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Milley tells West Point cadets technology will transform war
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer challenged the next generation of Army soldiers on Saturday to prepare America’s military to fight future wars that may look little like the wars of today.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a grim picture of a world that is becoming more unstable, with great powers intent on changing the global order. He told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that they will bear the responsibility to make sure America is ready.
“The world you are being commissioned into has the potential for significant international conflict between great powers. And that potential is increasing, not decreasing,” Milley told the cadets. “Whatever overmatch we, the United States, enjoyed militarily for the last 70 years is closing quickly, and the United States will be, in fact, we already are challenged in every domain of warfare, space, cyber, maritime, air, and of course land.”
America, he said, is no longer the unchallenged global power. Instead, it is being tested in Europe by Russian aggression, in Asia by China’s dramatic economic and military growth as well as North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, and in the Middle East and Africa by instability from terrorists.
Drawing a parallel with what military officials are seeing in Russia’s war on Ukraine, Milley said future warfare will be highly complex, with elusive enemies and urban warfare that requires long-range precision weapons, and new advanced technologies.
The U.S. has already been rushing new, high-tech drones and other weapons to the Ukrainian military — in some cases equipment that was just in the early prototype phases. Weapons such as the shoulder-launched kamikaze Switchblade drones are being used against the Russians, even as they are still evolving.
And as the war in Ukraine has shifted — from Russia’s unsuccessful battle to take Kyiv to a gritty urban battle for towns in the eastern Donbas region — so has the need for different types of weapons. Early weeks focused on long-range precision weapons such as Stinger and Javelin missiles, but now the emphasis is on artillery, and increased shipments of howitzers.
And over the next 25 to 30 years, the fundamental character of war and its weapons will continue to change.
The U.S. military, Milley said, can’t cling to concepts and weapons of old, but must urgently modernize and develop the force and equipment that can deter or, if needed, win in a global conflict. And the graduating officers, he said, will have to change the way U.S. forces think, train and fight.
As the Army’s leaders of tomorrow, Milley said, the newly minted 2nd lieutenants will be fighting with robotic tanks, ships and airplanes, and relying on artificial intelligence, synthetic fuels, 3-D manufacturing and human engineering.
“It will be your generation that will carry the burden and shoulder the responsibility to maintain the peace, to contain and to prevent the outbreak of great power war,” he said.
In stark terms, Milley described what failing to prevent wars between great powers looks like.
“Consider for a moment that 26,000 — 26,000 — soldiers and Marines were killed in only six weeks from October to November of 1918 in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne in World War I,” Milley said. “Consider also that 26,000 U.S. troops were killed in the eight weeks in the summer of 1944 from the beaches of Normandy to the liberation of Paris.”
Recalling the 58,000 Americans killed in just the summer of 1944 as World War II raged, he added, “That is the human cost of great-power war. The butcher’s bill.”
Thinking back to his own graduation, Milley paraphrased a popular Bob Dylan song from the time: “we can feel the light breeze in the air. And right now as we sit here on the plain at West Point, we can see the storm flags fluttering in the wind. We can hear in the distance the loud clap of thunder. The hard rain is about to fall.” | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/05/21/milley-west-point-cadets-be-ready-for-robot-drone-led-wars/ | 2022-05-21T15:35:01Z | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/05/21/milley-west-point-cadets-be-ready-for-robot-drone-led-wars/ | false | 37 |
“Like him he never existed, he is the salvation of our Brazil” says song released by singers Mateus and Cristiano
The country duo Mateus and Cristiano released this Friday (May 20, 2022) the song “People’s Captain”as a jingle for the president’s campaign Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The video with the singers was broadcast live on the president’s social media, who was accompanied by former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto and the owner of Havan, businessman Luciano Hang.
The lyrics of the song say that Bolsonaro will “win again” the elections. The singers even cited the president’s motto “Brazil above all, God above all”.
Watch (3min43s):
Here are the lyrics to the song “Captain of the People”:
“It is the captain of the people who will win again
“He is of God, and he can trust
“Defend the family and it won’t deceive you
“It is the captain of the people who will win again
“Like him never existed
“It is the salvation of our Brazil
“In the myth I put faith
“It is he who defends the nation
“Who has our flag in his heart
“It’s in our hands
“We have the chance again
“To take care of our people
“And shout ‘Brazil above all, God above all’”.
BOA VISTA FARM
Bolsonaro’s meeting with the singers was at the Hotel Fasano, the same place where he chose to receive billionaire Elon Musk. The hotel is at Fazenda Boa Vista, a condominium for very rich people and located in the municipality of Porto Feliz (which is 118 km northwest of the capital of São Paulo). The cheapest rate is R$ 2,928 (deluxe room). The most expensive, R$7,539 (duplex suite).
Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto, Communications Minister Fabio Faria and São Paulo Governor Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB) have vacation homes in BV, as the place is known. The rich of São Paulo call the condominium “Be-vê”, for short Fazenda Boa Vista.
Among the personalities that frequent the condominium are the governor of São Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia, the presenters Rodrigo Faro and Marcos Mion, the Batista family, from J&F, the players William and Pato, the former player Kaká, the former Formula 1 driver. Felipe Massa and the family that owns the Cimed pharmaceutical group.
In August 2021, the Minister of Communications, Fábio Faria, received the President of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, the Minister Ciro Nogueira (Casa Civil) and the former Minister of Infrastructure Tarcísio de Freitas for a barbecue at his house in the condominium. .
See images of Fazenda Boa Vista:
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RICHLAND, Wash. — Following a SWAT operation on a residential road in Richland, a male suspect wanted for numerous felonies was successfully brought into custody. According to Richland Police Department officials at the scene of the incident, a male suspect in his mid-30s named Jordan Conner was arrested after a brief standoff. Officers told KAPP-KVEW that an anonymous tip informed them that Conner, who allegedly has several outstanding felony warrants, was staying at a residence in the area of Horizon View Lane. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2606698781923/benton-county-sheriff-s-look-for-catalytic-converter-thieves | 2022-05-21T15:42:57Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2606698781923/benton-county-sheriff-s-look-for-catalytic-converter-thieves | false | null |
BANGKOK (AFP): Indian badminton powerhouse P.V. Sindhu toppled out of the Thailand Open Saturday at the hands of Chinese Olympic champion Chen Yufei, who booked herself a finals berth.
Chen, who is third in the world, was dominant in attack during the first game but seventh-ranked Sindhu’s bid for a comeback came too little too late — losing 17-21.
The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist came out firing in the second, racing off to a five-point lead ahead of the interval.
But Chen quickly clawed back and took control of rallies with some stellar smashes and net work, sealing victory 21-16.
Meanwhile, Thailand’s eighth-ranked Ratchanok Intanon was unable to capitalise on a home-court advantage in her match against second in the world Tai Tzu-ying.
The Taiwanese 27-year-old polished off the former world champion in a topsy turvy three-match nail biter 10-21, 21-13, 21-19.
In the men’s singles the field was depleted of heavyweights earlier in the week when world number one Viktor Axelsen, from Denmark, withdrew over injury concerns and out-of-sorts former world champion Kento Momota crashed out in the first round.
The highest-ranked player, Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia, who is sixth in the world, outplayed compatriot 34th-ranked Daren Liew 21-16, 13-21, 21-14.
China’s Li Shifeng, who is 49th in the world, scraped into Sunday’s final after outmaneuvering Japan’s Kodai Naraoka, who is ranked one place ahead, in a 93-minute marathon match 21-19, 16-21, 21-19.
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PARIS (AP) — Here’s one measure of just how dominant Iga Swiatek has been as the French Open begins Sunday:
The 28-match winning streak accumulated by the new No. 1 in the WTA rankings has been surpassed by only three women since 2000 — Venus Williams (35 in 2000), Serena Williams (34 in 2013) and Justine Henin (32 in 2008), all former No. 1s, all owners of multiple Grand Slam titles.
Pretty heady company.
“Well, I know that the pressure is going to come, for sure, and I know that on clay, maybe the media are going to call me the favorite,” said 2020 French Open champion Swiatek, whose first-round match against 121st-ranked Lesia Tsurenko is scheduled for Monday.
“But honestly, I don’t know what to expect, because it’s the first time I’m in a position like that and I’m world No. 1,” Swiatek said. “For sure, the thing I know is that I’m going have fun playing on clay. … I just always have more motivation before Roland Garros, so I’m going to use that, for sure.”
The 20-year-old from Poland has won her past five tournaments and 42 of her past 43 sets.
“She’s definitely setting a high precedent right now,” 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu said. “For me, at least, it’s very motivating.”
Everyone in tennis, it seems, is taking notice.
“She’s fresh. She’s natural. She’s young,” 13-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal said. “The way that she’s playing this year looks unstoppable.”
Probably not exactly unstoppable, of course. So Swiatek knows this run won’t last forever.
If it does continue for seven more matches across just shy of two more weeks, though, the first Polish tennis player to be ranked No. 1 and to win a Grand Slam singles title will own a second.
“I’m aware that this streak is something that may be coming to an end soon, so I don’t want to be like, you know, heartbroken when it’s going to happen,” Swiatek said. “I think being aware of that is pretty healthy.”
Here are other things to know about the year’s second major tournament:
DEFENDING CHAMP
Last year’s champion, Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, wasn’t sure whether she would be able to try to defend her title because of an injured right elbow that has sidelined her since February.
“I don’t really expect much,” said Krejcikova, who is No. 2 in the rankings after entering the 2021 French Open at No. 33. “Right now, I feel healthy. I have to knock on wood that I feel good. Also, I think, mentally I’m really recharged.”
LOPSIDED BRACKET
The men’s bracket is about as unbalanced as can be: The top half of the draw contains the defending champion and No. 1 seed, Novak Djokovic; 13-time champion Rafael Nadal; the 19-year-old Spaniard having the best season of any man, Carlos Alcaraz; and No. 3 Alexander Zverev.
“Pretty stacked,” was Zverev’s take. “I do think that probably the Roland Garros champion will be in the top half.”
Alcaraz is the only member of that quartet who will play Sunday; the other three are scheduled for Monday matches.
One beneficiary of the way it all shook out: No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, the runner-up a year ago and in the draw’s bottom half this time.
THE COVID-19 SITUATION
After three pandemic-prompted lockdowns, restrictions have been eased in France, so following limited attendance a year ago because of coronavirus concerns, the crowds will be back at Roland Garros in full force — and, if the rest of Paris is any indication, sans masks.
Being unvaccinated against COVID-19 is not an impediment to travel in France, as long as foreigners pass a test, so Djokovic will be competing, unlike at the Australian Open in January, when he was deported from that country because he has not received any shots.
WHO IS MISSING?
Serena Williams, who hasn’t played since getting injured at Wimbledon last year, and her sister, Venus, who last competed at Chicago in August, are not in the women’s bracket. Neither is 2021 finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, whose season is done because of an injured knee. Among those out of the men’s field are Roger Federer, sidelined since last July; 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini, who had wrist surgery; and two players who pride themselves on an ability to entertain, Nick Kyrgios and Gael Monfils.
AU REVOIR
A pair of 37-year-old Frenchmen who reached the top 10 in the rankings are bidding adieu: 2008 Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon. This is Tsonga’s last tournament; Simon is retiring after the season.
“I just feel lucky, because I was able to live this life,” Tsonga said.
DECIDING-SET TIEBREAKERS
Women’s matches that go to 6-all in a third set and men’s that go to 6-all in a fifth will conclude with first-to-10-point tiebreakers. It’s the first time deciding-set tiebreakers will be used at Roland Garros, part of an agreement announced in March for all Grand Slam tournaments to adopt the same system.
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Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Duke Energy Co. (NYSE:DUK – Get Rating) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 7,528 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $790,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cohen & Steers Inc. boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 94,828.8% during the 3rd quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 1,905,221 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $185,931,000 after acquiring an additional 1,903,214 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 142.5% in the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,720,517 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $167,905,000 after purchasing an additional 1,011,167 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 118.0% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,819,760 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $190,893,000 after purchasing an additional 984,905 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 17.6% in the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,794,284 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $572,012,000 after purchasing an additional 867,051 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 7,149,388 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $749,973,000 after purchasing an additional 752,817 shares during the period. 62.35% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
DUK has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. StockNews.com initiated coverage on Duke Energy in a research report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Citigroup initiated coverage on Duke Energy in a research note on Tuesday, March 22nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $120.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Duke Energy from $109.00 to $120.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 10th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Duke Energy from $119.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 20th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group reduced their price objective on Duke Energy from $125.00 to $117.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 10th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $112.67.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 9th. The utilities provider reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.34 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $7.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.32 billion. Duke Energy had a return on equity of 8.52% and a net margin of 14.47%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.26 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Duke Energy Co. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 16th. Investors of record on Friday, May 13th will be issued a $0.985 dividend. This represents a $3.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 12th. Duke Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 82.77%.
In other Duke Energy news, CEO Lynn J. Good sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.57, for a total transaction of $1,971,400.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Robert Alexander Glenn sold 1,430 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.00, for a total value of $150,150.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 33,137 shares of company stock worth $3,376,679. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.
Duke Energy Company Profile (Get Rating)
Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Commercial Renewables. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest; and uses coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewable generation, and nuclear fuel to generate electricity.
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Green was placed on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain Saturday.
Green's injury is feared to be significant, so it's not very surprising to see him land on the injured list now that he's been diagnosed with an elbow strain. The right-hander is still receiving medical opinions, but manager Aaron Boone said Saturday that surgery is being considered, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports. Ron Marinaccio was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to provide an additional arm in the bullpen. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-chad-green-placed-on-15-day-il/ | 2022-05-21T16:04:24Z | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-chad-green-placed-on-15-day-il/ | true | null |
Lottie Moss wows in plunging dress for stunning seashore photoshoot
LOTTIE Moss looks simply marble-ous as she poses for a seashore photoshoot.
The 24-year-old dazzled in a plunging and partially see-through marble print PrettyLittleThing dress.
She soaked up the sun on the sands of the Galley Bay Resort and Spa in Antigua.
Lottie, also a star on website OnlyFans, has come a long way in the modelling world from the fresh-faced teen who was pictured with big sis Kate in 2014.
Lottie came under fire after she filmed herself locking lips with gal pals in an online video chat.
A follower asked if they were risking spreading Covid by being so close together, to which one of her friends replied: “We’re super-spreaders,” and Lottie proudly added: “We’re super-spreading Covid.”
Lottie, who had been dining at upmarket restaurant XR in London’s Marylebone, went on: “Don’t let anyone tell you how to act.
"You’re young, fun and you can have the best time and do whatever you want to do.” | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8321175/lottie-moss-stuns-marble-print-dress-photoshoot/ | 2022-05-21T16:09:19Z | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8321175/lottie-moss-stuns-marble-print-dress-photoshoot/ | true | 1 |
Aston Villa travel to the Etihad Stadium on the final day of the season looking to prevent Manchester City from clinching a sixth Premier League title. A win or a draw for Villa could hand the league title to Steven Gerrard's former club, Liverpool, who host Wolves.
Villa will have to recover quickly from playing on Thursday night in a 1-1 draw at home to Burnley whilst the hosts have had a free week to prepare for the game. Gerrard's team will take some comfort from City's previous result with Pep Guardiola's side being far from their best in a 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday.
The reverse fixture between Villa and City back in December ended in a 2-1 win for the visitors with Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva scoring before Ollie Watkins pulled a goal back for Villa.
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And Lawrenson expects City to beat Villa again and seal the title with a convincing 3-0 win. He told BBC Sport: "We've seen in the past few weeks how good Manchester City and Liverpool are when they go behind in games, not just when they are bossing them and in front.
"City have lost once in the Premier League since the end of October - that's how good they are. It's a similar story with Liverpool too, and both teams are simply miles ahead of everyone else.
"So, if there is any sort of setback for City or indeed Liverpool during Sunday's games - let's just say one of them is a goal down at half-time - you know they are both capable of recovering from it and finding a response.
"I don't see that scenario even happening though. We know how good this City team is, and I fully expect them to go on and clinch the title without another wobble like the one we saw at West Ham." | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-villa-liverpool-prediction-24012769 | 2022-05-21T16:10:39Z | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-villa-liverpool-prediction-24012769 | false | 2 |
Inside bride-to-be Tiffany Watson's sun-soaked Saint-Tropez hen do ahead of her summer wedding to footballer Cameron McGeehan
She's set to tie the knot with her footballer fiancé Cameron McGeehan this summer.
And ahead of the nuptials, Tiffany Watson, 28, jetted off to Saint-Tropez earlier this week for a sun-soaked hen do.
The former Made In Chelsea star and her bride squad, which included her eight bridesmaids and maid of honour sister Lucy, enjoyed day one of the celebrations on Friday.
Happy hen! Tiffany Watson, 28, has jetted off for a sun-soaked Saint-Tropez hen do ahead of her summer wedding to footballer Cameron McGeehan
Tiffany shared a slew of snaps from the day to her Instagram - posing alongside pals and former co-stars Olivia Bentley, Emily Blackwell, Sophie Habboo, Melissa Tattam, Ruby Adler and Nicola Hughes.
She got her bridal spirit on from the get-go, donning a satin white two-piece with a silver chain detail.
The ensemble featured a maxi skirt with a torso chain design, and a backless crop top - as she paired it with a simple silver chain and stacked bracelets.
Pals: Tiffany shared a slew of snaps from the day to her Instagram - posing alongside pals and former co-stars Olivia Bentley, Emily Blackwell, Sophie Habboo, Melissa Tattam, Ruby Adler and Nicola Hughes
Gorgeous: She got her bridal spirit on from the get-go, donning a satin white two-piece with a silver chain detail
Two piece: The ensemble featured a maxi skirt with a torso chain detail, and a backless crop top
If the white wasn't bridal enough, Tiffany's blonde locks were clad with a sheer, stitch detailed veil.
Sitting alongside her 'hens', they challenged the bride-to-be with a string of Mr and Mrs questions - to which they had prerecorded Cameron's answers too.
In a clip shared to the reality star's story, a pal asked what her favourite feature of her husband-to-be was, with Tiffany noting that it was his legs.
The works: If the white wasn't bridal enough, Tiffany's blonde locks were clad with a sheer, stitch detailed veil
Games: Sitting alongside her 'hens', they challenged the bride-to-be with a string of Mr and Mrs questions - to which they had prerecorded Cameron's answers too
Close: In a sweet moment, Tiffany and pal Liv (pictured) enjoyed a cuddle as they both beamed from ear to ear
As Cameron's clip played, the KV Oostende player answered the same, with the pair's answers matching up.
After a morning of outdoor yoga and bridal games, Tiffany gave out gift bags to her group - which included products from TBalance Crystals, Gigi and Olive, and pal Jamie Laing's Candy Kittens.
The day was decorated with 'team bride' signs, including personalised napkins and gift bag designs.
SIsters: Her sister, Lucy, (pictured) is set to be the star's Maid of Honour
Gifts: Tiffany gave out gift bags to her group - which included products from TBalance Crystals, Gigi and Olive, and pal Jamie Laing's Candy Kittens
To finish off day one of the getaway, the group headed to Moroccan eatery Salama, as they enjoyed some drinks alongside dinner.
On Saturday, the ladies began their day with another bout of morning yoga - before heading for a beach day at luxury beach club Nikkita Beach.
Sticking with her blushing theme, Tiffany donned a white bikini and mesh mini sarong cover-up, with a garter sitting around her thigh.
Team: The day was clad with 'team bride' signs, including personalised napkins and gift bag designs
And, breathe: They began their day with a spot of poolside yoga in the luxe destination
Toned! On Saturday, Tiffany donned a white bikini and mesh mini sarong cover-up, with a garter sitting around her thigh
Sharing a post to her story of the gorgeous holiday ensemble, Tiffany wrote 'Day 2 ready'.
The group relaxed poolside, before enjoying a Pan-Asian style lunch at the luxe resort.
After lining their stomachs, it was time for a spot of booze - as Ruby, Tiffany and pal Lily Ludovici opted for a shot of tequila.
Beach day: She enjoyed some drinks at lavish resort Nikkita Beach in the gorgeous ensemble
Lunch break: The group enjoyed a Pan-Asian style lunch at the luxe resort, smiling for a snap before their food arrived
Shots! After lining their stomachs, it was time for a spot of booze - as Ruby, Tiffany and pal Lily Ludovici opted for a shot of tequila
Tiffany and Cameron have reportedly been together since 2020, going Instagram official with the romance in September 2020.
Cameron, a footballer for Belgian team KV Oostende, proposed in Paris - with Tiffany gushing about her the engagement on social media, sharing a post to Instagram with the caption:
'Thank you @cameronmcgeehan for planning the best day of my life and for making me feel like the luckiest and happiest girl ever. I love you.'
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CANNES, France (AP) — Most in the film industry thought Ethan Coen was done with making movies. Ethan did, too.
But on Sunday, Coen will premiere his first documentary, “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind," at the Cannes Film Festival, a movie that was unknown until last month's festival lineup announcement. The film, which A24 will distribute later this year, is a blistering portrait of the rock ‘n’ roll and country legend, made almost entirely with archival footage, with riveting extended performances instead of talking heads.
It's Coen's first film without his brother Joel, with whom he for three decades formed one of the movies' most cohesive and unshakable partnerships. But they have lately gone separate ways; last year, Joel made “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” a movie he suggested his brother would never have been interested in. Ethan is now also prepping with his wife, the editor Tricia Cooke (who cut many of the Coens' films as well as “Trouble in Mind"), a lesbian road-trip sex comedy they wrote together 15 years ago.
“Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” started with their longtime collaborator T-Bone Burnett, who in 2019 recorded a gospel album with the 86-year-old Lewis. The film, as Coen and Cooke noted in an interview ahead of their Cannes premiere, touches on some of the more complicated parts of Lewis's legacy. (He married his 13-year-old cousin in his early 20s, Lewis' then third marriage.) But it mostly brings alive the staggering force of the musical dynamo behind “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On," “Great Balls of Fire" and “Me and Bobby McGee."
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AP: Many thought you, Ethan, were no longer interested in moviemaking. What changed?
COEN: What changed is I started getting bored. I was with Trish in New York at the beginning of the lockdown. So, you know, it was all a little scary and claustrophobic. And T-Bone Burnett, our friend of many years, approached us — actually, more Trish than me — to ask if we wanted to make this movie basically on archival footage. We could do it at home.
COOKE: It was like a home movie project. We're both huge fans of his music. I had some issues with other parts of Jerry Lee's life. I was like, “I don’t know if I want to touch that.” But it ended up being a lot of fun. Honestly, T-Bone came to us like two weeks into the pandemic, so it was a life saver.
AP: Ethan, what was it that had sapped your desire to make movies?
COEN: Oh, nothing happened, certainly nothing dramatic. You start out when you're a kid and you want to make a movie. Everything's enthusiasm and gung-ho, let's go make a movie. And the first movie is just loads of fun. And then the second movie is loads of fun, almost as much fun as the first. And after 30 years, not that it's no fun, but it's more of a job than it had been. Joel kind of felt the same way but not to the extent that I did. It's an inevitable by-product of aging. And the last two movies we made, me and Joel together, were really difficult in terms of production. I mean, really difficult. So if you don't have to do it, you go at a certain point: Why am I doing this?
COOKE: Too many Westerns.
COEN: It was just getting a little old and difficult.
AP: When you say “difficult,” did it have to do with the ecosystem of the industry?
COEN: Not at all, though that's obviously changed from beyond recognition from where we started at. But, no, it was the production experience and having been doing it for — I don't know how many years, maybe 35 years. It was the experience of making a movie. More of a grind and less fun.
AP: Has something switched back for you then, since you're preparing to make a film together this summer?
COEN: Again, it's all kind of circumstance. We finished this one quite a while ago and we were still sitting around. We had this old script and we thought, “Oh, we should do that. That would be fun.” That's the movie we're preparing.
COOKE: I don't want to speak for Ethan, but I know for myself, at some point, I stopped cutting, pretty much, because my priorities changed. And now our kids are grown and we still get along and have fun making things together. Joel and Ethan, we had written a few of these things, and they were always like, “We'll put them in a drawer. The kids will find them one day." Now we're here like, OK, let's do that. Let's open up that drawer and see if someone wants to make this movie.
AP: Do you expect, Ethan, that you and Joel will continue to go your separate ways in moviemaking?
COEN: Oh, I don't know. Going our own separate ways sounds like it suggests it might be final. But none of this stuff happened definitively. None of the decisions are definitive. We might make another movie. I don't know what my next movie is going to be after this. The pandemic happened. I turned into a big baby and got bored and quit, and then the pandemic happened. Then other stuff happens and who knows?
AP: Did you always conceive of “Trouble in Mind” as archival-based, no talking heads?
COEN: The movie has a history preceding our involvement. It was originally conceived as being more on the gospel session T-Bone produced with Jerry Lee in 2019. Along the way, they compiled a lot of archival footage. The archival footage kept piling up. It seemed to make more sense to make it about Jerry Lee than this particular session. We pushed it maybe even further that way.
COOKE: When T-Bone brought it to us initially he described what he wanted as a tone poem. I don't think we did that. (laughs)
COEN: Yeah, that sounds a little fruity.
COOKE: But we did from the beginning not want just a bunch of talking heads, especially if they weren't Jerry Lee's.
COEN: T-Bone was explicit about wanting the movie to start with that performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show" of “She Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye.” And he wanted it to finish with “Another Place, Another Time.” And we went “Oh (expletive), that's great.” He said the whole performances. We said, “Oh, great. So you're talking about, like, a good movie.”
AP: You each have worked overwhelmingly in fiction film. Had you often pondered making a documentary? Do you watch a lot of docs?
COOKE: I had made a short documentary years ago called “Where the Girls Are” on the Dinah Shore golf tournament. In general, we both love documentaries. Frederick Wiseman and the Maysles and Pennebaker and Barbara Kopple. All of those older documentarians.
COEN: Why are they all old?
COOKE: We're old.
COEN: Did you see the Beatles documentary? That was fantastic. Goddamn.
AP: The more distance we get from the films and music of mid-century America, the more it seems to me that was such a fertile period of creation that will never be repeated. Like: Wherever Jerry Lee Lewis came from is not a place anyone comes from anymore.
COEN: I totally agree. It's like, yeah, it's all gone now.
COOKE: Things aren't discovered the same way. For Jerry Lee, when he was young, going to a blues club was nothing he had access to before and it became this incredible passion. Everything now is so large, so global — not that that's necessarily a bad thing — but it doesn't feel like it has the same passion as it did in the ‘30s, ’40s, '50s.
AP: When you see him performing, his arms going up and down like pistons, he's such a dynamo that you can't help wondering where that energy came from.
COEN: Musicians are freaks. I mean it in the best possible way.
COOKE: He talks about the Pentecostal Church. It's almost like he's overcome with this passion for playing. I just remember being mesmerized when we first started watching the footage.
COEN: Sifting through the archival footage was a once-in-a-lifetime blessing but also a curse. Because he did his share of (expletive) stuff, too.
AP: What's your personal thresholds in the behavior of an artist and the art they make? “Trouble in Mind” pointedly doesn't seek to cast judgment.
