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Woodstock bookstore donates to local schools
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) -
Nestled in the Fort Valley Nursery Garden Center in Woodstock lives a small but mighty bookstore. It’s called Boo’s Books and the owners, John and Kara Fogle, decided they wanted to help some local schools.
Each quarter, the Fogles will be collecting gently used children’s books. Those books will be sold at the store, $1 for paperback and $2 for hardcover. From there, 50% of those proceeds will go to a school to purchase new books for the libraries.
Kara Fogle is a former school teacher in Shenandoah County. She says she wants to keep inspiring and helping children through books.
“Being able to just share a love of reading with children has been so amazing. When I was younger, people did that for me and it changed who I am. So seeing a child light up and experience something completely new that they can’t get from a different source, like TV or something like that, is so unique and special,” said Kara Fogle.
Most recently, the bookstore donated over $330 to W. W. Robinson Elementary in Woodstock. This quarter, the store is raising money for Sandy Hook Elementary in Strasburg.
To donate, you can drop the books off at the store in Woodstock. It’s right off of exit 283 on I-81. The store just asks the books are not too worn.
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No. 1 overall pick Travon Walker one of several Jacksonville Jaguars rookies who signed Thursday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The latest group of rookies inked their deals with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday. They are:. Travon Walker and the Jaguars have agreed on a four deal, fully guaranteed with 5th year option. It’s being reported that the deal with worth more than $37 million with a signing...
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The melatonin market is expected to grow by USD 1.49 billion from 2021 to 2026, progressing at a CAGR of 14.67% as per the latest market report by Technavio. 35% of the market's growth will originate from North America during the forecast period. The US and Canada are the key markets for the melatonin market in North America. Market growth in this region will be slower than the growth of the market in other regions. Technological advances and the increasing number of new product approvals will facilitate the melatonin market growth in North America over the forecast period.
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Melatonin Market: Segmentation Analysis
The market research report segments the melatonin market by Product (Pharmaceutical grade melatonin and Food grade melatonin) and Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa).
The melatonin market share growth in the pharmaceutical-grade melatonin segment will be significant during the forecast period. Pharmaceutical-grade melatonin is widely available in the form of capsules, tablets, and others. Furthermore, the rising prevalence of sleep disorders and the easy accessibility to melatonin products using physicians' prescriptions have propelled the growth of this market segment. Moreover, pharmaceutical-grade melatonin products provide quick results when compared with other products or alternatives. These factors of the pharmaceutical-grade melatonin products will drive the melatonin market growth during the forecast period.
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Melatonin Market: Increase in human life expectancy and the number of working hours to drive growth
The increase in human life expectancy and the number of working hours is one of the key drivers supporting the melatonin market growth. Many countries are raising the age of retirement to reduce the escalating cost of pensions and healthcare for retired people. Many people experience stress during a normal working week, and it is a major cause of burnout and depression. Urban lifestyles have become hectic, which has led to a decline in the consumption of home-cooked meals. Due to the lack of time, people prefer to buy pre-prepared foods from fast-food stores, restaurant take-outs, or supermarket take-outs. Increased stress levels can raise blood pressure, resulting in faster heartbeats and the narrowing of the blood vessels. To relieve stress, patients use products such as foam pressure-relief mattresses and special pillows for uninterrupted sleep and healthy life. The global melatonin market is expected to grow during the forecast period owing to the rising stress and anxiety levels among individuals, which is prompting the need for sleeping aids in the future.
Melatonin Market: Rise in the geriatric population is a major trend to fuel the market
The rise in the geriatric population is one of the key melatonin market trends contributing to market growth. The life expectancy of people has increased due to advances in healthcare standards and the presence of sophisticated treatment options, which have resulted in the growth of the geriatric population. Over 50% of all adults aged 65 years and above have some form of chronic sleep-related problems, which include trouble staying asleep, an insufficient amount of sleep at night, and difficulty falling asleep. The prevalence of sleep disorders is higher in the geriatric population due to the increased fat deposits in the para-pharyngeal area of the head and neck, which results in the lengthening of the soft palate and leads to structural changes around the pharynx. Due to the growing geriatric population worldwide, the prevalence and incidence of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, will increase substantially, which will spur the demand for melatonin in the global market.
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Table of Content
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Exhibit 01: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
- Exhibit 02: Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
- Exhibit 03: Executive Summary – Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Exhibit 04: Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
- Exhibit 05: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Product
- Exhibit 06: Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 07: Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 08: Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning
2 Market Landscape
- 2.1 Market ecosystem
- Exhibit 09: Parent market
- Exhibit 10: Market Characteristics
3 Market Sizing
- 3.1 Market definition
- Exhibit 11: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition
- 3.2 Market segment analysis
- Exhibit 12: Market segments
- 3.3 Market size 2021
- 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021-2026
- Exhibit 13: Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 14: Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 15: Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 16: Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
4 Five Forces Analysis
- 4.1 Five forces summary
- Exhibit 17: Five forces analysis - Comparison between2021 and 2026
- 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Exhibit 18: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2021 and 2026
- 4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Exhibit 19: Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.4 Threat of new entrants
- Exhibit 20: Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.5 Threat of substitutes
- Exhibit 21: Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.6 Threat of rivalry
- Exhibit 22: Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.7 Market condition
- Exhibit 23: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2021 and 2026
5 Market Segmentation by Product
- 5.1 Market segments
- Exhibit 24: Chart on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 25: Data Table on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.2 Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 26: Chart on Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 27: Data Table on Comparison by Product
- 5.3 Pharmaceutical grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 28: Chart on Pharmaceutical grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 29: Data Table on Pharmaceutical grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 30: Chart on Pharmaceutical grade melatonin - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 31: Data Table on Pharmaceutical grade melatonin - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.4 Food grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 32: Chart on Food grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 33: Data Table on Food grade melatonin - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 34: Chart on Food grade melatonin - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 35: Data Table on Food grade melatonin - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.5 Market opportunity by Product
- Exhibit 36: Market opportunity by Product ($ million)
6 Customer Landscape
- 6.1 Customer landscape overview
- Exhibit 37: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
7 Geographic Landscape
- 7.1 Geographic segmentation
- Exhibit 38: Chart on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 39: Data Table on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.2 Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 40: Chart on Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 41: Data Table on Geographic comparison
- 7.3 North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 42: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 43: Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 44: Chart on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 45: Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.4 Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 46: Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 47: Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 48: Chart on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 49: Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.5 APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 50: Chart on APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 51: Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 52: Chart on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 53: Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 54: Chart on South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 55: Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 56: Chart on South America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 57: Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 58: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 59: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 60: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 61: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.8 US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 62: Chart on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 63: Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 64: Chart on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 65: Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.9 Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 66: Chart on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 67: Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 68: Chart on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 69: Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.10 Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 70: Chart on Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 71: Data Table on Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 72: Chart on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 73: Data Table on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.11 China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 74: Chart on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 75: Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 76: Chart on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 77: Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.12 Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 78: Chart on Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 79: Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 80: Chart on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 81: Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.13 Market opportunity by geography
- Exhibit 82: Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
8 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
- 8.1 Market drivers
- 8.2 Market challenges
- 8.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Exhibit 83: Impact of drivers and challenges in 2021 and 2026
- 8.4 Market trends
9 Vendor Landscape
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Vendor landscape
- Exhibit 84: Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 9.3 Landscape disruption
- Exhibit 85: Overview on factors of disruption
- 9.4 Industry risks
- Exhibit 86: Impact of key risks on business
10 Vendor Analysis
- 10.1 Vendors covered
- Exhibit 87: Vendors covered
- 10.2 Market positioning of vendors
- Exhibit 88: Matrix on vendor position and classification
- 10.3 Biotics Research Corp.
- Exhibit 89: Biotics Research Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 90: Biotics Research Corp. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 91: Biotics Research Corp. - Key offerings
- 10.4 BYHEALTH Co. Ltd.
- Exhibit 92: BYHEALTH Co. Ltd. - Overview
- Exhibit 93: BYHEALTH Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 94: BYHEALTH Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- 10.5 Church and Dwight Co. Inc.
- Exhibit 95: Church and Dwight Co. Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 96: Church and Dwight Co. Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 97: Church and Dwight Co. Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 98: Church and Dwight Co. Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 99: Church and Dwight Co. Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.6 Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.
- Exhibit 100: Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. - Overview
- Exhibit 101: Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 102: Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- 10.7 Jamieson Wellness Inc.
- Exhibit 103: Jamieson Wellness Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 104: Jamieson Wellness Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 105: Jamieson Wellness Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 106: Jamieson Wellness Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 107: Jamieson Wellness Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.8 Natrol LLC
- Exhibit 108: Natrol LLC - Overview
- Exhibit 109: Natrol LLC - Product / Service
- Exhibit 110: Natrol LLC - Key offerings
- 10.9 Nestle SA
- Exhibit 111: Nestle SA - Overview
- Exhibit 112: Nestle SA - Business segments
- Exhibit 113: Nestle SA - Key news
- Exhibit 114: Nestle SA - Key offerings
- Exhibit 115: Nestle SA - Segment focus
- 10.10 NOW Health Group Inc.
- Exhibit 116: NOW Health Group Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 117: NOW Health Group Inc. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 118: NOW Health Group Inc. - Key offerings
- 10.11 Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.
- Exhibit 119: Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. - Overview
- Exhibit 120: Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. - Business segments
- Exhibit 121: Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 122: Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. - Segment focus
- 10.12 Pfizer Inc.
- Exhibit 123: Pfizer Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 124: Pfizer Inc. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 125: Pfizer Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 126: Pfizer Inc. - Key offerings
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Scope of the report
- 11.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Exhibit 127: Inclusions checklist
- Exhibit 128: Exclusions checklist
- 11.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Exhibit 129: Currency conversion rates for US$
- 11.4 Research methodology
- Exhibit 130: Research methodology
- Exhibit 131: Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Exhibit 132: Information sources
- 11.5 List of abbreviations
- Exhibit 133: List of abbreviations
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. ("Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp.") (NASDAQ: ARQQ) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of: (i) all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Arqit securities between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, inclusive; and/or (ii) all holders of Centricus securities as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on August 31, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Arqit and Centricus (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp., contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Arqit's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards for telecommunications; (2) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of Arqit's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (3) the British government was not an Arqit customer but, rather, providing grants to Arqit; (4) Arqit had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath has once again raised questions over use of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) in the civic body polls. His remarks came when the state is gearing up for panchayats and local body polls after an order issued by the Supreme Court on May 10.
While addressing the press on the occasion of appointing new president of the state for NSUI (National Student Union of India)at the party headquarters, Kamal Nath said that when the EVMs are not being used in developed nations then why here. Ashutosh Chouksey was appointed as the president of the state for NSUI on Monday.
“BJP wins 300 seats with the help of EVMs. When elections are not being held with EVMs in Europe and America, then why is it being adopted here? Germany has amended the constitution itself to not conduct elections with EVMs. Now elections are being held there by ballot paper,” the former CM added.
Following the SC’s direction to conduct local body polls without OBC reservation, the State Election Commission (SEC) has started its preparation. The commission had held a meeting with collectors of all districts recently in which the election commissioner Basant Pratap Singh said that polling for urban civic bodies will be held through EVMs.
The commission has also reviewed the availability of EVMs in the state and asked the district administrations to do preparations accordingly and get ready for elections. As per the earlier statement, the SEC is likely to issue a notification to conduct elections by May 24. In its order last Tuesday, the apex court had asked SEC to issue notification within two weeks.
Polling for rural civic bodies will be held through paper ballots. The state election commissioner had asked the government to ensure sufficient supply of paper as it would be required in large quantities for Panchayat polls.
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BRISBANE:
China's ongoing battles to contain COVID-19 outbreaks and the Western world's shunning of Russian crude oil and refined products have pushed the profit of making diesel in
Asia to record levels.
The profit margin, or crack, for making 10 ppm gasoil , the building block for diesel and jet fuel, at a typical Singapore refinery dropped to $36.29 a barrel on May 13, capping a second weekly decline.
But the price has come down from a record high of $48.96 a barrel that was reached on April 29 amid concerns about a shortage of the industrial transport fuel stemming from European boycotts of imports from Russia in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
The profit on gasoil is still more than double 2021's peak of $15.64 a barrel and almost three times the level that prevailed at the start of this year.
The price of gasoil has also been boosted in Asia by a drop in supply of diesel from China, one of the region's major exporters of the fuel.
Chinese refiners have been constrained by a lack of export quotas, weak domestic demand and earlier winter pollution curbs that have reduced refinery processing rates.
China's refinery throughput dropped to the equivalent of 12.61 million barrels per day (bpd), data from the country's
National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.
April's processing was the weakest since March 2020 and was down from 13.8 million bpd in March and 14.09 million bpd in April last year.
China's diesel exports are likely to drop in May from April's 447,000 tonnes, or about 110,000 bpd, according to data compiled by
Refinitiv Oil Research.
Official data pegged diesel exports at 670,000 tonnes in March, which was the highest since September, and up from the recent low of 200,000 tonnes in February.
However, it's worth noting that China's diesel exports reached a 2021 peak of 2.8 million tonnes in March last year, and were still at 2.36 million tonnes in June, before trending lower rapidly.
China's zero-COVID policy has resulted in Shanghai, the country's major financial centre and a key port, being in some form of lockdown for the past two months, while other cities have also experienced restrictions.
While there are signs that restrictions may be eased in Shanghai, there are concerns that they are about to be tightened in Beijing, where outbreaks of COVID-19 appear to be spreading.
The risk for China's fuel demand is that the country could suffer an ongoing series of lockdowns as attempts to contain the coronavirus stumble in the face of more transmissible variants.
Estimates vary as to how much the current lockdowns have lowered China's domestic fuel demand, but it's likely that up to 1 million bpd has been lost, or roughly 7% of the total for the world's largest importer of crude oil.
Much depends on whether China can successfully contain COVID-19, and if it does, how quickly and in what form any stimulus spending will take.
BOOST REFINING
One way to quickly give a boost to economic activity is to allow refiners to import more crude and to export products surplus to domestic requirements.
If China returned to the levels of diesel exports seen in the first half of 2021, it would add about 500,000 bpd to Asia's supply, which would go some way to lowering prices and the current sky-high profit margins for producing the fuel.
China's economy isn't the only uncertain factor in Asia's markets for crude oil and refined products, with the status of Russian exports also key.
Russia is a major supplier of crude oil to Asia, especially to China, and increasingly
India, which has moved quickly to snap up cargoes that are no longer being taken by Western refiners, especially those in Europe.
While Russia isn't a significant player in Asia's diesel market, it's likely that Europe's moves to end purchasing of Russian crude and products will result in European countries seeking to buy more diesel from refiners in Asia and the
Middle East.
This means that the call on Asia's diesel may remain high, even if China does return to the export market in coming months. | https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-gas/china-has-helped-drive-up-asian-diesel-profits-it-could-lower-them-too-russell/91590892 | 2022-05-16T10:54:46Z | https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-gas/china-has-helped-drive-up-asian-diesel-profits-it-could-lower-them-too-russell/91590892 | true | 5 |
…says this is the work of mischief makers trying to divert attention
In a press statement titled “RE: 2023 PRESIDENTIAL SHOCKER:
UDOM BLOCKS ATIKU FROM CONSULTING AKWA IBOM DELEGATES”, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong, described the news item as false in all material particular.
He said: “The news item with the above heading surfaced on the media space, alleging that Gov. Udom Emmanuel barred Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from meeting with delegates from Akwa Ibom State.
“It also went on to make a lot of spurious allegations, laced with foul and profane language.
“Nothing can be farther from the truth as this. The said news is totally incompatible with the known accommodating disposition of Gov. Emmanuel
“The truth is that the Governor, who has been in communication and contact with all other Presidential Aspirants (Atiku Abubakar inclusive), was informed that the former Vice President will be visiting on Monday, 16th…
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Agartala/ New Delhi | Jagran Politics Desk: Continuing with its trend of making a leadership change just before polls are scheduled, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Dr Manik Saha as the Chief Minister of Tripura following the sudden resignation of Biplab Kumar Deb. On Sunday, Saha was sworn in as the Chief Minister while 11 BJP MLAs were inducted into the cabinet on Monday.
Immediately after his oath-taking ceremony, Saha said his government will prioritise completing the unfinished work of his predecessor Biplab Deb. However, he refuted reports of a rift between him and Deb and claimed the BJP will face no political challenge in the 2023 assembly elections.
"We will move forward with the development issue of PM Modi and the BJP. We will also enhance law and order in the state along with resolving the issues of the people of Tripura. There's no political challenge for us," Saha told news agency ANI.
"We have already started to work for the 2023 Assembly elections. My chemistry with Biplab Deb ji is very good and it will always remain good. Earlier also we had very good coordination when he was the chief minister and I was the state party president," he added.
Saha's appointment falls in line with the BJP's strategy of making a leadership change in a state just before assembly elections. The party did the same in Uttarakhand and emerge victorious in the 2022 assembly polls. Similarly, it made leadership changes in Gujarat and Karnataka, where polls will be held soon.
Why a sudden change was made in Tripura?
Biplab Deb was known for the trust of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which he enjoyed. However, local BJP leaders and its Tripura ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were not happy with Deb's style of working and had expressed their reservations against him to the party top brass.
Sources, quoted by news agency PTI, said the BJP leadership felt there was a need for change after an analysis was conducted by it and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). They said immediate steps were needed to strengthen the BJP ahead of elections to the state assembly due within the next eight to nine months.
Was the rise of TIPRA Motha a factor?
According to PTI sources, the sudden rise of the Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA Motha) was also another factor. TIPRA Motha is a regional political party led by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma that seeks a separate state for the indigenous people of Tripura.
In 2021, it swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections - where it was in a direct contest with the ruling BJP-IPFT combine - and won 18 of the 28 seats.
The BJP top brass, according to PTI sources, feels it cannot challenge the TIPRA Motha in tribal-dominated areas. The TIPRA Motha is also mulling fielding candidates in 25 general seats for the 2023 Tripura assembly elections.
Why Saha was elected?
With hopes to end the infighting and counter the TIPRA Motha, the BJP elected 69-year-old Saha. The BJP feels that an "amiable" Saha would help it tackle the diverse issues left behind by Deb and defy the anti-incumbency factor, helping it retain power in Tripura, where a multi-cornered is expected between the Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC), and the Left front.
In the previous assembly elections in 2018, the BJP-IPFT alliance formed the government in Tripura and ended the 25-year rule of the Left Front.
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix, Inc.") (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders:
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- Djokovic builds momentum for French Open 2022 with sixth Rome Masters Tennis title
- Novak’s Back: Djokovic Beats Tsitsipas for Sixth Rome Crown
- Rome ATP and WTA Draws and Schedule for Sunday, May 15th
- Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Alexander Zverev to Reach Maiden Rome Final
- Iga Swiatek Scores 26th Straight Win, Sets up Rome Semifinal vs. Sabalenka
- Rome ATP and WTA Draws and Schedule for Saturday, May 14th
- Foot injury returns for Rafa Nadal in three-set loss to Shapovalov at Rome Masters tennis
- Rome ATP and WTA Draws and Schedule for Friday, May 13th
- Naomi Osaka Splits from IMG To Form New Management Firm
- Ricky’s picks for the Rome Tennis third round: Djokovic vs. Wawrinka and Nadal vs. Shapovalov
- Rome ATP and WTA Draws and Schedule for Thursday, May 12th
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Leads List of Roland Garros Wild Card Recipients
- Ricky’s tennis picks for Wednesday at the Rome Masters, including Nadal vs. Isner
- Rome ATP and WTA Draws and Schedule for Wednesday, May 11th
- Stefanos Tsitsipas: I Look Up to Carlos Alcaraz
Djokovic builds momentum for French Open 2022 with sixth Rome Masters Tennis title
- Updated: May 16, 2022
By Ricky Dimon
The first four months of Novak Djokovic’s season earned an incomplete grade to put it generously and a disappointing one to put it more accurately based on his lofty standards.
But with the most important part of the year coming up (three majors in a little more than three months), Djokovic appears to be heating up at just the right time.
The top-ranked Serb won a title for the first time in 2022 by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6(5) in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia final on Sunday afternoon. Djokovic recovered from a break down in the second set to triumph after one hour and 36 minutes.
“I pleasantly surprised myself, I can say,” the 34-year-old said. “I had a clear game-plan and I knew what to expect, so I knew what I had to do. I did play a perfect first set. After that it was a little tighter. At this level, one or two points can turn a match and he was then back in the game at 4-1 up.
“The match could easily have gone to a third set but I managed to find the right shots at the right time to come back into the match. The tiebreak I was maybe an inch better, but it was a tight, tight tiebreak for both of us.”
This is Djokovic’s sixth Rome title and his record 38th Masters 1000 title overall. By far his best week of the year from start to finish sets him up nicely for the season’s second Grand Slam, which begins next Sunday.
“Two days ago (in the quarterfinals against Felix Auger-Aliassime) I played great,” the 20-time major champion assessed. “I have been building my form for the past couple of weeks and I knew that my best shape on clay usually comes around Rome time, so it could not be better going into Roland Garros with a title.”
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The contribution to GDP in 2031 from the metaverse could be $3 trillion if adoption begins in 2022, according to economists from Analysis Group
BOSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic experts at Analysis Group, one of the largest international economics consulting firms, released a report suggesting that if metaverse adoption and impact evolves similarly to mobile technology, it could contribute 2.8% to global gross domestic product (GDP) in the 10th year after adoption begins. If started in 2022, adoption of the metaverse over the next 10 years could lead to a $3-trillion contribution to global GDP in 2031. Like mobile technology, the metaverse is expected to have far-reaching applications, with the potential to transform a wide range of economic sectors such as education, health care, manufacturing, job training, communications, entertainment, and retail.
The analysis, https://www.analysisgroup.com/metaverse, adapts research on previous breakthrough technologies to draw inferences about the potential adoption process and economic impact of the metaverse. The metaverse, which is still in its formative stages, is envisioned to comprise an expansive network of digital spaces enabled by developing technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR).
The analysis centers on measuring the potential economic impact of the metaverse if it were to evolve like prior successful technologies in terms of the rate of adoption by users and the impact on GDP. The researchers selected mobile technology as an appropriate analog because of similarities to the metaverse in the way it combined existing and nascent innovations to fundamentally alter global technological and economic landscapes.
The team drew from academic literature on the development cycles for innovative technologies and on publicly available data for the deployment and adoption of mobile technology over a number of years to assess direct, indirect, and catalytic or stimulative impacts. These factors are important for GDP, including job creation, business growth, and economic development.
The study was authored by Analysis Group Managing Principal Laurits Christensen and Manager Alex Robinson, who were supported by a team of economists. Funding was provided by Meta.
To learn more about Analysis Group's capabilities, visit AnalysisGroup.com.
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Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,000 professionals across 14 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, and government agencies worldwide. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional breadth and depth of expertise.
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CNFinance to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 7, 2022
Published: May. 16, 2022 at 5:52 AM CDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago
GUANGZHOU, China, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company"), a leading home equity loan service provider in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") at 44/F, Tower G, No. 16 Zhujiang Dong Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 510620, People's Republic of China on June 7, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Beijing Time). No proposal will be submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM. Instead, the annual general meeting will serve as an open forum for shareholders and beneficial owners of the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") to discuss Company affairs with management.
The board of directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on May 9, 2022 as the record date (the "Record Date") for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Holders of record of the Company's ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Beneficial owners of the Company's ADSs are also welcome to attend the AGM in person.
About CNFinance Holdings Limited
CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company") is a leading home equity loan service provider in China. CNFinance conducts business by collaborating with sales partners and trust company partners. Sales partners are responsible for recommending micro- and small-enterprise ("MSE") owners with financing needs to the Company and the Company introduces eligible borrowers to its trust company partners who will then conduct their own risk assessments and make credit decisions. The Company's primary target borrower segment is MSE owners who own real properties in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China. The loans CNFinance facilitated are primarily funded through a trust lending model with its trust company partners who are well-established with sufficient funding sources and have licenses to engage in lending business nationwide. The Company's risk mitigation mechanism is embedded in the design of its loan products, supported by an integrated online and offline process focusing on risks of both borrowers and collateral and further enhanced by effective post-loan management procedures.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s efforts to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine appeared to be bogged down on Monday, as a small group of countries opposed a ban on imports of Russian oil.
Since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, the bloc has implemented five rounds of sanctions on Moscow. President Vladimir Putin, senior officials, more than 350 lawmakers and pro-Kremlin oligarchs were hit with asset freezes and travel bans. Banks, the transport sector and alleged propaganda outlets were targeted.
What could have taken years in the past has been achieved in less than three months — relative light speed for the 27-nation bloc. But limiting Russia’s energy income by weaning their dependency off its oil — not to mention gas supplies — is proving a tougher nut to crack.
The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, proposed on May 4 a sixth package of war sanctions that included a ban on oil imports from Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen conceded at the time that securing the agreement of all “will not be easy.”
Hungary is one of a number of landlocked countries that are highly dependent on Russian oil, along with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Bulgaria also has reservations. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia, and 85% of its natural gas.
“We will do our best in order to deblock the situation. I cannot ensure that it is going to happen because positions are quite strong,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters as he arrived to chair a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Brussels.
“Some member states face more difficulties because they are more dependent, because they are landlocked,” Borrell said, and “they only have oil through pipelines, and coming from Russia.”
Muddying the waters is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s relationship with Putin. Orban is widely considered to be one of the Russian leader’s closest European allies. He has only reluctantly supported previous EU sanctions, including a phased-in embargo on Russian coal.
Since taking office in 2010, Orban has deepened Hungary’s dependency on Russian energy and says its geography and energy infrastructure make an oil shutdown impossible. His EU partners are at odds over what they believe is driving his reluctance to target oil.
“The whole union is being held hostage by one member state,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said. He said that the European Commission's proposal offered members a phaseout of Russian oil until Dec 31, 2024, and that “everybody expected that this would be enough.”
But his Irish counterpart, Simon Coveney, acknowledged that “these are difficult, difficult issues for some countries,” and he added: “Let’s not focus on obstacles and negatives today.”
At the same time, Coveney said, “we need to get on and do this. We need to send a very clear signal to the Kremlin and to Moscow that the cost of their continuing war in Ukraine, which is completely unjustifiable, will continue to increase.”
For now, the ball is in Hungary’s court, as the most vocal member of those opposed. Officials have said that Orban appears to be seeking EU money for energy infrastructure investment. Any compromise is only likely to be found in his talks with von der Leyen, not between ministers.
The oil standoff raises questions about whether the EU has reached the limits of its unity on sanctions. Targeting Russia’s gas sector, on which many more countries are dependent, is likely to prove even tougher.
Officials said before Monday’s meeting that a political agreement is likely to be found on a fourth tranche of money to help supply weapons to Ukraine. It would bring to 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) the total sum available to fund the purchase of arms and other nonlethal assistance.
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Burning Rock Schedules First Quarter of 2022 Earnings Release on May 31, 2022
GUANGZHOU, China, May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR, the “Company” or “Burning Rock”), a company focused on the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in the field of precision oncology, today announced that it plans to release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2022 before the U.S. market opens on May 31, 2022. Following the release, company management will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET (8:30 p.m. Hong Kong time) on the same day to discuss its financial results for the first quarter of 2022.
Details of the conference call are as follows:
A replay of the conference call will be available for one week (dial-in number: +61 2 8199 0299; same conference ID as shown above).
Please visit the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.brbiotech.com/news-events/news-releases on May 31, 2022 to view the earnings release prior to the conference call.
About Burning Rock
Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR), whose mission is to Guard Life via Science, focuses on the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in the field of precision oncology. Its business consists of i) NGS-based therapy selection testing for late-stage cancer patients, and ii) NGS-based cancer early detection, which has moved beyond proof-of-concept R&D into the clinical validation stage.
For more information about Burning Rock, please visit: www.brbiotech.com.
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Gyanvapi Masjid Video Survey: A court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex concluded on Monday. The survey team will submit its report to the court on Tuesday. The mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the local court is hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on its outer walls.
The survey was conducted in accordance with the Varanasi Civil Court's order to continue the survey despite objections from the mosque authorities. "After working for over two hours, the court commission concluded its work on Monday at around 10.15 am. All parties were satisfied with the work," Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said.
- Sources said that the survey team clicked more than 1,500 photos of the mosque and recorded videos in 8 memory cards of 32 GB each.
- Hindu petitioner in the case, Sohan Lal Arya claimed that the survey team found conclusive evidence during the three-day exercise. "Baba mil gaye," Arya, who accompanied the court commission for the mosque survey, told reporters.
- "Shivling....Jiski Nandi pratiksha kar rahe the... The moment things became clear the chants of 'Har Har Mahavdev' resonated in mosque premises," Arya claimed.
- An advocate from the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav, claimed that the Shivling is Nandi faced. "The Shivling is 12 feet by 8 inches in diameter," he added.
- On Saturday and Sunday, the survey of the areas of the mosque which, according to lawyers Hari Shankar Jain and Vishnu Jain, used to be a part of the temple was done.
- On Monday, the pond inside the mosque which Muslims use for Waju (an exercise that involves washing the hands, mouth, nostrils, arms, head and feet with water before Namaz) was drained for the survey. It is being claimed that Shivling was found in the pond.
- On the western wall of the Gyanvapi complex, the remains of the Hindu temple demolition were found. For this, the fourth lock was opened on Monday, while the first three rooms were opened during the survey on Saturday.
- Sources said that symbols of Swastik were also found at the Gyanvapi Mosque.
- After the conclusion of the survey, the Varanasi court ordered the District Magistrate of Varanasi, Kaushal Raj Sharma, "to seal the area where the Shivling was found and to bar people from going to the place.". | https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/gyanvapi-mosque-videography-shivling-swastik-symbols-list-of-things-found-during-3-day-survey-2022-05-16-776973 | 2022-05-16T11:15:40Z | https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/gyanvapi-mosque-videography-shivling-swastik-symbols-list-of-things-found-during-3-day-survey-2022-05-16-776973 | true | 1 |
Willoughby: 2022 Aspen has much in common with 1941 Aspen
Aspen is recovering from the economic setbacks during COVID-19 and pressing forward with longer-range plans, but with a war in Europe increasing angst for anyone trying to foretell the future. Aspen in 1941 experienced the same, emerging from the depths of the Depression with mining getting back to normal and making progress initiating a new enterprise, skiing, with the war in Europe growing worse by the day.
