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Canelo’s career will be hanging ‘in the balance’ if he loses Golovkin triogy fight admits promoter Eddie Hearn
EDDIE HEARN admits Canelo Alvarez's career could hang "in the balance" if he loses his trilogy fight with Gennady Golovkin.
The former pound-for-pound king will renew his five-year-long rival with Golovkin in an eagerly-anticipated rubber match on September 17.
Canelo enters the showdown on the back of a decision defeat to WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol.
And Hearn believes a second successive loss for the Mexican could do irreparable damage to his stock.
During an appearance on the DAZN Boxing Show, he said: “The mirage of Canelo being this unbeatable fighter.
"Two losses almost put your career in the balance."
Canelo knows his back is up against the ropes going into his third clash with Kazakh killer Golovkin, saying: "I risk everything to keep making history when I don't need to risk anything.
"I've already achieved so many things.
"I'm in a position where I don't have to risk anything, and I still do it. Nobody does that when they are in a position like the one I'm in."
Despite recently falling from top spot in the pound-for-pound rankings, undisputed super-middleweight king Canelo is adamant he's still the best fighter on the planet.
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He said: "The truth is that I don't know how they handle that kind of thing (the pound-for-pound rankings), but I still feel I'm the best.
"Tell me another fighter who is trying that in other categories, going down and up in weight."
Canelo and Golovkin, 31 and 40, respectively engaged in two epic battles in September 2017 and 2018.
Their first meeting was controversially scored a draw, although many believed Golovkin was robbed of a clear victory.
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CLEVELAND, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Single-family kitchen and bathroom remodeling continues to drive countertop market trends, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis:
- Countertop replacement remains one of the most popular home remodeling projects.
- Homeowners trade up from laminates and solid surface to more natural looking (and expensive) materials such as engineered stone, porcelain slab, and butcher block countertops as an effective way to quickly change the appearance of their homes to align with new trends.
The relative ease of countertop replacement – combined with wood shortages – provided a boost to the countertop market even during the COVID pandemic, as housing completions significantly accelerated in 2021, and the heightened levels of home improvement activity from 2020 have continued through 2022.
Kitchens & Bathrooms Accounted for 91% of Countertop Demand in 2021
Increasing demand for kitchen countertops will stem from design trends that call for new houses to have larger kitchens in order to increase eating space and facilitate the preparation and cooking of meals, which will lead to increased surface area for countertops, as well as tops for islands, cutting and preparation stations, and built-in dining spaces.
Demand for bathroom countertops will be supported by:
- style trends calling for more and larger bathrooms in the residential segment
- rising remodeling activity in the bathroom-intensive commercial market
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Now available from The Freedonia Group, Countertops presents historical data for 2011, 2016, and 2021 and forecasts for 2026 and 2031 in square feet and US dollars by surface material, market, and area of installation (i.e., room). Also provided are data on installation costs and pricing. Additionally, corporate analysis including market share is included.
The surface materials broken out are:
- engineered stone
- laminates
- natural stone
- solid surface and other cast polymers
- tile
- other small volume materials, including porcelain slab/sintered stone; stainless steel; wood/butcher block; concrete; recycled materials; and other materials such as bamboo, cork, and glass
Countertop products by area of installation include:
- kitchen countertops
- bathroom countertops
- other countertops, such as those used to top store display cabinets; home office, laundry room, mudroom, and hobby/craft room cabinets; wet bars; and garage work benches
The major market segments analyzed are:
- residential buildings, which are segmented into single-family housing, multifamily housing, and manufactured housing
- commercial buildings, which are segmented into office and retail buildings; lodging; institutional buildings; industrial buildings; other commercial buildings, including airport and bus terminals, civic centers, post offices, prisons, and recreational buildings
- vehicles (e.g., recreational vehicles (RVs), boats, personal aircraft, trains)
Markets are also broken out by new and remodeling applications.
About the Freedonia Group - The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, is the premier international industrial research company, providing our clients with product analyses, market forecasts, industry trends, and market share information. From one-person consulting firms to global conglomerates, our analysts provide companies with unbiased, reliable industry market research and analysis to help them make important business decisions. With over 100 studies published annually, we support over 90% of the industrial Fortune 500 companies. Find off-the-shelf studies at https://www.freedoniagroup.com/ or contact us for custom research: +1 440.842.2400.
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Canadian gymnast tells of sexual, emotional abuse by coach
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
A former member of the Canadian national gymnastics team wrote a public letter accusing the country’s 2016 Olympic coach of climbing into bed and pressing his body up against her, reaching his hand underneath her shirt and trying to talk her into exposing her breasts. The letter by Abby Pearson Spadafora revealed the latest in a long series of allegations of sexual, emotional and physical abuse by coaches Dave and Elizabeth Brubaker, who have been banned by Gymnastics Canada. A group of 11 gymnasts, including Spadafora, took part in the investigation by Gymnastics Canada. They are also among the some 480 athletes who have signed a petition asking the Canadian government to commission an independent third-party investigation into abuses at the club, as well. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/05/26/canadian-gymnast-tells-of-sexual-emotional-abuse-by-coach/ | 2022-05-26T15:31:33Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/05/26/canadian-gymnast-tells-of-sexual-emotional-abuse-by-coach/ | false | null |
DUBLIN, Ohio, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnova, the leading national specialty distributor of healthcare products in the emergency preparedness and acute care markets, is proud to announce the company has earned the 2022 Great Place to Work Certification™, by Great Place to Work®. This is the second year in a row that the company has received this certification.
Great Place to Work Certification™ is the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture, and it is based on what current employees say about their experience working at a company. Report results are based upon anonymous survey results given by employees to an outside entity, Great Place to Work®.
This year, nearly 80% of employees at Sarnova said it is a great place to work, compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.
"I am so proud Sarnova has been awarded this recognition two years in a row," said Jeff Prestel, CEO of Sarnova. "Seeing how satisfied our employees are with our company culture and values, and getting this feedback through an independent third-party, fully reaffirms we are providing the best opportunities for our people, while fulfilling our mission to be the best partner to those who save and improve patients' lives," he said.
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place to Work. "It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that Sarnova is one of the best companies to work for in the country."
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
About Sarnova
Sarnova is a leader in health and safety sales and distribution of healthcare products in the emergency medical services (EMS) and acute care markets. The company is comprised of five major business units: Bound Tree Medical, Cardio Partners, Digitech, Emergency Medical Products and Tri-anim Health Services. Sarnova is a company of Patricia Industries, a part of Investor AB, which makes significant investments in best-in-class companies with strong market positions, brands and corporate cultures. For more information, visit www.sarnova.com.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than one hundred million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
Learn more at www.greatplacetowork.com
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Gregor Semieniuk, UMass Amherst and Philip Holden, The Open University
(THE CONVERSATION) When an oil company invests in an expensive new drilling project today, it’s taking a gamble. Even if the new well is a success, future government policies designed to slow climate change could make the project unprofitable or force it to shut down years earlier than planned.
When that happens, the well and the oil become what’s known as stranded assets. That might sound like the oil company’s problem, but the company isn’t the only one taking that risk.
In a study published May 26, 2022, in the journal Nature Climate Change, wetraced the ownership of over 43,000 oil and gas assets to reveal who ultimately loses from misguided investments that become stranded.
It turns out, private individuals own over half the assets at risk, and ordinary people with pensions and savings that are invested in managed funds shoulder a surprisingly large part, which could exceed a quarter of all losses.
More climate regulations are coming
In 2015, almost every country worldwide signed the Paris climate agreement, committing to try to hold global warming to well under 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) compared to pre-industrial averages. Rising global temperatures were already contributing to deadly heat waves and worsening wildfires. Studies showed the hazards would increase as greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from fossil fuel use, continue to rise.
It’s clear that meeting the Paris goals will require a global energy transition away from fossil fuels. And many countries are developing climate policies designed to encourage that shift to cleaner energy.
But the oil industry is still launching new fossil fuel projects, which suggests that it doesn’t think it will be on the hook for future stranded assets. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called a recent wave of new oil and gas projects “moral and economic madness.”
How risk flows from oil field to small investor
When an asset becomes stranded, the owner’s anticipated payoff won’t materialize.
For example, say an oil company buys drilling rights, does the exploration work and builds an offshore oil platform. Then it discovers that demand for its product has declined so much because of climate change policies that it would cost more to extract the oil than the oil could be sold for.
The oil company is owned by shareholders. Some of those shareholders are individuals. Others are companies that are in turn owned by their own shareholders. The lost profits are ultimately felt by those remote owners.
In the study, we modeled how demand for fossil fuels could decline if governments make good on their recent emissions reduction pledges and what that would mean for stranded assets. We found that $1.4 trillion in oil and gas assets globally would be at risk of becoming stranded.
Stranded assets mean a wealth loss for the owners of the assets. We traced the losses from the oil and gas fields, through the extraction companies, on to those companies’ immediate shareholders and fundholders, and again their shareholders and fundholders if the immediate shareholders are companies, and all the way to people and governments that own stock in the companies in this chain of ownership.
It’s a complex network.
On their way to ultimate owners, much of the loss passes through financial firms, including pension funds. Globally, pension funds that invest their members’ savings directly into other companies own a sizable amount of those future stranded assets. In addition, many defined contribution pensions have investments through fund managers, such as BlackRock or Vanguard, that invest on their behalf.
We estimate that total global losses hitting the financial sector – including through cross-ownership of one financial firm by another – from stranded assets in oil and gas production could be as high as $681 billion. Of this, about $371 billion would be held by fund managers, $146 billion by other financial firms and $164 billion could even affect bondholders, often pension funds, whose collateral would be diminished.
U.S. owners have by far the largest exposure. Ultimately, we found that losses of up to $362 billion could be distributed through the financial system to U.S. investors.
Some of the assets and companies in an ownership chain are also overseas, which can make the exposure to risk for a fund owner even more difficult to track.
Someone will get stuck with those assets
Our estimates are based on a snapshot of recent global share ownership. At the moment, with oil and gas prices near record highs due to supply chain problems and the Russian war in Ukraine, oil and gas companies are paying splendid dividends. And in principle, every shareholder could sell off their holdings in the near future.
But that does not mean the risk disappears: Someone else buys that stock.
Ultimately, it’s like a game of musical chairs. When the music stops, someone will be left with the stranded asset. And since the most affluent investors have sophisticated investment teams, they may be best placed to get out in time, leaving less sophisticated investors and defined contribution pension plans to join the oil and gas field workers as losers, while the managers of the oil companies unfold their golden parachutes.
Alternatively, powerful investors could successfully lobby for compensation, as has happened repeatedly in the U.S. and Germany. One argument would be that they couldn’t have anticipated the stricter climate laws when they invested or they could point to governments asking companies to produce more in the short-term, as happened recently in the U.S. to substitute for Russian supplies.
