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Updated May 14, 2022 at 4:28 PM ET
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Multiple people were shot Saturday afternoon at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, police there tweeted, adding that the alleged shooter was in custody.
Details on the number of people shot at the Tops Friendly Market and their conditions weren't immediately available, and the suspect has not been identified.
Police officials and a spokesperson for the supermarket chain did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
The supermarket is in a predominately Black neighborhood, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of downtown Buffalo. The surrounding area is primarily residential, with a Family Dollar store and fire station near the store.
Police closed off the block, lined by spectators, and yellow police taped surrounded the full parking lot. Mayor Byron Brown was at the scene late Saturday afternoon and expected to address the media.
Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted that she was "closely monitoring the shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo," her hometown. She said state officials have offered help to local authorities.
The Erie County Sheriff's Office said on social media that it ordered all available personnel to assist Buffalo police.
The shooting came little more than a year after a March 2021 attack at a King Soopers grocery in Boulder, Colorado, that killed 10 people. Investigators have not released any information about why they believe the man charged in that attack targeted the supermarket.
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• Johnathan Walker, 37, of Juandale Trail, Chattanooga, was arrested on May 10 by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department and charged with manufacture, sell, deliver of a schedule II drug. He was released on $150,000 bond and faced a date in Criminal Court on May 13.
• Jodi Lewis, 38, of St. Francis St., Englewood, was arrested on May 10 by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department on a warrant for theft over $10,000. She was being held on $45,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Scottie McDowell, 43, of County Road 212, Niota, was arrested on May 10 by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department and charged with domestic assault. He was released on $1,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Bradley Couch, 41, of County Road 307, Niota, was arrested on May 10 by the Athens Police Department and charged with driving under the influence. He was being held on $1,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Ashley D. Taylor, 43, no address listed, was arrested on May 11 by the Athens Police Department on a warrant for state violation of probation. He was being held without bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Micah James Young, 21, of Highway 30 W., Athens, was arrested on May 11 by the Athens Police Department on a warrant for reckless driving. He was released on $1,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Tony Strickland, 67, of East Main St., Englewood, was arrested on May 10 by the Englewood Police Department and charged with public intoxication. He was released on $500 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 11.
• Daniel Watson, 45, of County Road 204, Athens, was arrested on May 11 by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department on a warrant for failure to appear and for aggravated criminal trespassing and violation of an order of protection. He was being held on $17,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 12.
• James M. Farley, 77, of County Road 287, Niota, was arrested on May 11 by the Etowah Police Department and charged with criminal impersonation and identity theft. He was being held on $4,500 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 12.
• Douglas H. Farner, 71, of Shawnee Trail, Athens, was arrested on May 11 by the Athens Police Department and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He was being held on $1,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 12.
• Darryl Hugenberger, 35, of Wen Dell Lane SE, Cleveland, was arrested on May 11 by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and charged with driving under the influence and open container. He was being held on $2,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 12.
• Teresa Ann Call, 37, of Red Hill Valley Rd., Cleveland, was arrested on May 12 by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department on a warrant for 16 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and identity theft. She was being held on $20,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 13.
• Clarence Lincoln, 42, of Lee Dr., Athens, was arrested on May 12 by the Athens Police Department on a warrant for shoplifting. He was being held on $1,000 bond and faced a date in General Sessions Court on May 13. | https://www.dailypostathenian.com/police_reports/article_9d8db3c6-0f17-5557-9aae-e6bfe08f31e0.html | 2022-05-14T21:28:10Z | https://www.dailypostathenian.com/police_reports/article_9d8db3c6-0f17-5557-9aae-e6bfe08f31e0.html | true | 1 |
Marvel second installments ranked — including ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
Chicago - Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Stephen Strange may have five Marvel Cinematic Universe credits to his name, but, remarkably, he’s only just now getting an official follow-up to his 2016 debut film, "Doctor Strange." That’s part of the charm of the sprawling MCU. But there’s also a fine art to making a direct sequel within those interconnected franchise parameters. So in honor of the long-awaited debut of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," we decided to look back on how Marvel second installments have fared over the years.
While picking the top and bottom spots for this list was easy enough, the other films were a bit harder to rank. Marvel’s direct sequels tend to be characterized by a mix of impressive ambition and messy execution — in some ways better than the original films they followed and in other ways lesser. ("Multiverse of Madness" is no exception.) In fact, there’s maybe an argument to be made that a lot of these series don’t really find their groove until their more subversive, self-referential third installments, like "Iron Man 3," "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home," but we’d need a whole other list to work that out.
For now, we’re just sticking with second installments — the "number twos" of their respective. series. And after much deliberation, we settled on some undeniable winners and losers, as well as what we suspect are going to be a few controversial placements.
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson.
Still one of the best movies Marvel has ever delivered, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" succeeds by taking the themes of the first film and expanding them in a whole new direction. Like Doctor Strange, Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers experienced some game-changing MCU adventures between his first and second standlone films (like saving New York City in "The Avengers"). And "Winter Solider" builds on that while bringing the stakes back to a small-scale human level. Indeed, a big part of what makes "Winter Solider" so effective is that it’s first and foremost a character drama, as Steve must figure out who he can actually trust in a modern world where concepts of "good" and "bad" no longer feel as black and white as they did back in World War II. Add in stellar supporting roles for Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson, some of the best staged action in the entire MCU and an intriguing core of melancholy, and "Winter Solider" is the epitome of a sequel that tops its predecessor.
OUR TAKE: Better than the first film
Rated PG-13. 136 minutes. Dir: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Featuring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Emily VanCamp, Frank Grillo.
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"
Unlike most of the other films on this list, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" really does function as a direct sequel without any other franchise interludes for its characters in between. Which isn’t to say it doesn’t feature some offscreen changes for the MCU's lovable a-holes. Enter Baby Groot! The impossibly adorably, easily confusable sapling is enough to vault this film towards a top spot on our list, and the way the Guardians work together to parent him is one of the film's sweetest, funniest throughlines. In truth, the rest of "Vol. 2" is a bit of an uneven watch — Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) reuniting with his long-lost dad (Kurt Russell) feels like fairly rote fodder for a superhero sequel, for instance. But we’re also ranking this one so high because of how movingly it parallels the stories of Yondu (Michael Rooker) and Rocket (Bradley Cooper), two ornery loners who've learned to push people away rather than risk getting hurt. "Avengers: Endgame" may get credit as Marvel's biggest tearjerker, but for our money, nothing gets us choked up like the ending of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2."
OUR TAKE: Good, but not quite as tight as the first film
Rated PG-13. 137 minutes. Dir: James Gunn. Featuring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Kurt Russell, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn.
3. Thor: The Dark World
Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth
We know, we know. Most MCU rankings would have "Thor: The Dark World" near the bottom of the list, if not in the very bottom slot. But we think this movie has developed a rather unfair reputation over the years. "Thor: The Dark World" is actually a fun, funny, delightfully weird addition to the MCU — one that revamps Tom Hiddleston’s Loki into the lovable rogue we know him as today. Yes Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster is underserved and Christopher Eccleston’s Malekith the Dark Elf is a forgettable villain. But the movie’s portal-hopping climax is one of the most visually unique third act battles in the entire MCU (with a great public transportation joke to boot). And there’s something really satisfying about the way "Dark World" blends its enjoyably offbeat sense of humor with a genuinely moving story about two very different brothers working together avenge their mother. (Again, so much of Loki’s most compelling characterization comes directly from this movie.) "Thor: Ragnarok" earned praise for comedically skewering the "Thor" franchise, but we think the earnestness of "Dark World" (and the first "Thor" movie, frankly) deserves a second look.
OUR TAKE: Better —and weirder — than the first film
Rated PG-13. 112 minutes. Dir: Alan Taylor. Featuring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgård.
4. Ant-Man and the Wasp
"Ant-Man and the Wasp"
Though Peyton Reed directed both "Ant-Man" films (and will also helm the upcoming "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania"), he largely inherited the vision of the first film from director Edgar Wright, who left the project at the last minute due to creative differences. So "Ant-Man and the Wasp" is where Reed really got to put his own stamp on the franchise from the ground-up. And the big win here is the much more substantial role he gives to Evangeline Lilly’s Hope van Dyne, who’s elevated from nagging sidekick to cool, funny superhero in her own right. "Ant-Man and the Wasp" also leans into a warmhearted, family-focused tone that fits this small-scale comedic corner of the MCU really well. The trouble is its story is pretty scattered and unfocused, which leaves the film as a fun but ultimately pretty inconsequential romp. Still, that’s as much a feature as it is, well, a bug.
OUR TAKE: Sweeter but less focused than the first film
Rated PG-13. 118 minutes. Dir: Peyton Reed. Featuring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Peña, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park.
5. Spider-Man: Far From Home
Zendaya, Tom Holland.
This is another potentially controversial ranking, as the "Spider-Man" films tend to be among the more beloved entries in the MCU. But like its predecessor "Spider-Man: Homecoming," "Far From Home" suffers from focus issues. On the other hand, it wants to be a charming John Hughes-inspired story about a teenage superhero. And, on the other, it wants to make Spider-Man the next Iron Man. Case in point: This European school trip romp somehow winds up centering on the question of how Peter Parker (Tom Holland) should handle the responsibility of a massive army of hi-tech killer drones — which hardly feels like a story fitting of a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Look, there’s a lot about this movie that works. Holland and Zendaya are utterly charming together, and Jake Gyllenhaal makes for a top-tier MCU villain. But we’re just not convinced that Spider-Man’s story works best when it’s so obsessed with the legacy of Iron Man, nor when it keeps inexplicably trying to make Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan a major supporting player in Peter’s life. (Justice for Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May!)
OUR TAKE: Not as good as the first film
Rated PG-13. 129 minutes. Dir: Jon Watts. Featuring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacob Batalon, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Martin Starr, J. B. Smoove.
6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Like so many sequels on this list, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'" has no shortage of high points, especially when director Sam Raimi is allowed to fully unleash his horror-comedy instincts. But it's also messy and overstuffed; too concerned with setting up and paying off bigger MCU connections to fully function as a satisfying story in its own right. As we wrote in our review, "For those who crave style above all else in their superhero movies, that will likely be enough to make "Multiverse of Madness" an enjoyable romp, especially once Raimi goes all-out in the film’s gonzo third act (expect haunted houses, possessed witches and the director’s signature point-of-view camerawork). But for those who value things like plot, character arcs or even basic themes, however, "Multiverse of Madness" is more like a mountain of missed opportunity."
OUR TAKE: More inventive but less cohesive than the first film
Rated PG-13. 126 minutes. Dir: Sam Raimi. Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg.
7. Avengers: Age of Ultron
Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth.
There’s no denying there’s some good stuff in "Avengers: Age of Ultron." The party scene is fun, the introduction of Paul Bettany’s Vision is perfect and James Spader is a blast as an egomaniacal robot. But the rest of the film is such a complete mess that those high points just can’t keep it afloat. Where to start? How about that thoroughly terrible Black Widow/Hulk romance. Or the movie’s complete lack of thematic follow through to its own story. (Tony Stark atones for building an all-power sentient robot by... building another all-powerful sentient robot?) Or the way MCU franchise obligations keep threatening to pull the entire story apart at the seams? (Remember Thor’s random cave bath vision sequence?) Particularly in comparison to the lean perfection of the first "Avengers" movie, "Age of Ultron" is a frustratingly bloated follow-up that's bigger but certainly not better.
OUR TAKE: Significantly worse than the first film
Rated PG-13. 141 minutes. Dir: Joss Whedon. Featuring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson.
8. Iron Man 2
Mickey Rourke
It’s easy to forget just how rough the early days of the MCU had it, after the sky-high heights of "Iron Man" were followed up by the forgettable adventures of "The Incredible Hulk" and this disappointing sequel for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). "Iron Man 2" tries to amplify what made the first film such a hit, but just winds up feeling like a half measure instead. Despite some committed performances, villains Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) and Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) never really click. The subplot about Tony’s palladium poisoning doesn’t build to anything interesting. And the overly sexualized debut for Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is just flat out embarrassing. Though "Iron Man 2" is arguably less messy than "Avengers: Age of Ultron," it’s bigger sin is being boring, rather than bad; filling for time as Marvel figures out how to actually build a cinematic universe. Still, credit where credit is due: "Iron Man 2" delivers the best take on Tony and Pepper Potts as a screwball comedy couple, so at least it has that going for it.
OUR TAKE: Significantly worse than the first film
Rated PG-13. 125 minutes. Dir: Jon Favreau. Featuring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson.
About the writer: Caroline Siede is a film and TV critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. A member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, she spent four years lovingly analyzing the romantic comedy genre one film at a time in her column When Romance Met Comedy for The A.V. Club. She also co-hosts the movie podcast, Role Calling, and shares her pop culture opinions on Twitter (@carolinesiede).
More superheroes, streaming free on Tubi
Ryan Reynolds in "Green Lantern." Screenshot: YouTube.
Green Lantern (2001): Okay, so this Ryan Reynolds superhero flick might not be high art, but if you like the nudge-nudge, deadpan Reynolds schtick enough to endure some lackluster action and plotting, you’ll get what you came for, and a solid cast besides. If nothing else, you’ll have a better grasp on the Green Lantern-related jokes in the "Deadpool" movies! Rated PG-13. 113 minutes. Dir: Martin Campbell. Featuring: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Angela Bassett, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017): It turns out there’s more to Wonder Woman’s (real world) origin story than we knew. This thoughtful, sexy biographical drama looks at the psychologist and comic book writer who first created the Wonder Woman character, and the two women who helped him do it. Rated R. 108 minutes. Dir: Angela Robinson. Featuring: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, Oliver Platt.
The Toxic Avenger (1984): This cult classic from the genre titans at Troma Entertainment follows a mild-mannered janitor ("98 lbs. of solid nerd") who becomes his city’s superpowered defender after he falls into a vat of toxic waste. Rated R. 82 minutes. Dir: Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman. Featuring: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard.
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Making the front page on this day in 1968 was the news a plea for financial relief for pensioners in Canberra had fallen on deaf ears in the House of Representatives.
Mr J. R. Fraser had delivered a plea to Mr Wentworth, the Minister of Social Services, outlining the case for the remission to pensioners of land rent, rates and water charges in a detailed and lengthy question.
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By the time Mr Fraser had made his case, Mr Wentworth had fallen fast asleep, so the plea went unheard.
Literally.
Once he was awoken by his fellow ministers' nudges he walked, confused, to the dispatch box and asked what had been said and by whom, as he missed it during his slumber.
The speaker made the suggestion Mr Fraser put his question on notice, and Mr Wentworth give him a written response.
Outside the house, as if he had not made it clear, Mr Wentworth explained he had not gotten much sleep the previous night.
"It reminded me of the man who dreamt he was making a speech in parliament,'' he said.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill aimed at cracking down on smash-and-grab burglaries, but Republican lawmakers say more needs to be done in fighting crime.
The governor signed the Inform Act into law, which enforces the new crime of organized retail theft.
National attention has been paid to dozens incidents on camera showing mobs of people rushing into stores to steal goods, even while employees and customers are inside.
“These brazen acts not only place retail employees and customers at risk, but also deprive local municipalities and the state of much-needed tax dollars,” Chauncey Rice from the Illinois Retail Merchants Association said.
Last December, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force recovered $1 million worth of stolen goods from storage units. Raoul said the money received from the sale of stolen goods is then used to fund other criminal activities.
“Organized retail crime is very much linked to other dangerous criminal activity, such as human trafficking, gun trafficking, drug trafficking, and in some instances, terrorism,” Raoul said.
The law is intended to close prosecution loopholes that have been letting thieves off the hook by allowing the Illinois attorney general to seat a statewide grand jury that could issue indictments for organized retail theft.
Anyone involved in a retail theft of $300 or more would be charged with a Class 3 felony. But state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said to make a real impact, criminal justice reform measures pushed through by Democrats, like the ending of cash bail Jan. 1, need to be scrapped.
“Democrats have acted in haste with the passing of House Bill 3653, the SAFE-T Act,” Spain said. “It has created tremendous damage to the community of law enforcement and to criminal activity throughout the state of Illinois.”
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, said the SAFE-T Act is anti-cop legislation and is driving quality police officers out of Illinois.
“Four hundred Illinois state police troopers have left the job,” Durkin said. “We’ve had a municipality shut down their police department because we cannot and will not comply with this legislation.”
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TURIN, Italy — Ukrainian band, Kalush Orchestra, made an impassioned plea to free people still trapped in a besieged steel mill in a strategic Ukrainian port city on Saturday night after performing in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, where bookmakers tip them to win.
"I ask all of you, please help Ukraine, Mariupol. Help Avostal, right now,'' the band's front man, Oleh Psiuk, said, to the live crowd of some 7,500, many of whom gave a standing ovation, and global television audience of millions.
The plea to free the remaining Ukrainian fighters trapped beneath the sprawling Avostal plant by Russians served as a somber reminder that the hugely popular and at times flamboyant Eurovision song contest was being played out against the backdrop of a war on Europe's eastern flank.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave signs that he was watching from Kyiv, and rooting for Ukrainian band.
"Indeed, this is not a war, but nevertheless, for us today, any victory is very important,'' Zelenskyy said, according to a .presidential statement. "So, let's cheer for ours. Glory be to Ukraine!"
Kalush Orchestra was among 25 bands performing in the Eurovision Song Contest final front of a live audience in the industrial northern city of Turin, while millions more watched on television or via streaming around the world.
The Ukrainian band was heavily tipped to win by bookmakers, who are giving the group that mixes traditional Ukrainian rhythms, costumes and dance moves with contemporary hip hop a 60% chance of winning.
Despite Ukraine's position as the oddsmakers' and sentimental favorite, fans from Spain, Britain and elsewhere entering the PalaOlimpico venue from throughout Europe were rooting for their own country to win.
Still, Ukrainian music fan Iryna Lasiy said she felt global support for her country in the war and "not only for the music."
Russia was excluded this year after its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, a move organizers said was meant to keep politics out of the contest that promotes diversity and friendship among nations.
Ukraine's song, "Stefania,'' was written as a tribute to the frontman's mother, but has transformed since the war into an anthem to the beleaguered nation, as lyrics take on new meaning. "I'll always find my way home, even if all roads are destroyed," Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk wrote.
The six-member, all-male band received special permission to leave the country to represent Ukraine and Ukrainian culture at the music contest. One of the original members stayed to fight, and the others plan to return as soon as the contest is over.
Back in Ukraine, in the battered northeastern city of Kharkiv, Kalush Orchestra's participation in the contest is seen as giving the nation another platform to garner international support.
"The whole country is rising, everyone in the world supports us. This is extremely nice,″ said Julia Vashenko, a 29-year-old teacher.
"I believe that wherever there is Ukraine now and there is an opportunity to talk about the war, we need to talk,″ said Alexandra Konovalova, a 23-year-old make-up artist in Kharkiv. "Any competitions are important now, because of them more people learn about what is happening now."
Anastasia Khardikova, a 24-year-old Ukrainian living in Sweden, said she intends to vote for Kalush Orchestra, and is persuading her friends abroad to do the same.
The winner is chosen in equal parts by panels of music experts in each competing nation and votes by the viewing public — leaving room for an upset. Britain's Sam Ryder and Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs are each given a 10% shot while the Italian duo of Mahmood & Blanco have a 6% chance of winning.
The winner takes home a glass microphone trophy and a potential career boost.
The event was hosted by Italy after local rock band Maneskin won last year in Rotterdam. The victory shot the Rome-based band to international fame, opening for the Rolling Stones and appearing on Saturday Night Live and numerous magazine covers in their typically genderless costume code.
Twenty bands were chosen in two semifinals this week, and were competing along with the Big Five of Italy, Britain, France, Germany and Spain, which have permanent berths due to their financial support of the contest.
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Barry reported from Milan. Vasilisa Stepanenko contributed from Kharkiv, Ukraine. | https://www.startribune.com/ukraine-band-makes-plea-for-mariupol-at-eurovision/600173253/ | 2022-05-14T21:39:40Z | https://www.startribune.com/ukraine-band-makes-plea-for-mariupol-at-eurovision/600173253/ | true | 11 |
The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on all its members to embark on a peaceful protest nationwide to demand justice for the slain Shehu Shagari College of Education student, Deborah Yakubu.
The PUNCH had reported Yakubu was stoned by a mob and set ablaze for alleged blasphemy on Thursday afternoon. Her killing generated outrage among Nigerians.
In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, on Saturday, CAN President, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, directed all secretariats to stage the protest on Saturday, May 22, 2022.
The statement titled, ‘A Request for Nationwide Peaceful Protests, Calling for Justice for Deborah Yakubu’, urged Nigerians in the diaspora to also stage protests at Nigerian embassies worldwide.
“I have been directed by the CAN President, His Eminence, Rev. Dr Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle, to request all Church Leaders, through your various Churches to organise a peaceful protest in honour of one of our daughters, Deborah Yakubu, who was gruesomely murdered on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto in Sokoto State by some Islamic extremists.
“The protest will take place on May 22, 2022, in the afternoon by 3:00 pm in every Secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria nationwide and not on the streets in order to avoid further loss of lives.
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“Those without CAN’s Secretariat may use any church with big premises. We are to hold placards with some succinct messages like, ‘WE DEMAND JUSTICE 4 DEBORAH’, ‘NO MORE KILLING IN GOD’S NAME’, ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’, ‘POLICE, STOP UNPROVOKED KILLINGS IN NIGERIA’, ‘CHRISTIANS ARE NOT SECOND CLASS CITIZENS’, ‘KILLERS OF DEBORAH MUST BE PROSECUTED’, ‘WE CONDEMN RELIGIOUS KILLINGS’, ‘WE SAY NO TO ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS’.
“We urge those who could afford it to make use of the traditional media and the social media and others can use only the social media to give it wide coverage in order to sensitise the whole world. We also call on Nigerian Christians in the diaspora to join us using our embassies all over the world. The occasion can also be used to pray for Deborah’s family and friends, peace for the country, victory for the Church and godly political leaders in the coming general election.”
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 14, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
431 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern St.
Lawrence County through 515 PM EDT...
At 431 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Cranberry Lake, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Cranberry Lake, Newton Falls and Wanakena.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4421 7463 4408 7475 4406 7495 4427 7502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 191DEG 10KT 4412 7486
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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New baby, new perspective
If you haven’t really looked at a baby in several years, it’s easy to forget how perfect they are.
Perfect little ears. Perfect little nose. Bright little eyes. Giggly little mouth. All that promise. All that potential. All those life experiences ahead. All the technological and natural wonders they’ll experience. All the love they’ll find.
It’s all right there, squirming in my arms, when I hold my first grandbaby.
But because holding a baby is to hold the future, it forces you to reassess the current state of the world. And, frankly, I’m embarrassed.
Another war in Europe. Really? Another monstrous psychopath attacks a peaceful country in a blatant land grab, this time bringing the world to the edge of not just world war, but nuclear annihilation. Really?
The idea that in 2022, if some imaginary line is crossed by European soldiers, my grandbaby’s father, like his great-grandfather and grandfather before him, could be drafted to fight in a war “over there” is ridiculous.
That’s three times in about 100 years that Europe has burst into an inferno of barbaric violence that threatens all of us. Three strikes and you’re out. Three world wars and it’s time to put the whole continent into some kind of trusteeship.
