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Right-wing activists from the U.S. and Europe gathered for the Conservative Political Action Conference this week in Budapest, where Hungary’s authoritarian ruler Viktor Orbán on Thursday advised them to assert control of mass media in order to defeat progressive forces.
The call from Prime Minister Orbán—reelected last month for a fourth consecutive term—came during a keynote address on the first of the two-day CPAC gathering, held for the first time in Europe.
U.S. media and international outlets were denied accreditation to attend to the event.
In his remarks, Orbán called both former GOP President Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson—whose Fox News news show repeatedly pushes racist rhetoric including the so-called “replacement theory”—his friends.
Outlining a path for Republicans to seize further power, the Hungarian leader blasted what he asserted was “the domination of public life by progressive liberals” who “occupy the dominant positions in the media.”
He also called for foreign policy to be rooted in “a clear and simple antithesis to the progressives: the Nation First! Hungary First! America First! We need foreign policy based on our interests.”
It’s also necessary, he said, to “have our own media.”
“The root of the problem is that the modern Western media aligns itself with the views of the left,” he asserted. Orbán suggested multiple corporate media outlets were “in the service of the Democratic Party,” naming CNN and The New York Times.
“Naturally,” he said, “the Grand Old Party, too, has allied media outlets, but they are no match for the liberals’ dominance of the media. My friend Tucker Carlson stands alone and immovable. His show has the highest audience figures. What does this mean? It means that there should be shows like his day and night—or, as you say, 24/7.”
Other recommendations Orbán offered were for the GOP to create more ideologically driven institutions like “think tanks, educational centers,” for “If they run out, we will run out of ammunition.”
“The progressives are threatening the whole of Western civilization,” he said.
“We must take back the institutions in Washington and Brussels” and “coordinate the movement of our troops, because we face a great challenge,” said Orbán, calling 2024 a “decisive year” because of national elections in the U.S. as well as for the European Parliament.
Orbán has come under sharp criticism from human rights defenders on a number of issues, from anti-migrant screeds and policies to attempts to “muzzle” critical voices and trample on LGBTQ rights.
According to Reporters Without Borders, Orbán is also “a press freedom predator” who “has built a media empire whose outlets follow his party’s orders.”
“Orbán has unceasingly attacked media pluralism and independence,” the group said.
RSF has noted that Hungary “is the only European Union member suspected of having arbitrarily monitored journalists using Pegasus software. In addition, in the context of official smear campaigns, journalists critical of the government are harassed online by ruling party supporters.”
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A federal commission tasked by Congress with renaming military bases named after Confederate leaders on Tuesday announced recommendations for new titles.
“We’ve got some exciting news,” retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Ty Seidule said. “We believe that these new names will inspire soldiers.”
The commission was formed after public backlash about Confederal symbols on public land.
Its suggestions for new names include Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was a general during World War II before becoming president. His name would go on what is now Fort Gordon in Georgia.
The list of people honored also includes historic firsts for women and minorities. Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia would become Fort Walker after Dr. Mary Walker, an abolitionist who served as the first female U.S. Army surgeon during the Civil War. Fort Hood, Texas, would be renamed for the first Hispanic four-star general, Richard Cavazos.
Fort Lee in Virginia would be renamed Fort Gregg-Adams after two African American service members, Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams. Adams was the highest-ranking Black woman officer during World War II.
“It is our honor to unanimously recommend these names,” Seidule said.
He said the names are the result of months of work with each community.
“We received more than 34,000 submissions,” he said.
According to rules devised by lawmakers last year, each name must be approved by Congress and the secretary of defense before becoming official. | https://www.wjbf.com/news/washington-dc/bases-may-honor-eisenhower-female-civil-war-surgeon-black-wwii-officer/ | 2022-05-25T00:31:44Z | https://www.wjbf.com/news/washington-dc/bases-may-honor-eisenhower-female-civil-war-surgeon-black-wwii-officer/ | false | 16 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal corrections officer who worked at the main jail in Los Angeles pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case accusing him of sexually assaulting a female inmate who was in an isolation cell while recovering from COVID-19, prosecutors said.
Jose Viera, 49, could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced next March, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Viera, of Monterey Park, entered a guilty plea to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law, the statement said.
According to a plea agreement, Viera got into bed with the inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center and assaulted her in December 2020.
“Mr. Viera has admitted sexually abusing a woman while acting under the color of his law enforcement authority. His conduct undermined the integrity of our justice system and had a detrimental effect on the high-quality work typically performed by his fellow correctional officers,” said U.S. Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison.
Viera lied about the nature of the incident when he was interviewed by the FBI, according to court documents.
Viera, a Bureau of Prisons employee, was placed on administrative leave last March. | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/Federal-officer-admits-sexually-assaulting-inmate-17196436.php | 2022-05-25T00:32:36Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/Federal-officer-admits-sexually-assaulting-inmate-17196436.php | true | 13 |
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Confirmed monkeypox cases in Quebec climb to 15
Province might order vaccines from federal government, official says
Quebec has confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox, for a total of 15 cases across the province, the provincial Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The province last week reported the first cases of the virus in Canada, after authorities there said they were investigating 17 suspected cases.
Health Ministry spokesman Robert Maranda says Quebec is considering ordering vaccines against the disease from the federal government.
Monkeypox, which mostly occurs in west and central Africa, is a rare viral infection similar to human smallpox, though milder. It was first recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1970s. The number of cases in West Africa has increased in the last decade.
Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported recent outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 230 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe.
Canada's chief public health officer, said on Friday authorities are investigating "a couple dozen" possible cases of monkeypox, with most being from Quebec.
Dr. Theresa Tam said the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg is also running tests on samples from B.C.
"We don't really know the extent to which the spread has occurred in Canada. So that is an active investigation," Tam said Friday. "What we do know is that not many of these individuals are connected to travel to Africa, where the disease is normally seen."
Tam said the overall risk to the population is "low" at this point but researchers are working now to determine why monkeypox seems to be circulating in Canada and elsewhere in the Western world.
'Containable situation': WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it doesn't have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated.
On Monday morning, Dr. Rosamund Lewis, head of the smallpox secretariat, which is part of the WHO Emergencies Program, said in a news briefing that mutations tend to be typically lower with the monkeypox virus.
She says genome sequencing of cases will help inform understanding of the current outbreak.
Most of the more than 100 suspected and confirmed cases in a recent outbreak in Europe and North America have not been severe, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonoses lead, and technical lead on COVID-19.
"This is a containable situation," she said, particularly in Europe. "But we can't take our eye off the ball with what's happening in Africa, in countries where it's endemic."
With files from Reuters and CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/quebec-monkeypox-1.6464605?cmp=rss | 2022-05-25T00:51:00Z | https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/quebec-monkeypox-1.6464605?cmp=rss | false | 2 |
UN chief tells students: shun oil or gas jobs
Graduates should avoid working for “climate wrecking” companies that invest in new supplies of oil and gas, the UN secretary general has said.
In a speech to graduating students in the US, António Guterres warned them that “accountability is coming for those who liquidate our future”.
He suggested they should avoid taking jobs in companies that financed the development of fossil fuels, saying that such investments were “a dead end economically and environmentally — no amount of greenwashing or spin can change that”.
Guterres told the students from Seton Hall University in New Jersey that despite “mountains of evidence of looming climate catastrophe”, some of “the biggest names in finance, hedge funds and private equity” were continuing to invest in fossil fuels.
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Biden addresses nation following Texas school shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden addressed the nation Tuesday night shortly after returning to the White House from a five-day trip to Asia that was bookended by “horrific” mass tragedy.
Biden was on Air Force One Tuesday afternoon when officials said a gunman acting alone killed 18 students and three adults at a Texas elementary school. The president’s departure for Asia last week came just two days after he met with victims’ families after a hate-motivated shooter killed 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence.
Biden entered the White House appearing somber, saying he would soon speak to the American people about the shooting. He directed that American flags be flown at half-staff through sunset Saturday in honor of the victims.
Vice President Kamala Harris said that people normally say in a moment like this, “our hearts break — but our hearts keep getting broken ... and our broken hearts are nothing compared to the broken hearts of those families.”
“We have to have the courage to take action ... to ensure something like this never happens again,” she said.
First Lady Jill Biden, herself a teacher, tweeted, “Lord, enough. Little children and their teacher. Stunned. Angry. Heartbroken.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden was briefed on the shooting by deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley-Dillon and other members of his senior team aboard Air Force One.
Shortly before landing in Washington, Biden spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from the presidential plane “to offer any and all assistance he needs in the wake of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX,” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield tweeted.
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CARE-O-SENE research project will develop advanced catalysts for sustainable aviation fuels
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sasol (JSE: SOL, NYSE SSL) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will lead a consortium to develop and optimise next-generation catalysts that will play a key role in decarbonising the aviation sector through sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
At a ceremony at Sasol's global headquarters in Johannesburg today, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attended the launch of CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) research project, to be funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Sasol.
Sasol joins forces with five other world-leading organisations in Germany and South Africa to accelerate the development of catalysts that are essential to produce green kerosene on a commercial scale through Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology.
"We are delighted to have been selected to lead this important project," said Fleetwood Grobler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sasol Limited. "Our expertise in FT technology and catalysts makes us the ideal partner to help Germany and the world decarbonise the aviation sector and make it sustainable over the long-term."
Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech, Scientific Managing Director of HZB adds, "CARE-O-SENE will enable us to accelerate innovation in a crucial field of green energy. This can only be achieved in a global partnership by deeply integrating fundamental research and technology development on an industry relevant scale."
Other CARE-O-SENE project partners include the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the University of Cape Town, Department of Chemical Engineering (UCT) and INERATEC GmbH. The consortium expresses its sincere gratitude to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for supporting these important efforts.
CARE-O-SENE will run for three years and pursues the goal of setting the course for large-scale commercialisation of green kerosene production by 2025 with its research on catalysts. Catalysts are used to speed up chemical reactions, increase the yield and improve the quality of refined products. The new FT catalysts are expected to increase the fuel yield of the process to over 80 percent, thereby optimising use of resources.
Unlike conventional kerosene derived from fossil feedstocks, SAF can be made from green hydrogen and sustainable carbon dioxide sources. Developing SAF is key to a sustainable decarbonisation of the hard-to-abate aviation industry, and the main lever for net zero aviation. The underlying technology to developing SAF at scale from green hydrogen and sustainable carbon sources is FT technology, in which Sasol has been a global leader for more than 70 years.
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The Boat That Sank, Killing 20 People in Lake George, Is For Sale
It's a tragedy nobody in the area will ever forget. October 2, 2005 over forty senior citizens were on a fall foliage tour on Lake George. The boat, the Ethan Allen, was traveling near Cramer's Point when it capsized, sending everyone on board into the lake. A total of...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration enforcement is increasingly militarized with the armed forces and National Guard now accounting for more migrant detentions than immigration agents, according to a report published Tuesday by six nongovernmental organizations.
The human rights and migrant advocacy groups, among them the Foundation for Justice and the Democratic State of Law, say that many of the detentions are also arbitrary, based on racial profiling and have led to abuses.
The armed forces are supposed to just be supporting immigration agents in their work, but the organizations found that they are now responsible for the majority of detentions.
Between June 2019 and December 2020, the armed forces and National Guard detained more than 152,000 migrants just at Mexico’s southern border, according to public information requests made by the Citizen Security Program at Iberoamericana University. During that same period the Interior ministry reported that 190,000 migrants had been presented to immigration authorities.
Mexico had already been moving toward increased reliance on the military, but it has accelerated under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, according to the report. Under pressure from then U.S. President Donald Trump in 2019, López Obrador deployed the newly created National Guard, a security force in theory civilian, but in reality under military control.
At the time, nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations expressed concerns that the shift to more militarized enforcement would lead to abuses. Even the leadership of the National Immigration Institute was changed, replacing a sociologist schooled in immigration, with the head of Mexico’s prisons. Military officers, some retired, were named to lead at least eight of the institute’s state offices.
Migrants of African origin and women, in particular, have been subject to abuses including discrimination, extortion and sexual abuse, the report said. The groups participating in the report have brought lawsuits in some of those cases.
A particular problem has been mobile checkpoints along highways, something the Supreme Court just declared unconstitutional last week because they lead to racial profiling.
Last August, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that the main objective for the Army, Navy and National Guard was “to stop all migration” and “cover the northern border, the southern border with soldiers.”
U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said last week in a news conference that the focus on Mexico’s southern border and in the narrow isthmus just above it “were the keys to resolving the problems that we have now about the migration flow,” noting that it was easier to control a line of 300 kilometers (186 miles) than the entire U.S.-Mexico border spanning more than 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles). | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/report-mexicos-immigration-enforcement-relies-on-military/ | 2022-05-25T01:12:01Z | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/report-mexicos-immigration-enforcement-relies-on-military/ | false | 33 |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Joe Biden is taking new steps on global trade. He announced a partnership on Tuesday with a dozen other countries in the Indo-Pacific.
The president painted an optimistic vision for the new Indo-Pacific economic framework.
“Signing up to work towards an economic vision that will deliver for all people,” Biden said.
Susan Aaronson is an international affairs professor at George Washington University. She says right now, the framework is really just ideas, not substantive commitments.
“A framework that nations have agreed to discuss further. But that’s all we have, and that’s a big maybe,” Aaronson said.
The framework outlines plans for the 13 included countries to discuss possible rules for digital goods, supply chain commitments and clean energy goals.
“This framework should drive a race to the top among nations in the Indo-Pacific region,” Biden said.
Without binding rules, Professor Aaronson says the framework won’t have much impact on trade or the American economy. Instead it just signals to markets that the nations are trying to find common ground.
“We can model until the cows come home. But it’s not a fact. Nobody knows what impact it will have,” Aaronson said.
Even so, she believes the framework is a positive step by the Biden administration.
“Trying to act in a creative way to set rules, but it is hamstrung by Congress which is unwilling to move a trade agreement forward,” Aaronson said.
In Congress, many lawmakers say they are focused on immediate trade and supply chain problems that are driving higher costs. Sen. Marsha Blackburn wants to see the Biden administration get tougher on China.
“China should be held to account to uphold the trade deal that is currently in force,” the Tennessee Republican said. | https://www.nwahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/how-will-indo-pacific-trade-announcement-impact-global-economy/ | 2022-05-25T01:13:37Z | https://www.nwahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/how-will-indo-pacific-trade-announcement-impact-global-economy/ | true | 23 |
There are 8150 new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand, with 11 deaths including a child under the age of 10, the Ministry of Health has announced on Wednesday.
The numbers were reported over the last 24 hours.
There are 368 people in hospital with the virus, up 41 from Tuesday.
Eleven people are in an intensive care or high dependency unit, one more than 24 hours ago.
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The ministry also announced 11 deaths of people with Covid-19.
On Tuesday, 8435 community cases were announced.
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KI20 Fund I, a series of Roll Up Vehicles, LP Notice Of Exempt Offering (FormD)
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three weeks after Oregon’s third-largest county learned that a majority of their ballots had blurry barcodes and were unreadable by vote-counting machines, state officials have yet to receive a written plan detailing how the county will complete the tally by June 13, the deadline to certify election results.
As frustrations continue to grow and the results of a key U.S. House race hangs in the balance, Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan met with Clackamas County’s top election officials Monday. She received a verbal update on the county’s progress, but continues to wait on a full written plan that outlines benchmarks and a timeline showing how long it will take to duplicate the county’s ballots by hand.
“I continued to push them and will continue to push them to provide a written plan with regular benchmarks so that I, you and the public can confirm that they are on track to produce timely results,” Fagan said during a news conference Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of ballots in Oregon’s third-largest county were printed with blurred barcodes, making them unreadable by vote-counting machines — a mistake that wasn’t caught until ballots were already being returned in the vote-by-mail state. Elections workers must now hand-transfer the votes from those ballots to new ones that can be read in a painstaking process that also raises the possibility of duplication errors.
Clackamas County Elections Clerk Sherry Hall estimates that up to two-thirds — about 73,000 of the roughly 115,000 ballots received by the county so far — have been affected.
The debacle has angered many in Oregon, where all ballots have been cast only by mail for 23 years and lawmakers have consistently pushed to expand voter access through automatic voter registration and expanded deadlines. It’s also thrown into question a key U.S. House race in a district that includes a large portion of Clackamas County, which stretches nearly 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers), from Portland’s liberal southern suburbs to rural conservative communities on the flanks of Mount Hood.
Results for the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District -- where seven-term Rep. Kurt Schrader, a moderate, is trailing in the vote behind progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner – are slowly trickling in. The outcome could have an outsized impact in November, with the possibility that voters could flip the seat for the GOP.
In order to complete the tally by June 13, nearly 200 county employees have been redeployed from their normal duties to hand-transfer the voter’s intent to a fresh ballot that could be scanned. As of Monday slightly more than half of the ballots — 57,550 — had been tallied, according to data provided by Clackamas County.
The issue in Clackamas County came to light May 3, when workers put the first ballots returned through the vote-counting machine. About 70 or 80 ballots from each batch of 125 were spit out as unreadable. It was too late to print and mail new ballots, according to Hall, who did not “proof” the printed ballots before they were mailed out.
State elections officials say they have little authority over local county elections officials, who operate independently and are beholden to voters. Hall is up for reelection in November after holding the job since 2003.
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A School Loan Suggestion
To the Editor:
There has been a lot of talk lately about forgiving student loans or some compromise other than “all” loans. I agree that paying down all loans diminishes the satisfaction felt by those that met their obligations. After all it’s not all about the money - or is it?
Certainly the colleges have made hay with Federally guaranteed payment through the loan program. They even used it to market their colleges with novel and sometimes trivial degrees. Administrations have ballooned both in size and compensations. Colleges have grown, and faculties have expanded; all in the name of providing a modern state with the educated people needed to run it.
A feature of the student loan program rarely mentioned by either those opposed to or in favor of forgiveness is the exemption for borrowers from relief through bankruptcy. That feature and a Federal guarantee of payment, made the program a favorite of the politicians who passed it and bankers everywhere, but what about those who are bankrupt? They still have that debt impairing their efforts to reestablish themselves. Low credit ratings limit employment, purchases and opportunity. Perhaps forgiving the student debt limited to those folks already bankrupted might be useful for the health of the nation, but such a plan must not be devised to encourage bankruptcy as a student debt solution.
There has been a lot of talk lately about forgiving student loans or some compromise other than “all” loans. I agree that paying down all loans diminishes the satisfaction felt by those that met their obligations. After all it’s not all about the money - or is it?
Certainly the colleges have made hay with Federally guaranteed payment through the loan program. They even used it to market their colleges with novel and sometimes trivial degrees. Administrations have ballooned both in size and compensations. Colleges have grown, and faculties have expanded; all in the name of providing a modern state with the educated people needed to run it.
A feature of the student loan program rarely mentioned by either those opposed to or in favor of forgiveness is the exemption for borrowers from relief through bankruptcy. That feature and a Federal guarantee of payment, made the program a favorite of the politicians who passed it and bankers everywhere, but what about those who are bankrupt? They still have that debt impairing their efforts to reestablish themselves. Low credit ratings limit employment, purchases and opportunity. Perhaps forgiving the student debt limited to those folks already bankrupted might be useful for the health of the nation, but such a plan must not be devised to encourage bankruptcy as a student debt solution.
Bill Phanstiel
Lyndon, Vt. | https://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/letters/a-school-loan-suggestion---bill-phanstiel/article_be0ad7db-983f-5753-a5bc-76d11bdf972a.html | 2022-05-25T01:21:10Z | https://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/letters/a-school-loan-suggestion---bill-phanstiel/article_be0ad7db-983f-5753-a5bc-76d11bdf972a.html | false | 1 |
Rio de Janeiro: An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left at least 22 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city’s history.
A further seven people were hospitalized, according to health officials, while police said one of the victims was a female bystander felled by a stray bullet.
Military police said they came under gunfire as they approached the northern Rio slum of Vila Cruzeiro in the early morning hours with the mission of locating and arresting “criminal leaders.”
The toll doubled from the initially reported 11 deaths as more bodies were uncovered in the aftermath.
Police said at least 11 of the dead were “suspects.”
At least 19 schools in the area closed because of the gunfire, residents said.
Police helicopters were also struck by bullets during the deadly exchange.
Police often carry out raids in Rio’s teeming slums in a bid to fight drug trafficking.
This time, they said they were looking for gang leaders from other parts of Brazil hiding out in Vila Cruzeiro.
“It was an operation planned for weeks, but we identified criminal movements during the night and decided to intervene,” said team member Colonel Luiz Henrique Marinho Pires.
He said the suspects were readying to move to another favela.
This was the deadliest police raid since 28 people died a year ago in a favela called Jacarezinho — the largest such toll in the city’s history.
Vila Cruzeiro, a favela crowded onto a hillside not far from Rio de Janeiro’s international airport, was also the scene of a violent confrontation in February, when police killed eight people.
Tuesday’s pre-dawn raid targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, one of Brazil’s most powerful crime gangs “responsible for more than 80 percent of the shootings in Rio,” a police spokesman told TV Globo.
No body cams
Officers seized 13 assault rifles, four pistols, 20 motorcycles and 10 cars in the raid.
No arrests were reported.
The operation was criticized in some quarters for its use of overwhelming force and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the opening of an investigation into police conduct.
“Another massacre. Schools closed, thousands of people terrorized,” tweeted left-wing city councilman Tarcisio Motta.
“The policy of extermination runs its course in Rio.”
Residents and activists have often denounced official abuse during such anti-crime operations, including extrajudicial killings of suspects, which they say often goes unpunished.
“These operations in the favelas put the entire population at risk and prevent the functioning of public services. We know they would never be tolerated in upscale neighborhoods,” Guilherme Pimentel, a public defender, told AFP.
Rio police officers were meant to start wearing cameras on their uniforms this month to film all acts in the line of duty, but use of the equipment has been postponed.
Security experts believe cameras may help prevent abuse but will not solve all the problems, and their introduction should be accompanied by comprehensive police reform.
Experts advocate for abandoning confrontation in the endless fight against drug trafficking, with a focus instead on disrupting the gangs’ money flow.
“Rio needs a new public safety policy that is not the bullet,” Human Rights Watch said.
Brazilian police are among the world’s deadliest, responsible for more than 6,100 fatalities in 2021 — an average of 17 per day, according to a violence monitor count. | https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/brazil-22-killed-in-latest-police-raid-on-rio-favela-1.1653441073322 | 2022-05-25T01:23:01Z | https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/brazil-22-killed-in-latest-police-raid-on-rio-favela-1.1653441073322 | false | 5 |
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz held former PM Imran Khan responsible for causing destruction to the country’s economy and bringing soaring inflation besides resorting to load shedding and depreciation of the rupee.
While addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, she made it clear that the PML-N would not succumb to any pressure and would not opt for early elections.
“Shehbaz Sharif would steer the country out of prevailing crises,” she said, adding: “His (Imran) politics would be finished at D-Chowk where he (Imran) started his politics; Nawaz Sharif would finish your politics.”
Announcing that Imran Khan was holding the long march against the establishment, she said, “When he (Imran) says that he has recognised the real faces of Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq, then do you think he is referring to Maryam Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif, or Shehbaz Sharif? Our faces are etched on his heart. He does not sleep because our faces keep [revolving in his mind].
The threat he is issuing is not to us, but the establishment,” she said. Maryam said the PTI chairman also launched a malicious campaign targeting the judiciary in which abusive words were used against the judges as they issued a historic verdict of restoring the National Assembly after President Arif Alvi had dissolved the lower house, but when the Supreme Court took a suo motu notice against Shehbaz Sharif, then you started praising them. “I want to request the courts not to lay the tradition of giving verdicts in favour of the person who abuses the courts,” she said.
She asked the courts to issue decisions in favour of the people and the nation. She also advised the judiciary to “refrain from monitoring social media and the traditional media as well.”
Answering a question, she said the PML-N and its allies were aware of evil designs of Imran Khan and would foil their designs. “We are aware that from where Imran Khan is getting money for public meetings and sit-in,” she said. “Imran cannot hoodwink the masses and would face utter failures.”
Referring to Imran’s interview to CNN, Maryam maintained that he (Imran) had not mentioned about the US conspiracy but admitted that the US President had not engaged with him. “He (Imran) is giving other narrative to Pakistani nation; there is a lot of contradictions in his words and deeds,” she said.
The PML-N leader held Imran Khan responsible for the martyrdom of Police Constable Kamal Ahmed in Lahore and alleged that the PTI goons had arms, tear gas shells and sticks to attack the law-enforcing personnel.
Speaking further about the long march, Maryam said the government was worried about PTI’s nefarious designs, and it had intelligence about the party amassing weapons for use against law enforcement agencies (LEAs).
“They (PTI people) have amassed weapons, shells of tear gas and planned other things against the law enforcement agencies. The Interior Ministry has intelligence about this. It became evident after the police constable Kamal Ahmed was shot dead in Lahore during a crackdown against PTI leaders. I think the person responsible for the murder of the constable is Imran Khan. But the person who took the life of the constable and their mastermind Imran Khan will not be spared,” she added.
Maryam also asked Imran Khan to bring his children to Pakistan for leading the “Azadi March”, instead of instigating Pakistan’s youth to lay their lives. “A son of the soil constable (Kamal Ahmed) was martyred. What is the difference between Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shahbaz, and the sons of Imran Khan’s Qasim and Suleman? The only difference between them is that they are Imran Khan’s sons,” the PML-N leader said.
“Sine they are Imran Khan’s sons, they will live abroad, and no one will touch them. They will remain in a safe and sound environment, while the sons of the soil who spent their entire lives serving the country will take bullets to their chests just because a person’s desire for power does not end?”
Maryam said revolution began at home and asked Imran to ask his children to stand on the front line instead of directing his supporters to keep backing him and suffer the beatings of LEAs. She added that when she appeared before the NAB she herself led the rally.
Earlier, at the start of press conference, she got removed mike of a particular TV channel and levelled allegations of evading taxes by the owners of that channel by getting undue benefits from Imran Khan and starting a smear campaign against institutions.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2022 | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40175482/pml-n-will-not-succumb-to-any-pressure-maryam | 2022-05-25T01:23:39Z | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40175482/pml-n-will-not-succumb-to-any-pressure-maryam | true | 1 |
MIKE TYSON remained the coolest man in the room after a crazed fan pulled out a gun during a Hollywood comedy gig.
Iron Mike, 55, was taking in an evening of laughs with friends when things turned sour at a packed rooftop bar in March.
Tyson and a number of his entourage were in attendance at the gig, with the former heavyweight champion seated front and center.
But in a shocking video obtained by TMZ, a random member of the audience is seen approaching Tyson and reportedly asking for a rumble.
Witnesses report the man said he wanted to 'upgrade his status' by challenging the champ, who recorded 44 knockouts during his glittering career.
The Baddest Man on the Planet remained calm and collected throughout, even as things escalated further.
After being asked to leave Tyson alone by the gig MC, the fan reportedly threatened to shoot the stunned host and pulled a gun from his waistband.
The MC is heard shouting: "What the f*** are you doing? Get the f*** out of here.
"I’m not playing with you, get out of here."
Revelers ducked under tables as the gun was cocked, but Tyson refused to get confrontational and continued to sit unmoved at his table.
The gun was never fired and the man returned to conversation with the boxing legend, who heard him out despite the unfolding chaos.
'GET THE F*** OUT OF HERE!'
And in a bizarre twist, after exchanging words the pair HUGGED before the man left without further incident.
An onlooker shouted "there you go" as the boxing legend rose from his seat for the embrace.
TMZ report LAPD were never called to the incident and Tyson left safely with his friends shortly after the man.
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It's not the first time Tyson has been threatened with a firearm, with former coach Teddy Atlas allegedly pointing a gun to his head when the former boxer was just 15.
Tyson has been out of the boxing ring since his blockbuster exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr in 2020.
He has been linked with a bout against YouTuber Jake Paul, but revealed it would take $1billion to tempt him into the contest.