However, divesting right away or hoping for compensation aren’t the only options. Investors – the owners of the company – can also pressure companies to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy generation or another choice with growth potential for the future.
Investors not only may have the financial risk, but also the related financial responsibility, and ethical choices may help preserve both the value of their investments and the climate.
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Liverpool are travelling to Paris to face Real Madrid in the Champions League final this Saturday.
After missing out on the Premier League title last week, finishing just one point behind Manchester City, the Reds are hoping to add a seventh European Cup to their collection.
We've created a special map to mark the occasion so fans can send their messages of support to Jurgen Klopp and his team.
No matter where you are from - from Liverpool to Bangkok, from Paris down to Turkey - we want you to share your messages of support and let us know where you will be watching from.
* SHARE YOUR MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR THE REDS HERE.
Around 20,000 Liverpool fans will be making their way to the Stade de France and be in full voice to get behind the boys in Red. If you're one of the lucky ones to be heading down - let us know where you will be and how you're feeling ahead of the match.
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Hegic (HEGIC) traded 8.8% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on May 26th. During the last seven days, Hegic has traded down 21.9% against the U.S. dollar. Hegic has a market capitalization of $4.53 million and $256,304.00 worth of Hegic was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Hegic coin can currently be bought for $0.0064 or 0.00000022 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $29,216.91 or 1.00028227 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003428 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003430 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 4.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.62 or 0.00002115 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00001713 BTC.
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According to CryptoCompare, “Hegic Platfroms allows the trading of non-custodial options for profits or hedging your positions.Fixed price and unlimited upside of the options contracts.No registration, KYC or email required. Use Cases: Trade WBTC & ETH call and put options. Write WBTC or ETH call and put options. Earn protocol's fees in staking rewards. “
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haig Partners LLC released its closely followed Q1 2022 Haig Report, that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values. Due to record-high earnings, dealership blue sky values have reached new heights. Buy-sell activity is off to a strong start in Q1 2022 with many private and public dealers looking to expand their networks. Retailers have not been hurt by recent economic headwinds such as higher interest rates, higher gas prices, higher inflation and declining GDP, demonstrating the strength of the auto retail business model.
Highlights from the Q1 2022 Haig Report include:
- The Chipdemic continues to create extraordinarily favorable conditions in auto retail
- The average publicly owned dealership made $7.1M in LTM Q1 2022, 10% higher than year-end 2021
- Public company spending on US auto acquisitions was $588M in Q1 2022, 35% higher than Q1 2021
- Public equity valuations are 100% higher than they were before the Pandemic
- Average blue sky values rose an estimated 117% from the end of 2019 and are at record-high levels
- Current general economic indicators are having little impact on the auto retail industry as pent-up demand drives record profits for dealerships
- The near to mid-term outlook for dealerships appear bright, but threats such as continued consolidation, EVs, and "The Agency Model" are emerging
"The first quarter of 2022 may bring auto dealers their highest profits ever. This is a uniquely good time to be an auto dealer," shared Alan Haig, President of Haig Partners. "It raises the question as to how much longer these conditions can last. Our math indicates that the level of pent-up demand is so high that it will take three or more years before consumers will be satisfied and we would return to a situation where supply and demand would be in balance again. During that time, dealers should enjoy profits that are elevated above the years before the Pandemic and Chipdemic. Even so, there are risks on the horizon for dealers that include continued consolidation by the public retailers and "The Agency Model" being pushed from the OEMs," he continued.
For more findings from the Q1 2022 Haig Report and the impact consolidation has on automotive retail, register for the upcoming NADA webinar, "The Future of Auto Retail and How Tomorrow is Impacting Today's Buy-Sell Activity," taking place on June 8th.
Download the full Q1 2022 Haig Report at www.haigparners.com/haig-report.
About The Haig Report
The Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, includes data and analysis on the performance of auto dealerships, discusses noteworthy events impacting the automotive retail industry, identifies trends in the M&A market for dealerships, provides guidance on estimated value ranges for different franchises, and shares an outlook for the automotive retail buy-sell market. The Haig Report is based on data gathered from reputable public sources and interviews with leading dealer groups and dealers, bankers, lawyers, and accountants who specialize in auto retail.
About Haig Partners
Haig Partners LLC helps dealers maximize the value of their businesses. They have unmatched experience with executives from leading retail dealer groups and financial institutions and have advised on the purchase or sale of more than 560 dealerships totaling $8.5 billion. The team at Haig Partners leverages expertise and relationships to lead clients through a confidential and customizable sales process, yielding the best price successfully. They author the Haig Report, the leading industry quarterly report that tracks trends in auto retail and their impact on dealership values, and are co-author of NADA's Guide, "Buying and Selling a Dealership." For more information, visit www.haigpartners.com.
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Dundalk Chamber of Commerce in association with UHY Farrelly Dawe White Limited will host a ‘Family Succession and Tax Planning’ webinar on Thursday 9th June from 10am to 11am via zoom.
This event aims to inform local businesses owners about the options available to them when considering the future of their business and planning for tax implications associated with passing their business on to the next generation.
Niall Donnelly, Head of Taxation at UHY FDW, will present on various topics including estate planning, tax law changes and available tax reliefs. In these extraordinary times following the Covid-19 pandemic, estate planning is at the forefront of many people’s minds. Business owners have begun the process of making or revising their wills to ensure plans are in place to pass on wealth to the next generation in a tax efficient manner.
Considering the implications of COVID on businesses, Niall Donnelly stated “Like many of our clients at UHY FDW it would be understandable if you were concerned about the impact that the Coronavirus pandemic had on your day to day life. Covid-19 created a truly unprecedented situation which affected us all. It has prompted us all to consider how we can best provide for those who are here or who will come in the future. In these extraordinary times, people have turned their thoughts to their requirements concerning estate planning and making or revising their wills and ensuring plans are made to pass on wealth to the next generation in as tax efficient a manner as possible.”
Estate planning is so much more than just creating a will, it is a well thought out and deliberate process. The overall objective is to eliminate uncertainties and financial hardship for you, your family and beneficiaries. It is never too early to begin estate planning and as Niall said we will always advise our clients to begin the process early and review their assets and affairs regularly, particularly in light of annual tax law changes. There are several lucrative tax reliefs available for both you and your beneficiaries and these should be maximised with forward planning.”
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After a mass shooting in their hometown and a second at a Texas elementary school, the school district in Buffalo, N.Y., is barring all unannounced visitors from its buildings, including students' parents.
"Any person who wishes to enter a school MUST call ahead and obtain prior approval to enter the building," Buffalo Public Schools announced on Wednesday. "This includes parents, caregivers, siblings, and vendors; NO EXCEPTIONS will be made."
All school doors will remain locked during the school day, the district announced, and there will be an increased security presence at schools, including Buffalo Police Department officers.
"There are camera monitors at the front entrance of each of our school sites. If reporting for a scheduled meeting, ALL visitors will need to announce their name and the name of their child to be buzzed into the school," the district said. "Upon entry, visitors may be subjected to a wanding and/ or a search process for additional safety measures."
WBFO's Emyle Watkins reports that the policies also will be in place for all graduation ceremonies and other events marking the end of the school year.
On Morning Edition, NPR's Cory Turner noted there has been a lot of movement in recent years toward "hardening" schools and increasing security, but that research suggests it's not the best approach. Instead, experts recommend anti-bullying measures, providing ways to anonymously report concerning behavior, and adopting a threat assessment model.
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Williams Jones Wealth Management LLC. bought a new position in shares of Alexco Resource Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:AXU – Get Rating) (TSE:AXR) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 87,750 shares of the mining company’s stock, valued at approximately $153,000.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AXU. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Alexco Resource by 16.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 6,918,141 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $12,038,000 after buying an additional 967,393 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of Alexco Resource by 9.9% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,124,691 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $5,437,000 after purchasing an additional 281,936 shares during the last quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. grew its position in shares of Alexco Resource by 654.5% in the fourth quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 125,511 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $219,000 after purchasing an additional 108,877 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management grew its position in shares of Alexco Resource by 200.0% in the fourth quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 120,000 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $209,000 after purchasing an additional 80,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in Alexco Resource in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $91,000. 26.45% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
AXU opened at $0.79 on Thursday. Alexco Resource Corp. has a 12 month low of $0.71 and a 12 month high of $3.34. The company has a market capitalization of $128.18 million, a P/E ratio of -11.25 and a beta of 1.06.
Several equities research analysts have commented on AXU shares. TheStreet lowered Alexco Resource from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 26th. Zacks Investment Research cut Alexco Resource from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 23rd.
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Alexco Resource Corp. engages in the mineral exploration, evaluation, development, and operational activities primarily in Yukon Territory, Canada. The company explores for silver, lead, zinc, and gold deposits. It owns interests in the majority of the historic Keno Hill Silver District project that comprises the Flame & Moth, Bermingham, Lucky Queen, Bellekeno, and Onek deposits, as well as 722 quartz mining leases, 873 quartz claims, 24 placer mining claims, 1 quartz mining license and 50% of 3 quartz mining leases, 2 crown grants, and 6 fee simple lots and 7 surface leases located in Yukon Territory.
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MIRAMAR, Fla., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., a national leader in health care education with 17 campuses in eight states, has launched associate degree programs in Cardiovascular Sonography (CVS) and Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) at its Miramar campus. The accelerated programs will provide pathways for students who want to pursue in-demand health care careers as quickly as possible.
The demand for professionals in diagnostic medicine is estimated to grow by 14% from 2020 to 2030, largely because of retirements and career changes, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics.i About 12,000 openings for medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists are projected each year.
"Our sonography programs will educate students to use ultrasound images to access and diagnose critical conditions involving major organs, including the heart," said Concorde-Miramar Campus President Dean Vines. "These programs will help address the current health care shortages we are seeing across the country, as students will have the skills to quickly enter the workforce upon graduation."
Enrollment for both programs are now open. Classes for the DMS Program will begin in July 2022 and for the CVS Program in September 2022. Teaching students fundamental medical concepts through a mixture of classroom learning and hands-on training in clinical settings, both programs are fast paced and offer 960 clinical hours. Students can complete the DMS Program in as little as 20 months and the CVS Program in 21 months.
The CVS program covers cardiac and vascular anatomy, physiology, techniques for performing ultrasound imaging of various body structures, and general education topics:ii
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Cardiovascular Registry Review
- Echocardiography
- Electrophysiology
- Vascular Sonography
The DMS program covers human anatomy and physiology, techniques for performing ultrasound imaging of various body structures, and general education topics:iii
- Abdominal Sonography
- Anatomy and Physiology
- General Vascular Sonography
- OB/GYN Sonography
- Physics and Instrumentation
- Registry Review
- Sonographic Cross-Sectional Anatomy
The sonography courses will integrate didactic and clinical instruction with increasing expectations at each level, preparing students to help doctors assess conditions and guide surgical teams. Concorde-Miramar has seasoned faculty who are dedicated to helping students gain the skills they need to be successful in their externships and obtain entry-level sonography positions.
