to increase the growth rate of non-transportation revenues.
We are well positioned in multiple end markets that offer attractive growth prospects. In the industrial space we are seeing good traction in inkjet printing related to packaging and ceramic tile printing. We continue to expand our applications in cold and hot temperature sensing. In flow measurement, we have developed transducer applications in an area where we see good growth opportunities.
In medical, we see strong mid to long-term growth driven by traditional ultrasound technologies. Additionally, with intravascular ultrasound applications, we are in sample qualification phases with potential customers. Expanding our offering of temperature sensors in the medical market is the priority for us. In aerospace and defense, our growth in undersea sonar is expanding as we develop samples with new European customers, where we expect future growth. More recently, we provided samples for testing in underwater unmanned vehicle applications. We are working on new material formulations, which we expect to provide solid tailwinds for next generation products and new applications.
In transportation, the move towards hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as increased sensor content with passive safety and future ebrake applications presents a tremendous opportunity. Importantly, except for the smart actuator, the rest of our portfolio is agnostic to the propulsion system, which allows us to be flexible to meet the needs of our customers.
Overall, across all end markets, demand remains robust in particular in transportation, which we expect to continue given the historic low days on hand of vehicle inventories. As I highlighted last quarter, some automotive customers have confirmed demand through 2022. Order intake in the non-transportation end market was again strong in the third quarter. We remain cautious of potential inventory buildup in various end markets, but most likely will not see this as an issue in the first half of 2022. As I mentioned earlier, non-transportation sales now account for nearly 50% of our revenue supported by our efforts to diversify the business.
With a very challenging supply chain environment, our teams work creatively and diligently to secure parts and adapt with speed to support our customers. While transportation sales are lower than the previous quarter, we perform better than the outlook we provided in the last quarterly update. We expected the third quarter to be the most challenging from a supply chain perspective.
The supply challenges and some customer shutdowns will likely persist for the balance of this year. We expect an improving trend in 2022. We also expect demand for automotive products to be robust in the year ahead as supply chain constraints improve.
In the accelerator module product lines, we had large wins with two existing Japanese customers. We also had accelerator wins with customers in China and North America. For passive safety sensors, we secured a win with a North American OEM and were awarded a Chassis Ride Height Sensor program with a Japanese OEM.
Moving to mechatronics, a customer for actuator products extended an existing platform for an additional year where products been supplied to all regions. Two of the awards this quarter were electric vehicle wins, one with a European OEM and one with a Japanese OEM. Bookings and sales for two wheeler applications were consistent with prior quarters. Our non-transportation end market performed strongly in the third quarter.
Sales in industrial advanced from robust demand for temperature products across Pool and Spa where we had two large awards. And we received multiple awards for hatch back applications Our focused on extending into the hot side applications is gaining momentum and we will begin shipments to a new customer later this year. Also an industrial wins for an EMC product, measurement transducers and a frequency product. We renewed contracts with two customers for an application of musical instruments and end use market which continued to gain sales growth throughout the pandemic environment as consumer shift to dedicating more of their time to leisure products.
Momentum in our medical end market continues to improve in a more consistently positive direction. We had several wins from aiding drug delivery to next generation medical ultrasound applications. Also for medical, we secured temperature sensor awards, with existing customers, ranging from incubators to critical freezer and disposable applications. We are working with new customers sampling medical ultrasound and temperature sensing products.
In defense, we had several undersea sonar wins, and extended an RF filter program for a GPS anti-jamming application. As I mentioned earlier, we are testing samples with new customers and expanding new advanced material formulations for next generation products.
Turning to telecom, we have various smaller wins for RF antenna applications and continue to develop frequency solutions to support millimeter wave technology for 5G applications. Operationally, Ashish will provide more color on the savings we anticipate from our restructuring activities. We are tracking close to the target range. We are nearing the end of our ERP implementation journey and the rollout of the SAP system. Though we will continue to optimize our learnings and capabilities from these important initiatives.
Our balance sheet is strong, which is bolstered by strong solid cash flow generation continues to be a competitive advantage as we advance our diversification strategy. In the third quarter of 2021, we delivered operating cash flow of 21 million. As we look to capital deployment, our emphasis remains firmly on supporting organic growth investments and using our financial strength to advance on M&A in alignment with our strategic priorities. We also remain committed to returning cash to shareholders. This past quarter we repurchased approximately 148,000 shares for slightly less than $5 million as part of our previously announced stock buyback program.
We continue to strengthen our M&A pipeline in an environment where activity is at record highs. From an M&A perspective, our strategy centers on enhancing our technology and product capabilities, as well as our geographic reach across our end markets to enhance our diversification goals. At the same time, adding technology that will enhance our EV offering remains a priority. Our sweet spot continues to be acquisition targets in the range of up to 50 million a year in sales but we remain open for the right larger opportunities that will advance our long-term strategy.
Looking ahead, the semiconductor shortage is now expected to reduce vehicle builds by 9 million to 10 million units this year. Pressure from the semiconductor shortages and OEM shutdowns certainly deteriorated downwards in the third quarter. For the U.S. light vehicle transportation market, the SAR dropped closer to 12 million in September and we expect approximately a 13.5 million unit range for this year.
On hand days of supply are now closer to 20 days, the lowest in recent history and down over 60% from the five-year average of 55 days. European production is forecasted in the 16 to 17 million unit range, the Chinese market has fluctuated, which also reflects the chip related impact. China volumes are expected to be in the 23 million to 24 million unit range for this year. The commercial vehicle market remains solid and likely to remain robust in 2022. The biggest challenge to that outlook is the supply of semiconductors and the subsequent rescheduling of some unit builds into next year.
As I mentioned earlier, for transportation, the supply challenges will continue to impact our sales for the balance of this year. However, we continue to see improvements in the medical end market as well as solid growth in industrial and defense markets.
In terms of our guidance for full year 2021, we are updating and narrowing our range. Our previous guidance was for sales in the range of 480 million to 500 million and adjusted earnings per share in the range of $1.70 to $1.90. We are now updating our guidance for sales to be in the range of 495 million to 505 million and adjusted earnings are expected to be in the range of $1.85 to $1.95.
Our global team continues to demonstrate strong execution and a commitment to delivering operational excellence and achieving our long-term goals. Our investments in our business development program and front-end sales are providing us with opportunities to build on our existing accounts and cross sell our technologies, as you will find at some of our new business wins.
In our ongoing efforts to build our talent and culture, we came together in September as a global leadership team for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Our event proved to be engaging and energizing as we collaborated and worked diligently on our focus 2025 initiatives to support growth. Focusing on our strategic path forward, customer relationships, operating systems, leadership, talent, and culture. Along the same lines, and as part of our ongoing efforts to bolster engagement in our communities, we launched CTS cares, a new platform designed to help our employees across the globe, collaborate on community engagement, and charitable giving programs and share best practices for doing so.
This is our 125th anniversary and we're very proud of our rich heritage and excited by what we can give back to our communities in the years ahead as we integrate the CTS cares program into our culture.
In conclusion, CTS is well-positioned for the future, we have a strong team aligned around common goals that continue to advance the business for long-term value creation for our shareholders, and other stakeholders. Now I'll turn it over to Ashish, who will walk us through our third quarter financial results.
Ashish Agrawal
Thank you, Kieran.
Third quarter sales were $122.4 million, up 8% compared to the third quarter of 2020 and down 6% sequentially from the second quarter. Sales to transportation customers declined by 5% compared to the third quarter of 2020 and 13% sequentially. Conversely, sales to our other end markets increased 24% year-over-year, and 3% sequentially as the industrial aerospace and defense end markets exhibited consecutive year-over-year double digit growth.
As Kieran mentioned, this quarter, we have made significant advances in our diversification strategy as the sales to transportation end market represented 51% of our total revenue. We remained committed to further diversifying the business. Changes in foreign exchange rate impacted our revenues favorably by approximately 1.3 million.
Our gross margin was 37.3% in the third quarter up 490 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2020 and up 50 basis points sequentially from the second quarter of 2021. Our global teams operational efficiencies, as well as profitability in our industrial medical, aerospace and defense end markets helped mitigate the price increases in raw materials and freight costs that we've seen during the year.