Asked about fighting Paul, Tyson said on his podcast: "Nobody told me that.
"Hey, I ain't got no f***ing money. So where's the f***ing contract.
"I ain't know nothing about it. [I'd require] a billion bucks."
Tyson is still in training at the age of 55 and showed off his blistering skills in a viral video.
And he was recently embroiled in a shocking altercation with a fan on a plane.
Iron Mike repeatedly punched Melvin George Townsend III on a JetBlue flight last month but escaped criminal charges. | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/8553304/mike-tyson-reaction-fan-with-gun/ | 2022-05-25T01:25:05Z | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/8553304/mike-tyson-reaction-fan-with-gun/ | true | 8 |
SAN JOSE — A man has been charged with felony stalking and had his firearms temporarily confiscated by authorities on allegations that after he was fired from a construction company, he methodically tracked his former bosses and sent them a litany of messages indicating that he was watching their movements.
Bryan Velasquez, 43, of Morgan Hill, was charged last week and has since posted bail, according to jail and court records. Prosecutors with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office say weapons-related charges against Velasquez could follow after illegally modified rifles were found at his home.
According to investigators and a gun-violence restraining order filed by San Jose police, Velasquez was fired from his job at a San Jose-based construction firm in January. In the ensuing months he reportedly proceeded to leave threatening messages with supervisors and executives at the company.
The construction company contacted San Jose police in April, prompting an eventual investigation by the police department and district attorney’s office. The gun-violence restraining order compels Velasquez to surrender his firearms, pending a tentatively scheduled June 6 court hearing to assess his fitness to safely possess guns.
The restraining order alleges that a “disgruntled” Velasquez left emails and Instagram posts, seemingly directed at the reported victims, that showed images and videos of guns — including footage of him firing fully automatic weapons — and that he signed them up for email alerts from companies selling body armor. Prosecutors also allege that he created LinkedIn accounts in his former bosses’ names and filled them with disparaging comments.
“A week ago, they got an email from him that was angry. It was not a specified threat, but there were multiple implied threats,” said Marisa McKeown, a supervising attorney for the DA’s Crime Strategies Unit. “It had statements like, I know where you live, I see you installed a pool, I know what your wife is driving.”
Also according to prosecutors and police, Velasquez sent emails with content suggesting he was watching them, describing specific details about their homes and the movements of some of their family members.
When police served an arrest warrant and the gun-violence restraining order at Velasquez’s home on May 19, they confiscated several rifles and handguns, ammunition and body armor. At least two of the rifles, prosecutors say, had illegal modifications including rear pistol grips and detachable magazines, both of which are prohibited in California.
McKeown said the case demonstrates the limits of what can be charged when someone makes indirect threats that carry more gravity when it’s known that they are armed. But even when in doubt, she encourages people to contact authorities in case an avenue like a gun-violence restraining order could apply.
“This kind of pre-assaultive behavior is difficult to address criminally,” she said. “There so many of these examples where people ask, ‘What do I do?’ If there’s possibly a crime, we can do things to disarm this person and gauge the risk.”
Anyone with information about the case can contact SJPD Detective Sgt. John Byers at 408-277-3835 or by email at 4152@sanjoseca.gov, or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867 or at svcrimestoppers.org. | https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2022/05/24/san-jose-authorities-disarm-man-after-allegations-he-was-terrorizing-ex-employer/ | 2022-05-25T01:30:40Z | https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2022/05/24/san-jose-authorities-disarm-man-after-allegations-he-was-terrorizing-ex-employer/ | true | 11 |
Bandwidth (BAND) Drops 5.21% on May 24
Equities Staff Follow |Bandwidth Inc - Class A (NASDAQ: BAND) has dropped $1.09 (5.21%) and is currently sitting at $19.99, as of 11:47:31 est on May 24.
103,190 shares have been traded today.
The Company has increased 12.95% over the last 5 days and shares lost 18.24% over the last 30 days.
Bandwidth anticipates its next earnings on 2022-08-04.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on Bandwidth visit the company profile.
About Bandwidth Inc - Class A
Bandwidth is a leading enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber, and Zoom use Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed voice, messaging and emergency services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own IP voice network.
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Who is Cherish Finden, Bake Off: The Professionals judge?
CHERISH Finden is back on our screens offering her opinions on Bake Off: The Professionals.
The pastry chef has enjoyed an incredible career, and now works for one of London's top hotels.
Who is Cherish Finden?
Cherish is a multi-award winning Executive Pastry Chef from Singapore who joined Bake Off: The Professionals in 2016.
She started her first job aged 14 and soon asked if she could work in the kitchen, before she began attending cookery school at the age of 16.
Cherish soon honed her skills in the best hotels in Singapore, including the famous six star Raffles Hotel and The Sheraton.
She NOW works at The Langham, London as their Executive Pastry Chef.
Is Cherish Finden married and does she have kids?
Cherish has spoken about her husband who she moved to London with in the past.
The couple live in Kent together.
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Cherish said: "I adore the tranquillity and outdoor activities there: Sunday picnics, horse riding, hiking, strawberry picking."
It is not known if the couple have kids.
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What other shows has Cherish Finden been on?
Cherish is no stranger to being in the spotlight and has been on a number of TV shows during her career.
These include Heston’s Great British Food on Channel 4, BBC’s MasterChef, Australian MasterChef, BBC2’s An Extra Slice and Junior Bake Off.
She was asked to design a cake for the Queen’s 90th birthday, and she ended up creating Windsor Castle in cake form for the occasion.
When is Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 on TV and how can I watch it?
Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 will return TODAY (May 24, 2022) at 8pm on Channel 4.
In each episode the new teams must summon up all their patisserie prowess to wow the judges and stay in the competition.
Twelve teams of pastry chefs from restaurants, hotels, and small businesses in a bid to take home the trophy.
The show will continue every Tuesday at 8pm, and past episodes can be watched on ALL 4. | https://www.thesun.ie/tv/820203/cherish-finden-bake-off-professionals-judge-pastry-chef/ | 2022-05-25T01:37:09Z | https://www.thesun.ie/tv/820203/cherish-finden-bake-off-professionals-judge-pastry-chef/ | true | 2 |
The Seattle Mariners officially activated outfielder Kyle Lewis Tuesday for the first time this season after he had not played in the majors since suffering a severe knee injury nearly one year ago.
In related moves, the Mariners released outfielder Steven Souza Jr. and shipped right-hander Adrian Sampson to Triple-A Tacoma.
Lewis was scheduled to start Tuesday as the designated hitter, batting seventh, for Seattle in the team’s home game against the Oakland Athletics.
The 2020 American League Rookie of the Year last played on May 31, 2021, when he tore his meniscus in his right knee trying to make a catch in center field. Lewis also tore his ACL in the same knee as a minor leaguer in 2016.
Lewis played in 10 games for Triple-A Tacoma, going 11-for-35 with three homers and 12 RBIs. He played in the outfield once but was used strictly as a designated hitter after that.
The 26-year-old is a former Golden Spikes Award winner as the best player in college baseball before being a first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in 2016. He has produced a batting line of .258/.343/.450 in three prior seasons with 22 home runs and 52 RBIs in 112 games.
Souza, 33, was 3-for-19 with an RBI and eight strikeouts in six games with the Mariners this season. He hit a career-high 30 homers in 2017 with the Tampa Bay Rays, but has only seven in 106 games since while playing for four different teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), Chicago Cubs (2020), Los Angeles Dodgers (2021) and Mariners.
Souza broke into the majors with the Washington Nationals in 2014 and played three seasons with the Rays.
Sampson, 30, had not yet appeared in a game for Seattle this season after being claimed off waivers from the Cubs earlier this month. He appeared in just one game with Chicago in 2022, allowing two unearned runs in one inning. He is 7-14 with a 5.13 ERA in parts of five big league seasons with the Mariners (2016, 2022), Texas Rangers (2018-19) and Cubs (2021-22).
–Field Level Media | https://sportsnaut.com/mariners-activate-former-rookie-of-year-kyle-lewis/ | 2022-05-25T01:42:02Z | https://sportsnaut.com/mariners-activate-former-rookie-of-year-kyle-lewis/ | true | 3 |
Today in the Globe newsroom we looked into local grants until news of another school shooting surfaced.
A group gifted $150,000 to three area agencies that work to better the community in different ways.
We'll have more about this story in Wednesday's edition of the Globe and online at joplinglobe.com. We'll also feature reports about:
- The latest information in a shooting where 14 children and a teacher at a Texas school were killed.
- Coverage of tonight's Joplin Board of Education meeting.
- More profiles of our All Area Academic Team members.
We hope you have a peaceful evening. | https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/non-profits-receive-150-000-in-grants/article_cdd000f2-dbb3-11ec-aa56-d7515fed40a2.html | 2022-05-25T01:42:18Z | https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/non-profits-receive-150-000-in-grants/article_cdd000f2-dbb3-11ec-aa56-d7515fed40a2.html | true | null |
Cory Turner reports and edits for the NPR Ed team. He's helped lead several of the team's signature reporting projects, including "The Truth About America's Graduation Rate" (2015), the groundbreaking "School Money" series (2016), "Raising Kings: A Year Of Love And Struggle At Ron Brown College Prep" (2017), and the NPR Life Kit parenting podcast with Sesame Workshop (2019). His year-long investigation with NPR's Chris Arnold, "The Trouble With TEACH Grants" (2018), led the U.S. Department of Education to change the rules of a troubled federal grant program that had unfairly hurt thousands of teachers. | https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-24/update-on-bidens-remarks-on-the-uvalde-texas-school-shooting | 2022-05-25T01:48:12Z | https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-24/update-on-bidens-remarks-on-the-uvalde-texas-school-shooting | true | null |
Market Mover: Aeva (AEVA) Down at Midday May 24
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Aeva Technologies Inc (NYSE: AEVA) moved 5.52% Tuesday.
As of 11:45:50 est, Aeva is currently sitting at $2.73 and has moved $0.16 so far today.
Aeva has moved 15.45% over the last 30 days and has moved YTD 61.64% based on the most recent close.
The company expects its next earnings on 2022-08-11.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on Aeva visit the company profile.
About Aeva Technologies Inc
Founded in 2017 by former Apple engineers Soroush Salehian and Mina Rezk, and led by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and operators, Aeva is building the next-generation of sensing and perception for autonomous vehicles and beyond. Aeva is backed by Adage Capital, Porsche SE, Lux Capital and Canaan Partners, amongst others
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Market Mover: Cue (CUE) Drops at Midday May 24
Equities Staff Follow |Today Cue Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: CUE) is trading 5.46% lower.
The latest price, as of 11:52:37 est, was $3.40. Cue has moved $0.195 over the previous day’s close.
113,755 shares have been traded today.
As of the previous close, Cue has moved YTD 68.44%. The company is set to release earnings on 2022-08-09.
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Cue Biopharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, is engineering a novel class of injectable biologics to selectively engage and modulate targeted T cells directly within the patient's body to transform the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. The company's proprietary platform, Immuno-STAT ™(Selective Targeting and Alteration of T cells) is designed to harness the body's intrinsic immune system without the need for ex vivo manipulation.
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FORMER Cork senior hurler Mark Ellis started in midfield for New York in the Connacht Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Sligo in Gaelic Park, NY.
In the end, Sligo overcame an almighty scare from NY, who showed little signs of rustiness despite being forced into an over-two-year absence from GAA Championship Football due to Covid-19.
NY came away with a number of positives and certainly a lot of credit gained.
Millstreet native Ellis was a lively presence for New York in the middle third of the pitch, including on one particular occasion when he surged through the Sligo defence and was fouled, with the free duly being converted.
Ellis and former Galway senior hurler Johnny Glynn were impressive throughout, both disrupting the Sligo kick out and also driving forward constantly.
This is the latest chapter of Ellis’s GAA inter-county playing career, having of course lined out for the Cork senior hurlers, being the first Millstreet native to do so.
Ellis also has had a strong impact at club level locally for Millstreet GAA and there was little surprise he featured in one of their most memorable occasions of recent times, when he lined out in midfield for Millstreet in the 2014 Cork Junior A Football Championship final, as the Duhallow club defeated St Finbarr’s in the decider at Páirc Uí Rinn.
Ellis has always done Millstreet proud and locals will be certainly watching his progress in the coming months.
The GAA offers players such as Ellis the opportunity to remain very much embedded in an Irish community in the Big Apple. Also on the New York team are another Corkman Jamie Davis and former Galway players Adrian Varley and Johnny Glynn. Attention for the New York Senior Footballers and Ellis now turns towards the inaugural Tailteann Cup.
Along with New York, the Tailteann Cup competition is made up of sides from Division 3 and Division 4 after the conclusion of the 2022 Allianz National Football League.
Another thing to note is that New York have received a bye into the quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup. Following their performance against Sligo, New York will feel that they can take a number of positives into their Tailteann Cup voyage.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport recently, GAA president and Bishopstown native Larry McCarthy believes that NY can compete in the Tailteann Cup.
“It (New York football) absolutely has its place in the championship, it really has,” said McCarthy, who is a former chairman of New York GAA. “The Tailteann Cup is probably where we’ll end up and that’s the beauty, we’re now going to get a second shot and prior to this we wouldn’t.
“Because of the Tailteann Cup, we’ve another day out. Normally this would be the end of it for us. This year, we have another chance, another opportunity, and surely on the basis of today’s performance New York will catch somebody.”
New York captain Jamie Boyle said he was confident his side’s stirring performance in the narrow loss to Sligo in Gaelic Park on Sunday could be the start of something for GAA in the city.
As for Ellis’ native club, Millstreet will have their eyes very much set on a strong 2022 in the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship. One man who will be key to their fortunes in 2022 will be Darragh Cashman, who has in recent weeks been lining out with the Cork U20 Footballers.
Millstreet are in a Cork IAFC championship group which contains Glanmire, Boherbue and Mitchelstown.
One game which will be eagerly anticipated in the Millstreet area will be their meeting with new neighbours Boherbue. That clash is down to take place on Saturday, August 13 in Cullen.
As Millstreet focus on their own GAA battles over the coming months, they will also be monitoring how one of their finest in Ellis is getting on in the NY colours.
New York very much took Sligo to the brink in the Connacht championship. All eyes now will be on what New York and one of their Cork natives in Ellis can do in the Tailteann Cup. | https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/mark-ellis-swaps-millstreet-and-cork-hurling-for-new-york-football_arid-40865030.html | 2022-05-25T01:56:06Z | https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/mark-ellis-swaps-millstreet-and-cork-hurling-for-new-york-football_arid-40865030.html | false | 2 |
Seoul: N Korea fires suspected ICBM and 2 other missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government says one of the three weapons North Korea launched Wednesday was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile.
South Korea’s government says the launches are “a grave provocation” that threaten international peace. It says North Korea will only face international isolation if it continues its provocation.
North Korea’s long-range missile program is aimed at obtaining an ability to launch nuclear strikes on the mainland U.S.
South Korea’s military earlier said North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off the North’s east coast, resuming its weapons launches after about two weeks. The launches came after President Joe Biden wrapped up his trip to Asia, where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North’s growing nuclear threat.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story is below:
North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, its neighbors said, hours after President Joe Biden wrapped up his trip to Asia where he reaffirmed U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North’s growing nuclear threat.
The North’s first missile launches in about two weeks also came as the country makes a much-disputed claim that its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak is weakening.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that all three missiles were fired from near Pyongyang and flew toward waters off the North's eastern coast one after another between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
It said South Korea subsequently boosted its surveillance posture and maintained a military readiness in close coordination with the United States. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol separately called a National Security Council meeting to discuss the North’s launches, his office said.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the missile launches highlight “the destabilizing impact of (North Korea’s) illicit weapons program” though they didn’t pose an immediate threat to U.S. territory and its allies. A command statement said the U.S. commitment to the defense of the South Korea and Japan “remains ironclad.”
The White House said Biden has been briefed on the North Korean missile launches and will continue to be briefed as information develops.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the launches were “an act of provocation and absolutely impermissible.” He accused North Korea of pressing ahead with its weapons development program while “ignoring the people’s suffering amid the spread of the coronavirus in the country.”
Kishi said one missile reached a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers (340 miles) while traveling 300 kilometers (186 miles), while another one flew 750 kilometers (470 miles) on a lower apogee of 50 kilometers (30 miles), before both landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
The launches were North Korea’s 17th round of missile firings this year. Experts have said North Korea’s testing is aimed at modernizing its weapons arsenal and at applying pressure on its rivals to wrest sanctions relief and other concessions amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy.
North Korea’s unusual pace in weapons tests this year included its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017 in March. U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials have said North Korea could soon conduct its first nuclear test in nearly five years as well.
After their summit in Seoul on Saturday, Biden and Yoon said they would consider expanded military exercises to deter North Korean nuclear threats.
Biden brushed aside questions about any possible provocation by North Korea during his trip, saying, “We are prepared for anything North Korea does.” Asked if he had a message for the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, Biden offered a clipped response: “Hello. Period.”
After his meetings in Seoul, Biden traveled to Japan and met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, where the leaders vowed to work closely to address security challenges, including North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic programs, and also what they called China’s “increasingly coercive” behavior in the region.
Hours before the North’s missile launches, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in Washington that North Korea may be on the verge of a major weapons test. “Our concern for another potential provocation, be it an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launch, be a potential seventh nuclear weapons test, our concern has not abated in any way,” he said.
Before Wednesday’s launches, North Korea’s most recent missile tests occurred hours after the country on May 12 acknowledged its COVID-19 outbreak on its soil, after maintaining a widely disputed claim to be coronavirus-free for more than two years.
The country has said in the past few days that there has been “a positive sign” in its anti-virus campaign. Some observers predicted that North Korea would soon resume its missile tests.
Since its admission of the outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, North Korea has said an unidentified fever has been spreading across the country since late April. It has stated how many people have fevers daily but identified just a fraction of the cases as COVID-19.
On Wednesday, North Korea’s state media said 115,970 more people fell ill due to feverish symptoms in the past 24-hour period but there was no additional death. It’s the second consecutive day that North Korea has claimed no fatality.
It said its total fever cases reached about 3 million people but only 68 of them died, an extremely low fatality rate if the illness is COVID-19 as suspected.
North Korea has limited testing capability for that many sick people, but some experts say it is also likely underreporting mortalities to prevent possible political damage on Kim.
North Korea has so far ignored South Korean and U.S. offers of humanitarian shipments of vaccines, medicines and other support items. Much of North Korea’s 26 million people remain unvaccinated and the country’s once-free socialist public health care system has been in shambles for decades.
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Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi contributed to this report from Tokyo.
Hyung-jin Kim And Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/seoul-north-korea-launches-3-224415130.html?src=rss | 2022-05-25T01:58:29Z | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/seoul-north-korea-launches-3-224415130.html?src=rss | true | 9 |
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – Panama City officials keep receiving more money to go toward an overhaul of the city’s infrastructure.
The latest round awarded more than $60 million from various state and federal grants.
Panama City commissioners voted Tuesday to enter contract negotiations with six engineering firms for Phase I of Project Restore.
It will improve water lines, sewer lines, storm drains, and roadways.
Work will begin in designated areas of Millville and Drummond Park in St Andrews.
“We did a heat map of the entire city,” Panama City City Manager Mark McQueen said. “These two areas were designated as very critical needed areas to be replaced and we are looking forward to executing these dollars to help us accomplish that.”
The state awarded the city of Panama City $40-million in grant money for Project Restore.
$20-million will go to work in Millville, and the other $20-million will be for Drummond Park.
“We are grateful that this is grant-funded which means it’s 100% funded by the Community Disaster Block Grant for disaster recovery so that’s good news for our citizens as we rebuild the city,” McQueen said.
The city also approved nine engineering firms to work on 13 sewage lift stations.
Engineers will determine which lift stations can be repaired and which need to be replaced.
“We need to upgrade these,” McQueen said. “Each of these 13 lift stations and some adjoining collection pipes. This is a part of a $23-million grant that’s again being fully funded by the state of Florida to assist the city of Panama City to recover from Hurricane Michael.”
The engineering evaluations will take four to six months.
Rebuilding work should start early next year. | https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/panama-city-receives-over-60-million-for-improvements/ | 2022-05-25T01:59:48Z | https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/panama-city-receives-over-60-million-for-improvements/ | false | 1 |
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Midday Report: Burcon Nutrascience (BRCN) Trades Lower May 24
Equities Staff Follow |Burcon Nutrascience Corp (NASDAQ: BRCN) shares have fallen 7.35%, or $0.0472 per share, as on 11:34:25 est today. After Opening the Day at $0.67, 53,816 shares of Burcon Nutrascience have exchanged hands and the stock has ranged between $0.67 and $0.58.
Already this year the company has moved YTD 46.48%.
Burcon Nutrascience anticipates its next earnings on 2022-06-28.
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By Rebecca Black, PA
The Northern Ireland Secretary has appeared to rule out calling a border poll in the immediate aftermath of an historic Stormont election.
Sinn Féin became the first nationalist or republican party to become the largest in the Northern Ireland Assembly with 27 seats, ahead of the DUP on 25.
There was also a significant surge in support for Alliance who are now the third-largest party at Stormont with 17 seats.
Sinn Féin can now nominate a first minister who will be the first from a nationalist or republican party.
However, they cannot do so under the current rules unless the DUP nominate a deputy first minister to serve alongside in the joint top office.
The Secretary of State has the power to call a Border poll.
Brandon Lewis was questioned on BBC Northern Ireland’s Sunday Politics programme on the criteria for him calling a Border poll.
He responded by saying the nationalist vote has not gone up, and the unionist vote remains higher.
“Sinn Féin haven’t gained seats, we haven’t seen a growth in the nationalist vote and indeed the unionist vote is still larger and the number of seats held by unionist parties is still larger,” he said.
“I think the focus at the moment quite rightly is on getting Stormont back up and running, getting the money that is moving from the UK government to Northern Ireland out to people in Northern Ireland, so we can move forward on domestic issues, get the healthcare reform that people want to see, and we want to get the protocol resolved for everyone in Northern Ireland.”
He described the prospect of the first nationalist first minister as a “significant moment for Northern Ireland”.
“I think it’s an important moment to show that everyone can work together regardless of who is first and deputy first minister, that’s what democracy is about and why it’s important,” he said.
“It’s been also significant seeing that shift and that move for people who have been voting for the Alliance Party over the last few days.” | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/brandon-lewis-appears-to-rule-out-border-poll_arid-40867739.html | 2022-05-25T02:15:40Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/brandon-lewis-appears-to-rule-out-border-poll_arid-40867739.html | true | 9 |
SunPower Corporation (SPWR) CEO Peter Faricy on Q4 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) Q4 2021 Earnings Conference Call February 16, 2022 4:30 PM ET
Company Participants
Mike Weinstein - Vice President, Investor Relations
Peter Faricy - Chief Executive Officer
Manu Sial - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Sean Morgan - Evercore
Pavel Molchanov - Raymond James
Brian Lee - Goldman Sachs
Philip Shen - ROTH Capital
Kashy Harrison - Piper Sandler
Tristan Richardson - Truist
Operator
Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to SunPower Corporation’s Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today to Mr. Mike Weinstein, Vice President of Investor Relations at SunPower Corporation. Thank you, sir. You may begin.
Mike Weinstein
Good afternoon. I would like to welcome everyone to our fourth quarter 2021 earnings conference call. On the call today, we will start with comments from Peter Faricy, CEO of SunPower, who will provide a summary of 2021 strategic plan accomplishments and discuss our forward-looking commitments for 2022 and beyond. Following Peter’s comments, Manu Sial, SunPower’s CFO, will then review our fourth quarter financial results as well as provide an update to our guidance. As a reminder, a replay of the call will be available later today on the Investor Relations page of our website.
During today’s call, we will be making forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties that are described in the Safe Harbor slide of today’s presentation, today’s press release, our 2021 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Please see those documents for additional information regarding those factors that may affect these forward-looking statements.
Also, we will reference certain non-GAAP metrics during today’s call. Please refer to the appendix of our presentation as well as today’s earnings press release for the appropriate GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations. Finally, to enhance the call, we have posted a set of PowerPoint slides on that we will reference during the call in the Events and Presentations page of the Investor Relations website. In the same location, we have also posted a supplemental data sheet detailing additional historical metrics.
With that, I’d like to turn the call over to Peter Faricy, CEO of SunPower. Peter?
Peter Faricy
Thanks, Mike and good afternoon everyone. As you are aware, we reported our preliminary fourth quarter results last month and today, we are reporting in line results. Before Manu shares the results details, I will review the strength of the underlying business, our five strategic pillars, and progress in 2021 and plans for 2022 for each pillar.
Please turn to Slide #4. For the quarter, we continued to see strong top-of-funnel lead generation in our residential business, with nearly 22,500 new customer bookings in the quarter, a 42% increase over last year. This led to record 17,000 customers added in the quarter, representing 31% year-over-year growth and our largest ever backlog. Our total customer installed base stood at 427,000 at year end. We continued to sustain residential gross margins above 20%, with a 100 basis point increase versus last year at 25.6% for the quarter, a record high. Adjusted EBITDA per customer before product and digital investment was $2,200. Our New Home segment continues to grow strongly with a record pipeline of 66,000 customers as we enter 2022, more than 40% higher than a year ago. Finally, Sunbelt bookings exited 2021 with a run-rate of over $130 million.
As we disclosed in our preliminary announcement last month, we experienced some installation delays in the fourth quarter due to weather and Omicron. Similar to the rest of the industry and economy, we were impacted by some cost and availability pressure on our supply chain and labor pool. Despite these short-term challenges from the pandemic, we are very optimistic and excited about our future as we execute our strategic plan to become the world’s most customer-centric home energy company.
Please turn to Slide #5. As you know, we are transforming SunPower into a residential solar company focused on providing a world class customer experience that moves well beyond the initial system sale to a full ecosystem of integrated products and services to create a lifetime relationship with SunPower. I believe strategies are only as good as the quality of the leadership team behind them. So in 2021, I focused on building a talented and experienced leadership team to execute on the following five strategic pillars.
Pillar #1 is customer care. Customers are at the center of all of our discussions. After hiring Nuala Murphy last year as Vice President of Customer Care, we have been rapidly improving our entire approach for customer service. Our guiding principle is that if a customer discovers a problem that is a defect. We are proactively striving to identify any issues well before our customers do and then we will exceed their expectations with a timely solution. Ultimately, I expect customer feedback to help guide our corporate and product development for ever increasing levels of quality, which remains a major component of the SunPower brand. We also recently hired Derek Kuzak as our Executive Vice President for Supply Chain Quality and Field Operations. In residential solar today, the process to install and activate new solar and battery systems is slow and bureaucratic. Our goal is to make the process of installing solar, fast, easy, affordable and enjoyable. Derek and his teams are focused on innovations to deliver world class customer experience.
Pillar 2 is growth. We are growing our market share with a world class dealer network supported by the entire SunPower product, digital and financial platform. We are complementing that network with a high growth SunPower direct channel and a leading new homes business featuring new and expanded partnerships. In October, we welcomed Ben Peterson and the Blue Raven team into the SunPower family. Blue Raven is off to a terrific start this year. I am pleased to report the integration process is going very well and we have already launched SunPower financial products at Blue Raven. We also recently hired June Sauvaget as our Chief Marketing Officer. June comes to us from Brex and Spotify and will help guide the company’s customer acquisition and brand strategy. Under June’s leadership, our goal is to build a true direct-to-consumer brand with a much more cost efficient customer acquisition process.
Pillar 3 is best and affordable products. We are expanding our offerings to include not only our premium solar system SunPower has been known for, but also an array of quality and affordable products. We recognize the value of a lifetime customer relationship and we will nurture that by providing an entire ecosystem of fully designed and integrated products and services that are simple to use and money savings with clean and reliable energy at their core. As you know, we hired Nate Coleman as our Chief Products Officer in November and Nate has already accelerated this effort.