The Concorde-Miramar campus, which offers a variety of health care programs in South Florida, is at 10933 Marks Way. For more information, visit the campus website or call 754-206-7959.
About Concorde Career Colleges, Inc.
Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., which operates 17 campuses in eight states under the brands Concorde Career College and Concorde Career Institute, prepares America's next generation of health care and dental professionals for rewarding careers. The Concorde hybrid/blended education model combines online coursework with in-person lab classes and clinical experiences. Concorde's 25 student-focused academic programs and personalized support prepares graduates for in-demand careers in nursing, dental, respiratory, diagnostic and other health care roles. Concorde's campuses are accredited by either the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or the Council on Occupational Education (COE). For more information, visit www.concorde.edu.
i U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected national growth in job openings for medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists and technicians between 2020-2030, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/diagnostic-medical-sonographers.htm
ii https://www.concorde.edu/diagnostic-programs/cardiovascular-sonography/miramar
iii https://www.concorde.edu/diagnostic-programs/diagnostic-medical-sonography/miramar
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World No Tobacco Day: Cancer to infertility; how consuming tobacco can take a toll on your health
- World No Tobacco Day: Highly addictive, tobacco can play havoc with your cardiovascular and respiratory health apart from putting one at risk of many types of cancer.
World No Tobacco Day 2022: Every year more than 8 million people die of tobacco consumption according to WHO yet tobacco consumption continues to rapidly increase among people of all age groups in the country. Highly addictive, it can play havoc with your cardiovascular and respiratory health apart from putting one at risk of many types of cancer. Even for non-smokers, the second hand smoke could have deadly health outcomes. World No Tobacco Day is observed across the globe every year on May 31 to spread awareness around the risks of tobacco consumption. (Also read: Esophageal Cancer: Types, symptoms, prevention and treatment)
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Dr. ChandraVeer Singh, a consultant otorhinolaryngologist, and head and neck onco surgeon, Wockhardt Hospitals Mira Road, talks about the ill effects of tobacco on one’s health and also the need of quitting tobacco in every form to lead a disease-free life.
"Tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff, contain poisonous substances (toxins), cancer-causing agents (carcinogens), and nicotine. More than 80 fatal chemicals are found in cigarettes and other forms of tobacco products. The country faces a dual burden of tobacco use in the form of smoking and smokeless tobacco. The most prevalent form of tobacco use in the country is smokeless tobacco and commonly used products are khaini, gutkha, betel quid with tobacco, and zarda," says Dr Singh.
He adds that oral cancer due to tobacco consumption has also become a challenge in India. Uncontrolled tobacco usage can also lead to other serious life-threatening health complications.
Here are all the shocking harmful effects of tobacco on your health:
Risk of oral cancer and other types of cancer
If you are consuming tobacco on a daily basis then you will get oral cancer in later life. Tobacco products can cause cancers of the cheek, gums, and inner surface of lips leading to higher mortality and morbidity rates in the country. Other types of cancer seen due to tobacco consumption are throat, larynx, esophagus, kidney, and pancreatic cancer. Various studies confirm that tobacco use causes insulin resistance, hypertension, acute respiratory disease, and osteoporosis.
Cognitive impairment
Cigarette smoking causes cognitive impairment, headache, anxiety, stress, irritation, frustration, and sleep problems.
Asthma and heart attack
Coughing, wheezing, common cold, tuberculosis (TB), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer are also on rise due to smoking. These health issues can lower one’s quality of life. Smoking also narrows the blood vessels of the heart causing a heart attack.
Inferility
Smoking can impact one’s fertility and make it difficult to conceive. Smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke can harm the reproductive system. It can even damage the DNA in sperm. Smokeless tobacco causes impairments of ovarian function, oocyte quality, and hormonal regulation. It will negatively impact the mother and the baby. Smoking during pregnancy raises the risk of complications, such as preterm labor and delivery, birth defects, sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancy.
"Quitting tobacco in all forms can do wonders to your health. Avoid passive smoking and opt for a smoking cessation program to improve your health. You will get that urge of smoking while at a bar or a restaurant. So, avoid triggers in every form. Create a smoke-free zone at home. Try to distract yourself from tobacco cravings by exercising. One tends to smoke while he or she is under stress. Try other relaxation techniques such as yoga and meditation," says Dr Singh. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/world-no-tobacco-day-cancer-to-infertility-how-consuming-tobacco-can-take-a-toll-on-your-health-101653575589423.html | 2022-05-26T15:41:01Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/world-no-tobacco-day-cancer-to-infertility-how-consuming-tobacco-can-take-a-toll-on-your-health-101653575589423.html | false | 2 |
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below at the property indicated: June 10, 2022 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 1101 Marshall Farms Rd, Ocoee 34761 (407) 516-7221 Jerome Burgess- Household Goods, Leonard Roundtree- Lawn mower, speakers, Andrea Hill- Household Goods, Kyle Berry- Mattress, Sylvava Stephens- Household Goods, Danielle Rosella- Furniture, Cherie Ellis- Household Goods, Johnnie Thomas- Shoes, Pressure washer. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above reference facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the property. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2610413135881/this-deland-dome-home-is-a-space-age-retreat-in-the-woods | 2022-05-26T15:41:21Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2610413135881/this-deland-dome-home-is-a-space-age-retreat-in-the-woods | true | null |
PITTSBURGH, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a device that would help prevent the airborne spread of viruses, such as Covid-19, and to make it more convenient for small businesses and gatherings to take place," said an inventor from Spanaway, Wash. "my invention will help to limit the spread of the present viral infection crisis and help to circulate air inside an otherwise-stagnant room."
This patent-pending portable device is designed to cleanse and purify the air. In doing so, it prevents the spread of infectious disease and illnesses. As a result, it helps to improve air circulation throughout the interior to avoid stuffy conditions. The invention is easily maintained, reliable, effective and is ideal for use by all businesses, restaurants, stores, churches, class rooms, hospitals and other facilities.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2373, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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A shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and three adults is the 27th such mass shootings at schools in the United States in just 5 months of 2022, reports NPR.
According to a study by Education Week, which has tracked such shootings since 2018, 119 such mass shootings at schools have been reported in the last three years. The Robb Elementary School shooting at Uvalde was the 27th such shooting incident of this year.
The organisation tracked shooting incidents where a firearm was discharged and where any civilians were hit with a bullet during the incident. Education Week also includes the incidents that occur near K-12 school property or on a school bus, and that happens when school is in session or during a school-sponsored event.
According to Education Week, 2021 had 34 such incidents at educational institutions, the highest since the organisation started its database. In 2020, there were ten shootings. Both 2019 and 2018 recorded 24 shootings.
The US records more than 200 mass shootings this year
According to the Gun Violence Archive, an independent data that collects data regarding mass shootings, 212 shootings have been reported so far this year. The organisation defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people were shot or killed, excluding the shooter.
The mass shooting this afternoon at #RobbElementarySchool in #Uvalde, Texas, marked at least the 212th in 2022, less than 5 months into the year, according to @gundeaths data.
— The Trace (@teamtrace) May 25, 2022
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As per the data, in 2021, the United States had recorded 693 mass shootings and 611 a year before. In 2019, the US reported 417 cases of mass shootings.
Texas school shootings:
In a horrific mass shooting in the United States, Texas, an 18-year-old gunman, identified as Salvador Ramos, killed 19 children and three adults, including a teacher, at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
The killings took place at noon at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a small community about an hour from the Mexican border. More than 500 students, mostly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged, study at the school from second through the fourth grade.
The killings came on the day when students were preparing to start summer break this week. The teacher killed has been named in US media as Eva Mireles, who has a daughter in college.
The gunman is identified as an 18-year-old man who had attended a nearby high school. The shooter reportedly abandoned his vehicle and entered the school with a handgun and may also have had a rifle. The teenager is suspected of shooting his own grandmother before going on a killing spree at the school.
The gunman was shot dead by the police officers, the officials said, adding two more adults have also been killed in the attack.
The CCTV footage showed that small groups of children were being rescued through parked cars and yellow buses, even some holding hands as police escorted them from the school.
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- Honored by MoneyAge at 2022 Asset Management Awards
- Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the UK/European institutional and retail asset management spaces
CHICAGO, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesirow, an independent, employee-owned financial services firm, announced today that, for the third year in a row, MoneyAge has named Mesirow Currency Management its Currency Manager of the Year.
The Awards honor outstanding achievements in the UK/European institutional and retail asset management spaces.
"We're excited that our team continues to receive independent external recognition for its innovative work and commitment to clients," said Joe Hoffman, CEO of Mesirow Currency Management. "Our expertise, custom strategies and relevant research are exceptional, and we will continue to focus on delivering best-in-class service and differentiated currency solutions to all of our clients around the globe."
About Mesirow
With more than $125B in currency assets,* Mesirow Currency Management has been delivering innovative, customized currency solutions to institutional clients globally since 1990.1 Being a private, employee-owned firm, Mesirow is free from many conflicts of interest associated with bank-affiliated organizations or publicly held firms and is fully aligned with the interests of its clients.
Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937. Headquartered in Chicago with offices around the world, we serve clients through a personal, custom approach to reaching financial goals and acting as a force for social good. With capabilities spanning Global Investment Management, Capital Markets & Investment Banking, and Advisory Services, we invest in what matters: our clients, our communities and our culture. To learn more, visit mesirow.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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MoneyAge provides IFAs and the financial services sector with timely news and in-depth analysis to help guide their advice and decisions. The brand comprises a mixture of financial advisers, investment platforms, and other wholesale investment providers and financial intermediaries from across every sector of the financial services industry.
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Rating)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by equities research analysts at Benchmark in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Stock Target Advisor reports. They currently have a $228.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Benchmark’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 40.78% from the company’s previous close.
Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Summit Insights lowered shares of NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 17th. Tigress Financial increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $400.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 29th. StockNews.com began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $310.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $255.00 to $190.00 in a report on Thursday. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-six have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $284.91.
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $161.95 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $215.65 and its 200-day moving average is $252.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 6.05 and a current ratio of 6.65. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $154.60 and a 52 week high of $346.47. The firm has a market cap of $471.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.32, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.59.
In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 292,340 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.12, for a total value of $69,319,660.80. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 100,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, March 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $274.06, for a total transaction of $27,406,000.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 409,056 shares of company stock worth $101,135,342 over the last three months. Insiders own 4.47% of the company’s stock.
