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The Iranian health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that as many as 460 new cases of Covid 19 were detected in the country, 82 of whom were admitted to hospital.
The total number of Covid 19 patients in the country reached 7, 226, 219 people.
In the last 24 hours, 3 cases lost their lives the lowest figure since the outbreak of the illness in early 2020.
The statement added that the total number of deaths from the disease increased to 141,192.
Last night, all provinces of the country, except for Tehran with 2 deaths and Alborz Province with once recorded zero daily deaths.
Nearly 150 million doses of anti-coronavirus have been administered in the country so far, the ministry added in its statement on Tuesday.
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The Karnataka government has proposed regularisation of properties in capital city Bengaluru by issuing legal documents — khatas — and property identification numbers (PID) to owners. While discussions on this have been on for a long time, on May 5, former civic chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta said an executive order was yet to be issued by the government.
This comes around a month after Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar on April 13 recommended that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) issue khatas and PIDs to all property owners in the city.
Currently, there are two types of properties — ‘A’ Khata and ‘B’ Khata.
What is ‘A’ khata and ‘B’ khata?
‘A’ khata properties are those with genuine documents and are verified by state agencies. The ‘A’ khata document was issued to property owners till 2008.
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In 2008, the BBMP stopped issuing ‘A’ khata to properties which were in violation of bylaws. Instead, it began maintaining a ‘B’ register, which came to list ‘B’ khata properties.
‘B’ khata properties have anomalies in documentation. The list also includes properties in violation of bylaws, and buildings constructed without building plan approval. There are over six lakh ‘B’ khata properties in Bengaluru, which include unauthorised layouts on revenue land.
The ‘B’ khata register has helped the civic body collect property tax from the owners.
‘B’ Khata property owners can neither avail bank loans, nor get occupancy/completion certificates from the BBMP.
So, has an official notification on regularisation been issued by the government?
No, the government is yet to issue a notification in this regard.
Chief Secretary Kumar has only recommended issuing khata and property identification numbers to owners in Bengaluru.
Officials from the civic body’s revenue department say the khata would be issued to properties only after the collection of penalty, building and land conversion fees, and betterment charges.
The Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by former IAS T M Vijay Bhaskar, had in February recommended the conversion of ‘B’ khata to ‘A’ khata.
How will regularisation of khata help Bengaluru’s civic body?
The BBMP in its 2022-23 budget projected a total revenue collection of Rs 10,484.28 crore. It estimated that it would collect Rs 3,107 crore from property tax. And, Rs 1,000 crore from the ‘B’ khata to ‘A’ khata regularisation scheme.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in March said the issue would be examined in the light of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act and Karnataka Land Revenue Act.
The idea of regularisation of ‘B’ khata properties was first proposed in 2018 by the government. It had wanted ‘B’ khata properties to be regularised under its Akrama Scheme, which was introduced years earlier in 2015. Taking steps in this regard, the government in 2018 had also amended the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
The BBMP, however, was against this idea, as the Akrama Scheme was in the Supreme Court. The government later delinked ‘B’ khata from the scheme.
What is the major criticism against the BBMP?
Critics point out that the civic body has to share the blame for the mushrooming of ‘B’ Khata properties. Construction of buildings without bylaws and approvals from government bodies, and the municipal agencies turning a blind eye to the illegalities, also point to deep-rooted corruption.
Among the eight zones of the BBMP, officials say Mahadevapura zone has the highest number of ‘B’ Khata holders (1,81,249), followed by the Bommanahalli zone (1,13,582).
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As flexible work continues and customer expectations continue to rise, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful ally in delivering successful customer and employee experience strategies. On one hand, this technology allows employees to be more productive in an all-digital, work-from-anywhere world and on the other, it frees up employees from repetitive processes, enabling them to slow down and focus on customers with empathy where they need it most.
Gautam Vasudev is VP of Digital Engagement and Omni Product Management for Service Cloud at Salesforce & John Kucera is Senior VP of Product Management at Salesforce.
The International Data Corp (IDC) predicts that global spending on AI will double over the next four years – reaching $110 billion in 2024 (up from $50 billion in 2020). AI is helping us to save time and boost productivity, freeing employees from repetitive work. With automation and AI - “intelligent automation” - we can solve numerous problems that neither companies or these technologies can tackle on their own.
The need for - and competitive advantage of - intelligent automation
In an all-digital world businesses need to adapt quickly to decentralized teams and changing customer behaviors. Where meal delivery services, for example, during the pandemic faced a significant rise in case volume, with AI-powered chatbots they managed to scale their customer services, helping customers track their orders, report issues and receive credits or refunds.
When entire workforces shifted to working from home, AI-powered recommendations helped IT departments support requests from teams, like requesting new equipment. Efficiently analyzing historical data allows IT teams to predict which type of equipment to deploy based on a user's parameters and needs. By using an automated workflow, items can be quickly shipped while the inventory system is updated.
AI is also giving businesses a competitive advantage. Take service teams, for instance. With the ability to see insights, key moments and trends highlighted in conversational and chat data, they’re better able to understand common and repetitive issues. In real-time, customer service agents can see suggested next best actions to facilitate solutions faster, and leaders can better understand trending areas that can be better handled by self-service articles or bots. For example, agents may be overwhelmed by address or billing change requests, so a team can decide to publish a self-service article or create a bot to handle these time consuming but simple issues. Integrating insights into action saves teams time and helps them make better decisions. It also allows them to use their skills more effectively to focus on more complicated cases, and to empathize with customers and build rapport.
AI and Automation are Critical to Creating a Digital HQ
Work has shifted from a place you go, to what you do. Today, every company must create its own digital HQ which connects its employees, customers, and partners. Automation is the key to enabling this work-from-anywhere operating model, automating how remote teams work together and how they interact with customers.
As a result, for business leaders, breaking down data management silos and point solutions are top of mind. They’re looking to AI and automation to scale and simplify data management across their organization.
Together, collaboration and data capabilities are making teams more agile and effective, helping them deliver greater value for customers and grow the business. With a single source of truth, service teams can better route issues to the right agent, understand the customer’s entire journey with the company, and hopefully solve the customer’s problem on the first call, without making the customer repeat their address, email, and problem to three different agents. If they’re lacking detail in a certain area, they can do that research directly from the platform.
Leveraging the power of automation speeds processes up further. Whether it’s time to pass off a customer case to a more experienced agent, or agents see in real-time a mass incident affecting a group of customers, like an outage, employees from various departments can automatically come together in one communicative channel. Automation can help gather the right contacts from legal, engineering, support and sales to all swarm on an issue and preemptively alert customers that they’re working on it to reduce additional tickets for a known problem.
Driving productivity, revenue, and redefining retention strategies
All employees want to know they’re making a difference. They don’t want to make their way through tens of systems and applications just to uncover what’s relevant for their work. At a time when employees are busier than ever - 35% of employees working remotely since the pandemic report working later than usual - simplifying and curating appropriate tools and making them readily accessible in one secure platform is crucial to ensuring teams are focusing on high value, high impact work.
Automation can play an integral role in helping to reduce the ‘work of work’ that teams and individuals grapple with on a daily basis - essentially removing the ‘paper cuts’ in manual work that slow down organizations. By removing mundane, repetitive processes and tasks automation can support every line of business in driving productivity as well as revenue.
Service teams in particular can see some of the greatest benefits of automation investments. Driving revenue both directly through cross-sells and upsells, and indirectly by increasing customer loyalty, these technologies are helping companies improve service levels while aligning to the increased customer expectations from the past couple of years. This includes automating scheduling resources, especially for field service teams, to optimize service and minimize travel times.
More strategically for organizations, with AI and automation freeing up their workforce from the repetitive work, leaders can help redefine retention strategies, by enabling employees to focus on personal and professional growth while still effectively carrying out their roles. Opening up their employees to act as ambassadors for the company, and provide great service to our customers, builds loyalty.
Now is the time to invest in customer relationships, and trust
The biggest misconception about AI and automation implementation is that it needs to be a top-down exercise involving big projects with big budgets. In reality, a bottom-up, empowered automation strategy can be just as transformational. Data and AI are no longer just for data scientists and data-savvy analysts, it is a team sport.
To build and deploy AI and automation with confidence in the eyes of employees and customers, businesses must have an ethical foundation. Prioritizing only productivity or measuring agents by metrics (such as customer sentiment) which they have little control over, will lead to burn out. By focusing on inclusive measures and ethical intent - such as augmenting agents and growing their personal skills, companies can implement AI in ways that benefit employees and in turn benefit customers.
As the digital economy evolves at pace, now is the time to invest in customer relationships, while empowering employees and increasing their workplace satisfaction. Together, intelligent automation frees up employees to do what humans do best – make decisions and build relationships. With consumer uncertainty at an all-time high, by ensuring accountability, transparency, and fairness in the ways they develop and deploy these technologies organizations can also earn trust. | https://www.techradar.com/sg/features/reducing-the-work-of-work-with-ai-and-automation | 2022-05-10T15:23:22Z | https://www.techradar.com/sg/features/reducing-the-work-of-work-with-ai-and-automation | false | 6 |
Joe Wicks has said that he hopes that his new documentary will help people to open up more about parental mental health. The 36-year-old told of his parents' own struggles with mental health problems, and said that he wants to inspire others to do the same.
The new documentary is called Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood, and will be broadcast on May 16. It will see The Body Coach explore the impact of his mother’s eating disorder and severe obsessive compulsive disorder and his father’s drug addiction had on him when he was growing up.
Popular documentary maker Louis Theroux produced the programme. Theroux has previously spoken how Wicks' fitness programmes were a lifeline during the Coronavirus lockdowns.
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Wicks has grown a huge following online, becoming one of the most followed fitness accounts on Youtube and Instagram. His following grew massively during the Coronavirus Pandemic when he broadcast livestreams called "PE with Joe".
He has since landed his own Channel 4 programme The Body Coach. Now, Wicks wants to look at people's mental health as well as physical health.
Wicks told the Radio Times: “After PE with Joe ended, I realised I hadn’t just helped people’s physical health, but their mental health, too. I wanted to keep that conversation going.
“As a young kid, I didn’t realise my parents had mental health issues. I just thought my dad was a drug addict and my mum loved cleaning.
“But I was aware I had this ability to share my story, and that hopefully it would inspire people.”
The specialist in nutrition and fitness said that exercise was a way for him to de-stress as a child. It would also provide an escape from the atmosphere at home.
He said: “If I hadn’t exercised, I would have been a nightmare. No one would have been able to control me. PE was the one subject I looked forward to because it helped me focus.”
The fitness guru also said that he has not had very much therapy himself, apart from some family sessions with counsellor as a child. He revealed that the documentary is the most he has looked into his past.
In the documentary, Wicks learns from his own experiences being kept in the dark about his parents' struggles. He now hopes that children can be kept more informed of mental health struggles that their parents might be going through.
He said: “Millions of parents are experiencing mental health issues, particularly after lockdown.
“They’re bottling it up and trying to be brave and happy, but inside they’re probably crumbling. When the parents pull away, the children become withdrawn.”
He added: “That’s powerful. But it’s also hard, because of the stigma. You’re scared that your children might get taken away from you, or that people might make fun of them.
“So it’s hard to say ‘Just talk about it’, because normally you keep it from your friends, your colleagues, your boss.”
The documentary will air on BBC One on May 16 at 9pm. It will also explore how exercise, diet and sleep can help mental health.
The full interview can be found in this week’s Radio Times magazine.
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It took one hell of an effort, but the Celtics got the job done Monday night.
After a frustrating loss Saturday at Fiserv Forum, Boston bounced back with a Game 4 victory over the reigning NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. The second-seeded Celtics trailed by as many as 11 points in the third quarter, but a late rally pushed the visitors to a series-tying victory.
The 2022 playoffs mark Boston’s core group’s fifth consecutive trip to the postseason, so Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and company know full well how difficult it is to come out on top in late April and May, especially away from TD Garden. As such, Brown made sure to commend his teammates on their latest achievements.
“It’s hard to win on the road,” Brown said in the locker room per a team-provided video. “Hey, way to muster together. It’s hard to win on this (expletive) road in the playoffs. Great job, fellas. Let’s go. Best of three.”
The best-of-three Brown mentioned will begin Wednesday night when the Celtics host Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks for Game 5. Boston currently is a 5.5-point favorite and a -220 bet on the moneyline at DraftKings Sportsbook.
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Tom Brady to join Fox Sports when playing career ends
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead football analyst once his playing career ends, the network said Tuesday.
When that actually happens is unclear, because Brady recently changed his mind about retiring and said he plans to continue playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his 23rd NFL season.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch made the announcement during a corporate investor call on Tuesday.
“Over the course of this long-term agreement, Tom will not only call our our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, he will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives,” Murdoch said.
Murdoch said it’s “entirely up to” Brady when he decides to retire from football and join Fox. Brady led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title following the 2020 season and NFC South championship last season. He teamed with coach Bill Belichick to win six Super Bowls during 20 seasons with the New England Patriots.
Fox recently lost its top football announcers, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, to ESPN. It replaced Buck with Burkhardt.
Murdoch offered no other details on the deal.
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WASHINGTON — A former Haitian senator has been extradited to the United States and charged in connection with the assassination of Haiti's president, Jovenel Moïse, the Department of Justice announced.
Joseph Joel John, 51, made his initial court appearance Monday in Miami. John is charged with one count to conspire in murder or kidnapping outside the U.S. and a count of providing supporting material to commit the conspiracy. He is the third person in U.S. custody to be charged in the U.S. for his role in the assassination plot.
If convicted, John faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Colombian citizen Mario Antonio Palacios and Haitian-Chilean citizen Rodolphe Jaar are the other two men who currently face charges in the U.S. in relation to the plot. Palacios pleaded not guilty to his charges in April.
As alleged in a newly unsealed complaint, John reportedly helped to obtain vehicles and attempted to obtain firearms to support the plot.
It is also alleged that John attended a meeting with certain co-conspirators on or about July 6, 2021, after which many of the co-conspirators embarked on the mission to kill Moïse on July 7. John was present when a former judge signed off on a warrant to provide further assistance in detaining Moïse and providing legal immunity for such actions, the complaint alleges.
The DOJ has identified approximately 20 Colombian citizens and a number of dual Haitian-American citizens who participated in the plot to kidnap and kill Moïse, according to the complaint. The department added that it appears the plot was originally focused on simply kidnapping and arresting Moïse, but participants ultimately changed their tactics to kill the president.
The department has not publicly indicated a motive for the murder, but a New York Times investigation suggests that the conspirators were looking for a list of alleged drug traffickers and assistants that Moïse was scheduled to publicly reveal. | https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/haitian-president-assassination-case-third-man-charged/507-39cfda61-6ab5-4898-a919-e61da3611f91 | 2022-05-10T15:33:04Z | https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/haitian-president-assassination-case-third-man-charged/507-39cfda61-6ab5-4898-a919-e61da3611f91 | true | 11 |
BOSTON (AP) — The owners of five restaurants in Boston's North End say in a lawsuit against Mayor Michelle Wu that the city's $7,500 fee for eateries in the neighborhood that want to offer outdoor dining this summer is unconstitutional.
The four business owners, in their federal complaint filed Monday, said the fee — which applies only to restaurants in the traditionally Italian neighborhood that attracts tourists from around the world — creates “unfair methods of competition."
The fee violates the restaurant owners’ constitutional due process and equal protection rights, and their rights under the commerce clause, the restaurateurs assert.
The mayor’s office said in a statement it had no comment. Wu has said that because the North End — with its maze of narrow and busy streets — has the highest density of restaurants in the city, the fees are necessary to address quality-of-life issues like traffic, pedestrian access, trash collection and rodent control.
All four owners said they agreed to pay the fee under protest. One owns two establishments.
“If plaintiffs refused to pay the fees ... they would not be allowed to have outdoor dining spaces,” the lawsuit read. “Without outdoor dining, plaintiffs would not be able to compete with other North End restaurants" catering to tourists.
The city first allowed restaurants to set up al fresco dining areas on sidewalks and city streets two summers ago to help them stay in business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor dining in the neighborhood resumed May 1.
The city announced the fee in March, but business owners pushed back, calling it unfair because it did not apply to restaurants in other areas of the city.
The city and some restaurant owners announced a compromise in late March that allowed businesses to spread the fee out over several months, and a plan that allows some restaurants to pay reduced fees based on location, the size of their outdoor dining area, and whether they have a liquor license.
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This story has been changed to reflect that the four plaintiffs own five restaurants between them. | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Food-fight-Restaurants-sue-Boston-over-al-fresco-17161938.php | 2022-05-10T15:34:12Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Food-fight-Restaurants-sue-Boston-over-al-fresco-17161938.php | true | 13 |
Three journalists have been killed in Mexico over the course of a three-day span, according to several reports.
Two Mexican journalists from the news website El Veraz — Yesenia Mollinedo, the director, and Sheila Johana García, a reporter — were shot to death Monday in the eastern state of Veracruz, said the state's attorney general, Verónica Hernández.
The women were killed while sitting in a vehicle parked outside of a convenience store, Univision reported.
Hernandez tweeted that an investigation has been opened, in which prosecutors, police and experts will look for motives and suspects, as well as review the journalists' recent activity.
La Fiscal General del Estado, Verónica Hernández Giadáns, asegura que no habrá impunidad; se agotarán todas las líneas de investigación, incluida su actividad periodística.
— FGE Veracruz (@FGE_Veracruz) May 9, 2022
Luis Enrique Ramírez, 61, a columnist for El Debate in Sinaloa, was killed last Thursday. Ramirez died from blows to the head and also had a gunshot wound to the leg, according to a statement from the State Attorney's General Office in Sinaloa.
Witnesses say they saw Ramirez being forced into a white van. His body was found on a dirt road, the statement said.
The deaths of the three journalists mark a total of 11 reporters killed in Mexico since the start of 2022, Univision said.
In 2021, seven reporters were killed in Mexico, making it the most dangerous country for journalists for the third year in a row, according to data compiled by Reporters Without Borders, a public interest nonprofit.
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Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, today announced that it has extended its strategic agreement with Crédit Agricole CIB, the corporate and investment bank division of Crédit Agricole Group, to fuel Crédit Agricole CIB’s next stage of growth.
The engagement builds on Crédit Agricole CIB and Wipro’s decade-long relationship and will provide the Bank with a larger team of Wipro experts who will operate a robust and secure infrastructure.
Wipro will enable Crédit Agricole CIB to embrace the latest cloud technologies and agile practices allowing it to achieve faster speed-to-market on new products and services, improving client satisfaction and unlocking new value streams.
Thierry Delaporte, CEO and Managing Director, Wipro Limited said, “This new agreement is an affirmation of our strong relationship with Crédit Agricole CIB. We remain committed to strengthening it and advancing their ongoing transformation. Under the leadership of Graziella Neuvéglise, Wipro’s Regional Head for Southern Europe, we will continue to invest in capabilities that will help us deliver higher value, and greater innovation to Crédit Agricole CIB, efficiently and sustainably.”
Pierre Dulon, Deputy CEO and Head of IT and Operations Services, Crédit Agricole CIB comments, “Wipro shares our vision of the role technology transformation will play in the corporate and investment banking sector, where efficiency, sustainability and innovation will be drivers of success. To realize this vision, we needed a dependable partner who has the strategic insight to co-create solutions to enhance our business agility. Wipro has proven itself to be that partner over the past ten years and will help us prepare for the next stage of our growth.”
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Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company. We harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics, and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have over 240,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six continents. Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to build a better and a bold new future.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed legislation to beef up security for Supreme Court justices.
Lawmakers are seeking to ensure that justices and their families are protected as the court deliberates abortion access and whether to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
The bipartisan bill passed by voice vote with no objections Monday.
While it doesn't provide additional funding, that could come later.
The measure aims to put the court on par with the executive and legislative branches, making certain the nine justices are provided security as some protesters have gathered outside their homes.
The legislation comes one week after Politico leaked a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that indicated Roe v. Wade would be overturned as soon as June.
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Wind is wild card in fires burning in New Mexico, Arizona
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community that had been threatened by a wildfire resumed in-person classes Tuesday while residents on the fire’s northern and southern edges remained under evacuation orders.
The West Las Vegas School District said exceptions would be made for students still displaced by what’s the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. or those whose health has been affected by the smoke.
Still, classes for students in a neighboring school district that serves part of the community remained virtual while firefighters worked in rugged terrain ahead of the massive blaze trying to clear brush and stop the flames from burning more homes in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
The wildfire — intensified by decades of drought, warmer temperatures and spring winds — has burned more than 318 square miles (824 square kilometers) of tinder-dry ponderosa forests. Thousands of people have had to flee the flames and some 300 structures, including homes, have been destroyed.
Crews have spent days working to protect ranch homes scattered through the area and stamping out small fires that jumped ahead of the main blaze.
“So far they’ve had great luck in catching those,” said fire information officer Joel Barnett.
Wind and low humidity levels continued to be big wildfire expansion threats as the National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for extreme fire danger in much of New Mexico and parts of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Texas. Forecasters said New Mexico is outpacing most other recent years for the number of red flag days in April and so far this month.
In northern New Mexico, officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory and residents in the nearby town are prepared to evacuate if a wildfire burning there moves closer. That fire has burned more than 66 square miles (171 square kilometers).
Officials said some medically fragile residents and large animals already have been moved out of the area to lessen the traffic congestion should evacuations be ordered. They anticipated residents would have at least a day or two notice if they need to flee.
“If the fire gets its fifth gear, it will be here sooner than we want it to be,” said incident commander Rich Harvey. “We’re doing everything we can to check it.”
Crews in Arizona were battling a fire near the U.S.-Mexico border that forced several dozen people from their homes.
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Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Associated Press writer Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Arizona, contributed to this report.
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Standing on the Ravens’ indoor practice field Friday, running back Tyler Badie smiled as he remembered where he’d gotten his start.
“Down the street,” he recalled at the team’s rookie minicamp. “That was me over there.”
The sixth-round pick spent most of his childhood in Randallstown. He rooted for the Ravens. He went to an Ed Reed-hosted football camp at Randallstown High School, even got an autograph from the Hall of Fame safety.
But Badie’s first games were with the Owings Mills Wolfpack at Northwest Regional Park, just a short walk from the Ravens’ facility. He remembered seeing legendary linebacker Ray Lewis there, cheering on his daughter as she played for a younger Wolfpack team. (Naturally, she played linebacker.)
To return to the Baltimore area as a Raven, though — to have any shot of making the NFL, really — Badie had to leave home. He went to Friends School from sixth to 10th grade after the local private- and public-school powerhouses in football turned him down or ignored him. His favorite sport was lacrosse; Loyola Maryland and Maryland were recruiting him, and he looked up to then-Duke star Myles Jones, a fellow midfielder.
“I was going to play lacrosse in college if I would have stayed, because [with] 15 people on a football team [at Friends], people are not looking to give out offers like that,” Badie said.
When his mother was offered a job in Memphis, Tennessee, though, Badie saw another path. He’d spent his early years in New Orleans before being displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He knew how serious the region was about football. When Badie’s mother asked him whether he wanted to leave Maryland, he said yes. His early days had hardened his resolve.
“I never see anything as a negative,” he said. “With life, stuff happens. I use it as a positive. [Relocating after Hurricane Katrina] taught me a lot of things about adversity and toughness. I use that on the field. A lot of times, people don’t come from where I come from, see what I see. So a lot of times, it’s just another thing to just add on to your stripes. Just use that as motivation to just keep pushing forward.”
In Memphis, Badie emerged as a Division I recruit, rushing for nearly 1,200 yards as a senior. After spurning the hometown Tigers to play for Missouri, he bided his time behind Larry Rountree III, now a Los Angeles Chargers reserve, before breaking out last year. He set the school’s single-season rushing record with 1,604 yards and added 54 catches for 330 yards, a byproduct of those early days on the lacrosse field.
“At the end of the day, when you play running back, you don’t sign up to just receive the ball,” he said. “You sign up to run the ball, you sign up to block, a lot of things. So going into my last year, I just wanted to prove that to everybody. The biggest thing was durability. ‘Is he going to be available? He’s not 200 pounds; can he hold up?’ My biggest thing was just going out there and just be able to show I can play against the best of the best. So that’s what I did.”
Undrafted free agents signed
The Ravens announced they’d signed 17 undrafted rookies Friday, including six wide receivers: Alabama’s Slade Bolden, Fort Valley State’s Shemar Bridges, California’s Trevon Clark, Mississippi State’s Makai Polk, The Citadel’s Raleigh Webb and Oregon’s Devon Williams.
Also signed on offense were Oregon quarterback Anthony Brown, North Carolina State running back Ricky Person and South Dakota State offensive tackle Aron Johnson.
Defensively, the Ravens signed Stephen F. Austin defensive tackle Rayshad Nichols, Auburn inside linebacker Zakoby McClain, Michigan inside linebacker Josh Ross, Texas San-Antonio outside linebacker Chuck Wiley, Florida outside linebacker Jeremiah Moon, Newberry cornerback David Vereen, Villanova cornerback Denzel Williams and Georgia State safety Chris Moore.
Extra points
- Third-round pick Travis Jones has a stout build for a 325-pound defensive tackle, and the Connecticut product said he models his game after disruptive interior defenders like Akiem Hicks and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Fletcher Cox. Jones is hoping to earn third-down snaps this season, which means proving himself against quarterback Lamar Jackson in practice. “That’s going to be fun,” he said. “I know he’s fast. I’m going to try to run him down a couple times.”