Pillar 4 is digital innovation. Our vision is to make buying solar as easy as it is to buy a book on Amazon. To accelerate innovation of the customer experience, we recently hired Ellen Kinney as our Vice President for Digital Products. Ellen will help push our digital innovation strategy to include major upgrades to the mySunPower app to provide a more efficient sales process, more control options for our customers, and increased ease of use to boost adoption. In addition, we are pleased to announce our most recent new hire, Kumar Ram, EVP of Software Technology. Kumar is a world-class technology leader from Amazon who will build best-in-class solutions for our customers and dealers.
Pillar 5 is world class financial solutions. We recently hired Jason MacRae with the objectives to drive higher sales rates, faster closings and a broader customer base, while contributing to our lifetime customer value.
Please turn to Slide #6. We have already made major strides towards the achievement of our strategic goals. First, we have made measurable progress towards improving customer care in 2021 with our commitment to proactively discover and correct issues before customers even notice whenever possible. Our handling of the recent connectors issue on the commercial equipment reflects this philosophy. Additionally, we reduced customer issue resolution time by greater than 50% and the number of customer interactions required to obtain resolution have improved by 1,300 basis points into the high double-digits.
Second, Blue Raven Solar expands our presence outside California and adds firepower to our direct channel, especially in states without a significant SunPower dealership network and no or low SunPower share. Our pipeline of potential new home installations continues to grow. We executed an exclusive agreement with Toll Brothers last year in California that provides a framework for further expansion nationally. We grew our market share in new homes and continue to work towards new partnerships.
We announced our 25x25 initiative in 2021, which includes the goal of diversifying our residential customer base to include 25% from historically underrepresented communities by 2025. We are very proud of this commitment, which we will meet with new high-value product offerings at various price points among other initiatives. We have already added new financial products for customers with expanded eligibility and low interest rates to help capture this important market segment.
Third, on the product side, we restarted sales of our SunVault storage product last summer, with rapidly growing bookings and healthy inventory. We also recently introduced our first residential virtual power plant offering under connected solutions. This is a program that enables our customers to receive payments from their interconnected utility and exchange for degrees of partial control over customer SunVault systems.
We are also very pleased to announce our new partnership with Home Connect that we expect will expand our ability to bring financial value to customers quickly and meaningfully. Most importantly, these programs bring real tangible benefits to utilities and their non-solar customers as well. They provide a source of highly distributed storage that could help offset the need for distribution upgrades as increasing numbers of electric vehicles and rooftop solar systems get interconnected.
Fourth, as I mentioned, we have the right leadership team now in place to accelerate our digital efforts to enhance the mySunPower app as well as our design software to greatly support both our customers and our sales teams. Fifth, SunPower Financial was launched in December, which provides us a platform for off-balance sheet customer financing, and we entered into a forward flow loan purchase agreement with an affiliate of Credit Suisse. Thanks to our strong leadership team and the dedicated mission-driven talent at SunPower, we got a lot done in 2021, and we have a lot more planned for this year.
Please turn to Slide 7. In 2022, we are leaning in and investing for growth. You can expect to see meaningful progress along several strategic lines, including, first, SunPower is making major investments to upgrade customer services. We believe that exceeding customer expectations for support is key to creating and maintaining our premium brand and growing lifetime customer relationships. You can expect more updates about this initiative at our Analyst Day. Second, continued rapid expansion of sales throughout the country, especially outside California as we invest in our dealer network and expand our team at SunPower Direct. Third, we plan to introduce new high-value, high-performance panel and storage options that will have strong appeal beyond the premium residential segment that we currently capture. As we explore our options in the coming weeks and months, we look forward to providing you with a more detailed update at our Analyst Day.
Fourth, we are making a digital product investment to improve our customer experience and our operational efficiency. And finally, at SunPower Financial, we are reiterating our plan to increase the origination of residential financing from 35% in 2021 to 45% in 2022. This helps our customers qualify for financing quicker while helping our dealers and direct salespeople close sales faster. It also brings new fee income that we’ve never previously captured. When you add all this up, SunPower is on a path to change the world for millions of solar customers. We are passionate about our mission, and we are just getting started. The seeds that we are planting now will bear fruit for years to come as we build the world’s most customer-centric home energy company.
Before I turn the call over to Manu, I’d like to address our new module supply agreement. The new contract terms allow us to continue offering our existing residential products while exploring additional panel providers immediately. Most importantly, the new deal will ensure we can serve customers and dealers given the strong demand for residential solar. I will close my comments by reemphasizing how pleased I am with the strength of customer demand. From my perspective, consumer demand is the single most important metric of our health. Now our focus is on serving and delighting our customers. We plan on having an Analyst Day on March 31 in San Diego. I look forward to seeing you there and introducing you to our leadership team.
With that, I’d like to turn the call over to Manu Sial, CFO of SunPower. Manu?
Manu Sial
Thanks Peter. Please turn to Slide 9. Our results for the quarter were in line with our pre-announcement on January 20. We are reporting negative $8 million of adjusted EBITDA, which includes the previously disclosed $27 million charge for crack connectors in commercial equipment with an incremental $4 million charge expected in the first quarter of 2022. It also includes $3 million of higher sales and marketing expense as well as the $6.5 million impact from weather and COVID-related delays.
We’re also reporting $385 million of revenue, 12% higher than a year ago, and 19% higher sequentially versus third quarter of 2021, driven by the underlying strength of our residential business. We exited the year with a healthy balance sheet with $127 million of unrestricted cash and another 2.5 million shares of Enphase held for future sales. As a reminder, the acquisition of Blue Raven Solar in October was funded with the prior sale of 1 million shares of Enphase, and I’m happy to report that the integration of the Blue Raven team is going very smoothly. We enter 2022 with a very strong residential fundamentals and a record high backlog, now the sole business of our company.
Please turn to Slide 10.Top of the funnel customer appointments and bookings continue to climb and our residential gross margins for the quarter were the highest in nearly 6 years, specifically, I’m pleased to report that we exited 2021 with residential gross margins greater than $0.70 a watt at 25.6%, up 100 basis points year-over-year. We are very excited and optimistic about the opportunity in front of us, and we remain committed to reinvesting the proceeds from the sale of Enphase shares and our C&I Solutions business back into the execution of our strategic plan.
Please turn to Slide 11. We are providing guidance for 2022 adjusted EBITDA in the range of $90 million to $110 million. Relative to our prior color for 2022, the midpoint represents a reduction of approximately $35 million, with $15 million coming off as a result of our plan to exit the light commercial business this year. The remaining $20 million impact to the residential business is primarily driven by our updated supply agreement with Maxeon as we accelerate the shift towards a more diversified customer offering and supply chain. It assumes limited customer price increases during the transition. The guidance continues to assume strong demand and is based on a projection of greater than 35% volume growth versus 2021 to a range of 73,000 to 80,000 new customers. Our projection for residential adjusted EBITDA per customer calculates to a range of $2,000 to $2,400 per customer before product and digital OpEx investment.
SunPower is nearing the completion of its transformation to a residential customer-focused renewables business. We are now firmly on a strategic path rapid long-term growth based on a growing basket of products and service offerings to our customers. As such, we plan to provide annual guidance going forward for adjusted EBITDA, customer growth and residential adjusted EBITDA before product and digital OpEx investment per customer. We think the valuation of our company is most easily and accurately determined by these metrics, which will also be based on customers rather than megawatts, an approach that makes more sense as we add more long-term customer value to the initial sale of a solar system.
With that, Operator, I would like to turn the call over for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you, sir. [Operator Instructions] I show our first question comes from the line of Sean Morgan from Evercore. Please go ahead.
Sean Morgan
Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. So Peter, I think on the call, you guys mentioned that you’re leaning into the Blue Raven acquisition a little bit, and maybe that’s a little bit in light of NEM 3. So as you’re obviously going to be diversifying the portfolio away from California, what steps are you taking proactively to sort of I guess, boost the growth that you’re seeing outside of kind of that core historic base of your company?
Peter Faricy
Yes. Hi, Sean, thanks for the question. You’re absolutely right. We are looking to diversify the company across the country. What’s interesting is if you take a look at the growth rate so far, just in the first quarter of this year, we’re growing very fast in California, but we’re actually growing as fast in the rest of the country, particular strength in the Northeast and the Southeast. And you might remember, Blue Raven was sort of that sweet spot right in the middle of the country where we weren’t, and Blue Raven will continue to expand and grow. We’re going to talk to you more about our Blue Raven plans at Analyst Day. But we will also fill you in at Analyst Day about how we plan to accelerate our growth, both in the Northeast and the Southeast.
The other interesting thing I’ll highlight is it’s not just solar panels. Battery storage, I think, is really beginning to take off. And I think we’re quite pleased with how we started the year with our SunVault product. I think it’s both the combination of the extreme weather conditions that people are seeing in different parts of the country and the power outages that are driving more and more consumer demand. One of the things we mentioned and share with you guys in color is our attach rate. And our attach rate for SunVault was trending, let’s say, 25%, 28% in our direct channel last year. That’s up to the mid-30s as of last week. And what’s interesting is the attach rate is just as high non-California as it is in California. So as you can hear from our comments, we’re extremely pleased with the sales that we’re seeing, and we’re so pleased to see that we’re diversifying our sales base all across the country.
Sean Morgan
Okay. That’s interesting. And since you brought up SunVault and you’ve been able to sort of bring that back online and get past, I guess, some of the supply chain hiccups that you had previously. Now that you’re sort of pairing that with the Wallbox and the potential for the bidirectional charging, are you seeing any trends in terms of attach rate on SunVault versus people with EVs that might be looking to eventually incorporate car battery storage as part of their home energy solutions. Anything interesting that you’re sort of picking up?
Peter Faricy
Yes. I think, Sean, you guys have seen, we’ve announced a couple of programs with new homebuilders. So I think what I would predict is for this year, the channel will this combination of solar plus battery plus EV will probably take off the fastest is with new homes. And it kind of makes sense because most new homeowners roll their solar package right into their mortgage, which makes it very affordable. And that’s the perfect time to kind of get all three done at the same time. We are excited to share with you coming up at our Analyst Day, both our plans on the EV side and also some interesting plans related to battery storage with virtual power plants. So a lot more to go there. I think the biggest thing that gets me excited about storage coming back to SunVault for a minute, is that, today, we’re really offering a product for partial home backup. It’s the product I have in my house. I think it’s terrific. But I think if you take a look at the storage market, we’re seeing a much stronger demand for a whole home backup. And so we’re going to talk more about our SunVault plans, and we see you at the end of March. But suffice to say, we’re going to be aggressive at rolling out a number of new products in the whole home backup category. And that leads us to believe that this could be a terrific year on the SunVault side.
Sean Morgan
Okay, that’s great. Thanks Peter.
Operator
Thank you. I show our next question comes from the line of Pavel Molchanov from Raymond James. Please go ahead.
Pavel Molchanov
Thanks for taking the question. Last December, you unveiled SunPower Financial, but I didn’t hear a lot about that in your discussion of this year’s guidance. Can you talk about how that new initiative fits into your revenue mix?
Peter Faricy
Absolutely, thank you for the question, Pavel. The hiring of Jason MacRae has really allowed us to build out a proper financial products business. The big goal that we laid out for you guys is that we’re going to improve the number of systems financed from 35% of the total to 45% next year. Maybe as exciting to me is we’re building up a scale in both lease and loan that’s going to allow us to really lower our cost of capital over time. And then maybe as exciting, and I can’t wait to share this with you in more detail at the Analyst Day is we’re really building out the financial products for customers and dealers that will scale very, very well as our business gets larger and larger. So we’re quite excited about that part of the business. I think at the core of it, it’s not only about making some money from helping customers finance their solar when you take a look at customer research, the number one reason people say they can’t get solar is they don’t think they can afford a down payment. The number two reason they say they can’t get solar, they don’t think they can get approved for financing. And we’re excited to share with customers the new financial products will be rolling out this year and beyond, that we think are going to make solar accessible to 100 million people here in the U.S. So a lot more detail to come, but we’re very excited to share more detail with you on that at the end of March.
Pavel Molchanov
So just to clarify, are you going to be putting solar leases and loans on the SunPower balance sheet as a number of the other major national rooftop providers are doing?
Peter Faricy
No. We are not changing our strategy on that at all. So we’re still going to move these leases and loans off balance sheet, that means that we don’t take the risk. But by actually beginning to do the loan servicing, which we plan to do this year, we will have a much better understanding of what the real risk is and we believe that would allow us to get a much lower cost of capital and a greater share of the economics over time. So we will walk you through that in more detail. But no, we’re not changing our strategy in terms of what’s on balance sheet.
Pavel Molchanov
Okay, clear enough. Thanks.
Peter Faricy
Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. I show our next question comes from the line of Brian Lee from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
Manu Sial
Hi, Brian.
Brian Lee
Hi, guys. Thanks for – Hi, guys. Good afternoon. Thanks for taking the questions. Maybe the first one just on the – these new metrics, right? I understand some of the rationale, but given you are kind of moving the goalpost a little bit, again, just wanted to dive in a bit? So the adjusted EBITDA per customer, first one on that, I guess, can you kind of break out as your customer mix is changing, you even acknowledged there is more than solar-only customers going forward, you’re going to be selling a lot more services and other products? What sort of the to $2,000, $2,400 per customer range represent? Is that $2,000 for solar only? And then at the higher end, $2,400 represents like a solar only – solar plus SunVault battery customer. Just kind of give us a sense of the range of where your EBITDA shakes out on an individual customer basis because I feel like the blended mix kind of maybe doesn’t represent where incremental customers are really being sourced at in terms of your economics? And then I had some follow-ups.
Peter Faricy
Yes. Hi, Brian, it’s Peter. So, thank you. We are excited about the guidance that we’re going to give as we go forward. I think when you think about a direct-to-consumer residential company that’s focused on growth, I do believe customers and customer growth and then something like EBITDA per customer or maybe someday we will get to a lifetime value per customer. Those are the two things to look at to really measure the health and well-being and the valuation of the company. Let me have Manu answer a couple of your questions on the EBITDA calculation and how we’ve been thinking about it.
Manu Sial
Hi, Brian, so just to contextualize the three metrics we’re giving. We provided a number of customers in the past. I think with a much better metric than just megawatts, that’s what we guided, and it makes sense given that we are ready focused or as the only company going forward. And then EBITDA per customer is the same basis as what we’ve talked now in the last couple of quarters. You can reference the total year to what we had said in the third quarter metrics as well. And then just to answer the 2022 question regarding the EBITDA per customer. The assumption is that what takes it from let’s say, the low end of the range or the high end of the range is a solar customer depending on region as well as a solar customer who is also taking financing from SunPower. So the range of 73,000 to 80,000 customers assumes customers that are going to take solar and then some of the customers, some of them take solar plus storage, plus EV, plus our financing. And then EBITDA is at the same basis as last time.
Brian Lee
Okay, that’s helpful context. I guess, maybe as a follow-up to that. I may have the numbers off, but I think in the past you said or last quarter you said $35 million on this product in digital spending effort that was the drag on EBITDA. If I do that across your customer base, I guess or your customer account, it sounds like it’s about of $400 to $500 million – sorry $400 to $500 per customer EBITDA drag from those spending initiatives? Is that going to be pretty constant going forward and is there a reason to be stripping that out as I suppose, because are those maybe essential to running the resi solar segment? Just trying to understand what that EBITDA drag is from that ongoing spend and if it changes over time?
Manu Sial
Yes. So what we have talked in the fourth quarter was about $35 million of incremental spend that we were financing effectively through Enphase proceeds that we sold in the third quarter of 2021. Just to tie the comment back. I think where it shows up is half of it shows up in the EBITDA per customer calculation. And then the other half of it shows up the products and digital OpEx. The way to think about the spend on – from a SunPower perspective, whether it’s on a per customer. I think 2022 is a high watermark. And while we will continue to spend on the growth of the business on a per customer basis, that spend is going to be tapering off as we go from ‘22 to some of the out years.
Peter Faricy
Yes. I think what I’d add on that, Brian is that from my time at Amazon, the two pieces of investment that scale the best over time are spending – investing in software and investing in products and the kind of investments that once you make them build scale over a larger and larger customer base over time. So I just gave on the previous answer to the example of financial products. A lot of what we’re going to build this year is what we need for the next 10 years and beyond. And so the $35 million number may – it’s possible that could increase in absolute terms. But I think as a rate of the total, I think that will scale nicely over time and begin to shrink over time.
Manu Sial
Thanks Brian.
Brian Lee
Thanks guys. I will take it offline.
Operator
Thank you. I show next question comes from the line of Philip Shen from ROTH Capital. Please go ahead.
Philip Shen
Everyone, thanks for taking my questions. First one is on the ‘22 outlook and 76,000 customers, how many of those are Blue Raven, I am guesstimating 9,000 with the strong growth outlook from Blue Raven, but just curious if you can help us understand ultimately what the organic growth is. I am guessing roughly 25% year-over-year and then the impact of Blue Raven. Thanks.
Peter Faricy
Phil, we don’t break out Blue Raven customers separately, but I would say you are in the ballpark. I think that’s pretty close to what the number will be. We do think about it constantly as our total direct channel, which includes SunPower Direct plus Blue Raven. We are very, very pleased with the growth and the profitability of that channel. So, to give you some color on that, that was let’s say, 15% of our business before Blue Raven, became 20% by the end of the year, and we will get to 30% of our total business this year. So, not only is it growing a lot faster than our total business, but it’s also a channel that’s much more profitable for us. So, we are quite pleased, as I mentioned in my comments, with the Blue Raven acquisition and both as them running as an independent company and also our ability to find synergies between the two companies. It’s been terrific so far. And we are also very, very pleased with our SunPower Direct business.
Philip Shen
Great. Thanks for the color Peter. And then as it relates to Home Connect, can you talk a bit more about the revenue model there and the go-to-market strategy? And what kind of impact to revenue margins could we see in ‘22 – or in ‘23? You expect it to be meaningful, or is it still kind of going to be ramping from smaller numbers? Thanks.
Peter Faricy
Yes. Thanks Phil. I am so glad you brought up Home because I can’t wait to spend time with you guys on this. It’s a terrific partnership. I don’t want to give away all of the punch lines for our Analyst Day, but let me give you a couple of sneak previews. So, first of all, there is a couple of things about Home that we find really attractive. One is for all the talk about virtual power plants, the hardest thing is getting the customer experience, right. If you think about the idea that you are going to let someone else control your battery storage or someone else control your thermostat, that’s not something that most people wake up every day and are comfortable with. So, they have really demonstrated, in our opinion, the ability to influence customer behavior in a very positive way. And we are going to talk to you about that. And then also, they are really the first company that we have seen that’s been able to connect consumer energy with the energy markets. So, there is a lot of talk about VPP, but when you actually take a look at who has made a direct connection to the bidding and energy, between residential batteries, residential actions, if you will, and the energy markets, I think these guys are way ahead. We are going to give you a lot more details at the Analyst Day about our partnership, but our partnership is a very big and comprehensive one. We are going to be their exclusive partner on things like solar and battery storage. And I really want to get into a lot more detail with all of you on our VPP investments and the seeds we are planning. To answer your last question directly, I don’t think it will be material in 2022. I think it’s early. There is still a lot for us to figure out, but I will tell you that it’s one of these seeds that is exciting, because if you took a look at the 3-year plan and the 5-year plan, I think it does become a very material part of our business. The economics are really attractive. And frankly, I have been looking for an opportunity for us to work productively with utilities. I mean this is a win-win-win if we can get the consumer behavior, right. Consumers get money from it, utilities hopefully save having to build new distribution because they can take advantage of distributed energy storage and we think we can be a partner to both and participate in the economics. So, I look forward to going a lot deeper on that topic with all of you in about a month. Thanks.
Philip Shen
Great. One last one, if I may. In terms of the Enphase partnership, there might be some near-term deadlines there in terms of how things are governed. What do you expect there? And do you have any real alternatives besides Enphase, if you want to go a different direction?
Peter Faricy
So, on the Enphase partnership, we have a partnership agreement that we are together through Q1 of 2024. We are pleased with that agreement. We are pleased with the relationship we have with them, and I think it’s business as usual for 2022.
Philip Shen
Great. Thanks for taking all the questions. I will pass on here.
Peter Faricy
Okay. Thank you, Phil.
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Kashy Harrison from Piper Sandler. Please go ahead.
Kashy Harrison
Good afternoon everybody and thank you for taking the questions. So, on Slide 11 of the investor deck, so you indicated the guidance excludes the outcome of NEM and potential ITC changes. I was wondering if you could maybe just help us with some sensitivities on those numbers if the proposed decision from December comes to fruition? And in addition, can you also provide us with some sensitivities if the ITC changes?
Peter Faricy
Yes. Let me – before I turn it over to Manu for the sensitivities, let me just make a quick comment on both. I think as the initial negative news came out in California NEM in December, we did believe that, that was going to be a probably an overreaction in the market, and I think that’s proven out to be the case. As the events have taken place since, there is an enormous amount of energy from California residents and California employees and the solar renewable energy business to make sure that the outcome here is much more moderate and much more favorable for the solar customers and the solar employees. So, I would just tell you that in California we are cautiously optimistic that the outcome here will be much improved over the initial reports and that we will have an outcome at some point in Q2. And then on the ITC, before Manu goes through the sensitivities, I think we feel in a similar direction. I think you have seen comments from Senator Manchin that he supports legislation related to climate and clean energy provisions. There seems to be a lot of support across the Democratic Party for that in the Senate, and we are cautiously optimistic that, that will get moved along over the next few months. Manu, do you want to talk a little bit about the sensitivities on the NEM and ITC side?
Manu Sial
Yes. So on the ITC, Kashy, we actually covered that in our last earnings call. And I think way we articulated it is we should see the benefit either from a pricing perspective or increased volume. And I think we calculated using certain growth assumptions, about a $14 per share benefit to SunPower. We can go into a lot more detail on the call back, if you like.
Kashy Harrison
And on the NEM sensitivities, if you have that?
Manu Sial
I think we – look, from a NEM perspective, I don’t think we have articulated any sensitivities in the past, I think like what Peter said, we think we will all get into the right place from an industry perspective and the policymakers. I think as the – as the policy unfolds, we may see some near-term demand, but I think it’s a little bit too premature at this point to provide any sensitivities there.
Kashy Harrison
Okay. And as my second question, so on Slide 11, you indicated that the decline in adjusted EBITDA per customer in ‘22 was driven by higher sales and marketing in the footnotes. I was wondering if you could just maybe give us some medium-term targets on where you think this estimate could go thinking through maybe rising storage attachment rates and then also the transition from 35% loan origination to where that might go in a few years. Thank you.
Manu Sial
Yes. So, I think the way to think about – so let me take a step back, right. As we have exited 2021, you have seen two things. One, the resi fundamentals continue to be amazing for us, which kind of leads into the focus on that business for us. And you can see that in gross margins. You can see that in bookings. Also, we are seeing that the top of the funnel is extremely strong. And the investment in sales and marketing expense to contextualize is both to grow geographically as well as helps with broadening our product portfolio more of it on the Analyst Day, right. In terms of – from a modeling perspective, as you bridge from our current guidance to where it could go, a couple of things that will provide tailwinds. One is increased financing. We have talked about every customer that buys a system and a finance system compared to a non-finance is about $1,000 a customer. So, that should bring the overall margin up. Storage attached it as the increase and at the – as the business ramps, or that part of the business ramps, that should be incremental margin to the EBITDA per customer as well as the EV attach rates, all those three things should increase the EBITDA per customer going from ‘22 to ‘23. And then as Peter and I talked about earlier, some of the investments we are making in the platform and growth in ‘22 should start to taper off on a per customer basis, and then the volume leverage really kicks in as you go from ‘22 to the out years.
Peter Faricy
The only thing I will add is on where do we go after 45%. Two things for context. One is we are still the only solar – residential solar company that offers all three financial options. So for customers, we want them to make the choice as best for them, and that could be cash, lease or loan. But of the customers who prefer not to pay cash, which is still the majority, we are on a path to have 100% of that business financed by us over time. So, the 45% that we are at for this year is just the beginning in the way we look at it. And obviously, we are getting 100% of our own direct channel today. But as Jason and his team have a chance to build out some world-class financial products for our dealers, I think we see the opportunity accelerating as we go.
Kashy Harrison
Thank you.
Operator
Thank you. I show our last question comes from the line of Tristan Richardson from Truist. Please go ahead.
Tristan Richardson
Hey. I appreciate the comments. Just one on the EBITDA as well as customer growth guidance for 2022, does that include the impact of the previously discussed kind of connectors charge that occurs in 1Q as well? And then also, the factors you talked about impacting 4Q, namely the push out into 2022 from weather. Is that included in that guidance, both on a customer and EBITDA basis?
Manu Sial
The answer is both are included.
Tristan Richardson
Okay. Helpful. And then maybe just a quick one to follow-up on the light commercial exit, is there any change to sort of a cost structure from an OpEx perspective going forward, savings harvest, etcetera, changes to, yes, overall cost structure by exiting that piece of the business?
Peter Faricy
Well, on CVAR, most of the employees we have had working on CVAR were shared between our residential business in CVAR. So, to give you a quick direct answer to your business, no, I don’t see a big OpEx impact. We have a small single-digit sales team that will be impacted, but I think most of the employees will reallocate to this faster-growing and more profitable residential business immediately.
Tristan Richardson
Helpful. Appreciate you guys. Thank you.
Peter Faricy
Thank you. I guess as we wrap up for today, I want to thank everybody for their questions. And I just have two quick closing comments. One of them is, I just want to recognize that we have now fully made this transition from a company that was in a lot of different businesses, panels and utility scale solar and commercial and industrial and residential to a company that’s now solely focused on the residential solar business as we go forward. When I took my first earnings call last May, with many of you, most of you had a very similar question, which is what are you going to do with the commercial business and the CVAR business. We have now successfully answered those questions, and now you can see our strategy of where we are headed as we move forward.
We are extremely excited to host all of you March 31st in San Diego for our Analyst Day. This will be my first chance to get a chance to interact with all of you and for you to meet our team. So, let me just give you a quick sneak preview of some of the topics that we plan to talk about. First of all, we have a very exciting product strategy. And that includes the opportunity for us to participate in a segment of the business that we have never participated in before. And that’s the mainstream or mass market panel business. So, our existing supplier arrangements have only really allowed us to participate in the premium segment. We are extremely excited as we move forward to finally have a product in the much larger and faster-growing mass market segment. And if you talk to our dealers, it’s the number one thing they bring up when I talk to them. So, we are very excited to share our plans with you on that.
Two, we are going to talk to you, as I mentioned, a lot more about financial products. But we are also going to talk a lot more about what are the things that we are going to do to drive lifetime customer value up over time. That includes many more products in the battery storage side, exciting opportunities for us on the EV charging side, and a discussion that I can’t wait to have with all of you about our approach in virtual power plants or VPP, including our partnership with Home Connect.
And then finally, I will just suffice to say, as we have started the year, we are seeing tremendous growth in the upper part of our funnel. And if you said to me, what’s the best leading indicator of the health of this company and this business, it’s always that upper part of the funnel. So, we have committed in our guidance for 35% customer growth this year. But I will tell you, right now, at the top of the funnel, we are seeing 3x that growth in things like raw appointments and marketing qualified leads. And then the other interesting thing is that we are seeing much higher close rates than we did a year ago. Those are both very good leading signals about where this business is headed.
Thanks to all of you and look forward to seeing you March 31st, down in San Diego. Thanks.
Operator
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PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - France's largest poultry group LDC LOUP.PA aims to more than treble its volumes of plant-based products by 2026 and is open to acquisitions in the sector as part of a plan to boost earnings by 40% in the next four years, it said on Tuesday.
The market for plant-based food has soared in recent years, attracting major investment from global agrifood groups, including Nestle NESN.S, PepsiCo PEP.O and Archer Daniels Midland ADM.N, hoping to capitalise on a trend towards healthier eating.
