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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
432 PM PDT Wed May 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Sustained west to northwest winds 20 to 30 mph, with
gusts near 50 mph expected.
* WHERE...Mojave Desert Slopes.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Blowing dust will reduce visibilities in some
locations. Travel will be difficult, particularly for high
profile vehicles.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
limited to Highway 14, Highway 178 through and below Walker
Pass, and Highway 58 through and below Tehachapi Pass,
including the town of Mojave.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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TOLLAND, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state trooper who is a native of Poland got quite the surprise while responding to an SUV with a flat tire Wednesday — a passenger in the vehicle happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa.
State police said Trooper Lukasz Lipert arrived to the call in Tolland and was greeted by Walesa, who had spoken in Hartford on Tuesday as part of his U.S. tour advocating for aid for refugees who have fled Ukraine during the war with Russia.
Lipert, 35, who came to the U.S. when he was 18, told The Hartford Courant that he spoke with Walesa in Polish about their homeland and the anti-communist movement Walesa helped lead.
“It was definitely a great opportunity to meet the man who had a voice during those times,” Lipert said. “It was definitely a great experience."
Walesa, 78, led the nationwide Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s that eventually toppled Poland's communist leaders through an election in 1989. He received a Nobel Prize in 1983 and served as Poland's first popularly elected president from 1990 to 1995. He is a strong critic of Poland's current right-wing government.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Bakkt Holdings, Inc. ("Bakkt" or the "Company") f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings ("VIH") (NYSE: BKKT; BKKT WS) (NASDAQ: VIHAU; VIH; VIHAW) and certain of its former officers and directors. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and docketed under 22-cv-02283, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Bakkt securities between March 31, 2021 and November 19, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"); and/or (b) Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC ("Legacy Bakkt") completed on or about October 15, 2021 (the "Business Combination"). Plaintiff pursues claims against the Defendants under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Bakkt securities during the Class Period, or Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with the Business Combination (defined above), you have until June 20, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Bakkt was formerly known as "VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings" and operated as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), also called a blank-check company, which is a development stage company that has no specific business plan or purpose or has indicated its business plan is to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies, other entity, or person.
On January 11, 2021, the Company and Legacy Bakkt announced entry into a definitive agreement for the Business Combination that would result in Legacy Bakkt becoming a publicly traded company with an enterprise value of approximately $2.1 billion.
On March 31, 2021, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the Business Combination, which, after several amendments, was declared effective by the SEC on September 17, 2021 (the "Registration Statement"). Also on September 17, 2021, the Company filed a proxy statement and prospectus on Form 424B3 with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination, which formed part of the Registration Statement (the "Proxy" and, together with the Registration Statement, the "Offering Documents").
On or about October 15, 2021, the Company and Legacy Bakkt completed the Business Combination pursuant to the Offering Documents. Thereafter, the Company changed its name to "Bakkt Holdings, Inc." and began operating a digital asset platform that enables consumers to buy, sell, convert, and spend digital assets.
The complaint alleges that the Offering Documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation, and that throughout the Class Period Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Offering Documents and Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had defective financial controls; (ii) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the Business Combination; (iii) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (iv) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (v) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (vi) as a result, the Offering Documents and Defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
On May 17, 2021, Bakkt—then still operating as VIH—notified the SEC of its inability to timely file its quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. Specifically, the Company advised that, as a result of a statement issued by the SEC, "the Company reevaluated the accounting treatment of its public warrants and private placement warrants" and "is currently determining the extent of the SEC Statement's impact on its financial statements[.]"
On this news, the Company's share price fell $0.13 per share, or 1.26%, to close at $10.18 per share on May 18, 2021.
Then, on October 13, 2021, the Company disclosed in an SEC filing that it had also previously failed to properly account for the classification of its Class A ordinary shares and "adjust[ed] . . . the initial carrying value of the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption with the offset recorded to additional paid-in capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and Class A ordinary shares." Notably, the Company revised its balance sheet as of December 31, 2020, including, among other changes, additional paid-in capital that was reduced from $9,860,338 to nil, an accumulated deficit that ballooned from $4,861,190 to $29,250,419, and total shareholders' equity of $5,000,009 that swung to a total shareholders' deficit of $29,249,901.
Following these additional disclosures, the Company's share price fell $0.47 per share, or 4.73%, to close at $9.46 per share on October 14, 2021.
Finally, on November 22, 2021, Bakkt disclosed in another SEC filing that the Company's management "has re-evaluated . . . the accounting classification of the Class A ordinary shares . . . of [VIH] . . . and has identified errors in the historical financial statements of VIH . . . related to the misclassification . . . of the Class A Ordinary Shares prior to the [Business Combination]." Specifically, the Company found that, as a result of errors in its condensed consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2021, Bakkt should "restate certain of VIH's condensed consolidated financial statements from" those periods.
On this news, Bakkt's stock price fell $2.70 per share, or 13.69%, to close at $17.02 per share on November 22, 2021.
As of the time the complaint was filed, Bakkt's Class A common stock was trading between $4 to $5 per share and continues to trade below its initial value from the Business Combination, damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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Immigrants told authorities they thought they were going to die while riding in a tractor-trailer found near Ganado last week, according to court documents accusing the driver of human smuggling.
"It was hot like fire. We couldn't breathe. We were all going to die," said Ruben Oriana-Munroy, of Guatemala, in the federal court documents.
"Before the trailer door was finally opened, (Leyda Roxana Berdua-Agustin, also of Guatemala) had begun choking and felt as if she was dying," according to the court documents.
Codi Denise Hartman, who has a driver's license listed in Nixon, is accused of knowingly transporting immigrants in the back of a tractor-trailer that was found by a state trooper along the side of U.S. 59 about 2 miles northeast of Ganado on May 6.
According to court documents filed on May 8 accusing Hartman of a federal crime, the immigrants said they endured severe heat, low oxygen and dehydration in the back of the stifling tractor-trailer, in which the air-conditioning was broken.
About 7 a.m. May 6, Trooper Josue Alvarez stopped to assist the stopped tractor-trailer and found the trailer's door slightly ajar. According to the immigrants' statements included in court documents, the trailer was opened only once before being discovered by Alvarez.
When people inside began banging on the doors and walls, Alvarez opened the trailer, and all but about 12 of the immigrants ran in different directions.
As of Tuesday, 69 immigrants had been found, but authorities estimated there were between 70-100.
When asked about the cargo, Hartman told authorities she had never opened the trailer and thought she was carrying energy drinks.
During an interview with authorities, Hartman told investigators she was to be paid $800 to drive the tractor-trailer to Houston. She also said she had been coerced into the job.
But in a voice message found on Hartman's phone, she was heard saying, "The door was not locked. They would not let me lock it, so I just started driving."
A separate message found on Hartman's phone sent to her said, "Look, I'm sorry to bother you a lot but at the next truck stop I need u to stop and back the truck in where no one will see u n open the truck n check on the people make sure there good but check with your own eyes ... But please check on them make sure they breathing."
Immigrants interviewed in the court documents said they had entered the U.S. by crossing the Rio Grande River. The immigrants whose statements were included in court documents were from Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Honduras.
After moving between stash houses, their phones were taken away from them, and they were loaded into the tractor-trailer about midnight.
Hartman said she picked up the tractor-trailer at Love's Gas Station in Donna, according to documents.
One woman said the trailer was hot when they entered and never had gotten cool. She added no water was offered to them.
Another immigrant said she and others began eating spoiled tomatoes in the trailer in an attempt to gain some moisture.
Another immigrant said after he exited the opened trailer, he fell to his knees because he could not support himself.
All of the immigrants included in the court documents said they were fearful of dying from the extreme conditions.
"Oriana-Munroy stated that he was grateful to law enforcement for saving them because he thought he knew he was about to die," according to court documents. | https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/counties/jackson/court-documents-immigrants-feared-death-in-tractor-trailer-found-near-ganado/article_c12c4c88-d173-11ec-a10c-0f4657445531.html | 2022-05-12T00:59:08Z | https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/counties/jackson/court-documents-immigrants-feared-death-in-tractor-trailer-found-near-ganado/article_c12c4c88-d173-11ec-a10c-0f4657445531.html | false | 1 |
SAN JOSE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 11, 2022 / Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink:AVBH), the parent company of Avidbank, today reported the successful completion of a $28.6 million private offering of common shares at a purchase price of $22.50 per share.
Mark D. Mordell, Chairman and CEO of Avidbank Holdings, Inc. stated, "We believe the successful completion of this offering is a significant step forward for our Company, providing the capital we need to continue our growth."
"I want to thank our investors who participated in the offering," Mr. Mordell added. "This support, along with the continued commitment and investment by our Board of Directors and company management will allow us to continue to build a great foundation for the execution of our strategic plan. I appreciate the confidence from our stakeholders in the future of our company."
Piper Sandler & Co. acted as financial advisor for Avidbank Holdings in connection with the offering. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, San Francisco, CA acted as legal counsel to Avidbank Holdings. The securities referenced in this press release have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold absent registration or an exemption from registration under applicable law. Such securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or any regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering or sale of these securities. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Contact:
Patrick Oakes, Chief Financial Officer
(408) 831-5653
www.avidbank.com
About Avidbank
Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink:AVBH), headquartered in Palo Alto, California, offers innovative financial solutions and services. We specialize in commercial & industrial lending, technology and asset-based lending, specialty finance, real estate construction and commercial real estate lending. Avidbank provides a different approach to banking. We do what we say.
Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, and generally include the words "believes," "plans," "intends," "expects," "opportunity," "anticipates," "targeted," "continue," "remain," "will," "should," "may," or words of similar meaning. While we believe that our forward-looking statements and the assumptions underlying them are based, such statements and assumptions, are, by their nature subject to risks and uncertainties, and thus could later prove to be inaccurate or incorrect. Accordingly, actual results could materially differ from forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and governmental responses thereto; local, regional, national and international economic conditions and events and the impact they may have on us and our customers, and in particular in our market areas; ability to attract deposits and other sources of liquidity; oversupply of property inventory and deterioration in values of California real estate, both residential and commercial; premature payoffs in our loan portfolio; a prolonged slowdown or decline in construction activity; changes in the financial performance and/or condition of our borrowers; changes in the level of non-performing assets and charge-offs; the cost or effect of acquisitions we may make; the effect of changes in laws and regulations (including laws, regulations and judicial decisions concerning financial reform, capital requirements, taxes, banking, securities, employment, executive compensation, insurance, and information security) with which we and our subsidiaries must comply; changes in estimates of future reserve requirements and minimum capital requirements based upon the periodic review thereof under relevant regulatory and accounting requirements; ability to adequately underwrite for our asset-based and corporate finance lending business lines; inflation, interest rates, securities market and monetary fluctuations; cyber-security threats including loss of system functionality, or theft, or loss of data; political instability; acts of war or terrorism, or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, or the effects of pandemic flu; destabilization in international economies; the timely development and acceptance of new banking products and services and perceived overall value of these products and services by users; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits; technological changes; the ability to increase market share, retain customers and control expenses; ability to attract and retain key management and personnel; changes in the competitive environment among financial and bank holding companies and other financial service providers; volatility in the credit and equity markets and its effect on the general economy; changes in interest rates; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, as well as the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and other accounting standard setters; changes in our organization, management, compensation and benefit plans, and our ability to retain or expand our management team; the costs and effects of legal and regulatory developments including the resolution of legal proceedings, or regulatory, or other governmental inquiries and the results of regulatory examinations or reviews; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events, or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law.
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Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s wife ShawnTe Raines-Welch’s campaign for Cook County judge has reported 10 contributions totaling more than $200,000 from current and former members of Welch’s Democratic caucus in the legislature, state campaign finance records show.
Raines-Welch is running for judge of Cook County’s Fourth Subcircuit.
On May 6, she reported high-dollar transfers into her campaign coffers from the committees of six current or former members of the House: $25,000 from Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez, $50,000 from outgoing Rep. Greg Harris, $20,000 from former Rep. Lou Lang, $25,000 from Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, $10,000 from Rep. LaToya Greenwood and $25,000 from Rep. Robyn Gabel.
When reached for comment, Harris said, “I’m happy to support diverse candidates that I’ve known and that support Democratic values.”
Raines-Welch’s campaign also reported $45,000 from Rep. Marcus Evans’ committee on May 2, in addition to $5,000 from Evans on March 30. That same date, her committee also reported $3,000 from Rep. Rita Mayfield and $2,000 from Rep. Thaddeus Jones.
Altogether, that’s $210,000 from eight current members of Welch’s caucus and one former Democratic member of the House.
Shifting contributions from Democratic members of the House to other candidates is a move straight out of the playbook of former Speaker Michael Madigan. Madigan was indicted on 22 counts of racketeering, bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud in March following a years-long federal investigation. As that investigation swirled around Madigan during the race for speaker in January 2021, members of his caucus defected, to later coalesce around Welch.
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NBC 5 reached out to the spokesperson who represents both Welch’s and Raines-Welch’s campaigns and did not receive a response. | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-speakers-wife-reports-210k-in-contributions-to-judicial-campaign-from-house-democrats/2830348/ | 2022-05-12T01:02:44Z | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-speakers-wife-reports-210k-in-contributions-to-judicial-campaign-from-house-democrats/2830348/ | true | 1 |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WNCN) – Wake Forest University Athletic Director John Currie said late Wednesday afternoon that women’s basketball head coach Jen Hoover will no longer be needed as part of the Demon Deacon program.
“After a comprehensive review of the women’s basketball program, and with the support of President Susan R. Wente and University leadership, I have determined that it is time for a change in our head coaching position,” Currie said. “With our No. 1 priority being able to provide a World Class Student-Athlete Experience, staff departures and the current trajectory of the program allows this to be the right time to make a change.”
He continued, “Coach Hoover is a lifelong Demon Deacon and I am deeply grateful to her, her husband John and their daughter Maggie for their dedication to our University community and women’s basketball student-athletes over the past decade. Coach Hoover will forever be a Demon Deacon and will always be a valued member of our community and an esteemed alumna of our prestigious University and women’s hoops program.”
Hoover was named Wake Forest’s 10th coach in program history in May 2012 and finished her tenure with a 162-183 overall record with a 62-124 mark in the Atlantic Coastal Conference.
She is Wake Forest’s all-time wins leader, achieving the milestone during the 2020-21 season with her 126th victory coming in a ACC Tournament second-round victory over rival University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In her time as head coach, she led Wake Forest to four postseason appearances including a berth as a No. 9 seed in the 2020-21 NCAA Tournament.
“I am disappointed and deeply saddened to receive the news that I was terminated today without cause,” Hoover said. “I am so proud of our many accomplishments over the past 10 years, including the return for the program to the NCAA in 2021.”
She continued, “Being an alum of this great institution, I put my heart and soul into developing our young ladies on and off the court and in building a successful program. I want to thank all of the players, coaches and staff members who were a part of this journey. I wish all my former and current players the best in all their future endeavors. Go Deacs.”
Under her leadership, the Demon Deacons had back-to-back First Team All-ACC selections in Ivana Raca (2021) and Jewel Spear (2022). Furthermore, she coached five 1,000-point scorers during her time at Wake Forest.
Hoover returned to Wake Forest to lead the program after starring for the Demon Deacons from 1987-91. She was a three-time All-ACC selection and is second on the school’s career record charts for points (1,728) and rebounds (1,006). Hoover was a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll and a member of the South team that won the bronze medal at the 1989 Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She also led the Deacs to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988.
Hoover was inducted to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
The search for a new had coach begins immediately. | https://www.cbs17.com/sports/college-sports/wbb-demon-deacons-hoover-relieved-of-duties-immediately-university-says/ | 2022-05-12T01:05:44Z | https://www.cbs17.com/sports/college-sports/wbb-demon-deacons-hoover-relieved-of-duties-immediately-university-says/ | true | 1 |
Spades launches operations in GCC after raising $2.5m
Spades launches operations in GCC after raising $2.5m /node/2080061/business-economy
Spades launches operations in GCC after raising $2.5m
The company is a web-based application for customers and restaurants that allows guests to easily pay their bill by scanning a code or tapping to pay without any downloads or registration.
Spades launches operations in GCC after raising $2.5m
Updated 11 May 2022
Arab News
RIYADH: Spades, a UAE-based fintech startup, has launched its operations in the UAE while expanding into the Gulf Cooperation Council region after a $2.5 million investment round the includes investors ssuch as Visa, Mastercard, and Ayden.
The company is a web-based application for customers and restaurants that allows guests to easily pay their bill by scanning a code or tapping to pay without any downloads or registration.
Getting positive feedback from its clients, Spades has already signed over 150 restaurants in its first 12 weeks of operation and is already growing its team for expansion plans.
How a 103-year-old hospitality brand stays ahead of the curve
Hilton’s regional president shares his plan to open 110 new hotels in the Middle East and North Africa in five years
81% of travelers in a survey of 30,000 respondents said that sustainable travel is important to them
Updated 11 May 2022
Sara Hamdan
DUBAI: There is something reassuring about a hotel brand that has lasted and flourished for over 100 years. Besides weathering cataclysmic events during this period, the Hilton Group has endured the universal pandemic and emerged full of learning and strength.
“One of the reasons we have been in business for 103 years and doing that very well is anticipating trends and having great staff,” said Jochem-Jan Sleiffer, president, Middle East, Africa & Turkey, Hilton, in an interview with Arab News.
“I started my current role the year COVID-19 hit, and let’s say you get to know your team very well in a crisis. I got to see what people are made of, how they held hands to shoulder responsibility.”
The pandemic also changed the course of things to come. Current travel trends that help the brand stay ahead of the curve include focusing on sustainability, digital offerings, and the simplicity of a great bed and shower pressure.
“This is what people want. Sustainability is front and center: People had seen the globe differently when travel stopped and are very eco-conscious now,” he said. “It’s everything from offering farm-to-table local produce, reducing plastic water bottle usage, and planting local trees.”
Along the green trail
According to a 2022 report by Booking.com, 81 percent of travelers confirmed that sustainable travel is essential to them, with 50 percent saying that recent news about climate change has influenced them to make more sustainable travel choices.
The research is based on insights gathered from more than 30,000 travelers across 32 countries and territories, with 71 percent of global travelers wanting to travel more sustainably over the coming 12 months — a 10 percent increase year on year.
Sleiffer has worked in the hospitality industry for 30 years, starting his career at Hilton Amsterdam in 1990. Today, he oversees Hilton’s operations in the region, including 85 existing properties and 110 new ones that will open in the Middle East and North Africa in the next five years.
“We are growing our portfolio in the Middle East and North Africa by 130 percent,” said the hotelier.
“We increased revenue per available room 121 percent this year, up 8 percent compared to 2019 in our region. We are excited about new openings ahead — it’s a year of firsts for us.”
This year, big openings include the first Hilton on the Palm Jumeirah, the first Waldorf Astoria in Kuwait, the first Waldorf Astoria in Qatar, and the first Conrad in Morocco. Hilton currently operates 16 hotels in Saudi Arabia and has 45 in the pipeline.
“We see tremendous growth all over the region, but if I have to call out some countries, I would call out Saudi Arabia,” said Sleiffer. “It is a huge growth area for us with Vision 2030 We are fully aligned with the Ministry of Tourism. Saudi has mythical new openings that will allow us to be part of building a great story.”
On the home front
A trend arose during COVID-19 of an increase in domestic travelers discovering their own country; Sleiffer believes this will continue. Bloomberg reported late last year that the Kingdom expects 50 million visitors in 2022 — 45 percent of which are Saudi residents.
“That is one of the positives of COVID-19, that Saudis have rediscovered their own country as well,” he said. “All hotel operators are looking at Saudi now, but we have been in the Kingdom for a long, long time, and we already have a big presence in Makkah and Madinah. So our relationship with the Ministry of Tourism is very strong. Looking at the megaprojects, we want to be in all of those, too.”
While leisure travel has been a core part of growth over the last few years, Sleiffer said business travel is witnessing a renaissance.
“The leisure staycation business has helped us after the pandemic, but we also see big meetings; people want to reconnect with their teams,” he said. “We see it with people visiting from head office and team-building activities. It makes sense because colleagues have spent two years on virtual calls.”
For business and leisure travelers, the top source market for the Middle East and North Africa hotels in the first quarter of 2022 were actually residents enjoying staycations. Guests flying in from the UK comprised the second top source market. Hilton’s focus is an international, consistent standard with a local flavor in each country.
“Developing local talent is high on our agenda,” Sleiffer said. “We want to hire locally as much as we can to reflect local communities.”
Rotana Hotels gets an edge over business with new conversion brand
Rotana’s new brand the Edge to launch 25 hotels in three years
Room revenues are likely to reach $168 billion in 2022
Updated 11 May 2022
Sara Hamdan
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-based Rotana Hotels has a new brand and approach to set itself apart in a post-pandemic travel landscape. The hospitality major has launched The Edge, a conversion brand that brings existing and independent hotels under its fold to elevate its hospitality offering.
“It’s the perfect time to launch a new brand post-COVID 19. Hotels that struggle will understand the value that an operator can bring in terms of financial management and overall performance,” said Guy Hutchinson, president and CEO of Rotana, in an interview with Arab News.
“A strong, localized brand like ours can elevate performance and returns. It is ideal for hotels managed by others that may be dissatisfied, feel disengagement, and feel they can perform better,” said Hutchinson.
Rotana’s current portfolio includes 112 properties across the Middle East and North Africa, both in operation and pipeline. In the next three years, Hutchinson’s team hopes to have 25 properties under The Edge brand alone.
“And that is a conservative projection; we begin with two properties already signed in Dubai and Istanbul,” he said. “We see a lot of interest in this concept. Our investors are looking for alignment; the Edge provides them a way to convert to a hotel in a cost-effective way.”
Cutting-edge model
The Edge brand will sit under the Rotana parent company alongside familiar brands like Reyhaan and Arjaan. The new conversion-based brand has a development team in the market, with specialists who meet investors, developers and property owners.
“They are proactive, we talk to all these parties involved and meet with developers, and then we put a selection of brands together that will meet client needs,” said Hutchinson. “We have a specialist development team that focuses on this for us.”
Outside the Edge brand, Rotana has 42 properties in the pipeline and a goal to add eight to 10 new hotels per year. Hutchinson said that the ambitious expansion plans are responsible for maintaining existing Rotana properties and bringing them to pre-pandemic levels.
“It’s been through a difficult three years, and our focus is equally on getting existing stakeholders back to where they should be,” he said. “They deserve our focus, and we are responsible to them.”
Rotana’s strategic success helped the brand emerge with strength from the pandemic. It ended 2020 with an above-average occupancy rate of 90 percent due to clever moves, including offering long term accommodation to employees of the oil and gas industry when they needed a place to stay off-site, as well as approximately 1,500 international medical staff who were brought in to assist with added screenings.
Betting on the recovery
Today, Rotana is witnessing the effects of pent-up travel demand from domestic and international visitors.
“Across the industry, this region is leading travel recovery globally,” said Hutchinson. “At the end of the first quarter of 2022, if we take key cities around the Gulf Cooperation Council: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, these destinations are probably the top five travel destinations in the world right now.”
The hotelier added that Dubai’s average hotel occupancy rates in the first quarter of the year were 84 percent. At the same time, the highest cities were Istanbul and Los Angeles, at 66 percent and 55 percent, respectively. He credited Dubai’s efforts with the Expo and good management of COVID-19 restrictions with a positive impact.
Dubai has become a leading destination for leisure, tourism and hospitality with a regular stream of investment. Dubai’s hotel sector experienced its highest occupancy since 2007 during the final weeks before Expo 2020, with 91.7 percent of Dubai’s rooms occupied, according to early data from STR.
“Saudi Arabia is also a critical space for us and the industry,” said Hutchinson. “As a destination, it’s underserved in terms of the number of hotel rooms. There is also a massive focus from the government on developing tourism infrastructure. It’s a significant opportunity to be at the beginning of that journey.”
Rotana already has seven hotels in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, with another seven in various stages of development in the Kingdom. The team is particularly interested in new destinations that are opening up and have proven popular with domestic travelers, including Alkhobar and AlUla.
“We are interested in expanding, but less in the established cities and more so in these parts of the country opening up and developing tourism infrastructure,” he said. “I think Saudi will surprise us.”
Saudi travel surpasses pre-COVID-19 level, to see 30% rise: Seera Group
Updated 11 May 2022
Sara Hamdan
DUBAI: As the world cautiously resumes travel after the pandemic, companies operating within this space are already seeing patterns emerge. What does travel recovery look like when we delve into data? The largest travel provider in the region, Seera Group, offers key insights into the Arabian Travel Market 2022, the Middle East’s biggest travel and tourism exhibition that has kicked off in Dubai.
The typical Saudi consumer traveled an average of four times before the pandemic, according to data from Seera Group. The surprising part? This number has already been surpassed for the average Saudi consumer in 2022.
“We’re already seeing data matching up to pre-COVID-19 levels in 2022, and we expect to achieve up to 30 percent more by the end of the year,” Muzzammil Ahussain, executive vice president of Seera Group’s Travel Unit leading the growth and development of Almosafer, the Middle East’s leading travel brand, told Arab News.