- Fourth-round pick Jalyn Armour-Davis said he’s “thankful” for the adversity he faced early in his Alabama career, when injuries limited his impact. He stood out in his lone year as a starting cornerback last season. “It was good,” he said. “It was solid, but it’s nowhere near the surface. I know and believe — I think everyone here believes, and that’s why they took a chance on me, that my best football is definitely ahead of me.”
- Cornerback Damarion “Pepe” Williams got to the NFL in part because of his versatility; he lined up at free safety, strong safety, boundary cornerback, field cornerback, nickel back and dime back over his Houston career. As for how the fourth-round pick got that nickname? " ‘Pepe’ originated when I was young. I had two Spanish godmothers, [and] they were twins. So, one of them named me Pepe, and my brother is ‘Papa.’ ”
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Sleepwalking Into Disaster: How US Establishment Lost Fear of Escalating Ukraine Crisis
Sleepwalking Into Disaster: How US Establishment Lost Fear of Escalating Ukraine Crisis
On 9 May, US President Joe Biden signed a lend-lease Bill to streamline US lethal military aid to Ukraine, while the American press continues to present a... 10.05.2022, Sputnik International
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Sputnik: After the beginning of Russian special operation in Ukraine, US Big Tech labelled and banned major Russian media outlets. Now, the Department of Homeland Security has announced the creation of a so-called Disinformation Governance Board to fight "Russian disinformation". What's so scary about Russian news, in your opinion? How far can this go?Vladimir Golstein: This trend is highly disturbing, to say the least. As is the case with all sorts of censorship, political in particular, it reveals the weakness of the censoring side. Why are they afraid to discuss issues if they are convinced that they are doing the right thing? What exactly are they hiding? Why are they afraid to be challenged?Needless to say, this idea of censorship goes against the most fundamental and cherished principles of the United States. This is especially important, when the information which is being suppressed relates to a distant land and complex and highly contentious issues. Americans have the right to know what kind of a cause their money is supporting, and what kind of cause is worth pursuing at the risk of global conflagration.The whole idea of “fake news” or “disinformation” is highly dubious. Any complex event has a multitude of manifestations and causes. There is no single set of eyes that can see and register it all. As St Paul observed, in the affairs of this world we see “through a glass darkly”, consequently, it is highly erroneous for one side to claim that they see clearly, whereas another side produces only fake news.Besides myopia and the self-defeating dimension of censorship, one should highlight two obvious facts related to censorship and the dismissal of alternative interpretations as propaganda:First, governments resort to this tactic to achieve some sort of consensus, which they don’t want to be challenged. Indeed, ever since the violent overthrow of the legitimate government in Kiev in 2014, the western consensus has been established: “Ukraine is resisting Russian aggression. This aggression is getting more and more out of hand and is bound to spread further. To stop it, we need a stronger NATO. So, dear taxpayers, get ready to pay more for NATO expansion and a build-up of the military.”Second, the war hysteria and the unchallenged demonisation of the other side serve one additional purpose: a diversion; a diversion from all sorts of failures by the government.So I am not surprised that numerous western governments, British and American in particular, have decided to resort to various forms of modern censorship for the sake of these two myopic goals: military build-up and diversion.Sputnik: Adam Kinzinger (the Republican Representative for Illinois' 16th congressional district) introduced an authorisation for use of military force (AUMF) resolution which would allow the US president to send US troops to Ukraine. Does anyone among those supporting Kinzinger understand that this step could translate into all-out war between Russia and NATO?Vladimir Golstein: This political resolution is nothing but posturing. The United States is not ready to send military forces to Ukraine, knowing very well that that would result in all-out war. At least, top people in the government, the Pentagon in particular, are aware of that, and the president has been rather clear on the issue.What is more disturbing is the fact that Adam Kinzinger believes that he can get political momentum by acting as an even greater war-monger than the Democrats. He obviously believes that the American campaign of demonising Russia has been so successful that his constituents would welcome further belligerent actions. Here again, we are dealing with the concrete results of the massive propaganda campaign undertaken by the US government along with all sorts of liberal outlets which used to be rather pacifist.In recent years, however, the endless barrage of news to which Americans have been exposed, seems to carry two messages: first, Russians are barbaric and therefore performing all sorts of barbaric policies, including wars; second, they are not competent at what they do and are therefore being defeated by the courageous Ukrainian forces.Consequently, Mr Kinzinger's average voter concludes that if barbaric Russians can’t win against Ukraine, they are surely no match for the all-powerful American war machine. Thus, there is no longer any fear connected with this war escalating to another level. This is very disturbing. There is a well-known book by Christopher Clark on the history of the First World War called 'The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914'. That’s exactly what we are facing now: sleepwalking politicians, such as Mr Kinzinger, gain in popularity, while their voters sleepwalk into electing them, ignoring what unfolds in front of their own eyes.Sputnik: Some observers say that the US and other NATO countries are already at war with Russia via their proxies in Ukraine. Do you agree with this view? What's your take on Finland and Sweden's NATO bid amid Russia's special operation, which itself was triggered by NATO expansion?Vladimir Golstein: The nature of this proxy war is obvious, and it has been obvious to any unbiased observer. The speed with which Ukraine has been armed by NATO, the provocative Ukrainian stance, the West's refusal to engage in diplomacy, the well-organised sanction campaign, the all-powerful media blitzkrieg, and finally, the acknowledgment of the top figures in western establishment that their purpose is to weaken Russia so it won’t be capable of any military action, all testify to the highly elaborate plans of subjugating Russia before tackling the next country that threatens NATO hegemony: China.Needless to say, China is not interested in seeing Russia fall. Russia, China, India and other major countries are much more interested in a multi-polar world, and any action that would consolidate western leadership, such as further expanding NATO to include Finland and Sweden, are bound to have all sorts of repercussions, ranging from economic to military pushback. Further expansion of NATO means further undermining of the post-Second World War peace architecture, further escalation and military build-up, further abuse of valuable Earth resources for the sake of militarism.One hopes that the depth and scope of these repercussions are made clear to the citizens of Sweden and Finland. Unfortunately, here we return to the issue of censorship and the dismissals of the Russian point of view. Somehow, Russian security concerns are consistently delegitimised in the western press, and that includes the Swedish and Finnish media. Sputnik: What forces are interested in poking Russia, cancelling Russian culture, attacks on Russians abroad, further NATO expansion plans and arming Ukraine? What goals are they trying to reach?Vladimir Golstein: Unfortunately, militarism remains a very powerful magnet for a lot of people. Demonising Russia pays in all sorts of ways: it pays for the military industrial complex; it pays for the press that loves hysteria and black-and-white stories of the evil Russians and their innocent victims; it pays for the politicians who expect to ride and exploit this war of the Slavs for their own benefit; and last, but not least, it pays for the military strategists who know that taking on both Russia and China to reassert American supremacy is a complicated if not an impossible task, whereas starting with weakening Russia and gaining access to its resources is a much more reasonable undertaking. Consequently, too many people with access to power are interested in further escalation, in further expanding this proxy war.It is the task of Russia to provide an adequate response without bringing the world to the brink of the Third World War. One hopes that Russian success in Ukraine will make NATO leaders rethink their strategies. Otherwise, the poking of Russia will continue, ushering in everything from a nuclear war to Russia’s collapse and dismantling.
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Sleepwalking Into Disaster: How US Establishment Lost Fear of Escalating Ukraine Crisis
On 9 May, US President Joe Biden signed a lend-lease Bill to streamline US lethal military aid to Ukraine, while the American press continues to present a one-sided picture of the Ukraine crisis. Vladimir Golstein, associate professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, has explained why this approach is fraught with great risks for the US.
Sputnik: After the beginning of Russian special operation in Ukraine, US Big Tech labelled and banned major Russian media outlets. Now, the Department of Homeland Security has announced the creation of a so-called Disinformation Governance Board to fight "Russian disinformation". What's so scary about Russian news, in your opinion? How far can this go?
Vladimir Golstein: This trend is highly disturbing, to say the least. As is the case with all sorts of censorship, political in particular, it reveals the weakness of the censoring side. Why are they afraid to discuss issues if they are convinced that they are doing the right thing? What exactly are they hiding? Why are they afraid to be challenged?
Needless to say, this idea of censorship goes against the most fundamental and cherished principles of the United States. This is especially important, when the information which is being suppressed relates to a distant land and complex and highly contentious issues. Americans have the right to know what kind of a cause their money is supporting, and what kind of cause is worth pursuing at the risk of global conflagration.
The whole idea of “fake news” or “disinformation” is highly dubious. Any complex event has a multitude of manifestations and causes. There is no single set of eyes that can see and register it all. As St Paul observed, in the affairs of this world we see “through a glass darkly”, consequently, it is highly erroneous for one side to claim that they see clearly, whereas another side produces only fake news.
Besides myopia and the self-defeating dimension of censorship, one should highlight two obvious facts related to censorship and the dismissal of alternative interpretations as propaganda:
First, governments resort to this tactic to achieve some sort of consensus, which they don’t want to be challenged. Indeed, ever since the violent overthrow of the legitimate government in Kiev in 2014, the western consensus has been established: “Ukraine is resisting Russian aggression. This aggression is getting more and more out of hand and is bound to spread further. To stop it, we need a stronger NATO. So, dear taxpayers, get ready to pay more for NATO expansion and a build-up of the military.”
Second,
the war hysteria and the unchallenged demonisation of the other side serve one additional purpose: a diversion; a diversion from all sorts of failures by the government.
So I am not surprised that numerous western governments, British and American in particular, have decided to resort to various forms of modern censorship for the sake of these two myopic goals: military build-up and diversion.
Sputnik: Adam Kinzinger (the Republican Representative for Illinois' 16th congressional district) introduced an authorisation for use of military force (AUMF) resolution which would allow the US president to send US troops to Ukraine. Does anyone among those supporting Kinzinger understand that this step could translate into all-out war between Russia and NATO?
Vladimir Golstein: This political resolution is nothing but posturing. The United States is not ready to send military forces to Ukraine, knowing very well that that would result in all-out war. At least, top people in the government, the Pentagon in particular, are aware of that, and the president has been rather clear on the issue.
What is more disturbing is the fact that Adam Kinzinger believes that he can get political momentum by acting as an even greater war-monger than the Democrats. He obviously believes that the American campaign of demonising Russia has been so successful that his constituents would welcome further belligerent actions. Here again, we are dealing with the concrete results of the massive propaganda campaign undertaken by the US government along with all sorts of liberal outlets which used to be rather pacifist.
In recent years, however, the endless barrage of news to which Americans have been exposed, seems to carry two messages: first, Russians are barbaric and therefore performing all sorts of barbaric policies, including wars; second, they are not competent at what they do and are therefore being defeated by the courageous Ukrainian forces.
Consequently, Mr Kinzinger's average voter concludes that if barbaric Russians can’t win against Ukraine, they are surely no match for the all-powerful American war machine. Thus, there is no longer any fear connected with this war escalating to another level. This is very disturbing. There is a well-known book by Christopher Clark on the history of the First World War called 'The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914'. That’s exactly what we are facing now: sleepwalking politicians, such as Mr Kinzinger, gain in popularity, while their voters sleepwalk into electing them, ignoring what unfolds in front of their own eyes.
Sputnik: Some observers say that the US and other NATO countries are already at war with Russia via their proxies in Ukraine. Do you agree with this view? What's your take on Finland and Sweden's NATO bid amid Russia's special operation, which itself was triggered by NATO expansion?
Vladimir Golstein: The nature of this proxy war is obvious, and it has been obvious to any unbiased observer. The speed with which Ukraine has been armed by NATO, the provocative Ukrainian stance, the West's refusal to engage in diplomacy, the well-organised sanction campaign, the all-powerful media blitzkrieg, and finally, the acknowledgment of the top figures in western establishment that their purpose is to weaken Russia so it won’t be capable of any military action, all testify to the highly elaborate plans of subjugating Russia before tackling the next country that threatens NATO hegemony: China.
Needless to say,
China is not interested in seeing Russia fall. Russia, China, India and other major countries are much more interested in a multi-polar world, and any action that would consolidate western leadership, such as further expanding NATO to include Finland and Sweden, are bound to have all sorts of repercussions, ranging from economic to military pushback. Further expansion of NATO means further undermining of the post-Second World War peace architecture, further escalation and military build-up, further abuse of valuable Earth resources for the sake of militarism.
One hopes that the depth and scope of these repercussions are made clear to the citizens of Sweden and Finland. Unfortunately, here we return to the issue of censorship and the dismissals of the Russian point of view. Somehow, Russian security concerns are consistently delegitimised in the western press, and that includes the Swedish and Finnish media.
This is highly regrettable and, more importantly, extremely dangerous. Poking a nuclear bear is one of the most idiotic things anyone can do, and Scandinavian people, who know Russians well, and who have been interacting with Russians for centuries, should know better.
Sputnik: What forces are interested in poking Russia, cancelling Russian culture, attacks on Russians abroad, further NATO expansion plans and arming Ukraine? What goals are they trying to reach?
Vladimir Golstein: Unfortunately, militarism remains a very powerful magnet for a lot of people. Demonising Russia pays in all sorts of ways: it pays for the military industrial complex; it pays for the press that loves hysteria and black-and-white stories of the evil Russians and their innocent victims; it pays for the politicians who expect to ride and exploit this war of the Slavs for their own benefit; and last, but not least, it pays for the military strategists who know that taking on both Russia and China to reassert American supremacy is a complicated if not an impossible task, whereas starting with weakening Russia and gaining access to its resources is a much more reasonable undertaking. Consequently, too many people with access to power are interested in further escalation, in further expanding this proxy war.
It is the task of Russia to provide an adequate response without bringing the world to the brink of the Third World War. One hopes that Russian success in Ukraine will make NATO leaders rethink their strategies. Otherwise, the poking of Russia will continue, ushering in everything from a nuclear war to Russia’s collapse and dismantling. | https://sputniknews.com/20220510/sleepwalking-into-disaster-how-us-establishment-lost-fear-of-escalating-ukraine-crisis-1095400659.html | 2022-05-10T15:50:18Z | https://sputniknews.com/20220510/sleepwalking-into-disaster-how-us-establishment-lost-fear-of-escalating-ukraine-crisis-1095400659.html | false | 1 |
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1 min read . Updated: 10 May 2022, 07:58 PM ISTThe central government has recognized ‘out-of-the-box thinking’ and initiated Make-In-India program that has boosted health and medical technology sectors, said Pawar | https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-is-committed-to-make-india-a-leading-global-innovation-economy-bharati-pawar-11652192501326.html | 2022-05-10T15:53:11Z | https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-is-committed-to-make-india-a-leading-global-innovation-economy-bharati-pawar-11652192501326.html | false | null |
GUILFORD, Mo. — MFA Agri Services recently announced North Andrew High School senior Paige Smith as the recipient of a $2,000 MFA Foundation scholarship.
Smith is the daughter of Clayton and Amanda Smith and plans to attend Missouri Western State University.
The scholarship is one of approximately 240 presented this year by the foundation to help students pursue studies and develop careers that enhance the future of rural America, according to a news release. Scholarships are offered annually in areas where a participating MFA Agri Services Center, MFA Oil Company propane plant, MFA Oil Company bulk plant or other MFA agency is located. Local committees select recipients.
The foundation is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization with the primary purpose of providing educational opportunities to high school seniors in MFA’s trade territory. Since 1965, the foundation has provided financial assistance to more than 15,000 students. | http://www.maryvilleforum.com/news/community/north-andrew-senior-receives-mfa-scholarship/article_759587a0-cc8f-11ec-b1e6-532ddabd3cba.html | 2022-05-10T15:54:06Z | http://www.maryvilleforum.com/news/community/north-andrew-senior-receives-mfa-scholarship/article_759587a0-cc8f-11ec-b1e6-532ddabd3cba.html | true | 1 |
Masso Torrence Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTCS – Get Rating) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 58,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,964,000. First Trust Capital Strength ETF accounts for about 3.5% of Masso Torrence Wealth Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding.
Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 21,737 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,838,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the period. Madrona Financial Services LLC grew its position in First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC now owns 3,420 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,000 after acquiring an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV purchased a new position in First Trust Capital Strength ETF in the fourth quarter worth $128,000. Arbor Capital Management Inc. ADV purchased a new stake in First Trust Capital Strength ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $814,000. Finally, We Are One Seven LLC boosted its position in First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. We Are One Seven LLC now owns 60,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,131,000 after buying an additional 945 shares during the period.
NASDAQ FTCS traded up $0.18 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $72.58. 2,128 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 496,182. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $76.58. First Trust Capital Strength ETF has a 12-month low of $72.20 and a 12-month high of $85.07.
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Nicole Talbot was 13 when she faced her school assembly, her principal by her side, and told her classmates for the first time something she had always known: She was a girl.
Talbot said she is often asked when she knew she was trans, and that her answer is simple -- she always knew who she was.
Her mom could see it early, too. Before she transitioned, she played with trains, but hers had tea parties. She traded her elephant Halloween costume with a friend to be Cinderella. And she loved Mulan, a girl who had to pretend to be a boy to fit in.
Some trans children want to begin a social transition at a young age, where social factors like their name, clothes and appearance match their gender identity. But some families hesitate to support the social transition, especially considering the possibility of retransition, when a child transitions to a nonbinary gender or the gender that aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth, said Kristina Olson, a professor of psychology at Princeton University.
"There's a lot of discussion about early childhood social transitioning, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing," Olson said. "Despite there being a lot of talk about it, there is surprisingly little data."
Olson and a team of researchers added to the data in a study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. They found that of the more than 300 transgender kids who socially transitioned from 3 to 12 years old, only 7.3% retransitioned within the next five years.
"These results reiterate the need to believe children and adolescents (and adults) when they assert and share their gender with the adults in their lives," said Russ Toomey, professor of family studies and human development at The University of Arizona, via email. Toomey was not involved in the study.
"Hopefully, this evidence will relieve unfounded public concerns that the majority of transgender youth are not really transgender. Rather, transgender children and adolescents know who they are, and the overwhelming majority of these children and adolescents retain that identity years later."
Retransitioning
Retransitioning is often used in conversations as a reason not to support a child's transition, Olson said.
What if they change their minds? What if the experience of transitioning is traumatic and then they go through trauma all over again?
"Only a small number will socially transition to another gender. Only a small number of that small number will change their minds -- and most who retransition will do so before they have made any permanent changes," said Aaron Devor, professor of sociology and chair in transgender studies at the University of Victoria in Canada. Devor was not involved in the study.
Some may ultimately view their transition as a "mistake," but others may see it as a step in their continued gender exploration, said Julia Serano, a trans activist and author of "Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity."
"Most people I personally know who have retransitioned continue to feel affiliated with and/or supportive of transgender people and communities," she added.
"Adolescence and young adulthood are characterized as periods of transition in our development; this is the exact time when we're learning about who we are and how we fit into the rest of the world. Sometimes this means trying new things out and seeing if they fit," said Myeshia Price, senior research scientist for The Trevor Project. Price was not involved in the study.
Olson and other researchers are looking further into the experience of retransitioning, and the data so far shows that the emotional difficulty of the experience depends on the support the individual gets.
"The children in this study had parental support for social transition at a young age. Not all Trans+ children are so lucky," Devor said via email.
Trust and support
When Talbot was in fifth grade, her mother found a camp for children and families to explore gender identity. That is where Talbot said she was able to put language to what she was feeling all along.
But Devin Green had to bring his parents on board with the journey.
Green was born into a conservative Jamaican household, and his family moved into a very religious group in North Carolina.
"I grew up in an environment that didn't think it was OK for me to be different," Green said. But by ninth grade, he felt very firm in his trans identity.
When he came out to his parents, they reacted with fear that presented as anger, he said.
"In Jamaica, people are often killed for coming out, so coming out as a member of the community in any capacity is really scary," he said. It took some convincing before the family began investigating trans support organizations.
It can be difficult to know how to support your children when you are dealing with concerns over their physical and emotional well-being, but both Talbot and Green advised families to follow their child's lead.
"Love your children and support them to explore what gender means to them. Trust them to find their way to their most suitable gender," Devor said.
Research from The Trevor Project has shown that "transgender and nonbinary youth who reported having pronouns respected by all or most people in their lives attempted suicide at half the rate of those who did not have their pronouns respected," Price said.
Get involved
"If you don't understand your child's feelings around gender, educating yourself on gender identity and the issues facing trans youth with resources such as The Trevor Project's Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth is a great place to start," Price added.
Talbot, now 20, is an advocate, singer and performer. Green, 19, is getting ready to attend law school in the fall in hopes of furthering LGBTQ rights. His family members have become advocates as well, and his mother is getting a doctorate in nursing practice with a focus on LGBTQ issues.
"I've never looked back," Talbot said. "That doesn't mean that prior to my transition and post-transition life hasn't been difficult, but the difference is ... I'm facing those things as myself."
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First Business Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG – Get Rating) by 5.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,913 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,296 shares during the period. First Business Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Essential Utilities were worth $1,391,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota purchased a new position in Essential Utilities in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in Essential Utilities by 191.6% in the 4th quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 343 shares during the last quarter. FSB Premier Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in Essential Utilities in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Concord Wealth Partners purchased a new position in Essential Utilities in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Cassady Schiller Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Essential Utilities in the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. 70.30% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Evercore ISI raised shares of Essential Utilities from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $52.00 to $53.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 10th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Essential Utilities from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $49.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Essential Utilities from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 15th. StockNews.com cut shares of Essential Utilities from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Essential Utilities from $50.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Essential Utilities presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $51.67.
Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 9th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $699.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $617.07 million. Essential Utilities had a net margin of 22.98% and a return on equity of 8.65%. Essential Utilities’s quarterly revenue was up 19.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.72 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Essential Utilities, Inc. will post 1.78 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 1st. Investors of record on Friday, May 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.268 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 12th. This represents a $1.07 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.51%. Essential Utilities’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 64.07%.
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Essential Utilities, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households through a third-party.
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Diana Ross will be touring the UK from 10 to 28 June 2022 in support of her new album Thank You.
This is the first time that the singer will have played to crowds in the UK since 2007. The tour was originally scheduled for 2020, but postponed due to lockdown.
So when is Diana Ross playing Glasgow?
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When is Diana Ross playing Glasgow?
Diana Ross is scheduled to play the OVO Hydro on 17 June 2022.
Doors are scheduled to open at 6:30pm.
Can I still get tickets?
Tickets are still available from Ticketmaster for the show.
Ticket prices currently range from £80.50 to £465.75. These prices do not include the booking or delivery fees.
Where else is Diana Ross playing in the UK?
Diana Ross will be performing in the following UK cities in 2022:
- Friday 10th June - Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
- Tuesday 14th June -Manchester AO Arena
- Wednesday 15 June - Leeds First Direct Arena
- Friday 17 June - Glasgow SSE Hydro
- Saturday 18 June - Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
- Monday 20 June - Birmingham Utilita Arena
- Thursday 23 June and Fri 24 June - London The O2
- Tuesday 28 June until Saturday 2 July 2022 - Proms Theatre. Lancashire
What will the setlist be?
The tour has yet to commence therefore, a setlist has not been confirmed. However, fans will no doubt hear some of their favourites from Ross such as, Baby Love, Stop! in the name of Love, Chain Reaction and I’m Coming Out.
Fans can also expect the icon to perform tracks from her new album, Thank You, which include ‘If the World just danced’, and ‘The Answer’s Always Love’.
Setlistfm.com have listed a previous setlist of Ross’ which could give fans a better indication of what the star will sing.
This is the setlist from her performance at Universal Music Plaza Stage in Florida on 12 February 2022:
- I’m Coming Out
- More Today Than Yesterday
- My World Is Empty Without You
- Where Did Our Love Go?
- Baby Love
- Stop! In the Name of Love
- Come See About Me
- You can’t Hurry Love
- Love Child
- The Boss
- Upside Down
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Who is Diana Ross?
Diana Ross began her career as a member of The Supremes – who, with their unique soulful pop sound, became one of the most successful groups of the ‘60s. They remain one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.
The trio topped the charts with hits like Stop! In The Name Of Love, You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Come See About Me, You Can’t Hurry Love, I Hear A Symphony and Baby Love.
Ross quickly became known as the Queen of Motown. In the 70’s Ross launched a successful solo career with her no.1 single Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.
Throughout her career Diana Ross has released 25 studio albums, five live albums, 30 compilation albums, and one extended play, all of which have spawned 91 singles. 27 of singles have cracked the Billboard top 40, six of which stole the number one spot.
Ross is one of the top selling solo performers ever, selling over 100 million records worldwide.
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Lemon Garlic, Hot Lemon and Bayou BBQ are back on the menu for a limited time
DALLAS, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wingstop (Nasdaq: WING) fans love flavor and they're not afraid to show it. That's why Wingstop is bringing back three beloved flavor remixes: the zesty fire of Hot Lemon, the soulful tang of Bayou BBQ, and the savory punch of Lemon Garlic. These remixes are available now for a limited time in restaurants nationwide.
