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A California federal judge awarded Mayer Brown LLP $2.5 million in attorney fees for its $24 million win against a New Jersey-based waterworks and fire protection company that was found to...
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RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC bought a fresh place in Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK). Money CNN data shows that the institutional investor bought 2.2 million shares of the stock in a transaction took place on 3/31/2022. In another most recent transaction, which held on 3/31/2022, ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC bought approximately 1.5 million shares of Star Bulk Carriers Corp. In a separate transaction which took place on 3/31/2022, the institutional investor, GRATUS CAPITAL LLC bought 535.8 thousand shares of the company’s stock. The total Institutional investors and hedge funds own 52.50% of the company’s stock.
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In the most recent purchasing and selling session, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK)’s share price increased by 2.58 percent to ratify at $31.81. A sum of 2586570 shares traded at recent session and its average exchanging volume remained at 2.82M shares. The 52-week price high and low points are important variables to concentrate on when assessing the current and prospective worth of a stock. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) shares are taking a pay cut of -1.85% from the high point of 52 weeks and flying high of 92.09% from the low figure of 52 weeks.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) shares reached a high of $32.44 and dropped to a low of $31.26 until finishing in the latest session at $31.65. Traders and investors may also choose to study the ATR or Average True Range when concentrating on technical inventory assessment. Currently at 1.91 is the 14-day ATR for Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK). The highest level of 52-weeks price has $32.41 and $16.56 for 52 weeks lowest level. After the recent changes in the price, the firm price to earnings ratio of 4.77. The liquidity ratios which the firm has won as a quick ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 2.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.
Having a look at past record, we’re going to look at various forwards or backwards shifting developments regarding SBLK. The firm’s shares rose 8.09 percent in the past five business days and grew 0.32 percent in the past thirty business days. In the previous quarter, the stock rose 16.82 percent at some point. The company’s performance is now positive at 40.32% from the beginning of the calendar year.
According to WSJ, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) obtained an estimated Buy proposal from the 10 brokerage firms currently keeping a deep eye on the stock performance as compares to its rivals. 0 equity research analysts rated the shares with a selling strategy, 2 gave a hold approach, 8 gave a purchase tip, 0 gave the firm a overweight advice and 0 put the stock under the underweight category. The average price goal of one year between several banks and credit unions that last year discussed the stock is $37.12.
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) shares on Tuesday’s trading session, jumped 4.55 percent to see the stock exchange hands at $10.12 per unit. Lets a quick look at company’s past reported and future predictions of growth using the EPS Growth. EPS growth is a percentage change in standardized earnings per share over the trailing-twelve-month period to the current year-end. The company posted a value of $1.04 as earning-per-share over the last full year, while a chance, will post $1.73 for the coming year. The current EPS Growth rate for the company during the year is 62.00% and predicted to reach at 15.92% for the coming year. In-depth, if we analyze for the long-term EPS Growth, the out-come was 23.40% for the past five years and the scenario is totally different as the current prediction is 1.01% for the next five year.
The last trading period has seen Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) move -39.40% and 10.42% from the stock’s 52-week high and 52-week low prices respectively. The daily trading volume for Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) over the last session is 3.35 million shares. DB has attracted considerable attention from traders and investors, a scenario that has seen its volume drop -56.36% compared to the previous one.
Investors focus on the profitability proportions of the company that how the company performs at profitability side. Return on equity ratio or ROE is a significant indicator for prospective investors as they would like to see just how effectively a business is using their cash to produce net earnings. As a return on equity, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) produces 3.30%. Because it would be easy and highly flexible, ROI measurement is among the most popular investment ratios. Executives could use it to evaluate the levels of performance on acquisitions of capital equipment whereas investors can determine that how the stock investment is better. The ROI entry for DB’s scenario is at 3.50%. Another main metric of a profitability ratio is the return on assets ratio or ROA that analyses how effectively a business can handle its assets to generate earnings over a duration of time. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) generated 0.20% ROA for the trading twelve-month.
Volatility is just a proportion of the anticipated day by day value extend—the range where an informal investor works. Greater instability implies more noteworthy benefit or misfortune. After an ongoing check, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) stock is found to be 2.84% volatile for the week, while 2.95% volatility is recorded for the month. The outstanding shares have been calculated 2.09B. Based on a recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is -3.15%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is -11.40% while it has a distance of -19.90% from the 200 days simple moving average.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a well-known specialized pointer made by Larry Williams to help recognize overbought and oversold circumstances. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB)’s Williams Percent Range or Williams %R at the time of writing to be seated at 12.79% for 9-Day. It is also calculated for different time spans. Currently for this organization, Williams %R is stood at 37.79% for 14-Day, 71.66% for 20-Day, 77.23% for 50-Day and to be seated 87.33% for 100-Day. Relative Strength Index, or RSI(14), which is a technical analysis gauge, also used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100 for overbought and oversold. In the case of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, the RSI reading has hit 43.30 for 14-Day. | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/05/18/should-be-in-your-portfolio-for-great-total-return-star-bulk-carriers-corp-sblk-deutsche-bank-aktiengesellschaft-db/ | 2022-05-18T16:00:33Z | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/05/18/should-be-in-your-portfolio-for-great-total-return-star-bulk-carriers-corp-sblk-deutsche-bank-aktiengesellschaft-db/ | false | 19813 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge sentenced a white Wisconsin man to a decade in prison Wednesday for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a racist attack at a Milwaukee bus stop.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jean Marie Kies told 64-year-old Clifton Blackwell that he acted with hate when he threw the acid on Mahud Villalaz in November 2019. She said he wasn't provoked and that his behavior was “diabolical.”
“We're all different from one another. ... When we let those differences cloud our judgment, that's bias or prejudice or discrimination, and in this instance it is hate,” the judge told Blackwell. “I'm sure (the acid) was absolutely painful. And you caused him emotional distress that I think is never going to heal. You made him feel he's not worthy and that's diabolical.”
Villalaz testified that the vision in his left eye was permanently damaged by the attack, and the judge said Villalaz suffered second-degree burns.
Blackwell attended the hearing in a wheelchair dressed in a jail jumpsuit. Asked if he had anything to say before the sentence was handed down, he said Villalaz “still scares me very much.”
“I regret that it all happened,” he said. “I'm still scared I could drop dead of a heart attack right now as far as I know. I would definitely do it differently.”
Blackwell's attorney, Michael Plaisted, asked Kies to sentence Blackwell to two to three years in prison. He argued that Blackwell isn't part of any hate group and he was carrying the acid only to protect himself. He noted that Blackwell has been diagnosed with multiple personality disorders.
Plaisted acknowledged that Blackwell might have decided to argue with Villalaz because of his ethnicity, but he said Blackwell wasn't trying to provoke a fight.
“I don't think anyone should take too much from what's happened in this case, although I think people have based (their perceptions) on limited information,” Plaisted said. “He was not out that day to hurt anyone, but he did and he stands here convicted.”
Kies said she didn't hear any remorse from Blackwell and that she needed to send a message to the community that attacking people because of their race isn't acceptable.
“You don't tolerate other people,” the judge told him.
Blackwell was waiting for a bus when he told Villalaz that he had parked his truck illegally in a bus stop zone outside of a restaurant, according to prosecutors. Blackwell could be seen on surveillance video retrieving a bottle of acidic drain cleaner from his satchel.
Villalaz moved his truck and headed back toward the restaurant. He argued with Blackwell again and Blackwell threw the acid in his face.
A jury convicted Blackwell last month of first-degree reckless injury with use of a dangerous weapon as a hate crime. Jurors rejected Blackwell's arguments that he was frightened because Villalaz was so angry and that he splashed Villalaz with the acid as Villalaz was preparing to hit him.
Villalaz, a U.S. citizen who immigrated from Peru, testified that he was angry because Blackwell told him that he had invaded his country and should “go back.”
Kies tacked five years of extended supervision onto Blackwell's sentence, telling him that Villalaz is as much of a U.S. citizen as he is.
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The latest from Sutton Historical Society: Intern helps with website
SUTTON -- The Historical Society partnered with the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and the Sutton High School Senior Internship program to provide a six-week work experience to Sutton senior Myra Page.
Myra’s project included cataloguing, scanning and uploading the Society’s newsletters from 1975-present.
Thanks to her efforts, visitors to our website, suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org, can now open an index of articles published; find an article they are interested in reading; and open or print the article right from their home computers or smart phones under the “Newsletters” tab on the homepage. These newsletters contain a wealth of historical information and are definitely worth perusing.
Tour groups
Society members have been busy providing tours to area groups.
Recently, the Sutton Striders, a group of Sutton Senior Center members, toured the General Rufus Putnam Museum, Town Center Cemetery and the village of Manchaug.
Members of the Oxford and Auburn Daughters of the American Revolution toured the Eight Lots School House.
Individuals and groups interested in tours of Sutton’s historical locations can contact the Society at sutton1704@gmail.com to coordinate.
Self-guided historical site information is available under “MORE” on the Society’s homepage at suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org or by scanning the QRCode signs placed at various historic locations owned or managed by the Society throughout Sutton.
Coming up
June will be a busy month for the Sutton Historical Society.
On Tuesday, June 7, from 4-8 p.m., the Society is invited to tour the Samuel Slater Experience at 31 Ray St., Webster. This interactive “experience” opened in March and tells the story of Samuel Slater, considered the father of the Industrial Revolution and the modern factory system. This is not your “everyday” museum.
Group rate admission is $14 for adults, $10 for seniors 60+, and $7 for children. This is a “not-to-miss” event. Mark your calendars and join us in supporting this new museum in our own backyard.
The Townwide Yard Sale will be held Saturday, June 18, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, June 19.
For $10, your home yard/garage sale will be listed on the map to be included in marketing and distributed to attendees. Spaces are also available for $10 at the M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop, 6 Singletary Ave.
Registration forms can be found at suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org. The registration deadline is Friday, June 3. Questions can be directed to SuttonTownWideYardSale@gmail.com.
Local pickup of donated items is available. No upholstered furniture, clothing or electronics will be accepted. This event is a fun community event and a great fundraiser for the Society.
On Sunday, June 26, the Society will have members available at the General Rufus Putnam Museum, M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop and the Town Center Cemetery for tours in conjunction with the 4th of July Parade. The parade kicks off at 4 p.m., so come early and visit us any time after 3 p.m. We will be open during and after the parade.
From Saturday, July 9, to Sunday July 17, will be our second annual returnable bottle and can drive. Start saving those returnable bottles and cans now. A trailer will be placed at the M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop, 6 Singletary Ave., for the wee; easy 24-hour dropoff.
Funds generated from this event help us offset the maintenance costs of our historical locations. Help us keep history alive and get rid of those empties at the same time.
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Soloman Sanyas, aged 46, of Wincobank Avenue has been on trial for the past week at Sheffield Crown Court charged with rape, witness intimidation and assault after he raped his victim in her own home in 2021.
During the trail the court heard on May 16 2021, Sanyas entered the home of his victim while she was out. The victim returned home earlier than anticipated and found him in a bedroom.
Following a verbal altercation Sanyas dragged his victim down the stairs and raped her in her living room.
The victim sustained injuries to her back from being dragged down the stairs. She called 999 to report the crime, during which the call handler described her as being ‘petrified and distressed’.
Detectives and forensic teams attended the victim’s home and began recovering vital evidence. Forensics showed that Sanyas had gained entry through a window after using garden furniture to climb up.
PC Bernice O'Brien from the Sheffield Protecting Vulnerable People Team said: “During this investigation the victim has showed great bravery throughout and I would like to commend her for continuing to ensure Sanyas receives the punishment he deserves.
“During the investigation Sanyas intimidated the victim on multiple occasions and had known associates threaten her to stop police intervention.
“By remaining strong she has ensured that Sanyas cannot harm her or anyone else. I am pleased Sanyas has received a lengthy custodial sentence.”
Sanyas was sentenced yesterday (May 17) to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of all charges. | https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-crown-court-soloman-sanyas-46-jailed-for-raping-woman-after-climbing-through-her-window-3699717 | 2022-05-18T16:07:24Z | https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-crown-court-soloman-sanyas-46-jailed-for-raping-woman-after-climbing-through-her-window-3699717 | true | 1 |
With over 20 years of experience and a career dedicated to improving home-based healthcare, Matthew will help usher in a new era of patient care.
TROY, Mich., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Medical Management (USMM) is pleased to announce that Matthew Chance will be joining as CEO, effective immediately. In December 2021, Rubicon Founders led a consortium of investors to acquire USMM and has embarked on a path to provide medical care in the home to every American who needs it.
"I am thrilled to introduce Matthew Chance as our new CEO," said Adam Boehler, CEO of Rubicon Founders and Executive Chairman of USMM. "Matt has deep experience in transforming care models that provide access for patients around the country who need care in the home."
"I am so excited to work with the amazing team at USMM who work every day to provide home-based care to the patients who need it the most across the country. USMM can further define the standard for home-based care, and I am proud to be a part of it," said Matthew Chance, CEO of USMM.
Matthew Chance has focused his career helping deliver healthcare services to the most vulnerable patients in the country. Most recently as CEO of Ready Responders and as President of myNEXUS, Matthew worked to innovate in-home care models that improve health equity and access to care. Prior to working with Ready and myNEXUS, Matthew provided enterprise-wide strategic and operational oversight for health engagement initiatives at Cigna-HealthSpring, including STARS/Quality, Risk Adjustment, Customer Analytics and Engagement. Matthew was the COO of HealthSpring of Alabama before moving to Cigna-HealthSpring enterprise operations. While in Alabama, he helped develop various aligned models within the delivery system to better connect the health plan and provider community.
About USMM
U.S. Medical Management (USMM), along with its affiliated entities (Visiting Physicians Association, Pinnacle Senior Care, and Grace Hospice, among others) is a leading management services organization and provider of home based primary care services for complex/fragile patients. Based in Troy, Mich., USMM operates Visiting Physician Association practices in 11 states, constituting a 200 + primary care provider group, providing continuity-based primary care under an integrated, physician-driven model which includes ancillary services such as home health, hospice, radiology, diagnostics, DME and laboratory. USMM also operates a multi-state Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO serving approximately 20,000 complex/fragile Medicare patients. In December 2021, Rubicon Founders acquired a majority stake in USMM.
About Rubicon Founders
Rubicon Founders is an entrepreneurial healthcare investment firm focused on building and growing transformational companies. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Rubicon brings together a core team of investment, operating, and technology professionals who work to put patients and doctors first. Rubicon invests and partners to build meaningful businesses that create enduring value by transforming the way people receive care. Rubicon's portfolio companies include Evergreen Nephrology, Honest Medical Group, and U.S. Medical Management.
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- The military-themed paint scheme on the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, driven by Alex Bowman, pays tribute to Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in action in 2007
- As part of the NASCAR Salutes initiative, Ally will make donations to the Specialist Matthew Baylis Memorial Fund and USO
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice serving in the U. S. Armed Forces, Ally today unveiled a military-themed paint scheme for the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by Alex Bowman at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29. This year's paint scheme will honor Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007 while protecting his fellow soldiers in Baghdad.
Spc. Baylis was nominated by his stepmother, an Ally employee, Kerri Baylis, and his family through Ally's Veteran Employee Resource Group (ERG), whose mission is to unite employees and "do it right" for the U.S. Armed Forces. Any Ally employee can be part of the Veteran ERG, regardless of service or connection to the military, and can support military members and their families through volunteerism, education, and honoring fallen service members like Spc. Baylis.
"I think it is really special to be able to honor a fallen service member on Memorial Day," said Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. "Everything that NASCAR does around this event to pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice is really meaningful and I feel humbled to be able to have Specialist Baylis ride along with me at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After hearing his story and everything he did to protect his team, I am looking forward to honoring his legacy and meeting some of his family at the racetrack."
The commemorative paint scheme will trade Ally's traditional brand colors for a powerful royal blue hood accented with the Ally Veteran ERG's military ID tag logo, silver stenciled numbers, and a striking red roof and stars. The No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will proudly carry Army Specialist Baylis' name across the windshield as part of the NASCAR Salutes 600 Miles of Remembrance in Charlotte this month. In honor of Spc. Baylis and all members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Ally will also make donations to the USO and the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund, which is dedicated to providing scholarships to veterans or children of veterans that need financial assistance with either college tuition or the cost of a trade school.
"This year marks 15 years since Matthew's passing. Matthew was a wonderful son, a great brother, and great friend. He knew very early in his life he wanted to join the Army and make a difference in the lives of others. I could not be prouder of him," said Richard Baylis, Matthew's father. "Working together with Ally, it is our hope to provide even more scholarships to veterans and their families, to help pay for trade school or college. We are so grateful to Ally, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR to have Matthew honored in such a unique way."
To learn more about the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund and to donate, please visit mattsmemorialfund.com.
About Army Spc. Matthew E. Baylis
After feeling called to join the military post-Sept. 11, Spc. Matthew E. Baylis became a member of the U.S. Army in 2005 and was deployed to Iraq in 2006. He was killed in action in a firefight on Memorial Day, May 31, 2007, when his platoon came under heavy fire. His platoon leader was hit, and Spc. Baylis immediately laid down a base of fire allowing the other soldiers to retrieve his platoon leader and get to cover. While Spc. Baylis was fatally hit, he saved his platoon leader's life that night and the lives of his fellow soldiers on previous combat missions. In honor of his bravery, Spc. Baylis was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
About Ally Financial
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a digital financial services company committed to its promise to "Do It Right" for its consumer, commercial and corporate customers. Ally is composed of an industry-leading independent auto finance and insurance operation, an award-winning digital direct bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, which offers mortgage lending, point-of-sale personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products), a consumer credit card business, a corporate finance business for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. Our brand conviction is that we are all better off with an ally, and our focus is on helping our customers achieve their strongest financial well-being, a notion personalized to what is important to them. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.
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ericka.houck@ally.com
704-444-5034
Hendrick Motorsports
Jaret Arneson
jarneson@hmsracing.com
704-576-6079
USO of North Carolina
Suzanne Milano
smilano@uso.org
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Free, three-week summer "Ignite" program lets students test drive a technical education
PHOENIX, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing effort to address workforce need for skilled transportation technicians, Universal Technical Institute is bringing its three-week Ignite program back to full capacity at its UTI campuses nationwide this summer. The program, which is free to high school juniors, offers students an introduction to the training they'll need to prepare to enter the workforce as a technician in the transportation industry.
Ignite participants are given an introductory sample of the technician training programs completed by full-time UTI students. Students explore career opportunities in the transportation field and receive hands-on training on current technologies in UTI's state-of-the-industry classrooms and labs.
"It's important to educate high school students about the demand for skilled technicians, and the extensive opportunities that exist in transportation and the skilled trades," said UTI CEO Jerome Grant. "Our summer Ignite program gives students invaluable real-world training and can help open doors to lifelong careers they may have not considered. We're excited to bring the program back to our campuses at full capacity this year, with the goal of hopefully providing our employer partners with more talented technicians in the future."
Industry demand remains strong for trained automotive and diesel technicians. The U.S. Department of Labor projects a combined annual average of 111,000 job openings nationwide in the automotive, diesel and collision repair industries. 1
"It's been encouraging to see growth in the Ignite program. We look forward to welcoming new students to our campuses this summer and opening their eyes to the educational opportunities available to them after high school," said Sherrell Smith, executive VP of campus operations and services at UTI. "These students are the future of the trade, and it's promising to see so many motivated, goal-driven young people willing to spend part of their summer taking our classes and getting a jumpstart on training for a career."
UTI launched Ignite nationwide in summer 2018 following a successful pilot program at campuses in Avondale (Phoenix), Ariz.; Houston, Texas; and Orlando, Fla. Participation steadily increased in 2019, before the program went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the three-week program, students have the opportunity to earn UTI credit that can be applied when they enroll.
The Ignite program is now accepting applications across UTI's campuses in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Texas. For more information or to enroll, visit www.uti.edu/ignite.
About Universal Technical Institute, Inc.
Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Phoenix, Universal Technical Institute's (NYSE: UTI) mission is to serve our students, partners, and communities by providing quality education and support services for in-demand careers. Approximately 250,000 students have graduated from one of UTI's 15 campuses located across Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Texas. UTI's campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), while its employer-aligned technical training programs are offered under four brands: Universal Technical Institute, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute / Marine Mechanics Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute, and MIAT College of Technology. For more information and a complete list of all programs offered, please visit www.uti.edu or follow on LinkedIn @UniversalTechnicalInstitute and on Twitter @news_UTI.
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It’s Grass Opening Day at Brooke’s house, Jose is fired up about Vegas, Alexis keeps running into listeners and Jeffrey is getting rid of his junk! It’s time to go around the room and share What’s On Our Minds!
It’s Grass Opening Day at Brooke’s house, Jose is fired up about Vegas, Alexis keeps running into listeners and Jeffrey is getting rid of his junk! It’s time to go around the room and share What’s On Our Minds! | https://www.movin925.com/podcast-whats-on-your-mind-05-18-22/ | 2022-05-18T16:09:33Z | https://www.movin925.com/podcast-whats-on-your-mind-05-18-22/ | true | null |
A MUM has revealed a clever passport trick when applying for your kids passports.
Mum Gabby shared the tip on her TikTok account, where she often posts clips of her family.
In a recent video, she showed how to take pictures of toddlers when needing to apply for their first passport - as it can be tricky to get them to stay still.
The video was captioned: "How to take passport pictures of toddlers."
In the video, they tried to put their young daughter on a chair in frnot of a white background, which is required.
However, she wouldn't sit still - so her husband had to wear the white sheet and sit on the chair to hold her still for the photograph.
They then showed the end result, asking: "Passport pic or mugshot".
The video has been watched more than 10millon times, with people loving the trick.
One person said: "Omg why didn't I think of that.
Another person said: "Wow that's a literal genius."
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A third joked: "Later in life tell her a ghost was holding her."
Many said the picture wouldn't be accepted, but Gabby revealed in a later video that it was fine.
A woman has revealed a "genius" way to get glam passport photographs every time.
And a travel expert has revealed how to make sure your photograph will be accepted.
But Brits are being forced to wait months for their new passports due to huge delays in the UK - here is an easy mistake which could make it take even longer. | https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/18610779/mum-reveals-clever-passport-hack-when-applying-for-your-kids/ | 2022-05-18T16:10:50Z | https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/18610779/mum-reveals-clever-passport-hack-when-applying-for-your-kids/ | false | 3 |
Bungie responds to Buffalo shooting by committing to charity donations
The Destiny 2 developer continues to speak out.
Bungie is taking action following the mass shooting that took place in Buffalo, NY on May 14. The Destiny 2 developer shared on its official website that all profits from the company’s Black Lives Matter “Be Heard” pin will be donated to charity for at least one year. This is in collaboration with Bungie’s Black at Bungie inclusion club. The profits will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a charity whose “work includes monitoring hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and exposing their activities to the public, the media, and law enforcement.”
The “Be Heard” pin isn’t a new inclusion to the Bungie Store, but on top of purchasing it, Destiny 2 players will also receive a player banner in-game that is inspired by the pin. The shooting that took place has been highly considered as racially motivated as the shooter, Payton S. Gendron, traveled hours away from home to commit the crime of killing ten people all of whom were Black. Three others were also injured during the shooting.
It was later learned that both Twitch and Discord were indirectly connected with the shooting as Gendron streamed on Twitch for two minutes before the platform flagged it down. He also used a private Discord server to plan the attack. Discord later made a statement to The New York Times saying “We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims and their families, and we will do everything we can to assist law enforcement in the investigation.”
This isn’t near the first time that Bungie has spoken up again ongoing issues in the United States or around the world. The company most recently spoke up against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade making it so that abortion rights are decided by the states in the U.S. instead of a federal ruling.
Bungie is currently in the process of being acquired by Sony, however, studios that are already under the PlayStation umbrella have been expressly told that they are not allowed to make any public stances regarding the topic. Last week, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan sent an email to all internal staff requesting employees to “respect all opinions” on abortion. | https://doublexp.com/news/bungie-responds-to-buffalo-shooting-by-committing-to-charity-donations | 2022-05-18T16:12:34Z | https://doublexp.com/news/bungie-responds-to-buffalo-shooting-by-committing-to-charity-donations | false | 1 |
Black Lives Matter (specifically the Black Lives Matter Global Network) has been scrutinized after its co-founder Patrisse Cullors was called out for its alleged misuse of the donations given to the foundation. Now, the IRS has dropped receipts in the form of tax forms, and it details where a good portion of the money went.
The Associated Press exclusively shared the 63-page Form 990 revealing Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. reports took in $90 million last year, investing $32 million in stocks during the breakout of racial justice protests in 2020. Organizers claim that money will be used to further support the movement and ensure the foundation continues its work.
BLM ended its fiscal year July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, with about $42 million in net assets, and according to one board member, BLM had an operating budget of $4 million. But what continues to stand out is how Cullors allegedly used some of those funds.
Reportedly, Cullors’ brother, Paul Cullors, received $840,000 for security services provided to the nonprofit, tax forms revealed. BLM also paid Damon Turner, the father of Cullors’ child, almost $970,000 to help produce “live events” and other “creative services.”
According to the tax filings, more than $37 million was spent on chartered flights, which Cullors did reimburse $73,523 to the foundation for grants and real estate. According to BLM, Cullors chartered the private flights out of concern about catching COVID-19 and the health risks that followed.
Cullors has since stepped down as executive director of the organization, following back-to-back controversies. One particular piece of real estate that has been the topic of discussion was a $6 million Southern California home. It features a swimming pool, soundstage, and offices described as “a campus for a Black artists fellowship,” and it is currently being used for the described purpose, according to one board member. Cullors also purchased four other homes, the New York Post exclusively reported.
Per the NY Post:
Cullors at the time said she was weeks removed from being in “survival mode” after The Post’s exclusive reporting revealed her purchase of four high-end US homes for $3.2 million.
During that time, she said she hosted a Joe Biden inauguration party for about 15 people, including BLM chapter members and other key allies of the organization.
Cullors initially said the property was purchased by BLM to serve as a meeting venue and campus. She also issued a statement denying suggestions she had lived at the property — or taken advantage of it for personal gain.
Cullors said she also threw a private birthday party for her son at the property in March 2021 — and intended to pay a rental fee to BLM.