Boom in domestic travel
Where exactly are they traveling? Pre-COVID-19, 65 percent of travel took place internationally, in cities including London, Paris and Dubai. When the pandemic hit, domestic travel found fresh demand, with 65 percent of it taking place within Saudi Arabia well into 2021.
This year, domestic travel is still booming, but Ahussain expects to end the year with a 50-50 split as borders continue to reopen around the world. Cairo bookings saw a 77 percent increase for Eid alone this year. Male in the Maldives witnessed a 196 percent increase year-on-year.
Ahussain said: “Domestic city breaks remain of interest with hotel bookings in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam increasing. To that end, Seera Group recently launched Chalets+, a holiday home option that has seen a huge spike in bookings with more people having an appetite for alternative accommodations.
“We are already noticing changes, such as very early bookings for the summer holidays when Saudis usually book closer to a travel date,” he said. “We are also seeing interest peak in new international destinations, such as Amsterdam and Bangkok.”
Data at the core
Data is embedded into the core business of Seera Group, with the company spending heavily on customer-facing digital products as well as streamlining internal digital operations.
“All of our business decisions, whether car rental, hospitality or travel business, are fully integrated within data,” said Ahussain. “It’s the core of what we use to make decisions. We rely on real time performance marketing a lot. Fundamentally, data is embedded into our culture.”
To that end, the company first rebranded from Al-Tayyar to Seera Group and revamped its digital offering. Next, consumer and business travel were merged under one unit at the end of 2021 to realize efficiencies and leverage the strength of the Almosafer brand equity and platform.
The strategy seems to be working. The company’s most recent earnings report showed that Seera Group registered substantial growth across all travel verticals for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the previous year. The group’s gross booking value increased by 87 percent in the first quarter of 2022 to SR1.6 billion ($430 million), compared to SR873 million during the same period last year, illustrating a dramatic rebound in travel demand following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
Almosafer alone reported a 57 percent increase in GBV when comparing the two periods. The growth has predominantly been driven by consumer demand, which has already returned to the first quarter of 2019 levels. Revenue for Almosafer grew by 370 percent from SR12 million in the first quarter of 2021 to SR57 million in the first quarter of 2022. The increase in revenue has been driven by the strength of the consumer brand and increased pricing power, according to a statement by the company. Almosafer’s omni-channel approach, round-the-clock travel advisory across platforms and strong digital capabilities resulted in 32 million sessions on the platform in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 404 percent from the first quarter of 2021.
“2022 has kicked off with an incredibly positive start to the year,” said Majed Al-Nefaie, CEO of Seera Group, at the Arabian Travel Market. “As the Kingdom’s national champion for the travel and tourism sector, we will continue to drive forward Vision 2030’s tourism agenda as an investor and enabler in innovative and aspirational businesses. Travel is back and 2022 is going to be a very positive year for Seera Group in particular and the travel industry in general.”
NEOM seeks to regenerate the area, offer ‘guilt-free’ vacations
The Line is a 170-km city with no streets or cars, and is one of the three big projects NEOM has announced, said McEvoy
Updated 11 May 2022
DANA ALOMAR
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s $500-billion giga-project, NEOM, intends to regenerate the area by planting 100 million trees, bringing back ibex, oryx, ostriches, and cheetahs, and stopping hunting, fishing and logging.
Visitors to the city will have a guilt-free vacation and the city seeks to make holidays environmentally friendly, Andrew McEvoy, managing director tourism at NEOM, told Arab News on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market.
The net-zero city — to be powered by 100 percent clean energy — will seek to seamlessly integrate nature with technology with a blueprint for the future of work, living and sustainability.
“NEOM is very much built around sustainability,” said McEvoy.
McEvoy told Arab News NEOM’s The Line establishes a regenerative receipt that will make going on holiday more environmentally friendly than staying at home.
The Line is a 170-km city with no streets or cars, and is one of the three big projects NEOM has announced, said McEvoy.
“When you come as a visitor to NEOM, we want to give you what we call a regenerative receipt. We want to tell you that we offset all of your emissions,” the official said.
McEvoy said that visitors will not only offset all their emissions, but will also contribute to the local economy. “You’ve helped employ locals as guides, rangers, and tourism professionals,” he added.
According to McEvoy, tourists visiting The Line will have a guilt-free vacation because they have created no emissions, and added value financially, socially, and sustainably.
NEOM is also currently developing OXAGON, the world’s largest flood control structure, a port that will include cruise terminals, as well as TROJENA, a ski resort in Saudi Arabia where tourists can enjoy natural snow on Jabal Al-Lawz (a mountain), said McEvoy.
McEvoy said that NEOM is beyond sustainability as it aims to be a regenerative tourism destination.
“This is about leaving the destination better than the way we found it, which is super exciting,” McEvoy said.
Asked about NEOM’s targets for 2022, the NEOM official said for this year, the company's targets are business-to-business.
NEOM’s goal for 2022 is to build assets, McEvoy said. Visitors will be able to visit in 2024, he added.
“We have 10,000 construction workers living and working in NEOM now,” McEvoy said.
However, he added that by the end of 2022, the number will increase to 30,000 construction workers.
According to McEvoy, ATM is about building commercial partnerships to better sell NEOM once it opens.
Mylerz eyes expansion as it raises $9.6m in funding round
Updated 11 May 2022
Arab News
RIYADH: Mylerz, a Cairo-based e-commerce startup, raised $9.6 million in an investment round led by private equity firm Lorax Capital Partners with participation from Egyptian digital payment giant, Fawry.
The company provides its partners with the ability to track sent out orders, change their destination, and generate insights on consumer behavior.
Mylerz will utilize its newly acquired fund to enter three markets in North Africa, expand across Egypt as well as achieve its goal as an end-to-end logistics provider. | https://www.arabnews.com/node/2080061/business-economy | 2022-05-12T01:07:48Z | https://www.arabnews.com/node/2080061/business-economy | true | 5 |
A former New Zealand Police detective turned private investigator who was paid to tail Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong in the months before her grisly death told a jury today that his client - who he referred to as "the accused" - seemed under immense pressure.
"I've had many conversations with the accused and he said many times that Ms Zhong had ruined his life," Jimmy Jin said of Fang Sun, who is on trial for Zhong's murder.
"Basically, during the day Mr Sun would have to deal with matters here in New Zealand ... court hearings, meeting lawyers, et cetera. But ... late at night he would have to deal with pressure from China, pressure from investors."
Police found Zhong's body in the boot of her Land Rover on the afternoon of November 28, 2020. Authorities believe she had been stabbed over 20 times the night before, when an intruder entered the bedroom of her East Auckland home.
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Advertise with NZME.Prosecutors said at the start of the trial last month that Sun was an estranged business partner who had been furious with Zhong, believing that she had lost him and his family more than $24 million in investments. The two were engaged in a heated civil battle over control of their company, Sunbow Ltd.
The private investigator told jurors he began discussions with Sun around July 2020 and agreed to begin surveillance.
"The gist of it is that Ms Zhong had defrauded millions of dollars and he's going to court with her, and Ms Zhong may not want to go to court," he said. "I could tell that he was frustrated.
"Some of these Chinese investors were friends who trusted Mr Sun with their money. But now all their money was in jeopardy, causing these Chinese investors to constantly harass Mr Sun."
Because the two were alumni of the same university in China, Jin said they never signed a contract. But Sun transferred Chinese currency, amounting to roughly $15,000 in New Zealand dollars, to an account in China belonging to Jin's brother.
"I basically went to the address when I had time," he said. "I would sit nearby the address for some time and watch the house. I would take photos of the address and send them to Mr Sun via WeChat."
He would sit in his Toyota Camry for an hour or two at a time and look into the home's large dining room window.
"My purpose was to ascertain whether or not Ms Zhong was still staying there, and if possible find put who was visiting her or where she had been going to," he explained.
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Advertise with NZME.Multiple witnesses have testified during the trial or submitted statements in which they said they either directly heard Sun make threats against Zhong or were told by Zhong about threats.
Among them was a couple who visited Elizabeth Zhong at her Otago winery one month before her stabbing death. Both recalled today that the Auckland businesswoman was under tremendous stress due to financial strains and threats from a business partner.
"She said things weren't working out with her business partners, and one in particular," Henry Wong told jurors. "She said that he had threatened her.
"I don't know the details about the threats, but I know she wasn't able to sleep because of the threats. They were serious."
Henry Wong's wife, Sharon Wong, recalled the same conversation.
"She said that she was threatened by a man and she is very worried," she testified, adding that Zhong mentioned the name of the man who threatened her but she could no longer recall it. "It was a Chinese name, and she did say he was stranded in New Zealand ... because of the pandemic." | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/elizabeth-zhong-homicide-ex-cop-hired-by-defendant-fang-sun-testifies-at-trial/XJ2OROSXZGYASRTQRFNQXSQZ24/?c_id=1&objectid=12523860&ref=rss | 2022-05-12T01:09:15Z | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/elizabeth-zhong-homicide-ex-cop-hired-by-defendant-fang-sun-testifies-at-trial/XJ2OROSXZGYASRTQRFNQXSQZ24/?c_id=1&objectid=12523860&ref=rss | true | 3 |
Union urges AHS to hire casual paramedics full-time to ease ambulance shortage
Casuals make up 30 to 40 per cent of AHS EMS staff
The union that represents EMTs who work for Alberta Health Services wants the government to offer casual paramedics full-time jobs to help solve a worsening shortage of ambulances in Alberta.
Mike Parker, president of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta, says moving away from "just-in-time" staffing and giving new full-time hires regular shifts is one immediate solution to a problem he says is the result of two decades of under-funding the health-care system.
He said there are currently 300 empty seats in ambulances.
"You want to fill the seats?" Parker asked. "We have the people. Offer them full time."
Parker, who appeared with NDP Leader Rachel Notley at a news conference in Edmonton Tuesday, said 40 per cent of the EMS workforce are casual employees and don't receive benefits.
According to AHS, casual paramedics made up 31 per cent of EMS staff, as of April of this year.
An AHS spokesperson said the health authority had hired 70 temporary staff last summer and funding has been extended for another year. AHS hired 230 paramedics over the past two years.
Funding of $64 million is coming to add new ambulances in Alberta, with $14 million going toward a project to address fatigue among EMS crews.
Dashboard statistics
Parker's comments come as Notley called attention to new information in the quarterly emergency medical services dashboard published by AHS.
The data shows ambulance response and dispatch times and times crews waited at hospitals with patients increased in the first three months of 2022.
For example, the provincial target for dispatch times is when 90 per cent of calls are dispatched one and a half minutes from the time of the 911 call.
The time increased to two minutes and 45 seconds in the last quarter.
"All of these numbers are clear signs of an ambulance and a hospital and a health care system that is under incredible strain," Notley said.
"I hear from EMS and emergency room professionals every day, and they tell me that they are worked to exhaustion. They are burned out."
In addition to hiring casuals into full-time positions, Parker wants AHS to ensure EMTs finish their shift on time without resorting to regular overtime, and to restore safe consumption services to reduce calls about drug poisonings.
At a news conference Wednesday, Health Minister Jason Copping acknowledged the increased volumes of calls for service and stresses on the system.
He said an advisory committee, of which Parker is a member, is set to issue an interim report later this month. He is open to hearing recommendations that the committee agrees on that can be implemented quickly, make a difference and not hurt safety.
"Let's try them out," Copping said. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/union-urges-ahs-to-hire-casual-paramedics-full-time-to-ease-ambulance-shortage-1.6450079?cmp=rss | 2022-05-12T01:12:03Z | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/union-urges-ahs-to-hire-casual-paramedics-full-time-to-ease-ambulance-shortage-1.6450079?cmp=rss | true | 1 |
While GoKwik said it had raised $35 million led by RTP Global and Think Investments - its third fundraise in less than year, Shopflo announced that it has picked up $2.6 million in seed funding led by Tiger Global and TQ Ventures. Both startups help merchants improve conversions at the checkout stage.
In March, this year, Commerce IQ, which provides software to brands that helps them sell better on ecommerce platforms, mainly on Amazon, racked up $115 million led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, valuing the ecommerce Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup at more than $1 billion
With the pandemic giving a boost to online-first brands, ecommerce software tool providers mopped up close to $496.3 million in equity funding last year, a five-fold jump compared to $94.4 million in 2019, according to data sourced from Tracxn.
Several venture capital funds told ET that the growth of online-only brands and omnichannel play by fast-moving consumer good brands (FMCG) brands, has given way for these software tools providers to gain steam. Ecommerce infrastructure providers don’t own the storefront or website, nor do they operate payments, but help in enhancing customer experiences and the merchant's supply chain.
“The thesis behind this sector is that the share of non-marketplace business for D2C brands is growing very fast and new vertical commerce players are also emerging globally. To compete effectively with the horizontal marketplaces, these brands and vertical players need to offer a similar or better shopping experience to the consumers,” said Rajat Agarwal, managing director, Matrix Partners India. “With the advent of e-commerce enablers, these players no longer need to build various tools in-house,” he added.
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This year alone ecommerce software providers have racked up close to $475.6 million in funding, if unicorn rounds of ElasticRun and CommerceIQ are to be accounted for.
“Since these businesses are software infrastructure providers, they are essentially like toll roads for ecommerce enablement in the country. They have strong underlying business models since there is not much direct costs to build these businesses, and take a cut on every transaction, with potential to earn more as they improve efficiencies,” said an investor who spoke on condition of anonymity, and was evaluating some deals in the space.
While the ecommerce enablers are gaining traction on the back of D2C brands, there are pockets opening up from even larger FMCG players. “Larger brands and retailers are also veering towards a dedicated ecommerce strategy. Hence they need these enablers to help them,” said Kapil Makhija, chief executive officer (CEO), Unicommerce, which provides supply chain solution to online marketplaces and D2C brands.
Ecommerce enablers, however, face increased challenges posed by — changing ecommerce models, price disruption, as increasingly startups shift focus on this space. “Enablers in the pre-purchase journey have to be careful about evolving ecommerce models and have to cater to a variety of clientele to create diversity and those with just a vertical focus can be impacted. Further with the market getting competitive it is important to create differentiation. We see some of these enablers to not have a sustainable pricing,” added Makhija.
For a D2C brand like The Souled Store, new-age enablers fall short of the inhouse capabilities built by these brands started a few years back. “Today ecommerce tool providers can definitely help in the journey of a newly started D2C brand. However, there aren’t many platforms out there which are catering to our scale, and providing better outcomes since we have also invested in building several ecommerce functions inhouse. There is also a dearth of supply-chain procurement enablers, with the middleware still broken,” said Vedang Patel, cofounder of merchandise brand The Souled Store.
“In our research we saw that the integration for some of the e-commerce enablers is not as straightforward unlike a payments business and it needs time to get it right. But that also means that for such players, once they are integrated, churn is likely to be lower,” Agarwal of Matrix Partners said.
Globally, in April this year, Fast which provides online checkout products shut operations, while its rival Bolt is under scrutiny for inflated metrics, The New York Times reported earlier this week. “Owing to the maturity of ecommerce, we are seeing a new generation of software companies building new software products for enabling ecommerce and its ever expanding use cases. The opportunity is large and very global in nature. Ecommerce checkout players Bolt and Fast are isolated examples and will not change the view of the global macro factors and tailwinds pushing ecommerce innovation,” said Vaibhav Domkundwar, CEO and founder, Better Capital which invested in Shopflo. | https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/investors-back-startups-helping-ecommerce-d2c-brands-with-tools-to-grow-their-business/articleshow/91499186.cms | 2022-05-12T01:14:00Z | https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/investors-back-startups-helping-ecommerce-d2c-brands-with-tools-to-grow-their-business/articleshow/91499186.cms | false | 1 |
COVID claims 1 million U.S. lives, leaving trail of loss
By the time the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, the virus had claimed 36 lives in the United States. In the months that followed, the deadly virus spread like wildfire, finding fertile ground in densely populated urban areas such as New York City and then reaching every corner of the country.
By June 2020, the U.S. death toll had surpassed the total of the country's military deaths in World War One and it would exceed the American military losses of War World Two by January 2021 when more than 405,000 deaths were recorded.
The disease has left few places on Earth untouched, with 6.7 million confirmed deaths globally. The true toll, including those who died of COVID-19 as well as those who perished as an indirect result of the outbreak, was likely closer to 15 million, the WHO said.
Some of the images associated with COVID death are forever burned in the collective mind of Americans: refrigerated trucks stationed outside hospitals overflowing with the dead; intubated patients in sealed-off intensive care units; exhausted doctors and nurses who battled through every wave of the virus.
Millions of Americans eagerly rolled up their sleeves to receive COVID vaccines after distribution began in late 2020. By early 2021, the virus had already claimed a staggering 500,000 lives.
At one point in January of that year, more people died from COVID-19 every day on average than were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
COVID-19 preyed on the elderly and those with compromised health, but it did not spare healthy youth either, killing more than 1,000 children. Researchers estimate 213,000 U.S. children lost at least one parent or primary caregiver during the pandemic, taking an immeasurable emotional toll.
While nestling in big cities, coronavirus has also ravaged rural communities with limited access to medical care.
The pandemic had a disproportionate impact on native communities and communities of color. It hit harder where people lived in congregate settings, such as prisons, and decimated entire families. It exposed inequalities deeply entrenched in U.S. society and set off a wave of change affecting most aspects of life in the United States.
With the COVID-19 threat subsiding after the Omicron wave last winter, many Americans have shed masks and returned to offices in recent weeks. Restaurants and bars are once again teeming with patrons, and the public's attention has shifted to inflation and economic concerns.
But researchers are already working on yet another booster shot as the virus continues to mutate.
"By no means is it over," said top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci at a recent event. "We still are experiencing a global pandemic."
TRACKING THE PANDEMIC
Trackng the COVID-19 pandemic is not an exact science. Reuters and the other organizations who make tallies are reaching 1 million U.S. deaths at different times. The variation is due to how each organization counts COVID deaths. For example, Reuters includes both confirmed and probable deaths where that data is available.
The precise toll of the pandemic may never be truly known. Some people who died while infected were never tested and do not appear in the data. Others, while having COVID-19, may have died for another reason, such as a cancer, but were still counted.
The CDC estimates that 1.1 million excess deaths have taken place since Feb. 1, 2020, mainly from COVID. Excess mortality is the increase in total number of deaths, from any cause, compared with previous years.
You can read more about the Reuters methodology for tracking COVID cases and deaths here: https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/en/methodology/
You can find more information on CDC excess deaths here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported - WHO
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Nikola Jokic has been named MVP of the 2021-22 NBA season, beating out finalists Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The 2021-22 #KiaMVP is… Nikola Jokic!#NBAAwards #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/pTWryjP5De
— NBA (@NBA) May 11, 2022
Jokic was certainly a worthy MVP winner, earning the honor for the second consecutive season by averaging 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists to lead the Nuggets to a 48-34 record despite the season-long absences of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.
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Embiid and Antetokounmpo, however, also had worthy cases to take home MVP honors, with Embiid taking home the scoring title while leading the 76ers to a 51-31 record while Antetokounmpo's efforts also led the Bucks to a 51-31 record.
MORE: Why Nikola Jokic was named MVP over Joel Embiid
With each player having a worthy claim to earn the honor, just how close was the MVP race? Here is a breakdown of the results.
2022 NBA MVP: Full voting results and breakdown
The NBA's Most Valuable Player is voted upon by a panel of 100 media members, who rank MVP candidates first through fifth.
First-place votes are worth 10 points, second-place votes are worth seven points, third-place votes are worth five points, fourth-place votes are worth three points and fifth-place votes are worth one point.
Of note:
- Jokic won MVP by 169 points, largely a product of his earning 65 first-place votes to Embiid's 26
- Outside of the three finalists, Suns guard Devin Booker and Mavericks guard Luka Doncic each earned over 100 points
- Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, DeMar DeRozan, LeBron James and Kevin Durant each received at least one fifth-place vote
- James is the only player to receive a vote whose team did not qualify for the postseason
- 22-year-old Ja Morant is the youngest player to receive MVP votes, finishing sixth with 10 total points | https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba/news/nba-mvp-results-breakdown-nikola-jokic-joel-embiid/lkiclha7fqnjzxkoquel8cf3 | 2022-05-12T01:17:27Z | https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba/news/nba-mvp-results-breakdown-nikola-jokic-joel-embiid/lkiclha7fqnjzxkoquel8cf3 | false | 2 |
Biden calls Trump ‘MAGA king,’ vows to push GOP contrasts
CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday labeled his predecessor, Donald Trump, “the great MAGA king” and continued sharp criticism against Republicans ahead of midterm elections that could be bruising for Democrats.
“I think it’s important that, as we go forward, you’re gonna hear me talking more about not only what we’ve done, but what they’re trying to do,” the president told an evening Democratic fundraiser crowd of about 40 at a Chicago hotel.
The party that controls the presidency usually loses seats during the next election and, with inflation reaching its highest levels in 40 years, Biden’s party could see its control of Congress wiped out in November. To try to counter that, Biden has in recent days begun decrying “ultra-MAGA” Republicans — a reference to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan.
He told the fundraiser that the Democratic National Committee is already devoting more time and money to promoting the differences between his party and the GOP, adding, “We have to make sure we keep this clear contrast on either side.”
The president also said he has not done enough to promote his administration’s accomplishments, including a $1 trillion, bipartisan infrastructure package approved by Congress last fall.
“One of the things that I think we have to do is not just talk about what we’ve done — we don’t do that enough and that’s my fault,” he said.
But Biden also added, “Because of how outrageous some of the things that former President Trump has done and said, I think we found ourselves in the position where it was almost like, ‘How could that happen?’ ‘How could that be?’”
When an attendee’s cell phone rang, the president joked: “I know that’s Trump calling. He always does that.”
His remarks at the fundraiser followed a speech earlier Thursday in which Biden offered a new nickname for Trump, who himself enjoys bestowing often unflattering monikers on political opponents.
“Under my predecessor — the great MAGA king — the deficit increased every single year he was president,” he told the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers conference, which was also being held in Chicago. “The first year of my presidency, the first year, I reduced the deficit.”
During the conference and fundraiser, Biden also repeated criticism he’s offered lately of Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s 11-point plan. It was released in February and suggests imposing a modest tax increase on many of the lowest-paid Americans, while opening the door for cutting Social Security and Medicare.
“I call it the ultra-MAGA plan, Make America Great Again plan,” Biden told the union conference. At the fundraiser he struck a similar note, saying, “I think we have to point out how radical it is ... so people are reminded what’s at stake here.”
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BEST Inc. Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
HANGZHOU, China, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BEST Inc. (NYSE: BEST) ("BEST" or the "Company"), a leading integrated smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider in China, today announced that Mr. Mark Qiu has resigned from his position as a director of the Company due to personal reasons, effective May 6, 2022.
Mr. Qiu served as the chairman of the audit committee, and also served as the chairman of the compensation committee, of the Company's board of directors.
"On behalf of the Company and the Board, I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Mr. Mark Qiu for his contributions and service since joining the Company as a director in 2011," commented Mr. Shao-Ning Johnny Chou, Chairman and CEO of BEST. "We are grateful that Mr. Qiu will remain as one of the Company's strategic advisors and we wish him the best of success in his future endeavors."
The Company today also announced that the Company has appointed Mr. Ying Wu and Mr. Klaus Anker Petersen as independent directors of the Company. Each of Mr. Wu and Mr. Petersen satisfies the requirements for an "independent director" within the meaning of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the NYSE, and meets the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. As of today, the Company has three independent directors. The Company today also announced that Mr. Wu will serve as the chairman of the audit committee, and will also serve as the chairman of the compensation committee, of the Company's board of directors.
Mr. Wu is a highly regarded technology innovator, successful entrepreneur and distinguished investor with over thirty-five years of strong track record for delivering values to investors. Mr. Wu currently serves as a global board member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and a board member of TNC China. Ying also serves as a founding board member of the Future Forum in China. Mr. Wu manages six venture capital / private equity funds with around US$2 billion in assets under management. He has been the president of China Capital Management Limited since October 2008. Mr. Wu is currently the chairman of ZJBC Information Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 000889), an independent non-executive director of JD Health International Inc. (HKSE: 6618), an independent non-executive director of Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd. (HKSE: 2098), and chairman of the board of supervisors of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation Ltd. (SZSE: 300027). Mr. Wu was an independent non-executive director of Zhong An Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd, (HKSE: 6060), a director of HyUnion Holdings Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002537), an independent director of TCL Corporation Ltd. (SZSE: 000100), a director of Joyoung Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002242), and an independent director of Guangzhou TechLong Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002209). Mr. Wu was also the co-founder of UTStarcom (NASDAQ: UTSI), a global telecommunication infrastructure business and served as Chairman and CEO of UTStarcom China for twelve years. He obtained a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, a master's degree in science and a doctor's degree (honoris causa) from New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Mr. Petersen is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, investor and successful financial management executive with over 20 years of experience in retailing, e-commerce logistics and financial industry. He is currently the chairman and owner of Lane House Limited, a multi-brand specialty retailer that supports Western and Chinese companies develop retail presence in China. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Green Planet Foods, an innovator of plant-based food and beverage products, as well as a co-founder and investor in Brandhouse Group, a cross-border e-commerce parcel delivery business that focuses on Scandinavian markets. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Petersen was a managing director of Sunshine Insurance Group, an insurance, healthcare and asset management services provider. From 2004 to 2014 he held various roles as associate, vice president and executive director at Morgan Stanley in London and Beijing. From 1998 to 2003, he worked as an associate and engagement manager with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Petersen earned a master's degree in science in engineering and applied mathematics from the Technical University of Denmark, and an MBA from INSEAD in 2003.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as BEST's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. BEST may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about BEST's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: BEST's goals and strategies; BEST's future business development, results of operations and financial condition; BEST 's ability to maintain and enhance its ecosystem; BEST 's ability to compete effectively; BEST 's ability to continue to innovate, meet evolving market trends, adapt to changing customer demands and maintain its culture of innovation; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and other countries in which BEST operates, and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in BEST's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and BEST does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
ABOUT BEST INC.