The remixes got their start when fans began posting on social media about combining two Wingstop flavors to create an original, new flavor from the distinctive, bold 11 flavors that anchor the menu on a daily basis. The brand gave them a try and realized their fans were clearly on to something. Since first introducing these popular remixes, fans have been clamoring for a reappearance. The three returning flavors span the spicy, savory spectrum:
- Hot Lemon: Combining the kick of Wingstop's Original Hot with the iconic Lemon Pepper seasoning, Hot Lemon creates a twist on two classics that's equal parts zesty and spicy.
- Bayou BBQ: Inspired by the flavors of the south, this flavor combines Hickory Smoked BBQ with a spike of the brand's signature Cajun seasoning.
- Lemon Garlic: Lemon Pepper is on a roll – in addition to Hot Lemon, it stars alongside Wingstop's savory, buttery Garlic Parmesan in this remix with a zesty pepper-y punch.
"We're in the business of flavor and constantly exploring innovations that will add intrigue to our hand-sauced-and-tossed offerings," said Marisa Carona, Chief Growth Officer. "Limited-time-only flavors excite our core fans and also prompt new guests to give them a try so – as a spin on the familiar – we brought back a mashup of our most popular flavors, which we dub flavor remixes."
Now for a limited time, fans can get their flavor remix fix on Wingstop.com and the Wingstop app. For the most bang for their flavor buck, fans can add the Boneless Meal Deal to their carts for 20 boneless wings for only $15.99 in their choice of four flavors – a great opportunity to taste each remix plus another favorite – complete with a large fry and two dips.
About Wingstop
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING) operates and franchises more than 1,700 locations worldwide. The Wing Experts are dedicated to Serving the World Flavor through an unparalleled guest experience and use of a best-in-class technology platform, all while offering classic and boneless wings, tenders, and thigh bites, always cooked to order and hand sauced-and-tossed in fans' choice of 11 bold, distinctive flavors. Wingstop's menu also features signature sides including fresh-cut, seasoned fries and freshly-made ranch and bleu cheese dips.
In fiscal year 2021, Wingstop's system-wide sales increased 20.2% year-over-year to approximately $2.3 billion, marking the 18th consecutive year of same store sales growth. With a vision of becoming a Top 10 Global Restaurant Brand, our system is comprised of independent franchisees, or brand partners, who account for approximately 98% of Wingstop's total restaurant count of 1,791 as of March 26, 2022. During the fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2022, Wingstop opened 60 net new restaurants, an increase of 13.4%, and announced domestic same-store sales increased 1.2%. During the fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2022, Wingstop generated 62.3% of sales via digital channels including Wingstop.com and the Wingstop app. Over the next three years, Wingstop intends to increase digital sales through continued investments in its technology platform and scaling its platform globally.
A key to this business success and consumer fandom stems from The Wingstop Way, which includes a core value system of being Authentic, Entrepreneurial, Service-minded, and Fun. The Wingstop Way extends to the brand's environmental, social and governance platform as Wingstop seeks to provide value to all stakeholders.
Rounding out a strong year in 2021, the Company was ranked #1 on Technomic 500's "Fastest Growing Franchise" and #22 on Entrepreneur Magazine's "Franchise 500," maintained its certification as a Great Place to Work, was named as a finalist for The Innovation SABRE Award's Best New Product/Brand Launch category for its Thighstop campaign, and named to Fast Company's "The World's Most Innovative Companies" list ranking #4 in the dining category.
For more information visit www.wingstop.com or www.wingstop.com/own-a-wingstop and follow @Wingstop on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Learn more about Wingstop's involvement in its local communities at www.wingstopcharities.org.
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WILLIAMSBURG — “Recognition” and “reconciliation” were the bywords in the many observations made Saturday during the dedication of Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved on the historic campus of the College of William & Mary.
“We are here today to pay homage to and recognize those enslaved ancestors who have had no voice among mountains of voices. We call upon these ancestors to join us for we delight in your presence,” beseeched Warren W. Buck III, who in 1970 as a graduate student at William & Mary was one of the founders of the Black Student Organization.
Standing within the silhouette of the memorial, Buck asked the audience of nearly a thousand to remember those 180 enslaved persons who worked at the college for 172 years from its foundation until the end of the Civil War.
The atmosphere was heavy with symbolism as the roll call of those enslaved was read: Sally … unknown man … Molly … unknown person … Sharlot … unknown person … unknown man … William … and the list went on and on.
As the names ticked by, wind whipping through the leaves of nearby trees permeated the stillness of moments that overwhelmed even the sound of nearby passing cars.
Student Assembly President Meghana Boojala stressed that the new structure has “fundamentally changed our college education forever.”
This Hearth, with the names of the unknown etched on bricks, provides an opportunity for students to “stand before this completed, grand structure and … witness our campus changed forever,” the graduating senior said.
“From here on out,” Boojala continued, “students will read the names of the people who were enslaved by this university every single time that they enter campus for class [and will bring] the names of those who built and cared for this university to life.”
Speaking on behalf of her fellow students, Boojala said the memorial both blends and stands out against the other architecture of what “we call ‘Old Campus.’ You cannot perceive those aged bricks until you acknowledge the new, deep brown bricks behind us. We have changed our architecture forever.”
The positioning of this structure influences the nation’s discourse on memorials and monuments, Boojala said, and begs the questions: “How do we, William & Mary reconcile the buildings that were erected at the direction of our founding fathers with people who were enslaved? How do we reconcile educating the first leaders of this country while acknowledging the communities we have failed at the same time?”
The ceremony momentarily paused when Jody Lynn Allen was introduced. The audience stood and applauded Allen, who directs William & Mary’s Lemon Project, the college’s multi-year investigation into its complicity in slavery and segregation and the ensuing journey of reconciliation. Allen, an assistant professor at the college, also served as the director of the Hearth initiative.
In 2007, three students — Richael Faithful, Justin Reed and Tiseme Zegeya — learned that the college had enslaved people, Allen recalled. The three helped the Student Assembly pass a resolution calling for the study of the college’s history as an enslaver, to make that history public and to establish a memorial to the enslaved, she said.
The work that ultimately led to the Hearth dedication began then.
Construction took almost a year on the $2.9 million memorial, which sits near the Wren Building. The design, conceived by W&M alumnus Will Sendor, reflects the hearth as both a symbol of community and the center of domestic enslavement, the university said. The 20-foot-tall, 45-foot-long and 16-foot wide Hearth is intended to be interactive and inclusive, allowing the college to continue to add names to the structure as the Lemon Project learns of more enslaved persons.
A plaque on the memorial says that it “seeks to remember and honor those individuals through the symbol of the hearth which evokes at once the harsh, forced labor of chattel slavery as well as a place of gathering, strength, and community. Indeed, enslaved people made a way out of no way.”
Saturday’s program began with an acknowledgement of those Indigenous peoples “of the past and present who were the original inhabitants of the land upon which this memorial sits and where we are standing today,” said Buck, a adjunct professor of physics at William & Mary.
Interspersed with the speeches and recognition were music and poetry. The Williamsburg Community Chorus, directed by Reginald Fox, sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” while Hermine Pinson, professor of English and African Studies at William & Mary, read her poem, “To Be Free.”
University President Katherine Rowe reminded the gathering that a year ago when ground was broken for the memorial, William & Mary chose to tear down a portion of the wall that delineated the Old Campus. Hearth now opens a new doorway to the campus as “we accept the past to build on it, as James Baldwin says. We learn how to use it to help us change and grow,” she said.
“With today’s dedication,” Rowe stressed, “we honor that future place-making by affirming that William & Mary will continue to lead in the work of reconciliation. Join this William & Mary tradition of making a more inclusive history by challenging what is known, in order to create something new, that honors our past in the ways the present moment calls for.” | https://www.pilotonline.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-hearth-dedication-0511-20220510-ob2izfl55nawrbhn4ilxzyoh7u-story.html | 2022-05-10T16:09:07Z | https://www.pilotonline.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-hearth-dedication-0511-20220510-ob2izfl55nawrbhn4ilxzyoh7u-story.html | false | 2 |
Jamie Gardner, PA Chief Sports Reporter, Vienna
UEFA has scrapped its coefficient plans for the Champions League from the 2024-25 season and insisted the U-turn has occurred due to its “commitment to the principles of open competition” following an exhaustive consultation.
An agreement was reached in Vienna between UEFA and the European Club Association on access to the new-look competition, which will now award two Champions League places to countries whose clubs collectively performed best in Europe during the previous campaign.
There had been a proposal to award those places in the new 36-team league phase to individual clubs based on European performances over five years, but following a raft of criticism and after Tuesday’s UEFA Executive Committee meeting, a change has been made.
⚽ The #UEFAExCo has approved the final format and access list for UEFA club competitions from the 2024/25 season.
✅ No more access granted based on club coefficients.
✅ Eight matches instead of ten in the new league phase.
Full details: ⬇️#UCL #UEL #UECL— UEFA (@UEFA) May 10, 2022
It means if the decision to award two places to clubs from countries who performed best in Europe in the previous season had been brought in for the 2022-23 term, England and Holland would gain an extra spot each.
The other key amendment voted through in Austria related to the reduction from 10 matches to eight in the new Champions League phase, which was first proposed in April last year to follow the “Swiss system.”
“Following an exhaustive consultation with stakeholders in the game, the UEFA Executive Committee has today in Vienna approved the final format and access list for European club competitions as of the 2024/25 season,” a statement read.
“The key amendments relate to the reduction from 10 matches to eight in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League and the change of criteria for the allocation of two of the four additional places in the UEFA Champions League, removing access based on club coefficient.
“This confirms UEFA’s strong commitment to the principle of open competitions and sporting merit, while recognising the need to protect domestic leagues.”
The ECA added in a statement: “ECA has worked together with UEFA since the reforms were first initiated a number of years ago, to ensure the most balanced and progressive evolution to the club competitions.
“As the representative voice of the clubs who participate in these competitions, ECA has long championed reforms to make club football across all European competitions more sustainable, inclusive and successful.”
Under the approved country coefficient system England would have secured an extra place in four of the last five seasons, the exception being in the 2019-20 season, when the places would have gone to Germany and Spain.
New proposals were presented to the ECA in Madrid on Monday and the indications then were that more time would be needed to reach a decision, possibly forcing the decision back until later this month at least.
However, a key meeting of UEFA’s club competitions committee was delayed on Tuesday morning to allow more time for the final detail to be worked out.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “UEFA has clearly shown today that we are fully committed to respecting the fundamental values of sport and to defending the key principle of open competitions, with qualification based on sporting merit, fully in line with the values and solidarity-based European sports model.
“Today’s decisions conclude an extensive consultation process during which we listened to the ideas of fans, players, coaches, national associations, clubs and leagues to name but a few, with the aim to find the best solution for the development and success of European football, both domestically and on the international club stage.
“We are convinced that the format chosen strikes the right balance and that it will improve the competitive balance and generate solid revenues that can be distributed to clubs, leagues and into grassroots football across our continent while increasing the appeal and popularity of our club competitions.
“I am really pleased that it was a unanimous decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, with the European Club Association, European Leagues and National Associations all agreeing with the proposal made. Another proof that European football is more united than ever.
“Qualification will thus remain purely based on sporting performance and the dream to participate will remain for all clubs.”
UEFA originally approved changes to the format in April last year but the announcement was totally overshadowed by the formation of the Super League hours earlier.
At that point, the format included a leap from the current six matches to 10, and the awarding of two places to clubs based on historic performance over five seasons provided they had done enough to qualify for one of the other two UEFA club competitions.
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Joanne Chesimard accomplice gets parole in trooper’s death
A split New Jersey Supreme Court granted parole Tuesday to a former militant convicted in the 1973 death of a New Jersey state trooper, in a case that has resonated for decades and been a thorny issue in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Sundiata Acoli is in his mid-80s and had had several parole bids rejected previously. His attorneys argued he has been a model prisoner for nearly three decades and has counseled other inmates.
The state parole board had contended Acoli still is a risk to commit future crimes and hasn’t taken full responsibility for Trooper Werner Foerster’s death.
Acoli’s more-famous co-defendant, Joanne Chesimard, also was convicted and sentenced to a life term but escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979. Now known as Assata Shakur, she was given asylum in Cuba by then-President Fidel Castro and remains a fugitive.
In Tuesday’s 3-2 ruling with Chief Justice Stuart Rabner not participating, the court held that the state parole board didn’t meet its required burden of demonstrating there was a substantial likelihood of Acoli committing another crime.
“No member of the Court disputes that Acoli committed a horrific crime,” Justice Barry Albin wrote for the majority. “The issue, however is whether Acoli, after nearly five decades of imprisonment, has satisfied the statutory demands that govern his parole eligibility.”
Albin noted that if the crime had occurred today, Acoli would have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, but that New Jersey law at the time allowed for parole.
“However despised Acoli may be in the eyes of many because of the notoriety of his crime, he too is entitled to the protection of the law — and to the fair and impartial administration of justice,” Albin wrote.
In a statement, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling. State Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement, “I am grateful to the attorneys in my office who opposed the release of Sundiata Acoli and I am disappointed that he will be released on parole.”
Soffiyah Elijah, a civil rights attorney who has advocated on behalf of Acoli, praised the ruling and said, “It’s time now for Mr. Acoli to live the rest of his life in the loving care of his family and community.”
Acoli was known as Clark Edward Squire in 1973 when the car he was riding in was stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike for a broken tail light. According to court documents, Acoli’s gun went off during a struggle with Foerster, who had responded as backup.
The state contended Shakur shot Trooper James Harper, wounding him, then took Foerster’s gun and shot him twice in the head as he lay on the ground. A third person in the car with Acoli and Shakur died from his injuries at the scene. The three were members of a group known as the Black Liberation Army.
Acoli has claimed he was grazed by a bullet and blacked out, and couldn’t remember the exact sequence of events. At his most recent parole hearing, in 2016, he speculated for the first time that Foerster could have been shot accidentally by Harper.
In a dissenting opinion, Justices Lee Solomon and Anne Patterson wrote that the parole board’s decision was supported by the evidence and should be left undisturbed.
“Our only role is to ensure that the Parole Board does not abuse its discretion in making decisions,” Solomon wrote. “In light of the Board’s evident consideration of the record as a whole, we cannot say we are in a better position than the Parole Board to decide Acoli’s fate.”
Foerster’s death and Shakur’s continued fugitive status have resonated over the years and spurred bipartisan agreement in Congress.
In 2013, state and federal authorities announced a $2 million reward for information leading to her capture, and the FBI made her the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists.
President Donald Trump demanded that Cuba return her in 2017 when he announced plans to reverse some Obama-era Cuba policies, an approach that was hailed in New Jersey by Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and then-Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
In 2005, Castro referred to Chesimard as a victim of “the fierce repression against the black movement in the United States” and said she had been “a true political prisoner.”
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Azenta (NASDAQ:AZTA – Get Rating) had its target price cut by research analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $115.00 to $94.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday, The Fly reports. Needham & Company LLC’s price objective points to a potential upside of 45.31% from the company’s current price.
A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on AZTA. Evercore ISI began coverage on shares of Azenta in a research note on Monday, March 21st. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $100.00 target price for the company. B. Riley started coverage on Azenta in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Azenta from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 3rd.
Shares of AZTA opened at $64.69 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.13, a current ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $80.53. Azenta has a 12 month low of $64.04 and a 12 month high of $124.79. The company has a market capitalization of $4.85 billion, a PE ratio of 37.61 and a beta of 1.66.
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued hearing of the presidential reference seeking its opinion on Article 63-A of the Constitution. A five-member larger SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel heard the reference. During the course of proceedings, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) counsel Dr Babar Awan, while continuing his arguments, said those who defaulted on the payment of their utility bills were also not eligible to become a member of the parliament. If the time period was not determined then the disqualification would be for life, he added. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail asked whether the lawmakers would continue to remain disqualified if they paid their outstanding utility bills before the next election. Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan said the lawmakers’ disqualification would end once the outstanding dues were paid. Only disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) was for whole life. He said the disqualification would remain in place until the declaration was cancelled by the court. Disqualification for the non-payment of utility bills could not be for life, he added. Babar Awan said it was an affront to Article 63-A if a lawmaker was de-seated and then returned to the parliament within 15 days to perhaps become a minister. Justice Mandokhail said there was a need to carry out law reforms. The door of repentance was always open, he added. He asked the counsel to read Article 63(1)(g) of the Constitution. Addressing Babar Awan, Justice Miankhel said that he was asking the court to declare dissident lawmakers disqualified for life. Babar Awan replied that it was a serious crime. Justice Miankhel said the violation of Article 63(1)(g) was a more serious crime as it concerned the ridiculing of the judiciary and the army as well as the Ideology of Pakistan. Justice Muneeb asked as to how Article 63-A was related to Article 62(1)(f). Babar Awan responded that his argument was that Article 63-A itself disqualified the dissident lawmakers for life. He asked whether the 26 lawmakers should be allowed to abandon the party. In that way, the majority party would become a minority, he added. Justice Ahsan asked Babar Awan that he (Babar) wanted the interpretation of Article 63-A to be so rigid that no lawmaker could defect. Babar Awan said the unanimously passed 18th Amendment launched a surgical strike against the cancer of defection. He said that the apex court had unlimited powers to pass rulings that cemented law. The court had granted General Pervez Musharraf the power to amend the Constitution, he added. Justice Mandokhel said some believed the judiciary should be independent while others viewed it to be subservient to the Constitution. The Parliament, the judiciary and the executive should all be subservient, he added. Awan replied that only the judiciary must ensure all legislative branches were subservient to the Constitution. As Babar Awan concluded his arguments, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) lawyer Azhar Siddique started to plead the case. Justice Mandokhel asked the PML-Q counsel whether independent legislators accepted a party’s every decision. Siddique replied that independent parliamentarians took an oath to accept all the conditions before joining the party. The dissident members had taken an oath on the Holy Qur’an. Those were the bitter realities and he did not want to go into them, he added. Justice Mandokhel said Article 63-A provided a forum for action against deviant members. Azhar Siddique said that such members could not vote. Justice Mandokhail said the punishment under Article 63-A was the termination of the party’s membership of the dissident. He asked the PML-Q counsel if he wanted to increase the punishment of the member. Azhar responded that increasing the punishment was not his case. He said that Article 63-A presented a protective wall against the no-confidence motion. Justice Mandokhail responded that if the dissident members’ votes were not counted, them how they could be punished. Justice Ijaz observed that the practice of buying and selling lawmakers should come to an end. Azhar Siddique also referred to the Charter of Democracy – a 36-point document signed by the PPP and the PML-N to promote democracy. To this, Justice Mandokhail observed that had it been agreed upon unanimously, it would have been a part of the Constitution. He said no one had barred the party leaders from punishing defecting members. The leader was only required to specify that the member had defected, he added. Azhar Siddique said there would be departmental action against the perpetrators of corruption, including military action. The chief justice asked the counsel under which laws would dissident lawmakers have their votes discounted. Justice Mandokhel said when two members of the PML-Q voted against the party, the party chief exercised his authority and did not take any action. Siddique responded that if defection was permitted, then Article 63-A was unnecessary. Justice Mandokhail said the deviation from party policy could also be in the interest of the country. The case was adjourned till Wednesday. | https://dailytimes.com.pk/932586/sc-continues-hearing-of-presidential-reference-seeking-interpretation-of-article-63-a/ | 2022-05-10T16:16:29Z | https://dailytimes.com.pk/932586/sc-continues-hearing-of-presidential-reference-seeking-interpretation-of-article-63-a/ | true | 2 |
Prestigious award recognizes leadership and long-term commitment to the industry
DALLAS, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters (LAAHU) has presented its prestigious 2022 Paladin Award to Brian Sullivan, Southern California market director for BenefitMall, the leading provider of next-generation broker services.
The Paladin Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate extraordinary service to the industry and a dedication to providing leadership and coaching to others. Last presented in 2018, the Paladin Award recognizes leaders who challenge others to aspire to greater goals and understanding.
"When asked to describe Brian, so many people spoke of his knowledge and wisdom," said Hadley Weiler, regional vice president at BenefitMall. "But more importantly, they talked about his unwavering dedication to helping others in his community, both professionally and personally. He enjoys mentoring others and inspiring them to greatness. We could not be prouder to see Brian's dedication recognized by the industry."
An active member of LAAHU and two-term past-president, Sullivan also makes time to volunteer for a variety of causes. He is a longtime mentor for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ventura County. His board of directors commitments include the Ventura County Sheriff's Foundation and Fit4theCause.
"As a LAAHU member who has had the privilege of participating in the Paladin Award judges panel in the past, I know the high standards that members must live up to to earn this recognition," said Sullivan. "I am humbled and grateful to my peers for this honor."
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Amazon has fired two employees with ties to the grassroots union that led the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
The company confirmed Tuesday that it fired Michal, or ‘Mat,’ Cusick and Tristan Dutchin of the Amazon Labor Union on Staten Island, New York. But it claims the “cases are unrelated to each other and unrelated to whether these individuals support any particular cause or group.”
Cusick, who worked at a nearby Amazon warehouse from the one that voted to unionize last month, said he was fired due to COVID-related leave. He said he was informed by an agent from the company’s employee resource center that he was allowed to go on leave until April 29 but was later fired because leave period extended only until April 26.
“They now say after the fact, after they terminated me, that the COVID-leave actually only extended to the 26th,” said Cusick, an organizer who works as the union’s communications lead. “That discrepancy is how they fired me.”
Cusick said he was locked out of Amazon’s internal employee system on May 2 without any notice. The following day, he said he called the employee resource center and was told about his termination.
In a letter sent on May 4, the company told Cusick he was fired for “voluntary resignation due to job abandonment.” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement Tuesday that Cusick had “failed to show up for work since an approved leave ended in late April, despite our team reaching out to him and even extending his leave.”
“While we normally wouldn’t discuss personnel issues, we think it’s important to clear up some misinformation here,” Nantel said.
On Monday, Cusick had told the AP his firing may have been an arbitrary decision by Amazon’s automated human resources system, which has been a subject of scrutiny in the past. “If they do not reverse what is a fairly obvious miscarriage of justice here, my presumption is that they are not doing it because they know that I am an Amazon organizer,” he said.
Nantel said Dutchin, another organizer who worked at the facility that voted to unionize, was fired because he failed to meet productivity goals. She said Dutchin “had been given five warnings since last summer for performance issues and was consistently performing in the bottom 3% compared to his peers, despite being offered additional training.”
“We work hard to accommodate our team’s needs, but like any employer, we ask our employees to meet certain minimum expectations and take appropriate action when they’re unable to do that,” Nantel said.
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Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) CEO Palmer Proctor on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2021 9:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Nicole Stokes - CFO
Palmer Proctor - CEO
Jon Edwards - Chief Credit Officer
Conference Call Participants
Brady Gailey - KBW
Casey Whitman - Piper Sandler
Jennifer Demba - Truist Securities
Brody Preston - Stephens Inc.
Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Ameris Bank Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.
I will now like to turn the conference over to Nicole Stokes. Please go ahead.
Nicole Stokes
Great. Thank you, guys. And thank you to all who have joined our call today. During the call, we will be referencing the press release and the financial highlights that are available on the Investor Relations section of our Web site at amerisbank.com.
I'm joined today by Palmer Proctor, our CEO, and Jon Edwards, our Chief Credit Officer. Palmer will begin with some opening general comments and then I'll discuss the details of our financial results before we open it up for Q&A.
But before we begin, I'll remind you that our comments may include forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. The actual results could vary materially. We'll list some of the factors that might cause results to differ in our press release and in our SEC filings, which are available on our Web site. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, early developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
Also during the call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures in reference to the company's performance. You can see our reconciliation of these measures and GAAP financial measures in our appendix to our presentation.
And with that, I'll turn it over to Palmer for opening comments.
Palmer Proctor
Thank you, Nicole, and thank you to everyone who has joining our call today. I'm excited to share with you our second quarter results. In fact, I was actually more impressed with our team's results this quarter, and the record earnings we posted in the first quarter, and here is why.
One of the big questions, and a very legitimate question from many of our ABCB stockholders and stakeholders was, "What happens when mortgage revenue normalizes for the bank?" And this quarter shows you exactly what happens when mortgage revenue moderates. This quarter reflects purposeful and deliberate actions that Ameris' teammates have taken to reduce expenses associated with the decline of mortgage revenue. It's also very reflective of the investments we've made in top talent and many of our other core lending areas of the company. And also reflects the meaningful pipeline of relationships we continue to build, which resulted in really strong second quarter results as we are reporting net income of $88 million, or $0.25 per diluted share on an adjusted basis. And this represents 1.63 return on average assets, and a 19.46 return on tangible equity. Our adjusted efficiency ratio actually improved from the first quarter, the 54.62% before in the first quarter to this quarter, at 54.07%. As you may recall, we reversed $28.6 million of provision for loan loss expense last quarter. And this quarter, we had just a minimal provision expense due to the positive loan growth we'll talk about.
And speaking of loan growth, it was an incredible quarter that we had. When you look at our annualized net loan growth it was right at 5% for the quarter, net of PPP and our indirect runoff, and we still expect to deliver on mid to upper-single-digit loan growth for the year as we look at our pipelines and the opportunities in all of our growth markets. The area I was most excited about was the $100 million of growth we had in C&I, and you'll be able to see this on our slide deck, on page 16. And Nicole is going to discuss the excess liquidity and the impact to our margin in more details in a few minutes. But I did want to mention the continued deposit growth for this quarter too.