COEN: If it's a good movie, that's why it's good. What are we supposed to make of that? Right. That's a permitted question. That's what makes the movie interesting. How do you put that magnetic performer together with that flawed person? It's kind of like — I mean none of the Beatles married their 13-year-old cousin — but it's kind of like the Beatles movie and why it's so thrilling. You go: Wow. These are both huge cultural figures and smaller-than-life human beings. That's what's mind blowing.
Jerry Lee is much the same. I don't think any sane person is going to ask to embargo the music because his character had certain flaws. Who imposes that choice? All glory to T-Bone for presenting us with the opportunity and saying that it's going to be about Jerry Lee, about this musician, and it's not going to be about talking heads telling us what to think about Jerry Lee or about us editorializing, telling the audience what to think about Jerry Lee. All of those things are not recipes for making a good movie and no service to Jerry.
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New campaign brings awareness to Kentucky farmer’s mental health
UNION COUNTY, Ky. (WFIE) - Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, Ryan Quarles, says there are several unique stressors that farmers face every day that people in cities may not understand.
Debt, extreme weather, isolation, and especially the increasing input costs this year, are just a few challenges that can weigh on farmer’s mind.
Even with those constant challenges, farmers still have a demanding responsibility to put food on people’s tables.
Farming requires long hours of physical labor, but a portion of the job brings unique stressors that can take a toll on a farmer’s mental health.
That’s why The Kentucky Department of Agriculture created the Raising Hope Campaign to bring awareness to the need for mental health resources for farmers.
“Farming is a high risk occupation,” said Commissioner Quarles. “Often times people in the cities don’t understand the mental stress farmers may go through and so our Raising Hope campaign is founded on the fact that we know mental health issues everywhere in America, but we need special focus on rural America.”
Commissioner Quarles says financial stress often hurts a farmer the most.
Each year farmers put all their money in to get their seeds in the ground, but they often don’t get to recoup those investments until harvest later in the year.
This year’s high input costs creates an even bigger strain on a farmers wallet.
Union County farmers, Ryan White and his daughter Mallory, say they know firsthand what it’s like to face these struggles as a family and they want to remind others that there’s no shame in seeking help.
“Well, farmers are really proud people,” said Ryan. “We don’t like to ask for help. For us it’s a mental thing, as producers, we have to get over that and realize that, you know, we’re living in the modern world and we have issues like everyone else.”
Farmers are always at the mercy of Mother Nature and the economy, while constantly feeling pressure of feeding a growing population.
Mallory says utilizing the Raising Hope Campaign’s resources can be an easy step towards getting help.
“You know farmers can face challenges with all this time to think and all these added pressures, not only from themselves and their ability to provide for their families, but also their ability to provide for the world that’s demanding a lot from them,” said Mallory. “So, it takes taking the first step in recognizing that we are living in a world where this is rising to the surface and more people are accepting and willing to help.”
Commissioner Quarles says the goal of the Raising Hope campaign is to enhance the quality of life for farmers and farm families, because he says he knows how stressful the job can be.
If you or someone you know could benefit from these resources, call 800-273-TALK, text “KY” to 741741, or visit the Raising Hope Campaign website.
Resources are also available in other mental wellness stories in our Peace of Mind section on 14news.com.
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Simeone complains about Atletico Madrid's transfer strategy after title defence slump
Diego Simeone has admitted to frustration with the make-up of his Atletico Madrid squad this season after the Rojiblancos spluttered in their title defence in La Liga.
The Wanda Metropolitano outfit were forced to watch from a distance as rivals Real Madrid seized the crown back after a soft domestic campaign.
Atletico were forced to contend with key injuries throughout the campaign, and now Simeone has admitted that he had difficulties with the construction of his overall team.
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What did Simeone say about his squad?
“We have to adjust quite a few things," Simeone stated. "We suffered the loss of [Kieran] Trippier, which we didn’t resolve as I would have liked. Marcos doesn’t feel as comfortable there and couldn’t show his potential.
"Vrsaljko played and didn’t play, Wass couldn’t get into it. In the end it’s all or nothing and it’s more difficult to give people opportunities when you’re in a tough situation. We suffered a lot with our centre-backs.
"They sound like excuses but they’re realities. I didn’t know how to resolve it. With Reinildo we maintained more stability and in those 10 matches we conceded 5 goals. The team was stronger defending and it generated more regularity."
How will Atletico look next season?
Simeone will be starting to lay the groundwork for his squad ahead of the 2022-23 campaign now, and several key chances will be made among the ranks of the Rojiblancos.
One name absent from the ranks will be Luis Suarez, with the veteran forward departing the club for new pastures.
However, Antoine Griezmann reportedly looks poised to remain in their ranks after a loan spell back at Wanda Metropolitano. | https://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/simeone-complains-about-atletico-madrid-s-transfer-strategy/blt8e199ea89cc3e651 | 2022-05-21T16:29:36Z | https://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/simeone-complains-about-atletico-madrid-s-transfer-strategy/blt8e199ea89cc3e651 | true | 4 |
Combination strategies involve combining futures and options, options of different strikes, and futures or options of different expiry months. In this article, we discuss one such strategy — combining a futures contract with same-expiry option contract. We look at how to choose between futures and options for the primary and the secondary positions.
Optimising delta
A combination strategy is typically set up for two reasons. One, you want to reduce the capital outlay. If you buy a lower strike call and short a higher strike call, for instance, your net debit is lower than if you only buy a call. And two, you want to increase the profitability of the trade. This is possible because you would also benefit from time decay from short option positions.
Suppose you have a positive outlook on an underlying. Your objective would be to capture much of the price movement in the underlying. Now, futures move closely with the underlying than do options. That is, the delta of futures is greater than the delta of a deep in-the-money (ITM) call or put.
This sets the stage for the first argument. Your primary position should preferably be futures. That is, if you have a positive outlook on the underlying, then your long position in a combination strategy should be futures. Likewise, your short position in a combination strategy should be futures when you have a negative outlook on an underlying. This will allow you to capture maximum points from the underlying moving in your preferred direction.
Next, should you buy a put or short a call to combine with your long futures position? Some traders believe that buying a put along with long futures provides a hedge. The issue is that the hedge will not work well if the underlying declines closer to the expiry of the contract.
Suppose you go long on near-month Nifty futures, expecting the Nifty Index to move nearly 260 points to 16100. Also suppose you buy the next-week expiry 15900 Nifty put. If the index declines instead by 200 points just two days before expiry, the put could be worth only 281 points against your cost of 263 points. So, you could lose 200 points on your long futures and gain only 18 points on your puts that was supposed to act as a hedge. This provides us the second argument. Puts, as hedge, do not always offer the expected benefit in a combination strategy. You should instead consider shorting a call.
Suppose you short the next-week 15900 Nifty call for 223 points. If the underlying declines by 200 points to 15640 two days before expiry, the 15900 call could be worth 24 points. So, loss in futures is offset by gain in the call. This is not always the case; your gains from short call will often only reduce your losses on long futures. The flip side is that your gains will be capped as the call will generate losses if the underlying moves up.
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An optimal condition to setup long-futures short-call combination is when you expect the underlying to move towards your target price closer to the option expiry date. The long-futures position will provide near one-to-one movement in the underlying. The short-call position will either add to the gains or will have only marginal losses, as it will lose significant value because of time decay. For instance, the 15900 call could be worth 240 points if the underlying moves to 16100 two days before expiry, causing a loss of only 17 points.
The above argument is based on a simple logic: You are unlikely to buy futures if you expect an adverse movement in the underlying immediately after you set up the long position. So, shorting a call to cushion losses on long futures could be optimal compared to buying puts as a hedge.
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Australia’s Labor Party is set to take power for the first time since 2013, as voters booted out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government in a shift likely to bring greater action on climate change, women’s issues and anti-corruption efforts.
Morrison conceded defeat on Saturday night and congratulated Anthony Albanese on the victory for the Labor Party, which was closing in on a majority in the 151-seat parliament. The Australian Broadcasting Commission said Labor won at least 72 seats, compared with 52 for Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition, with independents and third parties taking the rest.
“In this country, at a time like this, when we look around the world, and particularly when we see those in the Ukraine fighting for their very freedom and liberty, I think on a night like tonight we can reflect on the greatness of our democracy,” Morrison said in conceding the election. “I congratulate Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party and I wish him and his government all the very best.”
Environmental issues helped swing the vote, with climate-focused independents and the Green party -- which saw its best-ever result -- snatching once-safe seats from the two major parties. The most prominent lawmaker to fall was Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who was widely viewed as a future leader of the Liberal-National Coalition -- raising new questions about who will take the helm from Morrison.
Still, it wasn’t all good news for Labor. The party only won about 31.7% of the primary vote on the latest count, which would be its worst result in decades and the lowest margin for an incoming government since the end of World War II.
Albanese, a career politician with working-class roots, is poised to inherit an economy with record-low unemployment that is also facing the fastest price gains since June 2001. He’s promised to increase wages for workers, improve the social-safety net and do more to fight climate change in a nation that exports more fossil fuels than any country apart from Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Morrison’s coalition trailed the Labor Party in opinion surveys throughout the campaign as it vied for a fourth term in office, with the nation’s 26 million people becoming frustrated over his management of the pandemic and his handling of climate-change related natural disasters. In the final Newspoll survey before the election, Morrison’s net approval rating was nearly three times lower than his opponent.
Albanese will face an immediate foreign-policy test, as Australia’s leader is set to head to Tokyo to participate in meetings of the Quad alongside President Joe Biden, Japan’s Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The grouping of democracies has picked up momentum in recent years as a key bloc countering China’s growing economic and military might in the region.
Although Morrison sought to present Albanese as soft on China, the Labor party adopted a very similar policy to the government toward Australia’s largest trading partner. Ties between the nations have soured in recent years as Morrison called for a probe into the origins of Covid-19 and sought to stem Chinese political interference, leading to trade reprisals from Beijing.
China’s security pact with the Solomon Islands, which sits some 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) away from Australia, disrupted Morrison’s efforts to make national defense a key part of his campaign strategy. Labor described the announcement as Canberra’s worst foreign policy failure since World War II, with Albanese vowing to fix relations with the country’s Pacific neighbors.
While polling showed support for Labor’s campaign over the “cost of living crisis” in Australia, few inside Albanese’s team publicly predicted victory after the Coalition’s surprise come-from-behind win in 2019, which Morrison described as a “miracle.” Now the party can finally celebrate. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/australias-labor-party-takes-power-as-scott-morrison-concedes-defeat-8551301.html | 2022-05-21T16:41:20Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/australias-labor-party-takes-power-as-scott-morrison-concedes-defeat-8551301.html | true | 4 |
A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada’s unregulated drug supply.
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction said in an alert there is a rising presence in the drug supply of potent synthetic opioids referred to as nitazenes, which are often more potent than fentanyl.
Nitazenes usually appear unexpectedly in drugs assumed to contain other types of opioids like fentanyl, oxycodone and non-medical benzodiazepines, said the centre.
The rise coincides with an increase in prevalence of benzodiazepines, which are often used as sedatives and tranquillizers.
This type of substance was only detected in less than one per cent of samples analyzed by Health Canada in 2021, said the centre, while noting it was four times the levels detected in 2020.
“One of the purposes of these alerts is not necessarily to put them out when the house is burning down, but more when there’s a spark that got out of the fireplace,” said Sarah Konefal, research and policy analyst at the centre.
It is likely that the presence of nitazenes is underestimated, because some drug checking services in Canada don’t have the tools to actually detect this type of substance, said Konefal.
“One of the concerns is that we’re only looking at the tip of the iceberg.”
Recalling when fentanyl first appeared in Canada in 2013, Konefal said the centre released an alert based on a handful of reports of its presence in communities across the country.
In 2015, prevalence of fentanyl in Canada’s drug supply started picking up, she said.
British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016 based on the significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths, soon followed by a national public health emergency.
The centre has been monitoring the rise of nitazenes based on data from Health Canada, which analyzes drugs seized by law enforcement. In 2021, the majority of samples with nitazenes came from Ontario, followed by a quarter of samples coming from Quebec.
Since January 2020 when one type of nitazene had been detected, over a two-year period there has been a rise not just in overall counts but also in the types of nitazenes detected, the centre’s figures showed.
“The fact that there’s more different types that are showing up, that’s one indicator that probably the reach of nitazenes is expanding,” Konefal said.
Karen McDonald, lead for Toronto’s drug checking service, said she is seeing nitazenes showing up unexpectedly in the city’s supply.
Since the service started in October 2019, it lets people in the city anonymously submit a drug sample to see if what is in it matches what they expected it to be. Those results are then shared with the purchaser.
The service also combines the results from samples checked and shares information on trends in the Toronto drug supply.
When nitazenes were first identified by the service at the start of 2021, they were in only one per cent of fentanyl samples checked, McDonald said. By the end of that year, nitazenes were in about 15 to 20 per cent of the fentanyl samples, and in 2022 it is about 20 per cent.
Because newer opioids in the unregulated drug supply like nitazenes and benzodiazepines tend to show up in drugs with fentanyl, the risk of people overdosing increases, Konefal said.
Given that nitazenes are more potent along with the fact that they’re in drugs that have the same effect, it will increase risk of opioid poisoning, she said.
Public Health Ontario said the risk of nitazenes is “likely moderate to high” in the province, according to an October 2021 brief.
Nitazenes have directly attributed to the death of four Canadians in Ontario, according to Stephanie Rea, spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Coroner. Nitazenes have been detected in the examination of other deaths, and the investigations are still underway, Rea said.
Overdoses involving nitazenes may be hard to reverse and might require extra doses of naloxone, the centre said.
“The biggest issue is just that folks who are using these drugs don’t actually know that they’re using them,” said McDonald, noting there is no dosing information for what people purchase on the street.
It is impossible for people to make safe choices when they don’t know how much of a drug they are using, on top of the fact that they are also using a lot of other drugs they aren’t even aware they are using, McDonald said.
The emergence and rise of new substances is the reality of a drug supply that is not regulated, said McDonald.
“The supply just continues to get more contaminated, more toxic, less predictable.”
Since 2016, more than 9,000 Canadians have died from apparent opioid-related causes, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
“Canada recognizes that the overwhelming majority of overdose deaths have been due to the contamination of the illegal drug supply with substances such as fentanyl,” said Maryse Durette, spokesperson for Health Canada.
Health Canada is aware of the increased presence of nitazenes in Canada and is analyzing emerging information on them, she said.
Since 2017, the government has committed more than $800 million to address the opioid overdose crisis, she said.
One or two doses of naloxone have successfully reversed nitazene overdoses, said Durette.
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Deepika Padukone has been delivering fashionable looks one after the other. A Jury member at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, Deepika is not shying away from experimenting with her look. From wearing pants to gowns, she is trying everything! Now, Deepika has pushed the envelope a little more by slipping into a pair of high-waist shorts.
In new pictures she shared on Instagram, Deepika was seen taking over the streets of Cannes sporting a grey high-waisted pair of shorts with a long-sleeved black shirt. She sported a pair of black stockings and slipped into a pair of loafers. Her hair was tied into a pony while she accessorised the look with bracelets and looped earrings. She completed her OOTD with a handbag.
While Deepika was busy taking a stroll and posing for pictures, her actor-husband Ranveer Singh was nowhere to be seen. The actor had previously confirmed that he was headed to Cannes. Ranveer revealed his plans by dropping an adorable comment on Deepika’s pictures from the Cannes Film Festival. “Killing me,” he first wrote, before adding, “Ok ! That’s it! I’m taking a flight.” Ranveer was also spotted at the Mumbai airport that day.
Deepika is a part of a nine-member jury that will pick the winners of this year’s Palme d’Or honours at a gala ceremony in Cannes on May 28. The other jury members include actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, and Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca, as well as directors Asghar Farhadi, Ladj Ly, Jeff Nichols, and Joachim Trier.
For years, Deepika had been representing make-up giant L’Oreal at the film festival. Deepika has previously worn designers such as Prabal Gurung, Marchesa, Peter Dundas, Giambattista Valli, and Ashi Studio.
On the movie front, Deepika has a number of movies lined up. These include Pathaan with Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan-starrer Fighter, the Indian adaptation of The Intern alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Nag Ashwin’s Project K with Big B and Prabhas, and a Hollywood movie.
Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and IPL 2022 Live Updates here. | https://www.news18.com/news/movies/deepika-padukone-takes-over-cannes-streets-teaches-how-to-go-glam-with-casual-look-see-pics-5222209.html | 2022-05-21T16:43:05Z | https://www.news18.com/news/movies/deepika-padukone-takes-over-cannes-streets-teaches-how-to-go-glam-with-casual-look-see-pics-5222209.html | true | 2 |
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'We know of all human activities those nearest with those remoust\"* (1\nGorgias has described justice as an 'accountant of the most\npregnant actions: a proof'. Yet its significance must derive less from\nthis particular function or 'quality'; but from the notion as such of this account; which accounts means just in all languages; though we speak today\nabout other accounts—-or not; though one can only ask which sort\nof knowledge account A state judge late Friday finalized the state’s new congressional maps early, setting off a scramble among lawmakers and congressional candidates to figure out their districts – or what districts to run in. State Judge Patrick McAllister released the new maps just before the midnight Saturday deadline. It followed a chaotic week in New York politics after Jonathan Cervis, a special master appointed by the court, released a draft map that was less favorable to Democrats than the one drawn by the Democratic-controlled legislature. The state Supreme Court had appointed Cervis after throwing out those maps earlier this year. Cervis made a few changes in the final maps released late Friday, but the new map still only has 15 safe Democratic districts, three safe Republican districts and eight competitive districts. New York’s current congressional delegation has 19 Democrats and eight Republicans, and the state is losing a seat due to the population loss in the 2020 census. “What this map does is create eight competitive districts in which either party has a reasonable chance to win and three districts in which Republicans are likely to win,” McAllister wrote. While the ruling laid out some of the concerns of the new maps, the new map still leaves in place the new 12th District in Manhattan, which will result in longtime Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney running against each other. Nadler, a powerful Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, tweeted early Saturday that he would run in this new district. A potentially nasty setup had been brewing in New York’s 17th District, currently represented by Rep. Mondaire Jones. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for House Democrats, lives in the current 18th District but the new map had him living in the 17th District. He quickly announced he would be running in the 17th, saying it not only included his home but “many of the Hudson Valley communities I currently represent.” But Jones told Politico that Maloney “did not even give me a heads-up before he went on Twitter to make that announcement.” Jones tweeted early Saturday that he would be running in the newly-created 10th District, which runs through Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. The announcement sets up a primary battle with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said Friday he would be running for that seat. Nicole Killion contributed to this report. | https://www.wsgw.com/new-york-judge-approves-new-congressional-maps/ | 2022-05-21T16:50:39Z | https://www.wsgw.com/new-york-judge-approves-new-congressional-maps/ | false | 1 |
A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada’s unregulated drug supply.
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction said in an alert there is a rising presence in the drug supply of potent synthetic opioids referred to as nitazenes, which are often more potent than fentanyl.
Nitazenes usually appear unexpectedly in drugs assumed to contain other types of opioids like fentanyl, oxycodone and non-medical benzodiazepines, said the centre.
The rise coincides with an increase in prevalence of benzodiazepines, which are often used as sedatives and tranquillizers.
This type of substance was only detected in less than one per cent of samples analyzed by Health Canada in 2021, said the centre, while noting it was four times the levels detected in 2020.
“One of the purposes of these alerts is not necessarily to put them out when the house is burning down, but more when there’s a spark that got out of the fireplace,” said Sarah Konefal, research and policy analyst at the centre.
It is likely that the presence of nitazenes is underestimated, because some drug checking services in Canada don’t have the tools to actually detect this type of substance, said Konefal.
“One of the concerns is that we’re only looking at the tip of the iceberg.”
Recalling when fentanyl first appeared in Canada in 2013, Konefal said the centre released an alert based on a handful of reports of its presence in communities across the country.
In 2015, prevalence of fentanyl in Canada’s drug supply started picking up, she said.
British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016 based on the significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths, soon followed by a national public health emergency.
The centre has been monitoring the rise of nitazenes based on data from Health Canada, which analyzes drugs seized by law enforcement. In 2021, the majority of samples with nitazenes came from Ontario, followed by a quarter of samples coming from Quebec.
Since January 2020 when one type of nitazene had been detected, over a two-year period there has been a rise not just in overall counts but also in the types of nitazenes detected, the centre’s figures showed.
“The fact that there’s more different types that are showing up, that’s one indicator that probably the reach of nitazenes is expanding,” Konefal said.
Karen McDonald, lead for Toronto’s drug checking service, said she is seeing nitazenes showing up unexpectedly in the city’s supply.
Since the service started in October 2019, it lets people in the city anonymously submit a drug sample to see if what is in it matches what they expected it to be. Those results are then shared with the purchaser.
The service also combines the results from samples checked and shares information on trends in the Toronto drug supply.
When nitazenes were first identified by the service at the start of 2021, they were in only one per cent of fentanyl samples checked, McDonald said. By the end of that year, nitazenes were in about 15 to 20 per cent of the fentanyl samples, and in 2022 it is about 20 per cent.
Because newer opioids in the unregulated drug supply like nitazenes and benzodiazepines tend to show up in drugs with fentanyl, the risk of people overdosing increases, Konefal said.
Given that nitazenes are more potent along with the fact that they’re in drugs that have the same effect, it will increase risk of opioid poisoning, she said.
Public Health Ontario said the risk of nitazenes is “likely moderate to high” in the province, according to an October 2021 brief.
Nitazenes have directly attributed to the death of four Canadians in Ontario, according to Stephanie Rea, spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Coroner. Nitazenes have been detected in the examination of other deaths, and the investigations are still underway, Rea said.
Overdoses involving nitazenes may be hard to reverse and might require extra doses of naloxone, the centre said.
“The biggest issue is just that folks who are using these drugs don’t actually know that they’re using them,” said McDonald, noting there is no dosing information for what people purchase on the street.
It is impossible for people to make safe choices when they don’t know how much of a drug they are using, on top of the fact that they are also using a lot of other drugs they aren’t even aware they are using, McDonald said.
The emergence and rise of new substances is the reality of a drug supply that is not regulated, said McDonald.
“The supply just continues to get more contaminated, more toxic, less predictable.”
Since 2016, more than 9,000 Canadians have died from apparent opioid-related causes, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
“Canada recognizes that the overwhelming majority of overdose deaths have been due to the contamination of the illegal drug supply with substances such as fentanyl,” said Maryse Durette, spokesperson for Health Canada.
Health Canada is aware of the increased presence of nitazenes in Canada and is analyzing emerging information on them, she said.
Since 2017, the government has committed more than $800 million to address the opioid overdose crisis, she said.
One or two doses of naloxone have successfully reversed nitazene overdoses, said Durette.
— Erika Ibrahim, The Canadian Press | https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/rise-of-new-opioid-highlights-unpredictable-drug-supply-expert/ | 2022-05-21T16:55:04Z | https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/rise-of-new-opioid-highlights-unpredictable-drug-supply-expert/ | true | 12 |
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More than 40 Port Austin residents came out for the first Port Austin Artist in Residence piece of the season, the bee-themed “Colony” located in the upper floor of the bee barn.
John Roach, the artist behind “Colony,” said that he has been working on setting up the speakers used for it since he started his residency on May 5, along with editing the piece’s final audio. Some of the audio was re-recorded at the old Port Austin Radar Station to get more reverb.
“It’s been great and the people are nice,” Roach said of his time spent in Port Austin. “It’s a funny time of year because not everything is open yet, but people have been accommodating. It’s a very welcoming culture.”
Cindy Patrick, one of the program’s organizers, said that around 40 to 50 people usually attend these events at the Bee Barn, with some events elsewhere in town like PAK’s Garage drawing over 100 people.
When upstairs, the presentation consists of nine speakers, most of which are suspended in the air directed toward the guest sitting area. Since Roach could not bring giant heavy speakers with him, the homemade speakers used were contained in cardboard boxes, cones with beeswax, and a box used for beekeeper hives.
Groups of at least 15 people could experience it at a time, with masks encouraged due to the lack or air flow on the upper floor. Occasionally, a smoke effect would go off to simulate the smokers that beekeepers use to calm bees.
The whole presentation lasts for 19 and a half minutes, with guests encouraged to walk around near the different speakers and close their eyes during it. People will hear bee noises surrounding themselves interspliced with various dialogue about people’s fascination with bees and why they are important to the world. The dialogue sources include a beekeeper from Windmill Hill Farm in Croswell, a friend of his from New York involved with a bee sanctuary project in Tanzania, and a blind beekeeper from St. Louis.
People who experienced the piece on its first day felt it was cool and said they did not know what to expect. Residents Nick Deyamond and Angela Napolitano have been to past art exhibits in the area, their last one involving a forage meal where the artist collected food around Port Austin.
“It was cool, the auditory immersion,” Deyamond said, with the most interesting part to him involving the blind beekeeper. “As you move around the room, your brain made up the image. It was incredible.”
Dennis Hafeli, who attended with his wife Dawn, did not know what to expect with the different kinds of sounds used.
“It was interesting with the sounds and how loud it was,” Hafeli said. “I found it fascinating to be wrapped up like that.”
“Colony” can be experienced in Port Austin until June 1, when Roach’s residency period ends. His preferred time for guests would be on Saturdays during the Port Austin Farmer’s Market, but he is more than willing to give displays at other times during his stay. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Port-Austin-Artist-in-Residence-opens-for-the-17186530.php | 2022-05-21T16:55:12Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Port-Austin-Artist-in-Residence-opens-for-the-17186530.php | true | 1 |
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Bandits release kidnapped Kaduna College of Education students
The Kidnapped students of Kaduna State College of Education (KSCOE), Gidan Waya, have regained their freedom from the hands of their kidnappers.
Four students of Kaduna State College of Education (KSCOE), Gidan Waya; Racheal Edwin, Esther Ishaya, Promise Tanimu, and Beauty Luka, were reportedly abducted in Mile 1 area of Gidan Waya axis on Monday evening.
Comrade Benjamin Fie, President of the Students Union in the school informed newsmen that their abductors demanded huge sums as ransom
However, he said they were all set free from the kidnappers’ den on Friday
Comrade Benjamin, who did not say whether ransom was paid, explained that the released victims were rushed to Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Memorial Hospital in Kafanchan for a medical checkup after which they were reunited with their relatives. | https://dailypost.ng/2022/05/21/bandits-release-kidnapped-kaduna-college-of-education-students/ | 2022-05-21T16:55:57Z | https://dailypost.ng/2022/05/21/bandits-release-kidnapped-kaduna-college-of-education-students/ | true | null |
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A landscape lighting technician died after he was swarmed by bees at a home in Austin on Thursday, according to a family spokesperson.
Franco Galvan Martinez, 53, was suspended by a harness in one of the home’s trees when he inadvertently disturbed a hive and the bees swarmed, a family spokesperson said.
“I guess in [a] panic trying to swat away the bees from himself, he kicked away the ladder,” said Joe Maldonado, a family friend and pastor.
Galvan Martinez remained suspended in the air by the harness as the insects attacked.
“The hive was so ginormous that it literally covered Franco instantly,” Maldonado told KXAN.
A neighbor who did not wish to be identified said they heard Galvan Martinez’s screams for help, adding he appeared to be covered in thousands of bees.
Two of his co-workers below attempted to help but were also stung, they said.