The recent tax filing shows she paid the foundation an additional $390 over her uses of the 6,500-square-foot Studio City property for two private events.
According to the tax records, Bowers was the foundation board’s sole voting director and regularly held no board meetings.
“This 990 reveals that (the BLM foundation) is the largest black abolitionist nonprofit organization that has ever existed in the nation’s history. What we’re doing has never been done before,” Shalomyah Bowers, who serves as the foundation’s board secretary, said in a statement shared by the NY Post.
“We needed to get dollars out to grassroots organizations doing the work of abolition, doing the work that would shift the moral tide of this world towards one that does not have or believe in police, prisons, jails or violence,” he further added.
BLM has launched a “transparency and accountability center” and vows to share all financial documents with the public in the wake of financial red flags.
“We are decolonizing philanthropy,” Bowers fellow board chair Cicely Gay said. “We, as a board, are charged with disrupting traditional standards of what grant-making in philanthropy looks like. It means investing in black communities, trusting them with their dollars.”
“Transparency and accountability is so important to us, but so is trust,” Gay added. “Presenting (donor) names after the fact, at this point, would likely be a betrayal of that trust.”
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Arsenal are claimed to be willing to entertain the idea of allowing Gabriel Magalhaes to leave the club this summer.
According to The Mirror, Arsenal are open to the idea of raising cash by selling one of their prized assets in Gabriel Magalhães.
The Brazilian has been a mainstay in Mikel Arteta’s backline since he joined from French club Lille in 2020 for a fee of £27m, beating competition from several clubs across Europe.
The 24-year-old has made 69 appearances for the Gunners, scoring seven times. The Arsenal faithful have come to see Gabriel as a strong defender who can pick out a pass every now and then.
🚨 Juventus have a strong interest in signing Gabriel Magalhães and Arsenal are considering selling the 24-year old.
(Source: Tuttosport) pic.twitter.com/tQ4LEGppkt
— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) May 16, 2022
His performances for the north London club clearly warrant a move to an even bigger club, even though Arsenal fans will roll their eyes on the prospect.
Ben White and Gabriel have formed a solid partnership at the back with Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu and seeing one of them leave would be the last thing the fans would want.
Juventus, Man Utd and even Barcelona have been credited to hold interest in the Arsenal man, whose future now appears in a limbo.
BIG WEEK 🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/wNji50uDuM
— Gabriel Magalhaes (@biel_m04) May 9, 2022
Had the North London outfit qualified for the Champions League (which is possible but unlikely), they would certainly have kept their best players at their own base camp.
On top of that they would have been able to attract players from the biggest clubs in Europe. But two awful performances, first against arch-rivals Spurs and then Newcastle, all but ended their hopes of playing in the illustrious competition after five years.
It is still to be seen whether Gabriel does end up leaving Arsenal in the summer. I’m bracing myself for some surprise departures.
Yash Bisht
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LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CentralSquare Technologies, an industry leader in public sector technology, announced a partnership with First Due, an end-to-end cloud-based provider of Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) software, to provide public safety agencies a unified records management and emergency response solution. Fire and EMS agencies will improve pre-incident planning, fire prevention, NFIRS and ePCR reporting, asset and inventory management, personnel management, community engagement, and more by using the joint software solution.
First Due and CentralSquare join forces as they celebrate National EMS Week, May 15-21, to help honor and advance the work of EMS and all first responders. EMS professionals and Fire Rescue teams work hard to safeguard the health, safety and well-being of the communities they serve every day, and with this integrated single, unified platform, they can access more information, respond accordingly and reduce their response times.
“Our partnership with First Due expands CentralSquare's integrated Fire and EMS solutions, improving day-to-day operations for agencies, saving valuable time and reducing risks for first responders and their communities," said CentralSquare CEO Dave Zolet.
Across North America, public safety agencies often struggle to effectively manage their day-to-day operations and according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) “Voices of First Responders—Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings,” over half have reported the need for a single login platform to support modern firefighting and response.
As a cloud-based solution that utilizes a single login system, First Due’s integration with CentralSquare products is effortless, leveraging data across one platform to allow seamless end-to-end operational effectiveness. The responder-focused solution ensures information is shared accurately to improve dispatch response and incident reporting times, prioritizing cross-agency collaboration.
“Agencies still use too many applications to run their core operations, leading to unnecessary cost, wasted time, and a lack of operational visibility. At First Due, we are excited to provide the most comprehensive solution to overcome these challenges," explains First Due CEO Andreas Huber. "Working closely with CentralSquare only compounds our vision, and we are thrilled to improve mission-critical software for our joint customers."
As the digital landscape and public safety industry continue to evolve, this partnership will ensure customers meet the current and future demands required of modern firefighting and EMS services.
For more information, register to join CentralSquare’s upcoming webinar on June 8 – Reimagining Fire and EMS Response: First Due and CentralSquare.
About CentralSquare Technologies:
CentralSquare Technologies is the largest independent public sector software provider that powers all aspects of managing local government to build smarter and safer communities. Public sectors across North America use CentralSquare to enable efficiencies and a seamless end-to-end integrated experience by using innovative, cloud-based solutions and automation. CentralSquare’s scalable technology helps state and local agencies thrive operationally, even during states of emergency in public safety when every second counts. Its intuitive enterprise software also includes user-friendly platforms to support public administration agencies with finance, asset, compliance, case management and much more to drive better public experiences.
As the market driver for advancing safety and justice with innovative technology, CentralSquare serves 3 out 4 citizens across North America. The company is headquartered in Lake Mary, FL and has locations in North Carolina, South Dakota and British Columbia. More information is available at CentralSquare.com.
About First Due
First Due, (Headquartered in New York, NY) is the emerging leader in Fire and EMS Records Management Software (RMS). Major metros to volunteer agencies choose First Due’s end-to-end solution to run their entire operation in one place - consolidating mission-critical software to a single platform across Pre-Incident Planning, Fire Prevention, NFIRS / NEMSIS ePCR, Scheduling, Events & Activities, Personnel Mgmt, Hydrant Mgmt, Assets & Inventory, Response, and Community Risk Reduction. The First Due platform is a device-agnostic, cloud-native solution focused on driving innovation for every part of a Fire & EMS agency, from live actionable data for the First Responder to more operational transparency and reporting for administration. Agencies running on First Due build more efficient organizations and safer communities. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220518005192/en/CentralSquare-Technologies-Partners-With-First-Due-to-Provide-a-Single-Platform-for-Fire-and-EMS-Services/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-d0q77hRjGWvCunvqSsMC5PkKuEqWGdtYcKRejd3o8qMqnKfqP6Z7nZVMLG-WqUNUuIFBOuQU34x9_qUrqnb9IFt3G9xeKEyIFKgj2nxZILuWb2_mZzaa2HVGkrPJ34F1Q== | 2022-05-18T16:17:18Z | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220518005192/en/CentralSquare-Technologies-Partners-With-First-Due-to-Provide-a-Single-Platform-for-Fire-and-EMS-Services/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-d0q77hRjGWvCunvqSsMC5PkKuEqWGdtYcKRejd3o8qMqnKfqP6Z7nZVMLG-WqUNUuIFBOuQU34x9_qUrqnb9IFt3G9xeKEyIFKgj2nxZILuWb2_mZzaa2HVGkrPJ34F1Q== | false | 1 |
Russia closes Moscow bureau of Canadian broadcaster CBC
Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was closing the Moscow bureau of Canada's CBC and withdrawing visas and accreditation from the public broadcaster's journalists after Ottawa banned Russian state TV station Russia Today. "With regret we continue to notice open attacks on the Russian media from the countries of the so-called collective West who call themselves civilised," Maria Zakharova, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, told reporters.
Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was closing the Moscow bureau of Canada's CBC and withdrawing visas and accreditation from the public broadcaster's journalists after Ottawa banned Russian state TV station Russia Today.
"With regret we continue to notice open attacks on the Russian media from the countries of the so-called collective West who call themselves civilised," Maria Zakharova, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, told reporters. "A decision has been taken to make retaliatory, I underscore retaliatory, measures in relation to the actions of Canada: the closure of the Moscow bureau of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including the annulation of the accreditations and visas of their journalists."
CBC's Moscow bureau did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zakharova said Ottawa had chosen what she cast as a "Russophobic" path including censorship of the media. Canada on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Senate that will ban President Vladimir Putin and around 1,000 members of his government and military from entering the country as it continues to ratchet up sanctions over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
In March, Putin signed a law imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for spreading intentionally "fake" news about the military, prompting some Western media organisations to pull their reporters out of Russia. Russian officials do not use the word "invasion" and say Western media have provided an excessively partial narrative of the war in Ukraine that ignores Russia's concerns about the enlargement of NATO and alleged persecution of Russian-speakers.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has repeatedly scolded the West for what he says is an undemocratic crackdown on Russian state media organisations which he says provided an alternative to Western narratives. Putin casts the war as an inevitable confrontation with the United States, which he accuses of threatening Russia by meddling in its backyard and enlarging the NATO military alliance.
Ukraine says it is fighting an imperial-style land grab and that Putin's claims of genocide and persecution of Russian-speakers are nonsense.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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Dementia Action Week: 5 things not to do around someone with the illness
- Credit: Gundula Vogel
It's Dementia Action Week, and as those who have someone they know or love with the progressive illness, taking care of them is a big step and can be challenging.
Both the carer and the person with dementia will require support to cope with the symptoms and changes in behaviour.
Will Donnelly, co-founder and care expert at Lottie, an expert on finding elderly care homes for someone with dementia or other illnesses shared what not to do around someone with dementia:
1. Avoid asking if they remember
For most people with dementia, memory problems will become more persistent and impact their everyday life. Whilst it’s tempting to try to help your loved one’s memory, it can cause a lot of distress.
Avoid saying ‘remember when…’ to jog their memory. Instead, you can talk more openly about the past and lead the conversation. A more suitable and calm approach would be ‘I remember when…’, as this can ease them into an open conversation where they can join in, if they feel comfortable.
2. Try not to get frustrated
Caring for someone with dementia can be very rewarding, but it may be challenging. It’s understandable to feel frustrated and even angry sometimes. For instance, you may feel overwhelmed, or things are happening outside of your control.
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Watch out for signs you’re feeling frustrated; for instance, if you have a shortness of breath, chest pains or you’re experiencing a lack of patience. Take yourself away from the stressful situation and try some relaxation techniques, including mindfulness or head outdoors for a quick walk.
Dementia can affect a person’s behaviour, and your loved one may become agitated or aggressive. Try not to take their aggressive behaviour personally. Reassure them that you are here for them and redirect your loved one towards a familiar object, as this can help to bring them comfort.
3. Don’t refer to them as ‘suffering’
The way we communicate and talk about dementia has a direct effect on how people living with this condition feel. Using phrases like ‘suffering from dementia’ or ‘a victim of dementia’ is negative and can have a profound impact on the person with dementia, as well as their loved ones.
Instead, use respectful language to show that dementia isn’t a defining aspect in their life. For example, say ‘a person with dementia’ or ‘living with dementia’.
4. Don’t stop spending time together
Often, the best part of your loved one’s day is spending time with you. Although it can be a challenge and feel overwhelming, it’s so important to spend time together. Those feelings from relaxing and having fun together can shape the rest of their day. Your visits have more lasting power than you think and can influence how they feel, and even how they eat.
Remember: even if it’s a slower pace than what you’re used to, you’re making memories together.
5. Avoid talking differently to them
Although no harm is intended, sometimes you may find that you speak differently to your loved one who has dementia. Speaking in a child-like tone can come across as patronising and demeaning and may leave your loved one feeling irritated, overwhelmed, or anxious.
Remember that your loved one deserves dignity and respect. Every person’s experience of dementia is unique, so make sure they feel as comfortable as possible. Communicate clearly and calmly, use simple sentences, and take the time to listen to their response.
Will Donnelly added: “There are lots of ways to ensure your loved one feels calm, comfortable, and content every day. Focus on what they can do (rather than what they can’t), be patient and offer practical support. For instance, offer to do any shopping for them or work with them to organise a weekly timetable.
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JUST IN: Controversial ‘Ministry of Truth’ Head Nina Jankowicz Resigns from Disinformation Board Per Report
The Government Disinformation Board has been “paused” and the board’s executive director, Nina Jankowicz, has officially resigned from her position, according to a Wednesday report from The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz. The Department of Homeland Security only announced the effort to combat disinformation in late April.
Citing “multiple employees” at the Department of Homeland Security, Lorenz reported it was decided to end the effort on Monday, and Jankowicz wrote up a letter of resignation the following day. She was reportedly given the option to stay on as an evaluation of the board is conducted.
UPDATE: Nina Jankowicz has officially resigned from Disinformation Governance Board and the DHS. https://t.co/rLi3FvUNMw https://t.co/z4hdwTBFIB
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 18, 2022
According to Lorenz, “right-wing attacks” derailed the effort, especially after the announcement that Jankowicz would be leading it. An unidentified employee told the Post that Jankowicz has been “subjected to unjustified and vile personal attacks and physical threats.” The employee also said Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will continue to defend the controversial figure, despite the board being put on the back burner not long after her joining.
Past videos of Jankowicz stirred up controversy hours after she was her position was announced, with critics deeming her a “Minister of Truth” and the “Mary Poppins of Misinformation,” the latter being a self-given title. It refers to a TikTok video that quickly went viral of the 33-year-old singing to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as she warns people not to vote for politicians she believes are spreading disinformation.
You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻♀️ https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn pic.twitter.com/WVQFA2bPmq
— Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) February 17, 2021
In a separate uncovered video that caused controversy, Jankowicz touted a Twitter feature that would allow verified users to edit tweets from other users, adding that many people verified on the platform should not be as they are “not trustworthy.” She has also received pushback for numerous left-wing political views expressed in past tweets, including casting doubt on the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story. The content of the laptop was questioned by many, but they have since been confirmed by The New York Times.
The White House defended Jankowicz amid criticism of the board’s vague mission, as well as Jankowicz’s own qualifications to deem what is and isn’t disinformation. Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki cited her past work at places like the Wilson Center and called her an “expert on online disinformation” last month.
“Any hiring decisions are up to the Department of Homeland Security, but this is a person with extensive qualifications,” she said.
Mayorkas did concede earlier this month that his department did not do a good job of communicating the exact mission of the Disinformation Governance Board.
“We could have done a better job of communicating what it is and what it isn’t,” he told Meet the Press in an interview.
Editor’s note: This post has been modified since first being published to reflect news of Jankowicz’s resignation.
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An Overview Of The Stablecoin Market
The U.S. dollar accounts for nearly 100% of stablecoin value and a window of opportunity for policymakers has emerged with the collapse of UST.
In this excerpt from Bitcoin Magazine Pro, we will take a more in-depth look at the redemption mechanism of USDT, and cover why the concerns about the stablecoin and the apparent risks it presents to the bitcoin/cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Before digging in, it should be said that the advent of bitcoin on a long enough timeframe obfuscates the need for a “stablecoin,” which is really just a blockchain-based IOU held by a counterparty. A digital bearer asset that is completely stable on the protocol level and from an issuance and absolute supply perspective that can be held with no counterparty risk is the innovation. With that being said, the natural demand for dollars in the “crypto-economy” does make sense given the dollar’s incumbent status as the world reserve currency.
With today’s release and focus on stablecoins, as well as the recent collapse of UST, an interesting window of opportunity for policymakers has emerged to provide guidance and clarity to stablecoin issuers, which would result in a rising demand for monetizing U.S. Treasury debt. After all, in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, USD stablecoins account for nearly 100% of stablecoin value. Given the dollar's role as the world reserve currency today, this makes intuitive sense.
The main takeaway from the rapid growth of stablecoins over the past two years is that despite the emergence of a digital monetary bearer asset with a fixed supply (bitcoin), there still is demand for a bearer instrument form of dollars, even if accompanied by trade-offs. All in all, a vibrant market for stablecoins ultimately will lead to smoother rails to bitcoin itself for those without access to the walled garden Western financial system, without offering the assurances of bitcoin’s monetary policy or decentralization.
The is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.
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- Partnership with Government of Panama provides key global logistics hub serving over 1,000 ports
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel and advanced biofuels key to decarbonization of transportation and industry
PANAMA CITY, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of foremost energy industry companies led by SGP BioEnergy joined the Government of Panama announced May 18, 2022 the development of the world's largest biofuels production and distribution hub. Once complete in five years, Biorefineria Ciudad Dorada (Golden City Biorefinery), located in Colon and Balboa, Panama, will be the largest advanced biorefinery and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production platform in the world producing 180,000 barrels per day (2.6 billion gallons per year) of biofuel.
"Transportation makes up 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and the only way to decarbonize many sectors – like aviation – is to integrate fossil fuels with compatible biofuels," said Randy Delbert Letang, CEO of SGP BioEnergy. "This facility not only brings cleaner fuels online in the short term, but its construction at a central hub of global commerce, serving over 1,000 ports, catalyzes the industry in the long term by immediately delivering a lower cost of biofuels, reducing waste and revolutionizing farm economics."
Developed in partnership with private landowners, Panama Oil Terminals (POTSA) and the government of Panama, this project will repurpose existing facilities currently processing and storing 70% of the country's bunker fuel oil to the refinement and storage of biofuels derived from purpose grown plant oils, and waste fats and greases. It will immediately reduce the carbon output of the facility by 80%, revolutionizing the economics in the region and supporting more than 1,000 high paying jobs.
"Our country welcomes this biofuels production and logistics facility that will help Latin America and the world in the energy transition and contribute to climate change innovation. Panama's unique geographic position, existing logistics platform, and special economic zones make it the perfect place for this facility. We are very excited about the 1,000 jobs this investment will generate for the people of Colon and Panama. In addition, it has the potential to stimulate Panama's agricultural sector by producing bioenergy feedstocks locally," said Laurentino Cortizo, President of the Republic of Panama.
A key innovation that makes the facility possible is the proprietary technology of Topsoe that is in use at more than a dozen facilities around the world that have more than 650,000 barrels per day of renewable capacity.
Henrik Rasmussen, Managing Director, The Americas, Topsoe, stated: "We are very happy to license our HydroFlex™ and H2 Bridge™ technologies for this exciting renewable fuels project in Panama and to support SGP BioEnergy in their ambition to deliver renewable diesel and jet fuels for the local and global markets."
The refinery will be developed in three phases, each over a period of 5 years with the goal of increasing production by 60,000 barrels per day over each phase. SGP BioEnergy has selected Fluor—the engineering, procurement and construction market leader in refining—together with its Mexico-based affiliate ICA Fluor, to perform the front-end engineering study."
Airlines have pledged to use biofuels to sustain one million flights and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 70 percent. This major shift comes from global momentum for decarbonization including regulatory initiatives and major corporate commitments. SGP BioEnergy's management team has a proven track record of securing contracts with leading airlines who are committed to decarbonizing their operations and providing their customers with lower carbon travel options at a price competitive with conventional jet fuel.
To finance the project, SGP BioEnergy partnered with Goldman Sachs to identify investors that shared the company's vision for a better energy mix that includes renewable biofuel. The country of Panama was an ideal partner to support the financial potential of the project given its free zones, commitment to clean energy innovation and global platform to transport the fuels to over 1,000 ports around the world.
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Our newest star-studded, fictitious cult film is on the way. Deadline reports that out-of-nowhere action flick Tin Soldier has just announced an incredible lineup of Hollywood stars, which will include the likes of Jamie Foxx, Robert De Niro, Scott Eastwood, and John Leguizamo. That’s right, somehow we’ve never heard about this approaching feature, even though these top tier actors were in talks to join - well played Hollywood, well played. On top of the impressive call sheet, Tin Soldier is set to be directed by thriller aficionado Brad Furman, who was the eye behind the 2011 hit crime drama, The Lincoln Lawyer. He also penned the script and will co-direct alongside his long-time collaborator, Jess Fuerst. Furman’s latest project will see the multi-hyphenated creative reunite with Leguizamo, as the two previously teamed up to work on 2016’s The Infiltrator.
Tin Soldier will take audiences on a journey of a culty religion based around The Bokushi (Foxx). Pandering to those who are searching for a path in life as well as the safety and security that come with it, The Bokushi brings in crowds of veterans in droves. Due to his massive following of well-trained ex-service members, the spiritual leader has become a force to be reckoned with. Between having a colossal amount of deadly trained hands surrounding him and a wide array of weapons at his disposal, The Bokushi has understandably raised some eyebrows and received concerned looks from world leaders. Although he’s given it his best shot several times, undercover government operative Emmanuel Ashburn (De Niro), has never been able to break down the walls of The Bokushi’s stronghold. Now, they’re calling in the big guns. Ex-special forces asset, Nash Cavanaugh (Eastwood), is the best of the best and knows The Bokushi like none other because he was once a devout follower. Signing on to help the government with their mission, Nash will begin a vengeful journey to bring down the man who took his happiness away from him.
Filming is set to begin next week in Greece, which means we can expect to see some incredible backdrops and locales used in the film. This is something Furman alluded to in a statement released alongside the feature’s announcement, mentioning his excitement not only of working with some of Hollywood’s most iconic performers but also building the film “with awe-inspiring settings and set pieces built for the big screen.” Furman and Fuerst are set to produce for their Road Less Traveled Productions with the rest of the production team made up of Keith Kjarval for Unified Pictures, Steven Chasman for Current Entertainment, and Brad Feinstein for Romulus Entertainment. Walter Josten of Blue Rider will executive produce.
With so much bang for its buck, whoever snatches up the rights to Tin Soldier is going to have a blockbuster hit on their hands. While there’s no further information at this time, including a release date, we at Collider will keep you posted as updates roll in. | https://collider.com/tin-soldier-cast-robert-de-niro-jamie-foxx-scott-eastwood-john-leguizamo/ | 2022-05-18T16:21:58Z | https://collider.com/tin-soldier-cast-robert-de-niro-jamie-foxx-scott-eastwood-john-leguizamo/ | false | 1 |
From the May/June 2022 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Bruce Molsky
Around 2000, I was introduced to the music of Madagascar by my pal Paul Hostetter, master luthier, guitarist, and passionate lover of Malagasy music. D’Gary, Johnny Bass, Tarika Sammy… the list of great players and singers from that island country is long and deep. The guitar tradition from Madagascar takes in not only local music elements but classical and pop influences from everywhere. It’s a beautifully integrated and unique confluence of cultural styles. I was lucky enough to meet some of the members of Tarika Sammy when they visited the United States some years ago. The experience left a deep imprint and made me a fan as well. I have a valiha [a tubular zither] they left with me, which sits in a prominent place in my office, and have been inspired to add some Malagasy music to my own repertoire.
On my first solo guitar album, Everywhere You Go [reviewed here], I play my take on “Iasitera,” a traditional instrumental from Madagascar. I learned this composition through listening deeply to Germain Rakotomavo, a brilliant classically trained guitarist who is devoted to furthering the sounds of the unique, indigenous instruments of Madagascar, like the valiha, marovany [a box zither] and kabosy [a box-shaped wooden guitar]. In this lesson, I’ll teach you the concepts at play in “Iasitera,” which can help you learn something from outside of your normal sphere while picking up some concepts you can apply to solo fingerstyle guitar in general.
The Tuning
When I first listened to Rakotomavo’s re- cording of “Iasitera” on the 1995 compilation The Moon and the Banana Tree: New Guitar Music from Madagascar, I could hear right away that it was in a nonstandard tuning. I listened carefully for open strings and parsed out open C major, but with D in the bass (lowest string to highest D G C G C E). To get into this tuning from standard, lower strings 6–4 by a whole step each and raise string 2 by a half step. Open tunings offer the advantage of playing chords with one finger, and in G major, which is the key that “Iasitera” is in, you can play the I chord (G) by barring the top four strings at the seventh fret. This position is where the tune starts.
The Process
Learning tunes aurally is a process I’ve been working on and honing for decades. It really comes in handy when trying to suss out the uneven phrasing and syncopated rhythms in a piece like “Iasitera.” I started by separating the elements of the piece into a rough priority order and then working on them one at a time. It’s as much a thought exercise as a mechanical one; being methodical and patient helps to sidestep the danger of being overwhelmed by everything in a piece of music I’m trying to understand. This process also makes me a sharper listener in general— even for music I’m not working on.
Of course, the melody is in charge of everything and the first thing to get comfortable with. Then, you can add the bass lines that move underneath the melody, then finally putting in the notes that flesh out the chords. Ornamentation and variations pop up as icing on the cake. It’s exciting to see a piece come together this way!
Feeling the Phrases
A piece like “Iasitera” offers not just an excellent introduction to the music of Madagascar but an opportunity to work on a piece with quite a few metric modulations, or changing time signatures. In spite of its rhythmic quirks, the melody flows much like the human voice. Think about the phrases as being separated by breath and space. Let’s divide the melody of each part into phrases in that way. Forget the guitar for just a moment and sing each phrase one at a time. Your body will tell you where the breath and accent go.
“Iasitera” is structured in two main sections. The A part falls into a series of phrases in the following assemblage of beats: 5, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3. A bit more straightforward, the B part’s phrases mainly alternate between groups of four and two beats. Be sure to count carefully as you work through the subsequent exercises, and with a bit of practice these changing time signature changes will fall right into place.
Building the Parts
Start with just the first phrase of the A section, which is shown in Example 1a. Sing or hum the melody before you play it, and refer to the video on AG’s website if you cannot sing on sight. Then pick up your guitar and find the notes you just sang for that one phrase. Developing that relationship between notes you hear in the air and where to find them on your instrument is probably the most important thing you can do to strengthen your ability to play by ear! Repeat the process for the rest of the A section’s phrases (Examples 1b–1f). Before picking up your guitar and playing each phrase on its own. Start slowly, focusing on maintaining a steady beat. When you’re comfortable with all six phrases, try stitching them together as a continuous melody.
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Next, let’s reinforce the feeling of the phrases while laying down a harmonic foundation, adding a bass note on the first beat of each bar, as depicted in Example 2. Due to the tuning, most of the bass notes fall conveniently on open strings. Work on Ex. 2 in the same way as the previous figures, playing it one phrase at a time before combining them.