We are also working closely with our customer base to find the best ways to manage the macroeconomic pricing pressures we currently face. In the third quarter, we achieved $0.03 in EPS and savings from our restructuring program. We remain on track to achieve targeted annualized savings of $0.22 to $0.26 of EPS by the end of 2022.
SG&A and R&D expenses were 26 million, or 22% of sales in the third quarter of 2021 versus $23 million, or 20% of sales in the third quarter of 2020. The higher expenses in 2021 were driven by higher incentive compensation, timing of certain projects, and the full restoration of cost reduction initiatives implemented in 2020.
In the third quarter, we recorded a non-cash charge of $106 million before tax as part of the U.S. pension plan termination process. As a reminder, these are non-cash charges, as the U.S. pension plan was over funded at settlement.
The third quarter tax rate was 28.9% as a result of the impact of the final pension settlement charge on our income statement. We anticipate our 2021 tax rate to be in the range of 19% to 21% excluding the impact of the pension settlement and other discrete items.
We are also closely monitoring the U.S. government initiatives on tax that may impact our business in the future. For the third quarter 2021, we reported a loss of $1.97 per share. Adjusted earnings for the third quarter were $0.46 per diluted share, compared to $0.34 per diluted share in the same period last year.
Our operating cash flow was 21 million by the third quarter of 2021, compared to 26 million in the same period last year. The primary driver of lower operating cash during Q3 was inventory increases in our plants. As we work through the supply chain challenges and our customers pushing out shipments. We continue to focus on working capital efficiency but anticipate carrying some excess inventory considering the ongoing supply chain challenges.
Our cash position is strong, with a cash balance of 129 million as of September 30, 2021, up from 92 million on December 31, 2020. Our long-term debt balance is at 50 million, a slight decrease from the 55 million on December 31, 2020. Our debt to capitalization ratio was at 9.9% at the end of the third quarter, compared to 11.4% at the end of 2020. Given the strength of our balance sheet and cash flows, we continue to carefully consider M&A transactions that will further help our diversification efforts. We are near the end of our rollout of the SAP system. A majority of our sites are now running on SAP, and we expect to complete the rollout to the remaining sites in early 2022.
As Kieran mentioned earlier, we see a sustained demand ahead of us. However, supply chain challenges are expected to persist for us and our customers on both material availability and cost through the rest of the year and into 2022. This concludes our prepared comments. We would like to open the line for questions at this time.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you, sir. [Operator Instructions] We will now take our first question. Please go ahead, caller your line is open.
Justin Long
Thanks and good Morning.
Ashish Agrawal
How are you doing Justin?
Justin Long
Doing well. Thanks, Ashish, and wanted to follow up on the last point you made about the supply chain headwinds. I know from the prior call, you were expecting third quarter to be the most challenged of the year. But if I look at margins sequentially from both gross margin perspective and adjusted EBITDA margin, they actually improved sequentially in the third quarter. So could you comment on what drove that outperformance? And then, as we think about these supply chain headwinds going forward, how do you anticipate things to trend in 4Q relative to 3Q?
Ashish Agrawal
So, Justin the gross margin outperformance, let me address that and then I'll pass it on to Kieran in terms of comments on what we expect, as we look ahead. The gross margin in the third quarter is helped by several factors. Number one, we executed well and our teams have been working hard to make sure that we can manage through all the supply chain challenges despite all the cost increases.
We also were able to work with our customers on the price increases that we've been working on, which helps offset some of the cost increases we were facing. And the big difference is also driven by the improvement in mix. Transportation was much closer to 50% of our total sales. And the other end markets did better in the quarter, which definitely has a positive impact on gross margin.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Justin, as we look forward, on the transportation side, we see demand has been very robust. And I think I mentioned in my prepared remarks that we have some customers booking through 2022. And obviously we were impacted in the third quarter by several million here on the transportation side. We still will have some shutdowns and supply issues in the fourth quarter. But you can see from our guidance, we see us moving in a very good direction and continuing to improve into next year.
I think the main theme that we're bringing out here is the diversification and maybe just trying to expand on that a little bit. While we get some benefit from transportation been down in the current quarter, what we've been doing over the last number of years is taking that transportation portion down from closer to 70% now closer to 50%. And that really helps the overall profile of the company and the quality of the earnings as we go forward and we want to make sure we continue to work on that, while also growing our transportation business.
Justin Long
Okay. That makes sense. And when you just look at the monthly trends related to the supply chain headwinds, does it feel like things have bottomed? Maybe you could just give an update on how those trends progress sequentially over the course of the third quarter? And maybe what you're seeing in October as well?
Kieran O’Sullivan
Yes. I think just probably giving you a snapshot on the transportation side. And if you look back a few a week or two ago, the cuts globally were 115,000, up to 280,000. And this in the last week, the cuts now are more like 26,000 versus 84,000. So there's an improving trend there. But we got to say that we caution because it's been fluctuating. If I look at our Japanese customers, they've done much better than the American OEMs. What we've seen on the trend here is some of the North American OEMs been down over 30%, Japanese customers, which are a large percentage for us been down about at 24%. And we know Toyota has said, “Hey, instead of a million units, in November, we're going to be closer to 900,000.” So it's a moving thing, but the trend is starting to stabilize and the cuts. And it I'd like to say it's stabilizing and moving in a good direction but it's something to be watched carefully.
Justin Long
Understood. And last one for me, Ashish, you mentioned pricing. And I know FX has been a tailwind this year as well. Any way to help us think about the all-in tailwinds in 2021 from pricing and foreign exchange and how to think about those two items going into next year.
Ashish Agrawal
So Justin we've had some tailwinds on revenue from currency, not so much on the overall cost side. So when we look at the operating earnings impact, we don't see significant tailwind from currency. We actually see some headwinds in different parts of the world. Specifically, if you look at the Taiwanese dollar, that has appreciated quite a bit, so that has created some headwinds for us. And the Mexican peso is a little bit stronger than it was last year as well. So there's puts and takes on the revenue side, we fared favorably on the cost side, not quite so much. And on the price increases, it's more offsetting the cost increases we've seen. So I wouldn't say that they've had a positive impact on profitability, we've been able to offset some of the cost increases that we have dealt with during the year.
Operator
Please state your name and company before posing your question. We will now take our next question. Please go ahead caller.
John Franzreb
Good morning, John Franzreb from Sidoti. Kieran, you mentioned in your prepared remarks, and you just kind of referenced it a bit that some customers have confirmed demand through 2022, based on those orders, what is the build rate kind of look like? What are the customers similar to build like kind of covers to in 2022 versus '21?
Kieran O’Sullivan
And the wants to the confirm demand, because they're concerned about supply chain and making sure we have a good supply of components, are showing a robust strength. They want to make sure they can fill the orders that the pent-up demand they have there. So that's probably the best way of describing it John.
John Franzreb
I mean, is it looking like a 17 million versus a 13.5 million, so I think we're going to finish this year, or is that too big of a stretch number?
Kieran O’Sullivan
Well, I put it this way, John. And the reason why I'm being a little cautious is, as we come into this year, we would have expected, north of a 14 million SAR if I take the North American market and it's probably tracking now towards [15] [ph]. But they're showing robust demand and what happens out there with the supply chain is the unknown at the moment.
Ashish Agrawal
Yes, John, I think the SAR will be impacted pretty significantly because of supply chain. The demand environment expectation is that the demand looks okay.
John Franzreb
Okay. And Ashish, you mentioned some of the restructuring actions that you'll exit the year on the target $0.22 to $0.26. What restructuring actions remain to be done or you just looking for revenue to kind of build up so you can hit that exit rate?
Ashish Agrawal
So John, in the prior quarters, we have talked about delays in some of the programs that we are working on because of demand, we have not been able to execute because the demand has been so strong. We want to complete the execution of those program to date since we announced the program in Q3 last year. We have achieved $0.16 out of the $0.22 to $0.26. So there are some remaining pieces that we are working on execution. And we are on target to complete those by the end of 2022.
John Franzreb
Any specific programs that are meaningful that have to be done?
Ashish Agrawal
So I don't think there's anything that hasn't begun, but we haven't been able to complete the full scope of certain activities that we've already started John.