For all their vaunted sophistication and education, it’s clear they’re incapable of handling their affairs without periodically risking the survival of every man, woman, and child on the planet.
Also, like many of us, I assumed that the end of the Cold War meant that nuclear weapons were on the way out because the world had finally realized nothing’s worth the wholesale slaughter of a nuclear exchange. But it turns out the insanity rolls on.
The U.S. now is playing catchup because China and Russia have been developing hypersonic missiles that travel at about 1 mile per second and can change direction en route. Their combination of speed and maneuverability renders them invincible to antimissile systems.
Also, because they fly much lower than conventional ICBMs, tracking them is difficult. All of which means that if a country detected an incoming hypersonic missile, it would have no time to do anything other than consider it a first strike and immediately unload its nuclear arsenal on the attacker: a real-life Doomsday Machine. Somewhere, Dr. Strangelove is sneering.
I’m a big fan of speaking softly and carrying a big stick. But when the stick is so big it can all but wipe out humanity and an ex-KGB colonel is threatening to use it, maybe it’s incumbent on the grandparents of the world to ask, “Is there an alternative to sacrificing millions of lives to stop the mad ambitions of a bloodthirsty tyrant?”
I’m also embarrassed about the COVID endgame.
According to the World Health Organization, the COVID epidemic has killed more than 6 million people worldwide. Efforts to investigate its origin have failed because China refused to cooperate. Governments shrugged their shoulders as if to say, “Well, what can you expect from the Chinese?” Really?
Six million of us died and rather than figure out what happened to prevent a recurrence, you’re willing to give China a pass?
Maybe threats to the human race demand a direct response from the human race. Today, billions of people worldwide can coordinate with each other using the internet. What if before purchasing any product, including energy, people simply agreed to first look for alternatives to products made in China until the Chinese government agrees to cooperate with efforts to investigate COVID’s origin?
What if we did the same with any country that attacked a peaceful neighbor? Or persisted in developing a Doomsday Machine?
If that won’t work, then somebody come up with a better idea.
Because vast numbers of us ordinary people died during COVID and will die in a nuclear exchange, shouldn’t we try to do something to stop the carnage, for the sake of our babies and their perfect little ears?
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Manchester City Handed Potential Blow in Pep Guardiola Renewal Talks
Manchester City are believed to have had the intention of securing the long-term future of manager Pep Guardiola for months, with just over 12 months left on the Catalan's current deal at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola is on the verge of the leading his side to their fourth league title in five seasons and recently acquired the services of Borussia Dortmund talisman Erling Haaland from next season, with the 21-year-old set to join City on July 1 after scoring in his final game for Dortmund on Saturday.
Guardiola is expected to extend his near six-year stay in east Manchester following the signing of Haaland, with belief among several quarters that the City boss remaining at the helm is likely to have been a crucial factor is luring the young striker to the Etihad Stadium.
The Spaniard has often stated his desire of managing a national team when he eventually departs City, with his stint in England already clear of his longest managerial spell elsewhere during his career.
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City can take another step towards retaining the Premier League title on Sunday when they face West Ham at the London Stadium after their midweek 5-1 thrashing of Wolves at the Molineux, as Kevin De Bruyne scored four times to maintain City's three-point cushion at the top.
The Blues will again miss Ruben Dias, Kyle Walker and John Stones through injury, while there remain doubts over Fernandinho and Aymeric Laporte amidst a worrying personnel situation at the back for the league leaders.
With Liverpool travelling to St. Mary's on Tuesday next week, City can establish a six-point advantage over the Reds before their next league outing against Southampton.
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Offences by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions drove politically motivated crimes in Germany to a record high last year, an Interior Ministry report showed this week.
The number of politically motivated crimes jumped by more than 23% from the previous year to 55,048, the highest level since police started collecting the data in 2001.
The increase was primarily due to a rise in “non-classic” politically-motivated offences, or crimes not directly associated with far-left or far-right politics, which accounted for almost 40% of crimes last year, the report showed.
“The terrible climax of this violence was the murder of 20-year-old Alexander at a gas station in Idar-Oberstein by a man who refused to wear a mask,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said while presenting the report.
More than 7,000 offences were recorded in connection with COVID-19 restrictions and around 7,300 crimes were related to last year’s federal election, it added.
Violent crimes classified as political in nature rose by 16% year-on-year to 3,889. Far-right offences fell by 7% last year, but still accounted for 41% of crimes.
Anti-Semitic offences rose by 29% to over 3,000 and almost half were committed in connection with the pandemic.
“It is a shame for our country how much anti-Semitic hate speech and contempt for human beings is still being spread today,” Faeser said, adding that a big part of the crimes were related to anti-Semitic conspiracy ideologies.
Last year, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office classified vaccination opponents and coronavirus deniers as a “relevant risk”.
Concerns have mounted over an increasingly violent pushback against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination plans after police foiled plots by anti-vaccination activists to murder a state premier in December and to kidnap the health minister last month. | https://cde.news/anti-coronavirus-offences-push-political-crime-to-record-in-germany/ | 2022-05-14T22:09:54Z | https://cde.news/anti-coronavirus-offences-push-political-crime-to-record-in-germany/ | false | 3 |
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Maybe. A while back I argued that there is a strong likelihood that the title may be decided by goal difference and the vast majority disagreed. If City lose tomorrow and we stuff Southampton even with 3-5 goals, we may be in a good position for the last game even if we trail in goal difference by a goal or two. It ain't over yet. Imagine City losing tomorrow, they will panic against Villa. Two draws are not out of the realm of possibilities either.
And if City win 3-4 nil against West Ham, we can rest up the squadanyway.
Can we have a temporary ban for anyone who uses "City" and "deserved" in the same sentence?
Kids and any rusty first teamers that need minutes v Southampton hopefully. Feels like we are on the verge of ending up missing half our team v Real if it carries on like this though the news seems positive so far luckily.
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Having Failed Against Matt Gaetz, the Globalist American Empire Tries East Germany’s Stasi Tactics on Madison Cawthorn
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LARAMIE – Tell Wade is the first player committed to Wyoming’s 2023 recruiting class.
The 6-foot-5, 235-pound prospect is looking forward to being the second player from Wray, Colorado, a rural town of about 2,400 located on the plains nine miles west of Nebraska, to play defense for the Cowboys.
Wade is following in the footsteps of linebacker Weston Johnson, a captain on UW’s 2009 team who died in 2014 after a two-year battle with cancer.
“I’ve been in touch with his dad, Blane, quite a bit,” Wade said. “That’s pretty special. He was pretty excited. … Blane and Jill, his parents, we’ve had dinner and we’re friends.”
UW defensive ends coach Marty English recruited Johnson in 2005 during the Joe Glenn era and has found another potential gem from Wray in Wade.
Front Range rivals Air Force and Colorado State also offered Wade a scholarship, but he verbally committed to UW head coach Craig Bohl after attending the Brown and Gold Game on April 30 at War Memorial Stadium.
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“I love the small-town feel of Laramie,” said Wade, who also received an offer from New Mexico State. “All the coaches are just super nice. I mean, coach Bohl, I really like him. Out of all the coaches I've talked to so far, he's for sure my favorite. Then coach English, I have built a pretty good relationship with him.
"I just decided that I wanted to commit so I did.”
Wade, who plays both offensive tackle and defensive end for Wray High, has 20 sacks and 35.5 tackles for loss entering his senior season. He also finished second in the Colorado state wrestling championships at 285 pounds and competes in long jump, shot put and sprints on the track team.
Johnson earned all-state honors in football, basketball, baseball and track for Wray High before signing with UW 17 years ago. The Cowboys recruited Wade as a defensive end.
“I just want to keep getting better, keep working with my team and my coaches to get more explosive and faster,” Wade said. “I want to help my team win the state championship. That’s this year's goal.”
The NCAA transfer portal dominated the news cycle at the FBS level during the offseason with the Pokes losing 15 players and adding eight since the end of the 2021 campaign.
Bohl still plans to maintain the program’s foundation with high school recruits. Wade, a two-star prospect like Johnson was, has UW off to a strong start during this cycle.
“I think it's pretty cool to be the first one,” Wade said. “When coach Bohl gave me a call and offered me the night before I was headed up there, I just told him I wanted to do it in person. So I ended up sitting in an office and I told them face to face I was coming. I thought that was pretty special.”
Perhaps Wade will be a future winner of the “Never Flinch Award” given annually by the Pokes in memory of Johnson. All-American linebacker Chad Muma was this year’s recipient.
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Britney Spears and her fiancé Sam Asghari have announced that the singer had a miscarriage.
"It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy," the two wrote in a joint Instagram post. "This is a devastating time for any parent."
Spears announced she was pregnant last month.
"Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along however we were overly excited to share the good news," the statement said. "Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family."
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Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Owens Corning (NYSE:OC – Get Rating) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 317 shares of the construction company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,246,000.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of OC. Rhumbline Advisers grew its stake in Owens Corning by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 277,576 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $25,121,000 after purchasing an additional 726 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Owens Corning by 65.5% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 353,562 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $31,998,000 after purchasing an additional 139,950 shares in the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Owens Corning in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Pictet Asset Management SA grew its position in Owens Corning by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management SA now owns 55,397 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $5,013,000 after acquiring an additional 2,403 shares during the period. Finally, Pinebridge Investments L.P. grew its position in Owens Corning by 23.2% in the fourth quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. now owns 57,223 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $5,179,000 after acquiring an additional 10,764 shares during the period. 92.55% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of OC traded up $1.20 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $93.22. 557,566 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 841,261. Owens Corning has a 52 week low of $79.35 and a 52 week high of $109.24. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $90.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.15. The firm has a market cap of $9.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 1.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.
OC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research lowered Owens Corning from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $91.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, April 19th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Owens Corning from $112.00 to $119.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 17th. Loop Capital decreased their price target on shares of Owens Corning from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 8th. UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Owens Corning in a research report on Wednesday, January 19th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $122.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Credit Suisse Group began coverage on shares of Owens Corning in a research report on Tuesday, April 5th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $105.00 price target on the stock. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $108.75.
Owens Corning Profile (Get Rating)
Owens Corning manufactures and markets insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composite materials in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing. The Composites segment manufactures, fabricates, and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber; and glass fiber products in the form of fabrics, non-wovens, and other specialized products.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 14, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
600 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Essex,
north central Addison and southwestern Chittenden Counties through
645 PM EDT...
At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Monkton Ridge, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Essex Junction, Burlington International Airport, South Burlington,
Burlington, Charlotte, Hinesburg, St. George, Monkton Ridge, Monkton,
Monkton Boro, Starksboro, Essex Junction Village, Williston,
Shelburne, Mt. Philo State Park, Ferrisburgh, Richmond, Bristol,
Mcneil Cove and Sloop Island.
This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 82 and 88.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4423 7300 4417 7314 4435 7340 4451 7310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 142DEG 11KT 4428 7314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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‘Guardian angel’: Family thanks officer who saved their dad ‘s life with CPR
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - An Omaha family met the man they call their guardian angel after a near-fatal incident happened in a Subway restaurant.
WOWT reports the situation started with a trip to an area Walmart on May 6 for Michael Freeman.
“I really don’t remember the trip to Walmart, but my wife said I called her and asked if she wanted something from Subway,” Michael Freeman said.
Moments later, Freeman went into cardiac arrest.
“The next thing I remember was waking up in the emergency room,” Michael Freeman said.
Just feet away from him was off-duty Omaha police officer Keith Lampert, and the 17-year police veteran rushed to help.
“I saw Mike was laying on the ground, arms out, stretched looking at the ceiling,” Lampert said. “We went right into CPR and gave him chest compressions. He came back and started breathing slowly.”
Freeman was rushed to a nearby hospital in rough shape but alive, and after days of treatment, he was able to return home.
On Wednesday, the two men had an emotional reunion. The Freeman family embraced the officer who gave them more time with their dad.
Freeman’s son, Marlon, said in a time when you hear so much about race relations and police, the near-tragedy comes with an important reminder for the entire community.
“I feel like there’s a lot of officers out there just doing their jobs who are really genuinely good people,” Marlon Freeman said.
The Freeman family said they have a forever bond with the officer they call their guardian angel.
“When we greeted, we shook hands, and when I got up, I realized shaking hands wasn’t enough. I wanted to give him a hug,” Michael Freeman said.
Michael Freeman’s recovery continues, and his family said he is scheduled to undergo surgery in the coming weeks to unclog an artery.
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Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (YMAB) CEO Thomas Gad on Q1 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:YMAB) Q1 2022 Results Conference Call May 10, 2022 9:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Thomas Gad - Founder, Interim CEO and President
Bo Kruse - CFO
Sue Smith - Chief Commercial Officer
Vignesh Rajah - Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Steen Lisby - Chief Scientific Officer
Conference Call Participants
Alec Stranahan - Bank of America
Joseph Thome - Cowen & Company
Charles Zhu - Guggenheim
Mike Ulz - Morgan Stanley
Tessa Romero - JP Morgan
Sebastiaan van der Schoot - Kempen
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.’s Earnings Conference Call for the First Quarter of 2022. Today’s conference is being recorded.
Let me quickly remind you that the following discussion contains certain forward-looking -- certain statements that are considered forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, they are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including those risk factors discussed in the company’s annual report on the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022.
At this time, I would now like to turn the conference over to Thomas Gad, the Company’s Founder, Interim CEO and President.
Thomas Gad
Thank you. Good morning, everybody, and thank you for joining us today. I’m very pleased to briefly review our accomplishments in the first quarter. We saw a great start to 2022 with excellent progress on our key programs, notably the resubmission of the BLA for omburtamab in Q1, as promised. We had a 9% sequential increase in net revenues for DANYELZA and the advancement of the SADA technology platform with the data recently presented at AACR in April.
We expect 2022 to be yet another transformative year for Y-mAbs. As we announced last week, Claus Møller has stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer. The company made considerable progress under his leadership and we are grateful for his contributions and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. I’ve assumed the role as Interim CEO, while the search is ongoing for new Chief Executive Officer. And today, I’m joined on the call by Bo Kruse, our CFO; Sue Smith, our Chief Commercial Officer; Vignesh Rajah, our Chief Medical Officer; and Dr. Steen Lisby, our Chief Scientific Officer.
All of us here at Y-mAbs are truly proud of -- to offer DANYELZA to children who have experienced multiple relapses from high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow or who did not respond to previous treatment. DANYELZA is our first commercial product and was launched 15 months ago after the FDA’s accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow who have demonstrated a partial response or stable disease to prior therapy.
Our Chief Commercial Officer, Sue Smith, who joins us at the start of the year, is already leveraging her rare disease experience to highlight and differentiate DANYELZA in the U.S. and other markets. She has implemented several positive changes to our approach. And I’m very pleased to have Sue on the call today, and we’ll now hand it over to her. Go ahead, Sue.
Sue Smith
Thank you, Thomas. Good morning. I’m pleased to be with you all today and happy to have the opportunity to talk about some of the new strategies and processes put into place to drive our new growth opportunities and also to mitigate barriers to entry.
During the first quarter, based on valuable key learnings from our post-launch market experience, we’ve developed a road map to further focus our efforts among the full pediatric neuroblastoma patient journey. This includes identifying and supporting patients at all community hospitals and not just relying on the academic institutions.
Our commercial plan consists of 3 perks [ph]. First, we are maintaining and growing the existing business. We’ve been enriching our account management team support, formulary inclusion focus and peer-to-peer engagement. With more than half of our accounts now having experience with multiple patients, we’re also growing our network of key opinion leaders to help with education.
Second, we’re filling the funnel. The team is now using claims data to identify customers with active patients and understand where they are in their journey. This allows us to improve our targeting and provide our account managers with real-time leads for the first time. This allows us to engage with customers with relevant patients and drive the appropriate use of DANYELZA earlier in their journey.
And third, we have very clear goals and are aligning team recognition to those goals. I’ve worked with the commercial leadership team to create and operationalize a new strategic road map based on the levers I mentioned. And we have aligned all commercial team activities to these goals, including incentive compensation awards and recognition for success.
Our refined approach appears to show early forward working as we recorded DANYELZA net sales of $10.5 million for the first quarter, a 9% increase from the previous quarter. We’re also encouraged by the increase in the number of treatment centers that have gained experience with DANYELZA with 34 treatment centers now having administered DANYELZA across the nation, up 21% compared to 28 centers by the end of last year. Approximately 50% of the vials sold in the U.S. are now sold outside of Memorial Sloan Kettering or MSK. This is a notable increase since only approximately 40% of the vials were sold outside of MSK in prior quarters. We continue to be very focused on the DANYELZA launch and are pleased with the traction we’re getting in the market at this point.
Accordingly, we’ve recently made the decision to increase our field sales headcount by about 20%. We have reported 5 consecutive quarters of growth. And we believe we have now gained a fundamental understanding of the market penetration patterns. The first quarter revenue of $10.5 million is a notch above our internal expectations. And we now expect total product full year revenues for 2022 to be between 45 and $50 million.
A year into the launch, the team continues to drive DANYELZA’s adoption. And we’re very encouraged by its benefits over the other currently available options, including rapid infusion, fewer hospitalization days and in an outpatient setting. We are squarely focused on expediting DANYELZA’s adoption. And we are continuing its development in expanded indications.
So to summarize, we are optimistic about the long-term opportunity for DANYELZA, as underscored by clinicians’ feedback. Our focus remains on continued accelerated adoption. And looking ahead, we plan to conduct additional medical education training to further broaden site activation.
Thomas Gad
Thank you, Sue. Going on, on DANYELZA, we’re also very focused on introducing DANYELZA into larger adult indications and have started ongoing partnership discussions to address this opportunity. As you can hear, we are very excited about the possibilities of DANYELZA going forward. Staying very focused on the continued commercial opportunity DANYELZA provides as a drug, growing top-line revenues, while capturing additional pediatric unmet medical needs as we focus on larger adult indications as GD2 remains a well-defined target.
Moving on to omburtamab. We are thrilled with our recent resubmission of the omburtamab BLA for the treatment of CNS/leptomeningeal metastases for neuroblastoma. As you might recall, we had the pre-BLA meeting with the FDA in January of this year and confirmed our path towards our March BLA resubmission, which we ultimately achieved. We are hopeful that omburtamab will be approved given the meaningful improvements in overall survival rate, which data has significantly matured with time. And in view of the fact that there is no FDA-approved therapies for this indication, addressing an unmet medical need for high-risk neuroblastoma patients developing CNS metastases. We look forward to sharing this important data in the near future with you.
We believe that if approved, omburtamab will fit well into our existing commercial infrastructure to DANYELZA and enable us to further leverage our commercial infrastructure without any major additional investments. Additionally, we believe that omburtamab will mature into an important drug with significant label expansion opportunities over several unmet medical needs within pediatric rare diseases, and also present a larger indication opportunity as B7-H3 is a widely expressed target.
As omburtamab has been granted a rare pediatric disease designation by the FDA, we are eligible to receive a Priority Review Voucher from the agency if omburtamab is approved. As you recall, we previously received a PRV for DANYELZA’s approval and subsequently sold that PRV for $105 million last year. Under our licensing agreement with MSK, they received 40% of the net proceeds generated from the sale of the first PRV. And MSK is entitled to receive 33% of the net proceeds generated from the omburtamab PRV sale, potentially securing a solid non-dilutive cash contribution to the company that will further extend our cash run rate.
Moving on to SADA. Turning to our SADA technology, SADA is a key platform in the Y-mAbs portfolio that continues to show great promise in unlocking the potential for pre-targeted radiopharmaceuticals, which precisely target multiple tumors. As we continue to optimize the technology, we’ve become even more encouraged about the scientific advancement it represents for the company and the medical community.
The IND for our first SADA construct, a GD2-SADA for GD2-positive solid tumors was filed last year. We have made great progress on the IND and expect to treat the first patients during the third or fourth quarter of this year. We are focused on a 2-pronged strategy here, treating adults in small cell lung cancer, a large indication validating GD2-SADA, while we work on our well-known pediatric GD2-positive tumors. Remember, our strategy here is to out-license larger indications, while we focus on unmet medical need pediatric indications, building our rare pediatric disease portfolio.
We presented preclinical data for our GD2-SADA construct at the AACR Annual Meeting in April of this year. As demonstrated in the poster preclinical models have shown that the tetrameric state of SADA have a stronger binding affinity and anti-tumor effects compared to the monomer state. Data further confirmed that the start of domain seems to significantly increase uptake and is persistent in tumor tissue in vivo with anti-tumor activity lasting over 100 days after treatment.
We are well positioned to explore partnership options to leverage the SADA platform in the coming months. We are working on several targets that address both pediatric unmet medical needs, while also addressing large indications fitting into our partnership strategy. We are truly excited about the potential of SADA technology. Also in terms of its ability to potentially optimize and repurpose failed Phase 3 targets that have already been proven safely in humans by making a SADA construct based on these targets. SADA targets could potentially significantly enhance therapeutic index, as evident by the key PK attributes of the SADA platform, further unlocking the potential of pre-targeted rate of pharmaceuticals in tumors that have not historically demonstrated meaningful responses to therapeutic agents.
Now moving on to the Y-BiClone platform. The IND for our CD33 bispecific for pediatric AML has been clear. And we believe this is -- this promising treatment can potentially address an important pediatric unmet medical need as AML remains one of the most challenging hematological malignancies for children. We expect to dose the first patients over the summer.
We have deprioritized nivatrotamab, our GD2-CD3 bispecific program, as we want to focus on the future potential of both DANYELZA as a GD2 monotherapy addressing large adult indications as well as the GD2-SADA being disclosed to the clinic going into small cell lung cancer and other GD2-positive solid tumors. This will enable us to more efficiently utilize our financial capital to realize our full commercial potential and extend our financial runway.
As you know, we have a partnership with SciClone Pharmaceuticals for DANYELZA and omburtamab in Greater China. We are especially excited about DANYELZA and the potential near-term approval expected to take place late this summer in China, which will trigger a regulatory milestone. We have continued to see an uptick in patients treated in the pilot zone in China and expect this market to be an important revenue driver for DANYELZA’s Asia sales. We continue to work on making sure DANYELZA and omburtamab, if approved, will have global commercial footprint. And we have additional partnerships covering LatAm, Central Eastern Europe and Israel.
We ended the quarter with $156.7 million in cash. And as you can see, we have tightened the belt by prioritizing our pipeline in order to be able to unlock near-term value by leveraging our pipeline through focused internal execution and by external partnerships. With a strong cash runway and a robust pipeline, we are on track to deliver many more clinical and commercial milestones, support the continued commercialization of DANYELZA and the potential launch of omburtamab as well as advance our early-stage programs, including the SADA technology constructs. We are very pleased with our current financial position, which Bo Kruse, our Chief Financial Officer, will elaborate on in a minute. Thank you.
Let me now turn it over to Bo.
Bo Kruse
Thank you, Thomas. We reported DANYELZA net product revenues of $10.5 million for the first quarter of sales this year, which corresponds to a 9% increase from the fourth quarter of ‘21. We experienced a year-on-year net product revenue growth of 94% compared to the $5.4 million reported for the first quarter of 2021 when the first DANYELZA vials were delivered.
As we take a closer look at the operating expenses for the first quarter of 2022, we’ll note that research and development expenses increased by $1.3 million from $21.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 to $22.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The increase reflects our increased clinical trial and employee-related costs, partially offset by decreased outsourced manufacturing expenses.