“They were very distraught,” the neighbor told KXAN. “It was horrible.”
“For over 10 minutes, all they could do was endure hearing [Galvan Martinez’s] anguish,” Maldonado said.
Austin-Travis County EMS said first responders were dispatched to a home around 5 p.m. Firefighters used their hose to blast the bees away and reach the man, according to witnesses.
Maldonado said Galvan Martinez, a married father of two with grandchildren, lived in Seguin.
“He was a very joyful man,” said Maldonado, who confirmed an autopsy of Galvan Martinez is planned.
Family said Galvan Martinez was working for Bill Biggadike & Associates, a landscape and lighting business based in New Braunfels. The company confirmed Friday that one of its workers died, but had no other immediate comment.
A neighbor told KXAN residents have been aware of a beehive in the tree for some time but never experienced any issues.
The Austin Code Department said the case was assigned to an inspector following a call on Friday. A neighbor said an inspector visited the home and took photos that afternoon. The department said there are no prior code complaints at the address.
The owner of the home declined comment when KXAN visited Friday evening.
Austin Code said a city ordinance regulates the maintenance and management of bee colonies within city limits. However, the ordinance does not apply to wild colonies in tree hollows or stumps. In addition, the city does not provide services for the removal, relocation, or eradication of bees due to state regulations.
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“Under no circumstances do you stop moving,” Lopez said, adding that bees are attracted to the carbon dioxide emitted as humans exhale, making a person’s mouth and nose especially vulnerable.
Lopez said bees also release alarm pheromones after stinging a person or animal, signaling other bees to join the attack.
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Bank of America Corp DE decreased its stake in shares of Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO – Get Rating) by 0.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 307,188 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 1,034 shares during the quarter. Bank of America Corp DE owned 0.51% of Criteo worth $11,940,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in shares of Criteo by 17.2% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,295 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $84,000 after purchasing an additional 337 shares during the period. First Mercantile Trust Co. increased its holdings in shares of Criteo by 8.9% during the 3rd quarter. First Mercantile Trust Co. now owns 4,458 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $163,000 after purchasing an additional 363 shares during the period. Lindbrook Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Criteo by 128.8% during the 4th quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 1,666 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 938 shares during the period. Liberty Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Criteo by 170.2% during the 3rd quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,391 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $91,000 after purchasing an additional 1,506 shares during the period. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC bought a new position in shares of Criteo during the 4th quarter worth about $60,000. Institutional investors own 93.28% of the company’s stock.
In other news, CEO Megan Clarken sold 2,339 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.37, for a total transaction of $61,679.43. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 2,654 shares of company stock worth $71,358 over the last quarter. 1.39% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NASDAQ:CRTO opened at $26.62 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.61 billion, a PE ratio of 12.86 and a beta of 0.95. Criteo S.A. has a 12 month low of $23.41 and a 12 month high of $46.65. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $26.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $32.70.
Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The information services provider reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $217.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $217.80 million. Criteo had a net margin of 5.97% and a return on equity of 14.35%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.58 earnings per share. Analysts expect that Criteo S.A. will post 2.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Criteo SA, a technology company, provides marketing and monetization services on the open Internet in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties.
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Preakness updates | Temperature soars above 90 degrees
The Latest on the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes (all times local):
1:05 p.m.
Standing outside the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course earlier in the week, trainer Kenny McPeek brushed off concern about the heat and how it might affect Creative Minister in the Preakness.
“He goes out there and never flinches,” McPeek said. “I don’t think the heat will bother him at all, and I don’t worry about what I can’t control but I hope the weatherman’s wrong.”
The weatherman was not wrong.
The 147th Preakness could be run in some of the hottest weather in the history of the Triple Crown race.
The temperature at Pimlico Race Course soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit just after 1 p.m.. The forecast calls for it to be 90 degrees when the horses enter the starting gate just after 7. Post time is scheduled for 7:01.
The record high on Preakness day is 96 set in 1934. Steve Asmussen, the trainer of favorite Epicenter, said he was as concerned as he possible could be about the heat.
“We know it can be pretty sticky when it gets warm in Baltimore, so I think that all of them are going to have to deal with that,” Asmussen said. “He’s a big horse turning back in 14 days, so just make sure he’s drinking plenty of water and hydrated, just like your kids.”
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Jourdan Dunn flaunts her incredible figure in a busty watercoloured crop top and a matching skirt as she attends a swanky anniversary event
She's become one of the fashion industry's biggest stars.
And Jourdan Dunn proudly flaunted her incredible figure as she attended the Audemars Piguet event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Oak at KOKO Theatre in London on Tuesday.
The model, 31, highlighted her toned abs in a sexy watercoloured crop top and a matching maxi skirt as she arrived for the swanky celebration.
Jourdan offered a glimpse of her taut midriff in the watercolour crop top emblazoned with a green and lilac floral print.
The fashion star teamed the bustier with a matching skirt and colourful green heels as she posed at the anniversary celebration.
It comes after Jourdan's February 2020 engagement to rapper fiancé Dion Hamilton.
Speaking to Harpers Bazaar in October 2020, she revealed she had decided to quit modelling to focus on acting after finding 'the one' .
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She said: 'Before lockdown, I decided I wanted to take the time to focus on acting. When lockdown happened, it felt like the perfect time to dedicate to it. I started therapy…'
Focusing on her acting, she said she wanted to be in Marvel films, on stage, whatever was possible for her.
The actress said she would like to be in Marvel films so that her son Riley, 11, will think she is the 'coolest mum ever.'
She is keeping the acting dream alive, speaking out previously and saying she wants to be 'flipping amazing.'
The mum-of-one also spoke out about self love, revealing in June that she is teaching her son to be positive and kind to himself.
She said she was 'very hard' on herself growing up and is trying to prevent her son from using the same negative self talk.
The actress also previously revealed her guilt after her son was diagnosed with sickle-cell disease at birth.
She said that she was carrying the gene which gave the disease to her child.
It was 'a lot' mentally for her despite the support of her mother and friends. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2606703658042/jourdan-dunn-flaunts-her-incredible-figure-in-a-busty-watercoloured-crop-top-and-a-matching-skirt-as-she-attends-a-swanky-anniversary-event | 2022-05-21T17:17:59Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2606703658042/jourdan-dunn-flaunts-her-incredible-figure-in-a-busty-watercoloured-crop-top-and-a-matching-skirt-as-she-attends-a-swanky-anniversary-event | true | 3 |
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Saturday announced a 47-day summer vacation for educational institutions, including recognised private schools up to class 12, in the summer zone of the Jammu division.Also Read - UPSC, Banking, Police Recruitment: List of Top Govt Jobs For Candidates to Apply For This Week
According to a order issued by Ravi Shankar Sharma, the director of School Education department, Jammu, the decision on summer vacation was taken in view of the prevailing hot weather conditions. Also Read - TNPSC Recruitment 2022: Salary Up to Rs 71900; Class 10 Pass Candidates can Apply For Executive Officer Posts
Government and recognised private schools up to class 8 standard will get summer vacation from May 23 to July 9, while for classes nine to 12 the vacation will be from May 30 to July 9. Also Read - NHAI Recruitment 2022: Registration For Manager, Other Posts Begins at nhai.gov.in| Read Details Here
Schools in Kashmir and parts of Jammu under winter zone have a nearly three-month-long winter vacation and a 10-day summer break annually. The summer zone schools in Jammu usually go on a one-and-a-half month summer vacation with a brief winter break. | https://www.india.com/education/47-day-summer-break-announced-for-schools-in-summer-zone-of-jammu-division-5405317/ | 2022-05-21T17:21:38Z | https://www.india.com/education/47-day-summer-break-announced-for-schools-in-summer-zone-of-jammu-division-5405317/ | false | 1 |
Civil Rights push for change to end racist attacks
“I wake up Black every day,” said Bishop James Dixon II, Pastor of the Community of Faith Church and President of the Houston NAACP. “Those people woke up Black and went shopping. The only thing they did wrong in the mind of that extremist and people like him, is that they woke up Black and went shopping while Black.”
Just some of the reactions to this week’s murder of ten Black people in Buffalo New York while grocery shopping. Pastor Dixon is one of several civil rights leaders who are guests on this week’s Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall.
Dena Marks is the Senior Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League Southwest and says hate crimes are rising in America for many reasons. She says we can’t lose sight of the role our divisive politics is playing.
“People are being elected who not only fuel this hate but spread this hate,” she said. “We have to learn to be critical thinkers. We have to learn to judge and understand what the truth is and certainly we have to take action.”
The action proposed by Houston Area Urban League President and CEO Judson Robinson is to collaborate for answers.
“We’ve got to have discussions. We’ve got the ADL working with the NAACP and the Urban League,” she said. “Our young people are coming together and getting to know each other and understanding each other’s history and backgrounds and building relationships now so that 10 and 20 years down the road, we won’t have these types of problems.”
See the full discussion on this week’s Houston and Newsmakers EXTRA where our conversation continued. VIEW HOUSTON NEWSMAKERS EXTRA HERE.
First of its kind, woman-owned, woman-run bank opens in Houston
It has never been done before!
A bank that is owned primarily by women and run by women. It’s called Agility Bank and it opens its doors Monday, May 23rd in Houston as the first of its kind bank in the United States.
Lauren Sparks is the Founder, President, and CEO and says Agility will be agile with a big digital ability to interact with and support customers like never before.
“You can do just about anything online with us,” she said. “You can even click a button and have a face time-like conversation with your banker.”
They also will focus on supporting women and small business owners with the knowledge that research shows women-owned companies perform almost 65% better than all-male founding teams. They are also touting an ability to process and approve small business loans within three hours!
See the details on this week’s Houston Newsmakers.
Calling on living donors to help save lives
Mark Biscone had never met Matt Aklan before he agreed to donate one of his kidneys.
“I came upon a post from one of my sister’s friends,” he said. “It said I’m getting to a dire state. I need a kidney and if you’re willing to get tested please reach out. And I said sure I’ll get tested. What are the chances? And then we were a match.”
He happens to be the Board Chair of The Living Bank, an organization that came into being to help eliminate the shortage of organs for transplant.
Kelly Perdue is the President and CEO of The Living Bank.
“There are over 107-thousand people on the waiting list,” she said. “Four out of five are waiting on a kidney. That’s 86% that could be saved through a living kidney donation.”
Find out the relative ease of donating and how you can help on this week’s program.
More information about this weeks’ Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall
- · Pastor James Dixon, President, Houston NAACP
- · Website: https://naacphouston.org/
- · Dena Marks, Sr. Associate Director, ADL Southwest
- · Judson Robinson, President & CEO Houston Area Urban League
- · Lauren Sparks, Founder, President & CEO, Agility Bank
- · Laquita Cyprian, Chief Banking Officer. Agility Bank
- · Kelly Perdue, President & CEO, The Living Bank
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The Blues boss revealed the homegrown keeper will be given his chance to stake for first-team inclusion.
Pompey’s number one spot is up for grabs next season, following Gavin Bazunu’s return to Manchester City after a fantastic season on loan at Fratton Park.
Cowley has to weigh up whether Bass is ready to assume that role, as he enters the final year of his existing agreement.
The 24-year-old spent the second half of the season on loan at Bradford City, where he gained some good experience picking up 21 appearances.
Bass has been linked with the Bantams’ League Two rivals Hartlepool this summer, with his future still unclear.
Cowley has held talks with the academy graduate after his return from Valley Parade about the path ahead.
The immediate route for Bass is to return for pre-season training along with the rest of his team-mates on June 20.
Cowley will then assess the former Southend loanee, before making a call about the longer term picture.
He said: ‘Alex and I have had a chat off the back of the season ending.
‘We had a good conversation about what has been for him this season.
‘The plan for him will be to rejoin the group at the beginning of pre-season and we will take things from there.’
Bass is the only senior keeper currently at Pompey, with Bazunu leaving and Ollie Webber’s services not retained after arriving from Crystal Palace in January.
Emerging youngster Toby Steward has been handed a senior contract and will join the first-team group next month.
Bass has certainly gained experience this term with his stint at Bradford City.
That followed on from a difficult 2020-21 season in which a broken leg restricted his game time to just six appearances.
Those issues are now firmly behind him, however, with Bass now having 63 senior appearances to his name since making his debut at Coventry City in the EFL Cup back in 2016.
Cowley is clear the Bradford experience was beneficial for Bass.
He said: ‘Alex has ended up playing 28 games, which was a real step in the right direction for him.
‘That has come off the back of a season when injury really restricted him to a small amount of games.
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First Horizon Advisors Inc. lessened its holdings in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Rating) by 15.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 219,531 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 39,616 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for approximately 2.2% of First Horizon Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. First Horizon Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $73,832,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of MSFT. Macroview Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth about $62,000. TFO TDC LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 6,566.7% during the fourth quarter. TFO TDC LLC now owns 200 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares during the period. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the third quarter worth about $71,000. Evolution Advisers Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth about $84,000. Finally, Aquire Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth about $93,000. 69.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Microsoft from $366.00 to $411.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 4th. Wedbush reduced their price target on Microsoft from $375.00 to $340.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $365.00 price target on Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Microsoft from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $329.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 21st. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $356.37.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 26th. The software giant reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.18 by $0.04. Microsoft had a return on equity of 44.85% and a net margin of 37.63%. The business had revenue of $49.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.05 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.95 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 9.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 19th will be issued a $0.62 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 18th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.98%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is currently 25.89%.
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GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) — A second person died in a tornado that hit northern Michigan, authorities reported Saturday, as crews searched a mobile home park that was virtually destroyed by the rare weather event.
The person, who was in their 70s, lived in the Nottingham mobile home park in Gaylord, which was among the first sites hit by the tornado Friday afternoon, said state police Lt. Derrick Carroll.
“There have been trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other. Just a very large debris field,” said Chris Martin, Otsego County fire chief. “Crews are in there right now doing a secondary search with heavy equipment.”
He said there’s “probably 95% destruction in there.”
Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 people, is about 230 miles (370 kilometers) northwest of Detroit.
More than 40 people were injured. Carroll said at least one person was not accounted for by Saturday morning, though that person didn’t live in the mobile home park.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency, making further state resources available. Electricity was out for thousands of people in the area, and some roads still were clogged with downed poles and other wreckage.
“We have a lot of debris to clear,” Carroll said.
Betty Wisniewski, 87, avoided injury even though the tornado significantly damaged her house, said son Steve Wisniewski, who lives next door.
“Luckily she was OK — rosary in hand,” he said from a ladder while attaching plastic to his windows. “She was praying. Pretty amazing.”
Gaylord Police Chief Frank Claeys said the immediate moments after the tornado were tough for first responders.
“We were searching in places where we knew the occupants. We were calling them out by name,” Claeys said. “It’s a lot more personal when our officers know the people who live in those homes.”
Gaylord doesn’t have tornado sirens. Carroll said anyone with a mobile phone was alerted of a tornado warning about 10 minutes before it struck.
John Boris of the National Weather Service in Gaylord said the tornado passed through the community in about three minutes but was on the ground in the region for 26 minutes — a “fairly long” time.
“We don’t get a whole lot of tornadoes,” Boris said. “In the state of Michigan, in general, we typically average about 15 or so (a year) and more of those are downstate than they are up to the north. It’s pretty unusual.” | https://www.wsav.com/news/national-news/police-report-2nd-death-from-tornado-in-northern-michigan/ | 2022-05-21T17:33:43Z | https://www.wsav.com/news/national-news/police-report-2nd-death-from-tornado-in-northern-michigan/ | false | 11 |
Google’s Pixel Watch Reportedly Sports a Co-Processor for Less Intensive Tasks, May Have Highest RAM Count for a Wear OS Wearable
Google did not divulge the Pixel Watch specifications during its I/O keynote, meaning that a lot of information was going to arrive through external sources. The latest rumor claims that Google’s wearable will not only feature a co-processor to offset the load on the primary SoC, but it could arrive with the most amount of RAM seen on a Wear OS wearable.
Pixel Watch to Feature Samsung’s Exynos 9110 SoC, Which Will Likely Be Kept Under the Tensor Branding
An unnamed source informed 9to5Google that in addition to featuring the Exynos 9110 underneath the hood, the Pixel Watch is said to arrive with a co-processor. The existence of the co-processor would likely be to handle the less intensive tasks so the primary chipset would have more breathing room to tackle the more taxing operations, resulting in a smoother Wear OS experience.
The source did not state what this co-processor would be called or if the Exynos 9110 would be a part of Google’s Tensor branding. However, considering that the Pixel 6a, Pixel 6, and Pixel 6 Pro feature a silicon mass produced by Samsung that has also been stamped with the Tensor name, we feel that the Pixel Watch would be given the same treatment.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 4100+ features the company’s QCC1110 co-processor, which 9to5Google claims can support up to 64K colors on an always-on display. The Pixel Watch’s co-processor could behave in a similar fashion, but there is no evidence to support this claim. It is also said that Google’s upcoming smartwatch could feature the highest amount of RAM ever seen on a Wear OS wearable.
It was previously reported that the Pixel Watch would sport 32GB of onboard memory, which is twice the internal storage of any wearable running Wear OS. If Google allows it, users could take advantage of this storage increase to download music from various places like Spotify for offline playback. As for RAM, the device could surpass what Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 features, which is 1.5GB of memory.
Having more RAM in the Pixel Watch could equate to a better Wear OS user experience, though we will have to see if that is really the case. The new smartwatch is expected to launch alongside the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, so we will have more information then, so stay tuned.
News Source: 9to5Google | https://wccftech.com/google-pixel-watch-features-co-processor-highest-ram-count/ | 2022-05-21T17:34:29Z | https://wccftech.com/google-pixel-watch-features-co-processor-highest-ram-count/ | true | 1 |
This Robbie Williams tribute act is the last singer you would want to Entertain You – he’s a rapist who has served time in prison.
Richard Agacy belts out hits by the Angels legend, performing under the name Kai Jaxson.
But locals who recently enjoyed his May bank holiday singalong had no idea he was once handed an eight-year sentence for attacking a woman.
A source said yesterday: “His previous is shocking. I wouldn’t want him on stage around families.”
Agacy was rumbled after his performance in Nottinghamshire.
He had earlier been gigging in Benidorm before his past caught up with him and he was run out of town.
A whistleblower has now informed UK booking agents about Agacy’s previous offending in a bid to keep him out of clubs.
Agacy, now 37, was jailed for eight years in 2005 for the rape of a 28-year-old.
Croydon crown court in South London heard he posed as a taxi driver to pick up his victim with another man.
Agacy and accomplice Bhattin Elagoz were both found guilty of the 2002 rape.The pair were arrested after DNA evidence linked them to the attack.
Agacy appeared on ITV show Pop Stars: The Rivals in 2002, which was eventually won by Girls Aloud.
He also claims to have starred in Michael Barrymore’s TV show My Kind of Music.
Agacy, who brags he can sing “everything from the 60s to present” is still listed on a British booking agent’s page under his new stage name.
The listing boasts: “Kai Jaxson is a very high class performer singing songs from all eras.”
When his rape conviction was revealed in Spain, Agacy, then calling himself Johnny Mitchell, reportedly sent a note to a bar owner.
He is said to have moaned: “I’m sorry but I can’t sing in your bar any more or any bar.
"Have to go back to England cos there’s people here that don’t want me here just because of my past 15 years ago when I went to prison.
“Why can’t people just leave me alone.
"It’s not fair I served 5-and-a-half years in jail back in 2002 and people still give me hard time but thanks for everything.”
It came after a post warning about Agacy was placed on a Costa Blanca Facebook group with 38,000 members.
It said: “I cannot believe this guy is back in Benidorm. I helped chase him out last time he was here.” | https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/robbie-williams-tribute-act-revealed-27029438 | 2022-05-21T17:35:02Z | https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/robbie-williams-tribute-act-revealed-27029438 | false | 2 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer challenged the next generation of Army soldiers on Saturday to prepare America’s military to fight future wars that may look little like the wars of today.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a grim picture of a world that is becoming more unstable, with great powers intent on changing the global order. He told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that they will bear the responsibility to make sure America is ready.
“The world you are being commissioned into has the potential for significant international conflict between great powers. And that potential is increasing, not decreasing,” Milley told the cadets. “Whatever overmatch we, the United States, enjoyed militarily for the last 70 years is closing quickly, and the United States will be, in fact, we already are challenged in every domain of warfare, space, cyber, maritime, air, and of course land.”
America, he said, is no longer the unchallenged global power. Instead, it is being tested in Europe by Russian aggression, in Asia by China’s dramatic economic and military growth as well as North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, and in the Middle East and Africa by instability from terrorists.
Drawing a parallel with what military officials are seeing in Russia’s war on Ukraine, Milley said future warfare will be highly complex, with elusive enemies and urban warfare that requires long-range precision weapons, and new advanced technologies.
The U.S. has already been rushing new, high-tech drones and other weapons to the Ukrainian military — in some cases equipment that was just in the early prototype phases. Weapons such as the shoulder-launched kamikaze Switchblade drones are being used against the Russians, even as they are still evolving.
And as the war in Ukraine has shifted — from Russia’s unsuccessful battle to take Kyiv to a gritty urban battle for towns in the eastern Donbas region — so has the need for different types of weapons. Early weeks focused on long-range precision weapons such as Stinger and Javelin missiles, but now the emphasis is on artillery, and increased shipments of howitzers.
And over the next 25 to 30 years, the fundamental character of war and its weapons will continue to change.
The U.S. military, Milley said, can’t cling to concepts and weapons of old, but must urgently modernize and develop the force and equipment that can deter or, if needed, win in a global conflict. And the graduating officers, he said, will have to change the way U.S. forces think, train and fight.
As the Army’s leaders of tomorrow, Milley said, the newly minted 2nd lieutenants will be fighting with robotic tanks, ships and airplanes, and relying on artificial intelligence, synthetic fuels, 3-D manufacturing and human engineering.
“It will be your generation that will carry the burden and shoulder the responsibility to maintain the peace, to contain and to prevent the outbreak of great power war,” he said.
In stark terms, Milley described what failing to prevent wars between great powers looks like.
“Consider for a moment that 26,000 — 26,000 — soldiers and Marines were killed in only six weeks from October to November of 1918 in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne in World War I,” Milley said. “Consider also that 26,000 U.S. troops were killed in the eight weeks in the summer of 1944 from the beaches of Normandy to the liberation of Paris.”
Recalling the 58,000 Americans killed in just the summer of 1944 as World War II raged, he added, “That is the human cost of great-power war. The butcher’s bill.”
Thinking back to his own graduation, Milley paraphrased a popular Bob Dylan song from the time: “We can feel the light breeze in the air. And right now as we sit here on the plain at West Point, we can see the storm flags fluttering in the wind. We can hear in the distance the loud clap of thunder. The hard rain is about to fall.” | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/top-military-officer-says-us-needs-new-high-tech-weapons-for-future-wars-we-are-already-challenged/ | 2022-05-21T17:36:35Z | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/top-military-officer-says-us-needs-new-high-tech-weapons-for-future-wars-we-are-already-challenged/ | false | 37 |
'Keep quiet!' - Mbappe's mother rips into journalist over PSG transfer reaction
The mother of Kylian Mbappe insists that there was never a promise made from her son to Real Madrid.
Mbappe will sign a new deal at Parc des Princes, thwarting Madrid's hopes of landing their top target this summer.
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What did Mbappe's mother say?
The striker's apparent U-turn sparked much discussion on social media, with some observers critical towards his stance.
Journalist Frederic Hermel accused Mbappe of double-dealing, stating on Twitter: "In football you have those who keep their word... and then there's Mbappe."
Lamari Fayza, the PSG ace's mother, was not prepared to let that comment pass, though.
"Mr Hermel. When we don't know something we should keep quiet," she replied.
"A deal had never been struck."
What had Fayza previously said about Mbappe's future?
Fayza, who manages her son's interests as his agent, had earlier this week revealed that offers from both clubs were on the table.
“The two offers, the one from PSG and the one from Real Madrid, are almost identical," she had told Kora Sports.
"At Real, my son will have control over his image rights. Now we are awaiting his decision… The two offers aren’t that different and we are waiting for Mbappe to choose what he wants.” | https://www.goal.com/en-om/news/keep-quiet-mbappe-s-mother-rips-into-journalist-over-psg/bltb1b592a9b160c008 | 2022-05-21T17:56:10Z | https://www.goal.com/en-om/news/keep-quiet-mbappe-s-mother-rips-into-journalist-over-psg/bltb1b592a9b160c008 | false | 10 |
Not only have the fascist welfare queens at NPR set up a snitch hotline for mask offenses, but the fascist welfare queens at NPR are also still forcing their employees to wear those useless masks.
Listen, don’t get me wrong. The thought of all those insufferably smug leftists shoved in filthy masks all day long sparks my heart with joy. But how revealing is this? Here we have one more look at the world the left wants to force the rest of us to live in; a world where people are bullied and threatened to do unnecessary things to prove their fealty. A Stalinist world where snitching is not only encouraged but facilitated with taxpayer dollars by way of a goddamned hotline.
“NPR is maintaining a very strict mask policy,” reports Puck’s Dylan Byers, “and has set up an HR tip line for employees to report on colleagues who are not adhering to guidelines—with the possible result of discipline and even termination.”
NPR is maintaining a very strict mask policy, and has set up an HR tip line for employees to report on colleagues who are not adhering to guidelines—with the possible result of discipline and even termination. This is from a memo sent out today: pic.twitter.com/eRRSgDCaxw
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) May 19, 2022
The Byers’ tweet includes the internal memo threatening NPR staffers with termination over mask offenses, along with a reminder that a snitch line is available for any piece of shit who wants to destroy a colleague just because.
For those of you who might still be on the fence about the upcoming election, you do know the left are Nazis, right?
You do know the Democrat party has devolved into the Nazi party, right? The party that releases violent offenders but fires people who don’t wear masks? The party that wants to abort babies even after they’re born and then force the ones who avoid that horror into the horror of public schools filled with sex predators and gay porn? The party that ensures illegal aliens have all the baby formula they need while American babies starve to the point requiring surgery? The party that wants more crime and less speech? More race riots and less affordable energy? More illegal aliens and less housing? More inflation and less prosperity? More billions borrowed from China to give to Ukraine and no more private spaces for biological women?
What kind of person works in an office that encourages snitching?
Can you imagine?
Can you imagine working with snitches? What must that environment be like?
Snitches are the worst people in the world, and this is over nothing. If you’re wearing your mask, what the hell do you care if someone else isn’t?
What the left is doing is painfully obvious… Democrats have forever lost the working class and are now hoping to make that up by raising a generation of unstable, neurotic, dependent, smug, unhappy, and brittle babies who define themselves through conformity and what they do with their sex organs.
From the public schools to NPR, the American taxpayer is subsidizing the creation of an army of fascist, unstable mutants.
Thank God for the Second Amendment.
Thank GOD for the Second Amendment!
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Villagers, this one’s for you and your guests only. The legendary Village Country Club is back and the food is hot, the pool is cool and your order is always just right! Inside The VCC, pop into Dive In, our new poolside restaurant and go-to spot for good food and good times. Grab a bite on the go, a drink by the pool or table inside. We’re here to play—however your day plays out.