Here are a few highlights of 1941 paired with what locals were reading about the war:
Aspen, like the rest of the nation, had low employment during the Depression and applied for Works Progress Administration funding. It received WPA funding to build its jumping hill, a building for the Ski Club for hosting races and for street repairs. In July 1941, the WPA announced it was ceasing to fund in Pitkin County because unemployment had dropped below the qualifying numbers. That was news that affirmed that Aspen was rebounding. On the same day, The Aspen Times reported that President Franklin Roosevelt had ordered the American Navy to occupy Iceland to protect the lend-lease activities.
April featured more positive news. The Denver Mining Record reported that the war would raise the price of silver. It had already been raised by Roosevelt when he included setting the price of silver at $1.29 an ounce ($21.50 in today’s dollars), up from the lowest during the Depression of $.25 an ounce. All silver was being purchase by the U.S. Treasury and the world was increasing the use of silver for monetary exchanges.
Colorado’s governor in April signed the Hayden Tramway Bill that would lend money for the Highland Bavarian Ashcroft project to build “the longest and highest in the world.” This was the result of great effort lobbying the Colorado Legislature. The same day the funding was announced, German forces occupied Athens.
March 1941 was the most consequential month because Aspen hosted the National Ski Championships. This was the culmination of the Ski Club’s efforts to establish Aspen as a premier ski area. They followed André Roch’s advice that in competition with all the other fledgling ski areas Aspen could establish itself by hosting significant races. That is why he laid out Roch Run and it was the first to be cut. It was the best run for downhill racing in the country.
The two-day event was broadcast nationally, and thousands showed up to watch. Even though the downhill race was during a vicious and cold storm, an estimated 5,000 spectators showed up. The first edition of The Aspen Times covering the events, on the next page, reported that, “Nazi soldiers marched into Bulgaria.”
In September the Midnight Mine announced it would pay dividends to its 700 shareholders. The Midnight was operating with three shifts each day and the Durant Mine had also expanded operations. The mine had survived years of low silver prices, but profits were reinvested into the infrastructure. This was its very first dividend, $19,000 ($317,000 in today’s dollars). The Midnight announced years more of dividends were likely. The same day as that announcement, Aspen read about Cairo being bombed.
In October, the Ski Club announced Aspen would be hosting the Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association cross country and jumping championships in 1942. The war news that day was that after 17 weeks of Germany moving north into Russia it predicted it was close to taking Moscow.
That mixture of Aspen making progress while the war in Europe raged dominated the whole year. Just when skiing was taking hold and Aspen was taking hold of the ski market, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. You have some idea emotionally what 1941 was like if you lived in Aspen then, the days of progress tempered with an expanding, or fear of expanding, war in Europe.
Tim Willoughby’s family story parallels Aspen’s. He began sharing folklore while teaching Aspen Country Day School and Colorado Mountain College. Now a tourist in his native town, he views it with historical perspective. Reach him at redmtn2@comcast.net.
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Lawyer charged with lying to FBI in Russia probe faces trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal trial begins Monday for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.
The case against Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity attorney who represented the Clinton campaign in 2016, is the first trial arising from the ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham and will test the strength of evidence he and his team have gathered while scrutinizing the early days of the Trump-Russia probe for potential misconduct.
An acquittal is likely to hasten questions about the Durham probe’s purpose and cost to taxpayers while a guilty verdict will almost certainly energize Trump supporters who have long looked to Durham to expose what they see as biased mistreatment of the former president.
Sussmann is accused of misleading the FBI’s then-general counsel during a September 2016 meeting in which he presented research showing what he said might be a suspicious backchannel of communications between computer servers of the Trump Organization and Russia-based Alfa Bank.
Prosecutors allege Sussmann lied by saying that he wasn’t attending the meeting on behalf of any particular client when they say he was actually acting on behalf of two clients: the Clinton campaign and a technology executive who had helped assemble the computer data.
Durham’s team says that had the FBI been told the truth, it would have factored into the bureau’s assessment of the credibility of the Alfa Bank claims as it weighed whether to begin investigating. The FBI did look into the matter but ultimately found nothing suspicious.
Sussmann’s lawyers deny he lied but say the alleged misstatement isn’t relevant in any event since there’s no evidence that what the FBI knew or didn’t know about his political affiliations had any bearing on its decision-making.
Jurors will be selected in Washington’s federal court on Monday. In a nod to the politically loaded nature of the case, prospective jurors are being asked questions such as whether they voted in 2016 and whether they or anyone they are close with was involved in investigating potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Durham was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General William Barr to look for any misconduct as the U.S. government was examining potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign to tip the outcome of the election. An investigation by an earlier special counsel, Robert Mueller, did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign, though it did find that Russia sought to aid Trump’s election bid.
Durham’s work has resulted in three criminal cases, but only the one against Sussmann has reached trial.
In 2020, a former FBI lawyer named Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to altering an email related to secret FBI surveillance of an ex-Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. In applying for warrants to eavesdrop on Page, the FBI relied on a dossier of anti-Trump research known colloquially as the “Steele dossier” that contained rumors and uncorroborated claims.
Last year, Durham charged a Russia analyst who was a source for that dossier with lying to the FBI about his own sources of information — among them, a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter. Igor Danchenko has pleaded not guilty. The case is pending and set for trial in October.
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Caf Champions League: Mosimane’s Al Ahly make decision on final against Wydad Casablanca
Al Ahly have declared they will play the Caf Champions League final against Wydad Casablanca despite their concerns over the choice of Mohamed V Stadium as the venue for the showdown.
The Egyptian giants have, however, stated some regulations must be adhered to in order to have a fair contest during Africa's biggest club match.
"The club will play the Caf Champions League final no matter where the game is held, guided by the club's values and traditions," Al Ahly’s statement read.
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"We did not receive any statements confirming the details of the game. Al Ahly adhere to its legitimate demands and will request specific regulations to ensure justice between the two competing teams in the final, which will be the headline of the biggest competition in Africa."
Recently, the reigning African champions appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the choice of Casablanca as the host city of the match.
"The club decided to take the dispute to CAS and escalate the situation after all the negative matters in organizing Caf competitions, which do not have specific regulations for a long time," the statement added.
"The club demands CAS to determine the case before the date of the final. The club wants the game to be held in a neutral venue or to be postponed until determining the situation by CAS, to provide equal opportunities for the two competing teams.
"Whatever the outcome of the situation, the club will continue proceeding with its complaint to CAS as the club has a role to do for our beloved continent based on the continental and international value of the club that will participate in the final for the 15th time in history.
"The club is looking forward to having the support of the national and international organizations in correcting what has been happening and providing the best for football in Africa, regarding the competitions and football venues. Our beloved continent that has produced some of the finest talents in the world, deserves the best on all levels."
The Cairo club has also promised to unearth what it calls ‘hidden details’ concerning Caf after the final slated for May 30.
"Al Ahly will host an international press conference after the Caf Champions League final to uncover all the hidden details related to Caf's decision that contradicts all fair play standards," the club said.
"Also to stress all the unacceptable mistakes that were included in official statements of all parties, regarding this issue."
As they prepare for the showdown against Wydad Casablanca, the team’s hierarchy passed a vote of confidence on Pitso Mosimane and his team.
"Al Ahly’s board would like to express its ultimate confidence in our first team, its coaching staff, and administrative staff," it concluded.
"That they are all capable of achieving success under any circumstances, no matter where they are playing in Africa, and that they are all aware of the responsibility they are carrying to make our beloved fans proud and happy."
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Adds further weakness, current account
ISTANBUL, May 16 (Reuters) - The Turkish lira slid to near 15.6 against the dollar on Monday, slipping for the eighth consecutive session towards the record weakest levels which it hit in December after a series of unorthodox interest rate cuts.
The currency TRYTOM=D3 weakened as far as 15.58 before edging back to 15.5750 by 0921 GMT. It has lost 15% of its value against the U.S. currency this year after a slide of 44% last year.
The war in Ukraine began to exert pressure on the lira in March as Western sanctions on Russia sent energy prices soaring, pushing up Turkey's already hefty import bill.
Illustrating the pressures, Turkey's current account deficit in March widened to $5.554 billion, central bank data showed on Monday, exceeding a Reuters poll forecast of $5.371 billion.
"The widening in the Turkish current account deficit reflects very strong pressure from imported energy commodities," said Piotr Matys, senior FX analyst at In Touch Capital Markets in London.
"The government notion and the central bank notion that Turkey will be able to bring inflation lower in coming quarters if current account deficit narrows is being put into a major test as current account deficit moves in the wrong direction."
The currency crisis last year was triggered by an aggressive easing cycle that President Tayyip Erdogan sought despite rising inflation. That, along with war fallout, pushed inflation to 70% in April as well as widening the current account deficit.
(Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu and Karin Strohecker in London, Writing by Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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Reopening in doubt as China withdraws from hosting 2023 AFC Asia Cup
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN
China has pulled out of hosting the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asia Cup, a possible sign the country’s strict zero-Covid policy could remain in place for some time to come.
The quadrennial tournament, which features 24 teams from the continent, was scheduled to take place across 10 Chinese cities in June and July next year.
“The AFC acknowledges the exceptional circumstances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to the relinquishment by China of its hosting rights,” the confederation said in a statement Saturday, adding the decision was “difficult but necessary.”
China’s Covid approach — using largely closed borders, snap lockdowns, mass testing and quarantine — appeared incompatible with hosting a large-scale sporting event with thousands of overseas visitors.
Confirming its decision to withdraw on Saturday, China’s Asia Cup organizing committee said Covid difficulties meant it “cannot pledge at this moment to hold next year’s Asian Cup competition under a fully open model.”
The tournament was supposed to showcase a new soccer stadium in Shanghai — the city at the epicenter of the country’s current outbreak that has been under lockdown for seven weeks. Throughout April, residents stuck at home in the financial capital reported being unable to access food, medicine or other essential supplies.
In recent days, complaints have surfaced on social media over community workers forcibly entering people’s homes without permission and damaging their personal belongings during disinfection. One viral video showed residents arguing with police officers trying to take them from their homes; it’s unclear under what policy the residents were being forcibly removed, or where they were being sent.
At least 31 Chinese cities are now under full or partial lockdown, impacting up to 182 million people, according to CNN’s calculations.
China’s withdrawal brings an added sting, given authorities have spent years — and tens of millions of dollars — trying to boost its soccer program. That became a national priority after the embarrassment of 2002 — the only time China has qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but where the team failed to score a single goal.
In 2016, China unveiled a blueprint to transform the country into a global “soccer powerhouse,” with ambitious goals including the creation of 20,000 soccer schools and 70,000 pitches.
The AFC said a new host for the tournament would be revealed in due course.
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DENVER, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that not only combines tons of free resources in one place but also embraces a private and advertisement-free experience, This Naked Mind introduces its This Naked Mind Companion App. And, with it, extends an invitation to join Annie Grace's global community — the one that was part of the beginning of the mindful drinking and sober curious movements and explores relationships with alcohol … without rules, shame, or judgment.
Available free in the App Store, on Google Play, and online, This Naked Mind Companion App features everything people have traditionally found and engaged with on This Naked Mind's social media channels. It's a private space where people can find conversations and support.
"I believe people can drink less, moderate, get sober, stop drinking, or anything in between," says Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment. "The journey is 100 percent personal and should never be judged."
The language is non-traditional — not focused on whether people are alcoholics or hit rock bottoms, not focused on 100 percent sober days defining success and relapse equaling failure.
"It's not about labeling people," says Grace. "It's about getting curious, learning the truth, and deciding whether you might be happier drinking a bit less or not at all."
What's In The Free App
- The Alcohol Experiment, a 30-day challenge exploring life with less or no alcohol.
- Over 700 videos that explore sober life — from socializing to sex and much more.
- A global support community where members can remain anonymous if they choose.
- Opportunities to join Annie Grace and This Naked Mind Head Coach Scott Pinyard in live conversation.
About This Naked Mind
Founded by Annie Grace in 2015, This Naked Mind helps people end the conflict between their desire to drink less and their unconscious belief that alcohol is beneficial. Grace overcame a decade of drinking by revamping her own relationship with alcohol. Today she helps others across the globe do the same — one million people who've bought her books, 225,000+ people who receive daily emails from her, listeners who've downloaded her This Naked Mind Podcast episodes almost 15 million times, and more than 350,000 people who've gone through her free program, The Alcohol Experiment. Rather than teaching people how to be sober, TNM takes away the desire to drink. And, the grace-led, science-based approach helps people where rehabs have not.
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5 things to know for May 16: Buffalo shooting, Church shooting, Ukraine, Abortion, Musk
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN
The US job market has not yet fully recovered from the pandemic, but things appear to be turning around. Despite a record number of Americans quitting their jobs, hiring is outpacing quits in every sector. And experts broadly attribute employees’ exits to the potential for better opportunities.
Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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1. Buffalo shooting
Ten people were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday afternoon. Details are emerging of a racist manifesto allegedly written by the 18-year-old White man suspected of traveling nearly 200 miles from his home to attack a predominantly Black neighborhood. The gunman opened fire outside a Tops Friendly Markets store, shooting and killing several people in the parking lot before entering the building. He exchanged gunfire with an armed security guard — who was killed — and shot more individuals inside, then exited and surrendered to police. The suspect, Payton Gendron, was taken into custody and is currently under suicide watch, Erie County Sheriff John C. Garcia said. He was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty in court, officials said. President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Buffalo tomorrow to meet with the families of victims, the White House said.
2. Church shooting
Gun violence also plagued the Southern California city of Laguna Woods yesterday after a shooting at a church left at least one person dead and five others injured. The shooting occurred at the Geneva Presbyterian Church during an event to honor a former pastor of a Taiwanese congregation that uses the church for its worship services. Police have a suspect in custody, Orange County Undersheriff Jeff Hallock said during a news conference yesterday. He is believed to be an Asian man in his 60s who doesn’t live in the area. The suspect was detained after a group of churchgoers were able to hogtie his legs with an extension cord and confiscate at least two handguns from him, Hallock said. Investigators are working to determine whether he has any connections to the church or its congregants. Police do not yet have a motive, Hallock said.
3. Ukraine
Despite Russia’s threats, Finland said yesterday it will seek to join NATO and Sweden is on the verge of following suit. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced her party’s support to apply to join the US-backed alliance, saying her country must “adapt to reality” and make decisions based on the current climate. Both countries have previously refrained from joining for historic and geopolitical reasons. There is “strong bipartisan support” for Finnish accession to NATO, US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said during a visit to Finland today. However, Russia has warned the Nordic nations of “far-reaching consequences” if the countries join the alliance. Separately, EU leaders are ratcheting up their economic action against Russia and are preparing a sixth sanctions package that could be done within days.
4. Abortion
Nebraska’s Republican governor Pete Ricketts says he will call a special session to pass a total ban on abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this term. When asked if he thought the state should require a young girl who was raped to carry the pregnancy to term, Ricketts told CNN, “They’re still babies, too. Yes.” The governor’s comments come as the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide. More than a dozen states have so-called trigger laws on their books, meaning that abortion will almost immediately be banned if Roe v. Wade is no longer in effect, and Nebraska nearly passed its own such law last month.
5.Elon Musk
Twitter’s legal team has accused Elon Musk of violating a nondisclosure agreement regarding the social media company’s number of bot accounts, the Tesla CEO said in a tweet Saturday. On Friday, Musk tweeted that his $44-billion cash deal to take Twitter private was “temporarily on hold” while he awaited data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twitter accused Musk of breaching an agreement after Musk tweeted that the sample size for the social media platform’s checks on automated users was 100, “because that is what Twitter uses to calculate <5% fake/spam/duplicate," Musk said in a tweet. He later said that "There is some chance it might be over 90% of daily active users."
BREAKFAST BROWSE
Billboard Music Awards 2022
The biggest names in music showed up to the glamorous Las Vegas show yesterday! Here are the winners.
Jason Momoa apologizes after taking photos in the Sistine Chapel
The “Aquaman” star addressed the controversy — in a sweaty, shirtless workout video. It’s okay, Jason, everyone totally forgives you now.
NBA star Steph Curry graduates from college
Another victory for Mr. Curry. And this time, it’s off the court.
Selena Gomez looks for love on ‘SNL’
Pete Davidson won over Kim Kardashian. Colin Jost married Scarlett Johansson. Selena Gomez, you’re next. Humor is the way to the heart!
Canceled TV shows and other network series that won’t be returning
Wouldn’t it be unfortunate if your favorite TV show was canceled? Double check here to make sure its not on the list.
TODAY’S NUMBER
$12.4 million
That’s how much Man Ray’s famed “Le Violon d’Ingres” photograph sold for on Saturday, smashing sale estimates. The black and white image, taken in 1924, became the most expensive photograph ever to sell at auction.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“Never say never.”
— Former first lady Melania Trump, hinting in an interview on Fox that there is a chance she could live in the White House again as former President Donald Trump teases a 2024 reelection bid. “I think we achieved a lot in four years of the Trump administration,” she added in the interview, which aired yesterday.
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LONDON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, and Finastra, a leading financial technology provider, today announced a partnership to bring Finastra's Fusion Payments To Go payments technology to banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland, as a managed service.
As part of the partnership, Mindtree will host Finastra's proven payments solution in the cloud and handle integration of the technology across the rest of the banks' existing solutions, minimizing risk and boosting efficiency for users.
Denise Parker, SVP and Global Head of Partner and Ecosystems at Finastra, said, "We welcome Mindtree to our partner ecosystem. Together we will enable agile banks in the Nordics, the UK and Ireland to tap into our Fusion Payments To Go solution, hosted by Mindtree in the cloud. The partnership is about helping banks to better serve their customers by keeping ahead of market changes, delivering faster innovation and opening business growth opportunities."
Mukund Rao, Chief Business Officer for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance at Mindtree, said, "Finastra offers best-of-breed payments solutions and, alongside our deep expertise and cloud capabilities, we are excited to join hands with them to support banks in transforming payments and making them real-time, convenient and secure. The move also aligns well with the P27 initiative in the Nordics, which promotes interoperability, paperless systems, and real-time payment capabilities. We pride ourselves on being a trusted partner to our customers and are confident that this partnership will help them unlock an innovation and technology advantage."
Fusion Payments To Go offers scalable payments processing and clearing functionality, with automated and rapid onboarding for financial institutions, via open APIs. Beyond the significantly reduced go-live timeframes, the solution also enables smaller banks and financial institutions to enjoy the benefits of an advanced Payments Hub with modernized capabilities.
Finastra was named a Leader in payment hub platforms in a recent Omdia report. Click here for further information.
About Finastra
Finastra is a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, and launched the leading open platform for innovation, FusionFabric.cloud, in 2017. It serves institutions of all sizes, providing award-winning solutions and services across Lending, Payments, Treasury & Capital Markets and Retail & Digital Banking for banks to support direct banking relationships and grow through indirect channels, such as embedded finance and Banking as a Service. Its pioneering approach and commitment to open finance and collaboration is why it is trusted by ~8,600 institutions, including 90 of the world's top 100 banks.
For more information, visit finastra.com.
About Mindtree
Mindtree (NSE: MINDTREE) is a global technology consulting and services company that enables enterprises across industries to drive superior competitive advantage, customer experiences and business outcomes by harnessing digital and cloud technologies. A digital transformation partner to more than 275 of the world's most pioneering enterprises, Mindtree brings extensive domain, technology and consulting expertise to help reimagine business models, accelerate innovation and maximize growth. As a socially and environmentally responsible business, Mindtree is focused on growth as well as sustainability in building long-term stakeholder value. Powered by more than 35,000 talented and entrepreneurial professionals across 24 countries, Mindtree — a Larsen & Toubro Group company — is consistently recognized among the best places to work.
For more, please visit www.mindtree.com or @Mindtree_Ltd.
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Cargolux CEO: Carrier will need to operate a mixed fleet type for 10 to 15 years
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NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eileen P. Drake, the CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) ("Aerojet Rocketdyne" or the "Company") issued the following statement:
"I'm pleased the Company has finally released the findings from the Non-Management Committee's independent investigation into alleged misconduct by Executive Chairman Warren Lichtenstein. The report unanimously concluded that Mr. Lichtenstein engaged in multiple acts of misconduct and, as a result, the Non-Management Committee formally reprimanded Mr. Lichtenstein and mandated that he comply in the future with the Company's Code of Conduct."
Specifically, the released report unanimously concluded that Mr. Lichtenstein engaged in a pattern of misconduct by:
- engaging in unauthorized communications with third parties about pending transactions and executive management, including unauthorized efforts to seek a replacement for the Company's CEO; and
- violating the board of directors September 2021 "Guidance Related to Conduct Reported to the Company" written instructions directing Mr. Lichtenstein to cease engaging in such unauthorized communications.
The investigation was overseen by the Company's independent directors and conducted by independent outside counsel. Ms. Drake, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has been calling for the release of the report since March 10th so that shareholders could have full information when choosing between the competing slates of directors.
The report and accompanying exhibits detail Mr. Lichtenstein's aggressive, nearly two year-long effort to fire Ms. Drake and reshape the Company's board to a Steel Partners-controlled board. In October 2021, following the receipt of additional information alleging Mr. Lichtenstein's misconduct at the Company, the Company's board of directors unanimously authorized a committee to conduct and oversee an independent investigation. Because Mr. Lichtenstein could not convince his allies on the board to quash the investigation, he instead sought to remove the director leading the investigation and called a special board meeting to lobby the Company's independent directors to enter into a related-party agreement with Steel Partners to effectively remove Ms. Drake and the director leading the investigation.
In January 2022, when the board members independent of Steel Partners resisted Mr. Lichtenstein's attempted coup, Mr. Lichtenstein commenced a costly and distracting proxy contest – all to try to remove the director charged with investigating Mr. Lichtenstein's misconduct as well as the directors independent of Steel Partners who refused to sign the related-party agreement with Steel Partners.
In addition to the findings contained in the report, exhibits to the report released today demonstrate that Mr. Lichtenstein was alleged to have engaged in a pattern of misconduct, including such actions:
- Mr. Lichtenstein made statements to third parties in an effort to sabotage the Lockheed Martin transaction;
- Mr. Lichtenstein threatened to terminate the CEO and CFO if they pursued the Lockheed Martin transaction over his desire to pursue alternative financial strategies that would have benefited him personally;
- Mr. Lichtenstein made disparaging comments about Lockheed Martin, its officers, and the transaction in violation of the Merger Agreement;
- Mr. Lichtenstein ignored multiple requests from the company General Counsel to refrain from sending non-secure emails regarding the extremely confidential Lockheed Martin transaction;
- Mr. Lichtenstein failed to pay millions of dollars in overdue, unpaid taxes related to his equity vesting; and
- Mr. Lichtenstein persisted in a costly legal battle with the Company seeking to change his status with the Company from employee to consultant to benefit himself personally.
The report concluded that Mr. Lichtenstein's frequent demands for information from Ms. Drake, while 'extensive' and escalating, did not constitute harassment or retaliation. The committee did not find Ms. Drake to be insubordinate as Mr. Lichtenstein had claimed.
A May 2021 memorandum attached to the Report shows that Ms. Drake accurately predicted Mr. Lichtenstein would attempt to sabotage the Lockheed Martin transaction, instead seeking to pursue alternative financial strategies that would have benefited him personally and lay the groundwork with the Company's board to defame Ms. Drake and seek her ouster, all of which has since come to pass.
Again, these are the conclusions of an independent investigation authorized by the very director candidates included on Mr. Lichtenstein's own slate. Shareholders should ask themselves, if Mr. Lichtenstein's allies believe he should be reprimanded for his conduct as the Executive Chairman of the Company, why should he be entrusted to run the Company without independent oversight?
Ms. Drake continues to operate the Company to maximize value for all shareholders. The Company's results in Q1 demonstrate Ms. Drake's commitment to deliver value, despite the needless, extremely costly distractions to the Company inflicted by Mr. Lichtenstein's efforts to avoid accountability for his misconduct.
Shareholders with questions can contact our solicitor: D.F. King & Co., (212) 269-5550 (collect) or via e-mail at AJRD@dfking.com
Important Information
This communication is being sent in Ms. Drake's individual capacity, and not on or behalf of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc (the "Company"). No Company resources were used in connection with these materials. On May 3, 2022, the Committee For Aerojet Rocketdyne Shareholders and Value Maximization, which includes Ms. Drake, filed a definitive solicitation statement and WHITE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of agent designations to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Company.
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It’s go time.
The Washington Commanders begin the first session of on-field, voluntary organized team activities one week from today. Two more weeks of three-day OTA sessions follow. Then comes the mandatory minicamp June 14-16, ahead of a long break before training camp. Media members will have the chance to watch the scene at times.
From the status of Terry McLaurin’s contract talks to Daron Payne’s presence, from potential signings to depth chart battles, from Chase Young to Jamin Davis and, of course, Carson Wentz, here are the storylines to monitor.
Where do the Commanders still need help?
Washington signed safety Bobby McCain as a free agent one year ago Saturday, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the Commanders make a move of significance — relative to what’s available at this time of year — early this week before OTAs begin. The camp roster enters Monday with one open roster spot. Defensive lineman David Bada, part of the International Player Pathway Program, does not toward the 90-player maximum.
Putting aside needed camp depth, which can come in the form of undrafted free agents, there are depth considerations across all levels of the defense. That starts with those at the second level.
“Well, I think if we’re looking at one position, it is gonna be linebacker,” head coach Ron Rivera reiterated during rookie minicamp earlier this month.
That’s a relative no-brainer — and has been since the season ended. Whether Cole Holcomb plays the Mike linebacker spot, he is the lone proven starter.
Even though used three linebackers infrequently — defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio deployed five or more defensive backs on 74.5 percent of Washington’s snaps last season — there is no apparent third starter in base 4-3 looks. Depth is lacking should injuries strike, or if Davis needs more time in the lab in his second season.
The Commanders are also checking in with available defensive tackles even after drafting Phidarian Mathis in the second round. Washington’s depth shrunk after losing Matt Ioannidis and Tim Settle this offseason.
Tacking on a cornerback would be useful, considering the inexperienced options behind starters William Jackson III and Kendall Fuller. There’s a similar story at safety behind starters McCain and Kamren Curl. Fourth-round rookie Percy Butler is arguably the lead candidate for the 11th defender role, otherwise known as the “Buffalo” nickel/not a linebacker. Darrick Forrest, a 2021 fifth-round pick, arrived with special teams credentials and played only 26 defensive snaps in eight games. Jeremy Reaves annually lands on the Week 1 cut line.
Although Washington is keeping tabs on offensive players, that side is arguably set in terms of those competing for spots on the 53-man roster. The Commanders did put a waiver claim on ex-Giants guard Wes Martin this week, according to sources. Washington lost out on regaining its 2019 fourth-round selection to the Jaguars, who had a higher spot in the waiver order.
Want another veteran tight end, with Logan Thomas recovering from his December ACL tear? Think the offensive line could use another big body for camp? Sure, go nuts, but there is no apparent issue.
Whom could they target?
Again, a quasi-starter or high-rotation linebacker would seem logical. However, Washington went the thrifty route for external free agents this year, and that approach may not be changing in what’s now a buyers’ market.
One source familiar with the situation believes the Commanders’ preference is to sign a free agent to the “Veteran Salary Benefit.” That’s a provision in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that allows teams to offer any player with at least four credited seasons a one-year contract for the minimum salary plus $152,000 in additional compensation while taking a reduced salary cap hit.
This might fall under the category of creative accounting, but only if one of the established veterans bites. Otherwise, Washington is looking at strictly depth options. Maybe it is. Here is the rest of Rivera’s answer from earlier this month:
“We’re very pleased with the number of guys we have here, but we don’t have another veteran-type guy once we get past Khaleke (Hudson). … We’d like to get a few more guys to be a bit deeper there.”
In this context, Rivera’s mention of the seldom-used Hudson suggests an addition would be for a deep reserve. Fine, but it’s not like Hudson or middle linebacker David Mayo were involved in 2021 before the late-season COVID-19 outbreak. Hudson, a 2020 fifth-round pick and a “Buffalo” nickel option stylistically, received only 23 defensive snaps in 12 games last season.
Joe Schobert, A.J. Klein, three-time Super Bowl champion Dont’a Hightower, K.J. Wright, Anthony Hitchens, Alexander Johnson and Jon Bostic are known commodities available.
Schobert, 28, recorded at least 100 tackles in five consecutive seasons with the Browns, Jaguars and Steelers. Klein played for Rivera in Carolina from 2013 to 2016. Hightower and Wright would bring respected resumes but are on the back nine of their careers.
Hitchens started 59 games for the Chiefs since 2018. Pro Football Focus rated Johnson ninth among linebackers last season, but he struggles covering in space. Bostic started 19 games with Washington the past two seasons. The respected locker room voice played at a stopgap level before suffering a season-ending pectoral injury in Week 4 last year.
Washington went from Rivera citing the need for a Mike linebacker upgrade when the season ended to touting Holcomb as the solution and not aggressively seeking additional help. It’s worth noting that the Commanders took on Wentz’s $28.3 million salary in between those comments.
“Obviously, we had to reassess and reevaluate and kind of put a new plan together as to what we can and can’t do, especially with free agency,” Rivera said ahead of the draft, regarding the effect of Wentz’s salary. “So it did have an impact on us, and it did change our point of view on some things, obviously, because of the cap.”
The “Buffalo” nickel role is a linebacker/safety hybrid primarily filled by Landon Collins by last season that lacks a definitive replacement though Butler is expected to compete for the job. Released by Washington in March with a post-June 1 designation, Collins remains a free agent. Talk of him returning seems dubious unless he’s willing to take a massive pay cut.
Along the defensive line, Washington previously showed interest in former Panthers and Bills tackle Star Lotulelei. Cornerback Darryl Roberts, a three-game starter last season for Washington, is a free agent.
Any progress on Terry McLaurin’s contract talks?
The extension-eligible receiver participated in the early stages of Washington’s offseason program despite any progress toward a new deal. However, without that new deal, McLaurin is not expected to join his teammates on the field for the voluntary offseason workouts, a source close to the situation told The Athletic in April.