SG&A expenses increased by $1.4 million from $12 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 to $13.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses primarily reflects costs related to the launch and commercialization of DANYELZA, which include $0.7 million increase in employee-related costs, including salary, benefits and non-cash stock-based compensation as well as an increase in operating or commercial expenses.
We reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 of $28.1 million or $0.64 per share basic and diluted compared to a net income of $33.4 million or $0.80 per share basic or $0.75 per share diluted for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The net income in the quarter ended March 31, 2021 included a $62 million net gain from the sale of our DANYELZA Priority Review Voucher after sharing 40% of the net proceeds from the sale with MSK as per the license agreement.
The decrease in earnings in the first quarter of ‘22 was partially offset by the favorable impact of DANYELZA’s growing revenues. We ended the first quarter of ‘22 with a cash position of $156.7 million compared to $181.6 million at year end ‘21, a decrease of $24.9 million was driven by the cash used in operational activities for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Now in terms of the financial runway based on the reprioritization of the various pipeline programs, which Thomas mentioned, we currently estimate that our cash position of EUR156.7 million is sufficient to cover our current operations to mid ‘24. The underlying assumptions for this guidance are important to understand. So let me just explain that we took a conservative approach and did not include any assumptions for the net proceeds to be received on the anticipated PRV, which we could sell upon approval of -- on the potential approval of omburtamab.
In addition, no new partnerships or the new BT-related sources of income are included. Potential omburtamab revenues upon approval are also not included and the DANYELZA revenues are only assumed to increase modestly each year for the purpose of this analysis of runway. Just to be clear, we hope to see an entirely different growth rate for DANYELZA in the years to come as we execute our refined commercial strategy and continue to deliver clinical data that could lead to expanded indications and greater physician adoption.
In terms of development expenses, we have assumed the current programs would be advanced at our own expense and no new programs are assumed at this point. This forecast of financial runway benefits from the fact that most of the expenses related to pivotal trials, post-marketing commitments and regulatory activities are behind us at this point. As disclosed in our press release last week, we are expecting operating expenses of $162 million to $167 million and a total cash burn of $78 million to $83 million for 2022. No public equity or debt offerings or borrowings are included in this guidance. We do believe Y-mAbs remain in a healthy financial position to execute on its strategic priorities.
Now this concludes the financial update, and I’ll now turn the call back to Thomas.
Thomas Gad
Thank you, Bo. This marks the end of today’s prepared remarks. At this time, I’d like to open up the line for questions. Thank you.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions] The first question we have is from Alec Stranahan from Bank of America.
Alec Stranahan
Two from us, both commercial. First on DANYELZA, $10.5 million in 1Q. That’s plus 9% quarter-over-quarter. I think we saw plus 7% sequentially in 4Q. And if you look at the midpoint of the guidance range, are you thinking it’s sort of a linear trajectory to continue from here or are there some points for inflection later this year? And then as a follow-up, for Sue maybe. Can you just talk through your choice to expand outside of the academic treatment centers, sort of the considerations that went into this strategy shift? What was maybe limiting uptake from your prior approach? And how do you plan to balance driving volumes, while keeping SG&A in check?
And then our second question on omburtamab. Assuming the FDA accepts the submission and it gets approved, what would be sort of involved in the launch efforts? Thomas, you mentioned that there’s really no added sales force that you would need for the launch. Can you just sort of describe the synergies in terms of what you’ve already built for DANYELZA?
Thomas Gad
I’ll let Sue take the first question and then I’ll go on to omburtamab.
Sue Smith
So in terms of DANYELZA, I think that we will see a fairly linear trajectory with more inflection in the second half of the year. In order to hit the $50 million, we need an average estimate of about 12 patients per month by the fourth quarter, and we’ve been averaging about 6%. So what is leading to that is essentially the patient identification. The team is very engaged in currently understanding the accounts, speaking with the multi-disciplinary teams. And really, we have a very clear plan in terms of engaging compliantly with earlier in the patient journey, for instance, talking to a bone marrow transplant doctor. And sometimes a rare disease can take 6 to 12 months from patient identification to time when it’s appropriate for that patient. So they’re currently -- when I say we’re filling the funnel, that is what I mean. And that’s why we think we’ll see the fruits of their efforts taking root by -- towards -- as we go through the year. So I see that as a more linear and justifiable growth.
I think in terms of going outside of the -- we are -- our first imperative is to maintain and grow in the academic centers. So we’re certainly by knowing, abandoning that focus and we have made good progress there. But in terms of looking at the current market dynamics, we have seen actually during COVID, more of an interest of some parents to be closer to home and get treatment closer to home. And that really aligns well with our value proposition of the outpatient treatment setting.
So by identifying through the claims, we know now where a patient could be turning up in the community setting, which we didn’t have before. So the team is able to discriminate their time very specifically, go to an account knowing that they have a neuroblastoma pediatric patient and spend their time there to engage and see if that’s an appropriate patient. So that is essentially why we’re doing this. We see the trends going that way and we’re seeing the referral patterns and tracking those referral patterns with a plan around that. And so that’s really -- we’re certainly engaging with academic centers, but we -- and expanding there. But in the community setting, we’re definitely seeing a lot more engagement and interest from those pediatric oncologists.
Thomas Gad
So Alec, to your second question, so CNS metastases, the way it works is normally that you come to control scans every 3 to 6 months after you’re in full remission for systemic treatments. And it’s the same KOL that will eventually diagnose the patient and you have a fairly long lead time into the treatment of omburtamab, where there’s no other therapy existing in the market. So it’s basically the same doctors, the same floors. There’s logistic planning around it. So radio safety officers is what needs to be built up. But besides that, it’s the same MSLs and pretty much the same team that can cover that indication. So we should be fully ready to launch if we get approved.
Operator
The next question we have is from Joseph Thome from Cowen & Company.
Joseph Thome
Maybe the first one, just because you did mention partnership opportunities, both for the adult indications of DANYELZA and then also for the SADA platform. I guess, how are you thinking about that? Are you prioritizing one agent over the other? Would you like one partner to kind of take both of these forward? And in terms of visibility, I know you said in the next few months, is that for both products or focus on one product? And I have a follow-up.
Thomas Gad
First, talking about DANYELZA. DANYELZA is maturing as a great drug and with many potential indications as GD2 is very well defined as a target. So we are working on that part of it and keeping our pediatrics, while we are looking for partners and discussing with partners going into larger indications in the U.S. and actually in a global footprint. Going to SADA. SADA, we are envisioning multiple SADA partnerships. We are not envisioning one partnership, we’re envisioning, optimizing the platform with third-party targets and also going into large indications, while we keep the pediatric unmet medical need indications.
I was just saying, as I said in my remarks, the SADA platform works very nicely also by identifying targets that have failed, but have proven safe in humans, but couldn’t manage together significant therapeutic index, and those can be optimized on the platform. So there’s lots of work to be done on partnerships.
Joseph Thome
And then on DANYELZA, do we have an update on when we could potentially see the updated titration program implemented officially into practice? And for osteosarcoma, are we still expecting data in the second half of the year from that full Phase 2?
Thomas Gad
So I will take -- I will turn around and take the osteosarcoma question, and then I’ll give Vignesh your other question. So osteosarcoma, we have a -- well, it’s a multi-center trial going on at MSK. We have recruited 40 out of 49 potential patients. It is 3 sites; it’s MSK, it’s MD Anderson and it’s CHLA. We do expect that to be fully recruited by the end of the year. And we hope to be able to share data we do as soon as possible. So that’s the update on that. And we’re excited about indication as well.
I’ll hand over your other question to Vignesh, our Chief Medical Officer.
Vignesh Rajah
So regarding the step-up infusion is a gradual increase in rapid infusion of naxitamab, which we shared in previous calls. The status for this, we are firstly currently evaluating and validating the data where we have the most experience with this expert referral center in Barcelona. Our principal investigator there has compiled all the data and has submitted an abstract for ASCO. So that’s a data that embargoed, but it will be available shortly after embargo date on the May 26. And we’re also in preparation for a manuscript.
Depending on the data and the validation of the data, our plan is to seek FDA advice regarding a label update probably end of quarter 2 or quarter 3, depending the data validation. Once we’ve done that, of course, our plan is to incorporate this inclusion protocol regime in not only ongoing, but future planned studies involving naxitamab. And this includes, for example, even our 201 study once we’ve met our post-marketing requirement recruitment targets as well as others such as our osteosarcoma or even adult indications.
So throughout this stage, once we get, obviously, endorsement from the FDA and we are in a position to be able to implement these, we plan to then appropriately communicate that to our physicians and our prescribing community. So this is the current plan at the moment with this rapid infusion vertical.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] The next question we have is from Charles Zhu from Guggenheim.
Charles Zhu
My first one, perhaps, on your lead SADA program. So I guess, given it sounds like you’ll be ready to dose patients in either third or fourth quarter of this year and the IND was filed at the end of last year. I’m just kind of wondering, presumably, the FDA has come back with questions on your IND filing. Could you perhaps provide a little bit more color around the topics, around which they asked as well as how you’re tracking towards responding?
Thomas Gad
Steen, I would like -- I’ll hand this question to you so you could give some quick update on the IND process.
Dr. Steen Lisby
It’s correct that we have the interactions with the FDA. And currently, we’re very positive. We have a very good dialogue. And we anticipate there’s no questions that we cannot answer to satisfy the FDA, but this will be a review issue. And we do expect to have clinical sites open and ready to dose in Q3 or in Q4 this year. So the process for the clinical sites are a little bit different. Some sites starts their approach when the INDs could be declared, but we also are working with sites already now in order for us to be able to treat patients close to the time where we expect and hope for if the clearance of IND.
Charles Zhu
And if I may, just have a bit of a follow-up on that. I think on prior calls, you had mentioned that you had already aligned with the FDA on the starting dose of 200 millicuries for this construct. So am I correct to presume then that perhaps the clinical module, you have already aligned with the FDA and perhaps any remaining questions might surround potentially the CMC module given that this is a very novel construct?
Thomas Gad
Go ahead, Steen.
Dr. Steen Lisby
We have -- again, I cannot disclose details of the interaction with the FDA. But from the clinical site, I’m very, very positive and don’t see any unforeseen events emerging. So we are very confident of the protocol that have been pre-discussed and revised during the discussions with the FDA. So we are very confident that we can unlock the clinical trial when we get -- hopefully, when we get the IND clearance by the FDA.
Charles Zhu
And maybe one, a bit of a high-level question more broadly among radiopharmaceuticals. So it’s not exactly a secret that things like supply chain, manufacturing, CMC on radiopharmaceuticals perhaps had additional special considerations and perhaps it’s even a bit more telling now given some of the recent news from Novartis. So could you guys also perhaps just provide your thoughts on to some of these recent occurrences as well as how your internal supply and the supply chain really stacked up relative to your near-term needs?
Thomas Gad
Well, Charles, that’s a long question. I can say we are very pleased with our CMC. We’ve worked for quite some years now on optimizing the platform and we feel our CMC is actually one of the strong parts of the SADA platform and WiMAX. And as Steen said, the IND, we expect that to be cleared in the third or fourth quarter. And we don’t see any issues moving forward with supply or CMC.
Operator
The next question we have is from Mike Ulz from Morgan Stanley.
Mike Ulz
Just a quick follow-up on the step dosing protocol for DANYELZA. You mentioned presentation at the upcoming ASCO meeting. I’m just curious if you expect any adoption following that or is this really a situation where you probably need to update the label to sort of change physicians practice?
Dr. Steen Lisby
So it’s a publication not a presentation at ASCO. Clearly, there will be a lot of interest from physicians who, as we know from day-to-day practice, are very interested in finding ways of mitigating particularly infusion-related reactions, which we believe this new infusion protocol does address. Certainly, when we speak to physicians, they’re looking forward to seeing this data, evaluating this and potentially discussing this further with the investigator who has been driving this, Dr. Mora from Barcelona. Now based on what they see, obviously, there will be some interest in uptake of this infusion schedule. There’s already been interest in adopting this in one of our investigator-sponsored studies. And Dr. Mora is obviously also independently discussing with physicians based on his experience.
So the simple answer to your question is, yes, I expect there will be some interest to adopt this as a result of the publication, but there will be a need to formally have this endorsed by the FDA who will go through to make sure the collection, the validation of the data has gone through a rigorous process of this. So the full publication of the manuscript is also being prepared in parallel and that will be available later in the year.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] The next question we have is from Tessa Romero who is a Private Investor.
Tessa Romero
This is Tess from JP Morgan. First one for me is, I think it would be helpful if you can lay out for us what the key assumptions are underpinning the $45 million to $50 million guidance for DANYELZA for sales for this year? And what do you assume for gross to net? And then second part of the question is just do you have any insight regarding the real-world duration of treatment? And what the trends have been looking like there?
Thomas Gad
Bo, will you go ahead?
Bo Kruse
I’d be happy to, Thomas. So essentially, our guidance of $45 million to $50 million for the DANYELZA for 2022 is to a very large extent, like 90% of it, of course, comprising the U.S. commercial revenues of DANYELZA. On top of that, we have a modest number of vials being sold internationally, which partners sold that at a lower price than what the U.S. market price would be. And then to the extent partners are selling product during the course of ‘22, we would receive some royalty income on top of that. But the sale of vials internationally and the royalty income is like less than 10% of the overall figure.
So that’s how it’s all put together. And as you can tell from the first quarter revenues of 10.5%, it doesn’t take much of an increase quarter-over-quarter to really meet the anticipated interval, which is reflected in our guidance. And I think it comes with providing our first ever guidance as a newly commercial company that we have to be careful in how we put this to build.
In terms of the gross to net, we haven’t really spoken about that publicly. But what we’ve seen since the launch of DANYELZA about a year ago is that for each quarter, the gross to net percentage has been fluctuating quite a bit. It seems to be stabilizing over time. And for the last couple of quarters, we’ve been around the midpoint of 10% to 15%. But it’s really a lesson learned that in the beginning it fluctuated a lot like very significant fluctuations depending on the PHS and Medicaid and all of the other factors that goes into the question. But it’s great to see that it’s stabilizing and it’s making our forecasting so much easier now.
Thomas Gad
So as to the next question on duration of treatment, the new strategy set-up, which Sue can elaborate on, is catching patients earlier. Meaning, we are getting -- moving hopefully our DANYELZA down into second-line more and thereby increasing the average -- sched the dose schedule for each patient up to more in line with it what’s in our clinical trial 5 cycles. But Sue, you can elaborate on that a little bit.
Sue Smith
It’s a very good question, Tessa. And it’s actually further up the thinking behind our revised approach that about 2/3 of our patients are being treated per the label, but about 1/3 of them are being used third-line for really a [indiscernible] patient. So the duration of response is averaging much longer, at around 3 months. So we are -- our 2-fold approach by going earlier, we’re looking, as Thomas said, to hopefully engage in a multi-disciplinary team so that they’re aware of us as an option. And then also looking to grow in the community where they’re not so entrenched with other products so that they are looking at us as an option to use us closer to the label.
Operator
The next question we have is from Sebastiaan van der Schoot from Kempen.
Sebastiaan van der Schoot
You mentioned that expansion of naxitamab development to other GD2-positive control indications is on evaluation with possible partners. I believe this was based on a reduction of the neuropathic pain with a step-up dosing program, but I believe those were not completely resolved. Can you maybe recap what the safety profile looks currently like with the step-up dosing program? And what the feedback is that you’re getting from potential partners on this topic?
Thomas Gad
Well, I’m not sure we can go through the whole safety profile, but we are getting very good interest in DANYELZA as a drug for larger indications on a global footprint and we are discussing that. And we are discussing how to bring it forward into these indications, and the step-up protocol would obviously be part of that. So I don’t know, Vignesh, if you want to give a quick overview of the major...
Vignesh Rajah
I mean, the raise on debt for having this infusion, as you may recall, was this observation in a center that was using this from a compassionate use basis where there was a notable reduction in the incidence of Grade 3, Grade 4 adverse events, particularly for infusion reactions such as hypotension. And that was the basis for formalizing the data collection and this study that was conducted in Spain with the data of which will be shared at ASCO. I’m not able to share the details of the results that came out of that. But all I can share is that the expectation is that this will confirm our initial starting point, which is to see this particular infusion reduces the risk of infusion reactions.
Related to that, you mentioned also the link for the adult indications going forward. Absolutely, I think this is a key component to enable us to broaden our development of naxitamab in other indications where we do want to make sure we can take every action necessary to mitigate these kind of reactions such as infusion relation or pain, for example. So we are taking a keen interest in the results of this data. And based on this, we hope this will allow us also to explore new different schedules as well, not necessarily the current schedule in the pediatric population in neuroblastoma, which is a day one, day 3, day 5, 3 mgs per kilo infusion, but explore alternative indications that are more amenable to the adult patient population that you might see with other monoclonal antibodies on the market.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] So, at this stage, it seems there are no further questions. And with that, we have reached the end of our question and answer session. I would like to turn the call back to Thomas Gad for closing remarks.
Thomas Gad
Thank you. Thank you everyone for joining us this morning. Thank you to Y-mAbs, and thank you to everyone else on the line. Have a great day.
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WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade.
The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust.
“When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I'm in, it changes the institution fundamentally. You begin to look over your shoulder. It's like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can't undo it,” he said while speaking at a conference Friday evening in Dallas.
The court has said the draft does not represent the final position of any of the court’s members, and Chief Justice John Roberts has ordered an investigation into the leak.
Thomas, a nominee of President George H.W. Bush, said it was beyond “anyone's imagination” before the May 2 leak of the opinion to Politico that even a line of a draft opinion would be released in advance, much less an entire draft that runs nearly 100 pages. Politico has also reported that in addition to Thomas, conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett had voted with the draft opinion's author, Samuel Alito, to overrule Roe v. Wade and a 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortion.
Thomas said that previously, “if someone said that one line of one opinion” would be leaked, the response would have been: “Oh, that’s impossible. No one would ever do that.”
“Now that trust or that belief is gone forever,” Thomas said at the Old Parkland Conference, which describes itself as a conference "to discuss alternative proven approaches to tackling the challenges facing Black Americans today."
Thomas also said at one point: “I do think that what happened at the court is tremendously bad...I wonder how long we're going to have these institutions at the rate we're undermining them."
Thomas also touched in passing on the protests by liberals at conservative justices' homes in Maryland and Virginia that followed the draft opinion's release. Thomas argued that conservatives have never acted that way.
"You would never visit Supreme Court justices' houses when things didn’t go our way. We didn’t throw temper tantrums. I think it is ... incumbent on us to always act appropriately and not to repay tit for tat," he said.
Neither Thomas nor any of the attendees at the Dallas session made mention of the Jan. 6 insurrection or the actions of Thomas' wife, Virginia, in fighting to have the results of the 2020 presidential election overturned.
Clarence Thomas was speaking before an audience as part of a conversation with John Yoo, who is now a Berkeley Law professor but worked for Thomas for a year in the early 1990s as a law clerk.
Each justice generally has four law clerks every year and the current group of law clerks has been a focus of speculation as a possible source of the draft opinion's leak. They are one of a few groups along with the justices and some administrative staff that has access to draft opinions.
Thomas also answered a few questions from the audience, including one from a man who asked about the friendships between liberal and conservative justices on the court, such as a well-known friendship between the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. “How can we foster that same type of relationship within Congress and within the general population?” the man asked.
“Well, I'm just worried about keeping it at the court now,” Thomas responded. He went on to speak in glowing terms about former colleagues. “This is not the court of that era,” he said.
Despite his comments, Thomas seemed in good spirits — laughing heartily at times. Yoo, who is known for writing the so-called “torture memos” that the George W. Bush administration used to justify using “enhanced interrogation” techniques after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, said at one point that he had taken pictures of notes Thomas had taken during the conference.
“You're going to leak them?” Thomas asked, laughing.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF continues its investigation into Oak Street Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSH).
On November 8, 2021, the Company disclosed that it had received a civil investigative demand ("CID") from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding whether the Company may have violated the False Claims Act, and that the CID "requests certain documents and information related to the Company's relationships with third-party marketing agents and related to the Company's provision of free transportation to federal health care beneficiaries and requests information and documents related to such matters."
The Company was subsequently sued in a securities class action lawsuit for failing to disclose material information, violating federal securities laws, which remains ongoing.
KSF's investigation is focusing on whether Oak Street's officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.
If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of Oak Street shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-osh/ to learn more.
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NEW YORK, May 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) between April 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 6, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
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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) safety concerns about Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR extended to Rinvoq and other Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors; (2) as a result, it was likely that the FDA would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about AbbVie's 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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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears says she has lost a baby early in her pregnancy.
Spears announced the loss on Instagram Saturday in a joint post with her partner, Sam Asghari. The pop superstar, who gained her freedom from a court conservatorship that controlled her life for more than a decade, said in April that she was expecting a child with Asghari.
“It is with deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy. This is a devastating time for any parent,” the post said. “Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along however we were overly excited to share the good news.”
“Our love for each other is our strength,” the post said. “We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family.”
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The 40-year-old Spears has said she longed for a baby with the 28-year-old Asghari, a personal trainer, but also said the nearly 14-year-long conservatorship that ended last year forced her to remain on birth control.
The two met on the set of her “Slumber Party” video in 2016.
Spears has two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
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(NEXSTAR) — Pop star Britney Spears announced Saturday that she’s miscarried just over a month after announcing her pregnancy with boyfriend Sam Asghari.
In an Instagram post, Spears, 40, writes:
“It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy. This is a devastating time for any parent. Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along, however, we were overly excited to share the good news. Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family. We are grateful for all of your support. We kindly ask for privacy during this difficult moment.”
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari
Spears’ pregnancy came just months after her nearly 14 year-long conservatorship by her father, Jamie Spears, had ended. During hearings to request the end of the much-criticized conservatorship, Spears expressed wanting to have a baby with Asghari but claimed she was prevented from doing so after an IUD was implanted against her will.
The singer has two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline, 15 year-old Jayden and 16 year-old Sean.
Spears previously explained that she suffered perinatal depression during and/or after her previous pregnancies.
“I have to say it is absolutely horrible,” Spears said in April. “Women didn’t talk about it back then … some people considered it dangerous if a woman complained like that with a baby inside her … but now women talk about it everyday … thank Jesus we don’t have to keep that pain a reserved proper secret.” | https://www.8newsnow.com/news/national-news/britney-spears-announces-miscarriage/ | 2022-05-14T23:00:19Z | https://www.8newsnow.com/news/national-news/britney-spears-announces-miscarriage/ | true | 24 |
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MIAMI (WFLA) — A plane was destroyed in a fiery wreck on a bridge in Miami on Saturday afternoon, according to police.
The Bay Harbor Police Department said the plane crashed on the Haulover Inlet Bridge that connects Haulover Beach to Bal Harbour.
The area was closed to traffic as crews responded to the scene.
Miami resident Alex Huberman recorded the aftermath from a nearby building, capturing the smoke and flames rising from the aircraft. A vehicle on the bridge also appeared to be damaged.
In the video, voices can also be heard saying that they saw three people escape the crashed plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane, a single-engine Cessna, had taken off from Fort Lauderdale International Airport and planned to fly to Key West. The aircraft lost power en route, causing the plane — and the three people onboard — to crash into the bridge at approximately 1 p.m.