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New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): After meeting with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav earlier today, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday took a tour of Delhi's government schools and Mohalla clinics with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Lauding the Delhi government's efforts in the education sector, KCR said that they have transformed the aims of students from "job seekers" to "job providers".
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"Delhi government's efforts in the field of education are commendable. They have made students aim from being job seekers to job providers. I congratulate Delhi CM on this. We'll send our teachers and union leaders here to get oriented about it," KCR told media persons here.
KCR who is on a two-day visit to the national capital, accompanied Delhi CM to visit a Delhi government school in South Moti Bagh today.
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"Mohalla clinics and schools are a good work by AAP. After Telangana became a state, we've been looking out for good things to incorporate. After we received good feedback on clinics, we have copied it in our state," said KCR after visiting a mohalla clinic in Mohammadpur, Rama Krishna Puram.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal praised Telangana CM for his deep interest in education.
"Telangana CM has come to Delhi and visited a school where he saw the facilities there. We heartily welcome him and his team. He observed and asked about every detail of the school, it's nice to see his deep interest in education," Delhi CM told reporters.
KCR's visit to Delhi holds significance as he is attempting to forge an anti-BJP alliance (third front) with all the like-minded parties excluding Congress.
He will visit Chandigarh on May 22 to console 600 families of farmers who died during the nationwide farmers' agitation. Rao will distribute Rs 3 lakh cheque as financial assistance to each family.
On May 26, the Chief Minister will visit Bengaluru where he will meet former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. The next day, he will go to Ralegan-Siddhi in Maharashtra where he is scheduled to meet social activist Anna Hazare. Later, he will go to Shirdi and offers prayers to Shri Saibaba.
KCR is expected to visit West Bengal and Bihar on May 29 or 30 where he will meet the families of the soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley incident in 2020. (ANI)
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PFA Stops Production Of 13 Ice Factories
Sumaira FH Published May 21, 2022 | 10:45 PM
The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has stopped the production of 13 ice factories and imposed hefty fines on 371 units besides issuing warning notices for improvement to 405 others
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2022 ) :The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has stopped the production of 13 ice factories and imposed hefty fines on 371 units besides issuing warning notices for improvement to 405 others.
Meanwhile, food safety teams discarded 24,000kg of substandard and unhygienic ice blocks during the ice factories checking campaign across Punjab here on Saturday.
PFA Director General Shoaib Khan Jadoon led the operation in the provincial metropolis and held a zoom meeting on the ongoing campaign to take the briefing from the officers of the other districts of Punjab.
He said that PFA watchdogs visited 944 ice factories in Punjab including 116 in Lahore division, 103 in Multan, 145 in Muzaffargarh, 125 in Gujranwala, 180 in Sargodha, 43 in Rawalpindi, 152 in Faisalabad and 80 ice factories in Sahiwal.
Jadoon said that PFA stopped the production of 13 ice factories till further orders by imposing emergency prohibition orders (EPOs). He said that EPOs were imposed for producing ice with unfiltered water, not installing RO Plants and using rusty ice moulds.
Apart from that, the raiding teams witnessed the worst condition of hygiene while visiting the ice factories.
He said that the use of ice made from unfiltered and polluted water in beverages caused stomach and digestive disorders for consumers. The PFA has escalated its operations activities against substandard ice factories and water filtration plants in the wake of rising cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD), he added.
The DG PFA directed hotels, restaurants and small food points to thoroughly wash ice before using it in water or the preparation of beverages. He said that PFA had been taking action against the violators without any discrimination to ensure the provision of healthy and safe food.
He requested the public to report any suspicious activities related to food adulteration and unhygienic food points on PFA Facebook Page and Toll-Free number, pointing out that all the information received will be kept strictly confidential to protect the privacy of informers.
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Russia’s Daniil Medvedev said that playing on clay isn’t his comfort zone, but sounded confident of putting up a strong show in the upcoming French Open at Roland Garros. The 26-year-old stated that he has felt in pretty good shape ahead of the cash-rich clay-tournament, starting Sunday, May 22.
Medvedev will go into the championship after a Round of 16 loss at the hands of France’s Richard Gasquet in the Geneva Open. Prior to that, he also made early exits in the Miami Open and the Indian Wells Masters. He also lost the semi-final of the Mexican Open to Spain’s Rafael Nadal.
"Everything's been great since i came back, you know, feeling healthy. First match, obviously wanted to win but didn't manage to do it. But physically it felt good afterwards, even the next few days. The thing is, usually when you lose, the adrenaline is not there, so you can feel more pain than when you win.
NOT AN EASY SURFACE
“But it didn't really happen so I'm happy about it. Put in a lot of work on the practice courts, try to get 100 per cent ready physically for Roland Garros. So far everything seems good so I need to play tennis and win some matches," Medvedev was quoted as saying.
Medvedev is now set to lock horns with Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis in the first round match of the French Open on Monday, May 23. Before the game, the veteran doesn’t want to undermine his opponent by any means. He also vowed to return to the brand of tennis that he produced last year.
"Well, to be honest, it's on clay - not an easy surface for me. But last year is a good connection to know that I'm capable, confidence should be there, that it is possible. But it's never easy, especially the first matches, I have a tough opponent (Argentina's Facundo Bagnis) so I'm going to try to reproduce some magic from last year," he added. | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/tennis/story/french-open-daniil-medvedev-confident-ahead-of-roland-garros-journey-clay-isn-t-an-easy-surface-for-me-1952451-2022-05-21 | 2022-05-21T18:01:10Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/tennis/story/french-open-daniil-medvedev-confident-ahead-of-roland-garros-journey-clay-isn-t-an-easy-surface-for-me-1952451-2022-05-21 | true | 1 |
Driver arrested in Melbourne hit-and-run that left pedestrian seriously injured
MELBOURNE — A Melbourne man was charged Friday with striking and seriously injuring a pedestrian early May 15 and leaving the scene of the accident, Melbourne police said.
Eugene Sturn, 54, was charged with failing to stop/remain at a crash involving serious bodily injury, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.
He was being held Saturday at the Brevard County Jail on $17,500 bail.
The crash took place at about 1:52 a.m. May 15 in front of the Oaks Plaza, just east of the intersection of Hibiscus Boulevard and Evans Road in Melbourne, police said.
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A male pedestrian, whose name and age police did not provide, was struck and suffered "significant injuries," police said. They did not provide details.
Police located the suspect vehicle, a four-door hatchback 2020 Chevrolet Spark, just before arresting Sturn.
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(NEXSTAR) – One of South Africa’s signature birds — and a star of Disney’s 1994 animated masterpiece “The Lion King” — is close to being gone forever, according to recent research.
Red and yellow-billed hornbills are quickly disappearing due to climate change, Newsweek reports. The birds are recognizable for their long curved bills in either yellow or reddish colors. They’re typically seen in open savanna and scrub, and tend to be pretty large (up to 24 inches), according to the Oregon Zoo.
While these sub-Saharan mainstays weren’t new to folks around the world, many Westerners may have become familiar with the species thanks to the character of Zazu, an animated hornbill that appeared in the aforementioned 90s musical hit and its 2019 photorealistic remake. In both iterations, Zazu is a British-voiced majordomo (a type of head staff member) who serves King Mufasa and irritates the prince, Simba.
But researcher Dr. Nicholas Pattinson, of the University of of Cape Town, says drought and high temperatures are causing a “collapse of breeding success,” which was seen from 2008 to 2019 in the Kalahari Desert.
Rising air temperature resulted in a decrease of nest success from 58% to 17% — and fledglings produced per breeding attempt dropped from 1.1 to 0.4, Pattinson explains in a study.
“Based on current warming trends, the air temperature maximum threshold of 35.7°C, above which no successful breeding attempts were recorded, will be exceeded during the entire hornbill breeding season by approximately 2027 at our study site.”
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Pattinson says hornbill decline may also be exacerbated by the species’ unique breeding behaviors, which are initiated after rainfall. During breeding, females seal themselves off from predators in the nest (inside a tree, for instance), and wait for males — but hotter temperatures mean fewer males are coming around, researchers explain. Nests are also harder to tolerate for mothers and their vulnerable eggs.
In addition to climate factors, hornbills (which are also found in Asia and India) face extinction due to habitat destruction and hunting, the San Diego Zoo explains. Conservation efforts are underway by a variety of groups. One interesting effort made by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is its feather exchange program, where feathers are safely molted from birds without killing them and given to indigenous people for use in ceremonies and costumes. | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/african-bird-depicted-in-the-lion-king-nearly-extinct-research-shows/ | 2022-05-21T18:16:07Z | https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/african-bird-depicted-in-the-lion-king-nearly-extinct-research-shows/ | true | 18 |
It is a sure sign of spring when the trees are budding, flowers are blooming and you have an irresistible urge to jump on your bike and go for a ride.
That is, if you have two wheels at home. Sales exploded during the pandemic and there continues to be shortages of bikes, with no sign of the demand slowing down. In Quebec alone, 950,000 bikes were sold in 2020 compared to the usual 600,000 purchased the previous year.
In Toronto, biking became one of the most popular activities through the repeated lockdowns. It offered people a chance to get out of their house, condo or apartment and enjoy the fresh air and cycle the city’s network of bike routes and parks.
If you’re ready to get pedalling again, this guide will help you prepare for the season.
Get a tune up
“Most riders park their bikes in the fall and don’t anticipate that it was their last time riding, then the frost comes, and six months have passed,” said Pete Lilly of Sweet Pete’s Bike Shop in Bloordale Village, which has been in business for more than 25 years.
He recommends you get you bike tune-up annually. “It’s like seeing a dentist. You brush your teeth every day, but you still see your dentist at least once a year.”
Lilly said you should start by looking at your bike’s tires. Check them for any cracks or bald spots. Have they lost air? If so, it might mean you need a new inner tube for the wheel. Next, have a look at the brake pads. “Even if you’re not a bike mechanic, you can look to see if the pad is the thickness of a pinky. If they’re well worn, it’s time for new ones,” Lilly said.
Finally, Lilly said you should hop on your bike to see how it’s shifting. You want to be able to feel how it is performing and also listen for any noises or squeaks. If you aren’t sure why something appears off while pedalling, then the problem might be above your knowledge level. “That is when you need to bring it into a shop to have it looked at,” Lilly said.
If you want to learn how to fix and maintain your bike, check if your local cycle shop or community centre is offering classes or pop-up events. Markham Cycles in Markham is offering complimentary drop-in DIY bike repair programs at Milliken Mills Community Centre through mid-June, and at Evergreen Brickworks, the Gateway Bicycle Hub has a workshop space where staff and volunteers are available to help you out.
Lilly said if you own an e-bike, you will want to get it tuned up more than once a year as they are heavier than regular bikes and people ride them faster and for longer distances. Because of the variety of batteries and parts used, you should look for a cycle shop authorized to work on your brand of e-bike.
And don’t forget to check your helmet as part of your spring routine. It’s more important than your bike, said Lilly. “People assume a helmet is good forever, but the foam in helmets can dry out and expand and contract due to the weather.” Even a small impact, like a helmet falling off a shelf, can cause damage, he said.
Did you know?
- Self-serve bike repair stops are available at 29 TTC subway stations around the city. At them you will find a bike pump, wrenches, Allen keys, screwdrivers and a wheel chock so you can do an emergency repair on the go. Subway stops with repair stations are noted with a bike icon on the TTC’s website.
- Toronto has bike lockers for rent to the public so you can protect your bike from being stolen or vandalized, as well as from the weather. There are 19 locations across the city at various destinations, including TTC subway and GO stations. There are also four bicycle parking stations, including locations at Union Station, Nathan Phillips Square, Victoria Park and Finch West Station. The one at Union Station even features a washroom, change room, showers and complimentary towels.
- Looking for places to cycle or trying to plan your route to visit friends? You can find a network map on toronto.ca. It details cycle tracks (protected lanes where there is a physical barrier between you and vehicles), quiet-street routes (roads with low traffic or that pass through quiet residential areas) and multi-use trails.
Trails to try
We asked Ry Shissler of Cycling Toronto, an advocacy group that works toward making Toronto a better city for biking, to share some top trail recommendations.
Etobicoke Creek Trail: This quiet trail runs alongside Etobicoke Creek from north of Highway 401 to Ponytrail Drive in the south, passing through parts of Brampton and Mississauga.
Don Valley Trail and Martin Goodman Trail: These are a great pick for first time riders or families looking for a relaxed pace. The Martin Goodman Trail runs 56 kilometres along the waterfront while the Don Valley Trail follows the Don River from Lake Ontario to East York.
City cycling: A number of new bikeways have been approved for installation by the city, making Toronto even more cyclist friendly. These include Wellington Street from Bathurst Street to Blue Jays Way, and the Queensway from the Humber Bridge to Burma Drive. “We’re hopeful the city will reach its target of 100 kilometres of new bike lanes by the end of 2024,” said Shissler. | https://www.thestar.com/autos/2022/05/21/get-yourself-and-your-bike-prepared-for-cycling-season.html | 2022-05-21T18:19:52Z | https://www.thestar.com/autos/2022/05/21/get-yourself-and-your-bike-prepared-for-cycling-season.html | false | 1 |
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rep. Buddy Carter, a southeast Georgia Republican, helped lead the effort this week to get an animal testing reform passed through a U.S. House committee and attached to a larger bill that enjoys strong support.
The FDA Modernization Act was passed in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and attached as a rider to the larger H.R. 7677, which itself passed the committee this week on a 55-0 vote.
The attached rider would lift a federal animal testing mandate for drug approvals, according to Rep. Carter's offfice.
“The FDA Modernization Act will lead to safer, more effective drugs without unnecessary animal suffering,” Rep. Carter said in a statement. “By cutting the FDA red tape, we can create a medical industry that is more humane and better poised to provide life-saving aid.”
The executive director the group Animal Wellness Action, Marty Irby, issued a statement praising the efforts of the Savannah Republican and Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who also helped lead the effort on the issue.
“The bipartisan FDA Modernization Act appears to be the best shot at getting animal protection legislation enacted in 2022, and we are elated to see swift movement on this Animal Wellness Action-conceived measure that is a win-win for everyone, most importantly the animals we care so deeply about," Irby said.
According to Carter's office, current law requires animal tests for FDA drug approval "to determine if they are safe and effective for humans."
"This antiquated process of pharmaceutical innovation slows delivery of palliatives and cures for patient groups, drives up drug costs, and sacrifices countless animals, including mice, rats, dogs, and non-human primates," a release from his office said. | https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/politics/georgia-rep-buddy-carter-fda-modernization-act-animal-testing-mandates-drug-approval/85-e4ecfec0-aa95-46e3-8263-66e6b540c7a4 | 2022-05-21T18:19:55Z | https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/politics/georgia-rep-buddy-carter-fda-modernization-act-animal-testing-mandates-drug-approval/85-e4ecfec0-aa95-46e3-8263-66e6b540c7a4 | false | 2 |
Delhi Chief Secy visits Ghazipur landfill site
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on Saturday visited the landfill site and waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur and directed officials to increase bio-mining and disposal of the legacy waste.
The chief secretary was accompanied by the special officer designate of MCD, Ashwani Kumar, and Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, according to an official release.
During the visit, Naresh Kumar was apprised about the site monitoring mechanism, steps being taken to control fire incidents at the landfill site,
and stepping up bio-mining of legacy waste from 4,000 MT to 9,000 MT daily by June end.
"The chief secretary directed all officers to increase the process of bio-mining and its disposal. He instructed officials to strictly adhere to the action plan and directed the concessionaire M/s East
Delhi Waste Processing Pvt. Ltd. to operationalise the WTE plant at the earliest," the statement said.
It stated that approximately 10.25 lakh MT of legacy waste has been processed to date.
"It was also apprised that the department has prepared an Action Plan to clear the dumpsite by December 2024," the statement said. | http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/delhi-chief-secy-visits-ghazipur-landfill-site-479133 | 2022-05-21T18:20:24Z | http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/delhi-chief-secy-visits-ghazipur-landfill-site-479133 | true | 1 |
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Imagine you’re waiting for the train on the south end of Pioneer Square. A houseless man sitting on the curb to your right starts yelling about how the government is probing our phones. Everyone is scared and ignores him and then the police chase him away. Everyone is relieved because the seemingly dangerous mentally ill person is gone. But is he dangerous or does he just need help?
This kind of scenario begs the question—what is being done to help the mental health of those unhoused in Portland?
According to a study from the Heritage Foundation, mental illness is a serious issue in Portland, affecting approximately 35–40% of the houseless in our state. This is staggering, considering that 10 years ago this proportion was roughly 28–30%. So what are our government officials doing about this increasingly dire problem?
Research on the issue led to the 2021 launch of the Portland Street Response, an unarmed part of Portland Fire and Rescue. This organization was described by OPB as a “program [that] will answer calls city-wide from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.” where “people across Portland looking to assist someone in a mental health crisis…can call 911 and ask for the Portland Street Response.”
Other programs are also working on this issue, such as Greater Portland Health, which works on offering medical, dental and behavioral health services to those experiencing houselessness. The team helps houseless individuals by strengthening their understanding about their health and how to better manage it through navigation of systems, outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.
Another service in Portland is Cedar Hills Hospital, which serves adults with many kinds of behavioral and mental health needs, through programs both inside and outside the building via free, 24-hour services.
These programs are certainly all steps in the right direction, as they help those struggling with mental illness stay off of the street and have access to treatment. However, we don’t see many ads or commercials about these services, so many people do not know about these resources. There should be a broader public awareness campaign spreading the word about these programs so that more individuals can receive much-needed help.
Mental illness is a serious issue for all of us in Portland, and even more so for those living on the streets. Programs like these are a good start, but more needs to be done—and much more effort should go into spreading awareness. If there was more awareness of mental health programs, maybe there would be more of them, and our approach to mental illness would reduce the severity of the issue in Portland.
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WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary majorities as candidates make their final pitches to Georgia voters on Saturday ahead of Tuesday's election.
Gov. Brian Kemp and former football star Herschel Walker hope to win GOP majorities and clinch nominations for governor and U.S. senator on Tuesday without runoffs, with polls showing both men backed by more than 50% of voters. Kemp met voters at a rally in Watkinsville, near his home in Athens, with Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts showing up to support him.
Walker was scheduled to rally later Saturday in Columbus, having moved into a more public campaign phase in recent days despite continued questions about his past. Walker has been accused of threatening his ex-wife’s life, exaggerating his business record and lying about graduating from the University of Georgia. An Associated Press story Saturday found that Walker was actually a paid spokesman for a for-profit veterans program that Walker has described as a way he helps veterans.
Other candidates are making final pitches as well. Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Kemp's top rival for the Republican nomination, met with Republicans in Union County, in far north Georgia. Walker's rivals, including state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and Navy veteran and former banker Latham Saddler, were meeting with supporters in suburban Atlanta. And many Democrats are attending a party function Saturday night in Gwinnett County, where Democratic congressional incumbents Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux are squaring off in Tuesday's primary.
For Kemp, an outright win would be vindication after months of attacks from former President Donald Trump. Perdue was personally courted by Trump to enter the race as retribution for Kemp not going along with Trump’s effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. Perdue embraced Trump’s election lies, opening two debates between the candidates with the claim that the 2020 balloting was “rigged and stolen.”
Ricketts appeared after Jim Pillen, whom Ricketts endorsed to succeed him as governor of Nebraska, beat the Trump-endorsed Charles Herbster in a Republican primary in Nebraska on May 10.
Ricketts said after his speech that he thought both those races prove that “candidates matter, that people in the state will pick the best candidate.”
Ricketts is the 2022 co-chair of the Republican Governors Association, which has spent millions to support Kemp against Perdue. Other RGA figures who have been at odds with Trump have also come to Georgia to campaign for Kemp in recent days, including Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. Former Trump Vice President Mike Pence will help Kemp close his campaign in a Monday rally in suburban Atlanta.
Despite the rift, Ricketts downplayed the differences with Trump, saying party splits are “not unusual” in contested primaries.
“I support many of President Trump’s policies, and I know Brian Kemp does,” Ricketts said. “And in this case, we just happen to be on opposite sides of who we’re picking in these races.”
Neither Kemp nor Ricketts mentioned Perdue in their speeches Saturday. Kemp's stump speech, as it has been in recent days, was focused on the threat of Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is unopposed in her party's primary on Tuesday. The state Democratic Party on Friday released an ad criticizing Kemp for his early decision to lift many COVID-19 restrictions on businesses in Georgia, as well as his successful push for a law removing the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. “Every time Kemp gambles for votes, Georgians lose,” the Democratic ad claimed.
Kemp on Saturday portrayed those actions as 2018 campaign promises he has kept as he rallied his supporters just outside his hometown of Athens. The crowd was sprinkled with longtime Kemp supporters and Republican officials.
“There may be people out there and even people here that don’t agree with all of that,” Kemp said of his actions. “But you can’t say I didn’t do what I said I was going to do.”
If Kemp wins, he faces the task of bringing together the party, knowing that every vote may be needed to defeat a well-financed Abrams and energized Democrats in the fall. Some Trump-backing Republicans continue to say they won't vote for Kemp, but the incumbent expresses confidence that the specter of Abrams will motivate them.
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Police K-9 recovering after rattlesnake bite during training exercise
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - A K-9 is recovering after being injured in a training exercise Wednesday.
Casa Grande Police Department Officer Thomas Scheurn said his K-9 partner Deutz was bitten by a rattlesnake that day, as reported by Arizona’s Family.
“We were walking around a vehicle; he was doing a mock drug sniff,” Scheurn said. “As we were walking around the vehicle, Deutz started crying, and I looked down at his foot and saw a little bit of blood on the top of his foot.”
Scheurn said Deutz had received a rattlesnake vaccine but knew he still needed anti-venom. He started calling around to animal hospitals.
Deutz was taken to the Arizona Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Center for treatment, and after spending the night, he returned to Scheurn’s side.
“He did quite well here at the hospital,” said veterinarian Ryan Reeves.
He also said a few pets come into the hospital weekly suffering from rattlesnake bites, and pet owners can discuss the rattlesnake vaccine option with their veterinarian.
When it comes to Deutz, the police department shared on its social media for the community to keep Deutz in their thoughts. Reeves said the K-9 is already back on his feet, which is a great sign.
“He’s 100 percent a part of the police department; I’ve received a multitude of text messages and calls inquiring about the status of Deutz and how he’s feeling, and it just goes to show how much people care about him, and they love him,” Scheurn said.
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Matt Menard Explains His Loyalty to Chris Jericho, Says Jericho Helped Him After His WWE Release
– AEW star and Jericho Appreciation Society Member, Matt Menard, released a video on his Instagram page, where he talks about his loyalty to Chris Jericho after his wife asked him about his loyalty, expressing concern about the Anarchy in the Arena match. Menard referenced his WWE release in July of last year in the promo. Below are some highlights and his Instagram clip:
Menard on his wife questioning his loyalty to Chris Jericho: “Guys, my wife just asked me the absolute most baffling question I’ve ever heard in my life. The most baffling question. The lovely Stacy, by the way, holding the camera right now, thank you very much. But I gotta get this out. I can tell she was in a bit of a mood, we’re driving, in a bit of a mood. I finally get it out of her and she goes, ‘Why are you in this match next week?’ The five-on-five Arena Anarchy, Anarchy In The Arena. Five real psychos. I get it as my wife that you’d be a little bit worried, I understand, but you’re basically questioning my loyalty to Chris Jericho, and that rubs me the wrong way. And I’m going to try to explain it to you as if you didn’t already understand. I don’t want to put words in ‘Cool Hand’ Ang’s mouth. I don’t want to put words in his mouth. I’m not speaking for Daniel Garcia or Jake Hager. By the way, Jake? Did you see how good he looked on Wednesday night? Unbelievable! Unbelievable!”
Menard on Bryan Danielson trying to take away his livelihood: “Stacey, let’s put aside the fact that Jericho Appreciation Society for over 10 weeks, for over 10 weeks, Stacy, the recognized symbol of excellence for sports entertainers. You understand that, right? Because if that’s not reason enough, we’re going to put that aside. We’re gonna put it aside. How about the fact that Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz, they basically threatened my life? That they would do what they had to do, whether it’s with you, my wife, or my son, they don’t give a damn. That’s not reason enough? That’s fine. We’ll put that over. Put that over there in the corner. How about the fact that Bryan Danielson, every time he opens his mouth in an interview, he’s got to bring up Daniel Garcia. ‘Oh, I love Daniel Garcia so much! Oh, I love him!’ We all love him! But the three of us built something together, and he wants to take it away. He wants to take away our ability to put food on the table, a roof over your head, Stacy.”
On how Chris Jericho helped him after he was released by WWE: “Well, let’s put that over there. Let’s forget about it for a second. Let’s talk about Chris Jericho. Remember last July? July 2021, Stace? You’re eight months pregnant, and we were left, Stacy, with absolutely nothing. Out on our asses! And who was there for us? Who extended their hand? Who invited me into his home? Chris Jericho. Met his family, his lovely wife, his children. Gave us a platform to tell our story. Gave us an opportunity. Opened the doors to AEW, and I will never forget it. We, as a family, will never forget it. You understand? You like this car? You know who allows you to put gas in this car? Chris Jericho. Chris Jericho allows it. You like the roof over your head? You know who allows us to have that nice roof? Chris Jericho. You know who butters your bread? Chris Jericho. He butters all our bread, I’ll tell you right now. So, I’m telling you, remember The Wizard, right? He’s The Wizard. Remember when he threw the fireball right in Eddie Kingston’s face? I’ll tell you right now. Had he asked me, Stacy, and I know you thought was a little bit too much. I know you thought it. Had he asked me to pour gasoline all over Eddie Kingston, I would have done it. I would have done it! No problem! Is that reason enough for you? The man gave us everything. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I’m yelling. I love you very much. it’s not easy being me. It’s not easy being me.”
Matt Menard will compete with the Jericho Appreciation Society against Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz in the Anarchy in the Arena match at AEW Double or Nothing 2022. The event is set for May 29 in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view. | https://411mania.com/wrestling/matt-menard-explains-his-loyalty-to-chris-jericho-says-jericho-helped-him-after-his-wwe-release/ | 2022-05-21T18:54:39Z | https://411mania.com/wrestling/matt-menard-explains-his-loyalty-to-chris-jericho-says-jericho-helped-him-after-his-wwe-release/ | true | 1 |
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday evening, returned to Abuja after concluding a two-day condolence visit to Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital.
He returns amid uncertainty in the governing All Progressives Congress over the signing of the Electoral Amendment Act, especially the section pertaining to the eligibility of statutory delegates to vote in the forthcoming primary elections.
Buhari, who departed Abu Dhabi at about 1:30 pm on Saturday, landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 4:00 pm, alongside members of his delegation.
In Abu Dhabi, he condoled with the new President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, over the passing of the former leader, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
On Friday, he joined the Jummah prayers for the repose of the soul of the late leader. In a short tete-a-tete with the new President afterwards, Buhari expressed hopes that both countries would strengthen existing ties in the areas of sustainable security, counterterrorism and trade and investment.
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The President was accompanied by the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, and the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika.
Other members of his entourage include the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.) and the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar.
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Google Chat now warns about suspicious links
Not sure if the chat message is legal? Google has your back. According to Google’s blog post, Google Chat will start displaying warning banners below messages that may contain phishing links or malware downloads.