Our growth in non-interest-bearing deposits continued to outpace the growth of total deposits, and they're now approach 40% of total deposits, which is very impressive. And I emphasize this because when rates start moving back up and some of the excess liquidity runs off, I think that's the time you're going to find out from the real leaders -- or who the real leaders are in our industry, and in terms of who took the opportunity to grow core funding during this time. And we'll certainly be a standout there. On the capital side of the balance sheet, our capital position remains strong. We've consistently said we're focused on growing tangible book, and that's exactly what we did this quarter; we saw growth in both TCE and tangible book value.
We grew tangible book value by $1.18 per share or 4.7% during the second quarter. We've also grown tangible value by $2.76 or over 11% for the year so far. And this equates to over 20% annualized growth for tangible book value. Our TCE ratio increased to 8.83%, which is very close to our 9% goal. And if you exclude the $2.5 billion of excess liquidity on our balance sheet, the TCE ratio would have been over 10%. We clearly have the capital to support our growth initiatives and to consider opportunistic transactions as we go forward. Jon Edwards, our Chief Credit Officer is with us today, and he's available to take any questions after our prepared remarks. But I did want to hit a few highlights in terms of credit.
Our non-performing assets as a percent of total assets improved to 32 basis points, compared to 40 basis points last quarter, and 59 basis points last year. Loans that remain on deferral at the end of the quarter were approximately 1.2% of total loans, which is down from approximately 19% of total loans this time last year. Our allowance coverage ratio excluding the unfunded commitments was 1.23% net of our PPP loans at the end of the quarter.
Now, in terms of COVID, a quick update here, July 6 was our official back-to-the-office date. All of our branches are open, and all of our staff including support and administrative staffs are back to the office. Some of that's in a new hybrid approach, but we're adapting well and our teams are really excited to have a new sense of normalcy. As I mentioned last quarter, most businesses are back open. Traffic jams are back to normal and in restaurants in wait times, and new restaurants are actually opening. So, things are definitely getting back to normal in the Southeast, and we certainly expect to benefit and capitalize from that.
A quick update on PPP, we continue to see forgiveness in round one during the quarter, and we started receiving forgiveness funds on round two, in June. We've got approximately $126 million left of the $1.1 billion that we loaned out in round one, and we have about $362 million left of the $409 million from round two. There's about $22 million of deferred revenue remaining on PPP for us. And one last comment I wanted to make. I'm very proud to announce that we published our first Corporate Social Responsibility Report, in May, which was in accordance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. And in a shout-out to our entire team, there was a lot of thought, and a lot of actions and hard work that went into this report, and I'm really pleased and proud with the way it came out, and I hope you all take a minute to look at it.
But I'll stop there now, and turn it over to Nicole to discuss our financial results in more detail.
Nicole Stokes
Great. Thank you, Palmer. As you stated, for the second quarter, we're reporting net income of $88.3 million or $1.27 per diluted share. On an adjusted basis, we earned $87.5 million or $1.25 per diluted share. And that's really excluding the small recovery on the servicing asset impairment and a gain on sale of premises this quarter. We're pleased with our operating ratios, our adjusted ROA in the second quarter was 1.63, and for the year it's 1.94. Our adjusted return on tangible common equity was 19.46 for the quarter and 23.41 for the year-to-date.
As Palmer mentioned, our tangible book value increased by $1.80 or 4.7% from 25.27% to 26.45% during the quarter, for the year-over-year tangible book value has increased $5.55 or 26.6% from 2019 this time last year. In addition, our tangible common equity ratio increased 21 basis points this quarter to 8.83 from 8.62 at the end of the first quarter, and it's increased 113 basis points over the past year from 7.70 this time last year, the approximate $2.5 billion of excess liquidity on our balance sheet negatively impacted this ratio by 120 basis points. So, excluding net cash from total assets, our TCE ratio would have been approximately 10.03% at quarter end, which is well above our stated target of 9%. So, we continue to be well-capitalized and we feel comfortable with our capital and our dividend level.
Talking a little bit on margin, our net interest margin declined 23 basis points from 3.57% to 3.34% during the quarter, our yield on earning assets declined by 27 basis points, while our total funding costs decreased four basis points. We did a description of this on slide eight; you can see the 27 basis point decline was attributable to several unusual factors. We had eight basis points of compression from the $4 million decline in PPP income, we have five basis points from the almost $2 million of $1.7 million of accretion income decline, we had five basis points, kind of a bump last quarter, that was a non-recurring revenue related to the sale of that consumer portfolio with four basis points due to the continued growth and excess liquidity.
And then we really came down to five final basis points due to true loan yield compression that was two basis points in mortgage, one basis point in held for sale and two basis points of true commercial bank loan yield compression. So my point here is that true loan yield compression was really five basis points and we had four basis points of funding costs during the quarter. Also added to Slide eight, you can see the impact of that $2.5 billion of excess liquidity had on our margin and how it accounts for 36 basis points of the total negative margin compression from one year-ago. We're focused on our deposit costs and we continue to grind them down. We still have some room for improvement in CD portfolio. But the real driver to an improving margin going forward is putting that excess liquidity to work, which we anticipate occurring over the next three quarters.
As Palmer mentioned as well, we had a small provision for loan loss expense of about $142,000 compared to that $28.6 million reversal last quarter. The continued economic conditions specifically unemployment, GDP and CRE Index and our own improved credit quality this quarter helped offset the need for additional provisions on our loan growth. Our ending allowance for loan loss of $175.1 million compared to just $178.6 million at the end of last quarter, and $208.8 million at the end of second quarter last year, which was in the middle of the pandemic and our heightened deferrals.
So, including the unfunded commitment reserve and allowance for credit losses for other credit losses, our total allowance was $197.8 million at quarter-end compared with $200.2 million at the end of last quarter. Moving on to non-interest income, so as expected our non-interest income declined this quarter and it really was due to the decreases in mortgage banking, excluding the $9.7 million recovery last quarter, and the $749,000 recovery this quarter our mortgage income declined about $19.3 million. And there's really two factors contributing to the decline in revenue, it was both production and gain on sale margin.
As you can see on, we put in a new Slide 11 which really has some information on mortgage. But as you can see on that slide, production in the Retail Mortgage Group declined 9% to $2.4 billion this quarter from $2.6 billion last quarter and it's important to note here that total non-interest expense also declined 9% or $5.6 million in the Retail Mortgage division.
In addition to that production, draw those reductions in variable costs, we also saw the average gain on sale decrease back to normal levels, they decreased to 2.77 compared to elevated 3.95 last quarter. We really don't anticipate further decline in the gain on sale margin. The open pipeline at the end of the second quarter was $1.7 billion, compared to $2.3 billion at the end of last quarter, and we do believe that there is further reduction in non-interest expense if production continues to decline.
As we previously stated, we had -- a large amount of our expenses are variable costs, and we designed that in our mortgage group. Total non-interest expense for the company declined by $13 million from $148.8 million last quarter to $135.8 million this quarter, as I just mentioned, mortgage expenses declined almost $6 million during the quarter, and then an additional $6.5 million reduction was seen in the banking division, which includes the enterprise wide service and support staff. We continue to look for ways to become more efficient and we continuously monitor the efficiency ratio by division. On that note, our adjusted efficiency ratio improved slightly this quarter to 54.07% from 54.62% last quarter.
I previously guided for the efficiency ratio to stabilize in the 53% to 55% range because we did not anticipate that previous level of mortgage revenue and efficiency to be sustainable. So I think 54.07% is right in the middle of that range as we saw mortgage stabilize. And then, also a reminder, this quarter we saw the gain on sale margin, which doesn't affect the variable costs, sell back to normal levels and we still saw that improvement in our efficiency ratio. On the balance sheet side, we ended the quarter with assets of $21.9 billion compared to $21.4 billion at the end of last quarter. We were pleased with our organic loan growth of $181 million or 5% annualized for the second quarter.
As you can see on slide 16, we had $473 million of headwind against a $655 million growth in CRE, C&I, premium finance and residential. PPP loans declined $304 million and indirect loans declined $85 million. We have approximately $488 million of PPP loans left and we have $397 million of indirect loans left. We anticipate the headwinds from runoff in both of these portfolios to really subside early next year. And a few extra details on PPP. We've received payments and forgiveness of approximately $975 million on round one, leaving the outstanding balance at $126 million and we now have the new round-two balance at $362 million.
The average balance of PPP loans in the second quarter was $708.5 million compared to an average balance in the first quarter of $764.9 million. We have about $22.3 million left at deferred income on the PPP loan. That's $2.2 million on round one and $20.1 million on round two. And again, we anticipate amortizing that into income over the next year if not sooner. We already discussed the excess liquidity. You can see in other earning assets on the balance sheet due to our tremendous deposit growth that we've seen over the past few quarters. But again this quarter we grew $382 million this quarter in deposit and 46% of that growth was in non-interest bearing. I sound like a broken record, but we really do anticipate some deposit runoff as life gets back to normal post-pandemic and as rates potentially rise.
We continue to anticipate net loan growth net of PPP activity for the year in the mid single digits, which is about $1 billion of loan growth. That leaves about $1.5 billion of excess cash to prepare for deposit runoff if rates start to increase and to begin buying investments in the bond portfolio. We did purchased $100 million of BOLI during the second quarter with a non-taxable yield of approximately 3.5% and we are considering other investment purchases, although we would like the curve to steepen just a little bit before we really start doing that.
And with that, I will wrap it up. I appreciate everyone's time today, and I'll turn the call over to Wise for any questions from the group.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] The first question comes from Brady Gailey with KBW. Please go ahead.
Brady Gailey
Hey, thanks. Good morning, guys.
Nicole Stokes
Good morning, Brady.
Brady Gailey
So, when I look at what happened on the expense side, basically your ability to reduce expenses to help offset the pressure of down revenue and mostly down mortgage. But that was pretty impressive in the second quarter. I mean should that dynamic continue to play out like it did in 2Q going forward, as mortgage continues to normalize?
Nicole Stokes
So, Brady, I'm going to take that question and split it into two, if that's okay. And talk about the mortgage side and then talk about the banking side, because I think there's two different dynamics there. On the mortgage side, we do anticipate, and again kind of looking at mortgage revenue there's two components. One is driven by gain on sale, and the other component is production. And the gain on sale margin really doesn't affect those variable costs. And we feel like we've absorbed all of that into the second quarter. Then when you turn to the production side, the production side is where the variable costs really are affected. We have about an 80% structure there.
So, as production comes down, we expect addition cost-saves on the expense side, that's mostly in salary benefits, basically commissions, incentive, and then also on the IT side, because as production comes down your data processing for account comes down. So, those are the two main categories on that build that kind of 80% decline in expenses as the production revenue comes down. So, I do anticipate on the mortgage side. On the banking side, part of the decrease this quarter had to do with deferred costs because of our very strong production. So, I think some of that could come back. I don't think we'll go back to the 83-85 that we were running. But I think the 76 could easily bump up a little bit as that -- as production -- again, we had very robust.
And when you think about third, fourth quarter, because is it - it's not quite as robust production, those deferred fees could impact that. So, I think the 76 could easily go up closer to the 79 to 80. But I don't anticipate it going as high as it was in that 85 range a few quarters ago.
Brady Gailey
Okay. And then when I look at your capital base, I mean, Nicole, you mentioned that adjusted TCE is 10%, that's 100 basis points above your 9% target. And your stock has pulled back a little bit here; it's at 11 times earnings, and 1.7 times tangible, which is pretty attractive, but any thoughts on reengaging in the share buyback?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, Brady, this is Palmer. As you know, we've got the plan out there and authorized. And we've got opportunities to do that. And if we continue to see the pullback that we're seeing now because the stock is at a very attractive price, that's certainly a consideration we'll take into consideration.
Brady Gailey
Okay. And then finally for me, maybe just an update on M&A, we saw SouthState enter your market in a big way, this morning, with the acquisition of Atlantic Capital. Would a target like that possibly have been of interest to you? And then just generally speaking, maybe an update on how you guys are thinking about M&A, Palmer?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, no, I think that's a nice transaction for SouthState. I think it's a good bolt-on for them. I think that it's -- whenever you can garner market share in a market like Atlanta, I think it's a good opportunity. And I think that the opportunity for a lot of folks looking at Atlanta as they realize the opportunity here in terms of the growth prospects. And that's what we'll continue to capitalize on. And when you look at where we stand in the market in terms of market share and in the existing platform we have in place, we'll be able to lever that in a meaningful way. In terms of our outlook, we're pretty consistent in terms of what we're looking for. We've got -- we're very disciplined, and, obviously, very principled in what we want to do. So, we take a lot of the social considerations into account in addition to the pricing.
And so, we're going to remain opportunistic, which is where we are. And it's nice to be in a position to be able to think that way. But aside from M&A, as you know, we've got incredible organic growth opportunity, and we'll continue to pursue those either way.
Brady Gailey
Okay, great. Thanks for the color, guys.
Palmer Proctor
You bet.
Nicole Stokes
Thanks, Brady.
Operator
The next question comes from Casey Whitman with Piper Sandler. Please go ahead.
Casey Whitman
Good morning.
Nicole Stokes
Good morning, Casey.
Casey Whitman
Well, Nicole, maybe can you walk us through how you are thinking about your core margin over the back-half of the year, with out PPP and accretion? And obviously how liquidity is going to play into that?
Nicole Stokes
Absolutely. So, I was going to say excluding kind of just assuming flat PPP, flat accretion, and flat liquidity; we're guiding for another quarter of mid single-digit compression, that's a couple basis points on the asset side offset. We do think we have a couple more basis points to squeeze out on the deposit side, mostly in that CD portfolio, so, again, kind of mid single-digit compression for the next quarter until we start to stabilize. Again that -- we have that $2.5 billion of excess liquidity, so as we can start deploying that, every $100 million is about two basis points on our margin. So, as soon as we start deploying that we will definitely see the pickup on the -- and have that added back in. But assuming the liquidity stays flat, accretion and PPP stay flat, we're mid single-digit compression for one more quarter.
Casey Whitman
Okay, makes sense. It's all I had. Nice quarter.
Palmer Proctor
Great, thank you.
Nicole Stokes
Thank you, Casey.
Operator
The next question comes from Jennifer Demba with Truist Securities. Please go ahead.
Jennifer, is the line muted, we can't hear you?
Jennifer Demba
Hi. Can you hear me now?
Nicole Stokes
Yes. Good morning, Jennifer.
Jennifer Demba
Hi. How are you? My question is on the mortgage business. Could you just talk about what kind of production trends you think you're going to see over the next couple of quarters, and how much of an issue is the inventory shortage right now?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, I'll take that. I think when you look at our current production, and you saw it this quarter, it's still very meaningful. Obviously, we're impacted by the margin. But in terms of the impact from a supply situation, what we're finding is that while supply is in short order the demand is still there. And typically in this business, you've got a lot of seasonality for the second-half of the year. And I don't think you're going to see that. So, I think what's going to happen is it's actually going to be, when you look at the run rate going forward over the next probably two to four quarters, I think it's going to be actually much more stable than what we have historically seen just because that constant demand for inventory into -- and for absorption, which we normally see a pullback as we get into the later end of the year.
So, I'm kind of contrarian in that view, and think that in certain markets, as we all know, there is a very high shortage of supply, but the absorption is there. And so I think it's going to continue to be a steady performer for those that are heavily focused on purchase-type activity, which we are with builder or realtors. So, I think that's going to serve us well. We certainly all saw a little pickup in the refi activity just due to the drop in rates over the last quarter. But going forward, I think it's going to be a much more stable type of environment for mortgage, quite frankly, for those that are heavy purchase-oriented.
Jennifer Demba
Okay. And back on the merger interest topic, Palmer, could you just give us a little more detail on what types of transactions Ameris might be interested in, if they make sense?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, I would say those are the kind of transactions we're looking at, anything that makes sense to us. We're big on culture, as you know, here, so it's got to be a very good cultural fit and alignment there. And it's got to be accretive. We're very disciplined in our pricing; we're not going to do anything that's overly dilutive to this company or to our shareholders. But first and foremost, it's got to be a good cultural fit. And so we will remain, like I said, opportunistic and open to other opportunities that are out there, both bank and non-bank type of transactions.
Jennifer Demba
Okay, thank you.
Palmer Proctor
You bet.
Operator
The next question comes from Brody Preston with Stephens Inc. Please go ahead.
Brody Preston
Hey, good morning, everyone.
Nicole Stokes
Good morning, Brody.
Brody Preston
Hey, Nicole, could you just help me around the core expenses. So, I hear you that you think that you can bump back up to $79 million or $80 million with the production. But just when I look at the year-over-year sort of decline, understanding that 1Q is a seasonally high -- a seasonal high for you guys because of the payroll. But you're down from $83 million year-over-year to $76 million, right. So you've effectively taken out $7 million out of the quarterly run rate on a year-over-year basis. And so, just help me understand how you've -- like what specifically has driven that level of a decline in the core bank expenses over the last year while you've been actively hiring people.
Nicole Stokes
Sure, that's a great question. I appreciate it. And so, this really comes back to what we've been saying for several quarters, is that we feel like we've been ahead of the curve on a few things, we did our branch recommendations. And then closed branches there, we were looking at lease opportunities, as leases were expiring to move out of those and kind of consolidate spaces. And so that's, it's been exactly what we had planned. And then if any, we have been able to do hiring, I'll say that we have certainly used and I know people tend to be saying there's reallocation of resources, but finding ways to pay for things. And so, even though we have had new hires, we've also had some attrition, or some retirements, and maybe we've reallocated those funds to be able to move into some other growth markets and not fill those positions in some of our other markets.
And then we've also started using technology to help as well and so when you look at the expense down the line, it's just about every bucket, I mean, you'll see data processing, and telecommunications is about the only one that's been flat there. But some of the expenses that we spent there have been able to help us in some of the other non-interest expenses that are down, occupancy is down as well as salaries and employee benefits. And you're exactly right, we had about $1 million, $2 million payroll tax in the first quarter that we didn't have again and then we also had those deferred costs that could come back up into that salary category.
Palmer Proctor
Brody, this is Palmer, one thing in all companies, obviously, the largest expense item is the teammates and overhead. And I think what I've been very pleased with the Ameris team here is the discipline in terms of accountability and expectations and being realistic about it, obviously, but what you'll find a good example is even in our Commercial Banking Group, year-to-date we've hired 11 new individuals, but net that were we were only up to three FTEs. And I think well that's reflective of is just holding people accountable for their roles and their performance. And if you can do that throughout an entire company, whether it's on operational side, on the production side, what you end up with is a very meaningful group of high performing individuals, and instead of just layering in additional expense to mask a deficiency. And so I think that's one of the things that we've been very consequential about this year and last year, and it's certainly paid dividends for us currently and going forward.
Operator
Brody, do you have any more questions? We can't hear you?
Brody Preston
Yes, sorry about that. So, I guess, on the mortgage side, Nicole, just one last question there. If 80% of the expense there is tied to variable comp, if production were down say 5% again next quarter, that mean expenses in that business line should be down 4%, is that how we should be thinking about that?
Nicole Stokes
Exactly, yes.
Brody Preston
Okay, great. Great, thanks for that. And I guess maybe just on further mortgage banking. Is that tied to total production or is that -- are those expenses tied to sold production?
Nicole Stokes
Total production?
Brody Preston
Okay. All right, great, thanks for that clarification. Let me just switching to core loan yields. I think backing out PPP and sort of calculating your core loan yield right around 4.25% this quarter, which is down about 10 basis points from last quarter. Just given that new production yields continue to head down by five to six bps per quarter, year, should we expect a similar kind of decrease in that core loan yields over the next couple of quarters or I guess when do you sort of expect that to subside?
Nicole Stokes
No, you're exactly right. So with our current come on rate, it is pushing our loan yields down and so we really need about a 50 basis point upswing for that to stabilize. So, if rates stay where they're for a long period, we could continue to see some of that compression. Again we have the deposits side to help some of that for sure. But again, we kind of need a 50 basis point swing to really stop that margin decline and anything above that would start to be accretive.
Brody Preston
Okay, and in the HFS portfolio, is this 2.77 yield is that a good normalized yield to use them. I know it can be pretty variable?
Nicole Stokes
It is pretty variable. I hate to say this, but I don't anticipate it going down, so I think you could probably use that and that would be conservative.
Brody Preston
Okay, and on that HFS portfolio Nicole, the pipeline is being down this quarter and NBA forecasts being what they are, I guess we should expect this HFS portfolio continue to lag down from here. And so would you kind of expect it to get back to that $800 million range by some point next year?
Nicole Stokes
I would say that that, we've kind of guided to $900 million to a $1 billion kind of what we think will be the new norm, still has a $200 million to come down, yes.
Brody Preston
Okay. And then just on the mortgage banking division, again, just could you help me understand some of the variability that you see on a quarter-to-quarter basis and the provision line item there, sort of what drives that, is it related to the average loan that you like are in the HFS portfolio or what are the specific components there that drive that?
Nicole Stokes
Sure, some of that is related to how we allocate the provision and so when we start looking at some internal credit metrics, similar to such as deferrals or delinquencies, and then also just when we look at overall general economic factors, we could have some shifts between buckets. And so you'll see, I think what you're looking at is six, when you again look at last quarter, that $4.5 million, we had a $28 million release for the whole company. So, some of that was allocated to mortgage. And in this quarter, you'll see kind of the banking division got the credit, and then retail mortgage got had the heavy expense, but it all kind of net out. So, some of the modeling economic factors as well as an individual internal credit metrics.
Brody Preston
Okay, and then just on the C&I portfolio, it was nice to see some strength there in the core C&I portfolio I think it was up about 12.5% linked quarter. Could you maybe help me understand is that new kind of commitment, is that increased line utilization, is that some of the folks that you hired over the last year are starting to hit their stride. So let me kind of understand what happened there?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, it's a bit of all of the above, which is exciting to see. And a lot of it already has come out of some of our investments we've made in many of the growth markets, including the Charlotte area, North Florida had a great quarter, as did Atlanta, so it has been very consistent, pipelines remain full and most of this was incremental new business. And the other part of it is in some of it's incremental from new markets, which I like seeing. So the investments we made last year are paying off and we're very excited about the outlook there.
Brody Preston
Okay, great. And then just one last one, if I may, Nicole, do you happen to know what the servicing income was this quarter, I think it was $10.1 million last quarter for the mortgage?
Nicole Stokes
Yes, it was pretty consistent with that.
Brody Preston
Thank you very much.
Palmer Proctor
And you know, that's a good point you bring up there for everybody on listening today, when you look at mortgage and you look at potential volatility and mortgage, one thing is not as volatile in the mortgage is servicing income and we've got a meaningful servicing asset there. I think it's important for people to remember that in terms of, it's certainly helpful for us in terms of our forecasting and budgeting and the income coming from mortgage because it's a nice stabilizer for what can sometimes be a volatile line of business.
Brody Preston
Great, thank you all for taking my questions. I really appreciate it.
Nicole Stokes
Great, thanks Brody.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] The next question comes from Christopher Marinac with Janney Montgomery Scott. Please go ahead.
Christopher Marinac
Thanks, good morning. Palmer and Nicole, you've been able to gain business from other bank mergers for a long, long time. So today's news it locally is not any surprise. I'm just curious kind of what makes customers move or existing customers do more business with Ameris since kind of how that gets applied as that sort of deckchairs gets shuffled once again?
Palmer Proctor
Well, I think is fairly typical of all disruption, some of it is when an account officer leaves their bank and moves to another bank, obviously a lot of people bank with people. But then there's the execution side too, and the commitment to the market. I do think that we've benefited from that because we've got a lot of meaningful presence in a lot of key growth markets. But when you start having changes in reporting lines, you start having changes in credit approvals that can be disruptive to the lenders and it can also be disruptive as an end result to the customer, which is what we're all about. So, I think with all the movement out there in terms of M&A, and furthermore, just changes in reporting line, that's presented a lot of disruption that we've been able to capitalize on, I think, we'll continue to going forward.
Christopher Marinac
Is it fair to say, Palmer, that there's more hires coming just from your core lenders on all sides of the bank?
Palmer Proctor
There are new opportunities, and we've got several folks right now. And I'm excited to say a lot of them are coming from some of our new initiatives and new markets, especially in the Carolinas and in Florida. But that being said, the thing that gives me comfort in terms of our projections for growth, we have all the folks we need to deliver on the forecasts that we've set out for the remainder of this year. So, anything beyond that will be incremental lift for us, which we'll continue to capitalize on as we move forward.
Christopher Marinac
Okay, great. And last question from me is just about how fintech is evolving for you at Ameris? What are the priorities or new initiatives there that we should expect in the next couple of quarters?
Palmer Proctor
Yes, I think for us, we like to stay not on the leading-edge, but on the cutting-edge of that. We're obviously heavily involved in a lot of the fintech initiatives that are out there between Canopy and Fintop, and just staying on the forefront of that, but at the same time, it gives us an opportunity to be exposed to that new technology. We've embraced a lot of it. As we've talked about before, robotics continue to be a major focus for us in some of our higher volume areas like mortgage. And then, we'll continue to roll that out in the areas like Premium Finance. And you go into a lot of efficiencies there. We have an aggressive sales force initiative underway right now, throughout the entire company, we were utilizing [indiscernible] in many areas of company. But going forward, we will have an -- we've got an active rollout of sales force over the next two or three quarters.