"Our ambition is to accompany the flexitarian movement with the aim to reach 10,000 tonnes of products (from 3,000 tonnes currently) by 2026, for sales of 60 million euros ($64 million), just through organic growth," LDC's new chief executive Philippe Gelin told reporters.
"In addition we will be open to all opportunities that could arise in terms of external growth on these products," he added.
Yet plant-based meat will remain a small part of LDC, which is focused mainly on fresh poultry and ready-cooked dishes.
The group, which made 5.1 billion euros of sales in 2021/22, up 14.5% year-on-year, is aiming for 7.0 billion by 2026, and a 40% rise in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to 560 million euros.
Gelin declined to give guidance for the 2022/23 financial year, saying there were too many unknowns at this stage, both in terms of volumes and prices.
LDC expects a fall in group poultry output of 12-15% in March-August due to France's worst ever bird flu crisis.
It still needs to pass on to customers a large portion of the higher costs it is facing due to the recent surge in the price of grains, which make up most of the diet of poultry, Gelin said.
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Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: KALA) fell 27.62% Tuesday.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Jon Cooper had every reason to be confident the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning could keep their bid for a three-peat alive.
"Our story is not finished being written," the coach said earlier this month with his team on the brink of elimination in the first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs. "We've got a lot left in us, we feel."
Andrei Vasilevskiy is one of reasons.
The reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner has won six straight games since the Lightning fell behind the Maple Leafs 3-2 in their opening round series, including a Game 7 gem in Toronto and a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Up next is Tampa Bay's sixth trip to the East finals in eight years, where they'll face either the Carolina Hurricanes or New York Rangers.
"We've found a recipe that has obviously allowed us to go deep into the playoffs, and especially in the last 2 1/2 years now, and we want to keep it up," captain Steven Stamkos said after Monday night's 2-0 victory over Florida gave the Lightning its first sweep of a playoff series in 11 years.
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"It's the most fun and gut-wrenching and nerve-wracking time of the year, but that's just an amazing feeling," Stamkos added. "You can't really describe it unless you go through it, and this group has certainly been through it."
Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and posted the sixth shutout in his past seven series-clinching wins.
Since yielding three or more goals in each of Tampa Bay's first six games against Toronto, he's given up four total in the last five outings.
"It's my job to just give our boys the chance to win, and I think we've done a pretty good job doing that the whole series," Vasilevskiy said, playing down the way he's played time and time again during his team's championship run.
"Nothing special. I think it's just the way the whole team is playing in those games. The whole series just constant blocked shots, sacrifices, and boys literally breaking bones to stop the puck," the goaltender added. "Just such a great effort by everybody on our team. It's obviously not just me. I'm just trying to do my job as best I can."
Pat Maroon, chasing his fourth consecutive Stanley Cup title, snapped a scoreless tie a little over six minutes into the third period. Ondrej Palat added a empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining for Lightning, who had two goals disallowed within a 48-second span of the second period.
The Lightning joined the New York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens as the only franchises to win at least 10 consecutive playoff series. Maroon, who won with St. Louis in 2019 before signing with Tampa Bay two years ago, has been a part of 14 consecutive series wins.
"I'm fortunate to play with two really good teams the last few years, but this team has been very impressive," Maroon said.
"The way we compete. The way we stick in there every every game, we're never out of it. ... It's been tremendous to watch what we've been through the last few years," Maroon added, "and it's unbelievable to be a part of it."
Tampa Bay is the third franchise to win at least 10 consecutive playoff series. Montreal has done it twice, taking 13 in a row from 1976-80 and 10 straight from1956-60. The New York Islanders won a record 19 in a row from 1980-84.
Two more series wins, and the Lightning will become the first team to win three consecutive Stanley Cup titles since the Islanders claimed four in a row from 1980-83.
"Twelve would sound even better, wouldn't it?" forward Alex Killorn said.
"It's impressive. I know, Coop mentioned that, and then Patty has 14. So he's got the one up, but it's special to be a part of this group," Killorn added. "Like I said, with Vassy. I think there's a lot of players on this team that will go down as some pretty good players, Hall of Fame players. So I'm just happy to be a part of it, to be honest." | https://auburnpub.com/defending-stanley-cup-champion-lightning-back-in-east-finals/article_824b1eec-4a3e-585a-9403-862c81cfb669.html | 2022-05-25T02:36:47Z | https://auburnpub.com/defending-stanley-cup-champion-lightning-back-in-east-finals/article_824b1eec-4a3e-585a-9403-862c81cfb669.html | true | 32 |
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The $68 billion superannuation giant HESTA has confirmed it will reject AGL’s controversial demerger at a vote next month, saying it believes the board’s proposal to spin off its coal-fired power stations into a standalone company will hamper Australia’s transition to a low-carbon future.
With just four weeks to go until shareholders vote on AGL’s plan to break up its retail division and carbon-heavy power stations, Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has been ramping up efforts to convince the company’s shareholders to block the demerger. AGL’s board has called on investors to support the split.
HESTA, which is believed to hold 0.4 per cent of AGL shares on behalf of its members, on Wednesday said it was “unconvinced” that the demerger proposal would accelerate decarbonisation to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. It also said it was concerned about the risk of coal power stations becoming “stranded assets”, and believed the board had failed to adequately outline how it would support communities affected by the eventual closures of those plants.
“The events at AGL represent a watershed in active ownership in this country,” HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. “Shareholders are pushing for greater action on climate change and a more rapid transition that aims to enhance the company’s ability to create long-term, sustainable value.”
AGL’s coal- and gas-fired power stations are the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, accounting for 8 per cent of the nation’s carbon footprint. Under the board’s proposal to create a coal offshoot to be called Accel Energy, the company’s last coal-fired plant, Loy Yang A in Victoria, is not scheduled to close until 2045.
Cannon-Brookes last month amassed an 11.3 per cent stake in AGL and has vowed to use his voting rights to fight the demerger, keep the company whole and bring forward its planned exit from coal-fired electricity in 2045 to as early as 2035. To pass the vote requires 75 per cent of the value of the shares voted.
AGL’s board insists the demerger will unlock value for shareholders, creating a carbon-neutral retail and clean power company to be known as AGL Australia, which will be able to attract financial backers that are increasingly distancing themselves from fossil fuel investments. Meanwhile, the separate power generation company – Accel Energy – will focus on transforming coal sites into energy hubs that could also house renewables and batteries.
“AGL Energy has a clear demerger plan that is the best path for the company, for shareholders, and for Australia’s orderly and responsible energy transition – backed by the Grant Samuel Independent Expert report,” AGL managing director Graeme Hunt said.
“The demerger represents decisive action towards decarbonisation and will enable AGL Australia and Accel Energy to responsibly accelerate the decarbonisation of Australia’s energy system, faster than could have been achieved as one company.”
Hunt said AGL Australia and Accel would both have investment-grade credit ratings and “firm climate commitments” including net-zero emissions target dates and the development of new renewable and flexible generation capacity.
“Australia’s energy transition needs to be seen in the context of how Australia and the energy system as a whole transitions to net-zero, and, from there, what the contributions of any individual company should be.”
In a note to clients on Wednesday, Morningstar equity analyst Adrian Atkins rejected Cannon-Brookes’ claim that the demerger would destroy shareholder value and that Accel Energy would not be financially viable as a standalone entity.
He pointed to sharp rises in wholesale power prices in NSW, which have increased from $50 a megawatt hour to an average of more than $300 so far in May. Futures prices – those used by generators and customers to hedge against volatile wholesale prices – remain above $100 per megawatt hour through 2025.
“Accel should be a cash cow in this environment, as it continues to produce power cheaply thanks to low-cost coal supply,” Atkins said. “This should provide ample funding to repay debt, repurpose power station sites to renewable energy hubs and pay dividends.”
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Which Nintendo Switch wireless controller is best?
The Nintendo Switch usually comes with a set of Joy-Cons you can use to play single-player games or split up to play a multiplayer game with a friend. However, Joy-Cons aren’t the most comfortable controllers.
It’s much easier to play with a traditional controller gamepad, and there are several terrific Switch wireless controllers you can use instead of Joy-Cons. The Nintendo Switch Pro Wireless Controller, for example, has an ergonomic design that lets players comfortably play even the most demanding games.
What to know before you buy a Nintendo Switch wireless controller
Comfort
Joy-Cons are probably the most comfortable controllers there have ever been on a portable console, but when you’re playing at home, a wireless gamepad is much more comfortable. With a wireless controller, you don’t have to worry about cables, and your fingers have more flexibility and mobility. Most wireless Switch controllers also have an ergonomic design, so you can play for extended periods without experiencing much soreness in your hands.
Game genre
If you enjoy racing, puzzle or role-playing games, you can probably get by with Joy-Cons, but other genres are much more demanding, and easier to play with a gamepad. Fighting, adventure and action games often require players to input quick or complex button and joystick combinations, which can be executed more comfortably and efficiently with a gamepad.
Battery life
Wireless controllers are fantastic, but unlike traditional wired controllers, they run on batteries, so you have to recharge them from time to time. Joy-Cons charge when they’re hooked up to the central console, but some wireless gamepads offer up to 40 hours of battery life on a full charge and come with cables so you can use a wired connection as well.
What to look for in a quality Nintendo Switch wireless controller
Mappable buttons
If you’ve ever played a game for a few hours and realized that you don’t quite like the button layout, it can be a turnoff if there’s no in-game option for reconfiguring it. Some Switch wireless controllers have customizable buttons, so you can change the button layout to your preference, even as you play.
Premium features
Official Switch controllers offer features you won’t find on any third-party products. Premium features include motion controls and high-definition rumble, which delivers haptic feedback vibrations to enhance a player’s gaming experience. Amiibo support is another premium Nintendo Switch controller feature and uses near-field communication to interact with Amiibo toys to activate and unlock their unique content.
Colors and extra aesthetic features
There are Switch wireless controllers in just about every color imaginable, so you can get something that matches your style or preference. Some controllers have a transparent build where you can see the inside, and some even have lights with several modes that can display several different colors.
How much you can expect to spend on a Nintendo Switch wireless controller
Switch accessories and peripherals are pricey, with official wireless controllers costing $40-$80. However, if you don’t mind sacrificing some features, you can find third-party controllers for $25-$40.
Nintendo Switch wireless controller FAQ
How do you connect a wireless controller to the Switch?
A. In most cases, you can use a controller’s charging cable to connect it to the Switch. Some controllers can also connect wirelessly using a sync button.
How many wireless controllers can be connected to the Switch simultaneously?
A. You can sync up to eight controllers at once, but it’s worth noting that only some games support that many players.
How long does it take to charge a wireless controller?
A. It varies depending on the controller, but generally, a wireless controller should be fully charged within four to six hours.
What’s the best Nintendo Switch wireless controller to buy?
Top Nintendo Switch wireless controller
Nintendo Switch Pro Wireless Controller
What you need to know: This controller is perfect for those who want something more comfortable and practical for more demanding games.
What you’ll love: It’s lightweight at just 8.8 ounces and has a classic design with an ergonomic feel. It comes with a USB-C to USB-A charging cable, and has motion controls, built-in high-definition vibration and Amiibo functionality.
What you should consider: Many users found the directional pad subpar, as there’s a lack of a pivot point that lets others be pressed in multiple directions simultaneously.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Nintendo Switch wireless controller for the money
Power A Fusion Pro Wireless Controller
What you need to know: This is an excellent alternative to the official Pro Controller, but it offers similar comfort and functionality, making it a great bargain pick.
What you’ll love: It has an ergonomic design and four mappable paddles that let players customize controls at any time. It can be used wirelessly through Bluetooth or with a USB-C breakaway charging cable and comes with two faceplates, four thumbsticks and a storage case.
What you should consider: It doesn’t support Amiibo features or high-definition rumble.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
PDP Afterglow Wireless Deluxe Controller
What you need to know: This controller is excellent for playing the most demanding games and features flashy lights for spicing up the party.
What you’ll love: It works with the Switch, Switch Lite and Switch OLED and has customizable buttons and motion controls. It has a see-through design so players can see the embedded RGB lights and can be set in four distinct chroma lighting modes.
What you should consider: It doesn’t support rumble feedback, and some users found it difficult to get used to the joysticks, which run higher than the ones on Joy-Cons.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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By Simon Peach, PA Chief Football Writer
Manchester United’s teenagers brought hope at the end of a tough season and academy boss Nick Cox believes the FA Youth Cup triumph at a rocking Old Trafford shows the “embers still burn bright” for a club built on youth and success.
This has been the Red Devils’ worst season of the Premier League era, leading to criticism and scrutiny for the way first-team operations have been run from ownership level to the dressing room.
But not everything at United requires widespread change and the continued focus on developing talent bore fruit on Wednesday as a record-breaking crowd of 67,492 cheered the Under-18s to Youth Cup glory.
Alejandro Garnacho’s brace sealed a 3-1 win against Nottingham Forest after Joshua Powell had cancelled out Rhys Bennett’s opener for United, with the club celebrating winning the competition for a record 11th time.
“This football club is built on success and youth,” United’s head of academy Cox said. “I feel like the fans turned up to show that those embers still burn bright.
“It doesn’t matter, you know, in the short term what goes off. In the long term, those things don’t leave this football club.
“I think the fans turned up and reminded us that this place is built on success and it’s built on youth.
“They were proud and we’re really proud. It was incredible. I’ve never witnessed anything like it and I don’t think we ever will do again.”
A record breaking crowd. A record 11th FA Youth Cup win.
Thank you to the supporters for creating a night that our young players will never forget.
There is no other club like this one!#mufc #muacademy #fayouthcup pic.twitter.com/F2lMYI9wm7— Nick Cox (@Coxy3012) May 12, 2022
Cox was blown away by the support at Old Trafford on Wednesday, saying he does not believe any other club “could replicate what we’ve just witnessed”.
That “immense” backing helped United to glory and provided a backdrop that will help players go onto make their professional bow, with Garnacho the only member of the squad to make his senior debut for the club.
The 17-year-old, who has already been called up to the Argentina senior set-up, was named the club’s Under-18s Player of the Year before kick-off and is providing inspiration to his team-mates.
“When your mate makes a debut, it makes something that appears extraordinary ordinary,” Cox said.
#MUFC’s match-winner Alejandro Garnacho was serenaded with chants of ‘Viva Garnacho’ & ‘Argentina’ after the FA Youth Cup final. An exciting talent 💫🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/QbdjFphmCI
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) May 11, 2022
“When your mate does something, you believe you can do it too, so to have role models that are so close to you, for your mate to be your role model, that’s what this place has always been about. It’s following in the footsteps of other folk.
“Now sometimes we look into the past and we try to follow in the footsteps of Sir Bobby Charlton but it’s hard to relate to someone that played so far ago that you’ve maybe never even seen him play.
“But you can relate to your mate who is a year older or six months older, or the kid you sit next to in the dressing room. That’s just the beauty of this place.
“The journey is never linear, so someone that impressed tonight might fall short, someone who was sitting on the bench might be the one that makes their debut, that’s the enjoyment of the role.
“They are a talented bunch of kids and some of them are going to go and play in the Premier League and beyond, and we’re excited to see how those journeys go.
“Tonight is wonderful and we’ll celebrate and we’ll encourage them to celebrate. But there’s work left to do for them.” | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalsport/man-utds-youth-cup-win-at-packed-old-trafford-showed-club-values-academy-boss_arid-40871048.html | 2022-05-25T02:57:28Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalsport/man-utds-youth-cup-win-at-packed-old-trafford-showed-club-values-academy-boss_arid-40871048.html | true | 4 |
Sophie Turner has always loved the true-crime genre. “I find myself completely drawn to it and utterly fascinated by it. I don’t know why it’s become such a thing, but I love it,” the actress shares with a soft chuckle. “I’m invested, I’m in it. Keep them coming!”
Turner, who grew up before millions of viewers as the tragic heroine Sansa Stark on the smash-hit series Game of Thrones, has returned home to HBO in The Staircase—a dramatized account of the Michael Peterson trial. Peterson, an American novelist, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his second wife, Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs. In a twist even stranger than fiction, it was revealed that Elizabeth Ratliff, a friend of the Peterson family, died from a similar fall down the stairs in 1985 in Germany.
Turner plays Margaret Ratliff, who Michael adopted after the death of her mother and father. She relished the first-time challenge of playing a nonfictional character. “That was a whole different kind of ball game for me. We were very, very, very lucky to be able to have our director in touch with quite a few members of people who were involved in the case, Margaret being one of them. She was kind of a point of information to do with the family, for (executive producer) Antonio Campos and for all of us.”
Though the real Margaret added nuance and context to her onscreen depiction, Turner had no personal contact with her. “She just wanted to keep it to herself and Antonio, and didn’t want to quite have those sit-down, in-depth discussions with me, which I completely understand and respect. I think this is, like, one of the most traumatic times in her life, and I was not going to push.”
Ahead, BAZAAR.com sits down with Turner via Zoom to discuss her new role further, her thoughts on the U.S. justice system, and what she hopes viewers of The Staircase will walk away with concerning the Michael Peterson trial.
How familiar were you with the Michael Peterson case before you signed on to this project?
The first I heard about it was the documentary. When the documentary came out on Netflix, I became completely obsessed like the rest of the world. I was on all the forums and looking up all the discussions that were having theories and speculation. I'm a true-crime fan so I was really invested. Then, I found out that they were making the show, so I was ready to go.
What was so striking in watching both the documentary and the dramatized series is that Margaret has this unwavering faith in Michael's innocence, especially when it was revealed that he is bisexual and Margaret says, "I don't care about that." What are your thoughts on how his sexual orientation impacted the trial? Did you feel that there was some sort of negative bias?
Absolutely. I think back then, what is it, just over 10 years ago, people were using that kind of thing as ammunition against someone in a trial. Of course, there were biases towards him because of that. To be honest, I think it's completely unrelated and unnecessary, and I think there's always going to be some kind of discrimination towards people, especially men in the LGBTQIA community.
Margaret has really only had two constants in her life: her sister, Martha, and Michael, who's been there since day one. I think the idea for her of losing her father is too frightening for her to comprehend. I think she puts aside what her opinions might be and is kind of just grasping on for dear life and keeping faith in her father. It's almost like Stockholm syndrome, I think. He's been her savior. He was the one who adopted her, kept her and her sister together. We'll see that play out in the series. He's her "super dad," as she says in the show, and I think the idea that he might not be that is too terrifying for her to want to explore.
What's so interesting about The Staircase is that viewers will walk away not knowing if Michael is truly innocent or guilty, but there's a definite point of view on the American justice system. What are your personal views?
I think the American justice system is absolutely corrupt, and that's nothing new to any of us. That's the main reason that Michael is not sitting in jail right now. It's because one of the district attorney's witnesses was caught lying about the case. And the use of Michael's sexuality as ammunition against him is another example of it. It's layer upon layer of corruption, which is exciting for us, because we feel we're not telling something that's already been told in this show. We're telling a whole new story, a whole new truth.
This series also tackles the court of public opinion, which has been heightened by social media. As a celebrity, how have you been able to navigate rumors about you and loved ones that aren't even true?
You just kind of have to grin and bear a lot of it. I think you just have to sit down and be quiet and accept that a lot of untrue things will come out. Most of the time, it's about, "Well, I don't want to draw attention to a lie, so I just won't speak out on it." But then, in doing that, you almost accept the lie as a truth because you don't stand up for yourself. Obviously, the stakes are a lot higher with this trial, with this story that we're telling, but there's definitely a relation there.
Colin Firth and Toni Collette play your parents. What was it like working with them, and what did you learn from them as far as their work ethic?
Working with both of them has been an absolute dream of mine for years. Watching Toni on set and the way that she conducts herself is so inspiring to me. She is obviously one of the best actresses that we have. She's a boss. She walks onto that set, and she knows what she wants, she knows what can be done in the time that's been given. She's been working in this industry for decades, and she expects a high level of professionalism out of you. That is something that I think every set needs: Someone who takes control and is in charge and knows what she's talking about. I was just absolutely inspired to see her work ethic. What a wonderful woman.
Colin is just the loveliest human being. I really couldn't believe that I was getting, like, a front-row ticket to seeing Colin completely transform the way he does with Michael Peterson. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to be able to witness that up close. When you're in the presence of both Toni and Colin, and they're doing their thing, you know you're in the presence of, like, some real, true acting greatness.
Lastly, what do you hope viewers will walk away with watching this series, as far as Michael Peterson and the U.S. justice system overall?
I hope viewers walk away being able to see who Kathleen Peterson was as a person and what she was like. I think we've heard this tale a million times of the man who potentially pushed his wife down the stairs, but we haven't really heard much about her and who she was and what her life was like.
The other thing would be the repercussions that come with assumption and presumption. With this trial, with this case, with this incident that happened, there has been layer upon layer of assumption and presumption and bias and corruption. The danger of assumption is very clear in this telling, and I hope viewers walk away realizing you're now seeing the family and how that affects the people that are on the edge of this nucleus of this case, and seeing the effects and the ripple effects of it is incredibly profound. I think it's something that we'll walk away from thinking a little bit more about what we assume and what that can lead to.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. | https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40061072/sophie-turner-the-staircase-interview/ | 2022-05-25T03:00:54Z | https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40061072/sophie-turner-the-staircase-interview/ | true | 1 |
Shares of NOV Inc.
NOV,
+1.65%
rallied 1.65% to $19.12 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.15%
rising 0.15% to 31,928.62 and the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.81%
falling 0.81% to 3,941.48. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. NOV Inc. closed $4.94 below its 52-week high ($24.06), which the company achieved on March 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Schlumberger Ltd.
SLB,
+0.21%
rose 0.21% to $43.90, Baker Hughes Co.
BKR,
+1.60%
rose 1.60% to $36.28, and Dril-Quip Inc.
DRQ,
+1.84%
rose 1.84% to $31.05. Trading volume (2.5 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.9 M.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An anguished and angry President Joe Biden called for new restrictions on firearms Tuesday night after a gunman massacred 18 children at a Texas elementary school. “We have to act,” Biden told the nation, after years of failure to pass new laws.
“When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Biden said at the White House shortly after returning from a five-day trip to Asia that was bookended by tragedy.
With first lady Jill Biden standing by his side in the Roosevelt Room, the president said, “It's time we turned this pain into action.”
At least 18 students were killed in Texas, according to a state senator who said he was briefed by law enforcement. One teacher was killed. So was the gunman.
“To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away,” Biden said. “There's a hollowness in your chest. You feel like you're being sucked into it and never going to be able to get out.”
Just two days before Biden left on his trip, he met with victims' families after a hate-motivated shooter killed 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.
The back-to-back tragedies served as sobering reminders of the frequency and brutality of an American epidemic of mass gun violence.
“These kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world,” Biden said. “Why?”
It's unclear if the latest tragedy will change the political dynamic around guns after so many others - including the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 26, including 20 children - failed to do so.
In a reminder of the issue's divisiveness, Biden's call for gun control on Tuesday was booed at a campaign event in Georgia hosted by Herschel Walker, a Republican running for U.S. Senate.
Vice President Kamala Harris said earlier that people normally declare in moments like this, “our hearts break - but our hearts keep getting broken ... and our broken hearts are nothing compared to the broken hearts of those families.”
“We have to have the courage to take action ... to ensure something like this never happens again,” she said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden was briefed on the shooting aboard Air Force One.
Shortly before landing in Washington, he spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from the presidential plane “to offer any and all assistance he needs in the wake of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX,” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield tweeted.
Biden directed that American flags be flown at half-staff through sunset Saturday in honor of the victims in Texas. | https://www.cp24.com/world/biden-says-we-have-to-act-after-texas-school-shooting-1.5917304 | 2022-05-25T03:02:07Z | https://www.cp24.com/world/biden-says-we-have-to-act-after-texas-school-shooting-1.5917304 | true | 19 |
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plane Toto One has once again become one of the most tracked flights online, as he heads home from Tokyo.
After a whirlwind trip to Japan for the Quad Leaders summit alongside his United States, Japanese and Indian counterparts, Mr Albanese is Australia-bound.
Over the next few days, he will need to finalise his cabinet, with a caucus meeting scheduled for Tuesday and a full swearing-in of ministers next Wednesday.
Mr Albanese’s flight – which he dubbed Toto One after his dog Toto – was widely tracked on its way over to Japan – and has garnered hundreds of views on its way back down under as well.
At 10.15am on Wednesday, there were more than 400 people tracking the flight.
Mr Albanese was on board with Foreign Minister Penny Wong, alongside senior government officials and a media contingent who had travelled to Tokyo.
While in the Japanese capital, Mr Albanese pledged Australia’s commitment to climate change, which he called the “main economic and security challenge for the island countries of the Pacific”.
In a much harsher stance on emissions reductions than his predecessor Scott Morrison, Mr Albanese told the Quad Australia would reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 – a move welcomed particularly by US President Joe Biden.
“We will bring more energy and resources to securing our region as we enter a new and more complex phase in the Pacific’s strategic environment,” he said.
Mr Albanese also committed to seeking to improve relations with China, on the condition that Beijing scrapped its trade ban on Australian exports.
He said Australia was committed to the “peace and security” of the Indo-Pacific.
Mr Albanese flew to Tokyo just hours after being sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister.
Mr Biden congratulated Mr Albanese on his win, and remarked at his attendance.
“You got sworn in, got on a plane, and if you fall asleep while you’re here, it’s OK,” Mr Biden said.
“I don’t know how you’re doing it. It’s really quite extraordinary just getting off the campaign trail as well.” | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/hundreds-track-pm-anthony-albaneses-flight-from-tokyo-to-canberra-c-6928745 | 2022-05-25T03:05:19Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/hundreds-track-pm-anthony-albaneses-flight-from-tokyo-to-canberra-c-6928745 | false | 3 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Frank Schwindel homered twice in a game for the first time in his career, Marcus Stroman recovered from a rough start to pitch five effective innings, and the Chicago Cubs rolled past the Cincinnati Reds 11-4 on Tuesday night.
Schwindel has three homers in the first two games of Chicago's four-game series at Cincinnati. The Cubs have hit a major league-leading 19 homers since May 14, going deep in 10 of 11 games.
Stroman (2-4) needed 37 pitches to get through the first, allowing four singles and two runs to the first five batters. But he cruised after that, retiring 14 of his final 16 batters with two walks. He struck out eight.
Robert Gsellman worked the final three innings, allowing two runs, for his first save.
The Cubs led 3-0 in the first against Tyler Mahle (2-5) thanks to a sacrifice fly by Seiya Suzuki and Schwindel's two-run homer.
Alfonso Rivas drove in two runs in the third with his first career triple to put the Cubs ahead 5-2.
Schwindel went deep against Mahle again in the Cubs' five-run fifth, his sixth homer this season. Andrelton Simmons added a two-run single later in the inning. Mahle was charged with a season-worst eight runs in four-plus innings.
WHAT A RELIEF
With the Reds trailing 10-3 in the ninth, shortstop Matt Reynolds made his second appearance on the mound. He allowed one run on one hit and hit two batters. Reynolds last pitched on May 4, allowing two hits in 1/3 of an inning in an 18-4 loss at Milwaukee.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: Schwindel started at designated hitter after Yan Gomes was scratched with left oblique soreness. ... C Willson Contreras was not placed on the injured list Tuesday, which was the last day the Cubs could backdate the move. Contreras is day-to-day with right hamstring tightness.
Reds: 2B Jonathan India's hamstring was examined on Monday and it is not fully healed. It could be up to two weeks before he plays again.
UP NEXT
Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 4.89 ERA) is looking to rebound after allowing a career high-tying four homers on Friday against Arizona. RHP Luis Castillo (0-2, 4.60) will make his fourth start since beginning the season on the IL with a right shoulder strain.
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Cobh Pirates 12 Kinsale 10
MUNSTER Club U18 Cup winners Cobh Pirates collected their second piece of silverware as they defeated Kinsale to claim the Noel O’Sullivan South Munster U18 Cup from a tightly-contested decider at Curaheen Road.
The Pirates dominated proceedings territorially from the start, but handling errors in scoring positions prevented them from winning by a bigger margin.