John Franzreb
And you mentioned, I guess it's Kieran actually mentioned something smart actuators and how they are more sensitive to EV versus ICE. Could you just explain that comment to me?
Kieran O’Sullivan
Yes. I would John. John, before I do that, I just wanted to go back to your question, really, I'm not going to lock in on SAR number for next year. And but I want to emphasize on the demand side and on the supply side, we're not able to hit some of the demand we have this year because of supply chain constraints. And those customers that we've been working with have increased that demand, and we've actually been working to increase the supply chain, but we're sometimes at the mercy of other suppliers into those OEMs to see how they're doing as well. So that's why I'm being a little hesitant on that robust demand.
And then, back to your question on smart actuators. John, what I was clarifying there was, in the past, we've made statements on the light vehicle market, that we are agnostic to the propulsion system. So when it comes to EV, all the products transfer over, what we're seeing is on the smart actuator that goes into heavy duty, mostly commercial vehicles, some mid-range, and trucks as well. But what we're seeing there is, that has while it helps the environment in reducing harmful emissions, it is on an application that is ICE related, so we're just spelling that out. And we're not worried about demand for those products for the next decade.
John Franzreb
I guess, we will do certain sneak us in, Kieran, I'm going to put you on the hot seat a little bit. For the last year or so, EPS has bested consensus by roughly 25%. Is it the revenue, that's been the greatest surprise, or the execution on your side that's been the better surprise in your market is driven, better results over the past year?
Kieran O’Sullivan
I will let Ashish comment on this too. But I would look at it from -- its both sides of the equation. I think we've always been good on managing and operating leverage and cost. I also think that the diversification rate has helped us across the board, as we said in the prepared comments. Ashish do you want to add to that.
Ashish Agrawal
Yes, John. When we started the year, we were very concerned about how strong the markets will be. And so from that standpoint, we have been able to deliver more on revenue. So that has definitely helped and the strength in our non-transportation end markets, they've done better than we started the year in terms of expectations. And quite frankly, we made good progress on some of the operating challenges we were dealing with as well. If you think about last year, we were talking about significant problems with our foundry operations. And we made very good progress on improving the consistency, the efficiency of that operation. So that's also helping with the overall profitability.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] We will now take our next question. Please go ahead caller, your line is open.
Unidentified Analyst
Hello, this is Manny on for Carl Ackerman from Cowen & Company. Congratulations on your performance. I have just a few questions. Could you discuss the tightness you are seeing in the automotive supply chain and your customers procurement behavior in anticipation of ongoing supply constraints? And I have some follow ups.
Kieran O’Sullivan
The constraints are pretty tight. It's really, really around the semiconductor side. I think we said nine to 10 million units taken out of production this year. And on the commercial vehicle side, some units because of semiconductor shortage even going into next year. So it's tightly constrained out there. We're working all the time in terms of securing supply, working directly with our customers and our suppliers. And we're constantly working on evaluating alternative sources. So we can actually gain capability. But it's been tight, but we do expect it to begin improving and we expect kind of more significant improvement in the second half of next year.
Unidentified Analyst
Great, thank you. And last quarter on the call, you had mentioned that you didn't see any inventory buildup through your customers or your distribution channels just yet, have you seen any changes for those two segments?
Kieran O’Sullivan
So what I would say is, obviously, on the transportation side, we're not seeing any lack of demand, because the inventory days are 20 days or less, when it should be up closer to 55 days of supply. On the other end markets, we haven't seen any buildup in inventories in industrial medical, defense, the small piece that goes into the consumer side, we've seen a little bit of change there, but it's minimal in our business. So we would be more concerned about end of the second quarter next year into the second half of next year what we're seeing at that point in time.
Unidentified Analyst
Okay. And just one more question. Could you discuss the pricing environment currently and what levers you can pull to offset inflation? We've heard a lot of comments from other companies and competitors, that freight continues to be getting worse. So any color you could provide on passing along pricing to customers from here? Thank you.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Yes. Just as Ashish said earlier, we're really focused on the cost increases and sharing those cost increases with our customers, whether it comes to freight or part prices and that's what we've been doing. We concur with the freight increases, they're hugely up and we don't expect them to drop off in the next quarter even. So again, it's a partnership with our customers or long-term relationships to share that cost as we move forward.
Operator
We will now take our next question, please state your name and company before proposing question. Please go ahead.
Hendi Susanto
Hendi Susanto, Gabelli funds. Ashish and Kieran, your full year guidance implies about year-over-year growth between minus 7% and 1.5% in Q4. So at the top end of that guidance, it presents like small sequential sales increase from Q3. You indicated that Q3 is the most challenging quarter in terms of supply chain challenges. So how should we think about like Q4 directionally, do you expect sales to transform patient market to decline stay flat, or grow sequentially into Q4.
Ashish Agrawal
Hendi, the fourth quarter guidance, we're just being cautious because there's still a lot of uncertainty in the supply chain. We saw in the third quarter, our customers push out shipments, which was much more in the third quarter than in the prior two quarters. And we just remaining cautious there because we're coming up on year end where things could slow down in the automotive end market or the transportation end market. So it's just a reflection of taking a cautious view on how the quarter might evolve.
Hendi Susanto
Thank you, Ashish. And then, Ashish how should we think about potential benefits of ERP in 2022?
Ashish Agrawal
So a big portion of the cost saving programs that we implemented as part of the restructuring we started last year was related to shared service implementation. We have done a good portion of that already. And as Kieran mentioned, we are getting smarter on how to utilize the better data that we have coming out of the ERP system now. So I'd be looking to use that information to drive further operational efficiency improvement working capital improvements, but we haven't specifically called out improvements that you might see in the coming years, it will be a process of learning and getting smarter with how we are using the information that is available to us now.
Hendi Susanto
Understood. And then, one last question. So Kieran, you mentioned about working on and evaluating alternate sources. Any potential benefit or impact from sourcing alternatives? And then how fast can you implement alternate sources?
Kieran O’Sullivan
So the primary focus there obviously, is to support our customers and have when there's a shortage in supply, like chips that we can qualify other sources of chips, suppliers and obviously Hendi, the second part of that is, we usually have a two-sourcing strategy anyway. But it's more than two sourcing these days is trying to get three or four suppliers. So you've got more options. But as you have more sources, that gives you more leverage on the supply base.
Operator
We will now take our next question, please go ahead caller.
Justin Long
Hi, guys, just a follow up maybe to Hendi’s question and rephrase it possibly, embedded in your outlook for the balance of the year, is it safe to assume that transportation is a greater part of revenue in the fourth quarter than the 51%, that you were just certain in the third quarter?
Ashish Agrawal
It's quite possibly going to trend that way, John, unless we see further disruptions in the supply chain.
Justin Long
But based on the current environment, you would expect it to be higher. And assuming that is it safe to assume that the gross margin will be lower? Or Ashish, the remaining cost savings actions, would that be sufficient to offset the mix change in the fourth quarter?
Ashish Agrawal
So I would expect gross margin to be in similar to where we are at in Q3 or maybe slightly worse, because of the mix shift. I’m not expecting a significant movement, John, and part of it could be interpreted as the unfavorable mix impact being offset with some improvements in the operational efficiency.
Kieran O’Sullivan
John, just to add to that, if we do well on the supply chain side in transportation, revenue could be up a few million, as Ashish said, I just want to emphasize though this diversification trend we are on and the goals we set for ourselves, and over the medium to long-term, that's going to been more sustained benefit to the margin profile of the company.
Justin Long
Agreed, I guess I'll just extend that thought with this question, a year from now, given the demand you indicated on the transportation side of the business? Is the mix going to come closer to 60% or 55%, this time next year? Or is it going to -- or do you have enough orders in non-transportation related programs that you can sustain something closer to 55%?
Kieran O’Sullivan
So John, but I've given you any strong guidance in this, I would say that we would expect the transportation percentage of our portfolio to be in the low to mid 50s by the end of next year. But we would have set more aggressive goals for ourselves, if we can do some things we want to get done as well.
Justin Long
Okay. And one other question, I guess, Kieran, you said early in your prepared comments. And correct me, if I'm wrong here, that regarding M&A, you're actually looking at maybe some potential products in the EV market. Did you say that? And if so, can you just give us some kind of examples what you'd be looking to add in that market?