NBC affiliate WTVJ reported that six people were injured, including two who were transported to trauma centers.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating, a representative for the FAA confirmed. | https://www.informnny.com/news/national-news/plane-carrying-3-crashes-on-miami-bridge-after-losing-power/ | 2022-05-14T23:10:42Z | https://www.informnny.com/news/national-news/plane-carrying-3-crashes-on-miami-bridge-after-losing-power/ | true | 22 |
Who is August Alsina and what happened with Jada Pinkett Smith?
SINGER-songwriter August Alsina made the headlines following claims he had an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith.
Fans are keen to find out what really happened between the pair.
Who is August Alsina?
August is from New Orleans and was born on September 3, 1992.
As a singer-songwriter, he is most known for his hit I Luv This S*** with Trinidad James.
He began singing aged 14 and started uploading covers to YouTube.
August's music falls into the hip hop and R&B genres.
The rapper had a troubled childhood as both his dad and stepdad were addicted to crack cocaine, then he later got kicked out of home by his mum.
In 2010 his older brother was shot dead while August was just 17, then in 2018 he lost one of his sisters to cancer.
On Instagram he posted a moving statement following the death of his sister Chandra: “We lost such a beautiful soul on Christmas Night To the battle with cancer.
"I am Utterly devastated & Deeply shattered!
“Not only for myself, but for my 3 little nieces, whom are now robbed of BOTH parents.
"First they killed Mel, Now Cancer has stolen you. What is life? Why is life? Why is THIS life?”
He's been open about his own health issues in recent years.
In 2014 he collapsed on stage and a few years later revealed he has an autoimmune disease that attacks his liver, causing him health scares.
Did August Alsina and Jada Pinkett Smith have an affair?
August became known to the Smith family after being introduced by Jaden Smith, and since has had a close relationship with them.
During an interview posted on June 30, 2020, on YouTube, he made the shocking claim that he had an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith after Will Smith allowed this to happen.
But on July 10, 2020 the couple addressed the rumours during an episode of Jada's Red Table talk show on Facebook.
Although her husband had not explicitly given his blessing to her relationship, she confirmed that she had started seeing Alsina while the couple were separated.
Will said: "We specifically never said anything.
"Coming to the table was like we just felt like it got to the point where you gotta say something."
August said Will "gave me his blessing" and went on to talk about how he fully gave himself to Jada, saying he can die happy now having had that experience.
He said: "I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it — so much so to the point that I can die right now and be okay with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody."
But addressing August's comments, Pinkett-Smith said: "The only person that can give permission in that particular circumstance is myself.
"I could actually see how he would perceive it as permission because we were separated amicably and I think he also wanted to make it clear that he's also not a homewrecker. Which he's not."
Pinkett Smith said her relationship with Alsina ended, the Smiths reconciled, and she said she has not spoken to the singer in years.
What was the Jada Pinkett Smith entanglement?
Willow Smith, Jada's daughter, referred to her mother's affair with Alsina as a romantic "entanglement".
Sharing her pride in her parents following a rough patch in their marriage, she posted online: "I want to put it on the table. I'm so proud of you.
"To be able to see you and dad do that, for me, that was like, 'OK that's the real deal. That's real love'." | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5762759/august-alsina-jada-pinkett-smith/ | 2022-05-14T23:11:26Z | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5762759/august-alsina-jada-pinkett-smith/ | false | 1 |
Team BMW‘s Colin Turkington will look to kick start his title charge tomorrow (Sunday 15th) at Brands Hatch Indy after sealing a 25th career pole position earlier on Saturday during qualifying.
It is a front row dominated by BMW with Turkington’s teammates, Jake Hill and Stephen Jelley finishing just behind with Adam Morgan for Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport also getting in on the act as he continues to impress alongside rookie George Gamble who finished 7th in another strong qualifying effort
The leading front wheel drive effort came from the Honda of Josh Cook in fifth with Tom Ingram who performed admirably with no hybrid with the perils of being top of the Drivers’ Championship evident still finishing sixth. While behind Gamble was the NAPA Racing UK effort of Dan Cammish with his team-mate and reigning champion, Ash Sutton continuing his issues and he sits 18th place.
Similarly, Jason Plato struggled for pace down in 22nd place and so both will be drivers to watch out for on the Indy circuit on Sunday afternoon with a potential eye on the reverse grid. Rory Butcher and Dan Rowbottom rounded out the top ten, with the latter likely not pleased with his efforts but he won the bragging rights over his teammate Gordon Shedden who sits in 11th.
As usual, the closeness of the field was evident over the 25 minute session with Turkington all the way down to Jade Edwards in 25th were all within a second with only Nic Hamilton, Jack Butel, Rick Parfitt and Will Powell not within that range.
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Atlanta rapper Lil Keed died on Saturday in Los Angeles at the age of 24. A publicist for his label 300 Entertainment confirmed his death to NPR. No cause of death was given.
"Can't believe I seened u die today bro I did all my cries," his brother, the rapper Lil Gotit, posted on his verified Instagram account. "I know what you want me to do and that's go hard for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy."
Lil Keed, real name Raqhid Render, was scheduled to perform Saturday afternoon at the Until Next Time Daze in the Blue Music Festival in Charlotte, N.C., according to the festival lineup.
Born March 16, 1998, the rapper was raised in the same Atlanta neighborhood as Young Thug, who played an influential role in Lil Keed's music as a mentor and founder of the YSL imprint under 300 Entertainment. He and Lil Gotit, his younger brother, were making music together in 2017 when they started gaining popularity. And in 2018, he signed with YSL Records for his album Trapped on Cleveland 2.
"I'm just doing me. I love doing this. This what I've got a passion for," Lil Keed said of making music in a 2020 interview with the outlet Complex.
2019 was a big year for the rapper, who released some of his most popular singles as well as his first studio album, Long Live Mexico, which peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard 200.
"My goal and my intentions for my future? I wanna be a megastar," Lil Keed said in a 2020 interview with the magazine XXL for their annual "Freshman Class" issue. "I don't wanna be no superstar...I wanna try to be past Prince and Michael Jackson and 'em. And I know I can do it as long as I stay committed to what I'm doing."
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MONTREAL - Conservative Party of Quebec leader Éric Duhaime is inviting Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade to take part in an English-language debate ahead of the October election, even if Premier François Legault declines to take part.
Duhaime says he believes Quebec’s English-speaking community deserves its own forum to address concerns critical to the community, including health care, education and language issues.
On Friday, an English-language media consortium opted to cancel a debate scheduled for Sept. 20 after Legault and Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said they would not participate.
The consortium explained that without all major parties present it would be impossible to present a “fair and informative” debate.
At least one English-language media outlet says it would be willing to hold a debate without Legault, as long as Anglade agrees to take part as well.
The Liberal leader said on social media Saturday afternoon she is “very open to participating,” inviting Legault to “face the music and participate.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 14, 2022 | https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/05/14/quebec-conservative-leader-calls-for-debate-in-english-even-without-legault.html | 2022-05-14T23:26:16Z | https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/05/14/quebec-conservative-leader-calls-for-debate-in-english-even-without-legault.html | false | 4 |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Steve Stricker took a three-stroke lead over Steven Alker into the final round of the Regions Tradition, birdieing the final hole Saturday for a 6-under 66.
Playing his third straight tournament after a six-month hiatus for health reasons, Stricker was at 17-under 199 as he seeks his second win in the past three tries in the PGA Tour Champions major at Greystone Golf & Country Club. He had three straight birdies from holes 13-15 after his lone bogey and polished off the round with a fourth.
Stricker is seeking his fourth major championship on the 50-and-over circuit.
Alker birdied the final two holes for a 65. A two-time winner this year already, the Charles Schwab Cup points leader is chasing his first major championship.
“It would mean a lot," Alker said. "I’ve won three times and the majors are a big deal out here. We’ve got five of them so we’ve got a good shot at a few.
“You always say try and treat it as another day. But that’s what I’m going to try to do. I’m just having fun out here and hitting my shots."
Miguel Angel Jimenez, the 2018 winner, had a 67 to get to 12 under. He finished the round with a birdie and is also seeking his third win of the year.
Stuart Appleby and Padraig Harrington were 11 under.
Appleby had a bogey-free 68, and has hovered at 68 or 69 each day. Harrington had a more adventurous round and closed his 70 with an eagle on the par-5 18th. He had bogeys on two of the first six holes.
Stricker powered his approach shot off the grandstand on 18, taking advantage of the rebound well back onto the green. He lost a one-hole playoff to Alex Cejka last year on the Founder’s Course.
Cejka was disqualified after a 66 Saturday for using a yardage book that had not been approved for the competition by the PGA Tour Champions Rules Committee.
Stricker already has tied for 10th and second in his first two outings since his return after spending nearly two weeks in the hospital and dropping 25 pounds. Now, he’s trying to hold on for another major.
Glen Day (67) and Ernie Els (70) were seven shots back. Els eagled the par-5 13th to help rebound from an opening seven holes that included four bogeys.
Harrington and Scott McCarron were two shots behind Stricker entering Saturday, and both fell back. McCarron followed up his round of 65 with a 77.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 14, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
600 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Essex,
north central Addison and southwestern Chittenden Counties through
645 PM EDT...
At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Monkton Ridge, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Essex Junction, Burlington International Airport, South Burlington,
Burlington, Charlotte, Hinesburg, St. George, Monkton Ridge, Monkton,
Monkton Boro, Starksboro, Essex Junction Village, Williston,
Shelburne, Mt. Philo State Park, Ferrisburgh, Richmond, Bristol,
Mcneil Cove and Sloop Island.
This includes Interstate 89 between mile markers 82 and 88.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4423 7300 4417 7314 4435 7340 4451 7310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 142DEG 11KT 4428 7314
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A forward with regional ties and Big 12 experience has signed with WVU, according to a statement from the program.
Tre Mitchell, a 6-foot-9 forward who started for Texas last season, has signed a grant-in-aid with WVU, the team announced Friday. He will enroll for the 2022-23 academic year.
Mitchell is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played his first two seasons at UMass, competed for the Longhorns last season and will have two season of eligibility remaining at WVU.
Last year at Texas, Mitchell appeared in 24 contests, making 17 starts He averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, shooting 47.8 percent from the field and 80.0 percent from the foul line.
Prior to that, he made 43 starts at UMass, averaging 18.0 points per game and 7.2 rebound per game during his two-year stint there. He’s also a former Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team honoree.
“Tre gives us a much-needed presence inside who we can throw the ball to,” Huggins said in a statement. “He is a big-time Power 5 starter who is extremely experienced. Tre can score and rebound the basketball, and we are excited to get him here.”
Mitchell played his junior and senior years of high school at Woodstock Academy in Woodstock, Connecticut. He was named the 2019 state of Connecticut Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Mitchell scored more than 1,000 points in his two seasons at Woodstock.
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GeoCoin (GEO) traded up 10.4% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 19:00 PM ET on May 14th. Over the last week, GeoCoin has traded 12.5% lower against the U.S. dollar. GeoCoin has a market cap of $232,334.90 and $138.00 worth of GeoCoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. One GeoCoin coin can currently be purchased for $0.0730 or 0.00000242 BTC on major exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- DAV Coin (DAV) traded 0.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0011 or 0.00000004 BTC.
- United Emirate Coin (UEC) traded down 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0100 or 0.00000028 BTC.
- Va Na Su (VNS) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0061 or 0.00000013 BTC.
- Speed Star SPEED (SPEED) traded 7.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0012 or 0.00000004 BTC.
- OTO Protocol (OTO) traded down 92.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.16 or 0.00000372 BTC.
- BIXBCOIN (BIXB) traded up 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $12.16 or 0.00040272 BTC.
GeoCoin Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “GeoCoins are simple, geocaching-themed, virtual “coins.” They are designed to be easy to create, easy to collect and easy to share with your friends! At their most simple, GeoCoins will allow you to send and receive virtual GeoCoins encoded with short personal messages.On the technical side of things, cryptographic proof-of-work provides a real-time peer to peer network of transaction verification, a “public ledger” of synchronized numbers, and unique possibilities for math-based puzzles. Website announcement: “Our POW blockchain is now considered developer abandoned. Please remove it from all mining pools. We have reached out to the Yobit exchange to request they delist the original blockchain, but no response was ever provided. Please remove the YoBit market listing from all price discovery calculations.GeoCoin is now an ERC20 Token on the Ubiq Network. We migrated a snapshot of all balances in January 2018, captured at block # 1568125. The ERC20 token is currently trading at Bittrex and Cryptopia exchanges.” “
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It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as GeoCoin directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire GeoCoin should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, Coinbase or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase GeoCoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Formation women land first sends at 2022 Red Bull freeride event
Big cliffs and big moves from Canadians and international crew in Virgin, Utah
Photo by: Vaea Verbeeck drops in. Photo: Natalie Starr / Red Bull Content PoolAfter days on the shovels digging the loose Utah dirt, riders at Red Bull Formation had their first day on bikes.
The women’s freeride progression session is back for its third year with its biggest field yet. Three Canadians are among the 12 women in Virgin, Utah for the 2022 event.
Georgia Astle joins Formation for her first year on the bike after digging in 2021. Canadian freeride pioneers Casey Brown and Vaea Verbeeck return to Utah after representing at earlier editions.
The first day on bikes is already showing huge progress, with the women piecing together their lines and sending new hits off the massive cliffs in Utah.
First Sends: Red Bull Formation 2022
From Red Bull:
The first full day of riding is in the books and the ladies of Red Bull Formation 2022 are not holding back at all. After 3 intense days of digging, lines are finally ready to be hit!
Red Bull Formation is a first-of-its-kind invitational progression session that aims to pave the path for women in freeride mountain biking. The event returns for its third year from May 8-15 in Virgin, Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes for the freeride mountain biking movement. | https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/2022-red-bull-formation-first-hits/ | 2022-05-14T23:45:42Z | https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/2022-red-bull-formation-first-hits/ | false | 1 |
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 11,545,490 as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 252,626. Some 10,867,632 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far, Xinhua news agency reported.
South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt are among the countries with the most cases in the continent, according to the agency.
South Africa has recorded the most Covid-19 cases in Africa with 3,879,434 cases, while the northern African country of Morocco reported 1,165,552 as of Saturday evening.
In terms of the caseload, southern Africa is the most affected region, followed by the northern and eastern parts of the continent, while central Africa is the least affected region in the continent, according to the Africa CDC.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) – The Arkansas softball team won their first ever SEC Softball Championship with a 4-0 win over Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
The Hogs were the No. 1 seed in the tournament field, taking down Ole Miss, Florida and now Missouri to win the whole thing.
Chenise Delce was a stud in the circle for the Hogs pitching a complete game for the Hogs. | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/arkansas-wins-sec-softball-championship/ | 2022-05-14T23:57:38Z | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/arkansas-wins-sec-softball-championship/ | true | null |
Cranbrook’s Jaimee Spring will have a shot at making the roster for Team Canada’s U18 team.
The selection camp runs from May 24-29 in Calgary and will showcase 40 of the country’s top women’s under-18 players.
The 2022 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship is set to take place from June 6-13 in Madison and Middleton, Wisconsin.
“This is an exciting time for this group of dedicated athletes, who have waited over two years for a chance to compete on the international stage,” said Gina Kingsbury, director of hockey operations with Hockey Canada in a release.
“Our athletes and entire staff involved in our program have been looking forward to this opportunity. We had a short window last summer where we were able to gather together to train, compete and play some games in a competitive setting. With the world championship right around the corner, we will maximize our time together on the ice and put our off-ice work into practice, with a goal of representing Canada and competing for a gold medal.”
The last two women’s championships were cancelled, so this will be the first time Canada’s women’s U18 team will play since January 2020.
Canada is in Group A with Finland, Sweden and the United States.
Cranbrook’s Tom Renney will also be involved before he retires from being chief executive officer of Hockey Canada on July 1. | https://www.myeastkootenaynow.com/23672/sports/spring-chosen-for-team-canada-u18-selection-camp/ | 2022-05-15T00:06:35Z | https://www.myeastkootenaynow.com/23672/sports/spring-chosen-for-team-canada-u18-selection-camp/ | true | 1 |
GT Investigates: US Failure in Epidemic Control Drives Burnout Among Medics in Two-year COVID Battle
By GT staff reporters
May 14, 2022 12:43 PM
Editor's note: Western countries, one by one, have scrapped their COVID-19 restrictions and purported to be ready to "return to normalcy." Yet as the coronavirus continues to mutate, from the deadly Delta variant to the more contagious, milder Omicron variant, what can such a rush to re-open really bring to the West in the post-pandemic era? After analyzing data and talking to epidemiologists, the Global Times conducted a series of investigative reports into what consequences vulnerable groups, including the elderly, minorities and children would bear when their countries ease COVID-19 restrictions, and what impact such moves would wreak on their medical systems. This is the third installment, looking into the shocking impact of the US' easing of anti-epidemic restrictions on their frontline heroes - healthcare workers.
White flags honoring the lives lost to COVID-19 are seen on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 2, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)
Mendy, a Virginia-based healthcare worker who has been working in the sector for 22 years, has to work long hours and she said the COVID-19 pandemic has "wrecked havoc in the medical field."
When she talked with the Global Times via social media, she said that on many days, medical staff work without proper personal protective equipment, and they have to work very long hours - 12 to 16 hours a day and sometimes seven days a week. "We are always short staffed, we miss lunch and go for hours without a chance to use the bathroom," she said.
While US President Joe Biden mourned 1 million American deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, the US has been facing a crisis of burnout among healthcare workers like Mendy. And American healthcare workers who had been fighting the pandemic at the frontline have also become one the most vulnerable groups along with the elderly population. About 3,600 healthcare workers died in 2020, NBC reported on May 6, citing a Guardian and Kaiser Health News investigation.
The pandemic may have a long-lasting impact, as some healthcare workers described it as "long COVID" for healthcare professionals.
Burden on American medics
With Omicron infections showing milder symptoms, some experts have considered coexistence with the virus. Some industry lobbying groups also urged relaxation of the mask mandate in public places like on the flights. But the new variant is not that mild, even though the hospitalization rate trended downward in early 2022. Omicron set records for COVID infections in the US, causing a sharp increase in hospitalizations among youngsters.
And the average number of hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 is up 44 percent from a mid-April low, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing federal data. Some places that have avoided the worst of the pandemic, including Puerto Rico and Northern New England states, are coping with elevated cases and hospitalizations as the latest highly contagious iterations of the virus circulate, the WSJ said.
"Frontline medical workers are exhausted and burned out," Eric Ding from the Federation of American Scientists told the Global Times. He noted that he hopes there will be more care given to airborne risk in buildings via ventilation and air disinfection.
In addition to the long working hours and growing stress, the medical workers' pay rates do not reflect the rising inflation in the country, Mendy told the Global Times. As she worked at a long-term care facility offering medical-surgical nursing, a COVID unit and an assisted living facility, she said she had seen many of her coworkers quit, change their careers or retire early.
"It's because the job had become too physically and mentally draining," she said.
As Omicron peaked, the US healthcare system has been "left broken beyond repair," the Guardian said in an article in February. An emergency physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, who recently polled a group of doctors on an overnight shift about their jobs, said that the ripple effects of the virus, such as its impact on patients needing care for other issues, continue to test the limits of the US healthcare system and its providers despite an overall decreased hospitalization rate.
A recent survey from Elsevier Health - a provider of information solutions for science, health and technology professionals - showed that up to 47 percent of US healthcare workers plan to leave their positions by 2025. And experts at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shared a similar estimation, saying that the US will come up short on physicians within just a dozen years, by somewhere between 37,800 and 124,000 doctors.
By one calculation, that is the number of US physicians in direct care who left the workforce between the start of 2019 and the fall of 2021, even before the Omicron wave slammed intensive care units and left too many doctors feeling desperate amid a "pandemic of mistrust," AAMC said on May 4.
A different strategy
American healthcare workers have been facing tremendous stress because the overall anti-epidemic strategy in the US is a mitigation policy, rather than an elimination policy, to curb the peak of the transmission but the hospitalization rate for the past two years remained high, Chen Xi, an associated professor of public health at Yale University, told the Global Times.
"Although the hospitalization rates have recently dropped, the overall rates over the past two years remain very high, which means the medical staff have been working under stress and have been exposed to the risk of getting infected, which is why many of them have left their positions," Chen said.
In the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide an adequate supply of beds to meet the demand and the burgeoning Omicron variant is already overwhelming US hospitals because of high rates of hospitalization, Washington DC-based healthcare publication Health Affairs said in an article in February. When looked at globally, the US has relatively low numbers of hospital beds, with only 2.8 beds per thousand people compared to 8.0 beds per thousand people in Germany, according to the publication.
According to China's health authorities, China's number of hospital beds per thousand people increased from 6.30 in 2019 to 6.46 in 2020, but this is still behind some developed countries.
Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under the National Health Commission (NHC), told a press conference on April 29 that as China has an unbalanced regional spread of population and a lack of medical resources in some areas, a strategy of coexisting with the virus would put too much pressure on medical resources, posing a serious threat to those with underlying diseases, elderly groups, children and pregnant women.
Chinese authorities, in accordance with the country's dynamic zero-COVID strategy, recently updated the COVID-19 treatment playbook to reduce the burden on Chinese medical workers. For example, mild cases are isolated rather than being taken to hospital, which can avoid hospitals becoming overwhelmed.
As the virus variant continues spreading in the US, the hospitalization rate will increase, highlighting the shortage of medical staff, Chen noted. "In the next phase, the medical workers in the US will still be under a lot of stress," he said. | http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2022/05/gt-investigates-us-failure-in-epidemic.html | 2022-05-15T00:13:26Z | http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2022/05/gt-investigates-us-failure-in-epidemic.html | false | 1 |
A Chhattisgarh government helicopter crashed at Raipur airport on Thursday night, killing two pilots. Senior Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal said the incident happened at around 9.10 p.m. during a flying practise at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, which is under the Mana police station’s jurisdiction.
The state Helicopter Crash pilots were critically injured in the collision and were brought to a neighbouring private hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to SSP.
As per the state government, “It was on a routine training sortie. Initial indications suggest technical malfunction as the cause of crash.”
The crash claimed the lives of Captain Gopal Krishna Panda and Captain A P Shrivastava. “A full technical inquiry will be conducted at the request of the DGCA and the State Administration to determine the exact cause,” the government said.
“Just got terrible news of the state chopper crashing at the Raipur airport,” said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Twitter. Both of our pilots, Captain Panda and Captain Shrivastava, died in this horrific accident. In this time of sadness, may God offer strength to their family ones and peace to the departed spirit.”
According to the statement, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has directed officials to provide prompt assistance to the grieving relatives.
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LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global sports and entertainment developer, Oak View Group, appointed EMI Strategies to curate an iconic and spectacular, custom, revenue producing media program for their new Acrisure Arena in Coachella Valley.
EMI Strategies, a development consulting firm and sister company of EMI Signs co-founded by Rod Wilson and Ariana Diverio, specializes in creating iconic and unique assets for large-scale developments to help monetize projects for success.
With long-standing ties to the OVG partnership and leadership team through previous projects such as Staples Center, Dignity Health Sports Park and LA Coliseum, EMI Strategies was chosen to assist in designing the entitlement standards and requirements for the County of Riverside, along with curating three (3) digital media marquees along the 10 freeway to provide value to partners, showcase the Arena and generate additional revenue through OOH partnerships.