Once you can confidently play Ex. 2, insert notes around the bass line to complete the chords (Example 3). Here’s where it gets interesting. Adding chords not only moves the piece harmonically but adds rhythmic accents, like musical punctuation marks, really waking up a syncopated piece like “Iasitera.” Listen to what the placement of the chords does to lift up the momentum. For me, this is where I have to force myself to stop, listen carefully to what I’m playing, and just cycle it over and over again until it really feels solid.
Another thing to note about the chords is that less is often more in these kinds of arrangements. I often use just a note or two to imply harmony. For instance, in bar 2, for the I chord (G) I use the dyad G–B (the root and the third) over the open G string and for the ii (Am), just the root and the third (A and C, respectively) as well. In fact, the only four-note chord in this section is the D5 in the last measure.
Putting It All Together
Example 4 is a transcription from the video of how I play “Iasitera” one time through the whole form. The A section, which you should now be quite familiar with, is bars 1–6; the B section, measure 7 till the end. On the album—and in the beginning of the video—I repeat the form a bunch of times, never playing it exactly the same way. Listen to both versions to get some variation ideas.
The B part works similarly to the A, here we can create some textural contrast with a more active bass line. Note the appearance of a cool and dissonant walkup in bar 12, contrasted by the more traditional walkups in measure 16 and elsewhere. Either way, the bass notes always serve to support the melody and keep the piece rhythmically grounded.
I’ve also taken some occasional liberties with rhythm, most notably in bars 11 and 15. These measures were originally in 4/4, but I drop an eighth note to build excitement—something that only works in a solo context. But remember that nothing here is cast in stone, and you should play the piece as you feel!
I hope this method of finding your way into “Iasitera”—or any solo fingerstyle arrangement, for that matter—makes sense. Try the same approach with some other tunes—if you’re a blues fan, Mississippi John Hurt’s “Spike Driver Blues” is a great and straightforward one, as is Sam McGee’s “Wayfaring Stranger.” Have fun with this, and remember to enjoy the journey!
Essential Listening
For more on the music of Madagascar, I’d highly recommend the following albums. Some might be out of print, but all can be found online, either through used music stores or streaming sites, and are well worth seeking out. —BM
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Resting Place of the Mists: New Valiha and Marovany Music from Madagascar, Various Artists (Shanachie)
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Teresa Giudice may not want all of her life shown on the small screen.
The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 50, told Entertainment Tonight on Monday that while she doesn’t intend to air her wedding to Luis “Louie” Relas, she’s not ruling out another televised forum.
“Not on ‘Housewives,’ no,” Giudice told the outlet. “So, we’ll see what happens.”
Asked whether she has a spin-off special in mind, Giudice said: “I mean, we don’t know... I haven’t decided, so we’ll see.”
The mom of four — with ex-husband Joe Giudice — said that keeping the big day off “RHONJ” isn’t to keep it from fans.
“Of course, I want my fans to see it, because they’ve been on this journey with me. So of course I want them to see it. I really do,” she told ET. “It’s [also] something I’ll always have for myself.”
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- The military-themed paint scheme on the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, driven by Alex Bowman, pays tribute to Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in action in 2007
- As part of the NASCAR Salutes initiative, Ally will make donations to the Specialist Matthew Baylis Memorial Fund and USO
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice serving in the U. S. Armed Forces, Ally today unveiled a military-themed paint scheme for the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driven by Alex Bowman at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29. This year's paint scheme will honor Army Specialist Matthew E. Baylis, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007 while protecting his fellow soldiers in Baghdad.
Spc. Baylis was nominated by his stepmother, an Ally employee, Kerri Baylis, and his family through Ally's Veteran Employee Resource Group (ERG), whose mission is to unite employees and "do it right" for the U.S. Armed Forces. Any Ally employee can be part of the Veteran ERG, regardless of service or connection to the military, and can support military members and their families through volunteerism, education, and honoring fallen service members like Spc. Baylis.
"I think it is really special to be able to honor a fallen service member on Memorial Day," said Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. "Everything that NASCAR does around this event to pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice is really meaningful and I feel humbled to be able to have Specialist Baylis ride along with me at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After hearing his story and everything he did to protect his team, I am looking forward to honoring his legacy and meeting some of his family at the racetrack."
The commemorative paint scheme will trade Ally's traditional brand colors for a powerful royal blue hood accented with the Ally Veteran ERG's military ID tag logo, silver stenciled numbers, and a striking red roof and stars. The No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will proudly carry Army Specialist Baylis' name across the windshield as part of the NASCAR Salutes 600 Miles of Remembrance in Charlotte this month. In honor of Spc. Baylis and all members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Ally will also make donations to the USO and the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund, which is dedicated to providing scholarships to veterans or children of veterans that need financial assistance with either college tuition or the cost of a trade school.
"This year marks 15 years since Matthew's passing. Matthew was a wonderful son, a great brother, and great friend. He knew very early in his life he wanted to join the Army and make a difference in the lives of others. I could not be prouder of him," said Richard Baylis, Matthew's father. "Working together with Ally, it is our hope to provide even more scholarships to veterans and their families, to help pay for trade school or college. We are so grateful to Ally, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR to have Matthew honored in such a unique way."
To learn more about the Specialist Matthew E. Baylis Memorial Fund and to donate, please visit mattsmemorialfund.com.
About Army Spc. Matthew E. Baylis
After feeling called to join the military post-Sept. 11, Spc. Matthew E. Baylis became a member of the U.S. Army in 2005 and was deployed to Iraq in 2006. He was killed in action in a firefight on Memorial Day, May 31, 2007, when his platoon came under heavy fire. His platoon leader was hit, and Spc. Baylis immediately laid down a base of fire allowing the other soldiers to retrieve his platoon leader and get to cover. While Spc. Baylis was fatally hit, he saved his platoon leader's life that night and the lives of his fellow soldiers on previous combat missions. In honor of his bravery, Spc. Baylis was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Poland has reached an agreement with the European Commission on revoking some elements of its controversial judiciary reform so as to unlock payouts from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund, it was reported on May 17.
Brussels has been holding up payouts from the fund, arguing that Poland’s rightwing government has engineered the country’s judiciary to compromise judges’ independence and impartiality, making them vulnerable to political pressure.
Poland stands to receive €35.4bn in grants and loans from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which the EU set up to support the bloc’s economies after the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The deal was reportedly agreed upon late last week. According to Politico Europe, Poland will receive the money as soon as it overhauls the central and most controversial piece of the judiciary reform, the disciplinary regime for judges.
Doing so will entail removing the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, the mainstay of the disciplinary regime. Poland will also reinstate judges dismissed under the regime.
Brussels will assess the real value of the changes before deciding ultimately on unlocking funds – a safeguarding mechanism after Poland dragged its feet about the overhaul, proposing cosmetic tweaks only.
Poland’s coalition government of Law and Justice (PiS) and United Poland is internally divided about having to meet the Commission’s conditions to release the funds.
For PiS, it appears a necessary step to end the deadlock just over a year before the general election. The money is likely to be a boon for the government ahead of the general election due in the autumn of 2023 if it can overcome woes like inflation and the growing cost of living.
United Poland’s chief Zbigniew Ziobro, who is the justice minister, said last week, however, that the deal was a mistake. “We are being subject to blackmail,” Ziobro told private radio RMF FM.
Some experts suggest that the deal to unlock the funds is just a fig leaf for the Commission to resolve the issue, which has become awkward in the context of Poland becoming the EU's key member state in the context of the war in Ukraine. Poland has taken in by far the most war refugees from Ukraine and is the hub of military and humanitarian help for the war-torn eastern country.
“[The] Problem of course is that the … Commission may come up with easy to meet, nonsensical, partial "milestones" and/or pretend they are met on the back of cosmetic/fake changes, leaving systemic industrial-scale violation of EU rule of law requirements in place,” Laurent Pech, Professor of European Law at Middlesex University of London, tweeted.
The spat about the recovery fund might also have Poland change its mind about the global corporate tax reform, which Poland has been blocking, Politico Europe claimed.
Poland will apply for the first payout from the recovery fund as soon as July, Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda told the government broadcaster TVP on May 17.
Poland is looking to receive €2.8bn in grants and €1.3bn in loans this year, Buda said. He added that the funds would help finance the development of renewable energy sources, build more kindergartens, improve internet access, and upgrade railway infrastructure. | https://www.bne.eu/poland-and-european-commission-strike-rule-of-law-deal-to-unlock-billions-from-pandemic-recovery-fund-244704/ | 2022-05-18T16:27:04Z | https://www.bne.eu/poland-and-european-commission-strike-rule-of-law-deal-to-unlock-billions-from-pandemic-recovery-fund-244704/ | false | 3 |
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SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New research supported by the Institute of OM Foundation (IOMF), based in Santa Rosa, CA, documents the profoundly positive effect of Orgasmic Meditation, commonly known as "OM," for many looking to achieve the overall benefits of meditative practice, according to IOMF-backed researchers.
This research indicates that the routine practice of OM demonstrates great potential as an innovative and scientifically backed meditative exercise to help practitioners attain new levels of focus, attention, oneness, and relaxation.
Long-term practitioners of OM have known of the multiple health and stress reduction benefits provided by the practice for decades.
Now, using an online survey defined by qualitative, open-ended questions that was distributed and responded to by various levels of OM practitioners across the world, researchers have revealed through their published report that the practice of OM is more analogous to meditation than sex. In fact, more than 80 percent of the study's participants noted in their survey responses that they saw OM as very similar to actual meditation, and did not see or experience direct correlations to the experiences of sex and / or fondling.
The online survey consisted of 30 wide-ranging questions. Researchers quantified what most practitioners already reported experientially at the beginning of their OM experience, as well as during an OM session, and as they continued to expand and routinize their own OM habits and practice.
Casting a wide net of survey invitations, the researchers captured varying practice frequencies and history, ensuring their statistically significant findings were replicable and verifiable. More than 200 fully completed surveys were collected and assessed by the researchers.
The comprehensive study, titled "Is Orgasmic Meditation a Form of Sex? Practitioners of Orgasmic Meditation View the Practice as Significantly More Similar to Meditation Than to Sex or Fondling," is published via the open access Journal F1000:
Its findings are sparking new interest in OM's potential application as a regular or routine meditative practice that may allow meditators to rapidly reach active "theta states," a highly coveted brain state practiced and promoted by Tibetan Buddhists.
Ongoing research is now underway to confirm current findings, and in order to more deeply understand how similar OM is to other, more widely propagated meditative practices. The research is in-progress at Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Pittsburgh, and other prestigious academic institutions.
One such study, by Dr. Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist with Thomas Jefferson University, analyzed brain activity during an active OM session. Newberg found that brain regions associated with meditative states are activated during an in-progress OM session, and that the observed brain activity aligned with the spiritual experiences the practitioners reported at the end of the session.
"As previous studies have shown, sociocultural and historical context play a large role in what constitutes sex. In the wake of current public controversy over sex and consent, a practice whose practitioners report benefits in relationships, friendships, health, professional life, and spiritual life, and has teachings around sexuality and consent, and yet is rated as clearly distinct from sex, has clear benefits and a role in the broader conversation of health, wellness, and positive sexuality," said Vivian Siegel, Ph.D., in the text of the published study.
Emphasizing safety and consent at each regimented step of the OM process, an OM session is a structured practice that lasts a total of 15 minutes. During the session, one partner manually stimulates the clitoris of the receiving partner. The only goal is to feel sensation, not necessarily to climax, and meditative benefits are experienced by both session partners.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?
That's the question before New York's highest court Wednesday in a closely watched case over whether a basic human right can be extended to an animal.
Her advocates at the Nonhuman Rights Project say yes: Happy is an autonomous, cognitively complex elephant worthy of the right reserved in law for “a person.” The Bronx Zoo, where Happy resides, says no: Through an attorney, the zoo argues Happy is neither imprisoned nor a person, but a well-cared-for elephant “respected as the magnificent creature she is.”
Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for 45 years. The state Court of Appeals is hearing arguments over whether she should be released through a habeas corpus proceeding, which is a way for people to challenge illegal confinement.
The Nonhuman Rights Project wants her moved from a “one-acre prison” at the zoo to a more spacious sanctuary.
“She has an interest in exercising her choices and deciding who she wants to be with, and where to go, and what to do, and what to eat,” project attorney Monica Miller told The Associated Press. “And the zoo is prohibiting her from making any of those choices herself.”
The group said that in 2005, Happy became the first elephant to pass a self-awareness indicator test, repeatedly touching a white “X” on her forehead as she looked into a large mirror.
The zoo and its supporters warn that a win for the advocates could open the door to more legal actions on behalf of animals, including pets and other species in zoos.
“If courts follow NRP’s demand to grant animals personhood for habeas corpus purposes, elephants as well as other animals at every modern zoo in this country would have to be turned loose or transferred to the facility of NRP’s choosing,” Kenneth Manning, an attorney for zoo operator Wildlife Conservation Society, wrote in a court filing.
Happy was born in the wild in Asia in the early 1970s, captured and brought as a 1-year-old to the United States, where she was eventually named for one of the characters from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Happy arrived at the Bronx Zoo in 1977 with fellow elephant Grumpy, who was fatally injured in a 2002 confrontation with two other elephants.
Happy now lives in an enclosure adjacent to the zoo's other elephant, Patty. The zoo's attorney argued in court filings that Happy can swim, forage and engage in other behavior natural for elephants.
“The blatant exploitation of Happy the elephant by NRP to advance their coordinated agenda shows no concern for the individual animal and reveals the fact they are willing to sacrifice Happy’s health and psychological well-being to set precedent,” the zoo said in a prepared statement.
NRP's attorneys say no matter how Happy is being treated at the zoo, her right to "bodily liberty" is being violated. They argue that if the court recognizes Happy’s right to that liberty under habeas corpus, she will be a “person” for that purpose. And then she must be released.
Lower courts have ruled against the NRP. And the group has failed to prevail in similar cases, including those involving a chimpanzee in upstate New York named Tommy.
But last October, at the urging of a different animal rights group, a federal judge ruled that Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s infamous “cocaine hippos” could be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. The decision had no real ramifications for the hippos themselves, given that they reside in Colombia.
Opponents hope the NRP's string of court losses continues with the high-profile New York court.
In a friend-of-the-court brief, the New York Farm Bureau and other agriculture groups said the NRP's “new-fangled theory of personhood" would sweep up pigs, cows and chickens. The National Association for Biomedical Research said authorizing such petitions on behalf of animals could drive up the costs of conducting critical research. State and national associations representing veterinarians filed a brief saying NRP's lawsuit promotes animals' personhood rights above animals’ welfare.
Supporters of NRP's action include public figures such as Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe. Many of them see this case as a chance for society to take a step forward in the ethical treatment of animals.
“We believe this legal moment for Happy represents a key cultural crossroads for thinking more openly and honestly—and less selfishly—about what it would mean to treat the particularity of non-human animals with the moral seriousness it deserves,” a brief submitted by Catholic academic theologians read.
The court's decision is expected in the coming months.
At least one animal rights advocate suggests a lone court decision won't change society's view of animal use. Rutgers Law School professor Gary Francione, who is not involved in the case, said that would require a broader cultural shift.
“I’ve been a vegan for 40 years. Don’t get me wrong, I disagree with animal use altogether,” Francione said. “Just to have the court start saying that non-human animals are persons under the law is going to raise all sorts of questions, the answers to which are not going to be amenable to many people.” | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Happy-is-an-Asian-elephant-But-is-she-also-a-17181485.php | 2022-05-18T16:29:42Z | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Happy-is-an-Asian-elephant-But-is-she-also-a-17181485.php | true | 138 |
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The Countess of Wessex looked amazing in a floral dress when she joined Kate Middleton at a Buckingham Palace garden party on Wednesday
The Countess of Wessex turned heads in the prettiest floral dress when she put in a stylish appearance at a Buckingham Palace garden party on Wednesday.
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Dressing for the balmy UK weather, Countess Sophie sported an elegant midi dress with a pretty floral print in pink and blue, boasting subtle sheer sleeve detailing. The timeless attire was perfectly paired with nude stilettos, a cream clutch bag and a feather embellished hat as she joined her husband Prince Edward, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Alexandra at the special event.
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Sophie wore her blonde hair pinned back and added a simple pair of earrings and a single pearl necklace. The 57-year-old star enhanced her pretty features with a touch of rose-hued blusher and soft and subtle eye makeup.
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The Countess of Wessex joined Duchess Kate and Prince Edward at the garden party
Sophie and her fellow royals stood in for the Queen following Buckingham Palace's announcement that Her Majesty will not be making an appearance at the annual celebrations this year due to her ongoing mobility issues.
Garden parties are a major part of the royal family's calendar and following two years of cancellations during the pandemic, the royal household is very much looking forward to welcoming guests back.
Countess Sophie looked elegant in her floral midi dress
Traditionally, Her Majesty welcomes over 30,000 guests to spend a relaxed afternoon in the beautiful gardens of her royal residences.
These public events allow the Queen to speak to a broad range of people from all walks of life, all of whom have made a positive impact in their community.
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It's been a busy few hours for Sophie, who travelled to Chipping Norton to visit the Charlbury Community Centre earlier in the day.
The royal heard about the community's response to the pandemic, and the support scheme of 200 volunteers who assisted over 600 residents throughout the lockdowns.
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She looked stunning in a bright pink shirt dress crafted out of flattering crepe fabric. Sophie accessorised with nude heels and some seriously sparkly jewellery, wearing her blonde hair swept back in an elegant chignong.
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Kirk Hammett Rushed ‘Portals’ Completion for Record Store Day
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett revealed he’d been given a week to complete his debut solo EP Portals once it was decided to release it for Record Store Day.
The vinyl fanatic was presented with the option to tie in with the annual event, even though it meant he had to rush to get the work finished.
“It was all about the timing,” Hammett told Kerrang in a recent interview. “I got a call from management saying we had the opportunity to do it; and we bit the bullet and got everything done in a week so we could get it done for Record Store Day.”
He said the event was “something really cool that I really believe in, because as a kid I used to hang out at record stores and ask about this and that band.” He added: “I love vinyl. I love the packaging, I love the sound, I love the ritual of taking out the record, putting it on the turntable, all of that. So Record Store Day, hell yes!”
Although he felt competent to complete the studio tasks himself, Hammett called on former Metallica producer Bob Rock for help. “I’m so familiar with the whole recording process and getting the sounds – recording, mixing, mastering,” the guitarist explained. “I’m so familiar with all that stuff so that when it came time to do this, yeah, I can do all that myself because I've been doing it for so fricking long. Sometimes I need someone to be subjective with it, though, so I called Bob Rock. I called him up and we mixed the tracks in days.”
Asked about working again with collaborator Edwin Outwater, who conducted the orchestra for Portals, Hammett said: “He was listening to stuff and he just started singing parts at the top of his voice. I looked at him and just thought, ‘This guy is so committed to the music.’ With him on board it turned out much better than either of us expected and we’re forging forward with more collaborations in the making as well. I can’t wait until we start working together again.”
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Why these unsettling ’90s Ukrainian passport photos are more relevant than ever
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
In a photograph taken in newly independent Ukraine during the mid-1990s, an elderly woman casts her eyes away from the camera, her mouth pursed with tension. Another woman, gray hair braided across her head, holds the subject’s face firmly, one hand cupping her jaw, the other behind her neck. A white backdrop is up by someone just out of frame. A sense of unease and strangeness fills the composition.
From 1994 to 1995, only a few years after Ukraine’s population voted for independence in a referendum, photographer Alexander Chekmenev took many photos like these, of people in their homes, in the eastern city of Luhansk. He had been given a peculiar and difficult task: to go door-to-door and take passport photos of the city’s most vulnerable residents.
The assignment was part of the former Soviet state’s rushed goal of issuing new passports to all residents within a year — though, in reality, it took many years, according to Chekmenev. Social services in different cities employed photographers to help speed up the process.
With little pay, Chekmenev found himself in the homes of Luhansk’s neglected elderly and infirm residents, taking portraits of each person against a portable white backdrop held up by family members or social workers. The cropped passport images belied the full, uneasy scenes: lonely seniors, often living in poor conditions, propped up or posing for the camera. Many did not have basic necessities, like running water or gas, in their homes.
Those residents had lived through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and were left forgotten in its collapse, according to the photographer.
“The limited frame of a passport photo is like a TV box in Soviet times: propaganda of a happy lifestyle within the allowed limits,” Chekmenev said from Kyiv, where he is based, in an email interview translated from Russian. “Behind the corners of the passport and behind the square of a white background, the true reality, without retouching and censorship, was hidden.”
Many of the residents were unwilling to have their images taken, and some were near death. “There were people who cried and asked not to torture them with photography and not to interfere with their peaceful death,” Chekmenev said. “That was the hardest thing for me, psychologically.”
Chekmenev recalled that one man had a coffin in his home, awaiting his own death. Every time he finished a bottle of vodka, he would place it in the coffin, lining them up until it was full. Upon filling the coffin, he would then decide it was not yet his time to die and would began anew, he told the photographer. The social workers did not permit Chekmenev to photograph his subject in that room.
Altogether, Chekmenev took several hundred passport photos, as well as 36 color behind-the-scenes images for posterity. In 2017, he published them as a book, titled “Passport,” with Dewi Lewis Publishing in London.
Today, while Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine, forcing millions to flee their homes during Europe’s biggest land war since 1945, the body of work is a grim reminder of the frailty of statehood, symbolized by a 2-inch by 2-inch photo.
Chekmenev, who is now 52 years old, had his own passport photo taken by his family in 1996 as part of the program. “Mom and dad held the background, and my sister took pictures of me,” he recalled. Today, in Kyiv, he added, “my passport is still with me.”
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Equities research analysts expect IsoPlexis Co. (NASDAQ:ISO – Get Rating) to post earnings of ($0.54) per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Two analysts have made estimates for IsoPlexis’ earnings, with estimates ranging from ($0.56) to ($0.53). The business is expected to report its next earnings report on Monday, January 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that IsoPlexis will report full year earnings of ($1.97) per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from ($2.01) to ($1.94). For the next year, analysts expect that the firm will report earnings of ($1.33) per share, with EPS estimates ranging from ($1.47) to ($1.21). Zacks Investment Research’s EPS calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that cover IsoPlexis.
IsoPlexis (NASDAQ:ISO – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 11th. The company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.59) by ($0.15).
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ISO. Quadrant Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in IsoPlexis during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $102,000. Citigroup Inc. acquired a new position in shares of IsoPlexis during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. South Dakota Investment Council acquired a new position in shares of IsoPlexis during the 1st quarter worth $288,000. Northpond Ventures LLC acquired a new position in IsoPlexis in the 4th quarter valued at $80,920,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp acquired a new position in IsoPlexis in the 4th quarter valued at $644,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.49% of the company’s stock.
Shares of ISO stock traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $1.88. 300 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 126,124. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $2.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $6.64. IsoPlexis has a 12-month low of $1.62 and a 12-month high of $16.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 5.85 and a current ratio of 7.78.
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IsoPlexis Corporation, a life sciences company, provides solutions for the development of curative medicines and personalized therapeutics in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, China and Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and Korea.
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Let’s start up with the current stock price of Sunworks Inc. (SUNW), which is $1.87 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $1.895 after opening rate of $1.80 while the lowest price it went was recorded $1.74 before closing at $1.66.Recently in News on May 16, 2022, Sunworks Reports First Quarter 2022 Results. Sunworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), a leading provider of solar power and battery storage solutions for residential, agriculture, commercial, industrial, and public works markets, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2022. Financial results for the first quarter of 2022 include the operating results of Solcius, acquired on April 8, 2021, with no corresponding contribution in the same period last year. You can read further details here
Sunworks Inc. had a pretty Dodgy run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company’s stock is recorded $5.1100 on 03/08/22, with the lowest value was $1.2300 for the same time period, recorded on 05/12/22.
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Sunworks Inc. (SUNW) full year performance was -77.71%
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, Sunworks Inc. shares are logging -84.11% during the 52-week period from high price, and 52.03% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $1.23 and $11.77.
The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Technology managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 1074362 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the Sunworks Inc. (SUNW) recorded performance in the market was -39.09%, having the revenues showcasing -21.10% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 54.44M, as it employees total of 495 workers.
Market experts do have their say about Sunworks Inc. (SUNW)
During the last month, 0 analysts gave the Sunworks Inc. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 2.3758, with a change in the price was noted -1.47. In a similar fashion, Sunworks Inc. posted a movement of -44.01% for the period of last 100 days, recording 1,970,553 in trading volumes.
Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company’s financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders’ equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders’ equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for SUNW is recording 0.01 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 0.01.
Technical breakdown of Sunworks Inc. (SUNW)
Raw Stochastic average of Sunworks Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 16.49%. The result represents downgrade in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 78.92%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 57.26% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 38.10%.
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Camelot appoints Juliet Corsinita as new head of Video Investments
The media executive will assume her new role in Camelot after being in this company since 2018.
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May 17th, 2022Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media, the Dallas-based independent media and marketing agency, announced the new position of former Taco Bell media executive Juliet Corsinita, who is taking on the role of Head of Video Investments.
With experience of more than 25 years (20 years at Taco Bell), Corsinita becomes the first woman to assume this role in the agency.
“Juliet’s incredible media industry experience, innovative partnership strategies and deep understanding of the evolving screen-agnostic video space is unparalleled. She’s a gem and we’re lucky to have her on board,” said Ben Cooper, President of Camelot.
Cooper also noted:
We are committed to breaking down the walls between linear and digital video — to reach our clients.
Corsinita’s Career
During the two decades she worked for Taco Bell, Corsinita served as Vice President of Media and Brand Partnerships. She is especially recognized in the industry after having made this fast food chain the Official Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) for the NBA and MLB.
Following her stint at Taco Bell, Corsinita also consulted for TGI Fridays, CKE Restaurants, and a variety of other retail clients.
In 2018, she joined Camelot as Strategic Account Director to lead Experian, one of the agency's largest advertisers at the time.
Corsinita also gained recognition thanks to the launch of Experian Boost, a unique app for increasing credit scores across Monday Night Football, Roku and the NBA.
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"Juliet's experience and partnership have been invaluable to Experian as we navigate the continually changing video landscape,” said Steve Hartmann, Head of Integrated Marketing for Experian Consumer Services.