Kieran O’Sullivan
So John, just to frame it, we said we will grow in our transportation market and do acquisitions that would strengthen our EV play. On the flip side, we also said we'd grow at a faster rate in our other end markets, which corresponds to what I just said about the diversification goals we set ourselves. So we would look for particular plays, maybe that would complement the products we have today.
Justin Long
Okay. Is there anything you can give me example, right, just can kind of, I can’t visualize it, I guess is what I'm saying. What will you be looking forward in the EV?
Kieran O’Sullivan
Well, I suppose put it this way, John. Organically, we've been very clear that we're excited about ebrake and what we're doing in that space, and we see that has a tremendous opportunity. We would look at other sensors and capabilities around the vehicle.
Justin Long
Okay, all right. Sorry to put you there, little stress on you there Kieran okay. Thanks for taking my question, guys. Great quarter.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Thank you.
Operator
There appears to be no further questions. So I'd like to turn the conference back to the host for any additional or closing remarks.
Kieran O’Sullivan
Okay, thank you, Tracy. And thank you again for joining us today. I'm proud of the strong execution and operational efficiency exhibited by our global teams, driving measurable results for the business. Together as an organization, we're not only focused on advancing our business but also improving and enhancing the communities we live and working.
In closing as we enter the fourth quarter of 2021, I'm confident that our diversification strategy and expansive reach up geographic locations will position us for profitable growth and mitigate the supply chain challenges impacting industries worldwide. Thank you for joining us today. And this concludes our call.
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RAMALLAH, Palestine, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) held its extraordinary and ordinary general assembly on Monday, May 9, 2022, in Ramallah, Palestine. The meeting, which was chaired by APIC Chairman and CEO Tarek Aggad, was attended by members of APIC's Board of Directors, representatives from the Ministry of National Economy - the Companies' Controller Office, the Palestine Capital Market Authority and Palestine Exchange, the external auditor of the company, its legal counsel and many of its shareholders.
In its meeting, the general assembly ratified dividend distribution for registered shareholders as of May 8, 2022, of 17.14% of APIC's paid-in capital amounting to USD 105 million to date, around 10.476% as cash dividends amounting to USD 11 million and around 6.666% as seven million in bonus shares. Accordingly, APIC's paid-in capital will reach USD 112 million following the bonus share distribution.
A new board of directors was elected as well, comprising 13 board members for the next four years, businesswomen and businessmen from Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, whose expertise spans across various fields including investment, governance, manufacturing, trade, services, finance and entrepreneurship, including Tarek Omar Aggad, Tarek Shakaa, Lana Ghanem, Maysa Baransi, Hashim Shawa, Leena Khalil, Olga Aburdene, Ahmad Atwan, Nashat Masri, Mohammad Abukhaizaran, Dr. Durgham Maraee, Khalid Kayyali, and Dr. Mazen Hassounah.
About APIC
APIC is a foreign public shareholding investment holding company listed on the Palestine Exchange (PEX: APIC). It holds diversified investments across the manufacturing, trade, distribution and service sectors in Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Turkey through its group of subsidiaries: Siniora Food Industries Company; Unipal General Trading Company; Palestine Automobile Company; Medical Supplies and Services Company; National Aluminum and Profiles Company (NAPCO); Sky Advertising and Public Relations and Event Management Company; Arab Leasing Company and Arab Palestinian Storage and Cooling Company, employing over 2,600 staff through its group of subsidiaries. For more information, visit www.apic.ps.
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May is Heritage Preservation Month, and the Heritage Preservation Commission thought it would be fun to explore what Waseca’s downtown district looked like 100 years ago. Nationally, the period of the 1920s was an exciting time. The United States had just emerged victorious in the Great War and survived a pandemic of the Spanish Flu. Women had finally earned the right to vote across the country, while at the same time, the conservative Temperance Movement had succeeded at banning the sale of alcohol, so this period was also known as the Prohibition Era.
But what was going on in Waseca? Settlers first arrived in what is now known as Waseca in 1854. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad platted the city in 1867 and Waseca was formally incorporated as a village in 1868 and later incorporated as a city in 1881. By 1870, Waseca was also the county seat. Waseca’s downtown quickly became an important center for transportation and commercial business surrounded by rich agricultural lands.
By the 1920s, Waseca was a thriving community of 3,900 residents and an important destination in the county. Most of the businesses located downtown were 2-3 story brick buildings. The downtown streets were mostly unpaved at this time, and what we now know as “State Street” was still called Second Street until 1928. 100 years later, we who live in Waseca are fortunate that many of our downtown businesses have been preserved and we can almost imagine what it must have looked like in a different era.
Here is a postcard with a photo of downtown Waseca in 1922 looking north from Elm Avenue. On the right-hand side, you can see 100 North State Street, which today is occupied by The Bar on Main. However, in 1922, this building was occupied by First National Bank as well as office and retail spaces. Its primary occupant was the bank from 1903 until 1971! If you continue going north on State Street, the other buildings in the 1920s were occupied by a clothing store, a jeweler, The Eat Shop Café & Bakery, a grocery store, and a retail store (present-day 4-Seasons Athletics). On the opposite side of the street, you’ll see several buildings that are no longer present as much of that block is now occupied by the modern First National Bank. The far end of that block is 123 State Street North, which today is known as The Speckled Hen. In 1922, People’s State Bank (yes, another bank!) occupied the front of the building and the post office occupied the back.
At the southern end of State Street (known at the time as Second Street or Main Street), the Waverly Hotel (117 State Street South) prominently dominated the block throughout the 1920s. Today, the hotel is an apartment building, and it no longer has the wooden covered porch. Other buildings on this block included 111 State Street South, which in 1922 was occupied by Brisbane and Perrin Music Store (as well as a lunch counter) and today is occupied by – you guessed it – the Waseca Music Store. This side of the street was also home to a grocery store, a pool hall, a motor car company, and a hardware store. Across the street at 118 State Street South, what is now a 2-story brick building was originally three stories (the third story was lost after a lightning strike in the 1960s) and was home to Lewer Auto dealership. Other businesses on this side of the street included a grocery store, a pool hall, a meat market (the Zinnia’s store of 2022), a hardware store (today is Pheasant Café), Anton Guyer Clothing store (today’s Ultra Beach), and Didra and Gilbert Drug Store (today’s Personalized Printing).
Waseca during the 1920s, much like Waseca in 2022, was a vibrant community anchored by a busy downtown. Multiple retail businesses including hardware stores, grocery stores, and clothing stores supported a community that was growing population and prosperity. Many of the buildings that we recognize today looked very similar in 1922. Thanks to Waseca’s commitment to heritage preservation, our downtown historic district will continue to be preserved for future generations to enjoy. | https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/local/waseca-s-historic-downtown-a-century-ago/article_676bc4a8-cfc0-11ec-aab9-f3bfe76885cf.html | 2022-05-09T20:08:04Z | https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/local/waseca-s-historic-downtown-a-century-ago/article_676bc4a8-cfc0-11ec-aab9-f3bfe76885cf.html | true | 1 |
The Ohio State women’s tennis team’s season has come to a conclusion before anyone wanted. Ranked No. 10 nationally and coming off of a regular-season Big Ten championship, the Buckeyes had their eyes on making a deep run in the NCAA tournament. That came to an end this weekend though when OSU lost to Vanderbilt by a total score of 4-2 in second-round action in Columbus.
As most losses in college tennis do, it all started with a loss of the doubles point to go down 1-0. Irina Cantos Siemers evened the score 1-1 for Ohio State after winning the first singles match, but the Commodores won the next two to take a commanding 3-1 lead. Sydni Ratliff won to close the gap to 3-2 and the remaining two singles matches went to three sets, but Vanderbilt sealed the deal on the next finishing match on court six to punch its ticket to the round of 16.
The Big Ten regular season champion Buckeyes end the season 21-6 and in the second round of the NCAA Championship with a 4-2 loss to Vanderbilt today.