Ariana Diverio, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer was the project lead working directly with the OVG team to develop a media program that was mission critical to the success of the Arena. Dan Griffis, President Global Partnerships has since brought EMI Strategies into their next project in Baltimore as a result of the value accomplished at Acrisure Arena.
EMI Strategies worked with global architecture and design firm Populous to value engineer the new digital asset designs and Diverio spearheaded an RFP process to secure the best market representation partner, assisting in firm vetting and contract negotiations. These digital assets have been designed to provide the most impact and value for the Arena and its partners with a sophisticated operational structure to ensure long-term success.
Acrisure Arena will be in the heart of the Coachella Valley and will be home to Seattle Kraken's American Hockey League and the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The venue will feature 11,500 seats plus multiple premium hospitality suites and clubs available to patrons who plan on attending one of the more than 150 major events being hosted annually.
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For the first time since 1991, the Rushford-Peterson/Houston boys track and field team won the Three Rivers Conference title in Saturday’s meet in Dover-Eyota.
The Trojans scored 171 points to edge past reigning conference champion P-E-M’s score of 167 to claim the boys title. Cotter and Lewiston-Altura both tied in seventh out of the 10 teams with a score of 60.
On the girls side, it was Chatfield that unseated reigning champ P-E-M, scoring 151 to top the Bulldogs’ 130.5. Cotter had the best local finish, taking third out of 10 teams at a score of 130, while L-A was fifth with 99.5 and Rushford-Peterson/Houston was eighth at 63.5.
Senior Tyler Rislov played an outsized role in the Trojans’ win, repeating as TRC champion in the 1,600 with a time of 4:44.18 and the 3,200 at 10:37.38.
Another key piece was multi-event winner R-P/H junior Dalton Hoel, who won his first conference titles with a time of 2:07.32 in the 800 and a long jump of 20-feet, 10-inches.
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R-P/H freshman Gregg Gile also won his first championship, taking first in the triple jump at 40-feet, 5.25-inches.
Lewiston-Altura sophomore Garrett Bonow picked up the Cardinals’ only boys crown with a shot put distance of 45-feet, 2-inches.
Other boys TRC champions include: St. Charles Christopher Hilton – 110-meter hurdles - 16.35, Chatfield Sam Backer – 100-meter dash - 11.49, P-E-M Kaiden Peters – 400-meter dash - 50.75, St. Charles Christopher Hilton – 300-meter hurdles - 44.29, La Crescent-Hokah Tony Haack – 200-meter dash - 23.13, Caledonia Chris Pieper – high jump - 6-feet, 5-inches, St. Charles – Jett Thoreson – pole vault - 13-feet and P-E-M Ashton Kisch – discus - 150-feet, 3-inches.
Relay winners include: Chatfield – Alex Rowland/Adam Pagano/Logan Thompson/Treyton Lanning – 4x800 - 8:40.60, Chatfield – Isaac Ending/Thad Evans/Sam Backer/Eli Hopp – 4x200 - 1:34.63, Chatfield – Isaac Ending/Thad Evans/Sam Backer/Eli Hopp – 4x100 - 44.66 and P-E-M – Michael Elias/Nick Wozney/Jonathan Tienter/Liam Powers – 4x400 - 3:42.58.
Winona-area boys runner-up performances include: Rushford-Peterson/Houston senior Aaron Prinsen – 100-meter hurdles – 17.29, Cotter sophomore Luke Gardner – 400-meter dash – 50.81, Rushford-Peterson/Houston senior Aaron Prinsen – 300-meter hurdles – 44.40, Cotter sophomore John Fritts – 3,200-meter run – 10:47.29, Rushford-Peterson/Houston senior Aaron Prinsen – pole vault – 12-feet, 6-inches, Rushford-Peterson/Houston freshman Gregg Gile – long jump – 19-feet, 6.75-inches, Rushford-Peterson/Houston junior Jackson Bergan – discus – 131-feet, 9-inches.
Cotter freshman Sonja Semling had a repeat conference championship performance on the girls side, winning the 1,600 for the second year in a row with a time of 5:36.24.
She was joined by a trio of teammates that also won individual titles.
Senior Olivia Gardner took first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.52. Freshman Kyra Kotsmith won the 800 at 2:33.22. Fellow freshman Hazel Freyre won the 3,200 with a time of 12:54.12.
The Ramblers’ 4x100 relay team also won a title as the team of Macy Donnenwerth, Olivia Gardner, Ava Killian and Abbey Gardner finished with a time of 51.62.
Lewiston-Altura senior Anna Hennessy picked up the team’s only titles by winning a pair of events, taking first in the high jump at 4-feet, 10-inches and also winning the triple jump with a distance of 33-feet, 4-inches.
Other girls TRC champions include: La Crescent-Hokah Emily Ludwig – 100-meter hurdles - 16.51, Dover-Eyota Taylor Kurtz – 100-meter dash - 12.85, Dover-Eyota Taylor Kurtz – 400-meter dash - 1:00.07, Chatfield Anna Kivimagi – 300-meter hurdles - 49.90, La Crescent-Hokah Emily Ludwig – pole vault - 8-feet, 6-inches, St. Charles Abbie Disbrow – long jump - 15-1.75, Chatfield Zayda Priebe – discus – 112-feet, 3-inches and Chatfield Zayda Priebe – shot put - 34-feet, 9.5-inches.
Relay winners include: P-E-M – Macy Wozney/Shanae Duncan/Madi Simon/Brooklyn Staudacher – 4x800 - 10:17.85, P-E-M – Molly Eversman/Anna Augustine/Lucy Schmidt/Ashlee Barton – 4x200 - 1:52.12 and St. Charles – Abby Hoffman/Lucia Smith/Claire Siebenhaler/Antonia Smith – 4x400 - 4:18.09.
Winona-area girls runner-up performances include: Rushford-Peterson/Houston eighth grader Aubryana Boldt – 100-meter hurdles – 17.43 and Cotter senior Olivia Gardner – 100-meter dash – 12.96.
Coulee Conference
In Westby, the Coulee Conference title meet featured teams repeating as champions with the West Salem boys and G-E-T girls retaining the crowns.
G-E-T’s girls won by a significant margin, scoring 193 compared to second-place Westby’s 160.5, while West Salem’s win was a close one, with a total of 130 edging out G-E-T’s score of 124.
Of the 18 girls events, G-E-T won 12 conference crowns.
G-E-T sophomore Adrianna Rotering picked up the only repeat championship in the 1,600, defending her title with a time of 5:32.72.
Fellow Red Hawk Quinn Wenthe won a Coulee title for the second year in a row, but in a new event. After taking first in the 300-meter hurdles last season, the senior won this year’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.04.
Wenthe also won the conference crown in the high jump, hitting the 5-foot mark.
Another former champ won a new event as Westby junior Meghan Nelson took first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.31 after winning the pole vault a year ago.
G-E-T sophomore Kaylee Hauge won a trio of titles, taking the top spot in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.49, the 200 with a time of 28.13 and the 400 with a time of 1:01.21.
Other girls Coulee champions include: G-E-T senior Tauna Janssen – 800-meter run - 2:32.78, Arcadia junior Tegan Michalak – 3,200-meter run - 12:45.94, Westby freshman Ali Fortun – long jump - 16-feet, 2.25-inches, G-E-T junior Jordan Stanislowski – triple jump - 33-feet, 5.25-inches, G-E-T senior Kylie Schmitz – discus - 99-feet, 3-inches, West Salem junior Jaden Hammes – shot put - 36-feet, 7.5-inches and Arcadia sophomore Casidi Pehler – pole vault - 10-6.
Relay winners include: G-E-T - Emily Nelson/Aleah Hunter/Avali Bratberg/Tauna Janssen – 4x800 - 10:48.74, Luther Ava Fisher/Rachel Koenig/Brianna Zenke/Lauren Wickus – 4x200 - 1:54.89, G-E-T Alayna Stendahl/Jordan Stanislowski/Kayli Bratberg/Grace Shanley – 4x100 - 54.62 and G-E-T - Avali Bratberg/Kylie Schmitz/Emily Nelson/Tauna Janssen – 4x400 - 4:30.36.
G-E-T girls runner-up performances include: sophomore Adrianna Rotering – 3,200-meter run – 13:05.17, senior Quinn Wenthe – 300-meter hurdles – 48.57, senior Quinn Wenthe – triple jump – 32-feet, 11.25-inches and sophomore Amelia Schmuck – discus – 94-feet, 5-inches.
Even though the Red Hawks boys finished second, G-E-T senior Will Thompson had the meet’s most outstanding performance as he won four individual Coulee titles.
In three of those events, Thompson retained his title for the second season in a row. In the 110-meter hurdles, he won with a time of 16.22, he won the high jump at 5-feet, 10-inches and he won the triple jump with a distance of 41-feet, 5.5-inches.
Thompson’s first-time title came in the long jump, where he recorded a distance of 20-feet, 10.75 inches.
Another pair of reigning champions won for the second year in a row.
West Salem sophomore Brennan Garbers won the 3,200 for the second season with a time of 10:41.11. In the pole vault, Westby senior Evan Gluch repeated with a height of 12-feet.
Arcadia had a pair of multi-event champions, as senior sprinter Ryan Sokup won the conference in the 100-meter dash at 11.26 as well as the 200 at 22.73 and senior teammate Jose Monroy won the 1,600 at 4:37.75 and the 800 at 2:06.70.
Other boys Coulee champions include: Arcadia senior Joe Nelson – 400-meter dash - 52.28, Viroqua freshman Kaden Sullivan – 300-meter hurdles - 43.95, Black River Falls senior Blake Williams – discus - 150-feet, 4-inches and Luther senior Alexander Moldenhauer – shot put - 46-feet, 2.5-inches.
Relay winners include: G-E-T - Lance Jumbeck/Charlie Caya/Xander Burmeister/Carter Gold – 4x800 - 8:45.74, Luther - Nathan Riley/Josiah Larson/Jacob Bruns/Luke Schmeling – 4x200 - 1:36.73, West Salem - Abram Lassen/Carter Walter/Orin Schwier/Brennan Kennedy – 4x100 - 45.13 and Viroqua - Miles Daniels/Preston Buroker/Isaac Pratt/Addisu Wright – 4x400 - 3:38.63.
G-E-T boys runner-up performances include: junior Elijah Sorenson – 400-meter dash – 52.76, senior Carter Gold – 800-meter dash – 2:07.77 and senior Caleb Lightfoot – triple jump – 41-feet, 2.25-inches.
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Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC decreased its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK – Get Rating) by 10.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 40,454 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,619 shares during the period. Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Merck & Co., Inc. were worth $3,100,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sheets Smith Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Sheets Smith Wealth Management now owns 24,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,896,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 33.9% during the 4th quarter. Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC now owns 517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares in the last quarter. First Interstate Bank boosted its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. First Interstate Bank now owns 8,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC now owns 9,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $720,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital City Trust Co. FL boosted its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Capital City Trust Co. FL now owns 3,376 shares of the company’s stock valued at $259,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. 72.88% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Shares of MRK traded down $0.42 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $90.41. 10,308,067 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,242,952. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.27. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $83.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $80.70. Merck & Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $70.89 and a 1 year high of $91.40. The stock has a market cap of $228.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.37.
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on MRK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. from $100.00 to $95.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 28th. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock. Mizuho began coverage on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. in a research note on Friday, April 1st. They set a “buy” rating and a $100.00 price objective on the stock. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. from $82.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 6th. Finally, SVB Leerink dropped their target price on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. from $100.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 21st. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Merck & Co., Inc. has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $90.69.
Merck & Co., Inc. Profile (Get Rating)
Merck & Co, Inc operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines.
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Midwest Professional Planners LTD. lifted its stake in shares of Norfolk Southern Co. (NYSE:NSC – Get Rating) by 1.7% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,823 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the quarter. Midwest Professional Planners LTD.’s holdings in Norfolk Southern were worth $1,734,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Foster & Motley Inc. raised its stake in shares of Norfolk Southern by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Foster & Motley Inc. now owns 1,377 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $410,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in shares of Norfolk Southern by 7.5% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 39,762 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $9,513,000 after purchasing an additional 2,767 shares in the last quarter. Plimoth Trust Co. LLC bought a new stake in shares of Norfolk Southern during the 4th quarter worth approximately $204,000. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Norfolk Southern during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $237,000. Finally, Grandview Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Norfolk Southern during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,201,000. Institutional investors own 73.63% of the company’s stock.
In other Norfolk Southern news, Director Steven F. Leer sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.51, for a total value of $185,857.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, President Alan H. Shaw sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $256.70, for a total value of $256,700.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.31% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 27th. The railroad operator reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. Norfolk Southern had a return on equity of 21.95% and a net margin of 26.58%. Norfolk Southern’s revenue was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.66 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts predict that Norfolk Southern Co. will post 13.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Norfolk Southern declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, March 29th that authorizes the company to buyback $10.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the railroad operator to purchase up to 14.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 20th. Investors of record on Friday, May 6th will be paid a $1.24 dividend. This represents a $4.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 5th. Norfolk Southern’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 40.03%.
A number of research firms recently weighed in on NSC. StockNews.com began coverage on Norfolk Southern in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Norfolk Southern from $262.00 to $273.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 27th. Susquehanna dropped their price target on Norfolk Southern from $356.00 to $350.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 7th. TD Securities increased their price target on Norfolk Southern from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 28th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Norfolk Southern from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $299.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Norfolk Southern currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $309.41.
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Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, scrap paper, beverages, canned goods, and consumer products; chemicals consist of sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, and sand; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 14, 2022
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Source Management singer Hajara Namukwaya Diana alias Spice Diana was full of praise for her long-term manager Roger Lubega as he added another year to his age.
In a post that celebrates manager Roger Lubega’s birthday, Spice Diana went all out and expressed how her manager changed her life from the day they met.
She explained that for the six years they have been together, she has seen all the best things in life that she fantasized about while growing up.
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The “Anti Kale” singer thanked her manager for believing in her talent, fighting her battles, and most importantly making her see all that she thought was impossible turn possible.
She further praised Roger for helping her establish and sell out the brand “Spice Diana” uniquely and thus asked God to grant him good health and whatever his heart desires.
Happy birthday to my life changer Lubega Roger, 6 years with you as my manager have been the best years of my life. Achieved most of dreams.
Thank you for believing in me, fighting my battles, wishing every good thing for me, most importantly making me see all that was impossible possible in my life and career. Standing with me and making sure the brand spice Diana uniquely exists.
May God grant you all your heart desires and protect you. Enjoy your new age my best manager.
Spice Diana
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Meadows (illness) will be back in the line for Sunday's game against Baltimore, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
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All of our business domains are carefully chosen for their standout branding qualities. There is only one alphafever.com. However, there may well be other businesses that are using the same brand name. In fact, with common keyword names, it is likely. That is why owning the .com is so essential. In holding the .com, you immediately establish your business as the most official version of that name. It's unlikely any serious business is going to use a brand name where the .com domain is already in use. Many companies believe that owning the matching .com version of a business name provides more protection for their brand than a trademark.
Are BrandBucket domain names trademarked?
No, and it’s not possible for us to do so. Trademarks are industry and region-specific, and to file a trademark for a name or logo, you must already be doing business as that name. Because of this, we can't trademark a name before your company is actively using it. Therefore, you will need to apply for trademark registration after you have purchased the name.
Do I have to keep my name registered when I purchase a name from BrandBucket?
When you purchase a domain from BrandBucket, you will own it 100%. However, all domain names worldwide must be kept registered at a registrar like Godaddy or similar that you choose. You will pay the registration fees to whichever registrar you decide to use. The price of registration varies at each registrar, but it generally ends up being around $10-15 per year for a .com domain name. Registration is annual but can be paid up for years in advance, which we suggest you do.
Does BrandBucket offer refunds?
BrandBucket serves as a third-party marketplace and escrow agent for domain names. We only offer refunds if either of these two conditions are met:
- The buyer contacts us within 24 hours of purchase requesting a refund.
- The seller fails to initiate the domain name transfer within 10 business days from the time of purchase.
Buyers are advised to perform all necessary diligence prior to making a purchase.
Is my BrandBucket purchase confidential?
Your purchase is 100% confidential. Any personal information you share with BrandBucket is kept private, even from the domain seller. We never publicize any sale on our marketplace.
What's the difference between a brand name, registered name, and a domain name?
Brand Name
A brand name is a name that you use to identify a family of products, services, or a single line of products or services that a company offers. For instance, Apple is the brand name used on most products manufactured by Apple, Inc. In this example, the business name and brand name are the same, a common use case.
Your brand name is who you are to your customers. It is the pillar your business's public image will be built around. The products or services you offer can also have their own brand names. You may want to create new brand names for products or services that differ from your core business offering, for example:
- UberEats - Food delivery by Uber
- Amazon Web Services - Cloud computing from Amazon
- Google Maps - Web mapping service from Google
Registered Business Name
A business name is the legally registered name of your business. You'll use your business name to create contracts, open bank accounts, pay taxes, and any other administrative related activities. Most business names contain the business's brand name, followed by the company's chosen business structure, for example:
- Walmart Inc.
- Verizon Inc.
- Grasshopper LLC
However, they don't necessarily have to be the same. In some cases, the business name is completely different from the brand name. This is most common in large businesses that have multiple brands housed under a single parent company, for example:
- Brand Name: Google
- Business Name: Alphabet Inc.
- Brand Name: MailChimp
- Business Name: The Rocket Science Group LLC
Domain Name
A domain name is your website name - the internet address where people can access your website. Think of a domain as the address to the online version of your business. Every domain is one-of-a-kind. No website has the same web address as another website.
Ideally, your domain name should be an exact match to your brand name. Think of your favorite companies. Odds are, their domain name is identical to their brand name. Apple's domain name is Apple.com; Amazon's domain name is Amazon.com. Having a matching domain ensures that people can easily find your brand online.
What are the benefits of a premium business name?
What can a top brand name with a matching .com do for your business? Here are few of the many advantages of owning a premium business domain:
Trust - Online, there are subtle clues that all of us subconsciously take into consideration to determine whether or not a business is legitimate and trustworthy. Having a great business name paired with a matching .com (by far the most trusted domain extension) signals to customers that you care about and are willing to invest in your brand. It makes your business and your brand messaging easier to trust.
Authority - Owning a .com version of a fantastic brand name is a big signal to the world that your business means business, right out of the gate. This can lead to accelerated customer acquisition, more industry partnership opportunities, and press attention.
SEO - Having a business domain that matches what customers are using in searches can lead to increased SEO, higher page ranking, and better quality traffic.
Retention - Brand retention is critical for organically acquiring and keeping customers. A short, catchy, and unique business name makes your brand easier to remember, and having a matching .com means that consumers who hear about you offline will find you easily online.
Save on marketing spend - Investing in a premium domain can save you a fortune in marketing spend down the line. You'll spend less of your valuable marketing budget and efforts on brand awareness, as your name will do much of the work for you.
How does BrandBucket price domains?
Our customers are primarily entrepreneurs looking for a quick and easy way to find a great brand name for their company. That's why when evaluating and appraising domain names, our central focus is whether they would also make great business names.
What makes a great brand name? Here are some of the branding and linguistic traits we take into consideration:
- Length - Great names are concise and to the point. The shorter, the better!
- Common phrase/expression - Names that are based on real phrases and expressions make great brand names because of their built-in familiarity and inherent catchiness.
- Letter order - Some letters are more valuable than others and better together, especially when it comes to the first letters of a name.
- Pronunciation and spelling - Names should be easy to say and understand. It should also be spelled as it sounds.
- Industry match - Names should be a good fit for a particular industry, or be broad enough to attract buyers from multiple sectors.
- Longevity - Great brand names are broad enough in scope to grow with a company as it expands and not die when trends fade.
- Uniqueness - Great brand names are easy to spot because they stand out in a crowd.
- Memorability - A brand name is no good unless people can easily remember it.
These criteria, along with historical sales data and current marketplace conditions, are used to determine whether a name is accepted to our marketplace, and how it's priced. Every name on our marketplace must score high in most or all of these categories to even be accepted. With an acceptance rate of only 10% of names submitted to our marketplace, BrandBucket sets a very high bar for the names we select.
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Pentagon Orders 10,500 Troops to Replace Forces in Europe
Story Code : 994249
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters that the troops will be deployed “in the coming months”, adding that the US force posture in Europe will remain unchanged, The Hill reported.
“These are not permanent moves,” Kirby said, stating, “These moves are designed to respond to the current security environment.
“Moreover, these forces are not going to fight in Ukraine, they are going to support the robust defense of NATO allies,” he added.
The US in February and March deployed and repositioned thousands of troops to bolster allies in Europe amid Russia’s military operation against Ukraine.
Most recently, Austin deployed additional aviation capabilities to the region, which totaled approximately 200 personnel. Those deployments brought the total number of US personnel in Europe to 100,000.
Kirby said that Friday’s deployments will leave that number unchanged, as the deployments are “are one-for-one-unit replacements".
About 500 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., will replace soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division currently in Europe, Kirby added.
The Second Infantry Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division will also deploy about 4,200 soldiers from Fort Campbell to replace troops from the Third Infantry Brigade Combat Team of 82nd Airborne Division in Poland.
The third Armored Brigade Combat Team First Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, will deploy another 4,200 soldiers to replace the First Armored Brigade, Third Infantry Division in Germany.
Additionally, the first Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade of approximately 1,800 service members from Fort Bliss, Texas, will replace the First Air Cavalry Brigade supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve, which has been a rotational deployment for the Army since 2014.
The units being replaced will return to the US after an “appropriate” turnover of responsibilities, which will occur in the coming weeks and into the summer”, Kirby stated. | https://www.islamtimes.org/en/news/994249/pentagon-orders-10-500-troops-to-replace-forces-in-europe | 2022-05-15T01:05:27Z | https://www.islamtimes.org/en/news/994249/pentagon-orders-10-500-troops-to-replace-forces-in-europe | true | 3 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
11-16-31-36-44-45
(eleven, sixteen, thirty-one, thirty-six, forty-four, forty-five)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
11-16-31-36-44-45
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Chris Olave just arrived in New Orleans. Michael Thomas will be returning soon.
The two former Ohio State stars are central figures in a rebuilt Saints receiving corps designed to improve the NFL’s least productive passing game in 2021 with 187.4 yards per game.
Olave, the Saints’ top draft choice and No. 11 overall, caught 65 passes for 936 yards — 14.4 yards per catch — and 13 touchdowns for the Buckeyes last season. He's getting his first taste of the NFL as he participates in New Orleans’ rookie minicamp this weekend.
But before he showed up at the team’s training facility, he spent a week and a half in Los Angeles working with Thomas, a former All-Pro who invited his new teammate to stay with him.
“I’ve been training there until I got here,” Olave said after practice Saturday. “He took me in. I just followed his schedule that he does consistently in the offseason. I just stepped into that and worked with him.
“He said, just keep doing what I’m doing. Coming from Ohio State, that’s a competitive environment. Keep that chip on your shoulder and keep your head down and keep working. I look up to him. He’s one of the best receivers to do it and I want to follow in his footsteps.”
The Saints’ passing game has struggled the last two seasons, largely because of an ankle injury that has plagued Thomas, a second-round pick in 2016 who caught an NFL-record 149 passes in 2019, the last season he was fully healthy.
Thomas injured the ankle in the 2020 season opener and it limited him to seven games that season. He didn’t catch a single touchdown pass.