A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Piscataqua Savings Bank boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 14.3% in the fourth quarter. Piscataqua Savings Bank now owns 320 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $94,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 15,776 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,639,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Warren Averett Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Warren Averett Asset Management LLC now owns 5,997 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,822,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC now owns 4,384 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,290,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bedel Financial Consulting Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Bedel Financial Consulting Inc. now owns 1,976 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $581,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.19% of the company’s stock.
About NVIDIA (Get Rating)
NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics, and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, and internationally. The company's Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building 3D designs and virtual worlds.
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MILWAUKEE, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating VMware (NYSE: VMW) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Broadcom.
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Ademi LLP alleges VMware's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet VMware holders will receive only either $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom common stock for each VMware share, subject to proration, resulting in approximately 50% of VMware's shares being exchanged for cash consideration and 50% being exchanged for Broadcom common stock. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for VMware by imposing a significant penalty if VMware accepts a superior bid. VMware insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of VMware's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for VMware.
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It’s already been established that breaking the fourth wall is a key ingredient to The Kardashians — so much so that the intro actually features a glass wall shattering. But in this episode, they take it to new heights by showing Kim and Kendall at a Hulu promo shoot filming that very intro of them breaking the fourth wall. At this point, we’re running out of walls to break, but if they need ideas, I’d love for them to bring cameras along to Hulu HQ when they negotiate their next contract.
While Kendall either reads (or pretends) to read “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover in her trailer, Kim tells Kris about her new deal to do a Balenciaga campaign, making the relationship that we’ve seen all season with the brand official. And since she’s now well on her way to becoming Kim Kardashian, Esquire, she’ll be handling her own contract for the first time. Her hairstylist Mario chimes in to ensure Kris still gets her ten percent, putting him in her good graces for life.
But that glamorous life can still leave you wanting more. Take Kylie and Kris, for example, driving around in black leather trench coats in her Mercedes Benz G-Wagon, pining for a simpler life in which they can go to iHOP, pump gas, and go grocery shopping. So much so that the pair treat themselves to a fun little afternoon cosplaying as normal people, starting with a trip to the supermarket. It’s absolutely thrilling to see the childlike glee on Kris Jenner’s face upon learning about the existence of frozen sweet potato tater tots.
After Kris tries to pump gas with the car running, they decide to continue their adventure with a trip through the car wash. “We have to bring the kids here,” Kris says about the car wash (which Kylie describes as a tourist attraction) as if children who were driven to school in a fire truck last week would be enamored with a Jiffy Lube.
That’s enough relatability for one episode, though. Next up on Kravis’s fertility journey is a Panchakarma cleanse, which Kourtney tells us will get all of the toxins out of her body and result in better eggs. Her ayurvedic expert Martha comes in to inspect Kourtney’s tongue and tell them that they’re not allowed to have sex (parades will be thrown in Martha’s honor someday). Now, while I, of course, want them to successfully conceive as soon as possible, I do wonder how many failed attempts it would take for them to bring Marianne Williamson in to consult. What is the chain of succession on unconventional spiritual fertility methods?
When Martha asks about her thyroid levels, Kourtney says that a doctor told her to drink Travis’s semen four times a week to help. Now, I’m not an endocrinologist … but by the sound of it, neither is this supposed “doctor,” who I suspect is just Travis Barker in a false mustache and stethoscope. Surely there has to be a better way to get Kourtney’s thyroid levels in check.
After a five-day pre-cleanse with no caffeine, alcohol, sex, working out, or sugar, the real cleanse begins: seven days of going to Martha’s spa for four hours a day for treatments. When she made Kourtney clap her hand to her foot, I was suspicious. And by the time she was steaming her vagina, I was convinced that this was simply an elaborate prank orchestrated by Martha for her own amusement.
Meanwhile, Kim tries to figure out what the next era of her fashion evolution will look like sans Kanye, so she takes a trip to her fashion archive — a warehouse containing over 30,000 pieces that she’s worn over the years. This collection should be touring the nation, or at the very least the purse that she hit Khloé with should be put in the Smithsonian. She also shows off an eerie photographic memory for clothes, getting quizzed on random events and being able to recall exactly what she wore down to the eye shadow.
While Kim shoots her Balenciaga campaign in her home, Kris tells her that Kendall shot a cover try for the March issue of Vogue but that they opted to nix her and instead offer the cover to Kim. It’s bittersweet since she feels for Kendall, but when production asks her what her reaction would have been like back in the day, a self-aware Kim says, “I probably would have murdered Kendall myself to get the cover.” Had this storyline played out during the hungry early days of Keeping Up, ratings would have surpassed the MASH finale; it would have been out of this world television.
Kris sits down to deliver the bad news to Kendall in her brand new office (filled with plenty of books for Kendall to pretend to read), but before she can break the news, Kendall says that her agent Chris already told her. All I know is that this Chris character is my archnemesis because he went out of his way to deprive me of seeing Kendall Jenner be told ON CAMERA that her American Vogue cover was rescinded and given to her sister. Instead, he gave her a fair warning off-cam, giving her time to take acting classes so she could convincingly pretend that she’s totally chill and cool with it.
Looking ahead to season two, and now that Kendall lost this Vogue storyline, Kris tries to convince her to have a baby — something Kendall is having none of. Nonetheless, Kris casually gives their OB/GYN, Dr. A, a ring to pick her brain, further proving that the Kardashians keep every fertility doctor within 50 miles of Calabasas in business.
Next door, Khloé’s house is finally finished, and she moves in in the dead of night for some reason. The whole family is in pajamas as they tour the brand new home, and the scene is seemingly shot by either a bare-bones skeleton crew or on an assistant’s iPhone. Apparently, Khloé was too excited to wait for a full production crew to come during daylight hours and just had to see the place the second she could. We see the pantry full of her classic clear cookie jars and her sprawling, luxurious rooms, but what stands out the most is the body pillow in True’s playroom with a life-size photo of Khloé printed on it.
After Kim’s Vogue shoot, perplexingly described to her as a “retro-future aesthetic,” and during which Anna Wintour FaceTimed in while apparently walking down the street, the family gets together for dinner at Kim’s house. Kourtney and Travis fill everyone in on their cleanse, scarring Kris Jenner by mentioning that their no-sex rule includes foot stuff.
Meanwhile, Kim gets word that Kanye has a new song coming out — so she’s bracing herself to be publicly trashed and dragged through the mud. For her part, though, she’s intent on taking the high road rather than stooping to his level, which is smart even though I’d love to hear her release a diss track. But she’s done protecting him and putting up with how he’s been treating her or “how he’s always treated you guys” — alluding that Kanye’s always been horrible to her family, something that we never previously saw play out.
While they’re on the subject of problematic exes, Kourtney tells Khloé that she spoke with Scott after he outright asked if he would no longer be invited to anything — and I wonder if that was as much of a concern before cameras went up. Anyway, it’s taken seven episodes, but Kourtney finally said that they should have a conversation to get out of this strange place, so it’ll probably only be a season and a half more until that conversation actually happens. For a family that talks so much about always amicably splitting and blending, you would think they’d be much better at it. | https://www.vulture.com/article/the-kardashians-season-one-episode-7-recap.html | 2022-05-26T15:47:10Z | https://www.vulture.com/article/the-kardashians-season-one-episode-7-recap.html | false | 1 |
Autoscope Technologies (NASDAQ:AATC – Get Rating) is one of 28 publicly-traded companies in the “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Autoscope Technologies to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Autoscope Technologies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Autoscope Technologies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.
As a group, “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 29.75%. Given Autoscope Technologies’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Autoscope Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Risk and Volatility
Autoscope Technologies has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoscope Technologies’ peers have a beta of 1.03, indicating that their average share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Autoscope Technologies and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Autoscope Technologies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Autoscope Technologies. Autoscope Technologies is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Dividends
Autoscope Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Autoscope Technologies pays out 228.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.9% and pay out 25.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
18.4% of Autoscope Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of shares of all “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Autoscope Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Autoscope Technologies Company Profile (Get Rating)
Autoscope Technologies Corporation develops and markets video and radar processing products for use in intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection applications in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. It operates in two segments, Intersection and Highway. The company provides Autoscope video systems that process video input from a traffic scene in real time and extracts the traffic data, including vehicle presence, bicycle presence/differentiation, counts, speed, length, time occupancy, turning movements, and flow rate; and RTMS radar systems that use radar to measure vehicle presence, volume, occupancy, speed, and classification information for roadway monitoring applications. It also offers IntellitraffiQ software that provides traffic measurement and data collection across large and small areas. The company markets and sells its products to end users comprising federal, state, city, and county departments of transportation, port, highway, tunnel, and other transportation authorities, as well as system integrators or other suppliers of systems and services who are operating under subcontracts in connection with road construction contracts. Autoscope Technologies Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (AMN) CEO Susan Salka on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AMN) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call August 5, 2021 5:00 PM ET
Company Participants
Randy Reece - Director of Investor Relations
Susan Salka - Chief Executive Officer
Brian Scott - Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Rakowski - Group President & Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Talent Solutions
Landry Seedig - Group President & Chief Operating Officer of Nursing & Allied Solutions
James Taylor - Group President & Chief Operating Officer for Physician & Leadership Solutions
Conference Call Participants
Mark Marcon - Baird
Tobey Sommer - Truist Securities
A.J. Rice - Credit Suisse
Kevin Fischbeck - Bank of America
Brian Tanquilut - Jefferies
Mitra Ramgopal - Sidoti
Operator
Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to AMN Healthcare Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised, that today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today Randy Reece, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Randy Reece
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to AMN Healthcare's Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. A replay of this webcast will be available at ir.amnhealthcare.com following the conclusion of this call. Details to the audio replay of the conference call are in our earnings release issued this afternoon.
Various remarks we make during this call about future expectations, projections, trends, plans, events or circumstances constitute forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the company's current beliefs based upon information currently available to it. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and cautionary statement including those identified in our most recently filed forms 10-K and 10-Q, our earnings release and subsequent filings with the SEC. The company does not intend to update guidance or any forward-looking statements provided today prior to its next earnings release. This call contains certain non-GAAP financial information. Information regarding and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in our earnings release and on our financial reports page at ir.amnhealthcare.com.
On the call today are Susan Salka, Chief Executive Officer; Brian Scott, Chief Financial Officer; Kelly Rakowski, Group President and COO of Strategic Talent Solutions; Landry Seedig, Group President and COO of Nursing and Allied Solutions; James Taylor, Group President and COO of Position and Leadership Solutions. Also joining for the first time is Chris Schwartz, AMN Controller who will serve as our interim Principal Financial Officer due to the impending departure of our friend and colleague Brian Scott from AMN.
I will now turn the call over to Susan.