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— Ohio State Women’s Tennis (@OhioStateWTEN) May 8, 2022
“It just wasn’t a good day today,” said head coach Melissa Schaub. “We haven’t been playing our best down the stretch and that’s something we need to look at closely. It’s a long, tough season and we just weren’t where we needed to be. I’m obviously disappointed, but proud of our season up until this point. Looking ahead to next year, I feel we will have a good group in the locker room and a bright future.”
OSU finishes the season with a 21-6 record and will now turn its attention to singles and doubles NCAA championships from May 23-28 in Champaign, Illinois following the team tournament.
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New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Monday said the investigation into the December 4 firing incident in Nagaland's Mon district has been completed and the report is now undergoing legal scrutiny.
In an interaction with a group of journalists, he also suggested that standard operating procedures and drills could be refined based on the findings of the report.
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The botched counter-insurgency operation at Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland claimed the lives of 14 civilians and it triggered a massive public outcry in the state.
The Army had ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The probe team was headed by a Major General.
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"The investigation into the Mon incident has been completed. The report has been submitted and presently the legal scrutiny of the report is taking place," Gen Pande said.
"Just like in the past, if we find some personnel who have not followed the standard operating procedures and guidelines, action as per the due process of military law will be taken," he said.
The Army chief indicated that the report delved into aspects such as a revision of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and refining the drills.
"It is all part of the report," he said when asked whether the Army is changing any SOP.
Gen Pande suggested that the process of addressing shortcomings would be based on the findings of the report.
"Some of it has already happened," he said.
Apart from the Court of Inquiry by the Army, the state government appointed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
The Army had described the incident as "highly regrettable".
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Ex-Officer Edsaul Mendoza knew Thomas "TJ" Siderio was unarmed when he shot him in the back from just feet away, District Attorney Larry Krasner said.
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Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland launches new STEM Workforce Development Initiative
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Central Ohio businesses are joining the Girl Scouts for a big project!. Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland (GSOH) launched the public phase of the "Dream Big" campaign for a new STEM Leadership Center & Maker Space that...
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Fewer children are receiving routine vaccines. Health officials fear COVID could be the reason
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fewer children are getting routine vaccinations required to enter school. During the 2020-21 school year, the rate of children who received vaccinations for measles, whooping cough and chickenpox before kindergarten fell by 1% nationally to 94%. And in Florida, Politico...
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8 PC Games Are Up For Grabs For Humble Choice Subscribers This Month
Planet Zoo, Command & Conquer, Embr, and more are featured in May's lineup. You get to keep the games forever, too.
This month's Humble Choice titles are available now. The lineup includes Planet Zoo, Surviving the Aftermath, Embr, and more. In all, subscribers will get eight games this month, all of which are yours to keep even after you cancel your subscription. If you're unfamiliar with Humble Choice, it's kind of similar to Xbox Game Pass. You'll pay $12/mo. to gain access to a handful of new games each month, with each new game added permanently to your library.
You'll also be able to play more than 50 games from the Humble Games Collection as long as you're a member--including titles such as Into the Pit, Crying Suns, and The Wild at Heart. Rounding out your membership are a variety of discounts and coupons that let you save up to 20% on future purchases.
May is a particularly good month to check out Humble Choice, as you're getting eight games for just 12 bucks. Planet Zoo is a notable standout, as it's currently retailing for $45--not to mention it's one of the best sim games in recent memory. You'll also find popular indies such as If Found, Genesis Noir, and Embr, while RTS fans can check out Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
You'll find the full Humble Choice May 2022 lineup below, and be sure to check out the official Humble website to see all the perks that come with a membership.
For more freebies with subscription services, check out May 2022's lineups for PlayStation Plus, Xbox Live Gold, and Amazon Prime. We've also rounded up all of the free games available now across consoles and PC.
Humble Choice May 2022
- Planet Zoo
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
- Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
- Spellcaster University
- Surviving the Aftermath
- If Found
- Genesis Noir
- Embr
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UN says 'imminent' Yemen oil spill would cost $20 bn to clean up
A satellite image shows the FSO Safer oil tanker on June 19, 2020 off Yemen
The United Nations warned Monday that it would cost $20 billion to clean up an oil spill in the event of the "imminent" break-up of an oil tanker abandoned off Yemen.
"Our recent visit to (the FSO Safer) with technical experts indicates that the vessel is imminently going to break up," the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, said ahead of a conference, hosted by the UN and The Netherlands, to raise funds for an emergency operation to prevent an oil spill.
The 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating oil storage platform with 1.1 million barrels of crude on board, has been moored off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeida since 2015, without being serviced.
"The impact of a spill will be catastrophic," Gressly continued at a briefing in Amman. "The effect on the environment would be tremendous... our estimate is that $20 billion would be spent just to clean the oil spill."
The UN official had earlier announced on Twitter that the Netherlands would host on Wednesday a pledging conference for the international body's plan to avert the crisis.
Last month, the UN said it was seeking nearly $80 million for its operation. It warned of "a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe centred on a country already decimated by more than seven years of war".
It said that the emergency part of a two-stage operation would see the toxic cargo pumped from the storage platform to a temporary replacement vessel at a cost of $79.6 million.
Gressly estimated that a total of $144 million would be needed for the full operation, reiterating that $80 million was needed "to secure the oil safely in the initial phase".
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The Patriots are already staring at an uphill battle to wrench the AFC East back from the Buffalo Bills this season and must also face a souped-up Dolphins offense twice in 2022 as well.
Might they soon have to worry about the typically lowly Jets as well?
In his latest “Football Morning in America” column, NBC Sports veteran Peter King said New York, which has mostly served as the division’s punching bag in recent years, could soon be on the rise after a big draft haul in 2022.
The Jets, led by general manager Joe Douglas, grabbed three first-round picks — star cornerback Ahmad Gardner, receiver Garrett Wilson, and edge defender Jermaine Johnson — as well as Breece Hill, the draft’s top-rated running back, in the second round.
“What I especially liked was Douglas moved up for Johnson and Hall, and he was able to keep his 2023 draft intact; he did it all with his 2022 draft picks alone,” King said. “Add quarterback Zach Wilson, tackle Mekhi Becton and wideout Elijah Moore from the first two Douglas drafts, and tight end C.J. Uzomah in free agency this year, and you’ve got an offense Douglas has built from scratch.”
Johnson, in particular, was a popular pick that some hoped the Patriots would have made at No. 21 after the pass-rusher slipped in the NFL Draft. Instead, the Jets traded back into the first round to nab him three spots before New England picked at No. 29.
Of course, most of the Jets’ outlook will depend on whether second-year quarterback Zach Wilson begins realizing his immense talent.
“Zach Wilson had some nice moments last year – a 28-24, turnover-free loss to Tom Brady and the Bucs sticks out,” King wrote, “but not enough to know yet whether he can be a long-term passer for a playoff contender.”
The big-armed quarterback especially struggled against the Patriots, completing just 58 percent of his passes for 261 yards, no touchdowns and four interceptions in two games.
But with more weapons now at his disposal, headlined by the No. 10 overall pick Garrett Wilson, Wilson might have more to work with when New York faces New England this fall.
Of course, the Patriots likely won’t be eminently worried about any improvements by the Jets. After all, New England hasn’t lost to this particular division rival since 2015. The bigger fish in the division — the Bills and Dolphins, who each beat the Patriots twice last year — will likely still be the tougher ones to corral.
But King suggested the Jets might not remain pushovers for long, which could go ill for the Patriots in an already crowded division.
“The Jets have a plan, with a GM who’s executing it well, and they have a chance,” he said. “Finally, long-term, they have a chance.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Day" game were:
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James Webb Space Telescope captures sharp views of invisible light
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
The James Webb Space telescope has the sharpest perspective on otherwise invisible light in the universe.
The highly anticipated first science images by the world’s premier space observatory aren’t expected until this summer. But recent test images captured by the telescope during its final commissioning phase are providing a glimpse of what’s to come.
“These are the sharpest infrared images ever taken by a space telescope,” said Michael McElwain, Webb observatory project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a news conference Monday.
Webb will be able to peer inside the atmospheres of exoplanets and observe some of the first galaxies created after the universe began by observing them through infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye. The images were taken after the successful alignment of the telescope’s massive golden mirror segments. The test images show the clear, well-focused images that the observatory’s four instruments are capable of capturing.