He tried to rehab the injury, but eventually had two surgeries and missed all of last season.
It remains to be seen if Thomas will participate in the voluntary organized team activities that begin in nine days, but the two former Buckeyes are expected to be together again for the team’s mandatory veteran minicamp scheduled for June 14-16.
“Finally being on the same team with him is going to be huge,” Olave said. “I can’t wait to get on the field with him and compete with him as his teammate.”
Olave, who like Thomas is a native of Southern California, said he and Thomas spoke on the phone and exchanged texts even before the draft. Thomas was advising his fellow Buckeye and the communication has only increased since they became teammates two weeks ago.
“Since I got drafted, I feel like we’ve gotten closer,” Olave said.
The Saints added five-time Pro Bowl receiver Jarvis Landry, who’s from the New Orleans area and played at nearby LSU, as a free agent Friday.
“We just got out of practice (Friday) and they said, ‘We got Jarvis’ and that was huge,” Olave said. “He’s going to be a great addition to the roster. I can’t wait to play with him.
“Michael Thomas was always one of my favorite receivers. Jarvis is a legend out here. Having so many guys that are known and have already made their mark in the league is huge for me see how they attack it every day.”
Olave is just two days into his NFL career, but coach Dennis Allen said he has seen “the same things we saw on tape” that led the Saints to make two trades to move up to the No. 11 spot and draft him.
“He’s a guy that is really fast, smooth in transition, good route runner, smart and ultimately he’s the type of character person that we wanted to bring into the building,” Allen said. “I think that’s as important as anything.”
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Workers at a Starbucks in Grand Rapids voted to unionize on Friday.
The Burton Street Starbucks will become the first unionized Starbucks in the state following Friday’s vote.
This comes after the store's baristas stood together on March 7 to announce their path towards unionization.
In a letter to Kevin Johnson, the former Starbucks CEO, workers cited unsafe working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic including “extreme staffing shortages” and insufficient pay.
When the Burton Street workers first came together to unionize, an overwhelming majority of them signed union authorization cards.
Starbucks released a statement to FOX 17 after workers sent a letter to corporate explaining why they believe a union would make the store better. Starbucks responded, saying:
“We are listening and learning from the partners in these stores, as we always do across the country. From the beginning, we’ve been clear in our belief that we are better together as partners without a union between us, and that conviction has not changed.”
Despite corporate's response, 15 workers at the Burton Street Starbucks voted to unionize. | https://www.fox47news.com/workers-vote-to-make-grand-rapids-starbucks-first-union-store-in-michigan | 2022-05-15T01:13:42Z | https://www.fox47news.com/workers-vote-to-make-grand-rapids-starbucks-first-union-store-in-michigan | true | 4 |
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the apparently racially-motivated mass killing at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., allegedly carried out by an avowed white supremacist gunman.
Media reports indicate that the alleged shooter live-streamed the attack on Twitch and posted an online manifesto in which he describes himself as a white supremacist. The manifesto said he was motivated by the "great replacement" conspiracy theory often repeated on right-wing outlets that white people are being replaced by other races.
The alleged gunman also reportedly drew inspiration from the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque massacres.
SEE: Gunman kills 10 at New York store while livestreaming on Twitch
CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher said:
"We condemn this horrific white supremacist attack on Buffalo's Black community. CAIR-NY sends its condolences to the families of those murdered and directly impacted by this tragedy. May our Creator give them strength to bear this loss and provide a speedy recovery to those injured. The shooter's apparent racist motivation is another reminder of the threat white supremacy poses to our country and communities of color. Our government must prioritize efforts to combat violent bigotry."
In a statement, CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said:
"We condemn both the white supremacist terrorist attack targeting Black men and women in Buffalo today and the racist rhetoric that has sparked such violence again and again.
"The constant repetition of white supremacist conspiracy theories on social media and even mainstream media outlets has led to horrific violence in places as distant as Christchurch, El Paso, Oslo, and Charleston. Those who promote racism, white supremacy, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bigotry must be held accountable for the violence they inspire.
"We extend our condolences to the loved ones of everyone killed today in Buffalo, and we pray God grants justice to them in this life and the next."
Mitchell added that CAIR has often spoken out against those who promote the "great replacement" and other racist conspiracy theories.
CONTACT: Afaf Nasher, Esq. Executive Director, CAIR-NY, 917-669-4006, anasher@cair.com; Ahmed Mohamed, CAIR-NY Legal Director, 646-481-2103, ahmedmohamed@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com
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Lisa Vanderpump says she DID reach out to Dorit Kemsley's family after their terrifying home invasion... but 'they didn't reply'
Lisa Vanderpump defended herself on social media after her former RHOBH castmate Dorit Kemsley claimed she didn't hear from the star following her family's home invasion last year.
The restaurateur, 61, posted a tweet on Saturday insisting that she did in fact reach out to the Kemsley family after the terrifying incident, but did not receive a reply.
'Setting record straight… Of course I reached out to PK,' she wrote, referring to Dorit's husband Paul Kemsley.
'And yes … after [the] accident not a word … from any of them … but that's OK, I had pillars of support.'
Not so fast! Lisa Vanderpump defended herself on social media after her former RHOBH castmate Dorit Kemsley claimed she didn't hear from the star following her family's home invasion last year
She went on to post a text seemingly to Paul that read, 'I'm so sorry to hear what transpired glad that you're all safe.'
Vanderpump then followed that tweet up with one reading, 'Fact…I reached out…they didn't reply.'
Dorit had alleged during a Wednesday appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that she hadn't heard a 'word' from Vanderpump while recalling the events of the home invasion
Last October, three armed men reportedly broke into the Kemsley's Encino, California home while Dorit and the couple's two children, Jagger, 8, and Phoenix, 6, were sleeping.
Her husband Paul was in London at the time.
Coming with the receipts: The restaurateur, 61, posted a tweet on Saturday insisting that she did in fact reach out to the Kemsley family after the terrifying incident, but did not receive a reply
Reaching out: She went on to post a text seemingly to Paul that read, 'I'm so sorry to hear what transpired glad that you're all safe'
'I was in bed and all the lights were off. The kids and I had just flown in from London and we were all jet-lagged,' Dorit told host Andy Cohen.
'When I heard [my door] unlock, it's a sound I hear every night, Andy. So, I just thought, "OK, it's [my kids coming into my room]." [The intruders] didn't expect me to be home. I had to tell them, "Take it all. I don't care about any of [my material possessions]. Just don't hurt my babies."'
When Andy asked why her security system wasn't working, Dorit explained she didn't have the alarm on at the time because her children often get up in the middle of the night.
'How do you think you were able to stay so level headed?' Cohen asked.
Recalling: Dorit had alleged during a Wednesday appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that she hadn't heard a 'word' from Vanderpump while recalling the events of the home invasion Last October, three men reportedly broke into the Kemsley's Encino, California home while Dorit and the couple's two children, Jagger, 8, and Phoenix, 6, were sleeping
Good question: 'How do you think you were able to stay so level headed?' Andy Cohen asked Dorit about the armed robbery
Stayed calm: 'They were so unnerved and didn't expect me to be home, and were very nervous, agitated and anxious,' Dorit said. 'I knew I had to counter that with being calm.
'They were so unnerved and didn't expect me to be home, and were very nervous, agitated and anxious,' Dorit said. 'I knew I had to counter that with being calm.'
Dorit said that one of the robbers was behind her the whole time holding her and the other one took her comforter and was putting all her bags and jewelry into it.
'No, not yet. I don't believe so,' Dorit said after host Andy Cohen, 53, asked if the culprits had been apprehended.
Vanderpump appeared on the first nine seasons of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She and Kemsley overlapped from season 7 through season 9.
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Connally Independent School District officials will look at creating a new community bond advisory committee this summer charged with looking at Connally Elementary School renovations after the second failure of a bond issue to build a new school.
The district also will consider hiring an engineering firm to come up with estimated costs for renovation work at the elementary school in the aftermath of voters' rejection of a $39 million bond issue in the May 7 election, Assistant Superintendent Jill Bottelberghe said.
Connally voters earlier this month turned down the bond issue 580 votes to 463, a greater margin than the 64 votes that defeated it in November.
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Bottelberghe said Connally trustees likely will take up what the district's next steps will be on the elementary school at their May 23 meeting. Trustees postponed their regular May 9 meeting to allow board members and district personnel to attend the Connally High School Lady Cadets softball team's area playoff game that night in Rosebud.
District officials proposed a new $39 million, 900-student elementary school as a way to address multiple problems at the current 60-year-old elementary school, ranging from plumbing problems, inadequate electrical wiring, fire safety system shortcomings and undersized classrooms, gym and library, to safety issues with the school's location near Interstate 35.
Heather Johnson, a mother of four with two children still in Connally schools, headed the last community advisory committee, which met last summer. That committee initially planned six meetings to discuss bonding and tax rate questions and facility needs. The group's school tour after the second meeting, however, brought members to a unanimous consensus that a new school was needed, she said.
"They were shocked at how hot it was, how the halls smelled of urine, that there was no bell system, no sprinkler system, and the rooms were dingy and small," Johnson said.
A new school also could provide classroom space to accommodate overcrowding at Connally Primary School and Connally Junior High, by bringing in a grade level from each of the other schools. Trustees agreed with the committee's recommendation and called for a $39 million bond election to finance its construction.
The thought of a tax rate increase at a time when property values continue to rise, however, galvanized opponents in the community, some of whom went door to door or passed out flyers urging voters to turn down the bond proposal.
For the owner of a house valued at $150,000, the tax increase would have meant an extra $17.50 per month in taxes, the district reported before the November election. Leading up to the election earlier this month, the district recalculated based on factors including updated property values for this year. It reported the owner of a home valued at $160,925, the average value in the district, would have seen a tax increase of $12.74 per month.
Johnson said she anticipated pushback on the call for a bond issue and tax increase, but the tone became increasingly nasty as the November election approached.
"We got treated like we were stealing people's houses," she said.
That tone worsened before the second bond vote this month, and the measure's defeat at nearly twice the margin felt like "a kick in the teeth," Johnson said.
Bottelberghe said school officials may look to put some bond opponents on the second community advisory committee to counter misinformation about school needs and the potential costs to address them.
She said repairs and renovations to the elementary school may not be as inexpensive as some presume. Fixing collapsed pipes under the elementary school, for instance, would require jack-hammering of the concrete floor to get access to the pipes. Moving students to portable classrooms while that noisy work is underway would involve an extra cost to lease those classrooms, she said. Other repair work cannot be done within a summer break and would involve disruption of school operation or instruction, she said.
In an interview before the May 7 election, Connally Superintendent Wes Holt said the cost of a new school could not be worked into the district's general budget as an alternative to financing one through a bond issue.
Downsizing the scale of a new school also might have a limited effect on cost-saving.
"There was not a lot of fluff added to it (the proposed new school). You can't cut a gymnasium. You can't cut a library. We had already cut it quite a bit," Bottelberghe said. | https://wacotrib.com/news/local/education/connally-isd-officials-to-revisit-elementary-school-needs-after-second-bond-defeat/article_179bed54-d317-11ec-a2f2-bfd4e3770eef.html | 2022-05-15T01:24:29Z | https://wacotrib.com/news/local/education/connally-isd-officials-to-revisit-elementary-school-needs-after-second-bond-defeat/article_179bed54-d317-11ec-a2f2-bfd4e3770eef.html | true | 1 |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will stay at Frogmore Cottage when they return for Platinum Jubilee, reports claim
By Lucia Hawley|
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced their return to the UK next month for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
In anticipation of their arrival, security measures are increasing near Windsor's Frogmore cottage where the couple and their two young children are set to be staying.
The property is currently occupied by Princess Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank and their son August.
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Harry's cousin is set to open up the guest bedrooms for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's family, per a report in The Sun.
Last year, Harry stayed at the cottage when he returned to the UK for his grandfather, Prince Philip's funeral.
Last week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed that they will be attending the Queen's Platinum Jubilee festivities, together with Archie and Lilibet.
"Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are excited and honoured to attend The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations this June with their children," a spokesperson for the couple said.
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This will be the first time the Queen will meet her great-granddaughter, Lilibet.
Earlier this month, the former royal couple were spotted making a secret trip to Windsor to meet with the Queen and Prince Charles.
Meghan and Harry flew into the UK from their home in California for a face-to-face visit with the monarch at Windsor Castle and also stopped in to see the Prince of Wales.
A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the duo visited Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth before they embarked on a trip to the Netherlands on April 16 for the 2022 Invictus Games.
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The impromptu visit was the first time Meghan had been to the UK since the pair stepped down as senior members of the royal family.
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Financial Partners Group Inc raised its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Get Rating) by 1.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,307 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the quarter. Alphabet accounts for about 1.4% of Financial Partners Group Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. Financial Partners Group Inc’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $6,243,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet in the fourth quarter worth $1,680,864,000. Fortis Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 149,779.0% in the third quarter. Fortis Advisors LLC now owns 535,068 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,508,000 after buying an additional 534,711 shares in the last quarter. Frisch Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 6,039.7% in the third quarter. Frisch Financial Group Inc. now owns 312,631 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $12,126,000 after buying an additional 307,539 shares in the last quarter. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet in the third quarter worth $431,244,000. Finally, Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 213.2% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 225,786 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $603,643,000 after buying an additional 153,700 shares in the last quarter. 41.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
In other Alphabet news, SVP Prabhakar Raghavan sold 490 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $2,335.30, for a total value of $1,144,297.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 497 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,160,644.10. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder 2016 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 544,249 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.16, for a total value of $6,073,818.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 550,261 shares of company stock worth $21,637,779 in the last quarter. Insiders own 13.20% of the company’s stock.
Alphabet’s stock is scheduled to split before the market opens on Monday, July 18th. The 20-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 1st. The newly issued shares will be issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, July 15th.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 26th. The information services provider reported $24.62 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $25.51 by ($0.89). Alphabet had a return on equity of 30.18% and a net margin of 27.57%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $26.29 EPS. Research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 112.62 EPS for the current fiscal year.
GOOGL has been the topic of several research reports. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $3,600.00 to $3,750.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 2nd. Susquehanna Bancshares boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $3,600.00 to $3,750.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 2nd. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $3,500.00 to $3,175.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $3,250.00 to $3,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 2nd. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $3,314.08.
About Alphabet (Get Rating)
Alphabet Inc provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.
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The alleged deranged mass shooter who shot and killed 10 people in a “racially motivated” rampage in a Buffalo supermarket faced a judge hours after the Saturday afternoon massacre.
Payton Gendron, 18, of Conklin, New York, wore a white paper gown and mask and was surrounded by police officers at his Saturday evening arraignment in Buffalo City Court, according to WKBW-TV.
Gendron was stoic as his court-appointed lawyer pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges on his behalf, the station said.
He was reportedly remanded without bail and due back in court on Thursday.
Gendron allegedly killed 10 people and injured three others at a Tops grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. Eleven of the victims were black and two were white.
He had driven some 200 miles from his home near Binghamton to carry out the sick mass shooting and was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, officials said.
The shooting began in the supermarket parking lot and continued in the store, before he was taken into custody by Buffalo police.
“This was pure evil. It was a straight-up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community, outside of the City of Good neighbors … coming into our community and trying to inflict that evil upon us,” Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said at a press conference.
The FBI was investigating the incident as both “a hate crime and a case of racially-motivated violent extremism,” Special Agent Stephen Belongia said.
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North Korea reports 15 more deaths from 'fever' amid COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever". recently, the country announced its first-ever cases of COVID-19 and ordered nationwide lockdowns. Kim Jong Un has said the outbreak has caused "great upheaval" in North Korea.
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Leader Kim Jong Un has said the outbreak has caused "great upheaval" in North Korea. KCNA reported that "all provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other."
Despite activating its "maximum emergency quarantine system" to slow the spread of disease through its unvaccinated population, North Korea is now reporting large numbers of new cases daily. North Korea confirmed Thursday that the highly contagious Omicron variant had been detected in the capital Pyongyang, with Kim ordering nationwide lockdowns.
It was the government's first official admission of Covid cases and marked the failure of a two-year coronavirus blockade maintained since the start of the pandemic. "The spread of malignant disease comes to be a great upheaval in our country since the founding of the DPRK," Kim said Saturday, referring to North Korea by its official name.
North Korea has a crumbling health system -- one of the worst in the world -- and no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass testing capacity. It has previously turned down offers of Covid vaccines from China and the World Health Organization's Covax scheme, but both Beijing and Seoul have issued fresh offers of aid and vaccines.
The KCNA report did not specify whether the new cases and deaths had tested positive for Covid-19, but experts say the country will be struggling to test and diagnose on this scale. The United States and South Korea have warned that Kim is preparing to conduct another nuclear test -- which would be the regime's seventh -- and that it could come any day.
Analysts have warned Kim could speed up his nuclear test plans in a bid to distract North Korea's population from a disastrous Covid-19 outbreak.
(The article is authored by AFP. Only the headline has been changed.)
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Highlights
- The development comes a day after Biplab Kumar Deb had resigned from the post
- Manik Saha is a Rajya Sabha MP and chief of the party in the state
- The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11:30 am today
Tripura BJP chief Manik Saha is set to take oath as the Chief Minister of the state in Agartala on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11:30 am, at the Raj Bhawan in the city.
The development comes a day after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the post.
Dr. Saha, who was chosen by the BJP as the new Chief Minister of Tripura, is a Rajya Sabha MP and chief of the party in the state which will go to the polls by March next year.
A professor of dental surgery, Dr. Saha will be expected to steer the party to victory in the assembly polls amid a multi-cornered contest in the northeastern state where Trinamool Congress is also seeking to emerge as a key player.
Dr. Saha, 69, was named as the leader of the BJP legislature party hours after the resignation of Deb. He will take oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura.
The sudden political development came as a surprise to the people of the state.
Dr. Saha had joined the BJP in 2016 after quitting Congress. He was made party chief in 2020 and elected to Rajya Sabha in March this year.
Meanwhile, Deb resigned from his post in fast-paced political developments in the state that will face polls early next year.
He said after submitting his resignation to State Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya that he had wholeheartedly served the people of the state.
Deb had taken oath as the first Chief Minister of Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura in 2018 ending the 25-year-rule of the Communist Party of India in the state.
(With inputs from ANI)
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MS&AD Insurance Group (OTCMKTS:MSADY – Get Rating) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MS&AD Insurance Group and Enstar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
72.1% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Enstar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
MS&AD Insurance Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares MS&AD Insurance Group and Enstar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares MS&AD Insurance Group and Enstar Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
MS&AD Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Enstar Group. Enstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MS&AD Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MS&AD Insurance Group beats Enstar Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
MS&AD Insurance Group Company Profile (Get Rating)
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., an insurance holding company, provides insurance and financial services worldwide. The company offers fire and allied, marine, personal accident, voluntary automobile, compulsory automobile liability, and others non-insurance products; life insurance products; and reinsurance services. It also provides financial services, including asset management, financial guarantee, 401k, alternative risk transfer, personal finance, and venture capital finance services; and risk management and nursing care services. In addition, the company offers credit guarantee, and personal loan services; weather derivatives services; and roadside and home assistance services. The company was formerly known as Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. in April 2010. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Enstar Group Company Profile (Get Rating)
Enstar Group Limited acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies, and portfolios of insurance and reinsurance business in run-off. It engages in the run-off property and casualty, and other non-life lines insurance businesses. The company also provides consulting services, including claims inspection, claims validation, reinsurance asset collection, syndicate management, and IT consulting services to the insurance and reinsurance industry. It operates in Bermuda, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other Continental European countries. The company was formerly known as Castlewood Holdings Limited and changed its name to Enstar Group Limited in January 2007. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021) vs Acer Predator Triton 300 SE
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- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 1
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- Around 2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Thinner bezels and 15% higher screen-to-body ratio
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- Provides 52% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 330 nits
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WASHINGTON, May 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, on today's mass shooting in Buffalo:
"Once again America's mayors are shocked and devastated by a mass shooting -- this time at a Buffalo supermarket in which a heavily armed gunman wearing tactical gear killed 10 people and wounded three others while livestreaming the event. The FBI is investigating it as a hate crime racially motivated by violent extremism.
"Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said this shouldn't happen anywhere in our country and he is right. America's mayors stand with him, with the police officers who quickly responded, and with the entire Buffalo community at this difficult time. They are going through something that is all too common in the United States. It should be possible to shop for groceries in safety on a Saturday, or on any other day.
"Mayors are doing everything they can in their cities to keep their residents safe, to prevent gun violence from happening in the first place. But this is a national problem. How many times must this tragedy repeat itself before Congress acts to reduce gun violence in our nation? Bipartisan gun safety legislation that could help to prevent such shootings has been passed in the House of Representatives and is pending in the Senate. The Senate must take up this legislation and pass it now."
About the United States Conference of Mayors -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are more than 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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NFTX (NFTX) traded 2.5% lower against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 21:00 PM ET on May 14th. Over the last week, NFTX has traded down 46.6% against the dollar. One NFTX coin can currently be purchased for $51.32 or 0.00171885 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. NFTX has a market capitalization of $21.10 million and $18,191.00 worth of NFTX was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded 1.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $29,850.96 or 0.99974776 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003355 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003349 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.68 or 0.00002270 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $31.39 or 0.00105144 BTC.
NFTX Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “NFTX is a platform for making ERC20 tokens that are backed by NFT collectibles. These tokens are called funds, and (like all ERC20s) they are fungible and composable. With NFTX, it is possible to create and trade funds based on the users' favourite collectibles such as CryptoPunks, Axies, CryptoKitties, and Avastars, right from a DEX like Uniswap. “
NFTX Coin Trading
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as NFTX directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire NFTX should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Changelly, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy NFTX using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
5-8-0
(five, eight, zero)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
5-8-0
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Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 vs ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
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Advantages of the Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320
- Easier to carry: weighs 370 grams less (around 0.82 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 17% higher screen-to-body ratio
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- Provides 56% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 320 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (91.1 vs 110.5 square inches)
Advantages of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Can run popular games at about 135-185% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~38%) battery – 76 against 55 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
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Ten people have been killed in a shooting in New York state that is being investigated as a racially-motivated hate crime.
via: Complex
According to the Associated Press, the incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Tops Friendly Market, where an armed suspected dressed in military fatigues arrived at the store with a rifle. Authorities say the gunman opened fire in the parking lot, and wounded several patrons. He then made his way into the store and began shooting more victims; one of whom was a retired Buffalo police officer working security at the grocery store.
As of press time, 10 people have been confirmed dead, while three others were injured. Two of the surviving victims are said to be in critical condition.
Investigators say gunman was live-streaming the attack through a camera that was attached to his helmet. The suspect was taken into custody shortly after he opened fire.
“He was standing there with the gun to his chin. We were like what the heck is going on? Why does this kid have a gun to his face?” said 20-year-old Braedyn Kephart, who pulled into the store parking lot as the suspect was exiting. “He dropped to his. He ripped off his helmet, dropped his gun, and was tackled by the police.”
Authorities have identified the suspect as Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white male who lived about 200 miles outside of Buffalo. Though authorities have yet to confirm a motive, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn says there is evidence that the attack was a racial hate crime.