Phishing scams can lock you out of your device or lead to the theft of your personal information. Malware attacks, including ransomware attacks, are becoming more frequent, more successful, and more expensive.
Google writes that warning banners “help protect users from malicious attackers and keep their data safe.”
It will appear in red at the bottom of the message and will display the banner “This invitation is suspicious”. You can block the person who sent the message or accept the message.
Google Chat warning banner details.
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This feature is available to anyone with a personal or business Google account, and according to Google, this feature is enabled by default. These warning banners will appear in mobile and web versions of Google Chat within a few days.
Google Drive and Gmail already show similar warning banners for suspicious activity.
According to cybersecurity experts, the influx of people working at home presents more targets for malicious online attackers. At home, you may have less access to software that scans files and warns you in advance. Google Chat warning banners may help prevent you from being the victim of any of these attacks.
For more information, check out how to protect your email, how to use a VPN to protect your home office privacy, and five cybersecurity tips that small businesses should know.
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Gamco Investors INC. ET AL lessened its stake in Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:CAG – Get Rating) by 22.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 969,540 shares of the company’s stock after selling 288,098 shares during the quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL owned about 0.20% of Conagra Brands worth $33,110,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AGF Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Conagra Brands in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Conagra Brands by 282.6% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,140 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 842 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Conagra Brands in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Conagra Brands in the third quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Finally, Covestor Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Conagra Brands in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $51,000. 83.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
In other news, EVP Colleen Batcheler sold 72,480 shares of Conagra Brands stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.02, for a total transaction of $2,610,729.60. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 159,944 shares in the company, valued at $5,761,182.88. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, COO Thomas M. Mcgough sold 25,400 shares of Conagra Brands stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.95, for a total value of $938,530.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 96,550 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,567,522.50. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 109,580 shares of company stock worth $3,952,793. 2.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.
NYSE:CAG traded down $0.02 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $31.72. The company had a trading volume of 6,200,373 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,337,639. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.75, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.68. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $34.34 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.84. Conagra Brands, Inc. has a 12-month low of $30.06 and a 12-month high of $39.09. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 7th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.01. Conagra Brands had a return on equity of 12.46% and a net margin of 9.14%. The firm had revenue of $2.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.84 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. Conagra Brands’s revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Conagra Brands, Inc. will post 2.35 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 29th will be paid a $0.3125 dividend. This represents a $1.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 28th. Conagra Brands’s dividend payout ratio is presently 58.14%.
About Conagra Brands (Get Rating)
Conagra Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company in North America. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products in various retail channels in the United States.
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Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC – Get Rating) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $113.08.
Several research firms have commented on BC. KeyCorp cut their price target on Brunswick from $115.00 to $100.00 in a report on Monday, May 2nd. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Brunswick in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Raymond James lifted their target price on shares of Brunswick from $121.00 to $123.00 in a research report on Friday, April 29th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Brunswick from $105.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Monday, May 2nd. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Brunswick from $120.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th.
Shares of Brunswick stock traded up $0.53 on Monday, hitting $71.15. 861,090 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 922,007. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. Brunswick has a 12-month low of $68.11 and a 12-month high of $108.51. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $79.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $90.28. The company has a market cap of $5.39 billion, a PE ratio of 9.28 and a beta of 1.56.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.365 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 17th. This represents a $1.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. Brunswick’s payout ratio is currently 19.04%.
In other news, VP Randall S. Altman sold 2,040 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.86, for a total value of $175,154.40. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.58% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA lifted its position in shares of Brunswick by 155.6% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA now owns 49,236 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,983,000 after purchasing an additional 29,976 shares in the last quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Brunswick by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 94,036 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,607,000 after acquiring an additional 1,036 shares in the last quarter. Walleye Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Brunswick in the first quarter valued at about $258,000. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Brunswick in the first quarter valued at about $393,000. Finally, Lido Advisors LLC boosted its position in Brunswick by 4.3% during the first quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 21,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,722,000 after purchasing an additional 882 shares during the last quarter. 92.75% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Brunswick Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets recreation products worldwide. It operates through Propulsion; Parts & Accessories; and Boat segments. The Propulsion segment provides outboard, sterndrive, and inboard engines for independent boat builders and governments through marine dealers and distributors, specialty marine retailers, and marine service centers; and propulsion-related controls, rigging, and propellers to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket retailers, distributors, and distribution businesses.
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Let’s not “beet” around the bush—if you’re looking to incorporate healthier ingredients into your family’s diet, one of the best traditions to begin is Meatless Mondays.
Numerous benefits are associated with designating one day a week to vegetarian recipes. Not only can you improve your health, but voiding meat for a day also benefits your bank account and the environment by decreasing your carbon footprint! Patient First says there are some of the reasons families should practice Meatless Mondays include:
- Reducing heart disease and cancer risk
- Preventing diabetes and obesity
- Saving money on your weekly grocery trips
- Reducing carbon emissions.
If you’re worried about getting enough protein that day, don’t! Mayo Clinic says adults need approximately 50 grams of protein per day, assuming a daily intake of 2,000 calories. Each person is different according to height, size, gender, and age. There are dozens of alternatives to animal-based protein products, and they’re featured in this lineup of delectable vegetarian family-favorite recipes your family is sure to love.
Don’t just take our word for it! Try any of these scrumptious recipes, and you will be looking forward to Monday all week long!
Vegetarian Burrito Bowls with Avocado Crema
Burrito bowls truly have something for everyone. Whether you like to add spice, veggies, or a tangy-sour lime twist, this recipe is sure to be a lick-your-bowl kind of meal. Not only is it devourable, but it is also ready to serve in just 30 minutes! It’s a win-win for everyone! The Modern Proper says the recipe is gluten-free, 410 calories per bowl, and—you guessed it—vegetarian. Grasp all the flavor of this classic and reap the countless benefits of your meatless meal!
Vegetarian Lasagna with Ricotta Cheese
Mamma mia! This delicious vegetarian alternative to your favorite Italian dish is both to die for and easy to make/serve. You get all the delicious, comforting flavors of classic lasagna—and are in no danger of breaking your Meatless Monday pact. This recipe is easy to make. You can also add your favorite spices and herbs to make your meal unique! A Couple Cooks swears by this recipe, promising to give you a warm, delicious meal in just under an hour. It’s the perfect recipe to share with friends and family—they won’t even know the difference!
Vegetarian 15-Minute Pad Thai
Feasting at Home says it has perfected this delicious meatless recipe and even that it rivals those that you can enjoy traveling in Thailand. For an authentic replication of a delicious Asian delicacy, you can whip this up in only 15 minutes! The recipe creates a beautiful contradiction between sweet and savory, all while hinting at tastes of zest and tang. Plus, if you’re not a fan of tofu, Feasting at Home provides a vegan alternative that is equally as delicious! Don’t wait to share this incredible recipe with your loved ones!
Vegetarian Zucchini Noodle Caprese
This recipe is jam-packed with essential nutrients and provides a clean, fresh taste as if you’re really on the Amalfi coast. The mix of sweet tomatoes, fresh basil, sour lemon, and zucchini’s crispiness make this dish perfect for sharing with friends and family. Downshiftology says this recipe isn’t only quick (really, it only takes 15 minutes to perfect), it is incredibly healthy. This is the perfect vegetarian alternative to your favorite pasta dishes and promises to make your Meatless Monday a dinner for the books.
Vegetarian Pizza Pancake
One of the most cherished traditions of Americans nationwide is connecting over food. This pizza is the perfect (and one of the easiest) recipe to make with friends, a significant other, or your kids. You can make your own personal pizza in just a few minutes. You likely won’t even remember that this delectable meal is part of your Meatless Monday tradition! Hurry the Food Up says this meal can be made in under 30 minutes, giving you room to rush if you need to. Don’t hesitate to give these mini-meatless pizzas a try!
These delicious recipes are just a few among hundreds of ways to implement a healthier, more conscientious habit. No matter which dish you decide to try out for your next Meatless Monday, this tradition is sure to be the furthest thing from medi-okra!
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Chris Brown Never Fails To Deliver On Nigerian Songs – Have You Listened To “Monalisa Remix”?
Yesterday, Sarz and Lojay unveiled the remix of their hit track, “Monalisa” and it featured American pop star, Chris Brown.
It’s the latest in a growing list of Afrobeats songs where he has dropped a verse, and just like others before it, he killed the beat expertly.
In case you haven’t listened to the song, do that below before we dive into the matter properly.
Listen below:-
Breezy, as he is popularly called has been rolling with Nigerian artistes for some time now. But if we were to limit our scope to just the last few years, there are still many hit bangers to look at.
Wizkid & Chris Brown – African Bad Gyal
In 2017, Wizkid featured Chris Brown on “African Bad Gyal“, off his album, Sounds From The Other Side and it was a success.
On that song, the artiste traded lines of their love for African women and like many Wizkid tracks released in that period, it was produced by the legendary Sarz, so you know what to expect in terms of quality song production.
Davido Ft. Chris Brown – Blow My Mind
The popstar certainly enjoys working with Davido. “Blow My Mind” might be the collab that got everyone dancing at its release in 2019, especially with a video that featured Chris Brown and his world-famous moves, but it isn’t the only musical connection between OBO and Chris Brown.
Before “Blow My Mind“, there was “Lower Body” and after that, there was “Shopping Spree“. On these tracks, Chris Brown shows us that perhaps he was born in the wrong country because he is able to blend perfectly with the Nigerian beats.
Rema Ft. Chris Brown – Time & Affections
More recently though, Breezy is working not just with our top-level artistes but also with developing stars as well. His feature on Rema‘s “Time and Affection” elevated the track and was one of the brightest spots of the Rave and Roses album too.
Now, let’s get back to “Monalisa Remix”
The latest splash of Chris Brown‘s magic, and the reason for this article, is “Monalisa Remix“. Do you remember “Monalisa“, the Amapiano jam that we rocked last year till our ears nearly fell off?. Well, its remix was released yesterday with none other than Breezy. And maintaining his record, he raised the track up a notch or two.
While “Monalisa” was already one of the biggest crossovers of Afrobeats and amapiano sounds ever, the remix ensures the song has a bigger chance of entering foreign charts and gaining international recognition. Think how Ed Sheeran’s remix of Peru is stealing the hearts of UK music lovers. If this remix can do something of the same for Lojay and Sarz, then it will be another win for the Chris Brown-afrobeat alliance.
Wizkid will be featured on Chris Brown’s album
Chris Brown has announced that he’s saved a spot for our very own Wizkid on his next album. The album, which he gave his own nickname, “Breezy“, will be the 10th in his discography and his chance to prove to the world that he can still touch hearts and shake bodies today just as he did 10 years ago.
Well, if his collaboration with Wizkid eventually happens, then it may be time to give him a Nigerian name and accept him as one of us. He’s earned it.
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For you info mr/mrs poster that song wey rema ft am na wack song.did you just said that that wizkid african bad girl is a success? I laugh in chun chen..davido lower body is nothing but a noice we fit manage blow my mind and shopping spree..and for monalisa remix chris brown sounded like an african artist there but he tried…
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Whether the song is wack or not, Rema sha featured Chris Brown 🤣🤣
English hard for you idiot. Did they say good or bad song, they said he loves being featured on Nigerian songs.. Simple English!
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In a key development, Republic TV has learned that former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to surrender before the Patiala police on Friday, May 20, afternoon. According to sources, Sidhu is also likely to file a curative petition before the top court, although this is a parallel action that will not help him avoid surrender.
A curative petition is filed after a review plea against the final conviction is dismissed or has been exhausted. The petition has two objectives - to avoid a miscarriage of justice and to prevent abuse of process. The curative petition, which is the last chance, is usually decided by judges in the chamber unless a specific request for an open-court hearing is allowed.
Meanwhile, as per the police officials, the Supreme Court orders will be first received by Punjab and Haryana High Court and will then be forwarded to the district and sessions court in Patiala. The orders will be endorsed to the concerned police officer.
Republic TV has also learned that Navjot Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu has arrived at their Patiala residence from Amritsar. In his first response to one year of rigorous imprisonment by the apex court in the three-decade-old road rage case, Navjot Sidhu tweeted, "Will submit to the majesty of law."
Will submit to the majesty of law ….
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) May 19, 2022
On December 27, 1988, Navjot Singh Sidhu allegedly hit Gurnam Singh on his head, leading to his death. The family of the victim had filed a review petition before the Supreme Court seeking a modification of its previous order which had acquitted the former Punjab Member of Legislative Assembly.
Earlier, the court ordered a one-year jail sentence for Sidhu, but rejected a plea for fastening culpable homicide against the cricketer-turned-politician. On May 15, 2018, the SC had set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order awarding him a three-year jail term in the case, but held him guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen.
Holding Sidhu guilty of "voluntarily causing harm" to the victim, the Supreme Court imposed a fine of Rs 1,000. In September 2018, the apex court agreed to examine a review petition filed by the family members of the deceased and issued notice to Sidhu. | https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/sidhu-likely-to-surrender-in-patiala-court-file-curative-petition-before-sc-sources-articleshow.html | 2022-05-21T19:19:10Z | https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/politics/sidhu-likely-to-surrender-in-patiala-court-file-curative-petition-before-sc-sources-articleshow.html | true | 1 |
Headinvest LLC lifted its stake in Unum Group (NYSE:UNM – Get Rating) by 8.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 12,520 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 945 shares during the quarter. Headinvest LLC’s holdings in Unum Group were worth $308,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in shares of Unum Group by 166.7% during the fourth quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,280 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares in the last quarter. AGF Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Unum Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. CWM LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Unum Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $39,000. Ellevest Inc. raised its position in shares of Unum Group by 772.7% during the 4th quarter. Ellevest Inc. now owns 1,920 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 1,700 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fieldpoint Private Securities LLC raised its position in shares of Unum Group by 63.5% during the 3rd quarter. Fieldpoint Private Securities LLC now owns 2,387 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $60,000 after purchasing an additional 927 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.36% of the company’s stock.
Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Unum Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $29.00 price target for the company. in a report on Wednesday, February 23rd. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Unum Group in a research report on Friday, January 21st. They set a “market perform” rating and a $26.00 price target for the company. StockNews.com raised shares of Unum Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Unum Group from $30.00 to $34.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 5th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on shares of Unum Group from $31.00 to $35.00 in a research report on Tuesday, May 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.38.
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 5th. The financial services provider reported $1.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.57. Unum Group had a net margin of 7.75% and a return on equity of 8.67%. The company had revenue of $2.98 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.02 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.04 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Unum Group will post 5.17 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 20th. Investors of record on Friday, April 29th were issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.51%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 28th. Unum Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.55%.
In other news, COO Michael Q. Simonds sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total value of $600,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Richard P. Mckenney sold 35,271 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.49, for a total transaction of $1,287,038.79. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 990,367 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,138,491.83. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 99,453 shares of company stock valued at $3,365,621. Insiders own 0.77% of the company’s stock.
Unum Group Profile (Get Rating)
Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland. It operates through Unum US, Unum International, Colonial Life, and Closed Block segments. The company offers group long-term and short-term disability, group life, and accidental death and dismemberment products; supplemental and voluntary products, such as individual disability, voluntary benefits, and dental and vision products; and accident, sickness, disability, life, and cancer and critical illness products.
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Though the Stellenbosch university student's act needs to be condemned, obvious discrimination is a symptom of an ingrained hierarchical system that continues to favour white people.
The most obvious racism is often not what does people most harm.
South Africans have been reminded yet again that the fiction that white people are born to rule is still very much with us. This time it was a Stellenbosch University student who decided to show his superior civilisation by urinating on the belongings of a fellow student who offended him by being Black. The bigotry was so obvious that even the Democratic Alliance was obliged, belatedly, to express mild disapproval.
Racist incidents are fairly regular here - every now and then, a white person on digital media is moved to compare Black people to monkeys or to demean them in some way. Each time, understandably, they provoke an angry reaction. This is as it should be. In a civilised society, racism should revolt everyone; we should say so loudly and demand consequences.
But, appalling as they are, these incidents are a symptom, not a cause. The essence of racism, here and elsewhere, is not the few who openly express contempt for Black people. It is the way society operates, the way in which racism operates in the routines of life.
Producing difference
The Jamaican-British theorist Stuart Hall saw racism as "the centrepiece of a hierarchical system that produces differences". It is worth spelling out what that means.
It is "hierarchical" because it is not what happens when people with equal rights and privileges are prejudiced against each other. It happens because some wield power over others. And, since antiracist scholars remind us that racism directed at Black people began as a justification for the slave trade and colonialism, it is about ensuring that whites exercise power over Blacks.
It is a "system" because it is deeply embedded in the way society works. It survives not because some people express prejudices but because much of life works to ensure that whites decide and Black people live with their decisions. As the average Helen Zille tweet tells you, antiracists are often accused of hostility to white people. But to say that racism is a system is not to declare white people evil - it is to show how the world operates to advantage whites over others. "Whiteness" means not the fact that some people are white but how the system works to favour white people.
It "produces difference" because it is not natural but a way to justify power. There is no justification for denying Black people an equal say in how society and its organisations operate if all people are simply human - so a difference between races must be created. Colonisers and slave masters could not declare that they only were doing it for the money. They needed to claim that they were better than those they exploited or colonised. These invented differences did not disappear because slavery ended and the colonisers (officially) stopped colonising.
This racism operates even if no one calls Black people names or defiles their belongings or uses violence against them. It works even if the vast majority of white people, particularly those whose decisions affect others, genuinely believe that they harbour no prejudices against Black people. Racism can be stubborn and powerful precisely because it appears to be not the product of prejudice but simply the way things are.
What does all this mean in the way in which lives are lived?
Privilege gives advantage
In the economy, racial barriers were scrapped a long time ago. Black people are chief executives, board members and senior managers. But racial equality does not reign. This is, most obviously, because whites have huge inherited advantages: they amassed capital and acquired skills that, for more than a century, Black people were denied. The only way Black people can achieve equality is to do what whites did - use the law. But this is always resisted as interference in the "free market", ignoring the reality that, if the market is allowed to operate without rules to promote racial equality, it will always be a white-run market.
Another reason is that success in the economy depends on making a living in the way in which whites did under apartheid - by being employed in an office, factory and shop. Black people who don't do this - because there are no jobs for them - are labelled a problem, not an asset. When they react by finding ways to sustain themselves, they are accused of not being "entrepreneurial" because their economic activities happen on streets and in back yards.
In the professions, again there are no obvious racial barriers. But decades of privilege advantage whites. Research from elsewhere shows how this works. Working-class and Black students at Britain's top universities tend to miss out on the best jobs, however well they do. The reason is simple - their upper-class, white, fellow students are connected to the people who offer the unpaid holiday jobs that are a springboard to a good position and can afford to take them. There are many ways in which being white in this country offers an advantage in private sector jobs.
Media treatment of news events and public figures routinely expresses racial biases of which most journalists are probably unaware. In ways which are sometimes but not always subtle, white people are often assumed to be competent, Black people have at best to earn that judgement. Anyone who listens carefully to radio and TV interviews can detect the ways in which these biases show themselves.
People who follow sports such as rugby and cricket will know that white players are always assumed to deserve selection, Black players always need to prove merit - even when, as in cricket, in which individual performance is easier to measure, the numbers show that they are more than good enough. Studies in other countries have shown that the phrases sports commentators use are loaded with racial bias: Black footballers are more likely to be praised for their brute power, their "strength" or "speed", white players for their intelligence or skill.
None of this is the work of evil people spouting racist biases. It is the way the world works because "it has always worked this way". Of course, it only started working this way when power enabled some to bend others to their will. But it all looks normal and natural and so anyone who challenges it is dismissed as unrealistic, extreme - and deeply prejudiced against white people. And this "normality" ensures that people's chances in life depend, for most, on their race rather than their ability.
South Africans are very good at calling out obvious racists - the ones who call Black people names or abuse them. But the country is still very poor at naming and changing the core of racism. There are many reasons for this, but one of them is that the way things were organised under white rule is so deeply embedded in everyone's minds that the past three decades have been devoted largely to absorbing Black people into the system rather than changing it. Since the system was designed for the few, most remain on the outside looking in.
When that begins to change, the country will have begun to challenge racism. Until then, shouting at the symptoms is necessary, but leaves the core problem untouched. | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205210212.html | 2022-05-21T19:22:25Z | https://allafrica.com/stories/202205210212.html | false | 2 |
Russ Parr Morning Show’s Daily Horrorscope For May 18th, 2022
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It’s time for another reading of the “ Daily Horrorscope ,” where Alfredas keeps it real by telling every astrological sign the harsh truth about themselves for today’s date of May 18th, 2022.
Get the cliff notes below:
Aries: If your new man judges you by the looks of your last man. That relationship wasn’t going to last anyway.
Taurus: Why are you at Dunkin Donuts? Holding up the line… Asking how many calories are in every donut?
Gemini: You wanted to be reelected and you hate gays. But your home movies tell a different story.
Cancer: Your eyelashes may be too long. If they look like sun visors.
Leo, why do people in the neighborhood call your drunk uncle over when things need to be fixed.
Virgo: You are wrong for noticing everything wrong with anybody else and everybody else. However, you never notice anything about yourself
Libra: our man may be slow if he thought streaming had something to do with peeing in a toilet.
Scorpio: Why did the DoorDash driver ask you for an additional tip because he ain’t enough of your fries out the bag?
Sagittarius. Why do all dudes with dreads look alike?
Capricorn: You don’t drink. You don’t smoke. And you still think Lil Wayne is fine. Maybe you should drink.
Aquarius: It is not sexy sending the new girl a picture of yourself in a bubble bath.
Pisces: Why your new man just say he has to go poopy. I gotta go poop.
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Take a Look Inside an 1840’s Missouri Log Cabin Used by Pioneers
I wonder if any of us born in this modern day would have survived life in Missouri in the 1840's. You can get a glimpse of what that might have been like as there are new videos and pictures that allow you to take a look inside one of the nicer homes almost perfectly preserved from that era.
This is the Burgess How House. Ken from the popular This House YouTube channel gave a tour of this historic Kimmswick, Missouri home just a few days ago.
Here are some picture highlights from that tour.
Peek Inside an 1840's Pioneer Log Cabin in Missouri
The dishwasher was a water and bowl. The oven was the fireplace. And, if you were a guy wanting to date the owner's daughter, you had to earn your time with her with the courting candles which were turned up every time you visited. The higher the candle, the longer you could stay.
The mattress on the bed was supported by ropes which had to be tightened frequently. Keep in mind that this was likely one of the nicer homes in the 1840's.
I highly recommend watching all of Ken's video tour as he provides even more backstory about life inside one of these simple homes when Missouri had only been a state for about 20 years. | https://newstalk1280.com/take-a-look-inside-an-1840s-missouri-log-cabin-used-by-pioneers/ | 2022-05-21T19:27:12Z | https://newstalk1280.com/take-a-look-inside-an-1840s-missouri-log-cabin-used-by-pioneers/ | false | 1 |
— In the spaceflight simulation game Kerbal Space Program, if the rocket you design does not reach its desired orbit or destination, you return to the (virtual) hangar to try to correct your problems and then launch again. It seems only appropriate then that the first real-life flight of a Kerbal — the green humanoid aliens that populate the video game — should be on Boeing's second attempt and first success at docking its CST-100 Starliner crew spacecraft to the International Space Station. Jebediah Kerman, or "Jeb" as he is better known to Kerbal Space Program fans, is one of four original "Kerbonauts" in the game and now the first to actually be launched into space — in the form of a plush toy. Jeb officially flew as the "zero-g indicator" for Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), which arrived at the space station on Friday (May 20), the day after launching on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral and two and half years after the first Starliner test flight was cut short by software issues. In between flights, Boeing engineers performed a thorough review and conducted full-up tests, similar to what Kerbal Space Program players do between attempts in a simplified way. In both cases, the end result is mission success. Jeb's presence aboard the Starliner was kept a secret until the uncrewed capsule successfully docked to space station. He was left for the station's Expedition 67 crew to discover floating on the end of a tether when they opened the hatch to the commercial spacecraft. The Kerbonaut was chosen for the OFT-2 mission to represent the enthusiasm many on the Starliner engineering team have for the game, as well as the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) lessons it imparts to players, a Boeing spokesperson told collectSPACE. The 9-inch-tall (23 cm) Kerbal Jeb plush doll was provided by Private Division, the game's publisher. Identical Jeb dolls are available through the company's website. "If you're playing Kerbal Space Program, or doing anything really, you need the perfect co-pilot," the company wrote. "Take Jeb with you on all of your expeditions in his 9-inch plushy form! He's still just as courageous." Zero-g indicators — referred to as such because they begin to float when their ride enters the microgravity environment of space — are a custom that was first started by Soviet-era cosmonauts. As NASA astronauts began flying with their Russian counterparts, they embraced the tradition and now zero-g indicators have become a part of U.S. commercial spaceflights. Boeing's first Starliner flight test, OFT-1 in 2019, launched with a spacesuit-clad Snoopy doll as its zero-g indicator. Although the mission returned to Earth before it could reach the space station, Boeing released video of the Charles Schulz comic strip beagle floating above his seat on board the capsule. Jeb will spend several days at the station before the crew closes the hatch to the Starliner and sends him on his way home. Pending acceptable weather conditions, the Starliner will undock and return to Earth for a parachute and airbag-cushioned touchdown at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. | http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052122a-boeing-starliner-oft2-kerbal-jeb-zerog-indicator.html | 2022-05-21T19:29:18Z | http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052122a-boeing-starliner-oft2-kerbal-jeb-zerog-indicator.html | true | 1 |
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JAMRUD: Traders of the weapon market in the Wazirdand area here on Friday protested against a raid by FC and police and confiscation of arms from the shops.
Haji Ajmal, a representative of the Khyber Arms Association, said that during the month of Ramazan, security forces, police and the district administration had jointly raided the arms market.
Later, the shopkeepers protested and also announced during talks that no illegal and prohibited bore and large arms would be sold in the market while the shopkeepers also brought their shops under the purview of law with the district administration of Khyber.
On Friday, the Frontier Corps and the police again conducted a raid, which they termed illegal.
He said they were going to hold talks with the commissioner Peshawar and Khyber administration so that they are able to run their businesses in the area.
He claimed that they had already stopped sales of the weapons banned by the government.
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J.M. Smucker is recalling some Jif peanut butter products due to salmonella
J.M. Smucker is recalling certain types of Jif peanut butter in the U.S. because of a potential salmonella contamination.
The company said that the peanut butter was sold nationwide and the recall includes more than 45 kinds of products. They have lot codes between 1274425 to 2140425, the company said in a statement. The lot code is next to the "best if used by" date on the product's packaging.
The affected products include both creamy and crunchy peanut butters, peanut butter to-go packs, and the natural squeeze pouch.
Customers should discard the product immediately if it is included in the recall, which is being conducted with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
J.M. Smucker said it's not able to estimate the recall's financial impact for the fiscal year that ended on April 30 or the current fiscal year 2023, but will provide that information once it's available.
Customers who have had a reaction and symptoms, or have any questions, should visit the company's website Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time. | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/jif-peanut-butter-products-recall-due-to-salmonella/40066562 | 2022-05-21T19:40:37Z | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/jif-peanut-butter-products-recall-due-to-salmonella/40066562 | true | 13 |
Operation Lone Star is a tragic and costly example of what happens when political considerations motivate public policy.