BEST Inc. (NYSE: BEST) is a leading integrated smart supply chain solutions and logistics services provider in China. Through its proprietary technology platform and extensive networks, BEST offers a comprehensive set of logistics and value-added services, including freight delivery, supply chain management, and global logistics services. BEST's mission is to empower business and enrich life by leveraging technology and business model innovation to create a smarter, more efficient supply chain. For more information, please visit: http://www.best-inc.com/en/.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jurors in a civil lawsuit decided Wednesday that American Airlines did not bear responsibility for an alleged sexual assault against a flight attendant by a celebrity chef who was hired by the airline as an independent contractor.
The jury in state court in Fort Worth deliberated for parts of three days before concluding that a sexual assault occurred during a company trip to Germany in 2018, but that American was not involved.
The chef, Mark Sargeant, has never been charged with a crime. He reached a confidential settlement with the flight attendant, Kimberly Goesling, according to Robert Miller, one of her lawyers.
The Associated Press does not typically name victims of sexual assault but is doing so in this case because Goesling has spoken openly to the news media about her case and issues of sexual harassment at American.
Goesling, who later retired after 30 years with Fort Worth, Texas-based American, sought $25.6 million in damages from the airline during the trial, which lasted more than two weeks.
American did not immediately comment.
Miller said he will appeal the verdict. He said the judge excluded evidence about unwanted advances by Sargeant toward other female American Airlines employees before the alleged assault against Goesling.
Sargeant did not appear at the trial, although jurors saw a video deposition. Last year he told a news organization in the United Kingdom that while intoxicated he went to Goesling's hotel room in the mistaken belief that she was interested in him, but he denied sexually assaulting her. | https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Jury-clears-American-in-alleged-assault-of-flight-17166721.php | 2022-05-12T01:28:35Z | https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Jury-clears-American-in-alleged-assault-of-flight-17166721.php | true | 12 |
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated the party’s state headquarters in Guwahati, besides taking part in a function in the city that saw a large number of workers of other regional and national parties join the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC. Banerjee’s visit to Guwahati was part of the TMC’s plan to expand beyond West Bengal.
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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A Louisiana man faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury in Laredo, Texas, convicted him of transporting dozens of undocumented migrants in a trailer through South Texas.
The jury deliberated over three hours before convicting Roderick DeWayne Chisley, 47, of Monroe, Louisiana, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Chisley drove the tractor-trailer through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on busy Interstate 35 on Dec. 17, 2021.
The trailer was stolen and when authorities opened it, they found 52 migrants.
Chisley said he was unaware the undocumented migrants were in his trailer.
However, two of the migrants testified during the three-day trial that the vehicle began moving almost immediately after they entered the trailer and did not stop until it reached the checkpoint.
A jury found Chisley guilty of conspiring to transport and transporting undocumented aliens. In addition to 10 years in prison, he faces a $250,000 fine.
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Sheriff: Mother blames ‘voodoo spell’ for forcing her kids to drink bleach, 3-year-old’s death
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - Authorities in Florida report a mother is expected to be charged with attempted murder and aggravated child abuse in a recent incident involving her two children.
Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said his team is investigating Joanne Zephir after receiving a call about a possible homicide on May 8. Arriving deputies found Zephir unconscious in her car with her 3-year-old also unconscious and her other child, 8, outside of the vehicle. All three of them were then taken to the hospital.
When questioning Zephir about what happened, authorities said she told them she made her children drink bleach from a makeshift glass and admitted to choking the 3-year-old.
Zephir also told authorities that someone must have put a voodoo spell on her, making her harm her children, according to Lopez.
Before this incident, the sheriff’s office said Zephir told a family that she was going to turn herself in on an outstanding warrant but wanted to see her kids one more time.
Authorities said they interviewed the family member who confirmed the details and that Zephir told this person that her child was going to die and that afterward, she would kill herself.
The Osceola County sheriff said Zephir’s 3-year-old child died at the hospital, but her 8-year-old child survived the incident.
Lopez also said his team is planning to charge Zephir with attempted murder and aggravated child abuse but is currently waiting on the medical examiner’s office findings.
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Which dust collector is best?
If you have a home workshop, you know how much of a menace dust can be to your breathing, comfort and especially health. It’s imperative to properly handle the dust created by even the most basic woodworking. Dust collectors are the simplest and best way to maintain a healthy workshop.
The best dust collector is the Powermatic PM1300TX-CK Dust Collector. It’s powerful and has an excellent two-micron filtration system, plus it’s built with the sturdiest all-metal ducts.
What to know before you buy a dust collector
How it works
Think of dust collectors as special vacuums that hook up to most woodworking workshop equipment, and use a motor to draw in air containing dust particles. They collect small particles in filters and canisters and large particles in big bags before sending the cleaned air back into the shop.
Size and capacity
Size and capacity go hand in hand with dust collectors, and you need to balance your available space and needs carefully when shopping.
- Small collectors tend to be wall-mounted units with five cubic feet or less capacity. If you only have one or two pieces of woodworking equipment inside a small garage, these are your best bet.
- Medium collectors have up to twice the capacity of small wall-mounted units and tend to be placed on wheels so they can be taken to each machine as needed. These are perfect for non-commercial workshops.
- Large collectors have 15 or more cubic feet of capacity but take up the most space. These are best for commercial workshops.
What to look for in a quality dust collector
Filtration
Filtration is the most important aspect of your dust collector. It’s measured in microns, with the smaller the microns, the better the filtration. The starting point is typically 30 microns, though these filtration levels are designed for use in commercial settings with multiple air filtration systems working together. Most non-commercial dust collectors have at least five-micron filtration systems, with many having finer filters. Some can be as fine as a single micron.
Horsepower and CFM
There are two dust collector power measures: horsepower and cubic feet of air per minute, or CFM.
- Horsepower: The higher the horsepower, the more powerful the motor. However, it’s rare to find a motor without enough horsepower to run efficiently. It’s best to focus on CFM.
- CFM: CFM is a measure of how much air will pass through the dust collector every minute. The higher the CFM, the more dust it processes and the cleaner your workshop remains. Home workshops should aim for 500-1,000 CFM, while commercial workshops should aim for 1,000-plus CFM.
Noise
Like most workshop equipment, dust collectors make noise. Most create 70-90 decibels worth. Anything higher, and you should use ear protection while using it.
How much you can expect to spend on a dust collector
Dust collectors typically cost $200-$1,000, though they can cost more. The most basic models cost $300 or less, while ones in the modest range are available for $300-$700. The best ones usually start at around $900.
Dust collector FAQ
Is a dust collector really necessary?
A. Technically no, as you could get by with a shop vacuum. That said, dust collectors are far more effective, efficient and healthy. For example, they can run while you’re working, so there’s no need to vacuum up large piles of dust later, and they can prevent dust particles from gathering in your airways or your paints and varnishes.
Can I leave my dust collector in one spot instead of moving it?
A. If your dust collector is strong enough and you have the gear to create a piping network, then yes. Keep in mind that this can take up a large amount of space, so it may not be feasible in cramped conditions like small garages.
What’s the minimum filtration level for safety in a home workshop?
A. The smallest particles are the deadliest, so it’s recommended to have the best filtration possible for your budget. Consider five-micron filtration levels as your starting point for home workshops, and go lower if you can.
What’s the best dust collector to buy?
Top dust collector
Powermatic PM1300TX-CK Dust Collector
What you need to know: It’s among the most powerful dust collectors.
What you’ll love: It has a remote-controlled timer that can be set up to run for up to 99 minutes and dual 4-inch dust ports for simultaneous dust collection from two machines. Its collection bag has a 10-cubic-foot capacity to decrease the rate of bag changes.
What you should consider: It’s among the most expensive dust collectors. Some consumers reported receiving damaged products caused by poor shipping preparation. Others said it was louder than anticipated.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top dust collector for the money
What you need to know: It’s plenty powerful despite the low cost.
What you’ll love: It has a 1.5 hp motor that can pull 1,280 cubic feet of air per minute. Its bag has a 5.4 cubic foot capacity and a bag filtration of 2.5 microns. It’s easy to move, thanks to a wheeled base.
What you should consider: Some customers had issues understanding the instructions, particularly for measurements only given in metric units that require conversion to customary units.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Jet DC-1100VX-5M Dust Collector
What you need to know: It’s powerful and has some useful features.
What you’ll love: Its motors are enclosed for protection and are fan-cooled, lubricated and rated to last through continuous use. Its base has four swivel casters for maximum mobility. It compresses dust to increase the time before bag changing is needed, plus quick-connect bags make changing them simple.
What you should consider: It’s a little pricey and loud. Some purchasers had issues understanding the setup instructions. Others found the frame to be a little flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Five brands that make some of the best fresh pet food
Since the start of the pandemic, the number of people adding a dog or cat to their household has risen significantly. As people’s pets are such important parts of their lives, many are turning to fresh pet food as an alternative to kibble or canned food.
If you’re looking to switch to fresh pet food or want to see what it’s all about, here are five great brands worth trying.
What is fresh pet food?
Fresh pet food is like a home-cooked meal for your dog but is commercially prepared and nutritionally balanced. While kibble and wet food are processed to the point you’re unable to identify any individual ingredients, fresh food looks like a stew in which you can identify each vegetable, grain and piece of meat.
Fresh pet food usually needs to go in the refrigerator, even before opening, as any fresh food does. However, you can occasionally find fresh frozen food or you can freeze fresh dog food if you won’t get through it all before it expires.
You can find fresh food for both dogs and cats, though many companies focus on dog food, so you’ll need to search a little harder when buying for your feline friend.
Is fresh food better for pets?
There’s no legal definition of fresh pet food, so whether or not it’s better than dry food or wet food should be examined on a case-by-case basis. If your pet seems to be thriving on its current food, there’s no need to switch to fresh. However, fresh food can be easier on pets with digestive issues or even help clear up skin problems.
When choosing a fresh dog or cat food, make sure it’s certified complete and balanced by the Association of American Feed Control Officials. This tells you a food contains all the nutrients a pet needs to keep them healthy. It’s also worth comparing ingredients. You’ll usually notice that fresh foods have a shorter ingredients list and don’t contain any vague ingredients, such as “meat meal” or “animal fat.”
Fresh pet food brands worth trying
Nom Nom
Nom Nom makes fresh dog food with recipes created by board-certified veterinary nutritionists, so you can be sure they contain everything your dog needs to thrive. Not only is ingredient quality a focus but flavor and texture are as well. It’s a great choice for picky pooches.
Foods are crafted from a selection of whole foods, including meats, vegetables, eggs and grains. These ingredients are cooked gently to preserve nutrients. Just answer a few questions about your dog, and you can create a tailored meal plan that’s delivered to your door.
The Farmer’s Dog
Created in response to the founder’s dog’s digestive issues, The Farmer’s Dog makes fresh food from simple ingredients. You can expect to find a selection of USDA-certified human-grade meats, vegetables and legumes along with a nutrient blend to make the food complete and balanced.
Before you can select the recipes you want, you’ll need to fill out a brief questionnaire about your dog. After completion, you’ll be told which recipes best suit your dog, but you have the ultimate control over which you pick.
Freshpet
Freshpet makes fresh pet food for both dogs and cats. It’s available from major retailers like Chewy and Amazon, which is more convenient for some buyers than going straight to the manufacturer. It sells standard fresh food alongside fresh slice and serve rolls, which some dogs may prefer if they’re used to pate-style wet food.
It’s made from fresh ingredients, including meat, eggs, vegetables and grains. The company also produces fresh treats and fresh frozen food.
Ollie
In addition to fresh dog food, Ollie also sells gently-baked dry food. This is a great alternative to standard kibble if you find it too expensive to feed fresh food alone. Its fresh food is human-grade and made from meats, vegetables, fruits, seeds and legumes. It also contains added vitamins and minerals, so it’s nutritionally balanced.
To get started, enter some details about your dog, and the company gives you a recommended plan. If you want to proceed, the food will be delivered to your home regularly.
Spot & Tango
Spot & Tango makes fresh food for dogs plus an “unkibble” that’s a minimally processed alternative to basic dry food. All its fresh food is made from premium whole food ingredients, including meats, vegetables and whole grains. All ingredients are non-GMO and the meat used is hormone free. These recipes are cooked in a USDA-approved facility.
By filling out your dog’s details, you can create an individual plan for them. Plus, there’s a two-week trial option where you’ll be refunded if your dog doesn’t like the food.
Best fresh pet food
This fresh dog food comes in four recipes: beef mash, chicken cuisine, pork potluck and turkey fare.
Sold by Nom Nom
The Farmer’s Dog Fresh Dog Food
Fill out the questionnaire, and you’ll get a personally tailored recommended meal plan for your dog consisting of fresh, nutritionally balanced food.
Sold by The Farmer’s Dog
Freshpet Vital Small Breed Chicken Recipe Dog Food
A perfect choice for small breed dogs, this fresh food contains chicken, carrots, sweet potatoes and cranberries.
Sold by Chewy
Freshpet Fresh Chicken Recipe Cat Food
If you’re looking for fresh cat food, this is the perfect choice for your feline friend. It’s made in the USA from chicken raised on U.S. farms and a blend of garden vegetables.
Sold by Amazon
You can choose from four fresh food recipes from Ollie: chicken, beef, lamb or turkey. Each recipe is slow cooked with added fruits and vegetables.
Sold by Ollie
Fresh dog food from Spot & Tango is available in three recipes: beef and millet, turkey and red quinoa and lamb and brown rice.
Sold by Spot & Tango
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HANOI, Vietnam, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the past two years, the pandemic has disrupted normal operations and supply chains across the globe and the textile industry is no exception. However, thanks to the governments’ efforts in post-COVID-19 economic recovery strategies, the world’s textile manufacturing sector this year is witnessing recovery signals. Vietnam is an important link driving the recovery of the supply chain and accelerating a transformation in the textile industry toward “go green” for sustainable development.
More than ever, global textile enterprises have shifted their priority to be in favor of “green businesses”. Sustainable development ranks as the most important strategic objective for companies in this sector. According to ResearchAndMarkets.com, Asia Pacific is expected to register significant growth in the overall green textiles market owing to the widespread adoption of greener technologies in order to address the environmental concerns in the region and to meet the rules of origin of garment and textile products.
As the garment and textile industry is a mainstay of the economy, Vietnam’s government also considers greening the textile and garment industry is essential to fully exploit opportunities arising from Free Trade Agreements and participate deeply in the global value chain.
Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) also sets a goal of reducing energy consumption by 15%, water consumption by 20%; by 2030, transforming the greening textile and garment industry. By the end of 2020, Vietnam has 93 projects awarded LEED certification (of which 56% are factories) and 34 projects awarded LOTUS certification (of which 26% are factories), with many more projects in progress expecting to apply for these certifications.
Among them, Aurora IP developed by Cat Tuong Real Estate Group, is leading the trend in building and developing a green textile industrial park along with the sustainable growth in the textile industry.
Located in the northern Nam Dinh province, the cradle of the Vietnam’s textile industry, Aurora is one of the very few IPs in Vietnam qualified to accommodate fabric-dyeing facilities. Its infrastructure is synchronously designed with the country’s largest capacity of water supply and wastewater system as well as the development of complex social infrastructure.
Aurora IP is actively implementing land leveling for the whole area of 519.6 hectares. This shall aim to immediate hand-over clean land to the tenants upon the signing of land leasing agreement and to minimize any waiting time caused to the secondary investors.
As the textile industry brings negative environmental impacts, especially water pollution, Aurora’s waste water treatment system is well designed with large capacity of 110,000 m3/day night, divided into modules with advanced and synchronous technology, shall ensure the receipt and treatment of all investors’ wastewater before discharging into environment.
“Cat Tuong Group commits to our pursuit of developing the very first green – clean – sustainable textile-specialized industrial park in Vietnam. With Aurora IP, we hope to contribute to the government’s effort to net-zero emissions by 2050 and partly contribute to the development of the global green textile market,” said Mr. Tran Quoc Viet - Chairman & CEO of Cat Tuong Group.
The global textile market is expected to grow from $530.97 billion in 2021 to $575.06 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3%. The market is expected to grow to $760.21 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%, according to a report by market research solution provider ReportLinker.
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NANTICOKE — The Holy Redeemer Royals cleared the biggest hurdle between them and the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 softball title Wednesday. They did so much easier than the first time.
Jenna Santuk threw a one-hitter and Payton Parker punctuated a nine-hit attack with a seventh-inning grand slam as the Royals defeated Nanticoke Area 8-0.
Redeemer (7-0 Div. 2, 8-3 overall) remained two games ahead of second-place Lake-Lehman with three divisional games left — one vs. Wyoming Area, which the Royals defeated 13-1 earlier, and two vs. MMI Prep, which has won twice this season.
So while a loss Wednesday probably wouldn’t have mattered in the long run, Redeemer certainly wanted to play better than in the 2-1 victory over Nanticoke Area on April 27. In that win, the Royals finished with two hits and none after the second inning.
“They hit better. We’ve been working on it,” Redeemer coach Jerry Paulukonis said. “We’ve been able to practice. That’s the big difference than the last time. I think they did well today.”
Redeemer had three hits in the third inning alone to take a 2-0 lead. Abby Williams blooped a double into shallow right field and Akira Kopec and Kaylee Gryboski later added RBI singles.
The Royals made it 4-0 in the fifth without the benefit of a hit. Kopec was hit by a pitch and then scored on a throwing error on Santuk’s grounder. Santuk made it all the way to third on the play and scored on another error.
Those miscues are something Nanticoke Area coach Jake Biehl hopes to rectify by the time the District 2 Class 4A playoffs start. In the first meeting, errors helped Redeemer score both runs.
“We just got to clean up what’s been going on,” said Biehl, whose team fell to 5-4 in the division and 8-9 overall. “We had a good stretch there. Last week was a pretty good stretch and for two, three innings it was pretty good and then it just fell apart.”
The 4-0 lead appeared very safe the way Santuk was pitching. She had a perfect game broken up on an infield single by Ali Keener with two outs in the fourth. She then retired the final 10 batters in order and finished the game with her 12th strikeouts.The Trojanettes hit only two balls out of the infield, both routine flyouts.
“I think my (screwball) works the best,” said Santuk, who had 16 strikeouts in the first meeting. “But the key point in pitching is work in and out, up and down. Focusing really hard in making those pitches move is kind of the focus in any game.”
Parker’s grand slam to left came with one out in the seventh. Redeemer loaded the bases on a single by Ann Carter, a throwing error on Santuk’s grounder and a single by Gryboski.
Although Redeemer’s remaining WVC schedule isn’t overly taxing, the Royals have two tough non-conference opponent remaining in Holy Cross (12-4) and Loyalsock (11-4).
Holy Redeemer 8, Nanticoke Area 0
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Whitman cf`3`0`1`0
Carter cf`1`1`1`0
Kopec ss`3`2`1`1
J.Santuk p`3`2`0`0
Gryboski 1b`4`1`2`1
Parker 2b`4`1`2`4
Paulukonis lf`3`0`0`0
Hayden lf`1`0`0`0
McIngvale rf`3`0`0`0
Rosenko rf`1`0`0`0
Williams 3b`3`1`2`0
Totals`33`8`9`6
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Shotwell ss`3`0`0`0
Nice 2b`3`0`0`0
Keener c`3`0`1`0
Brogan p`3`0`0`0
Baird cf`2`0`0`0
Smith 1b`2`0`0`0
Clark rf`2`0`0`0
Stratton lf`2`0`0`0
Eisenhauer dp`2`0`0`0
Johnson 3b`0`0`0`0
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Holy Redeemer`002`020`4 — 8
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PENDLETON — The man known as Mr. Round-Up now is in the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame.
Randy Severe is a “Special Inductee” for 2022 and joins three others: Rusty Black in the Early Years category, Bob Forth in the Happy Canyon Volunteer category and Jerome Robinson in the Contract Personnel category.
The Hall of Fame revealed the inductees following the board of directors meeting Tuesday, May 10.
According to the announcement from the HOF, the board has held the ability to induct an individual into the Hall of Fame in consideration of special circumstances.
“Randy’s induction is based on his contributions as a contractor, volunteer and commitment to the professional rodeo cowboys, many of whom he considered friends, in a city that he loved very much,” according to the announcement.
Severe died in November 2021. He was 70.
He spent 47 years as a saddle maker for Severe Brothers Saddlery, following in the footsteps of fellow Hall of Famers, his father Bill Severe and his uncle, Duff Severe. For approximately 20 of those 47 years, Randy Severe was at the forefront of Severe Brothers as a master saddle maker.
From 1968 to his death in 2021, Severe Brothers built 250 of the 402 championship saddles of the Pendleton Round-Up, according to the HOF, and he is credited for making more than 530 saddles inclusive of the championship saddles during his life.
Severe also kept the legendary Hotel de Cow Punch doors open at the saddlery on Airport Hill.
“The legacy of the Hotel was 73 years strong at Randy’s passing and had seen the likes of rodeo contestants from the early years of the Rodeo Cowboy Association to the modern-day Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association,” accord to the Hall. “The Hotel was not only a place of refuge and relaxation for rough stock cowboys during Round-Up week but saw the coming and goings of cowboys almost year-round.”
Severe also was a volunteer for the Pendleton Round-Up for 26 years, including 10 years on the Round-up board, two of which he spent as president. His presidency included the 2010 Centennial Year of the Pendleton Round-Up.
Beyond his contribution as a championship saddle maker and volunteer for the Round-Up, Severe was an ambassador for everything Pendleton.
“Unexpected visitors were always present at the saddle shop, whether it was a tourist who heard it was the place to get a real look at the West and Pendleton, friends and acquaintances or even a celebrity now and then,” according to the Hall, “all of which were welcomed with a smile and strengthened with discussion that professed the attributes of his hometown.”
These are the biographies of the inductees.
Rusty Black — Early Years
The Early Years category honors individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the development, continuation and advancement of the Round-Up and/or Happy Canyon, with their service beginning prior to 1960.
Rusty Black began volunteering for Happy Canyon in 1956 at the age of 15 where she trained her first Happy Canyon horse, Domino. This began the start of her legacy with Happy Canyon, and she never missed a show until her passing in 2021.
Rusty had more than 65 years of volunteer service and put numerous hours into the show, and provided seven beautiful horses for the key horse part of the show. Her horse Chinook also was used for the Grand Entry, ridden by Bryson Bronson, and the pair also presented the colors at the 2015 National Finals Rodeo. Rusty was awarded the Happy Canyon Appreciation Award in 1992. Her horses Domino and Cataldo were both inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Bob Forth —Happy Canyon Volunteer
The Happy Canyon Volunteer category honors individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the development, continuation and advancement of the Happy Canyon through their volunteerism, above and beyond what is expected.
Forth has been a Happy Canyon volunteer for 59 years. He is best known for his work on the West Gate during the Happy Canyon Pageant, a position he has filled for 57 years. He has also assisted with work parties, volunteered with behind-the-scenes preparations and has helped with management of the show’s livestock. He also works year-round with maintenance of the rolling stock.
Forth received the Happy Canyon Appreciation Award in 1999 and served on the Hall of Fame Board from 2009-13 as inductee director. He also is an active volunteer for the Round-Up as an integral part of the Westward Ho! Parade team, helping to repair and maintain the rolling stock. Forth was honored with the Round-Up Appreciation Award in 2016 and the Orville Gerberding Award in 2014.
Jerome Robinson — Contract Personnel
The Contract Personnel category honors individuals who have had significant achievement at the Round-Up as participants, success in rodeo on a regional and national level and exemplified the ideals of rodeo and the western heritage.
Robinson was the arena director for PBR. He had a talent for production, and all aspects of the event always were covered. In addition to production, Robinson provided infrastructure, including chutes, arena,and stock pens for the event and brought his crew every year to oversee the set-up and work the stock pens to ensure the event ran smoothly. Robinson was a crucial part in front of the chutes at the Pendleton PBR events.
During his time in the professional ranks, Robinson served as the Bull Riding Director on the PRCA board for four years, vice president for one year, served a term on the National Finals Rodeo Commission and was on the PRCA research and development committee for the building of the Colorado Springs headquarters and PRCA Hall of Fame.
Robinson made a lasting contribution to rodeo in 1975 when he helped institute the centralized computer entry system known today as PROCOM. He was honored by Round-Up and Happy Canyon in 2019 for his unwavering support and dedication to PBR events in Pendleton.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
819 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Brewster County through 900 PM CDT...