There are no indications of any change to that approach one week before those on-field workouts commence. One difference since then is that another extension-eligible receiver from the 2019 draft class, A.J. Brown, was traded to Philadelphia and signed a four-year, $100 million contract that starts in 2023. That includes a reported $40 million guaranteed at signing and $57.22 million in total guarantees for a bigger, younger and more injury-prone receiver to date than McLaurin.
The wild WR offseason included Tyreek Hill resetting the market with a deal effectively worth $25 million annually for three years. McLaurin’s production doesn’t match Hill’s, but he also serves as a team leader and two-time captain for a Washington organization beset by fan apathy and negative headlines involving ownership.
The Commanders retain leverage with the franchise tag; Over the Cap projects it will cost $20.1 million for wide receivers in 2023. A second tag would ensure the player a 120 percent salary increase. This year-to-year approach could be the desired tactic from owner Dan Snyder, who bought out the remaining 40.5 percent of the franchise owned by his minority partners last year.
Will this become a distraction?
That’s doubtful with McLaurin, whose thoughtful demeanor is in stark contrast to the diva vibes that often come with others at his position. Another prominent player is entering the final year of his contract: defensive tackle Daron Payne.
Last month, The Athletic reported that Washington is not expected to extend the 2018 first-round pick. The Commanders let teams know that Payne is available for trade, though he remains a key figure for a team seeking its first winning record since Rivera’s arrival in 2020. His availability is not a reflection on the performance of the interior lineman, who established new career-highs in tackles (61) and QB hits (15) last season. Instead, it’s an acknowledgment of the team’s future salary-cap concerns.
Playing out the fifth and final year of his rookie deal would allow the four-year starter to test free agency. The Commanders could receive a third- or fourth-round compensatory draft pick if Payne leaves, depending on his next deal and any moves Washington makes in free agency next offseason.
Payne, part of a sideline skirmish with fellow defensive tackle Jonathan Allen during a December blowout loss at Dallas, has not spoken with reporters about his contract since immediately after the season.
“I love this place. I’d love to get a contract done,” he said at the time. “Only the future could tell.”
Are we overlooking the importance of Jamin Davis?
Probably. Not only is there no obvious linebacker ready for starter reps if the 2021 first-round pick isn’t, but don’t forget about Davis’ athletic potential. Washington has obvious talent on the defensive line and a solid starting quartet in the secondary. The playmaking hole is at linebacker, but that changes if Davis finds a comfort level where he can let his instincts and physical tools take the wheel.
Rivera expressed optimism about the offseason development of Davis, which is better than the alternative, because Washington’s 2021 first-round selection was not ready for prime time as a rookie.
“Based on what I’ve seen as far as the way he’s practiced during the OTA periods, he’s looking good, he’s moving fast,” Rivera said of Davis. We’re doing a lot of walk-through stuff right now, a lot of formation recognition and adjustment, and listening to him communicate and talk out there has been good.
“Again, right now, all we’re really looking for is that we’re going in the right direction, and that’s probably been one of the biggest pluses right now.”
Wait, did we forget the Carson Wentz section?
We need to pace ourselves with discussing the new quarterback joining his third team in three seasons. Expect numerous Wentz-centric stories in the months ahead. As for the offseason program specifically, one source said to keep tabs on how quickly the 2017 NFL MVP candidate gets the ball to receivers on the outside.
Rivera said post-draft that there is no competition for the starting or No. 2 quarterback spots. We’ll track the reps and progress for Wentz, Taylor Heinicke and fifth-round pick Sam Howell regardless.
Who takes first-team defensive end reps with Chase Young rehabbing?
The typical questions about Young entering his third season are: 1) When will he be cleared to practice after suffering a torn ACL last November? And 2) How will he bounce back after a disappointing campaign when on the field? Then there is the one about who steps in while the 2020 Defensive Rookie of the Year recovers.
Young offered hope of a Week 1 return during a recent interview with USA Today (“I believe so,” he said). He would miss at least the voluntary portion of the offseason and next month’s mandatory minicamp, if not parts of training camp. Practices go on without him, which means someone lines up opposite Montez Sweat and takes the inside track to become the primary edge rusher off the bench.
James Smith-Williams handled those duties last season. Free-agent signee Efe Obada had nine sacks over the past two seasons, although he often kicked inside on passing downs with the Bills and Panthers. Casey Toohill, Shaka Toney, William Bradley-King and Bunmi Rotimi are the other active candidates on the roster.
What are the other depth chart situations to watch?
We already mentioned several scenarios on the defensive side, so let’s look at the offense and special teams.
Washington drafted running back Brian Robinson in the third round despite having Antonio Gibson, J.D. McKissic and Jaret Patterson. Perhaps there will be early indications of whether this will turn into a full-blown committee, or if Gibson will maintain alpha status while Robinson and McKissic provide inside and outside talents.
Guards Andrew Norvell and Trai Turner arrive with significant starting experience, but Wes Schweitzer remains a viable candidate to start. Saahdiq Charles is a potential long shot unless he moves to tackle. Washington will also be without starting center Chase Roullier (broken fibula) initially and sans a straightforward replacement.
Tight end John Bates is the starter while Logan Thomas (ACL) is sidelined, but fifth-round pick Cole Turner could establish himself as a viable pass-catching threat.
Then we have the receivers beyond McLaurin, whose expected absence creates practice reps for others. First-round pick Jahan Dotson will make his OTA debut, while Curtis Samuel, in theory, joins his teammates after an injury-ravaged 2021 season. Cam Sims offers needed size, 2021 third-round selection Dyami Brown looms and Dax Milne could receive reps in the slot. But those first three are the obvious starters.
Kicker Joey Slye is the projected starter, but Brian Johnson remains. Alex Erickson and Milne are among the apparent candidates to replace returner DeAndre Carter.
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, as the song has it—and now let us meet the new dictators and see whether they are the same as the old. Are the authoritarians who grace, or disgrace, our world, from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Vladimir Putin, more like or unlike their twentieth-century predecessors? This is not an academic question—well, actually, it is an academic question, but a good kind of academic question. Its answer has consequences for our actions.
If the run of dictators is approximately the same as it has always been, we might conclude that our strongman problem is not traceable to a specific ailment but to a constant, bellows-like oscillation of societies that move toward openness and then close down. In one standard account, the successes of a liberal society—taking in alien influences, expanding individual rights, and profiting from pluralism—spur a backlash among a threatened segment of the population (usually an odd coalition of underclass and overlord), who yearn for some phantasmal, völkisch, organic community. A tyrant rises to fulfill that need.
Another account says that, in times of violent social change, the most militant of factions tend to triumph, and then the leader of the faction becomes the dictator of the land. Something like this happened twice during the French Revolution, first with the rise of the Jacobins and then with Napoleon’s coup d’état; the same pattern occurred with the Communist revolutions in Russia and in China. Though it most often makes a left turn, the process can turn right, as with Franco, in Spain. In either case, a period of turbulence is followed by a period of terror.
But it’s also possible that dictators represent an ever-changing category, shaped by local specifics. In the twenty-first century, the story would be that, say, globalization produces inequality (or that immigration produces panic), and that the resulting anxiety intersects with the siloing of social media. This account has continuities with the old ones, but insists that the particulars of a moment matter, and create authoritarian leaders of a specific mold. We find ourselves using the same names—dictator, tyranny, fascism—to designate very different people and processes.
Whichever position you adopt comes with optimistic and pessimistic takeaways. If you conclude that the situation was ever thus, you will believe that it will likely be righted at last, but also that the cycle will never end. If you believe that this time is different, you can search for a durable fix—a more equitable economy, a gentler form of globalization, the tempered restoration of national identity—while knowing that the fix may not fix it. The unexciting truth is probably that authoritarians are a permanent feature of human existence, and that an array of circumstances allows them to flourish. Cancers all have a family resemblance, and each has a specific pathology. Although we refer to them by the same name, some are caused by cigarettes and some by UV radiation and many have no traceable cause at all.
But which pathology is which, and how do you tell them apart? Two new books, each with virtues of its own, take on the question. Moisés Naím’s “The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century” (St. Martin’s) is a foreign-policy maven’s account of how recent demagogues have come to power and used the tools of our time—social media, television, the society of spectacle—to promote one-man rule and the suppression of dissent. Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman’s “Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century” (Princeton) offers a social-scientific perspective on the mechanics of the new autocrats and their common world view. And these two books follow a marching band of others. Narendra Modi plays a limited role in both, but is studied in K. S. Komireddi’s “Malevolent Republic,” while Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen” is a cross-historical study, with a focus on gender politics: tyranny and masculinity are tightly allied.
The special virtue of Naím’s book lies in the mordant detailing of its profiles, particularly those of certain second-tier autocrats—less famous than Putin and Erdoğan, but exemplary of the rise of what he calls “3P” (populist, polarizing, and post-truth) politicians. All of them follow a similar, and, to Americans, depressingly familiar route: after improbable success as loudmouth entertainers, not taken seriously by the political establishment, they attract a passionate minority and then suddenly, often by oddities of the electoral system or the management of parliaments, they’re in power. Their apparent clownishness disguises their potency. Take Italy’s Beppe Grillo, please. Naím writes, of one of his rallies, “Stalking his audience with his manic, rapid-fire delivery, Grillo drips scorn on Italy’s political elite, on the West’s mania for overconsumption, on consumer rip-offs, on the haplessness of the political left and the corruption of the right, ranting and raving as he grabs random audience members by the lapels.” Grillo was unable to come directly to power, owing to a party rule against nominating anyone with a criminal conviction. (He was found guilty of vehicular homicide in the eighties.) Grillo’s followers, his Grillini, “adhere to a confusing mismatch of an ideology—part radical environmentalism, part nativism, part heterodox economics, part anti-vaxxer hysteria.” His Five Star Movement, vaguely on the left, formed a coalition with a far-right party, the League, whose leader, Matteo Salvini, outsmarted Grillo and came into his own as another sort of populist role-player, the tough guy, the pseudo-gangster boss, promising to deport half a million immigrants and, well, make Italy great again.
Naím was once, in a happier day, the finance minister of Venezuela, and Hugo Chávez, who took a troubled but essentially prosperous country with a long democratic tradition and turned it into an international basket case, comes in for close study. Naím says that Chávez is wrongly seen as a Castro throwback. He is, in fact, a Berlusconi sideways toss: “From the Italian tycoon-cum-politician, Chávez had grasped that ideology matters less than celebrity status, and that with television you can create a world where style is substance.” Using his TV show, “Aló Presidente,” he modelled himself on Oprah Winfrey, listening empathetically to the difficulties of the people in his audience and pledging change. “He’d fulminate against the rising price of chicken and then hug a woman teary-eyed over her trouble finding the money for school supplies for her children,” Naím recounts. Chávez, of course, had no idea how to make school supplies or chicken cheaper. His was a retinue of fans, not followers, and they could be contented with theatrical gestures. Chávez once walked down the streets of Caracas, pointing at successful businesses and crying out, “Expropriate that!” As economic policy, this worked no better than one might think. Still, as with Evita Perón, not even catastrophic failures (a country that had been one of the world’s largest producers of oil ended up with gas shortages) could shake his fans’ faith. Naím reports that, after Chávez’s death, from cancer, in 2013, his devotees incorporated him into the Santería pantheon of gods. | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/how-to-build-a-twenty-first-century-tyrant-the-revenge-of-power-spin-dictators | 2022-05-16T11:59:01Z | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/how-to-build-a-twenty-first-century-tyrant-the-revenge-of-power-spin-dictators | true | 1 |
‘Nobody will tolerate 63L people being rendered homeless’: Kejriwal slams BJP on demolition drive
Claiming that the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Delhi will render 63 lakh people homeless, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said it will be the biggest destruction in Independent India, and accused the BJP of misusing power. Kejriwal said his party does not favour encroachments but it is opposing the BJP-ruled civic bodies drive because of its scale and the way it is being conducted.
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Claiming that the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Delhi will render 63 lakh people homeless, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said it will be the ''biggest destruction'' in Independent India, and accused the BJP of “misusing'' power. He also questioned the moral, constitutional and legal authority of the BJP-ruled civic bodies to launch such a large-scale drive at the fag end of their terms. ''Delhi has not developed as a planned city. More than 80 per cent of Delhi can be called illegal and encroached upon. Does that mean you will destroy 80 per cent of Delhi?'' he asked. In a virtual address after holding a meeting with AAP MLAs on the issue, he demanded the deferred municipal corporation polls be held now to elect new civic bodies that can take a decision on the matter. ''You will make 63 lakh people homeless and spoil their daily lives by bulldozing their houses and shops. It will be the biggest destruction in independent India. Nobody is going to tolerate it,'' the AAP national convener said, attacking the BJP. ''Now when just two days are left before your (BJP-ruled civic bodies) term ends, do you have any moral, legal and constitutional power to take such a big decision? Conduct the elections. Let the new MCD (civic bodies) take decisions after the elections,'' he added. Exuding confidence in his party winning the polls, Kejriwal promised the AAP will solve the problem of illegal construction and encroachments in Delhi after coming at helm of affairs in the city's municipal corporations and make Delhi ''better and beautiful''. If voted to power, he said, the AAP will regularise unauthorised colonies and give people living there ownership rights of their houses and ''a life of dignity'' to those settled in jhuggis (slums) by building houses for them. ''Those who have done some alterations that affect people or have captured roads that obstruct people's movement will be given a chance and asked to remove (the unauthorised structures). Many people will do it. We have done this many times,'' he added. Kejriwal accused the BJP of indulging in ''hooliganism'' and ''misusing'' power, and asserted his party will continue to oppose the anti-encroachment drive. ''I held a meeting (with the AAP MLAs) and I have told them that you have to stand by people. Do not be afraid even if you have to go to the jail,'' he said. Kejriwal said his party does not favour encroachments but it is opposing the BJP-ruled civic bodies' drive because of its scale and the way it is being conducted. ''Their plan is to demolish all unauthorised colonies where nearly 50 lakh people live. Their plan is to demolish all the Jhuggis where about 10 lakh people live. Besides, they have prepared a list of three lakh property owners who are said to have got constructions done by deviating from the map approved,'' he said. He said the way Delhi has developed and expanded over the last 75 years, more than 80 per cent of the city's structures would fall under the category of unauthorised construction and encroachments. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party wants Delhi to look beautiful, but razing homes and shops of ''63 lakh people'' will not be tolerated. ''For the last 15 year, the BJP has been ruling the MCDs. What have they done so far? They let more and more encroachments happen, illegal construction done by allegedly taking bribes,'' he charged. ''They are now reaching colonies with bulldozers and razing shop and houses. Even if people show them papers to prove that the structure is not illegal, they do not check them…This goondagardi (hooliganism), misuse of power is not right,'' Kejriwal added.
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Message for Spencer Gul football world about zero-tolerance to domestic violence
Special White Ribbon Round matches were hosted by anti-violence advocates and the Spencer Gulf League at Port Augusta and Port Pirie on Saturday.
At Port Augusta's Chinnery Park Oval, Central Augusta defeated West Augusta to win bragging rights to their local White Ribbon Cup.
The trophy was presented by former policeman and domestic violence action group member Greg Clemow to captain Jack Muirhead and vice-captain Mark Fuller.
Many spectators turned out to watch the presentation of Port Pirie's White Ribbon Cup after the Grand Final football rematch at Memorial Oval in Port Pirie on Saturday.
The clash was organised with a White Ribbon match ball, White Ribbon front-page on the football budget and themed displays on the scoreboard to promote zero-tolerance to domestic violence.
The league worked with the Port Pirie Domestic Violence Action Group and police to stage the event to share the anti-violence message with footballers, spectators and club officials.
In the match, Lions had a convincing win against Solomontown who only looked good in patches and were no match for the overall strength of Prop-Risdon.
Lions co-captains Tyler Eckert and Shaun Edwards accepted the cup from domestic violence action group representative Greg Mayfield who said the match had been a "contest with a conscience" for the many victims of domestic violence around Australia.
He said one woman died in Australia as a result of domestic violence every week.
Acting regional police chief Inspector Mark Collice told the crowd that domestic violence could only be reduced with community support.
Inspector Collice tossed the coin to begin the match.
Players from both teams took to the field wearing white armbands to symbolise White Ribbon.
Later, Inspector Collice and Mr Mayfield accepted the White Ribbon ball from league president Les Promnitz as a memento of the occasion.
The trophy will be displayed at the police station.
Co-captain Shaun Edwards thanked the organisers, the league and the opposing team for their involvement.
Mr Promnitz said the White Ribbon cause was certainly worthwhile and the clubs and players were starting to embrace it.
"People are more aware of it now than ever before. I was surprised at the number of people who stayed after the match to watch the presentation," he said.
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“Ear Up Incubation” Fostering New Hong Kong Music
13 New Voices of Hong Kong that Must Be Heard
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 May 2022 – Now in its fifth year, the “Ear Up Incubation” music mentorship programme reached another milestone for the local music industry when 14 Hong Kong based groups were chosen as finalists in the long-awaited Ear Up Music Festival in April 2022.
Along with local rock band, Kolor and independent singer-song writer, Kendy Suen, the 13 rising musicians among the finalists delivered their best to the live indie music lovers.
Covering a variety of music genres, the groups took five major awards including the “Ear Up Grand Prize“, the “Ear Up Creativity Award“, the “Ear Up Performance Award“, the “Ear Up Audience Award” and the new “Ear Up Branding Award”.
13 groups rocked the stage
Despite the continuous challenges created by the COVID-19 situation, a year-long training programme concluded with the 13 groups among the 14 finalists displaying their talents at the Festival which was held in the Macpherson Stadium.
Female dominance evoked haunting charms
The power of the female voice could not be overlooked in this year’s “Ear Up Incubation” programme. In a diverse range of music, the female voice opened up new possibilities. Combining heavy metal and electronic elements with Cantonese songs, FIESTER delivered a colourful style of music to music lovers. DAWN saw music creation as a vast and unknown sound adventure, taking into account the song’s composition, and bringing an alternative colour side to Cantonese songs. CHOR sang in a psychedelic atmosphere, leading the audience into the music and into another place where they could feel the message and be genuinely moved. Growing up in music, Yuki Lovey used piano elements from everyday sounds such as metal parts, glue, wood, water and typing to explore themes like personal growth, suffering, and the relationships between people to deliver healing effects to busy urbanites.
Unique styles from new bands
Indie band sounds are the soul of Ear Up Music and fans enjoyed alternative rock, electronic, metal, fusion, jazz-pop, neo-soul, R&B, rap and dream-pop in Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese songs.
Uchu Yurei brought progressive rock, jazz-fusion, Japanese film soundtracks, and classical music into their musical universe. Project “Narratist” told stories using notes and rhythms that blended jazz, rock, and classical music to create a pleasant and profound sound journey for the audience, while RAM provided the audience with an alternative rap rock music experience. The Kowloon K wrote songs with improvisational elements of the instrument and were constantly experimenting with new possibilities by combining city-pop and jazz-pop. Inspired by jazz-pop, soul and funk punk, Nervous System surprised the audience with its diversity of music. With dream-pop and shoegaze as their main music backbone, Tofu Kingdom provided fans with another musical experience through their indie-pop style paired with fantastic and exciting music videos.
Wandering between the electronic music of hip hop, electro, trip and house, the duo BEAT FRIDAY showcased unique music and visual in their performance. While Bedroom Party created rhythmic and dreamy music using the computer’s digital music workstation software in their bedrooms.
The ‘big chaos’ music style of Higgo Raj blends R&B, EDM, disco, hip hop, and more in a rhythmic musical journey. While Lester Lam incorporates pop music, R&B and indie into his singing and writing.
The Award Winners
Uchu Yurei, a progressive and instrumental band, offered an impressive music performance and won the “Ear Up Grand Prize“. The city pop representative Kowloon K got the “Ear Up Audience Award” and was the online live viewers’ the clear favourite. Higgo Raj was the winner of the “Ear Up Performance Award” who showed his music passion with his talented band. “Ear Up Creativity Award” went to BEAT FRIDAY, who demonstrated an innovative combination of music and visual content. Lester Lam, the singer-songwriter, was the winner of the new “Ear Up Branding Award“.
From Music to Moving Images
This year, Ear Up Music has created a limited edition of the vintage cassette Mixtape album, EUM001: ups and downs, with 12 selected songs from the finalists.
Five newly created music videos with the latest XR techniques demonstrated the originality of the new generation. Besides, Director Eric Tsang has been invited to create a mini drama with the inspiration of music by the finalists.
Fostering new Hong Kong music: Ear Up +
Ear Up Music is a music label that was tasked by the Renaissance Foundation Hong Kong to develop a sustainable and diverse music ecology in the city and nurture rising young music stars. Sponsored since 2016 by Create Hong Kong (a Government unit that aims to develop Hong Kong into a regional creative capital),the label created the “Ear Up Incubation” programme to spotlight new music in Hong Kong and in neighbouring regions and beyond.
Apart from dedicated small group mentorship sessions, the programme also includes a series of performance workshops and international forums for young musicians to enhance their live performance skills, understand the latest industry trends and discover potential collaboration opportunities. Live house showcases and school showcases are also arranged for incubatees to gain performance experience and build up a fanbase. All the incubatees are selected through an open recruitment and audition process organised by Ear Up Music.
This year, “Ear Up Music” has evolved again – the “Ear Up Music Incubation Programme 2022/23: Ear Up +” has been released. “Ear Up +” is openly recruiting 18 original music groups with market potential. The selected candidates will receive training and production and market development subsidies of up to HK$450,000. The programme will also hold a music festival for them to introduce the rising voices of Hong Kong to the public.
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About Ear Up Music
Ear Up Music is a music label that spotlights new music of Hong Kong to its neighbouring regions and beyond. The label, established by Renaissance Foundation Hong Kong in 2016, runs numerous projects from talent development to showcase events that connect with global music networks. These projects include Ear Up Incubation, Ear Up Global, Ear Up Tour and Ear Up Gig On.
In 2018, we founded Ear Hub to curate the latest developments in the Hong Kong, Asian and International music, media, production and interactive industry. Ear Hub is an international music conference and festival that offers an audiovisual feast as well as a cordial environment to initiate cross-border collaborations for music lovers and professionals.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots in midterm elections.
Trump made bold endorsements in backing celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvaniaand U.S. Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina. The once little-known Budd is now in a strong position to win the Republican nomination, but Oz is locked in a tight primary against a former hedge fund CEO and a community activist. The primaries follow a resounding win in Ohio’s May 3 contest by Trump’s Senate candidate, JD Vance.
On the Democratic side, Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman revealed Sunday that he had suffered a strokebut was on his way to a “full recovery.”
Pennsylvania, Oregon and Idaho are holding primaries for governor on Tuesday. In Idaho, Republican Brad Little is fighting back a challenge from his lieutenant governor, a Trump-backed conservative who issued executive orders banning mask mandates during the height of the pandemic when Little was out of state on business.
In Congress, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn is trying to survive a Republican primary in North Carolina after a turbulent first term in office.
What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon:
PENNSYLVANIA
The race for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat has been dominated by a huge primary field that has been particularly contested on the GOP side.
But on Sunday, the focus was on the Democrats as Fetterman announced he was recovering from a stroke. The 52-year-old said he went to the hospital on Friday after not feeling well and would remain for a while for observation. He vowed to press forward despite the health setback, saying, “Our campaign isn’t slowing down one bit, and we are still on track to win this primary on Tuesday.”
Fetterman has led in polls and fundraising in a four-person field that includes U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta.
For Republicans, the race looked for much of the campaign like a two-man contest between the Trump-endorsed Oz, best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show, and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
But several prominent conservative groups have gotten involved in the race’s final days, backing lesser-known conservative activist Kathy Barnette as an alternative. A recent Fox News poll shows she is surging, just trailing Oz and McCormick.
In the governor’s race, some Republicans are wringing their hands over the prospect that a far-right candidate, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, could emerge as the winner in the crowded field. They fear Mastriano, who has promoted Trump’s lies of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election, is unelectable in November and likely to squander an opportunityto replace Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who is prevented by term limit laws from running again.
On the Democratic side, the state’s two-term attorney general, Josh Shapiro,is unchallenged in his gubernatorial bid.
NORTH CAROLINA
Trump is trying to sway races for U.S. Senate and House in a state he won twice, but narrowly.
Trump endorsed Budd for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Richard Burr, surprising many at last year’s state GOP convention. Budd’s top competitors in the 11-way primary are former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, who had actively sought Trump’s support, and former Gov. Pat McCrory, who is considered a moderate in the race but is best known nationally for signing a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people in 2016 that cost the state billions.
On the Democratic side, Cheri Beasley, the former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has appeared to clear her 11-person field of significant rivals. She would be North Carolina’s first Black U.S. senator if she wins in November.
In congressional races, Trump’s endorsement of Cawthorn in the 11th District didn’t stop establishment figures from opposing the 26-year-old first-term congressman.
Unforced political and personal errors by Cawthorn — a speaker at the “Stop the Steal” rally before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — have made him vulnerable in an eight-candidate GOP primary. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has endorsed state legislator Chuck Edwards in the race.
In two Democratic-leaning districts, Democrats are holding robust primaries for the nominations to succeed the retiring Rep. David Price in the 4th District and Rep. G.K. Butterfield in the 1st District. Former “American Idol” star Clay Aiken is among the Democratic candidates running for Price’s seat.
In the open 13th District, considered a toss-up in November, the Republican field includes Bo Hines, a former college football player endorsed by Trump.
Tuesday’s primary may not be the final word for would-be nominees: First-place candidates must get more than 30% of the vote to avoid a July 26 runoff.
KENTUCKY
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, the chair of the House Budget Committee and the only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation, is retiring, opening up his seat for the first time in 16 years.
On the Democratic side, state Sen. Morgan McGarvey and state Rep. Attica Scott are playing up their progressive credentials in the Louisville-area 3rd District. Despite their underdog status, several Republicans are also running for the seat, which Yarmuth won in 2006 by ousting a veteran GOP congresswoman.
The Louisville mayor’s race is also getting outsize interest this year after someone fired on one of the candidates while he was in his campaign office. Democrat Craig Greenberg escaped with a bullet hole in his sweater in the Feb. 14 shooting, and a local social justice activist was charged with attempted murder.
Greenberg is one of eight candidates running in the Democratic primary. A Republican hasn’t held the mayor’s office in Kentucky’s largest city in several decades.
OREGON
In liberal Oregon, the primary for governor is shaping up as a test between the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party at a time of widespread frustration in the state over the COVID-19 pandemic, the homeless crisis, a lack of affordable housing and growing gun violence.
The two leading Democratic candidates are Tina Kotek, a staunch liberal and former speaker of the state House, versus Tobias Read, the state treasurer who has positioned himself as a moderate.
In the Democratic-leaning 5th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader — a moderate endorsed by President Joe Biden — is trying to fight off a primary challenge from progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
The state’s new 6th District has drawn national buzz as one of the most expensive Democratic congressional primaries this year. It has attracted 16 candidates, including Democratic newcomer Carrick Flynn, who is backed by a cryptocurrency kingpin.
In the Democratic-leaning 4th District, eight Democrats are vying for the nomination to replaceU.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, who is retiring after 35 years in office.
IDAHO
Little, the Republican governor, is trying to survive a primary challenge from his lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin, a far-right conservative who has been backed by Trump.
The relationship between Little and McGeachin has been fraught. On two occasions when Little went out of state last year, McGeachin claimed to be in charge and issued executive orders to block COVID-19 mandates. Little, who had never tried to implement any pandemic-related mandates, rescinded both orders when he returned.
In February, McGeachin delivered a taped speech at a white nationalist gatheringin Florida. She later said that she was taking an opportunity to speak about Trump’s “America First” agenda and that the “media wants us to play a guilt-by-association game.”
The establishment and far-right factions of the Republican Party are also vying for control in other races in the state.
In the attorney general’s race, five-term incumbent Lawrence Wasden is facing a primary challenge from former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, a tea party favorite. In the secretary of state’s race, establishment-backed Phil McGrane is going up against state Sen. Mary Souza and far-right state Rep. Dorothy Moon, both of whom have spread the lie that Trump won the 2020 election.
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Robertson reported from Raleigh, N.C. Associated Press writers Sara Cline in Portland, Ore.; Keith Ridler in Boise, Idaho; and Bruce Schreiner in Frankfort, Ky., contributed to this report.
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Exisiting pupils at Westbourne House School will be giving tours of their school once again on the upcoming open morning on Saturday, May 21.
It is the first time since September, 2019 that pupils have had the opportunity to lead tours and step up to the responsibility of showing parents around the school, having been unable to do so due to the pandemic restrictions.
The school said the pupil-led tours give parents considering the school the chance to hear about school life from the children themselves as well as giving an insight into the children’s experience and all the varied opportunities on offer.
On the open morning, younger children at school will also taking part in activities such as kayaking, cricket, art, food tech and science.
Tobias and Max, both in Year 8, said: “We had hoped to show parents around at the open morning in October but there were lots of covid cases in the local area and we were disappointed that the school had to make the decision not to mix pupils and visitors.”
Max added: “I remember doing a tour when I was in year 6 and am really excited to have the opportunity to do it again.”
To find out more about the open morning please visit www.westbournehouse.org
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Perhaps you're into a perfectly preserved midcentury modern home with a sparkling swimming pool in the Palm Springs desert. Or you're fascinated by a sprawling McMansion with cathedral ceilings and a front door you could drive a truck through. Or maybe, let's just pretend, you actually like a vintage 1970s bedroom with a mirrored ceiling and a gold shag carpet.
Whatever you love in a house, there's a huge world for you beyond endless episodes of House Hunters and housing sites like Zillow and Trulia. There's also a dedicated online community passionate about real estate, architecture or both who spend hours finding the most bizarre, incredible and horrifying homes in America and delivering them to their thousands of followers.
Some, like the social media accounts Zillow Gone Wild and Cheapo Crappy Architecture are mostly about domestic window shopping, while others, like the blog McMansion Hell, take a deeper and more purposeful tone. But no matter their mission, they rank alongside adorable animal content as an enjoyable corner of an internet dominated by distressing headlines and Twitter-borne sniping.