And I think the important thing, there're so many things that you want to do, but you got to prioritize in terms of where you're going to see the largest gain in efficiencies. And so, right now, we see that on the robotics front and on the sales force front. And a lot of that has to do with workflow, not just managing pipelines. And that's where we will continue to make meaningful investments. And then obviously, down the road, as we all talk about is what opportunities we might have in terms of our core processes going forward, and getting into a more open architecture type of environment, which is really exciting to me, and I don't think for the industry, we're quite there yet. We've certainly got some prototypes or experimental activity going on, but until that's a little bit more secure, and we've got the comfort of our regulators and everyone else. I think that's probably a couple years out, but in the meantime, there's a lot of the banks can be doing now, to position themselves to become more efficient. And that's what we [prided] [Ph] ourselves on last year.
Christopher Marinac
Great, and that ties all back to the core expense improvements that Nicole was elaborating on earlier, and there's more there in general.
Palmer Proctor
Absolutely.
Nicole Stokes
Absolutely.
Palmer Proctor
Yes. We've always talked about mortgages and how to scale our business. The question is, do you do you execute on that? And with the robotics that we had in place, that allowed us, quite frankly, to make some expense reductions immediately without creating havoc, or some sort of concern in the back office environment. And so, that's where you start really appreciating the efficiency garner from technology.
Christopher Marinac
Great. Thanks for the background.
Palmer Proctor
Thank you.
Operator
This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Palmer Proctor for any closing remarks.
Palmer Proctor
Thank you very much. And once again, I'd like to thank everyone for listening to our second quarter 2021 earnings result call. We're excited about the momentum as you can tell throughout the entire footprint, and we feel like we're extremely well-positioned for the second-half of 2021 and into the future. And as I've always said before, we're going to continue to deliver on top quartile financial results and remain focused on our discipline growth and our operating efficiencies, and growing our franchise value. But thank you all again for your time and your interest in Ameris Bank.
Operator
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Enterprises continue to back digital transformation
A new global study reveals that 79 percent of enterprises have made significant, transformative or even revolutionary improvements to the end user experience through digital transformation over the past year.
The research by Couchbase shows a positive outlook too, with enterprises planning to increase their investment in digital transformation by 46 percent over the next 12 months.
Interestingly 88 percent of respondents say their digital transformation projects have been driven more by changes in user behavior than by creating new business opportunities.
It's not all good news though, 81 percent of enterprises had digital transformation projects fail, suffer delays or get scaled back in the past year, at an average cost of $4.12 million. A further 82 percent were prevented from pursuing digital transformation projects that they wanted to implement due to factors such as a lack of resources or funds (26 percent), a lack of skills to deliver the project (24 percent) or the complexity of implementing technologies (23 percent).
The consequence of these failing projects meant delaying strategic goals by three months or more, or reset them completely (55 percent). Other consequences of failing to keep pace identified by respondents include losing valuable staff to more innovative competitors -- whether in IT (41 percent) or other areas of the business (40 percent); struggling to secure finance or undergo a successful IPO (31 percent); or going out of business or being absorbed by a competitor (26 percent).
"The progress in organizations' digital transformation ambitions over the past 12 months is clear, and there's a bright future ahead," says Huw Owen, EMEA vice president and general manager, at Couchbase. "Ideally we'll now begin to see enterprises putting into practice projects and ideas that weren’t previously considered possible. For this to become reality, organizations need to learn the lessons of the last two years and address the challenges they face, or a large proportion of that 46 percent increase in investment may be wasted, too. IT teams need support from across the business, together with the resources they need, and the right skills and technology to succeed. From embracing the cloud, to making the best use of data, enterprises that can make use of new technologies will be best placed to thrive."
The findings show the pandemic effect is still apparent with 99 percent of enterprises saying they've learned lessons from it. These include the importance of supporting remote and hybrid working (45 percent); the need for continuous investment and research in digital transformation technologies (41 percent); and how to better engage the wider business in digital transformation strategy (34 percent).
The full report is available on the Couchbase site.
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RingCentral (NYSE:RNG – Get Rating) updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.83-$1.87 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.99 billion-$2.02 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.01 billion.RingCentral also updated its FY22 guidance to $1.83-1.87 EPS.
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of RingCentral from $228.00 to $118.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Craig Hallum lowered their price objective on shares of RingCentral from $270.00 to $175.00 in a research report on Tuesday. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of RingCentral in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a sell rating on the stock. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of RingCentral from $130.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of RingCentral from $185.00 to $150.00 in a research note on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, RingCentral presently has a consensus rating of Buy and an average price target of $192.68.
RingCentral stock traded up $0.30 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $68.96. 48,033 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,259,416. The company has a quick ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.13. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $107.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $163.13. RingCentral has a twelve month low of $68.38 and a twelve month high of $315.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.36 billion, a PE ratio of -18.21 and a beta of 0.93.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of RNG. Neo Ivy Capital Management grew its stake in shares of RingCentral by 185.1% in the 4th quarter. Neo Ivy Capital Management now owns 191 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the period. Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of RingCentral by 26.0% in the 4th quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 359 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $67,000 after buying an additional 74 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of RingCentral in the 4th quarter valued at about $110,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of RingCentral in the 4th quarter valued at about $287,000. Finally, JustInvest LLC lifted its position in RingCentral by 114.4% in the 4th quarter. JustInvest LLC now owns 2,005 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $376,000 after acquiring an additional 1,070 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.96% of the company’s stock.
About RingCentral (Get Rating)
RingCentral, Inc provides software-as-a-service solutions that enable businesses to communicate, collaborate, and connect in North America. The company offers business cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its Message Video Phone? platform. Its products include RingCentral Office that provides communication and collaboration across various modes, including high-definition voice, video, SMS, messaging and collaboration, conferencing, online meetings, and fax; RingCentral Contact Center, a collaborative contact center solution that delivers omni-channel; and RingCentral Engage Digital, a digital customer engagement platform that allows enterprises to interact with their customers.
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Hunsur: Continuous rains has regenerated greenery in Nagarahole National Park and the forest is now filled with greenery with lakes and ponds in the reserve forest not drying up due to summer heat.
The Forest is spread across 643 sq km and is divided into eight ranges — Nagarahole, Kallalli, Veeranahosahalli, Hunsur, Anechowkur, Antharasanthe, D.B. Kuppe and Metikuppe. Nagarahole is known for more than 250 varieties of birds and wild animals like deer, Asian elephants, wild boars, leopards, tigers, langurs, gaurs etc., which are now moving around the forest freely. If one visits the forest, they can see most of the lakes and ponds with water and wild animals quenching their thirst.
The cool climate had brought the wild animals out and sighting wild animals in herds and groups is a visual treat to safari goers who are now spotting tigers and leopards at water holes. The pleasant sounds made by birds, the friendly fights of elephants, jumping deers and elephant herds playing in water is a sight to behold.
If lucky, one can witness the majestic walk of tigers and elephants close to the roads inside the forest and also, the rains have minimised the forest fire incidents as the trees and plants, which get dried up during summer, have sprung back and greenery is all around. The continuous rains are also filling up lakes, ponds and other waterholes inside the core forest area.
The water level of Lakshmanatheertha River, the lifeline of the forest has also increased and there is no scarcity of water to the wildlife as of now.
The rains have not only filled ponds and lakes but have also created small streams which pass inside the forest providing water to wild animals in the core area.
With the forest turning green and water getting filled in lakes and ponds such as Channammanakatte, Yerekatte, Mantallikere, Madallikere, Mudaganurkere, Billenahosahallikere, Bheemanakatte etc., there are chances of wild animals not venturing out of the forest in search of food and water. | https://starofmysore.com/rains-regenerate-greenery-at-nagarahole-forest/ | 2022-05-10T16:29:40Z | https://starofmysore.com/rains-regenerate-greenery-at-nagarahole-forest/ | true | 1 |
LUKE, Md. (WV News) - The Town of Luke held its bi-annual registration on May 9, 2022 at the Luke City Building. The supervisors of the election board, Heather Ours, chairperson; Samantha Eckart and Judy Parker, presided at the registration books from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Absentee registration was an option available to Luke residents meeting the specifications of the town charter and the Code of Ordinances. No residents took advantage of this method of registration.
In the course of revising the town registration rolls, per directives of the town charter, two names of deceased individuals and four names of individuals who were known to have moved from Luke were removed.
Eight persons were added to the Town of Luke registry.
The current registration list for the Town of Luke is 54, which includes the 2020 Registration Roll total of 52, plus eight names added; four names removed of those that have moved from Luke, and two names of deceased were removed.
Total on Registration Roll for Luke as of May 9 is 54. The Town's Registration Book is closed from 6 p.m., Monday, May 9 until 9 a.m., Tuesday, June 14, 2022 unless changed by order of the Mayor and Commissioners.
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Eramet: Documents available for consultation for the Ordinary Shareholders’ General Meeting to be held on 31 May 2022
Company’s shareholders are invited to participate to the Eramet’s Ordinary Shareholder’s General Meeting, to be held on:
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Paris time), at Eramet’s head office, 10 boulevard de Grenelle 75015 Paris.
The participation procedures are detailed in particular in the notice of meeting brochure and will be specified in the notice of meeting.
The prior notice of meeting including the agenda and draft resolutions has been published in the French official gazette (BALO, “Bulletin des Annonces légales obligatoires”) on 22 April 2022 and the notice of meeting will be published in the BALO on 13 May 2022.
Registered shareholders will directly receive their notice of meeting.
Shareholders may request the preparatory documents for the Meeting, as provided for in Article R.225-83 of the French Commercial Code, by addressing a request in accordance with the applicable regulations. Any shareholder may also consult these documents at the company's head office during a period of 15 days prior to the date of the Meeting.
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The Ordinary Shareholders’ General Meeting will be broadcasted live via a webcast and later available for replay, accessible on the Group’s website: Shareholders' General Meeting 2022 | Eramet
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27.10.2022: Publication of 2022 Group third-quarter turnover
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Violent conflict erupted, when officials attempted to demolish residential quarters in New Checkon’s “Tribal Colony”. Two people sustained severe injuries after police used tear gas to disperse a mob protesting the demolition.
However, the All Tribal Students’ Union of Manipur (ATSUM) stated that four people were injured as a result of police intervention. While attempting to control the throng, police used tear gas shells.
The event occurred when the residents of Tribal Colony protested the State Government’s decision to demolish the quarters to make room for a new building.
Meanwhile, a tear gas shell fired near the quarter of Tengnoupal SP B Golianmang while attempting to control the mob injured Songbiakthang Hangsing on his right cheek and Somila Raikhan on her left ankle.
The injured were taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) hospital for treatment.
According to several Tribal Colony residents, the State Government failed to provide advance notice and make alternate arrangements for relocating the tenants.
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(WSPA) – With over 80% of 911 calls coming from mobile phones, AT&T launched a new 911 location service Tuesday for the public to have the same fast, accurate and reliable connection to a dispatch center.
This new 911 location service will use the “Located Before Route” feature which connects AT&T cellphone users to the closest dispatch center.
Typically when a call is placed to 911, the wireless phone is routed based on the closest cell tower, which can cover up to a 10-mile radius. This means that sometimes callers are transferred from one dispatch center to another when seeking help.
This can cause potential delays when an emergency response is needed.
With AT&T’s new 911 location service, the system will be able to quickly identify the location of the cellphone user and deliver it to the correct call center.
The nationwide rollout has started and is available in the following states:
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Montana
- Oregon
- Washington
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- Kansas
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- Iowa
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
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I Tried The ‘Hint’ Astrology App & Got Set Up With My Own Personal Astrologer — I Highly Recommend It
Retrograde’s a-comin’.
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I chose how much I wanted to pay for this service, and, using info gleaned from the quiz, Hint suggested three professional astrologers for ultra-personal guidance in understanding (and making the most of) my astrological blueprint. I watched their introduction videos and chose the one who resonated with me the most.
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Florida school yearbook on hold regarding student-protest photos
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LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Yearbooks at a central Florida high school won't be distributed until images of students holding rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign while protesting the state's so-called “Don't Say Gay” law can be covered up.
District officials said they don't want anyone thinking that the school supported the students' walkout.
Lyman High School Principal Michael Hunter said in a statement on Monday that “pictures and descriptions" documenting a student walkout in March in response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education law should have been “caught earlier in the review process."
The bill, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K through 3.
“Rather than reprinting the yearbook at substantial cost and delay, we have elected to cover that material that is out of compliance with board policy so that yearbooks can be distributed as soon as possible," the principal's statement said.
In an email on Tuesday, school district spokesman Michael Lawrence said the issue wasn't with the protest but how its depiction in the yearbook could be interpreted as being endorsed by the school, which would be in violation of the school board's policy.
Lawrence noted that the yearbook dedicates a separate page to the school's Gay Straight Alliance Club and elsewhere shows students at a pride march and holding rainbow flags, and he said these depictions do comply with the policy.
“The issue at hand here is not the photos or the topic for which the students were protesting," said Lawrence, communications officer for Seminole County Public Schools. “If these items were caught earlier prior to print, some simple editing/tweaking likely could’ve occurred to make that section in compliance prior to print."
School officials determined that the least costly solution would be to cover up that section so that the yearbooks could still be distributed to seniors before graduation and the rest of the student body prior to summer break, he said.
The yearbook's faculty advisor Danielle Pomeranz told the Orlando Sentinel that she was asked to check into putting stickers over the photos and captions depicting the walkout. She said it would cost $45,000 to reprint the 600 yearbooks.
“This really shouldn’t be happening because all we did as journalists was document what was happening at our school on our campus,” Skye Tiedemann, one of the yearbook’s editors-in-chief, told the Sentinel. “To have that covered up isn’t right.... This is censorship.”
Tiedemann told WKMG that students were supposed to have a party on Monday to have yearbooks signed by their classmates, but that was canceled.
Students at the school in Longwood, which is near Orlando, have created a hashtag “#stopthestickers," which is circulating on social media. They also planned a peaceful protest at Tuesday night's meeting of the Seminole County School Board, WKMG reported.
Rep. Carlos G. Smith, a Democrat who is the state's first LGBTQ Latino legislator, said in a tweet that the “censorship is a direct result of the law these students were protesting. #WeWillNotBeErased in this so-called ‘free state.' “
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ItauUnibanco's (ITUB) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Climb Y/Y
ItauUnibanco Holding S.A. ITUB posted recurring earnings of R$7.36 billion ($1.41 billion) for first-quarter 2022, up 15% year over year. Including non-recurring items, net income came in at R$6.74 billion ($1.29 billion), up 24.6%.
Results benefited from higher revenues and a rise in credit portfolio. However, increased non-interest expenses, cost of credit charges and non-performing loan ratio acted as headwinds.
Revenues Rise, Costs Increase
Operating revenues came in at R$33.04 billion ($6.31 billion) in the reported quarter, up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Managerial financial margin increased 12.9% year over year to R$21.05 billion ($4.02 billion). Also, commissions and fees were up 7.2% to R$9.77 billion ($1.87 billion).
Non-interest expenses totaled R$12.80 billion ($2.44 billion), up 2.9%.
In the first quarter, the efficiency ratio was 41.8%, down 280 basis points (bps) from the year-earlier quarter’s level. A decrease in this ratio indicates increased profitability.
Credit Quality
Cost of credit charges climbed 69.5% on a year-over-year basis to R$6.97 billion ($1.33 billion).
The non-performing loan ratio (loan transactions overdue more than 90 days) came in at 2.6% during the first quarter, up from the prior-year quarter’s 2.3%.
Balance Sheet Position
As of Mar 31, 2022, ItauUnibanco’s total assets increased minimally to R$2.18 trillion ($0.46 trillion) from the last-reported quarter. Deposits totaled R$1.11 trillion ($0.23 trillion), down marginally on a sequential basis.
ItauUnibanco’s credit portfolio, including corporate securities and financial guarantees provided, reached R$1.03 trillion ($0.22 trillion) as of Mar 31, 2022, up marginally from the last-reported quarter.
Capital & Profitability Ratios
As of Mar 31, 2022, Common Equity Tier 1 ratio was 11.1%, down from 11.3% on Mar 31, 2021.
Annualized recurring return on average equity climbed to 20.4% in the first quarter from 18.5% recorded in the year-earlier quarter.
2022 Guidance
Management reiterated its guidance for 2022
The company expects costs of credit to be R$25-R$29 billion.
Non-interest expenses are expected to grow between 3% and 7%.
Total credit portfolio is now projected to grow 9-12%.
Commissions and fees from insurance operations are likely to be up 3.5-6.5%.
Managerial financial margin with clients is estimated to increase 20.5-23.5%.
Financial marginal with the market is now projected in the range of R$1-R$3 billion.
The effective tax rate is estimated to be 30-33%.
Our Viewpoint
Results of ItauUnibanco underline its decent performance during the March quarter on higher revenues. ITUB’s prospects look encouraging as it is focused on building strategies to expand inorganically. In addition, its business restructuring efforts will support the financials.
However, inflated expenses are a concern. Heightening competition and stressed conditions in Brazil’s economy pose significant risks.
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Performance of Other Banks
First Horizon National Corporation’s FHN first-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings per share of 38 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents. However, the figure declined 25% year over year. Results excluded after-tax impacts of 4 cents per share from notable items related to the IBERIABANK Corporation and TD-Bank merger transactions.
First Horizon’s results reflect higher loan balance, provision benefits and declining expenses. However, declines in net interest income (“NII”) and fee income affected revenues. Also, pressure on margin due to low interest rates was a spoilsport for FHN.
M&T Bank Corporation MTB reported net operating earnings per share of $2.73 in first-quarter 2022, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.26. However, MTB’s bottom line compares unfavorably with $3.41 per share reported in the year-ago period.
A rise in non-interest income and a strong capital position were tailwinds for M&T Bank. However, a fall in NII and net interest margin, and a surge in expenses were the key undermining factors.
Fifth Third Bancorp FITB reported first-quarter 2022 earnings (excluding after-tax impacts of certain items) of 69 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 70 cents. Including the impacts of these items, earnings per share were 68 cents, indicating a 27% year-over-year decline.
Fifth Third’s performance displays a revenue decline, primarily due to a fall in fee income. Margin contraction and the deterioration of capital position played spoilsports for FITB.
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Namitha, who rose to prominence in Telugu films such as ‘Gemini’, ‘Sontham’, ‘Billa’, and ‘Simha’, is also a popular actress in Tamil.
Fans are sending their best wishes to the actress after she shared adorable photos of herself flaunting her baby bump.
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The 41-year-old actress announced her pregnancy on Instagram, as Namitha also shares photos from her most recent photoshoot.
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Carl Pei's burgeoning mobile company, Nothing, has just scored a major win in its quest to become the next major smartphone brand.
In a press release, the company confirmed that its upcoming handset, the Nothing Phone (1), will launch exclusively with mobile networks O2 and Telekom Deutschland in the UK and Germany, respectively. Customers will be able to purchase the device either in-store or online via both outlets, Nothing says.
Typically, a mobile brand signing a deal with a specific carrier wouldn’t be big news, but Chinese phone companies, in particular, have historically struggled to partner with contract-based networks, leaving prospective customers forced to reckon with the higher cost of purchasing sim-only deals in addition to the phones themselves.
That’s not to say the likes of Xiaomi, Oppo and Realme haven’t successfully partnered with network companies offering cheaper, contract-based packages, but it’s impressive that Nothing has managed to score such exclusivity deals with its first bite at the European mobile market.
“When we started Nothing we wanted to bring back the excitement we once felt for the tech industry,” CEO Pei said in a statement. “Joining forces with leading telcos and retailers, we look forward to shaking up the smartphone market together.”
In India, Nothing will continue its partnership with e-commerce platform Flipkart – the brand’s Ear 1 earbuds were made available on the platform last year – though it’s not yet clear whether this too represents an exclusive deal.
These three deals represent “the first of many” partnerships, Nothing says, so we’re expecting to hear more region-specific announcements in the coming months as we approach the launch of the Nothing Phone (1).
What do we know about the Nothing Phone (1)?
Concrete details surrounding the Nothing Phone (1) have been few and far between, but we’ve managed to build up a relatively clear picture of what to expect from the device given the myriad leaks and rumors that have emerged in anticipation of its arrival.
Company boss Carl Pei has revealed that the phone will be powered by an Android-based NothingOS and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, though we don’t know which one just yet. Our guess is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (found in the likes of the OnePlus 10 Pro), though we could also see the Nothing Phone (1) sport a previous generation chipset like the Snapdragon 888 or 780G – especially if Nothing hopes to keep the cost of its first phone competitive.
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RAM is another unknown at present, however Pei did share the following tidbit during the company’s 'The Truth' event back in March: "[The Nothing Phone (1)] delivers the optimal processing power and RAM for the exact app you're using, while learning from your usage. By caching in the RAM, the apps you use the most will launch faster. The apps you're not using, but take up resources in the background, will be closed."
As for the phone’s NothingOS software, Pei has described it as "the best of Android, combined with our iconic design language,” adding that the company “started by keeping what [users] love about stock Android, and removed the bloatware."
If you’re keen to test out NothingOS for yourself, Nothing Launcher, a beta test granting users a taste of what to expect from the software on existing handsets, recently became available on all Android devices running Android 11 or higher. You can check out our thoughts about the operating system here.
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Marcus Smart and Giannis Antetokounmpo got tangled up last night.
Last night, the Boston Celtics defeated the Milwaukee Bucks to even up their second round series. The Bucks were looking pretty good in that game, however, it was the Celtics who were able to come out on top. Throughout the game, there were some interesting moments, especially as it pertains to Marcus Smart and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
As you can see down below, the two players got tangled up on the ground. Smart tries to help Giannis up, but the Bucks superstar refuses and even kicks his leg out which seemed to offend Smart.
After the game, Smart spoke to reporters about the incident, where he revealed that he felt like Giannis had kicked him in the face. Smart wanted to do the right thing and help Giannis off of the floor, but once he began refusing help, he decided that Giannis was simply too far gone and not worth all of the effort.
In the end, it was Smart who did, indeed, get the last laugh as his team was able to get a win in Milwaukee. Now, the series becomes a best-of-three and the Celtics have the home court. Needless to say, this win is very encouraging for the Celtics.
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Around 10-12 miles of N.C. 211 closed due to brush fire in Brunswick County
SUPPLY, N.C. (WECT) - Around 10-12 miles of N.C. 211 have been closed due to a brush fire in Brunswick County. The blocked section runs from just north of Middle River Road to Camp Branch Road NW.
“For the safety of drivers and first responders, a portion of N.C. 211 in Brunswick County will remain closed until a brush fire is under control,” writes the NCDOT in a release.
The road has been closed as emergency crews work to asses the fire causing thick smoke to envelop the area. Estimates of the fire’s size range from 300 to 700 acres, but the intense smoke makes estimation difficult.
The fire’s origin is yet to be determined, though the Forest Service says it may have been caused by a stray lightening strike late last week. The NCDOT’s DriveNC estimates the road reopening by around 5 p.m., but a Forest Service representative says the closure may last even longer due to the lingering smoke.
“The detour travels into Columbus County, and is as follows: U.S. 17, N.C. 130, U.S. 701 Business, U.S. 74/76 to return to N.C. 211. NCDOT urges drivers to take the detour into account when planning travel and avoid N.C. 211 in the area,” writes the NCDOT.
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Semos Cloud announces the launch of the Service Anniversaries program for Ryan Specialty, enabling the company to celebrate and recognize the loyalty and tenure of their valued employees.
LEWISVILLE, Texas, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Semos Cloud, a provider of popular HR technology that impacts organizational culture, announced a go-live for their new client, Ryan Specialty. Ryan Specialty's employees can now enjoy the benefits of JobPts, an enterprise-level culture and recognition system built atop of the SAP Business Technology Platform.
The latest program addition is a part of Ryan Specialty's continuous effort to foster their employees' loyalty and acknowledge their progress. Employees can now receive a custom branded gift as a personalized pack. The rewards catalog offers a variety of custom branded, high-quality merchandise from tote bags and duffel bags to plaques and trophies. Additionally, managers can send customized certificates to any employee and add a personal flair to every reward and service milestone.
Ryan Specialty's employees, who they refer to as teammates, can now enjoy Service Anniversaries - a program allowing the opportunity to reward employees with meaningful, branded gifts for their work anniversaries, offering a memorable employee experience. With Semos Cloud, Ryan Specialty will send out over one thousand anniversary rewards throughout 2022. More than 300 of those are being delivered during the first month of the program launch.
Following the announcement, Goran Rice, Semos Cloud's Chief Revenue Officer, stated: "I loved collaborating with Ryan Specialty to make this project happen. They came to us with specific requirements to help them show how much their employees' work means to them, and the number of rewards we send out daily proves that. The program coordinators showed incredible dedication in finding and choosing the proper rewards for their employees to recognize their efforts over the years, and we are very happy to deliver."
This addition is a part of Ryan Specialty's steadfast care for its employees. Ryan Specialty was looking for a new service rewards solution to expand employee recognition efforts and saw the need to reward employees with a unique, personalized gift for different service anniversaries. Semos Cloud delivered a feature that provides Ryan Specialty a special way to show appreciation for their employees.