New Challenges
As Head of Video Investments, Corsinita will be tasked with strategically guiding the agency's clients "through the ever-growing maze of screen-agnostic, premium video.”
“Juliet has been a valued agency and client partner for years and has always understood the importance of a screen-agnostic media planning and buying in the ever-changing media landscape, particularly for big sports properties. She was instrumental in activating her client’s Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics advertising sponsorship with a multi-screen media plan both on-domain and across our various off-domain partner platforms,” said Dan Lovinger, President of Ad Sales and Partnerships at NBCU.
About Camelot
Celebrating 40 years as an independent media and marketing agency this year, Camelot is the partner agency for giants TurboTax, Whole Foods, Michaels, Nordstrom, Dave & Busters and Spectrum/Charter Communications.
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When we're kids, all we want to do is grow up. But life comes at you fast, and before you know it, early adulthood makes way for middle age. When it comes to sex and relationships, you might find that your questions and concerns change from not being ready to commit to worrying that you're "too old" for dating apps or satisfying sex.
But, according to sexuality counselor and educator Melanie Davis, Ph.D., satisfying sex and romantic relationships do indeed happen after 60, proving that our twilight years hold a unique beauty worth looking forward to. As we age, we learn more about our needs and desires around sex and intimacy, and become more comfortable in our bodies, even if you may need to expand your dating pool.
We asked Davis 20 questions about how to make the most of your sex and love life after 60.
Will you introduce yourself and the work that you do?
My name is Melanie Davis, Ph.D., and I am based in Northern New Jersey. I'm a founding partner in the New Jersey Center for Sexual Wellness, providing sexuality counseling and education. My associates are a sex therapist and an OB/GYN specializing in sexual medicine. I'm the author of a curriculum titled Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for Older Adults
Could you tell me about your background, including falling in love with teaching?
After a 25-year career in marketing copywriting and journalism, I returned to school at 45 and earned an MEd and Ph.D. in Human Sexuality Education. I didn't intend to teach, but four days after earning my MEd, an opportunity to teach undergrads opened up. I discovered I had a knack for it. Like every other professor, I detest grading, but I live for those moments–whether while teaching or doing training for professionals–when I can see lightbulbs going on over learners' heads. There are also priceless moments of connection, like a student disclosing I was the first professor he felt safe coming out to as trans or the elderly man who poignantly asked, "How do I get my partner to love me again?"
How did you become interested in sexuality and aging?
I attended the first sex and aging workshop offered at a national sexology conference. The presenter, sex educator Peggy Brick, passed around a sign-up sheet for people interested in creating an organization focused on the topic. That led to a handful of sex educators and therapists starting what would become the Sexuality and Aging Consortium at Widener University–I've been co-president of it since 2010. Peggy said I was too young, at 47, to understand sex and aging, but I'm 62 now, so I guess I've aged into my specialty. I have face validity, you could say.
What are most men worried about sexually as they get older?
Anecdotally, based on the men I see in my practice, they worry about not feeling desired and appreciated.
What are some of the most significant physical changes to expect?
As testosterone levels lower, men tend to lose muscle mass as well as some vigor or zest for life. They may find it harder to concentrate or sleep. If they gain weight, their penis may appear smaller because of the flesh surrounding it. Endurance may decrease if someone isn't exercising regularly. Erection and ejaculatory changes can start as early as the mid-forties, with more time and direct stimulation needed to get hard, hard-ons being less firm, and erections waxing and waning during sexual interludes.
Are ED meds such as Cialis or Viagra right for everyone?
The answer isn't necessarily Cialis or Viagra. More often, the solution is to accept normal changes and work with them once you and your healthcare provider have checked for any medical issues. Your erection goes soft? Focus on pleasing a partner in other ways than penetration. If you can't become erect at all, ask your partner whether they might welcome you manipulating a dildo inside them.
We hear a lot about menopause in women, but what happens to men hormonally?
Just as perimenopause can last up to 15 years for women, hormonal changes in men happen over time, starting around age 40. Typical changes include decreased muscle mass and general strength and an increased risk of osteoporosis. Some men discover they have a less spontaneous desire for sex, and they often experience changes in their erections. In addition, some men experience changes in their sleep patterns, anemia, and weight gain. Even though most of these are normal, it's wise to talk to a healthcare provider about any changes you notice since some changes are indicators of diabetes, cardiac issues, and chronic illness, while others may be side effects from prescription medications.
What can younger men do preventatively to stay sexually active and healthy as they age, such as prostate cancer screening?
Maintaining general fitness and eating habits that protect against obesity, diabetes, and heart disease can help. The healthier the blood flow is to your penis, the healthier your erections will be. But also, mindset and relationships are important. If you're unhappy or physically uncomfortable, you're less likely to have a satisfying sexual life.
Do you feel that men, especially older men's emotional needs are met enough?
In patriarchal societies, men aren't supported in having emotional needs. "Never let them see you cry," "Don't show any weakness," and all that. None of that changes as men age, yet they often need more emotional support as they retire and lose their professional identity or if they divorce and lose their identity as a spouse.
What are some of the biggest misconceptions about sex after 60?
That it doesn't happen, that older adults aren't sexually attractive, that hotness requires a six-pack abdomen and a firm butt, and that all vaginas are dry and all penises are limp. The misconceptions are cruel and inaccurate.
What are some of the fears about aging that people get right?
This varies from culture to culture. In white culture, there's often an assumption that older people aren't sexual, but that's not necessarily the case for other races and cultures. It is true that media images stop representing older adults as hot and desirable. It's especially true that women become invisible as sexual beings. It is also true that bodies change, and not always in welcome ways. However, there are accommodations that can be made for that.
Society is terrified of aging, but will you talk about some changes in sex and relationships to look forward to after 60?
(See above: White people are terrified, but not all people are, so generalizations aren't wise.) A few things to look forward to include: older adults know what we want, and many of us aren't afraid to communicate that. We tend to be less embarrassed about our own bodies and more accepting of our partners' bodies. We can laugh at things that might mortify younger lovers–flatulence, sagging skin, anti-snoring devices, support pillows and assistive devices, and the need to get up to pee one or more times a night. Good older lovers also focus more on sensual pleasure than on performance or orgasm so that sexual interludes can last for a long, long time!
Why are we so scared about aging? Does it all boil down to fear of death?
Aside from fears of being alone or feeling less useful to society, I believe the terror comes from realistic fears about our dreadful insurance system in the U.S., which can deny coverage for necessary health care, assisted living care, and medically assisted death with dignity. When my mom's doctor refused meds that would allow her to die rather than live six more months with a painful lung condition, she refused to take meds keeping her heart pumping. She died within five days, and on each of those days, she asked, "Why is it taking so long to die? I don't want to be alive anymore." She, and others like her, should have the right to die when living is too painful.
Do you hear about older men finally embracing orientations, kinks, or other aspects of sexuality as they mature?
It's never too late to be your true sexual self! There is no age limit on when you accept your own sexual identity and interests, whether you go public or not.
Does one need an erection to enjoy sex?
If you take erections and orgasm off the "must-have" list, you open the door to massage, body rubbing, making out, oral sex (fun even without an erection), role play, finger play, sex toys (for clitorises, vaginas, penises, balls, and butts), sexy talk, romance, kink, and more.
Should we broaden our definition of sex?
I often talk about the benefits of non-goal-oriented sex with older adults because it takes the pressure off. Try replacing "sexual activity" with "sensual activity," and there are all sorts of new possibilities.
What relationship changes do men after 60 often experience?
Retirement can be a huge change in self-identity, financial freedom, and the time couples spend together. A relationship that cruised along smoothly will be disrupted once partners have nothing but time together.
How can couples navigate these changes?
It can be useful for each person to find outside interests, like volunteering, hobbies, socializing, etc., so they aren't bumping into each other constantly or telling each other the same stories over and over again. My friend was a homemaker all her adult life but got a job at 65 once her husband retired because he wouldn't stop advising her on the best way to cook and load the dishwasher. Some couples take separate vacations so they can return to each other with renewed desire.
Do you see long-term couples still happy and having sex after 60? Can you help ease some of the agist fears that everyone ends up alone, sad, and horny?
I know many happy couples who have sex well into their older years! The key is to adapt to the way their partners and their sexual desires are evolving. I also know couples who met each other after age 60, so it's not impossible. Men can improve the odds of finding a partner by considering people their own age, plus or minus 10 years. So many straight older men on dating sites limit their search to women 20-30 years younger, but the qualities they say they seek are those of older women with maturity. Many wonderful women choose to be alone rather than deal with the disappointment of being ghosted or judged for their age, gray hair, or a few extra pounds. Another thing that will help men find lasting relationships is to avoid expecting sex right away. Older women often want to be appreciated for their brains and personality rather than being a release valve for a man's sexual urges.
Is there anything that I haven't asked about regarding sex after 60 for men that you think is crucial to the conversation?
In no particular order: Keep high-quality silicone lube on hand (Uberlube and Swiss Navy are great); get tested for sexually transmitted infections at least every six months if you or your partner have multiple partners; keep internal and external condoms and dams on hand for vaginal, anal, mouth-to-genitals, and mouth-to-ass play; visit your local or online adult toy store with a partner and ask a salesperson for recommendations; practice impeccable personal hygiene from head to toe; put a towel on the bed, so no one worries about lube, cum, or other leaks; and read books by senior sex blogger Joan Price. | https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a39980935/melanie-davis-sex-after-60-interview/ | 2022-05-18T16:45:24Z | https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a39980935/melanie-davis-sex-after-60-interview/ | false | 1 |
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TransAlta Co. (TSE:TA – Get Rating) (NYSE:TAC)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as C$14.75 and last traded at C$14.70, with a volume of 118932 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at C$14.52.
TA has been the subject of a number of research reports. CSFB lifted their price target on shares of TransAlta from C$17.00 to C$18.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 20th. Credit Suisse Group lifted their price target on shares of TransAlta to C$18.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 20th. National Bankshares raised their price objective on shares of TransAlta from C$14.00 to C$15.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 9th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued a “buy” rating and set a C$17.00 price objective on shares of TransAlta in a research note on Monday, May 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$16.20.
The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 154.34. The business’s 50-day moving average is C$13.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$13.40. The firm has a market cap of C$3.89 billion and a P/E ratio of -6.83.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 1st will be paid a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 31st. TransAlta’s dividend payout ratio is currently -8.94%.
In related news, Senior Officer Jane Nyla Fedoretz sold 84,162 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$14.27, for a total transaction of C$1,200,991.74. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 67,613 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$964,837.51. Also, Senior Officer Kerry Lynn O’reilly sold 103,081 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$14.01, for a total transaction of C$1,444,618.37. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 67,447 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$945,229.24.
About TransAlta (TSE:TA)
TransAlta Corporation owns, operates, and develops a diverse fleet of electrical power generation assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Gas, and Energy Transition. owns and operates hydro, wind and solar, natural gas-fired, and coal-fired facilities.
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New Delhi: OTT giant Amazon Prime Video’s recently released Panchayat 2 trailer has been garnering great response from audiences and critics. Panchayat, which turned out to be a success due to its light-hearted comedy and the authentic storyline is hailed to be an audience-favourite show.
The reason for the wide success of Panchayat is its relatable and verisimilitude way of retelling rural stories in modern times. While the show is gearing up for its release on May 20, 2022 lead actor Jitendra Kumar gets into a conversation with a leading daily.
Jeetu who plays Abhishek Tripathi in the series talked about the love and affection he is receiving nationwide. When asked if things changed for him after the success of the show, the actor shared “When we were making the show, the way we were shooting it was a great experience for me. I was sure that the byproduct of our efforts would be beautiful. The way the show reached the audience was a bit unexpected for me. I was overwhelmed with the response we received and I had no idea that we would receive love and support on such a level”.
Adding more to the conversation, Jeetu says “Post the success of the show, I got the confidence that despite having a simple story, the show did well and reached out to the audience. And with Panchayat, success happened very instantly as the audience loved it. This enabled me to gain confidence and made me believe in myself. The belief that comes from the way you want to tell simple stories! Nobody has seen or experienced these stories before. Such stories have taken up the space now and the audience is eagerly waiting for such concepts to forge ahead. With this confidence and surety, we made season 2 and we are excited to see how the audience reacts”.
Established in the countryside, Panchayat Season 2 will have a global premiere on Prime Video on 20th May in India and across 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Yadav, and Neena Gupta amongst others in pivotal roles after the wide success of Panchayat 1. | https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/panchayat-season-2-to-premiere-on-may-20-jitendra-kumar-says-audience-connected-with-our-show-2464937.html | 2022-05-18T16:50:30Z | https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/web-series/panchayat-season-2-to-premiere-on-may-20-jitendra-kumar-says-audience-connected-with-our-show-2464937.html | true | 3 |
Reading is the most effective activity to do before bed to aid 7+ hours of sleep, new study finds.
With a large chunk of the British population suffering from poor sleep, many of us are left feeling perpetually tired.
And hunting the elusive holy grail of being well rested can feel like a wild-goose chase.
A fifth of Brits get under five hours of sleep a night, with almost seven in 10 admitting to struggling to get to sleep on a daily basis, according to one study.
The research by GetLaidBeds.co.uk found that reading is the most popular and the most effective bedtime ritual, followed by turning off technology.
And the latter is twice as effective as drinking a cup of tea.
The study also found that almost nine in 10 people who work from their bedroom admit to struggling to get to sleep at night, compared to a tenth who say they work outside their bedroom.
“I’m not surprised by this stat," said sleep expert, Katherine Hall. "Keeping work out of your bedroom will strengthen the mental association between your bedroom and a good night’s sleep.
"If you work from your bedroom, even on a separate desk away from your bed, your mind will still associate that space with work, making your mind run through all of your work stress while you’re trying to relax.”
Taking a walk before bed is 7 times less effective for sleep compared to reading
The survey of 2,010 people also showed that taking a walk before bed is the activity (on a par with journaling), that aids sleep the least, and is seven times less effective than reading.
Further results found that turning off all tech items before trying to sleep was twice as effective as drinking a cup of tea before bed for those who got an average of more than seven hours of sleep a night.
Interestingly, setting out the next day's outfit was found to be three times more effective as a sleep ritual than meditation, with only 37 percent of Brits who meditate before bed getting more than seven hours of sleep.
“This research has uncovered some fascinating data, not least the gulf in efficiency between certain sleep routines that many people believe to be helping them get the sleep they need," said Katherine.
"The most common theme we can see from these results is that establishing a good sleep routine revolves around not overstimulating the brain.
"Whether that’s removing menial tasks from the next day to avoid overthinking in bed or relaxing the muscles through hot water therapy rather than working them through exercise.
"Identifying sleep rituals will be a case of trial and error for many of us. What is evident, however, is that some habits we adopt can be significantly more effective than others if practised correctly.”
The UK's most effective bedtime rituals
1 Reading
2 Turning off technology
3 Praying
4 Taking a hot shower or bath
5 Setting out your clothes for tomorrow
6 Making tomorrow's to-do list
7 Meditating
8 Making a cup of tea
9 Stretching
10 Taking a long walk
11 Journaling
The UK's most popular bedtime rituals
(percentages are based on survey responses)
1 Reading 40%
2 Turn off technology 33%
3 Set out your clothes for tomorrow 20%
4 Take a hot shower or soak in the bath 20%
5 Cup of tea 20%
6 Make tomorrow's to-do list 14%
7 Prayer 13%
8 Meditate 11%
9 Stretch 10%
10 A long walk 7%
11 Journaling 7%
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The Headmistress of a government school in Assam’s Goalpara district has been arrested for allegedly carrying beef to school.
The incident was reported from Hurkachungi M.E School, located in Lakhipur area of the district.
According to reports, the headmistress, identified as Daliman Nessa, allegedly brought beef to the institution on the day Gunotsav.
Soon after the incident, Nessa was questioned by Lakhimpur police and later forwarded to judicial custody.
Speaking to reporters, Bhimkanta Pegu, Officer-In-Charge of Lakhipur Police Station said
During lunch hour, one of the colleagues of Daliman Nessa came to know about it and started complaining, after which it came to light, Bhimkanta Pegu, Officer-In-Charge of Lakhipur Police Station told reporters.
Gunotsav is a yearly, state government activity to ensure quality elementary education with improved learning outcomes. During Gunotsav, State Ministers, IAS, IPS, IFS officers, and Class–I & II officers visit schools and take part in the process of evaluation through interaction with students and teachers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic vastly changed the way Americans spend money and now as they return to pre-pandemic behavior, they’re tripping up retailers again.
That dynamic has only been intensified in recent months as inflation jumps sharply, and the latest financial report from Target underscore the challenges.
Target reported Wednesday that its profit tumbled 52% compared with the same period last year in an environment of rising costs for things like fuel, and also a lightening quick return by consumers to more normalized spending. Purchases of big TVs and appliances that Americans loaded up on during the pandemic have faded, leaving Target with a bloated inventory that must be marked down to sell.
Target’s quarterly financial report comes a day after shares of rival Walmart tumbled about 17% for similar reasons after it posted quarterly results. Both companies missed profit expectations by a wide margin. Shares of Walmart fell another 8% Wednesday.
Shares of Target Corp. plunged 25%, the biggest one-day sell-off since the Black Monday market crash of 1987.
What hasn’t changed is the willingness of Americans to spend, even with inflation hovering near four-decade highs. Target said that revenue rose 4% to $24.83 billon in its most recent quarter, which was a little better than expected.
Big box retailers became a lifeline during the pandemic with millions of people splurging on food to make at home, as well as big-ticket electronics. The spending on groceries continues to be strong, but those sales are lower margin compared with those luxuries for the home. Consumers are also spending more on things like luggage as they begin to travel again.
Yet even though consumer spending continues to be strong, costs are rising for major retailers.
“Things have changed significantly from even 13 weeks ago,” said CEO Brian Cornell. “We did not project, I did not project, the kind of significant increases we would see in freight and transportation costs.”
That is hitting the bottom line of companies that have prospered over the past two years.
Target reported Wednesday that first-quarter net income tumbled to $1.01 billion, or $2.16 per share, in the quarter that ended April 30. Per-share earnings adjusted for one time costs were $2.19, far from Wall Street projections of $3.07 a share expected by industry analysts polled by FactSet.
And there does not appear to be a way around rising costs in the immediate future.
Those freight costs will be $1 billion higher this year than Target had anticipated, it said Wednesday, but the company also said it will work hard not to pass through the price increases to customers.
The behavioral change among American consumers is broad and it has adversely effecting companies that logged massive profits during the past two years.
Amazon reported its first quarterly loss since 2015 last month, stalled by a slowdown in pandemic-induced online shopping, in addition to a huge write-down of its investment in an electric-vehicle startup.
At Walmart, higher labor and fuel costs as well as higher inventory levels dragged down the company’s profits. Walmart said customers spent on food and other basic consumer goods, shifting away from discretionary items that had previously added to its bottom line.
That both Walmart and Target have pushed heavily into groceries is a plus with spending still heavy there, said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail.
Yet the same things that allowed Target to thrive in recent years, successfully stimulating impulse buys of discretionary goods, was a negative to start the year.
“As consumers become more cautious, the ‘Target effect’ of spending hundreds of dollars on a mission that originally involved picking up a tube of toothpaste could fade fast,” Saunders said.
That appeared to be the sentiment on Wall Street Wednesday, with shares sliding $52.09 to $163.19.
The last time Target shares fell so hard was on Oct. 19, 1987, one of the worst days in history for U.S. markets when the Dow fell more than 20%. However, Target shares then cost less than $4.
Other pandemic metrics are being upended.
Sales at Target stores open at least a year increased 3.4% during the latest quarter. It posted an 18% increase in the same quarter last year. Online sales increased 3.2%, following growth of 50.2%.
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Heat and humidity have first responders concerned, as thousands of spectators make their way to Southern Hills for the PGA.
They said the last two days have already been hot enough for a few cases of heat related illness, and it's only expected to get warmer.
This isn't Kim Sherrod's first time at a PGA championship - and she's prepared for the heat.
"You can bring one unopened water jug; I would suggest that," she said.
Sherrod brings extra water, sunscreen, and a plan for who to call if she starts to feel faint.
That planning is exactly what Tulsa Fire Department Paramedic Conrad Collinson likes to see.
"Prepare yourself so that when you're out here you're not already behind the eight ball," he said. "If you know you're going to come out this weekend, go ahead and start hydrating yourself now."
Collinson said you should expect a lot of walking across hot pavement on your way in. Although there's plenty of shade, several people have already been treated for heat exhaustion.
In advance of warmer weather, the PGA set up a first aid tent on the course and has several crews of paramedics on standby.
"We have six crews from the Tulsa Fire Department, six crews that are strategically located throughout the golf course," Collinson said.
A final piece of advice from Sherrod is to keep an eye on the people around you.
"People need to watch out for everybody when it gets kind of muggy for heat stroke, heat exhaustion, those kinds of things," she said.
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When we have this year’s WWDC on the doorstep, where Apple will have to present the features of iOS 16, among other things and taking into account everything we know about this operating system so far, we must warn about one of the features of this new SW. Nothing more and nothing less than the great unknowns that are the accessibility features. Normally intended for users with difficulties, it seems that in version 16 we will have them for everyone.
New accessibility features for everyone
Having introduced the American company, new accessibility features that will come with iOS 16, we have to take into account that according to new rumors, these could become part of to all users. Not only for those with physical or other difficulties.
The new functions such as door detections, Apple Watch mirroring, quick actions, live captions, VoiceOver, Buddy Controller, Siri Pause Time, voice control spelling mode, sound recognition, and Apple Books, will be universal.
Let’s see if I explain it well. Apple will continue to put these features in the accessibility part. However, and as we are doing so far, there are certain functions that we can all use and that benefit us or make some tasks easier for us. The ability, for example, to announce calls. It is designed for people with visual difficulties but it is very useful for anyone.
Well, with that said, some analysts have thought that the new features that Apple is going to introduce They are not only designed for people with difficulties. Namely:
The door detection capability will be very useful for the use of the new AR glasses that Apple wants to launch or for those that we already have and use regularly. This feature helps a better recognition of objects.
Subtitles live and direct. Something that is intended to help people with hearing problems. But very useful for everyone in general. On numerous occasions it is necessary to use these subtitles to be able to follow a certain scene. For example.
So these new Apple features coming in iOS 16, maybe, and just maybe, They should not be in the accessibility section and yes in all means of functions for all users.
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KL Rahul etches his name in history books with 5th consecutive 500-run IPL season
Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul scripted history by becoming the first player to breach the 500-run mark in 5 back-to-back IPL seasons. Rahul started his purple patch in the league in 2018 and has been the league's best opener since then. He had joined LSG for Rs 17 crore before IPL 2022 mega auction.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- KL Rahul has once again breached the 500-run mark in an IPL season
- He has been scoring over 500 runs in every season since 2018
- The right-handed batsman joined Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 17 crore
KL Rahul has continued his purple patch in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and etched his name in the history books. Rahul is now the only player in the history of the T20 league to score over 500 runs in five consecutive IPL seasons. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain achieved the milestone during the league stage fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday (May 18).
Rahul, who had made his IPL debut in 2013, has been enjoying a dream run in the league since 2018. Back in IPL after missing the 10th edition, Rahul joined Punjab Kings (PBKS) for a mega sum of Rs 11 crore. He piled up 659 runs in IPL 2018. It was the first time when he scored over 400 runs in a season.
In 2019, Rahul came close to the 600-run mark and finished with 593 runs. He scored his maiden century in the season. In IPL 2020, played in UAE, Rahul won the Orange Cap for finishing with a tally of 670 runs. It was his first season as PBKS' captain. In IPL 2021, Rahul piled up 616 runs in 13 matches.
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Rahul parted ways with PBKS after the season and joined Lucknow Super Giants for a sum of Rs 17 crore. He is only the 2nd player after Virat Kohli to earn this amount.
In the ongoing season, Rahul has 537 runs. The right-handed batsman has struck two centuries in the season so far. He sits at the 2nd spot on the list of most run-scorers in IPL 2022.
Rahul has also excelled on the captaincy front and LSG are placed at the 3rd spot with 8 wins. They have a high chance of making it to the next round in their debut season. Under Rahul, PBKS crashed out of IPL 2020 and 2021 from the league stage.
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Feds: National Guard members on state duty can join unions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Department of Justice has given the green light to National Guard members on active duty for their states to join labor unions, despite a U.S. law that makes it a felony for military personnel on active federal duty to unionize.
The agreement, finalized Tuesday, settles a lawsuit filed in federal court in Connecticut by labor unions against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department, seeking collective bargaining rights for Connecticut National Guard members on state duty ordered by the governor.
Already, the case has prompted some National Guard members in Texas to unionize.
A 1978 federal law makes it a criminal felony for members of the armed forces, including the National Guard, to join or attempt to form a labor organization.
But the statute only applies to service members when they are on active federal duty ordered by U.S. military officials, according to the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, which represented the unions in the lawsuit, filed in November.
“Before this case, unions were understandably deterred from organizing state active duty National Guard members due to the potential for criminal penalties,” Rekha Kennedy, a Yale law student working for the clinic, said in statement.
“With this reassurance from the DOJ, unions nationwide can begin the process of building relationships with Guard members without fear of prosecution,” Kennedy said.
Connecticut Guard members were waiting for the agreement to be finalized before beginning unionizing efforts, but some Texas National Guard members already have moved ahead with their plans, joining the Texas State Employees Union starting in February.
Texas members said they were encouraged by a January court filing in the Connecticut case where the Justice Department acknowledged the federal ban did not apply to National Guard members on state duty.
Some Texas National Guard members have criticized their working and living conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border, where Gov. Greg Abbott has sent them to help in efforts to arrest migrants crossing the border.
“We’ve been rapidly activated with no notice, often working long shifts on irregular schedules, and living in poor conditions far from our families and homes,” Texas National Guard member Hunter Schuler said in a statement Wednesday in response to the Connecticut lawsuit settlement.
“Meanwhile, our education benefits have been cut, we’re subjected to inconsistent and unclear leave policies, and we lack benefits comparable to those received on federal service such as health insurance,” he said. “DOJ’s position confirms that we are free to organize and fight for changes that every service member deserves.”
The Justice Department, Connecticut National Guard and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s office did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday.