But the most striking result came from a comparison of images taken of the same target by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument with the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Array Camera.
Spitzer, once one of the space telescopes belonging to NASA’s Great Observatories program, was the first to capture high-resolution of images of the universe in near and mid-infrared light.
Webb’s giant mirror and sensitive detectors can pick up even more detail — and allow more discoveries — than Spitzer could.
Scientists studying the two images of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighboring galaxy of the larger Milky Way, noted that Webb’s image reveals unprecedented details of interstellar gas between the stars.
“You can appreciate that the images from Webb are going to be better because we have 18 segments, every one of which is larger than the single segment, so to speak, that formed the Spitzer telescope’s mirror,” said Marcia Rieke, principal investigator for Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera and regents professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, during the news conference.
“But it’s not until you actually see the kind of image that it delivers that you really internalize and go, ‘Wow, just think of what we’re going to learn.’ Spitzer taught us a lot. This is like a whole new world.”
Nearing the starting line
Webb is now in the final phase of preparation before it will be ready to begin conducting science observations.
“I would call this the homestretch,” McElwain said. “We’ve had about 1,000 activities planned for commissioning, and there are only about 200 activities left to complete.”
Webb’s instruments are going through their final checkouts and calibrations as the telescope’s team on the ground assesses the performance of each one to ensure they are ready to properly collect data.
Every instrument has about four or five science modes each that needs to meet specific criteria. One of Webb’s special modes includes moving target tracking, which is especially helpful for scientists who want to study objects on the icy reaches of our solar system as they orbit the sun.
“When this phase is completed, we’ll be ready to turn the science instruments loose on the universe,” McElwain said.
The first images
Webb’s first images of the universe, called the early release observations, or EROs, are expected to come out in mid-July, said Klaus Pontoppidan, Webb project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, during the press conference. A more precise date will be shared later, he said.
These first “spectacular color images” will show that Webb is fully operational and a celebratory “beginning of many years of science,” Pontoppidan said.
The exact targets of Webb for these first images haven’t been revealed because the telescope team doesn’t want to spoil the surprise. And those targets could change as the team gets closer to capturing images.
The first images will resemble what we’re used to seeing from the Hubble Space Telescope in terms of aesthetic quality, Pontoppidan said.
“Astronomy is not going to be the same again once we see what (Webb) can do with these first observations,” said Christopher Evans, Webb project scientist at the European Space Agency, during the news conference.
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The female Athlete of the Week is Montpelier track athlete Chelsea McCord. At the Lamberson Invitational last week, McCord took first in the 100 and 300 hurdles, tied for third place in the high jump, and was a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed second.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s silver tea set is going to a family with a 5-year-old daughter who once was Ginsburg for Halloween. A medal Ginsburg was awarded when inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame is going to a family that demonstrated recently for reproductive rights. And a drawing of her that hung in her office was a Utah-based scientist’s Mother’s Day gift to his wife.
All told, an online auction of 150 of items owned by the late justice raised $803,650 for Washington National Opera, one of the late justice’s passions. The auction ended in late April, and buyers are now picking up items or arranging to have them shipped to their homes in 38 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Germany. Winning bids ranged from $850 to $55,000.
Elizabeth Haynie Wainstein, the owner of The Potomack Company auction house in Virginia, said they were “just really blown away by the interest.” A pre-sale estimate was that the auction could raise $50,000 to $80,000.
Ginsburg died of cancer at age 87 in September 2020. In her later years, the court’s second female justice and liberal icon also become a pop culture figure known as the “Notorious RBG.” In January, an online auction of her books brought in $2.3 million, almost 30 times the pre-sale estimate, according to Bonhams, the company that conducted the auction.
Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello, a friend of Ginsburg’s, said the auction’s proceeds will be “a huge help this year as we try to cultivate the return of our audience” amid the lingering coronavirus pandemic.
The auction’s biggest ticket item was the drawing of Ginsburg, which sold for $55,000. The image had accompanied a 2015 article about her in The New York Times. Ginsburg liked it so much she got a copy for her Supreme Court office signed by the artist, Eleanor Davis. The buyer asked that his name not be made public.
Other high-dollar sales included modern art that Ginsburg had collected. A terracotta Pablo Picasso jug she displayed in her living roomsold for $25,000 while an earthenware Picasso plate that hung in her dining room sold for $22,500. A print of Josef Albers’ “Red Orange Wall,” which hung in Ginsburg’s bedroom, sold for $27,500. Albers was among Ginsburg’s favorite artists, and an original work of his on loan from the Smithsonian was prominently displayed in her office at the court.
Even much less valuable Ginsburg pieces went for large sums. A drawing that one of Ginsburg’s grandchildren, Paul Spera, made as a child showing his grandmother as the Statue of Liberty sold for $12,000. At the top, Spera had written “Bubbie of Liberty,” using the Yiddish word for grandma.
Other sales included $5,000 for a glass souvenir vasegiven to attendees of a luncheon at the Capitol following President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, $16,000 for a black mink coat with Ginsburg’s name sewn in a pocket, and $30,000 for her 2002 National Women’s Hall of Fame medal. Buyers paid another 27% in auction fees on top of their winning bid.
Before her death, Ginsburg displayed a number of the items that were auctioned in her apartment at the Watergate complex in Washington. The auction’s online catalog included images of how Ginsburg had displayed those items.
Jennifer DiBrienza, a California-based educator, was the medal’s winning bidder, spending nearly twice what she had planned to. When bidding near the end of the auction pushed up the price, she thought to herself: “I’ve been winning this for days. I can’t give it up now,” she said.
DiBrienza, who along with her three children demonstrated last week following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn a nationwide right to abortion the court recognized in 1973, said she hopes having Ginsburg’s medal will be “a reason to talk about her.”
Krishan Paramesvaran was the winning bidder on two items: a wood sculpture for $3,500 and a silver tea set for $5,000. The tech executive and father of three said his family plans to put the sculpture in their living room and the tea set alongside china in their dining room. The tea set will be mostly for display, he said, though he imagines it will get used once or twice. Paramesvaran said his 5-year-old daughter, the one who dressed as Ginsburg for Halloween, knows it’s coming and they had in the past talked with her about “powerful women” and “the impact that RBG has had.”
Right now, he said, the family is “super, super excited” as they wait for the items to be shipped to them in Washington state. Said Paramesvaran: “We have not been able to stop thinking about the fact that we’re about to have something that she owned in our house.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ginsburgs-tea-set-coat-other-items-raise-800k-for-opera/ | 2022-05-09T20:33:16Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ginsburgs-tea-set-coat-other-items-raise-800k-for-opera/ | false | 30 |
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Monday reestablished a World War II-era program to support foreign nations, enabling the U.S. to more quickly arm Ukraine as it fights against a Russian invasion.
The president signed a bill approved by most lawmakers from both parties that updates the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, designed to help European countries resist Adolf Hitler. The legislation gives the president greater authority to loan or contract out American military equipment, with the receiving nation covering the cost later ― though Biden aides have been cautious about describing how aggressively he will do so.
“Every day Ukrainians fight for their lives... The cost of the fight is not cheap but caving to aggression is even more costly,” Biden said at an Oval Office event before enacting the law. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) — the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress — joined him at the signing of the bill, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)
The law went into effect just as Russia celebrated its own role in World War II and the defeat of Hitler.
The only members of Congress to oppose the measure were 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives.
The Biden administration is also seeking $33 billion in new funding to support Ukraine, covering military assistance, humanitarian aid, defense programs for neighboring states and other initiatives.
Russian forces have, for now, mostly paused their offensive to prepare for a big campaign to capture additional territory in eastern Ukraine in the weeks ahead, experts believe. Ukraine’s international partners are speeding up efforts to strengthen local defenses before intense fighting begins. On Sunday, Britain pledged additional military aid.
Russia’s government has accused pro-Ukraine nations of acting to “provoke instability.”