The company stated: "This is a wonderful opportunity for us to recognize our teammates' career milestones, and we are glad we chose Semos Cloud with their Service Anniversaries solution. We are incredibly happy with how seamlessly the logistics are being handled- in just two days, we had two hundred successfully delivered rewards. Employees are our most essential asset in building the firm's future, and this recognition is an important part of our continuous investment towards the overall success of the business. We are looking forward to creating more memorable experiences our workforce will cherish and remember, rewarding them for their long tenures."
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Semos Cloud has confirmed its position in the Employee Experience space with a new client addition. As a provider of fully configurable EX solutions, it is a favorite of enterprises with deep technical, security, and cultural demands. Their solutions for employee recognition, feedback management, health and wellness, internal employee communication, and employee journeys are reshaping the experiences of thousands of employees across the globe. To learn more, visit https://semoscloud.com.
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NEW YORK, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TORRAS, a leading phone accessory & electronic device brand, has launched the 2022 version of its wearable air conditioner, COOLIFY 2, through YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
As the pioneer of neck air conditioner (No.2 sales in 2021 Amazon category), TORRAS has made a significant breakthrough on COOLIFY 2, releasing 3 new colorways (priced at $179) and 1 limited edition (priced at $229). COOLIFY 2 is a personal temperature control air conditioner for both cooling and heating. It's currently available on TORRAS official website and Amazon store.
Build Your Own Temperature Zone & Save Energy
Through continuous in-depth research on daily life, TORRAS found that traditional large-scale cooling is difficult to provide suitable temperatures for different users in the same place, and even causes a waste of carbon consumption.
Taking this as an entry point, TORRAS further develops COOLIFY 2 by changing the traditional airflow cooling into thermal contact conductance, which makes it smarter to regulate individuals' body temperature. COOLIFY 2 also adds a heat mode to keep users warm during cold days. This improvement truly provides users with a customized temperature control system in different scenarios.
At the same time, COOLIFY 2 marks an entirely new era in which cooling goes greener. Personal cooling is more efficient than traditional large-scale cooling in terms of energy consumption, so there is an urgency to promote the popularization of personal cooling. TORRAS upholds the concept that technology changes the future, and constantly encourages more users to start by adapting their lifestyles, thus contributing to a more sustainable world.
"COOLIFY 2 helps users create a personal temperature zone, which bears the mission of TORRAS to make people's lives better" - said Carrie Kong, CEO of TORRAS.
Features of COOLIFY 2:
- Cool Down 27℉ in 1S: NTC smart temperature control and KU 2.0 chip make it possible to cool down 27°F in 1 second, driving heat away instantly.
- Comfortable Fit: Adjustable design with built-in silicone cushion enables COOLIFY 2 to fit easily around users' necks throughout their activities.
- 18 Hours Continuous Use: 3-hour charging provides 18 hours of battery life, ensuring a long-lasting cooling experience.
- Cooling & Heating 2 in 1 Device: In addition to beating the heat, it heats up when switched to heat mode to keep you warm on colder days.
- Stylish & Premium Design: 3 most popular colorways with innovative craft allow you to look cool and keep cool, perfectly keeping up with your style.
- Bladeless, Worry-free: Bladeless fan prevents your hair from getting pinched. Overcharge and short circuit protection make it safe enough for cooling.
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TORRAS has been developing creative products in the fields of 3C electronics, vehicle accessories, and household appliances. Most of their products keep top sales all year round, and achieve high customer satisfaction. The newly launched COOLIFY 2, which stands out with its excellent cooling performance, is expected to be quickly recognized by the market!
About TORRAS
Founded in 2012, TORRAS is an innovative brand with a design philosophy of "Simple but Unique". They now have an R&D laboratory that spans over 2,000 square meters, and have obtained more than 1,100 patents thus far, with 36 of its products winning prestigious international design awards including the German Red Dot Award.
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- Hoseki integrates Casa's new API product for easy proof of assets documentation.
- Casa clients can document and prove their assets with Hoseki.
- Hoseki's public launch is scheduled for early Q3 2022.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoseki, the world's first bitcoin-native proof of assets service, is thrilled to announce its pre-launch relationship with Casa, the bitcoin security and personal key management experts. Together the two teams will work to refine the Casa API integrated into the Hoseki app to provide the bitcoin industry's most advanced proof of assets documentation service for bitcoin investors, similar to proof of reserves for cryptocurrency custodians.
Casa's integration with Hoseki will give the bitcoin security company's clients a seamless way to prove ownership of funds protected by a Casa security plan. In the Hoseki dashboard, Casa clients can import account details into their protected Hoseki dashboard where their other hardware wallets and exchange accounts are also managed for easy generation of documents to originate a loan or simply verify control of their holdings. Hoseki is one of the first teams to test the newly launched Casa API, providing feedback to Casa on the product before its launch.
Founded in 2021, Hoseki has worked in stealth to build the Bitcoin industry's first digital asset attestation service. While preparing for its alpha product launch later this summer, Hoseki is partnering and integrating with leading Bitcoin security and financial services firms to streamline asset ownership documentation services.
"We love seeing the Bitcoin ecosystem grow and we are incredibly excited to partner with a company that shares our vision for the future," said Nick Neumann, CEO of Casa. "Hoseki will be instrumental in collaborating with and refining our new API product. We look forward to working closely with them to build critical infrastructure for the Bitcoin economy."
"The entire Hoseki team is beyond excited to integrate Casa's new tools so our users can organize, document and prove ownership over their assets," said Sam Abbassi, CEO of Hoseki. "Hoseki's proof of assets documentation will be essential for bitcoin storage and security services like Casa to enable their clients to put their assets to work as the bitcoin economy continues to grow and mature."
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Why Puducherry institution JIPMER finds itself embroiled in the Hindi imposition controversy
Protests erupted against Puducherry's premier medical college JIPMER over its issue of circulars that insisted the staff to use Hindi and English for official communications
Puducherry’s Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) found itself embroiled in a controversy on Monday as various political parties came out in protest against a circular, which allegedly insisted that the staff use Hindi and English in official communications.
According to The Indian Express, over 500 DMK workers, including four MLAs, were arrested in the protest seeking withdrawal of the circular.
What did the circular say?
According to the report by The Indian Express, at least four circulars, issued by the JIPMER director, Rakesh Aggarwal, cited the Official Language Act of the Official Language Policy of the government of India.
The circular noted a non-compliance of the administration with Section 3(3) of the Official Language Act, 1963.
“Section 3(3) provides that the documents of general orders, notifications, resolutions, rules, administrative and other reports, press communiques, contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, notices of tenders and forms of tenders should be issued in bilingual form, i.e., in Hindi and English simultaneously,” the circular said.
The circular makes it the responsibility of the officer signing such documents to ensure that they were issued in bilingual form, both in Hindi and English simultaneously.
“Such documents should, therefore, be sent to the Hindi Section for translation before issue. All the heads of the departments and Section-In-Charges are requested to pay special attention and take necessary action to ensure strict compliance with this act,” the circular said.
Another circular, which cites Rule 11(2) of the Official Language Rule, 1976, said the headings and columns of registers and titles in the files used in Central government offices shall be in Hindi and English as per the Committee of Parliament on Official Language.
“In future, entries in all the registers/service books/service accounts will be made as far as possible in Hindi Only,” the circular said.
What did the protesters say?
Slogans ‘condemning’ the communication issued by the premier institute on the use of Hindi in circulars and records were raised by the protestors including some local youth.
DMK party convenor in the union territory and Leader of Opposition, R Siva, alleged JIPMER was already denying job opportunities for the local youths and the present circular directing use of Hindi was another blow on the locals.
“The circular should be withdrawn unconditionally,” he said, addressing the participants.
Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi leader and member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, T Velmurugan, also opposed the move and dubbed it as “brazen imposition of Hindi.”
As per a report by The News Minute, MDMK leader Vaiko also called upon the JIPMER management to immediately withdraw the circular in Hindi. The PMK state leadership also came out against the circular in Hindi.
The LG comes out in defence
A JIPMER spokesman, cited by The Hindu, said that the circular was issued as per the directions of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language.
“The Institute has been asked to comply for a proposed inspection to be carried out soon. JIPMER doesn’t have a say in this, and is only implementing the directive (of the panel),” the spokesman said.
Later, Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan visited the institute to hold discussions with officials and insisted there was no such imposition and that the regional language Tamil was being accorded due priority.
“There is a specific circular that Tamil should be given priority particularly in all communications relating to the patients and services to the people in the institute,” she said.
“There is no imposition of Hindi in any manner,” she asserted.
JIPMER was a prestigious institute and “one should not interfere in its functioning by making allegations”.
She said all internal matters relating to staff knowing only Hindi were having the option regarding the language.
“There is no imposition of Hindi and patients approaching the institute were getting the benefit of communications in Tamil”, she added.
“Let there be no politicisation as services of JIPMER should never suffer any interference. I assure that Tamil is given priority in JIPMER,” she said.
Tamil was being used in display boards on top of other languages.
“JIPMER is functioning without any discrimination and all protests were uncalled for”, she added.
With inputs from agencies
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Commissioner Orders To Reconstruct Dilapidated Roads In Kahuta
Sumaira FH Published May 10, 2022 | 08:34 PM
Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Noor-ul-Amin Mengal; has directed the authorities concerned to improve various dilapidated roads, particularly in Kahuta city areas
RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th May, 2022 ) :Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Noor-ul-Amin Mengal; has directed the authorities concerned to improve various dilapidated roads, particularly in Kahuta city areas.
According to the spokesman, the commisioner during his visit to Kahuta also instructed the authorities concerned to complete the construction work of ongoing development projects in Kahuta city as soon as possible.
Mengal stressed that the purpose of launching public welfare projects is to provide relief to the people, adding that undue delay in completion of the construction work would not be tolerated.
The spokesman informed that Commisioner Mengal also visited Narr and gave instructions for removal of intrusions on different roads.
He said that Narr was rich in natural beauty and the roads would be improved to make it an attractive tourists spot.
Noor-ul-Amin further stated that promotion of tourism would also help to improve the living standards of local people.
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MANDEVILLE, La. (WVUE) - An Amber Alert for two girls, ages 2 months and 9 years, from Louisiana has been canceled, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Mental Health Awareness week is a reminder for each of us to review the roles we play in supporting good mental health, be it as parents, friends, colleagues, or employers. The focus of this year's Mental Health Awareness week is loneliness, a phenomenon which has an outsized impact on our physical and mental health – as recently highlighted during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our connections to communities and other people are fundamental to supporting good metal health, and reducing chronic or long-term loneliness is a major step towards a mentally healthy society.
Whilst it is by no means unique in this respect, the legal sector can, if left unchecked, give rise to prime breeding conditions for loneliness – the work type is often best suited to individual rather than team-based activities, the hours can be long and (if we're honest!) the personalities it attracts can be more prone to loneliness than on average. As such it is important to recognise the risk and take proactive steps to mitigate it.
Most people will have experienced loneliness at some point in their life – it is the feeling we experience when there is a mismatch between the social connections we have and those that we need or want1. While some amount of loneliness is a normal part of everyday life, if it becomes embedded for a long period, loneliness can have a serious effect on our wellbeing, resulting in a potentially vicious cycle of loneliness and poor mental health. Studies by the Mental Health Foundation2 show that being connected to other people in a way that helps us feel valued is fundamental to protecting our mental health. Further, loneliness is one of the key indicators of poor mental health and long-term feelings of loneliness have been shown to be associated with higher rates of mortality and poorer physical health outcomes3. The point at which the balance tips is hard to define due to the subjective nature of loneliness and the variation in needs of different people.
Relationships with our colleagues which we build and maintain in the workplace are vital, particularly in an age where the boundaries between home and work are increasingly blurred. Good workplace relationships may assist in fulfilling some social needs, as well as helping productivity at work and having an important role in job satisfaction. Having positive relationships throughout life has been shown to have the greatest impact on life satisfaction and health4.
However, many in the legal profession have traits which may hinder these relationships and the benefits they provide. Whilst you will likely be able to think of some exceptions to prove the rule, on the whole, lawyers are likely to score low in the trait of sociability5, the desire to interact with people – particularly when it comes to their comfort level in initiating new connections with others. People who score low in this trait are not necessarily anti-social, they are merely more likely to rely on relationships which they have already formed. Lawyers are also likely to score high in the traits of scepticism and autonomy – and while these traits are often key to someone being good at their job, they ultimately can undercut important inter-personal relationships and result in people feeling isolated and lonely.
Being aware of these common traits in the workplace is an important first step. For many lawyers, loneliness can stem from an assumption that their colleagues are not interested in helping them out. When in fact, most people are more than willing to provide support where required. The legal profession need not be a lonely profession, as much of what people experience is self-imposed rather than inherent to the profession itself. However, overcoming this requires collective action to encourage individuals to reach out to one another and connect.
Many organisations, including GJE, have wellbeing strategies, mental health first aiders, emergency helplines and accessible counselling services, all of which can help combat loneliness. We also encourage collaborative working, not competition. At the end of the day, though, it's the little things that perhaps count the most – a quick chat just to see how a colleague is doing and lending a friendly, non-judgmental ear if and when needed. Our belief is that having a prominent, firm-wide wellness strategy reinforces the importance of these little things and not only leads to people feeling better supported but also helps to break down the barriers that prevent individuals seeking help when they do need it.
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1 Why Loneliness is the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
3 Hold-Lunstad, Julianne. “Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review”, July 2010
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A mum who lives between two close friends has been left furious after her two neighbours began talking to one another over her garden fence and impeding on her privacy in the process.
In a post on Mumsnet, the mum explained that the layout of her street means that her garden backs immediately onto the garden of the house opposite hers, and noted that the two neighbours in question live at a diagonal to one another, with one being the house next to hers and the other being in the one opposite.
And because the two neighbours live so close to one another, they have opted to talk over the fences of the houses surrounding them rather than go around the street to visit each other in their homes.
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But their decision has angered the mum caught in the middle of their exchanges, as the neighbours - who have to stand on objects to make themselves tall enough to stand above the fences - can see directly into her garden while they chat, meaning she has no privacy to enjoy her own outside space.
In her post, she said: "The houses on my street back into gardens from the people behind with no path in between.
"The issue is with people behind and people next to us. I think they are close friends. They constantly talk in the corner of the fence between mine and theirs. This happens quite a lot so not just a one off.
"The fences are relatively high, about average adult height, but they stand on things to speak to each other over the corner of the fence, or they are shouting over to get each other's attention.
"I was in my garden playing with my dog and I had two people talking at a higher height than me at the corner of our garden. As someone who suffers from social anxiety too, it might be just me (maybe others wouldn't feel so annoyed), but I felt like my privacy was breached."
The mum insists her neighbours also don't move when they see her using her garden, and says she feels as though she never gets to use her own garden because her neighbours are "always in".
She added: "They don't budge when they see me either. because they are stood up high I feel awkward as hell like they can see my whole garden and into my house.
"They are always in too! One side has 6 kids that are all home schooled so they are often talking over the fence too. I wouldn't mind if it was just the kids, to be honest! I feel more awkward with the adults having a conversation.
"I just feel like there's often someone in corner of my garden."
Commenters on the Mumsnet post sympathised with the woman and did their best to offer solutions - including planting a tree in the corner of her garden to give herself some much-needed privacy.
One person said: "Oh I'd hate this! You could buy some bamboo in pots to put in that corner - won't stop them gassing but at least they can't see you/you see them."
While another added: "Can you put a mature tree up? That would drive me bonkers too."
And a third noted: "Massively rude, would really hack me off. You can get clump forming bamboo that doesn’t spread too much. Otherwise a large bushy evergreen, maybe something spiky…"
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Orlaith Quinn: Psychiatrist 'did not think woman was suicide risk'
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A psychiatrist who examined a woman who took her own life in hospital did not believe she was an active suicide risk, an inquest has heard.
Orlaith Quinn, 33, died in the early hours of 11 October 2018 at Belfast's Royal Jubilee Maternity hospital.
Less than 48 hours earlier, she had given birth to her third child.
While in hospital, Mrs Quinn told family members she had attempted to take her own life three times, five days before her daughter was delivered.
In his evidence to the inquest, her husband, Ciaran Quinn, said that his wife's behaviour while in hospital changed the day after their daughter was born.
He told the coroners' court that his wife was "extremely tired, but when she put her head on the pillow she jumped up immediately".
He said what happened next in terms of her words and actions and behaviour was something he had never seen in the 17 years he had been with her.
Mr Quinn added that she was "manic, uncontrollable, loud-speaking, irrational and would not listen to reason".
He also said she was concerned that there was something wrong with their baby, before revealing that five days previously she had attempted to take her own life and had lost consciousness.
The coroner's court heard Mrs Quinn was assessed by a psychiatrist after she had disclosed her previous suicide attempts to her family.
Dr Robert Boggs from the Belfast Health Trust's psychiatric assessment team saw Mrs Quinn on 10 October 2018.
He said that during his assessment Mrs Quinn "did not observe evidence of psychosis" and that "she didn't have any current suicidal ideations at the time".
He said that his working diagnosis was "obsessional neurosis" and that he also made the "differential diagnosis of postpartum psychosis".
Referring to his entry in the patient notes, he said "that could not be ruled out one day postpartum".
Dr Boggs went on to outline that he discussed a care plan with Mrs Quinn's husband and mother and that it was noted one of them would stay with her.
He added that he considered his plan was sufficient and that a review would take place the following morning.
He said he did not believe that Mrs Quinn was an "active suicide risk", and that he was reassured by the fact that she had told others about her concerns.
The psychiatrist said he was further reassured that her husband was able to stay with her overnight to provide some additional support.
Dr Boggs told the inquest "it remains his profound regret" that Mrs Quinn died before she reached that appointment the next day, when a further assessment would have taken place.
He said that Mrs Quinn's proposed care plan lacked details in terms of observations that were needed, and what was looked for from the midwifery team.
Dr Boggs referred to a term known as "watchful waiting" which was in Mrs Quinn's treatment plan.
He added when he used this term he presumed this would have been understood by the maternity nurses.
He told the court he had "reflected" on this since Mrs Quinn's death and now appreciated the term may have meant more to members of the psychiatric team, as opposed to members of the maternity team.
Dr Boggs also referred to the process of handing over his assessment and care plan to staff on the maternity ward and said he had had to handover on multiple occasions.
He added that while he was content to do this, he felt the lack of a single handover point was unhelpful for ensuring continuity of care.
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NEW YORK – Oscar winner Geena Davis has a memoir coming out this fall, titled “Dying of Politeness,” and described by the actor as her “journey to badassery.”
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book will be published Oct. 11. According to the publisher, Davis will share “laugh-out tales” about her modeling career and provide candid accounts of films “Tootsie,” “The Accidental Tourist” and “Beetlejuice” and co-stars such as Susan Sarandon of “Thelma & Louise," Madonna from “A League of Their Own” and ex-husband Jeff Goldblum from “The Fly.”
Davis, 66 said in a statement that the book would reveal how acting helped transform her into a person in charge of her own life. She won an Oscar for her supporting performance in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actor for “Thelma & Louise.” In 2019, the academy presented her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
“As my career progressed, I went all the way from playing a soap star in her underwear in Tootsie, to a housewife turned road warrior in ‘Thelma & Louise,’ to a baseball phenomenon in ‘A League of Their Own,’ to the first female president of the United States in Commander in Chief, and more,” she said.
“For everything I put into each of those roles, I’ve taken far more away. I’ve been blessed to practice living a different life — a bolder, freer, and more authentic one — onscreen. In this book, I’ll reveal the ways in which my public life — the movies, the advocacy, and my relationships — have impacted and empowered the private me, and, I hope, inspire my readers to expand their own sense of power.” | https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2022/05/10/geena-davis-memoir-dying-of-politeness-comes-out-in-fall/ | 2022-05-10T17:13:47Z | https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2022/05/10/geena-davis-memoir-dying-of-politeness-comes-out-in-fall/ | true | 30 |
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday, the press service of the PM reported.
Pashinyan arrived in the Netherlands on a two-day official visit. Within the framework of the visit PM will take part in the official opening of the exhibition “Under the Spell of Ararat: treasures from Ancient Armenia”.
He is scheduled to meet with his counterpart Mark Rutte, President of the Senate of the Netherlands Jan Anthonie Bruijn and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Vera Bergkamp. | https://news.am/eng/news/701110.html | 2022-05-10T17:14:33Z | https://news.am/eng/news/701110.html | false | null |
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Fairmont man found dead at roadside, next to bicycle
FAIRMONT, Minn. (KEYC) - A Fairmont man has been found dead at a roadside, next to a bicycle.
Fairmont Police Officers responded to the 500 block of N. Main St. in Fairmont for a welfare check on a man reportedly laying alongside the roadway next to a bicycle.
Officers found a 53-year-old male party unresponsive.
Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service was immediately called to assist at the location.
The man was found dead at the scene.
Based on an investigation, the incident appeared to be consistent with a medical issue the man had.
There are no concerns of foul play or for the safety of the general public. The name of the male party has not been released, pending notification of family members.
The incident will remain under investigation until a final cause of death is determined.
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Electric Car Fail: Over 25% of Charging Stations in Deep Blue Region Do Not Work
President Joe Biden and his administration have attempted to convince Americans that electric vehicles will solve all of our problems, but a new study found one leftist city was vastly unprepared for a complete switch to electric vehicles.
The study was led by retired University of California, Berkeley, bioengineering professor David Rempel working with volunteers from the nonprofit organization Cool the Earth, according to Fox Business. It took place between Feb. 12 and March 7.
Researchers cited multiple complaints from electric vehicle owners about charging stations in the area as the motivation for the study. It assessed 657 electric vehicle charging plugs at 181 public stations in nine counties around the deep-blue, Democrat-dominated San Francisco Bay Area.
Rempel and the other volunteers drove electric vehicles to the charging stations and plugged them for two minutes to test the charger’s functionality. Tesla charging stations were not evaluated in the study.
Of the 657 plugs studied, only 72.5 percent were fully functioning at the time of the assessment. Meanwhile, 22.7 percent were not functioning correctly, and another 4.9 of the charging cords were too short to reach the plug-in on the vehicle.
Among the issues researchers found in the non-functional chargers were system electrical failures, blank or unresponsive screens and payment system failures.
More than a week after the initial evaluations, Rempel and other volunteers returned to stations to test a randomly selected 10 percent of the non-functioning charges. The chargers “demonstrated no overall change in functionality,” the study said.
In response to the findings, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office told Fox Business the state “is committed to and investing in improving charging access and reliability, and working with the charging industry, automakers, standards organizations, community organizations and other stakeholders” to reach that end.
This study is just the latest in a list of examples proving the United States does not yet have the infrastructure in place to fully switch to electric vehicles.
In March, Business Insider reporter Ben Bergman documented the incredibly long line he encountered while trying to charge his Tesla.
He said the issue was caused by a lack of chargers to accommodate the growing number of Tesla owners, and he even suggested he would rather pay outrageously high gas prices than wait in the line.
The very rare time as a Tesla owner I wish I could pay $6/gallon for gas and be on my way. We need more super chargers @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/qmxbghkycO
— Ben Bergman (@thebenbergman) March 20, 2022
Other countries have encountered major problems with electric vehicles, as well. In Paris, the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens was forced to yank 149 electric buses off the street after one of them spontaneously exploded on April 29. It was the second electric bus in just one month to unexpectedly explode.
On top of all that, electric vehicles may not be the money-saving machines the Biden administration would have you believe.
According to Fox Business, the national average for a kilowatt-hour of electricity is 13 cents, which applies to the 240-volt Level 2 chargers many electric vehicle owners install in their homes or use in public spaces. However, these chargers can take eight hours or more to fully charge the average vehicle.
There are faster Level 3 chargers that can charge vehicles to 80 percent capacity in as little as 18-40 minutes, but rates for these chargers are as high as 43 cents per kilowatt-hour in states such as California, New York, Florida and Washington, Fox Business reported.
At that rate, according to Fox Business, charging an entry-level Ford Mustand Mach-E, which has a 247-mile range between charges, would cost $2,100 per year for 15,000 miles of driving.
For comparison, a Ford Escape Hybrid gets 41 mpg, and it would cost about $1,550 in gas per year at $4.25 per gallon, according to Fox Business.
A fully gas-powered Ford Escape S, which gets 30 miles per gallon, would cost $2,100 per year in gas at $4.25 per gallon. This is equivalent to the cost of charging the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E at Level 3 charging stations for 15,000 miles of driving.
So while electric vehicles can save the consumer money, they can be just as if not more expensive to fill up depending on the charging method. Add this to the fact that over a quarter of chargers in some leftist cities don’t seem to work, and the result is hardly a glowing endorsement for electric vehicles.
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Tsfg LLC boosted its stake in shares of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA – Get Rating) by 166.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,611 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,006 shares during the period. Tsfg LLC’s holdings in Marathon Digital were worth $53,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. increased its stake in Marathon Digital by 93.3% in the third quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. now owns 802 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Altshuler Shaham Ltd purchased a new stake in Marathon Digital in the third quarter worth $32,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in Marathon Digital by 56.3% in the second quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,307 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 471 shares during the period. Carroll Financial Associates Inc. increased its stake in Marathon Digital by 3,851.9% in the fourth quarter. Carroll Financial Associates Inc. now owns 1,067 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 1,040 shares during the period. Finally, Ibex Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Marathon Digital during the third quarter valued at $44,000. Institutional investors own 39.93% of the company’s stock.