We strain to even call Operation Lone Star policy. Steeped in theatrics and mired in incompetence, the mission is a disaster. Instead of acknowledging this failure, Gov. Greg Abbott has doubled down, at tremendous cost to Texans.
Abbott recently transferred $495 million from various state agencies to fund the rising cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border. Additionally, the state quietly shifted $1 billion in COVID relief aid to keep Operation Lone Star running. The two-year cost for border security from the state has ballooned to about $4 billion, with no apparent end in sight.
This cost alone is enormous and should trouble taxpayers, who also should wonder just what has been accomplished.
We also see a resource shift away from other priorities. COVID relief aid could have been used to support small businesses and out-of-work Texans, and to distribute therapeutics and vaccines. Just imagine how billions of dollars might have supported public education, property tax relief or infrastructure.
Officials claim the most recent transfer will not impact the agencies tapped for the funds: the Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. As Abbott and other state leaders wrote in a letter to the heads of these agencies, about half of the funds were budgeted last fiscal year and “would otherwise lapse and be unavailable.” The other half comes from this year’s budget and has “been fully funded with other sources.”
But the letter doesn’t provide details about these transfers — and, anyway, the logic fails. The money came from somewhere and could have been used elsewhere.
Abbott has created a quagmire.
Launched last spring, Operation Lone Star overwhelmed county criminal justice systems, with hundreds of immigrants released after sitting in jail for weeks without formal charges or appointed attorneys, both apparent violations of state law.
Texas officials have also thrown together a mishmash system of courts and jails to address the problem, a response that has cost millions of dollars.
Then came Abbott’s inspections of commercial trucks in April that backlogged the border and likely cost the state’s economy more than $4 billion. The inspections turned up… nothing.
The most tragic consequence of this abysmal policy is the death of National Guard soldier Bishop Evans, who lost his life last month trying to save two immigrants from drowning in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.
Evans’ death has raised big questions about how prepared guardsmen are to help migrants during river crossings and what type of equipment they have available to them in these dangerous situations.
There are other examples of the failures plaguing this operation since it started last year, but all point to the need for the governor and his supporters to end the chaos — and end it now.
Through all the chaos, officials have misled the public about the operation, including failing to provide evidence to support the claim that troops have cited hundreds of gang members, according to an investigation by ProPublica, the Texas Tribune and the Marshall Project.
Policies based solely on enforcement are ineffective because the issue does not begin at the border; it begins in the countries from which immigrants flee out of fear and desperation. They are escaping poverty, violence and oppression. Militarizing the border will not resolve those concerns, especially since many migrants are seeking asylum.
A more humane approach is required, one that addresses the humanitarian issues driving the exodus. The crisis demands a latter-day Marshall Plan, the U.S.-sponsored program that helped nations recovering from World War II.
The federal government’s failure to achieve this has created an opening for politicians like Abbott to exploit the border for potential political gain — at immense public cost. Just how and when does Operation Lone Star end?
This editorial was originally published in the San Antonio Express-News. | https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-abbott-has-created-a-quagmire-in-operation-lone-star/article_3ac047d0-03e2-5659-bddc-421a8b701637.html | 2022-05-21T19:45:41Z | https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-abbott-has-created-a-quagmire-in-operation-lone-star/article_3ac047d0-03e2-5659-bddc-421a8b701637.html | true | 3 |
The U.S. women’s national team has not only been wildly successful on the field, the players have also been unabashedly outspoken, using their platform to advocate for equal rights for themselves and others.
The team’s efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week. The four-time Women’s World Cup winners reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts.
But the historic milestone wasn’t achieved just because the women filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2019 or complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016. It was decades in the making.
Former goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who started on the team that won the 1999 World Cup, said the job of a national team player is first to be a skilled player and a great teammate. But there’s always been another unspoken component.
“Part two is you have to understand that there is a standard of doing more than just being a footballer, you have to push the envelope further and further, raise the bar in terms of equality,” Scurry said. “It was so clear to all of us back then that we deserved so much more than we were getting when we were the ones winning World Cups and Olympic Games, and bringing great notoriety to soccer in this country.”
—In 1995, a year before the Atlanta Games became the first Olympics to include women’s soccer, a group of nine players, including Scurry, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, sat out of a training camp in a dispute over bonuses.
—Following the team’s memorable 1999 World Cup victory at the Rose Bowl, 20 of the team’s players refused to play in a tournament in Australia. That led to the team’s first collective bargaining agreement.
Akers, who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, said back when the national team was founded in the 1980s, the players got a $10 per diem and had to wear their own cleats in games. They were given hand-me-down uniforms from the men’s team.
Out of necessity, it became “part of the team’s DNA” for the players to advocate for themselves off the field, Akers said.
“That’s also a part of playing for the U.S. National Team, you’re representing your country, you’re representing your family, your teammates, and you’re out there giving everything you have to be the best you can be — and that doesn’t just mean as a soccer player, it means as a person and it means how you interact and work to make the world better,” she said.
Over the years, the battles extended beyond pay.
Abby Wambach led a group of players in protesting the artificial turf fields at the 2015 World Cup in Canada, claiming — rightly — that the men’s World Cup would never be held on fake grass. The players said the game is inherently different on turf and there’s a greater risk of injury. The tournament went on as planned, but the point was made for future World Cups.
Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before two games in 2016 in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who knelt to draw attention to racial inequity.
At a match in Texas this year, a number of players wore armbands that read “Protect Trans Kids” hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for investigations into parents for seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, likening it to child abuse.
One of the team’s most dramatic stands for equality came in 2016, when five high-profile players — Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo and Carli Lloyd — filed their EEOC complaint.
Unsatisfied with the lack of response, the women filed a gender discrimination lawsuit in 2019, just a few months before the team went to France and won the World Cup, spurring chants of “Equal Pay!” from fans celebrating the victory.
The U.S. Soccer Federation settled the lawsuit with the women for $24 million earlier this year, and vowed to work with both the men’s and women’s teams to equalize pay going forward. On Wednesday, the teams announced that deals had been struck.
“We wouldn’t be where we are today without all the generations of women’s national team players that came before that decided to fight for better everything,” Sauerbrunn said. “So much credit needs to go to them and I hope that they feel pride in what they did because we wouldn’t be here without them.”
Amanda Cromwell, who played for the national team from 1991-98, appearing in 55 matches, is proud of that legacy.
“I hope these women know the players that came before them, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, they paved the way for this group, and we fought our battles back then with some contract issues and trying to get more,” Cromwell said. “We’ve come a long way, I’ll say that.”
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(NEXSTAR) – One of South Africa’s signature birds — and a star of Disney’s 1994 animated masterpiece “The Lion King” — is close to being gone forever, according to recent research.
Red and yellow-billed hornbills are quickly disappearing due to climate change, Newsweek reports. The birds are recognizable for their long curved bills in either yellow or reddish colors. They’re typically seen in open savanna and scrub, and tend to be pretty large (up to 24 inches), according to the Oregon Zoo.
While these sub-Saharan mainstays weren’t new to folks around the world, many Westerners may have become familiar with the species thanks to the character of Zazu, an animated hornbill that appeared in the aforementioned 90s musical hit and its 2019 photorealistic remake. In both iterations, Zazu is a British-voiced majordomo (a type of head staff member) who serves King Mufasa and irritates the prince, Simba.
But researcher Dr. Nicholas Pattinson, of the University of of Cape Town, says drought and high temperatures are causing a “collapse of breeding success,” which was seen from 2008 to 2019 in the Kalahari Desert.
Rising air temperature resulted in a decrease of nest success from 58% to 17% — and fledglings produced per breeding attempt dropped from 1.1 to 0.4, Pattinson explains in a study.
“Based on current warming trends, the air temperature maximum threshold of 35.7°C, above which no successful breeding attempts were recorded, will be exceeded during the entire hornbill breeding season by approximately 2027 at our study site.”
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Pattinson says hornbill decline may also be exacerbated by the species’ unique breeding behaviors, which are initiated after rainfall. During breeding, females seal themselves off from predators in the nest (inside a tree, for instance), and wait for males — but hotter temperatures mean fewer males are coming around, researchers explain. Nests are also harder to tolerate for mothers and their vulnerable eggs.
In addition to climate factors, hornbills (which are also found in Asia and India) face extinction due to habitat destruction and hunting, the San Diego Zoo explains. Conservation efforts are underway by a variety of groups. One interesting effort made by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is its feather exchange program, where feathers are safely molted from birds without killing them and given to indigenous people for use in ceremonies and costumes. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/african-bird-depicted-in-the-lion-king-nearly-extinct-research-shows/ | 2022-05-21T19:49:19Z | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/african-bird-depicted-in-the-lion-king-nearly-extinct-research-shows/ | true | 18 |
Providence Grove softball's best season in program history ends a game shy of regionals
FRANKLINVILLE — Providence Grove went a step further in this postseason than it ever had, topping three straight third-round appearances with a regional semifinal berth as the West 2A No. 1 seed boasting a perfect record.
But the Patriots' historic run ended Friday night with a 1-0 loss to No. 5 West Stokes.
In a pitchers' duel with both teams combining for five hits, West Stokes ace Natalie Jones, a Radford signee, hit a two-strike solo home run to lead off the fourth inning for the game's only score.
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Providence Grove's season ends with a 24-1 record — the most wins in program history.
"They set the bar pretty high, this group right here," coach Tim Brown told Sports Tone after the game.
"Just hate to see it end, but we'll come back strong next year."
The Patriots have completed the regular season with an undefeated record in two of the last five seasons. The 2018 squad reached its third-round state playoff game with a 22-0 record before falling to Bartlett Yancey 2-1.
Emma Mazzarone, Providence Grove's ace pitcher who's committed to Virginia Tech, gave up just two hits in Friday's game.
"Emma pitched her guts out," Brown said. "We just didn't get the big hit."
The Patriots' best chance to score came in the first inning when senior Edi Austin got an infield hit, went to second when Mazzarone drew a walk and then stole third. She was thrown out at the plate on a close play, and Providence Grove didn't get a runner past second after that.
Makayla McClain and Maddie Finchem added hits for the Patriots.
Mazzarone struck out 11 to bring her season total to 337 — No. 1 in the state, according to MaxPreps.com. Her 24 victories also rank No. 1 in the state, as do her six no-hitters, and her 0.28 ERA ranks fourth.
The junior has held opponents to a .097 batting average on the season.
She'll return, but Providence Grove will lose seniors Austin, McClain, Morgan Gruer, Allie Cox and Reann Sanders — all of whom contributed to this record-setting run.
"I'm going to miss 'em all," Brown said.
Sports editor Monica Holland can be reached at mholland@fayobserver.com. | https://www.courier-tribune.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/05/21/providence-grove-softball-falls-to-west-stokes-in-nchsaa-playoffs/9873054002/ | 2022-05-21T19:53:12Z | https://www.courier-tribune.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/05/21/providence-grove-softball-falls-to-west-stokes-in-nchsaa-playoffs/9873054002/ | true | 1 |
CLEVELAND (AP) — The threat of thunderstorms and an ominous forecast postponed Saturday's game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians more than three hours before the first pitch.
The Tigers were taking infield practice when the game was called at 2:45 p.m. The game was scheduled to start at 6:10.
The rainout will be made up on July 14, a previously mutual off day for the AL Central rivals.
This is the fifth weather postponement for the Guardians at home this season. Cleveland was also rained out Wednesday night against Cincinnati and made up the next day.
The Guardians will push back their rotation on Sunday with Shane Bieber starting the scheduled 1:40 p.m. start. Detroit's pitching plans were not immediately known.
Cleveland won the series opener 6-1 on Friday night.
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Saturday afternoon update to the weekend severe thunderstorm risk in Maine is showing the western and northern mountains have the best shot at severe weather.
Scattered thunderstorms are moving into the Aroostook Hills right now and they can have damaging wind and large hail. There's another line of thunderstorms advancing the boundary plateau and western mountains later this afternoon and early evening.
The coast won't see much from the severe threat today, but the national weather service has expanded the threat zone south and east tomorrow.
It's a level 1 out of 5 (1 being the lowest, 5 being the highest) from Calais to Bangor, Bar Harbor, Augusta, Portland, and the southern coast.
Watch for level 2 for the foothills, central mountains, and western mountains to points north.
The timeline for Sunday's severe weather potential is afternoon through evening with damaging wind, large hail, and even isolated, brief tornadoes (north).
Keep checking back with NEWSCENTER Maine and Meteorologist Jason Nappi's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jasonnappiwx/) or updates. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/weather/weather-blog/the-threat-of-severe-t-storms-has-expanded-south-and-east-sunday-maine/97-5f11c3ce-f70e-409b-bd8b-10ae22b7ab45 | 2022-05-21T19:59:24Z | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/weather/weather-blog/the-threat-of-severe-t-storms-has-expanded-south-and-east-sunday-maine/97-5f11c3ce-f70e-409b-bd8b-10ae22b7ab45 | true | 1 |
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes (all times local):
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3:15 p.m.
Fenwick is no longer the biggest long shot at the Preakness.
Updated odds less than four hours before post time for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown had Fenwick bet down to 7-1. He started 50-1 on the morning line.
Fenwick may have been a popular underdog choice for bettors after Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1. Rich Strike is not in the Preakness after his owner decided more rest was needed to prep for the Belmont Stakes on June 11.
There’s also an emotional story behind Fenwick, who was named after owner Jeremia Rudan’s mother who died when he was 19. Fenwick is running for trainer Kevin McKathan, who lost his brother to a heart attack three years ago.
Fenwick started the week as the longest shot on the board largely because of his 11th-place finish in his most recent race April 9. He was also purchased for the modest sum of $52,000 as a yearling and went unsold as a 2-year-old.
Epicenter, who was second to Rich Strike in the Derby, remains the favorite at 9-5. Filly Secret Oath is next at 9-2, followed by Early Voting and Fenwick at 7-1, Simplification and Happy Jack at 8-1, Creative Minister and Skippylongstocking at 9-1 and Armagnac at 18-1.
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1:05 p.m.
Standing outside the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course earlier in the week, trainer Kenny McPeek brushed off concern about the heat and how it might affect Creative Minister in the Preakness.
“He goes out there and never flinches,” McPeek said. “I don’t think the heat will bother him at all, and I don’t worry about what I can’t control but I hope the weatherman’s wrong.”
The weatherman was not wrong.
The 147th Preakness could be run in some of the hottest weather in the history of the Triple Crown race.
The temperature at Pimlico Race Course soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit just after 1 p.m.. The forecast calls for it to be 90 degrees when the horses enter the starting gate just after 7. Post time is scheduled for 7:01.
The record high on Preakness day is 96 set in 1934. Steve Asmussen, the trainer of favorite Epicenter, said he was as concerned as he possibly could be about the heat.
“We know it can be pretty sticky when it gets warm in Baltimore, so I think that all of them are going to have to deal with that,” Asmussen said. “He’s a big horse turning back in 14 days, so just make sure he’s drinking plenty of water and hydrated, just like your kids.”
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A try-saving tackle by Tokyo Olympic gold-medalist Napolioni Bolaca helped Fiji clinch to a narrow 19-17 win over USA in a pulsating Toulouse 7s quarter-final clash.
USA took a healthy 12-nil lead in the first half with two tries.
Fiji with a more positive energy in the second spell levelled the scores with tries to Josua Vakurunabili and Elia Canakaivata.
Vakurunabili and Semi Kunatani put in some hard work, taking on defenders and creating space.
From 22 meters out, Kaminieli Rasaku danced around the defenders and took one with him to the try-line and Fiji hit the lead 19-12.
USA fueled its hope in the last minute of play with an unconverted try to Steve Tomasin and were awarded a penalty at the restart due to foul play by Vakurunabili.
The Americans with possession passed the ball around before releasing to their speedster at the far right but he was bundled out the touch line thanks to a desperate tackle by Bolaca.
Fiji will face Samoa in the semi-final at 12.36am tomorrow. | https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/sevens/bolaca-saves-the-day-fiji-to-face-samoa-in-semis/ | 2022-05-21T20:03:21Z | https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/sevens/bolaca-saves-the-day-fiji-to-face-samoa-in-semis/ | true | 1 |
Heinz unveils plans to make ketchup bottles from paper
(CNN) - Heinz ketchup is going from red to green. The company has announced plans for the first ketchup brand with a paper bottle.
Heinz reports it is teaming up with packaging company Pulpex to make its iconic bottle renewable and recyclable by using 100% sustainably sourced wood pulp.
It comes when many other brands are launching environmentally friendly initiatives.
The Kraft Heinz Company has set several goals, including making all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable by 2025. It is also aiming to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.
But it will be a while before you see a Heinz paper ketchup bottle.
The company reports it is developing a prototype that must be performance tested with additional consumer testing.
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The U.S. women’s national team has not only been wildly successful on the field, the players have also been unabashedly outspoken, using their platform to advocate for equal rights for themselves and others.
The team’s efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week. The four-time Women’s World Cup winners reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts.
But the historic milestone wasn’t achieved just because the women filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2019 or complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016. It was decades in the making.
Former goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who started on the team that won the 1999 World Cup, said the job of a national team player is first to be a skilled player and a great teammate. But there’s always been another unspoken component.
“Part two is you have to understand that there is a standard of doing more than just being a footballer, you have to push the envelope further and further, raise the bar in terms of equality,” Scurry said. “It was so clear to all of us back then that we deserved so much more than we were getting when we were the ones winning World Cups and Olympic Games, and bringing great notoriety to soccer in this country.”
—In 1995, a year before the Atlanta Games became the first Olympics to include women’s soccer, a group of nine players, including Scurry, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, sat out of a training camp in a dispute over bonuses.
—Following the team’s memorable 1999 World Cup victory at the Rose Bowl, 20 of the team’s players refused to play in a tournament in Australia. That led to the team’s first collective bargaining agreement.
Akers, who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, said back when the national team was founded in the 1980s, the players got a $10 per diem and had to wear their own cleats in games. They were given hand-me-down uniforms from the men’s team.
Out of necessity, it became “part of the team’s DNA” for the players to advocate for themselves off the field, Akers said.
“That’s also a part of playing for the U.S. National Team, you’re representing your country, you’re representing your family, your teammates, and you’re out there giving everything you have to be the best you can be — and that doesn’t just mean as a soccer player, it means as a person and it means how you interact and work to make the world better,” she said.
Over the years, the battles extended beyond pay.
Abby Wambach led a group of players in protesting the artificial turf fields at the 2015 World Cup in Canada, claiming — rightly — that the men’s World Cup would never be held on fake grass. The players said the game is inherently different on turf and there’s a greater risk of injury. The tournament went on as planned, but the point was made for future World Cups.
Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before two games in 2016 in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who knelt to draw attention to racial inequity.
At a match in Texas this year, a number of players wore armbands that read “Protect Trans Kids” hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for investigations into parents for seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, likening it to child abuse.
One of the team’s most dramatic stands for equality came in 2016, when five high-profile players — Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo and Carli Lloyd — filed their EEOC complaint.
Unsatisfied with the lack of response, the women filed a gender discrimination lawsuit in 2019, just a few months before the team went to France and won the World Cup, spurring chants of “Equal Pay!” from fans celebrating the victory.
The U.S. Soccer Federation settled the lawsuit with the women for $24 million earlier this year, and vowed to work with both the men’s and women’s teams to equalize pay going forward. On Wednesday, the teams announced that deals had been struck.
“We wouldn’t be where we are today without all the generations of women’s national team players that came before that decided to fight for better everything,” Sauerbrunn said. “So much credit needs to go to them and I hope that they feel pride in what they did because we wouldn’t be here without them.”
Amanda Cromwell, who played for the national team from 1991-98, appearing in 55 matches, is proud of that legacy.
“I hope these women know the players that came before them, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, they paved the way for this group, and we fought our battles back then with some contract issues and trying to get more,” Cromwell said. “We’ve come a long way, I’ll say that.”
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(NEXSTAR) – Married people never keep secrets from each other. Except when they totally do.
Couples in committed relationships are well aware that privacy is hard to come by, especially when they’re cohabitating. Virtually nothing is a secret — and that includes ATM numbers, phone passcodes, and even the TV shows they’ve been streaming while the other is asleep.
It’s no wonder, then, that lots of people in otherwise fulfilling relationships seek a little bit of privacy for a personal hobby or guilty pleasure, if only for a few moments each week.
How do we know this? Well, thousands of these people have recently spilled their secrets in a Reddit thread that posed the following question: “What’s a guilty pleasure you hide from your significant other?”
Perhaps not surprisingly, some of the most popular responses concerned food. Several commenters claimed their partners don’t enjoy the same types of treats, or can’t eat them due to allergies or intolerances.
“My husband has gluten sensitivity,” one user explained. “If he eats regular pizza, his stomach hurts for a couple of days after. Well, I don’t, so sometimes I say I’m going for a run, and I do run … to the pizza store, eat a slice, and run back.”
Another user, whose child is allergic to eggs, claims she can’t eat one of her favorite treats — Twinkies — for fear of triggering her kid’s allergic reaction.
“Sometimes, when I’m desperate for an egg-filled spongey cake, I will grocery shop solo, snag a 2-pack of Twinkies, and indulge in the car before driving home,” she wrote. “Then I wash my hands and face and mouth in the outdoor sink before going inside to resume mom duties.”
Aside from food, plenty of users claimed to be partaking in secret hobbies or hangouts, unbeknownst to their partner.
“I write stories for years now, some of the times she thinks I’m working on the computer but I’m actually writing a story,” one Redditor claimed. “There is nothing to hide but I just keep it to myself … I have written 56 stories.”
Another Redditor said he sometimes tells his wife he’s leaving for work, when in actuality he’s calling in sick so he can hang out with his buddies all day. “It’s literally the only way for us all to get together reliably,” he said.
Some said they indulge in fantasies, fanfiction or role-playing games.
“Before [my partner] comes home, I like to make believe that I am a warrior princess and I use a pretend sword to slay enemy soldiers,” one user said.
Not every revelation was so tame, however. Some users fessed up to more risqué behavior, such as the woman who claims she likes to “cruise the house butt naked” when her family isn’t home, or the other who harbored a secret twerking hobby.
“When nobody is home I twerk to my music,” she said. “I love feeling sexy when I dance. I’ll even practice doing the whole lap dance on a kitchen chair … I’ve told him repeatedly when we go out dancing that I don’t know how to grind, twerk, or do any of that type of dancing[,] mostly because in front of people I know I’d look like a total dork.”
Among the thousands of other responses, some Reddit users admitted to gambling in secret or sneaking the occasional cigarette, and a surprisingly large number said they intentionally stay up later than their partners, just to get some alone-time.
“I love my partner. She’s amazing. I would be miserable if she were to leave my life,” one user wrote. “BUT HOLY HELL DO I LOVE BEING ALONE.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
3-7-8
(three, seven, eight)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
3-7-8
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WFO BUFFALO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 21, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Jefferson County in central New York...
Northern Lewis County in central New York...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 350 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over West
Carthage, or 10 miles southeast of Fort Drum, moving east at 25
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Carthage, West Carthage, Herrings, Denmark, Copenhagen,
Harrisville, Croghan, Castorland, Belfort and Soft Maple Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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In India’s missile circles he is fondly called as ‘Agni Agarwal’. An outstanding aerospace engineer, Ram Narain Agarwal should be credited with being the architect of Agni missiles. Agni V, the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), has catapulted India into the exclusive club of nations—US, Russia, China, France, UK, Israel and North Korea.
On May 22, 1989, exactly 23 years ago, as Programme Director, Agarwal and team successfully flight tested the Agni missile over 800 km with a payload of 1000 kg. It was the medium range ballistic missile launched from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur on sea, Balasore, off the Odisha coast. It had to be postponed twice – first on April 20, 1989, and then on May 1, 1989 due to last minute detection of technical glitches.
The success surprised many developed nations and invited their wrath too. India described the Agni at that stage as a “technology demonstrator”. In short, it established the rare capability of re-entry technology–the missile leaving the earth’s atmosphere and then coming back. It opened up many applications in space from next generation launchers, planetary exploration, transportation into outer space etc. to India. There was no intention to deploy this version as a weapon delivery system, was the government stand then.
Agni–crown jewel of IGMDP
The Agni project was the ‘Jewel in the crown’ of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) launched in 1983 by the Indian government. The ambitious programme was sanctioned by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a time when missile technology could not be obtained for ‘money or friendship’. Ms Gandhi entrusted the leadership responsibility to A PJ Abdul Kalam.
The mandate was to develop 5 different missiles–Agni, the technology demonstrator, surface to air missile; Prithvi– a surface to surface missile; Trishul– a quick reaction short range, surface to air missile; Nag– a third generation anti-tank missile system and; Akash– a medium range, surface to air missile system.
In 1982, Kalam had joined the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad. He had come from the Indian Space Research Organisation and was committed to transform the struggling defence lab. The leadership and the IGMDP gave the right impetus and brought out the best in him as a team leader, motivator and coordinator.
However, the basic development initiatives for missile technology were started by R N Agarwal and his team in the DRDL few years before. Agarwal was heading the Aerodynamics Test Facility at the Lab. The group was involved in building a supersonic wind tunnel and high altitude test facility. In addition, it prepared a report on the re-entry test vehicle to test the re-entry technology, which was critical for Agni class of missiles.
Building on these foundations and the coordinated work involving different labs of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) in Hyderabad and the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, defence scientists progressed steadily in the development of the slew of missiles.
From 1989 to 2020, the defence scientists successfully developed Agni 1 to V versions with different ranges from 700 km to 5000 plus km. Agni V, the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launched in 2012 catapulted India into a global power to reckon with and made China sit up to the reality, the pivotal role played by Ram Narain Agarwal and his team in the initial stages had undoubtedly laid the foundation.
Agarwal and Hyderabad
Dr Agarwal drove the Agni mission as it’s programme director from 1983 till 2005, when he retired as the Director of the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL). As the IGMDP gained momentum and missiles started getting tested the DRDO created the ASL and Research Centre Imarat. Later BrahMos came. With Bharat Dynamics Limited into manufacturing, Hyderabad emerged as the ‘Missile Complex’ of India.
Hailing from a family of businessmen from Jaipur, Agarwal moved to Hyderabad and the DRDO in the early 1970s. His fascination for flying and space drew him to aeronautics. In a way Agarwal turned out to be an exception in the family. He went on to obtain an engineering degree in aeronautics from the Madras Institute of Technology, also the Alma mater of Abdul Kalam. Thereafter, he did masters from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
In a way Hyderabad proved to be the right fit for the short statured, Aerospace engineer, a demanding leader, who went about his tasks with a high degree of commitment. Incidentally, the city of Nizam’s had a sizeable population of business communities from the North, especially Rajasthan, who held important portfolios under the Nizam’s rule. The Kayasthas, the Marwaris and traders have made significant contributions to the city. During a visit to his home in ‘Rakshapuram’, Kanchanbagh, which houses the cluster of defence labs, by me and Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, a senior Journalist, he lucidly explained these aspects and how easily he could connect with the people in Hyderabad, especially the old city. Incidentally, Mrs Agarwal, a Kasyatha from an eminent family in the city, worked in a School too in the neighbourhood and the family happily settled there post his retirement from DRDO in 2005.