For Kate Wagner, a writer and architecture critic who created McMansion Hell in 2016, the desire to see inside a stranger's home comes from both interest and envy. "I think people like to look at real estate listings out of one a sense of voyeurism to see how other people live," she says. "There's also this desire for something that for many people is unattainable. To get angry at the people who truly have and will always have, I think drives McMansion Hell, even if there's lots of other elements to it."
Wagner couldn't have started McMansion Hell at a better time. Though the US real estate market was booming long before COVID-19, the pandemic's onset pushed it through the stratosphere as buyers took advantage of shuttered offices to relocate. Nationwide home sales in July jumped 23% over the same month in 2020, according to real estate brokerage Redfin, sparking bidding wars and pushing prices out of reach for many. But even rising mortgage rates can't dent interest in the online sport of viewing and judging houses. McMansion Hell and Zillow Gone Wild approach this pastime from different sides, but both encourage their fans to do the same thing. Go ahead, gawk at the exterior and virtually walk through the rooms and absolutely critique a stranger's taste.
Samir Mezrahi says he started Zillow Gone Wild in December 2020, at the height of the buying frenzy, after realizing he couldn't be the only person browsing Zillow listings when he was bored. Now with almost 180,000 Twitter followers, he admits he got lucky with the timing.
"The account really tapped into the casual person who looks at real estate whether they're looking to move or not," he says. "Peeking into people's homes and people's places, I think there's something interesting and entertaining about it."
What makes a McMansion
There's certainly no shortage of entertainment on McMansion Hell, which Wagner dedicates to skewering the most garish structures of suburbia. Though there's no textbook definition of a McMansion, Wagner listed the hallmarks of these houses "everyone loves to hate" both on her blog and in a 2017 TedTalk. Picture an oversized (typically more than 3,000 square feet) multilevel home designed in a mishmash of styles (maybe a Tudor-style roof over a Colonial porch) and with a complete disregard for such basic architectural principles as balance or rhythm. Superficial features like decorative columns, an overly-elaborate entry and a randomly placed turret are meant to show the occupant's wealth, but they can't hide the home's shoddy and mass-produced construction.
"All of these things are combined together to form this thing that's really easy to dislike," she told the Washington Post in a 2017 interview. "Because it's pretentious."
Wagner started following McMansions while growing up in North Carolina during the latter half of the McMansion building period, which she says lasted from about 1980 through the Great Recession. She combined her lifelong interest in architecture with serious thought about what the monstrous and often tacky homes represented.
"If it was only that I hated them, I probably wouldn't be [writing the blog]," she says. "But I think they're fascinating … I've always been interested in the McMansion and how it's changed over the years in aesthetics, interior design and what people saw as desirable in a single family home."
The blog really took off after an essay she wrote on what makes a home a McMansion went viral. Tumblr's image-driven format was a natural first place for McMansion Hell in an era before Substack, and the platform still brings the majority of her readers. She now counts 100,000 Tumblr followers while also publishing to Facebook and Instagram and garners support for her work through Patreon.
Cates Holderness, the head of editorial at Tumblr, confirmed McMansion Hell is one of the site's more popular blogs. "[Tumbr] tends to be a very highly visual platform, and I think with McMansion house specifically, Kate does a really great job of utilizing the tools it offers," she says. "The photos are always high quality and her writing style has a ton of personality. That's why it resonates with her followers and why the blog is so big."
Punditry with a purpose
Wherever you read it, the blog is instantly engaging. Using photos plucked from real estate listings (the Chicago suburbs and Texas are fertile McMansion grounds), Wagner adds comments about the home's exterior features and interior design. Hardly anything, from fake stucco walls to grandiose staircases and a gilded Putin-sized dining room table, escapes Wagner's careful eye and sharp wit. Though always snarky, her commentary is never outright nasty, and it all comes grounded in good intentions.
"McMansion Hell is about explaining why these houses are terrible," she says. "It's not just that they are terrible, because they are, but being able to point to why, I think, is very important. That element of pointing out what does and doesn't work was always there."
Wagner, who writes all of the commentary herself, has even developed her own lingo to describe McMansions. A lawyer foyer is a massive entryway often with a drooping chandelier. A car hole is the door on a (typically three-car) garage. A cocaine enjoyment chamber is a 1980s-era bathroom with mirrored walls. And if she can't explain something, like a window that doesn't appear to have a room behind it, she'll simply ask, "What's this?"
She says she's never heard from owners of the homes she's featured, though she occasionally hears from real estate agents who've admitted the properties are difficult to sell. Instead, readers who grew up in McMansions are more likely to get in touch. Beyond finding the blog funny, they identify with the subtle commentary of alienation and rampant consumerism that underlines every post.
"A lot of the jokes about suburban isolation actually track," she says. "It's all very familiar while using extraordinary houses and bringing them into sort of a broader critique of just the way that we live, especially in America. It's a critique of wealth and a critique of excess."
But Wagner hasn't always won fans. In 2017, Zillow demanded she stop using the site's photos while accusing her of copyright infringement and violating federal anti-hacking laws. Though Wagner took down the blog for a couple of days, Zillow dropped legal action after the Electronic Frontier Foundation stepped in to defend her.
Corynne McSherry, the EFF's legal director, says Zillow's claims were unfounded. By annotating the photos, Wagner was protected under fair use grounds.
"We want to be especially vigilant around abusing intellectual property laws to try to shut down speech that's clearly lawful," McSherry says. "It's really important when people can stand up and fight back. It helps other people know that they have options and they don't have to just cave to a giant company that tried to threaten them."
Zillow didn't respond to multiple requests for comment.
Though she specialized in architectural acoustics in graduate school and is a published architecture critic, Wagner isn't a trained architect herself. Still, she further pushes the blog's strong educational component through articles on topics like proper window and roof design and an explainer on postmodernism. Her goal is to encourage readers to be more literate in architecture and demystify an often-rarefied world.
"I hope [readers] will learn about buildings. And I hope I encourage people to listen to their inner architecture critic and have the tools to make judgments on the built environment," she says. "The point is to make architecture accessible for everybody and to make it fun, interesting and clever."
Going wild on real estate
Sometimes, though, you just want to look at photos of quirky houses for sale, which is the whole point of Zillow Gone Wild. The homes Mezrahi features on the account don't stick to a specific style. They can be big or small, luxurious or modest, modern or traditional. His goal is to maintain a positive tone regardless.
"I hope I've never been mean to anyone's home," he says. "These are people's spaces with memories and collections, so I stay away from a hoarder house or someone who's had tough times. But for a very rich person who had some bad design decisions, I think it's more like a celebration of what someone's home looks like."
Besides Twitter, which he says gives the most creative freedom and the best engagement, Mezrahi also posts to Instagram (1.5 million followers) and Facebook (900,000 followers) and publishes a Substack newsletter. His format is simple: a link to the Zillow listing, which surfaces the photos, and the details like the price, square footage and number of bedrooms/bathrooms. His commentary is limited to a few words – like "this home has big NOPE energy" – or even emojis.
He says the account blew up after a February 2021 Saturday Night Live skit that parodied Zillow's reputation as an addictive place for "real estate porn." "Real estate is your sex now, and our listings are just standing by waiting for you to browse them," a lingerie-clad Heidi Gardner croons while lying on a bed.
With millions of homes across the US and Canada, Zillow has more than enough material to keep Mezrahi busy, though he doesn't have strict search criteria for finding the showstoppers. He finds many himself and picks from listing suggestions from followers (he typically gets between 50 and 100 submissions per day).
"Sometimes from the outside, you can see [a home] is going to be interesting," he says. "And sometimes there's one specific room [like a bathroom with a Jeff Goldblum shower curtain] that has something crazy, interesting or fun."
A house for everyone
Scrolling through Mezrahi's feed reveals a staggering array of options. There's a David Bowie-themed swimming pool, an interior with spectacular carpets, several castle-themed homes, an underground palace (a listing Wagner also featured), a house that's a converted train car, a basement with a dance floor and stripper pole and a property fit for the Flintstones. He's also featured estates owned by celebrities, like Betty White's Carmel, California, home, and those dedicated to celebrities, like a Houston townhouse with a decor themed on the sitcom Friends.
Houses with libraries or mirrors are especially popular with his followers, as are time capsules like a midcentury modern house with period furniture (a Florida midcentury design Mezrahi featured two weeks ago was his first post to get 1more than 000,000 Twitter likes). As he's curated the account and responded to what resonates, Mezrahi says even his own tastes have changed.
"There's just so many possibilities for what really takes off," he says. "I've been radicalized because I wouldn't have loved an untouched midcentury [home] three years ago. But now when I see one of them, I think, 'This is amazing!'"
Sometimes a property is a hit for completely different reasons. In April, Mezrahi featured a home in Fairfax, Virginia, with "person(s) living in [the] lower level with no lease in place" (the house sold regardless of its many deficiencies). Then there was a house in Onalaska, Wisconsin, that didn't look noteworthy until you got to the bedroom and saw the "Welcome to Poundtown" sign above the bed. The post from last month now has 60,000 Twitter likes, and Zillow Gone Wild's exposure quickly made the home go viral on local and international media.
"The homeowners were so excited," Mezrahi says. "I didn't know that a Poundtown sign would come into my inbox, so it's always fun."
The attention the house received certainly surprised Spencer Hegenbarth, the real agent who listed it (the property is now in contract). "I just found it funny and a little crazy," he said through a text conversation. "The sign was funny, and it's my brother's and sister-in-law's sense of humor. I didn't expect it to get passed around the US the way it did."
Mezrahi says he's only received positive feedback from homeowners and real estate agents. And as the account has grown, he suspects some people are photographing their home with the intent of being noticed. Why else, for example, would you put an inflatable alien in every room?
"From what I've gauged, it's just more exposure and people seeing the home,'' he says. "If [a home] has a weird room, it has a weird room. There's nothing wrong with amplifying it and bringing more eyeballs to it."
That attention has brought results. Vintage clothing business owner Emily O'Brien was immediately drawn to a stunning Rolling Meadows, Illinois, home in February after she saw it on Zillow Gone Wild's Instagram. Though she wasn't even set on buying a home while contemplating moving to the Midwest from Oakland, California, she booked a flight to Chicago and made an offer within a few days.
"I was definitely surprised that I found a house," she says. "I'm not one of those people who browse Zillow or Redfin or whatever in their spare time. [Zillow Gone Wild] was one of the only house accounts that I follow just because I love the quirky houses. ... It was definitely a serendipitous moment."
Lou Zucaro, the agent who sold the home, says he had offers before Mezrahi featured the home, but none of them resulted in a closing. "It's always nice to see one of my listings featured somewhere, including on [Zillow Gone Wild]."
End of an era
There are some signs that the real estate craze in some regions of the country is now cooling even if the median home price is still 17% higher than it was a year ago and inflation is at a historic level. But no matter what happens, sites like Zillow will continue to have plenty of home candy for Mezrahi to highlight. Mezrahi says he plans to stick to his proven formula for the time being and perhaps add a video component. Ultimately, though, it's all about the fun.
"I hope I'm bringing joy to people's day, an escape from their problems or the bad things that are going on, or even bringing people together," he says. "Maybe I'll even help people find their home or forever home."
Wagner also tracks home design trends and says it's increasingly hard to find McMansions with original interiors. Instead, as they're put on sale the McMansions are renovated – or as she puts it, "HGTV-ified" – with white walls and generic furniture.
"It's really a shame because the character of the house is just completely erased," she says. "I know real estate agents do that because they want people to picture their own lives in their house, but for those of us who are interested in architecture, it's quite disappointing."
She recognizes that since McMansions are now rarely built, the material for her blog will dwindle. But that won't stop her from always being fascinated by the homes, their vulgarity and what they represent.
"The McMansion still is a symbol of the American dream or whatever, but it's no longer sort of representational," she says. "I don't think we'll ever go back to that level of insanity." | https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/dont-just-tour-that-home-online-by-all-means-judge-it/ | 2022-05-16T12:18:08Z | https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/dont-just-tour-that-home-online-by-all-means-judge-it/ | true | 1 |
Rapid Micro Biosystems (NASDAQ:RPID – Get Rating) is one of 42 public companies in the “Analytical instruments” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Rapid Micro Biosystems to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
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69.8% of Rapid Micro Biosystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of Rapid Micro Biosystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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Rapid Micro Biosystems’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Rapid Micro Biosystems. Rapid Micro Biosystems is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
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Rapid Micro Biosystems currently has a consensus target price of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 466.67%. As a group, “Analytical instruments” companies have a potential upside of 34.71%. Given Rapid Micro Biosystems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rapid Micro Biosystems is more favorable than its rivals.
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Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., a life sciences technology company, provides products for the detection of microbial contamination in the manufacture of pharmaceutical, medical devices, and personal care products in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company offers Growth Direct platform, which includes Growth Direct system, proprietary consumables, lab information management system connection software, and comprehensive customer support and validation services. Its platform automates and modernizes the manual microbial quality control (MQC) testing workflows for therapeutic modalities, such as biologics, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and sterile injectables. The company also provides installation and verification, technical training, and support services. Its solutions are used in environmental monitoring, water testing, bioburden, and sterility release testing applications. The company was formerly known as Genomic Profiling Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. in January 2007. Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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By Dominic Chopping
Vestas Wind Systems AS said Monday that it has introduced a new wind turbine that offers superior wind park performance in medium- to low-wind conditions.
The new V163-4.5 megawatt turbine delivers up to a 10% increase in annual energy production compared to its V150-4.5 megawatt variant depending on site-specific conditions, it said.
The new turbine is globally applicable, but is particularly relevant for sites in the U.S., Latin America, South Africa and parts of southern Europe, it added.
"The V163-4.5 megawatt turbine is optimised for medium to low wind speeds, unlocking new markets across North America," said Laura Beane, president of Vestas North America.
"Built off our proven 4 megwatt platform, this product utilises an established supply chain and existing infrastructure, including transportation and installation."
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vestas-launches-new-turbine-for-medium-to-low-wind-conditions-271652700428 | 2022-05-16T12:18:45Z | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vestas-launches-new-turbine-for-medium-to-low-wind-conditions-271652700428 | true | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the Internet’s fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black.
Ideas from “The Great Replacement Theory” filled a racist screed supposedly posted online by the white 18-year-old man accused of targeting Black people in Saturday’s rampage. Authorities were still working to confirm its authenticity.
Certainly, there was no mistaking the racist intent of the shooter.
WHAT IS THE GREAT REPLACEMENT THEORY?
Simply put, it says there’s a conspiracy afoot to diminish the influence of white people.
Believers say this goal is being achieved both through immigration of nonwhite people into societies that have largely been dominated by white people, as well as through simple demographics, with white people having lower birth rates than others.
The theory’s more racist adherents believe Jews are behind the so-called replacement conspiracy. When white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, their chants included “you will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us.”
A more mainstream view in the U.S. suggests Democrats are encouraging immigration from Latin America so more like-minded potential voters replace “traditional” Americans, said Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism.
WHAT ARE ITS ROOTS?
How long has racism existed? Broadly speaking, its roots are that deep. In the U.S., you can point to efforts to intimidate and discourage Black people from voting — from replacing white voters at the polls — that date to the post-Civil War era.
In the modern era, most experts point to two influential books. “The Turner Diaries,” a 1978 novel written by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald, is about a violent revolution in the United States with a race war that leads to the extermination of nonwhites.
The FBI called it a “bible of the racist right,” said Kurt Braddock, an American University professor and a researcher at the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab.
A 2012 book by Frenchman Renaud Camus, about Europe being invaded by Black and brown immigrants from Africa, was called “Le Grand Remplacement” and a name was born.
WHO ARE ITS ADHERENTS?
To some of the more extreme believers, certain white supremacist mass killers — in Norway in 2011, two New Zealand mosques in 2019, a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a Black church in South Carolina — are considered saints, Pitcavage said.
Those “accelerationist white supremacists” believe small societal changes won’t achieve much, so the only option is tearing down society, he said.
The Buffalo shooter’s alleged diatribe and some of his apparent methods indicate he closely studied the New Zealand shooter, particularly the effort to livestream his rampage. He reportedly inscribed the number 14 on his gun, which Pitcavage said is shorthand for a 14-word white supremacist slogan.
A “manifesto” by the New Zealand shooter was widely spread online. If the message from the Buffalo shooter proves authentic, it seems designed to also spread his philosophy and methods to a large audience.
IS THE THEORY MAKING WIDER INROADS?
While more extreme forms of racism are clearly frowned upon, many experts are concerned about a mainstreaming of some views.
In a poll released last week, The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 1 in 3 Americans believe an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain.
On a regular basis, many adherents to the more extreme versions of The Great Replacement Theory converse through encrypted apps online and tend to be careful. They know they’re being watched.
“They are very clever,” Braddock said. “They don’t make overt calls to arms.”
WHO’S TALKING ABOUT REPLACEMENT?
In particular, Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular personality, has pushed false but more politically palatable views that are seen as sympathetic by some white people who are concerned about a loss of power.
“I know that the left and all the gatekeepers on Twitter become literally hysterical if you use the term ‘replacement,’ if you suggest the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World,” he said on his show last year. “But they become hysterical because that’s what’s happening, actually, let’s just say it. That’s true.”
A study of five years’ worth of Carlson’s show by The New York Times found 400 instances where he talked about Democratic politicians and others seeking to force demographic change through immigration.
Fox News pointed to repeated statements that Carlson has made denouncing political violence of all kinds.
The attention paid by many Republican politicians to what they see as a leaky southern border along the United States has been interpreted, at least by some, as a nod to the concern of white people who worry about being “replaced.”
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik’s campaign committee was criticized last year for an advertisement that said “radical Democrats” were planning a “permanent election insurrection” by granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants who would create a permanent liberal majority in Washington.
Pitcavage said he’s concerned about the message Carlson and some who agree with him are sending. “It actually introduces the Great Replacement Theory to a conservative audience in an easier-to-swallow pill,” he said. | https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/buffalo-shooting-highlights-great-replacement-theory-and-its-role-in-racist-attacks/ | 2022-05-16T12:18:48Z | https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/buffalo-shooting-highlights-great-replacement-theory-and-its-role-in-racist-attacks/ | false | 29 |
'Ronaldo is a giant!' - Ten Hag gives clear indication of Man Utd star staying at Old Trafford
Erik ten Hag has given further indication that Cristiano Ronaldo is set to stay with Manchester United, with the incoming manager hailing him as a "giant" he is looking forward to working with.
Ronaldo's future has been up in the air following a poor season that saw the Red Devils slip out of Champions League contention and extend their trophyless run to five years, coupled with a managerial switch from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to Ralf Rangnick.
But Ten Hag, who is set to arrive in Manchester from Ajax this week, now seems to suggest that Ronaldo's place at Old Trafford is safer than anticipated, hinting that he hopes to use the star's ambition in his plans.
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What has Ten Hag said about Ronaldo's future?
"I look forward to working with him," Ten Hag told Dutch outlet De Telegraaf when asked about the Portuguese forward's future.
"Ronaldo is a giant. Because of what he's already shown and I think he's still very ambitious. Of course I'd like to keep him.
"He has been very important for Man Utd this year [and he] can produce great statistics."
What has Ronaldo said about staying at Man Utd?
With no Champions League football next term, speculation had been strong that the forward could cut short his Old Trafford homecoming one season into a two-year deal.
But Ronaldo hinted at his own stay in an interview with United's official website, when he wished the incoming Dutchman luck in his new position.
"I wish him the best and let's believe that, next year, we are going to win trophies," he said.
Coupled with an apparent leak that showed Ronaldo sporting the club's purported 2022-23 strip ahead of an official reveal, it seems that he may team with Ten Hag next season in an attempt to help reverse their flagging fortunes rather than abandoning ship. | https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/ronaldo-giant-ten-hag-man-utd-star-staying-at-old-trafford/bltb932de145f76e0ff | 2022-05-16T12:20:07Z | https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/ronaldo-giant-ten-hag-man-utd-star-staying-at-old-trafford/bltb932de145f76e0ff | false | 11 |
Lewis Hamilton ‘astonished’ after FIA president hints controversial race director Michael Masi could return to F1
LEWIS HAMILTON was reportedly left "astonished" after it emerged controversial former race director Michael Masi could return to Formula One.
Masi, 44, was at the centre of a storm following last season's dramatic finale in Abu Dhabi which saw Max Verstappen pip Hamilton to the drivers' championship.
He was subsequently sacked from the role, but has remained on the FIA's payroll.
And last week FIA chief Mohammed ben Sulayem hinted the Australian could return to the sport in some capacity.
He said: "I didn't get rid of Michael. He had a personal overload (of work) - safety delegate as well as race director.
"He made a mistake. It is not as if we said it is the end of Masi with the FIA."
He then added: "I don't know Michael very well. The decision (to sack him as race director) was made by the World Council. It was human error on Michael's part.
"I spoke to him two days ago. I have no personal issue (with him). I don't hate anyone.
"Michael is there and we might use him. I didn't say we were getting rid of him.
"I said we might use him. He may be in a good place to use. We are open to everything.
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"Our race structure was wrong organisationally. And though we have brought in two new race directors, I wouldn't say we have got it all right yet. We need to clean the stables.
"This lack of people in the FIA needs to be addressed. I would like to see a minimum of three race directors, ideally by the beginning of next year."
And now The Mail are reporting that Hamilton and his advisors were left "astonished" by the news.
The report also states that Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was furious following Sulayem's comments.
Their anger last season stemmed from Masi's decision to allow several cars to unlap themselves on the penultimate lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
This put Verstappen - who was on fresh tyres - right behind Hamilton with just over one lap remaining.
And the Dutchman passed the seven-time champion to take the win and the title.
Despite the controversial comments about Masi potentially returning, it is believed that Ben Sulayem "does not want a fight" and is simply hoping to "restore the FIA to its rightful position". | https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18584690/lewis-hamilton-michael-masi-return-f1/ | 2022-05-16T12:21:36Z | https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18584690/lewis-hamilton-michael-masi-return-f1/ | true | 3 |
The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has advised churches to be security conscious in the wake of terrorist attacks in the sub-region.
The caution follows a directive by the National Security to the churches to be on the lookout for possible terror attacks.
The General Secretary of Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Cyril G. K. Fayose, said “we have received the directive from the National Security and we have passed the information to our members”.
“They are also going to pass it on to their congregation. They should be on an alert. They should be more cautious. They must look out for strange persons and actions in our midst”.
Rev Fayose said “this is not the first time we are receiving such messages so member churches have prepare”.
He advised that “they [churches and worship centres] must have security guards and CCTV cameras in their premises”.
“The most important thing is the human element. We must be watchful. Be vigilant”.
Rev Fayose urged that “pastors are to sensitize their churches”.
“Anytime they see strange persons or strange objects, they should raise an alert or alarm. We must engage that person a little more. We must put one person on that strange person a little more. That is not to say drive that person away, but it is a way of being more welcoming”, he said on 3FM.
Following the activities of terrorist groups in neighbouring West African countries, especially Burkina Faso and Tog, Ghana’s National Security cautioned churches against possible similar attacks.
The National Security said measures have been instituted in order to forestall these attacks however; the churches must also be on alert.
The measures instituted include installation of Closed-Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) in churches, as well as engaging the services of accredited private security agencies. | https://www.primenewsghana.com/general-news/threats-of-terrorist-attacks-churches-must-be-more-cautious-christian-council.html | 2022-05-16T12:22:42Z | https://www.primenewsghana.com/general-news/threats-of-terrorist-attacks-churches-must-be-more-cautious-christian-council.html | false | 1 |
FaraLand (FARA) traded up 0.1% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 7:00 AM ET on May 16th. One FaraLand coin can now be purchased for $0.12 or 0.00000399 BTC on major exchanges. FaraLand has a total market cap of $3.10 million and approximately $254,828.00 worth of FaraLand was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last seven days, FaraLand has traded 38.6% lower against the U.S. dollar.
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WARSAW, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global CRO pursues further development in the digitalization of Clinical Research
Clinscience US LLC, a subsidiary of Neuca Group, on 26th of April signed an investment agreement to acquire 51% of shares in Agati Systems. The US-based (Texas) Company, together with its Indian subsidiary, Agati Clinical Informatics, having branches in Bengaluru and Chennai, provides clinical data, regulatory, and custom software services. The Company has a rapidly expanding and robust team of SAS® programmers, clinical data standards SMEs, statisticians, and regulatory experts, who will work hand-in-hand with Clinscience's Data Management & Biostatistics Team.
This investment is a testament to Clinscience's sustained focus on the Digital Data-Driven (3D) strategy. Last year, the Company expanded into the United States and acquired majority stakes in an Italian-German technology CRO, EXOM Group.
"Empowered by Agati, Clinscience now expands its offer with two differentiators — reliable & proven Real-World Data competencies and Synthetic/External Control Arm development and design. United with the traditional approach and services for Biometrics, it places Clinscience in a unique position to support our Partners with skills and experience that are most impactful in the modern Clinical Trials," said Daniel Kowalski, Head of Data Science and Technology at Clinscience.
"Data Integrity and Consistency are paramount to our organization. This is why we are expanding our offer to Clients and Patients through continuous investments in companies like Agati Group and EXOM Group," said Tomek Dabrowski, CEO of Clinscience, responsible for the Clinical Trials business in Neuca Group. "Together we are committed, as ever, to building a Data-driven and Patient-centric global team, which supports our Partners' needs and fulfills the specific regulatory environments."
"At Agati, we are committed to bringing Biostatistics, Data Management, Data Standardization (CDISC), and Regulatory Services to another level. Over the years, we have developed solutions that can be customized to the dynamic needs of our partners," said Ramanan Bathala, CEO and founder of Agati Group. "We are happy to be part of a versatile, global team together with Clinscience and offer our clients the finest cost-efficient smart Services utilizing the latest technologies, which boost productivity and reduce operating costs."
Ramanan Bathala will become part of Clinscience's Executive Board and continue his responsibilities as the CEO of Agati Group.
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Effective: 2022-05-12 22:09:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-13 03:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Target Area:...
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:01:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 06:15:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Key West. Target Area: Monroe Upper Keys A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Upper Keys in Monroe County through 615 AM EDT At 549 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Plantation, or 9 miles southwest of Key Largo, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Winds near 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Key Largo, Plantation, Rock Harbor and Islamorada. This includes US 1 between mile markers 89 and 101. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 06:00:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 20:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely Instruction: Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don`t swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Target Area: Coastal Brunswick HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Effective: 2022-05-16 08:20:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 08:45:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Target Area: Bland; Tazewell A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Tazewell, central Bland and southwestern Mercer Counties through 845 AM EDT At 819 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Gary, or 9 miles north of Tazewell, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Bluefield Bland Princeton Tazewell Rocky Gap Bastian and Burkes Garden. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 07:33:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 08:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Charleston West Virginia. Target Area: Buchanan A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Buchanan and McDowell Counties through 800 AM EDT At 733 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Grundy, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Welch, Grundy, Gary, War, Davy, Bradshaw, Iaeger, Jolo, Stacy, Coalwood, Hurley, Avondale, Cucumber, Roseann and Vansant. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 05:52:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 09:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you. Target Area: Coastal Waldo; Interior Waldo; Knox; Lincoln; Sagadahoc DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING * WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter mile in dense fog. * WHERE...Interior Waldo, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Coastal Waldo Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dense marine fog will linger though mid morning.
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:01:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 20:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely Instruction: If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Target Area: East Carteret; West Carteret BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, 1 to 2 feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, areas along the White Oak River, Bogue and Core Sounds, and adjacent tidal creeks. For the Beach Hazards Statement, along Carteret County beaches. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 8 PM EDT Tuesday. For the Beach Hazards Statement, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong king tide cycle in combination with southerly winds will lead to increased water levels lasting into early next week. Water levels will rise through the upcoming high tide cycles, peaking Monday night and Tuesday night before receding through the middle of the week. The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 2 PM Monday. Time of high total tides are approximate to the nearest hour. Beaufort Marine Lab NC MLLW Categories - Minor 5.0 ft, Moderate 5.5 ft, Major 6.5 ft MHHW Categories - Minor -0.8 ft, Moderate -0.3 ft, Major 0.7 ft Total Total Departure Day/Time Tide Tide from Norm Waves Flood ft MLLW ft MHHW ft ft Impact -------- --------- --------- --------- ------- -------- 15/08 PM 5.2 -0.6 1.3 1 Minor 16/08 AM 4.1 -1.7 1.5 1 None 16/09 PM 5.6 -0.2 1.5 1 Moderate 17/09 AM 3.7 -2.1 1.1 1 None 17/10 PM 5.3 -0.5 1.1 1 Minor 18/10 AM 3.7 -2.1 1.1 1 None
Effective: 2022-05-16 15:00:00 PDT Expires: 2022-05-17 03:00:00 PDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. Target Area: Antelope Valley WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. The winds will be strongest in the northwest portion of the valley. * WHERE...Antelope Valley. * WHEN...From 3 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down large objects such as trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Major roadways that may be impacted by the winds include Highways 101 and 154, especially through Gaviota and San Marcos passes. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:48:00 PDT Expires: 2022-05-16 15:00:00 PDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. Target Area: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast; Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT TUESDAY * WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory, northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 3 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Tuesday. For the Wind Advisory, until 3 PM PDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down large objects such as trees and power lines. Power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:42:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 05:15:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: 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. Target Area: Bath; Menifee; Montgomery; Powell A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Powell, southeastern Montgomery, south central Bath and northwestern Menifee Counties through 515 AM EDT At 442 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Westbend, or near Stanton, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near Camargo and Bean around 450 AM EDT. Jeffersonville and Lucky Stop around 455 AM EDT. Clay Lick, Cedar Groves, Means, Hope and Walkers Crossing around 500 AM EDT. Other locations in the path of this storm include Cornwell, Rothwell and Frenchburg. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 06:00:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 20:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely Instruction: Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. Target Area: Coastal New Hanover; Coastal Pender BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore.