NASDAQ MARA traded down $0.42 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $11.66. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 148,237 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,974,213. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 49.89 and a quick ratio of 49.89. The company has a market cap of $1.24 billion, a PE ratio of -9.01 and a beta of 4.65. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.01. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $11.77 and a fifty-two week high of $83.45.
Several brokerages have recently commented on MARA. Compass Point raised their price target on Marathon Digital from $48.00 to $66.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 8th. B. Riley cut their price target on Marathon Digital from $57.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 5th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Marathon Digital from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday. BTIG Research began coverage on Marathon Digital in a research report on Tuesday, January 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Marathon Digital in a research report on Friday, January 28th. They set a “buy” rating and a $51.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $55.33.
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Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc operates as a digital asset technology company that mines cryptocurrencies with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and the generation of digital assets in United States. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 8,115 bitcoins, which included the 4,794 bitcoins held in the investment fund.
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No-Code Video Platform Novel Announces Koji App Store Integration
Integration Lets Brands Easily Add Koji Apps To Their Video Content
LOS ANGELES, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Novel, the new no-code video platform for brands and entrepreneurs, today announced that it has integrated the Koji App Store into its interactive video builder. The integration brings the Koji App Store’s powerful collection of mini apps to brands using Novel, giving these brands a seamless and integrated way to add new types of interactive experiences to their video content.
Beginning today, all Novel users will see a new “Koji” tab when adding apps into their video content. Using this tab, creators can select and configure any Koji App from directly inside the Novel video builder. Once configured, the app appears in context within the video, giving viewers access to the app’s full functionality without ever leaving the media.
“We’re looking forward to this partnership because the Koji team believes the same thing we do– that brands, creators and entrepreneurs should have access to modern, evolving tools for engaging and monetizing their community, and it shouldn’t come with technical uplift. Novel centers this belief around video, a medium that continues to explode,” said Joe DeWulf, co-founder and CEO of Novel.
With over 200 mini-apps, the Koji App Store makes engaging and interacting with audiences easier and more powerful than ever. Some examples of apps that can be added to video experiences created on Novel include audience polls, giveaways and lead capture, as well as apps from other popular services like Calendly, Spotify, Subtext and more.
“Koji is delivering infrastructure to empower the next generation of digital businesses. We are excited to bring Koji’s open app store to innovative new platforms like Novel,” said Sean Thielen, Koji co-founder.
The Koji integration is live today and is available for free to all Novel customers.
ABOUT Novel
Novel is the first no-code video platform that gives brands and entrepreneurs the tools to add interactivity to digital content. With drag-and-drop technology, Novel’s users can effortlessly create videos that guide viewers from curiosity to immediate action within the experience. Novel is currently in its Beta, planning to launch Q3 of 2022.
ABOUT KOJI
Koji is the world’s most powerful App store for social media. With hundreds of free Apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize. Koji launched in March 2021 and has raised $36 million in venture capital.
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Yasin Malik pleads guilty before Delhi court in case related to terrorism
Yasin Malik pleads guilty before Delhi court in case related to terrorism
New Delhi: Separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court in a case related to alleged terrorism and secessionist activities that disturbed the Kashmir valley in 2017, court sources said. They said Malik told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him including section 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (being member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.
Also read: Selling of MBBS seats in Pak: Court frames charges against Hurriyat leader, 7 others
Special Judge Praveen Singh will hear on May 19 the arguments regarding the quantum of sentence for the offences levelled against Malik in which the maximum punishment is life imprisonment. The court, meanwhile, formally framed the charges against other Kashmiri separatist leaders including Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, and Naval Kishore Kapoor. The charge sheet was also filed against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who have been declared proclaimed offenders (PO) in the case.
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A national criminal justice advocacy group is pushing the Justice Department to support the release of women who were sexually abused by staff at a federal women’s prison in California.
The group, FAMM, also known as Families Against Mandatory Minimums, sent a letter Tuesday to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco pushing for the Justice Department to file motions for compassionate release for those who have been victimized at the prison. It follows reporting from The Associated Press that revealed a toxic culture that enabled sexual abuse of inmates to continue for years at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, a women-only facility called the “rape club” by many who know it.
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The letter is the latest effort by advocacy groups and members of Congress to ratchet down oversight of the beleaguered federal prison system and push for action at the top levels of the Justice Department. Monaco and other Justice Department officials have been prioritizing reforming the Bureau of Prisons and put in a new warden at Dublin. The former warden was arrested and accused of sexually abusing inmates and forcing them to pose nude him so he could snap photos on his government-issued cell phone.
The group now wants Monaco to order the Bureau of Prisons and US attorney’s offices to support motions for compassionate release for any victims, which could lead to their release from the prison.
“None of these women were sentenced to sexual violence and torture,” FAMM President Kevin Ring said in a statement. “Yet we now know they were trapped with their abusers, with no ability to protect themselves or flee, making their incarceration an exceptionally degrading and terrifying experience.”
The prison’s former warden, Ray J. Garcia, is one of five Dublin employees who have been charged since last June with sexually abusing inmates. Garcia is accused of molesting an inmate on multiple occasions from December 2019 to March 2020 and forcing her and another inmate to strip naked so he could take pictures while he made rounds. Investigators said they found the images on his government-issued cell phone. His lawyer has refused interview requests from the AP.
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Since March, nine other workers have been placed on administrative leave by the Bureau of Prisons.
“After failing to protect them, the very least BOP can do now is let these women leave and begin to heal,” Ring said.
The AP’s reporting on the federal prison system has revealed layer after layer of abuse, neglect, and leadership missteps — including rampant sexual abuse by workers, severe staffing shortages, inmate escapes, and the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic — leading directly to the agency’s director announcing his resignation earlier this year.
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HILTON, N.Y. (WROC) — Hilton senior Braiden Wingrove does not let his visual impairment get in the way of life, so he created a full-size electric vehicle that he can drive himself.
The local student began working on the project after looking for a way to safely get around the hallways. By using the power of sensors and the help of his classmates, Wingrove had a fully-built electric vehicle.
Wide-angled sensors mounted on all sides of the kart allow him to move without fear.
“The sensors just let me know which way I should be steering the vehicle,” Wingrove said. “If it was making a high-pitched sound, I know I would need to steer to the right. If it was making a low-pitched sound, I know to steer to the left. I think I made an outstanding amount of progress since day one. It took us three weeks to build this vehicle.”
After graduation, Wingrove is going to attend a college prep program at Boston’s Carroll Center for the Blind. He then plans to study computer programming at SUNY Brockport.
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Lithuania's parliament has designated Russia a terrorist country and its actions in Ukraine as genocide.
The Lithuanian Seimas tweeted Tuesday that its members had passed the resolution unanimously.
This makes Lithuania the first country to declare Russia a perpetrator of terrorism, according to Ukraine's Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security. It's not the first to formally accuse Russia of genocide: Canadian lawmakers unanimously adopted such a motion last month.
Lithuania's resolution says that Russia's armed forces and mercenaries have committed war crimes in Ukraine, citing the atrocities reported in places Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Borodyaka, Hostomel and other cities, according to public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT).
"The Russian Federation, whose military forces deliberately and systematically target civilian targets, is a state that supports and perpetrates terrorism," the resolution reads.
It also recognizes "the full-scale armed aggression — war — against Ukraine by the armed forces of the Russian Federation and its political and military leadership [...] as genocide against the Ukrainian people."
LRT says the resolution describes Russia's intent as destroying Ukraine and breaking its spirit by "killing entire families, including children, abducting and raping people, and mocking them and the bodies of the murdered."
Lawmakers are calling for Russia to be held accountable for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. They are advocating for the establishment of an international tribunal to investigate Russia's actions, and want it to have the power to issue international arrest warrants.
Ukranian officials are praising Lithuania's resolution. Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman of Ukraine's parliament, described it as "historic" in posts on social media.
"I urge the whole world to pick up the baton so that the memory of the mass murders of Ukrainians has never been erased by the enemy!" he said.
Still, the declaration is not without risks. It could worsen the former Soviet republic's increasingly tense relationship with Russia, as one expert noted on Tuesday.
Samuel Ramani, a geopolitical analyst and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, tweeted that Lithuania's moves were provoking "harsh reactions in Moscow," with one Russian legislator warning that Russia could completely cut off economic ties with the country.
Lithuania, which is a member of NATO, has taken other concrete steps to distance itself from Russia since the start of its war in Ukraine. In April, it became the first European Union nation to stop Russian gas imports.
And, most recently, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called for regime change in Russia in a Monday interview with the Associated Press: "As long as a regime that intends to wage wars outside Russian territory is in place, the countries surrounding it are in danger."
This story originally appeared in the Morning Edition live blog.
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It has never been easy, if you are from Central America or Haiti, to apply for asylum in the United States. In Mexican border towns such as Tijuana, refugees and migrants are packed into crowded shelters run by volunteers with no idea when they might get an asylum interview with the Border Patrol.
Ukrainian refugees, on the other hand, have been given special treatment. Since they began arriving in Tijuana in early March, fleeing the Russian invasion of their country, U.S. authorities have issued some 14,000 one-year humanitarian permits to enter.
Why We Wrote This
While Central American asylum-seekers are blocked at the U.S. border, Ukrainian refugees have been whisked through. Could that discrimination have a silver lining?
The border is currently completely closed to Central American asylum-seekers by Title 42, a Trump-era public health order designed to slow the arrival of COVID-19. But even before that, U.S. immigration officials interviewed only a dozen or so applicants a day.
They said it was because they lacked the staff, but their speedy treatment of Ukrainians suggests more is at stake, say migrants’ rights activists. That could spell hope for the future, however, says Soraya Vazquez, a human rights lawyer. “There’s no justification for … saying the resources don’t exist,” she says. “It’s only about where resources are directed.”
On a recent sunny afternoon, two refugees sat in shelters a few blocks apart, not far from the U.S. border. Both women had fled a sudden onslaught of violence that upended their lives. Both had flown to Tijuana hoping to enter the United States. Neither knew what to expect.
Only one of them – Kristina from Ukraine – would be given refuge in the U.S.
Graciela, from Mexico, has spent the past three months sleeping in a crowded tent in a migrant shelter, waiting for a chance to present her asylum claim to U.S. officials. She’s still there.
Why We Wrote This
While Central American asylum-seekers are blocked at the U.S. border, Ukrainian refugees have been whisked through. Could that discrimination have a silver lining?
She says it’s hard to beat back feelings of jealousy. “I hope they make it to their destination,” she says of the vanloads of Ukrainian refugees she’s seen ferried past her shelter by volunteers. “But it’s hard not to wonder: Why them and not us?”
Kristina, an aspiring athletic-wear designer, knows nothing of Graciela’s fate. She has not stepped foot outside her shelter since she arrived. But she knows she’s fortunate to have escaped Odesa, where a family of acquaintances was killed in a Russian missile attack last month.
“I hope in the U.S. I finally feel safe,” she says. As a Ukrainian, she was exempted from the COVID-19 rule holding Graciela back.
The two women’s stories illustrate a glaring disparity in the ways U.S. border authorities treat different refugees. But, some see a silver lining in Kristina’s experience, and that of thousands of her compatriots.
U.S. border officials have for years explained the long delays facing Graciela and people like her from Central America, Haiti, and elsewhere in Latin America, by a lack of staff. Now, “there is no justification for … saying the resources don’t exist. It’s only about where resources are directed,” says Soraya Vázquez, a human rights lawyer who helps migrant families in Tijuana.
“With the arrival of the Ukrainians we saw they only have to choose to put those resources toward the situation at the border.”
“Completely stressed”
Graciela woke up earlier this year to the shouted orders of armed men. Her family was forced out of their home by strangers dressed in what looked like police uniforms, but without any official insignias. The men burned down her home, and the houses on either side of it, kidnapped her husband and two neighbors, and left.
“Who were they? What did they want?” she asks, squeezing the hand of her granddaughter who sits beside her on a folding chair at the back of a Tijuana shelter. The family got away as fast as they could, unsure if the attackers would come back. They took shelter in a church, which provided them with clothes, food, and help buying plane tickets to the border.
“My only thought was we needed to get as far away as possible,” Graciela says, tears rolling down under her mask. “We had no idea the border was closed.”
It remains closed by Title 42, a Trump-era public health order implemented to slow the arrival of COVID-19 across U.S. borders. It soon transformed into an immigration-enforcement tool, keeping migrants and refugees out, even as mask bans and other pandemic restrictions are lifted.
U.S. migration policy has been “extremely restrictive” on its southern border for decades, says Juan Antonio Del Monte, a researcher at the College of the Northern Border outside Tijuana. Now, he says, “the system is completely stressed.”
Thousands of migrants and refugees, mostly from Mexico and Central America, have crowded into temporary shelters dotted around Tijuana. Children kick deflated soccer balls and clamber on chain-link fences while parents cook on open stoves or scroll through their mobile phones, looking for promising news. Come nightfall, bunk beds, tents, and flimsy mattresses cover every inch of floor space.
Some shelters are building extensions, their concrete foundations and steel frames symbolizing the increasing permanence of what refugees had hoped would be a temporary wait.
Even if Title 42 is revoked, it is unclear how easily Latin American refugees would secure asylum interviews with Border Patrol officials. Before the COVID-19 restriction, U.S. officials operated a metered system that allowed 10 to 15 refugees each day the chance to approach the port of entry in Tijuana.
Ukrainian refugees, on the other hand, were processed by the hundreds every day after they began arriving here in early March. An estimated 14,000 were granted one-year humanitarian permits to enter the United States through late April.
“This shows that with political will, you can get things done,” says Dr. Del Monte. “Ukrainians were processed quickly and efficiently.” The U.S. authorities “have demonstrated they can handle this.”
An outpouring of support
Also working in the Ukrainian refugees’ favor are compatriots who rallied to help them, setting an example of solidarity that local advocates would like to see replicated among other immigrant communities.
“They arrived from the other side of the world and were met by a community of Ukrainians from the U.S. who supported them and managed everything in an orderly way,” says José Maria Garcia Lara, director of the Movimiento Juventud 2000 shelter.
Inna Levien, a volunteer coordinator from Orange County, is proud of the work she and an estimated 4,000 others pulled off in Tijuana.
“There’s just been an outpouring of support: churches with supplies, help from the local government. All needs have been met,” she says.
That means that money was instantly forthcoming to pay for plane tickets to Mexico City, where Ukrainians in Mexico are now waiting for entry to the U.S. through the newly launched Uniting for Ukraine program. It means that the Unidad Deportivo de Benito Juarez refugee shelter, which three years ago was a densely packed, muddy crush of Central American families, has been transformed into a comfortable haven, serving Ukrainians ham, cheese, and lettuce sandwiches. And, it means that somebody was there to help Kristina Koleganova, the young woman from Odesa, quickly fill out the paperwork that will get her into the U.S.
The volunteers “didn’t just arrive with materials, like beds and food, but with legal support and guidance. That’s something we need to replicate among other groups,” says Dr. Del Monte.
“It will require political will. But we can’t do that if there isn’t money,” he says.
Racism is also at play, migration experts say. There’s broad agreement that it was a good thing that U.S. officials helped Ukrainian refugees into the U.S. so speedily. But, it’s hard not to notice the physical and economic differences between those ushered through – and those who have been stuck waiting at the border for months, if not years.
“Even if you don’t want to believe it, it’s real,” Ms. Vázquez says. “Poor people with dark skin are not treated the same way” at U.S. ports of entry.
On the outskirts of Tijuana, nearly 1,000 migrants and refugees have hunkered down at the Embajada de Jesus shelter. Ruby, who fled an abusive partner in a violent corner of Mexico eight months ago, watches as her 11-year-old son practices the song “Despacito” on a donated guitar.
“Watching the Ukrainians cross the border, it felt like someone was clipping my wings,” she says. “If my eyes were blue, or my hair was yellow, would my family’s story be different?” she asks. “Even if we are all fleeing different situations, at the end of the day, it’s all the same.
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Buffalo biopharmaceutical company Athenex Inc. was busy slashing costs in the first quarter, part of a turnaround plan that involves pivoting its focus, trimming its expenses and strengthening its balance sheet.
"We are proud of the progress we have made since announcing our strategic pivot and remain committed to delivering on cutting operating expenses and executing on additional monetization of noncore assets," Athenex CEO Johnson Lau said Tuesday.
Notably, Athenex lowered its first-quarter operating expenses by 34%, compared with the year-ago period. And additional belt-tightening is underway.
That fits in with the pivot Athenex announced about two months ago. That plan includes focusing its research-and-development resources on developing cell therapy programs, cutting jobs and slashing costs to lower operating expenses by more than 50%, while selling off non-core assets.
The goal: Pay down debt and extend its cash runway into next year, helping to ensure a future for a homegrown company born as Kinex nearly two decades ago.
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Athenex officials said late Wednesday that it will undergo a major shift to slash its expenses by 50% and focus on "promising cell therapy programs," while selling off "non-core" assets.
The company has not disclosed how many jobs have been or will be cut in Western New York. Athenex employs about 600 people worldwide, roughly one-third of whom are in Western New York.
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In February, it completed the sale of its leasehold interest in a state-funded Dunkirk manufacturing plant to ImmunityBio for about $40 million, using about $27 million toward debt obligations.
While a turnaround will take time, company officials noted positive developments toward their goals during a conference call with analysts Tuesday morning.
For one, its first-quarter revenues from product sales totaled $29 million, up 42% from $20.4 million a year earlier.
The company attributed the jump to an increase in its Athenex Pharmaceutical Division's specialty product sales – the result of supply chain issues easing, launching a new injectable product that was in short supply in the market and a jump in sales for Covid-related products during the winter surge in cases, said Jeffrey Yordon, Athenex's chief operating officer and president of Athenex Pharmaceutical Division.
As a result, Athenex now expects products sales growth this year to be in the range of 20% to 25%, up from the prior guidance of 15% to 20%.
Athenex, however, still logged a loss in the quarter of $17.4 million, or 16 cents a share, but that was lower than the year-ago loss of $25.1 million.
In addition, Chief Financial Officer Joe Annoni said the company burned through less cash in the first quarter than in previous periods.
As of March 31, Athenex had $51.2 million in cash and short-term investments, down from about $62 million at the end of 2021.
After announcing first-quarter results, the market gave the company a bump: The company's stock was trading at about 50 cents a share at about 12:30 p.m., up 7% from Monday's close. Athenex's share price has plummeted since February 2021, when it was trading above $12 a share until federal regulators dealt the company a major blow by raising questions about a late-stage clinical trial for a key breast cancer drug.
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Biden says he’s discussing the future of China tariffs imposed by Trump
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration is currently evaluating how to best move forward on existing tariffs on China enacted during the Trump administration, but he cautioned that no decision has been made.
Some experts and business groups have called on Biden to get rid of the tariffs as a way to combat inflation.
Asked by a reporter if he would drop the tariffs on China imposed by former President Donald Trump, Biden said, “We’re discussing that right now. We’re looking at what would have the most positive impact.”
When pressed whether he would lower or erase the tariffs, Biden said, “I didn’t say that. … I’m telling you we’re discussing it and no decision has been made on it.”
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A sex offender at the center of a firestorm of criticism against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is now in custody in Kern County on charges of murder and robbery, according to the Superior Court website.
James Edward Tubbs, 26, is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday afternoon.
The Kern County District Attorney’s office said a copy of the criminal complaint will be available following arraignment. No details were provided Tuesday morning.
Tubbs, who identifies as female and goes by the name Hannah Tubbs, is held on $1 million bail, according to inmate booking records.
In 2019, Tubbs was linked through DNA evidence to the 2014 sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in a Denny’s bathroom in Palmdale. Tubbs was 17 at the time.
Gascon, continuing his policy of refusing to try juveniles as adults, did not file a motion to move Tubbs to adult court.
In January, Tubbs pleaded guilty and received a two-year sentence in a juvenile facility.
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ZURICH (AP) — The FIFA video game will be disappearing after the maker failed to strike a new licensing deal with world soccer's governing body.
Instead, EA Sports FC will be introduced from 2023 after the company creates the final game in partnership with FIFA later this year.
EA has been producing a FIFA game for around three decades and its fond association with fans worldwide helped the Zurich-based organization's brand when it was tarnished amid a wave of arrests of soccer officials in 2015.
For many, FIFA means a game rather than a sports politics institution. Now FIFA will have to search for new video gaming opportunities beyond EA.
“We’re thankful for our many years of great partnership with FIFA," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said. "The future of global football is very bright, and fandom around the world has never been stronger. We have an incredible opportunity to put EA SPORTS FC at the heart of the sport, and to bring even more innovative and authentic experiences to the growing football audience.”
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Boris Johnson Warns He Can’t Shield Britons From Cost-of-Living Crisis
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,(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson has set alarm bells ringing -- including among some members of his ruling Conservative Party -- by insisting that the government has limited options for tackling surging UK living costs.
Setting out his parliamentary agenda on Tuesday, the prime minister pledged to help Britons facing a record fall in living standards “where we can.” But beyond extending a system for capping energy prices beyond 2023, he offered little in the way of new measures to ease the burden facing households.
Boris Johnson Seeks Reboot on U.K. Government After Setbacks
Taken with recent statements focusing on support offered so far, including a council tax rebate of 150 pounds ($185), rather than more help to come, his message appears clear: the government has no immediate plan to step in.
“For every pound of taxpayer’s money we spend on reducing bills now, it is a pound we are not investing in bringing down bills and prices over the longer term,” Johnson said. Briefing reporters later, his spokesman ruled out an emergency budget and said “our capacity to inject money is finite.”
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The approach is likely to play well with the wing of his Tory party most concerned about government spending and how the coronavirus pandemic damaged the public finances. Yet it also carries risks, particularly after local elections in which the Conservatives shed hundreds of seats last week.
Many voters cited the cost of living, as well as disappointment with Johnson and the scandals surrounding him including “partygate,” as reasons not to vote Tory. The polls took place on the same day that the Bank of England warned inflation is on course to soar above 10% -- a 40-year high -- in October.
It was also just weeks after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget in March was widely criticized for not doing enough to help the hardest hit families. Since then, Johnson has urged ministers to go further to help struggling Britons -- though he has not offered fresh funding.
“We will continue to use all our ingenuity and compassion for as long as it takes,” Johnson told Parliament later, promising to say more on the cost-of-living crisis in the coming days. His government will tackle the problem, he said, by creating high-wage, high-skilled jobs to drive economic growth, rather than what he called “irresponsible spending that merely treats the symptoms of rising prices, while creating an ever bigger problem for tomorrow.”
There was a predictable backlash from opposition politicians, labor unions and poverty charities. “Where there should have been support, it’s been tax rise after tax rise on working people,” Labour leader Keir Starmer said.
‘Waffling’
The response of some Conservatives will likely be more worrying for Johnson. Tory MP Jake Berry said communities in northern England -- which are a key electoral battleground with Labour -- want to see investment now, rather than more “waffling” from politicians.
“We need to make sure that there’s demonstrable improvement on the ground, and a big issue is dealing with this cost of living crisis,” Berry told Times Radio on Tuesday, referring to the government’s flagship policy to boost disadvantaged areas of the country. “We’ve got to get on and deliver.”
The threat facing Johnson has largely dissipated, as the focus in the Tory party has shifted from attempts to oust him to the crisis in Ukraine in recent weeks.
On Tuesday, the mood among Conservatives was generally positive, after the prime minister included popular Tory policies -- such as handing local areas more power to decide on housebuilding -- in his bid to reboot the government.
Still, there are signs Johnson knows he has more to do to convince his party to stay onside. On Tuesday evening, he hosts a garden party for rank-and-file Tories in Downing Street as he continues his recent charm offensive.
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District champions Pearland and Clear Springs will meet in a Class 6A best-of-three regional quarterfinal softball playoff series beginning Wednesday with all games being played at Manvel High School.
Games one and two will start at 7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday.
A third game, if needed, would be played at 7 p.m., Friday.
Pearland, the champion of District 24-6A, swept Humble Summer Creek in an area round matchup last week.
Clear Springs, the champion of District 23-6A, swept a doubleheader from Atascocita last Friday night.
The Lady Chargers (28-4) have won six straight and 18 of their last 19 games.
Pearland (28-7) has won four straight and 15 of its last 16 games.
The winner of the Pearland-Clear Springs series will take on Katy or Cinco Ranch in the regional semifinals.
The two remaining Region 3-6A series being contested have Brazoswood taking on Deer Park and George Ranch battling Katy Seven Lakes.
In a Class 5A matchup, Friendswood (28-6) battles Crosby (31-6) in a best-of-three regional quarterfinal matchup.
Games one is set for 6:30 p.m., Thursday in Friendswood while game two will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday in Crosby.
A third game, if necessary, would be at 6:30 p.m., Saturday at Galena Park North Shore.
Friendswood is the co-champion of District 22-5A and a No. 2 seed while Crosby is the runner-up of District 21-5A.
Crosby won the deciding game of a best-of-three series with Angleton while Friendswood defeated Lamar Consolidated in a one-game playoff last week.
Friendswood has won 10 consecutive games and 17 of its last 18.
The winner of the Friendswood-Crosby series will take on the winner between Waller and No. 1 nationally ranked Lake Creek (33-0).