They also had to withstand a late rally as Kinsale sought to rescue the game, but a missed penalty in the closing stages was to prove costly for the South Cork side.
In a scoreless opening quarter, Cobh laid siege to the Kinsale line as they worked the ball up the park from a penalty outside their own 22. Ben Murphy was winning lineout ball for the Pirates, but bad handling short of the line prevented them from taking an early lead.
Kinsale had their moments as Cian Looney and Cathal Barry began to present the Pirates with problems in the loose midway through the opening half, but they continued to give away penalties in this period.
Cobh Pirates opted for the points from a penalty on their opponents’ 10m line, but Adam Lynch’s long-range effort was narrowly off target in the 20th minute.
Three minutes later, the deadlock was broken when Murphy made a break from a scrum inside the Kinsale 22 to set up Sean Edogbo for the game’s opening try. Adam Lynch’s conversion attempt sailed narrowly wide of the posts.
Cobh Pirates continued to have Kinsale on the back foot. They looked to spread the ball out wide as Lynch and Casey Whelan embarked on some darting runs on the wings, but Kinsale’s stubborn defence held firm as Eoghan McGinn and Ben O’Reilly were putting in some massive hits outside their own 22.
Kinsale had the Pirates on the defensive approaching the break, and they were awarded a penalty inside the East Cork side’s 22, but Graham’s shot drifted wide of the posts in the 32nd minute as Cobh Pirates held a 5-0 interval lead.
Set-piece infringements were proving to be costly for the Pirates after the break as Kinsale ran a free-kick from the middle of the park, but O’Reilly was tackled to touch short of the line in the 37th minute.
The South Cork outfit continued to hold the upper hand from set-pieces as Cian Looney was dominating the lineouts. David O’Leary launched a series of drives for the Pirates’ line, but a handling error was to be their undoing.
Cobh Pirates were back on the scoresheet when Mark O’Rourke barged over in the corner following a ruck deep inside the Kinsale 22. Adam Lynch converted from a difficult angle.
Kinsale opened their account in the 40th minute with a try in the corner by Cathal O’Leary after a ruck outside the East Cork side’s 22.
Graham’s conversion attempt from an awkward angle sailed across the face of the posts.
Sloppy passing was proving to be costly for both sides entering the final quarter, but Cobh’s set-piece play posed problems for Kinsale in this phase as Sean Keating and James Burke were winning scrums against the head.
Kinsale had Cobh pinned back for most of the final quarter.
They moved within touching distance of the Pirates when the ball was spread out to David Looney following a scrum on Kinsale’s 22 for their second try. Graham failed to convert.
Kinsale continued to have the Pirates camped deep in their own 22 in the closing stages.
They brought their backline into play as David Looney ran at the Pirates’ defence, but robust tackling by Jack Worrall was to prevent Kinsale from producing a winning score.
Kinsale came close to winning the game in stoppage time when Graham missed a penalty kick from outside the Pirates 10m line.
Kinsale continued to lay siege to the Cobh rearguard, but the Pirates kept their line intact.
Scorers for Cobh Pirates: Sean Edogbo, Mark O’Rourke tries; Adam Lynch con.
Kinsale: Cathal O’Leary try; Paul Graham pen, con.
COBH: Saul Kahn; Casey Whelan, Jack Grant, Jack Worrall, Adam Lynch; Aaron Quirke, Mark O’Rourke; Jake Murray, James Burke, Eoghan Doyle; Alex Hamilton, Luke Aherne; Sean Banim, Ben Murphy, Sean Edogbo.
Replacements: Christopher Ruxton, Rian McGrath, Rian Cahill, Donagh McNamara, Tadhg McKeown, Jack Young, Dylan Corcoran, Sean Keating.
KINSALE: David Looney; Eoghan McGinn, Ben O’Reilly, Cathal O’Leary, Conor O’Callaghan; Paul Graham, Zachary Allen; Fionn Aherne, Eric Lynch, Liam Og O’Riordan; Dylan Mullen, Cian Looney; Fionn O’Connell, David O’Leary, Cathal Barry.
Replacements: Darragh Collins, David McCarthy, Darragh Murray, Daniel Woods, Conor Forde, Luke Scanlon Beecher, Evan Lehane, David Kelly.
Referee: David O’Driscoll (MAR). | https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/cobh-pirates-beat-kinsale-to-claim-south-munster-u18-cup_arid-40863440.html | 2022-05-25T03:10:25Z | https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/cobh-pirates-beat-kinsale-to-claim-south-munster-u18-cup_arid-40863440.html | false | 2 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay its billions in debt back to international investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable.
The Treasury Department said in a notification that does not plan to renew the license that allowed Russia to keep paying its debtholders through American banks.
Since the first rounds of sanctions, the Treasury Department has given banks a license to process any dollar-denominated bond payments from Russia. That window expires at midnight May 25.
There had already been signs that the Biden administration was unwilling to extend the deadline. At a press conference heading into the Group of Seven finance minister meetings in Koenigswinter, Germany, last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the window existed “to allow a period of time for an orderly transition to take place, and for investors to be able to sell securities.”
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“The expectation was that it was time-limited,” Yellen said.
Without the license to use U.S. banks to pay its debts, Russia would have no ability to repay its international bond investors. The Kremlin has been using JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup as its conduits to pay its obligations.
Jay Auslander, a prominent sovereign debt lawyer who previously litigated other debt crises like the one in Argentina, said at this point most of the institutional investors in Russian debts have likely sold their holdings, knowing this deadline is coming. Those who are still holding the debts are either distressed debt investors or those willing to wait to litigate it out over the next few years.
“The majority who wanted out have gotten out. The only issue is finding buyers,” he said.
The Kremlin appears to have foreseen the likelihood that the U.S. would not allow Russia to keep paying on its bonds. The Russian Finance Ministry prepaid two bonds on Friday that were due this month to get ahead of the May 25 deadline.
The next payments Russia will need to make on its debts are due on June 23. Like other Russian debt, those bonds have a 30-day grace period — which would cause default by Russia to be declared by late July, barring the unlikely scenario that the Russia-Ukraine war would come to an end before then.
Investors have been almost certain of Russia going into default for months now. Insurance contracts that cover Russian debt have priced a 80% likelihood of default for weeks and rating agencies like Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s have placed the country’s debt deep into junk territory.
Russia has not defaulted on its international debts since the 1917 Revolution, when the Russian Empire collapsed and the Soviet Union was created. Russia defaulted on its domestic debts in the late 1990s during the Asian Financial Crisis, but was able to recover from that default with the help of international aid.
A Russian default this time will likely have little-to-minimal impact on the global economy, Auslander said, since Russia has been cut off from global financial markets for months now and investors have been expecting a default. Biden officials have made similar statements.
Once it defaults, the next likely step would be for Russia to turn to U.S., British or European courts to argue that it was forced into default by circumstances beyond its control — a concept in finance known as force majeure — in an effort to restore its standing in global financial markets. It may be difficult to win that argument however, Auslander said, due to the fact that Russia got cut off from financial markets because it chose to invade Ukraine.
Sweet reported from New York.
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Three Rays homers back McClanahan in 4-0 win over Marlins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier hit Pablo López’s first pitch for an inside-the-park home run and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Harold Ramirez and Ji-Man Choi also homered off López, who had given up only two home runs in eight preceding starts.
Shane McClanahan (4-2) pitched six innings for the Rays, striking out nine.
Kiermaier hit a line drive that center fielder Jesús Sánchez dove forward to attempt to catch. The ball skipped past Sánchez and rolled to the wall as Kiermaier circled the bases, scoring when catcher Jacob Stallings couldn’t control the relay throw in time.
“It’s a fun way to start off the game,” Kiermaier said. “You never know what to expect in a baseball game, and the first pitch of the game for us is an inside-the-parker. And since we have the best pitcher in the league, that’s all we needed. One run.”
It was the sixth homer of the year for Kiermaier, who is 13 for 24 with three homers in five straight multi-hit games.
“I went nuts,” said McClanahan, who scattered four singles and regained the major league lead in strikeouts (74). “Usually I’m a little more reserved but I found myself jumping around. He’s our leader for a reason. He sets the tone and we just follow.”
Ramirez hit his first home run since June 21 with Cleveland. Choi’s two-run shot in the sixth was his third of the season.
The Marlins’ best chance to score off McClanahan came in the sixth, when Garrett Cooper and Jesús Aguilar led off with singles. After a double play, McClanahan threw a wild pitch that bounced back into fair territory, causing Cooper to change his mind about trying to score from third. When McClanahan slipped and fell, however, Cooper tried again to score, but third baseman Isaac Paredes threw him out.
“That was a weird one,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.
Lopez (4-2), who came into the game with a National League-best 1.57 ERA, gave up four runs on nine hits in seven innings, striking out eight.
Cooper, leading off for the first time in his career, and Stallings each had two hits for the Marlins, who have lost four of five.
“We didn’t give ourselves a ton of chances but in general, the guy (McClanahan) was just better than us tonight,” Mattingly said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: OF Jazz Chisolm (tight left hamstring) will probably be back in the lineup Wednesday. … Ex-Rays IF Joey Wendle, who has been out two weeks with a sore right hamstring, has been running at 100% for a few days, according to Mattingly.
Rays: OF Manuel Margot (strained right hamstring) will probably be activated Wednesday. … IF Yandy Diáz’s shoulder is still sore, but manager Kevin Cash said Diáz will probably be back in the the lineup Wednesday.. . . RHP Andrew Kittredge (lower back tightness) is out indefinitely. “We kind of shut him down from too much activity so we won’t have a good sense (of when he will be re-activated) until he ramps back up,” Cash said.
CLEVER SET UP?
McClanahan insisted that his awkward fall to the turf while trying to cover home plate in the sixth inning was all part of the plan.
“You can’t prove me wrong,” he joked. “I’ve been told not to touch the ball unless you absolutely have to.”
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RHP Cody Poteet (0-0, 0.78) will get his second start of the season for the Marlins against RHP Drew Rasmussen (4-1, 2.33). Rasmussen is 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA in his last five starts.
By DICK SCANLON
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Walmart pulls ‘tone-deaf’ Juneteenth products after criticism
Published: May. 24, 2022 at 9:24 PM CDT|Updated: 53 minutes ago
(CNN) - Walmart is pulling products, including an ice cream, that were attempting to commemorate Juneteenth after a social media backlash.
The Juneteenth ice cream featured a message to celebrate African American culture, but critics called it a tone-death effort to cash in on the federal holiday.
Walmart released a statement and apologized, saying the company is removing such items as appropriate.
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
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What happens after I purchase a domain name from BrandBucket?
Every name on the BrandBucket marketplace is exclusively listed with BrandBucket. That means that all of our sellers are very
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In most cases, if a domain is moved between accounts at a single registrar, the transfer is quick and usually completes within 48 hours. If a domain changes registrars (in other words, you would like to move it away from where it is currently registered), the transfer is slower. The total transfer time can then be anywhere from 48 hours to 7 days.
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The BrandBucket lease-to-own program is available as an alternative to purchasing the name outright. You're able to buy the domain name with over monthly installments, and at the end of the lease period, if all payments are complete, you would be the new owner of the domain name.
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During the lease, you're entitled to use the domain name for your website and email; your agent will guide you through that.
Each month you will continue to receive an invoice with a balance statement. You have the right to cancel the lease any time or complete all payments early to own the domain outright.
Why choose BrandBucket?
Established in 2007, we are the original business name marketplace. Every year, we sell 1000s of premium domains to entrepreneurs and businesses like you.
All of our domain names are handpicked by branding and linguistics experts based on rigorous criteria. You can rest assured that if a domain is on the BrandBucket marketplace, it is a top-tier business name.
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Why choose a .com domain name from BrandBucket?
The .com extension is a brand in itself. As the default domain extension of the internet, having a .com domain that is an exact match to your brand
name has numerous advantages:
- Familiarity - People are familiar with .com. Most of the brands and websites they already trust, use the .com extension. Therefore, it serves as a subtle indicator that your business is a legitimate one. A recent study by the NCC Group, a global expert in cybersecurity and risk mitigation, found that roughly half of the consumers are uncomfortable visiting websites ending with a non .com extension, and only 9% are comfortable doing so.
- Brand Protection - When you own the .com version of a domain name, you have the official online version of that name. Owning an exact-match .com can protect your brand name, as it is unlikely another serious business would use the same name when the .com extension is taken.
- Easy to Communicate - .com domains are also easy to communicate. When people hear or see your business name without a TLD, they will inevitably assume it ends in .com, making it easy for them to find you online.
What can I do with the domain I purchase from BrandBucket?
Once you have received the name into your registrar account, you will be able to:
- Use the domain as your website address.
- Setup email addresses, for instance, sales@reasonbee.com.
- Use the domain and logo on business cards and other materials.
If you don’t have a website built yet, you can put up a simple coming soon page, or you can just leave it until you are ready. You don’t need to do anything right away. Because you own the domain name, you can take your time.
Are logos included with my BrandBucket order? Can I request edits?
Our talented community of logo designers designs all logos on the BrandBucket marketplace. They are paid for their efforts, and BrandBucket owns all copyrights for the logos. We will transfer the full copyright for the logo to you upon purchase of the domain name.
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Editing your design
Vector (AI) files are entirely editable in programs such as photoshop and illustrator, so you or your designer can make desired changes. If needed, we can make basic color changes/small tweaks to the logo for you after purchase. If you are looking for a complete redesign, we can connect you with a designer from our talented design community at their discretion and price.
Is a domain name from BrandBucket 100% unique?
All of our business domains are carefully chosen for their standout branding qualities. There is only one reasonbee.com. However, there may well be other businesses that are using the same brand name. In fact, with common keyword names, it is likely. That is why owning the .com is so essential. In holding the .com, you immediately establish your business as the most official version of that name. It's unlikely any serious business is going to use a brand name where the .com domain is already in use. Many companies believe that owning the matching .com version of a business name provides more protection for their brand than a trademark.
Are BrandBucket domain names trademarked?
No, and it’s not possible for us to do so. Trademarks are industry and region-specific, and to file a trademark for a name or logo, you must already be doing business as that name. Because of this, we can't trademark a name before your company is actively using it. Therefore, you will need to apply for trademark registration after you have purchased the name.
Do I have to keep my name registered when I purchase a name from BrandBucket?
When you purchase a domain from BrandBucket, you will own it 100%. However, all domain names worldwide must be kept registered at a registrar like Godaddy or similar that you choose. You will pay the registration fees to whichever registrar you decide to use. The price of registration varies at each registrar, but it generally ends up being around $10-15 per year for a .com domain name. Registration is annual but can be paid up for years in advance, which we suggest you do.
Does BrandBucket offer refunds?
BrandBucket serves as a third-party marketplace and escrow agent for domain names. We only offer refunds if either of these two conditions are met:
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What's the difference between a brand name, registered name, and a domain name?
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A brand name is a name that you use to identify a family of products, services, or a single line of products or services that a company offers. For instance, Apple is the brand name used on most products manufactured by Apple, Inc. In this example, the business name and brand name are the same, a common use case.
Your brand name is who you are to your customers. It is the pillar your business's public image will be built around. The products or services you offer can also have their own brand names. You may want to create new brand names for products or services that differ from your core business offering, for example:
- UberEats - Food delivery by Uber
- Amazon Web Services - Cloud computing from Amazon
- Google Maps - Web mapping service from Google
Registered Business Name
A business name is the legally registered name of your business. You'll use your business name to create contracts, open bank accounts, pay taxes, and any other administrative related activities. Most business names contain the business's brand name, followed by the company's chosen business structure, for example:
- Walmart Inc.
- Verizon Inc.
- Grasshopper LLC
However, they don't necessarily have to be the same. In some cases, the business name is completely different from the brand name. This is most common in large businesses that have multiple brands housed under a single parent company, for example:
- Brand Name: Google
- Business Name: Alphabet Inc.
- Brand Name: MailChimp
- Business Name: The Rocket Science Group LLC
Domain Name
A domain name is your website name - the internet address where people can access your website. Think of a domain as the address to the online version of your business. Every domain is one-of-a-kind. No website has the same web address as another website.
Ideally, your domain name should be an exact match to your brand name. Think of your favorite companies. Odds are, their domain name is identical to their brand name. Apple's domain name is Apple.com; Amazon's domain name is Amazon.com. Having a matching domain ensures that people can easily find your brand online.
What are the benefits of a premium business name?
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Trust - Online, there are subtle clues that all of us subconsciously take into consideration to determine whether or not a business is legitimate and trustworthy. Having a great business name paired with a matching .com (by far the most trusted domain extension) signals to customers that you care about and are willing to invest in your brand. It makes your business and your brand messaging easier to trust.
Authority - Owning a .com version of a fantastic brand name is a big signal to the world that your business means business, right out of the gate. This can lead to accelerated customer acquisition, more industry partnership opportunities, and press attention.
SEO - Having a business domain that matches what customers are using in searches can lead to increased SEO, higher page ranking, and better quality traffic.
Retention - Brand retention is critical for organically acquiring and keeping customers. A short, catchy, and unique business name makes your brand easier to remember, and having a matching .com means that consumers who hear about you offline will find you easily online.
Save on marketing spend - Investing in a premium domain can save you a fortune in marketing spend down the line. You'll spend less of your valuable marketing budget and efforts on brand awareness, as your name will do much of the work for you.
How does BrandBucket price domains?
Our customers are primarily entrepreneurs looking for a quick and easy way to find a great brand name for their company. That's why when evaluating and appraising domain names, our central focus is whether they would also make great business names.
What makes a great brand name? Here are some of the branding and linguistic traits we take into consideration:
- Length - Great names are concise and to the point. The shorter, the better!
- Common phrase/expression - Names that are based on real phrases and expressions make great brand names because of their built-in familiarity and inherent catchiness.
- Letter order - Some letters are more valuable than others and better together, especially when it comes to the first letters of a name.
- Pronunciation and spelling - Names should be easy to say and understand. It should also be spelled as it sounds.
- Industry match - Names should be a good fit for a particular industry, or be broad enough to attract buyers from multiple sectors.
- Longevity - Great brand names are broad enough in scope to grow with a company as it expands and not die when trends fade.
- Uniqueness - Great brand names are easy to spot because they stand out in a crowd.
- Memorability - A brand name is no good unless people can easily remember it.
These criteria, along with historical sales data and current marketplace conditions, are used to determine whether a name is accepted to our marketplace, and how it's priced. Every name on our marketplace must score high in most or all of these categories to even be accepted. With an acceptance rate of only 10% of names submitted to our marketplace, BrandBucket sets a very high bar for the names we select.
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Memorial benches at a cemetery in Loughborough have been torn apart by vandals. The "appalling" behaviour has enraged the local community and the local council has confirmed it is in the process of contacting the affected families.
Four benches, dedicated to the memory of lost loved ones were broken into pieces late on Monday or in the early hours of yesterday. The vandalism is not the first such incident of criminal damage at Loughborough Cemetery, in Leicester Road, after shocking graffiti was daubed over its entry sign earlier this month.
A spokesperson for Charnwood Borough Council said the incident had been reported to Leicestershire Police. Plans to put measures in place to secure the graveyard are underway, however the spokesman said that would require more time and funding.
READ MORE:Vandals daub shocking graffiti over Loughborough cemetery prompting residents to call for action
In a statement, the council said: "We are aware that a number of memorial benches at Loughborough Cemetery which have been dedicated in memory of loved ones have been mindlessly damaged by vandals overnight. We are appalled by and condemn this callous act of vandalism in a place where people come to grieve and pay their respect to loved ones.
"The incident has been reported to the police and we will fully support their investigations. We will also investigate all measures to make the cemetery site more secure.
"However, options such as introducing CCTV will take time and require funding. We will also need to give consideration to its need and how it is used.
“We are in the process of contacting the families affected and understand the incident will be incredibly upsetting and distressing for them. We will work with them to find the best way to move forward including looking into repairing the benches or helping them with finding replacements.”
Residents of Loughborough spoke out on the Spotted: In and around Loughborough Facebook page. One person said the vandals were allegedly carrying around bolt cutters, writing: "My partner works there they tried the hut yesterday cut the lock etc".
Another pointed out: "It’s getting so bad, they must be walking around with bolt croppers if they tried to cut the lock off too so if they are - their parents must see them take bolt croppers out. They're not exactly small and light". One resident seemed concerned, adding: "Scary what the kids are like now days."
"Poor families that are now going to either have to remove the benches they paid to go there or if they manage to get them fixed it’s going to cost a lot and going to be grieving all over again because someone has damaged their property they placed there for their family members", another said.
Vandals sprayed shocking graffiti at the burial site earlier this month. Private property, war grave signs and the entrance sign were all targeted with paint. The slurs sparked anger among locals with loved ones buried at the site. The xxx-rated messages were later cleaned by the council.
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LifestyleMargaret Atwood sets fire to the 'unburnable' version of 'The Handmaid's Tale' with a flamethrowerLiterary icon Margaret Atwood has launched the new 'unburnable' version of her iconic novel by setting fire to it with a flamethrower.May 25, 2022 — 12.21pmSaveLog in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.LoadingReplayReplay videoPlay videoPlay video | https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/margaret-atwood-sets-fire-to-the-unburnable-version-of-the-handmaids-tale-with-a-flamethrower-20220525-p5aoeh.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_lifestyle | 2022-05-25T03:30:19Z | https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/margaret-atwood-sets-fire-to-the-unburnable-version-of-the-handmaids-tale-with-a-flamethrower-20220525-p5aoeh.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_lifestyle | true | null |
PICTURED: Veteran teacher, 44, who was killed in Texas elementary school massacre that left 19 kids dead: Her cop husband held active shooter drill at nearby high school two months ago
- Eva Mireles, 44, credited her fun, loving and supportive family in her teacher bio
- Her husband, Ruben Ruiz, 43, is a 16-year veteran of law enforcement
- He participated in active-shooter drills at the Uvalde High School in March
- The Uvalde police said they wanted be 'prepared as best as possible for any situation that may arise
The first victim of the Texas school massacre has been named as a 44 year-old special ed teacher - as it was revealed her police officer husband held an active shooter drill at the Uvalde high school just two months ago.
Eva Mireles, 44, was one of 22 people killed at Robb Elementary School Tuesday. The death toll has risen to 19 children, and three adults. That includes Mireles, gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, who was killed by cops, and a third adult who has not been named.
Hauntingly, Mireles husband Ruben Ruiz, a police officer at Uvalde School District, held an active shooter drill at Uvalde High School, on March 22, two months before his wife's murder. Both the gunman and the cop were once students at the school.
The 16 year-veteran was snapped in chilling Facebook photos where he and his fellow officers posed as active shooters, with students playing dead by laying on the floor of their school during the drill.
Slain Robb Elementary School teacher Eva Mireles, 44, with her husband Ruben Ruiz, 43, an officer in the Uvalde School District and their daughter Analynn Ruiz
In a eerily prescient scene, Uvalde School District police peer around a corner for an active shooter during a drill as students pretend to be dead on the hallway floor
An officer will a mock gun faces an attacker in the Uvalde High School auditorium during the active-shooter drills in March
Uvalde School District Police conducted active shooter live-training drills at the high school in March, two months before the massacre that killed 19 children
Officers listen to the theory regarding active-shooter response during a training course in March at the Uvalde High School
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Officer Ruben Ruiz, 43, the husband of slain teacher Eva Mireles, 44, trained in active shooter drills in March
Fourth grade teacher Eva Mireles, 44, was gunned down at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. She was an avid hiker, runner and sometimes biker
The shooter, Salvador Ramos, 18, attacked the school Tuesday afternoon spraying bullets before he was shot and killed by a Customs and Border Patrol agent.
Photos posted on the Uvalde Police Department Facebook page show Ruiz in an active shooter lecture in the Uvalde High School cafeteria on March 22.
In a shot eerily similar to the devastation at the elementary school officers can be seen in photographs peering around a school hallway as several of the students lay on the floor in mock death.
Salvador Ramos, 18, shot his grandmother before going to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde; engaging border patrol agents nearby in a shootout; and then barricading himself inside the school, killing 14 students and a teacher
'Our overall goal is to train every Uvalde area law enforcement officer so that we can prepare as best as possible for any situation that may arise,' the department posted above photos of the drills.
Other shots of the drill show a man armed with a mock knife posed to attack a woman in what appears to be the auditorium.
Another shot shows the same mock assailant facing off with one of the training officer who is pointing an orange gun at him.
Ken Paxton, the attorney general for Texas, told Fox News that more teachers should carry guns.
'We can't stop bad people from doing bad things,' he said, adding that he had 'never understood that argument'.
'We can harden these schools. We can create points of access that are difficult to get through.
'We can potentially arm and prepare and train teachers and other administrators to respond quickly.
'The reality is that we don't have the resources to have law enforcement at every school.
Robb Elementary School shooting victim Xavier Lopeze was the first student identified in the massacre
A woman cries while speaking on the phone outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School to be picked up following the shooting
A board with the list of classes and teachers is displayed outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center
Annabelle Rodriquez, 10, pictured here, a student at Robb Elementary School is missing, her frantic father told FoxNews
'So it takes time for law enforcement - now matter how prepared, no matter how good they are - to get there. So having the right training for some of these people at the school is the best hope.
Ruiz, who was born in Uvalde, became an officer in 2006 and worked as a patrolman, training officer, youth advisor detective and worked in the Organized Crime Unit. He's trained in active shooter drills before and attended Advanced SWAT school. He joined the school district police in 2018.
Mireles, who taught special education at the Robb Elementary School for 17 years, was shot by Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old shooter.
The mother of an adult daughter, the educator credited her 'supportive, fun and loving family, including her four pets.
Her aunt Lydia Martinez Delgado called her the 'fun of the party.'
Ramos shared photos on social media of guns. His account was taken down shortly after Governor Greg Abbott confirmed his name
Salvador Ramos, 18, from Uvalde, Texas, drove to the Robb Elementary School in his hometown after shooting his grandmother
Family photos emerged after the shooting showing the educator at the top of a long mountain range. She enjoyed hiking, biking and running in the great outdoors.
'I'm furious that these shootings continue,' Delgado said. 'These children are innocent. Rifles should not be easily available to all. This is my hometown, a small community of less than 20,000. I never imagined this would happen to especially loved ones.'
Robb elementary student Xavier Lopez was also killed in the violence, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by a cousin to help his parents raise money for the funeral. The family had already collected more than $10,000 by Tuesday night.
In addition to the 18 killed, another 13 children are being treated at the Uvalde Memorial emergency room along with a unnamed 45-year-old man who suffered a graze wound.
Parents are still frantically trying to find out if their children are among the dead. The father of 10-year-old Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriquez handed out photos to reporters and law enforcement, hoping that someone had seen his little girl.
Police said that they were working to inform families of the names of the dead as soon as they were able to identify the bodies.
University Health San Antonio also confirmed they received a child whose condition is currently unknown and a 66-year-old woman who is critical condition.
Robb Elementary School, which has 600 students enrolled, is located in the city of Uvalde, hometown of Matthew McConaughey, 60 miles east of the Mexican border and 80 miles west of San Antonio.
Concerned parents were captured at the scene desperately searching for their children and video from the chaotic scene showed police arriving to the school campus with their guns in hand.
One widely shared video appears to show the suspected gunman approach the school while what sounds like gunfire is going off in the background.
Videos taken in the immediate aftermath of the shooting show mothers frantically running towards the campus to collect their kids.
The school warned parents to stay away and instead collect their children from a rendezvous point after they had been 'accounted for'.
'Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as more information is gathered it will be shared.'
The district said that the city's civic center will be used as a reunification center and that parents will be able to pick up their children there once everyone is accounted for.