Susan Salka
Thank you so much, Randy and welcome everyone to our earnings call. As always, it's a pleasure and honor to be with this team and with all of you today. The AMN team continues to make a greater impact in healthcare and this last quarter was another testament to our relentless commitment to patients nationwide. More than 330 million Americans depend on eight million professionals who provide health care in this country. AMN and our industry have always been an important part of the health care ecosystem. The pandemic has created short-term and permanent workforce shifts that increase our opportunity and the need to help change the paradigm of staffing for the future. Creating, supporting and empowering a quality and agile workforce requires a multifaceted approach, particularly in the face of persistent workforce challenges.
Healthcare organizations are increasing their hiring efforts, as regular patient care volume is getting back to normal. However, they continue to struggle with a high volume of quick and long-term vacancies. On top of this, the pandemic is resurging. Our colleagues at AMN have stepped up in a way true to our values to help our clients deliver great patient care. Demand for contingent labor increased throughout the second quarter and that trend has accelerated through today.
Most of our staffing businesses are experiencing record high levels of demand across all geographies and almost all specialties. Our team has addressed the growing client need by expanding our technology solution footprint and placing tens of thousands of health care professionals where needed most. We are simultaneously investing heavily in our people and infrastructure to ensure that we're able to empower the future of care with our growing and new solutions.
Our positive impact enabled us to exceed financial expectations in the second quarter. Consolidated revenue was $857 million, 41% higher than prior year with outperformance and growth year-over-year from all segments. Our largest segment Nurse and Allied Solutions reported revenue of $624 million, up 41% year-over-year. We hit another record high for average travelers on assignment including supplier partners through our MSP and VMS platforms, our program placed over 70000 Nurse and Allied clinicians during the quarter.
Travel Nurse Staffing grew above our expectations at 37% year-over-year. This increase was driven primarily by volume growth. After a brief decline in demand earlier in the year, orders began climbing again in April and now are at record levels. Total orders in nursing doubled in July compared with the second quarter level. Our Allied Staffing team hit another record with $113 million second quarter revenue, up 44% year-over-year. Our imaging respiratory and lab revenue led our Allied growth again rising 76% year-over-year. Also important was the continued comeback of therapy which had been slower in 2020.
New therapy orders in the second quarter were more than 50% higher than the first quarter level. Overall, Allied demand has seen consistent growth over the last three quarters. And today the demand is at record high levels. Across Nursing and Allied the labor market, is experiencing extreme supply constraints, high demand and intense competition for talent. Clients are citing problems not only with permanent hiring but also with retention. We're hearing about vacancy rates at very high levels all across the board all across the country.
Most of the demand is not related to COVID patients but rather leaves of absence, clinician fatigue, normal patient volumes rising and operating room backlog. Our clients are telling us that this is unlikely to change anytime soon. In anticipation of these trends continuing, we have increased investment in each phase of the recruiting placement and onboarding process.
We continue to hire additional recruiters and invest in our digital platform. These are leading to higher new applicants although not enough to satisfy the extraordinary demand. For the third quarter of 2021, we expect Nurse and Allied Solutions segment revenue to be approximately 45% higher year-over-year.
Physician and Leadership Solutions segment revenue for the second quarter was $139 million 28% higher year-over-year, which was better than our guidance of 20% growth. Locum Tenens revenue, was $78 million, up 26% over prior year. Overall Locum's demand has recovered nicely with many specialties exceeding the pre-pandemic levels.
Our highest demand specialties include anesthesiology, advanced practitioners, internal medicine, primary care and psychiatry. Interim leadership, revenue grew 30% year-over-year as the business delivered a third consecutive quarter of strong sequential volume growth. Core demand for interim leaders is growing and has recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Physician and executive search revenue, rose by 33% over the year-ago quarter and permanent placement demand continues to strengthen. For the third quarter, we expect Physician and Leadership solutions revenue to be 25% to 27% higher year-over-year. Second quarter revenue for the Technology and Workforce Solutions segment grew 70% year-over-year.
Language services excelled again, with revenue of $46 million 61% higher than the year-ago period. This is due to strong demand as healthcare utilization has returned to normal levels but also due to new and expanded clients and the appeal of our video platform that enables virtual on-demand service.
Second quarter revenues for our VMS business, was $31 million growing an incredible 76% year-over-year. The primary driver here is the continued high demand across all clinician needs and the several new customers added over the last year. In the third quarter, we expect revenue for the Technology and Workforce Solutions segment to be up 44% to 48% compared with the prior year.
Over the past decade, we invested significantly in the evolution of AMN to become the leading, largest and most diversified total talent solutions partner that we are today. Healthcare organizations continue to turn to AMN as a strategic partner, finding ways to increase the efficiency of the workforce and improve access to care.
As an outcome, we have seen strong growth in our outsourced and technology solutions including remote language services, telehealth, workforce and scheduling optimization and recruitment process outsourcing. In addition, our managed services programs continue to grow.
We are adding new clients and existing clients are engaging us for additional solutions. I am very proud of the AMN team and the recognition they are receiving for their outstanding efforts. For example, AMN recently earned HRO Today's highest ranking, for customer satisfaction in healthcare MSP.
We have nearly $5 billion gross spend under management through our MSP and VMS platform. By far the leader in healthcare. Also, Avantas currently has the highest overall class score, for nurse and staff scheduling. Our RPO solution was recently recognized as a Star Performer by Everest Group. These honors are just a few examples, of how the AMN team is making a difference for healthcare professionals and clients.
We work in a great industry with lots of amazing partners and people, which makes these accolades that much more meaningful. We are particularly proud of the positive impact we are having on health, equity and access. We are honored to have been awarded the eastern region of a FEMA vaccine administration program, for underserved communities.
We mobilized clinicians who administered nearly 100,000 vaccines many delivered by mobile units to limited access areas. Our telehealth and remote language services are enabled in care in alternative and rule setting. In their first quarter with AMN, Synzi delivered 60,000 telehealth visits.
Our Televate platform for schools, supports remote access to critical therapeutic services for students and supporting over 130,000 sessions throughout the pandemic. Over the last year, we have increased investments across our operations to be the best partner possible for our clients and our candidates. The most important investment we can make is always within our own teams. Of course, we've added many wonderful new colleagues to the AMN family over the last year.
We have also increased our investment in our team members, to ensure that we're supporting them and helping them to achieve their personal and professional goals. We've increased our benefits. We've increased our wellness and mental health support. We have increased our actions in line with our commitment to diversity, equality, equity, inclusion and other critical social issues.
We've seen tremendous participation in our employee resource groups and now have eight thriving ERGs to support our increasingly diverse team. We've increased our charitable activities and community impact, which is a very important part of the AMN culture and team member engagement. The benefit of all of this can be measured in our strong retention levels. But most importantly we see the strong engagement of our team show up every day in the caring, courageous and committed support that they give our clients our clinicians and to one another.
Now and then one of our great colleagues does decide to depart and pursue a new personal or professional goal outside of AMN. You're all aware I believe that Brian Scott made that decision recently. Brian has been an amazing friend and colleague to me and many of us over the past 17 years including the last 10 years plus as our CFO. Since that's more than twice the average tenure of a typical public company CFO, I think that says a lot about Brian's talents but also his commitment to his colleagues and to our purpose.
I've learned a great deal from you Brian over the years and I will forever be grateful as I know we all will be for all you've done to evolve AMN. One of the greatest legacies that Brian leaves for us is the strength of his team, the team that he's created and developed. All of the leaders across our finance, accounting, tax audit, customer service teams are exceptionally strong, which is why we did not feel the need to name an interim CFO when we are conducting a search for Brian's replacement.
We are super fortunate that Chris Schwartz is seamlessly stepping into the role as Interim Principal Financial Officer, which is of course a natural extension for him as Controller since he's already responsible for most of the elements of financial SEC reporting and the interface with our auditors amongst many other things. Chris has been a colleague with AMN since 2005 and has done a phenomenal job in a variety of financial leadership and investor relations roles. And he too has been instrumental in our evolution. He also happens to be a great role model for our culture and our values. So I thank you and all of our leaders Chris, for everything you do including through this transition. In a few minutes Kelly, Landry, James and Chris will join us for the Q&A session.
But for now, I will turn the call over to Brian who will give us more insights.
Brian Scott
Well, thank you Susan for those very kind words, definitely a bittersweet day. And before I jump into the numbers, I want to just take a moment to acknowledge all of my amazing colleagues. During my 17-plus years at AMN I have been inspired every day by your passion, your drive, your dedication to serving our customers, our communities and each other. You are truly the best of the best both professionally and personally. And while I'm so proud of what we've accomplished, I'm just as excited about the future of this organization and all that you will continue to do to advance our really important mission and strategy. I'd also like to personally thank Susan for her mentorship and friendship through all these years, and also the AMN and Board for their continued guidance and support.
So with that, we'll turn back to the results. Second quarter revenue of $857 million was 3% above the upper end of our guidance with outperformance across all three segments. Second quarter consolidated revenue grew 41% year-over-year. Sequentially revenue was down 3% due to an expected reduction in COVID-related projects and lower Travel Nurse bill rates.
As Susan mentioned earlier, we are very proud to partner with FEMA to vaccinate underserved communities. The ultimate financial impact from the project was minimal in the second quarter. And as of now we do not expect any revenue from this contract in the third quarter -- any material revenue.
Gross margin for the quarter was 32.7%, which was 20 basis points higher than prior year and up 10 basis points sequentially. The improvements in the margin were driven primarily by a revenue mix shift toward our higher margin segments. Consolidated SG&A expenses were $157 million or 18.3% of revenue compared with $137 million or 22.5% of revenue in the year-ago quarter and $161 million or 18.2% of revenue in the previous quarter. Year-over-year even with a significant investment in employee expenses and marketing costs to support our growth, we achieved strong operating leverage on the increased revenue.
On a sequential basis SG&A expenses declined due in part to lower stock-based compensation and a favorable professional liability reserve adjustment, more than offsetting growth in employee headcount and related expenses.
In the second quarter, Nurse and Allied revenue was $624 million 41% higher than the prior year and down 5% sequentially. For Travel Nurse, our largest business, revenue grew 37% over prior year with average travelers on assignment up 22%, the average bill rate up 14% and slightly higher average hours worked. As expected, the average bill rate declined sequentially from the first quarter peak levels that were fueled by COVID related needs.
However, the sequential decline of about 9% was less than anticipated as demand increased through the second quarter. We are expecting third wave [ph] bill rates to be down again sequentially in the high single digits, but remaining at elevated levels throughout the balance of the year.
Allied revenue was $113 million, up 44% from the prior year and up 4% sequentially. Allied volume was up nearly 40% over prior year with the average bill rate higher by 4%. Nurse and Allied gross margin of 26.6% was 40 basis points lower than prior year and down 30 basis points sequentially. The segment gross margin was lower year-over-year primarily from increases in clinician pay packages to fill more positions. Segment EBITDA margin of 14.4% was 60 basis points higher than prior year on improved operating leverage.