At 819 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 27
miles southwest of Sanderson, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central
Brewster County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 2975 10267 2985 10275 3006 10266 3004 10264
3007 10264 3007 10260 2988 10233 2987 10232
2987 10234 2985 10237 2976 10239 2979 10249
2978 10251 2977 10251 2975 10255 2977 10257
2975 10258 2973 10262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 239DEG 20KT 2980 10264
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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New law requires daily recess for all elementary students in Georgia
(Gray News) – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into law Monday afternoon that will make daily recess mandatory for all public elementary schools across the state.
The law will go into effect starting next school year and applies to all students, kindergarten through fifth grade. Previously, Georgia only required schools to offer recess once a week.
Under the new law, school employees will not be allowed to withhold recess from students for disciplinary or academic reasons. However, the law states recess will not be required on school days in which a student has gym class.
The bill, known as the Quality Basic Education Act, was authored by Rep. Demetrius Douglas, a democrat.
“It is time for our students to get moving and learn how to play with each other again,” Douglas said in a press release. “Before HB 1283 was signed into law, our state only required schools to offer recess once a week; however, many elementary school students spend the majority of their school day in one classroom, which limits their ability to make new friends and build social skills. Recess is a crucial part of a child’s learning experience, and this legislation ensures that elementary school students can have a chance to enjoy recess.”
Douglas said he is passionate about getting kids active because he was a defensive linebacker at the University of Georgia. According to his website, he then played football for the New York Jets, Washington Redskins (now the Washington Commanders), and the Calgary Stampeders.
According to the press release, Douglas has worked on this issue for several years.
“WE DID IT!!!” Douglas wrote in a Facebook post, following Kemp’s signing of the bill into law.
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Diamond Mowers' SK Drum Mulcher OD Pro X combines the best performance features of depth control and open drum mulchers in one versatile attachment.
Ideal for users requiring power and flexibility for harsh mulching needs or heavy ground engagement, this attachment is made for a wide range of heavy-duty applications, from land clearing and vegetation management to utility and roadside maintenance, according to the manufacturer.
Designed to process material up to 9-in. diameter, this model features an optimized infeed system that produces a smaller end product than conventional open drums. A heavy-duty push bar with extended, serrated side plates clears brush, while directional rake tines deflect vegetation to the shredding chamber where it is ripped apart between the tines and the rotating drum.
Available in 60- and 72-in. cutting widths, the OD Pro X attaches to most skid-steers and compact track loaders; is compatible with high-flow machines; and accommodates three different tooth options.
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YWCA announces Summer Food Program
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The YWCA is preparing for its 27th annual Summer Food Program.
This program is free of cost to all participants and will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. June 6-July 29 at the Goedde Building, 205 W. Crawford St. Participants will receive breakfast, lunch and be actively engaged in activities on a daily basis. All children 18 and under are welcome to come to the program for meals. Children ages 4-12 are invited to register for the enrichment portion of the program.
Registration forms have been sent home by all local schools and can be picked up at the YWCA front desk or by contacting Betsy Hamman at bhamman@ywcavanwertcounty.org.
The YWCA is partially funded by the Van Wert County Foundation and is a United Way Agency.
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Polkadot (DOT) traded 18.4% lower against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 21:00 PM Eastern on May 11th. During the last week, Polkadot has traded down 43.6% against the US dollar. One Polkadot coin can currently be purchased for approximately $9.21 or 0.00031265 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Polkadot has a total market cap of $9.10 billion and $2.47 billion worth of Polkadot was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 25.9% against the dollar and now trades at $64.64 or 0.00181864 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003382 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded down 18.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.42 or 0.00001423 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 14.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.54 or 0.00001830 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $161.82 or 0.00549193 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- PLC Ultima (PLCU) traded down 7.1% against the dollar and now trades at $58,761.03 or 1.99429321 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded 2.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0775 or 0.00000263 BTC.
- Lido Staked ETH (stETH) traded down 9.7% against the dollar and now trades at $2,102.73 or 0.07136457 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded down 23.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
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Efforts underway to prep workforce for Blue Oval City
JACKSON, Tenn. — Workforce development preparations are already underway ahead of Blue Oval City.
A panel discussion was held Wednesday, with people throughout West Tennessee coordinating those developments for students as young as eighth grade.
Speakers say this is important, as this age group will be the first to potentially work at the new facility.
Speakers say getting the word out about Blue Oval City is crucial.
To do so, there will be more community events on workforce development, as well as dual enrollment for students to prepare them early.
Officials are currently preparing the curriculum for the new TCAT campus as well.
“We’re going to be writing and adding standards and tasks to the curriculum that we already have, but there’s not a lot of new that we had to add in. We’ve had discussions with SK, with the battery plant. Some of those processes will be new to us in the electric battery portion of training,” said Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings.
Blue Oval is set to open in West Tennessee in 2025.
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Bears Keep Market Trading Dangerous; Disney, Rivian Up on Reports
Once again, market indices melted into the close Wednesday. Currently, we’re gearing up for a seventh-straight week in the red for the Dow, sixth straight for the Nasdaq and S&P 500. Right now, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is -30% from its all-time highs set in November of last year; the S&P is -18% from its January highs (-4.5% for the week so far) and the Dow is -7% in the past month alone.
Even worse, for the second-straight trading session, the Dow has gone on a huge rollercoaster ride: +423 points at session highs, only to come back down and close -326. Even the last hold-outs that had been untouched by this massive bear market — Apple AAPL and Home Depot HD — are down today: -5.2% and -2.8%, respectively. Nothing is safe and there is no bottom. At least that’s the current narrative.
Based on rising interest rates brought about to curb ongoing high inflation (CPI +8.3% year over year), forecasts are now for future quarterly earnings to head downward over the coming quarters, even into and through next year, depending who you listen to. Thus, lowered earnings is leading to the recalibration of valuations — not just in Tech but in all sectors — also downward. Ergo this bear market, whose falling knife has been bloodying fingers for the past several weeks.
The Walt Disney Co. DIS saw its late-trading fortunes improve, even after it missed on both top and bottom lines on its fiscal Q2 after the close. Shares were up +3% initially and +6% before ebbing back a bit: earnings of $1.08 per share missed the $1.20 in the Zacks estimate, although a 43-cent one-time hit per share took the company’s beat to a loss. Revenues of $19.25 billion came in shy of the $20.25 billion expected — again on the $1 billion charge regarding to a termination of a license agreement.
Disney+ subscriptions did better than expected: 137.7 million versus 135 million analysts were looking for, while its Parks segment brought in $6.7 billion versus the $6.3 billion consensus estimate. The company cited both higher volumes and increased guest spending — demonstrating that another strongly branded company was successfully able to pass along higher expenses to its customer base. For more on DIS’ earnings, click here.
Rivian RIVN shares are doing even better after the close, after its Q1 loss per share was slimmer than expected — -$1.43 versus -$1.50 in the Zacks consensus — while revenues came in well short of expectations: $95 million versus the $113.6 million analysts were expecting. Yet the production outlook of 25K vehicles generated in 2022 remains unchanged, signaling its medium-term expectations are still intact. After all, car companies’ business is to sell cars; it’s time for Rivian to deliver some EVs. Shares have ramped up +12% in late trading, but are still down more than -60% year to date.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:11 Money Bags-2nd:9 Winning Spirit-3rd:12 Lucky Charms, Race Time: 1:46.76
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BEAUMONT, Texas — A unique program at Lamar State College in Orange is offering hands-on training in the maritime industry.
Those with the college say the time is right to get a job in the maritime industry, and they're encouraging you to check out a free training.
Lamar State College Orange Professor James Chatlosh said there's a need for workers in the maritime industry, not just here in Southeast Texas, but around the world.
"They are like giving sign-on bonuses. They are giving all kinds of incentives in this industry," Chatlosh said,
Chatlosh said some maritime companies are offering sign-on bonuses anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000.
He said recruiters have their eyes on these students who are graduating from the maritime program this year.
"We already have companies that are trying to grab them up already. It's like they're fighting to get in the door to get them out of here," Chatlosh said.
Chatlosh is a longtime boat captain that has been teaching in LSCO's maritime program for a little less than a year.
He said most of the teaching takes place in a lab setting.
"We use the simulator to try to simulate the going out on a ship, moving ships around, and we try to teach them the laws, maritime laws," Chatlosh said.
Chatlosh said he hopes people will take advantage of the free maritime training being offered this week.
"Hopefully it's a path that they would want to go on because it's a guaranteed lifestyle. I mean guaranteed income, very good benefits," Chatlosh said.
Chatlosh said this week's training focuses solely on captaining a ship but the maritime program trains students to be boat captains, deckhands, pilots, tanker men, and much more.
"They should know how to handle their selves and know what they're looking at,” Chatlosh said. “The difference between a kleat and a bit or a barge and a boat, they're going to have that knowledge in their head before they leave this class."
Chatlosh said it's important to have these young people trained and ready to contribute to the growing maritime industry in Southeast Texas.
"Coming out of school and you get your training here, these companies are waiting at the door for you to go to work for them with a bonus in their hand and it's crazy," Chatlosh said.
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The Euro Could Hit Dollar Parity in Six Months, Says Amundi
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The €3 jambon-beurres in Paris and €4 döner in Berlin were already the bargain-hunting foodie's mouthwatering treasures. Soon they could be the deal of a lifetime -- for American tourists, that is.
Amundi, Europe's largest fund manager, said Wednesday that it expects the euro to hit dollar parity later this year for the first time since 2002. The reason: the European Central Bank's regulatory quagmire.
Tale of the Red Tape
Whether they moved fast enough or not, the US Federal Reserve is fighting inflation. This year, the Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points to a range of 0.75 to 1% in an effort to tame the fastest rise in the cost of living in a generation.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has a similar problem -- annual inflation in the eurozone is expected to hit a record 7.5% in April 2022, up from 7.4% in March. Yet the ECB hasn't raised borrowing costs since 2011. Its deposit rate has been negative since 2014, and because the European economy is seen as too fragile to absorb a rate hike without descending into a recession, the ECB may be trapped in a bygone era of ultra-loose monetary policy. A contraction of the economy may be on its way anyway. "We are facing lower growth or probably a recession in the eurozone," Amundi's chief investment officer Vincent Mortier told the Financial Times. Amid lackluster economic growth, the euro is already down 7% to $1.05 this year, while the ECB's monetary and geopolitical worries could lead to currency and inflation woes:
- The ECB's inflation target of 2%, Mortier says, has fallen to third on the bank's list of priorities, behind stabilizing the borrowing costs for weaker member states like Italy and Greece -- which have benefited from central bank stimulus and low interest rates -- and supporting growth as the eurozone deals with the economic fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Amundi says that taking the focus off of a weakening currency will make inflation in the eurozone worse. "Losing sight of the euro-dollar exchange rate is a big mistake when your inflation is mainly coming from imported goods," Mortier told the FT.
ECB officials, including president Christine Lagarde and governing council member Joachim Nagel, have hinted this week that they could finally hike rates in July -- but that, again, raises the specter of higher borrowing costs for weaker member states.
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iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX – Get Rating)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $386.00 and last traded at $386.17, with a volume of 150289 shares. The stock had previously closed at $409.10.
The business has a 50 day moving average price of $438.20 and a 200-day moving average price of $482.96.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 25th were paid a dividend of $0.875 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 24th. This represents a $3.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.91%. This is a boost from iShares Semiconductor ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.87.
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A Collier County Sheriff's Office patrol car, with no lights on, hits a 19-year-old boy reportedly standing in front of the vehicle's path.
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The vehicle collided with the 19-year-old Naples man.
FHP says the man came to rest on the right lane of Santa Barbara, and was later pronounced deceased on the scene.
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The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Wednesday:
3-8-7
(three, eight, seven)
3-7-7
(three, seven, seven)
9-1-5-4
(nine, one, five, four)
6-9-1-9
(six, nine, one, nine)
11-20-24-30-35
(eleven, twenty, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $190,000
1-4-5
(one, four, five)
8-9-3
(eight, nine, three)
2-7-4-7
(two, seven, four, seven)
1st:11 Money Bags-2nd:9 Winning Spirit-3rd:12 Lucky Charms, Race Time: 1:46.76
(1st: 11 Money Bags, 2nd: 9 Winning Spirit, 3rd: 12 Lucky Charms; Race Time: one: 46.76)
13-15-19-21-23
(thirteen, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-three)
7-4-4
(seven, four, four)
5-5-2, WB:
(five, five, two; WB: zero)
3-3-6-9, WB: 3
(three, three, six, nine; WB: three)
03-04-06-10-13-20
(three, four, six, ten, thirteen, twenty)
Estimated jackpot: $76,000
8-7-2
(eight, seven, two)
3-6-2
(three, six, two)
4-1-6-7
(four, one, six, seven)
8-5-0-9
(eight, five, zero, nine)
4-7
(four, seven)
3-9
(three, nine)
0-1-4
(zero, one, four)
1-6-4
(one, six, four)
2-5-3-7
(two, five, three, seven)
3-6-8-1
(three, six, eight, one)
0-5-6-7-7
(zero, five, six, seven, seven)
4-6-8-3-4
(four, six, eight, three, four)
0-7, Fireball: 3
(zero, seven; Fireball: three)
8-1, Fireball:
(eight, one; Fireball: zero)
1-0-3, Fireball: 3
(one, zero, three; Fireball: three)
0-4-7, Fireball:
(zero, four, seven; Fireball: zero)
4-5-2-9, Fireball: 3
(four, five, two, nine; Fireball: three)
7-8-1-8, Fireball:
(seven, eight, one, eight; Fireball: zero)
7-9-8-7-6, Fireball: 3
(seven, nine, eight, seven, six; Fireball: three)
3-7-3-3-9, Fireball:
(three, seven, three, three, nine; Fireball: zero)
6-0-2
(six, zero, two)
3-9-6
(three, nine, six)
1-0-9-3
(one, zero, nine, three)
4-1-2-2
(four, one, two, two)
8-3-9-4-4
(eight, three, nine, four, four)
2-7-0-6-1
(two, seven, zero, six, one)
1-1-5
(one, one, five)
3-8-6
(three, eight, six)
1-1-1-2
(one, one, one, two)
3-7-5-7
(three, seven, five, seven)
09-30-34-43-45
(nine, thirty, thirty-four, forty-three, forty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $400,000
01-03-05-24-29-32-33-37-44-45-49-55-56-62-65-67-72-73-76-80, BE: 55
(one, three, five, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-seven, forty-four, forty-five, forty-nine, fifty-five, fifty-six, sixty-two, sixty-five, sixty-seven, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-six, eighty; BE: fifty-five)
1-3-0, SB: 7
(one, three, zero; SB: seven)
8-8-6-8, SB: 7
(eight, eight, six, eight; SB: seven)
1-3-0
(one, three, zero)
8-8-6-8
(eight, eight, six, eight)
3-5-7
(three, five, seven)
1-9-0
(one, nine, zero)
07-08-29-30-31, Cash Ball: 20
(seven, eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one; Cash Ball: twenty)
7-6-1
(seven, six, one)
5-3-5-7
(five, three, five, seven)
QH-AH-8C-2H-8H
(QH, AH, 8C, 2H, 8H)
01-05-18-21-32, Bonus: 39
(one, five, eighteen, twenty-one, thirty-two; Bonus: thirty-nine)
1-8-5
(one, eight, five)
6-9-2
(six, nine, two)
6-6-5-5
(six, six, five, five)
8-3-1-2
(eight, three, one, two)
2-2-0-2-5
(two, two, zero, two, five)
4-3-2-7-9
(four, three, two, seven, nine)
03-04-24-25-31
(three, four, twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-one)
5-9-9-9
(five, nine, nine, nine)
1-5-2-5
(one, five, two, five)
02-04-10-21-37-40
(two, four, ten, twenty-one, thirty-seven, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $1 million
03-09-16-32-35
(three, nine, sixteen, thirty-two, thirty-five)
05-07-29-38-39-47
(five, seven, twenty-nine, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-seven)
JD-JS-4D-6H-5S
(JD, JS, 4D, 6H, 5S)
7-9-9
(seven, nine, nine)
8-8-0-5
(eight, eight, zero, five)
6-7-9
(six, seven, nine)
6-3-5-4
(six, three, five, four)
03-05-06-18-25
(three, five, six, eighteen, twenty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
02-05-09-10-12-17-21-23-25-26-28-32-38-39-40-41-46-61-66-70-77-80
(two, five, nine, ten, twelve, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-two, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-six, sixty-one, sixty-six, seventy, seventy-seven, eighty)
6-2-0
(six, two, zero)
02-15-20-35-40
(two, fifteen, twenty, thirty-five, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $505,000
03-09-12-27-31
(three, nine, twelve, twenty-seven, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $29,000
08-14-22-28-30-32
(eight, fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty, thirty-two)
8-5-2
(eight, five, two)
8-3-8
(eight, three, eight)
9-6-8-7
(nine, six, eight, seven)
1-6-0-0
(one, six, zero, zero)
03-07-09-20-28
(three, seven, nine, twenty, twenty-eight)
02-24-25-27, Bonus: 8
(two, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven; Bonus: eight)
Month: 4, Day: 24, Year: 87
(Month: four; Day: twenty-four; Year: eighty-seven)
6-9-8, Fireball: 4
(six, nine, eight; Fireball: four)
9-2-4-5, Fireball: 4
(nine, two, four, five; Fireball: four)
4-7-4
(four, seven, four)
6-1-2-9
(six, one, two, nine)
10-12-15-18-21
(ten, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one)
4-3-7
(four, three, seven)
7-7-5-9
(seven, seven, five, nine)
01-04-09-12-22-33-35-36-42-48-49-54-55-56-60-66-72-73-78-80
(one, four, nine, twelve, twenty-two, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty-six, forty-two, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, sixty, sixty-six, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-eight, eighty)
15-17-26-29-31-54, Bonus: 7
(fifteen, seventeen, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty-one, fifty-four; Bonus: seven)
2-7-7, Lucky Sum: 16
(two, seven, seven; Lucky Sum: sixteen)
1-8-0-8, Lucky Sum: 17
(one, eight, zero, eight; Lucky Sum: seventeen)
15-33-38-40-47-49, Kicker: 1-8-8-1-6-0
(fifteen, thirty-three, thirty-eight, forty, forty-seven, forty-nine; Kicker: one, eight, eight, one, six, zero)
Estimated jackpot: $27.3 million
3-6-5
(three, six, five)
7-3-8
(seven, three, eight)
2-5-2-9
(two, five, two, nine)
0-8-6-8
(zero, eight, six, eight)
8-0-2-2-8
(eight, zero, two, two, eight)
6-2-2-2-3
(six, two, two, two, three)
13-20-27-30-33
(thirteen, twenty, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $140,000
10-16-26-30-32
(ten, sixteen, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-two)
2-2-4
(two, two, four)
01-05-11-13-19-21-27-29
(one, five, eleven, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $29,000
9-5-3-6
(nine, five, three, six)
2-5-7-6
(two, five, seven, six)
3-9-0-6
(three, nine, zero, six)
07-32-37-40-43
(seven, thirty-two, thirty-seven, forty, forty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000
10-17-21-33-39-48
(ten, seventeen, twenty-one, thirty-three, thirty-nine, forty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $650,000
9-2, Wild: 6
(nine, two; Wild: six)
3-2, Wild: 8
(three, two; Wild: eight)
3-4-8, Wild: 6
(three, four, eight; Wild: six)
5-1-4, Wild: 8
(five, one, four; Wild: eight)
5-3-6-2, Wild: 6
(five, three, six, two; Wild: six)
4-0-5-6, Wild: 8
(four, zero, five, six; Wild: eight)
5-4-2-0-4, Wild: 6
(five, four, two, zero, four; Wild: six)
5-9-2-3-9, Wild: 8
(five, nine, two, three, nine; Wild: eight)
05-06-08-21-23
(five, six, eight, twenty-one, twenty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $12,000
7-1-7-2
(seven, one, seven, two)
2-8-5-2
(two, eight, five, two)
13-26-33-37-38, Extra: 25
(thirteen, twenty-six, thirty-three, thirty-seven, thirty-eight; Extra: twenty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $36,000
07-15-21-35-36, Power-Up: 10
(seven, fifteen, twenty-one, thirty-five, thirty-six; Power, Up: ten)
5-8-7, FB: 6
(five, eight, seven; FB: six)
9-4-1, FB: 7
(nine, four, one; FB: seven)
9-7-4-9, FB: 6
(nine, seven, four, nine; FB: six)
2-2-0-3, FB: 7
(two, two, zero, three; FB: seven)
1-4-5, Wild: 6
(one, four, five; Wild: six)
2-6-3, Wild: 4
(two, six, three; Wild: four)
8-1-7, Wild: 1
(eight, one, seven; Wild: one)
7-9-0-8, Wild: 2
(seven, nine, zero, eight; Wild: two)
6-7-0-4, Wild: 3
(six, seven, zero, four; Wild: three)
4-6-1-4, Wild: 2
(four, six, one, four; Wild: two)
01-02-03-05-06-10-15-17-20-21-22-24
(one, two, three, five, six, ten, fifteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four)
03-06-07-08-10-11-12-13-14-16-18-22
(three, six, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-two)
02-04-05-06-07-11-14-15-16-17-18-23
(two, four, five, six, seven, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-three)
4-8-1-0, FIREBALL: 1
(four, eight, one, zero; FIREBALL: one)
0-0-0-0, FIREBALL: 6
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether a Trump administration interior secretary engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project.
The criminal referral says David Bernhardt pushed for approval of the project by developer Michael Ingram, a Republican donor and supporter of former President Donald Trump, despite a federal wildlife official’s finding that it would threaten habitats for imperiled species.
Bernhardt led Interior from 2019 to 2021. In 2017, he was the No. 2 official at the department when the Fish and Wildlife Service, an Interior Department agency, reversed its opposition to the Villages at Vigneto, the proposed 28,000-home development in southern Arizona, and allowed it to move forward.
Democrat Reps. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, the committee chairman, and Katie Porter of California, who leads a subcommittee on oversight and investigations, made the referral in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland. They said the committee has conducted an extensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 2017 decision.
A high-ranking interior official had said issuing a Clean Water Act permit for the project could adversely affect endangered species or critical habitat in the area. The region is home to birds such as as the southwestern willow flycatcher and yellow-billed cuckoo, as well as the northern Mexican garter snake.
In their referral, Democrats say Ingram met with Bernhardt in August 2017, two weeks before a Fish and Wildlife official received the phone call directing him to reverse the decision blocking the project. The meeting was not disclosed in Bernhardt’s public calendar or travel documents.
Two months later, Ingram made a $10,000 donation to the Trump Victory Fund. The permit was approved later that month. At least nine other donors associated with Ingram also donated to the Trump Victory Fund in the days after Ingram’s donation, Democrats said.
“Evidence strongly suggests the decision was the result of a quid pro quo between Vigneto’s developer, Michael Ingram, and senior level officials in the Trump administration,” including Bernhardt, who was then the deputy Interior secretary, the Democrats wrote.
Ingram “had frequent access to high-ranking officials across the Trump administration,” including Bernhardt, then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and then-Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, Democrats said. Zinke, who led Interior from March 2017 to January 2019, met with Ingram in May 2017 and April 2018, the Democrats said in documents submitted with the referral. Zinke and his staff emailed Ingram multiple times, using personal email addresses, Democrats said.
Bernhardt, now a lawyer in private practice, called the Democrats’ letter “a pathetic attempt by career politicians to fabricate news.”
A Justice Department spokesman said the department received the letter and will review it.
The lawmakers asked Garland to investigate and consider bringing criminal charges against Bernhardt or other officials.
“The findings of this investigation show us yet again that the previous administration cast career staff expertise aside while they handed out federal agency decisions to Trump’s buddies and big donors on a pay-to-play basis,” Grijalva said in a statement.
Porter said that “an exchange of money for a specific government action is the clearest form of corruption there is, and Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents — share an understanding that this kind of quid pro quo erodes our democracy.”
Lanny Davis, a lawyer for El Dorado Holdings, a company owned by Ingram, called the referral by Grijalva and Porter “false, misleading (and) unfair” and said it used “innuendo as a surrogate for fact.”
El Dorado participated in multiple meetings with the committee, “acted in full transparency and gave full cooperation without a subpoena,” Davis said in a statement. Even so, the company was denied the opportunity to rebut the allegations in the referral or even a chance to speak to Grijalva, Davis said.
“Unfortunately, the American people have been numbed and accustomed to political attacks that have little to do with the truth, and there needs to be bipartisan outrage when this occurs,” added Davis, a prominent Democrat who was special counsel to former President Bill Clinton.
Jennifer Rokala, executive director of the left-leaning Center for Western Priorities, called the allegations against Bernhardt “extremely serious,” adding that the Justice Department should launch a full investigation.
“We said all along that David Bernhardt was too compromised and too corrupt to be a cabinet secretary. This is damning evidence of a straight up pay-for-play favor,” she said.
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HIGH POINT, N.C. — Ashley Jones lost her right arm in an ATV accident back in 2016. At age 14, her life completely changed. It's something that could bring people down, but that's not Ashley.
Throughout the years, she found joy in running, which led her to High Point's track team.
It's been 6 years since her accident. She's a sophomore in college now, still adjusting to a big chance, but never letting it hold her back.
"It still feels very weird," said Jones. "I wake up with pain in my arm, that's something I had to get used to."