Media are reporting the Buffalo suspect was 18-years-old and had an AR-15. He live-streamed the shooting after posting a manifesto claiming white people are being replaced by other races, and identified himself as a white supremacist and anti-Semite. https://t.co/lLq8ZYOg58
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 14, 2022
“This was pure evil,” said Erie County Sheriff John Garcia. “It was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community, outside of the City of Good neighbors … coming into our community and trying to inflict that evil upon us.”
The grocery store is reportedly located in a predominately Black neighborhood. Police say 11 of the victims were Black and two were white.
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence and our thoughts and prayer are with the victims and their families,” Tops Friendly Markets said in a statement to CNN. “Our top priority remains the health and well-being of our associates and customers. We appreciate the quick response by local law enforcement and are providing all available resources to assist authorities in the ongoing investigation.”
The suspect was reportedly being questioned by the FBI on Saturday night. He’s expected to make his first court appearance later today.
Alleged gunman Payton Gendron was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges.
The 18-year-old, who was a student at SUNY Broome Community College in New York, pleaded not guilty.
“I understand my charges,” he said in court, just hours after he carried out the deadly shooting. The suspect could face up to life in prison without parole if convicted of the charges.
According to Buffalo News, Gendron was investigated by police in summer 2021, when officers received report that the then-high-schooler had threatened violence against his classmates.
“A school official reported that this very troubled young man had made statements indicating that he wanted to do a shooting, either at a graduation ceremony, or sometime after,” an official told the outlet.
Gendron was subsequently placed under mental health evaluation and referred to counseling. | https://www.lovebscott.com/least-10-people-killed-buffalo-supermarket-shooting-photos-video | 2022-05-15T02:44:15Z | https://www.lovebscott.com/least-10-people-killed-buffalo-supermarket-shooting-photos-video | false | 1 |
Updated May 14, 2022 at 10:38 PM ET
A gunman wearing military-style clothing and body armor opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., killing 10 people in a shooting officials are investigating as a racially motivated hate crime.
The alleged gunman, who livestreamed the attack online, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge hours after he was taken into custody, law enforcement officials said.
A total of 13 people were shot at the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday afternoon, officials said at a press conference. Of the 13 victims, four were store employees, including a security guard, and the rest were customers. Eleven of the victims were Black, and two were white, said Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia.
"It was straight up a racially motivated hate crime," said Erie County Sheriff John Garcia. "This was pure evil."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the gunman a "white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism."
A public information officer with the Erie County District Attorney's Office named the suspect as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron, who is white. WBFO reports he is from Conklin, N.Y., a community located southeast of Binghamton that's a more than 3-hour drive away from Buffalo.
If convicted, a first-degree murder charge holds a sentence of life without parole, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn during a Saturday evening briefing.
The suspect pleaded not guilty and was held without bail. He's scheduled to make a court appearance on Thursday.
Stephen Belongia, the FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo field office, said the agency is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and "an instance of racially motivated violent extremism." Federal authorities are also looking at possible terrorism charges.
How the attack unfolded
The shooting began at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time outside the supermarket, which is located in a predominately Black neighborhood, about 3 miles north of downtown Buffalo.
The gunman opened fire with an assault-style rifle, shooting four people in the parking lot, law enforcement officials said. Three of those people died.
After the gunman worked his way into the store, the security guard, a retired police officer, confronted the shooter. The suspect then shot and killed the security guard.
The suspect was later confronted by police at the front of the store. He briefly held a gun to his neck, but police said they talked him into dropping his guns and surrendering.
The attack was livestreamed online
The shooter livestreamed the incident on the platform Twitch, according to a spokeswoman for the company. Twitch said the stream was taken offline less than 2 minutes after the violence started, and has indefinitely suspended the user from the service.
Hochul questioned how the violent attack could be livestreamed as long as it was.
"The social media platforms that profit from their existence need to be responsible for monitoring and having surveillance, knowing that they can be in a sense an accomplice to a crime like this, perhaps not legally but morally," the governor said.
The streaming platform did not say how many viewers the livestream received, but the company said it is monitoring the platform for restreams of any parts of the graphic footage, which violates its rules against streaming violence.
"We are devastated to hear about the shooting that took place this afternoon in Buffalo, New York. Our hearts go out to the community impacted by this tragedy," said Twitch spokeswoman Samantha Faught.
The White House said President Biden had been briefed on the shooting and will continue to receive updates.
"The President and the First Lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Speaking to NPR's All Things Considered, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said the investigation is ongoing and that many in Buffalo are grieving.
"Collectively, our community is heartbroken and is in pain at this point," he said. "I know a number of the victims and know a number of the families involved. Many people in our community are touched by this in some way."
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HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 vs EliteBook x360 830 G8
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- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
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- Display has support for touch input
- Smaller footprint: 9% more compact case (97.6 vs 107.4 square inches)
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Updated May 14, 2022 at 10:38 PM ET
A gunman wearing military-style clothing and body armor opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., killing 10 people in a shooting officials are investigating as a racially motivated hate crime.
The alleged gunman, who livestreamed the attack online, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge hours after he was taken into custody, law enforcement officials said.
A total of 13 people were shot at the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday afternoon, officials said at a press conference. Of the 13 victims, four were store employees, including a security guard, and the rest were customers. Eleven of the victims were Black, and two were white, said Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia.
"It was straight up a racially motivated hate crime," said Erie County Sheriff John Garcia. "This was pure evil."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the gunman a "white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism."
A public information officer with the Erie County District Attorney's Office named the suspect as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron, who is white. WBFO reports he is from Conklin, N.Y., a community located southeast of Binghamton that's a more than 3-hour drive away from Buffalo.
If convicted, a first-degree murder charge holds a sentence of life without parole, said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn during a Saturday evening briefing.
The suspect pleaded not guilty and was held without bail. He's scheduled to make a court appearance on Thursday.
Stephen Belongia, the FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo field office, said the agency is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and "an instance of racially motivated violent extremism." Federal authorities are also looking at possible terrorism charges.
How the attack unfolded
The shooting began at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time outside the supermarket, which is located in a predominately Black neighborhood, about 3 miles north of downtown Buffalo.
The gunman opened fire with an assault-style rifle, shooting four people in the parking lot, law enforcement officials said. Three of those people died.
After the gunman worked his way into the store, the security guard, a retired police officer, confronted the shooter. The suspect then shot and killed the security guard.
The suspect was later confronted by police at the front of the store. He briefly held a gun to his neck, but police said they talked him into dropping his guns and surrendering.
The attack was livestreamed online
The shooter livestreamed the incident on the platform Twitch, according to a spokeswoman for the company. Twitch said the stream was taken offline less than 2 minutes after the violence started, and has indefinitely suspended the user from the service.
Hochul questioned how the violent attack could be livestreamed as long as it was.
"The social media platforms that profit from their existence need to be responsible for monitoring and having surveillance, knowing that they can be in a sense an accomplice to a crime like this, perhaps not legally but morally," the governor said.
The streaming platform did not say how many viewers the livestream received, but the company said it is monitoring the platform for restreams of any parts of the graphic footage, which violates its rules against streaming violence.
"We are devastated to hear about the shooting that took place this afternoon in Buffalo, New York. Our hearts go out to the community impacted by this tragedy," said Twitch spokeswoman Samantha Faught.
The White House said President Biden had been briefed on the shooting and will continue to receive updates.
"The President and the First Lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Speaking to NPR's All Things Considered, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said the investigation is ongoing and that many in Buffalo are grieving.
"Collectively, our community is heartbroken and is in pain at this point," he said. "I know a number of the victims and know a number of the families involved. Many people in our community are touched by this in some way."
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This snowy egret was spotted flying effortlessly across the Village of Fenney. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!
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This snowy egret was spotted flying effortlessly across the Village of Fenney. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!
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Mohali, May 14
In a major reshuffle, the Mohali police today sent eight SHOs and one police post incharge to the Police Lines with 20 transfers in one go.
Zirakpur SHO Onkar Singh Brar, Dera Bassi SHO Kulveer Singh, Phase 1 SHO Shivdeep Singh Brar, Nayagaon SHO Ajitpal Singh, Kharar (Sadar) SHO Ajaib Singh, Kurali (Sadar) SHO Malkiat Singh, Kurali City SHO Vinod Kumar, Dhakoli SHO Jatin Kapoor and Saneta police post incharge Ashwani Kumar have been sent to the Police Lines.
Inspector Sumit Mor has been appointed as the Phase 1 SHO, while Inspector Deepinder Singh will take charge as the Zirakpur SHO. SI Jaskanwal Singh Sekhon is the new Dera Bassi SHO.
SI Kulwant Singh has been shifted from Mullanpur to Nayagaon as SHO. SI Baljinder Singh has been transferred from the Sohana police station to the Saneta police post under the Sohana police station. Inspector Yogesh Kumar has been posted as the Kharar (Sadar) SHO. SI Bhagatveer Singh has been transferred from Kurali City to Kurali Sadar. SI Sukhdeep Kaur will be the new incharge of the Kurali City police station. Inspector Himmat Singh is the new Majri SHO while Deepinder Singh has been shifted from Majri to Zirakpur as SHO.
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After several delays, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ will hit theaters on May 27 and new characters will be introduced. Including a new romantic lead for Tom Cruise’s character, Pete Mitchell, Penny Benjamin, played by Jennifer Connelly.
Since the announcement of a sequel for the beloved ‘Top Gun’, released in 1986, many people wonder which actors of the original cast were going to return. Only Cruise and Val Kilmer, as Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky, were set to come back
Meanwhile, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Monica Barbaro and Glen Powell and company are part of the new cast. However, while Connelly’s character is one fans haven’t seen before, it turns out it actually isn’t that new to the story.
Top Gun: Penny Benjamin, the old flame of Maverick
With McGillis out of the picture after director Joseph Kosinski didn’t consider bringing her out (or Meg Ryan), he decided to develop a new story with a new romantic lead. However, if the name Penny Benjamin rings a bell because it was mentioned in the first movie.
As reported by Insider, in the first film Penny is referred to as "the Admiral's daughter" whom Maverick had a casual relationship with before attending Top Gun. However, in the sequel, she is the owner of a bar near the flight school and a single mother.
"Penny Benjamin, a character we have heard mentioned but never seen before, was an amazing opportunity to bring Jennifer Connelly's character into this film," director Kosinski told Insider. Meanwhile, Cruise’s character will also have to deal with training Goose’s son, portrayed by Teller. | https://bolavip.com/en/offside/top-gun-who-is-penny-benjamin-jennifer-connely-character-in-maverick-20220514-0027.html | 2022-05-15T03:10:51Z | https://bolavip.com/en/offside/top-gun-who-is-penny-benjamin-jennifer-connely-character-in-maverick-20220514-0027.html | true | 1 |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
8-3-4-6
(eight, three, four, six)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
8-3-4-6
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As the old maxim goes, sometimes the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies surged during the pandemic, turning many amateur investors into millionaires, on paper at least. Bitcoin, for example hit to an all-time of nearly $68,000 in November.
Today, it's trading at less than half that amount as part of an intense sell-off that has accelerated in recent weeks.
It's been even worse for an area of cryptocurrencies called stablecoins, in particular one called TerraUSD that has tumbled hard.
Here's a look at what's going on.
So why are cryptocurrencies down so much?
Put simply, cryptocurrencies got caught up in the maelstrom affecting broader markets.
Stocks, bonds and other assets have tumbled in recent weeks as investors fear the Federal Reserve will need to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation, raising the prospect of a recession.
The falls in broader markets have affected cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin down more than 20% in the past two weeks.
The selloff has been worse for some of the newer cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin, which started as a joke and then took off, in part, thanks to the support of billionaire Elon Musk.
It's a stark reversal from a few months ago, when actors such as Matt Damon and Larry David were pitching crypto companies in Super Bowl commercials.
Wasn't Bitcoin supposed to be a hedge against inflation?
Yes, but it hasn't turned out to be one, at least so far.
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and is still the most popular of them all.
Proponents of Bitcoin had long touted the digital currency as an inflation hedge, in part because there is a finite amount of it.
But Bitcoin has tumbled hard, along with stocks.
If Bitcoin was seen as a true hedge against inflation, it should be rallying given that inflation is at its highest in decades.
"A lot of people thought it would be an inflation hedge, but there's really very little data to prove that," says Randy Frederick, a managing director at Charles Schwab who covers cryptocurrencies. "Most recently, it has not moved up as the market has moved down. Had it been an inflation hedge, it might have done that."
In fact, Bitcoin is reacting just like any other riskier asset such as stocks.
Still, the argument of Bitcoin as an inflation hedge is not quite dead either, experts say.
Bitcoin may be the oldest of the cryptocurrencies, but it has only been around for just over a decade.
That means analysts don't have a lot of historical data. Frederick, for instance, says we'll know a lot more about how Bitcoin behaves through more market cycles.
What about stablecoins?
Cryptocurrencies have spawned offshoots and led to more sophisticated – or as some regulators see them, dangerous – assets.
Stablecoins such as tether or USD Coin are a type of crypto that are gaining in popularity.
Most stablecoins are meant to be backed by real assets. That means that for every dollar-worth of a stablecoin, the exchange or the seller would need to set aside the equivalent in a real fiat currency, such as the dollar, or the equivalent amount in an easy-to-trade security such as government bonds.
That's what is supposed to make them more "stable." If the buyer of the stablecoin wanted to cash out of that virtual currency, it should be easy since the exchange is supposed to have the money at hand, similar to how bank customers expect to be able to withdraw their money at any time.
But regulators have long questioned whether exchanges really do keep those hard assets aside in an account. Moreover, stablecoins have created their own offshoots.
One of them, TerraUSD, has run into big trouble in recent days. TerraUSD is known as an algorithmic stablecoin because it relies on financial engineering to maintain the 1-to-1 peg between the stablecoin and the backup assets.
TerraUSD is even pegged to another cryptocurrency called Luna.
The stablecoin cratered to 14 cents as of Friday, well below the $1 it should theoretically be fetching.
Pat Tschosik, a senior portfolio strategist with Ned Davis Research, says TerraUSD's troubles could be part of a potential winnowing of cryptocurrencies.
"It's still really young," he says, of crypto. "You know, this is still a developing area. There is going to be speculation. There is going to be booms and busts along the way, and this is all still new."
So where do we go from here?
More broadly, the outlook for cryptocurrencies will likely continue to be tied to broader market sentiment.
But the falls in cryptocurrencies and the collapsing value of TerraUSD stand to alarm policymakers such as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler.
That may lead to more regulation of cryptocurrencies in general.
Sustained falls in cryptocurrencies could also raise doubts about the future of the virtual money more broadly, just when there had been signs that it was trying to mature, with more and more professional investors starting to trade them.
Last month, Fidelity, the largest provider of retirement plans, announced it would allow employers to offer Bitcoin in 401(k) plans, although the Department of Labor has cautioned employers against doing that.
Still, cryptocurrencies also have a lot of fanatical followers who are used to steep selloffs and reversals, and many of them believe that this is a short-term decline.
Tschosik from Ned Davis Research, for example, is "long-term bullish on Bitcoin," he says. "We still see the acceptance of it continuing to expand."
He points to millennials, for example, who want to invest in cryptocurrencies because they seem as as a "legitimate option."
Not everybody agrees, however, leaving the future of cryptocurrencies uncertain.
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Midwest Professional Planners LTD. raised its stake in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV – Get Rating) by 2.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,382 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 215 shares during the period. Midwest Professional Planners LTD.’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $1,406,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. OLD Mission Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of AbbVie during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $242,000. Camden National Bank raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Camden National Bank now owns 10,924 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,171,000 after buying an additional 245 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 18,944,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,133,931,000 after buying an additional 214,425 shares in the last quarter. Keudell Morrison Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Keudell Morrison Wealth Management now owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,313,000 after buying an additional 1,469 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 12,004 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,000 after buying an additional 471 shares in the last quarter. 67.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
In other AbbVie news, Vice Chairman Robert A. Michael sold 43,105 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $148.25, for a total value of $6,390,316.25. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Henry O. Gosebruch sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.26, for a total value of $2,223,900.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 304,423 shares of company stock worth $45,925,851. 0.08% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 29th. The company reported $3.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.02. AbbVie had a return on equity of 159.31% and a net margin of 22.00%. The business had revenue of $13.36 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.61 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.95 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.06 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.41 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 13th. This represents a $5.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.67%. AbbVie’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 80.92%.
A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group cut AbbVie from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $129.00 to $147.00 in a report on Monday, February 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on AbbVie from $165.00 to $180.00 in a report on Thursday, February 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on AbbVie from $122.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 12th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on AbbVie from $165.00 to $200.00 in a report on Monday, May 2nd. Finally, Cowen increased their target price on AbbVie from $130.00 to $150.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 18th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $159.44.
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AbbVie Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals in the worldwide. The company offers HUMIRA, a therapy administered as an injection for autoimmune and intestinal Behçet's diseases; SKYRIZI to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults; RINVOQ, a JAK inhibitor for the treatment of moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis in adult patients; IMBRUVICA to treat adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), and VENCLEXTA, a BCL-2 inhibitor used to treat adults with CLL or SLL; and MAVYRET to treat patients with chronic HCV genotype 1-6 infection.
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MISSOULA — During a debate sponsored by a gun-rights group Saturday, four Republican candidates for Montana’s western district found unity both in their opposition to limits on access to firearms and criticism of the absent front-runner, Ryan Zinke.
The five-way GOP primary for the new district includes Zinke, a former congressman and Secretary of the Interior; Al Olszewski, an orthopedic surgeon and former state lawmaker; Mary Todd, a church leader and small business owner from Kalispell; Mitch Heuer, a homebuilder from Whitefish; and Matt Jette, a school teacher from Missoula.
Montana’s primary election is June 7.
The forum, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Missoula, was sponsored by the Montana Shooting Sports Association. The first half of the debate focused on questions related to gun rights and policies to restrict their sale or use.
A mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo earlier in the day, in which at least 10 people were killed, was mentioned just once during the roughly 90-minute debate.
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“I am sick to death of mass shootings,” Heuer said during his opening remarks. “Another one just happened. You know, I think the most civil society is going to be achieved by a citizenry that is armed and ready.”
Olszewski, Todd and Heuer stayed well to the right on gun issues, stating his opposition to gun-free zones in schools, red flag laws and a national gun registry.
Jette sided with his fellow candidates’ opposition to red flag laws and a national gun registry, while saying he doesn't support bringing guns into schools.
The next-best-known candidate in the GOP field after Zinke, Olszewski also repeated what’s become a refrain for him during the debates.
“Where is Ryan Zinke?” he asked the audience. “Where is he? … Ryan needs to be here. This is a job interview. We stand before you, sit before you, and we need to see exactly where we stand on the Second Amendment.”
Todd and Jette on a couple occasions also took shots at Zinke and noted their opponent’s absence from the debate stage. While there’s no public polling of the western district primary candidates, Zinke holds a massive fundraising lead over his opponents, and also enjoys the name recognition that comes with having been the state’s at-large congressman and the first Montanan to serve in a presidential cabinet.
“It just didn’t work out,” Zinke campaign spokesperson Heather Swift said in an email earlier this week in response to a question about his absence from primary debates. She declined to say whether he would commit to any debates before the June 7 primary election, but confirmed Zinke would also be skipping one being held by the Montana Farmers Union the following week.
On that day, she said, “He is hosting the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee (and future chairman should the GOP win five [U.S. House] seats in November) for a series of roundtable policy discussions with growers, producers and forestry/wildfire stakeholders,” Swift wrote. “Media will be notified of logistics should they wish to cover the events.”
Zinke was also the only candidate to not show up for a western district primary debate hosted in Kalispell last month by the Flathead County Republican Central Committee.
At an event in Butte on Friday night, Zinke appeared with the other candidates. It wasn't a forum, but a dinner where he and the others running gave short speeches and Zinke pushed back on digs against his absences.
"I understand it's a primary. But at the end of the day, we can't circle the wagons and shoot in," Zinke said at the Butte-Silver Bow Republican Dinner.
Swift declined to say whether Zinke was deliberately avoiding the debate stage, as his opponents have suggested, but Carroll College political science professor Jeremy Johnson noted that skipping debates has been an increasingly popular strategy for Republican candidates across the country.
While not unprecedented, the number of GOP candidates — particularly those with substantial leads in their races — is a departure from past norms.
“Front-runners don’t like to debate a lot, that’s always been a trend and I’d say the trend has been more pronounced this election cycle than we’ve seen in the past,” Johnson said. He added, “I think Republicans are more skeptical of the utility of debates, if it really serves them well.”
While it’s not exclusively a GOP trend, Johnson noted that former President Donald Trump declined to participate in a virtual debate with Joe Biden in 2020, and since that election the national GOP has moved to withdraw from the commission that organizes presidential debates.
Johnson offered the example of Herschel Walker, the frontrunner in the GOP primary for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat who has similarly eschewed the debate stage. Like Zinke, Walker has also received the all-important Trump endorsement.
“Trump has really kind of reinvented the political rally," he said. "So an endorsement from Trump probably matters for a candidate more than anything that could happen in a debate.”
And of course, candidates can make high-profile mistakes during debates. The presidential campaign of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry famously flamed out in 2011 after he forgot which federal agency he wanted to eliminate while speaking during a GOP primary debate.
Live debates don’t always supply voters with a great airing-out of their personal philosophies or detailed policy proposals. But they do force candidates to defend their positions under scrutiny from their opponents and the debate moderators, unlike other campaign events.
“They’re not going to be the Lincoln-Douglas debates,” he said. “It does put the candidates on the same stage with each other, which is a different dynamic. You might learn something.” | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/western-gop-congressional-candidates-criticize-gun-control-absent-front-runner/article_355b0fe9-c2e1-5e84-ba3f-77681c32d56e.html | 2022-05-15T03:27:43Z | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/western-gop-congressional-candidates-criticize-gun-control-absent-front-runner/article_355b0fe9-c2e1-5e84-ba3f-77681c32d56e.html | true | 1 |
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And we're joined now by NPR political correspondent Juana Summers. Juana, thanks so much for being with us.
JUANA SUMMERS, BYLINE: Thanks for having me.
SIMON: Young voters - young potential voters - have never lived in the U.S. without guaranteed access to abortion. Are there signs political figures are seeing that should Roe v. Wade be overturned, this is going to activate young voters politically?
SUMMERS: Well, Scott, that's the hope of a number of Democratic strategists that I spoke with. They think this is the type of issue that could jolt young voters to action. And we should just point out that we see from polling that young voters - they're among those groups that have soured on Democrats since 2020. When I talk to youth organizers, though, there's kind of a mixed picture. One that I spoke to made the point that while people our age, Gen Zers and millennials, have never lived in a world without the protections of Roe, they've certainly been dealing with a country in which access to abortion is challenging depending on where you live. And this organizer in Colorado that I spoke with - she pointed out to me that while the prospect of the Supreme Court striking down Roe - it's launching young people to action across the country - that action doesn't always equal voting. It could mean things like protesting or having conversations with family members or donating to abortion funds. So it's just not clear what the midterm outlook looks like on this one yet.
SIMON: According to polls, the majority of Americans support keeping Roe in place, but the minority opposed is sizable and motivated. How might such a decision affect possible Republican support?