On January 1, 2002, the first foundation day of ASL, I had a chance of attending the event with Dr R Chidambaram, one of the key nuclear scientists behind Pokhran-2 of May 1998 as chief guest. It was very revealing to understand the wide range of indigenisation that the ASL had achieved from light weight composites used in the nose tip of Agni that withstood the above 3000 degree temperatures to rocket motors and many key components. ASL was the lead Institute for the Agni Programme.
Agarwal was a doer, an achiever and a task master. But, the top secret nature of the Agni project, the need to keep everything under wraps and Abdul Kalam’s high profile in a way overshadowed his achievements in the public domain. Further, in 2004, to his disappointment, he was surprisingly pipped to the post of Director General, DRDO by Dr M Natarajan, who was heading, Arjun, the Main Battle Tank project.
In a long career of over four decades, Agarwal won many awards and recognitions including the Padma Bhushan. He also groomed several leaders of whom Avinash Chander, who became DG of DRDO and V Sekharan (former Director ASL) made significant contributions in the development of Agni 1 to V and taking them into the production and induction phases into the defence forces. Agarwal, who is now into his early 80s, preferred to settle down in Hyderabad to a quiet life.
To sum, ‘A for Agni missile and Agni is Agarwal, could well be a befitting description to his invaluable contributions to India’s missile development. Even Kalam, who later became the DRDO Chief, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Union Govt. and President of India in his biography ‘Wings of Fire’, acknowledged Agni development to R N Agarwal. | https://www.siasat.com/r-n-agarwal-the-developer-of-agni-missile-living-a-quiet-life-in-hyderabad-2331985/ | 2022-05-21T20:30:23Z | https://www.siasat.com/r-n-agarwal-the-developer-of-agni-missile-living-a-quiet-life-in-hyderabad-2331985/ | true | 1 |
Public Demands Clinton Be Held Accountable After Courtroom Revelation That She Personally Greenlit the Trump-Russia Hoax
It’s not a great time to be Robby Mook.
The 2016 Clinton campaign manager’s pivotal testimony in the trial of former Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann on Friday definitively tied Hillary Clinton to the Trump-Russia collusion hoax for the first time.
Mook admitted that Clinton gave the go-ahead to alert the media to the spurious claim that then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had covert ties to a Russian bank.
Given the liberal composition of the jury and the presiding judge’s obvious left-leaning bias, special counsel John Durham’s team faces an uphill battle trying to prove that Sussmann lied when he told FBI General Counsel James Baker in a September 2016 meeting that he wasn’t working on behalf of a client, despite the fact that he’d billed the Clinton campaign for his efforts.
Sussmann’s goal was to provide the FBI with data that he claimed showed nefarious communications between the Trump organization and the Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank.
The hope was that the FBI would open an investigation which the Clinton campaign could then leak to the press in the weeks leading up to the election, creating the ultimate “October Surprise.”
The plan to paint Trump as an agent of Russia was also intended to divert voters’ attention from the swirling controversy around Clinton’s use of a personal server during her tenure as secretary of state.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Former Clinton campaign manager testifies that Hillary Clinton personally approved providing one of the Trump-Russia stories (Alfa Bank) to the press. pic.twitter.com/xZCoBw69PF
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) May 20, 2022
It’s time for Trump to answer serious questions about his ties to Russia. https://t.co/D8oSmyVAR4 pic.twitter.com/07dRyEmPjX
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 31, 2016
Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. pic.twitter.com/8f8n9xMzUU
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 1, 2016
(Note: It’s important to recognize that the Alfa Bank link was just one part of a larger campaign to connect Trump to Russia, but those other efforts go way beyond the scope of the Sussmann case.)
The enormity of what the Clinton campaign unleashed cannot be glossed over.
The sum of their efforts cast a false shadow of illegitimacy over Trump’s presidency that even the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in March 2019 was unable to erase. In addition to damaging the Trump Administration, it caused great harm to the country.
Yet, so far, no one has been held accountable.
Mook’s unfortunate (for him) admission that Clinton greenlit the corruption has many Americans demanding she be held accountable.
Opposition research is standard. Fabricating elaborate stories of wrongdoing to damage one’s opponent, however, takes this practice to a whole new level.
Worse, Clinton was aided and abetted by top-ranking officials inside the Obama Administration every step of the way, including then-President Barack Obama himself, who had been briefed of her plans in July 2016 by then-CIA Director John Brennan.
Get Hillary Clinton to testify under oath – IMMEDIATELY.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 20, 2022
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Sussmann himself admitted billing Clinton Campaign to pay for him to present Russia hoax to FBI! This is not even questioned by the defense.
Btw, I donated to & voted for Hillary, so am doubly pissed off about those funds being used for lying.https://t.co/PtFgYzpXQN
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Hillary did it. And has thus far skated. Why isn’t she in the dock? https://t.co/2fTZj3lHyz https://t.co/dV1e0ANLSQ
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 20, 2022
All true.
Bet most people still don’t know that a Clinton campaign lawyer, using campaign funds, created an elaborate hoax about Trump and Russia.
Makes you wonder what else is fake.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Mook’s casual utterance in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on Friday will have seismic repercussions. I’m not saying we’ll see Clinton perp-walked in prison garb into a D.C. courthouse anytime soon.
But Mook’s revelation opened up the case. First, it draws Clinton in as a direct participant. Second, much of the evidence (communications such as emails and texts) the Durham team had hoped to introduce to the Sussman jury, which the judge had previously denied, deeming it either irrelevant or too late, suddenly became very relevant. Isn’t it amazing that the Mueller investigation missed all of this?
The genie is out of the bottle and Hillary Clinton’s tail has to be swishing wildly.
Let the games begin.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies lineup as the designated hitter on Saturday after he missed the previous five games because of soreness from a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow.
The reigning NL MVP hit third for the Phillies against the Los Angeles Dodgers and right-hander Mitch White.
The 29-year-old Harper is batting .305 with nine home runs, 14 doubles, 27 RBIs and a .634 slugging percentage. He has been playing exclusively at designated hitter since injuring his arm on a throw from right field last month. He last played the field at Miami on April 16.
“The last couple of days were tough for me,” Harper said before the game. “Woke up yesterday feeling good and today feeling better, as well.”
Harper had hoped to play in the three-game series this past week against San Diego. He had the shot Sunday because of a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of his throwing elbow and sat out the finale in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. He missed the entire Padres series and the opener Friday at home against the Dodgers.
“The plan is to always stay in there,” Harper said. “But if I feel it or I'm not all right, then I'll be out of the lineup.”
Harper has been unable to throw because of the injury. It could be another six weeks before he is cleared to try again and possibly resume his spot in right field.
Harper likely would have spent a chunk of the season on the injured list had the National League not adopted the DH this season. Manager Joe Girardi said there was a chance the Phillies might have carried him on the roster as a pinch hitter.
The Phillies had dropped four of five games entering Saturday.
“Ready to go,” Harper said. “Ready to get back in there and try to help.”
Harper did have a new souvenir in his locker — a hat he obtained in a trade with a Phillies fan for one of his own during a game this week against the Padres.
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Steven Davis to discuss Rangers future ‘next week’ after emotional cup victory
Steven Davis will discuss his Rangers future in the coming days after ending an emotional week with a Scottish Cup winners’ medal.
The 37-year-old is out of contract and unsure what is happening next season.
The Northern Ireland record appearance holder started in the 2-0 win over Hearts and his passing and composure helped Rangers get a firm grip on the game after half-time.
Davis had come close to a dramatic late winner against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final on Wednesday before the Germans won on penalties.
And he was focused on getting some reward for the efforts of the season before considering his future.
Davis, who has played 41 games for club and country this season, is not sure whether he has played his last game for Rangers. He told Premier Sports: “To be honest, I really don’t know. We just said we would speak afterwards.
“It’s been such an emotional week, obviously with the European final. This doesn’t make up for it because it was a real, good opportunity for us, but we are delighted to win this.
“And obviously it was Jimmy Bell’s funeral on Friday, so it has been a really emotional week.
“I’m delighted we could finish on a high and we will sit down I’m sure over the next week and see where everything sits.”
Davis is in his second spell at Ibrox and has now won 10 domestic trophies as well as picking up two runners-up medals in European finals.
“It’s always special to pick up a trophy with this club,” he said.
“I think it was really important for us as a group to get this trophy. We have had our fair share of disappointments in the last few years and obviously the league didn’t go our way, the European final didn’t go our way. It was important we finished on a high.
“I just think for the effort the boys have given all season, they really deserve to have something to show for it at the end of it. We got our rewards.
“The first half they went quite direct and caused us some problems but second half, when the game settled down, space opened up and the pitch got a bit of water which helped as well. I’m delighted to get the win in end.”
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Which double laundry hamper is best?
Few people relish the idea of sorting through a mountain of laundry at the end of a long weekend, but it makes for an organized life. Make it easy on yourself by organizing dirty clothes as you take them off with a double laundry hamper.
It may be a bit of an investment in organization, but the BirdRock Home Oversized Divided Hamper With Liners is a long-lasting, large-capacity hamper that will keep things tidy.
What to know before you buy a double laundry hamper
Laundry hamper material
A laundry hamper is available in many different materials.
- Plastic: Plastic may be molded or woven. This is lightweight but can sometimes feel cheaply made.
- Natural fibers: These may be wicker or another type of fiber woven and wrapped around a metal frame. These are generally sturdy and bring a more organic feel to your decor.
- Wood: Wood hampers are usually slatted to reduce weight and lined with fabric.
- Metal: Metal is heavy and can be mistaken for a trash can. Still, some people prefer the industrial look of this.
- Fabric: With or without a liner, fabric hampers are one of the most affordable options. They usually fold when not in use and are best for smaller households.
Laundry hamper footprint
Take the time to consider where your laundry hamper will go before investing in an oversized double hamper. The footprint of these is larger than a standard hamper, and it may require more vertical space, too.
Number of people in the household
The number of people in your household affects the size of the double hamper you choose. If you only need to sort a load or two, a smaller double hamper may suit you — and your space — better.
What to look for in a quality double laundry hamper
Removable laundry bags
Not everyone has the luxury of in-home laundry. If this is your situation, look for a hamper with removable laundry bags. These usually hook onto the frame of the hamper and slide closed with a drawstring for easy transport.
As a bonus, these can be tossed in the laundry when they need a wash, too.
Collapsible
When storage space is tight, or if you don’t always need a double hamper, collapsible versions fit the bill. These also ship flat and can cost less than more permanent hampers.
Easy assembly
Even if you select a fabric double laundry hamper that is collapsible, some assembly is usually required. This should be easy and straightforward, with clear instructions and no tools beyond a screwdriver required.
How much you can expect to spend on a double laundry hamper
The price depends on how long you’d like your double laundry hamper to last — in this case you do get what you pay for. Expect to spend $30-$225.
Double laundry hamper FAQ
How do you know which laundry hamper material to choose?
A. Some people choose their hamper based on their home’s decor. Wood or wicker hampers complement wood trim or flooring, while a metal or sturdy fabric works in a more industrial space.
Other options may be influenced by who is using the hamper. College students and kids might appreciate a softer fabric hamper that can be easily transported to the laundromat or laundry room, but more substantial materials may better suit those who have their laundry room on the same floor as their hamper.
Ultimately, what works best is different for each household.
How do you care for a laundry hamper?
A. The care generally depends on the material of the hamper you choose.
- Cloth hampers can be washed with the laundry. Otherwise, spot clean any dirty or stained areas.
- To prevent mildew or mold, mesh or plastic hampers are best for clothes that are wet. Slatted wood hampers can work here, too.
- Spray your fabric hamper with fabric refresher to keep it fresh and prevent odors.
- Dust wicker hampers with a dry cloth. You can also wipe with a damp cloth occasionally.
- Wood hampers can be polished with spray-on wood furniture polish. This protects them against damage from wet clothes and cuts down on dust.
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Ultimately the system you choose should be useful and make sense for your household.
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Storm Prediction Ctr, Norman, OK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 21, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 256
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2022
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 256 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
NY
. NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CLINTON ESSEX FRANKLIN
HAMILTON HERKIMER JEFFERSON
LEWIS MADISON ONEIDA
ONONDAGA OSWEGO ST. LAWRENCE
WARREN
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Onondaga
County through 345 PM EDT...
At 316 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Camillus moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, Van Buren, Baldwinsville, North Syracuse,
Solvay, Liverpool, Jordan and Amboy.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 90 between 35 and 39.
New York Interstate 81 between 22, 23A and B and 31.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4312 7598 4297 7646 4301 7646 4301 7649
4307 7649 4324 7612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 243DEG 35KT 4306 7637
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
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256 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN EASTERN NEW YORK
HAMILTON HERKIMER WARREN
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They’re not even pretending that rape is a issue to be solved any more. Outlawing abortion in all cases. Giving rapists custody rights. This is white and male supremacy being mainstreamed by the extremist Republican Party. Women are viewed as property. Plain and simple.
And it won’t end with reversing Roe v. Wade. That’s only the beginning. It can’t end with reversing Roe v. Wade. The culture now in place in the Republican Party will no longer allow it. The GOP is now almost exclusively a hierarchical culture of masculine dominance — foundational to which is creating more and more power over others, both internal and external. As such, denigrating and controlling women is crucial to maintaining and increasing status in the hierarchy. Failing to denigrate and control women means losing status, falling down the hierarchy. Fall fall enough and you become a target. It’s a bullying culture of men policing each other, women, everyone.
Alito’s argument for the reversal of Roe v. Wade, (his case for the commodification of girls and women) is the dehumanization of women as masculine validation, central to dominance-based Republican culture. Once that is done, they must have new targets by which to perform ever more dominance. They are already attacking LGBTQI people, BIPOC, voting rights, immigrants, non-Christians and more. But it will accelerate.
We’re well past the tipping point of ever increasing white and male supremacist authoritarianism inside the Republican Party. It can’t ever end because it is driven by internalized cycles of fear of loss of status. However murderous the next idea is, it must be supported.
As bad as they were, this is no longer Reagan or McCain’s Republican Party. The party of Trump, DeSantis, and Abbott is something altogether worse. They are coming for all our rights, everything we have. The next election will decide everything.
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Hancock Whitney Corporation's (HWC) CEO John Hairston on Q4 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Hancock Whitney Corporation (NASDAQ:HWC) Q4 2020 Earnings Conference Call January 20, 2021 5:00 PM ET
Company Participants
Trisha Carlson - EVP, IR Manager
John Hairston - President and CEO
Mike Achary - CFO
Chris Ziluca - Chief Credit Officer
Conference Call Participants
Michael Rose - Raymond James
Jennifer Demba - Truist Security
Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group
Kevin Fitzsimmons - D. A. Davidson
Ebrahim Poonawala - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Catherine Mealor - KBW
Brad Milsaps - Piper Sandler
Matt Olney - Stephens
Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott
Operator
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Hancock Whitney Corporation's Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. As a reminder, this call is being recorded.
I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Trisha Carlson, Investor Relations Manager. You may begin.
Trisha Carlson
Thank you, and good afternoon.
During today's call, we may make forward-looking statements. We would like to remind everyone to carefully review the Safe Harbor language that was published with the earnings release and presentation in the company's most recent 10-K and 10-Q, including the risks and uncertainties identified therein. You should keep in mind that any forward-looking statements made by Hancock Whitney speak only as of the date on which they were made.
As everyone understands, the current economic environment is rapidly evolving and changing. Hancock Whitney's ability to accurately project results or predict the effects of future plans or strategies, or predict market or economic development is inherently limited. We believe that the expectations reflected or implied by any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, but are not guarantees of performance or results and our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in our forward-looking statements. Hancock Whitney undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
In addition, some of the remarks this afternoon contain non-GAAP financial measures. You can find reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures in our earnings release and financial tables. The presentation slides included in our 8-K are also posted with the conference call webcast link on the Investor Relations website. We will reference on these slides in today's call.
Participating in today's call are John Hairston, President and CEO; Mike Achary, CFO; and Chris Ziluca, Chief Credit Officer.
I will now turn the call over to John Hairston.
John Hairston
Thanks, Trisha, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. We're certainly pleased to begin 2021 with a broader horizon than 2020. The previous year was certainly eventful in many ways. We dealt with the pandemic and the result of broad economic impact, executed a meaningful bulk loan sale, we were an active and meaningful participant in providing support to clients via the PPP program and rendered assistance to impacted markets in a very busy hurricane season.
I'm pleased to report fourth quarter 2020 results that were strong finish to such an unprecedented and challenging year. That strong finish occurred due to the unwavering teamwork, commitment to service and strength under pressure of our 4,000 member team.
Moving on to the fourth quarter, EPS of $1.17 was notable, with strong PPNR performance and some extra earnings via tax strategies researched and executed by the excellent work of our tax group. These tax strategies implemented at year-end, netted a small tax credit for the quarter, allowing us to recoup a portion of capital we spent earlier in the year in support of our derisking strategy. This benefit, which Mike will explain in more detail in a moment, added $0.21 to our fourth quarter’s results. Adjusting for a normalized tax rate of around 18%, we would have reported $0.96 per share for the quarter, a solid end to the year.
For the quarter, PPNR increased just over $4 million, or 3% linked quarter, as our NIM remained relatively stable, expenses were down and many fee income lines of business showed improvement. For the year, PPNR was up just over $3 million, or almost 1%, as we achieved the same level of revenue year-over-year, despite two dramatically different operating environments.
Overall, our asset quality metrics improved once again during the fourth quarter as criticized and non-performing loans declined 5% and 20%, respectively, linked quarter. Slide 11 in our deck provides additional details on our sectors under focus. Also, please note on this slide, there are no COVID-related deferrals remaining in these focused segments, and only 13 million in deferrals remain in total.
Net charge-offs in the quarter related to energy, healthcare and various other commercial and consumer credits. The energy and healthcare-related credits were criticized prior to the pandemic, but due to COVID were unable to show improvement. During the fourth quarter, we reported a very slight reserve release as net charge-offs exceeded the quarter's provision by $100,000.
We believe maintaining a year end reserve at such a strong level is appropriate, given the continued uncertainty regarding the timing of vaccine deployment and subsequent impact on the economy. Given the strength of the reserve, we expect net charge-offs could begin to exceed provision levels in 2021.
And finally, just a couple of balance sheet items before I turn the call over to Mike. Loan growth has been a challenge for the industry this year outside of PPP lending. However, I was pleased to see, as noted on Slide 9, that our regions reported net loan growth for the quarter. Unfortunately, the runoff in our amortizing, energy and indirect portfolios, the sale of mortgage loans into the secondary market and the beginning of round one PPP forgiveness contributed to reductions that overshadowed an otherwise decent quarter of core loan production. We expect this trend in our loan portfolio will continue into the first quarter and be partly offset by loans generated by new PPP lending.
On the other side of the balance sheet, deposits have ballooned over the last quarter and the last year, up almost $4 billion from year-end 2019. The growth was mainly related to PPP funding, individual stimulus payments, year-end seasonality, as well as organic account acquisition. The increase in deposits and reduction in loans has added excess liquidity to our balance sheet, with our loan to deposit ratio at 78.7% for year-end. We hope to deploy this excess liquidity in loan growth during 2021. But until we can, we expect this will be a headwind as we begin the New Year.
The timing of adding and then processing forgiveness for this next round of PPP is challenging to predict, which in part leads to our limits on guidance to the near-term. We continue to rebuild our capital in the quarter and ended the year with TCE at 7.64% and common equity Tier 1 at 10.7%. TCE, excluding PPP loans, was 7.99%, again, a solid end to a challenging year.
I will now turn the call over to Mike for further comments.
Mike Achary
Thanks, John. Good afternoon, everyone. Earnings for the quarter were $104 million, or $1.17 per share, with $0.21 related to zero tax expense for the quarter. More on that shortly.
For the year, we reported a net loss of $45 million, or $0.54 per share. Our year-end tax strategies allowed us to benefit from a tax net operating loss carry back provision available in The CARES Act.
As noted on Slide 7, we were able to realize $22 million of benefit by carrying the tax NOL back to years with a 35% tax rate. The NOL was due in part to the loss we took on the energy loan sale, as well as tax lease investments and other various strategies employed to accelerate deductions and defer revenue. We anticipate returning to a more normalized effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2021.
Loans for the company declined $450 million from September 30, in part due to $318 million in forgiven PPP loan. We expect the level of PPP forgiveness to grow significantly in the first quarter, and could be as high as $1 billion or so.
As noted on Slide 8 of our deck, the first round of PPP lending contributed between $0.15 and $0.17 in quarterly earnings during 2020. As you can see in the same table on Slide 8, the new or extended round of PPP lending will allow us to partly offset the loans forgiven in the first round, keeping the impact to EPS flat. We currently expect to originate between $750 million and $1 billion in new PPP funding in the first quarter.
John mentioned our loan loss provision in his earlier comments, but I'd like to expand on that a bit. So looking at Slide 13, and our guidance for the first quarter. We do expect to step down our provision to a range between $10 million to $15 million or so next quarter, and actually could come in lower. Factors that play into that include levels of non-PPP loan growth, vaccine rollout and macroeconomic forecasts. We also think it's likely that net charge-offs will exceed our provision in future quarters. As a reminder, our year-end ACL was strong at 2.42% of loans, excluding PPP.
Turning to our NIM and consistent with our guidance last quarter of a stable NIM, our NIM was down only 1 basis point quarter-over-quarter. However, we did have another buildup of liquidity on our balance sheet, driven in part by EOP deposit inflows of nearly $700 million and over $300 million of PPP forgiveness. The result was a pronounced shift in our earning asset mix with securities up over $300 million and short-term investments up over $550 million. This dynamic compressed the NIM around 6 basis points. However, we were able to offset most of that compression by continuing to focus on lowering our cost of deposits.
As you can see on Slide 18, our cost of deposits was 17 basis points in December, down another 3 basis points from September. We expect to continue that focus of pushing down our cost of deposits, with that trend continuing into the first quarter and beyond.
Slide 18 includes the drivers for our fourth quarter NIM and guidance what we’d expect in the first quarter. So the most impactful new driver in the first quarter will continue to be the level of excess liquidity on the balance sheet and the resulting impact on our earning asset mix. That excess liquidity should it remain at current levels could compress the NIM as much as 10 basis points.
With similar levels of PPP forgiveness and new loans, the net impact of all PPP activity could offset we believe. Certainly the timing of forgiveness and new activity could impact our numbers. We will also continue to be proactive in reducing deposit costs and expect to end the first quarter with a cost of deposits around 13 basis points.
Switching now to fees and expenses. Fees were down slightly linked quarter as the growth in areas such as service charges and card fees was offset by declines in secondary mortgage and specialty income. Refi activity slowed in the quarter, and we expect that to continue as we move into 2021. Specialty income which includes areas like BOLI and derivative sales can be volatile quarter-to-quarter and will likely be down in the first quarter. Given these factors, we expect overall fees to be down in the first quarter.
For the quarter, expenses were down $2.7 million, as declines in personnel expense related to recent cost initiatives were partly offset by higher non-recurring expenses related to a very active hurricane season and recent financial center closures. To-date we have reduced FTE by 210 compared to June 30, via staff attrition and other initiatives. We closed 12 financial centers in October and announced the closure of an additional eight this quarter.
Ongoing branch rationalization reviews are underway and we will announce additional closures as they occur. As noted last quarter we also closed our two trust offices in the Northeast, and as recently as yesterday, we've continued implementing cost saving measures by offering an early retirement package to select employees across the company.
We recognize that usually on our January call, we typically provide guidance for the year. With almost daily changes in the pandemic environment, the impacts to our regional economies, we determine it's best to continue with quarterly guidance for now.
With that, I'll turn the call back over to John.
John Hairston
Okay, thank you, Mike. And operator, if you would, please, let's open the call for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
We will now begin the question-and-answer session [Operator Instructions]. Our first question today will come from Michael Rose with Raymond James.
Michael Rose
Hey, good afternoon, everyone.
John Hairston
Hey, Michael.
Michael Rose
Maybe we could just - hey good afternoon. Maybe we could just start with the margin. I understand the commentary around the quarter and appreciate the color around the deposit costs potentially falling to about 13 bps. Should we think about the impacts of PPP as the first quarter being kind of a low watermark? And then hopefully, you get some loan growth as we move through the year? And you can do some earning asset mix shift and we can actually grow the core margin from here? Is that the right way we should be thinking about it?
Mike Achary
Yes. Hi, Michael. This is Mike. And yes, I think that's right, for the most part. It has been mentioned in our comments, you can see in the deck that really the biggest driver of any compression in the first quarter. The excess liquidity that we have on the balance sheet that really kind of built up again toward the end of the fourth quarter.
So to the extent that we are able to ramp up levels of organic growth that is loan growth ex-PPP, then certainly that'll be very helpful in kind of paring down that level of liquidity. So lots of puts and takes there certainly, as we think about the entire year. But I think your thesis is largely right.
Michael Rose
Okay. And any plans with the securities book at this point, looking to add at all?
Mike Achary
Yes, I think that, again, with the level of excess liquidity, it really is kind of walking a bit of a balance between keeping money at the feathering 10 basis points, and pushing that into the bond portfolio. Right now earning anywhere from 125 to 135 basis points, but then tying up that money with a much longer duration asset on the balance sheet.
So we're going to do a little bit of both. We're going to monitor, obviously, what goes on with our balance sheet every single day. What happens with the level of PPP forgiveness as well as the new PPP activity? Again, we'll kind of play into that equation, I think, for the most part.
Michael Rose
Okay. That’s helpful. And maybe just one follow-up question. You guys have done a lot of work to derisk the balance sheet, including the energy loan portfolio sale. Our reserves are really stout. You kept them basically flat this quarter, where we've seen some others have some greater release. What's holding you guys back is just uncertainty in your markets? Is it general caution? How should we think about the potential for reserve release as we move through the year? Thanks.
Mike Achary
Well, I'll start off and then John can certainly add color about the – our regional economies and kind of what's going on there. But really, our narrative really has been to the third and fourth quarters that what we plan to do was to kind of match off our provision with charge-offs and get to the end of the year with the reserves that we spent so much hard work building, inclusive of the anti-loan sale kind of intact at year-end. And certainly, you can see from the guidance that we’re giving for the first quarter, we certainly can see a scenario and probably – I think it's probably more likely than not, that we'll have charge-offs exceed our levels of provision.
And we also guided to a provision level of $10 million to $15 million, with again some room for that to be lower. So I think we're going to kind of begin that process of paring back that big reserve, but we're going to be very measured with certainly a keen eye towards – toward what's going on with our levels of criticized loans, NPLs and certainly, what's going on in our regional economies.
John Hairston
The only thing – this is John. The only thing I would add to that, Michael, is I think Mike's answer was exactly spot on. The only addition would be - the vaccine deployment protocol has been a little less than I think we would have liked to have seen, given the expectations that were announced in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, we talked about what degree of deployment would we think cause us to adopt the mix of Moody’s scenarios that would be a little bit more optimistic than the ones that we did.
And the vaccine deployment pace just hasn't matched up with what we had hoped for. And so we might be a little conservative. If we're flawed, it's being overly conservative. But at this point in time, we'd like to see another quarter of vaccine deployment actually happen. See if that increases the 2x or 3x across our footprint that we anticipate and then matches what the new administration is suggesting that they would consider acceptable. And at that point in time, I think, we talk again. But I would echo Mike's comments that the likelihood provision being under net charge-off in the future is highly likely.