They say time heals all wounds, but it's the pain that reminds Ashley she's an amputee.
Ashley spent years re-learning everyday skills, before shifting her focus to new ones like driving.
"Mostly everything in my daily life changed," said Jones.
It's the little things many of us don't think twice about doing, but for Ashley, it takes a little more effort.
"From how do I open the door when I'm carrying something, to how I do my hair, to how do I type," said Jones.
Figuring out how to tie her shoes was not easy.
"It’s taken a while to find out what works and what doesn’t work," said Jones. "Sometimes I get frustrated on a task and I can't do it and like, 'Okay'."
The track is where she goes to put her frustrations aside.
"It’s the moments where everything fades away to really experience the joys of running," said Jones.
It's a place where time won't heal wounds, but where time is everything.
"I love the competitive spirit of track and field, and that it’s a solo sport that you’re pushing yourself and your mental fortitude," said Jones.
"None of her times met our walk-on standards," said High Point Track Coach Remy Tamer. "There was something else to her from a human aspect that we were certainly interested in learning more about."
In her second season at High Point, Ashley exceeded expectations. Tamer said her strength and character drive her performances and it's those qualities that help her beyond the track.
"My arm doesn’t completely define me, but it is part of me and so I love to have conversations with you or anyone else that would want to talk about what life looks like at the loss of a limb," said Jones. "It's like, 'this is how it looks, yeah we have adaptions and we have challenges', but it doesn’t have to define everything that I have to do to where it restricts me from my goals on the track my goals or in the classroom."
Time may not completely heal.
"Now grieving and all that stuff, 'Has it become easier?'," said Jones. There are days that hit me where it’s a lot harder to be like, 'Oh yeah, this is how I’m living."
Time has given Ashley perspective, adjust, adapt, and continue to live life to the fullest.
"I think it's meant to be lived that way," said Jones. | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/high-point-runner-adapts-loss-of-limb/83-8a98f5a1-0b2d-4558-8a0c-5f152855c00e | 2022-05-12T03:35:27Z | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/high-point-runner-adapts-loss-of-limb/83-8a98f5a1-0b2d-4558-8a0c-5f152855c00e | true | 2 |
NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. f/k/a Acies Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MYPS) (NASDAQ: MYPSW) (NASDAQ: ACAC) who: (1) purchased, or otherwise acquired the securities of PLAYSTUDIOS between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired PLAYSTUDIOS securities pursuant to the PIPE offering; (2) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting; and/or (3) purchased or otherwise acquired PLAYSTUDIOS common stock pursuant to or traceable to the Acies' Registration Statement and Proxy Statement issued in connection with the June 2021 Merger (the "Class Period"), of the important June 6, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased PLAYSTUDIOS securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the PLAYSTUDIOS class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5097 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 6, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PLAYSTUDIOS was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (2) PLAYSTUDIOS would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; (3) PLAYSTUDIOS had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss; and (4) as a result, defendants' statements about PLAYSTUDIOS' business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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How moving to the cloud will continue to transform the public sector
If there’s one part of the economy that really owned digital transformation in all the upheaval of 2020 and 2021, it’s the public sector.
Overnight, organisations had to find new and clever ways of meeting citizens’ needs. Not only that, they had to make sure that employees could carry on working too.
They rose to the challenge and smashed it.
In fact, a recent report we commissioned from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) showed that the upheaval has hugely accelerated digital adoption in the public sector by more than four years. 39% of respondents said they had made changes in the delivery of services, while 37% have made changes in hybrid working. The report also highlights a 15% spend increase on collaboration tools, and a 9.9% increase in IT equipment spend.
The benefits are here to stay
All this continued investment in hybrid working has empowered employees and given organisations the security and protection they need to perform at even higher levels than before the pandemic began. It’s having positive impacts on key metrics too, our research reports:
- 5.9% higher citizen satisfaction
- 5.7% higher employee productivity
- 4.3% higher employee satisfaction
So which way now for the public sector?
The short answer is to keep up the amazing work.
Cloud is your friend
To lock in all that satisfaction, it’s time to make hybrid working permanent. That means putting your network under the spotlight.
If technology isn’t acting as a catalyst for innovation, it’s holding you back.
A lot of the networks that organisations use were never designed to let people access data and applications from beyond the workplace. No wonder they’re clunky and showing their age.
It’s now time to consider moving fully to the cloud. As a cloud-based network solution means people can work from anywhere, on any device. And people can access their all-important data and services in an efficient, secure, and flexible way.
Moving beyond the pandemic, many public sector organisations are finding confidence in SD-WAN solutions. They connect to the cloud from any location, without having to pass through all the traditional architecture.
It’s ideal if you’re providing hybrid working to your employees, as you can prioritise and redirect the relevant data. Plus, you can provide a more seamless experience from your digital services to your citizens.
Always protected
The cloud is a great way to make information and applications available to anyone who needs them. Due to the highly sensitive nature of public sector data, such as citizens’ personal details, health records, and financial information, there’s been a nervousness around how secure ‘the cloud’ really is.
So you should be thinking about your connectivity and security as one. Using Secure Access Server Edge (SASE) in conjunction with an SD-WAN.
It means that you can secure all your data, the apps and the devices that are using your network, all from a single software platform.
It’s simple, flexible and, most importantly, it makes everything secure and gives you peace of mind.
To get from your legacy infrastructure to a modern network could be easier than you think. You need a partner you can trust, that understands your estate and will move at your pace, to ensure you maximise your journey to the cloud.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Cassava Sciences, Inc. ("Cassava" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SAVA). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Cassava and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 18, 2022, The New York Times published an article entitled "Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer's Drug." The article addressed Cassava's experimental Alzheimer's drug, simufilam, and reported that one of Cassava's advisers, Dr. H.Y. Wang, had five papers he authored retracted from the scientific journal PLoS One after an in-depth investigation revealed "serious concerns about the integrity and the reliability of the results."
On this news, Cassava's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on April 19, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
26-29-32-36-48, Star Ball: 7, ASB: 3
(twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-six, forty-eight; Star Ball: seven; ASB: three)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
26-29-32-36-48, Star Ball: 7, ASB: 3
(twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-six, forty-eight; Star Ball: seven; ASB: three) | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17166980.php | 2022-05-12T03:41:34Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17166980.php | false | null |
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Gillibrand says abortion rights supporters are in the ‘biggest fight of a generation’
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday that supporters of abortion rights are in “the biggest fight of a generation” after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision legalizing abortion nationwide. “Every one of us...
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Mets manager Buck Showalter credited Trevor Williams — who did not even pitch that day — in part for the team’s most recent miracle victory.
If the Mets whip up more magic Thursday, Williams and Stephen Nogosek could be in line for more pats on the back.
On Wednesday night, the long man and the new man (Nogosek made his season debut) emerged from the bullpen and spared the Mets’ most valued relievers by eating up a combined 6 ²/₃ scoreless innings in a 8-3 loss to the Nationals in Washington.
Starter Tylor Megill had nothing for the Mets, allowing eight runs and recording just four outs, before he was pulled with a runner on in the second inning. The Mets were facing the prospect of a very long bullpen day that could expend reliever after reliever, the type of loss that could beget a loss the following day.
Instead, first Williams and then Nogosek appeared, keeping the Mets close (which did not matter because their quiet offense never closed the gap) and sparing their bullpen mates.
“That was big,” Showalter said of Williams, who hadn’t pitched in a week, and Nogosek, who hadn’t pitched in 11 days. “I know there were some people in our bullpen who were pretty happy about it, and it presents us in a better light for [Thursday’s] game.
“Those are the types of things that good teams and teams with good depth are able to do. That’s not easy to do.”
Williams allowed a single to Keibert Ruiz before sitting down five of the next six Nationals. He walked Nelson Cruz in the fourth inning, then immediately erased him with a double-play ball from Yadiel Hernandez.
The righty pitched a perfect fifth inning before his pitch count (51) prompted Showalter to call for Nogosek, who was summoned earlier this week after pitching to a 1.69 ERA at Triple-A Syracuse.
The mustachioed Nogosek did not allow a hit in three innings, and only two Nationals reached on walks. Neither reached second base.
“I think we proved that if the game’s still going, we have a chance,” said the 27-year-old Nogosek, who last pitched with Syracuse on April 30. “I knew if I went out there and put up zeroes, kept us in the ballgame, there’s a chance we could win that game.”
Because of Williams’ and Nogosek’s work, the Mets did not have to turn to Drew Smith or Joely Rodriguez, both of whom had pitched Tuesday, and thus both should be fresher Thursday.
The game recalled Williams’ effort in a loss to the Braves on May 4, another start by Megill, which went sideways when it was handed to Adam Ottavino. But because Williams went long in cleaning up the mess himself, the Mets had a mostly stocked bullpen for the following night — when Chasen Shreve, Adonis Medina and Edwin Diaz were fresh, combining for five scoreless innings that enabled the Mets to avoid a blowout. And that came in handy when they scored seven runs in the ninth to beat the Phillies.
If the Mets need to rely upon a fresh bullpen in their matinee Thursday, Showalter will remember the two relievers who will be sore. | https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/trevor-williams-stephen-nogosek-spare-rest-of-mets-bullpen/ | 2022-05-12T03:50:30Z | https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/trevor-williams-stephen-nogosek-spare-rest-of-mets-bullpen/ | false | 2 |
The reason why the Brazilian central defender Marcelo was removed from the campus Lyon Olympics is unprecedented. At the time, the club published a statement in which it sought to explain the atypical situation in the best possible way. However, the French press revealed the real reason, and it became the subject of debate on Twitter, to the point that a legend like Gary Lineker came out in his defense.
The defender was relegated to the second team of the French squad for “Farsting in the locker room and laughing about it with your teammates”. The experienced 34-year-old was mysteriously removed from the starting squad earlier in the season following a “locker room incident”, the club reported, and was ordered to train with the Reserves at the stadium. Les Gones with immediate effect.
The incident occurred after Lyon’s 3-0 loss to Angers in August 2021, in which Marcelo scored a goal against. A short time later, the club’s social media confirmed in a statement that, after discussions with the boardroom and manager Peter Bosz, the Brazilian defender would be discharged.
“Marcelo’s inappropriate behavior in the locker room after the game in Angers justifies this decision., which was taken unanimously by the Olympique Lyonnais management team,” the statement read, adding more details: “The player was informed of this decision yesterday afternoon by Juninho and Peter Bosz. The management reiterates that all of their players must demonstrate an unwavering mindset and a commitment to quickly get back to recording results in line with the club’s ambitions.”
After months of uncertainty, The Team revealed that his departure was caused by flatulence in the locker room that caused laughter from his teammates. The Ligue 1 club were going through a difficult period at the time and, with their form slipping, the coaches did not take Marcelo’s gases very well.
Lyon sporting director Juninho Pernambucano, who was “not particularly close to his compatriot”, according to the report, decided to remove him from the team. The decision was backed by coach Peter Bosz. The reason had worldwide repercussions on social networks and even generated an opinion of Gary Linekerformer England national team star. “Kick him off the team for farting? Today I’d be banned for life for shitting in a field. The game is gone”wrote the historic English footballer on his Twitter profile.
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EX DEO - "New Music Will See The Light In Winter 2023"
May 11, 2022, 27 minutes ago
Juno award-nominated symphonic death metal band, Ex Deo, fronted by Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm), have issued the following progress report:
"Ex Deo will soon begin recording new music this year that will see the light in the winter of 2023!
The Roman outfit will take off where Nero left and enter the turbulent year of The Four Emperors. The release will be an EP and will be released on Maurizio Iacono's own newly launched Distortion Music Group for a worldwide release.
With contractual obligations completed, Ex Deo looks forward at the new path forward and taking its own destiny into its own hands!
We thank Napalm Records for releasing three great records and for standing by Ex Deo!
The saga continues..." | https://bravewords.com/news/ex-deo-new-music-will-see-the-light-in-winter-2023 | 2022-05-12T03:57:19Z | https://bravewords.com/news/ex-deo-new-music-will-see-the-light-in-winter-2023 | true | null |
Oil Kings 4, Rebels 2
First Period
1. Edmonton, Luypen 3 (Wiebe, Horstmann) 15:51.
Penalties — Edmonton bench (delay of game, served by Van Olm) 0:36; King Rd (hooking) 8:31; Lind Rd (high sticking) 16:11.
Second Period
2. Edmonton, Guenther 8 (unassisted) 0:08.
3. Edmonton, Souch 5 (Guenther, Sourdif) 0:39.
4. Red Deer, Larson 3 (unassisted) 8:20.
5. Edmonton, Guenther 9 (Guhle, Souch) 18:34 (pp).
Penalties — Wiebe Edm (roughing) 8:36; Bains Rd (cross checking) 8:36; Demek Edm (high sticking) 10:49; Fabrizi Rd (delay of game) 13:14; Lind Rd (tripping) 18:23; Neighbours Edm, Uchacz Rd (roughing) 18:23; Kowalyk Edm (interference) 19:32.
Third Period
6. Red Deer, Gustafson 2 (van de Leest, Keeler) 13:47 (sh).
Penalties — King Rd (slashing) 7:32; Szabo Edm, Isley Rd (roughing) 11:53; Grubbe Rd (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 12:52.
Shots on goal by
Goal — Edmonton: Cossa (W, ). Red Deer: Ungar (L, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 1-6; Red Deer: 0-3.
Referees — Chris Crich, Kyle Kowalski. Linesmen — Michael Roberts, Chad Huseby.
Attendance — 3,344 at Red Deer. | https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Sums-Edmonton-Red-Deer-17167002.php | 2022-05-12T04:04:37Z | https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Sums-Edmonton-Red-Deer-17167002.php | false | 10 |
Pret A Manger cuts ALL chicken from menu over ‘salmonella outbreak’ at suppliers, as ‘Sainsbury’s & Aldi also affected’
PRET A Manger has been forced to remove ALL chicken from its menu over a feared salmonella outbreak at its suppliers.
The sandwich giant said it had taken out the items "due to a potential food safety risk at a supplier," describing the move as a "precautionary measure".
No Pret products are thought to have been directly impacted.
It comes as Aldi also had to recall its chicken and bacon Caesar wraps, while Sainsbury's has warned customers chicken is "blocked from sale".
Sainsbury's customers have claimed that they were unable to buy any cooked chicken products at the till, with one saying they saw staff members removing chicken products from the shelves to be "destroyed".
A risk of salmonella is believed to have been found at a site owned by one of Pret's suppliers.
Pret, which had 373 branches in the UK as of March last year, has removed the ad for its new Sriracha Chicken Salad Wrap from its website.
Other customer favourites such as the Chicken Caesar baguette also don't appear online, with a note instead saying: "Oops, this product is currently not in our shops."
The Food Standards Agency has warned anyone with the Aldi items in their fridge not to eat them, and instead return them to their nearest store and collect a full refund.
A Pret A Manger spokesperson said: "As a precautionary measure, we’ve temporarily removed the majority of chicken items on our menu due to a potential food safety risk at one of our suppliers.
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"We hope to have these products back in shops soon. We apologise for any inconvenience."
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OWI
Matthew J. Payne, 40, Evansdale, was arrested on April 23 for first-offense OWI. Oliver’s Hub in Tripoli was hit by a vehicle about 11 p.m. on April 23. By the time a Bremer County deputy arrived, the vehicle, a silver 1994 GMC Sierra, was travelling away from the scene. Payne was in the passenger seat. Multiple witnesses had identified Payne as the driver when the vehicle hit the building. Payne refused a field sobriety test and was transported to the Bremer County Jail where he tested with a blood alcohol concentration of .214.
Katie R. Dulin, 36, Cedar Falls, first-offense OWI, arrested on April 24, 2022.
Alexis N. Simon, 21, Waverly, first-offense OWI, arrested April 29, 2022.
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Lori A. Johnson, 48, Sumner, was cited for operating a non-registered vehicle, cited on April 26, 2022.
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Lori A. Johnson, 48, Sumner, was cited for speeding 55 or under (11 through 15 over), cited on April 26, 2022. | https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/oelwein_daily_register/bremer-county-courthouse-news/article_995147fa-45e3-5f0b-8fdb-fac64c8ee897.html | 2022-05-12T04:15:21Z | https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/oelwein_daily_register/bremer-county-courthouse-news/article_995147fa-45e3-5f0b-8fdb-fac64c8ee897.html | false | 1 |
Astros lead Twins 5-1 with game suspended after 3 innings
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins had their game suspended when a severe thunderstorm rolled through and halted play in the top of the fourth inning with the Astros leading the Twins 5-1. José Urquidy won’t get to keep working on what he started. He gave the Astros a boost with three solid innings on the mound. Jeremy Peña had three RBIs and Jose Altuve homered for the Astros off Twins starter Chris Archer. The Astros have an eight-game winning streak going. The suspended game will be tacked on as a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon. | https://kvia.com/news/2022/05/11/astros-lead-twins-5-1-with-game-suspended-after-3-innings/ | 2022-05-12T04:15:25Z | https://kvia.com/news/2022/05/11/astros-lead-twins-5-1-with-game-suspended-after-3-innings/ | false | null |
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Estimated jackpot: $450,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
06-13-19-34-37
(six, thirteen, nineteen, thirty-four, thirty-seven)
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Juan Yepez homered and Miles Mikolas pitched seven strong innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Brendan Donovan added a two-run double to the Cards' 11-hit attack.
Baltimore had its season-best three-game winning streak halted.
Yepez continued a sizzling start to his career. He has hit safely in all seven games since being called up on May 3. He hit a homer in the second inning of Spenser Watkins (0-1) and has reached base in 13 of his first 25 plate appearances.
Yepez’s seven-game streak is the longest by a St. Louis player to start a career since Magneuris Sierra hit in his first nine games in 2017. Yepez went 2 for 5 and is hitting .444.
Mikolas (3-1) allowed one run on four hits. He struck out three and walked one. Mikolas has allowed two runs or less in all seven starts this season.
Donovan, who reached base in all four trips to the plate, capped off a three-run outburst in the second inning with a two-run double for a 3-0 lead. Goldschmidt highlighted a four-run fourth inning with a two-run double. He added a run-scoring single in the sixth.
Tommy Edman also drove in a pair of runs for the Cardinals.
Watkins gave up eight hits and seven earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked two.
Even with the loss, Baltimore has won seven of 11 after a 6-14 start to the season.
COME ON UP
St. Louis recalled RHP Jake Walsh from Triple-A Memphis. Walsh recorded six saves in nine appearances in the minors. He pitched two scoreless innings in his MLB debut on Wednesday. RHP Kodi Whitley (2-0, 4.15 ERA) was sent to Memphis.
ON THE REHAB TRAIL
St. Louis RHP Drew VerHagen will start for Double-A Springfield against Amarillo on Thursday. VerHagen was placed on the injured list on April 22 with right hip impingement. This will be his second rehab start. He was 0-3 with a 5.79 ERA in three appearances prior to the injury.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: INF Ryan Mountcastle missed the game due to left wrist soreness that had been bothering him the last couple days. INF Ramon Urias missed his third successive game with abdominal discomfort.
UP NEXT
RHP Jordan Hicks (1-2, 3.78) will start for the Cardinals in the final game of the three-game set on Thursday afternoon. Baltimore has not named a starter. Hicks has never gone longer than 4 1/3 in any of his previous six starts this season.
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Mohali, May 11
Members of the Atrocities and Anti-Corruption Front, led by its president Balwinder Singh Kumbhra, today staged a dharna outside the office of the Municipal Corporation against various irregularities in the MC.
Kumbhra said information sought under the Right to Information Act had not been provided to an applicant even after 40 days. The crossing near Greshan Hospital was so congested that many people had lost their lives in accidents there. Their repeated requests for installation of traffic lights and speed humps at the crossing have fallen on deaf ears.
He said Manjit Singh, a resident of Kumbhra village, had filed an application to the MC a year ago. He had alleged that the construction of a multi-storey building (a PG accommodation) had caused damage to his house. The building inspectors, instead of taking action against the building owner, were just doing formality by issuing notices to the owner.
Kumbhra said in another case, Amandeep Singh, Raj Kumar, Praveen Kumar, all residents of Ward No. 32 of Sohana, had complained against Pushwinder Kaur for constructing a multi-storey PG accommodation, but no action had been taken against her by the MC.
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By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Although Kentucky’s 2022 primary election takes place next week, there is already a lot of buzz for the 2023 Governor’s race with at least three Republicans, and probably more, seeking to stop Democrat Andy Beshear’s reelection bid.
The latest to join what is becoming a crowded field for the GOP gubernatorial nomination is Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who filed his intentions with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on Wednesday.
In his Registry filing, his wife, Makenze Cameron, is listed as the campaign treasurer.
“I’ve decided to run for governor because Kentucky needs a leader who reflects the values of the men, women and children of all 120 counties,” said Cameron. “That’s not our current governor.
“If you attend church or own a small business, you should know your governor won’t target you and shut you down. You should expect a Governor who will stand up for life. And if you’re in law enforcement you deserve a Governor who won’t abandon you for political gain. As your Attorney General I’ve proven that I will always defend Kentucky’s values.”
Due to changes made by the General Assembly in 2020, Cameron is not required to name a running mate for lieutenant governor, unless he wins his party’s nomination in the May 2023 Primary Election. Once the certificate of nomination is issued, the nominee would have until the second Tuesday in August 2023 to make the designation with the Secretary of State’s office.
Other Republicans who have filed their intent to run for governor with the registry include current Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles, who sent his paperwork in on May 1, and Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon, who filed his intent on July 12, 2021. Both are term-limited in their current office.
“The Republican Primary for governor is getting more crowded for one reason – Andy Beshear has taken Kentucky down the wrong path,” Harmon said. “Beshear closed our businesses, closed our churches, kept abortion clinics open, and has fallen in line with Joe Biden’s radical liberal agenda.
“I want to welcome my friend Daniel Cameron to the race. Daniel has an important voice in the Republican Party, and I look forward to seeing him on the campaign trail and discussing our ideas for how best to get Kentucky back on track.”
Beshear filed his intent to run for re-election, October 1, 2021.
The potential vacancy in the attorney general’s office already has at least one current officeholder taking a look at that post.
Republican Secretary of State Michael G. Adams, in a post on Twitter, congratulated Cameron on his filing, saying he joins an excellent field of Harmon, Quarles, and presumably others.
In a peek at his possible future plans, Adams added, “I will now consider running for Attorney General, and also consider pursuing reelection.”
If he wins the governor’s race, Cameron, who is Kentucky’s first Black attorney general, would also be the first Black governor.
The first day that statewide candidates can officially file for the 2023 election with the Secretary of State’s office is Nov. 9, 2022, the day after this year’s General Election. | https://www.nkytribune.com/2022/05/ky-attorney-general-danial-cameron-becomes-latest-to-join-crowded-gop-field-in-2023-governors-race/ | 2022-05-12T04:31:46Z | https://www.nkytribune.com/2022/05/ky-attorney-general-danial-cameron-becomes-latest-to-join-crowded-gop-field-in-2023-governors-race/ | true | 1 |
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Army is poised to revamp its forces in Alaska to better prepare for future cold-weather conflicts, and it is expected to replace the larger, heavily equipped Stryker Brigade in the state with a more mobile, infantry unit better suited for the frigid fight, according to Army leaders.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said she expects to make a final decision soon about the Alaska troop change, saying she will likely convert the Stryker unit, which uses heavy, eight-wheeled vehicles, to an infantry brigade.
“I think right now the purpose of Army forces in Alaska is much more about creating an extreme cold weather capable formation" that could be used in Europe or the Indo-Pacific, Wormuth told The Associated Press on a recent trip to Alaska to meet with senior commanders and troops. “We’re trying to get to a place where we have Arctic capable forces — forces that can survive and operate in that environment.”
The U.S. has long viewed the Arctic as a growing area of competition with Russia and China, particularly as climate change brings warmer temperatures and opens the sea lanes for longer periods of time. But officials have acknowledged that the U.S. lags behind those nations. Russia has taken steps to increase its military presence there, and China views the region as economically valuable for shipping and natural resources.
The changes in the Army were under consideration well before U.S. tensions with Russia soared following its invasion of Ukraine.
Under the new Army plan, the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, now based in Alaska, would be converted to a light infantry brigade. Combined with the division's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat team, the two units will become the 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska. And the large Stryker vehicles, which are somewhat old, would be replaced by other vehicles that are more suitable for the icy and snowy terrain, Wormuth said.
The greater focus on cold-weather war includes a move to conduct major training exercises for the Alaska-based troops in their home state, under the weather conditions they would face in an Arctic fight. The troops had been scheduled to go to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in March, but Army leaders decided to keep them in Alaska so they could train under the frigid temperatures and frozen terrain that they would encounter in any cold-weather battle.
“I think it really makes sense to have forces trained in the Arctic environments that they would be used for,” Wormuth said after spending two days at the still snowy base. “If we’re going to have ground forces in Alaska, that’s what we need them to be able to do. They can’t get that experience going to the Mojave Desert or to Fort Polk.”
Last year, in an initial trial event, Pacific-based forces stayed in Hawaii for their scheduled exercises at the National Training Center in California’s Mohave Desert. Commanders said they have learned from these first two moves, as they try to recreate conditions and relocate personnel and equipment from well-established training centers to more remote locations.