After Biden signed the bill, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that Russia’s argument that the West had caused its invasion of Ukraine was “revisionist history.” | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-ukraine-russia_n_62795d5be4b0b7c8f087c35b | 2022-05-09T20:33:57Z | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-ukraine-russia_n_62795d5be4b0b7c8f087c35b | true | 2 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jacob Blake has dropped his federal civil rights lawsuit against the Wisconsin police officer who shot him during a domestic disturbance and left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Neither attorneys for Blake, whose August 2020 shooting sparked the protests in which Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two men and wounded a third, nor Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey indicated in their court filings why the lawsuit was being dropped, including whether a settlement had been reached.
A man who answered the phone at the office of Blake’s attorney, Patrick Salvi II, hung up when asked about the decision to drop the lawsuit, and Sheskey’s attorney, Kenneth Battle, didn’t immediately respond to a voicemail or email.
Sheskey, who is white, shot Blake, who is Black, after Blake resisted arrest during the disturbance and appeared to turn toward Sheskey with a knife. Blake was wanted on a felony sexual assault warrant at the time.
Prosecutors cleared Sheskey of any criminal wrongdoing and later dropped the sexual assault charges against Blake as part of a plea deal. Blake filed the civil rights lawsuit in March 2021 alleging that Sheskey had used excessive force on him.
Court records indicate that attorneys for the two men filed notice on Friday that they had agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, which means Blake can’t refile it. U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller ordered the case dismissed Monday.
Rittenhouse, who was 17 and living in nearby Antioch, Illinois, when he shot the three protesters, was acquitted on all charges in November. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/blake-drops-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-wisconsin-officer/ | 2022-05-09T20:34:04Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/blake-drops-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-wisconsin-officer/ | true | 31 |
Roe vs. Wade hasn’t been overturned yet and people are in panic mode. Biden calls it a “radical” decision, when a decision hasn’t been made yet.Now all we hear is that women’s’ rights have been taken away. The pro-choice advocates are panicking. What about pro-life? Is anyone listening to them? It’s time to pay attention to the Constitution. Return the abortion issue back to the states where it belongs and let the people be involved through their elected representatives. Abortion should have restrictions and not be used as birth control.
— Deborah Otterson, Long Beach
Disinformation and the Democrats
So now the Democrats are putting together the DGB, “Disinformation Governance Board,” not to be confused with the KGB, to protect Americans from “disinformation.” Nothing Orwellian about that. I feel more informed already. Ironically, it’s the Democrats that spread more disinformation than my gardener spreads manure. When the Dems promulgated the Russia collusion hoax, was that disinformation? You can choose your gender? Seriously? Nothing underhanded in the 2020 election? The 1619 Project, “Whites and cops are racist,” Hunter’s laptop, media coverage of Trump, the “mostly peaceful” summer protests of 2020, Putin caused inflation, Afghan was a success, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”… OK, that was old news but you get the point. The list is endless. Isn’t it curious that this whole “disinformation” hysteria suddenly popped up not long before the next midterm election? You control the information, you control the people.
— John Cramer, Los Angeles
L.A. County proposed abortion pilot program
Re “County set to be abortion haven” (May 4):
Instead of opposing the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe vs. Wade, leaders in Los Angeles County should be looking forward to California’s own legislative plans for abortion. Should the Supreme Court overturn Roe vs. Wade, it will be a correct judicial decision, since all nine justices swore to obey the Constitution. The states would be getting back one of their Constitutional rights. If Americans could just get back all of the ones the Biden administration has removed, that would be constitutionally correct as well.
— Arline George, Reseda
Queen Mary in Long Beach could be a costly endeavor
I never thought that I would agree with the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association on any subject. But Association Vice President Thomas Jelenic is dead right on the subject of the Queen Mary. Scrap it. Even better, tow it out to sea and sink it.
The marine life would love the new reef, and it would become a popular destination for scuba divers.
The Port of Long Beach could then spend the estimated $354 million cost on cleaning up its toxic, cancer causing, diesel air pollution.
— Noel Park, Rancho Palos Verdes
Who is legally responsible for abandoned oil and gas wells?
Re “Funds will help seal old oil, gas wells” (May 2):
I don’t understand how all the abandoned oil wells can be “with no legally responsible party to clean them up.”
With over 5,000 abandoned and deserted wells there’s bound to be someone connected to some of them that can be sent the bill to keep the taxpayers from footing the bill. The big oil and gas companies that profited from the wells certainly have a connection and today with their price gouging they should be taken to court and forced to pay for it. For instance, a sorely vacant old oil cesspool on the corner of Artesia and Normandie really needs to be cleaned up and I’ll bet there are some people and business’s that can be sued to clean it up.
— Ernie Ogren, Torrance
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American forward Haji Wright scored for the sixth straight game, increasing his season total to 13 goals in 30 league matches and leading Antalyaspor over visiting Konyaspor 3-2 on Monday night in the Turkish league.
Wright, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, converted a penalty kick against Ibrahim Šehić in the 66th minute to break a 2-2 tie.
After debuting for Schalke in 2018-19 and making seven Bundesliga appearances, Wright spent 2019-20 at the Dutch club Venlo and 2020-21 with Denmark’s SønderjyskE. Wright played for the U.S. at the 2015 Under-17 World Cup.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $244 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The New York-based company said it had profit of 96 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and non-recurring costs, were $1.69 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.31 per share.
The ingredients producer for food, cosmetics and consumer products industries posted revenue of $3.23 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.18 billion.
International Flavors expects full-year revenue in the range of $12.6 billion to $13 billion.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IFF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IFF | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/business/article/International-Flavors-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160222.php | 2022-05-09T20:41:49Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/business/article/International-Flavors-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160222.php | true | 18 |
A stampede at a university in Bolivia on Monday left four students dead and 70 injured when a tear gas grenade was detonated during an assembly, the institution and police said.
Hundreds of students had gathered in an enclosed sports arena of a university in Potosi in Bolivia’s southeast for student council elections, rector Pedro Lopez told reporters.
Police said that as two groups of students argued, someone detonated a tear gas cannister, provoking the stampede.
The institution, Lopez said, was “in mourning.”
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The public hospital of the city of some 270,000 inhabitants was overrun with wounded and relatives seeking information on missing students.
Fights between students in Bolivia are not uncommon, and tear gas had been deployed in previous confrontations.
In March last year, 12 students died at a different university when a railing collapsed during another assembly confrontation.
AFP | https://punchng.com/four-dead-70-injured-in-bolivian-varsity-stampede/ | 2022-05-09T20:42:33Z | https://punchng.com/four-dead-70-injured-in-bolivian-varsity-stampede/ | true | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks deepened their losses on Wall Street Monday, sending the S&P 500 to its lowest close in more than a year. The benchmark index is coming off its fifth weekly loss in a row as renewed worries about China’s economy piled on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates. Stocks fell across Europe and much of Asia, as did everything from old-economy crude oil to new-economy bitcoin. The S&P 500 gave up 3.2% and the Nasdaq pulled back 4.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.03%.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is tumbling toward its lowest point in more than a year on Monday as renewed worries about China’s economy pile on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates.
The S&P 500 was 2.3% lower in afternoon trading after coming off its fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in more than a decade. It joined a worldwide swoon for markets. Not only did stocks fall across Europe and much of Asia, but so did everything from old-economy crude oil to new-economy bitcoin.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 374 points, or 1.1%, at 32,520, as of 3:16 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 3.4% lower as tech-oriented stocks again took the brunt of the sell-off. Monday’s sharp drop leaves the S&P 500, Wall Street’s main measure of health, down roughly 16% from its record set early this year.
Most of this year’s damage has been the result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive flip away from doing everything it can to prop up financial markets and the economy. The central bank has already pulled its key short-term interest rate off its record low of near zero, where it sat for nearly all the pandemic. Last week, it signaled additional increases of double the usual amount may hit in upcoming months, in hopes of stamping out the high inflation sweeping the economy.
The moves by design will slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow. The risk is the Fed could cause a recession if it moves too far or too quickly. In the meantime, higher rates discourage investors from paying very high prices for investments, because investors can get more than before from owning super-safe Treasury bonds instead.
That’s helped cause a roughly 29% tumble for bitcoin since April’s start, for example. It dropped 10.8% Monday, according to Coindesk. Worries about the world’s second-largest economy added to the gloom Monday. Analysts cited comments over the weekend by a Chinese official warning of a grave situation for jobs, as the country hopes to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened restrictions, amid citizen complaints that it feels endless, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown after an outbreak.