A mobile morgue was seen arriving at the school on Tuesday. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10851605/Veteran-teacher-killed-Texas-elementary-school-married-officer-held-active-shooter-drill.html | 2022-05-25T03:32:25Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10851605/Veteran-teacher-killed-Texas-elementary-school-married-officer-held-active-shooter-drill.html | false | 5 |
Stocks of homebuilders swoon amid worst inflation in construction costs, shortages, and spiking mortgage rates that take buyers out of the market.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Sales of new single-family houses in April plunged by 16.6% from March and by 26.9% from a year ago, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 591,000 houses, the lowest since lockdown April 2020, according to the Census Bureau today. Sales of new houses are registered when contracts are signed, not when deals close, and can serve as an early indicator of the overall housing market.
By region, sales plunged the most in the South:
- South: -19.8% for the month, -36.6% year-over-year.
- Midwest: -15.1% for the month, -25.5% year-over-year
- West: -13.8% for the month, -12.4% year-over-year.
- Northeast: -5.9% for the month, +17.1% year-over-year
Unsold inventory of new houses spiked in a historic month-to-month leap of 34,000 houses, and by 127,000 houses from April last year, to 444,000 unsold houses, seasonally adjusted, the highest since May 2008.
Both, the month-to-month leap and the year-over-year leap were the largest leaps ever recorded, both in numbers of unsold houses and in percentages.
By region, unsold inventory spiked the most in the South, and dipped in the Northeast. Percent increase year-over-year:
- South: +53%
- Midwest: +39%
- West: +8.4%
- Northeast: -4%
Supply of unsold new houses spiked in a historic month-to-month leap from an already high 6.9 months’ supply in March to a dizzying 9.0 months’ supply in April, having nearly doubled from a year ago:
The bottom fell out under $400,000. At the top end, things weren’t so bad: sales were flat year-over-year in the $400,000 to $750,000 range, though they fell on a month-to-month basis. But you cannot maintain a housing market by just selling to the wealthy.
In the price categories below $400,000, the bottom fell out. The drop in sales year-over-year:
- $300k to $400k: -42%
- $200k to $300k: -71%
- $200: dead.
Collapse in sales below $400K changed the mix, skewing the median price.
The median price is the price in the middle. My favorite example: To get the median price in a market where 9 homes sold, you list them by price from the highest to the lowest, and the price of the fifth house from the top or the fifth from the bottom (same house) is the price in the middle, which forms the median price.
Now imagine, two buyers that would have bought the cheapest two houses can’t afford to buy them, and the sales don’t happen. But the remaining seven homes sell. The middle is now the fourth house down, or the fourth house up. This change in mix skews the metric of the median price simply by the way the median price is determined, though the prices of the homes haven’t changed:
And this change in mix is what happened in reality too. The mix changed dramatically, with the bottom falling out below $400k in terms of sales, but sales above $400k were able to hang in there. And this change in mix pushed up the median price to a new record of $450,600, up by 19.6% from a year ago:
Homebuyers struggle with spiking mortgage rates which make the high home prices that much more difficult to deal with. And with each increase in mortgage rates, and with each increase in home prices, entire layers of potential buyers abandon the market, and sales volume plunges:
Homebuilders struggle with the worst inflation ever in construction costs, amid shortages of materials, supplies, and labor that tangle up construction projects, cause huge delays and cost-overruns, stall deliveries of completed houses, and cause immense frustration all around.
Construction costs of single-family houses – excluding the cost of land and other non-construction costs – spiked by 18.2% year-over-year, the worst spike ever in the data going back to 1964, and the fifth month in a row with year-over-year spikes of over 17%, according to separate data from the Census Bureau today. April was the 12th month in a row with double-digit cost spikes – which explains in part why the bottom is falling out at homes below $400,000:
Homebuilder stocks have gotten crushed for months, and swooned again today upon the news. This list and chart of the major homebuilders show the year-to-date declines in percent as of early afternoon today (data via YCharts):
- R. Horton: -39.6%
- Lennar: -38.5%
- PulteGroup: -29.0%
- Taylor Morrison: -25.5%
- Meritage: -37.2%
- NVR: -31.2
- KB Home: -30.6%
- Century: -39.5%
- LGI Homes: -43.1%
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THE Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has published the BPFI Personal Loans Report for Q1 2022 showing strong growth in personal loans activity on the same time last year.
The following are the key figures:
A total of 39,524 personal loans were drawn down in Quarter 1 (Q1) 2022 valued at €384 million Personal loan drawdown activity rose in volume terms by 36.4% year on year and increased value terms by 32.9% over the same period.
The average personal loan was €9,963, the highest level since Quarter 2 (Q2) 2021.
The number of home improvement loans rose by 26.2% year on year to 10,837 while the value rose by 31% to €126 million over the same period.
A total of 11,901 unsecured car loans were drawn down in the first quarter of 2022 worth €134 million with the volume rising by 10.2% year on year and values rising by 14.1% over the same period.
The number of loans for education purposes increased by 56.5% to 3,067 in Q1 2022 with the value increasing by 61.5% to €16 million over the same period.
The average loan value rose in most segments between Q1 2021 and Q1 2022 with the average home improvement loan up by about €400 to €11,590 and the average car loan by almost €400 higher at €11,285.
Commenting on today’s report, Brian Hayes, Chief Executive, BPFI said:
“This is the second installment of BPFI’s new Personal Loans Report which provides a comprehensive overview of the numbers and types of personal loans which are being drawn down by consumers.
“This latest report shows that in the first quarter of 2022 there was strong growth in personal lending with volumes and values up 36.4% and 32.9%, respectively, in year-on-year terms.
Of note are the increases seen in the volumes of home improvement loans, which were up by 26%, and loans for education purposes which jumped by 56%.
“This is very much reflective of the fact that in the first quarter of 2021 the country was experiencing a lockdown whereas 12 months later life has, for the most part, returned to normal, construction has resumed and education has returned to the classroom.
“And looking at car loans, where the first quarter of the year is a key period for new car sales, it’s interesting to see that car loans grew by 10.2% with the average car loan having increased by almost €400 to €11,285.” | https://www.echolive.ie/business/strong-growth-in-quarter-1-as-home-improvement-loans-jump-by-26_arid-40874903.html | 2022-05-25T03:38:51Z | https://www.echolive.ie/business/strong-growth-in-quarter-1-as-home-improvement-loans-jump-by-26_arid-40874903.html | false | 2 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
04-09-11-13-14-15-16-19-20-21-22-24
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Kendall Jenner, 26, looked as happy as could be when she held hands with Devin Booker, 25, at her big sister Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s wedding in Italy on May 22. It turns out the model wasn’t sure she’d be able to even bring her boyfriend to the big event because of his schedule with the Phoenix Suns, but when he got the green light, it was truly “special” because of the incredible setting and the fact that that it would be the first time he joined her for a public family event.
“Kendall and Devin have been dating for a few years, but this was the first widely publicized family event that they attended together,” a source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife. “It was really a last minute decision because they weren’t sure if Devin would be playing or not. But the season for The Suns just came to an end after Game 7 so Kendall thought it would be special to have him join them in Italy. The whole family was hoping he could join them so it all worked out perfectly.”
“This was a big deal for Kendall because even though she has always been private about her relationships, she knew this would be taking the next step in a lot of ways,” the source continued. “You can’t help but feel in love during such a romantic event, and it was definitely something they’ve talked about in recent months. They both know how young they are and that they have a huge career to juggle. But it’s working for them and being together at Kourtney’s wedding only brought them closer.”
Kendall and Devin have been dating since around June 2020 and have been pretty private about their relationship. She opened up about why she’s chosen not to broadcast their love story to the world, on the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reunion special last year. “I feel like it’s always worked better for me that way,” Kendall admitted in front of her sisters. “And no offense to my older sisters at all, but I think that Kylie [Jenner] and I specifically have had the opportunity to watch my older sisters go through marriages and relationships and breakups and all these things and do them pretty publicly.”
“Again, no offense to you guys at all, but I think it was a personal preference from a really young age that I didn’t really want to like… I think it makes my life a lot easier and our relationship a lot better to be completely honest,” she continued. “I just feel like it’s a private matter. It’s not really for anybody else to judge or know.”
It seems like their close-knit and tightlipped romance is working for them because according to another insider, the lovebirds are ” so happy and in love” right now. “Her family would be overjoyed to see them get married,” the second insider EXCLUSIVELY told us. “Kendall isn’t trying to rush into anything, but she spends most of her free time with Devin. They’re not officially living together but his place in Arizona is pretty much her second home. She helped with the whole [interior] design because he wanted her to help pick out everything so that she’d be happy there, which is so sweet. Her family adores him, he fits in perfectly and the feeling is that she really could be the next one to walk down the aisle.” | https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/05/24/kendall-jenner-reason-devin-booker-kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-wedding-italy/ | 2022-05-25T03:43:43Z | https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/05/24/kendall-jenner-reason-devin-booker-kourtney-kardashian-travis-barker-wedding-italy/ | true | 2 |
Estimating the COVID-19 infection fatality ratio accounting for seroreversion using statistical modelling
By Nicholas F. Brazeau
Nature.com
5 days ago
The infection fatality ratio (IFR) is a key statistic for estimating the burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been continuously debated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The age-specific IFR can be quantified using antibody surveys to estimate total infections, but requires consideration of delay-distributions from time from infection to seroconversion,...
The original version of this Article contained errors in Table 3, where the mean and SD values were incorrect for "Clinical Composite Asymmetry |Δ2D:4D|"‰+"‰|Δ3D:5D|" for the controls. The incorrect and correct values appear below. The original article has been corrected. Plastic, Reconstructive and...
Hospitals in Canada are facing a crisis-level shortage of critical supplies and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This motivates us to create predictive models that can use Canada COVID-19 data and pandemic-related factors to accurately forecast 5 quantities-three related to hospital resource utilization (i.e., the number of hospital beds, ICU beds, and ventilators that will be needed by COVID-19 patients) and two to the pandemic progress (i.e., the number of COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 deaths)-several weeks in advance. We developed a machine learning method that can use information (i.e., resource utilization, pandemic progress, population mobility, weather condition, and public policy) currently known about a region since March 2020, to learn multiple temporal convolutional network (TCN) models every week; each used for forecasting the weekly average of one of these 5 quantities in Canada (respectively, in six specific provinces) for each, in the next 1 (resp., 2,3,4) weeks. To validate the effectiveness of our method, we compared our method, versus other standard models, on the COVID-19 data and hospital resource data, on the tasks of predicting the 116 values (for Canada and its six most populated provinces), every week from Oct 2020 to July 2021, and the 20 values (only for Canada) for four specific times within 9 July to 31 Dec 2021. Experimental results show that our 4640 TCN models (each forecasting a regional target for a specific future time, on a specific date) can produce accurate 1,2,3,4-week forecasts of the utilization of every hospital resource and pandemic progress for each week from 2 Oct 2020 to 2 July 2021, as well as 80 TCN models for each of the four specified times within 9 July and 31 Dec 2021. Compared to other baseline and state-of-the-art predictive models, our TCN models yielded the best forecasts, with the lowest mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). Additional experiments, on the IHME COVID-19 data, demonstrate the effectiveness of our TCN models, in comparison with IHME forecasts. Each of our TCN models used a pre-defined set of features; we experimentally validate the effectiveness of these features by showing that these models perform better than other models that instead used other features. Overall, these experimental results demonstrate that our method can accurately forecast hospital resource utilization and pandemic progress for Canada and for each of the six provinces.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy volume 7, Article number: 167 (2022) Cite this article. COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection, is raging around the world and results in millions of deaths since the end of 2019. Although various therapies including vaccines and neutralizing antibodies have been developed to defend against the horrible pandemic, current strategies are inevitably at risk of failure due to high mutagenicity of the viral genome. In fact, the most worrying situation is that the monoclonal antibodies of existing vaccines against the rapidly spreading Omicron variant are ineffective.1 Facing the great threat posed by COVID-19, there is an urgent need to develop small molecule antiviral drugs. At present, only a few drugs are authorized to treat COVID-19 in emergency medicine clinics. To identify and evaluate molecular target for COVID-19 becomes a top priority for worldwide health professionals.
The aim of this study was to compare the prognosis of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant 501Y.V2 to that of patients with ARF due to the original strain. This retrospective matched cohort study included all consecutive patients who were hospitalized for ARF due to SARS-CoV-2 in Reunion Island University Hospital between March 2020 and March 2021. Twenty-eight in hospital mortality was evaluated before and after matching. A total of 218 patients with ARF due to SARS-CoV-2 were enrolled in the study. Of these, 83 (38.1%) were infected with the 501Y.V2 variant. During intensive care unit stay, 104 (47.7%) patients received invasive mechanical ventilation and 20 (9.2%) patients were supported by venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Patients infected with the 501Y.V2 variant were younger (58 [51"“68] vs. 67 [56"“74] years old, P"‰="‰0.003), had less hypertension (54.2% vs 68.1%, P"‰="‰0.04), and had less chronic kidney disease (13.3% vs. 31.9%, P"‰="‰0.002) than patients infected with the original strain. After controlling for confounding variables (62 matched patients in each group), 28-day mortality was higher in the group of patients infected with the 501Y.V2 variant (30.6%) than in the group of patients infected with the original strain (19.4%, P"‰="‰0.04). In Reunion Island, where SARS-CoV-2 incidence remained low until February 2021 and the health care system was never saturated, mortality was higher in patients with ARF infected with the 501Y.V2 variant than in patients infected with the original strain.
Gasdermin (GSDM) is a family of pore-forming proteins that, after cleavage by caspase (CASP), induce a type of programmed necrotic cell death called pyroptosis. Gasdermin E (GSDME) is the only pyroptosis-inducing member of the GSDM family existing in teleost. To date, the regulation and function of teleost GSDME in response to bacterial infection remain elusive. In this study, we observed activation of GSDME, as well as multiple CASPs, in turbot Scophthalmus maximus during the infection of the bacterial pathogen Vibrio harveyi. Turbot has two GSDME orthologs named SmGSDMEa and SmGSDMEb. We found that SmGSDMEa was specifically cleaved by turbot CASP (SmCASP) 3/7 and SmCASP6, which produced two different N-terminal (NT) fragments. Only the NT fragment produced by SmCASP3/7 cleavage was able to induce pyroptosis. Ectopically expressed SmCASP3/7 activated SmGSDMEa, resulting in pyroptotic cell death. In contrast, SmCASP6 inactivated SmGSDMEa by destructive cleavage of the NT domain, thus nullifying the activation effect of SmCASP3/7. Unlike SmGSDMEa, SmGSDMEb was cleaved by SmCASP8 and unable to induce cell death. V. harveyi infection dramatically promoted the production and activation of SmGSDMEa, but not SmGSDMEb, and caused pyroptosis in turbot. Interference with SmCASP3/7 activity significantly enhanced the invasiveness and lethality of V. harveyi in a turbot infection model. Together, these results revealed a previously unrecognized bi-directional regulation mode of GSDME-mediated pyroptosis, and a functional difference between teleost GSDMEa and GSDMEb in the immune defense against bacterial infection.
Japan says it scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to respond to the approach of Russian and Chinese warplanes near its airspace, in what Tokyo called a “provocation” as it hosts a meeting of world leaders including Joe Biden.Addressing a virtual press conference, Japanese defence minister Nobuo Kishi said that the move by Beijing and Moscow was likely planned to coincide with Japan’s hosting of the Quad meeting with its allies the US, Australia and India. Tokyo is hosting its first ever informal gathering of Quad nations, which has seen leaders of all four nations — Fumio Kishida, Joe Biden, Anthony...
The world population will surpass nine billion by 2050; hence the yield of primary staple crops must increase to feed the growing world population (Tilman et al. 2011; Ray et al. 2013; Molotoks et al. 2021). Another challenge facing agriculture is increasing global temperature, which is expected to be1.1 to 5.4"‰Â°C warmer by the end of this century (Tollefson 2020). Given these dire predictions, crops are expected to experience heat stress during their growing season and more frequent droughts (Mir et al. 2012; Zhao et al. 2017; Fahad et al. 2017; Rustgi et al. 2021). These changes would result in nutritional insecurity and instability owing to crop productivity decreases, specifically in the world's resource-deprived and most populated parts (Maja and Ayano 2021; Molotoks et al. 2021). Plant breeders are finding novel ways to meet this ever-increasing demand for food grains given the climatic atrocities such as increasing global temperatures, erratic rain patterns, and accompanying changes in pest and pathogen populations (White et al. 2011; Maja and Ayano 2021). Another layer of complexity is diminishing resources (land and water availability, soil health, and increasing production cost), the demand to reduce agriculture's carbon footprint, and adaptation of rentable practices to improve sustainably in agriculture. To meet these targets, plant breeders have developed improved cultivars of different crop plants largely by using conventional plant breeding approaches involving genetic crossing and selection for the desired traits, but this strategy primarily focused on the crop's primary gene pool (Kaiser et al. 2020). However, recent advances now mean that molecular plant breeding can include genomic and biotechnological approaches, offering plant breeders to introduce desired genetic changes in the crop genome from a wider gene pool with greater precision and speed. Therefore, the conventional crop improvement approaches are aggressively being supplemented by molecular plant breeding approaches to achieve the desired outcome in a relatively short duration (Hasan et al. 2021).
The study is to explore the role of ferroptosis-related genes (FRGs) in the occurrence and development of gastric cancer (GC), and to construct a new prognosis signature to predict the prognosis in GC. Clinical information and corresponding RNA data of GC patients were downloaded from TCGA and GEO databases. Consensus clustering was performed to identify new molecular subgroups. ESTIMATE, CIBERSORT, McpCounter and TIMER algorithm were used to analyze the infiltration of immune cells in two molecular subgroups. LASSO algorithm and multivariate Cox analysis were used to construct a prognostic risk signature. Functional analysis was conducted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. Finally, the FRPGs were verified by Quantitative Real-Time PCR. We obtained 16 FRGs and divided GC patients into two subgroups by consistent clustering. Cluster C1 with a higher abundance of immune cell infiltration but lower probability in response to immunotherapy, it was reasonable to speculate that Cluster C1 was in accordance with the immune rejection type. Functional analysis showed that the biological process of DEGs in training cohort mainly included immune globulin, and human immune response mediated by circulating immune globulin. GSEA analysis showed that compared with Cluster C2, Cluster C1 showed lower expression in lipid metabolism. The nomogram combined with risk signature and clinical features can accurately predict the prognosis of GC patients. We identified two molecular subtypes, Clusters C1 and C2. In Cluster C1, patients with poor prognosis present with a hyperimmune status and low lipid metabolism, and we speculate that Cluster C1 was in accordance with the immune rejection type. The risk model based on FRPGs can accurately predict the prognosis of GC. These results indicated that ferroptosis is associated with TIME, and deserved considerable attention in determining immunotherapy treatment strategy for GC patients.
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by variants in MECP2. Emerging evidence of ethnic specificity of genetic variations has allowed precise diagnostic approaches with tailored therapies. In this study, we reviewed the variation spectrum of MECP2 in Korean RTT(-like)Â patients and compared it with previous reports in multiple ethnic groups. We reevaluated variants found in Korean RTTÂ patients according to the new Clinical Genome Resource guideline to reinterpret and reclassify variants of uncertain significance in MECP2. Among 377 cases, 56 (14.9%) showed pathogenic variants, and three novel variants, p.(Ala277Argfs*7), p.(Ala378Glyfs*8), and p.(Arg270_Ser332del), were identified. Comprehensive data from Korea revealed an overall consistent variation spectrum with those from other ethnicities. Through the reevaluation of variants, nine that previously had insufficient evidence for pathogenicity were reclassified into pathogenic variants. Our study provided insight on the genetic contribution of MECP2 in RTT and a useful background for genetic counseling in the Korean population.
In patients with COPD, it has not been comprehensively assessed whether the predictive value of comorbidities for mortality differs between men and women. We therefore aimed to examine sex differences of COPD comorbidities in regard with prognosis by classifying comorbidities into a comorbidome related to extrapulmonary disorders and a pulmorbidome, referring to pulmonary disorders. The study population comprised 1044 women and 1531 men with the diagnosis of COPD from COSYCONET, among them 2175 of GOLD grades 1"“4 and 400 at risk. Associations of comorbidities with mortality were studied using Cox regression analysis for men and women separately. During the follow-up (median 3.7Â years) 59 women and 159 men died. In men, obesity, hypertension, coronary artery disease, liver cirrhosis, osteoporosis, kidney disease, anaemia and increased heart rate (HR) predict mortality, in women heart failure, hyperuricemia, mental disorders, kidney disease and increased HR (p"‰<"‰0.05 each). Regarding the pulmorbidome, significant predictors in men were impairment in diffusion capacity and hyperinflation, in women asthma and hyperinflation. Similar results were obtained when repeating the analyses in GOLD 1"“4 patients only. Gender differences should be considered in COPD risk assessment for a tailored approach towards the treatment of COPD.
Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357 and Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal. Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba. Huan Jiang. BGI, Shenzhen, China. Firdausi Qadri. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, India. On behalf of...
7-Met, a derivative of soybean isoflavone, is a natural flavonoid compound that has been reported to have multiple signaling pathways regulation effects. This study investigated the therapeutic effects of 7-Met on mice with atopic dermatitis induced by fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), or oxazolone (OXZ). 7-Met ameliorated FITC or OXZ-induced atopic dermatitis symptoms by decreasing ear thickness, spleen index, mast cell activation, neutrophil infiltration and serum IgE levels in female BALB/c mice. In FITC-induced atopic dermatitis mice, 7-Met reduced Th1 cytokines production and regulated Th1/Th2 balance by downregulating the secretion of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) via inactivation of the NF-κB pathway. In OXZ-induced atopic dermatitis, 7-Met functioned through the reduction of Th17 cytokine production. Our study showed that 7-Methoxyisoflavone alleviated atopic dermatitis by regulating multiple signaling pathways and downregulating chemokine production.
Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28605-0, published online 17 February 2022. The original version of this Article omitted from the author list the 12th and 13th authors Dennis Muhanguzi and Wilson Amanyire, who are from the 'School of Biosecurity, Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences (SBLS), College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda'. Consequently, the final sentence of the Author Contributions incorrectly read 'D.W., P.T., E.A.J.C., C.E., E.T.O., E.R.A., A. Tijjani, K.M., A.F., B.R.F., A.Q., U.C. and P.W. provided samples and expertise for the studies'. This has been replaced with 'D.W., P.T., W.A., D.M., E.A.J.C., C.E., E.T.O., E.R.A., A. Tijjani, K.M., A.F., B.R.F., A.Q., U.C. and P.W. provided samples and expertise for the studies'. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) are predisposed to developing acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (ML-DS) within their first years of life [1]. Although, ML-DS is associated with a favorable prognosis, children with DS often experience severe toxicities from chemotherapy [2]. This highlights the unmet need for targeted therapies with improved risk profiles in this entity.
Longitudinal, population-based survey. To examine change in labour market participation (LMP) of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in Switzerland and to identify predictors of increase, decrease and stability in LMP between 2012 and 2017. Setting. Community. Methods. Longitudinal information on LMP (i.e., weekly workload) was obtained from 311...
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. Institute of Apicultural Research, Beijing, China. The Chinese Academy of Sciences last month suspended its use of the country’s largest science database — called China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI; www.cnki.net) — because of a steep rise in subscription fees. The prohibitive charges threaten to cripple the country’s research programmes by hindering the dissemination and utilization of knowledge.
Automated driving systems (ADS) have undergone a significant improvement in the last years. ADS and more precisely self-driving cars technologies will change the way we perceive and know the world of transportation systems in terms of user experience, mode choices and business models. The emerging field of Deep Learning (DL) has been successfully applied for the development of innovative ADS solutions. However, the attempt to single out the best deep neural network architecture and tuning its hyperparameters are all expensive processes, both in terms of time and computational resources. In this work, Bayesian optimization (BO) is used to optimize the hyperparameters of a Spatiotemporal-Long Short Term Memory (ST-LSTM) network with the aim to obtain an accurate model for the prediction of the steering angle in a ADS. BO was able to identify, within a limited number of trials, a model-namely BO_ST-LSTM-which resulted, on a public dataset, the most accurate when compared to classical end-to-end driving models.
Society for Rural Development, Kakinada, India. Society for Rural Development, Kakinada, India. Institute for Enhanced Livelihoods, Montreal, Canada. None of the 21 targets of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set for 2020 was achieved. But, by our calculations, the target to protect 10% of the global ocean area (SDG14, target 5) could become a reality this year.
I definitely had a 'yikes' moment when Sean Ekins presented the work at the Spiez conference, even though the exact details of the model remained opaque (and there are good reasons why these details were obscured in the Comment article4). The model generated some very toxic known nerve agents among the resulting dataset comprising 40,000 compounds. It is also safe to assume that among those that diverged from the known chemical space, there will be some that are extremely toxic. So yes, there is clearly a misuse potential, and raising awareness of this potential is a merit of the article. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2608734527949/estimating-the-covid-19-infection-fatality-ratio-accounting-for-seroreversion-using-statistical-modelling | 2022-05-25T03:44:33Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2608734527949/estimating-the-covid-19-infection-fatality-ratio-accounting-for-seroreversion-using-statistical-modelling | false | 1 |
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MICHIGAN CITY — The city is considering signing an agreement with Haas & Associates for on-call engineering services, but some members of the Michigan City Common Council expressed their reluctance during a May 17 meeting.
Councilwoman Dalia Zygas, who introduced the ordinance calling for the agreement, said the contract would cover engineering services in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to be paid from the city’s Local Income Tax Fund.
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MUNSTER rugby player Jack Crowley has become the latest ambassador for Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Mr Crowley has joined the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind to support the work of the charity changing the lives of those who are vision impaired and the families of children with autism.
The family of the 22-year-old fly-half from Bandon raised a number of pups for the charity over the years.
“I am delighted to help the team at Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind,” he said.
“I spent many happy hours visiting the training centre in Cork when I was a kid and got to see how the pups we had raised at home were then brought through their formal training to become Guide Dogs and Assistance Dogs.
“The dogs are incredible animals which can really transform someone’s life.”
Chief Executive Officer of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, Tim O’Mahony, said the charity was ‘thrilled to have Jack on board’.
“It’s great to see his family’s connection to the charity continuing through his role now as an ambassador,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to working with such a young talent who should be an inspiration to many young people to give back and make a difference.”
Guide Dog Day, an annual fundraising day, is taking place on Friday, May 27, and those who wish to donate can do so by visiting guidedogs.ie.
People can also opt to take the #100k4GDD Challenge or support family and friends who are taking part, buy a doggy bandana designed by TV presenter and fashion designer Brendan Courtney, volunteer to give one hour of their time at one of our collections around the country, or run an event or activity on the day. | https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/munsters-jack-joins-roy-as-ambassador-for-irish-guide-dogs_arid-40876064.html | 2022-05-25T03:47:06Z | https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/munsters-jack-joins-roy-as-ambassador-for-irish-guide-dogs_arid-40876064.html | true | 2 |
New Rules, Important Information For New York Hunting Season
Top New York officials released important information and updated safety tips for the upcoming hunting season.
On Thursday, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that spring turkey season opens on Sunday, May 1, in all of upstate New York north of the Bronx and Westchester border.
Important Information for the May Spring Turkey Season in New York
With the hunting season days away the DEC released "important information."
- Hunting is allowed in most areas of the state, except for New York City and Long Island;
- Hunters must have a turkey hunting permit
- Hunters must have a hunting license
- Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to noon each day
- Hunters may take two bearded turkeys during the spring season, but only one bird per day
- The bag limit for the youth hunt is one bearded bird. This bird becomes part of the youth's regular season bag limit of two bearded birds. A second bird may be taken in upstate New York (north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary) beginning May 1
- Hunters may not use rifles or handguns firing a bullet.
- Hunters may hunt with a shotgun or handgun loaded with shot sizes no larger than No. 2 or smaller than No. 8, or with a bow or crossbow
- Crossbows may not be used in Westchester County);
- Successful hunters must fill out the tag that comes with their turkey permit and immediately attach it to any turkey harvested
- Successful hunters must report their harvest within seven days
No Hunting in New York City, Long Island
"May is a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the fantastic turkey hunting opportunities throughout New York State," Commissioner Seggos said. "The gobble of a tom turkey keeps hunters going afield year after year to chase these popular game birds."