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:01:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 20:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely Instruction: If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Target Area: Hatteras Island; Ocracoke Island COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, 1 to 2 feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, areas along the Pamlico Sound and adjacent tidal creeks. For the Beach Hazards Statement, along the beaches south of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 8 PM EDT Tuesday. For the Beach Hazards Statement, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong king tide cycle in combination with southerly winds will lead to increased water levels lasting into early next week. Water levels will rise through the upcoming high tide cycles, peaking Monday night and Tuesday night before receding through the middle of the week. The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 2 PM Monday. Time of high total tides are approximate to the nearest hour. Ocracoke Inlet NC MLLW Categories - Minor 3.0 ft, Moderate 4.0 ft, Major 5.5 ft MHHW Categories - Minor 1.9 ft, Moderate 2.9 ft, Major 4.4 ft Total Total Departure Day/Time Tide Tide from Norm Waves Flood ft MLLW ft MHHW ft ft Impact -------- --------- --------- --------- ------- -------- 15/08 PM 2.1 1.0 0.7 1 None 16/08 AM 1.7 0.6 0.8 1 None 16/09 PM 2.0 0.9 0.6 2 None 17/09 AM 1.7 0.6 0.8 1 None 17/09 PM 2.1 1.0 0.7 1 None 18/09 AM 1.6 0.5 0.8 1-2 None Coast Guard Hatteras NC MLLW Categories - Minor 2.5 ft, Moderate 3.5 ft, Major 4.5 ft MHHW Categories - Minor 1.3 ft, Moderate 2.3 ft, Major 3.3 ft Total Total Departure Day/Time Tide Tide from Norm Waves Flood ft MLLW ft MHHW ft ft Impact -------- --------- --------- --------- ------- -------- 15/08 PM 1.3 0.1 0.3 1 None 16/08 AM 1.5 0.3 0.8 1-2 None 16/09 PM 1.4 0.2 0.4 2 None 17/08 AM 1.8 0.6 1.1 1 None 17/09 PM 1.4 0.2 0.4 1 None 18/09 AM 1.4 0.2 0.7 1-2 None
Effective: 2022-05-16 01:10:00 CDT Expires: 2022-05-16 04:00:00 CDT Urgency: Immediate Severity: Severe Certainty: Observed Target Area: Denton THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DENTON AND NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:01:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 23:00:00 EDT Urgency: Unknown Severity: Unknown Certainty: Unknown Instruction: Do not drive through flooded roadways. Target Area: Monroe Lower Keys; Monroe Middle Keys; Monroe Upper Keys * WHAT...Minor saltwater flooding. * WHERE...All of the Florida Keys. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Minor saltwater flooding of low elevation streets and lots is likely. Some storm drains will overflow, and some seawalls and docks will be overtopped. Boaters can expect less clearance under fixed bridges. Motorists should remember that persistent puddles around the times of high tide are almost certain to contain a mix of saltwater. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The greatest threat for minor saltwater flooding will occur from mid-morning through early afternoon Monday, during the higher high tide
Effective: 2022-05-16 06:25:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 07:15:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: 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. Target Area: Gilmer; Harrison; Lewis A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Gilmer, Lewis and southwestern Harrison Counties through 715 AM EDT At 640 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Cedar Creek State Park, or over Glenville, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Weston, Glenville, Stonewall Jackson, Jackson Mill, Cedar Creek State Park, West Milford, Lost Creek, Jane Lew, Sand Fork, Camden, Baldwin, Stouts Mills, Sand Run, Troy, Alum Bridge, Linn, Stumptown, Cedarville, Horner and Normantown. This includes the following highways Interstate 79 between mile markers 83 and 110. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 3. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 03:00:00 CDT Expires: 2022-05-16 03:15:00 CDT Urgency: Immediate Severity: Severe Certainty: Observed Target Area: Collin; Denton A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN DENTON AND NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTIES At 300 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pilot Point, or 16 miles east of Sanger, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is possible. Locations impacted include Celina and Pilot Point. HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
Effective: 2022-05-16 15:00:00 PDT Expires: 2022-05-17 09:00:00 PDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. Target Area: Los Angeles County Mountains WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY * WHAT...For north winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Los Angeles County Mountains. * WHEN...For the first Wind Advisory, until 9 AM PDT this morning. For the second Wind Advisory, from 3 PM this afternoon to 9 AM PDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:47:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 09:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely Instruction: If driving, slow down, use your low beam headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you. Target Area: Central and Eastern Allegany; Washington DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portions of north central and western Maryland, northwest and western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
Effective: 2022-05-14 17:00:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-14 19:15:00 EDT Urgency: Immediate Severity: Severe Certainty: Likely Instruction: Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. Keep children away from storm drains, culverts, creeks and streams. Water levels can rise rapidly and sweep children away. To report flash flooding, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely. Target Area: Grant; Pendleton FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES At 500 PM EDT, radar indicated that thunderstorms that had produced very heavy rain across the warned area have moved out. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected from this excessive rainfall in a short period of time. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that may experience flash flooding include Williamstown, Crittenden, Dry Ridge, Morgan, Williamstown Lake, Knoxville, Cherry Grove, Goforth, Camp Northward, Marcus, Cordova, Northcutt and Sherman. FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Effective: 2022-05-16 04:28:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 18:00:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely Instruction: Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don`t swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Target Area: St Croix HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected due to breaking waves between 6 to 7 feet. * WHERE...Over Culebrita in Culebra and Kramer Park in St. Croix. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Effective: 2022-05-16 08:05:00 EDT Expires: 2022-05-16 08:45:00 EDT Urgency: Expected Severity: Minor Certainty: Observed Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Charleston West Virginia. Target Area: Barbour; Northwest Pocahontas; Northwest Randolph; Southeast Randolph Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Randolph, northeastern Pocahontas and southeastern Barbour Counties through 845 AM EDT At 804 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Belington to near Mill Creek. Movement was east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include Elkins, Belington, Mill Creek, Dailey, Beverly, Junior, Womelsdorf (Coalton), Huttonsville, Montrose, Harman, Laneville, Pheasant Run, Cheat Bridge, Dryfork, Glady, Bowden and Kerens. This includes Route 33 between mile markers 31 and 35. MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600576414507/coastal-flood-advisory-issued-for-charles-by-nws | 2022-05-16T12:33:30Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600576414507/coastal-flood-advisory-issued-for-charles-by-nws | true | 2 |
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) _ S&W Seed Co. (SANW) on Monday reported a loss of $7.3 million in its fiscal third quarter.
The Longmont, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of 19 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 18 cents per share.
The alfalfa seed company posted revenue of $23.2 million in the period.
S&W Seed expects full-year revenue in the range of $80 million to $85 million.
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StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Ever-Glory International Group (NASDAQ:EVK – Get Rating) in a research report sent to investors on Friday. The brokerage issued a hold rating on the textile maker’s stock.
Shares of EVK stock opened at $1.33 on Friday. Ever-Glory International Group has a 52 week low of $1.09 and a 52 week high of $6.22. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $1.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $2.09.
A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Ever-Glory International Group stock. Citadel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVK – Get Rating) by 62.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,344 shares of the textile maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,778 shares during the quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC owned 0.23% of Ever-Glory International Group worth $97,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 1.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Ever-Glory International Group, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, supplies, and retails apparel in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Germany, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, and the United States. It operates through two segments, Wholesale and Retail. The company primarily offers casual wear, outerwear, and sportswear.
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A pandemic and soaring oil prices would be a challenge for any incoming leader. But Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the son of dictator who abused Filipinos' rights, and his mother plundered billions.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) - A woman is facing second-degree murder and theft charges after authorities say she stabbed a man to death in New Hampshire and stole his car.
Police issued a warrant for Stephanie Beard, 34, after finding John Glennon, 71, dead in his Franklin Street apartment in Manchester on Friday morning, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg announced Sunday.
Authorities say Beard stabbed Glennon in the head with a knife before stealing his Subaru Impreza.
An autopsy determined the cause of Glennon’s death was multiple sharp force injuries and that the manner of his death was homicide.
Boston police arrested Beard on Saturday. She will be arraigned on a fugitive from justice charge in Boston Municipal Court on Monday.
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- Peraton will provide operational balloon flight support as well as engineering services
- Peraton has assisted NASA with over 60 launches
HERNDON, Va., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peraton has been selected by NASA to continue operating the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas. The NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) II awarded to Peraton is worth up to $339.1 million over seven years.
Each year, 10-15 missions are launched worldwide through NASA's scientific balloon program in support of experiments, technology development, and education across all of NASA's science disciplines. Under NBOC II, Peraton will operate facilities to maintain the CSBF and provide engineering services and balloon flight support, including launching, tracking, and recovery of scientific balloons and payloads, as well as operational support, quality control, and balloon research and development.
Peraton employees have supported NASA's balloon operations for more than five years. Through this partnership, Peraton achieved an exceptional record of mission success by exceeding requirements, including a 100% mission success run over the past 12 months. Peraton also introduced many improvements and processes to transform NBOC into a more reliable and disciplined program.
"Peraton's selection to continue supporting NBOC is an affirmation that our capabilities and expertise are helping NASA deliver on its mission to discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity. We are proud to support this critical program to advance our nation's innovations within space," said Roger Mason, Ph.D., president, Space & Intelligence sector.
About Peraton
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, citizen security, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit Peraton.com/News and follow Peraton on LinkedIn for news and updates.
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LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) _ LogicBio Therapeutics Inc. (LOGC) on Monday reported a loss of $6.7 million in its first quarter.
The Lexington, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 20 cents per share.
The genome editing company posted revenue of $2.8 million in the period.
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Loan to fund the construction and stabilization of 751 self-storage units
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACRES Capital Corp. (together with its subsidiaries, "ACRES"), a nationwide commercial real estate middle-market lender, has originated a $24.9 million loan to fund the development of Annapolis Self Storage in Annapolis, Maryland.
Once completed, the proposed development will be a 71,360 net-rentable square foot facility consisting of 751 climate-controlled storage units.
The facility is well-located on Old Mill Bottom Road, which serves as frontage to U.S. Highway 50 – a high-volume retail thoroughfare providing easy access to Class "A" self-storage spaces that will attract both residential and commercial users.
"Annapolis has some of the most attractive renter demographics of any submarket in the Baltimore metro area," said ACRES Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Fogel. "The Severn River makes this some of the most sought-after real estate around, and it's easy to see why both employers and households want to be there. This project will provide the market a convenient, newly constructed self-storage facility that will compete at the top of its peer set."
The loan was provided to 1784 Capital Holdings LLC, based in Scottsdale, Arizona and arranged by Talonvest Capital. James Bracco of ACRES' Miami office originated the loan.
About ACRES
ACRES is a nationwide direct lender and SEC-registered investment adviser that provides construction, bridge and permanent debt capital solutions for the commercial real estate industry. ACRES partners on targeted opportunities in the $10 million to $100 million range, including multifamily, student housing, retail, office, hospitality, and industrial. Contact us at www.acrescap.com or at (516) 535-0015.
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Mark Robins has revealed he’s been deep in negotiations with a potential new Coventry City signing.
The Sky Blues boss let slip that he’s been in talks with an unnamed player in an off-air chat with Official EFL Podcast host Mark Clemmit last week when was a special guest, talking about the challenges of City’s season and plans for summer rebuilding.
Robins also gave an insight into the recruitment process when it gets to the stage of having face-to-face conversations with targets, and revealed that he’s looking to strengthen his attack as well as at the back.
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“The other side of it is trying to rebuild and add, not only quality but robust players that can perform and try to take us to the next level, or create more opportunities and score more goals,” he said, “and defenders that are going to be added value both in terms of the defensive and offensive side, because we want to attack.”
Clemmit said: “I’m almost tempted to continue our off air chat about potential signings but I’ll build up to that. Before you give me your entire list of summer transfer targets, when you are meeting a player for the first time are you aware of the fact you have to be pitch perfect in terms of your tone from the very start or does that come down to personalities?”
Robins replied: “I think really you go with your honest view of them and where they are going to fit in and where they are going to play, and what the plan is for them; the reason why we’re signing them and understanding what we do and how we do it. A lot of the time the players know exactly what we do and how we play and that’s one of the things that has got us to that point.
“Generally it has been straightforward because that’s the way I recruit and we have had some success with that strategy, but it’s not just the strategy, it’s the truth. It’s an honest approach where you say this is what’s going to happen... Obviously you can’t say to them they are going to play 46 games; that’s never going to happen. But ultimately this is where we see you fitting in and what we think you can add. This is what you will get in terms of the coaching and development, because it is a development model.”
Clemmit then asked: “Is your radar pretty good, can you tell pretty accurately in a first meeting with a player whether you have got them on the hook and can you tell the ones who might be stringing you along because they might have a few other clubs and are looking for the best option?”
The City boss answered: “I do think you can tell. It’s par for the course. You have players who want to see what’s out there for them. It’s great to be wanted, or feel wanted, and at a young age they want to see what’s going to be the best place for them.
“It’s difficult in the Championship because you are swimming in the same pool as quite a few others. There are certain things that swing in our favour but there are some things that don’t, and you have to make the best of it. We know where we are, what we are and we just try to go for it.”
Clemmit then joked, trying to tease information out of the City boss: “And this one you have been negotiating with over the last 24 hours is nearly there is it, and who is it again?”
Breaking into a chuckle, Robins said: “I can’t talk to you about that. I’d have to kill you.”
The manager revealed ahead of the final game of the season at Stoke that he hoped to get some transfer business done early, saying “... there will be one, two, three, something like that, who are sort of ready to drop,” so fans can expect some exciting news in the coming weeks. | https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/transfer-news/coventry-city-transfers-mark-robins-23970375 | 2022-05-16T13:01:25Z | https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/transfer-news/coventry-city-transfers-mark-robins-23970375 | false | 1 |
J&K: LeT terror module busted, woman among seven arrested
J&K: LeT terror module busted, woman among seven arrested
Srinagar: Security forces busted a terror module of the Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit by arresting seven terrorists and their associates in Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
Investigating the recent encounters in Bandipora, police and security forces busted a terror module of LeT by arresting an active Pakistani-trained terrorist, two hybrid terrorists and four terrorist associates including a woman, he said. He said the Pakistan-trained terrorist has been identified as Arif Ajaz Shehri alias Anfal, who went to Pakistan on a valid visa in 2018 through Wagah Border and infiltrated back to this side after obtaining illegal arms training.
The hybrid terrorists have been identified as Ajaz Ahmad Reshi and Shariq Ahmad Lone. The arrested terrorists were tasked to carry out attacks on police, security forces and other soft targets, particularly in Bandipora district, the spokesman said. He said the four terrorist associates have been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Ghulam Mohammad Waza, Maqsood Ahmad Malik and Sheema Shafi.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested terrorist associates were involved in harbouring terrorists, providing logistics/material support including transportation of terrorists in Bandipora district. The arrested female terrorist associate was also involved in providing Wi-Fi hotspot, accommodation and ferrying terrorists in Bandipora town, the spokesman said.
Incriminating material, arms and ammunition including two pistols, three pistol magazines, 25 pistol rounds and three hand grenades were recovered from their possession, he said, adding one van which was being used in ferrying of terrorists from Bandipora to Srinagar was also seized. Also, three scooters were also seized. They were being used for doing recce of police, security establishments, monitor movement of security forces and ferrying of terrorists, he added.
Also read: Katra bus fire incident a terror attack? Police investigating claim made by lesser-known outfit | https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/seven-associated-with-let-arrested-in-jammu-and-kashmir/na20220516173758747747499 | 2022-05-16T13:01:58Z | https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/seven-associated-with-let-arrested-in-jammu-and-kashmir/na20220516173758747747499 | false | 2 |
New Posey® Solutions for Premier Members
NEENAH, Wis., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TIDI Products, LLC has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for falls prevention products and restraints with Premier, Inc. Effective July 1, 2022, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for Posey patient safety solutions.
Posey, a TIDI Products brand, covers a full continuum of falls prevention products, restraints and restraint alternatives, and patient safety solutions, including alarms and sensors, limb holders, mitts, and gait belts.
"We're excited to be able to provide a comprehensive portfolio of innovative and reliable solutions through this new agreement, especially during a time when more patients are entering facilities," says Bob Glover, Health Systems Senior Director at TIDI Products.
TIDI® will also offer Premier members unique value-added initiatives to ensure proper use of Posey products and partner together in preventing patient falls and monitoring results.
"At TIDI, our mission is simple. 'Support caregivers. Protect patients,'" states Dave Testa, TIDI's Senior Vice President of Sales. "Under this new Premier contract, we'll be able to continue our commitment to that mission."
Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of more than 4,400 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 225,000 other providers and organizations to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and consulting and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost.
TIDI Products provides forward-looking solutions to healthcare professionals – solutions that help reduce the risk of contamination and deliver the highest-quality patient care. The TIDI Products portfolio of brands includes Posey®, C-Armor®, Sterile-Z®, PenBlade®, TIDIShield®, Grip-Lok®, AquaGuard®, and Zero-Gravity®. To learn more, visit www.tidiproducts.com.
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If Success Has Many Fathers, Inflation Is An Orphan
Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog,
The proverb "success has many fathers" means there is no shortage of people willing to claim they contributed to a successful enterprise. If success has many fathers, inflation is an orphan. When it comes to inflation not only does nobody take credit for it, but instead they rush to blame others for its very existence. An example of this is how President Biden and his anti-fossil fuel administration has come out swinging and blamed Russia for higher gas prices in America.
Inflation is generally viewed as a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy because of or coupled with a fall in the purchasing value of money. This is where the peanut gallery and purest generally go berserk and argue fiat currency is not money. The most common reason given for rising prices is that demand is stronger than supply. Still, a lot more factors feed into creating inflation than supply and demand making price stability more than a delicate balancing act.
The "inflation puzzle" is highly complex and includes a slew of related confounding variables. The role productivity and savings play in inflation are often overlooked. Most people, even many economists make the mistake of throwing spending into one big pile with little consideration to the fact not all spending is equal. Please note the following;
The spending of government often is far different than that of the individual. Unproductive government spending tends to be inflationary.
Inflation can stem from a growing lack of faith in a currency, or all currencies, rather than just a lack of available goods. Governments that waste and spend do not generate long-term confidence in their currency.
As inflation takes root the goods available for sale often contract as sellers retreat from the market awaiting higher prices, this can be followed by workers then demanding higher wages which creates a self-feeding loop.
Also, the velocity of money plays into inflation. When money moves faster it tends to increase demand. What many people fail to consider is why money moves rapidly through the economy or the reason it gets parked in one place.
The ever-changing economic rules by which we play, include taxation and incentives for saving or not saving. Any "incentive" that steers money into intangible assets may feed the wealth effect but often dampens demand for the things we need that are included in the consumer price index. In short, it can lessen inflation but increase investments that may be risky.
What people spend their money on and where impacts inflation. So does whether they pay cash or charge the purchase and have to pay interest on the goods. When people buy American goods and invest in their community the money moves from business to business creating jobs. When people buy goods made in Asia from a company like Amazon, their money takes the fast track out of the country and weakens our country.
Productivity is another huge part of the inflation puzzle. An example of an institution that has not been able to adjust and stay relevant in our changing world is the United States Postal service. It is an example of poor spending on the part of our government and could not exist if it were not for continued financial infusions. Years ago the USPS delivered important materials and correspondence, today it delivers the junk mail that fills our landfills. The main reason the USPS exists today is to employ people. It employs not only carriers but those that build and maintain its vehicles as well as those that create and send the junk mail we hate to get.
Now Over 30 Trillion And growing
While it is easy to point to supply chain disruptions as the reason for much of our inflation, it could be argued inflation has been brewing for a long time. The chart to the right shows bat shit crazy spending has soared. It is only logical to think the consequences would catch up with us at some point. This is why, as we look into the future many of us have arrived at the conclusion inflation has not peaked and more inflation remains a certainty.
It seems our government is out of control and simply cannot stop spending. With the Secretary of the Treasury having been the former head of the Fed, and the current Fed chairman both hellbent on spending to boost the economy, our government has embarked on an unsustainable spending spree. This has enabled the global financial system to do the same with few ramifications.
Circling back to the idea inflation is an orphan, this means when inflation hits the average consumer they yell out in pain. When that happens it seems none of the players that helped create the situation want to take credit for their actions. Inflation tends to hammer away at most people eroding their wealth. It acts as a stealth transferer of wealth moving it from the masses and into the hands of the few positioned to benefit
We should not forget what we were told by central bankers until recently. In late 2018 Jean-Claude Trichet, who served as President of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011, opined about his outlook for the global economy and monetary policy by repeating the line declaring 2% inflation the desirable goal of intelligent central bankers.
Yes, the central bankers were fast to tell us we needed some inflation and everything is "data-dependent." This translates into the idea central banks have the ability to, and will squash inflation if it begins to run too hot. Well, they better start squashing. The only other option is that we as a society get a great deal more productive or inflation is here to stay. With so many people choosing not to work or unable to find jobs that add substance to the economic pie, that is unlikely. | https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/if-success-has-many-fathers-inflation-orphan | 2022-05-16T13:03:43Z | https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/if-success-has-many-fathers-inflation-orphan | true | 1 |
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian border guards say they repelled a Russian attempt Monday morning to send troops into the northern Sumy region, which is outside the current focus of fighting.
The border guard service said Russian forces deployed mortars, grenade launchers and machine guns in an attempt to cover a “sabotage and reconnaissance group” crossing the border from Russia.
The border guard service said its officers returned fire and forced the Russian group to retreat back across the border into Russia.
The area is largely rural and hasn’t seen intense fighting in more than a month. Russian troops moved through the Sumy region early in the war in an attempt to join up with forces around the capital, Kyiv, but they retreated in early April to focus on fighting in eastern Ukraine.
There was no immediate word from Russia about the incident described by Ukraine.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Russian war effort in Ukraineruns into diplomatic, military hurdles
— EU’s Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency
— Swedish lawmakers debate joining NATO as attitudes change
— McDonald’s to sell its Russian busines s, try to keep workers
— Follow all AP stories on Russia’s war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
CHICAGO — McDonald’s says it’s started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people.
The fast food giant pointed to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, saying holding on to its business in Russia “is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s values.”
The Chicago-based company had temporarily closed its stores in Russia, but was still paying employees.
On Monday, it said it would seek to have a Russian buyer hire its employees and pay them until the sale closes. It didn’t identify a prospective buyer. McDonald’s said it plans to start removing golden arches and other symbols and signs with its name.
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KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian military commander in the eastern Luhansk region says strikes overnight hit a hospital in Severodonetsk, killing two and injuring nine, including a child. Overnight strikes also hit other towns.
Regional military governor Serhiy Haidai said on Monday that Ukrainian special forces blew up Russian-held railway bridges between Rubizhne and Severodonetsk as part of efforts to slow the Russian offensive, and posted a video on Telegram purportedly showing such a blast. The information could not immediately be independently verified.
Russian forces have been trying for weeks to seize Severodonetsk, a key site in the Donbas that’s outside the territory that separatists held for the past several years.
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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top diplomat says there is no guarantee that the 27-nation bloc will be able to quickly agree on a new set of sanctions against Russia, as a small group of countries led by Hungary oppose an oil embargo.
The European Commission proposed on May 4 a sixth package of Ukraine war sanctions that included a ban on oil imports from Russia. Hungary is one of a number of landlocked countries that are highly dependent on Russian oil, along with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Bulgaria also has reservations.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says “we will do our best in order to deblock the situation. I cannot ensure that it is going to happen because positions are quite strong.” His remarks Monday came as he prepared to chair a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
Borrell says “that some member states face more difficulties because they are more dependent, because they are landlocked,” and that “they only have oil through pipelines, and coming from Russia.”
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says “the whole union is being held hostage by one member state.” He says countries like Hungary were offered a phase out of Russian oil until Dec 31, 2024, and that “everybody expected that this would be enough.”
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PARIS — French carmaker Renault says it is selling its Russian branch to Moscow City and its stake in Russian company Avtovaz to a local state-owned institute.
Renault said Monday its board of directors approved the deal to sell its 67.69% stake in Avtovaz, the company making Lada, to NAMI, the scientific research automobile and automotive engine institute of the Russian Federation.
The agreement provides for a six-year option for Renault to buy back its stake in Avtovaz.
The CEO of Renault Group, Luca de Meo, called it “a difficult but necessary decision.”
He says “we are making a responsible choice towards our 45,000 employees in Russia while preserving the Group’s performance and our ability to return to the country in the future, in a different context.”
In March, Renault said it would pause production at its Moscow plant amid mounting criticism of its foothold in the Russian Federation.
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BRUSSELS — Canada says it supports plans from Finland and Sweden to join NATO amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Melanie Joly, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, spoke Monday in Brussels ahead of meeting with the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell.
Joly said Canada is in favor of a “quick accession” for both countries. “Our goal is to be among the first countries to be able to ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland,” she said. That process in the past has taken eight months to a year.
Given the security crisis sparked by the war and the potential threat to Finland and Sweden, NATO countries are keen to move fast if the pair of nations officially apply, which they have not done yet.
Asked whether Canada would be in favor of Ukraine’s joining the military alliance, Joly said her country is in favor of an “open-door policy” but stopped short of endorsing such a move, which is unrealistic at this stage since it would require allies to intervene military in the war-torn country.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces focused their latest attacks in Ukraine on the Donetsk region in the east, targeting civilian and military sites in multiple towns, the Ukrainian military said Monday.
The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia’s military also continued air and artillery strikes around the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in the strategic city.
In the Donetsk region, it said Russian forces used a range of weaponry on Ukrainian military fortifications and units and fired artillery at civilian infrastructure in the towns of Dovhenke, Ruski Tyshki, Ternova and Petrivka.
Around Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, Russian forces are now concentrating on “maintaining positions and preventing the advance of our troops toward the border.” Ukraine’s military posted a video Sunday night showing its troops at the border in the Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian daily note did not detail specific gains or losses. It is very difficult to get a clear overall picture of fighting in the east because of tight travel restrictions imposed by both sides and the danger of frequent air and artillery strikes around the region.
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LONDON — British military authorities say the presence of Belarusian forces on the border may force Ukrainian troops to stay in the area instead of going to support operations in the eastern Donbas region.
Belarus, a close ally of Russia, said last week that it planned to send special operations troops to three areas near the Ukrainian border as it complained about the buildup of NATO troops in the region. The U.K. Ministry of Defense, in an intelligence briefing released Monday, said Belarus has also deployed air defense forces, artillery and missile units to training sites in western Belarus.
The ministry says Belarusian forces haven’t been directly involved in the invasion of Ukraine, though Belarus was used as a staging area for Russian attacks on the cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv. Russia has also launched aircraft and missiles from Belarusian territory.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko “is likely balancing support for Russia’s invasion with a desire to avoid direct military participation with the risk of Western sanctions, Ukrainian retaliation and possible dissatisfaction in the Belarusian military,” U.K. authorities said. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/live-updates-ukraine-says-russia-strikes-at-donetsk-sites/ | 2022-05-16T13:06:23Z | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/live-updates-ukraine-says-russia-strikes-at-donetsk-sites/ | false | 12 |
Blacklisted Technologies LLC announces the launch of Blacklisted Token
BLKT is a decentralized finance token built on the BNB Chain offering holders 10 percent reflection rewards in BUSD, a stablecoin pegged 1:1 with the U.S. Dollar. Blacklisted Token also incorporates an additional tax of 4 percent to their auto liquidity protocol utility and 1 percent to marketing. The liquidity pool of Blacklisted Token will be locked for a period of five years. Blacklisted looks to build a community of holders built on honesty and transparency by putting their names and faces to the project.
The pre-sale for Blacklisted Token will launch on June 1, 2022 on the PinkSale platform, and will be trading on the PancakeSwap Decentralized Exchange once the pre-sale is complete.
Blacklisted Technologies LLC believes that their upcoming Old West-themed massively online role-playing game (MMORPG), codenamed Fort Black, will provide further utility to Blacklisted Token by providing a Play-to-Earn economy for its players while also providing additional trading volume with the implementation of the token.
About Blacklisted Technologies LLC
Blacklisted Technologies LLC is a Florida-registered limited liability company in the Blockchain and Web3.0 development space. Started by, Joshua Flint, a former aerospace and defense technician and programmer, and Charles Burger Sr., a former financial analyst, Blacklisted Technologies looks to stay on the bleeding edge of their industry. For more information, visit www.blkt.io and follow along on social media @BlacklistedTkn.
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Monica Setta clashes with Tiberio Timperi at Uno Mattina in Famiglia, here is the reason
Another episode of One Morning in the Family. Among the guests of the well-known program was Monica Setta which was seen as the protagonist of a quarrel with Tiberio Timperi. The tension rose when the argument relating to theEurovision Song Contest. Let’s find out what happened in detail.
Recently Monica Setta ended up in the center of gossip. This time to make the TV personality the protagonist of a gossip was a question and answer had with Tiberio Timperi during the live broadcast of One Morning in the Family on the day of May 15, 2022.
Without a shadow of a doubt, it is well known that Monica Setta and Tiberio Timperi never got along. To give further confirmation was the on squabble which took place at One Morning in the Family. The quarrel occurred when the reporter began to comment on the look by Laura Pausini flaunted atEurovision Song Contest 2022.
In detail, it all started when Stefano Dominella made some considerations out of place on the clothes of the famous singer:
Mrs. Pausini, great singer, great showgirl, multilingual, was dressed not taking into account the scales, so her looks were exaggerated compared to her physicality.
In light of this, the woman has replicated:
No, no, I disagree. (…) Not just because you are saying something about a woman and not talking about the weight of women, absolutely.
It was also to intervene in the discussion Concita Borelli and it is precisely at this moment that the Sect wanted to stop the debate to avoid controversy. However, that of the reporter was one decision who did not agree with the co-host Tiberio Timperi who stated:
We are here for this Monica.
With these words the presenter urged:
No, we’re not here to digress. This is the lineup and we have to follow it.
#Monica #Setta #argues #Tiberio #Timperi #live #heres #happened #Curler | https://pledgetimes.com/monica-setta-argues-with-tiberio-timperi-live-heres-what-happened-curler/ | 2022-05-16T13:12:29Z | https://pledgetimes.com/monica-setta-argues-with-tiberio-timperi-live-heres-what-happened-curler/ | false | 1 |
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) _ Synthetic Biologics Inc. (SYN) on Monday reported a loss of $4.3 million in its first quarter.