Physician and Leadership Solutions revenue in the second quarter was $139 million, which was 28% higher year-over-year and down 1% sequentially. Gross margins for the segment was 36.6%, 20 basis points higher than the prior year and down 40 basis points sequentially. The year-over-year improvement is due to a favorable mix shift toward the interim leadership and search businesses. The sequential reduction in gross margin was due primarily to a mix shift toward lower margin specialties and Locum Tenens along with a reduction in COVID related projects.
Segment EBITDA margin was 15.7%, up 160 basis points from last year and up 60 basis points sequentially. The year-over-year improvement was driven, primarily by operating leverage on the strong revenue growth.
Technology and Workforce Solutions segment revenue was $94 million in the second quarter, growing 70% year-over-year and 6% sequentially, with strong growth across all service lines in the segment.
Segment gross margin was 67.7%, down 100 basis points year-over-year and flat sequentially. The year-over-year change was due to a revenue mix shift within the segment. Segment EBITDA margin of 45.4% was up 590 basis points year-over-year and was 210 basis points lower sequentially.
Consolidated second quarter adjusted EBITDA of $134 million was 66% higher year-over-year, driven by revenue growth and improved operating leverage. Adjusted EBITDA margin of 15.6% was 240 basis points higher year-over-year, and lower by 30 basis points sequentially.
We reported net income of $67 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.39 in the second quarter, adjusted earnings per share was $1.64 compared with $0.83 in the year-ago quarter.
Days sales outstanding, improved to 50 days seven days lower than last quarter, as strong cash collections caught up with the large increases in revenue and accounts receivable that occurred in the first quarter.
Operating cash flow for the quarter was $171 million and $211 million year-to-date. Capital expenditures in the quarter were $11 million. As of June 30th we had cash and equivalents of $139 million, long-term debt of $850 million and a leverage ratio of 1.7 times to one time.
Now turning to third quarter guidance, we are projecting consolidated revenue to be in the range of $770 million to $790 million, 40% to 43% higher than the prior year. This includes approximately $20 million of revenue related to labor disruption activities.
Third quarter gross margin is projected to be 33.4% to 33.9%. Reported SG&A expenses are projected to be 19.8% to 20.2% of revenue. Operating margin is expected to be 10% to 10.5%, and adjusted EBITDA margin is expected to be 14.2% to 14.7%.
Other third quarter estimates include the following, depreciation expense of $10 million, non-cash amortization expense of $16 million, stock-based compensation expense of $3.5 million, interest expense of $10 million, integration and other expenses of $3 million and an adjusted tax rate of 28%.
And now, we'd like to open up the call for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions] And your first question comes from the line of Mark Marcon from Baird.
Mark Marcon
Hi. Congratulations everybody, and Brian, congratulations to you. It's been great working with you, over the years. I've got several questions related to Nurse and Allied. Obviously demand is extremely strong in both, Nurse and Allied. I'm wondering, you mentioned, where you're thinking about pricing being for the upcoming quarter.
I'm wondering, if you can expand a little bit on that with regards to Travel Nursing, just in terms of the pricing expectations for the coming quarter, but also as you're thinking about the year unfolding, because clearly there -- the shortages don't seem to be abating. And then, how are you thinking about that with regards to, Allied as well?
Landry Seedig
Hi, Mark. It's Landry. So maybe it might be helpful to just kind of talk about, the trend that we've seen even starting in January. So our bill rates actually peaked at the end of the first quarter. And then, since that point, they've been steadily decreasing. They really have not been declining quite as steep as what we'd originally thought.
From what we can tell though, especially where the demand is today, and we can see of course the rate for all of our new orders, we would expect that, it would probably take a turn again and we'd start to see increases in our average bill rates as we exit the third quarter.
So we're seeing increases across almost all the specialties in nursing, even the orders that aren't tied to specialties that are there to take care of COVID patients. It's really probably extremely high demand that's driving up the rates.
There is a lag because, there's a lot of instances where you might see, rates that are impacting orders, which then of course would impact future placements.
But it looks like we should start to see our average bill rates increase two to three months, from whenever you would see some of the peak demand, which we're experiencing right now. So still a little bit too early to tell, but that's how we're currently thinking about it.
Mark Marcon
Landry, how much are you thinking that those bill rates could actually go up on a year-over-year basis once that starts occurring?
Landry Seedig
Yeah. It's still really hard to tell Mark, just because we are still booking in -- even today we're still booking in a little bit into the third quarter. And we can see the orders. And -- but there's some other things there such as mix, that to make it a little bit difficult right now to fully predict it.
Originally we thought that, it likely decline even throughout the entire year. And just with where we're seeing the demand right now, we think that it will take a turn right at the end of the third quarter. And to potentially come up as we exit the year.
Mark Marcon
That's great. And then, can you just talk a little bit about, what you're seeing in terms of fill rates? And also just given the dynamics that are occurring at various units, what you're seeing in terms of follow-on assignments?
And lastly, related to that, I imagine, your fill rates are better than the vendor-neutral MSPs that are out there. To what extent are you actually seeing an increasing level of interest, in terms of using you as the MSP given your superior ability in terms of filling positions?
Landry Seedig
Yeah. Mark, I'll hit on a couple of those. And then, maybe I'll turn it over to Kelly to talk about, customers as it relates to utilizing our VMS vendor-neutral program versus our MSP product.
On the fill rate side, we did see fill rates across the industry at the beginning of this year that were lower than what it had historically been. And that's, of course, because of the really high demand that we saw at the peak of the pandemic.
And then it got to a point back to where it was respectable, it was at the levels that we had experienced before the pandemic and that would have been kind of the March, April time frame.
And then, right now what the entire industry is experiencing, just over the past couple of months on fill rates is, that they have declined a little bit. Which you would expect with the excessive demand that we have out there, right now, across the entire industry.
Within our own MSP programs, as well as our vendor-neutral programs, we do rely heavily on our supplier partners. So they've been able to help quite a bit with those fill rates to help support our clients. Of course, we're very appreciative of those partners.
As it relates to retention of our own health care professionals, of course, we've seen that kind of go up and down throughout the past year as well. If we kind of went back to, like, Q2, Q3 time frame of last year, we did see some declines in our retention rates, in skills such as like OR whenever electric procedures were paused and then it did return to some of the levels that we would experience historically.
Q2 of this year actually did go down again on our retention, but that was more of a skill mismatch. So you had some of these COVID vaccine projects that were in place or replacing pharmacy techs, for example, and for the most part those COVID vaccine projects have gone away.
And so there's no where to put those clinicians. Of course, we're only one month into the third quarter, but the retention rates of clinicians across both Nurse and Allied are back to where they were pre pandemic.
Susan Salka
Might be good opportunity for Kelly to chime in regarding our MSP programs. And you asked Mark about the preference of clients to have a staffing-led MSP versus VMS. Of course, we're really fortunate that we can offer both, which was extremely valuable during the last year.
And as you heard me mention, we added many new clients in our technology VMS platform and that certainly has helped make an impact there, help drive that revenue for that division, but we're finding more and more clients are wanting to have that staffing-led offering. So maybe, Kelly, you could chat a little bit about that.
Kelly Rakowski
Yes. A couple of comments on that. Thank you, Susan and Mark. We certainly see stronger performance from a fill perspective with our AMN-led program. So we have seen a strong -- part of our overperformance in Technology and Workforce Solutions this quarter was due to the strength of VMS. We've seen higher demand sustain as well.
We have a little less influence, despite really strong partnerships with our suppliers. Our ability to partner with our clients in our MSP program, strategize with them around utilization, around bill rates, around marketing strategies, certainly benefits those MSP programs. And they see that in higher fill rates, as well as other value that they receive from that.
We are seeing in the market, from a new program perspective, many clients who were without workforce solution partners throughout the pandemic, really turning now towards reassessing their strategies and engaging us in conversations and that's evidence -- and the new business we brought on the last quarter and a very strong pipeline going forward to the end of the year. So we're very bullish and continue to prioritize our current managed services programs, but looking to, with our expansion, take on more and be able to provide more support to the industry.
Mark Marcon
That sounds really promising. Congratulations.
Kelly Rakowski
Thank you.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Tobey Sommer from Truist Securities.
Tobey Sommer
Thank you. I was wondering if you could describe what you're hearing from clients and seeing. Do you think you have visibility into the full-time labor supply and the shortness to the extent to which there are short to medium-term issues, such as, hopefully, I'm describing it accurately, the burn out, the need to take vacations, do other things, a full-time staff that may remain in the labor force, versus structural things, like the retirements or early and/or catch-up from last year, where we may have seen delays, I imagine? Thanks.
Susan Salka
Yes. Very important question, Tobey. This is Susan. And as you can imagine, those conversations are happening pretty much daily earlier today. Landry and I were on a call with one of our largest clients about their outlook and it's very similar to what we hear from other large systems and large clients in that, they don't see this ending anytime soon.
They believe that there's been a shift in the workforce that will have impacts for many years to come, whether it be -- it's a combination of all of those things that you've just described. Its retirement, people choosing to do other things, their existing staff being burned out, fatigued, wanting to get to good staffing levels from a quality of care standpoint. But it becomes a little bit of a vicious circle, right, where if you're understaffed, people are getting burned out and they quit and it just makes the scenario that much more difficult.
And so, because of that, we're talking with them about, certainly, urgent immediate actions and collaborative things we can do to get them the staff they need immediately, but then also, what can we do midterm and longer term.
And some of the solutions that we have to offer are things like RPO. In fact, our RPO business had a phenomenal second quarter and has a great pipeline going forward, because so many clients are wanting assistance and new ways, new best practices to recruit their permanent staff.
We're talking with clients about new grad programs, where we can provide -- and we've done this before with some of our large clients, where we provide new grads in a preceptor program and those individuals can ultimately go permanent.
Our international business, O'Grady-Peyton. That team has done a phenomenal job of serving clients. Remember international nurses come over on green cards and are on assignment with us for generally two years before they go permanent and they are seen as a core staffing solution, as opposed to a temporary solution.
So when we're having these conversations with clients we're fortunate that we have the ability to discuss multiple solutions for them that address that kind of short-term, mid-term and long-term needs that they have. And I'll just add one more thing. There's also a need for flow pool management and how do they optimize the availability of nurses that they may have locally and use technology, which is why things like our b4health technology become very valuable.
Tobey Sommer
Right. Thank you. Have you heard any legislative or industry-wide measures to any, sort of, changes to improve supply that could impact the market over any sort of medium-term because doing something to encourage students is many years away from impacting supply?
Susan Salka
Right. There are -- I'll start with there's nothing material or significant. There certainly are things being discussed and there's advancement albeit slow on things like the Nursing License -- Licensure Compact which now has 38 states that are members of that compact.
The advanced practice compact is really just getting started with only North Dakota involved. The physical therapy compact has 21 memberships. All of those things help the mobility of clinicians crossing state lines and enabling to deliver care faster.