The spring turkey harvest in New York averages approximately 19,000 birds and varies based on the number of participants and turkey productivity in the previous few spring seasons.
DEC biologists expect hunters to take more turkeys this spring than last year, according to the DEC.
"Overall, turkey populations are lower than a few years ago due to below-average reproductive success in two of the last three years. However, improved turkey productivity in 2020 will mean a greater proportion of toms available to hunters this spring compared to last year," the DEC states.
Tips For A Safe, Smart, Succesful Hunting Season in New York State.
The DEC released the following tips so that all have a safe, smart and successful hunting season.
- Point your gun in a safe direction
- Treat every gun as if it were loaded
- Be sure of your target and beyond
- Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot
- Stalking stinks! Sit with your back against a tree or other object wider than your shoulders and call birds to you.
- Don't stalk. More than half of turkey hunting injuries happen when a hunter is stalking.
- DEC encourages all hunters to wear blaze orange or blaze pink when moving between hunting spots to make themselves more visible to other hunters.
- A blaze orange or blaze pink vest or other material can be hung in a nearby tree when you are set up and calling birds so other hunters are alerted to your presence.
- Always assume any call or footsteps you hear are from another hunter.
- Don't shoot until you clearly see the whole turkey and know it's sex
- If you see another hunter, talk to him or her clearly, and don't move.
- Never wave or use a turkey call to alert another hunter
- Turkeys are tough. You need to be close (30 yards or less is best). You need to get a clear head and neck shot.
- Do not try to shoot them in the body or when they are flying
- Never wear turkey colors -- red, white, or blue
- Wear hunter orange or pink when going in or out of the woods and when walking around
- When sitting still waiting for a turkey, put hunter orange or pink on a tree near you
- If you take a turkey or carry a decoy, wrap it in hunter orange or pink.
New Fishing Regulations Start April 1 in New York State
On Friday, April 1 a number of new fishing regulations took effect in New York State.
Some of the changes include:
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What Does New York Say Is an Official “Substantial Food Item?”
So you have heard that you can now get To-Go Alcohol in New York State again. YES! Because this is New York State there are a few stipulations as to what constitutes legitimate food.
So when you are ordering through a restaurant and getting your food and drinks to go, what do you need to know? What really is food? How much good is enough food to get your alcohol ordered?
What Does New York Say Is an Official “Substantial Food Item?”
No surprise that New York State actually sat down and decided what we can actually order. For instance you can get a drink to-go, but of course you can't drink it in the car, it has to be sealed and that item has to also be available inside the establishment, in the same container, serving size, and at the same price.
Can you order a bottle of liquor or a bottle of wine to-go too in New York State?
Oh no, New York State says, nope, not going to happen. The items need to be single serve alcohol items, and cannot be a bottle of wine or a bottle of alcohol. Of course, that would be way too convenient. Imagine getting dinner for two and a bottle of wine? That would be awesome.
So how much food is the right amount of food to be able to get these to-go drinks in NYS?
The language in the New York State Liquor Authority actually says something to the effect that if businesses try to circumvent the law and say serve a small amount of beans or a bag of chips, just to get the alcohol to-go, that is not allowed and it will be considered a violation of the law.
So, what is considered "Substantial Food Items" for New York State?
Here is the direct wording of what NYS (PDF) defines as substantial food items: A substantial food item is defined as sandwiches, soups or other foods, whether
fresh, processed, precooked or frozen. Other foods are foods which are similar
in quality and substance to sandwiches and soups; for example, salads, wings,
or hotdogs would be of that quality and substance.
What is my dream order for substantial food and to-go alcohol?
My personal dream substantial food order would be a pitcher of Margaritas along with an order of chips and guacamole. Come' on. That could be the best. What would your dream 'substantial food order' be? Share it with us.
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Walmart pulls ‘tone-deaf’ Juneteenth products after criticism
Published: May. 24, 2022 at 10:24 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
(CNN) - Walmart is pulling products, including an ice cream, that were attempting to commemorate Juneteenth after a social media backlash.
The Juneteenth ice cream featured a message to celebrate African American culture, but critics called it a tone-death effort to cash in on the federal holiday.
Walmart released a statement and apologized, saying the company is removing such items as appropriate.
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
5-1-5
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West Greene softball team downs Springdale, goes for 6th straight WPIAL title
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022 | 9:40 PM
The West Greene machine just keeps on rolling.
The Pioneers have a chance at an unprecedented sixth consecutive WPIAL softball title after Tuesday’s 5-2 victory over Springdale in a Class A semifinal at Upper St. Clair’s Boyce-Mayview Field.
West Greene (14-3) will play Union on June 1 at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.) at a time to be determined. Sto-Rox (2000-04) and Hempfield (2015-19) also won five straight WPIAL titles.
The Pioneers scored three runs in the bottom of the second and added single runs in the fourth and sixth innings, making the most of their opportunities.
“We made our opportunities, too,” said West Greene coach Bill Simms. “You have to have a little bit of luck, too, anytime you win. We’re not saying we won because of luck, but it has to be on your side. But I thought we forced the issue, put some pressure on them. We had a couple of unearned runs, but we’ll take them.”
Olivia Kiger led off the Pioneers third with a walk. Freshman Payton Gilbert then slammed a triple to the right-field fence. Taylor Karvan walked.
Gilbert came home on a passed ball and Karvan on a wild pitch.
Kiger reached base on an error in the fourth and scored on Gilbert’s single. In the sixth, Lexi Six reached on an error to start the inning, advanced to second on a bunt by Kiger and scored on BrieAnn Jackson’s base hit.
Springdale (11-2) will play in the consolation game Thursday against GCC, with the winner entering the PIAA tournament that begins June 6. The Dynamos are coming off their first section title since 1998.
“They’re a good team, and they’re coached well,” said Springdale coach Anthony Pototo. “They’ve got some good players, their pitcher’s good and they’re solid defensively. They play smart, and that’s why they’ve won the WPIAL five years in a row. We knew coming in that we’d have to play a flawless game and make the routine plays. They got girls on base and made us pay for it.”
Pioneers senior Kiley Meek gave up five hits, three in the fourth inning. Brianna Thompson led off with the second of her three singles and went to second on Alexis Hrivnak’s single. Maggie Dvorsak followed with a single to right, and Thompson was thrown out at the plate.
The Dynamos scored on a groundout by Autumn Sprouse.
Springdale got on the scoreboard again in the sixth as Thompson came home on Dvorsak’s grounder to second.
Meek struck out 12, including three of the last four batters of the game.
Hrivnak also pitched a strong game, striking out nine and yielding just five hits.
“We ride her arm. She’s solid out there. Her and Brianna are a great 1-2 combination,” Pototo said. “I told the girls our season’s not done. We’ll come out to work Wednesday and find out who we play and see if we can make a run.”
Thompson made a great catch on a foul ball against the backstop in the first inning with her back to home plate.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres. The attacker was killed by law enforcement.
The death toll also included two adults, authorities said. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher.
The assault at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
Hours after the attack, families were still awaiting word on their children.
Outside the town civic center, where families were told to gather, the silence was broken repeatedly by screams and wailing. “No! Please, no!” one man yelled as he embraced another man.
“My heart is broken today,” said Hal Harrell, the school district superintendent, announcing that all school activities were canceled for the time being. “We’re a small community, and we’re going to need your prayers to get through this.”
The attack also came just 10 days after a deadly, racist rampage at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that added to a yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. And the prospects for any reform of the nation’s gun regulations seemed as dim, if not dimmer, than in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook deaths.
But President Joe Biden appeared ready for a fight, calling for new gun restrictions in an address to the nation hours after the attack.
“As a nation we have to ask, when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God’s name are we going to do what has to be done?” Biden asked. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?”
Many of the wounded were rushed to Uvalde Memorial Hospital, where staff members in scrubs and devastated victims’ relatives could be seen weeping as they walked out of the complex.
Officials did not immediately reveal a motive, but they identified the assailant as Salvador Ramos, a resident of the community about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio. Law enforcement officials said he acted alone.
Ramos had hinted on social media that an attack could be coming, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he had been briefed by state police. He noted that the gunman “suggested the kids should watch out.”
Before heading to the school, Ramon killed his grandmother with two military-style rifles he purchased on his birthday, Gutierrez said.
“That was the first thing he did on his 18th birthday,” he said.
The attack began about 11:30 a.m., when the gunman crashed his car outside the school and ran into the building, according to Travis Considine, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. A resident who heard the crash called 911, and two local police officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter.
Both officers were shot, though it was not immediately clear where on the campus that confrontation occurred, or how much time elapsed before more authorities arrived on the scene.
Meanwhile, teams of Border Patrol agents raced to the school, including 10 to 15 members of a SWAT-like tactical and counter-terrorism unit, said Jason Owens, a top regional official with the Border Patrol.
One Border Patrol agent who was working nearby when the shooting began rushed into the school without waiting for backup and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barricade, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.
The agent was wounded but able to walk out of the school, the law enforcement source said.
Owens confirmed that an agent suffered minor injuries, but would not provide details of that confrontation.
He said some area agents have children at Robb Elementary.
“We have Border Patrol kids that go to this school. It hit home for everybody,” he said.
It was not immediately clear how many people were wounded, but Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo said there were “several injuries.” Earlier, Uvalde Memorial Hospital said 13 children were taken there. Another hospital reported a 66-year-old woman was in critical condition.
Robb Elementary School has an enrollment of just under 600 students, and Arredondo said it serves students in the second, third and fourth grade. He did not provide ages of the children who were shot. This was the school’s last week of classes before summer break.
Uvalde, home to about 16,000 people, is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from the border with Mexico. Robb Elementary is in a mostly residential neighborhood of modest homes.
The tragedy in Uvalde was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and it added to a grim tally in the state, which has been the site of some of the deadliest shootings in the U.S. over the past five years.
In 2018, a gunman fatally shot 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston area. A year before that, a gunman at a Texas church killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service in the small town of Sutherland Springs. In 2019, another gunman at a Walmart in El Paso killed 23 people in a racist attack.
The shooting came days before the National Rifle Association annual convention was set to begin in Houston. Abbott and both of Texas’ U.S. senators were among elected Republican officials who were the scheduled speakers at a Friday leadership forum sponsored by the NRA’s lobbying arm.
In the years since Sandy Hook, the gun control debate in Congress has waxed and waned. Efforts by lawmakers to change U.S. gun policies in any significant way have consistently faced roadblocks from Republicans and the influence of outside groups such as the NRA.
A year after Sandy Hook, Sens. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Patrick J. Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, negotiated a bipartisan proposal to expand the nation’s background check system. But the measure failed in a Senate vote, without enough support to clear a 60-vote filibuster hurdle.
Then-President Barack Obama, who had made gun control central to his administration’s goals after the Newtown shooting, called Congress’ failure to act “a pretty shameful day for Washington.”
Last year, the House passed two bills to expand background checks on firearms purchases. One bill would have closed a loophole for private and online sales. The other would have extended the background check review period. Both languished in the 50-50 Senate, where Democrats need at least 10 Republican votes to overcome objections from a filibuster.
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Eugene Garcia and Dario Lopez-Mills in Uvalde, Jake Bleiberg in Dallas, Ben Fox in Washington, Paul J. Weber in Austin, Juan Lozano in Houston and Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.
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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and reiterated India's support for strengthening the multilateral trading system.
During the meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 here, Goyal said India is committed to the WTO's efforts to strengthen the multilateral trading system to ensure free and fair trade among member countries. He also met Swiss State Secretary Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch and exchanged views on enhancing India-Switzerland trade ties.
"India is an attractive market for Swiss cutting-edge technology and expertise to achieve scale and serve the world," the minister tweeted later. Among his various meetings, Goyal also met Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and held talks on ways to further strengthen and renew Indo-Dutch ties by expanding business and investment opportunities while also exploring prospects of joint cooperation between the two countries.
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If you are GK geek or just want to solve a quiz, or you are an IAS aspirant, here is a look at some questions on general knowledge based on real question papers for Civil Services Exam held by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Ca
These are questions from the first stage of the officer recruitment exam in central government - UPSC prelims examinations, test your preparation and see if you can answer these. Let’s take a quick look without further ado:
I. Along with the stone portrait of Ashoka, which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions mentions ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King Ashoka)?
Kanaganahalli
Sanchi
Shahbazgarhi
Sohgaura
Answer: Kanaganahalli
II. The Chairman of Public sector banks are selected by
Banks Board Bureau
Reserve Bank of India
Union Ministry of Finance
Management of concerned bank
Answer: Banks Board Bureau
III. Which of the following Mughal Emperors emphasised albums and individual portraits over illustrated manuscripts?
Humayun
Akbar
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Answer: Jahangir
IV. Among the following, which one is the largest exported of rice in the world in the last 5 years?
China
India
Myanmar
Vietnam
Answer: India
V. Which of the following national parks is completely located within the temperate alpine zone?
Manas National Park
Namdapha National Park
Neora Valley National Park
Valley of Flower Nation Park
Answer: Valley of Flowers National Park
VI. Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’?
Maintenance of law and order
Paying taxes
Registering property
Dealing with construction permits
Answer: Maintenance of law and order
The UPSC Prelims will consist of two obligatory 200-mark papers. Both exam papers will be objective in nature (multiple choice questions) and will last two hours each. The minimum qualifying marks in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination’s General Studies Paper-II will be set at 33%. Furthermore, the exam will be administered in both Hindi and English.
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Food protectionism is on the rise in the developing world as governments try to safeguard local supplies, and the effects are threatening to spill over into richer economies.
Countries are restricting exports to cope with high prices that have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Malaysia just announced a ban on chicken exports, causing consternation in Singapore, which gets a third of its supplies from there. India has moved to curb wheat and sugar shipments, Indonesia has limited palm oil sales, and some other nations have issued grain quotas.
The poorest countries are most vulnerable to surging food prices and shortages, but wealthier economies aren’t immune. For example, almost 10 million Britons cut back on food in April amid a cost-of-living crisis. US restaurants are shrinking the size of their portions, while France has pledged to issue food vouchers to some households.
“Lower-income households in the UK and the US are struggling to feed themselves,” said Sonia Akter, an assistant professor specializing in agriculture at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Rising prices “will disproportionately affect poor people who spend a large share of their income on food,” she said.
A United Nations gauge of world food prices has jumped more than 70% since mid-2020 and is near a record after the invasion of Ukraine choked off crop exports and rattled supply chains. More food protectionism could push costs even higher, further hurting consumer purchasing power and creating headaches for central banks trying to curb inflation while maintaining growth.
The risks are skewed toward more food protectionism in Asia, said Sonal Varma, chief economist for India and Asia ex-Japan at Nomura Holdings Inc. That could exacerbate price pressures globally, she said.
In the latest example of protectionist measures in the region, India is set to cap sugar exports at 10 million tons for the market year that runs through September. It appears to be a very precautionary move, given the nation only shipped 7.2 million tons of sugar overseas last year.
Many Restrictions
Around 30 countries have taken steps to restrict food exports since the start of the war in Ukraine, with agricultural protectionism at the highest level since the food price crisis in 2007 and 2008, said Sabrin Chowdhury, head of commodities at Fitch Solutions.
“Protectionism will definitely continue in 2022 and rise in the coming months, exacerbating food security risks for the world’s most vulnerable,” she said.
That’s setting the stage for some of the most important staples to become more expensive. Benchmark wheat futures have surged 51% this year, palm oil has risen 37%, while a UN gauge of dairy prices prices is up 14%.
Export restrictions aren’t just bad news for importing countries. They also penalize farmers in the producing nations by stopping them from taking advantage of high international prices, said David Adamson, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide.
“Protectionism is the worst thing to do for food security as it prevents the markets from working to smooth things out,” he said.
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The names of two males who died as a result of Saturday’s mass shooting on Rosemare Court in Goshen were released Monday during a press conference held at the Goshen Police & Courts Building in downtown Goshen.
The press conference, which was held at 6:30 p.m., featured comments by Goshen Mayor Jeremy Stutsman, Goshen Police Chief Jose’ Miller, Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker and others in an effort to update the community on Saturday’s shooting incident and subsequent investigation.
Identified were the alleged shooter, David Varela Morales, 20, and one of the four victims, Richard Rios. The names of the other three victims — all siblings of Rios — are being withheld out of respect for the family and the ongoing investigation, Becker stated.
“The news of this horrific shooting that has devastated families and our community has hit us all hard,” Stutsman said in beginning the press conference. “It is important that we gather together to talk about these incidents so that we can begin that healing process for our community and for the families.
“Our hearts and prayers are with the Arellano Rios family,” he added. “We are all praying for the full recovery of those family members that are still in the hospital, and we mourn the loss of their son.”
Following Stutsman’s brief introduction, Becker briefly described the particulars of Saturday’s shooting event.
“Shortly after 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, the Public Safety Communication Center, which is the emergency 911 center, received an emergency call indicating that a shooting was taking place on Rosemare (Court) here in Goshen,” Becker said. “Now, keep in mind, the first thing that happens is police, fire and ambulance are dispatched, and at that time numerous different units from police, fire and ambulance immediately went to the address.
“At that point in time, of course the scene is not secure, and so police have to do what they do, and they need to go in, they need to make sure that safety is first, and that the individuals who are injured are taken care of,” she added. “Due to the concerted efforts of our local police department, as well as our local paramedics and emergency responders, the victims — there are several victims of the shooting — were given immediate medical attention.”
Becker noted that two of the victims were airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital with severe injuries, while another was sent to a trauma center in South Bend.
“Unfortunately, one of the four siblings that lived in that home — who were all four the victims of that attack — did die at the scene,” Becker said, referencing Richard Rios. “Now, out of respect for privacy of this family, out of respect for the laws of the state of Indiana, we are not going to be releasing the specific names, because several of them are juveniles, and if the family wants to release that information, they are welcome to. But at this point in time, the investigation is ongoing, and we do not intend to release those names.”
Becker was able to confirm that preliminary information connected to the case points to Varela Morales as the shooter.
“The fifth individual that was also found inside gravely injured, was a gentleman by the name of David Varela Morales, 20, originally from the Goshen area,” Becker said. “He was treated at Goshen General Hospital, however he succumbed to his injuries, and he did pass away. There will not be details at this point in time regarding the roles of any individuals involved in what occurred. However, we can tell you, as we did on Saturday, that there is no further risk of additional individuals being injured, as preliminary information does indicate that Mr. Morales was the shooter.”
Becker ended her talk by noting that the investigation into Saturday’s shooting is ongoing, and that no additional details regarding the case will be revealed until the investigation has concluded.
“Again, I urge you to please respect the privacy of this family as they continue to grieve, and they continue to heal, as there are individuals in that family that are still suffering significantly,” she said.
Sean Pounds, the stepfather of the four victims involved in Saturday’s shooting, also took a moment to speak during Monday’s gathering.
“I understand a lot of people have questions right now. We just ask for respect, and we will get answers,” Pounds said. “But right now, we have a great crew that’s working on that, and when we have answers, you guys can have answers. But until then, just respect that we need time to let my family heal, because it’s going to be a long time.”
Adrian Mora, youth adviser to the Goshen City Council and a friend of the Arellano Rios family, then urged the community to rally behind family by donating to a Facebook fundraiser.
“One thing that I wanted to mention to the community was that the support that the family would like to receive is fundraising, and there’s a fundraiser on Facebook that’s in commemoration of Richard Rios,” Mora said. “Donating to that fundraiser would really help us out.”
Next to step to the podium was Goshen Police Chief José D. Miller, who after expressing condolences to the family urged the community to be mindful when it comes to sharing or disseminating unconfirmed information or theories in the wake of tragedies such as Saturday’s shooting.
“I see a few things that have been posted publicly that I want to clear up.
“One was stating this had to do with gang activity. There is no indication of gang activity, and I feel that comments like that, that are not known, can cast a shadow on the family that’s already going through a lot of things, and a lot of emotions,” Miller said.
“And I would just request that the community just, before they put out any information publicly, make sure it’s accurate information. Make sure it’s not something that’s going to hurt families, cause more pain, more grief.”
When questioned about the current status of the three injured victims or Varela Morales’ relationship to the Arellano Rios family, Becker declined to comment, noting that the family’s privacy always comes before other people’s curiosity.
“When a family goes through a tragedy, or anybody goes through a tragedy like this, first and foremost is them dealing with that tragedy and that trauma. Only secondary is somebody else’s curiosity,” Becker said. “What’s going on on Facebook right now is embarrassing to our community.”
Helping to close out Monday’s press conference was concerned community member Ana Salazar.
Speaking through a translator, Salazar urged the community to come together and support the Arellano Rios family as it works through this difficult time.
“It hurts me very much what’s happening in my community,” Salazar said. “It doesn’t matter what happened. I just want it to stop. We are one. You remember that word? We are one.” | https://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/goshen-rocked-by-by-shooting-of-four/article_91cd033f-66b1-58b8-b14f-c92b0c903ab1.html | 2022-05-25T04:10:08Z | https://www.tribstar.com/news/indiana_news/goshen-rocked-by-by-shooting-of-four/article_91cd033f-66b1-58b8-b14f-c92b0c903ab1.html | false | 1 |
Updated May 24, 2022 at 9:44 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Primaries across the country this year are being seen as a test of former President Donald Trump's influence on voters and the Republican Party, but in solidly red Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders' victory in the GOP primary for governor was no surprise.
At 39, Sanders ran an unprecedented campaign for the job once held by her father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Boosted by an early endorsement from Trump and a record-breaking $14 million campaign war chest, Sanders cruised to an easy victory Tuesday night over former talk radio host Francis "Doc" Washburn.
In November, Sanders will face Democrat Chris Jones, a Baptist minister and MIT-educated nuclear engineer who emerged from a crowded Democratic primary field as an early frontrunner.
No matter who ultimately wins, the general election will be a historic one; Jones would be the state's first Black governor, Sanders would be the first woman elected to the post.
The competition bows out
Sanders originally faced stiffer competition for the Republican nomination in the form of the state's attorney general, Leslie Rutledge, and Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin. Established conservatives with statewide name recognition, Rutledge and Griffin both eventually bowed out of the governor's race in favor of running for other statewide offices.
Sanders' focus mainly on national GOP talking points made for an easy target for her primary challengers who accused her of ignoring statewide issues.
But those attacks backfired on her challengers who were then seen as too narrow-minded.
"That was enough for the Arkansas voter," says political scientist Heather Yates with the University of Central Arkansas. "They don't really require Sarah Sanders to talk about local issues, and so her entire campaign is about Arkansas' place in the national spectrum."
Some believe Sanders' true ambitions lie in a higher office. That's led to a crowded race for lieutenant governor with six Republicans, including former primary challenger Rutledge, vying for the largely ceremonial seat.
Sanders' brand of Republican politics would also be very different than the incumbent governor, Asa Hutchinson, who has sought to make a name for himself on the national stage as a more centrist alternative to the Trump wing of the GOP.
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Selling Elon Musk: If the Tesla founder was a product...
Ad professionals are always looking at creative ways to increase sales. But what if the product was Elon Musk – Tesla founder, world’s richest man, maverick entrepreneur, celebrity CEO and serial risk-taker? How would one package him? Brand Equity asked advertising bosses to weigh in and this is what they had to say
Elon Musk is the man of the moment. Every moment. One day he’s making a hostile $44-billion bid for Twitter; another day he’s putting the deal on hold until his doubts on spam bots are addressed. One day he’s a part of showbiz’s ugliest divorce battle; another day he’s been accused of sexual harassment. Musk is, arguably, one of history’s biggest innovators. He’s the world’s richest man, who also wants to occupy Mars.
Josy Paul Chairman and CCO, BBDO India For me, Elon Musk is a hurricane! You can’t buy the product, you can only experience it. Key highlight Just a piece of this product can shake up the world. It’s a powerhouse of energy that can destroy and disrupt the status quo in order to create new worlds of possibilities and opportunities. Statutory warning Hurricane Musk is injurious to anyone who is trying to protect the past. Design/packaging Create an open form packaging environment where Hurricane Musk is free to thrive. Tagline Hurricane Musk. Sometimes you’ve got to destroy to create.
Lulu Raghavan MD, Landor & Fitch India I would make Elon Musk a multivitamin you consume every day to massively boost your creativity. Key highlight The functional promise is that it makes you think faster and differently, massively improving your ability to generate ideas. It gives you chutzpah, courage, charisma and conviction in everything you do. Statutory warning Proven to boost heretical tendencies. Buyers, beware! Design/packaging The packaging would be bold and minimal, seducing you with the copy. Tagline Expect the unexpected or Unleash a revolution.
Aalap Desai CCO, Isobar India and Taproot Dentsu I feel he would be a dotted condom. Also, not just any dotted condom, he would be the world’s most expensive condom made with a molecular fusion of latex with fine gold dust. A technological marvel. Annoying, yet interesting. Key highlight It is the world’s most expensive condom with 756 levels of satisfaction. Dotted in a unique way that almost anyone can find a way to enjoy it. Statutory warning Use of this condom is injurious to wealth. Design/packaging It should be shiny. Tagline Expensive yet necessary.
Dheeraj Sinha CEO and CSO, South Asia, Leo Burnett Elon Musk would be a code that you have to decipher. People will try to understand what it means. Is it nonsense? Is there a larger significance to it? Musk is not a brand built through advertising; he is built through provocative conversations. Key highlight How do you change the future of mankind? Or how do we go and build a house on Mars? Or can everybody live in a capsule or a bubble of their own in space for 365 days and survive? Statutory warning Consume at your own risk. Design/packaging A space material kind of thing. Maybe chocolates in a bulletproof pack. Something bizarre, where you don’t think of utility. The design would be brutally simplistic, with absolute minimalism. Tagline You can’t have a tagline to something that changes every moment.
Geet Rathi Creative/design director, TBWA\India Elon Musk would be a ‘pop culture pill’, found in select stores and at an exorbitant price. Key highlight Cures pop culture FOMO, nourishes your Instagram trendiness and boosts your ‘like’ energy. Statutory warning Might make you delirious while choosing your child’s name. Design/packaging Packaging made of nano metal, bulletproof but bends in front of the media, should be able to survive in outer space, shape to be jarring to the eyes (not optional), logo and packaging that is Twitter friendly. Tagline Makes you pop. Like a bubble. Product category He is more fit for the ‘Tangy Chips’ category.
Rohit Ohri Chairman and CEO, FCB India From a conceptual and positioning perspective, Musk would be a disruptor. More like a disruptor archetype. Key highlight Meeting the unmet needs of consumers. It’s a very forward-looking product, which understands not just your needs today, but also your future ones. Statutory warning Not for the faint-hearted. Design/packaging The design brief would also be about disruption. The packaging needs to disrupt its competition. Product category Musk can’t be in any category that has very limited or superficial innovation. He would be in one where there’s fundamentally big disruption.
After Musk-Twitter story took a turn towards an NDA breach by the Tesla CEO over revelation of the social media platform’s sample size for research, ETBrandEquity.com spoke to research experts about the chances of a smaller sample size giving accurate results and the existence or non-existence of an ideal sample size… | https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/marketing/selling-elon-musk-if-the-tesla-founder-was-a-product-/91773008 | 2022-05-25T04:11:50Z | https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/marketing/selling-elon-musk-if-the-tesla-founder-was-a-product-/91773008 | true | 2 |
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A look at what's happening around the majors Wednesday:
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PINSTRIPE PROBLEMS
Healthy for much of this season, the AL-leading Yankees are suddenly dealing with injuries to several key players.
All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch from New York’s lineup Tuesday night with left wrist discomfort, closer Aroldis Chapman was added to the injured list with left Achilles tendinitis and slugger Giancarlo Stanton was removed from the game against Baltimore with right calf tightness.
LeMahieu, a two-time batting champion, is hitting .250 with three homers and a .704 OPS this season. He’s 5 for 39 (.128) over his past 10 games. His status for Wednesday’s series finale against the Orioles was uncertain.