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Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Meta Platforms FB.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with FB, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what this whale just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 90 uncommon options trades for Meta Platforms.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 43% bullish and 56%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 57 are puts, for a total amount of $2,649,490, and 33 are calls, for a total amount of $2,318,056.
What's The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $95.0 to $315.0 for Meta Platforms over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Meta Platforms's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Meta Platforms's whale activity within a strike price range from $95.0 to $315.0 in the last 30 days.
Meta Platforms Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
Where Is Meta Platforms Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 20,043,921, the price of FB is up 0.51% at $197.21.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 78 days.
What The Experts Say On Meta Platforms:
- Raymond James has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, which currently sits at a price target of $290.
- RBC Capital has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, which currently sits at a price target of $240.
- Evercore ISI Group has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Meta Platforms, which currently sits at a price target of $325.
- Wedbush has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Meta Platforms, which currently sits at a price target of $220.
- Susquehanna has decided to maintain their Positive rating on Meta Platforms, which currently sits at a price target of $290.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for {d[company_name]}, Benzinga Progives you real-time options trades alerts.
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Flood Warning issued for Jackson, Randolph by NWS
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Candy: Hulu’s new series, based on a grim true crime?
Chen Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore began an extramarital relationship, they never imagined the future that it held for them, something that was recreated by Jessica Biel and Pablo Schreiber in the series Candy, on Hulu.
“Both Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey are terrific.”
-The Wall Street Journal #CandyOnHulupic.twitter.com/6es9yWxvwS? Candy on Hulu (@candyonhulu) May 9, 2022
Magazine Texas Monthly He noted, thanks to the collection of information from his sources, that Candy (Biel) was content raising her two children and socializing with other parishioners in her quiet southern town. But then cmet Allana charismatic member of the Lucas First United Methodist Church.
The two sang in the choir and played in the church’s weekly volleyball game, where they stayed after the game to talk about their week.
Their conversations were innocent at first, but Candy was attracted to Allan, longing for someone to fulfill sexual desires that her husband, Pat (Timothy Simmons), couldn’t. So according to Texas Monthlygained the confidence to ask her if she would like to have an affair.
Allan hesitated at first. He loved his wife Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey), and they were trying to give their daughter, Alisa, a sibling. But Allan also felt that his marriage lacked the passion he longed for. They both gave in to his wishes.
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That day Candy went to pick up Alisa’s swimsuit to Gore’s residencewhich Betty’s daughter had accidentally forgotten for a sleepover.
According to Texas MonthlyCandy told the jury in October 1980 that Betty asked her if she had slept with Allan, and admitted the affair.
Candy told the jury that Betty then walked into the garage and grabbed an ax before returning and telling Candy to never sleep with Allan again.
Candy said that Betty was swinging the ax over and over again while Candy was begging her to stop. The fight continued into the bathroom.where hours later Betty’s body was found.
The series is based on what is described as “eerily real events”. This is not an exaggeration, because in real life, Montgomery was accused and tried for the brutal murder of Gore.
“It was challenging, very challenging,” he said. bielwho commented that although it is difficult, an actor can play a role without liking the character.
“I think you can playing a character and not liking the person“, he said. “There are aspects of the characters that I have played, including Candy, that I have not liked, but, but deep down, at the base, I understand them and I can find my way and feel empathy for them in some way. | https://d1softballnews.com/candy-hulus-new-series-based-on-a-grim-true-crime/ | 2022-05-10T18:00:13Z | https://d1softballnews.com/candy-hulus-new-series-based-on-a-grim-true-crime/ | false | 1 |
Rodtang Jitmuangnon is considered one of the most lethal strikers in the world, yet there are other fighters whom the Thai superstar holds in high regard. He’ll face one of those in his next match inside ONE Championship’s circle.
Rodtang will take on the United Kingdom’s Jacob Smith in the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix quarterfinals at ONE 157: Petchmorakot vs. Vienot on May 20 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
‘The Iron Man’ has studied Smith extensively and he’s already formulated how the British striker works during a match.
In an interview with ONE Championship, Rodtang Jitmuangnon said:
“We’ll have to see how hard or easy it goes. I just can’t be careless as this is a ‘small gloves’ fight, and he has a similar fighting style with heavy weapons. I haven’t seen any of his weaknesses yet, from what I’ve studied. He is the most dangerous of the group. If I get through Jacob Smith, the following fights might be easier.”
Rodtang, the ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion, is one of the world’s top strikers with a preposterous 267-42-10 record. His no-holds-barred style is one of the most entertaining scenes in the world of martial arts.
He also went 10-0 in his first 10 fights in ONE Championship, with wins over Jonathan Haggerty, Danial Williams, and Petchdam Petchyindee.
Smith, however, is no pushover.
The 29-year-old trains with Liam Harrison at Bad Company, and he is capable of breaking down any defense with an aggressive and powerful style.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon admits Smith has him feeling concerned
Smith may be a newcomer to ONE Championship but his relentless style has already gotten into Rodtang’s psyche.
The striker from Birkenhead, England holds a respectable 14-5-1 Muay Thai and kickboxing record, with his victories being the product of his fast-paced offense.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Smith, from the looks of it, have similar styles and this similarity has the Thai striker a bit on edge.
“My opponent in this fight is considered really good at Muay Thai rules. As far as I have studied him from videos, I watched how he fights. He is awesome at Muay Thai. I can’t be careless. I’m meeting him in the first round of this tournament, but it’s not going to be easy. His build is large, too. I’m a little concerned.”
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A late-game rally would boost host Greater Latrobe to a 5-3 win over North Catholic in an exhibition baseball contest Monday.
The Wildcats went up 3-0 in the second inning. Jake Cramer hit into a fielder’s choice that allowed Anthony Massari to score the Wildcats’ first run of the inning.
A Chase Sickenberger single would next score Owen Miele, putting Greater Latrobe up 2-0. Logan Short would next single to score Cramer making it 3-0.
North Catholic added two runs in the top-of-the-third inning to narrow the game to 3-2.
The Trojans would tie the game at 3-all in the fifth inning when Jack Garbin hit a grounder allowing Drew Doherty to score.
Greater Latrobe took the lead for good in the sixth when Sickenberger doubled scoring Eli Boring as the go-ahead run.
Short went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Greater Latrobe Wildcats varsity in hits.
Sickenberger pitched the Wildcats to victory. He went five innings, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out three. Matt Macey threw two innings in relief. He recorded the last six outs to earn the save.
The Wildcats will travel to Greensburg Salem on May 11.
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Which mobile TV cart is best?
Mobile TV carts aren’t just for use in the classroom or office. They’re also a perfect option for households that need or want to adjust the location of their entertainment center throughout the day. Many also have sturdy shelving so you can keep your streaming boxes, Blu-ray players or gaming consoles on hand.
The best mobile TV cart is the Vivo Mobile TV Cart. It’s stable, has adjustable height for both the TV and storage shelf, and can handle TVs of up to 55 pounds and 60 inches.
What to know before you buy a mobile TV cart
Size and weight limit
Mobile TV carts are designed to hold specific size ranges and weights of TVs.
- Size limits are typically a function of the mounting bracket rather than any kind of construction limitation. Most carts have size ranges between 20 and 40 inches.
- Weight limits are considerably more important than size limits. Exceeding the weight limit means risking damage to the cart and destabilizing it — meaning you’re likely in for a shattered TV. Most modern TVs are surprisingly light, so many carts have weight limits of 50 pounds or so. Others have weight limits of 100 or even 200 pounds. Always double-check the weight of your TV and your prospective cart’s weight limit. Choosing a cart with a higher limit than you need is never a bad approach.
Mounting bracket
Most mobile TV carts use the Video Electronics Standards Association’s guidelines to ensure nearly any TV within the size and weight limits will fit securely and comfortably. These VESA guidelines are usually listed as a range in millimeters — for example, VESA 800 x 600. You also need to consider whether your TV has a curved or flat back, as mounts are usually designed with one or the other in mind.
What to look for in a quality mobile TV cart
Adjustability
The best mobile TV carts have adjustable viewing angles and heights.
- Viewing angle: Generally, the viewing angle is only slightly adjustable at 15 degrees horizontally, vertically or both. This can still make a great impact, depending on your setup.
- Height: Most adjustable heights are also minimal, with the potential for significant impact. Don’t expect more than 5-10 inches. This applies to both the TV and any included shelving.
Shelving
Many mobile TV carts come with attachable shelving. This is typically just one shelf below the TV for holding whatever devices you need. Better models include a second shelf or a mini-shelf above the TV for holding video conferencing cameras.
Cable management
Many mobile TV carts have hollow tubes designed to let you run your cables through them. These tubes help manage your cables and keep them out of sight for a cleaner look.
How much you can expect to spend on a mobile TV cart
Mobile TV carts typically cost $100-$300. Some can cost as low as $75, but most cost $100-$150. The strongest carts for the largest TVs usually start around $175-$200.
Mobile TV cart FAQ
Do I have to install the shelving if I don’t plan on using it?
A. That depends on the cart. Most feature the shelving as an optional bonus, meaning it doesn’t impact the stability or construction of the cart. Always make sure to double-check the instructions before excluding them, though, as they may be necessary. That said, most carts with extra shelving are a little more expensive than options without shelving — if you really don’t plan on ever using it, shop around to see if you can save yourself some money.
Do I have to remove the TV to change its height or angle?
A. If your mobile TV cart is designed to have adjustable height, it’s probably adjustable while the TV is mounted. However, adjusting the height with the TV mounted isn’t always easy. Some carts use tricky systems that make it hard to do alone, and some TVs are too heavy to lift alone at all. It’s wise to recruit additional help when adjusting the height, even for small and light TVs.
What’s the best mobile TV cart to buy?
Top mobile TV cart
What you need to know: It’s perfect for small-to-midsized TVs.
What you’ll love: It can hold TVs of 13-60 inches with an upper weight limit of 55 pounds. The center pole is hollow to allow for hidden cable management, and the front table is wide enough for a laptop or sound equipment. The wheels can lock into place.
What you should consider: A few consumers found it difficult to adjust the height of both the laptop shelf and the TV mount. The manual suggests using anti-tip equipment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top mobile TV cart for the money
What you need to know: It’s simple and comes in two sizes to fit most TVs.
What you’ll love: It comes in 24-43 inches and 32-70 inches, with an upper weight limit of 55 pounds. It has the option for expert installation at an extra charge. The top is swivel-mounted to make directing the TV a breeze. Assembly is straightforward and quick.
What you should consider: Some customers received parts of the incorrect size, while others received defective or improperly built pieces. The wheels may not roll over some carpeting well.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: It’s built to handle the largest and heaviest TVs.
What you’ll love: It can hold TVs from 32-75 inches with a maximum weight limit of 100 pounds. It has a top shelf for small devices and a large middle shelf for everything else. The wide base is highly stable. It’s simple to adjust its height.
What you should consider: Some purchasers had issues following the included instructions, saying they were difficult to understand. The cable concealment is too small for some cables.
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Cheboygan man taken to hospital after rollover accident Sunday
GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old man from Cheboygan was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle in a rollover accident.
The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department and Cheboygan Life Support Systems ambulance were dispatched to the area of South River Road and North Black River Road for a one-vehicle accident. The accident happened around 3:18 p.m. on May 8, in Grant Township.
"The 2001 Honda CRV was headed south on South River Road when the vehicle and trailer went off the roadway to the right," said Cheboygan County Sheriff Dale Clarmont.
Clarmont said after leaving the roadway, the trailer went down into a ditch, traveled a short distance and then hit an embankment for a driveway, before going airborne. The vehicle landed, hit another embankment and went airborne for a second time.
"The vehicle landed on a gravel parking lot and rolled several times," said Clarmont. "During the first rollover, the driver was ejected out of the driver's side window and landed a short distance from the final resting spot of the vehicle."
The driver had not been wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident. He was conscious and breathing when deputies and other first responders arrived on scene. He was transported to McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey where he was further treated for his serious, non-life threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation by the sheriff's department at this time. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident.
The sheriff's department was assisted on the scene of the accident by the Alverno Fire Department and Cheboygan Life Support Systems ambulance. | https://www.cheboygannews.com/story/news/accident/2022/05/10/cheboygan-man-taken-hospital-after-rollover-accident-sunday/9714367002/ | 2022-05-10T18:08:50Z | https://www.cheboygannews.com/story/news/accident/2022/05/10/cheboygan-man-taken-hospital-after-rollover-accident-sunday/9714367002/ | false | 1 |
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Somebody was able to get their hands on the game that was showcased at E3 in 2001 and leaked it on Internet Archive. That early version of the game is highly sought after by the community, and is often wished that Gearbox would just released the damned thing for gamers to consume. Well, now we have our chance. Being a leaked unofficial release of a 20-year old build, expect to run into a lot of issues. Civvie has said he will be making a video on it. The build runs on a heavily modified Unreal Engine (1).
The forum is embedding the video on the archive link, so here it is in a code block:
https://nitter.actionsack.com/Civvie11/status/1524056269274898432
The forum is embedding the video on the archive link, so here it is in a code block:
Code:
https://archive.org/details/1652058670472
https://nitter.actionsack.com/Civvie11/status/1524056269274898432 | https://hardforum.com/threads/duke-nukem-forever-2001.2019499/ | 2022-05-10T18:09:50Z | https://hardforum.com/threads/duke-nukem-forever-2001.2019499/ | false | null |
Already being ruled out of the remainder of the IPL 2022, Mumbai Indians and India batter Suryakumar Yadav is likely to be out of action for at least four weeks.
Suryakumar, who has suffered a left forearm muscle injury, could miss a few games of next month’s South Africa series. India will play five T20Is against the Proteas at home from June 9 to 19 after the end of IPL on May 29.
The batter got hit on his left arm while taking a run during MI’s match against Gujarat Titans on May 6. Next morning he woke up with a swollen arm, which eventually ruled him out from the rest of the ongoing IPL season.
According to sources in the BCCI, Suryakumar, who amassed 309 runs for Mumbai from 8 games which included three half-tons, will be out of action for at least four weeks, a Cricbuzz report said.
However, the four weeks’ rest do not necessarily mean that the cricketer will be completely out of the South Africa series.
“Suryakumar Yadav has sustained a muscle strain on the left forearm, and has been ruled out for the season. He has been advised to rest, in consultation with the BCCI medical team,” Mumbai Indians said in a statement on Monday.
It has been learnt that the stylish batter has not proceeded to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru after the detection of his injury and will undergo scans on Wednesday in Mumbai.
20220510-231755 | https://www.canindia.com/injured-suryakumar-likely-to-be-out-of-action-for-four-weeks/ | 2022-05-10T18:10:16Z | https://www.canindia.com/injured-suryakumar-likely-to-be-out-of-action-for-four-weeks/ | true | 1 |
Allen Park went on the road Monday, May 9 for a matchup with Woodhaven. The visiting Jaguars escaped with a 4-3 victory in eight innings and handed the Warriors their first Downriver League loss of 2022.
Allen Park went on the road Monday, May 9 for a matchup with Woodhaven. The visiting Jaguars escaped with a 4-3 victory in eight innings and handed the Warriors their first Downriver League loss of 2022. | https://www.thenewsherald.com/2022/05/09/allen-park-at-woodhaven-baseball-photo-gallery/ | 2022-05-10T18:10:42Z | https://www.thenewsherald.com/2022/05/09/allen-park-at-woodhaven-baseball-photo-gallery/ | true | null |
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — After the recent spike in temperatures, Arkansans will be engaging in more outdoor activities.
Considering that, the City of Fort Smith provided some lists of safety tips to keep in mind this spring and summer.
Pool & Deck Safety
- Make sure all pedestrian gates in the barrier fence for your pool are self-closing and self-latching. Other gates should be padlocked.
- Remove all chairs, tables, large toys or other objects that would allow a child to climb up to reach the gate latch or enable the child to climb over the pool isolation fence.
- Throwing aids like poles should be kept on both sides of the pool. These items should remain stationary and not be misplaced through play activities.
- All pool and hot tub drains (suction outlets) must have a cover or grate that meets industry standards for suction fittings marked to indicate compliance with ANSI/ASME A112.19.8 2007. Check to see that these covers are not broken or in disrepair, and that they are firmly over the drain openings.
- Install a pool alarm to detect accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water. While the alarm provides an immediate warning, it does not substitute for the barrier fences, door alarms and safety covers required by code.
- Install either an automatic or manually operated, approved safety cover to completely block access to water in the pool, spa or hot tub. Never allow anyone to stand or play on a pool cover.
- Check for warnings signs of an unsafe deck, including loose or wobbly railings or support beams, missing or loose screws that connect a deck to the house, corrosion, rot and cracks.
Grill Safety
- Place the barbeque grill away from siding, deck railings and out from under eaves and overhanging branches. It is also unsafe to use grills in a garage, porch or enclosed area that could trap carbon monoxide. Never grill on top of anything that can catch fire.
- When grilling, have a fire extinguisher, a garden hose or at least four gallons of water close by in case of fire.
- Keep children away from fires and grills. Establish a safety zone around the grill and instruct children to remain outside of the zone. A chalk line works great for this purpose. Never leave the grill unattended.
If you are making any seasonal modifications at your residence, city staff ensures that construction meets the currently adopted Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, Arkansas Plumbing and Gas Codes, Arkansas Mechanical Code, Arkansas Energy Code and the Arkansas National Electric Code. Please contact the city building department at (479)784-2206 for specific information that is applicable to your specific project. | https://www.nwahomepage.com/river-valley-news/pool-deck-and-grill-safety-tips-from-city-of-ft-smith/ | 2022-05-10T18:12:14Z | https://www.nwahomepage.com/river-valley-news/pool-deck-and-grill-safety-tips-from-city-of-ft-smith/ | true | 1 |
Electronic measurement system verifies Broadsign’s content playback reports; PPM-based audits will be offered as industry’s first electronic proof-of-play audit service to the digital out-of-home market
COLUMBIA, Maryland., October 21, 2012
Arbitron Inc. has released the results of the first full audit of the proof-of-play component of Broadsign’s digital signage software using its Portable People Meter(TM) (PPM(TM)) technology. Broadsign International is a leading worldwide provider of software for managing digital signage (digital out-of-home) networks.
The audit determined the overall proof-of-play accuracy rate of 99.64%. The results were obtained by processing over 210,000 commercial plays detected by PPM devices, which were placed for several weeks at locations operated by multiple Broadsign-powered digital signage networks in the U.S. and Canada.
For the purposes of the audit, Arbitron randomly selected a sample of screen locations with various configurations that included both “audio” and “no audio” programming and screen-level and player-level reporting.
The audit involved the following digital signage networks: Anuncio Digital Media (http://www.anunciodigitalmedia.com), Seen My Ad (http://www.seenmyad.com), Mediplay (http://www.mediplay.com) and Neo-Traffic (http://www.neo-traffic.com).
“There has been a lot of progress lately in developing audience metrics for digital signage. However, screen audience numbers mean little to advertisers if you cannot prove first that their ads played as scheduled,” says Brian Dusho, chief executive officer of Broadsign International. “By having Arbitron audit our proof-of-play reporting system, we are giving our client networks an added level of confidence in the accuracy of their campaign reports, which helps them justify ad rates and negotiate with advertisers.”
George Brady, vice president, Out of Home Services, Arbitron Inc., said, “For this new medium, our Portable People Meter technology provides an auditable proof-of-play system that equips digital out-of-home networks with an independently verifiable means of ensuring that advertiser’s schedules are played as contracted.”
Arbitron’s survey marks the beginning of the series of annual audits to be conducted for Broadsign International. The PPM technology-based proof-of-play audit by Arbitron replaces manual monitoring of screens with advanced technology, making the task of verifying advertising compliance more affordable for digital signage networks.
About Arbitron
Arbitron Inc. is a media and marketing research firm serving the media – radio, television, cable and out-of-home – as well as advertisers and advertising agencies. Arbitron’s core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. The company has developed the Portable People Meter(TM)(PPM(TM)) and PPM 360(TM), new technologies for media and marketing research.
Portable People Meter(TM), PPM(TM) and PPM 360(TM) are marks of Arbitron Inc.
PPM ratings are based on audience estimates and are the opinion of Arbitron and should not be relied on for precise accuracy or precise representativeness of a demographic or radio market.
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kim.myers@arbitron.com | https://broadsign.com/blog/arbitron-audit-shows-accuracy/ | 2022-05-10T18:12:48Z | https://broadsign.com/blog/arbitron-audit-shows-accuracy/ | true | 1 |
UPDATE 3-WHO chief says China's zero-COVID policy not 'sustainable'
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By Jennifer Rigby and Josephine Mason
LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable given what is now known of the virus, in rare public comments by the U.N. agency on a government's handling of the pandemic.
"We don't think that it is sustainable considering the behaviour of the virus and what we now anticipate in the future," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing.
"We have discussed this issue with Chinese experts. And we indicated that the approach will not be sustainable... I think a shift would be very important."
He said increased knowledge about the virus and better tools to combat it also suggested it was time for a change of strategy.
The comments come after China's leaders have repeated their resolve to battle the virus with tough measures and threatened action against critics at home even as strict and prolonged lockdowns exact a heavy toll on the world's second-largest economy.
Speaking after Tedros, WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan said the impact of a "zero-COVID" policy on human rights also needs to be taken into consideration.
"We have always said as WHO that we need to balance the control measures against the impact they have on society, the impact they have on the economy, and that's not always an easy calibration," said Ryan.
He also noted that China has registered 15,000 deaths since the virus first emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019 - a relatively low number compared with nearly 1 million in the United States, more than 664,000 in Brazil and over 524,000 in India.
With that in mind, it is understandable, Ryan said, that the world's most populous country would want to take tough measures to curb coronavirus contagion.
Still, China's zero-COVID policy has drawn criticism ranging from scientists to its own citizens, leading to a cycle of lockdowns of many millions of people, anguish and anger. Most other nations that shared its approach initially have now at least begun a transition to strategies to live with the virus.
The continued outbreaks also underscore how difficult it is to stop the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Under zero-COVID, authorities lock down large population areas to stamp out viral spread in response to any coronavirus outbreak, even if just a small number of people test positive.
Shanghai's measures have been particularly strict, with residents allowed out of compounds only for exceptional reasons, such as a medical emergency. Many are not even allowed out of their front doors to mingle with neighbours.
Its quarantine policy has also been criticised for separating children from parents and putting asymptomatic cases among those with symptoms.
Highlighting the far-reaching impact of prolonged lockdowns on global manufacturing and supplies of critical goods, General Electric's healthcare unit outlined on Tuesday the drastic measures it has taken to deal with shortages of dye used for medical scans and tests in the United States caused by the suspension of its Shanghai factory.
(Reporting by Jennifer Rigby and Josephine Mason in London; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Lisa Shumaker) | https://news.yahoo.com/1-chief-says-chinas-zero-151138401.html | 2022-05-10T18:13:00Z | https://news.yahoo.com/1-chief-says-chinas-zero-151138401.html | false | 14 |
Police: Man shoots his father multiple times with intention to kill
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA/Gray News) – An Alabama man was arrested after police said he shot his own father Monday.
Court filings state that Fredrick Moore Jr. shot his father multiple times overnight.
Investigators say the 24-year-old shot his father in the face, shoulder and leg with the intention of killing him.
Moore was charged with attempted murder, WSFA reported. Police did not provide a motive for the shooting.
Moore is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Center on a bail of $60,000.
Copyright 2022 WSFA via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.knoe.com/2022/05/10/police-man-shoots-his-father-multiple-times-with-intention-kill/ | 2022-05-10T18:14:03Z | https://www.knoe.com/2022/05/10/police-man-shoots-his-father-multiple-times-with-intention-kill/ | false | null |
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday said it has granted recognition to NSDL Database Management Ltd (NDML) as an accreditation agency for three years.
The entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), The agency will issue accreditation certificate to ''accredited investors''. The recognition to NDML has been granted for a period of three years with effect from May 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a statement.
The renewal of the recognition would be subject to satisfactory performance by NDML.
The procedure for accreditation of an investor and verification of accreditation status of an investor by investment providers -- Alternative Investment Funds, Portfolio Managers and, Investment Advisers -- and other modalities will be displayed on the websites of NSDL and NDML.
In August last year, the regulator notified the norms for introducing a framework for accredited investors in the Indian securities market and subsequently, it came out with modalities for implementation of the framework for such investors.
Under the norms, a person will be identified as an accredited investor on the basis of net worth or income. Individuals, HUFs, family trusts, sole proprietorships, partnership firms, trusts and body corporates can get accreditation based on financial parameters specified by the regulator.
The accreditation agency will be responsible for verification of documents submitted by applicants, timely processing of applications and issuance of accreditation certificate, maintaining data of accredited investors and verification of accreditation status.
Earlier, Sebi had granted recognition to CDSL Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of depository CDSL, as an accreditation agency for a period of three years with effect from February 1, 2022.
Copyright©2022 Living Media India Limited. For reprint rights: Syndications Today | https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/story/sebi-grants-recognition-to-nsdl-database-management-as-accreditation-agency-for-3-yrs-333067-2022-05-10 | 2022-05-10T18:14:11Z | https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/story/sebi-grants-recognition-to-nsdl-database-management-as-accreditation-agency-for-3-yrs-333067-2022-05-10 | true | 2 |
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