We have the TREAT Act that's been introduced at a national level would help a bit in times of national healthcare crisis, which we're in to be able to get clinicians moved around and utilizing their licensure across state lines as well. But none of that is going to materially change the supply of clinicians in the next year.
Tobey Sommer
Okay. Last question from me. Can you comment on your internal efforts to streamline recruiting and implement technology and onboard people in a as automated a fashion as possible credentialing, et cetera? And then maybe juxtapose that with what's going on in the market as you see it if there is a juxtaposition to be had? Because these -- a lot of times crises spur innovation, acceptance of frameworks and processes that maybe in normal times wouldn't be embraced.
Susan Salka
Absolutely. The last year has certainly advanced innovation both within AMN and across the industry. And I think adoption as well. In many cases maybe the tool or technology was there, but there was a hesitancy whether it be with candidates or clients to utilize it. So we've definitely seen faster adoption of digital capabilities.
One great example is our AMN Passport app which enables clinicians to search for jobs and look for their next great assignment certainly gives us the ability to personalize the experience for them and push out personalized opportunities that are going to be of the greatest interest to them. But it also enables them to get their credentials uploaded and accelerate the process of getting onboarded.
We've seen great adoption of the AMN Passport. And every week practically are rolling out new features and functionality. We're not the only ones doing these things within the industry, but we do believe that we are ahead of the majority of our industry we should be as the leader in the industry. But we're learning new things every day that we can do differently.
Landry, did I miss anything there you want to add?
Landry Seedig
No, that was right. I mean, we're -- you mentioned adoption. We're ahead of -- beating our expectations of the clinicians wanting that technology wanting to be able to do things and take more control over the process and within their career.
But you still have to have the talent. So we're making investments there in our talent not only our existing team members, but doing a lot to attract new talent to the organization. We've made investments recently actually this entire year in our account management team. We've also made investments in our recruitment team.
In the second quarter, we increased our number of producers as a percentage double-digits and it's even higher today. So we continue to make those investments. And then Tobey you probably remember the advanced acquisition -- or I'm sorry Advanced Medical acquisition that we did and all of those team members are now in our systems and within our processes. And their productivity per person is more than double what it was before the acquisition. So that team is just doing an excellent job.
Tobey Sommer
I appreciate that. If I can do a little follow up. You know we love quantification in this business. To the extent that the passport has improved or kind of improved the credentialing time, could you give us an example of what that might look like today versus under a more human intervention process?
Susan Salka
So why don't you let us work on that Tobey? Yes, we have those metrics internally, but why don't you let us come back to you with something that we think would be meaningful externally for you. We have of course tons of – yes.
Tobey Sommer
Report that. Thank you.
Susan Salka
We'll take that as an action item.
Landry Seedig
Thanks, Tobey.
Operator
The next question comes from the line of A.J. Rice with Credit Suisse.
A.J. Rice
Hi, everybody. A couple of questions. First of all, you mentioned the strength you saw this quarter in the interim leadership and permanent placement and also in the Allied side the rebound and therapy of demand. I guess, I'm trying to understand some of those areas and maybe there's some others that I'm not thinking of were -- didn't fare as well in the height of the pandemic and now seem to be coming back. Do you think they're back to normal, or do you think there's still further room for them to rebound as we see the coming months unfold?
James Taylor
Hi, A.J., this is James. I'll jump in and I'll start with the search business. So our search business was the hardest hit business through the pandemic and it ends the disclosure recovering coming back to pre-pandemic demand levels.
But I will say the good news is that we have had four quarters of sequential growth in our search business. And our search business continues to see strong pipeline significantly or specifically within sort of our mid-level management and with inside of academia.
I will say we have forecasted and we're seeing that from getting back to pre-pandemic is H1 of 2022 which is going to be faster than what our guidance was of H2 of 2022. So, the search business is coming back a little bit slower but we are seeing some pickup on demand there.
From a interim standpoint we feel very confident and very good about where the interim business is. Our interim business has had a second quarter finishing above 7% of its pre-COVID levels and three consecutive quarters of record orders volume contributing to really eight consecutive months of improving interim on assignment. Our demand has returned back to pre-pandemic levels and that's been driven by our core direct and also our MSP clients. So, we feel very good about where we are from a demand standpoint and the revenues to be able to travel from that.
Landry Seedig
Hey A.J., it's Landry. I'll hit on a couple of things as it relates to Allied. Well, that business has become very large for us. They are number one in their space. And that team has just done a fantastic job of executing up against the demand that they have. They actually did not see that same dip in demand like we saw in Travel Nursing in that April time frame. Their demand just has continued an upward trajectory.
And today they are at record levels and those record levels are just about across every single specialty that they support. So, I know we talked about probably five quarters ago therapy being down due to some reimbursement changes. That demand is back and the team is executing well against that. Imaging demand is at the highest level that I've seen it, same with laboratory. And then respiratory is up significantly from prior year, but probably more flat from the peak of the pandemic as you would expect.
A.J. Rice
Okay. I wonder on your bill rate comments. That was I think aggregate bill rates. Is there any way to parse out what you're seeing? Obviously, you got the COVID premium rates and the percentage of those assignments is probably coming down it sounds like. And then you've got just sort of your traditional assignments. Given the tightness of the supply, what is happening on pricing for those non-COVID assignments? And I don't know if you have a statistic you'd share as to how many of your assignments in the recent quarter were COVID-related versus the last few quarters is it materially changing?
Brian Scott
A.J. this is Brian. I'll start off and then Landry may add some color. I think to start with we don't really try to separate COVID versus non COVID. The reality is in this environment our clients need our help really across the board. And the rates as we mentioned were at the peak level in the first quarter. And of course, you can attribute some of that to the highest hospitalizations in COVID and the significant demand it drove and inside the high levels. As we came off of that peak level in March, we had anticipated that we would see rates come down. And that has happened but not as much as we expected because they're now all the dynamics that Susan talked to in our opening remarks.
It's somewhat COVID-related of course but this burnout we're seeing and the very high vacancy rates on staff in conjunction with an increased utilization of health care it's created this dynamic. Again, it's kind of a byproduct of the pandemic that's driven really record levels of demand across all geographies and all specialties. And so that's what's driving rates up overall. It's not really COVID-specific at this point. It's just a lot of competition for scarce talent.
So again it comes down because there was kind of the -- at one point in time where the work rates were very high. You're seeing now, maybe not the highest levels of bill rates that we had in the first quarter. But now we have more orders at a higher bill rate in totality. And so as we're booking into those it's keeping the overall rates at very elevated levels.
So, we mentioned being down a little under 10% sequentially in Q2. And down again in the third quarter. But those rates are still significantly above where they were in the early part of 2020. And at this point with demand where it is, it's just harder to see that coming down. In fact, if anything as Landry mentioned they might even come up a little bit in the fourth quarter just because there's just so much need across the country.
A.J. Rice
Okay. That's great. I want to add my best wishes to you Brian as well. Maybe just a last question. Lead generation and new applicants trying travel assignments and so forth for the first time. We talked a little bit about what you're seeing when people come off on assignment. But are you -- how is the applicant pool? Is that expanding? Are people more open to considering taking on an assignment like this?
Landry Seedig
A.J. it's Landry. Yes, although our supply metrics look really good. Of course, we're tracking a lot -- we track it a lot of different ways. In particular though our new applicant numbers are really strong. Last year was our highest year on record. And this year we are pacing ahead of prior year. So, I think that's a really good stat and a good thing to see that nice supply that's coming into the business.
And then conversion rates look good also. I think a lot of that has probably contributed to some of the improvements that we've made in the process and AMN Passport that we've mentioned too that allows people an easier experience still to make it through all the way to on assignment.
A.J. Rice
Okay. Great. Thanks so much.
Brian Scott
Thanks A.J.
Operator
Our next question comes from the line of Kevin Fischbeck from Bank of America.
Kevin Fischbeck
Hey thanks. Great. Just wanted to dig into the guidance I guess like -- in doing it right it looks like your revenue guidance is sequentially to be down. And it looks like -- obviously the biggest part of that is the Nurse and Allied. But the Physician and the workforces also look like they're going to be down sequentially which was a little bit less clear to me why that would be the case. If you could just go into what would be driving that outlook for each business?
Brian Scott
Sure. I'll provide some color to kick off on that. So I think on the Nurse and Allied bill rates should be the number one reason we talked about that as they come down again even though they're elevated levels they're off that peak of -- that really was at the March point. And so even as they kind of hit their lowest point in July and are slightly up in August, September. But even as you kind of average out the quarter, it's down sequentially. Nurse volume is down just slightly as well at this point. And that's -- it's really driven by some of the vaccine projects that we had in the second quarter.
So we did pick up some revenue from those projects that you can imagine for the most part ended at this point. And so you're kind of stripping some of that out, you'd actually see volume up just slightly on a sequential basis third quarter, but that's -- the reality is you'll still be down because of that change.
On the Allied side, you've got a little bit of a decline mainly from the schools business. As you get into the summer months, you have obviously lower number of therapists on assignment during the summer, but outside of that the core business outside of schools is still growing as well.
Physician and leadership, it's relatively similar on a sequential basis. The math you do might be slightly down depending on where you put in that range. Some of the interim revenue was again projects-related, so down slightly there. Even though again the underlying business performance trends are really positive as we look to the back half of the year.
And then on the Technology and Workforce solutions, the same driver for Nursing with rates does have an impact on VMS. So again, you've got good trends there, but with the rate -- average rate down kind of across the industry that has a direct impact on the top line revenue.
So those were the biggest ones. I would say in Technology and Workforce Solutions, we also had a contact tracing project we mentioned last year and that also ended in the second quarter. So, we've got a tougher comp sequentially as you go into the third quarter.
Kevin Fischbeck
Okay. Great. That's helpful. And then I guess just maybe going back to some of the earlier questions about supply and whether there's any kind of risk to that coming back. I guess when you talk to the providers some of them seeing very acute staffing issues, but everyone's talking about labor pressure to some degree. But the companies who seem to be more comfortable with the labor outlook seemed to point to, hey, in September unemployment benefits go away kids go back-to-school, and so nurses they'll have to stay home to take care of them. COVID coming down, so fewer quarantine days. And it seems like they think that these are relatively meaningful tailwinds from a supply perspective. It sounds like that's not what you're hearing on average. Why aren't those potentially risks to the back half?
Susan Salka
Yes. We aren't hearing that from our clients at all, in fact, like you said, quite the opposite. We're hearing they expect it to continue to be very challenging certainly for the remainder of the year and even really going into next year and beyond that there's been some sort of structural shift. The unemployment benefits aren't as likely to affect our supply and placement of clinicians.