New York also activated catcher Kyle Higashioka from the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday, but left fielder Joey Gallo and third baseman Josh Donaldson remained out with the virus. Gallo has tested negative and worked out at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. He could be activated Wednesday.
The Yankees are set to give left-hander JP Sears his first big league start. The 26-year-old has dominated Triple-A this season and pitched two scoreless innings in two relief appearances for the big club.
AUGUST AUDITION
Two starting pitchers who could be attractive trade targets before the Aug. 2 deadline face each other when Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 4.89 ERA) and the Chicago Cubs visit Luis Castillo (0-2, 4.60) and the Cincinnati Reds. Hendricks is looking to rebound after tying a career high by allowing four home runs Friday against Arizona. Castillo makes his fourth start since beginning the season on the injured list with a right shoulder strain.
THAT HURTS
Milwaukee will be without Hunter Renfroe for a while after the outfielder was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring Tuesday.
Renfroe was injured Monday night during a 10-inning loss at San Diego. He was hitting .266 with nine home runs and 16 RBIs for the NL Central leaders.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell said an MRI showed a low-grade hamstring strain and Renfroe could miss two weeks. Infielder-outfielder Mark Mathias was brought up from Triple-A Nashville.
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THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL) — According to Thomas County officials, 9,278 people have voted in the 2022 Primary Election.
"It stands more weight than waiting until the election is over with and you're debating and causing another problem, voting is very important," said Pamela Jones, who lives in Thomasville.
Jones walked the few blocks from her house to the Douglas Middle School polling location to make her voice heard. She added,
"We voice our opinion differently, but we need to come together."
ABC 27 spoke with the Thomas County Election Supervisor, Frank Scoggins. ABC 27 asked him if he thought the idea of voter fraud would keep people away. He said,
"I've heard a lot of people question me about the machines we test every machine it's open to the public when he do we advertise it and if you're ever in doubt with what you might have heard or what you think somebody might have seen please I welcome you to come down here I'll take the time to sit here and explain to you what we're doing."
Scoggins has also seen an increase in early voters and voter registration in comparison to the last primary. He says they have roughly 29,000 registered voters in the county and over 4,000 of them took advantage of early voting.
For resident, Jim Lozowski, he says he came out tonight to vote because...
“I just can’t stand back and not do anything I just think we’re going in many wrong directions and yet here in Georgia we’ve got some good directions to go in.”
Something Pamela agrees with...
"You can't satisfy everybody but coming together as a whole will get the next generation on their feet."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
7-5-8-9
(seven, five, eight, nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
7-5-8-9
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Olivia Kelleher
A jury of seven men and four woman is continuing its deliberations following a two-week trial that saw a 38-year-old woman charged with the murder of a two-year-old child in Cork.
Karen Harrington of Lakeland’s Crescent in Mahon in Cork went on trial late last month at a Central Criminal Court sitting in the city, charged with the murder of Santina Cawley at 26 Elderwood Park in Boreenmanna Road on July 5th, 2019.
At the time Ms Harrington had been in a relationship of six months' duration with Michael Cawley, the father of the deceased.
The eleven-person jury in the trial has deliberated for close to four hours. The jury requested two pieces of evidence to be sent into the jury room for their consideration today.
These included a recording made by a resident at Elderwood complex of a door being banged 30 to 40 times and a woman shouting in the early hours of July 5th, 2019.
The jury also requested a PowerPoint presentation made by a member of the Garda Siochana Analysis Service showing the differing movements, as captured by CCTV, of Michael Cawley and Karen Harrington at various locations in the Elderwood complex and in Cork city on the evening and early hours of July 4th/5th, 2019.
Trial evidence
Ms Harrington gave direct evidence in the trial where she said that she could not explain what happened to the toddler in her then apartment at Elderwood in Cork. However, she stressed she had nothing to do with the girl’s death.
Ms Harrington had told investigating gardaí that she was a caring person who would never harm a child. The trial also heard evidence from two of her sisters who said that she had taken over raising them when she was a teenager amid family issues.
A close friend of the accused, Yvonne Walsh, had also said that Ms Harrington was one of the few people she trusted to mind her child.
The trial heard that Santina had sustained 53 injuries including fractures to her skull, ribs, arm and leg. She had bruises and abrasions all over her body. Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster told the trial that the injuries were “forcefully inflicted” and were not consistent with an accidental fall.
Presiding judge Justice Michael McGrath had urged the jurors to approach the evidence “coldly and dispassionately” without showing sympathy to any parties involved in the case.
“It is very important that you consider all of what you have heard in this courtroom. You have all the time you need. You do not have to rush. It is your duty to engage in the process. Everyone’s view must be heard. Everyone’s view carries equal weight.”
He told the jury to set aside any sympathy they may have felt for Ms Harrington and her relatives, as well as for the deceased child and her family.
"You must cast any prejudice or sympathies from your mind – you must decide the case coldly and dispassionately and on a sober analysis of the evidence. You must cast a cold and sceptical eye over the evidence, that is how you must test the evidence."
Mr Justice MacGrath said that the presumption of innocence was a bedrock principle of Irish jurisprudence and that must inform their deliberations. He stressed that the onus of proof always rested with the prosecution in the case.
He said that there was no onus on Ms Harrington or her legal counsel to prove or disprove anything and the jury must always be cognisant of that principle in their deliberations as to her innocence or guilt. The twelfth juror was excused from serving last week. | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/santina-cawley-murder-trial-jury-requests-evidence-as-deliberations-continue_arid-40873871.html | 2022-05-25T04:20:27Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/santina-cawley-murder-trial-jury-requests-evidence-as-deliberations-continue_arid-40873871.html | true | 3 |
Sarah Slater
Three men charged with the murder of an Irish teenager who died in Australia after he fell from an apartment balcony in an alleged armed robbery are to stand trial in Brisbane Supreme Court.
Cian English (19), originally from Carlow town, lived in the Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne. He suffered traumatic injuries when he fell from a fourth floor balcony at the View Pacific resort in Surfers Paradise in the early hours of Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 during an alleged robbery.
He fell to his death when he was allegedly being robbed at knife point following an apartment party where it is alleged the three men were high on prescription drugs. Mr English attempted to escape, however, fell from the fourth floor balcony.
Lachlan Paul Soper-Lagas (21) Hayden Paul Kratzmann (21) and another person who was a juvenile at the time of the offending and cannot be named for legal reasons, have been committed by the Southport Magistrates Court to stand trial in the Queensland Supreme Court on charges including murder, torture and deprivation of liberty.
They have not been required to enter pleas to the charges.
Their committal hearings heard the group had allegedly engaged in the torture and deprivation of liberty of Mr English with the intention of robbing him to "teach him a lesson".
Magistrate Mark Howden heard the juvenile had allegedly "supported and intentionally encouraged" the other two men's assaults on Mr English the night he died.
Video footage
Police allege Mr English jumped from the balcony of the View Pacific Resort, where he fell about four floors to his death. Officers also claim that prior to his death, Mr English met up with another group, which included Mr Kratzmann and Mr Soper-Lagas, who were staying in the apartment above.
The committal hearing was told that Mr Kratzmann and Mr Soper-Lagas had allegedly broken into a Queensland Health building at Nerang on the night Mr English died and stolen drugs that were allegedly used in the murder.
The court heard the drugs stolen from Queensland Health were found at the unit where Mr English fell to his death.
The three men were also charged with the robbery, torture and deprivation of liberty of another person, stealing a belt, wallet and AirPods.
They will face the Supreme Court in Queensland, with a date yet to be set. Mr Soper-Lagas remains on bail.
Two female minors, whose names have not been released for legal reasons, are also charged with the Mr English's murder.
Police allege that the two girls filmed the beating, stabbing and fatal fall, subsequently posting videos of the events on social media.
The Irish teenager was living in Australia with his parents Siobhan and Vinny and older brother Dylan.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Antonio Swad wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Texas' 32nd Congressional District.
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Tyrone Township Board Approves Code Of Conduct For Meetings
Amid escalating inappropriate behavior, the Tyrone Township Board has adopted a formal code of conduct policy for public meetings. There have been numerous contentious meetings with heated public comments and exchanges that involve personal attacks and allegations, inappropriate language and general disrespect toward board members. The board met Tuesday...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Joe singled home the tiebreaking run in the top of the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies slipped past the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night.
With one out, Joe grounded his hit up the middle off David Bednar (1-1), scoring automatic runner Sam Hilliard from second base.
Joe ran his on-base streak to 21 games, and Jose Iglesias had two hits for the Rockies.
Daniel Bard (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings to complete Colorado’s five-hitter. The Rockies won for just the second time in their last 12 road games.
“It felt unbelievable,” Joe said. “It wasn’t pretty but a win’s a win and we’re really thankful for that. We’ll try to build off that and build some momentum for the rest of the road trip.”
The Pirates put runners on first and third with one out in the ninth, but Bard escaped the jam to keep it tied at 1. He got Cal Mitchell to hit into a fielder’s choice against a five-man infield, with Rodolfo Castro thrown out at home. Michael Perez grounded out to end the inning.
“Daniel is the type of guy who can pitch through traffic,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “He’s got outstanding stuff and he’s having a great year.”
Bard, who pitched multiple innings for the first time this season, combined with fellow relievers Jhoulys Chacin, Lucas Gilbreath and Alex Colome for 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
“We need a win and (the offense) fought so hard to get those runs that I wanted them to stand up,” Bard said.
The Rockies tied the game in the eighth on Ryan McMahon’s line-drive single to center field with two outs. The run was unearned after Castro, the rookie shortstop, booted Elias Diaz’s grounder for an error to start the inning.
Mitchell drove in the Pirates’ lone run in his major league debut with a fifth-inning single. Fellow rookie Roansy Contreras pitched five shutout innings in his first big league start of the season.
Both were called up from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day.
“Their kid has a great arm,” Black said. “We couldn’t solve him.”
Mitchell’s one-out single scored Diego Castillo, who had doubled. In the third, Mitchell made a leaping catch on Charlie Blackmon’s long drive to right field.
“It was amazing,” Mitchell said. “I couldn’t ask for anything more. After I got the hit, I was able to exhale and then it felt like any other game.”
Contreras gave up three hits in his second career start. He struck out five and walked two.
Contreras made three relief appearances with the Pirates earlier this season after debuting last September.
Rockies starter Kyle Freeland allowed one run and two hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.
After making his warmup pitches prior to the third, Freeland doubled over behind the mound. He stayed in the game after being visited by Black and an athletic trainer.
It turned out Freeland, who has been battling a cold, was coughing after feeling something in his lungs.
“I gave it everything I had,” Freeland said. “I just wanted to get us as deep into the ballgame as I could and then the bullpen did a great job after that.”
The Pirates lost for the fourth time in five games and have scored three runs or fewer in 10 of their past 12.
MITCHELL BOUNCES BACK
Mitchell’s prospect status seemed in doubt during the offseason when the Pirates did not protect him on their 40-man roster. Then he hit .307 with five home runs in 34 games for Indianapolis.
“I don’t know if you want to call it a chip on your shoulder,” Mitchell said of being left off the roster. “There’s a sense of, ‘OK, now watch what I can do,’ for sure.”
Left-handed reliever Cam Alldred was designated for assignment to open a 40-man spot for Mitchell.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: LF Kris Bryant (back soreness) missed his second straight game and Black said the slugger could be placed on the injured list again. Bryant, signed to a $182 million, seven-year contract in March, was on the IL from April 26 to May 20 with back problems.
Pirates: DH Daniel Vogelbach (left hamstring strain) was placed on the 10-day IL and RHP Heath Hembree (right calf strain) was put on the 15-day IL. … Double-A Altoona C Henry Davis (non-displaced left wrist fracture), the first pick in last year’s amateur draft, is expected to begin baseball activities by the end of the week after being out since May 13.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Ryan Feltner (0-1, 7.20 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to start Wednesday in the series finale. He made one start for Colorado earlier this season, giving up four runs over five innings in a loss at Philadelphia on April 27.
Pirates: RHP Zach Thompson (2-4, 4.88) has a 0.53 ERA in four May games, including three starts.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1017 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WEBB COUNTY...
At 1016 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Laredo, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR AREAS INCLUDING AND AROUND LAREDO.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
Locations impacted include...
Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Texas A&M, Laredo International
Airport, Unitec Industrial Park, Ranchos Penitas West, United South
High School, St Augustine High School South Laredo, Doctors Hospital
Of Laredo, Laredo Country Club, Laredo Community College, Orvil,
Botines and Ranchitos Las Lomas.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 18.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 812 and 824.
US Highway 83 between mile markers 718 and 734.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Edwards and
northern Real Counties through 1100 PM CDT...
At 1017 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles west of Kerr Wildlife Management Area
to 7 miles south of Rocksprings. Movement was east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Rocksprings, Prade Ranch and Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
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Gunman Kills 19 Children At Texas Elementary School
Faizan Hashmi Published May 25, 2022 | 08:50 AM
Uvalde, United States, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2022 ) :A teenage gunman killed at least 19 young children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, prompting a furious President Joe Biden to denounce the US gun lobby and vow to end the nation's cycle of mass shootings.
The attack in Uvalde -- a small community about an hour from the Mexican border -- was the deadliest US school shooting in years, and the latest in a spree of bloody gun violence across America.
"It's time to turn this pain into action for every parent, for every citizen of this country," Biden said, his voice heavy with emotion.
"It's time for those who obstruct or delay or block commonsense gun laws -- we need to let you know that we will not forget," he said.
"As a nation, we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God's name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?" Texas Governor Greg Abbott, addressing an earlier news conference, named the suspect as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old local resident and a US citizen.
"He shot and killed, horrifically and incomprehensibly," Abbott said.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials told CNN the gunman is believed to have shot his grandmother before heading to Robb Elementary School around noon where he abandoned his vehicle and entered with a handgun and a rifle, wearing body armor.
The gunman was killed by responding officers, the officials said, adding later two adults also died in the attack.
Footage showed small groups of children weaving through parked cars and yellow buses, some holding hands as they fled under police escort from the school, which teaches students aged around seven to 10 years old.
It was the deadliest such incident since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six staff were killed.
The White House ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in mourning for the victims -- whose deaths sent a wave of shock through a country still scarred by the horror of Sandy Hook.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Robb Elementary -- which teaches more than 500, mostly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students -- called on parents not to rush in to get their children.
"You will be notified to pick up students once all are accounted for," the school said on its website soon after the attack.
- 'Happens nowhere else' - Ted Cruz, a pro-gun rights Republican senator from Texas, tweeted that he and his wife were "lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in Uvalde." But Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook shooting took place, made an impassioned appeal for concrete action to prevent further violence.
"This isn't inevitable, these kids weren't unlucky. This only happens in this country and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day," Murphy said on the Senate floor in Washington.
"I'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues: Find a path forward here. Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely." The deadly assault in Texas follows a series of mass shootings in the United States this month.
On May 14, an 18-year-old man shot 10 people dead at a Buffalo, New York grocery store.
Wearing heavy body armor and wielding an AR-15 rifle, the self-declared white supremacist livestreamed his attack, having reportedly targeted the store because of the large surrounding African American population.
The following day, a man blocked the door of a church in Laguna Woods, California and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five.
Despite recurring mass-casualty shootings, multiple initiatives to reform gun regulations have failed in the US Congress, leaving states and local councils to strengthen -- or weaken -- their own restrictions.
The National Rifle Association has been instrumental in fighting against stricter US gun laws. Abbott and Cruz are listed as speakers at a forum that is being held by the powerful lobby in Houston, Texas later this week.
The United States suffered 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 percent compared to 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data.
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Peter Dutton will run unopposed for leadership of the Liberal Party.
Former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews confirmed that nobody else will take on Dutton for the role of opposition leader.
"Peter has widespread support across the party," Andrews told ABC News.
"He will be standing unopposed to take on the leadership and that means there's no-one else putting their hand up."
The Liberal Party has lost many senior members in the election, including the previous heir apparent to the leadership, Josh Frydenberg.
Dutton ran in a leadership spill in 2018 as a conservative challenger to then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
He lost on the second ballot after former prime minister Scott Morrison threw his hat into the ring.
Dutton was a policeman before entering Parliament in 2001 at the age of 30.
Since then he has represented the seat of Dickson in Brisbane's north.
Since last year he has served as Minister for Defence, after stints in the home affairs, immigration and health portfolios.
Sussan Ley is considered the frontrunner for the role of deputy leader.
Ley was also elected in 2001 for the seat of Farrer, which stretches along the southern border of New South Wales from Albury out to the South Australian border. | https://www.9news.com.au/national/peter-dutton-unopposed-opposition-leader-liberal-leadership-sussan-ley-australian-politics-news/de94c836-529d-4725-93a3-d70973d7eba7 | 2022-05-25T04:39:54Z | https://www.9news.com.au/national/peter-dutton-unopposed-opposition-leader-liberal-leadership-sussan-ley-australian-politics-news/de94c836-529d-4725-93a3-d70973d7eba7 | false | 1 |
Sri Lanka's prime minister says he will slash expenditure in new budget
Highlights:
- Ranil Wickremesinghe took office two weeks ago
- New finance minister to be appointed on Wednesday
- Government planning two-year relief package
- Inflation could top 40%, protests continue as hardship grows
Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday he will present an interim budget within six weeks, slashing infrastructure projects to re-route funds into a two-year relief programme for the crisis-hit island nation.
Wickremesinghe, who took office two weeks ago, warned that inflation would rise as the government gets down to tackling the crisis, and that there could be more protests on the streets.
He said he hoped any unrest would not get out of hand, adding that funds would be made available to help the most vulnerable of the country's 22 million people.
"Looking at the hard days ahead, there has to be protest. It's natural when people suffer, they must protest," Wickremesinghe said in an interview at the colonial-era prime minister's office in the commercial capital Colombo.
"But we want to ensure that it does not destabilise the political system.
"With the interim budget, it is just about cutting down expenditure, cutting to the bone where possible and transferring it to welfare."
The country located off India's southern tip is reeling from its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, as a shortage of foreign currency severely curtailed imports of essentials including fuel and medicine, triggering months of unprecedented protests.
Much of the public ire has been targeted at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family, whom protesters blame for mishandling the economy.
The roots of the current crisis also lie in the Covid-19 pandemic, which devastated the country's lucrative tourism industry and sapped foreign workers' remittances, and populist tax cuts enacted by the Rajapaksa administration that drained government income.
"We have no rupee revenue, and now we have to print another (one) trillion rupees," Wickremesinghe said, warning that annual inflation could rocket past 40% in coming months, putting further pressure on Sri Lankan households already grappling with high prices.
Inflation rose to a record 33.8% year-on-year in April, compared to 21.5% in March, according to government data released on Monday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the government announced long-flagged increases in petrol and diesel prices to help repair public finances.
Economists have said the increases are necessary but will exacerbate inflation. They have also raised concerns that printing money will add to inflationary pressures.
BLOATED SECTOR
To find money for supporting relief measures, Wickremesinghe said his administration was undertaking a review of possible expenditure cuts across the country's bloated government sector.
"For instance, ministry of health, we just can't cut down its expenditure. Ministry of education, it's a limited cut down, but there are many other ministries where we can cut," he said.
A concrete plan to put public finances back on track is likely to be a part of Sri Lanka's ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan package.
A new finance minister to lead the talks will be appointed by Wednesday, Wickremesinghe said, as a new cabinet of ministers takes shape after President Rajapaksa's elder brother, Mahinda, resigned as prime minister earlier this month.
The resignation came hours after clashes between government supporters and protesters in Colombo sparked a bout of nationwide violence that left nine people dead and about 300 injured.
On negotiations with the IMF, Wickremesinghe said he hoped for a "sustainable loan package" from the international lender, while undertaking structural reforms that would draw new investments into the country.
Worried about food shortages from August onwards, partly due to a disastrous decision last year to stop importing chemical fertilisers that slashed productivity, Sri Lanka is also banking on foreign aid from allies and multilateral agencies to shore up supplies of staples, Wickremesinghe said.
"We will have to look at some help from our friends abroad to ensure there's sufficient food," he said, "We will require more rice."
India, which has long jostled with China for influence over the strategically-located island, has been a bulwark of assistance for Sri Lanka in recent months, providing food, fuel, medicines and financial support.
Wickremesinghe said he will likely meet China's ambassador to Sri Lanka next week, seeking fertiliser and medicines from Beijing.
"We'd like to see what's available," he said, "We know we need fertiliser. I would focus on that." | https://www.tbsnews.net/world/global-economy/sri-lankas-prime-minister-says-he-will-slash-expenditure-new-budget-426322 | 2022-05-25T04:41:11Z | https://www.tbsnews.net/world/global-economy/sri-lankas-prime-minister-says-he-will-slash-expenditure-new-budget-426322 | false | 7 |
Zoho Corporation has invested Rs 20 crore in the Anand Mahindra-backed robotics startup Genrobotics, it said on May 25. Zoho is one of the country’s oldest software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. It will be funding the investment using its reserves.
Genrobotics, which also counts Unicorn India Venture, SEA Group and others among its backers, manufactures robotic scavengers. This investment will help Genrobotics scale its manufacturing capabilities, and thus reduce manual scavenging in India. “Robotic scavenging provides safety and dignity to workers in the sanitation and oil and gas industries,” Zoho said.
Founded in 2017 by Vimal Govind, Arun George, Rashid K and Nikhil NP, Genrobotics' primary offering is the Bandicoot robot, which it claims to be the world's first robotic scavenger. Bandicoot robot helps clean confined spaces such as sewer manholes, sewer wells, storm water manholes, oily water sewers (OWS) and storm water sewers (SWS) in refineries.
Bandicoot robots are designed to mimic human movements with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) as they use their legs, various sensors and cameras to enter manholes, move around and gain stability in different terrains. Its multipurpose robotic arm can perform actions such as shovelling, grabbing, picking and water-jet positioning necessary for various types of cleaning.
The robots are equipped with a sensor to detect poisonous gasses and specially-designed four-IP68 night vision cameras that provide visuals of the confined space through the user interface located safely above the manhole, enabling sanitation workers to do their jobs safely and efficiently.
Smart cities, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), refineries, multinational companies (MNCs), townships and housing colonies across 14 states are leveraging Bandicoot robots currently, and have eliminated the need for human entry into manholes.
“In order to end manual scavenging in India, more than one lakh robots will be required," said Govind, co-founder and CEO, Genrobotics.
“As we scale to fill the need gap, we estimate creation of nearly five-lakh jobs across thecountry. The Zoho investment will help us expand our advanced research and development (R&D) infrastructure, build large-scale production facilities, hire more talent, increase our exports to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) markets and expand our global footprints," Govind added.
Genrobotics recently also ventured into healthcare and launched a robot-assisted gait training solution called G Gaiter to aid the recovery of people with paraplegia through improved rehabilitation experiences. Genrobotics said its products are a part of the Make in India initiative and are entirely designed and manufactured in the country.
"Nurturing a thriving deep-tech ecosystem in India is one of Zoho's priorities, and the investment in Genrobotics is a continuation of that commitment," said Sridhar Vembu, CEO and co-founder of Zoho Corp.
"Building such technological competencies and critical know-how locally can helpfoster sustainable growth across key sectors, like industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and energy, in turn making the country economically stronger and self-reliant,” Vembu added.
To be sure, this is not the first investment that Zoho has made in deep-tech. Zoho had previously invested in deep-tech startups such as vTitan, SignalChip, VoxelGrid, Ultraviolette Automotive, among others. Last year, Zoho also announced investment in R&D for capital goods manufacturing across the Kongu belt in Tamil Nadu.
Vembu said the investment in Genrobotics has no immediate synergies with Zoho’s core operations, but added that it strengthens Zoho’s aim of creating a deep-tech ecosystem. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/zoho-invests-rs-20-crore-in-genrobotics-an-anand-mahindra-backed-robotics-company-8570581.html | 2022-05-25T04:50:10Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/zoho-invests-rs-20-crore-in-genrobotics-an-anand-mahindra-backed-robotics-company-8570581.html | false | 2 |
Shares of Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ – Get Rating) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the six analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $193.48.
A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Assurant from $197.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, March 28th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Assurant from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 7th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Assurant from $210.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Friday, March 25th.
In other Assurant news, EVP Robert Lonergan sold 2,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.19, for a total value of $403,018.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Francesca Luthi sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.81, for a total transaction of $727,240.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.39% of the company’s stock.
Shares of Assurant stock traded up $2.26 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $180.75. 578,082 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 485,418. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.56. Assurant has a 1-year low of $144.18 and a 1-year high of $194.12. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $183.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $167.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.40 and a quick ratio of 0.42.
Assurant (NYSE:AIZ – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 3rd. The financial services provider reported $3.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.86 by $0.89. Assurant had a return on equity of 11.23% and a net margin of 13.23%. The firm had revenue of $2.48 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.62 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.47 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Assurant will post 12.88 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 27th. Assurant’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 11.89%.
About Assurant (Get Rating)
Assurant, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect, and connect consumer purchases in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments: Global Lifestyle and Global Housing. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service products and related services for mobile devices, consumer electronics, and appliances; vehicle protection and related services; and credit protection and other insurance products.
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Ever dreamed of working at Aston Villa Football Club? Now could be your chance.
Several key coach positions (don't worry Steven Gerrard, your job is safe) have cropped up at the club.
With the season now finished, Aston Villa is looking to boost its backroom staff in a bid to drive the club forward. Three coach positions working for the women's team are currently live, as well as a sports therapist role.
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The Villans are on the hunt for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for football. Candidates must be 'strong team players', with 'proven experience'.
Below is a list of the jobs currently advertised at Villa Park.
Youth development coach (women's team)
The successful candidate will be expected to nurture, encourage and develop talent within Villa's women and girls youth structure.
Working at the club's Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, they will be responsible for planning and evaluating coaching sessions. Those sessions will be reviewed using match analysis to inform player development.
The job listing reads: "We are looking for a self-motivated, forward-thinking, and proactive individual to join our Women’s Academy as a foundation phase coach, working with the U13–U16s.
"You will also assist the technical director in identifying and recruiting players, in line with the model and succession planning for the regional talent club."
Those applying should be qualified to at least UEFA B Licence and FA Youth Award level.
Salary: £16.00 per hour
Closing date: June 15
To apply, click here.
Foundation coach (women's team)
Similar to the youth development coach, this role requires someone who is able to drive the youth squad forward. This time however, it will be working with U9-U11s.
The job description reads: "Our Aston Villa Women's Football Team and pathway has grown significantly over the last three seasons. To support this growth, we are now focusing our efforts to ensure we have the right people, in the right roles, to help us in delivering our ambitious plans.
"We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join our Women’s Super Academy as a foundation phase coach. They will be responsible for driving the development of the RTC programme, and working closely with other age groups to implement the club syllabus, in line with our philosophy and club culture."
The successful candidate will be qualified to at least UEFA C Licence and FA Youth Award level.
Salary: £13.50-£16.50 per hour dependent on qualifications
Closing date: June 15
To apply, click here.
Physical performance coach lead (women's team)
Those applying must be able to demonstrate knowledge of how to develop and deliver a leading physical performance programme at the club.
The job listing reads: "Working effectively with the whole multi-disciplinary team, the person will provide an integrated approach to performance enhancement, and ensure that the delivery of physical programme effectively meets its commitments to the players and coaches."
Salary: £25,000 per annum dependent on experience
Closing date: June 15
To apply, click here.
Sport therapist (women's team)
The successful candidate will deliver individual player development, screening and injury reduction strategies to manage injury risk and enhance individual and team performance.
They will also ensure that a multidisciplinary approach is taken to player management.
The job listing reads: "They will lead the design, implementation and effectiveness of athlete monitoring strategies and injury surveillance systems to objectively quantify player readiness to train and minimise injury risk.
"Delivery of rehab programmes and maintaining comprehensive player medical records will be an essential part of this role."
Those applying must hold a BSc (Hons) in sports therapy or physiotherapy, with a minimum 2:1 degree.
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 per annum dependent on experience
Closing date: June 15
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