“Members of the Connecticut National Guard now have additional reassurances that our rights will be upheld through union advocacy,” Walter Morton, a Connecticut National Guard member, said in a statement.
The Connecticut National Guard has been called to state duty several times in recent years. Members have helped with cleanup efforts after major storms, aided police in response to protests and served during the state’s response to the coronavirus, including setting up field hospitals and distributing supplies during the early days of the pandemic.
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WASHINGTON — D.C. Police have announced that they will be helping new hires pay their rent with hopes it will create an incentivize for new officers to live in the District. The starting salary for all new hires will be $60,199.
"The MPD Recruit Rental Assistance Program is designed to assist new police officers in their transition to working and living in the communities they serve," the Metropolitan Police Department describes on their website.
D.C. Police also specify that all recruits are eligible to sign up for the rental housing assistance benefits during their first three months of employment with MPD. In addition, all recruits must commit to staying with MPD for two years after they complete their six-month training program at MPD’s Metropolitan Police Academy.
Participation in the Recruit Rental Assistance Program requires recruits to commit to staying with MPD an extra six months (for a total of two and a half years) after they graduate from the academy.
Any interested and perspective officers must complete an application and present a signed lease agreement for a residence in the District. Those interested can get an application and more information by contacting the Professional Development Bureau (PDB) at (202) 727-9832 or by emailing pdb.adminbox@dc.gov.
Just last year, in July, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a plan to add 170 officers to the department, which was estimated to cost $11 million.
Based on last year's numbers, MPD typically hires 250 officers each year. After the department's budget was cut by $15 million in 2020, the department said it was left with a near-empty hiring pipeline. The department only hired 42 new officers at that time so far in 2021: 21 cadets who became recruits, 12 reinstatements, eight senior police officers and one leadership official.
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Take a look-see at this science pic:
This is the output from some model, the nature of which is not especially interesting, and the accompanying observations. In other words, predictions and the resulting values.
See the red arrow? I picked this point because it’s easy to see; there is nothing else special about it.
The blue diamond the arrow highlights was an instance at which the model said, “The value will be 240” (or whatever). But the observation was 70 (or so).
Very well: the model said 240 and Nature said 70. The model is therefore falsified. The model said a thing would happen. It did not happen. The model has said a false thing. The model was wrong: it was not right. It is falsified, so throw the model out. Right?
We have discussed the philosophy of falsifiability in detail before. Today, I want to speak of the sociology of it. Do not mix them up; however, the latter relies, in part, on the former, so we can’t entirely separate them.
Next cast your eye to the other blue diamonds. Sometimes the model said what would happen, or near enough, and sometimes the model did not. The model has been falsified not only once, but many times: indeed, each time the blue diamond does not fall on the red 1-to-1 line the model has been falsified again.
Now to the sociol—-
“—Wait, Briggs. Nobody takes the predicted values perfectly serious.”
What do you mean?
“I mean that when the model says ‘240,’ everybody takes that to mean ‘240 plus or minus a little.'”
So that if the observation goes outside that “little”, the model is then falsified?
“Not quite. Because most other predictions, the whole of those blue diamonds, might be close enough.”
How many have to be “close enough”?
“It depends.”
Sounds pretty vague and subjective, this falsifiability. It only works when you say it does, based on rules that can’t be communicated quantitatively.
It also sounds like you mean that, in math, we can work out that each model prediction is “ackshually” a probability, like the mean of a normal distribution, or whatever. But that implies adding another model on the original model, a probability model (if the model itself doesn’t have this feature). Then each prediction is given a non-zero probability of happening. That 240 might have been given a probability of, say, 10%. It turned out to be 70, which the model gave a probability of, say, 0.1% to.
In other words, the model said the 70 was possible: 70 happened. The model is not falsified. So we can keep it.
But then, no observation can ever contradict the model, not formally. Because the probability model will never say any point is impossible.
Formally, falsifiability is useless.
Now let’s turn it around and look at a model that I say has had enough evidence of its failure, one so bad that no earnest person can believe it. A model that has had a century’s worth of dismal performance, which has never worked anywhere in practice. Yet which is still believed—and even cherished!
I call this model Masks Stop The Spread Of Respiratory Diseases, or Masks for short. Hard to find an Expert or ruler who isn’t a True Believer in Masks. Here’s a fun picture:
Deaths in New Zealand are rising again and near their record high, despite 95% of everyone over 12 in the country being fully vaccinated and a mask mandate for the past 9 months
Somehow no one in the media seems interested in asking how that could be possible pic.twitter.com/xuPrOH6txc
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) May 16, 2022
This fellow has dozens upon dozens of pictures like this; others contrasting areas with mask mandates with those that don’t. Usually, the areas without mandates do better, in the sense of lower deaths or infections (mistakenly called “cases”). I haven’t seen any pics where maskless areas obviously do worse.
I have dozens of old studies, including the time when surgeons stopped wearing masks in a busy hospital for six weeks and there was no change in infection rates, all starting from a century ago, all showing the uselessness of Masks. Further, this information is easy to find, and easy to read, especially with those who have any training in medicine or statistics, and so should not be a mystery to anybody.
As far as falsifying a model goes, Masks has been as falsified as it can get.
Yet I ask you: is Masks still believed? Do elites, Experts and rulers still laud and praise it?
And why? Ah, that’s the real answer. Because any model that’s useful is a good model, falsifiability be damned. Both models detailed today are useful—to certain people. The trick is understanding that the model doesn’t have to be useful for the things of which it speaks. It merely need be a device to point to to justify an action one desires.
For the first model, it’s agriculture. For the second, it’s health. Both models exist for governments to say “We are doing something. And that something is The Science.” The simple models become meta models, part of a larger scheme. It’s those meta models that need examination.
The only conclusion is: however valuable it is in rigorous formal logic and mathematics, falsifiability is useless in science. Don’t bother with it.
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The Smyrna Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a fatal shooting that left one man dead Monday night.
Police responded to a shooting in the 1600 block of Roswell Street, about a mile east of downtown Smyrna, around 10 p.m. Monday. There, they found Michael A. Ezzard Jr., 22, of Smyrna, who had been shot and killed.
Smyrna Police Lt. Louis Defense said Wednesday that Ezzard was shot by an unknown Black male who fled the scene in a gray Honda four-door vehicle driven by an unknown Black female. The suspects were last seen heading westbound on Hawthorne Avenue.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects, and provided photos of the suspected shooter and getaway car.
“The male shooter should be considered armed and extremely dangerous,” Defense said.
Anyone with information about the shooting or the suspects is asked to call 911 or Smyrna Police at (770) 434-6666.
Tipsters can remain anonymous by submitting tips to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or by visiting Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestoppersatlanta.org
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TopGolf is opening in Northeast Philadelphia this week, company representatives said.
Friday, May 20 marks the grand opening of the second location in Pennsylvania.
The popular sports entertainment facility is located at 2140 Byberry Road, just off US Route 1, near the Philadelphia Mills shopping mall.
The three-level venue will feature 102 climate-controlled outdoor hitting bays, chef-inspired signature menu items, top-shelf drinks, music, and year-round programming for all ages.
The location is also equipped with an outdoor patio, rooftop terrace, and private event space.
“We are excited to double down and build a strong bond with the Philadelphia community with our first venue within the city,” said Topgolf Chief Operating Officer Gen Gray. “As a company focused on building roots and growing the game, we are thrilled to provide the community more opportunities to play.”
The site was built on the former 27-acre Nabisco plant, PhillyVoice reports.
TopGolf is expected to open a third Pennsylvania facility on North Gulph Road in King of Prussia in 2023, according to the outlet.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two of the Pennsylvania Legislature’s most powerful Republicans were in real danger of going down to defeat to challengers from the right Wednesday as vote counting continued in the primary election.
State Sen. Pat Browne of Lehigh County was a few dozen votes behind school board member and pilot Jarrett Coleman, while state Rep. Stan Saylor of York County trailed Wendy Jo Fink, who promised to eliminate school property taxes.
Both incumbents were attacked for being Harrisburg insiders. Saylor was elected in 1992 and Browne in 2005 after a decade in the state House. They chair the Appropriations Committee in their respective chambers. The Appropriations committees are the conduit for the state budget legislation and play a prominent role in much of the Legislature’s business.
Another longtime House Republican from York County also was looking at a possible defeat — Rep. Keith Gillespie was trailing badly to Joe D’Orsie, the communications director at an Apostolic Church. Gillespie was first elected 20 years ago.
On the Democratic side, 12-year incumbent Rep. Pam DeLissio was running well behind nurse Tarik Khan in a Philadelphia district.
In northeast Philadelphia, school district grant compliance monitor Jimmy Dillon, a Democrat, won a special election for state Senate. The seat was vacated after Democratic Sen. John Sabatina was elected judge.
In other notable races, state Rep. Summer Lee, D-Allegheny, won reelection to the Legislature while her congressional primary was too early to call. Lee was neck-and-neck with attorney Steve Irwin for an open congressional seat in the Pittsburgh area.
State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-Philadelphia, beat fellow incumbent Rep. Isabella Fitzgerald, after redistricting put them into the same race.
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie overcame Rep. Gary Day in a Republican incumbent-on-incumbent primary, and there is no Democrat on the fall ballot. In the other incumbent battle, between GOP Reps. Perry Stambaugh and Rep. Johnathan Hershey northwest of Harrisburg, Stambaugh held a healthy lead with results too early to call.
Voters in both parties chose Pennsylvania state representatives to be their nominees for lieutenant governor this fall. Republicans elected state Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso to run with their choice for governor, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, while Democrats gave their nominee for governor, Attorney General Josh Shapiro, his choice for second-in-command, Rep. Austin Davis.
DelRosso, who is in her first term in the General Assembly, prevailed in a nine-candidate race, while Davis easily beat state Rep. Brian Sims, whose energetic campaign could not overcome Shapiro’s endorsement of Davis. Both DelRosso and Davis are from Allegheny County.
Davis, a resident of McKeesport, has been a state representative since 2018 and is a former executive assistant to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, a prominent elected Democrat. DelRosso is a former borough council member who runs a public affairs and marketing company.
In Pennsylvania, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are not paired on the primary ballot, but do run as a ticket in the fall.
The lieutenant governor is the chair of the Pardons Board and is the presiding officer during state Senate sessions.
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Saudi Arabia buys 5% of Nintendo
Mario maker learned of purchase from news reports.Five percent of Nintendo is now owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, a scheme set up by the country's highly-controversial Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The investment means the PIF is now Nintendo's fifth-largest shareholder, Bloomberg reported this morning.
In response, Nintendo said it learned of the stake from news reports and declined to comment further.
Over the past two years, the PIF has been busy buying up similar stakes in other high-profile video game companies, including Capcom, Nexon, EA, Activision Blizzard and Take-Two, and now owns a majority of SNK.
The PIF exists as an investment fund - a portfolio of long-term financial interests as the world pivots away from Saudi oil to more sustainable energy - and an apparently respectable face of Saudi business despite Prince Mohammed bin Salman's own reputation.
The crown prince has been blamed by the CIA for the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, while his rule of Saudi Arabia has kept up the country's notoriously poor human rights record, with homosexuality still criminalised with punishments ranging from floggings to the death penalty.
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Vistra Publishes 2021 Sustainability Report Highlighting Its Continued Transition to a Cleaner and More Equitable Company
IRVING, Texas --News Direct-- Vistra
IRVING, Texas, May 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Vistra (NYSE: VST) today published its 2021 Sustainability Report, showcasing its sustainability strategy, including its efforts to power a zero-carbon future through its Vistra Zero portfolio and drive a company culture rooted in equity and inclusiveness. The report also highlights the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and accomplishments during 2021.
"At Vistra, we have a legacy of doing business the right way, and we pride ourselves on being good corporate citizens; it is fundamental to who we are as a company," said Curt Morgan, CEO of Vistra. "We are proud to be leading the nation's clean energy transition through the responsible and deliberate transformation of our generation portfolio, while also delivering on our commitment to affordable and reliable electricity. In 2021, we drove significant advancements for our stakeholders, including our employees, customers, communities, and investors. I am proud of our team and am excited to highlight their many accomplishments in our annual sustainability report."
Select highlights include:
Environmental Stewardship
Achieving 72% of our goal to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 60% by the year 2030 (compared to a 2010 baseline year)
Advancing the transformation of our generation portfolio to newer, more efficient and environmentally friendly technologies, enabled by the issuance of $1 billion of 7% Green Perpetual Preferred Stock to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency projects such as our Vistra Zero pipeline of carbon-free development projects
Receiving recognition for excellence in conservation and reclamation, including:
The Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement for exemplary coal mine reclamation
2021 Texan by Nature 20 designation: for the second year in a row, Vistra was recognized for its demonstrative commitment to conservation and sustainability by the conservation non-profit Texan by Nature
Human Capital Management
Educating ~1,000 hiring managers through a newly established training program that focuses on the importance of skills-based hiring and inclusive recruiting
Launching a formal mentoring program open to all employees; 650 participants recorded 4,800 hours of mentorship activities aimed at supporting and strengthening employees' leadership and professional skills
Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by enhancing our recruiting process and removing barriers for internal mobility, and partnering with minority-serving institutions to provide scholarships, internships, and on-campus programs and events
Safety and Health
Operating without any serious injuries to our Vistra employees or business partners working at our sites, as determined in accordance with industry standards
Incentivizing – not mandating – employee COVID-19 vaccinations through a cash prize sweepstakes of $50,000 for submitting proof of vaccination for 8 lucky winners
Supporting Our Communities and Customers
Launching our first residential electric vehicle rate plan, TXU Energy EV Pass, and providing customers with resources on the benefits of EV ownership and choosing the right electricity plan
Investing in communities where we live and work with more than $6 million in charitable giving, including $2 million of our five-year, $10 million commitment to support organizations that promote social justice
Responsible Business Practices
Increasing our supply chain diversity spend with third-party certified Diverse Business Enterprises by 14.4%, outpacing our spend with non-diverse suppliers by over 5%
Being named one of America's Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital and its media partner CNBC for a commitment to serving workers, customers, communities, the environment, and shareholders
Vistra's 2021 sustainability report adheres to the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) frameworks. The report also includes Vistra's voluntary annual report of its employee political action committee contributions, corporate contributions, and dues to trade organizations, which are located in the appendix. For additional information about Vistra's 2021 ESG performance and to download a copy of the report, please visit vistracorp.com/sustainability.
About VistraVistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 275 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe, reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including six of the seven competitive wholesale markets in the U.S. and markets in Canada, as well. Serving nearly 4.3 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers with electricity and natural gas, Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and offers over 50 renewable energy plans. The company is also the largest competitive power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 39,000 megawatts powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. In addition, Vistra is a large purchaser of wind power. The company owns and operates the 400-MW/1,600-MWh battery energy storage system in Moss Landing, California, the largest of its kind in the world. Vistra is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company's sustainability report at https://www.vistracorp.com/sustainability/.
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Google’s Russian Unit To File For Bankruptcy – Update
Google subsidiary in Russia has its local bank account seized by authorities, and responds by announcing intention to file for bankruptcy
The Russian subsidiary of Alphabet’s Google has announced its intention to file for bankruptcy, raising questions whether it will follow other Western firms and exit the country altogether.
According to Reuters, which cited a message posted on Russia’s official registry Fedresurs on Wednesday, Google’s Russian subsidiary was “submitting a notice of the intention to declare itself insolvent (bankrupt).”
“Since March 22, 2022, it foresees its own bankruptcy and inability to fulfil its monetary obligations, demands to pay severance payments and (or) the remuneration of staff working or previously working under an employment contract, and (or) the obligation to make mandatory payments within the prescribed period,” Reuters quoted the bankruptcy note as saying.
Google Russia
Google reportedly did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
And David Sneddon, who the document named as the subsidiary’s general director, could not immediately be reached.
Earlier this week Russia’s digital development minister insisted Moscow was not planning to block YouTube in the country as Russian users would suffer.
Its local servers would continue operating, despite a number of fines and penalties.
Last December for example, a Russian court fined Google nearly $100 million (£75m) over what it termed “systematic failure to remove banned content”, the largest penalty the country had imposed on a Western tech company.
And then Russia decided to illegally invade Ukraine on 24 February.
Russian authorities responded to the bankruptcy notification and have reportedly seized Google’s Russian bank account, making it impossible for its Russian office to function.
Google (according to its locations webpage) has an office in Moscow.
Russia it should be remembered had demanded that 13 foreign and mostly US technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans.
Russia fines
Moscow has blocked or slowed access to most Western social media platforms, and has previously threatened Google’s YouTube for failing to delete content it considers illegal.
But the country has so far held off from barring YouTube access from within Russia, in part because it lacks a large-scale equivalent to the service.
YouTube has around 90 million users in Russia and plays a significant economic role in the country.
Last month a Russian media outlet (Tsargrad TV) claimed bailiffs in the country had seized 1 billion roubles ($12 million) from Google in fines.
Russian propaganda
Meanwhile YouTube has clamped down on a number of Russia’s propaganda outlets in the past year.
In September 2021, YouTube deleted the German-language channels of state-backed broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today).
RT is a Russian state-controlled television network funded by the federal tax budget of the Russian government.
YouTube said the RT German channel repeatedly broke its policies and rules surrounding Coronavirus misinformation.
Then when Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, the world responded with a punishing swath of sanctions against Russia.
This included Google and Facebook blocking ad revenues for Russian state-owned media outlets.
YouTube also blocked channels connected to Russian state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik.
Western firms are starting to withdraw from Russia altogether. This week MacDonalds announced it was closing down its entire Russia operation, spanning over 700 restaurants.
UPDATE: Reuters has now reported that Google took the decision to file for bankruptcy after Russian authorities seized its local bank account.
“The Russian authorities seizure of Google Russia’s bank account has made it untenable for our Russia office to function, including employing and paying Russia-based employees, paying suppliers and vendors, and meeting other financial obligations,” a Google spokesperson reportedly said.
“Google Russia has published a notice of its intention to file for bankruptcy.” | https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/jobs/googles-russian-unit-to-file-for-bankruptcy-458320 | 2022-05-18T17:25:27Z | https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-management/jobs/googles-russian-unit-to-file-for-bankruptcy-458320 | false | 1 |
In a year where Severn School has reached the top in athletics time and time again, the golf program posted another championship in dominant fashion.
Despite traversing through a difficult course in Caves Valley Golf Club, the Admirals jetted out to a hot start to easily beat Boys’ Latin, 17-4, to become Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference champions, paying the Lakers back for beating Severn earlier in the season.
“I think when my guys get an early taste for blood, so to speak, they kind of run with it from there,” first-year Admirals coach Rob Agresti said. “Their confidence level just rose.”
The Admirals weren’t exactly dark horses to take the crown, only dropping two matches in the regular season against Archbishop Curley and Boys’ Latin, both played away. But the formula that worked all spring continued to roll on Sunday, golfers one through four performing — seniors Robert McNitt and Josh Bing in the one and two spots, junior Casey O’Donnell in the three spot and sophomore John Stamato in the fourth.
“They led the way and set the tone a little bit. Their experience over the last four years has certainly helped,” Agresti said of his two seniors. “Our top four have been consistent, and when they weren’t earlier in the season, we have some sophomores on the five, six spot that really helped us out.”
Severn struggled through its fifth and sixth matches, due largely to the difficulty of the course itself. To succeed, the coach said, golfers had to keep their ball in the fairway. If it escapes to the rough, the thickness of the course makes it pretty stuck.
“But they started to turn it around in the end, and did a great job managing their games,” Agresti said. “They hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens. They adapted to the speed of the greens well, made some key putts that gave us a lead early on. I guess the rest is history from there.”
It’s not as if Severn competed any courses that prepared them for one like this. The spring’s cool temperatures limited the grass growth on the courses the Admirals competed on, the coach explained. Adaptability, however, is something Agresti preached to his golfers all season long. Regardless of the setting, or the positions they found themselves in hole to hole, the ticket was always to just make the right decision at the moment.
Varsity Highlights
“Ultimately, they just controlled their golf ball off the tee, put themselves in position. They were aggressive where they could afford to be aggressive,” Agresti said, “and when they were out of position, played a little more conservatively. ... We kind of flipped things from there.”
Golf’s is one of 12 championships — all but one varsity — that Severn has hauled in during the 2021-22 school year. Athletic director Julian Domenech believes it’s not only a gathering of fortune that’s made this happen, but a concentrated result from the Admirals coaching staff setting in a good culture.
“We’re just fortunate to have coaches that understand how to put quality teams together and within an educational setting,” he said. “It’s been great.”
In Domenech’s 14 years leading Severn athletics and in gazing around the gym at the school’s many athletic banners, the athletic director surmises that this 12-title total is the most Admiral teams have brought home in one calendar year.
“It’s unprecedented,” Domenech said. “Things just lined up in different sports and we were fortunate.”
Agresti, though in his first year and coaching a fairly solitary sport, still felt the effects of the championship mentality roaming around the school.
“The individuals I was involved with and even their parents were super supportive. The kids were very coachable, very respectful,” Agresti said. “So I think they’ve got a great culture as a whole at Severn.” | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high-school/ac-cs-severn-golf-miaa-b-championship-20220518-c4swep6a4jhuxcgcgukywwkac4-story.html | 2022-05-18T17:26:27Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high-school/ac-cs-severn-golf-miaa-b-championship-20220518-c4swep6a4jhuxcgcgukywwkac4-story.html | false | 2 |
Walmart (NYSE:WMT – Get Rating) had its price objective lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $170.00 to $165.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, Briefing.com reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the retailer’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ price objective points to a potential upside of 31.54% from the stock’s current price.
A number of other analysts have also issued reports on WMT. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Walmart in a research note on Wednesday. Cowen decreased their price target on shares of Walmart from $175.00 to $165.00 in a research report on Monday, February 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Walmart from $165.00 to $150.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Guggenheim dropped their target price on shares of Walmart from $185.00 to $175.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Walmart in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “strong-buy” rating for the company. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $159.76.
WMT stock traded down $5.91 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $125.44. 382,001 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,040,231. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 0.28 and a current ratio of 0.93. The company has a market cap of $345.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.83, a PEG ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.49. Walmart has a 52-week low of $130.64 and a 52-week high of $160.77. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $150.31 and its 200 day moving average price is $144.54.
In other Walmart news, major shareholder Alice L. Walton sold 1,167,433 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.20, for a total value of $159,004,374.60. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 9,708 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $154.41, for a total transaction of $1,499,012.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,536,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $237,261,928.11. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,426,790 shares of company stock valued at $195,406,267. Company insiders own 48.44% of the company’s stock.
A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WMT. Trust Co. of Virginia VA raised its holdings in Walmart by 0.4% during the first quarter. Trust Co. of Virginia VA now owns 14,848 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $2,211,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Walmart by 2.5% in the first quarter. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,646 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $394,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Integral Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Walmart by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Integral Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,802 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Walmart by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 3,086 shares of the retailer’s stock worth $460,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KWB Wealth lifted its stake in Walmart by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. KWB Wealth now owns 3,722 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $519,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. 30.79% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Walmart Company Profile (Get Rating)
Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, and other units worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com, walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, and samsclub.com; and mobile commerce applications.
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InsurAce (INSUR) traded up 1.1% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 12:00 PM Eastern on May 18th. In the last week, InsurAce has traded 7.9% lower against the U.S. dollar. InsurAce has a market cap of $14.43 million and approximately $1.79 million worth of InsurAce was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One InsurAce coin can now be bought for about $0.32 or 0.00001108 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 25.9% against the dollar and now trades at $64.64 or 0.00181864 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003443 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 3,201.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $163.05 or 0.00562050 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001412 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 7.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.53 or 0.00001820 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded 3.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $149.64 or 0.00515819 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded down 7.9% against the dollar and now trades at $9.93 or 0.00034213 BTC.
- PLC Ultima (PLCU) traded 12.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $48,855.43 or 1.68409424 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.61 or 0.00008980 BTC.
InsurAce Coin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “InsurChain is started by XLAB Foundation LTD.，a a non-profit foundation organization founded in 2018 in Singapore. InsurChain will become the provider of the global blockchain infrastructure for all insurance markets around the world and a blockchain-based insurance ecosystem. On one hand, we will build an enterprise-level blockchain-based platform, on the other hand, we will also build scalable Dapps to support the system. We will leverage blockchain to address the pain point in insurance and improve operating efficiency of the entire industry. InsurChainCoin (INSUR) is the crypto token used in the InsurChain ecosystem. Users can exchange InsurCoin for various functions of InsurChain. Other than, InsurCoin can also be used as an asset in certain transactions on the platform. “
Buying and Selling InsurAce
It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as InsurAce directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire InsurAce should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy InsurAce using one of the exchanges listed above.
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A painting by Pablo Picasso sold for $67.5 million at an auction.
"Femme nue couchée" depicts a woman as a sea creature.
"Femme nue couchée is one of Picasso’s most monumental and uninhibited portrayals of his muse Marie-Thérèse Walter," a description from Sotheby's says.
The painting was created in the 1930s.
It was expected to sell for $60 million, according to Reuters.
The name of the buyer has not been released. | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/picasso-painting-fetches-67-5m-at-auction | 2022-05-18T17:35:09Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/picasso-painting-fetches-67-5m-at-auction | true | null |
MIAMI (AP) — “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback five years after shutting down its three-ring circus.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday that their show will go on in September 2023 — without animals.
The show will be interactive, featuring audience engagement, and celebrate performers from around the world, displaying what it calls "incredible feats that push the limits of human potential.”
“We are innovating all aspects of the live show and modernizing the franchise to create an engaging property that is built for today’s families and will last another 150 years,” said Kenneth Feld, chair and chief executive officer of Feld Entertainment, which operates the show.
The Florida-based company says it is conducting a global talent search, with rehearsals beginning next month.
"More than 1,000 applications and digital submissions have already been received," the company said in a statement.
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Cudahy has designated June 4 as Michael John Cudahy Day, honoring the late local philanthropist
Michael J. Cudahy, a well-known local philanthropist and businessman, died on March 11 at 97 years old.
The city that bears his name is honoring his legacy by proclaiming June 4 as Michael John Cudahy Day.
Mayor Tom Pavlic said he reached out to Cudahy’s wife, Lisa, asking if he could do anything for the family.