During her visit to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Wormuth met with commanders who called the training shift a success. Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, commander of U.S. Army Alaska, said the benefits outweighed any shortfalls created by the need to build the infrastructure for the training exercise in the remote north.
“You're getting the best of both worlds, without losing too much,” Eifler said. “We did get a lot more out of it than we thought we would.”
Eifler said that while they didn't have as many training observers or civilian role players as they would have at one of the training centers, the trainers that did come were able to learn more about Arctic weather operations.
In addition, Eifler said, the change avoided the costly and time-consuming shipment of vehicles, weapons and other equipment to Louisiana and back. The lengthy packing and shipping process before and after a training exercise in Louisiana or California often forces troops to be without their weapons systems and other equipment for weeks.
During briefings at the Alaska base, commanders said the training included large-scale combat operations under extreme weather conditions in what they called the “most challenging environment on earth.” They said that 10,000 troops — including Canadian Army and Air forces — were involved in the exercise.
But they said the exercise also underscored the need for better cold-weather vehicles, including those capable of carrying Arctic infantry forces.
Gen. Joseph Martin, the vice chief of the Army who was in Alaska this year, said the service has been studying what would be the best type of vehicle for the troops. “Is the Stryker the right vehicle for an Arctic warrior? In the winter, you need vehicles that can move across snow,” he said.
In addition, he said, the vehicle also needs to be able to operate in the spring or summer thaw, when the ground turns to mud.
As Wormuth wrapped up her visit, she suggested that the decision on the Stryker Brigade is moving forward soon. Any final decision would need approval from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
“If you’re going to do big movements of equipment and things like that, the summer is a pretty important window because it’s a lot easier to move vehicles around than doing it in the dead of winter,” she said.
And in conversations with congressional lawmakers, including during a hearing this week, she made clear that the change would not reduce the number of soldiers in Alaska. Instead, she said that while the infantry brigade will be smaller, the Army would offset that loss by increasing the size and capabilities of the headquarters.
More broadly, she talked with commanders in Alaska about the potential need for more changes as the U.S. military's Arctic strategy evolves.
The U.S., Wormuth said, has resisted moves to militarize the Arctic, even as Russia has expanded its military presence and basing there. But, she said, “will that mindset continue given what the Russians are doing in Ukraine? Or will that get revisited? Will that create a window to think about things differently?"
Commanders said there are questions about whether one of the Pentagon's combatant commands — such as European Command or Northern Command, based in Colorado — should take full ownership of the Arctic and the U.S. military role there. Wormuth said the issue needs further discussion, and any decision may be years away. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Army-poised-to-revamp-Alaska-forces-to-prep-for-17167066.php | 2022-05-12T04:40:11Z | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Army-poised-to-revamp-Alaska-forces-to-prep-for-17167066.php | false | 34 |
SUMMER is fast approaching, which means it’s time to start planning your next holiday.
If trading the hustle and bustle of city life for white-sand beaches and crystal clear water sounds like the perfect getaway for you, you’re in luck.
In case you didn’t know, the U.S. Virgin Islands are just a 2-hour plane ride from Florida and they have everything you need for an epic beach vacation.
And the best part is that you can enjoy hot weather on the islands any time you go.
In fact, the islands have no real “off-season” and the average temperature in the winter months is 84 degrees Fahrenheit, or 29 degrees Celcius.
Dubbed “America’s Paradise,” the U.S. Virgin Islands consist of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John located in the Caribbean Sea.
Whether you’re heading out on a girls’ trip, family vacation, or traveling solo, there’s plenty to do across the three islands.
For those with a penchant for all things luxurious, head to St. Thomas to shop along Main Street’s high-end stores.
Nature and animal lovers will want to check out the 7,000 acres of dedicated parkland on St. John.
Meanwhile, history buffs will surely appreciate St. Croix’s colonial-era architecture and preserved historic sites.
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Of course, all three islands are the perfect destinations for snorkeling, sailing, jet-skiing, or soaking up the sun on their pristine beaches.
If you want to experience all three islands, ferries make it easy, and cheap, to hop between destinations.
You can visit the U.S. Virgin Islands without breaking the bank by planning your trip in April or May when hotel rates are lower.
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers are back on the practice field as the team's offseason program gets underway. In attendance, was veteran quarterback Tom Brady.
The G.O.A.T. appeared in team photos released Wednesday as Bucs players prepare for the 2022 season during phase 2 of OTAs at Advent Health Training Center in Tampa.
Brady was captured throwing passes during Tuesday's session. OTAs are optional and Brady is not normally in attendance.
The Bucs have 10 OTAs scheduled for the last couple of weeks in May and into June. The workouts are on May 17-19, May 24-26 and May 31-June 3. The mandatory minicamp will be from June 7-9.
Brady has had a busy offseason. Over the weekend, he attended Formula One's Miami Grand Prix and ran into a few "GOATs." The group snapped a picture capturing David Beckham, Michael Jordan and Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton.
This week, Brady agreed to become the lead NFL analyst at FOX Sports when he's done playing in the NFL, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced.
Brady said, in a tweet, he's "excited, but a lot of unfinished business on the field with the @Buccaneers." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nfl/buccaneers/tom-brady-bucs-buccaneers-otas/67-dcf374a1-1763-4856-bfb9-136f2d64bdaf | 2022-05-12T04:41:07Z | https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/nfl/buccaneers/tom-brady-bucs-buccaneers-otas/67-dcf374a1-1763-4856-bfb9-136f2d64bdaf | false | 1 |
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Every year, International Nurses Day is marked on May 12 to honour and recognise the efforts of nurses across the globe. The day is commemorated to acknowledge the sacrifices and invaluable contributions that nurses deliver to society by taking care of the sick and weak until they are well again. Nurses are also celebrated for their dedication to medical health and service. Furthermore, this day also observes the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is revered as the 'founder of modern nursing.'
As the entire world is grappling with the perils put forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare personnel, and nurses have been working around the clock to take care of vulnerable patients. Throughout the pandemic era, nurses have made tremendous sacrifices, fought heroically, and recommitted themselves on a daily basis to combat an unparalleled global health crisis. Here is some more information about the day that honours their contributions to healthcare industry:
In the year 1965, the first International Nurses Day was observed throughout the world. International Nurses Day is held to recognise the value of nurses worldwide and their contributions to the medical field. Every year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) marks the day by creating and spreading information and tools.
"Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health," is the theme for this year's Nurses' Day, as per World Health Organisation.
The significance of International Nurses Day is based on the story of Florence Nightingale. Each year, governments, as well as autonomous entities, aim to enhance nursing services for their patients by raising knowledge of the newest health-care facilities, giving education, and holding seminars and workshops for nurses regarding patient requirements. Every nurse does all possible every day to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820, and during the Crimean War between Russia as well as Britain, she worked as a nurse manager and trainer. She organised the care center for injured troops in Constantinople during the Crimean War. Besides facing Russian forces, she and her team of 38 nurses looked after British soldiers who were struggling with poor sanitation.
Nursing gained a positive reputation as a result of her efforts and services. She received the title, "The Lady with the Lamp," as she used to visit injured troops at night and became an icon of Victorian society.
She was also known as a reformer, statistician, and the creator of modern nursing in England. In 1883, she received the Royal Red Cross, in 1904, the Lady of Grace of the Order of St John (LGStJ), and in 1907, the Order of Merit.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
800 PM PDT Wed May 11 2022
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...
Winds are decreasing or will quickly decrease over the next hour
so the advisory will be allowed to expire.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts
up to 50 mph expected.
* WHERE...Ventura County Mountains and Los Angeles County
Mountains.
* WHEN...Until 3 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and
make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northwest to north winds 20 to
35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. For the High Wind Watch, north
to northeast winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph
possible.
* WHERE...Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Thursday. For the
High Wind Watch, from Thursday evening through late Thursday
night.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down large objects such as
trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel
could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this
situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe
location prior to the onset of winds.
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
Winds have decreased to below advisory levels.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
expected.
* WHERE...San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara County
Central Coast Beaches, San Luis Obispo County Inland Central
Coast and Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening.
* WHAT...North winds increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to
40 mph expected.
* WHERE...Santa Clarita Valley.
* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Thursday.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT THURSDAY...
up to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, Santa Ynez
Mountains Western Range and Santa Barbara County Southwestern
Coast.
* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 6 AM PDT Thursday.
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures between 32 and 35 degrees will result in
frost formation.
* WHERE...San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost can damage sensitive plants and harm pets if
left unprotected.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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Pitching: D – Malin Medeiros (W).
Hitting: D – Callie McCloskey 3 hits, 2 runs; Brook Romano 2 hits, 2 runs; Ave Faugno 2 hits, 3 RBIs; Caitlyn Donahue 1 hit and started the winning rally in the 5 inning.
Pitching: D – Malin Medeiros (W).
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Henderson Co. Jail staff reacts to Casey White’s escape
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Several agencies have said Alabama inmate Casey White manipulated Vicky White to convince her to help him escape from jail.
Vicky White was a corrections officer for 17 years, which is part of what stunned authorities when they say she broke Casey White out of the jail where she worked.
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Several agencies have said Casey manipulated Vicky for years, which made him able to coerce her into something like this.
Henderson County Jailer Amy Brady says this is actually common behavior for inmates.
“They try to find officers that they can manipulate to form bonds with,” Brady said.
And she says, inmates typically target female officers.
“The majority of people that form relationships with inmates, I hate to say it, are females,” Brady said.
Brady says it starts with small favors, like giving inmates extra food.
Then it can escalate to providing items like drugs. In Vicky White’s case, it was an escape.
Henderson County Jail has special training for employees.
“They all go through inmate manipulation classes,” Brady said.
The classes teach employees how to spot it and stop it.
“How to handle situations, and how to report situations too if they see something,” Brady said.
The jail’s mental health provider, Jeff Harris, says jail employees interact with the inmates every day, and they do build connections, so Harris says inmates will try to cross the line to take advantage.
“We provide care for the inmates here and it’s natural for us to want to see them do better and have a different outcome in life than where they’re at, and a lot of times that can open the door to manipulation,” said Harris. “One of the things we have to be mindful of is constant training.”
Harris says that training puts a big emphasis on boundary setting.
“Inmates do manipulate from time to time and we just have to be aware of that and set solid boundaries so we’re not sucked in, so to speak,” Harris said.
In the summer, the jail is planning on bringing in a specialist out of California for more extensive training on manipulation.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Tina Charles had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Skylar Diggins-Smith added 19 points and six assists, and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 97-77 on Wednesday night in the first of a home-and-home set this week.
Seattle was without star Breanna Stewart due to health and safety protocols, and Phoenix was missing center Brittney Griner, who is being detained in Russia.
Charles scored seven straight points to cap Phoenix’s 10-0 run for a 54-39 lead midway through the third quarter. Both teams scored 32 points in the frame after Charles sank a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left. Phoenix outscored Seattle 26-14 in the fourth.
Phoenix (1-1) plays at Seattle (1-2) on Saturday. After that, there will be one more chance to see Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi play against each other in the regular season.
Taurasi made four 3-pointers and scored 15 points for Phoenix. Bird also made four 3-pointers for Seattle and scored 14 points.
Jewell Loyd led the Storm with 26 points. Seattle was also without Epiphanny Prince due to health and safety protocols.
Bird's first 3-pointer early in the third quarter extended her streak to 31 games with a make from behind the arc.
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ICICI Bank overtakes SBI in market cap, Adani Green at 8th spot in big boys club
2 min read . 09:13 AM IST- ICICI Bank ended on Wednesday with a market capitalization of ₹4,96,364.87 crore compared to SBI's market cap of ₹4,25,168.49 crore
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ICICI Bank overtook State Bank of India (SBI) to become India's second most valuable bank after HDFC Bank. As per the BSE data, ICICI Bank ended on Wednesday with a market capitalization of ₹4,96,364.87 crore compared to SBI's market cap of ₹4,25,168.49 crore. However, HDFC Bank continues to remain most valuable Indian bank with a market value of ₹7,47,991.29 crore. HDFC Bank is placed at 3rd spot in the list of India's top 10 most valuable companies. Reliance Industries Limited or RIL and TCS are placed at 1st and 2nd spot in the list respectively.
ICICI Bank overtook State Bank of India (SBI) to become India's second most valuable bank after HDFC Bank. As per the BSE data, ICICI Bank ended on Wednesday with a market capitalization of ₹4,96,364.87 crore compared to SBI's market cap of ₹4,25,168.49 crore. However, HDFC Bank continues to remain most valuable Indian bank with a market value of ₹7,47,991.29 crore. HDFC Bank is placed at 3rd spot in the list of India's top 10 most valuable companies. Reliance Industries Limited or RIL and TCS are placed at 1st and 2nd spot in the list respectively.
Meanwhile, Adani Green Energy's market cap has slipped from 7th to 8th spot in the list of India's top 10 most valued listed companies. The market value of the Adani group stock nosedived last one week after the sell-off trigger in the stock. Last week, Adani Green Energy market cap had piped SBI's market cap and grabbed 7th spot in the big boys club but after the recent sell-off in Adani stocks, SBI has regained 7th spot in most valuable Indian company's list.
Meanwhile, Adani Green Energy's market cap has slipped from 7th to 8th spot in the list of India's top 10 most valued listed companies. The market value of the Adani group stock nosedived last one week after the sell-off trigger in the stock. Last week, Adani Green Energy market cap had piped SBI's market cap and grabbed 7th spot in the big boys club but after the recent sell-off in Adani stocks, SBI has regained 7th spot in most valuable Indian company's list.
ICICI Bank had first overtook SBI's market cap in 2013. However, this couldn't last long and ICICI Bank's market cap came below SBI's market valuation after few sessions. Later on in 2016 and in March 2022, SBI's market cap once again came below the private lender's market value. But, this time, the gap in market value of the two leading Indian banks look bigger as ICICI Bank is on course to hit ₹5 lakh crore market cap while SBI market cap is descending towards ₹4 lakh crore market value.
Highlighting the possible reason for ICICI Bank market cap extending its lead over the largest Indian commercial bank, Ruchit Jain, Lead Research at 5paisa.com said, "The Bank Nifty (especially private sector banking stocks) has shown relative outperformance to Nifty since last couple of sessions." | https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/icici-bank-overtakes-sbi-in-market-cap-adani-green-energy-at-8th-spot-in-big-boys-club/amp-11652326527470.html | 2022-05-12T05:09:55Z | https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/icici-bank-overtakes-sbi-in-market-cap-adani-green-energy-at-8th-spot-in-big-boys-club/amp-11652326527470.html | false | 1 |
What the papers say – May 12
Brexit complications, moves to curb Russian aggression and the cost-of-living crisis are splashed across the papers.
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Daily Express
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has directed its members to down tools starting from May 16. National President Anderson Ezeibe, who gave this directive yesterday in Abuja at the end of the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, urged the public to prevail on the government to attend to them within the 2 weeks to avoid an indefinite shutdown of the sector.
He said: “Our union suspended its industrial action declared on April 6, 2021, on of June 10, 2021, following the signing of a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with the government. The signed MoA contained a clear path to a sustainable resolution of the issues in dispute with timelines attached to each of the items in dispute.
“The suspension of the industrial action was for a period of 3 months and to | enable the government to conclude processes already initiated in the direction of fulfillment of the items in the MoA which are process led. “Nine months after the suspension of the industrial action and six months after the expiration of the three-month period of suspension, our union’s NEC met in its 102 meeting in Federal Polytechnic Mubi and after reviewing the report of the implementation of the MoA, resolved to issue a one-month ultimatum to the government effective April 4, 2022 to address the outstanding items in the MOA and other emergent issues or face the reality of another trade dispute with our Union.
“Our union’s ultimatum expired on May 4, 2022, and as is the norm, the NEC reconvened today (Wednesday) to review the response of the government to the ultimatum, particularly as it affects relevant agencies/ functionaries of government. “Within the period of the ultimatum, the union met with the National Board for Technical Education to review the grievances with a view to resolution. Another meeting fixed at the instance of the Minister of Education (after the 1 expiration of the ultimatum) failed to meet basic requirements for collective bargaining. “Our union stayed away from the meeting as it was not structured to address the issues in dispute. The Ministry of Labour and Employment only acknowledged receipt of the union’s ultimatum and made no attempts at conciliation.
“The status of the items in dispute as of today is captured below: no- release of the approved revitalization fund for the sector: Approved N15bn yet to be released 11 months after approval by the President. “Non-release of arrears of the new minimum wage: The owed 10 months arrears for the Polytechnics is yet to be released. The composite amount covering all Federal Tertiary Institutions to the approximate figure of N19Bn currently exists as an AIE in the Accountant General Office. “Following exhaustive deliberations, on the update as outlined above, the emergency meeting of the Union’s National Executive Council has resolved that members should withdraw their services in a two weeks industrial action with effect from Monday, 16th of May 2022.” | https://www.newtelegraphng.com/asup-begins-2-week-strike-may-16/ | 2022-05-12T05:12:48Z | https://www.newtelegraphng.com/asup-begins-2-week-strike-may-16/ | false | 1 |
Patti LuPone claps back at Broadway theatergoer for not wearing mask: 'Who do you think you are?'
For Patti LuPone it's as easy as wearing a mask or exiting stage left.
LuPone, 73, wasn't having it Tuesday after a theatergoer didn't appear to wear their mask covering their nose. During a Q&A panel at the American Theater Wing, alongside her "Company" costars, the "American Horror Story" actress told someone in the audience to "put your mask over your nose."
In video clips posted to Twitter, which have quickly gone viral, the legendary Broadway actress continued to scold the patron: "That's why you're in the theater. That is the rule," she said.
The current vaccination and mask policies for Broadway shows in New York City state that audiences are required to wear a mask through at least May 31. After April 30, many stopped checking vaccination status, according to the Broadway website. Audience masking protocols for June and beyond will be announced sometime this month, the website states.
"If you don't want to follow the rule, get the (expletive) out. I'm serious," LuPone continued. "Who do you think you are if you do not respect the people sitting around you?"
The theatergoer didn't stay quiet and yelled back at LuPone: "I pay your salary."
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The Tony winner clapped back: "You pay my salary? Chris Harper pays my salary," she responded referring to the "Company" producer.
USA TODAY has reached out to LuPone representatives for further comment.
LuPone's impassioned comments come weeks after the Broadway star tested positive for COVID-19 in late February. "Hi Dolls. I showed up for Saturday's matinee, tested positive for Covid with 3 tests," she tweeted at the time. "Unfortunately, I'll be out of the show for 10 days. I'm so sorry."
During a March 17 appearance on "The View," LuPone said she wore a negative COVID-19 test as a "badge of honor for over two years, and the little bugger found me."
"It could have been worse," she said, adding she was thankful for science and vaccines to combat the virus.
"I still take the precautions and I hope that they keep the mask mandate in the theaters for longer … we are not out of this," LuPone said.
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While speaking to "The View" hosts, LuPone also spoke about her return to New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre following her COVID stint, and how she was welcomed with another hiccup.
During the curtain call for one of the shows, a bouquet of long-stemmed roses was thrown on stage and accidentally hit her head. "First of all, that is a huge compliment when roses are thrown on the stage, that is a huge compliment so I appreciate it very much. However, one should throw underhanded, not overhanded and one should aim for the feet, not the head, and one should take the thorns out of the roses," LuPone joked.
LuPone was nominated for a Tony Award Monday for best performances by an actress in a featured role in a musical for her role in "Company," the Stephen Sondheim musical comedy starring Katrina Lenk.
The Broadway star has also been awarded a Tony for her roles in "Evita" and "Gypsy."
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'The Bachelorette' couple Michelle Young and Nayte Olukoya explain why they still haven't moved in together
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 05/12/2022
The Bachelorette
alum
Michelle Young
has revealed the latest on her plans with fiance
Nayte Olukoya
to move in together.
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Michelle and Nayte got engaged on
The Bachelorette
's
Season 18 finale last year, which aired in December 2021, but the couple is still living apart and trying to make a long-distance relationship work.
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Michelle -- who is living in Minneapolis, MN, and Nayte, who currently resides in Austin, TX -- were therefore asked about their future plans during the May 10 episode of "Bachelor Happy Hour," which is co-hosted by Michelle and Season 14
The Bachelorette
alum
Becca Kufrin
.
Michelle explained she and Nayte have begun talking about moving in together and settling down now that she's able to take a break from "traveling so much" following trips to New York, Los Angeles, Mexico, and Canada.
"So I've finally been home [in Minnesota] long enough where I've been able to get into a routine, so it's been really, really nice," Michelle shared.
"I feel like [us moving in together] is the burning question. Every time I do a Q&A online, everyone is like, 'Why haven't you moved in yet? When are you moving in together?'"
The fifth grade teacher revealed, "And really, it's just that we're trying to figure out where we want to be and what location we want to be at."
"It's just a constant, ongoing conversation and kind of depends [on] what next year is going to look like for me."
"Am I going to be in the classroom or am I going to try to do something outside of the classroom? And him right now, he's working remotely but they might be going back into the office."
"So we're kind of just taking both of our positions into consideration, and then once the school year is done, I think I'm going to have a better idea of where I'm going to be, and then we're going to kind of cater to that... and figure it out together."
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Becca suggested Michelle and Nayte should move to San Diego, where Becca and her boyfriend
Thomas Jacobs
currently reside. The California city is also where Nayte's best friend
Rodney Mathews
lives.
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"Oh yes, but I wouldn't see [Nayte]," Michelle said with a laugh. "I wouldn't see either of them or I would just never see Nayte alone."
In the meantime, Nayte joked about his obsession connecting with others in the metaverse.
"I'm looking at buying real estate right now in the metaverse," Nayte said.
"I'm laughing. That's where our gift from the franchise is going -- not a real house, but to a house in the metaverse," Michelle said, cracking up. "For legal reasons, this is a joke! Please know, this is a joke."
The Bachelor
family gifted Michelle and Nayte a down payment on their first house together following her
The Bachelorette
season. (Michelle was caught whispering to Nayte on
The Bachelorette
: After the Final Rose
that the check was for $200,000).
Michelle shared in April how she and Nayte were in the
beginning stages of wedding planning
.
"Nayte and I, we know so many different people and we have such big families and that's a huge part of [our planning process]," Michelle told
Us Weekly
.
"And so coming out of a pandemic... one thing that we both can't imagine is having a small wedding," the Minnesota native added, "and so we want to make sure that we're completely clear of that so that's not even a stressor for us, and then, [we want to have] warm weather [on our big day]."
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Michelle assured the magazine that although she and Nayte live apart, they're in constant communication.
"If we're not hanging out, we're texting [or] FaceTiming. We do a lot of movie nights like over FaceTime or Zoom. We've been making it work," Michelle noted, adding, "When we are together, we just spent time together like nonstop."
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Nayte previously told
Us
that he and Michelle
would like to marry
in the summer, and so it appears they won't be tying the knot until at least Summer 2023.
"We're definitely feeling it all out," Nayte said, before Michelle revealed they'll live together "eventually."
After getting engaged last year, Nayte revealed on
After the Final Rose
that he had
planned to move
to Minnesota in the next two or three months and the lovebirds had already begun house-hunting.
Michelle gushed to
People
in December 2021 about how she and Nayte "have fun together" and can have deep conversations about controversial issues and more.
"We vent to each other, we check each other and make sure that we're positive," Michelle said. "We dance, sing, goof around, all of it."
Nayte echoed that sentiment and noted how their relationship just "flows" effortlessly.
"I've never met anybody even, like, remotely close to him because he just has so many layers," Michelle shared of her fiance at the time. "And even now, like on a daily basis, I'm like, 'What did I do to deserve this? How did I get lucky?'"
"He
tells me how he feels
about me every day, multiple times," she added.
Michelle also told
People
, "I fall more in love every day."
"I was fortunate enough to grow up in a family with a healthy marriage and I thought, 'I'm not going to give up until I have that.' He's my person," she said. "And I didn't know I
could love at this level
."
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And Nayte said he believes their
relationship is going to last
because they have the type of love everyone searches for.
"Every day, we'll just catch each other in just this, like, flow of emotion," Nayte said last year.
"It's just like, 'Holy crap, we are each other's. This is our life. This is actually forever.' We actually have a connection that is forever."
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Elizabeth Kwiatkowski is Associate Editor of Reality TV World and has been covering the reality TV genre for more than a decade.
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Hannover Rück (OTCMKTS:HVRRY – Get Rating) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, Zacks.com reports.
According to Zacks, “Hannover Rueckversicherung AG provides reinsurance services. The Company’s operations are divided into four segments: property and casualty reinsurance, life and health reinsurance, financial reinsurance and specialty insurance. Hannover, through its subsidiaries, transacts all lines of non-life and life/health reinsurance. It offers non-life reinsurance products, including specialty lines comprising aviation and space; credit, surety, and political risks; marine, including offshore energy; and structured reinsurance products, which include insurance-linked securities. Hannover Rueckversicherung AG is based in Hannover, Germany. “
HVRRY has been the subject of a number of other reports. Credit Suisse Group increased their target price on shares of Hannover Rück from €165.00 ($173.68) to €174.00 ($183.16) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Hannover Rück in a report on Thursday, February 10th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Hannover Rück from €198.00 ($208.42) to €191.00 ($201.05) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Hannover Rück from €210.00 ($221.05) to €205.00 ($215.79) in a report on Monday, March 14th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Hannover Rück from €145.70 ($153.37) to €138.80 ($146.11) in a report on Thursday, April 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $166.30.