The Rockville, Maryland-based company said it had a loss of 3 cents per share.
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The Legal Council of the Region reprimands the City Council for trying to kick the concessionaire out of the service “without giving it a hearing”
The operation of the Center for Family and Labor Reconciliation of Fuente Álamo is not going through its best moment. It is denounced by the group of fathers and mothers – almost a hundred users – in a public statement. In the letter, they make clear their “discomfort” due to the “shortcomings, both in personnel and in toys and teaching materials”, in addition to the “systematic saving policy that has led to not having the heating on throughout the winter.” The lack of understanding between the service concession company and the Fuente Álamo City Council is behind the problem.
In these conditions, say parents, “the 99 children between 0 and 3 years old that the center welcomes are mixed without age criteria, which, on occasions, causes the saturation of the workers and the exceeding of reasonable ratios for babies and young children.”
According to the parents’ group, the lack of staff is caused “by the voluntary resignation of several workers after accumulating months without pay and others who are on leave.” So, “knowing that there is no charge, the candidates to whom the vacancies are offered, do not accept.” At this time, say the parents, “there are five people working, of the twelve positions that should be covered.” The group of parents, being all of them up to date with the payment of their fees, considers that they should “demand the City Council to solve the problem immediately.”
Regarding the causes of this problem, the families state in their statement that it is due “to the disputes between the City Council and the concession company.”
disagreements
The contract between the company and the Consistory was signed in October 2021 for four years, at a rate of 234,740 euros each. However, from the beginning there were disputes over the number of jobs to be filled, the qualifications of the staff and whether part of them should be full or part time. As there was no agreement, the local government brought to the Plenary in March 2022 a proposal to terminate the contract and, in parallel, the start of a new tender, which is currently in the evaluation phase of offers.
However, the municipal plans have come up against a “mandatory” opinion of the Legal Council of the Region of Murcia to which LA TRUTH has had access. In it, the resolution of the contract that the City Council sought is disavowed, since “before it should have been communicated to the company so that it could allege what is appropriate to its right.” The opposite, says the Council, “not giving an audience to the company, generates defenselessness.”
From the concessionaire, Larena Cooperativa, a spokesman assures THE TRUTH that the Fuente Álamo City Council owes him 100,000 euros “and hence the impossibility of hiring more personnel.” In addition, he indicated that the appropriate legal actions are reserved against the Consistory “for the persecution to which the company has been subjected.”
Sources from the local executive consulted by this newsroom emphasize that the opinion of the Legal Council of the Region refers only to “a formal defect” and showed their willingness to solve the problem “as soon as possible, attending to the demands of the parents and the general interests of the City Council.
From the opposition, the only councilor of the local Cifa formation, Agustín Sánchez, demands of the local executive “political responsibilities, as well as of the officials who have acted in this matter.”
#Parents #municipal #nursery #Fuente #Álamo #denounce #lack #personnel | https://pledgetimes.com/parents-of-the-municipal-nursery-of-fuente-alamo-denounce-the-lack-of-personnel/ | 2022-05-16T13:17:16Z | https://pledgetimes.com/parents-of-the-municipal-nursery-of-fuente-alamo-denounce-the-lack-of-personnel/ | true | 1 |
A lease from the United States will not lead to a huge debt in Ukraine after the war.
This was stated in an interview with European pravda by US Chargé dʼAffaires Christina Quinn.
According to her, contrary to its name (lend — to lend with interest, lease — to lease), Washington does not say "that Ukraine should return everything it receives under this mechanism."
"The idea of a lease is different. Frankly, this is just a procedure to speed up the supply of weapons. Therefore, of course, the lease will not lead to the emergence of any huge debt in Ukraine after the war, "- said Queen.
- On April 7, the United States Senate unanimously approved a land lease law for Ukraine
- On April 28, the US House of Representatives approved the document, and on May 9, it was signed by US President Joe Biden. | https://babel.ua/en/news/78765-the-head-of-the-us-embassy-said-that-the-lease-will-not-lead-to-a-huge-debt-for-ukraine-after-the-war | 2022-05-16T13:18:28Z | https://babel.ua/en/news/78765-the-head-of-the-us-embassy-said-that-the-lease-will-not-lead-to-a-huge-debt-for-ukraine-after-the-war | true | null |
Recent approvals of potentially pivotal Berubicin Study into Switzerland, France, and Spain expected to significantly drive patient enrollment
Opportunities for Berubicin to be used in additional oncology indications with significant unmet needs
HOUSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP) ("CNS" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of novel treatments for primary and metastatic cancers in the brain and central nervous system, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a clinical update of its anti-cancer drug candidates currently in development for the treatment of primary and metastatic brain and CNS cancer.
"Since the start of 2022, we have significantly expanded our international presence with clinical approvals in Spain, France and Switzerland received for our potentially pivotal study of Berubicin for the treatment of GBM. Once again our team demonstrated its operational, clinical and regulatory expertise this quarter. These efforts enable us to continue building momentum with patient enrollment – the cornerstone of any successful drug development program. The unmet need in GBM is enormous and knows no geographic borders and this critically important and state of the art trial will, most importantly, advance a much needed potential treatment option to patients. We have been and remain laser focused on executing on all of our operational efforts and look forward to an exciting year ahead," commented John Climaco, CEO of CNS Pharmaceuticals.
Clinical Programs Update
Berubicin – Novel anthracycline
CNS' lead product candidate, Berubicin, is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier. Berubicin is currently being evaluated in a potentially pivotal global study evaluating its efficacy and safety in the treatment of GBM. The potentially pivotal global trial is an adaptive, multicenter, open-label, randomized and controlled study in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (WHO Grade IV) after failure of standard first-line therapy. Approximately 243 patients with GBM after failure of standard first line therapy will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive Berubicin or lomustine for the evaluation of Overall Survival, the primary endpoint of the study. Overall Survival is a rigorous endpoint that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recognized as a basis for approval of oncology drugs when a statistically significant improvement can be shown relative to a randomized control arm.
A pre-planned, non-binding futility analysis will be performed after approximately 30 to 50% of all planned patients have completed the primary endpoint at 6 months. This review will include additional evaluation of safety as well as secondary efficacy endpoints. Enrollment will not be paused during this interim analysis.
The FDA recently granted CNS Pharmaceuticals Fast Track Designation for Berubicin which enables more frequent interactions with the FDA to expedite the development and review process. As previously announced, the Company also received Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA which may provide seven years of marketing exclusivity upon approval of an NDA.
For more information about the potentially pivotal Berubicin trial, visit clinicaltrials.gov and reference identifier NCT04762069.
Upcoming Milestones
- Continue to expand potentially pivotal study to evaluate efficacy of Berubicin in the treatment of adult GBM into additional countries;
- Interim analysis of the trial when 30-50% of the total expected patients have been on study for 6 months (expected during first half of 2023); and
- Complete enrollment in potentially pivotal clinical trial for GBM.
WP1244 Portfolio - Novel class of DNA-binding agents
The Company continues to advance the development of its WP1244 drug technology portfolio, which utilizes anthracycline and distamycin-based scaffolds to create small molecule agents and is believed to be 500x more potent than daunorubicin in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation. Preclinical studies of WP1244 demonstrated high uptake in the brain with antitumor activity. The Company's development work has produced a new mesylate salt of WP1244, now identified as WP1874. The enhanced solubility of this salt may increase its ability to be formulated for use in an IV infusion, while maintaining similar potency and toxicity characteristics. Going forward, WP1874 will be the primary focus in our development efforts of the WP1244 portfolio. CNS Pharmaceuticals is also evaluating the use of WP1244/WP1874 in the treatment of other primary brain and central nervous system cancers, as well as cancers metastatic to the brain including pancreatic, ovarian, and lymphomas.
Upcoming Milestones
- File IND in 2023.
Summary of Financial Results for the First Quarter 2022
The net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was approximately $2.8 million compared to approximately $3.6 million for the comparable period in 2021. The change in net loss is primarily attributable to increased drug manufacturing activities in 2021 in preparation for the commencement of the Company's clinical trials as well as the timing of annual employee incentive compensation, partially offset by an increase in contract research organization expenses as we are now actively conducting the trial of Berubicin.
The Company reported Research and development expenses of $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to approximately $2.2 million for the comparable period in 2021. The change in net loss is primarily attributable to increased drug manufacturing activities in 2021 in preparation for the commencement of the Company's clinical trials, as well as by the payment of annual employee incentive compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and not having been paid by March 31, 2022, offset by an increase in expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2022 related to contract research organization (CRO) activites in conducting our trial of Berubicin.
General and administrative expense was approximately $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to approximately $1.4 million for the comparable period in 2021. This change is primarily due to the payment of annual employee incentive compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and not having been paid by March 31, 2022.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of approximately $12.4 million and working capital of approximately $13.7 million. In early January 2022, the Company completed an offering of common stock and warrants for gross proceeds of $11.5 million. The Company's current expectation is that the cash on hand and the proceeds from the offering during January is sufficient to fund our operations into the first quarter of 2023. The timing and costs of clinical trials are difficult to predict and trial plans may change in response to evolving circumstances and as such the foregoing estimates may prove to be inaccurate.
About CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CNS Pharmaceuticals a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of anti-cancer drug candidates for the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the brain and central nervous system. The Company's lead drug candidate, Berubicin, is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier. Berubicin is currently in development for the treatment of a number of serious brain and CNS oncology indications including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.
Additionally, the Company is advancing the development of its WP1244 drug technology portfolio, which utilizes anthracycline and distamycin-based scaffolds to create small molecule agents and is believed to be 500x more potent than daunorubicin in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation. Preclinical studies of WP1244 demonstrated high uptake in the brain with antitumor activity. CNS Pharmaceuticals is evaluating the use of the WP1244 portfolio in the treatment of brain cancers, pancreatic, ovarian, and lymphomas.
For more information, please visit www.CNSPharma.com, and connect with the Company on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. These statements relate to future events, future expectations, plans and prospects. Although CNS believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. CNS has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including ''believes,'' ''estimates,'' ''anticipates,'' ''expects,'' ''plans,'' ''projects,'' ''intends,'' ''potential,'' ''may,'' ''could,'' ''might,'' ''will,'' ''should,'' ''approximately'' or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those discussed under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in CNS's most recently filed Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and updated from time to time in its Form 10-Q filings and in its other public filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of its date. CNS undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after its date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Teacher Retirement System of Texas acquired a new position in Iris Energy Limited (NASDAQ:IREN – Get Rating) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 200,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,234,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas owned approximately 0.36% of Iris Energy as of its most recent SEC filing.
Separately, First Trust Advisors LP bought a new stake in shares of Iris Energy in the fourth quarter worth $1,579,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 11.33% of the company’s stock.
A number of brokerages have recently commented on IREN. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Iris Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their price target on shares of Iris Energy from $25.00 to $22.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 9th. Compass Point upped their price target on shares of Iris Energy from $22.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 8th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price target on shares of Iris Energy from $25.00 to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $24.78.
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Iris Energy Limited operates as a bitcoin mining company. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Sydney, Australia.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Ha-Seong Kim had a run-scoring double to give San Diego the lead in a four-run 11th inning and the Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Sunday.
Kim’s double to left field off Jackson Stephens (0-1) drove in Jake Cronenworth, who opened the inning as the automatic runner on second.
Kim moved to third on a throwing error by shortstop Dansby Swanson and scored on Jurickson Profar’s grounder to second base, beating Ozzie Albies’ throw to the plate. The Braves committed three errors in the game.
Will Myers added a two-run single.
Nabil Crismatt (2-0) had four strikeouts in two scoreless innings.
The Padres won two of three games in the series.
Swanson’s two-run homer off Joe Musgrove gave the Braves a 3-0 lead in the fourth. The Padres took advantage of two unearned runs to tie the game against Kyle Wright.
Swanson’s alert baserunning gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead in the second. He reached on a fielder’s choice grounder and advanced to third on Adam Duvall’s bloop single in front of Will Myers in right field.
Swanson scored on a head-first slide when Myers’ throw skipped past Robinson Canó at second base. The run on Myers’ throwing error was unearned.
Braves first baseman Matt Olson’s fielding error allowed Profar to score an unearned run in the fifth. Profar doubled off Wright and scored on Myers’ single in the seventh.
Wright was pulled when third baseman Austin Riley missed Canó’s grounder for an error. Austin Nola’s sacrifice fly drove in Myers for a 3-3 tie.
Wright allowed three runs, one earned, on three hits in 6 1/3 innings. He recorded nine strikeouts.
Musgrove allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits in 6 innings.
Luis García walked Ozuna with two outs in the eighth. Ozuna stole second and moved to third on García’s wild pitch before Albies popped out to end the inning.
Canó, who signed with San Diego on Friday after being designated for assignment by the New York Mets on May 2, made his Padres debut. Kim started at third base and Cronenworth made his first start of the season at shortstop.
The 11:37 a.m. first pitch on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, was the earliest known start for either team. The Braves cited Elias in reporting they had not started a game before noon since at least 1989. The Padres also relied on Elias to say they had not started a game before noon since at least 1998.
Neither team could cite history of any game starting before noon, but first-pitch records are incomplete before 1989 and 1998.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: LHP Blake Snell (groin) will return to the rotation and start at Milwaukee on Wednesday night after making three rehab starts.
Braves: RF Ronald Acuña Jr. (sore groin) missed his fourth consecutive game. After an MRI on Saturday showed no structural damage, the Braves made no IL move. It’s possible Acuña could return on Monday.
UP NEXT
Padres: Following an off day on Monday, RHP Mike Clevinger (0-0, 5.00) will make his third start of the season when the Padres open a three-game series at Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
Braves: RHP Ian Anderson (3-1, 4.20 ERA) is scheduled to start in the opener of a three-game series at Milwaukee on Monday night. Anderson allowed one run in six innings in a 5-1 win at Milwaukee on May 15, 2021, in his only career start against the Brewers.
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Wasn’t It Nice When My Male Colleague Gave Flowers To All The Women In My Office For Mother’s Day, And Other Advice Column Questions
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Wasn’t It Nice When My Male Colleague Gave Flowers To All The Women In My Office For Mother’s Day?
I was hoping you could give your opinion on a situation that recently arose at work. My colleague Bob can be seen as a little nitpicky or overbearing, but he is generally a nice person and we get along well. Last week, for Mother's Day, he brought in a whole bunch of roses and was giving them to all the women at work. I'm not sure if he only gave them to the mothers — he did give one to me, and made a nice comment about how even though I am not a mother, I am still a wonderful woman and he knows that should I ever choose to have kids I would be a great mother, but I'm not sure if he did that for the other childless women.
Personally, I thought this was a really nice gesture that Bob didn't have to do. However, some of my colleagues were saying that it was overbearing, inappropriate, and sexist. I feel as though because they think Bob is overbearing to begin with, they are seeing this gift in a negative way, when it really seems to be just a nice thought. What do you think?
[Inc.]
Alison Green rules that Bob’s gift was extremely sexist and patronizing. “There's an implication there that motherhood is a calling everyone should aspire to, and it's awfully thoughtless toward people who may be struggling with infertility, have recently miscarried, or have zero interest in having kids and don't appreciate society treating them as if childbearing should be their default, or who just don't want their boss treating them in a gendered way,” she writes. Read the rest of her answer.
Was I Wrong To Rescind A Child’s Invitation To My Daughter’s 4th Birthday Party Because His Parents Couldn’t Reciprocate?
We are celebrating my daughter’s fourth birthday in a week, and her whole class is invited. As a rule of thumb and attempt to be inclusive, we always invite the whole class. This is her first birthday after the pandemic so she’s been really excited about it. Anyway, one of her friends’ moms messaged me saying her son can make it. I told her that’s great and let her know we’re asking one parent to be there since it’s a big place and we’ve invited her whole class. She replied saying no problem, and proceeded to tell me that she’s celebrating her son’s birthday at the same place with only a few friends, and that she hopes my daughter isn’t disappointed when she hears the kids talking about it. She then said that we weren’t up for a “whole class party” emphasizing my words. Her response just didn’t sit well with me.
I asked her if she could extend the invite to my daughter as she will be disappointed and it will come across as unfair to her (seemed as if the party was shortly after hers), while I completely understand it is a small party. I also know the venue owner is super flexible on having an additional kid and there’s normally a range for parties. To which she replied that it is still not possible to include my daughter and has sent stickers for the rest of the class. While she recognized and appreciated my efforts to be inclusive, she maintained that her son’s party is only for a small number of kids and hoped I could understand that this is the best decision for her family at this time. I was disappointed but not surprised, and let her know that while I appreciate her gesture to send stickers, it is not good enough and I cannot defend this to my daughter. I let her know that perhaps it’s best if her son doesn’t come to the party as well, so it doesn’t come across as unfair to my daughter. I told her I hope she understood that this is the best decision for my family at this time.
I just got a response saying “Wow, ok.” Do you think I handled the situation in the right way? While I don’t expect my daughter to be invited to every single party because we had the means to do so, the way this mother responded to me was very entitled and not communicated very well. It had a very “sorry, not sorry” tone. I honestly felt attacked for being inclusive (by her emphasis on ‘whole class’). Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for listening!
[Slate]
Doyin Richards points out that the boy’s mother might have been planning a small party for financial reasons. “You mentioned it would be difficult to defend this to your daughter, but I think it could be used as an opportunity to teach her that you can’t control what other families do, but you will do your part to be as inclusive as possible,” he writes. Read the rest of his answer.
How Can I Get My Parents To Stop Celebrating My Sister’s Accomplishments As Though They’re Equal To Mine?
My parents have always favored my younger sister. I did well in high school and was part of important clubs, whereas she skated by and only played one sport, but our parents hyped up her successes like they were on the same level as mine. I got accepted into an Ivy League school for pre-med despite being the first in our family to go to such a school, and they did celebrate it, but they made as big a deal out of my sister going to community college and living at home two years later. She graduated her two-year computer coding program the same year I finished my undergrad, and they threw us a joint party in their backyard.
Because our parents paid for our education, she graduated debt-free. I’m grateful that they paid for college, but I now have to work to pay for medical school. Since my sister got a job, she’s been making a huge deal out of giving our parents money. I can’t afford to while in medical school for the next several years. Our parents constantly praise my sister for the financial help, and I’m now not even getting cursory praise for my achievements. Once I’m a doctor, I’ll make much more money than my sister, but I’m not sure I even want to give anything to my parents. What can I do for now to make them understand that treating our achievements as equal is insulting to the extra work and success I’ve had, and save our relationship by the time I have money again?
[Slate]
Allison Price argues that the letter writer shouldn’t expect favoritism based on their achievements. “[W]hile I know you’re proud of your accomplishments, you’re suggesting that your parents’ affection and praise should be conditional based on what you (or society) value as ‘success,’” she writes. “So, with kindness, I do not think you deserve more praise than your sister because of what you have or will accomplish or earn.” Read the rest of her answer.
Will It Help My Romantic Prospects If I Tell Prospective Dates I’m Rich?
I am a woman with a decent job and a smallish inheritance. It's not enough money to pay someone else's rent, but if someone were to move in with me, I could support them. I bring this up because I've been having a hard time getting attention from people I'm actually attracted to, and I'm looking for ways to tilt the scales in my favor. Is there an appropriate way to announce that I could take care of a partner financially? Is this just a terrible idea? I'm a very blunt person by nature, but a lot of people respond badly to that. I don't want to look like a huge asshole!
John Paul Brammer encourages the letter writer to address her apparent belief that people won’t love her without a financial incentive. “It sounds like you’re looking to win a game (you speak of tilting scales) with a relationship being the prize,” he writes. “The reality is that people aren’t prizes to be won, and a relationship isn’t like Monopoly.” Read the rest of his answer.
Should I Ask My Former Best Friend To Take Down A Podcast Episode In Which She Made Me Out To Be A Bad Person?
My former best friend called me the other day and told me she needed to speak to me about something important. She hosts a popular podcast series and told me that her newest episode would be about our friendship and the reason we grew apart. She briefed me on what she said about me. (The show had already been recorded.) She said she wanted to give me a warning before it aired because she didn’t want me to be blindsided. I gave her my blessing.
I listened to the episode after it aired, and it was nothing like what she warned me it would be like. She made me out to be such a bad person. She didn’t mention my name, but it was so obviously about me. Should I tell her to take it down? Should I confront her?
[UExpress]
Harriette Cole urges the letter writer to initiate a conversation with the podcast host about their friendship. “Tell her that your recollection of what transpired between you is dramatically different from what she said about you,” she writes. “Challenge the stories that you do not agree with that she shared in her podcast.” Read the rest of her answer.
How Should I Address My Husband’s Expectation That Our Children And I Jump Up And Down And Cheer When He’s Excited About Something?
My husband gets very upset when our 4-year-old sons don't share his enthusiasm over something that excites him. He wants them (and me) to jump up and down or cheer when he's excited about something. The problem is, he tends to share his news when we're getting ready for bed or just plain tired. I feel guilty for not acquiescing, but at the same time, I don't want to fake it. Any suggestions for a compromise, please?
[UExpress]
Abigail Van Buren advises the letter writer to tell their husband that his timing is bad. “If he expects you and the children to be his cheering section, it would be helpful if he timed his announcements so they don't conflict with bedtime, when everyone's energy level is low,” she writes. Read the rest of her answer.
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Ensure safety of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley, Arvind Kejriwal tells Centre
The Delhi chief minister’s comments came after a Kashmiri Pandit was killed by suspected militants in Budgam district on May 12.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked the Union government to ensure the safety of Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir.
His comments came after suspected militants barged into a government office in Budgam district on May 12 and shot dead Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit. The police said that Bhat worked as a revenue department official at the tehsil office in Chadoora town. A massive protest has erupted in the Valley after Bhat’s killing.
On Friday, the police fired tear gas and baton-charged protestors, who had participated in a march from a migrant colony in Budgam’s Sheikhpora to the Srinagar International Airport.
“A few days ago in Kashmir, a government employee, Rahul Bhat, was killed,” Kejriwal said at an online press briefing. “Some terrorists went into his [Bhat’s] office, asked his name and shot him. It seems that they had made up their mind that they will target a Kashmiri Pandit.”
Kejriwal said that the Indian Army killed two militants within a day but the whole country is worried that Kashmir Pandits are not safe in the Valley.
The Delhi chief minister noted that those protesting against Bhat’s killing were baton-charged and the gates of the migrant colony were locked down. Kejriwal demanded that the officers who assaulted the protestors should be terminated from service.
“This is not a political but a national matter,” he said. “Kashmir Pandits want security. They don’t feel safe there [in the Valley]. If the Pandits living in Kashmir are not given protection, how will the Kashmiri Pandits living in other areas return. It is my request to the central government to take all the steps needed to provide security for rehabilitating Kashmiri Pandits.”
The chief minister added that everyone needs to work together to help Kashmiri Pandits return to the Valley.
A day after Bhat was killed, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had announced that it has formed a special investigation team to look into the murder. On Sunday, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered an inquiry into the use of force against Kashmiri Pandits.
On May 24, Kejriwal had criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party for promoting The Kashmir Files. The movie, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the erstwhile state in the late 1980s and early 1990s due to militancy. It was released on March 11.
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Sigyn Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCMKTS:SIGY – Get Rating) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,800 shares, a growth of 35.7% from the April 15th total of 2,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days.
Shares of SIGY opened at $0.34 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $0.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $0.48. Sigyn Therapeutics has a 1 year low of $0.17 and a 1 year high of $1.36.
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Project has potential to produce high-quality iron ore concentrate at a reduced carbon footprint
Highlights:
- CoTec to acquire 15.8% equity interest in MagIron LLC for US$2 million
- MagIron has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire a dormant iron ore concentrator based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
- Plant has ability to produce DR grade concentrate by using existing tailings and iron ore fines, reducing its carbon footprint compared to other U.S. steel plants
- CoTec will examine the potential of applying technology developed by Binding Solutions Limited (a company in which CoTec has an existing investment) to the plant's production process
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 16, 2022 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH) ("CoTec" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 15.8% equity interest in MagIron LLC ("MagIron") for a US$2 million. MagIron is a U.S. based company that is in the process of acquiring a green iron ore project that it intends to refurbish and bring back into production. The investment includes terms customary for an investment of this nature, including Board representation subject to CoTec maintaining a 10% equity interest.
Julian Treger, CEO of CoTec commented; "We are very excited to support MagIron's development and we believe it has the potential to be the first example of the successful implementation of CoTec's model of acquiring interests in disruptive technologies in the mineral extraction industry and then applying them to various assets. It also underlies how we can create considerable value for CoTec shareholders by investing in undervalued assets and rapidly scaling the underlying business."
"MagIron is acquiring the plant at a nominal value relative to its original cost of several hundred million dollars, providing a significant capital advantage to MagIron. With an appropriate funding structure, we believe that the plant has the potential to generate significant value for MagIron, and indirectly CoTec. This value could be further increased if we are able to successfully apply the technology developed by Binding Solutions Limited to the plant's production process, which we are optimistic will be the case", added Mr. Treger.
MagIron has entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a dormant iron ore concentrator known as Plant 4 based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota ("Plant 4") and 2,483 acres of land in the Itasca and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota that contains fine and coarse iron ore tailings. MagIron will also lease a further 1,700 acres of land which houses Plant 4 and facilitates access to additional iron ore fines and tailings. This waste material from historical mining operations nearby Plant 4 can be used as feedstock for Plant 4 and could potentially support an estimated 15-year business plan. MagIron is acquiring Plant 4 from the Chapter 7 Trustee for ERP Iron Ore, LLC pursuant to the terms of an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota for a purchase price of US$4.5 million. MagIron will also provide a royalty of US$2 per dry metric tonne of concentrate produced capped at US$15.5 million to settle the claims of certain lienholders over the property.
CoTec understands that MagIron intends to restart the operations at Plant 4 following completion of a refurbishment program, which is currently anticipated to take approximately 24 months and cost approximately US$80 million. MagIron's ability to complete the refurbishment program and restart operations at Plant 4 will be subject, among other things, on its ability to secure additional funding sufficient to fund the refurbishment program and the restart.
MagIron has also entered into a purchase agreement for intellectual property related to the iron ore concentrate process for a cash payment of US$325,000 and a royalty of US$2 per dry metric tonne of concentrate produced by Plant 4, capped at US$10 million. The intellectual property utilizes the patented Natural pH Flotation Process (the "Rev3 Separator"), patented magnetic separators and proprietary plant designs combined with common mineral processing techniques controlled with proprietary automation software to separate hematite, goethite and limonite from non-magnetic minerals (primarily silica) to yield ultra-high grade iron ore. The intellectual property allows for the efficient production of fine-grained iron ore concentrate with a silica content of approximately 2%. The Rev3 Separator also results in lower downtime due to its simple carousel design and discrete matrix media that allows for the free flow of material that prevents plugging and clogging, resulting in overall improved efficiency.
Following its restart, Plant 4 is expected to be able to produce DR grade iron ore concentrate at a reduced carbon footprint compared to traditional steel production techniques as it will recycle existing tailings rather than require new mining. In addition, MagIron is testing technology developed by Binding Solutions Limited ("BSL"), another CoTec portfolio investment, to see if it could be utilized at Plant 4 and the initial results are encouraging. If successful, the BSL technology would allow for the use of cold agglomeration in the production of green iron ore pellets from Plant 4. These pellets could be used in direct reduced iron and electric arc furnace applications at a significantly reduced carbon footprint compared to existing alternatives.
Larry Lehtinen, CEO of MagIron commented: "We are delighted to have a visionary investor like CoTec join MagIron. Through its Board representation and ongoing strategic guidance, CoTec will assist in developing the business via initiatives like the introduction of the BSL technology."
Kings Chapel International Limited, a company owned by a discretionary trust associated with Mr. Treger, currently owns a minority equity interest in MagIron and will be making a concurrent US$2.5 million investment in MagIron on the same terms as CoTec. Mr. Treger is also a member of MagIron's board of managers. As a result, Mr. Treger abstained from any decision-making pertaining to the MagIron investment.
About CoTec
CoTec is an ESG-focused company investing in innovative technologies that have the potential to fundamentally change the way metals and minerals can be extracted and processed. The Company is committed to supporting the transition to a lower carbon future for the extraction industry, a sector on the cusp of a green revolution as it embraces technology and innovation.
CoTec is a publicly traded mining issuer listed on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol CTH.V
For further information, please contact:
Braam Jonker - (604) 992-5600
Forward-Looking Information Cautionary Statement
Statements in this press release regarding the Corporation's and MagIron's businesses and the Corporation's investment in MagIron which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to management's expectations with respect to MagIron's acquisition, development and operation of Plant 4 and the potential application of the BSL technology to Plant 4 and the benefits to the Corporation which may be implied from such statements. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. For further details regarding risks and uncertainties facing the Corporation please refer to "Risk Factors" in the Corporation's filing statement dated April 6, 2022, a copy of which may be found under the Corporation's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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Heatwave scorches Pakistan, mercury shoots to 51°C in Jacobabad – Times of India
KARACHI (PAKISTAN): Heatwave across Pakistan is creating a significant well being disaster with mercury capturing as excessive as 51° Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh on Saturday.
Citing The News, Geo News reported that quite a few circumstances of acute kidney damage (AKI) brought on by heatstroke, acute water diarrhoea and gastroenteritis have been reported from all around the nation, particularly Sindh and Punjab as extraordinarily sizzling climate scorches these areas.
Residents mentioned that extended drought and unavailability of clean water are compelling individuals to drink contaminated water to beat the warmth.
Unconfirmed stories recommend no less than three individuals died of acute water diarrhoea in a distant space of Sindh, Kaccha, in Dadu because the temperature rose to 49°Celsius, reported Geo News.
Director Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti mentioned sufferers with AKI, acute gastroenteritis and different signs of heatstroke as a consequence of extended publicity to the solar are being dropped at their heatstroke camp.
“The entire area is in the grip of an intense heatwave for the last few days,” he mentioned whereas chatting with The News.
Director-General Health, Sindh, Dr Jumman Bahoto, mentioned there have been some ‘confirmed’ stories of deaths and illness as a consequence of heatstroke and waterborne illnesses in some cities and cities of the province, which had been experiencing an intense heatwave nowadays, including that he had directed all of the District Health Officers (DHOs) to gather information in addition to set up warmth stroke camps of their jurisdiction, reported Geo News.