Michael Rose
Maybe if I just ask the question another way, if I take first quarter extra day one CECL reserve build, is there any reason with a derisked portfolio that you couldn't get back to that point, assuming the data gets better and the economy continues to improve, et cetera?
John Hairston
Yes, that's a big question, Michael, and it's a good one. And the way we've kind of thought about that and kind of talked about that somewhere much further down the road, we could end up at a place maybe just north of where we began once CECL was [indiscernible].
Michael Rose
Very helpful Thanks for taking my questions.
John Hairston
Okay. You bet. Thanks, Michael.
Operator
Our next question will come from Jennifer Demba with Truist Securities.
Jennifer Demba
Thank you. Good evening.
John Hairston
Hi, Jennifer.
Jennifer Demba
I'm just curious if you could give us some color on what you're seeing in your hotel and restaurant book right now in terms of trends and underlying revenue trends for those borrowers? Thanks.
John Hairston
Okay, thanks for the question. Chris, do you want to talk about asset quality in the hotel or hospitality book? And then, if it's a redirect, I'll handle it.
Chris Ziluca
Sure. Yes. So as it relates to our hospitality book, obviously, there has been a lot of movement over the past quarter or several quarters with the changes in rules around occupancy levels in various jurisdictions. So that's definitely had an influence. But overall, the hotel portfolio itself has held up pretty well. We spent inordinate amount of time really just kind of wrapping our arms around it, working with the customers and putting in place the structured solutions. As you can see, the largest portion of structured solutions in the sectors under focus is in the hotel portfolio. The idea that kind of bridge through 2021 and get to a better place.
From a performance standpoint, in the hotel portfolio in general, off of the bottom that they were experiencing in the late spring timeframe, they've come back quite a bit. Certainly, as it relates to our portion of the hotel portfolio, not hotels necessarily in general, in the markets. And again, each market is a little bit different. We keep reminding people that although we do have a bit of a concentration to a degree in New Orleans market, we do also have hotel exposure more spread out. And in those other markets, they've come back a bit more not necessarily to kind of pre-COVID levels, but overall they've come back.
And then the rest of the hospitality sector restaurant, for instance, limited service, fast food restaurants, a lot less worry. There's definitely higher costs to operate and things like that. But in general, they're performing adequately and well in some situations.
On the full service restaurant side of things, I think some of the bigger format restaurants are more challenged to kind of operate and fill the space just based on the rules and guidance -- guidelines as well as just attracting the larger group that would normally go and visit those restaurants. But in some of the more smaller restaurants, the ones that also have the ability to be able to do outside dining, and things like that, they've been able to try to manage it through smaller restaurants and to the small menu choices, controlling costs. And so they're managing through it.
And overall what I would say is, you can see a key metric. Although they're elevated relative to the overall bank, in hotel and restaurant, I think they're performing better than we would have expected given what we started way back in the March-April timeframe. So I'll leave it, then John you can add to it. I know you have some thoughts.
John Hairston
In case Jennifer, you had another follow up, I'll wait to give you some more color.
Jennifer Demba
No, that's great, thank you.
John Hariston
Okay. The only thing I would add is on page 11 of the deck, there's a -- I think something from the investor perspective is appreciated transparency that shows the criticizing deal and even the past watch [ph] as well the structured solution break out across the sectors in focus. One of those is hotel. And then you see the overall breakdown of hospitality. And so that's intended to show what really has been a surprisingly modest degradation quarter-over-quarter to what typically is a slow period anyway in the economy in those areas. So we're probably -- as the quarters have gone by, have continued to become a little bit more optimistic over time.
I think in terms of markets of Texas and Florida, I don't want to say they're back to normal, but they're closer to normal pre-pandemic levels than they are the summertime. So they are -- early summer. So those areas have recovered really terrific. And I'm not limiting that just to hospitality.
The Mississippi and Alabama footprint would be a notch slower, but also in good recovery and posting more attractive numbers. And I don’t think any of those four states would be doing that if it weren't for the fact that restrictions have been significantly eased. And so the occupancy percent and the ability for those merchants to operate has been less impeded than it was prior to now and a more deeper shutdown mode.
Louisiana, particularly South Louisiana is slower than that and really, I think, dominates some of the criticized percentage you see there. And similar to the answer to the last question about the reserve, we'd like to see another quarter of vaccine deployment and see some success. The State of Louisiana is actually doing a pretty good job in deployment, if you extrapolate their deployment pace to how many vaccines are necessary, they're doing quite well relative to other states in the southeastern quarter. And so if that can be improved, then I think we perhaps will see restrictions eased again in south Louisiana, which would be very helpful to the book.
So all of that's too early to tell with a lot of ifs and maybe is and there. But we're more optimistic than we were before. We're maintaining the reserve because we want to see another quarter and clearly the crystal ball, a little bit in terms of revenue opportunity in those sectors.
Jennifer Demba
Thanks.
Operator
And our next question will come from Brett Rabatin with Hovde Group.
Brett Rabatin
Hi, good afternoon, everyone. I wanted to just go back to the reserve topic for a second, and just make sure I understood, you made the comment about COVID and the rollout of the vaccine maybe wasn't quite as fast as you were hoping, and that may have had some impact on your decision around the provision in the fourth quarter. Can you talk about maybe any qualitative factor changes you might have made in the fourth quarter versus 3Q? And then how you think about that in 2021?
Mike Achary
Sure, Brett. This is Mike. I'll start there. So I think the biggest change was probably in the macro-economic assumptions. We use Moody’s like most banks our size do and we did move through a little bit more conservative mix of scenarios in the fourth quarter, so of 13 [ph], which we use in the fourth quarter is kind of listed out is real quick and the 65% based on 25% as to 10% that’s straight.
You go back to the third quarter, we were weighted again 50% based on 25% plus 1 and then 25 [ph]. We did, I think a little bit more conservative in the fourth quarter. And certainly that helps inform, I think, where we ended up with our total reserves. But again, as I mentioned a little bit earlier, our narrative has been pretty steady through the second half of the year in terms of wanting to match our charge-offs with the provision for the third and fourth quarter, so that we could end year, basically where we started at the end of the second quarter. And that's where we are.
So again as we move into 2021, we absolutely can see that our charge-offs will likely exceed our provision and we'll begin the process of bringing that provision down and grow the reserve.
Brett Rabatin
Okay, that's good color there. And then I guess the other thing, I know people were kind of looking at the balance sheet and obviously excess liquidity. And you've got challenges replacing the PPP portfolio as that runs down. I think it’s maybe too early and hard to -- hard to give firm guidance on it. But I guess one of the things that investors are going to want to see eventually is like the portfolio growing and seeing year-over-year improvement. How do you think about that and what loan segments gets you there, and what does the pipeline look like at this point?
Chris Ziluca
I'll start off with a comment about PPP and then John can give cover around [indiscernible]. But on Slide 9, in the middle of the page, there's the guidance that we've given to the first quarter, including some pretty specific guidance around both PPP forgiveness. So we're looking at estimating that number up to about $1 billion in the first quarter. And then we think that that could largely be offset actually by new PPP activity. The estimate that we give is between $750 million and $1 billion. And certainly with the portals open now, I think we've gotten off to a pretty good start in that regard. So that work is has just begun and will continue.
John Hairston
And Mike, I would just say, this is John, with the understandable volatility of PPP, I'll just stay away from that, just focus on core. And there are a number of puts and takes just look to first quarter. And Slide 9 of the deck shares a fair amount of detail there. There's about as little as a $200 million run off booked in per quarter with the amortization of the indirect book, which will be around for a while yet.
And then the mortgage activity-induced reduction in the mortgage portfolio and home equity products, both lines and loans. So that's a couple of $100 million out the back door, due to the re-fi activity and the indirect amortization. That's what we have to cover just to swing straight.
So we did cover some of that with better productivity in fourth quarter. First quarter is seasonally one of our lower production times just because of the nature of where we are and the types of business that we have. And so we gave guidance to that reduction. And in the general vicinity, as I think we said, up to $250 million and that's on page nine of the deck.
We're not ready to -- until we get past the quarter and see all the impacts of PPP and other items to talk about the rest of the year. But certainly, we would think that the productivity improvements we saw in regions would begin to carry the day and become a more positive story as the year goes on.
Frankly, a lot of that is tied to sentiment. And the sentiment goes up with vaccine deployment and the elimination of some of the restrictions and impact on marketplace. And so while 2021 looks bright, quarter one loan growth won't be a great story, unless PPP actually recovers more than we think of the runoff that, but I'm more optimistic, a little bit more so to the rest of the year.
Brett Rabatin
Okay. Great. I appreciate the color.
John Hairston
Sure. Thank you.
Operator
Our next question comes from Kevin Fitzsimmons with D. A. Davidson.
Kevin Fitzsimmons
Hey, good evening, everyone. Just want to add on question on the margin, I just want to make sure I'm looking at this right. So when I look at page 8, you discuss layout PPP effect on the margin. And then on Slide 18, you talk about the outlook for the margin and related PPP. So when you're talking about forgiveness, net of funding, you're baking in the PPP, the acceleration of the fees, right, the origination fees? Like I see the tail winds just talk about the impact of new PPP loans, but this is what's netted in here somewhere the fees as well?
Mike Achary
It is. Kevin, this is Mike and that's correct. The fees are netted in and again on Slide 9, we kind of give the guidance in a little bit more detail than usual around the level of new activity or funding. And then also the level of forgiveness. And we really think that there's a good chance that those could match off pretty closely. And if that actually happens, in terms of averages, then the overall impact of PPP quarter-to-quarter should add up to something close and significant. So if that occurs, then really the biggest driver in compression in first quarter '21, we think will be how quickly we'll be able to offload the excess liquidity, that again kind of built up towards the end of the year.
Kevin Fitzsimmons
So like this quarter was basically the impact of the greater excess liquidity offset by the fees coming in from forgiveness essentially, with some other factors as well.
Mike Achary
Yes, that's largely correct as well as our ability to continue pushing down deposit cost, which again will continue in the first quarter and beyond as we mentioned.
Kevin Fitzsimmons
And all this we’ve been talking about the percentage net interest margin, but if we talk about dollars of net interest income and throw all these different things out there, in terms of looking at how you feel about first quarter and the shift in terms of what’s happening in the balance sheet how do you all feel about NII, are you comfortable with the same?
Mike Achary
Yes, I’ll give you a few thoughts related to that. So I think first and foremost we absolutely see some pretty good growth in overage earning assets in the first quarter. And one thing that impacted the level of liquidity towards the end of the year was at pretty good level of deposit inflow. So deposits were up [ph] December to September, nearly $700 million. And that that certainly help impact the averages, not only in the bond portfolio but also in our level of short term investments.
So we will grow the base of earning assets, we think pretty nicely in first quarter. Probably the wild card as much as anything else is going to be the level of organic loan growth or not. I know we guided to that number being ex-PPP as much as $250 million. So we’re able to over perform and have that number lower and I think that speaks a little bit better to our ability to really grow NII in the first quarter. But again there’s lots of unknowns and the level of PPP net activity could swing the numbers, depending on where that comes in.
Kevin Fitzsimmons
Okay, thanks Mike and just on the subject of expenses, you lay out a lot of [indiscernible]. I’m just wondering a lot of it is things you’ve done -- or done in the past quarter, and I’m wondering if there are any kind of broader deep dive going on -- I know you mentioned the ongoing branch rationalization, but any other -- not so much a main program per se but is there more to come I guess is what I’m asking on that front.
Mike Achary
Yes, I think there is. I mean certainly we have the news that we shared inside the company yesterday and with investors and analysts this afternoon about the early retirement program that we’re launching. And so that’s something that what the take rate is, could move the needle certainly on the expense side. But to answer your question directly no, our work is not done in terms of containing cost and cost initiatives. We’ll talk a little bit more about those as we implement them along the way. And certainly we’ll be very proactive in disclosing the actual results from the early retirement program.
Kevin Fitzsimmons
Okay, thanks Mike.
Operator
Our next question comes from Ebrahim Poonawala with Bank of America.
Ebrahim Poonawala
Hey, guys. Just want to first follow-up and hard to do this Mike, around the NII outlook. So I noticed the end of period deposit growth was average. Should we assume that your earning asset growth in in first quarter should be of similar magnitude like $600 million, $700 million of growth or more in 1Q versus 4Q?
And then what I’m trying to get to is trying to figure out whether we see NII moving higher or lower in the first quarter relative to 4Q levels. So if you could address that.
Mike Achary
So our level of average earning asset growth, fourth quarter compared to third was just under $500 million. And certainly I can see is at that level, and probably a little bit better in the first quarter. And again, a direct question about the level of NII is really, as I mentioned dependent upon really what happens to the net PPP activity, as well as the organic loan growth. I think those two factors are probably the biggest drivers around how much of an increase we actually have in NII in the first quarter.
John Hairston
Hey, Ebrahim, this is John. Another factor that is impossible at this point in time to gauge is the impact of stimulus and the stimulus packaged in Q1. And if that includes the incoming administration's assertions they'd like to see a $1,400 per taxpayer event, that's a few hundred million dollars. So if that were to happen in second week of February, it's a different impact, than if it's the last week of March. So what I'm trying to record is there are some really big variables that at this point of time are impossible to assess. But I think all-in-all, what Mike answered is about as best as we can with those degree of variables.
And that's not something unique to us. If you carried a fairly big consumer portfolio, which we are, then stimulus dollars can be impactful. And that was part of the excess liquidity that we had in the first round of stimulus.
Ebrahim Poonawala
Thanks for adding that gentlemen. Just in terms of the remaining PPP fees, I see the $16.7 million PPNI impact that you call out for the first quarter. What's the total PPP fees that were left -- that were outstanding at the end of the year, or tied to the previous first program?
John Hairston
Can you repeat the question again Ebrahim?
Ebrahim Poonawala
What's the total outstanding PPP fees that were remaining outstanding at the end of the year?
Mike Achary
Okay. So our total PPP fees from the first round on a gross basis, were about $75 million, and then $68 million or so on a net basis. And we still have somewhere in the $16 million, $17 million range or so that will amortize between the first quarter and then we have the remaining duration of the loans from the first round.
John Hairston
And then it starts over again with the incoming tranche.
Mike Achary
So at that point, begins to really commingle.
Ebrahim Poonawala
Understood, and just on terms of like the second round of PPP, John, are the recipients for the second round going to be a significant overlap to those who were helped out in the first quarter? I'm trying to understand the level of visibility that you have in terms of funding in the second round interviews. Is it the same borrower base that's going to be funded with round two?
John Hairston
It's a good question. And the visibility we have now and what's happened so far, so we have a pretty big team of people that work very hard, 57 people in the shop over the holiday weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday working the queue that was already building up. And looking at that queue the transactions that were first in the queue were largely second draws from previous PPP recipients. And then I think as the weeks gone on, it's become more distributed towards first timers. So I think it's a little early to decline what that mix is going to be because it's changing. And also typically the smaller borrowers come in a little later.
And so far, the number of new clients that are in that pipeline is a good bit larger than we had last time. But again it's pretty early to tell. And that size and timing of that PPP draw is also one of the big variables, we have to grapple with. Last time when the PPP fund incurred, the bulk of those deposits on the balance sheet for a period of time until business get reopen again, spending them. We would anticipate that run off is faster this time because largely businesses are open, but just maybe not the same capacity they were pre pandemic. So we have estimates of what that would be that sort of underline the estimates that Mike gave you for the quarter. But just that estimates, I think reality will help us shape it up as we get through the end of the quarter.
Ebrahim Poonawala
Got it. Thanks for taking my questions.
Ebrahim Poonawala
Sure, you bet.
Operator
Our next question comes from Catherine Mealor with KBW.
Catherine Mealor
Thanks. Good evening. Wanted to follow up on asset quality and going back to Slide 11, your classified or criticized loans as a percentage of your COVID at risk categories, only 4% have just remained really low. And so just wanted to get your thoughts on your expectations for how you think the flow of criticized loans will be directionally throughout the year. Do you think there's an expectation that these will continue to increase as we move through the year before we peak? Or do you think this could be the peak, given what we're seeing with your efforts around structured solutions and the stimulus and PPP and all those variables. Thanks.
John Hairston
Chris, do you want to start that?
Chris Ziluca
Yes, sure. Again a great question, but it really is kind of hard to call that. I guess what I would say is, is that, we’ve certainly put a lot of effort in the second half of 2020 to put those structured solutions in place or mostly focused obviously on anybody, but mostly focused on the hotel and restaurant portfolio, as you can just see by the numbers there.
And I think that, what we've done should help them for a reasonable period of time through 2021. So a lot of it will be as a result of just general challenges that maybe some of the customers that didn't ask for a structural solution. We have to kind of reopen that discussion with them. The good news is, is that Section 4013 of the CARES Act allows for continued support for working with customers without the concerns that previously would exist with TDR [ph] are at least until a pandemic is declared behind us. And not to say that we wouldn't talk to those customers, but our approach has always been to enhance our position while also working with those customers.
And so I think we feel good that the hospitality book is stabilized to a large degree. But again, things can happen that you just haven't really anticipated. And then the rest of the portfolio as you can see with retail and being possibly another sector that has a larger percentage. Again it would just is a matter of the economy, getting back a little bit, people feeling comfortable spending money, opening restrictions to allow people to go out and visit some of the locations in stores and in purchase.
But it's hard to say that we're kind of at the peak and that we're going to come off of it, because I do believe that we're going to have some inflows and outflows. But right now, I don't really see a dramatic movement in either direction. We'll have some ins and outs.
John Hariston
This is John. I think it's hard to tell right now, but I think it be fair to say retail and healthcare both improved markedly in terms of criticized ratios quarter-to-quarter hospitality didn’t. And I think the reason hospitality is aligned heavily to restaurants. So that is heavily focused on New Orleans, where we still have the most restrictions in terms of occupancy levels. And so that's what I said a couple of times on the call, the vaccine deployment case matters a lot.
And the second impact that could be extremely positive is how the structure of the coming stimulus package is actually delivered. So if it's done prudently and those industries which have been the most harmed by the effects of the pandemic, the economy, if they are beneficiaries of funding sources that will help, then I think we'll see greater benefits. But it's where unfortunately, we're not writing the legislation in order to get a vote unfortunately. So hopefully, that'll be considered.
Catherine Mealor
And is there any kind of trigger specifically that would -- with your underwriting that would that would push a loan to go under criticized or classified. We've heard different things from different companies, some are putting entire portfolios at risk asset classes on criticized just to watch it, unite communities that today that if there's a credit that can't make amortizing P&I payments off of current operations, it's downgraded immediately to criticized. Any kind of color like that you can give to help us know what may trigger that that movement?
John Hairston
Yes, so we generally stick for the most part towards financial metrics to drive classifying a loan in the various categories as watch, and then criticized, classified. To the extent that there are overriding factors around guarantor support and things like that. Those have a way of enhancing our view of the risk rating or maybe detracting from that view of the risk rating. So we do have a pretty structured approach towards evaluating our credits and putting them into the various categories. And we feel pretty good about where they are right now, from the classification perspective.
I think what we're also doing is, this category of sectors and the focus to the extent that a loan is not already in watch or criticized. We have a whole shadow watch process which basically looks at sectors and essentially overlays our watch and portfolio management process, which is enhanced for watch and worst rated credits, and includes the sector under focus credits that aren't already in watch. So even though we don't formally classify them as watch, we have a whole enhanced watch process, which I think helps us to have a much more robust view of credits that might be on the margin, but still a path.
Catherine Mealor
Okay. That's very helpful. Thank you.
John Hairston
You're welcome.
Operator
Our next question comes from Brad Milsaps with Piper Sandler.
Brad Milsaps
Hi. Good evening.
Unidentified Company Representative
Hi, Brad.
Brad Milsaps
You guys addressed most everything, did want to follow-up on Kevin Fitzsimmons question regarding expenses? Mike, as you sort of think through your list of initiatives, I mean, you could -- can you maybe describe it sort of maybe versus what you've done thus far, kind of what you means you're in, in terms of kind of thinking through the other number of things that you might have to work through and '21. Just trying to get a sense of kind of the magnitude of what else could be coming down the pike in terms of expense levers that you might have?
Mike Achary
Sure. Be glad to Brad, certainly at the same time without creating some kind of expectation. Yes, I'd say we're probably in the third or fourth thing somewhere around that, in terms of the things that we have in mind to do that maybe we haven't yet execute on. So certainly there's more to come. We mentioned that we continue to do branch rationalization studies, we continue to work on things like attrition.
The early retirement program is something that -- let's see in terms of what the takeaway for that will be, in fact, and then at that point, we kind of go from there in terms of the other things that I think we'll be looking at.
Brad Milsaps
Great. That's helpful. And then just kind of one housekeeping thing that the charts, the table that you guys include on Slide 8, as relates to the quarterly impact of PPP. In terms of PPP in our numbers in that table, are those net of expenses, or is that just the coupon and the fee that you recognize in the quarter. Just trying to get my arms around what that number means versus the 5 basis points of an impact? Just want to make sure I'm comparing apples-to-apples?
Mike Achary
Yes. Sure. So obviously net income is what we believe to be the after-tax earnings and that translates into the EPS. The PPNR would be the net interest income or margin impact of the loans inclusive of bank fees or amortizing after we net any direct expenses. So we did have some expenses that are netted against the fees and their expenses on a direct basis.
Brad Milsaps
Great. Thank you very much.
Mike Achary
Okay.
Operator
Our next question comes from Matt Olney with Stephens.
Matt Olney
Thanks. Just one quick follow up here. I want to ask about fee revenues and I totally appreciate you've just given guidance on a quarterly basis at this point. But any more general commentary you can provide us on your various fee lines for 2021 that we should keep in mind for our forecast. Thanks.
John Hairston
This is john. We were -- we talked about first quarter, simply because of the amount of volatility coming at us. And I think the first quarter is what we said everything looks despite some lower fees. Now, the reasons for that are secondary mortgage expected to diminish. The number of applications and dollars were down about 10% in the fourth quarter over third quarter. So we anticipate that again, and the specialty income is hard to predict. And if we end up with more customer swaps and such. Although we may anticipate, and we might outperform that a little bit.
But the other big unknown really is as all of the additional liquidity comes in the average account balances go up, which presses down on recurring service income, which was a bright spot for fourth quarter. So until we see the magnitude of stimulus, and until we see the magnitude and placement of PPP together with whatever non-cash stimulus ideas may come from the administration, it's really hard to project what the rest of the year looks like. So it wasn't a lack of modeling or confidence in those lines doing well this year. In fact, we're bullish on and it's just some big puts and tags that we can't size here in January. So we are opting to stay close to the guns.
Matt Olney
Got it. Understood. Thank you.
Operator
And our next question comes from Christopher Marinac with Janney Montgomery Scott.
Christopher Marinac
Hey, thanks. Just a quick question on if you would to -- if you would buy loans externally to deploy excess liquidity which reduce mix again in this environment, just curious kind of what the tradeoff is between all organic versus doing the purchase.
John Hairston
Chris, you want to start and I'll wrap it up?
Chris Ziluca
I think the answer is we've invested an awful lot of time in a more granular portfolio. And at risk of purchasing someone else's problems, I think we've kind of had all that we want. And so while we are in the business of syndications to a little lesser degree than we had been historically, we're still in them. But I don't really see us purchasing a loan portfolio of any magnitude that would be in a specialty line, or largely in syndications especially leverage.
John Hairston
And I guess what I would say is that, we've never been really focused on buying mixed just to kind of buy SNCs, but if they're strategic, if they fit a sector that we're more active in, or if it's part of a larger strategy to support and build and develop a customer relationship. Sometimes, we'll do that.
So -- and also we have been focused on just building out our syndications capability in general. We're doing it in a very measured fashion. A lot of it is our own desire to manage risk and so therefore a lot of it is focused on being the agent and selling down risk so that we can manage our risk. But in that process, you obviously need to be active in both sides. And so therefore, there are situations where we're working with existing sources where we would sell syndications too that we would also be in discussions around assisting and participating in syndications with them as well.
Chris Ziluca
And Chris, we get the question about other methods. But we really did somewhat diminish hiring of bankers for a while when there was not much of a chance to call them clients because of the shutdown. We're back in that game now and have offensively hired people. And we'll continue doing that throughout the year focused on the markets with great growth opportunity. And so I would far rather organically generate relationships that we know something about from bankers that that are going to be managing those hands on with those management teams than to do a portfolio purchase.
We never say never but at this point time, we're going to do it organically, if that's available. It's tough sledding right now, but it won't be for the whole year and I have a little bit more offensive firepower on the payroll, I think will be a tail wind.
Christopher Marinac
Great, John and Chris, thank you very much. I appreciate it.
John Hairston
Thanks for the questions.
Operator
That concludes our question-and-answer session. I'd like to turn the call back over to John Hairston for any closing remarks.
John Hairston
Thanks Ellie for running the call. Thanks everyone for your interest and we look forward to seeing you on the road, or the virtual road later this quarter. Take care.
Operator
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Arrest Warrant Issued in Connection with Killing of Professional Cyclist Anna Wilson
May 22, 2022An arrest warrant has been issued by police for a woman in Texas in connection to the fatal shooting of professional gravel cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, who was killed on May 11.
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobePolice in Texas have issued an arrest warrant charging a woman with the fatal shooting of Anna Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old Dartmouth graduate and professional gravel cyclist killed May 11, days before a race. <a href="https://t.co/EXIN7h72SJ">https://t.co/EXIN7h72SJ</a>
According to the Boston Globe, 34-year-old Kaitlin Marie Armstrong of Austin is being charged with murder. Wilson was shot "multiple times" a little over a week before Friday's Gravel Locos, a 150-mile race in Hico, Texas, that she was the favorite to win.
Per Ryan Autullo and Tony Plohetski of the Austin American-Statesman, Armstrong was questioned by police, who had video surveillance of a vehicle matching the one she drives arriving at Wilson's residence. Wilson had just returned home from going swimming with professional off-road cyclist Colin Strickland, who is Armstrong's boyfriend.
A police affidavit states that Strickland and Wilson became involved back in October during a "brief break" in his relationship with Armstrong. The two later got back together, but police say Armstrong learned of Strickland's relationship with Wilson in January. A tipster told detectives that Armstrong "became furious and was shaking in anger" and threatened Wilson's life.
Strickland was questioned in the investigation, but he has not been charged with any crime. He told police that he bought two 9 mm firearms in December/January, one for him and one for Armstrong. Investigators searched the home of Strickland and Armstrong and seized her handgun, noting that there was "significant" potential that the shell cases from that firearm match the ones found in the home where Wilson was killed.
Strickland released a statement saying, in part, "There is no way to adequately express the regret and torture I feel about my proximity to this horrible crime. I am sorry, and I simply cannot make sense of this unfathomable situation." | https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10036506-arrest-warrant-issued-in-connection-with-killing-of-professional-cyclist-anna-wilson | 2022-05-21T21:18:10Z | https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10036506-arrest-warrant-issued-in-connection-with-killing-of-professional-cyclist-anna-wilson | true | 1 |
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