“I told her I wanted to do a proclamation and she suggested June 4th, the birthdate of Michael’s mother (Katherine Reed Cudahy),” he said. “She was very appreciative of the city recognizing her late husband.”
Pavlic plans to send a duplicate proclamation and plaque to Cudahy’s daughter, Julie, per her request. Cudahy had six children and 10 grandchildren.
Pavlic made the proclamation during the city May 17 common council meeting.
In 1892, a new railroad depot was named "Cudahy" in honor of Patrick Cudahy, Michael Cudahy's grandfather, who built the Cudahy Brothers meat packing plant that same year, according to the Cudahy Historical Society. Three years later Cudahy became a village and in 1906 was incorporated as a city.
Michael Cudahy was a well-known businessman and philanthropist in Wisconsin. He was co-founder, with his good friend Warren Cozzens, of what became known as Marquette Medical Systems Inc., which creates patient monitoring systems.
“It was at Marquette Electronics, that Michael and Warren developed their first EKG machine, considered state of the art in American Medicine,” the proclamation said.
The company was sold to GE Medical Systems in 1998.
Cudahy was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, and he attended the Army’s Truax Field Radio School and radar school at Chanute Field in Illinois. There he became an Army Air Corps instructor.
Cudahy supported various causes with his time and money including the Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World, Marquette University, the Cudahy Family Library (Irish Garden) among others.
“The current and former residents of Cudahy, thank you and Lisa Cudahy for your kind generosity and philanthropy throughout the Milwaukee area,” Pavlic said in the proclamation. “You will be missed.”
Cudahy married his fourth wife Lisa Ann Henningsen in 1990. They divorced a few years later but remarried in 2019.
Pavlic said no special events are planned for the day due to the short time frame.
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NZD/USD is a touch higher. A sustained break of 0.6365 would be a good sign technically, analysts at ANZ Bank report.
Kiwi may be running into headwinds if global sentiment sours again
“The kiwi’s bounce off lows this week has been textbook in that it bounced neatly off 0.6230 (the 61.8% Fibo of the 2020-21 rally from 0.5470 to 0.7464). But the bounce was slight and we are mindful of higher oil prices, slowing growth in China and a high degree of cross-market correlation, which all speaks to the kiwi may be running into headwinds if global sentiment sours again. We’re watching closely and keeping an open mind.”
“Support 0.6100/0.6230 Resistance 0.6365/0.6465/0.6545.”
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District 43A
Regina T. Boyce
Democratic
45
Waverly, Baltimore City
I work as a full-time delegate. I am an adjunct professor during the fall semester (one class) with the University of Baltimore's College of Public Affairs
Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology, Towson University Masters in Public Administration, University of Baltimore
I am a first term delegate seeking re-election. My previous political experience comes from working in the Baltimore City Council President's Office for five years as the N/NE Community Liaison and Deputy Director of Neighborhood Relations (2010-2015). I have 18+ years of experience working in public service (seven+ yrs., nonprofit, in adult education); 15+ years of working with my local community association/board, working with Baltimore main streets, participating in community activism through art installations and projects as well as community organizing around crime, youth, and development; and volunteering around Baltimore City building playgrounds, sleeping out for the homeless, and working with organizations delivering food and goods.
What is the most pressing issue in your district?
The most pressing issue(s) in my district are transportation, long standing vacant property, lack of investment in dense heavily traveled through communities, over saturation of drug treatment facilities, and crime.
How will you help your constituents deal with inflation?
I plan to help my constituents deal with inflation by working with local, state, & federal government along with nonprofit, and for-profit groups to provide needed resources to sustain and stabilize families (housing, food, & utility assistance; applying for programs & aide; guide to workforce programs and childcare service needs, ensuring healthcare). At the same time the General Assembly needs to amend HB166 (2019) to increase the minimum wage by indexing the minimum wage to inflation. Like other states, we can also legislate to automatically increase the minimum wage (wages) as the cost-of-living increases.
What do you see as the top transportation priority in your district, and how would you address it?
The top transportation priority in my district is timely & safe transit to cut down on car use; increased repairs to sidewalks & improved adequate ADA accessibility; repaired roads including pedestrian safety measures (painted crosswalks, traffic calming, lowering speed limits in communities); and the change of traffic patterns. I will address these priorities working with the community, City and State transportation to increase funding for localities (HUR funds, HB1187) for transportation improvements; continue working with MTA around improved routes & on-time performance as well as staff recruitment; work to continue ensuring we implement and support the city's complete streets plan; and continue advocating and supporting efforts for the Greenway Trails Network that will connect Baltimore's parks, green spaces, trails, social spaces, and neighborhoods creating a 35-mile loop of accessibility.
What should schools do differently during the next pandemic to help students, families and teachers?
What schools can do differently to help students, families, and teachers is to begin creating a plan now based on best practices from the current pandemic. Schools did a fantastic job of creating in school protocol and operations, for instance, for students whose parents were essential workers and those with learning and physical challenges. What we can also do is begin adding technology to the budget for every child to own a laptop for the life, pre-k — 12 education. Virtual learning is here to stay. We must improve on curriculum for better engagement, accessibility, and convenience. HB1163/SB362 from this past session equips the state for high-quality virtual learning when there is a need to transition to remote learning, requires the study of best practices of virtual learning, and requires each school board to have a plan in place should we need to transition in the future.
How equitably do police officers treat people of color?
How equitably a police officer(s) treat people of color depends on the officer, their training, their personal biases and character, and the location in which officers are assigned to work. Our city, the state, and this country has had a long history of horrific and discriminatory treatment of people of color by police officers, especially Black men. I was proud to be in the General Assembly when we passed HB670: Police Reform & Accountability Act of 2021 overhauling the police disciplinary process and fully repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights. While we still have a way to go in correcting the inequitable ways in which officers treat people of color vs. those not of color, HB670 was a good first step in addressing the inequity and puts the city, and state, on a path to equity in policing.
What would you do to make sure Maryland's voting system is secure and accurate?
What I would do to make sure Maryland's voting system is secure and accurate is meeting the requirements of the Maryland Constitution, Article 7, that "elections ought to be free and frequent; and every citizen having the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution, ought to have the right of suffrage". Maryland's voting system is secure and accurate. The General Assembly has granted every qualifying Maryland resident the ability to vote by mail permanently (HB1048-2021). Providing ease and convenience to vote ensures a secure an accurate system.
What are the right goals and deadlines for Maryland to reduce carbon emissions and develop renewable energy sources?
The right goals and deadlines for Maryland to reduce carbon emissions and develop renewable energy sources are the ones the General Assembly set this past session: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a goal 20% greater than requirements under current law; and achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emission by 2045 reaching that goal with data-driven processes and scientifically proven technology. The goals and deadlines are currently the right ones because they set the states floor, not ceiling, to begin mitigating our climate crisis. We will build from these goals and deadlines.
What's Maryland's best use of federal COVID relief money?
Maryland's best use of federal COVID relief money is housing stability and eviction prevention for tenants and property owners, COVID testing and vaccinations, funding stability for local governments that have loss revenue, and unemployment insurance for those still struggling with income from lost wages and employment. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/elections/voter-guide/bs-2022-candidate-md-delegate-boycereg-20220518-t65exiqc3bdstauacjgyrr2hdq-story.html | 2022-05-18T17:40:12Z | https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/elections/voter-guide/bs-2022-candidate-md-delegate-boycereg-20220518-t65exiqc3bdstauacjgyrr2hdq-story.html | true | 2 |
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Vice Media will remain in its 77,000-square-foot Williamsburg office digs and not move to Rudin Management’s Dock 72 as had been expected.
Vice has renewed its lease with WEB Holdings LLC, the owner of 289 Kent Avenue, where it has been headquartered since 2014. The renewal is for only four years, providing time for Vice to figure out its future needs.
The Kent Avenue offices are a combination of two buildings on three floors where the employees can enjoy a 30,000-square-foot landscaped roof deck overlooking Domino Park and the East River.
Erik Schmall and Allyson Bowen of Savills represented Vice Media while a Lee & Associates team including Alan Friedman and Garry Steinberg represented the landlord. No other terms of the lease were made available.
In a statement, Friedman pointed to the “lively location and state-of-the-art amenities” at 289 Kent Avenue as “today’s tenants are prioritizing quality over everything.”
In August, sources told The Real Deal that Vice was still exploring options but focused on leasing “four or five floors” at Dock 72, the 16-story, 675,000-square-foot office building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard developed by Rudin Management and Boston Properties in cooperation with WeWork.
At the time, a Vice Media Group spokesperson confirmed the company’s lease expires in 2022 and said in a statement it “does not have an agreement with any party at this time.”
“Like all companies with an expiring lease, Vice is exploring all options for new office space while maintaining the best cost profile for our company,” the spokesperson said.
Vice’s short-term renewal on Kent Avenue is a blow for Dock 72, which finally landed cooking and home brand Food52 as its second tenant last fall. WeWork is the anchor tenant and will provide programming and amenities for the other tenants.
Last fall, Lee & Associates started marketing Vice’s space on the Brooklyn waterfront as available starting July 1, 2022, putting pressure on Vice to make a choice before its renewal option expired.
The three-story, 21,000-square-foot former Domino Sugar warehouse at 49 South 2nd Street and the two-story, 44,000-plus square-foot former theater, recording studio and restaurant at 289 Kent Avenue were brought up to code and completely redesigned by the Switzer Group into a sleek, minimalist space for Vice. It features exposed wood beams, columns, structural steel and concrete.
A former garage was made into a cheery entrance lobby and reception area leading to a café bar, lounges, collaborative office space, conference rooms and executive offices. Bay doors open to an outdoor “living room” deck and green roof garden. It also has a working professional kitchen for filming as well as 125 high-tech editing suites.
Vice, Boston Properties and Rudin did not return requests for comment. | https://therealdeal.com/2022/05/18/vice-scraps-move-to-rudins-dock-72/ | 2022-05-18T17:42:27Z | https://therealdeal.com/2022/05/18/vice-scraps-move-to-rudins-dock-72/ | true | 1 |
Gasoline prices are showing no signs of letting up as the average price in Canada tops $2 a litre for the first time, upping the appeal of getaway spots closer to home.
Natural Resources Canada says the average price across the country for regular gasoline hit $2.06 per litre on Monday for an all-time high.
The average was a nine-cent jump from the $1.97 per litre record set last week, and is up about 30 cents a litre since mid-April.
Prices averaged about $2.34 a litre in Vancouver on Monday, while in Toronto the average was almost $2.09 per litre. Edmonton, in contrast, averaged just under $1.69 per litre.
Gasoline prices have been elevated since late February when oil spiked to around US$100 a barrel after Russia invaded Ukraine, while the price jumped to over US$110 per barrel last week.
Prices have also been spiking more recently as the reopening of the economy, and the start of the busy travel season, have led to high demand for gasoline that refiners have limited capacity to meet.
With long road trips costlier than ever, Canadians are eyeing more regional destinations as tourism operators double down on the domestic market.
Vancouver-based Discover Canada Tours has ramped up its one-day tour offerings in British Columbia.
“We’re expanding to North Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. So for people that may have come we’re taking them a little further afield. And then also Vancouver, Victoria — those are tours that we didn’t run before,” said marketing manager Elyse Mailhot.
Beth Potter, head of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, says some vacationers are opting for camping, hiking and cycling excursions that stick fairly close to home as fuel costs and inflation loom large.
“They’re budget friendly,” she said. “I mean, nobody can go a day without commenting on the price of gas.”
Adding to the pocketbook strain is the ballooning price of diesel, which fuels most semi trucks and factors into the cost of consumer goods.
Diesel’s average price rose to $2.27 per litre Monday, a 54 per cent jump from $1.47 per litre at the start of the year, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Canada remains the top destination for Canadians in 2022, but even more so than in pre-pandemic years, said Association of Canadian Travel Agencies president Wendy Paradis.
While international bookings are also up relative to the past two years — though still below 2019 numbers — those willing to hop on a flight may think twice about straying too far from home, partly due to cost.
“This may be the year that Canadians do plan on travelling in Canada,” Paradis said, citing friends and family and ongoing wariness of pandemic trips abroad as other key reasons.
Ontario residents can capitalize on the hefty fuel prices by vacationing within the province to claim a new tax credit equal to 20 per cent of eligible accommodation expenses of up to $1,000 as an individual, or $2,000 for a family.
—Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press
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By rejecting the plan for a desalination plant in Orange County last week, the California Coastal Commission surrendered to environmental interests fundamentally committed to a world of restrictions rather than abundance. Rather than embrace innovation and technology, the commission has chosen to place the interests of a few activists over the interests of Californians.
“This administration is committed to ensuring the sustainability of California’s water supply with an all-of-the-above strategy, and that includes desalination,” Gov, Gavin Newsom’s office said in a statement ahead of the comission’s vote.
This editorial board doesn’t often agree with the governor, but he was right to emphasize an “all-of-the-above” approach to water policy.
No one thinks desalination will be the solution to all of California’s water woes, but it’s only logical that, given the vast expanse of water next to California and the state’s perpetual water needs, desalination be on the table as one means of meeting the need for water.
Poseidon Water has operated a desalination plant in Carlsbad since 2015 and the facility is now providing 10% of San Diego County’s water. As far as anyone can tell, the sky has not fallen.
Yet environmental groups, which fundamentally prefer to see cutbacks in water usage, have demonized the proposal for a similar plant in Huntington Beach.
“Our water supply has not kept up with the population growth; we desperately need more water supply projects,” said Steve Sheldon, president of the Orange County Watyer District, before the vote, according to CBS News. “We absolutely need that. We need the Coastal Commission to approve the permit, and then things will come together, interest will grow. Once the permit is approved, everything changes.”
Yet these very practical considerations were ignored by the commission, which voted unanimously to deny Poseidon Water a coastal development permit.
“(The) tools that make sense are efficiency, conservation, rainwater capture and recycling water. Those are the ones that make sense, not only for the environment, but for the pocketbooks of people that are struggling right now,” said Andrea Leon Grossman, director of the group Azul Climate Action, according to CBS.
To the latter point, it was estimated that water bills could go up a few dollars a month. That’s a small price to pay for water abundance and it doesn’t come at the expense of pursuing other options that makes sense as well.
Alas, this is what happens when policymaking is ceded to the interests of activist groups with ideological concerns rather than practical concerns.
The fact remains that an all-of-the-above approach is needed in California and that desalination facilities remain a necessity in California.
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U.S. Congress
District 4
Gregory Holmes
Democratic
73
Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County
Real Estate Investor, Real Estate Agent, Property Manager
Engineering, Tuskegee University
Maryland House of Delegates elected, 2002. Re-elected 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
What is the most pressing issue in your district?
Housing and appraisal bias is the most pressing issue in Legislative District 23. Appraisal inequity causes a dramatic reduction in the value that homeowner's receive for the sale, and refinancing of their primary residence. This is exactly why I was the primary sponsor of HB 1097-Task Force on Property Appraisal Valuation Equity. This new legislation was successfully passed in the House of Delegates and the Senate earlier this year. As the current Chair of the Housing and Real Property Subcommittee in the Maryland General Assembly, I became aware of President Biden's workgroup, and the Federal Housing Administration's Task Force, reacting to the appraisal bias equity problem nationwide. We, Maryland, because of HB 1097, are now positioned to have our voices heard as part of the national problem.
How will you help your constituents deal with inflation?
Inflation is felt on many fronts; gas, food, housing, and healthcare, just to name a few. This year we (The General Assembly) were successful in passing a gas tax relief bill. This is only a temporary solution, but it helps a little. In terms of Housing, I have discussed HB 1097 earlier. This will allow homeowners that currently have higher interest rates, to refinance downward, to allow them to extract some home equity if necessary, to off-set other expenses. In healthcare, we have provided some relief, especially for our seniors, to assist in making some of these out of pocket costs, more affordable.
What do you see as the top transportation priority in your district, and how would you address it?
The primary METRO service line in District 23 is the Blue Line service area. One of the fastest growing hubs on this service line is the Largo Town Center. This year a $4.8 billion proposed capital and operating budget is focused on providing safe, reliable and affordable transit to the region. I will seek cooperation from Prince George's County, the Federal Government and from the Maryland state budget, to increase the business and housing opportunities around this transportation hub.
What should schools do differently during the next pandemic to help students, families and teachers?
The pandemic has made it obvious that the public school system cannot fulfill its mandated mission without some re-thinking on how to educate our children remotely, if necessary. In the most recent Business Facilities Ranking Report, Maryland ranks third among the states for cybersecurity, fifth for tech talent, fifth for food processing, sixth for offshore wind power, and eighth for biotechnology strength throughout the entire United States. With two years of pandemic experience, and with the expertise as mentioned above, next year when the General Assembly convenes, we need to gather our experts and understand what worked, what didn't work and "what happened", so that we are ready the next time. The short answer to the question, "what should schools do differently" is... "I" don't know what to do differently yet, but we have experts that can guide us, and I will provide the platform to have them lead us.
How equitably do police officers treat people of color?
Very difficult question. Like any profession, we should be careful in grouping all of any profession into one category. I think that it is unfair to classify all police officers as unfit. Police officers usually join the force because they want to help the community at-large. Due to the current nationwide enlightenment of some misguided officer's behavior, the message has been received by the police, and the court systems, that unfair treatment will no longer be tolerated. With additional training on culture awareness, and with training in understanding how younger adults on the Spectrum react in a less traditional way, we will have a much lower case-load of police officers mistreating people of color.
What would you do to make sure Maryland's voting system is secure and accurate?
Maryland has one of the most secure and accurate voting systems in the United States, and the United Sates at-large does not have a large-scale, massive, or substantial voting system accuracy problem. "Period"! Previous Maryland problems in transferring motor vehicle registration records to the state election board have been fixed, in large part because of funding and coordination with or federal partners. Voter's in Maryland have one of the most secure system in the world, partly because of $380 million from the U.S Election Commission grant added, to the $7 million from the Maryland state budget, and with increased assistance from Homeland Security. To answer your question, "what would [I] do". I will continue to be certain that state funding and coordination with our federal partners continues to be cohesive and strategic.
What are the right goals and deadlines for Maryland to reduce carbon emissions and develop renewable energy sources?
I have served on the Environment and Transportation Committee for my entire term as a State Delegate. I am very proud of my environmental voting track record in the House of Delegates. On April 22, I was notified that the Sierra Club has endorsed my candidacy for the General Assembly in the 2022 election cycle. Additionally, on April 19th, I received the endorsement from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters because, in part, I believe with their belief that, "Every person has the right to clean water, healthy air and a resilient climate. These are fundamental to thriving communities." I am also a co-sponsor on HB 1391-Clean Cars Act of 2022. This bill provides a vehicle excise tax credit on the purchase of electric vehicles. The right goals are solar, and wind. The deadline should be 100% clean electricity by 2040.
What's Maryland's best use of federal COVID relief money?
Federal COVID funds should be used for the flowing purposes: 1-Create affordable housing: Among other advantages to owning your own home, this would allow families to quarantine within their own household, if necessary, and to care for family members stricken by the illness. 2-Supply testing kits: Free testing kits should be made available to all persons living in Maryland. 3-Rental assistance programs: Provide funding to renters falling behind in rental payments to keep them in their homes and out of harms way, thus preventing the spread of the virus. The rental payments should be given directly to the homeowner, and not the tenant to assure payment verification and prevent evictions. 4-Hospial care grants: Provide to healthcare facilities the necessary funding to keep patients under the proper care . | https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/elections/voter-guide/bs-2022-candidate-us-congress-holmesgre-20220518-4xrs2nas5jbjxmmusq7gymhewq-story.html | 2022-05-18T17:46:59Z | https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/elections/voter-guide/bs-2022-candidate-us-congress-holmesgre-20220518-4xrs2nas5jbjxmmusq7gymhewq-story.html | true | 2 |
- Reviving safe-haven demand benefitted the JPY and exerted pressure on USD/JPY.
- Modest USD strength, the Fed-BoJ policy divergence should help limit the downside.
- Sustained move beyond a descending trend line is needed to confirm the bullish bias.
The USD/JPY pair witnessed some selling during the early North American session and dropped to a fresh daily low, below the 129.00 round-figure mark in the last hour.
Concerns about slowing global economic growth continued weighing on investors' sentiment, which was evident from a fresh leg down in the equity markets. This, in turn, drove haven flows towards the Japanese yen and exerted some downward pressure on the USD/JPY pair.
From a technical perspective, spot prices, so far, have been struggling to find acceptance above the 100-period SMA on the 4-hour chart. Apart from this, the overnight failure near a two-week-old descending trend-line was seen as a key trigger for bearish traders.
The downside, however, seems cushioned amid modest US dollar strength, bolstered by some follow-through uptick in the US Treasury bond yields. This, along with the Fed-BoJ policy divergence, supports prospects for the emergence of some dip-buying around the USD/JPY pair.
Hence, any subsequent slide is more likely to find decent support near the 128.40 region, marking the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the 131.35-127.52 recent corrective slide. Some follow-through selling would make the USD/JPY pair vulnerable to breaking below the 128.00 mark.
The downward trajectory could further get extended back towards testing last week's swing low, around the mid-127.00s. Failure to defend the latter should pave the way for a further near-term depreciation and drag spot prices to the next relevant support, around the 127.10-127.00 zone.
On the flip side, the 129.00 mark, or the 38.2% Fibo. now seems to cap the immediate upside ahead of the 129.35-129.40 region (50% Fibo. level). This is followed by the descending trend-line, near the 129.60 region and the overnight swing high, near the 129.80 area.
The latter coincides with the 61.8% Fibo. level, which if cleared decisively will negate any near-term negative bias. Some follow-through buying beyond the 130.00 psychological mark will reaffirm the bullish outlook and lift the USD/JPY pair to the 130.45-130.50 supply zone.
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Key levels to watch
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The indefatigable Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Revenue Authority (NRA), Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara, was the proud recipient of an African Excellence in Public Office Award presented to her by the Coalition of Women in Africa for Peace and Development at the Marriot Hotel during the 3rd edition of the African Women Summit held from 12th - 14th May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, (The Land of a Thousand Hills). The award was in appreciation for her in the area of women empowerment and her sterling as well as tremendous positive and selfless contributions made by her so far in public affairs.
Prior to her departure to Rwanda, the result-oriented legal luminary was officially and specially invited in her capacity as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone by the Founder of the Coalition of Women in Africa for Peace and Development (COWAP) , Amb Belema Meshack-Hart, in a letter dated the 14th April, 2022 to deliver a talk.
In her invitation letter, she was intimated that COWAP brings her greetings from her Excellency Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor, the Vice President of the Republic of Liberia who is the Co-Chairperson of the Coalition of Women in Africa for Peace and Development (COWAP).
She was also informed that this year, Kigali, Rwanda (The Land of a Thousand Hills) will host the 3rd edition of the African Women Summit from 12th - 14th May 2022, with the theme, "Examining the Critical Role Women Play as Agents of Peace and Sustainable Development".
Tuma Adama Gento -Kamara was assigned the task of to speak at the fireside chat on the topic: "Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Strategies for Standing Out in a Men Dominated World."
Addressing a well attended summit, the NRA Board Chairperson, Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara conveyed greetings from a beautiful country on the West Coast of Africa, a country known for its historical role in the settlement of free slaves and a land known as the cradle of freedom.
She revealed that as early as 1957, a young Lady by the name of Ella Koblo Gulama became the first female Paramount Chief and the first female Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone, in an era when politics and traditional leadership was a male dominated affair.
According to her she is present to talk about the role women play as agents of peace and sustainable development. She said from what she understands Peace is a state of tranquility or quiet such as freedom from external and internal disturbances, a state of security or order within and without in the lives of individuals and communitiesas provided for by law.
Madam Gento-Kamara furthered that our recent history has proven that we are constant victims of war maintaining that across the human race, the African woman is clothed with a unique characteristic which she thinks must be celebrated. She added that at the moment she celebrates the 'Africaness' of our womanhood.
Quoting a proverb, "Frailty, thy name is woman", which she said is generally attributed to women in the world is one that is also saying women are weak, less tough as compared to men.
However, Madam Gento-Kamara maintained that such is not the case for the African woman because when one talks about the African woman, one must keep in mind that one is dealing with an extraordinary creation with an unusual finesse that goes beyond accepted projections.
"The African woman is fashionable, spiritual, family oriented, humorous, ecstatic, sexy, and sensual,"she proudly asserted.
She gave a brief example of her upbringing which she said was at first rosy but went soar when war break out in the country and her influential father was imprisoned leading her to go through struggles.
Generalizing her experience, she said that is the story of an African Woman in search of greener pastures informing all that today she is educated, a mother to many, happily married, and professionally accomplished.
Posing the questions : "Where do one go after achieving these things?", "What can we really do?", "What can we do when about 40% of global average pregnancies are teenage pregnancies and 50% of them end up in abortion, 38% result in birthsbut are not adequately catered for?"
Those questions were followed by: "What can we do... ... ?", "What can we do when it is clear to all in this room that women receive lower medical care than men?"
The NRA Chairperson pointed out that according to an international reputable source over one billion women hardly have legal protection against domestic sexual violence or economic violence.
She then asked: "What can we do?"
Madam Gento-Kamara told the august gathering that in many countries, there's a lack of legal protection against harassment in the workplace, in schools and in public.
She intimated how she read somewhere that all national Parliaments at the beginning of 2019 only have 24.3% of seats filled by women also stating that as of June 2019, 11 Heads of State were women.
According to her , despite progress in that area over the years, women are still grossly underrepresented in Government and the political process maintaining that such means that certain issues that female politicians tend to bring up are often neglected.
She underscored that over and above the meetings, the communiqué and the advocacies she reckons the emergence of an awakening in the hearts and minds of women everywhere on those issues.
She informed how Sierra Leone has played key roles in enacting laws that protect and seek the interest of women referencing the Devolution of Estate Act 2007, the Domestic Violence Act 2007, the Child Right Act 2007 and currently the Gender Bill is being tabled for enactment.
According to her, those laws, from all intent and purpose, have helped to protect women and girls from all forms of discrimination in inheritance right, violence of every nature, seeking the welfare of the child, and above all when ultimately the Gender Bill is enacted, women shall have at least 30% representation in the public sector.