“A rise in the cases of acute watery diarrhoea and other waterborne illnesses are being reported from Dadu’s remote areas while some cases of heatstroke have also been reported as temperature shot up to 51° Celsius in some areas of the province. We have issued directives to the health authorities to establish heatstroke camps, provide clean drinking water and ORS to patients and provide timely medical treatment to them,” DG Health Sindh added.
As daytime temperatures turned insufferable in lots of cities of Punjab, well being authorities mentioned many site visitors wardens and customary individuals who remained uncovered to daylight in Lahore had acute kidney accidents as a consequence of dehydration. They had been taken to totally different metropolis well being amenities, together with Jinnah Hospital Lahore for remedy.
“Dozens of people, especially traffic wardens in Lahore, fainted due to dehydration over long exposure to sunlight in the intense heat and they were shifted to different hospitals. We have decided to distribute umbrellas and awareness pamphlets among people in Lahore to prevent them from permanent disability and death due to heatstroke,” eminent doctor and Vice-Chancellor of University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore Prof Javed Akram mentioned.
The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, additionally warned of a rise within the circumstances of heatstroke and water-borne illnesses as a consequence of extraordinarily excessive temperatures in numerous components of the nation, saying heatstroke is a medical emergency and proves deadly if not managed correctly, reported Geo News.
“A dehydrated person may not be able to sweat fast enough to dissipate heat, which also causes the body temperature to rise. Common signs and symptoms of heatstroke are hot and dry skin or profuse sweating with hot red or flushed dry skin, weakness/lethargy, throbbing headache, elevated body temperature, irritability, dizziness, decrease urine output, heat rash (red cluster of pimples or small blisters),” an advisory issued by the NIH within the wake of intense heatwave mentioned.
The advisory additional warned that heatstroke may cause dying or organ harm or incapacity if not correctly managed in time, including that infants, aged individuals who’re above 65 years of age, diabetics, hypertensive, athletes and outside staff are at excessive threat for heatstroke.
On the opposite hand, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) mentioned temperatures remained 50°C or above in three cities of Sindh together with Jacobabad the place 51°C was recorded on Saturday whereas in Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad) 50.5°C was recorded and in Moenjo Daro 50°C was recorded on Saturday.
“Most parts of the country are likely to remain in the grip of a heatwave like conditions during the next week. There is, however, slight relief expected in most parts of the country from the evening or night of May 14 to 17, 2022, that is, mainly due to dust storms/gusty winds, rain-thunderstorm at scattered places in most parts of the country in the afternoon and evening/night. Day temperatures are again likely to rise from May 18th, 2022,” an advisory issued by the PMD mentioned.
Citing The News, Geo News reported that quite a few circumstances of acute kidney damage (AKI) brought on by heatstroke, acute water diarrhoea and gastroenteritis have been reported from all around the nation, particularly Sindh and Punjab as extraordinarily sizzling climate scorches these areas.
Residents mentioned that extended drought and unavailability of clean water are compelling individuals to drink contaminated water to beat the warmth.
Unconfirmed stories recommend no less than three individuals died of acute water diarrhoea in a distant space of Sindh, Kaccha, in Dadu because the temperature rose to 49°Celsius, reported Geo News.
Director Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti mentioned sufferers with AKI, acute gastroenteritis and different signs of heatstroke as a consequence of extended publicity to the solar are being dropped at their heatstroke camp.
“The entire area is in the grip of an intense heatwave for the last few days,” he mentioned whereas chatting with The News.
Director-General Health, Sindh, Dr Jumman Bahoto, mentioned there have been some ‘confirmed’ stories of deaths and illness as a consequence of heatstroke and waterborne illnesses in some cities and cities of the province, which had been experiencing an intense heatwave nowadays, including that he had directed all of the District Health Officers (DHOs) to gather information in addition to set up warmth stroke camps of their jurisdiction, reported Geo News.
“A rise in the cases of acute watery diarrhoea and other waterborne illnesses are being reported from Dadu’s remote areas while some cases of heatstroke have also been reported as temperature shot up to 51° Celsius in some areas of the province. We have issued directives to the health authorities to establish heatstroke camps, provide clean drinking water and ORS to patients and provide timely medical treatment to them,” DG Health Sindh added.
As daytime temperatures turned insufferable in lots of cities of Punjab, well being authorities mentioned many site visitors wardens and customary individuals who remained uncovered to daylight in Lahore had acute kidney accidents as a consequence of dehydration. They had been taken to totally different metropolis well being amenities, together with Jinnah Hospital Lahore for remedy.
“Dozens of people, especially traffic wardens in Lahore, fainted due to dehydration over long exposure to sunlight in the intense heat and they were shifted to different hospitals. We have decided to distribute umbrellas and awareness pamphlets among people in Lahore to prevent them from permanent disability and death due to heatstroke,” eminent doctor and Vice-Chancellor of University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore Prof Javed Akram mentioned.
The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, additionally warned of a rise within the circumstances of heatstroke and water-borne illnesses as a consequence of extraordinarily excessive temperatures in numerous components of the nation, saying heatstroke is a medical emergency and proves deadly if not managed correctly, reported Geo News.
“A dehydrated person may not be able to sweat fast enough to dissipate heat, which also causes the body temperature to rise. Common signs and symptoms of heatstroke are hot and dry skin or profuse sweating with hot red or flushed dry skin, weakness/lethargy, throbbing headache, elevated body temperature, irritability, dizziness, decrease urine output, heat rash (red cluster of pimples or small blisters),” an advisory issued by the NIH within the wake of intense heatwave mentioned.
The advisory additional warned that heatstroke may cause dying or organ harm or incapacity if not correctly managed in time, including that infants, aged individuals who’re above 65 years of age, diabetics, hypertensive, athletes and outside staff are at excessive threat for heatstroke.
On the opposite hand, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) mentioned temperatures remained 50°C or above in three cities of Sindh together with Jacobabad the place 51°C was recorded on Saturday whereas in Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad) 50.5°C was recorded and in Moenjo Daro 50°C was recorded on Saturday.
“Most parts of the country are likely to remain in the grip of a heatwave like conditions during the next week. There is, however, slight relief expected in most parts of the country from the evening or night of May 14 to 17, 2022, that is, mainly due to dust storms/gusty winds, rain-thunderstorm at scattered places in most parts of the country in the afternoon and evening/night. Day temperatures are again likely to rise from May 18th, 2022,” an advisory issued by the PMD mentioned. | https://thewall.fyi/heatwave-scorches-pakistan-mercury-shoots-to-51c-in-jacobabad-times-of-india/ | 2022-05-16T13:37:07Z | https://thewall.fyi/heatwave-scorches-pakistan-mercury-shoots-to-51c-in-jacobabad-times-of-india/ | false | 4 |
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Heading to a Grand Strand farmers market? Here are some of the vendors you’ll find
The Myrtle Beach area has more than half a dozen different farmers markets offering a range of locally produced goods, from farm fresh eggs to bread to homemade jewelry.
Anyone looking to shop local will have plenty of opportunities at these markets. We met with a few of the vendors at the Surfside Beach Farmers Market to tell you a little bit more about them. Most of them hop around the seven different markets in the Waccamaw Market Cooperative, so you’re sure to find something nice wherever you go.
Here are eight of those vendors and what they’ve got for sale.
J&J Farms
J&J Farms’ is owned and operated by Johnny Graham and Raevin Ward out of Longs, S.C. Named for their daughters Johnise and Jaliya Graham, the stand sells a wide range of fresh produce. Graham specializes in growing and selling Spanish Red boiled peanuts hot from the outdoor pot.
Where to find it: Surfside on Tuesdays, Litchfield Beach on Wednesdays, North Myrtle Beach on Fridays and at both Market Common in Myrtle Beach and in Conway on Saturdays.
843-997-1716
Stacy’s Kombucha
This shop is operated by Stacy Boezi and specializes in fermented tea that has probiotics, enzimes, amino acids, yeast and vitamins which she says is “best for the gut.” As a registered nurse, Boezi said it’s a tea that does a “lot of good things for different parts of the body.”
Where to find it: Tuesdays in Surfside and Saturdays at Market Common
843-655-1534
Glitter Glitz and Glass
Susan Fink recycles broken jewelry to make her own new creations, such as necklaces,
Where to find it: Surfside market on Tuesdays, in North Myrtle Beach on Fridays, and Market Common on Saturdays
Benjamin’s Bakery
Bernadette Terrana operates a bakery stand full of this popular Surfside bakery’s eats including fresh baked bread, pepperoni and cheese rolls, bagels, pastries and pies.
Where to find it: The bakery also has a stand at Market Common on Saturdays.
843-477-1100
Coastal Corn
Dave and Kimberly Ondechek of Murrells Inlet do events around the region popping fresh kettle corn on site. The pair specialize in homemade caramel popcorn “the old fashion way,” with no pre-made mixes. The caramel corn comes in varieties like chocolate drizzle and they even pop special batches made with bourbon.
Where to find it: Surfside on Tuesdays and Conway or Market Common on Saturdays. The popcorn can also be found online at coastalcorn.com .
Bolla Botanicals
Laura Browning sells small batches of artisan soaps made by hand in Conway, S.C. The speciality soaps come in many scents with names like the coffee inspired “Hey Joy” and the “Tree Hugger.” In a partnership with New South Brewing, Browning also has a line that includes a soap called “New South Ale.” Her website is bollabotanicals.com .
Where to find it: Surfside on Tuesdays, Market Common on Saturdays. She will also be in Ocean Isle on Mondays starting in June.
Cane Mixers
Cane Collectives Erik Washington and Jessica Settan are newcomers to the area from Maryland. They market all natural non-alcoholic cocktail mixes which Washington says can be used in alcoholic beverages but are especially good for “family fun with mock-tails.” They can be found under Cane Collective SC on Facebook and Instagram.
Where to find it: Surfside Tuesdays, North Myrtle Beach on Friday and Market Common on Saturdays.
Cricket Creek Farm Fresh Eggs
Brenda Hicks sells a wide variety of fresh ‘grade A’ eggs produced from her 130 hens raised on her farm in Mullen’s S.C. Their ‘grade B’ eggs are used to make homemade baked goods. Hick’s booth features pictures and with the names of her hens that produce her product.
Where to find it: Hicks sells at the Surfside market on Tuesdays and direct from her farm in Mullins. Check in for updates on Facebook @CriketCreekEggs. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600641160255/heading-to-a-grand-strand-farmers-market-here-are-some-of-the-vendors-you-ll-find | 2022-05-16T13:46:40Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600641160255/heading-to-a-grand-strand-farmers-market-here-are-some-of-the-vendors-you-ll-find | false | 1 |
EU Commission to end relaxed COVID-19 state aid scheme
The European Commission said on Thursday it will gradually put an end to the temporary rules that allowed the 27 EU member countries to benefit from extra public support during the coronavirus pandemic.
Adopted in March 2020, the so-called State Aid COVID Temporary Framework relaxed the European Union’s strict state-aid regulations to help mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
In light of the improving economic situation in the region, coupled with the lifting of restrictions put in place to contain the spread of the virus over the past two years, the commission said that another prolongation of the scheme is not necessary.
The mechanism won’t be extended beyond it expiry date on June 30, but the commission insisted the phase-out will take place gradually and businesses won’t be suddenly cut off from support.
During the pandemic, the EU approved a multi-billion rescue package and member states agreed on a 1.8 trillion euro recovery plan and long-term budget for the 2021-2027 period.
To further relieve the pressure on hard-hit businesses, the bloc’s executive arm relaxed the strict state-aid rules to allow for other possible sources of public support.
Margrethe Vestager , the EU Commission executive vice-president in charge of competition policy, said the Commission had adopted more than 1,300 decisions in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, approving nearly 950 national measures for an estimated total amount approved of over €3 trillion.
Of the total aid approved between March 2020 and June 2021, Vestager said around €730 billion euros have been spent so far.
Vestager said the Commission will be ready to “act fast again if the need arises,” warning about the risks posed by the war in Ukraine to Europe’s recovery.
“Ukrainians are paying the highest cost for Russia’s senseless and unlawful war of aggression against their country,” she said. “At the same time, this is creating a disturbance in the European economy and having a severe impact on recovery.” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600642774696/eu-commission-to-end-relaxed-covid-19-state-aid-scheme | 2022-05-16T13:47:20Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2600642774696/eu-commission-to-end-relaxed-covid-19-state-aid-scheme | false | 21 |
LEVIA, a cannabis-infused seltzer, has launched its latest seasonal flavor, Dragon Fruit, just in time for the summer heat. It will hit shelves across Massachusetts later this week.
The limited-edition Dragon Fruit mimics the desired effects of LEVIA’s “Achieve” seltzer – consisting of a sativa cannabis blend that gives consumers energy for work or play – with a new, fruity flavor.
The new flavor features original artwork from Dean McKeever, a local Massachusetts illustrator that’s no stranger to the LEVIA brand. Keever’s work also was highlighted in previous seasonal flavors including Pomegranate Punch and Orange Blossom.
“It’s always seltzer season at LEVIA, but just in time for summer, our Dragon Fruit seasonal flavor is making its debut,” Troy Brosnan, co-founder of LEVIA stated. “Whether you’re hanging with friends or enjoying a day at the beach, LEVIA’s quick onset, great taste, and familiar form factor make it a great choice for summer activities.”
Along with LEVIA’s other products, which include cannabis-infused seltzers and water-soluble tinctures, the sweet, fruity flavors of the Dragon Fruit will elevate your experience with a fast and predictable onset of effects, which typically begin within 15-20 minutes. LEVIA’s products are all made in Georgetown, Massachusetts and are crafted with the finest locally sourced buds and simple all-natural ingredients. Each 12-ounce can of seltzer contains 5mg THC, zero calories, and zero sugar.
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Chirag Shetty makes special request to Air India after historic Thomas Cup triumph
The Indian men's badminton team scripted history on Sunday as they defeated a 14-time champions Indonesia to clinch the Thomas and Uber Cup title. This was India's maiden win at the tournament.
Laskhya Sen, the doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches as India wrapped the five-round match early, winning it 3-0.
Soon after the win, wishes started flooding on social media hailing the shuttlers for unlocking a major achievement. Air India too joined the bandwagon and extended their wishes on Twitter. Sharing a photo of the Indian team, the airline company wrote: "This victory will give wings to the dreams of all young sportspersons of our country."
Chirag, one half of the doubles team, was quick to react and jokingly he made a special request to the airline company. Here is his response:
Former Danish badminton player and currently the team’s doubles coach Mathias Boe also reacted to the tweet by Air India.
Chirag celebrated their win over Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (18-21 23-21 21-19) by taking off his jersey, before putting it back while the players left the court.
Many fans on Twitter connected the moment with former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly's famour shirtless celebration at Lord's after the Natwest series win.
The five-round match saw an early finish with world championship bronze medallist Lakshya kicking off the show with a 8-21 21-17 21-16 win over world number five Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty then produced another fine display of determination and defeated Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
In the second singles, which eventually turned out to be the final contest, Kidambi Srikanth outclassed Asian games gold medallist Jonatan Christie 21-15 23-21 in less than an hour to hand India an unassailable 3-0 advantage. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/badminton/chirag-shetty-makes-special-request-to-air-india-after-historic-thomas-cup-triumph-101652701751961.html | 2022-05-16T13:56:18Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/badminton/chirag-shetty-makes-special-request-to-air-india-after-historic-thomas-cup-triumph-101652701751961.html | true | 2 |
The SunEnergy1 team won success with the # 75 car shared by Luca Stolz / Jules Gounon / Kenny Habul / Martin Konrad, who preceded the # 91 of Craft-Bamboo by about ten seconds (Maro Engel / Daniel Juncadella / Kevin Tse), while Triple Eight’s # 888 (Shane Van Gisbergen / Broc Feeney / Jefri Ibrahim) completed the podium further back.
Disappointment instead for Audi Sport, which was fighting for success with Team Valvoline’s R8 LMS # 74 until the ninth hour, when a penalty caused it to slide back. At the finish the best of the Four Rings are Kelvin Van Der Linde / Nathanael Berthon / Brad Schumacher fourth.
Top5 also for Lamborghini with the sixth place obtained by Tony D’Alberto / David Wall / Adrian Deitz / Grant Denyer (# 6 Wall Racing).
# 75 Triple Eight Engineering / SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes AMG GT3: Kenny Habul, Martin Konrad, Jules Gounon, Luca Stolz
Gounon hits the encore despite Engel’s final pressure
Gounon’s second victory at Mount Panorama, albeit after 830 days and with different manufacturers, was made possible by a miscalculation of the times of the Valvoline Team riders and by the excellent stint of Stolz during his five hours at the steering wheel.
The fog on the mountain made it necessary to start behind the Safety Car in the pitch black of 5; 15 local time, before the race started in earnest two laps later. The initial stint featured Pole Shootout rivals Chaz Mostert and Kelvin Van Der Linde, who faced each other lap after lap, breaking a group of pursuers led by Stolz, Markus Winkelhock (Audi Sport Team Valvoline) and Feeney.
Further Safety Car entrances and pouring rain shuffled the cards. The engine change prevented Craft-Bamboo’s Mercedes-AMG from running on Saturday, leaving Engel starting from the last row. The German soon found himself twelfth but, stuck in traffic, was unable to recover further. Hence the unusual strategy of making mandatory pit stops during and immediately after Safety Car periods, to gain ground on rivals with faster driver changes during the race.
Meanwhile, Team Valvoline took an alternative approach to the # 74 car, giving priority to driver Am, Schumacher, over Van der Linde and Berthon. By completing most of the total driving time during the early Safety Car periods, Audi’s PROs were able to catch up time against rival AM-driven cars.
# 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 GT3 Evo II: Brad Schumacher, Kelvin van der Linde, Nathanael Berthon
Photo by: SRO
This strategy paid off when Van der Linde took the lead, albeit with a mandatory pit stop, passing Ibrahim and Tse at the end of the eighth hour. Stolz, whose SunEnergy1 team adopted a more conventional strategy and had already completed its nine changes, followed suit shortly thereafter, resulting in what should have been a thrilling finale between Mercedes-AMG and Audi.
All of this vanished because Team Valvoline received a two-minute penalty for exceeding Schumacher’s maximum consecutive driving time, which caused the vehicle to slide back one lap late.
SunEnergy1 thus inherited the lead, while Craft-Bamboo and Triple Eight completed the podium. In the wet finish, Stolz managed to gain almost 20 seconds on Juncadella, before switching to slick tires and handing over the wheel to Gounon.
Engel, who had boarded the Craft-Bamboo car the previous lap, took a big risk ending up in gravel at ‘Hell Corner’ and potential damage to the splitter as he tried to detach Van Gisbergen and reduce the gap from Gounon. . The two fought lap after lap, divided by 13 seconds until the final pit stop lap.
Both crews, as well as Triple Eight, have chosen to mount a new set of Pirelli slick tires for the last hour. Craft-Bamboo was faster and Engel found himself eight seconds behind, but Gounon kept his lead all the way to the checkered flag.
The Triple Eight failed to match the pace of its Mercedes-AMG brand peers, as evidenced by the fact that Supercars and Bathurst champion Van Gisbergen lost contact with the former two.
# 91 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes AMG GT3: Kevin Tse, Daniel Juncadella, Maro Engel
The Audi Sport chews bitterly with Van der Linde posting impressive lap times, as well as the fastest all day, in the past two hours. Car # 74 finished the race one lap from the lead in fourth position.
The R8 LMS Evo II GT3 of the Coinspot team, which started from the Pole, had several problems despite Mostert’s evident fast pace, before retiring for good after hitting the wall near the ‘Skyline’.
The Porsche of Grove Racing also stopped in the same stretch of track and seemed destined to finish fifth. Instead, Wall Racing’s measured approach helped Lamborghini achieve its best result ever at Bathurst, with the overall Top5.
Hallmarc’s Audi, shared by Lee Holdsworth / Dean Fiore / Marc Cini is sixth ahead of Team Valvoline’s second R8 with Markus Winkelhock / Ricardo Feller / Yasser Shahin at the wheel.
The BRM Team can be satisfied with its eighth place, after the car was repaired on Saturday. Nick Percat and Joey Mawson made the most of the wet conditions to take the lead in the early stages of the race, before the time it took to fix a broken headlight plunged the car, which also included Mark Rosser, at the bottom of the race. order.
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Sam Ryder’s Eurovision single Space Man could top the charts by the end of the week after his success at the contest in Turin.
The singer and TikTok star, 32, came second behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra on Saturday night, giving the UK its best result in more than 20 years and ending its dismal two-year run of zero points.
A special update issued by the Official Charts Company on Monday indicated that Space Man is currently sitting at number three behind Cat Burns and last week’s chart-topper Harry Styles.
Only 340 chart sales separate Ryder and singer Burns.
Space Man would be the first Eurovision single to hit number one in the UK since Gina G’s Ooh Ahh (Just A Little Bit) in 1996.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: “The UK has gone Eurovision crazy this year, so it is fantastic to see Sam Ryder’s Space Man making a genuine bid for number one in the Official Chart this week.
“And, just as the nation was cheering him on last Saturday, they will no doubt be cheering him on through the rest of this week too.
“Let’s hope he can go one better than his second place in Turin and lead the field in the UK’s Official Singles Chart.”
Bookmakers Coral said its odds of Ryder reaching number one had continued to increase and were at 1/2.
Ryder landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday wearing a pink Kalush Orchestra hat, a celebratory nod to this year’s winners.
Speaking on BBC Radio 2, Ryder, who was 22nd to perform on Saturday night out of the 25 finalists, said: “I don’t know, I just felt so much, just encouragement and support and love from home. And not just home, but in the Eurovision community in general, because there’s so much love, sitting in that arena is like being in a church, it is just incredible.
“I can’t explain it, and I can’t even begin to do it justice, the feeling that you have when you’re there. But going on that stage, it felt like, just trust in everything.
“Trust in the years that you’ve been singing and enjoying singing and music and take it all in.”
Asked about Ukraine coming first, he added: “They needed to win that. They were always going to win that.
“It’s so important that we use the platform of Eurovision to celebrate solidarity and to shine light into darkness.”
Ryder, from Essex, uploaded cover songs to TikTok during lockdown and caught the attention of global stars including Justin Bieber and Alicia Keys.
He signed to the Parlophone record label, part of Warner Music Group, and released his debut EP The Sun’s Gonna Rise in 2021.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Facebook post following his country’s win that: “Our courage impresses the world, our music conquers Europe!” and also vowed that Ukraine would host the singing competition next year.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said in a statement after the finale: “We congratulate Ukraine and Kalush Orchestra on their win and superb performance. Now we will begin planning for 2023 with winning broadcaster UA:PBC.
“Obviously, there are unique challenges involved in hosting next year’s competition.
“However, as in any other year, we look forward to discussing all the requirements and responsibilities involved in hosting the competition with UA:PBC, and all other stakeholders, to ensure we have the most suitable set-up for the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.” | https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/sam-ryder-launches-genuine-bid-for-number-one-with-eurovision-single-41654812.html | 2022-05-16T14:01:12Z | https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/sam-ryder-launches-genuine-bid-for-number-one-with-eurovision-single-41654812.html | true | 7 |
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The crew commander of the plane of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), which was operating Baku-Nakhchivan flight No J2 251, decided to return to Heydar Aliyev International Airport due to adverse weather conditions in the area of the Nakhchivan airport, AZAL told Trend.
According to the airlines, the plane landed at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 08:37 (GMT +4).
"Passengers of this plane will fly to Nakhchivan after the weather conditions improve," added AZAL.
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The famous jump-smash had found its mark and he slammed his racket down. His teammates ran on to the court and hoisted him in celebration. India had won the prestigious Thomas Cup for the first time. Srikanth Kidambi had taken his team over the line. World team champions.
In the quarterfinals, he put out a fist and roared after helping India take the lead against Malaysia. As was the case in the semis, when he beat Danish world No 3 Anders Antonsen in what was his longest battle of the tournament in Bangkok.
For someone who is known to carry himself with incredible restraint, these were all immensely passionate reactions. And understandably so. After all, India had not only created history by reaching the semifinals and securing their first-ever Thomas Cup medal, but they went a couple of steps further and won it all.
And the most successful player for India in the tournament was Srikanth. He was the only one in the squad with the distinction of playing six matches and winning each of them (HS Prannoy won five out of five). He wasn’t placed as the first singles player – that spot belonged to the irresistible world No 9 Lakshya Sen – but he was indeed the leader of the group. The captain. The one who the team knew it could fall back on.
“Being in a team environment had a big impact, just spending time with the teammates and coaches,” Srikanth’s brother Nandagopal Kidambi told Scroll.in.
“When it comes to matches for India, Srikanth is someone who comes with different strategies because he plays a crucial role in the team. That is also the reason why he’s wanted as captain. I think this was an important aspect for him this time.”
Srikanth revelled in the team spirit, jumping with joy as he and his teammates notched up one memorable victory after another. And during play, there was a steely determination about him which was unmissable. The world No 11 came up against players ranked above him, he was put in must-win situations, but he seemed unfazed through it all.
Srikanth Kidambi’s results at the 2022 Thomas Cup:
After India finished second in their group, they were pitted against a strong Malaysian team in the quarterfinals. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had helped India draw level in the tie after Lakshya lost his opener to Lee Zii Jia. Srikanth then took centre stage and served up a straight-games win over Ng Tze Yong to help his team take another step towards securing a historic medal.
Then, in the semifinals, Srikanth delivered possibly his best performance of the tournament. His head-to-head record against Antonsen stood at 2-3, but Srikanth had emerged victorious in their previous meeting and the man from Denmark had also lost two of his previous matches in the tournament.
The first game was neck and neck throughout before Srikanth pulled away and took the lead in the match. But Antonsen responded quickly and kept his nose ahead in the second game to force a decider. The Dane had the momentum and the pressure was on Srikanth as the tie was locked at 1-1. But instead of letting pressure get to him, he reset and found another gear to win seven points in a row and take a huge lead to the third game interval. He went on the offensive at every opportunity before closing out the win in an hour and 20 minutes.
Winning moment
In the final, Srikanth went into his match in a much stronger position as both Lakshya and Satwik-Chirag had won their matches. The onus was on world No 8 Jonatan Christie to keep Indonesia – the defending champions and most successful country in the history of the tournament – alive in the tie. But, as Srikanth said after the match, the two earlier wins for India meant he just had to go and have fun with an extra cushion.
And in the first game, Srikanth took full advantage of the pressure his opponent was under. After the opener got to 15-all, he won the next six points to leave India just one game away from the title. But that can be a tall order when the stakes are this high, and Christie ensured he wasn’t going to go away without a fight.
In the second game, the Indonesian raised his level and kept pace with Srikanth after trailing by three points at the interval. He won seven of the next nine points to take a 16-13 lead as the errors from the Indian’s side started to mount.
But Srikanth regained his composure to fight back. It went to 18-all, 19-all, 20-all, and 21-all. It was a breathtaking spell of badminton from both players. And when the pressure was at its highest, when the margin for error for none, when his teammates and country waited with bated breath – Srikanth elevated his game and sealed the deal.
The jump-smashes, the drop shots, the subtle changes of direction, the artistry had been there throughout, but what stood out once again was the character shown by Srikanth. He was the captain of the Indian team and he led from the front by remaining unbeaten in the tournament.
The Thomas Cup triumph capped-off a memorable few months for Srikanth. After being hampered by injuries for years and missing out on the Tokyo Olympics, the former world No 1 had shown what he is capable of by winning the silver medal at the World Championships late last year in Spain.
World Championships: Srikanth Kidambi and the importance of self-belief
But his gold medal in Bangkok trumped it all. It helped his team become an indelible part of badminton history, and it re-established him as one of the finest players of his generation.
“When he was at his peak, he got a couple of injuries which hampered his progress,” said Nandagopal. “He was out for nearly a year and a half and dealing with the pain. Injuries can’t be predicted. But the lockdown period helped him recover, he took a couple of months to understand his body to compete at the highest level. After that, he got momentum and played consistently. He started reaching quarters, semis and finals of tournaments.”
That run of good results from the end of last season has taken him to a new high.
Nandagopal said: “With him it’s simple – as long as he’s playing badminton he wants to be among the best. He wants to be at the highest level, he doesn’t want to be just any other player ranked 25 or 30 in the world. He never wants it to be that way.”
And after India’s triumph on Sunday, Srikanth suggested as much. Part of the answer when asked about how this current achievement felt when compared to the highs of his past was, “Becoming world No 1 was always a dream, I’m just happy that I was able to achieve it [in 2018]. And yes, I’m definitely working towards becoming world No 1 again.”
He’d be the first to tell you that the Thomas Cup triumph was a complete team effort, but there is no denying that Srikanth was the rock on which it was built.
Also read:
Thomas Cup final as it happened: India become champions as Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag, Srikanth win
Reactions to India becoming Thomas Cup champions: ‘One of the greats days in Indian sport history’
Watch: Thomas Cup champions, India – the emotional moments when it became a reality
In photos: From Lakshya’s fight to Srikanth’s finish
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Roy Hodgson: Some Watford players have felt a lack of support from team-mates
By PA Staff published
Roy Hodgson admits some of Watford’s squad feel they “haven’t had enough support” from certain team-mates during their miserable relegation season.
The Hornets, whose immediate return to the Championship was confirmed last weekend, were thrashed 5-1 by Leicester in their final home game of the campaign.
Goalkeeper Ben Foster claimed after Sunday’s humiliation that “no manager in the world” could have kept the club in the top-flight.
Hodgson, who is Watford’s third coach this term following the sackings of Xisco Munoz and Claudio Ranieri, revealed there has been division within the camp but refused to fully point the finger at underperforming players.
“You can never blame anything totally on the players,” said the 74-year-old, who will be replaced by incoming boss Rob Edwards following next weekend’s visit to Chelsea.
“A football club is an amalgam of many things. Players, of course, are the most important in a way, after the ownership and the people who make decisions at the top. And the manager comes somewhere in that amalgam.