Hannover Rück (OTCMKTS:HVRRY – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 10th. The financial services provider reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter. Hannover Rück had a net margin of 4.39% and a return on equity of 9.46%. The firm had revenue of $8.12 billion during the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Hannover Rück will post 6.04 earnings per share for the current year.
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Hannover Rück SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides reinsurance products and services worldwide. It operates through Property & Casualty Reinsurance, and Life & Health Reinsurance segments. The company offers property, casualty, facultative, catastrophe XL, structured reinsurance, and insurance-linked securities.
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'It just shows the kind of person that we thought she was': Colleagues had voted prison guard Vicky White employee of the year for a fifth time and she was set to be honored THIS WEEK before she went on the run with her inmate lover
- Vicky White was due to be honored as the corrections employee of the year the same week she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while on the run
- Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said: 'I think it just shows the kind of person that we thought she was'
- The runner-up in the voting will now receive the award
- Vicky White's funeral is due to be held on May 14 at the Center Hill Church of Christ Cemetery
- She helped accused murderer and lover Casey Cole White escape from prison on April 29 and led authorities on an 11-day manhunt
Alabama jail director Vicky White was about to honored as employee of the year for the fifth time in her career before she helped accused murderer and lover Casey Cole White escape from prison on April 29.
Vicky White was set to be honored as the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department Corrections Employee of the Year this week - an award voted for by her peers.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told The New York Post: 'That speaks volumes in terms of what her peers and subordinates thought of her.'
Singleton added: 'I think it just shows the kind of person that we thought she was. No one that worked with her and knows her ever saw anything like this coming.'
The runner-up in the vote will now receive the award.
Vicky White, who said she was taking Casey White for a mental health evaluation, ran away with him on April 29. Casey White was serving a 75-year sentence for multiple crimes when he confessed to a 2015 murder
Vicky White's awards were on display when her mother, Pat Davis, was interviewed by WAAY-TV while her daughter was still a fugitive
Vicky White was set to be honored as the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department Corrections Employee of the Year this week - an award voted for by her peers
On Wednesday, Vicky White’s last words to the man she sprang from prison blamed him for their capture, 911 audio shows
Amid the chaos of their forced car crash after sheriff’s officers rammed their Cadillac from the road and into the ditch, Vicky, 56, can be heard saying, ‘Stop, stop, the airbags will go off and kill us.’
A few moments later Vicky can be heard suggesting, ‘Let’s get out and run,’ before, clearly frustrated, she rounds on Casey and says, ‘You had to stay in some f***ing motel.’
White can be heard responding with a low rumble of a laugh.
The couple were captured after an Evansville police department patrol officer ran the plates on a car he saw parked up at Motel 41, on the outskirt of the Indiana town.
It showed that the vehicle was stolen. Earlier, a local man had reported a blue truck – bought in Tennessee for $6,000 by White – parked at an odd angle in his car wash and surveillance footage appeared to show White at the facility.
Law enforcement staked out the Motel 41 where it turned out White and Vicky had intended to stay for 14 nights.
Instead, after just six, officers caught up to them, giving chase when the couple emerged from their room in the brief pursuit that ended with that forced crash and Vicky’s death from a gunshot wound.
In the 911 audio an officer can be heard voicing concern as he observes that Vicky has a gun in her right hand and, ‘has her finger on the trigger.’
Casey survived the chase and surrendered to police. He is now back in custody in Alabama and on Tuesday night, was seen shuffling in shackles through the Lauderdale County Courthouse.
DailyMail.com was there to witness the 38-year-old walk into court shortly before 10pm little more than 24 hours after his the 11-day manhunt for the pair came to an end.
He spoke only to assure Judge Ben Graves that he had received proper counsel as he was charged with escape in the first degree.
The 56-year-old corrections officer was due to retire on the day she absconded with the suspected murderer
That charge is now added to his laundry list of felonies, the most pressing of which is a capital murder charge for which he is due to stand trial in June.
Dressed in Vanderburgh County Correctional Facility yellow shirt and pants, a raw wound was clearly visible in the back of White's shorn head as he sat at the front of the small courtroom.
It was the only evidence of any injury sustained by White in the car crash that dramatically ended his 11 day stretch on the lam with co-conspirator, former assistant director of corrections Vicky White, 56.
White was walked into the back of Lauderdale County Courthouse by sheriff deputies. He refused to answer questions shouted by waiting press.
He did not react when asked if he felt any remorse for Vicky's death. Vicky White, 56, died on Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the coroner ruled on Tuesday.
She pulled the trigger as the car she and Casey White - no relation - were traveling in crashed into a ditch in Indiana, having been run off the road by police.
In a separate interview with WVTM, Singleton said that he believe the entire plot was due to a 'jailhouse romance.'
During that interview, Singleton said that Casey White will 'probably' be in prison for the rest of his life.
On May 2, WAAY-TV conducted an interview with Vicky's mother, Pat Davis, at her home.
The pictures showed Vicky's many awards and newspaper clippings proudly on display.
One award statue read: 'Deputy of the Year 2015' while another read: 'Corrections Employee of the Year 2020.'
The pair were caught Monday afternoon after leading US Marshals on a car chase that lasted 'less than a few minutes'. They had been in Evansville, Indiana, since May 3
Davis told the local station that she did not believe that her daughter would willingly help somebody to escape from prison.
Attorneys for Casey White informed the court that they will be filing a motion for a change of venue for Casey's forthcoming trial for the murder of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway – allegedly stabbed to death by Casey White.
Casey White has confessed the crime, claiming he was paid to commit the heinous act.
Casey White confessed to the murder of Connie Ridgeway while he was serving time for other crimes. He is awaiting a capital murder trial for the 2015 killing.
Ridgeway's son, Austin Williams, told WAFF in an interview that Vicky White's death was not what the family was not what their family was hoping for.
As regards Vicky White being in a relationship with the man who killed his father, Ridgeway said: 'Casey’s romantic relationships haven’t lasted long in the past. Maybe she didn’t know what she was up against exactly.'
Lauderdale County lawyer Temberly Sledge told CBS42 in an interview that he worked with Vicky White in the prison system.
The two were found 219 miles away from the jail they left in Alabama on April 29. The manhunt spanned three different states
Casey White, 38, is seen in dashboard camera footage released by police in Indiana being taken into custody on Monday
These are all of the weapons the couple had in their Cadillac when they were rammed into a ditch by police on Monday
The couple had just $29,000 of the $90,000 Vicky had withdrawn when they were caught on Monday
Images obtained by DailyMail.com show the simple rooms with an open clothes rack for hanging garments, small table and wall mounted television like the one in which White and Vicky stayed
This is a general view of the Motel 41 in Evansville, Indiana, where prison guard Vicky White, 56, and her inmate lover Casey White, 38, spent six days holed up after fleeing Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama on April 29
Sledge said that he spoke to her less than 24 hours before she broke Casey White out of prison: 'When I spoke with Vicky on Thursday, I thanked her for her help and one of the comments that I made was "There are a lot of people in jail that have no one to help them." And I never could have imagined what would happen the next morning.'
Vicky's body has been removed from Indiana to a funeral home in Florence, Alabama. Her funeral will be held on May 14 at Center Hill Church of Christ Cemetery in Lexington, Alabama.
Casey White is due to stand trial for Ridgeway's murder in June. Casey's attorney saying his client wanted the trial to go ahead then against his advice.
His appearance came as new dashboard and body camera footage from Indiana showed the dramatic moment Casey White was taken into custody and the body of his corrections officer accomplice dragged dying from their car on Monday.
Casey White is just visible beneath the hood of the police car, as sheriffs wrestle him to the ground
The wanted man is seen being wrestled to the ground by Indiana law enforcement on Monday afternoon
Casey White, in the white t-shirt, was serving a 75-year prison sentence for attempted murder and other offenses when he fled. He was also awaiting trial on charges of stabbing a woman to death during a 2015 burglary
Casey White is dragged out of the crumpled car first, by his hands. Officers kneel on him to handcuff him, then bring him away from the wreck towards another cruiser.
His denim shirt is ripped, but he appears otherwise unharmed, with his black sunglasses still on his face. He is checked over, then wrestled to the floor.
Officers then turn to Vicky White, who is described as 'unresponsive'.
As police approach the car, one officer says: 'We need to clear some of this s***' to get to her.'
He asks if someone has a long stick.
Another officer, kneeling by the overturned car, says: 'She's still got the gun in her hand.'
One adds: 'She's still breathing. I can see her chest rising. Finger still on the trigger. She could pull that trigger again.'
After several minutes of discussion, the officer leans in to retrieve the gun from Vicky White's hand. They then pull her from the car by her hands. She is then lain on the road.
DailyMail.com was there to witness the 38-year-old walk into court shortly before 10pm little more than 24 hours after his the 11-day manhunt for the pair came to an end
Casey White is seen on Tuesday night being led out of court after appearing before a judge
A third video released by the police showed them searching a Ford truck, which the couple abandoned before switching to their Cadillac.
An officer searches the vehicle, then tells his colleague: 'There's no paperwork. A little bit of trash and a charger and a Glock magazine loader.'
He adds: 'It's weird.'
The pair were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said on Tuesday.
The end of the manhunt left authorities trying to piece together what happened during the 11 days that elapsed after Vicky White escorted Casey White from a Florence, Alabama, jail for what she falsely claimed was a mental health evaluation.
She also told her coworkers that she felt ill and planned to see a doctor afterward.
No one realized that the two were missing until around 3.30 p.m.
As for her role in the escape, the sheriff said: 'He was not forcing her. It was a mutual relationship.'
Authorities discovered wigs intended to hide their identities.
Dave Wedding, sheriff of Vandenburgh County, said investigators do not believe the two had relatives or other contacts in the city of 120,000.
The pair were staying in room 150 on the ground level of the motel, where accommodation costs about $44 a night not including a $25 cash deposit required upon booking
'They thought they'd driven long enough. They wanted to stop for a while, get their bearings straight and then figure out the next place to travel,' the sheriff said.
Authorities closed in on them after the manager of a car wash reported that a man closely resembling the 6-foot-9, 260-pound Casey White had been recorded by a surveillance camera getting out of a pickup truck.
Investigators said they located the pickup, then learned that the pair may have switched to a Cadillac, which was then spotted outside a motel nearby.
They arrived in Evansville on May 3 and received assistance by a local man whose identity remains unknown.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Motel 41 manager Paul Shaw said: 'They stayed in a room not in their name. Somebody else rented the room and checked them in.
'A local man with a local ID checked in and signed the stub.
'I never saw them – I wish I had – but they stayed in the room.'
According to Shaw: 'People come and go here, we don't keep track.'
There were few cars in the motel parking lot when DailyMail.com visited the two-story facility on Tuesday.
Rooms are all accessed independently by exterior doors and guests need never walk through the small reception area except to use the vending machine or to check in – a process that White and Vicky avoided.
The couples' abandoned Ford truck - their third getaway vehicle, after a police car, and an orange SUV - is seen abandoned inside a car wash in Indiana
'The police have all of the information and the ID. They have been here and spoken to everybody,' Shaw said.
Shaw, an electrical engineer by trade, said that he works the morning shift and never saw White or Vicky who, police say, attempted to disguise herself with a variety of red and blonde wigs.
When the couple left the motel, police chased them down, authorities said.
The inmate appeared by video Tuesday in an Indiana courtroom, where he waived extradition, and authorities said he will be sent back to Alabama.
An attorney representing White in the murder case, Jamy Poss, declined to comment.
Vicky White, assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County jail, had put in for retirement ahead of the escape, and the day of the breakout, April 29, was her last day of work.
A woman who worked with her for 16 years could barely speak through tears on Tuesday.
'I know she did wrong and made a terrible mistake, but she's still your friend,' said Sherry Sylvester, a longtime jail employee.
She said that White often tried to help prisoners, particularly ones without family.
But Sylvester said she never saw White do anything that crossed the line.
'She did everything by the book,' Sylvester said.
Connie Moore, Casey White's mother, said she last spoke with him by phone the day before the escape.
Casey White, who is 6ft 9 tall, is seen towering over the guards in Alabama
She said her son may not have known what was about to happen.
'Everything was just as normal as it could be. I doubt he even knew he was leaving when she came in there to get him,' Moore said.
A warrant was issued on May 2 for Vicky White charging her with permitting or facilitating escape.
Authorities said the plan appeared to have been in the works for some time.
She sold her house for about half its market value and bought an SUV that she stashed at a shopping center without license plates.
Asked where the bulk of the money had gone, Sheriff Wedding told DailyMail.com: 'They spent it. They spent it on multiple vehicles, equipment, a gun, hotel, meals, clothes.
'$60,000 can go pretty quick if you're spending $6,000 a pop.'
Vicky used some of the cash and an alias to purchase the bronze 2007 Ford Edge in which they initially fled before abandoning it on a rural road in Tennessee about two hours north of the Florence, Alabama, jail from which White was sprung.
According to US Marshalls the couple then spent $6,000 on a Ford F-150 which was spotted parked at an odd angle at an Evansville carwash where White was also pictured on surveillance footage.
Both Casey and Vicky White had multiple changes of clothes and wigs with them when they were caught
The escaped prisoner, standing 6ft 9 tall, towers over the Indiana officers
US Marshals Commander Chad Hunt said at Tuesday's press conference that the couple are believed to have purchased another vehicle.
On Tuesday morning, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said she was the 'mastermind' of their logistical escape plan - but it's unclear who came up with the idea to get Casey out.
'To go from day one, thinking she's been kidnapped and maybe in danger then finding out she took him out willingly, then trying to determine was she threatened or coerced in some way...then finding out that she was basically the mastermind behind the whole plan. It's been an emotional roller-coaster,' Singleton said.
'Obviously, he was behind bars – he couldn't have planned too much behind bars.
'Personally, I think she was the one who put the plan together.
'She was in a position of knowledge. She made sure the other armed deputies were out, she arranged to purchase the getaway car, she sold her house got her hands on cash, went shopping.
'She obviously put the plan together,' he told CNN.
Singleton now believes that Casey and Vicky were in a 'romantic relationship' and that Vicky was 'just as concerned about coming back and facing her family and her co-workers as she was the charges.'
It took officials at Lauderdale County Jail three hours to realize the capital murder suspect and senior jail official had orchestrated an out-of-a-movie escape on April 29
Vicky was a widow and had no children.
Before she died, Singleton said of his employee: 'I hope she survives this. She has some answers to give us.'
He continued: 'You don't know who you can trust.
'I had every bit of trust in Vicky White. She has been an exemplary employee. What in the world prompted her to pull off something like this, I don't know.
'I don't know if we'll ever know.'
Vicky was set to be put in a different facility than the Lauderdale County jail where she worked for 17 years and helped Casey escape.
Casey will be sent back to state prison.
On Monday afternoon, Singleton thanked investigators from the various national agencies that helped them capture the pair, along with the media for shedding light on the story.
'Most escapes - from a county jail especially - they're not planned. They're just sort of spontaneous. There are no resources available, no plan in place,' he said during a press conference on Monday evening.
'This escape was obviously well planned and calculated. A lot of preparation went into this. They had plenty of resources, had cash,' he said, referring to the money that Vicky had on her from the recent sale of her home.
'They had everything they needed to pull this off.
'We were starting from ground zero, and not only that, we started – they got a six-hour head start on us.'
Singleton added: 'We got a dangerous man off the streets today. He's never gonna see the light of day again. That's a good thing.'
He promised to keep Casey White shackled day and night upon his return, according to NewsNation's Brian Entin.
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Shares of Abiomed Inc.
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SPX,
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falling 1.65% to 3,935.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
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falling 1.02% to 31,834.11. Abiomed Inc. closed $145.81 below its 52-week high ($379.30), which the company achieved on November 10th.
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rose 0.23% to $38.74, Teleflex Inc.
TFX,
-0.15%
fell 0.15% to $267.37, and AtriCure Inc.
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-2.22%
fell 2.22% to $39.59. Trading volume (290,812) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 279,569.
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Public to choose names of new Birmingham railway stations
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People are being asked to choose the names of two new railway stations being built in Birmingham.
Construction of three new stations on the Camp Hill line is due to start later this year, but Kings Heath Station's name is agreed.
Residents living near to the stations in Stirchley and Moseley are being asked to vote on the others.
Once built, the stations will be the first passenger services on the line for 80 years.
People living near the stations are being asked to pick the names from a shortlist.
There is a three-way choice between Hazelwell, Stirchley and Pineapple Road for one station while those further along the track can pick between Moseley and Moseley Village for their station.
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said: "Residents have been waiting decades for their local stations to return, and so it is only right they have a say in what they will be called."
The West Midlands Combined Authority is providing £36m towards the cost of the stations, with £20m from the Department for Transport and the remaining £5m from Birmingham City Council's Clean Air Zone fund.
Residents have until 25 May to respond, after which Mr Street will assess the answers and pick the names, which will be announced in June.
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A worker by any other name is still a worker
Given the uncertain economic situation of Trinidad and Tobago, there are a number of issues relating to industrial relations that are bring disputed and which both employers and unions appearing on behalf of aggrieved workers should be aware of, in order to “take in front before in front takes you.”
Following the sporadic periods of lockdown ordered by Cabinet over the past two years which resulted in no income for small and medium-sized entrepreneurial enterprises and massive lay-offs, and in too many cases closure of small businesses, the recent relaxation of restrictions has led to an effort by some of the more hopeful people to try again.
This has been made difficult for startups, or re-startups, by the recent policies adopted by banks throughout the Caribbean to pursue what is called “de-risking.”
Part of the reason for this, no doubt, is due to the sad international reputation TT has gained as a money-laundering centre; the other is, one suspects, directly due to government’s policies of forced closures of commercial enterprises that resulted in respondents’ defaulting on loans and mortgages.
Even where the loans by banks were in theory backed by property assets, some assets lost value, and as a result, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which employ most people, workers and managers without distinction, defaulted. And banks, afraid of losing profits, no longer accept the risk startup, or re-startup business loans represent.
By now, most people are aware of supply-chain economics and consequential development of policies by governments of lockdowns leading to market failures, which in turn led to layoffs in employment, which led to defaults on loans (both individual and commercial), which resulted in the closure of small enterprises.
As the first attempts at re-starting began this year, many SMEs, trying to minimise risk themselves, took to recruiting part-time contract labour, rather than permanent local employees. I am told by a reliable source that the Ministry of Works depended for years on this form of employment to fulfil its project requirements. And as everyone and their cousin is aware, roadworks and URP systems have always operated on that basis.
It is only in the private sector, however, that the distinction between status of “contract of service,” ie permanent employees, versus those employed under “contract for services,” ie contract employment, gets to the Industrial Court for determination.
The disputes usually arise when such an employee’s contract is terminated. People are desperate for work, having been unemployed for months; children are back to school, having outgrown uniforms and shoes; and medical procedures put off for two years are now getting critical. Medical fees, like the cost of food, have escalated.
The distinction between permanent and contract employment makes a huge difference in long-term survival, but many people take whatever is on offer without knowing the difference, and only when they are terminated do they fight for retention.
Remember, “employee” refers to anyone hired by someone else for payment or reward, be he cleaner, CEO or commercial supervisor.
In a recent case, there was an interesting court award that attempted to make the distinction clear between whether a worker who was charged with theft and forgery (charges which the union did not contest), was an “independent contractor,” as his letter of employment stated, or a “worker under a contract of services,” which the company denied.
The theft issue, which took place in 2011, was not the issue before the court. But since neither the union nor the company had raised the classification as an issue when the grievance was registered, and it was not raised in the closing remarks, under the rules of the court it could not be raised on appeal subsequently.
However, in the written judgment issued on March 3, the court, quite correctly, took “judicial notice” of “substance over form”: that the worker’s payslips had deductions for national insurance dues, health surcharge, mobile phone, “rental of route” – whatever that is – and other charges (which independent contractors are usually responsible for on their own).
He drove a company vehicle, was assigned a company helper to assist him, and was granted vacation leave. So on the unstated but locally implied principle, one may safely assume applied: (if it looks like a duck…) the court said, “Therefore, we are of the opinion that the employee was in fact an employee ‘of service’ as opposed to being employed ‘for services’ and was, in fact, a worker given the facts presented.”
Let us therefore be guided. Not everyone with the name Prince belongs to the royal family, or, as the bard said, “A rose by any other name…” And not everyone hired as an independent contractor will be accepted by the court as independent in truth.
One matter still worries practitioners, and that is why our judicial system allows for many delays and side issues to be raised.
If the old adage allows that: “Justice delayed is justice denied,” why did it take nine years, until March this year, for a case that arose over a theft and forgery matter which was not contested, for the classification of the worker to be resolved, instead of having it decided directly by the court under Section 16 (1)?
This was through no fault of the overburdened court, but through the potential for the delay being built into the Industrial Relations Act itself.
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The Phoenix Suns are focused on reaching the final of the Western Conference of the NBAin a tie against Doncic’s Mavericks who started winning 2-0 and now are tied at two, a situation that perhaps they had not foreseen, but that does not detract from the fantastic course of the Arizona team. Some Suns that have finished the regular season with the best historical record of the franchise, 64-18, two more wins than that team that with MVP Charles Barkley reached the 1993 final against Michael Jordan’s Bulls. The current Suns have also been the best of the campaign in this League (eight more wins than Memphis Grizzlies) with Monty Williams on the bench. A job and a career that will be recognized with the award for best coach of the yearaccording to Shams Charania, a journalist from The Athletic Y Stadium.
Monty Williams, 50, spent nine seasons as a player in the NBA (1994-03), in which he accumulated, from the forward position, 456 games with an average of 6.3 points. He retired when he was almost 32 years old and just a couple of years later he had already started his career as a coach in the big league, although as an assistantwhere he served for five seasons in Portland.
From there to the head coaching position in New Orleans, where he was from 2010 to 2015. Again an assistant in Oklahoma and in Philadelphia and in 2019 he made the leap to the Suns, where he has led the team to meteoric growth, with 34 wins (in 73 games, 46%)at 51 of the second course (at 72, 70%, and loss in the final for the ring against Milwaukee Bucks) and from there to 64 of the present (in the usual 82, 78%) with great collective and individual performance from players like Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges and Deandre Ayton. The award is well deserved, although in Phoenix they are doing something else at the moment, overcoming Dallas and Doncic and continuing to make history.
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Shares of Cboe Global Markets Inc.
CBOE,
+0.26%
inched 0.26% higher to $108.52 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-1.65%
falling 1.65% to 3,935.18 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.02%
falling 1.02% to 31,834.11. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Cboe Global Markets Inc. closed $30.48 short of its 52-week high ($139.00), which the company reached on August 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as CME Group Inc. Cl A
CME,
-0.82%
fell 0.82% to $198.62, Intercontinental Exchange Inc.
ICE,
-1.99%
fell 1.99% to $94.55, and Nasdaq Inc.
NDAQ,
-1.75%
fell 1.75% to $143.23. Trading volume (662,894) remained 30,133 below its 50-day average volume of 693,027.
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By Sabela Ojea
Conduit Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that gross premiums written rose in the first quarter, benefiting from strong reinsurance-market conditions.
The London-listed company reported growth across all segments thanks to improving rates and new business, with gross premiums written rising to $177.5 million from $82.6 million a year earlier.
Client count and submission numbers also increased in line with management's plans, it said.
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'A huge step up': St. Andrews' Toy Box strip club torn down; officials, businesses celebrate
PANAMA CITY — Panama City children no longer will ask why they can’t shop at the Toy Box near the eastern base of Hathaway Bridge.
The strip club was demolished on Wednesday morning as city officials, owners of surrounding business and residents celebrated the tearing down of the eyesore.
The Toy Box, located at 4606 W. U.S. 98, ceased operations in December after almost 40 years, making it available for Jason Meyers of Meyers Electric, LLC to purchase the building. Meyers said he plans to build a three-story, multi-use office building in its place. Meyers said no tenants have been secured at this time.
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Construction is expected to start toward the end of the year.
Joshua Street, city commissioner for Ward 4, said demolition of the Toy Box was a significant day for the community, kicking off a major cleanup for that part of the city.
“We have always said, and I think we have as a community, to really build back better than what we were before. And so, we've made that commitment post-storm, and this is just another representation of that,” Street said. “And so, here in the future will reside a multi-story office building, and we're very excited to help them support private investment in our community, to Highway 98 become a gateway corridor into the city.”
While the section of U.S. 98 has seen immense growth and success with the Port of Panama City, Gulf Coast State College and Florida State University Panama City, Street said city officials want to see an improved gateway to Panama City.
When Street swung his sledgehammer into the side of the building to kick off the demolition, he truly was bringing this area into a new era.
“Change is never easy, and we couldn't do it without fantastic partners, like Meyers Electric, which ultimately was the investor into this property that helped us develop this building today,” Street said.
As the excavator slammed into the small blue structure, residents and business owners cheered watching the walls tumble down and the letters break off the side of the building. A few popped the cork on a bottle of champagne while others filmed the destruction on their phones, discussing what this means for the future of the area.