The fear is that China’s strict anti-COVID policies will add more disruptions to worldwide trade and supply chains, while dragging on its economy, which for years was a main driver of global growth.
In the past, Wall Street has been able to remain steady despite similar pressures because of the strong profit growth that companies were producing.
But this most recent earnings reporting season for big U.S. companies has yielded less enthusiasm. Companies overall are reporting bigger profits for the latest quarter than expected, as is usually the case. But discouraging signs for future growth have been plentiful.
The number of companies citing “weak demand” in their conference calls following earnings reports jumped to the highest level since the second quarter of 2020, strategist Savita Subramanian wrote in a BofA Global Research report. Tech earnings are also lagging, she said.
The tech sector is the largest in the S&P 500 by market value, giving it additional weight for the market's movements. Many tech-oriented companies saw profits boom through the pandemic as people looked for new ways to work and entertain themselves while locked down at home. But slowdowns in their profit growth leave their stocks vulnerable after their prices shot so high on expectations of continued gains.
The higher interest rates engineered by the Fed are also hitting their stock prices particularly hard because they’re seen as some of the market’s most expensive. The Nasdaq composite’s loss of roughly 25% for 2022 so far is much sharper than that for other indexes.
Electric automaker Rivian Automotive slumped 19.1% Monday as restrictions expire that prevented some big investors from selling their shares following its stock market debut six months ago. It's lost more than three quarters of its value so far this year.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury has shot to its highest level since 2018 as inflation and expectations for Fed action rose. It moderated Monday, dipping to 3.07% from 3.12% late Friday. But it's still more than double the 1.51% level where it started the year.
In Asian stock markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 2.5%, and South Korea's Kospi lost 1.3%. Stocks in Shanghai inched up 0.1%.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 fell 2.8%, and Germany’s DAX lost 2.1%. London's FTSE 100 slid 2.3%.
Apart from concerns about inflation and coronavirus restrictions, the war in Ukraine is still a major cause for uncertainty. More than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday Monday.
Even the energy sector, a star performer in recent weeks, was under pressure Monday. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 6.1% to settle at $103.09 per barrel, though it's still up about 40% this year. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 5.7% to settle at $105.94 a barrel.
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AP Business Writer Yuri Kageyama contributed. Veiga reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Asian-shares-mostly-fall-as-rate-hikes-China-17158423.php | 2022-05-09T20:43:46Z | https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Asian-shares-mostly-fall-as-rate-hikes-China-17158423.php | true | 41 |
MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding the public again to be careful as fire danger remains very high across most of Wisconsin.
More than 70 wildfires occurred over the weekend, making it the busiest weekend of the season so far. Debris burning and equipment accounted for the majority of these wildfires.
Areas with very high fire danger today include Adams, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette and Monroe counties.
Areas with high fire danger today include Columbia, Dodge and Sauk counties.
You can see an up-to-date burning restriction map on the DNR website. | https://www.wkow.com/townnews/stock_exchange/dnr-fire-danger-remains-high-across-wisconsin-over-70-wildfires-last-weekend/article_6cef27a8-cfca-11ec-8b61-27d356d4994a.html | 2022-05-09T20:48:52Z | https://www.wkow.com/townnews/stock_exchange/dnr-fire-danger-remains-high-across-wisconsin-over-70-wildfires-last-weekend/article_6cef27a8-cfca-11ec-8b61-27d356d4994a.html | false | null |
A 27-year-old man was treated at a Little Rock hospital after he was shot Sunday evening along Colonel Glenn Road, police said.
Officers responding to a shooting call at 6200 Colonel Glenn Road shortly after 6 p.m. found the man standing in the parking lot and suffering from a gunshot wound, a Little Rock police report states. The 27-year-old, who had been struck in the rear, was treated by medics and taken to Baptist Health Medical Center, according to the report.
The victim told officers somebody pulled into the parking lot in a vehicle, got out, and shot at him, police said.
According to the report, the 27-year-old's injuries weren’t considered life-threatening.
In a separate shooting on Friday, a Little Rock man was struck in the leg, police said.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to UAMS Medical Center in response to a shooting victim who was there, a separate police report states.
The 18-year-old victim told officers he was struck in the “upper part of his left leg” while sitting outside near West 24th and Lewis streets, according to the report. The teen said he heard gunshots but didn’t see anything suspicious prior to being struck.
Police said they were unable to locate a crime scene, though their investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
No arrests had been made in either shooting, according to the reports released Monday morning. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/may/09/2-hurt-in-little-rock-shootings-police-say/ | 2022-05-09T20:49:27Z | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/may/09/2-hurt-in-little-rock-shootings-police-say/ | true | 1 |
Communities of color have already been hard hit by abortion bans and will continue to bear the brunt if Roe is overturned. Reproductive justice activists say abortion access is a racial justice issue.
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Communities of color have already been hard hit by abortion bans and will continue to bear the brunt if Roe is overturned. Reproductive justice activists say abortion access is a racial justice issue.
Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.wuwf.org/2022-05-09/striking-down-roe-v-wade-will-hit-people-of-color-hardest-activists-say | 2022-05-09T20:53:03Z | https://www.wuwf.org/2022-05-09/striking-down-roe-v-wade-will-hit-people-of-color-hardest-activists-say | false | null |
Abyss (ABYSS) traded 10% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 16:00 PM ET on May 9th. Abyss has a market capitalization of $6.71 million and $274,238.00 worth of Abyss was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Abyss coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0294 or 0.00000092 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Over the last seven days, Abyss has traded 19.8% lower against the dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded 8.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $31,781.46 or 1.00000000 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003147 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003148 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 13.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.85 or 0.00002686 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded down 7.4% against the dollar and now trades at $31.77 or 0.00099974 BTC.
Abyss Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “Abyss Finance provides Decentralized (DeFi) and Centralized (CeFi) Finance solutions for projects in multiple industries. The Abyss is the platform where gamers can play games, socialize and get rewarded. We offer MMO/MMORPG games and share a part of our revenue with gamers. Come to The Abyss and earn from the referral system, gaming achievements, and other activities. “
Buying and Selling Abyss
It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Abyss directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Abyss should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Abyss using one of the exchanges listed above.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG) on Monday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
The Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $1.05 billion, or $2.78 per share, in the period.
The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of $2.73 per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $426.6 million, or $1.30 per share.
The shopping mall real estate investment trust, based in Indianapolis, posted revenue of $1.3 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.27 billion.
Simon Property expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $11.60 to $11.75 per share.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SPG at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SPG | https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Simon-Property-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160197.php | 2022-05-09T20:57:07Z | https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Simon-Property-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160197.php | false | 601 |
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) _ ICU Medical Inc. (ICUI) on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of $38.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
The San Clemente, California-based company said it had a loss of $1.61 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to $1.82 per share.
The medical device maker posted revenue of $543.1 million in the period.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ICUI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ICUI | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/ICU-Medical-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160276.php | 2022-05-09T20:58:29Z | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/ICU-Medical-Q1-Earnings-Snapshot-17160276.php | false | null |
Medical and legal experts say the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade could have implications for other reproductive rights such as contraception and IVF.
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Medical and legal experts say the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade could have implications for other reproductive rights such as contraception and IVF.
Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.kcbx.org/2022-05-09/overturning-roe-v-wade-could-restrict-more-than-abortion-according-to-experts | 2022-05-09T20:58:34Z | https://www.kcbx.org/2022-05-09/overturning-roe-v-wade-could-restrict-more-than-abortion-according-to-experts | false | null |
NYC Jewish Heritage Museum bans Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage barred a philanthropic group from featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a June conference at the site and forced organizers to relocate. Tikvah Fund leaders Elliott Abrams and Eric Cohen told The Post Friday that museum brass advised them to either disinvite DeSantis or take the annual Jewish Leadership Conference elsewhere. Cohen said they were shocked by the ultimatum. “Never before did the museum share their opinions about or seek to assert oversight over our guest speakers,” he said Friday. Tikvah leaders refused to cancel DeSantis and instead moved the entire event to Pier 60....
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