SUMMERS: Yeah, well, there is certainly a good deal of concern among Republicans over how this will play in big statewide races in places like New Hampshire and Arizona. But there's also some belief that the issue of inflation will remain the top concern among voters headed to the polls. Now, in some places where Republicans have been making gains among socially conservative voters, Democrats may not want to lean in to this issue. And the place that I'm thinking about right now is in South Texas. There's a district there where there's a runoff this month where a Democratic incumbent, Congressman Henry Cuellar, who is staunchly anti-abortion rights, is being challenged by a progressive, Jessica Cisneros, who's really leaned in on this issue. Now, this is a district where there's a good number of socially conservative Latino voters, and Cuellar allies say that the only reason Democrats have been able to keep this seat is because voters there agree with Cuellar's views. And we should note this is also an area where former President Trump increased his support in 2020. So we'll be watching that closely later this month.
SIMON: Of course, the nationwide baby formula shortage is a huge story this week, affecting millions of families in the most immediate and sensitive way. What's the White House saying they're going to do about it?
SUMMERS: This has been a hugely frustrating issue for families across the country. The administration launched a website where parents can get information about how to find formula and also to get advice on what to do if they can't find the brand or variety they use. President Biden this week also met with formula manufacturers and retailers. He has been pushing them to step up production. And he also asked retailers what they need to help them keep their shelves stocked. And one of the things he said they asked for was more flexibility in the WIC program. Now, that's the program for low-income parents and children, and it accounts for just a huge amount of the formula consumed in this country. The Biden administration is urging states to relax their rules so that people who are participants in that program can buy different sizes or brands of formula.
And I just have to note here, this has also become a massive political issue in Washington. Republicans and Democrats are pressing the White House to do something. And some lawmakers have called on the White House to invoke the Defense Production Act. That is something that was an act - was used repeatedly during the pandemic on other issues. And the White House said this week that they're looking into that, but that that would actually be bit more of a long-term solution because baby formula is really complicated to make.
SIMON: Finally, Mike Pence - headed to Georgia later this month to campaign for Governor Brian Kemp, for whom President Trump has no use, against David Perdue, a candidate supported by President Trump. This is a sharp split between Pence and Trump, isn't it?
SUMMERS: Yes, it is. And this comes as we've seen former Vice President Pence take a number of really big steps to distance himself from his former partner, from former President Trump. And this is, of course, all happening with the 2024 presidential race hanging in the backdrop. And that's something, of course, that could put Pence in direct competition with his former boss if they both jump into the race. I'm also watching this really closely as it's - a number of those states where we're seeing the test of President Trump - former President Trump's endorsement power as we head into 2022.
SIMON: NPR correspondent Juana Summers, thanks for joining us this weekend.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) — A daycare video of a child thrown across a room like a ragdoll went viral when FOX 2 first exposed it in 2019.
Wilma Brown had pleaded not guilty and denied responsibility until Friday, May 13, 2022.
Even when investigators showed her the video of herself, Brown was documented as saying, “That’s not what happened.” Brown tried to explain the injury to the 3-year-old child’s head and the required surgical staples by writing a note to the parents saying, “She fall.”
Brown then went into hiding after she was charged with felony child abuse. North County Cooperative Police officers later caught her.
Years later, she pleaded guilty to felony child abuse. She must serve a minimum of five years behind bars under Missouri’s child abuse statute.
St. Louis County Prosecutor spokesman Chris King was in the courtroom.
“We saw in court today, this defendant struggled a little bit to say, ‘Yes, I did this horrible thing,'” he said. “Guilty pleas are made possible by good detective work and good prosecutor work. We were going to trial on Monday. If we didn’t have a case, we wouldn’t have a guilty plea. By admitting guilt, that’s an important step along the way to turning her life around.”
Brown was allowed to leave court Friday and will turn herself into authorities June 20. She had no comment for FOX 2.
Brown’s assault happened at a north St. Louis County center that, at the time, was called Brighter Day Care and Preschool. Missouri regulators revoked the center’s license after the assault.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
02-21-24-36-38-42
(two, twenty-one, twenty-four, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $4,100,000
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Megabucks" game were:
02-21-24-36-38-42
(two, twenty-one, twenty-four, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-two)
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
7-0-6, WB: 6
(seven, zero, six; WB: six)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
7-0-6, WB: 6
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Melbourne, The cricket world is mourning the loss of another Australian great, after Test star and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds was killed in a car crash on Sunday (May 15).
The 46-year-old was involved a single-vehicle accident at Hervey Range, approximately 50km from Townsville in Queensland.
Symonds' death comes barely two months after the loss of his former teammate and leg-spin great, Shane Warne.
“Early information indicates shortly after 11pm the car was being driven on Hervey Range Road, near Alice River Bridge when it left the roadway and rolled,” a Queensland Police statement read.
“Emergency services attempted to revive the 46-year-old driver and sole occupant, however, he died of his injuries.”
Vale Andrew Symonds.
We are shocked and saddened by the loss of the loveable Queenslander, who has tragically passed away at the age of 46. pic.twitter.com/ZAn8lllskK
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) May 15, 2022
A gifted all-rounder, Symonds was an integral part of Australia's World Cup wins in 2003 and 2007, performing with bat and ball, as well as in the field. His 143 in Australia's opening game in 2003 against Pakistan announced his talent to the cricket world, as well as scoring a critical 91 in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
He was a crowd favourite in the short-form of the game, playing 198 one-day internationals in a dstinctly aggressive style, making 5088 runs and taking 133 wickets.
Though initially considered a white-ball specialist, Symonds played 26 Tests for Australia, scoring 1462 runs at 40.61 and picking up 24 wickets with his tricky off-spin and medium pace bowling.
He was just as renowned for his quality in the field and could turn a match in an instant from the inner ring, with his capacity for spectacular run-outs and catches at timely moments.
“Australian cricket has lost another of its very best," Cricket Australia chair Lachlan Henderson said. "Andrew was a generational talent who was instrumental in Australia’s success at World Cups and as part of Queensland’s rich cricket history.
“He was a cult figure to many who was treasured by his fans and friends. On behalf of Australian cricket our deepest sympathies are with Andrew’s family, team-mates, and friends.”
Symonds is survived by his wife Laura, and children Chloe and Billy.
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Raleigh Wine Shop's grand opening celebration
Just in time for summer, Raleigh Wine Shop is celebrating its relocation to a new, bigger space all weekend long with free events.
- It's complete with patio seating, a wine bar and private event space.
"Raleigh loves a patio," Seth Hoffman, one of the owners of the wine shop, told Axios.
- Fact check: True.
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- "The future of retail is experiential," Hoffman said. "You have to give people a reason to come hang out with you."
Lucille's thought bubble: I lived a few steps from Raleigh Wine Shop's old location for a year and a half, and I quickly became a regular. The staff makes great recommendations and have patiently answered my many, many questions about wine.
- Plus, they stock some affordable selections, too (One of my favorite bottles of wine ever is sold there for $18!).
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Abortion rights supporters protest across US in response to leaked Supreme Court draft opinion
Abortion rights supporters are demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies Saturday across the United States.
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Protestors expressed their outrage after a leaked draft opinion suggested the court's conservative majority would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Activists spoke of the need to mobilize quickly because Republican-led states are poised to enact tighter restrictions.
In the nation’s capital, thousands gathered in drizzly weather at the Washington Monument to listen to fiery speeches before marching to the Supreme Court, which was surrounded by two layers of security fences.
The mood was one of anger and defiance, three days after the Senate failed to muster enough votes to codify Roe v. Wade.
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Caitlin Loehr, 34, of Washington, wore a black T-shirt with an image of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “dissent” collar on it and a necklace that spelled out “vote.”
“I think that women should have the right to choose what to do with their bodies and their lives. And I don’t think banning abortion will stop abortion. It just makes it unsafe and can cost a woman her life,” Loehr said.
A half-dozen anti-abortion demonstrators sent out a countering message, with Jonathan Darnel shouting into a microphone, “Abortion is not health care, folks, because pregnancy is not an illness.”
From Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, and Nashville, Tennessee, to Lubbock, Texas, tens of thousands participated in “Bans off our Bodies” events. Organizers expected that among the hundreds of events, the largest would take place in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and other big cities.
“If it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get,” Rachel Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, said before the march.
Polls show that most Americans want to preserve access to abortion — at least in the earlier stages of pregnancy — but the Supreme Court appeared to be poised to let the states have the final say. If that happens, roughly half of states, mostly in the South and Midwest, are expected to quickly ban abortion.
The battle was personal for some protesters.
Teisha Kimmons, who traveled 80 miles to attend the Chicago rally, said she fears for women in states that are ready to ban abortion. She said she might not be alive today if she had not had a legal abortion when she was 15.
“I was already starting to self harm and I would have rather died than have a baby,” said Kimmons, a massage therapist from Rockford, Illinois.
At that rally, speaker after speaker said that if abortion is banned that the rights of immigrants, minorities and others will also be “gutted,” as Amy Eshleman, wife of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot put it.
“This has never been just about abortion. It’s about control,” Eshleman told the crowd of thousands. “My marriage is on the menu and we cannot and will not let that happen."
In New York, thousands of people gathered in Brooklyn’s courthouse plaza before a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to lower Manhattan for another rally.
“We’re here for the women who can’t be here, and for the girls who are too young to know what is ahead for them,” Angela Hamlet, 60, of Manhattan, said to the backdrop of booming music.
Robin Seidon, who traveled from Montclair, New Jersey, for the rally, said the nation was a place abortion rights supporters have long feared.
“They’ve been nibbling at the edges, and it was always a matter of time before they thought they had enough power on the Supreme court, which they have now," said Seidon, 65.
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The upcoming high court ruling in a case from Mississippi stands to energize voters, potentially shaping the upcoming midterm elections.
In Texas, which has a strict law banning many abortions, the challenger to one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress marched in San Antonio.
Jessica Cisneros joined demonstrators just days before early voting begins in her primary runoff against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, which could be one of the first tests over whether the court leak will galvanize voters.
In Chicago, Kjirsten Nyquist, a nurse toting daughters ages 1 and 3, agreed about the need to vote. “As much as federal elections, voting in every small election matters just as much,” she said.
At many of the rallies, speakers put the issue in stark terms, saying women and girls will die if abortions are outlawed.
In Los Angeles, high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred recounted how she could not get a legal abortion after being raped at gunpoint in the 1960s. She ended up having life-threatening bleeding after an illegal “back alley” abortion.
“I want you to vote as though your lives depend on it, because they do,” she told the crowd.
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Sharp reported from Portland, Maine. Associated Press writers Don Babwin in Chicago, David Porter in New York, Paul Weber in San Antonio, and Jacquelyn Martin, Gary Fields and Anna Johnson in Washington contributed to this report. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/abortion-rights-supporters-protest-across-us-in-response-to-leaked-supreme-court-draft-opinion/39999255 | 2022-05-15T04:15:59Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/abortion-rights-supporters-protest-across-us-in-response-to-leaked-supreme-court-draft-opinion/39999255 | false | 16 |
The gunman behind the "public execution" of a dad-of-two was previously said to be at the centre of a separate deadly feud.
Rueben Murphy shot Patrick Boyle twice in the chest in a Huyton cul-de-sac last summer. The masked assassin used an electric bike to carry out the killing with the help of his best friend Ben Doyle.
Self-confessed drug dealer Murphy, 26, claimed he was "off me head on ket" at the time of the shooting in a back garden near Doyle's house. He denied knowing or shooting the 26-year-old victim, while Doyle, 24, claimed the shooter was a man he refused to name, because he wasn't a "snitch".
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Despite overwhelming evidence against him, Murphy moaned that Ian Unsworth, QC, was "bang out of order" for saying he was lying to the jury. He even accused one of the country's top silks of talking to him "like a piece of s***".
Now, following Murphy and Doyle's convictions for murder, the ECHO can detail Murphy's past crimes. And we can reveal this was not the first murder trial at Liverpool Crown Court in which his name featured.
In December 2019, Dylan Westall, then 29, and Michael Roberts, then 25, were jailed for life over the cowardly shooting of 17-year-old James Meadows. James, aka Froggy, was shot in the head while riding on the back of a motorbike in Lyme Cross Road, Huyton on October 8, 2017.
Prosecutors said James was gunned down by two men in a stolen black Mercedes as part of a dispute that "spiralled out of control". That dispute wasn't said to involve James, but did allegedly involve Murphy.
The court heard James was "good friends" with Murphy, and his cousin Frankie Murphy - who died after being struck by a car in 2016 - having grown up in the same area. Prosecutors said Westall and Murphy were rivals and James became an innocent casualty of their feud.
The Crown Prosecution Service's case said the catalyst for James' killing was a row between Westall and Murphy's sister, Marnie Murphy, at a house party in Huyton, in the early hours of October 1, 2017. Later that day, a terrifying incident took place outside the Murphy's family home in Barkbeth Road.
At 6.53pm, around 14 hours after the party, Marnie made a panicked 999 call about a gunman outside their address. She said: "Yeah can I have police please. Police there's a man outside me house with a gun. There's a man outside. There’s a man outside."
Marnie and her mum Elaine Murphy told police they were in their front garden when two men, one wearing a helmet, appeared on a scrambler bike. Elaine said the passenger, who wasn't wearing a helmet, approached her with a gun in his hand and started shouting, so she threw a brick at him.
She said the man on the bike rode off and the gunman fled, but both she and her daughter told police they didn't have any idea who the men were, or what caused the incident. Both women said they weren't willing to attend court or have further contact with police.
However, phone records showed Marnie and her uncle Gary Murphy jnr had spent the hours beforehand repeatedly calling Westall - a gangland torturer previously identified by Merseyside Police as a "gold status gun nominal". And cell site data suggested Gary Murphy jnr had travelled to Rudgate Road, Whiston, where Westall's partner Samantha McDermott then lived.
At the time, Rueben, then 22, was serving a five-year sentence at Stoke Heath jail, after being caught with a loaded gun in April 2015. At the age of just 19 he had been cycling around Huyton with an 8mm Bruni semi-automatic pistol loaded with 10 bullets in the pocket of his North Face jacket, which police found when they stormed his address.
Nigel Power, QC, who prosecuted the trial against Westall and Roberts, said a prison phone call involving Murphy, his mum and his sister at around 2pm on October 1 revealed what really happened at the party. In the explosive phone call, Murphy described Westall as a "rat" and Marnie revealed how she had overheard Westall threatening to "pan his face in".
Marnie said she knew Murphy and Westall had "a bit of s***" between them and that she confronted Westall and "had murder with him", before "he tried to knock me out".
Mr Power alleged it was Westall and Roberts who had later shown up in Barkbeth Road. He said this was revealed in another prison call, recorded four days later on October 5, this time between Elaine and Reuben.
Mr Power said that call showed Westall had a gun taken off him. He suggested it explained why the killers went into hiding over the following week, before allegedly targeting James.
In that chat, Elaine said the "little rat" had "got all his teeth and everything knocked out". She told her son: "Grandad [Gary Murphy snr] he come and tried to shoot your grandad Rueben." Murphy replied: "I know shhhh... f***in hell!"
Elaine added "your grandad knocked him clean out", to which Murphy replied: "Got his thing took off him and everything didn't he?" Elaine answered: "Yeah, I f***in launched bricks at him."
When Westall gave evidence, he said the content of those conversations was "lies". He denied ever going to Barkbeth Road that day.
He told the jury there was only ever "a little argument" between him and Murphy, and no dispute involving him and Murphy or James. He said Marnie fell out with him at the party because she heard him calling her a "coke w****".
Elaine and Marnie were summoned to court to answer questions over these events, which were said to be key to the killing. But they refused to give this "critical evidence" and instead fled to Spain in the spring of 2019. Jurors were simply told they couldn't be traced.
Westall and Roberts were acquitted of murder, but convicted of manslaughter, after a retrial in October 2019. The jury's verdicts meant prosecutors failed to prove the prosecution's alleged motive for a murder, or that James was deliberately shot by the killers.
Westall was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years. Roberts was sentenced to life to serve a minimum of 12 years.
Elaine, then 44, and Marnie, then 27, only returned to the UK after the verdicts, when they were arrested at John Lennon Airport and held overnight in police custody. They spent two nights on remand at HMP Styal and later admitted contempt of court.
Police had managed to speak to Marnie on the phone between the first trial and the second. But they declined to return and before the retrial again gave the message they were not coming back until it was all over.
Their lawyer, Michael O'Brien, said they were "unwilling victims" and "unwilling witnesses". Mr O'Brien said the mum and daughter had made statements to the police, but left the country out of "deep seated fear".
Judge Andrew Menary, QC, told the mother and daughter it was a "deliberate and flagrant" contempt of court to avoid being compelled to give "critical evidence". However, taking into account the time they had spent in custody and accepting their apologies, he spared them both jail, as Marnie sobbed in the dock.
Unlike in the case of James' shooting, prosecutors did not suggest a specific motive for why Patrick Boyle was murdered. He was gunned down in Newway, off Lordens Road, just before 6pm, on Thursday, July 1 last year.
Mr Unsworth said the facts of the case clearly pointed "to a background of some kind". He said whatever this was, it meant Murphy and Doyle "felt it necessary to obtain a loaded firearm, transport it along public streets and carry out a lethal attack upon Patrick Boyle".
The QC said Lyme Grove in Huyton where Doyle lived - just around the corner from where James Meadows was killed - was "a hub for the launch of the fatal attack". He drew the jury's attention to an altercation in that street earlier that day.
Murphy said he used to go to the rear garden of an "empty house" next door to Doyle's home to smoke cannabis and sniff ketamine. But he said he argued with Frazer Brown, an associate of Mr Boyle, in the road at around 12.40pm.
Murphy said this was because Mr Brown owed him money over an old cannabis debt and "took the p***" out of him when he went to prison. Murphy said Mr Brown chased him with a fence panel, before Doyle came out and told Mr Brown to "f*** off".
In the aftermath of the argument, the jury heard a man called James Halewood - a friend of Mr Boyle - rang his ex-girlfriend, Marnie Murphy. She and her brother exchanged texts that afternoon.
In the meantime, Rueben Murphy and Doyle made arrangements to get a loaded gun and a blue and white Sur-Ron electric bike. That bike, now partially disguised "in black bin bags", left the rear garden gate of a property two houses down from Doyle's home at 5.40pm, just 16 minutes before Mr Boyle was shot dead.
Evidence showed in the wake of the shooting Marnie called her brother, at around 7.45pm. Murphy told the jury she was "going berserk" and told him Mr Halewood had called her.
Murphy said Marnie told him "me and my mate were getting blamed" for the shooting and Mr Halewood was going to phone him. He said he got rid of his SIM card and bought a new one not to cover his tracks, but because he didn't want to speak to Mr Halewood.
The prosecution said there was an obvious reason why he was "getting blamed" for the shooting - he was the gunman. After the attack, CCTV showed the masked shooter speed over on his bike to Barkbeth Road, where Murphy said he had been living while his mum had again returned to Spain.
There, the killer disappeared off camera for around eight minutes. When he reemerged, he was no longer wearing a pair of black gloves and the bike was no longer disguised, before it headed back to Lyme Grove.
Police found a pair of gloves on top of a kitchen cupboard at Murphy's home on July 6. The left glove revealed gunshot residue (GSR), which matched GSR inside two cartridge cases found at the scene of the shooting.
Inside the glove produced a mixed DNA profile, said to relate to four people, including Murphy. He told the jury he "definitely" didn't wear any gloves on July 1, because "it was sunny".
The jury, unsurprisingly, didn't believe a word of his lies, or the excuses offered up by Doyle about a mystery killer who he wouldn't name out of fear of "retribution". After 10 hours of deliberation, jurors unanimously found both Murphy and Doyle guilty of murder, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, and possessing ammunition with intent to endanger life.
The two killers stormed out of the dock as soon as the verdicts on the murder charge were returned. They will be back in court on June 17 to be sentenced, when they face life sentences in the region of 30 years. | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ket-sniffing-killer-linked-deaths-23956959 | 2022-05-15T04:18:31Z | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ket-sniffing-killer-linked-deaths-23956959 | false | 1 |
Astros’ 11-game winning streak ends, Nationals romp 13-6
Yadiel Hernandez and Maikel Franco homered and the Washington Nationals ended the Houston Astros’ 11-game winning streak, romping 13-6 on Saturday night.
Manager Dusty Baker and the Astros fell one game short of matching the franchise-record 12-game winning string achieved in 1999, 2004 and 2018.
“We weren’t gonna win every game,” Baker said. “I would love to, but it was their night. We just have to brush that one off and start a new streak tomorrow.”
The Houston staff fashioned a 0.91 ERA during this recent run, but Nelson Cruz and the Nationals collected 14 hits and five walks against five pitchers. Starter Cristian Javier (2-1) was tagged for seven runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings — the Astros had allowed a total of four runs over their past five games.
“Yesterday it was a tough (6-1 loss) for us and they were able to get the better of us, but today all of us did a great job of making adjustments and going out there and being aggressive,” Hernandez said through an interpreter.
Jose Siri had a homer, triple and a single for Houston. Yuli Gurriel also had three hits
Cruz had a three-run double, two singles and a walk for the Nationals — who improved to 5-14 at home. Juan Soto doubled, walked twice and scored three runs.
“When you’ve got guys like Cruz and Hernandez, they’re a dangerous crew over there and they got the big hits when they needed them,” Baker said. “I think their first seven runs were with two outs and that usually gets it done.”
Josh Rogers (2-2) worked one inning for the win. Washington starter Erick Fedde was lifted after Siri’s leadoff homer in the fifth made it 7-3.
Hernandez hit an RBI single in the first and added a three-run homer into the Nationals bullpen in the third for a 4-0 lead.
Houston got two back in the fourth, but the Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom half with two bunt singles and a one-out walk to Soto. Josh Bell popped out, but the right-handed hitting Cruz lined a full-count fastball from Javier off the base of the wall in right center to clear the bases.
“I hit it pretty good,” Cruz said. “That pitch was a little bit off the plate also, so to be able to stay on it and hit it that hard is a good sign.”
The Washington slugger has hit safely in seven-of-his-past eight games to raise his average to .200.
Franco hit a two-runner homer in the fifth and added an RBI double as part of a four-run sixth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: 2B Jose Altuve, lifted for a defensive replacement in the ninth inning Friday for precautionary reasons after he slipped on the grass earlier in the game, was given a planned day off. … SS Jeremy Peña missed his second game since leaving a game Thursday at Minnesota with a knee injury. Baker said Altuve and Peña will play on Sunday.
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (recovery from thoracic outlet surgery) and RHP Joe Ross (right elbow bone spur removal) each threw two-inning simulated games Friday in Florida. Manager Dave Martinez said Both will go on a five-day routine until they work up to 90 pitches.
BENCH BOOST
The Astros acquired infielder/outfielder Mauricio Dubon from the Giants on Saturday in exchange for minor league catcher Michael Papierski. Dubon, 27, hit .239 with two home runs in 21 games for the Giants. He’s expected to join the Astros on Sunday.
AND SOTO IT GOES
Soto has reached base safely in 12 straight games, going 15-for-48 (.313) with three doubles, four homers, seven walks, and 11 runs scored. His two walks Saturday gave him 401 in 499 career games.
UP NEXT
Astros: RHP Justin Verlander (4-1. 1.55 ERA) pitched eight shutout innings and allowed one hit in his last start, Tuesday against the Twins. He’s 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA in two career starts against the Nationals.
Nationals: LHP Patrick Corbin (0-5, 6.06) faces the Astros for the first time since Game 7 of the 2019 World Series when he pitched three innings of scoreless relief.
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