Central Panhandle Association of Realtors CEO Debbie Ashbrook said she was grateful to watch the longtime neighbor of her office come down. While her office would close hours before the club would open at 7 p.m. each night, Ashbrook said she did not like the presence it had.
“We’ve been waiting for this. I've been following this property for quite some time, as well as the hotel next door that was a byproduct of the strip club, the hourly hotel,” Ashbrook said. “Of course, the hurricanes took that down, so this whole thing is changing and so we are happy that this is part of the change and grateful to Meyers Electric for investing.”
Ashbrook and her company have been investing in the section of the U.S. 98 since 2016, despite many advising them not to. She said even after Hurricane Michael and the COVID-19 pandemic, she feels very good about her investment.
“I'm extremely happy. I mean, we are the hub right here at Bay County,” Ashbrook said. “You have two colleges, and you have the port, and we are the real estate center of Bay County. We're just very grateful now that that gets to come true. We are the hub of Bay County,”
Across the street from the Toy Box, Papa Joe’s restaurant was affected by the unwanted traffic from the club at night. Papa Joe's manager Rich Johnson said seeing the eyesore come down was exciting.
“It’s just showing growth, it’s showing that we want this town clean,” Johnson said. “This is such a huge step up and right across the street from us, we want it as much as, if not more than, anybody.”
Johnson said he has met Meyers, and believes Meyers will do great things for the community.
"He’s going to clean everything up and I think they are going to do a great job,” Johnson said.
As he strives to improve his ward, Street said this transformation is a major step in improving the representation of the city and giving it a better look overall.
“When people drive across the bridge, this is one of the first buildings they see,” Street said. “No longer, and that is a positive step for our community and for generations to come.” | https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/local/2022/05/11/panama-city-toy-box-strip-club-demolished-office-building-built/9729065002/ | 2022-05-12T05:58:58Z | https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/local/2022/05/11/panama-city-toy-box-strip-club-demolished-office-building-built/9729065002/ | false | 1 |
Fuel giant Ampol’s chair Steven Gregg says there’s no end in sight to a global petrol crunch due to western sanctions on Russia and reduced exports out of China, and it remains to be seen whether the federal government’s cut to the fuel excise can keep prices from rising.
Gregg made his comments after the Group of Seven nations - which include the US, the UK, three European countries and Japan - formally agreed to phase out or ban Russian oil earlier this week in a move to further isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
“We don’t know how long the conflict is going to go on for and the effect of the oil price, or a number of factors that contribute to that,” Gregg told reporters after the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday. With the market for crude oil remaining tight, the fuel giant was now preparing for “all eventualities,” he said.
Looking at the surging prices consumers have to pay at the bowser, “whether that effect is mitigated by the fuel excise size reduction by the government, it’s hard to know,” he added.
The federal government in late March halved the fuel exercise to take heat off the bowser when national prices were soaring above $2 a litre.
The move pushed down prices for regular unleaded fuel by 39 cents per litre in Australia’s five biggest cities, according the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
However, the war in Ukraine has seen prices start to climb up again since mid-April. Australian Institute of Petroleum figures show prices are now above $1.80 a litre in Sydney and $1.784 cents per litre in Melbourne.
The cut to the fuel excise, which the government said had a net cost to the budget of $3 billion, is due to end in September and has drawn criticism from some experts, who point out there will still be volatile swings in the oil market that drive petrol prices.
Ampol’s chief executive Matthew Halliday doubled down on the company’s condemnation of the Russian invasion. He confirmed Ampol accepted two Russian cargoes of crude oil it had ordered before the conflict escalated that have since been discharged.
“As we’ve committed, we won’t be purchasing any further Russian-origin cargoes,” he said.
Halliday said oil supply had been affected by the sanctions on Russia, reduced exports out of China as it pursued a zero-COVID policy and a rebound in demand amid the ongoing global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
“[It’s] certainly a very tight market at the moment, but the excise has made a difference to the customers,” he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.
Houchin assumed she would face a negative blitz, like the one that crushed her in 2016 when she ran for the same seat. But, in fact, the opposite happened.
American Dream Federal Action, a super PAC financed by a cryptocurrency CEO, saturated the district with ads promoting Houchin as a “Trump Tough” conservative who would “stop the socialists in Washington.” That push helped secure her win last week in a Republican primary.
“All you can do is hold your breath,” Houchin’s longtime consultant, Cam Savage, said of when they learned about the ad buy. “It could help you, but the fear is it will end you.” He added that Houchin had not sought the support and had no ties to the industry other than filling out a candidate survey from a cryptocurrency group.
The impact of the unsolicited helps shows how cryptocurrency tycoons are emerging as the new power players in American politics. They are pouring millions of dollars into primary elections as they try to gain influence over members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, who will write laws governing their industry, as well as other government officials who are crafting regulations.
This year, for the first time, industry executives have flooded money into federal races, spending $20 million so far, according to records and interviews.
It’s a delicate but deliberate march by companies that by their very nature make money based in part on evading government attention.
In addition to campaign spending, more than $100 million has been spent lobbying around the issue since 2018 by crypto companies, as well as those who stand to lose if the industry goes mainstream, records show.
Following a well-worn path, they have retained former high-ranking officials, like Max Baucus, a one-time Democratic senator from Montana who chaired the Finance Committee.
The push comes as the Biden administration and Congress not only consider new regulations but also set funding levels for agencies that will oversee them.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this week that financial regulators would soon release a report on the risks of cryptocurrency and other digital assets.
“Certainly there are many risks associated with cryptocurrencies,” she said during a hearing on financial stability Tuesday.
Officials are considering what consumer protections and financial reporting requirements to implement and how to crack down on criminals who take advantage of the anonymity offered by cryptocurrency to evade taxes, launder money and commit fraud.
“What do they want? They want no regulation, or they want to help write the regulation. What else is new?” asked Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, an industry critic.
Cryptocurrencies are a digital asset that can be traded over the internet without relying on the global banking system. They’ve been promoted as a way for those with limited means to build wealth by investing in the next big thing. But they’re also highly speculative and often lack transparency, which substantially increases risk.
Jan Santiago, deputy director of Global Anti-Scam, an organization that helps victims of cryptocurrency fraud, said the industry has been reluctant to police bad actors.
“Unless it affects their bottom line or public reputation, I don’t think there’s any financial incentive for them,” he said.
There are signs that crypto is going mainstream. Fidelity Investments, one of the nation’s largest providers of retirement accounts, announced earlier this month it will start allowing investors to put bitcoin in their 401(k) accounts.
At the same, government scrutiny is increasing.
The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a plan last week that would nearly double the size of its staff focused on cryptocurrency oversight. Days later, the Justice Department indicted the CEO of a cryptocurrency platform, alleging he orchestrated a “$62 million global investment fraud scheme,” which is among scores of civil and criminal crypto cases brought by federal authorities. Prosecutors say he promised generous returns but instead absconded with investors money.
Meanwhile, members of Congress and the administration have raised concerns that Russian oligarchs could turn to cryptocurrency to evade U.S. sanctions put in place when Russia invaded Ukraine.
But at least one lawmaker has been an active participant in promoting the allure of crypto riches.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., touted a new crypto coin called “Let’s Go Brandon” — a phrase that has become conservative shorthand for a vulgar insult to Joe Biden. In one video posted to Twitter, Cawthorn appears alongside the cryptocurrency’s founder and emphatically declares, “This is going to the moon, baby,” while urging viewers to visit the coin’s website and “get on the train.”
After an initial spike, it plunged in value and is now worth a small fraction of a penny, as first reported by the Washington Examiner.
Cryptocurrency advocates in Congress acknowledge problems but argue the roughly $2 trillion industry has matured.
“I’m confident that bitcoin protects consumers,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., who has invested between $150,002 and $350,000 in the currency, according to her financial disclosure. “I’m not confident that all cryptocurrencies protect consumers. In fact, I’m willing to bet that the majority of those are fraudulent.”
Others believe concern over cryptocurrency fraud is hyped.
“It can be an easy conclusion for people to say there’s so much fraud in that space,” said Ashley Ebersole, a former SEC attorney. “It’s makes headlines, but I don’t know that it’s a greater proportion.”
In Washington, Democrats have been far more hawkish than Republicans. “They had me at ‘Hello,’ so they don’t need to lobby me,” said Lummis, a Republican. “Democrats are another story.”
Many cryptocurrency proponents long opposed regulation. But lobbyists say that’s now a settled debate and their current aim is to persuade skeptics not to regulate too aggressively.
Perianne Boring, founder of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, has been lobbying lawmakers and federal agencies since 2017, trying to make the case for developing accounting standards for cryptocurrency and other digital assets and to help crypto firms become publicly traded companies.
“Because there are no standards, many businesses are hesitant to touch cryptocurrency,” said Boring, whose group has spent $1.9 million lobbying the federal government.
Some lobbyists are hoping that a wave of campaign spending could help, much of it directed to Democratic primary races.
“Folks in crypto are, all of a sudden, happy to go to political fundraisers,” said Kristin Smith, the executive director of the Blockchain Association. Smith, whose group has spent $4.2 million on lobbying since 2018. She added, “The government could actually come in and really mess it up if we aren’t constructively engaging.”
So the industry is pushing hard for certain candidates and that’s fostered sense of resentment among some Democrats. In suburban Atlanta, two members of the U.S. House, Democrats Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath, are squaring off after their districts were merged during redistricting.
A super PAC called Protect Our Future, financed by Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has spent at least $2.7 million on ads supporting McBath, highlighting McBath’s support of Democratic policy priorities but saying nothing about cryptocurrency.
“They are not doing this out of the goodness of their heart. They are doing this because they want something. And that’s to avoid regulation,” Bourdeaux said.
FTX and McBath’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Protect Our Future, which plans to spend at least $10 million on midterm campaigns, said their expenditures have nothing to do with cryptocurrency regulation.
“There are a number of factors that go into our endorsements, including voting history, policy platforms, viability as a candidate, and public service and professional experience,” the group’s president, Michael Sadowsky, said in a statement.
Crypto super PACs are active in other marquee races, including Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary, where a separate crypto group linked to Bankman-Fried spent $212,000 last week on ads backing John Fetterman, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor who is running for Senate. The ads say Fetterman won’t “get schmoozed by lobbyists or bossed around by politicians.”
But overall, the spending is on such a scale that it has generated questions about the industry’s motives.
“It tells every Democrat that, if you have a primary, they could come in with $2 million. They are certainly making a point,” said Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., a crypto critic who is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets. “You don’t need a good argument in Washington if you got a lot of well-paid lobbyists and a big PAC — you just need some sort of argument.”
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Paula Manzanal He communicated with “America today”, this Monday, May 9, through a live link, where he spoke about Fabio Agostini’s attentions with Jossmery Toledo and Gabriela Herrera. However, the hosts of the program were surprised by the strong revelation of the influencer.
“Has Fabio told you anything about Gabriela Herrera or Jossmery Toledo?” Asked Ethel Pozo. Immediately, the model expressed that the ‘Galactic’ has told her some things about another girl, but not about her companions from “This is war”. “He has told me about many girls, but not at all about those two,” she said.
On the other hand, Brunella Horna consulted him about a possible romance between the Spaniard, the model or the dancer. “For Fabio neither. I think they are super cute girls, but Fabio has told me that he would never be with either of them. (…) He says that it is a story that they are putting together,” he said.
YOU CAN SEE: Fabio Agostini denies having an affair with Gabriela Herrera: “I’m not in love with anyone”
Influencer demands Sheyla Rojas not to follow her partner on social networks
The Peruvian took advantage of a video to demand that Sheyla Rojas not follow or add her partner to her social networks. It all started when the model participated with a friend in a live broadcast and was heard to pronounce the name “Shey Shey”. “Tell Sheyla to stop adding my boyfriend on Instagram,” she mentioned. After that, the young woman asked him how it happened. “A few months ago (…) she did meet him (her partner), but don’t add him anymore. Now it’s mine, ”she indicated between laughs.
Paula Manzanal attends Gianluca Vacchi’s party
In the “Magaly TV, the firm” program, on March 15, some videos were shared in which Paula Manzanal is seen at Gianluca Vacchi’s millionaire party. In addition, the model, who did not stop enjoying the music, uploaded her images to her Instagram account while celebrating with the Italian businessman.
American rapper Ricck Ross also arrived at the celebration.
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The B.C. Lions signed seven players they selected in the 2022 CFL draft in time for the start of rookie camp Wednesday.
Saskatchewan defensive lineman Nathan Cherry, who B.C. took third overall, topped the club’s draft class.
Also signed were: McGill defensive lineman Joshua Archibald (third round), Regina linebacker Ryder Varga (third round), St. Mary’s defensive back Adrian Greene (fourth round), Saskatchewan defensive lineman Riley Pickett (fifth round) and Ottawa defensive linemen Frednick Eveillard (sixth round) and Adam Wallace (eighth round).
Saskatchewan offensive lineman Noah Zerr (second round) and Alabama receiver John Metchie III (seventh round) remain unsigned. Zerr is scheduled to attend the New York Giants mini-camp while Metchie is headed to the Houston Texans, who selected him in the second round (No. 44 overall) in last month’s NFL draft.
Seven prospects signed ✍️#BCLions lock up seven members of 2022 @CFL Draft Class: DLs Nathan Cherry, Josh Archibald, Riley Pickett, Frednick Eveillard, Adam Wallace, LB Ryder Varga and DB Adrian Greene 🏈#RoarLikeNeverBefore
— BC LIONS (@BCLions) May 11, 2022
Makonzo, Ford and Pelley among players signed by Edmonton Elks
Coastal Carolina defensive back Enock Makonzo, Waterloo quarterback Tre Ford and Calgary defensive tackle J-Min Pelley were among 12 players signed Wednesday by the Edmonton Elks.
Edmonton selected Makonko with the fourth overall pick in the ‘22 CFL draft, then took Ford, the ‘21 Hec Crighton Trophy winner, at No. 8.The Elks selected the six-foot-six, 320-pound Pelley in the ‘22 supplemental draft, giving up a ‘23 second-round CFL draft selection as a result.
Edmonton signed all 10 of the players it drafted, along with kicker Rafael Gaglianone, who was taken in the ‘22 global draft.
Also signed were Calgary defensive lineman Jacob Plamondon (second round), Fresno State offensive lineman Marc-David Bien-Aime (third round), Queen’s long-snapper Peter Adjey (third round), Manitoba receiver Gavin Cobb (fourth round), Tuskegee linebacker Wesley Appolon (fifth round), Charleston defensive back Jeremie Dominique (sixth round), Ottawa running back Jean-Paul Cimankinda (seventh round) and McMaster linebacker Nate Edwards (eighth round).
Montreal Alouettes hire Lionello as receivers coach
The Montreal Alouettes promoted Mike Lionello to receivers coach Wednesday.
Lionello joined the Alouetes as an offensive assistant in 2020. The Vancouver native also served as a running backs coach with the Toronto Argonauts in 2019. ”Mike has gained a lot of experience in recent years and he deserves these new responsibilities”, Montreal head coach Khari Jones said in a statement. “He knows our team and our culture very well, and we are convinced that he will succeed. Our players respect him and enjoy working with him.”
READ MORE: Former CFL quarterback Henry Burris joins B.C. Lions coaching staff
Ticats add Turner, Buchanan to roster, release Glave
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats added Canadian receiver Tyler Turner and American defensive back Baylen Buchanan to the roster Wednesday.
Turner, 25, spent time with the B.C. Lions in 2020. The six-foot-two, 200-pound native of St. Albert, Alta., split his college career at Alberta and University of British Columbia.
Buchanan, 23, played 12 games in his only season at Louisiana Tech University (2021, registering 48 tackles (one for loss). The five-foot-11, 188-pound Buchanan began his college at the University of Tennessee.
The Ticats also released Canadian defensive tackle Donovan Glave, of Brampton, Ont. The six-foot-two, 297-pound Glave played two seasons at McMaster, registering 52 tackles (five for loss), 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one recovered fumble.
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AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Rating) is set to issue its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Friday, May 13th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.14) per share for the quarter. AEye has set its FY 2022 guidance at EPS.Parties interested in registering for the company’s conference call can do so using this link.
AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 28th. The company reported ($0.15) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.13) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $1.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $0.50 million. On average, analysts expect AEye to post $-1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $-1 EPS for the next fiscal year.
Shares of LIDR stock opened at $4.03 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $5.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $4.62. AEye has a 12 month low of $2.59 and a 12 month high of $12.25.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Royal Bank of Canada bought a new position in shares of AEye during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $35,000. Morgan Stanley bought a new position in shares of AEye during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $36,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of AEye by 84.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 4,615 shares during the period. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc bought a new position in shares of AEye during the 4th quarter worth approximately $55,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of AEye by 2,243.6% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,920 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,000 after buying an additional 21,942 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 26.50% of the company’s stock.
AEye Company Profile (Get Rating)
AEye, Inc provides lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems, and robotic vision applications in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It offers 4Sight A, a software-configurable lidar solution for automotive markets, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, or Responsive 4Sight software levels; and 4Sight M, a software-configurable lidar solution for the mobility and industrial markets, including 4Sight at Design, Triggered 4Sight, Responsive 4Sight, and Predictive 4Sight software levels.
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The Exasperated American
Will the voters channel their furor at this regime of lies
into an unprecedented turnout at the polls in November?
By: Victor Davis Hanson
American Greatness
May 8, 2022
A large majority of Americans now have no confidence in Joe Biden and his administration, which often polls below 40 percent, with negatives nearing 60 percent.
Despite the 15-month catastrophe of his regime, the level of his unpopularity remains understandable but still remarkable. After all, in 2020 voters already knew well of his cognitive deficits and the radicalism of his agenda. They saw both clearly starting in 2019 and during the 2020 Democratic primaries, the primary debates, and the general election.
So what did Biden’s voters imagine would happen when a cognitively challenged president, controlled by hard-Left subordinates, entered office—other than what he has done?
Now, as then, the media is fused to the progressive agenda and does—and did—its best to turn a non-compos mentis Biden into a bite-your-lip centrist empath in the Bill Clinton “I feel your pain” mode.
The American people know that on every occasion their president speaks, he will slur his words at best. At worst, he will have little idea where he is, where he has been, or what he is supposed to be saying or doing. When he is momentarily cognizant, he is at his meanest, or he simply makes things up.
Our new normal of a mentally incapacitated president is not entirely new in American history—Woodrow Wilson was an invalid during the last months of his presidency. But Wilson’s condition was well hidden. Quite novel is the idea that the American people know the man in the White House is cognitively disabled and simply expect him to confirm that bleak diagnosis each time he opens his mouth.
If Donald Trump exaggerated, Biden flat out lies daily. His most recent untruth was his assertion that the MAGA movement represents “the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history.” Biden cannot really believe that roughly half the country is now more dangerous than Antifa, Black Lives Matter, the Weathermen, the American Nazi Party, the American Communist Party, and the Ku Klux Klan. And this comes from the mythically moderate “good old Joe from Scranton”?
The bullied people also know the Biden problem has no remedy. The 25th Amendment that Democrats and the Left raised nonstop in efforts to remove Trump—from the Rosenstein-McCabe wear-a-wire embarrassment and former Yale psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee’s congressional tomfoolery to the incessant Montreal Cognitive Assessment demands—won’t apply to Biden.
Either the media will continue to rebrand his incapacity as Ciceronian eloquence or it will privately gloat that Kamala Harris is so off-putting, so uninformed, so unpopular that the people would prefer an amnesiac Biden to a nonimpaired Harris. The truth is the three doyens of Democratic progressivism—Joe Biden, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)—all struggle with cognitive decline and rely heavily upon the media and the Democratic Party’s political attack machine to enjoy asymmetrical exemption. (Though, in Feinstein’s case, her support is wavering.)
Americans feel there is no remedy for this downward spiral until November. To get a sense of their dilemma, imagine a Richard Nixon in 1973 caught lying during Watergate but with Spiro Agnew waiting in the wings without a trace of scandal—except with one difference: the current media is now attacking not the president’s shortcomings, but the president’s critics who point them out.
Even if the Republicans were to win a 60-vote majority in the Senate, they would hesitate to impeach Biden simply because Harris is a more frightening prospect. And some Marquess of Queensberry centrist RINOs would not wish to codify the Democrats’ new standard of impeaching an opposition president the minute he loses the House of Representatives in his first midterm.
Most of the country has awakened to the fact that the Trump-Russia collusion story was essentially a Hillary Clinton campaign effort to destroy a political opponent, a presidential transition, and a presidency. And they know Clinton will never be indicted for her conspiracies and racketeering even if her minions rat her out to seek reduced charges for themselves.
That hoax was followed by an impeachment vote over a phone call based on two more lies:
1) the Biden family was neither corrupt nor used Joe Biden’s office as vice president, and his future political career to leverage payments from Ukraine, and
2) Donald Trump canceled military aid to Ukraine rather than sending them critical Javelin anti-tank missiles put on hold by the Obama Administration.
Americans know Google, Facebook, and Twitter censors were all enlisted in the effort to destroy a former president and his outspoken supporters. And they know there is no real remedy unless two or three more enlightened billionaires follow Elon Musk’s lead.
If Roe v. Wade were to be repealed, many Americans in red states will remain appalled that some blue states will allow abortions, especially late-term abortions after 22 weeks. But nearly all will accept the rule of constitutional democracy and thus the states’ rights to make their own laws that do not conflict with federal legislation as passed by Congress and signed by the president.
These red-state citizens know the opposite is certainly not true: blue state officials will do all they can to attack those who disagree with them, who consider abortion the destruction of human life in the womb. Expect more California-style official travel bans.
Americans know that the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Disinformation Governance Board” will, by design, be run by an arch-disinformationist Nina Jankowicz. The board’s entire purpose is to coordinate with the media to brand oppositional expressions as “hate speech” and “mis-, dis-, and mal-information” so that critics preemptively self-censor and moderate their opposition.
In this regard, they know that the Biden regime awards positions of great power in the U.S. government to those who do the very opposite of the intended offices’ purview. The goal is pure nihilism.
Thus, a mythographer and propagandist will adjudicate “truth.” A homeland security secretary will do his best to make the border entirely insecure. The secretary of transportation will see to it that freeways and bridges are not built. The department of energy’s task will be to ensure less energy is produced and its transportation is more expensive and more dangerous than ever. And the secretary of defense will oversee the most humiliating retreat in modern American history in Afghanistan as he cites our chief existential threat to be either climate change or “white supremacists.”
The people know the Left eventually always loses the support of the voters. But leftists still believe they can achieve and retain power, given that they control America’s cultural and informational institutions.
The Left remains hell-bent on radically changing the demography of the United States. And it always manufactures new hysterias—from the claim that Trump was “100 percent responsible” for every American death during the COVID-19 pandemic, to border officers “whipping” innocent illegal aliens, to Vladimir Putin single-handedly causing sky-high gas prices and the worst inflation since the 1970s. Each week brings another prairie fire hysteria. No sooner than it is exposed and refuted, and the Left is on to another conflagration.
Americans have a rough idea that the tragic death of George Floyd was not proof of an epidemic of lethal police shootings of black males. Yet that single death set off the entire woke conflagration of 2020 and, with the hysterias of the lockdowns, has nearly wrecked the country.
Yet in 2021, out of more than 10 million arrests in the United States, police shot about six unarmed black men. The same year, 346 police officers were shot, 63 fatally—to left-wing indifference. Moreover, roughly 8,000 blacks were murdered mostly by other blacks—to callous media and political silence. Thousands of lost black lives mattered little—except the fewer than 1 in 1,000 of that total who were tragically and lethally shot while unarmed by police.
Finally, Americans were angry at the rioting inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021. But they cannot forgive the needless lies surrounding that illegal act in an effort to fabricate an insurrection out of a spontaneous buffoonish riot.
So they recoil at the lies about Officer Brian Sicknick’s death. They are baffled about the silence surrounding the number of FBI informants among the January 6 protestors. They are angry about the lies surrounding the lethal shooting of an unarmed Ashli Babbitt. They don’t understand the refusal to release all videos or communications pertinent to the government’s reaction to the riot. And they do not fathom the disproportionate treatment of those charged with unlawfully entering the Capitol versus those 14,000 arrested during the summer of 2020 when rioting led to more than 35 deaths, some 1,500 police officer injuries, and $2 billion in property damage and massive looting.
They shake their heads when Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) directly threatened two Supreme Court Justices by name outside the court, ginning up an angry protest group at the doors. They are baffled that the White House press secretary sees nothing wrong with disseminating the private addresses of Justices to ensure mobs of protestors show up at their homes to intimidate them.
Of course, exasperated Americans are furious over the open border. They are angry their lives are being insidiously destroyed by the Biden inflation and energy prices. They are humiliated by the Biden debacle in Afghanistan and angrier still over his spiking crime wave and his mean-spirited senility. They resent Biden’s efforts to blame all these self-inflicted miseries on Donald Trump, or the “Putin price hikes” or the inability of a presidency to do anything about supposedly organic forces beyond his purview.
But behind the popular furor is a sense of impotence in the face of the untruth they are assaulted with day after day. In other words, bullied Americans are angry that people who control the nation’s institutions deliberately mislead them and do so because they hate them.
Let us hope that they channel this historic exasperation in November in a manner we have never seen before in the modern era.
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