She said despite differences all women they all have one thing in common that confronts them as budding and established African Woman on the Continent.
"We are confronted with a menace that has refused to bow to the dictates of contemporary phenomenon and as we push further, like elastic, the gap is becoming wider and wider," she informed adding how the 2021 global gender gap published by the world economic forum is a testament to that maintaining that the global gender gap index benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps among four key dimensions which are Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival plus political attainment.
She said in that report, the World Economic Forum tracks progress towards closing those gaps overtime stating that such will indeed take time.
The Board Chairperson furthered that functioning as Agents of peace could be a result of putting adequate structures within societies for women to thrive.
According to her, gender equality is the frame from which every other issue on women'sempowerment should have their bearing. She strongly argued that the status of women across societies in Africa is a reflection of unequal relationship sustained by patriarchy, built on male superiority and female inferiority, and supported by stereotype roles.
Madam Gento-Kamara also firmly maintained that the expectation of economic, social and political predominance of men and dependency of women is rife.
The audience applauded her when she stated that women are key to achieving sustainable peace and development solutions adding that whether it is peacebuilding, peacekeeping or conflict and crisis response, calls should be made on the international community to invest more in the meaningful inclusion of women at all stages from participation to prevention, protection to resolution and recovery.
She also strongly affirmed that evidence shows that women's involvement in peace negotiations contributes to the quality and durability of peace agreements, as well as a higher number of provisions aimed at political reform and higher implementation rates.
"Women and their empowerment are crucial to advancing the culture of peace in all its sectors -- education, sustainable economic and social development, human rights and equality, democratic participation, advocacy based on true knowledge but also wisdom, tolerance and understanding at all levels -- in the family, community, country, region and globally," she averred.
Madam Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara said women must not only be protected from war and the violence unleashed but they must be seen as agents of conflict prevention, of peacemaking and as reconcilers in peacebuilding in post-conflict situations.
Pointing out that much of the conflicts today are between States with specific reference to the Russia/ Ukraine war, she argued, that the consequence of that war makes it even more urgent for the international community to support women's role and agency and leadership to rein in the forces of terror and violence, in protecting themselves and the community, bringing their sons and daughters to the peace table, and being there to hold them to the purpose of peace, to rebuild peaceful and sustainable societies and economies.
Quoting one time UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, "Through education, we teach children not to hate. Through education, we raise leaders who act with wisdom and compassion. Through education, we establish a true, lasting culture of peace," she pointed out that mothers, grandmothers and other family members, often being the first teachers of children, women can play a vital role in educating young people to value peace and not war.
Again referencing Jane Addams who once said: "Peace is not merely an absence of war, it's a nurture of human life and, in time, this nurture will do away with war as a natural process,", the sagacious NRA Board Chairperson rhetorically asked the question of who can be better at that than women who are natural nurturers, who are better disposed to find solutions through dialogue, who are sensitive to human needs and rights and inter-generational perspectives?
She pointed out that though societies and situations have a way of misdirecting women's true nature but said, however, they are natural carriers of life, peace and destiny.
According to her, the role of women as agents of peace has also been affirmed in various normative instruments of the United Nations revealing that perhaps most importantly it is in the landmark Security Council resolution 1325 on peace and security. She stated that the Security Council adopted Resolution 2122, which reaffirmed the role of women in peace and security also mentioning gender equality as necessary to ensure sustainable peace.
"In Liberia, women devised the peace hut mechanism in which local women leaders mediate and resolve local and domestic conflicts before they escalate into violence," she said adding that in the peace huts, now numbering 17 in rural Liberia, women leaders are also referring survivors to services, liaising with local police through a mobile phone hotline, and engaging in local peacebuilding efforts.
Making reference also to South Sudan, she said International Women Organizations have supported in select communities women's empowerment centers where sexual and gender-based violence-prevention activities and referrals take place.
Based on her address, in Liberia, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Haiti, women are supported by local organizations to build referral services and networks for survivors, such as reproductive health care, access to justice, livelihood support and psychosocial counselling.
She energized that women must continue to break those stereotypes and beliefs that undermine the role of women in peace and security.
"We must focus on improving the access to education of girls and all young people, providing a secure environment for them to learn, breaking down gender stereotypes in school curricula and teacher training programmes, advancing understanding, tolerance, and solidarity, and ultimately spreading a culture of gender equality which will lead to a culture of peace," she suggested.
She expressed the hope that Governments will come together to agree on a vision for the future adding how gender equality is crucial to the success of that future agenda.
Coherently and emphatically she maintained that there can be no human rights, peace or sustainable development without gender equality and the realization of women and girls' rights further stressing the need to put policy into practice.
She told the august gathering that it was Eleanor Roosevelt, another great female peacemaker, who once said: "For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."
She enthused that there is no question that one must both believe in and work at the nexus between gender equality and women's empowerment and peace, telling all to take their talks and advocacies beyond the hall to make sure women's value and contributions to peace are integrated in peace strategy processes and outcomes.
"We must all work to increase investment in building the capacity of women's organizations and local civil society networks working in conflict and post-conflict settings, in line with Security Council resolution 2122," she also inspired stressing that there is no question that a culture of peace requires the participation of women, especially young women.
"So, I ask women and youth of the world to unite to make sure that half of humanity is liberated from violence and discrimination, has the power of decision-making in all spheres, and has the economic muscle to nurture a culture of peace and rollback the tides of conflict," she called for action..
Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara also called on the international community and the culture for peace constituency to continue to play its leading role in fostering an international environment which recognizes and promotes women and girls' rights by engaging women as well as men, girls as well as boys, in their quest for peaceful and non-violent societies.
She concluded by saying that, "from Freetown to Nairobi, from Kigali to Johannesburg, our journey from survival to dignity and empowerment demands that we all should come together to tackle these issues first at the community level, then at the national, regional, and global level" followed by a deafening round of applause that lasted over five minutes. | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205180141.html | 2022-05-18T17:51:10Z | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205180141.html | false | 1 |
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Shark's in the water. But is it near swimmers? Soon, New England beachgoers will know.
An aquarium and environmental organization are working together to collect better data about shark sightings and help keep people informed of when the animals are nearby. Representatives with the New England Aquarium in Boston and Chatham, Massachusetts-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said Wednesday their expansion of the conservancy's “Sharktivity” smartphone app will help protect both the humans and the sharks.
The conservancy has used the app since 2016 to collect information from the public about the presence of sharks off Massachusetts. Increased shark sightings off Cape Cod have been a source of discussion in recent years, and there have been two fatal shark bites off New England since 2018.
Now, the conservancy is contracting with the aquarium to employ a shark expert to verify shark sighting reports that arrive via Sharktivity. Verified sightings will appear as an icon on the app, said Cynthia Wigren, chief executive officer and co-founder of the conservancy.
The project is focusing on white sharks, which are the giant predators made famous by the film “Jaws," but the conservancy collects data about all sharks, Wigren said. The effort will also add data from beyond Massachusetts to the rest of New England, Wigren said.
“We have so many people who are out on the water, out on the coast here,” Wigren said. “It really just adds to the collective knowledge. And it's being provided right back to the public.”
The push for better shark data has begun already, though sightings are more common in the summer months, which is also when beaches crowd with locals and tourists.
The aquarium's shark expert, John Chisholm, will also be tasked with working with the public to be more aware of shark species other than white sharks. That will allow the aquarium to use the app to further its mission of balancing ocean use with ocean preservation, said Nick Whitney, senior scientist with the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the aquarium.
The app is often used to report sightings of sharks that are of no danger to humans, such as basking sharks.
“We have an interest in educating the public about the other shark species that live in local waters,” Whitney said. “For most of them it's not the impact they have on humans, it's the impact humans have on them.” | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/App-to-provide-verified-sightings-of-sharks-off-17181820.php | 2022-05-18T17:51:40Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/App-to-provide-verified-sightings-of-sharks-off-17181820.php | false | 13 |
Massage Envy and LightStim® Join Forces to Offer Nourishing Light Treatment and Enhancement Skin Care Services
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massage Envy, the nation's No. 1 provider of massage in the U.S. collectively across its franchise network and a national leader in skin care, has joined with LightStim, designer and manufacturer of high-quality LED light therapy devices, to unveil two new premium skincare offerings now available at participating Massage Envy franchised locations nationwide. The Advanced Skin Care Nourishing Light Treatment and a Nourishing Light Enhancement both utilize LightStim's Anti-Aging ProPanel LED Light, which features a combination of 1,400 amber, red and infrared wavelengths of LED light that work together to provide a warm, soothing, and sensory light experience for the entire face, and also helps to improve the appearance of wrinkles.
The Massage Envy Nourishing Light Treatment energized by LightStim is a 60-minute experiential Advanced Skin Care service that features Massage Envy's exclusive brand, CyMe Professional Products, packed with vitamins and nutritive ingredients, and provides synergistic benefits when used with the LightStim ProPanel Anti-Aging LED Light. Also included in this treatment is a choreographed cooling globe facial massage which provides a cooling sensory experience and compliments the warming sensation delivered by the LED Light session.
The Nourishing Light Enhancement for Advanced Skin Care Services is a 10-minute LED Light treatment with a hand and arm massage that can be added on to a Microderm Infusion or Chemical Peel/Exfoliation skin care session as an additional skin care benefit.
"We are excited to work with LightStim and to feature their LED technology for the national launch of our Nourishing Light services at Massage Envy," said Beth Stiller, Massage Envy CEO. "This collaboration and new offering are just one of the many advancements we are making in the skin care space as we continue to build on our brand's suite of innovative skin care services and premium offerings."
"Our team worked hand-in-hand with Massage Envy to develop a unique skin care treatment and enhancement that pairs their line of professional products and services with our standout ProPanel Anti-Aging LED Light for an advanced skin care experience," added LightStim President, Joniann Marchese. "We are thrilled to join together to offer these wonderful skin care services to customers across the expansive network of Massage Envy franchised locations."
For more information about Massage Envy's body care and skin care offerings, please visit www.massageenvy.com
About Massage Envy
Massage Envy, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a national franchisor and does not independently own or operate any of the Massage Envy franchised locations nationwide. The Massage Envy franchise network, through its franchise locations, is the leading provider of massage services. Founded in 2002, Massage Envy has more than 1,100 franchise locations in 49 states that have together delivered more than 190 million massages and facials. For more information, visit www.massageenvy.com, or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook at @MassageEnvy.
About LightStim
LightStim has been the global leader in both professional and consumer markets for over 20 years, with patented technology, certifications and FDA Clearances. The family-owned and operated company proudly designs, engineers and manufactures all LightStim devices inside their Irvine, California facility to ensure paramount quality, reliability and effectiveness of the entire LightStim collection. Touted amongst dermatologists, plastic surgeons, medical doctors, estheticians, recovery and wellness clinics, and the beauty industry elite, the innovative brand continues to pioneer and revolutionize the face and body of beauty and wellness. Beauty editors and social influencers have joined the convergence of LightStim aficionados alongside industry professionals, propelling LightStim to earn kudos in hundreds of top publications including Vogue, InStyle, Women's Health, Glamour and The New York Times. For more information, visit LightStim.com, and follow on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
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Stigma appears to be easing, but obstacles to finding treatment and gaining workplace acceptance remain.
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two years into a global pandemic, have attitudes about mental illness changed significantly? That was the overriding question that OBERLAND, the purpose-driven agency, wanted to explore as it undertook a survey of opinions and viewpoints on the issue of mental illness in 2022. Coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Month in the US, the survey's findings are being released today.
Over 600 people nationally took part, with a third of them from the New York metro area. OBERLAND is revealing its findings via a series of infographics it will post on its social channels and shared with its community of media, marketing and advertising influencers.
Among the toplines results is that the stigma surrounding mental illness is improving, yet remains when it comes to sharing mental health conditions in the workplace. Access to effective treatment remains a challenge, the survey found, which represents an area in need of improvement.
This new survey is an update to a similar one conducted in 2013 on behalf of NAMI-NYC, the New York metro chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org). Its goal then was to get a stronger grasp on the public's understanding of what it means to live with mental illness. The updated survey, conducted online earlier this year, was prompted by the changing dialogue surrounding mental illness; it was intended to track current opinions and values and determine where and how perceptions may have shifted.
Among its key findings is that 23 percent more Americans strongly agree – 65 percent in our survey – that having a mental illness is no different than having any other illness like diabetes, high blood pressure or asthma. This shows significant improvement in mental illness being seen the same as physical illness.
Further, 41 percent strongly agree that people with mental illness can have normal lives if they're treated effectively – an increase of 37 percent from 2013.
The survey also shows that people increasingly believe qualities like creativity, intelligence and caring are higher among people with mental illnesses – an increase of approximately 15 percent since 2013.
"It's encouraging to see the stigma around mental illness trending in the right direction," said OBERLAND CEO Drew Train. "This fits in with what NAMI is trying to do with its Pledge to be Stigma Free, which we strongly support."
"When we talk openly, we realize mental illness impacts all of us. Whether you're a family member caring for a loved one living with mental illness or a company leader, we invite you to join the conversation and our community. Together, we have the power to shift attitudes and end stigma," shared Matt Kudish, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI-NYC), which provides free, accessible mental health programs and services—and helps break down barriers with workplace mental health trainings as well as school and community-based presentations.
"We wanted to get people to think deeper about the changing landscape of mental health by illustrating the changes in attitudes reflected in these studies, conducted years apart," Train said of the agency's social media campaign. "In light of the pressures we've all been under since the pandemic began – and particularly in light of the mental health toll it's taken on young people – it's important for us as a society to view mental illness in the most objective, progressive and sympathetic way. We see this as one important way to break obstacles to people seeking or obtaining treatment."
The 2022 survey found that, overall, people today have more awareness, understanding, and acceptance of mental illness. Among the highlights of the responses are:
- Google search trends have risen significantly since 2013 on such terms as "mental health," "anxiety" and "therapist."
- Awareness of mental health organizations is up significantly compared to 2013. Back then, 64 percent of people reported having heard of mental health organizations like Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, NAMI, Mental Health Association, the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the National Mental Health Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute of Mental Health. Today, 93 percent of respondents report being aware of those organizations.
But not everything surrounding the issue of mental illness is improving, Train warned. "Although there's greater understanding and acceptance, we'd be fooling ourselves to say that the prejudice against people with mental illness has vanished, particularly when it comes to the workplace," he observed. The survey found that:
- Thirty percent of respondents say the prejudice has gotten worse – a 14 percent rise since 2013.
- In 2022, about 8 out of 10 people say it's not okay to tell coworkers about your mental illnesses – a small but largely insignificant increase from 2013. This comes at a time when employers are making stronger efforts to address mental health issues at the office or job site.
There's also been little to no change in the accessibility of care:
- Across the US, the ease of finding support for mental illnesses has stayed the same since 2013: 19 percent say it's very easy, 31 percent say it's somewhat easy, 50 percent say it's not easy.
- Among New Yorkers, where access to mental health care would presumably be more readily available, the amount of people who found it 'very easy' to find professional help went from eight to 18 percent. While a significant increase, it remains well under a quarter of the sample.
The outlook for improving the mental health picture is mixed, said Train. "As stigma decreases and public attitudes soften, more people will feel comfortable seeking treatment, which will strain our already stressed mental health services – so this is another area where communities and employers will need to focus their attention."
"And we need to mount a concerted effort to change opinions about mental health issues and the workplace, which is where we believe future anti-stigma campaigns should be concentrated. When the stigma surrounding mental health is erased, we'll be able to say we've made real progress."
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Anthony Vagnoni, Director of Communications, OBERLAND
avagnoni@thisisoberland.com, 917.734.4867
About OBERLAND
Launched in 2014 by acclaimed marketing professionals Bill Oberlander and Drew Train, OBERLAND (www.thisisoberland.com) has become the new face of the advertising industry: an agency dedicated to helping brands Make Good Money. Winner of Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year award, it combines the expertise of its team with passionate social advocacy, creating work that can help change the world and make conscious capitalism the new standard operating procedure for brands. In a world where consumers crave meaning and seek to identify with the products they use every day, OBERLAND is helping its clients deliver traditional, digital, social and mobile campaigns that reflect and create shared value. A Certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation, its portfolio offers services for every need, providing public sector, private sector, and non-profit organizations with fully integrated, purpose-driven solutions.
About the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City
For 40 years, the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI-NYC) has offered life-changing support, education, and advocacy to families and individuals affected by mental illness. NAMI-NYC's services are free of charge and accessible to anyone who needs them. Learn more at www.naminyc.org and follow us on social @naminyc_metro.
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Baby killer’s husband returns to house of horrors where foster boy, 1, shaken to death by monster mum
THE husband of baby killer Laura Castle has returned to live at the scene of her sickening crimes.
Scott Castle, 35, wept as he walked free from court after being cleared of allowing or causing the death of Leiland-James Corkill.
He is now back home and trying to rebuild his life as his wife Laura, 38, awaits a life sentence for murdering the baby they were planning to adopt.
She violently shook one-year-old Leiland-James and slammed his head on a sofa.
Scott is still too traumatised to speak publicly about the case.
He looked pale and drawn when he opened the door at his home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and said: “I don't want to talk to anyone at all about this."
A neighbour in the street in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, told how the case had shocked local residents.
She said: "To everyone in the street they seemed a perfectly normal couple so it was
horrifying to discover what had been going on in that house.
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"He's been back from time to time since their arrest, but we don't see much of him, he stays out of the way.
"I doubt she'll ever return to Barrow, but she'll be going nowhere for a long time. It was sickening to read what she did to that little boy."
Laura began abusing Leiland-James almost as soon as he was placed with her by social workers.
She spent nearly four months violently smacking him and branding him a “moaning whinge bag” in sickening texts.
She told how she “hated him” and regularly “leathered him” – before shaking him to death because he wouldn’t stop crying as she tried to feed him Weetabix for breakfast.
Castle had admitted the one-year-old’s manslaughter but denied his murder – but a jury at Preston crown court took just two-and-a-half hours to decide she had intended to kill the defenceless tot.
Scott was cleared of allowing or causing the baby’s death and of cruelty. Laura was also convicted of cruelty to Leiland-James.
An in-depth review is now taking place into the conduct of Cumbria County Council’s social services department.
Leiland-James died from severe head injuries in January last year after Laura violently shook him when he wouldn’t stop crying.
She lied to cops that he hurt himself when he accidentally fell off the sofa at the family home.
'N*BHEAD'
But tests showed his injuries were so severe they were as bad as if he had fallen from a tall building.
Despite her claims to be a loving mother, callous Laura told her husband she despised the tot, saying in one text: “I really hate him” and added: “He makes me so angry".
And she spoke of “leathering him” despite having promised social workers she would not use any physical punishment.
She branded him a “n*bhead” in one text and there was evidence of other abuse - Laura explained one bruise on his head to a friend by texting: “head met the coffee table again."
A safeguarding review into the case will be published in July.
John Readman, Executive Director for People at Cumbria County Council, said: “It has been truly shocking to hear how Leiland died at the hands of Laura Castle.
“Adoption should have been a new beginning for Leiland. That was cruelly taken away from him by the person who should have cared for him and kept him safe.
“We are deeply sorry for Leiland’s death, it should not have happened. Our thoughts and sympathies are with his birth family and all those who knew this little boy.
“There will, quite rightly, be questions about how the Castles were approved as adopters. Those questions are part of an independent review." | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/8885140/baby-killers-husband-returns-house-horrors/ | 2022-05-18T17:54:39Z | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/8885140/baby-killers-husband-returns-house-horrors/ | true | 3 |
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A food delivery cyclist accused of murdering schoolboy Josh Dunne was "terrified, sad and scared" and worried about retaliation in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing, a witness has told the Central Criminal Court.
Jose Pedroso told the trial of George Gonzaga Bento that the accused was "distressed and emotional" when he came to his flat the following evening.
Giving his evidence by video link from Brazil, Mr Pedroso said Mr Bento did not eat and wanted to go to a lawyer's office that night but stayed with him after they spoke on the phone to a lawyer who agreed to meet them the following morning.
The witness described his friend as a "calm, peaceful person" and a "good guy in general" who worked hard.
Mr Pedroso also said he was aware of a problem with gangs in Dublin attacking delivery cyclists and said his own bike was robbed on one occasion.
George Gonzaga Bento (36), a Brazilian national with an address in East Wall in Dublin 3, is charged with murdering 16-year-old Josh Dunne at East Wall Road, East Wall on January 26th, 2021.
Mr Bento is also accused of producing a utility knife in a manner likely to intimidate another in the course of a dispute or fight. The defendant is further accused of assault causing harm to two other young men on the same occasion.
The delivery cyclist has pleaded not guilty to each of the four counts.
Stand-off
The prosecution alleges that Mr Bento produced a knife during a "stand-off or confrontation" with a man on a moped who had stolen another delivery cyclist's bike.
Mr Dunne and other youths arrived at the scene and got involved in the confrontation.
On Wednesday, Mr Pedroso told prosecution counsel Sean Guerin SC that he is from Brazil and moved to Ireland in March 2019 where he found work in the East Wall area doing deliveries for UberEats.
He said he used an electric bike and would make between €300-€350 per week if he worked every day. He added that he met Mr Bento, and they became close friends.
On January 27th, 2021, Mr Pedroso said he learned gardaí were looking for Mr Bento and heard that a person had died following an incident at East Wall. He told Mr Bento to come to his flat on Talbot Street and the accused arrived at about 6pm or 7pm.
Mr Pedroso phoned several lawyers and found one who said he would meet Mr Bento the following morning.
Mr Bento stayed in Mr Pedroso's flat that night and went to the lawyer's office first thing the following morning for a consultation, after which the accused went with the lawyer to Store Street Garda station.
Mr Pedroso told Padraig Dwyer SC, for Mr Bento, that things were tough financially for him in Brazil, so he moved to Ireland for a better life and to learn English.
He became friends with Mr Bento who he described as a "calm, peaceful person, just a good guy in general".
He said Mr Bento worked very hard, "even more than myself", getting paid €3.50-€4.50 per delivery.
The witness agreed that after he learned about the incident at East Wall, he invited Mr Bento to his flat and tried to find a lawyer because Mr Bento's English was not good enough.
Mr Bento wanted to see a lawyer that night but the lawyer that they spoke to would not meet until the following morning, the witness said.
Mr Pedroso recalled that Mr Bento appeared "terrified, sad and scared" and when asked if the accused had any fear relating to living in Dublin 3, the witness said Mr Bento was afraid of "retaliation or attacks".
He did not eat, the witness said, and appeared "distressed and emotional".
The trial continues on Thursday in front of Mr Justice Paul Burns and a jury of five men and seven women. | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40875899.html | 2022-05-18T18:00:03Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40875899.html | false | 4 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
0-1-6, FIREBALL: 2
(zero, one, six; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
0-1-6, FIREBALL: 2
(zero, one, six; FIREBALL: two) | https://www.thetelegraph.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Day-game-17181867.php | 2022-05-18T18:01:15Z | https://www.thetelegraph.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Day-game-17181867.php | false | null |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Powerful House Speaker Scott Bedke has won the GOP primary for lieutenant governor.
The fourth-generation rancher who is generally considered an expert on the state’s water issues defeated state Rep. Priscilla Giddings in a race called Wednesday following voting in Tuesday’s primary.
The race was another battle between an establishment Republican in Bedke against a far-right candidate in Giddings. Bedke got about 52% of the vote and Giddings 43%, while Daniel Gasiorowski received the remainder.
Giddings was censured by her House colleagues late last year after publicizing the name of a 19-year-old intern who reported she was raped by another House lawmaker.
Bedke was appointed to a House seat representing south-central Idaho in 2001 by Republican Gov. Dirk Kempthorne. Following redistricting, he won the Republican primary and general election. He ran mostly unopposed ever since.
He became speaker in 2012 by defeating then-Speaker Lawerence Denney, now Idaho’s secretary of state.
Bedke will face Democrat Terri Pickens Manweiler in the November general election for lieutenant governor, a post Democrats last held in the 1970s in deeply conservative Idaho. | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Idaho-House-speaker-wins-GOP-lieutenant-governor-17181678.php | 2022-05-18T18:03:43Z | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Idaho-House-speaker-wins-GOP-lieutenant-governor-17181678.php | true | 11 |
Benefit launch WANDERful World blush collection with 12 iconic shades
BENEFIT has launched their WANDERful World collection and we're obsessed.
With twelve iconic shades designed to suit every skin tone it's not to be missed.
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- Benefit WANDERful World Blush Collection, £27.50 - buy here
Available to shop at benefitcosmetics.co.uk, the new blushes go on sale today - and we're loving them.
Think, a new blush for every occasion.
With twelve iconic new shades, including cult favourite Dandelion - and new, improved packaging there's one for everybody, and every skin tone.
They've been inspired by the colours and personalities found in natural objects "big and small, near and far, real and fantastical".
With gorgeous bright shades and pigments, they have a silky-soft powder, and are smudge-proof, humidity-proof, sweatproof and non-comedogenic.
They feel ultra fine and weightless, and blend seamlessly for a natural, air-brushed, soft-focus blurring edffect.
Plus, they all include "freshwater pearl and synthetic sapphire give a luminous, light-reflecting glow to help skin look smooth and radiant".
All WANDERful World blushes are priced at £27.50 and available to shop at benefitcosmetics.co.uk.
Wandering what shades are on offer? Here's the full range:
- Dandelion baby-pink brightening blush
- Peachin’ golden peach blush with soft-shimmer finish
- Sunny warm coral blush with natural-matte finish
- Shellie warm seashell-pink blush with soft-shimmer finish
- PomPom pomegranate rose blush with natural-matte finish
- Willa soft neutral-rose blush with satin finish
- Java rosy mocha blush with natural-matte finish
- Moone rich berry blush with satin finish
- Butterfly golden orange blush with soft-shimmer finish
- Terra golden brick-red blush with soft-shimmer finish
- Crystah strawberry pink blush with soft-shimmer finish
If that wasn't enough, a gorgeous rozy bronze blush with satin finish Starlaa is coming soon.
Plus, you'll get a free make up bag and BADgal BANG! Funsize Mascara when you buy any blush, bronzer or highlighter from benefitcosmetics.com.