“I wouldn’t like to blame it totally on the players, no. I think that probably the reason for failure perhaps needs to be analysed a bit more closely, in a bit more depth. But I understand what Ben is saying.
“It is, to some extent, the feeling amongst a certain group of the players that they haven’t had enough support from some of the others.
“So I understand that Ben, who is an honest guy, feels that it was important to make that point.
“I can only say I understand what he’s saying or where he’s coming from. But I’m not prepared to say it myself.”
Watford, who were without a host of first-team players due to injury against the Foxes, began brightly and took the lead through Joao Pedro’s deflected finish.
But the second-bottom Hornets slipped to a record-equalling 15th top-flight home defeat of the season after a catalogue of errors allowed Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes to each score twice following James Maddison’s leveller.
Edwards, who led Forest Green to the League Two title this term, was unveiled ahead of kick-off.
Hodgson opted for caution when asked about the size of the task facing the 39-year-old.
“You’ll have to ask him that one,” he said.
“I think that if I started making comments about those things, I’m going to be accused of either bigging things up or breaking things down, I don’t want to do that.
“There’s no doubt that we are not short of individuals who have got some sort of talent and some sort of ability.
“His job is going to be to form them into a winning team.”
Ninth-placed Leicester, who reached the last four of the Europa Conference League this season, travel to Chelsea on Thursday before finishing at home to Southampton.
Manager Brendan Rodgers said: “We want to keep fighting to finish well and put a marker down for next year.
“A top-10 finish and a semi-final of a European competition is still a really good season for Leicester City when you consider the competition we have in the league.”
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Big Brother fans go wild as Tully Smyth is reunited with ex-boyfriend Anthony Drew - only to find out he has a new girlfriend in the house
Big Brother stars Tully Smyth and Anthony Drew were reunited on Monday night's episode of Big Brother.
And the realty TV stars-turned-lovers soon sent social media into a frenzy when Tully discovered her former boyfriend was already making moves on new housemate Sam.
'You can cut the tension with a knife,' one fan observed on Twitter.
Together: Big Brother fans went wild when Tully Smyth was reunited with her ex-boyfriend Anthony Drew on Monday night's episode. Both pictured
'This is a bit awkward ngl [not gonna lie],' yet another fan wrote.
Another believed the pair may still have feelings for each other - with Tully famously hooking-up with him when she had a girlfriend on the outside.
'Drew is blushing. He still has feels for Tully,' they wrote.
Fan favourites: The realty TV stars-turned-lovers soon sent social media into a frenzy when Tully discovered her former boyfriend was already making moves on new housemate Sam
Another saw a fan put up a meme of an embarrassed puppet giving side eye, writing: 'Everyone looking at Tully.'
Tim Dormer eventually told Tully she was sitting across from Anthony's new girlfriend Sam.
'Oh, amazing. Good! He's never single for long, so that makes sense,' Tully said.
Telling it like it is: Tim Dormer (pictured) eventually told Tully she was sitting across from Anthony's new girlfriend
Tully was then made 'head of the house' with her safe from eviction for an entire week.
The model was also given access to the 'head of house suite' with her inviting Anthony and Tim to visit the plush room.
Tully later revealed she is seeing someone and is a 'taken lady', confirming herself and Drew are just good friends.
Game changer: Anthony's current girlfriend Sam (pictured) later made her feelings known in the diary room. 'I've had such an amazing day with Drew and then his ex-girlfriend arrives in the house,' she said
Anthony's current girlfriend Sam later made her feelings known in the diary room.
'I've had such an amazing day with Drew and then his ex-girlfriend arrives in the house,' Sam said.
She went on to say the attention made her nervous with everyone looking over at her when Tully arrived.
Scandal: Tully cheated on her then-girlfriend, Tahlia Farrant, with fellow housemate Anthony Drew, sparking a national outrage in 2013
She went on to say it was great that Tully was 'head of the house' so she could work out the blonde's ambitions.
'I think it's a great thing that Tully is head of house, because we have some time to get to know her and work out what kind of game she's playing,' Sam said.
Big Brother continues Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel Seven
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Temperatures in Colorado Springs could reach into the mid-80s on Monday with possible rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo.
Meanwhile, high fire danger returns to the mountains, valleys and along the Interstate 25 corridor. The weather service adds that "isolated strong to severe thunderstorms" are possible across the southeastern plans.
Similar conditions are expected in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, with a high near 85 degrees and possible showers in the afternoon, the weather service says.
Here's the upcoming forecast from the National Weather Service.
Monday: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4 and 5 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday: A 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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~Seed investment from mobile gaming, entertainment and technology market leader will allow ProDrops to accelerate game development, and recruit technologists~
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProDrops, a developer of a unique collection and trading card game for the gaming and eSports worlds, today announced a $5 million seed investment from mobile gaming, entertainment and technology market leader, Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK).
"The global gaming industry is growing tremendously, but it is still far from reaching its full potential," says Omer Ziv, ProDrops' Chief Executive Officer. "The market is eager for products that will enrich the traditional gaming industry, strengthen and deepen the ecosystem and enable a more holistic experience. Prodrops sits squarely in this space as we seek to improve the world of gaming for all -- from streaming viewers to the world's leading eSports teams. We are especially excited about our collaboration with Playtika, the undisputed leader in the mobile gaming business. We look forward to leveraging their experience and industry know-how as we continue to grow and expand ProDrops' offering and capabilities."
ProDrops was founded in 2021 by CEO, Omer Ziv, and Chief Technology Officer, Ido Perach. The investment, which is part of the company's first round of funding, will allow the team to accelerate development of its Rocket League card collecting add-on, which is supported by Israeli gaming plugins platform company, Overwolf, and will officially launch in 2023. The funding will also allow ProDrops to develop additional games and triple its workforce by recruiting highly skilled technologists and developers.
Eric Rapps, Chief Strategy Officer of Playtika, said: "Playtika is excited to lead ProDrops' first funding round and contribute its expertise in gaming to help Omer and Ido realize their vision of building the leading digital collectibles product for the eSports world. Omer and Ido are inspiring, young entrepreneurs who exemplify Israel and the game industry's spirit of innovation and we are happy to support them."
About ProDrops
ProDrops is creating a gaming influencers trading card game, to connect gamers to their idols off social media, off stream and in-game. By doing so, ProDrops creates additional revenue streams for gaming content creators, and the esports industry as a whole. ProDrops allows brands to provide their community and fan base with a better, more rewarding gameplay experience, and to harness the trend of collectibles to engage with fans on a deeper level.
ProDrops is a first-of-its-kind collection and trading card game for the gaming and eSports industries. ProDrops allows gamers to connect with their idols off social media, off-stream, and in-game, while creating additional revenue streams for gaming content creators, and the eSports industry as a whole.
With ProDrops brands are able to provide their community and fan base with a better, more rewarding gameplay experience, and to harness the trend of collectibles to engage with their fans on a deeper level.
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US vice president, officials heading to UAE to pay respects
A high-powered American delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris is flying to the United Arab Emirates to pay respects to the federation’s late ruler and meet with the newly ascended president
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A high-powered American delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to pay respects to the federation’s late ruler and meet with the newly ascended president.
The journey is the highest-level go to by Biden administration officers to oil-rich Abu Dhabi, meant to be a potent present of assist because the U.S. administration tries to restore troubled relations with its associate.
The delegation consists of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, CIA Director William Burns and local weather envoy John Kerry, amongst others.
The UAE named the assertive Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan its new president following the loss of life of his half-brother final Friday. Sheikh Mohammed has served because the nation’s de facto ruler and formed the nation’s muscular international coverage since Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan suffered a stroke almost a decade in the past.
Under Sheikh Mohammed’s de facto rule, the UAE has intervened in regional conflicts from Yemen to Libya, used its huge oil wealth to exert sway overseas and reworked right into a regional monetary hub.
Underscoring Abu Dhabi’s nice affect in Western and Arab capitals, an array of presidents and prime ministers descended on the desert sheikhdom over the weekend to honor the late Sheikh Khalifa, reward Sheikh Mohammed and solidify ties. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been the primary European leaders to jet to the UAE capital.
More dignitaries had been anticipated to filter by way of the Abu Dhabi airport’s marbled presidential terminal on Monday. Iran mentioned Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian would head to the emirate — a gathering that might coincide with the U.S. go to. Iran has refused to fulfill American officers face-to-face, whilst they negotiate a return to Tehran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers.
Before heading to Abu Dhabi, Harris mentioned she was touring on behalf of President Joe Biden to supply condolences on the loss of life of the long-ailing Sheikh Khalifa and to shore up America’s essential relationship with the UAE.
“The United States takes quite seriously the strength of our relationship and partnership with the UAE,” Harris instructed reporters. “We are going there then to express our condolences but also as an expression of our commitment to the strength of that relationship.”
It was broadly anticipated officers would tackle the UAE’s long-simmering frustrations about American safety safety within the area in addition to tensions which have emerged between the nations over Russia’s warfare on Ukraine.
The UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, has confronted American stress to shun Russia and pump extra oil to enhance stability in power markets as Europe tries to wean itself off Russian crude.
But the UAE is a key Russian buying and selling associate and member of the so-called OPEC Plus settlement, of which Russia is a vital member. Emiratis have rebuffed American calls for — resistance rooted in an obvious feeling that regardless of its continued robust navy presence throughout the Arabian Peninsula, America is not such a dependable associate.
After taking workplace, Biden lifted a terrorist designation on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels which have fired missiles and drones on the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and is making an attempt to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal — an accord that Gulf Arab states worry might embolden Iran and its proxies.
America’s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan final summer time and its long-term international coverage aim of pivoting away from the Mideast and towards China has added to Gulf Arab issues. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has suspended a multibillion-dollar sale of F-35 fighter jets to the UAE agreed by former President Donald Trump.
Trump deserted Tehran’s nuclear deal and closely courted Emirati and Saudi officers.
This spring, Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE’s ambassador to the U.S., described the allies as going by way of a “stress test.”
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It was morning in late March, when Aino Morko got a message from a friend that his new desire behind my butterflies had started to spread in Tiktok. Morko, or singer-songwriter plush toy, was just leaving Seinäjoki, where he had been at a gig Vestan as a heater.
After the message, Morko downloaded the social media video application Tiktok to his phone and went to watch it. When Morko remembers those moments in a café in Helsinki, he laughs in confusion.
“A hundred videos had been made of it. It was so weird, so weird. I looked at them all morning and wondered what this was. When I got on the train, there had been two hundred videos. Then it took an hour, three hundred. ”
In the videos, the chorus plays in the background as users describe their facial “reactions” to the song. The reactions are agitated. Users swallow their tears in front of the camera. “But I’m not getting butterflies anymore” is sung in a song whose narrator goes through the feelings of the ending romance.
Over the weekend, the 20-year-old artist set a Spotify record. I want my butterflies behind me collected more than 125,000 listeners in one Friday, which is a record number of one day in Finland this year.
That after that, Morko was so on his bike that he had to remove the Tiktok app from his phone.
“I hadn’t used Tiktok before, so I didn’t know how Tiktok behaved. Information moves too fast there, my brain gets stuck browsing it. ”
Before the Tiktok hit, the softener was unknown to the general public. The artist, who performs emotional and unpretentiously intimate pop songs, released his first song last year, had been visited by a rapper Iben alienbabyand ranked second in the YleX Breakthrough vote. His debut EP far away from home he published in early March.
Echoes can be heard in the plush music Billie from EilishAbout the Ruusut electro pop band and the Finnish blow. In the ghostly image of the album cover, the artist is wearing a white dress that has already become a kind of trademark in a rural landscape.
Bogey says she has been singing all her life. As a child, he studied cello at a music school and at the age of 13, he won The Voice Kids in the program.
Morko wrote his first soft songs alone at home in the autumn of 2019. The singer, who moved to Helsinki last year, attended high school at the time and lived in Oulu.
“Writing songs in Finnish was interesting. I didn’t have any plans for a career as a musician. ”
He uploaded one song video to his Instagram account. A Sony manager who noticed it contacted Morko and asked if there were any more songs. Carrot had, more songs.
Then there was a coronavirus pandemic. Morko had just got a sound card and a mic, and suddenly he also had time. Carrots began to work as a producer Topi Kilpisen with whom he knew through mutual friends.
As an artist’s name the plush was selected because it was the name of Morko’s Instagram account.
“I thought about it for a long time, but I ended up with it. My guys already called me soft and soft. It’s not an alter ego, it’s me. ”
The names of the artist as well as his songs are written in lower case. The style can be combined with an internet art mentality that goes above the aesthetics and is not unnecessarily formal.
Now the plush toy is making its upcoming album and preparing for the festival summer. The first gig of its own is due at the end of May.
“That Tiktok thing, record making, gigs… So many things seem to happen at once, I’m not going to keep up.”
Especially the Tiktok app, popular with young people, is now increasingly determining which songs become hits.
Its algorithm shows the user similar content to what this has looked at before. However, the process is faster than on Facebook or Instagram, for example. Tiktok also differs from these in that its algorithm does not care about the interests of the user’s friends.
Users select songs for their videos from Tiktok’s music archive. Often, users choose something they just heard: a song that has been used in a similar type of video before. The more often users select a particular song, the more aggressively the algorithm will offer that song to more and more new users.
The songs that end up as a hit show seem random. However, that doesn’t mean Tiktok’s popularity is unpredictable or controllable. Sometimes record companies use Tiktok to test a song to ensure popularity. If the new song starts spreading at Tiktok before it is released, it will probably work elsewhere and you should also release it as a single.
Worldwide, record companies and artists hire Tiktok influencers to use certain songs in their videos to make them trend in their algorithms. According to Financial Media Business Insider, influencers can earn hundreds or thousands of dollars from such promotions.
Even ordinary users can get the snowball effect going. That’s why contracts are also made with users who don’t have thousands of followers.
According to Morko, no such marketing work was done in front of his debut hit.
“Someone suspected that the song had been released in advance at Tiktok, or that the record company had produced the first videos of it. Butterflies The trend came as a surprise to the record company as well. ”
Tiktok-hitin attempts have already been made to find out the ingredients. However, the calculation is difficult, as the Tiktok hit consists of the same elements as the pop hits anyway: memorable hooks and powerful moods into which listeners can mirror their own feelings.
Familiarity and nostalgia quickly evoke strong emotions, so it’s no wonder that playing Tiktok brings up songs that are years or decades old to the charts of Bilboard and Spotify today. This year, for example, this has happened Frank Oceanin Lostille and Britney Spearsin Gimme Morelle.
With Tiktok videos, the music accompanies everyday moments, such as make-up, as well as the handling of different emotions, situations and moods. In the spring, Tiktok, for example, toured “summer waiting videos,” for which users had compiled montages of videos they had taken in previous summers: beach scenery, sunsets, and picnics with friends. In the background is the Paris Spring Summer nightsong – ten-year-old indie rock too.
Bogey himself says that he listens to old and new music, Blade, Adeleaas well as a lot of blows like Katri Helena.
“I don’t look for any inspiration directly from anyone’s music. Above all, I am interested in good songs. Pretty funny, but the songs are the most important to me. ”
Tiktok users have described Morkko’s music as touching, even “crying songs”.
“This hit a little too close, the most beautiful song of the moment,” one Tiktok user writes in a video desire behind my butterflies rings in the background.
Morko himself says that he listens to music the most in the midst of sadness or conflicting feelings. Music helps to deal with such emotions. Morko emphasizes, however, that he does not want to intentionally romanticize sadness.
“Difficult feelings are also easier to write than happy ones. I don’t know why. It has even annoyed me that I can’t even write about happiness. I would like to practice it. It’s a bit like both of them together Ege Zulun the song sings, ‘I’m like a jukebox, I cry through music’. ”
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Lennar Co. (NYSE:LEN – Get Rating) has received an average rating of “Buy” from the seventeen ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and ten have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $110.27.
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on LEN. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $130.00 price objective on shares of Lennar in a report on Wednesday, March 9th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on shares of Lennar from $115.00 to $95.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 18th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Lennar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, April 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Lennar from $109.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 18th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Lennar from $145.00 to $154.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 18th.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Commerce Bank boosted its holdings in Lennar by 6.1% in the third quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 15,812 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,481,000 after acquiring an additional 907 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of Lennar by 3.8% during the third quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 26,563 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,488,000 after buying an additional 970 shares in the last quarter. Sawtooth Solutions LLC bought a new position in Lennar in the third quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. bought a new position in Lennar in the third quarter valued at approximately $348,000. Finally, Levin Capital Strategies L.P. bought a new position in shares of Lennar during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $203,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.00% of the company’s stock.
Lennar (NYSE:LEN – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 16th. The construction company reported $2.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.60 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $6.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.19 billion. Lennar had a net margin of 14.04% and a return on equity of 19.79%. Lennar’s revenue was up 16.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.04 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Lennar will post 16.33 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 26th were issued a $0.375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 25th. This represents a $1.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.95%. Lennar’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 11.75%.
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Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a homebuilder primarily under the Lennar brand in the United States. It operates through Homebuilding East, Homebuilding Central, Homebuilding Texas, Homebuilding West, Financial Services, Multifamily, and Lennar Other segments. The company's homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes, as well as the purchase, development, and sale of residential land; and development, construction, and management of multifamily rental properties.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GovOS, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for local governments, announced today it is partnering with the Vermont Short-Term Rental Alliance (VTSTRA), a nonprofit business association for vacation rental owners and short-term rental (STR) hosts operating in Vermont. The partnership will support both organizations in their ongoing efforts to encourage responsible renting through expanded access to resources and software solutions that promote healthy STR communities.
"The VTSTRA is dedicated to helping make vacation rentals a responsibly-operated and reasonably-regulated part of Vermont's culture, economy, and way of life," said Julie Marks, Founder, Director, and Board President of the VTSTRA. "GovOS has extensive experience helping local governments improve engagement with STR communities in their jurisdiction. That experience combined with our own expertise and educational resources will help us build a stronger, more sustainable lodging ecosystem throughout Vermont."
VTSTRA's mission is to establish standards that protect the well-being of Vermont's STR hosts, guests, neighbors, and communities, while also supporting policies that incentivize smart growth development to correct the deficiency in the state's housing supply. The VTSTRA advocates for the use of STR registration systems to help ensure operators are aware of and adhere to legislation at the state and local levels.
"GovOS is aligned with VTSTRA's desire to support STR hosts and the communities in which they operate," said Kevin Lafeber, President, GovOS. "From its inception, GovOS has taken a holistic approach to offering solutions that have a positive impact. By supporting local governments and the communities they serve, we have fundamental insight into what citizens, businesses, and government agencies need to achieve their goals. Our companies' shared interest in advocating for more awareness, understanding, and cooperation is what makes this partnership so valuable."
Chosen by communities across the U.S., the GovOS STR solution helps local governments understand and mitigate the impacts of STRs on their community and the local economy. In addition to the identification and compliance components, GovOS STR provides an industry-leading registration system for local communities that require STR operators to apply for a license. The solution also supports tax collection (including both state and local lodging taxes, where applicable) as well as a 24/7 bilingual complaint hotline for local residents. The system is designed to provide a comprehensive solution that helps improve engagement between STR operators and their government agencies.
For more information about the GovOS STR solution, visit: govos.com/products/short-term-rental/
About the Vermont Short-Term Rental Alliance (VTSTRA)
The VTSTRA is a nonprofit business association for vacation rental owners and short-term rental hosts operating in Vermont. The VTSTRA works collaboratively with state and municipal lawmakers to craft regulatory solutions that will effectively mitigate potential negative impacts on Vermont communities while protecting the vital economic opportunity that the STR industry brings to Vermont.
To learn more, visit VTSTRA.org
About GovOS
GovOS is the leading digital transformation platform for local governments. Headquartered in Austin, TX, GovOS serves government agencies of all sizes across the United States. Through its secure and integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, governments can automate and streamline operations, provide seamless access to resources and information, and deliver cutting-edge digital services to businesses, residents and agencies.
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Montanans got a good dose of the good, the bad, and the ugly this week in both politics and policy. Some of our politicians’ actions are simply unbelievable in their sheer idiocy while others are just downright vicious. But like a beam of sunlight breaking through storm clouds, there’s also some good news — which is very rare in this era of stumbling Republican incompetence in lawmaking and governance.
From the You Can’t Make This Stuff Up Department comes the national ridicule heaped on Montana’s Republican Sen. Steve Daines for his inane comparison of “pre-born” turtle and eagle eggs to the right of women to control their own bodies.
There’s not enough room in one column to list all the places where Daines’ blunder drew utter derision and mockery from everyone from Business Insider to Vanity Fair to Jimmy Kimmel’s incredible turtle and eagle hand-puppet show that left ‘em laughing in the aisles.
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It’s fair to say biology wasn’t one of Daines’ top subjects as he claimed that sea turtle and eagle eggs are protected by federal law and that "unhatched sea turtles would have more protections than an unborn human baby."
Of course our brilliant senator seems to miss the fact that sea turtles and eagles are reptiles and birds, not humans. And the primary reason their eggs are protected by law is to attempt to bring their populations back from the brink of extinction. Humans, someone should tell him, are actually struggling with the different and very real problems of over-population, which certainly will not be helped by mandating all pregnancies be carried to term by government fiat.
But while Montanans may flinch at the shame Daines has brought upon our fair state by being dubbed “The Senate’s Dumbest Republican” in national media, Governor Gianforte has decided to one-up his very own hand-puppet senator by declaring he’s ready to call a special legislative session to outlaw abortion in Montana based on the potential that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade.
Now one might credibly wonder if our governor has ever read the Montana Constitution he took an oath to uphold, which explicitly contains a “right to privacy” provision declaring: “The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.” Moreover, the Montana Supreme Court has already ruled that provision guarantees a woman’s right to decide what to do with her own body — including terminating a pregnancy.
Given there is no “compelling state interest” in the invasion of personal privacy by outlawing abortion, it’s predictable that any such law passed by a special legislative session would be quickly overturned by Montana’s Supreme Court. But considering the ever-growing list of unconstitutional laws from the last session that have already been overturned, constitutionality doesn’t seem to be a great concern for the latest batch of legislators.
Constitutionality, however, isn’t the only foil for the Montana legislature’s pitiful recent attempts at lawmaking. In some good news, the Environmental Protection Agency has rejected last session’s repeal of science-based limits on water pollution in favor of “narrative standards.” Why? Because the narrative standards violate the federal Clean Water Act — to say nothing of ignoring the Montana Constitution’s “inalienable right” to “a clean and healthful environment.”
Not in recent history have Montanans witnessed such blatant incompetence from their legislators and top elected officials. While the national media made fun of Sen. Daines’ inane turtle and eagle comments, the sad truth is there’s nothing even remotely funny about the on-going failures of Republican governance.
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Reliance Jio was launched in India back in 2021 at a price of Rs 6,499. Now, less than a year after the device went on sale in India, it is available will a massive discount of Rs 2,000 in the country. Reliance Jio has announced that the JioPhone Next will be available at a price of Rs 4,499 in India for a limited period of time. Also Read - Google to remove nearly 900K abandoned apps from Play Store: Report
But there is a catch. Interested buyers can purchase the JioPhone Next for Rs 4,499 only on exchanging their old smartphones for the device. As per reports, interested buyers can exchange any working 4G smartphone to get a discount of Rs 2,000 on the purchase of JioPhone Next. Also Read - Google Pixel Watch is likely to be powered by an Exynos chipset from 2018
Sans the exchange offer, the JioPhone Next is available for Rs 6,499 in India. Also Read - Google announces new features for Android Auto including split-screen mode
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Interested buyers can purchase the phone by making a upfront payment of Rs 6,499. Alternatively, they can also opt for easy financing options with EMIs up to 24 months. The company is giving buyers a total of four plan options to pick from. These plans also come with data and calling benefits. Jio’s Always-on-plans offer 24 months and 18 months of EMI options for Rs 300 and Rs 350 per month. These plans also offer 5GB of monthly data, 100 minutes for calling per month and 100 SMS per month.
Then there are Large Plans that offer 24 months and 18 months of EMI options for Rs 450 and Rs 500 per month. These plans also offer 1.5GB of daily data, unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS per month. The XL Plans, on the other hand, offer 24 months and 18 months of EMI options for Rs 500 and Rs 550 per month. These plans also offer 2GB of daily data, unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS per month. Lastly, the XXL Plans offer 24 months and 18 months of EMI options for Rs 550 and Rs 600 per month. These plans also offer 2.5GB of daily data, unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS per month.
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Palestinians mourn slain Al Jazeera journalist, blame Israel
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Who doesn’t love monkey bread? The soft, sweet, sticky pastry dish is perfect served up as a sweet breakfast accompaniment or a special treat anytime. Pillsbury’s easy monkey bread muffin recipe takes all the goodness of monkey bread and bakes it into a muffin-sized dish perfect for your next brunch.
Traditionally baked in a Bundt pan and served warm from the oven, monkey bread requires no utensils as everyone tends to make finger food of this cinnamon-y, caramel-y treat. In fact, that’s how the dish got its name — monkey bread is eaten by picking the loaf apart, much like a monkey might.
While unique, the finger-licking-good dish is certainly messy. That’s where monkey bread muffins come in — all the flavor and fun of monkey bread, now in a personalized size.
Pillsbury’s recipe starts with a simple can of biscuit dough and just four other easy ingredients. Pillsbury lists their Grands Flaky Layers Original Biscuits for this recipe but notes their Grands Flaky Layers Butter Tastin variety would also work well in this recipe.
To make these monkey bread muffins at home, you’ll also need 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1/4 cup butter, 2/3 cup packed brown sugar and 2 teaspoons water. Then just follow these five simple steps from Pillsbury:
- Heat your oven to 375 F. Spray 6 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, stir together granulated sugar and cinnamon. Separate canned biscuit dough into 8 biscuits; cut each into 6 pieces. Roll the biscuit pieces in the sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place 8 biscuit pieces in each muffin cup.
- In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the butter, brown sugar and water until boiling, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for about 2 minutes or until the brown sugar is completely dissolved.
- Reserve 2 to 3 tablespoons of the caramel mixture to drizzle on top after baking. Spoon the remaining caramel mixture over the biscuit pieces in the muffin cups.
- Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until the biscuit pieces are golden brown. Remove from muffin cups and drizzle with reserved caramel mixture. Serve warm.
Pillsbury even offers advice for making these cute, miniature versions of traditional monkey bread even cuter and more miniature: “To make Mini Monkey Bread Muffins, cut each biscuit into 12 small pieces. Make [the] recipe as directed above using mini muffin cups. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or just until golden brown. So cute!”
See the Mini Monkey Bread Muffins in action below:
There are endless variations on traditional Monkey Bread — including this blueberry lemon version and this savory French Onion twist — that would translate beautifully into Monkey Bread Muffins. Which one will you try?
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Almost 100 police incident reports have been issued by the local police in the Santa Catalina area so far this year as this trendy Palma neighbourhood becomes engulfed in a wave of public disorder incidents.
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‘He was a cult figure’: shock and sadness at Andrew Symonds’ car-crash death
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Former Australia all-rounder and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds died after a car accident in Queensland at the weekend.
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Clouds parted over some areas of Pennsylvania late Sunday night into early Monday morning, rewarding some night-sky watchers with great views of the total lunar eclipse of the full moon that produced a reddish Blood Moon.
The full moon slid into and through the shadow of the Earth from 9:32 p.m. Sunday, May 15, to 2:50 a.m. Monday, May 16, producing the first total lunar eclipse of 2022.
The first hint that something special was happening came at 9:32 p.m. Saturday, as the outer edge of Earth’s shadow first moved across the edge of the Moon, beginning a penumbral eclipse.
By 10:27 p.m. the Moon was in partial eclipse as it moved into the deep umbral shadow of Earth. The Moon began taking on the reddish that gives the name of Blood Moon to a lunar eclipse.
The total eclipse began at 11:29 p.m. and the Moon became a deeper red.
The red hue is created as light from the Sun, on the opposite side of the Earth, is refracted around the edges of Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the surface of the Moon.
The maximum eclipse arrived at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, when the Moon was at the center of the shadow cast by Earth.
The total eclipse ended at 12:53 a.m., the partial eclipse at 1:55 a.m. and the penumbral eclipse at 2:50 a.m.
Contact Marcus Schneck at mschneck@pennlive.com. | https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/05/a-look-at-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-may-15-16-over-pennsylvania.html | 2022-05-16T14:39:41Z | https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/05/a-look-at-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-may-15-16-over-pennsylvania.html | false | 1 |
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HoneyBird Coffee (2 N 6th Pl.) is a new coffeeshop that opened a few weeks ago on the ground floor of the luxury rental building, Level in front of the North Williamsburg NYC Ferry terminal. The prime location is perfect for ferry commuters and the many residents living in the surrounding high rises.
HoneyBird Coffee is a family-owned small business. When Greenpointers visited, a lovely young woman named Alice was working behind the counter. It turned out that she owns the place. “I own it with my dad,” disclosed Alice, a local Greenpoint resident and Greenpointers fan.
Alice explained that the location of HoneyBird was originally supposed to house a Champion Coffee outpost, but Alice and her father took over when they decided to venture out on their own and start their own brand. The father-daughter duo hopes to expand in the neighborhood in the future.
For now, HoneyBird is a welcome addition to the stretch of residential buildings along the waterfront near the ferry pier. HoneyBird’s interior is bright and cheery with floral wallpaper, pretty tiled ceilings, and hanging light features. The shop has a few tables for locals to sit and enjoy their coffee or work on laptops. The atmosphere is incredibly warm and friendly.
Visitors will find a traditional coffee menu with items like a macchiato, a cortado, and a latte, plus matcha, chai, and other tea. HoneyBird also sells cold brew coffee, iced mocha and iced chai. HoneyBird offers a small selection of baked goods, including items from acclaimed French restaurant Balthazar, such as their monkey bread and everything croissants. They even sell Balthazar baguettes.
HoneyBird is open everyday from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. | https://greenpointers.com/2022/05/16/honeybird-coffee-opens-in-front-of-north-williamsburg-ferry/ | 2022-05-16T14:42:55Z | https://greenpointers.com/2022/05/16/honeybird-coffee-opens-in-front-of-north-williamsburg-ferry/ | true | 1 |
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