They're available to buy now - don't miss out.
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“So You Think You Can Dance” Season 17 premieres on FOX on Wednesday, May 18, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. No cable? No problem. You can also watch it on FuboTV (free trial).
The season begins with auditions before celebrity judges JoJo Siwa, Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Matthew Morrison. Cat Deeley hosts the show.
“So You Think You Can Dance” features skilled dancers ages of 18-30 who perform various dance styles, including contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, animation, breaking and more. Contestants perform for world-renowned choreographers and compete for $250,000 with twists and turns each week.
Nigel Lythgoe created “So You Think You Can Dance” in 2005 with Simon Fuller and had been a judge for most of the show’s run. Other previous judges include Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens and Jason Derulo.
What channel is ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on?
It’s on FOX. You can find which channel it is by using the channel finders here: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV and Dish.
Where can I watch it if I don’t have cable?
You can watch “So You Think You Can Dance” on FuboTV, a streaming service that offers you access to your favorite TV shows, live sports events and much more. There’s a free trial when you sign up. | https://www.masslive.com/tv/2022/05/how-to-watch-jojo-siwa-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-17.html | 2022-05-18T18:09:12Z | https://www.masslive.com/tv/2022/05/how-to-watch-jojo-siwa-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-17.html | false | 4 |
BENSALEM, Pa., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors that class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Investors have until the deadlines listed below to file a lead plaintiff motion.
Investors suffering losses on their investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in these class actions at 888-638-4847 or by email to [email protected].
Netflix, Inc. ( NFLX)
Class Period: October 19, 2021 – April 19, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
Shareholders with $5,000,000 losses or more are encouraged to contact the firm.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period the defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose: (1) that Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) that the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis; (4) that, as a result, the Company’s financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. ( MULN)
Class Period: June 15, 2020 – April 6, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period the defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Mullen overstated its ability and timeline regarding production; (2) Mullen overstated its deals with business partners, including Qiantu Motors; (3) Mullen overstated its battery technology and capabilities; (4) Mullen overstated its ability to sell its branded products; (5) Net Element did not conduct proper due diligence into Mullen Technologies; (6) the Dragonfly K50 was not (solely) delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and (7) as a result, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN)
Class Period: February 1, 2019 – April 5, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
Shareholders with $100,000 losses or more are encouraged to contact the firm.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period the defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers’ non-public data to compete with them; (2) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (3) Amazon’s revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. ( ARQQ, ARQQW)
Class Period: September 7, 2021 – April 18, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period the defendants made 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 of 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’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — For years, you’ve been able to check your home’s flood risk. But, in most cases, it was difficult to determine your home’s wildfire risk.
A new report released by a nonprofit research and technology group is working to change that – and define America’s climate risk.
First Street Foundation, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit climate research group recently released its wildfire model, which gives a closer look at the risk of individual properties across the country.
The model allows you to enter a home’s zip code and see the wildfire risk the property faces.
The fire risk over the next 30 years in Sacramento, for example, is considered moderate, but in nearby Reno, Nevada, the risk is extreme.
“You’re already seeing in May we are getting more fires than normal, and it’s not a good sign,” a local firefighter in Sacramento told Nexstar’s KTXL.
A new report suggests that the wildfire risk on the West Coast is growing for some communities.
“People are buying, selling and renting homes and deciding where to live without understanding what risk really is,” said Dr. Ed Kearns with First Street Foundation.
The model shows the potential wildfire risk over the next 30 years ranging from minimal to extreme:
- Minimal: 0%
- Minor: 1%
- Moderate: 1-6%
- Major: 6-14%
- Severe: 14-26%
- Extreme: 26%+
“Of those 100 million simulations, we get about 9 to 10 million that grows to a model that is worth tracking and describing. We represent the fire hazard of three different variables: fire probability, fire intensity, and also ember speed,” Kerns explained.
The risk factor model also shows how many properties have some risk of being affected by wildfires over the next three decades, what is contributing to that risk, and any previous wildfire events in the area.
First Street Foundation said it gathered leading experts from fire, weather and climatology and analyzed data over the past years to determine properties’ wildfire risk probability.
“When you own a home for 30 years, you not only want to look at it from an annual risk but how does that compound over time,” Kerns said. “That’s what the first graph shows you. This home has a 32% chance of being in a wildfire over a 30-year period.”
The group has done models for flooding before, and are now turning their attention to wildfires because they believe the damage continues to grow each year.
“We already know wildfires are significant in the West, it’s high. There’s a higher likelihood in the West, there are more properties and a higher fire factor, of course. One of the things that is occurring over time, we are seeing dramatic growth across the Southeast and up the East Coast,” said Dr. Porter.
Wildfires are on a furious pace early this year — from a California hilltop where mansions with multimillion-dollar Pacific Ocean views were torched to remote New Mexico mountains charred by a month-old monster blaze. Nationally, more than 2,000 square miles already have burned this year. That’s the most at this point since 2018, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
To view your home’s wildfire and flood risk rating, click here. This data is also available on Realtor.com, Redfin, Crexi, and Estately to help homebuyers better understand the risks nature poses to their home.
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Boris Johnson's former aide who organised the 'BYOB' lockdown-busting party is set to become the ambassador to the alcohol-free nation of Saudi Arabia, it has been reported.
Martin Reynolds, known as 'Party Marty', left his role as one of No10's most senior officials in February, amid an exodus of staff as Partygate rocked Westminster.
The recruitment process at the Foreign Office is still underway, according to Sky News, but Mr Reynolds is expected to take up the position in Riyadh.
Mr Reynolds, the PM's former principal private secretary, sent an email to No10 officials during the first lockdown inviting them to "make the most of the lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinks" in the garden.
The email specifically asked officials to "bring your own booze" on May 20 2020.
Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia, where Mr Reynolds is expected to be headed.
The Prime Minister has admitted being at the party for around 25 minutes to “thank groups of staff” but claimed he believed "implicitly" that it was a “work event”.
Even his wife Carrie had flocked to the garden to enjoy the weather, the Mirror understands.
Less than an hour before the gathering, which started at 6pm, Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden told the public at the daily No10 briefing to stick to meeting in pairs outdoors despite the sunshine.
Mr Reynolds left No10 after the PM's former policy chief and trusted aide Muira Mirza and top Downing Street spin doctor Jack Doyle made their exits.
At the time, a number of Tory MPs claimed their dramatic exits' was part of the PM's plan to change culture in Downing Street.
Stuart Anderson tweeted: "On Monday Boris Johnson promised MPs change.
"Tonight we see that change starting to happen and I welcome this quick action by the Prime Minister."
In a tweet liked by Mr Anderson, Chris Clarkson added: "Earlier this week the PM promised the Parliamentary Party swift and decisive change at No.10 to get us back on course and focused on people's priorities - pleased to see true to his word he's delivering."
The messages paint a completely different picture to the words of Ms Mirza in her letter to the PM.
She said she urged Mr Johnson to apologise for accusing Mr Starmer of failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile but "despite my urging you did not apologise for the misleading impression you gave."
Ms Mirza has been a huge asset to the PM's journey from City Hall through to Downing Street.
A No 10 spokesperson said: "Dan Rosenfield offered his resignation to the Prime Minister earlier today, which has been accepted.
“Martin Reynolds also informed the Prime Minister of his intention to stand down from his role as Principal Private Secretary and the Prime Minister has agreed to this.
“He has thanked them both for their significant contribution to government and No 10, including work on the pandemic response and economic recovery.
“They will continue in their roles while successors are appointed, and recruitment for both posts is underway."
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said “the last days of Rome, I think, were more fun” when asked if the Prime Minister's days were coming to an end.
When asked if "it feel like the last days of Rome in there", Mr Clarke responded, “it doesn’t. I mean… the last days of Rome, I think, were more fun.”
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She is the player who has played the most matches with the Spanish National Team (314) since she made her debut in 2002.
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She is the player of the senior team who has won the most medals: 12, including three European gold medals (2013, 2017 and 2019).
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At the Eurobasket in Valencia 2021 she became the player with the most matches in the European event (75), beating Semenova.
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About to turn 43, he had been playing longer (27 years) than not. He debuted in the 1995-96 season.
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She has been to four Olympic Games and in Rio 2016 she won the silver medal, the only one that the women’s team has achieved.
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A true globetrotter: she has played in five different countries, including Australia, where she spent a few months in 2017.
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In club basketball he has won 33 titles: 14 Leagues, 2 Euroleagues, 11 Cups and 6 Super Cups. In the image, the reception at the Generalitat Valenciana for the Ciudad Ros Casares team, champion of the 2012 Euroleague.
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In 2016, she became the first player to reach 1,000 assists in EuroLeague history while playing for USK Prague.
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Graduated in Social Work, to disconnect, she loves getting lost with her Calixta van.
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Uni Girona, his latest team, has created an academy that will bear his name. His future could be in base basketball.
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Netflix has dropped the trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s Halftime documentary, which looks to be a dramatic and emotional ride.
The 52-year-old singer is seen in tears in one scene, reacting to being snubbed for an Oscars nomination for her role in Hustlers, while elsewhere she responds to being asked: ‘How do you feel about your butt?’
Ben Affleck also features in the trailer, addressing the media backlash around his fiancé, as he says: ‘And I said to her once, “doesn’t this bother you?” And she said, “I expected this.”‘
The star is seen under pressure from her early days rising to fame, as the intimate feature-film will reminisce on her ‘multifaceted career and the pressure of life in the spotlight,’ according to the synopsis.
In the trailer, the Get Right singer is heard emotionally revealing: ‘It was hard. I just had a very low self esteem.
‘I had to really figure out who I was, and believe in that and not believe in anything else,’ J-Lo says.
Later, she adds: ‘I do this to connect with people and make them feel things. I want something real!’
The documentary – which is set to kick off the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 8 – will also centre around the momentous year in which the fashionista turned 50.
2019 was a big year for Miss Lopez, not only did she celebrate the big milestone, but it also marked the release of her hit film Hustlers – which she received a Golden Globe nomination for – and the revival of her iconic plunging Versace jungle dress from the 2000 Grammys at Milan Fashion Week.
While she earned rave reviews for her performance as stripper Ramona and was predicted an Oscars, J-Lo acutally missed out on a nomination for best supporting actress, with Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell), Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit), Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Margot Robbie (Bombshell) landing the nominations.
The trailer also teases behind the scenes snippets of J-Lo rehearsing for her iconic 2020 Super Bowl performance, a week before the Oscars.
Halftime premieres on Netflix on June 14.
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Chris Ashton plans to prolong playing career before moving into coaching
Chris Ashton plans to prolong his playing career for as long as possible before moving into a coaching role developing the finishing skills of emerging prospects.
Ashton has agreed a new one-season deal with Gallagher Premiership leaders Leicester in the month after he became the leading try scorer in the competition’s history.
Even at 35 years old, the dual code international is among English rugby’s most ruthless wings and he believes he has value to offer in shaping the careers of young back three players.
“I will play for as long as I can. I’ve got another year to ride it out a little bit longer, but the more it goes on I definitely think the rugby environment is the one for me. I don’t think me doing a 9-5 office job is going to suit any time soon!” he said.
“I’ve been discussing it and thinking about it recently. I’d like to help wingers and back three players find a way to become better finishers and how to get on the ball and score tries. I think there’s a niche market there for me.
“As you get older you understand and reflect on why you are putting yourself in certain situations. A lot of them don’t just happen.
“There is talent in there but it’s not instinctive, you’re reading the game and being ahead of the game and I’m hoping that I can pass on some of that.
“It does take time to understand how you get yourself into a situation. Just being instinctive and ahead of the game, reading it before it happens.”
Ashton’s unexpected revival at Mattioli Wood Welford Road ends a nomadic period in his career that saw spells at Harlequins and Worcester end abruptly.
Forced to train on his own in the hope of being picked up, he experienced an isolating three months until Leicester boss Steve Borthwick called in February to offer a short-term contract that quickly became more substantial.
I don't think me doing a 9-5 office job is going to suit any time soon!
“Sometimes it was hard to find motivation. I just knew that I still had something to offer and I was desperate to get back out there,” Ashton added.
“I watch a long of rugby anyway, but to watch it and not have that association, and not being able to go out there and have that desire to win was driving the missus mental.
“I tried to tackle her in the kitchen a few times to try and get a bit of the eagerness out. Any opportunity that came up might not necessarily have been the right one. It had to be the right for me and thankfully Steve was the one who rang.”
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The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar’s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it’s located: Vogue, in the southwestern region of the country.
Mark Graham, who runs the Star Inn at Vogue, said British Vogue publisher Conde Nast argued the name could “cause problems” because members of the public might confuse the two businesses.
At first, Graham thought it was a joke from someone in the village.
The publisher asked if he would change the name, but he refused, arguing that the village is considerably older than the magazine, whose British edition was founded in 1916.
The pub itself is about 150 years old, according to the BBC. Graham also pointed out that Madonna has a hit song named “Vogue” and that she did not ask the village to use them as a namesake.
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Sir Doug Nicholls Round 2022: The greatest Indigenous AFL players to have ties to the South West
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Silvergate Capital Co. (NYSE:SI – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,510,000 shares, a growth of 31.4% from the April 15th total of 1,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 829,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days.
Silvergate Capital stock traded down $4.39 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $75.02. The company had a trading volume of 15,121 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,436,874. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $124.31 and its 200-day moving average is $139.90. Silvergate Capital has a fifty-two week low of $56.15 and a fifty-two week high of $239.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 0.23 and a quick ratio of 0.16.
Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 19th. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.33. Silvergate Capital had a net margin of 45.57% and a return on equity of 7.87%. The company had revenue of $59.95 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.89 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.55 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Silvergate Capital will post 3.94 earnings per share for the current year.
In other news, Director Karen F. Brassfield sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.34, for a total transaction of $340,020.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, COO Kathleen Fraher sold 750 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.44, for a total transaction of $97,830.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 10,847 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,414,882.68. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.71% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SI. Penserra Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Silvergate Capital during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Silvergate Capital during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. boosted its holdings in Silvergate Capital by 152.8% in the 4th quarter. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. now owns 182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the period. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC bought a new stake in Silvergate Capital in the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Silvergate Capital by 350.0% in the 1st quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the period. 71.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Silvergate Capital Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Silvergate Bank that provides banking products and services to business and individual clients in the United States. The company accepts deposit products, including interest and noninterest bearing demand accounts, money market and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit accounts.
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VWCO Sheriff’s activity log 5/17/2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
12:42 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in Union Township to check the report of vehicles parked along the roadside and subjects being out in a field.
12:46 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in Hoaglin Township to take a report for a motor vehicle crash involving a deer. No Injuries were reported.
5:31 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in Harrison Township to investigate a noise complaint.
7:45 a.m. – Deputies took motor vehicle crash report in the Village of Convoy involving two vehicles. No injuries were reported.
11:18 a.m. – Dispatched Ohio City EMS to a location in Liberty Township for a subject who was ill.
3:09 p.m. – Deputies took a complaint of identity theft from a subject in Tully Township.
3:35 p.m. – Deputies investigated a harassment complaint in Pleasant Township.
5:16 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the Village of Elgin to investigate a parking complaint.
6:28 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location in Hoaglin Township to investigate a complaint of harassment.
6:35 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the Village of Ohio City to investigate a complaint of subject leaving without paying for gas.
7:40 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the City of Van Wert to assist a subject locked out of their vehicle.
7:58 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location in Pleasant Township to remove debris from the roadway.
9:53 p.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location in the City of Van Wert for a subject having chest pain.
10:58 p.m. – Dispatched Spencerville EMS to a location in Jennings Township for a subject who had fallen.
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Ally Invest Wealth Management sets new standard with accessible, dedicated financial advice
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Invest, the online brokerage and wealth management arm of Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), today announced its entrance into personalized advice and portfolio strategies with the launch of its Wealth Management advisory service.
Ally Invest Wealth Management provides personalized, ongoing guidance through a dedicated fiduciary advisor for a minimum of $100,000 in investable assets and a blended advisory fee as little as 0.75-0.85%. Ally's combination of lower fees, lower barrier to entry and personal advisors opens up one-on-one wealth advice to the nearly 15.5 million U.S. households that do not meet the minimum $250K threshold of most firms. In addition to tackling the cost barrier, Ally Invest Wealth Management advisors receive instruction in behavioral finance to best guide people toward their financial goals, ensuring they know the customer not only as an investor, but as a person with a lifetime of experiences that shape how they make decisions about money.
Ally Invest Wealth Management is currently available to existing Ally Bank and Invest customers only, with a release to the general public planned in the coming months.
"We believe people deserve access to personalized, professional financial advice earlier in their lives so they can create a solid plan and take control of their financial future," said Diane Morais, president of consumer and commercial banking at Ally. "Our new wealth management offering makes dedicated, holistic human advisory more accessible by lowering the barriers to entry."
Ally Invest Wealth Management is designed to deliver on customer needs in a way that makes the experience more personal while creating access for more people. The new offering will allow customers to conduct banking and investing in one convenient place and keep the ease and simplicity of a digital experience, while getting the advice they need for their individual financial picture.
Ally Invest Wealth Management's key differentiators include:
- $100,000 minimum assets under care
- A dedicated wealth advisor, well-versed in behavioral finance
- A dedicated concierge support team for account questions
- Holistic advice on the customer's complete financial picture, including assets held outside of Ally
- Seamless digital integration with other Ally accounts
- A simple, aggregated view of each client's entire net worth
"Our human-centric, behavioral approach to the client conversation aims to disrupt the industry," said Nicole Cope, senior director, Ally Invest Advisors. "We look beyond the individual's assets and get to know them as people with particular wants and needs and who come with a host of experiences that shape how they make financial decisions. This deeper understanding enables us to better tailor investment advice and offer choices that will successfully advance them toward their goals."
To learn more about Ally Invest Wealth Management, visit ally.com/invest/wealth-management.
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SOURCE Ally Financial | https://www.wwnytv.com/prnewswire/2022/05/18/ally-invest-launches-wealth-management-advisory-service/ | 2022-05-18T18:20:07Z | https://www.wwnytv.com/prnewswire/2022/05/18/ally-invest-launches-wealth-management-advisory-service/ | true | 16 |
Rangers fans enjoy Seville hospitality ahead of Europa League final
Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of the Europa League on Wednesday night
Tens of thousands of Rangers fans have descended on Seville ahead of tonight's Europa League final.
Gio van Bronckhorst's side take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the showpiece decider at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium (8pm kick-off UK time).
The travelling contingent includes hundreds of supporters from Northern Ireland, all determined to celebrate the club's first European trophy in 50 years.
Rangers' last European win was in 1972 when they lifted the old Cup Winners' Cup.
Their last Euro final was in 2008 when they lost out to Zenit St Petersburg in Manchester.
Will the Light Blues be celebrating tonight?
Check out our gallery of photos of fans enjoying the build-up in Spain, including some supporters from the Tavern Loyal RSC on the Shankill Road. | https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/rangers-fans-enjoy-seville-hospitality-23997753 | 2022-05-18T18:20:26Z | https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/rangers-fans-enjoy-seville-hospitality-23997753 | true | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state's political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn.
The two-term Democrat, who left office at the end of 2021, said Wednesday that he's formed an exploratory committee for New York's 10th Congressional District. The Democratic-heavy district will include a large slice of western Brooklyn, where he lives.
New York's 10th District is currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, but the state's political maps are being redrawn under supervision of a New York judge after a court found they were unconstitutional and gerrymandered in favor of Democrats.
The court this week unveiled new proposed maps that significantly draw a number of New York City-based districts. Nadler said he believed the maps were changed so much that they are also unconstitutional, but if the proposed districts become final at the end of this week, he intends to run in the 12th District representing Manhattan.
The primary contest has been pushed back from June to August 23.
De Blasio toyed with running for governor this year before deciding to sit it out. He also had a short-lived run for president in 2019. | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Former-NYC-Mayor-Bill-de-Blasio-exploring-run-for-17181859.php | 2022-05-18T18:21:34Z | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Former-NYC-Mayor-Bill-de-Blasio-exploring-run-for-17181859.php | false | 12 |
Carrier downgraded by Bank of America as consumer strength comes into question
Bank of America is growing more bearish on prospects for Carrier Global Corp. (NYSE:CARR -6.3%) as inflation weakens consumers.
A team of analysts from the bank wrote in a note on Wednesday that its attendance at the Heating Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International Focus Conference last week has left them feeling less optimistic about industry dynamics. In particular, North American residential HVAC was cited as likely to come under significant pressure into 2023.
As a result, the team reassessed its ratings on stocks in the sector, downgrading Carrier (CARR) on its high exposure to the segment.
“Relative to peers, [Carrier] (CARR) has the highest exposure to North American residential HVAC,” the team explained. “We see several headwinds to residential HVAC including concern around excess channel inventory into [late 2022]/2023, potentially fading price momentum, and a risk of a soft consumer recession.”
While mitigating impacts from commercial demand, an expected heatwave in the summer, transport refrigeration, and cost actions were noted, they were not enough to buoy the firm’s rating. As such, the stock was downgraded from “Buy” to “Neutral” and the bank’s price target was cut from $70 to $50.
Elsewhere, a “Neutral” rating was maintained on Trane Technologies (TT) while Johnson Controls (JCI -2.3%), by contrast, was “Buy” rated.
“Our top pick for the HVAC sector is Buy-rated Johnson Controls (JCI) which we favor on lowest relative exposure to North American residential end markets and below-peer valuation,” the team concluded.
Read more on the recent earnings report from Carrier. | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3840586-carrier-downgraded-by-bank-of-america-as-consumer-strength-comes-into-question | 2022-05-18T18:24:08Z | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3840586-carrier-downgraded-by-bank-of-america-as-consumer-strength-comes-into-question | false | 1 |
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona has cleared health and safety protocols and returned to the team after missing four games with COVID-19.
Francona will be back for Wednesday's game against Cincinnati along with bench coach DeMarlo Hale. They both tested positive with coronavirus last week while the Guardians were in Chicago and returned to Ohio by bus as the team continued its trip to Minnesota.
Hitting analyst Justin Toole is also back with the Guardians, who have dealt with two separate outbreaks in recent weeks.
First baseman Josh Naylor remains the only Guardians player currently sidelined with the virus.
The 63-year-old Francona, in his 10th season with Cleveland, dealt with some symptoms over the weekend but has been feeling well the past few days. He missed most of the last two seasons to handle some serious health issues.
With Francona back, pitching coach Carl Willis returns to his normal duties after serving as acting manager.
Sandy Alomar and Mike Sarbaugh, the team's respective first- and third-base coaches, are still sidelined after testing positive.
Hitting coach Chris Valaika returned to the Guardians on Tuesday after missing three games.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.sheltonherald.com/sports/article/Francona-back-managing-Guardians-following-17181970.php | 2022-05-18T18:28:41Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/sports/article/Francona-back-managing-Guardians-following-17181970.php | true | 10 |
Cook County residents soon will be able to apply for a program offering $500 a month, no strings attached, for two years, as county officials try to tackle poverty and racial inequalities.
County officials announced the launch of the program — the Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot — at the Chicago Cultural Center. The program will have room for 3,250 randomly-chosen residents, regardless of immigration status, for two years, and it’ll be funded through federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she saw the need for a guaranteed income program during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We saw that low-income communities of color experienced the worst health and economic effects,” Preckwinkle said. “We believed then and we believe now those disparities were unacceptable.”
Officials provided few specifics about the rollout beyond saying they expect to take applications in the fall, recipients will be chosen in a lottery, and first payments will hit residents’ pockets of residents by year’s end.
The county, meanwhile, is seeking proposals from organizations and agencies to help administer the program, provide outreach and help in-person applicants. The county is accepting those proposals through June 10.
Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims thinks the program will help residents live better.
“It’s not charity, it’s a helping hand,” Sims said.
The county is partnering with the University of Chicago’s Inclusive Economy Lab and the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice to study the the effect of providing that guaranteed income to Cook County residents.
To be eligible for the pilot, an individual must live in Cook County, and their household income must be below 250% of the federal poverty level.
The county program is accepting applicants from Chicago, but they can’t participate in any other guaranteed income program; the city is launching its own, similar effort. Most participants — which will be selected in a lottery — are expected to be from suburban Cook County.
The announcement comes days after Chicago stopped accepting applications for its pilot program, being funded through the federal American Rescue Plan. The city’s Resilient Communities Pilot will select 5,000 participants, also through a lottery; those individuals will receive $500 a month for a year.
In recent years, other cities and states have rolled out similar programs that provide residents with cash without restrictions on how to spend it. A study looking at a program in Stockton, California, found participants used the funds to pay off debt, get full-time jobs and reported lower rates of anxiety and depression, the Associated Press reported.
Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, joined Cook County officials. People in his administration’s guaranteed income program were more likely to transition to full-time jobs than those who did not receive the cash payments.
“I promise you that this is not just some pie-in-the-sky idea,” Tubbs said. “It’s rooted in evidence, in data.”
While the program is a pilot, county officials said they would like to make it permanent through the county’s equity fund.
“Make no mistake: We are interested in long-term solutions to the glaring issue of income inequality,” Preckwinkle said. “Our promise to Cook County residents is to make the program permanent in the years to come.”
Elvia Malagón’s reporting on social justice and income inequality is made possible by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust. | https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/5/18/23123053/chicago-cook-county-promise-guaranteed-income-pilot-wage-gap-inflation-coronavirus-pandemic | 2022-05-18T18:30:11Z | https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/5/18/23123053/chicago-cook-county-promise-guaranteed-income-pilot-wage-gap-inflation-coronavirus-pandemic | true | 1 |
INVESTIGATE ALL INVESTIGATORS..Hon. Munir Zulu
Zambia’s youngest parliamentarian, Munir Zulu has called for a lifestyle audit of all investigators in Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Hon. Munir Zulu says the Ministry of lands should avail details of property owned by each investigator which would then be measured against their legitimate earning.
Speaking, today, at Woodlands police station, Mr Zulu charged that the ACC in it’s current form has no credibility to fight corruption genuinely. | https://zambianobserver.com/investigate-all-investigators-hon-munir-zulu/ | 2022-05-18T18:30:58Z | https://zambianobserver.com/investigate-all-investigators-hon-munir-zulu/ | true | null |
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