I mean, there could be some element of the schools of nurses that maybe have stayed home. But I think all nurses are being highly incented to be at work today. So if they want to be at work there's a reason for them to be there and they've got the financial incentive to do so. So we're just not hearing that from our clients that they expect there to be some sort of relief around the corner.
Kevin Fischbeck
Okay. And then last question, I guess, you talked about utilization, I should say, bill rates starting to kind of flatten and then maybe start to pick up. How should we think about gross margins during this kind of period? Oftentimes your bill rates and pay rates have lags versus each other. Is there anything that we should be keeping in mind as we think about that trajectory over the next several quarters?
Brian Scott
The only thing I'd mention for the Q3 guidance -- you saw that the guidance, we gave was around 100 basis points up sequentially. And part of that is because of the strike-related revenue that we mentioned. Just the way that dynamics work in that there's some upfront revenue we get in preparation for an event and that has a favorable margin influence on it.
So outside of that, I'd say, there's a pretty stable margin trends as we go into the third and fourth quarter. And the team has done a really effective job even, as they're navigating a very challenging time with shifting rates and pay packages, giving really nice stability across the board. So I think the bigger influence is really going to be driven more by a mix shift between the businesses and -- but at a business unit level, we should expect to see stability.
Kevin Fischbeck
All right. Great. Thanks.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Brian Tanquilut with Jefferies.
Brian Tanquilut
Hey, good afternoon guys. Brian congrats on the move and good luck as well. I guess, my first question, just looking at the strength in the Technology and Workforce Solutions business. How should I think about the different drivers of that? I mean, is it cross-selling? Is it new business? Is it selling into existing relationships? And then, I guess, the follow-up to that would just be your thoughts on the margin opportunity for that business given the continued strength that we're seeing from that.
Susan Salka
So I'll start and Kelly may want to add in here. Some of the drivers have been a bit different for the various businesses that are included in there. So for language services, it's been increased volumes from existing clients as they continued to expand their utilization, seeing the benefit from using the service and they expanded into more areas of their facility or other facilities. They had some really nice new client wins over the last year, and so getting those launched and starting to see some volumes from those.
Although, I have to say it was a little bit of a delay in some of those launches just because of the pandemic. So, more of that benefit will really come into the future. We are cross-selling into our existing MSPs, but the majority of what you saw in their growth did not come from that, because we've been pretty preoccupied with other things in dealing with the overall growth. So we probably haven't made quite as much progress as we would have normally expected in getting them cross-sold.
Brian mentioned VMS, a lot of the drivers there are the additional clients that we added over the last year. A lot of really great wins as clients were seeking solutions vendor-neutral or really any solution that would help them to better access their talent.
And then, of course, the bill rate increase did improve or did help them a bit although volumes are also very, very strong across VMS. RPO, I mentioned has had some really great success.
The margins in that segment did get impacted a bit by the growth of those various businesses, right? Some of the stronger or higher margins such as in VMS has certainly been additive to the gross margin. As we might see bill rates come down across the Travel Nurse and Allied industry that will affect the growth of the VMS business. It will still be super positive, but it won't maybe be as big of a mix as other parts of the segment grow. So Kelly, what else you want to add?
Kelly Rakowski
Yes. The only thing I would add -- great job Susan. Brian is that another thing to think about that will fuel growth is a lot of the more complex solutions we've delivered this year for things like mass vaccination sites. We've really used multiple technology solutions and integrated those to deliver a full comprehensive solution. So, bringing together the Smart Square scheduling, utilizing our VMS integrating that with our language services platform. And we continue to see clients looking for that.
Synzi, the Synzi platform is a telehealth platform as we start to talk of clients' very receptive market to how we bring full solutions that bring both the staffing and labor component on a platform that can be delivered virtually. So, that will fuel growth that, I think goes beyond just cross-selling but really integrated solutions.
Susan Salka
I have to give a call out to the Synzi team that just joined us, because they've been such a wonderful addition. And we had a fabulous win of a new MSP in the home health space, and they were a very instrumental part of helping us win that client and improve our commitment and capabilities within the non-acute category. So, thanks to our Synzi colleagues.
Brian Tanquilut
That's awesome. I guess my second question, just on the capital deployment side. I mean free cash flow was really strong $160 million this quarter. I mean if you're generating this much cash, how are you thinking about redeploying that? And where should we be thinking you'd allocate that?
Susan Salka
Well first, we're of course, investing internally. We talked about that and I think you're seeing the benefit of those investments, whether it be in digital or in our own infrastructure and certainly in our people. So never want to lose sight of that.
When we think about additional opportunities to add in other capabilities strategic services, and we just mentioned Synzi was a great example of how we continue to add in technology capabilities. And in that case, helps us to really address a growing part of the market that we want to make sure that we've got a presence in, in the sub-acute and the home health space.
So we'll always be looking at what does the client want and need how do we build stronger relationships, so those technology workforce solutions are absolutely a priority for us. It could be in addition to something that we're already doing in that space, something that helps us to consolidate within a fragmented part of the market or could be something new, a net new capability like Synzi brought to us.
Also consolidation opportunities, I'd say particularly in our Nurse and Allied space, Locum has great growth as does interim leadership. But, when we look at these longer-term trends of shortages in really all the clinical disciplines, it probably raises our interest more than it was two years ago, in terms of consolidation opportunities that might be out there in our staffing services. That's always been on the table, but I'm just kind of recognizing that since we've seen this shift in the shortage and very high demand, we want to make sure that we are as capable as possible to deliver to our clients.
Brian Tanquilut
Thank you, guys.
Brian Scott
Thanks, Brian.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Tim Mulrooney from William Blair.
Unidentified Analyst
Hey, guys. This is Sam on for Tim. Hope you're all doing well, got a few questions here. I think you previously thought bill rates would settle maybe 10% to 15% higher relative to the pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year. But it sounded like that's not the case anymore. Can you update us on the timing when you now expect this to occur? And if you think they might settle higher or lower than that 10% to 15% during a more normalized environment?
Brian Scott
Yes. Difficult to say, but honestly at this point, the magnitude of the demand that we're seeing is definitely more than we've anticipated. We knew on those heels of the pandemic as things improve, there would be more vacancies and that has definitely played out but even in a more severe way than we anticipated. And that's led to these higher and more elevated rates. So we do expect them to come down.
But at this point, if you take the kind of metrics we've given it would still point to a rate in the fourth quarter 20%-plus above where it was pre pandemic. And quite honestly, I don't -- we're not really in a position at this point to say when that would go down further. If demand stays where it is, it's hard to imagine the scenario would change materially. And so that's really something we'll have to see how that plays down into 2022.
Unidentified Analyst
No. It's super fair, and still good color there. Maybe switching gears to more of the Delta variant here. But it seems with COVID case is on the rise, you've had some contingency conversations with clients should this pandemic continue worsening. I guess there's really two questions I wanted to ask around that. First, how are you thinking about Delta as it relates to ER nurse demand? And maybe second, do you think this might negatively affect demand for OR nurses, or are hospital utilization rates continuing to move higher even despite the recent rise in cases?
Susan Salka
One of the things that happened over the last year, and I think through all the lessons learned in the pandemic is health care organizations figured out, how they could continue to deliver normal patient care and keep their procedures moving and even things such as isolating COVID patients outside of the normal facility patient flow. And what we're hearing from them is they are committed to keeping the doors open and keeping the patients coming in to be seen.
And if anything, because of the pent-up demand, there's a greater urgency to make sure that they have their ORs open. So it's absolutely still a huge – right now, the gating factor is staff. If they're having to close down an OR it's because they don't have nurses or scrub techs to come in and assist. So we think that, it's not likely going to affect the normal sort of patients demand, or the demand that kind of drives more utilization of clinicians, if that's what you're asking?
Unidentified Analyst
Yeah. Yeah. No, that's good to hear. I appreciate that. I think, I'll leave it at that then. But Brian, I know I speak for Tim as well, best of luck in your next endeavor here.
Brian Scott
Appreciate it.
Operator
And your next question comes from – and your last question comes from the line of Mitra Ramgopal from Sidoti.
Mitra Ramgopal
Yes. Hi. Good afternoon. Thanks for taking the questions. I just had a quick one. Based on the need to acquire talent and address staffing needs, I was just wondering, if you had an update on as it relates to the Randstad partnership, and how has all worked out for you? And if you might need to make – or enter into even more partnerships like that?
Kelly Rakowski
Hi, Mitra, it's Kelly. Yeah, the Randstad partnership is going very well. We continue to collaborate together with existing clients bringing together their full complement of contingent needs and integrating our program, so we can support them in a comprehensive way. We of course continue to increase our investment with many suppliers in our MSP programs. And so at the moment, we don't see any kind of real gaps in certain labor pools.
But with Randstad, we're also looking at other ways that we can influence and provide capabilities to our clients that go beyond even just staffing looking at some of our data and insights and analytics and other capabilities that we both bring to the table different best practices that we can bring to our health care clients that they might have in other industries or globally. So we're going to continue to invest and focus on that jointly.
Mitra Ramgopal
Okay. No that's great. And Brian, best wishes and good luck in your new endeavor.
Brian Scott
Thanks, Mitra.
Operator
And there are no further questions at this time.
Susan Salka
Great. Well, thank you everyone for joining us today. As always, we are proud and honored to serve our country, but also to collaborate alongside our clients and our clinicians with this really amazingly passionate and talented team that, we're all a part of. We see them lean in and bring their heart and their soul and their talent every single day. So we just want to say thank you to all of our incredible colleagues across the country.
Operator
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Edina, Minn., May 16, 2022 – Parks & Recreation Director Perry Vetter will continue the City of Edina’s “Town Talks” with a discussion about plans for Fred Richards Park. The event will be held online 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 23. Hosted by Assistant...
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — At least five civilians were killed Thursday in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden when a man dropped a hand grenade in a crowded fish market, security officials said.
The explosion also wounded at least 20 shoppers at the market in Aden's district of Sheikh Othman, said the officials. The man's motives for the attack were unknown and an investigation was underway, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity under regulations.
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If you haven’t noticed, your mail carrier certainly has: Election season has arrived in California and with it, the regular flood of political ads from unions, corporations and other special interest groups hoping to influence your vote.
Though contributions made directly to political candidates are capped by state law, no such limits apply to “independent expenditure” committees — so long as those outside influences are, in fact, independent and don’t coordinate with the campaigns they’re trying to help.
With early voting already underway and just two weeks to go before the June 7 primary, millions of dollars of help is now inundating California, showing up in races up and down the ballot. Perhaps you’ve driven past a curious bobble-headed billboard, had your mailbox stuffed with mailers sponsored by innocuous-sounding neighborhood groups or been puzzled by campaign ads that seem to be promoting the wrong candidate.
That’s all the handwork of what California election watchers refer to simply as “I.E.”
Though independent political spending is still dwarfed in California by old-fashioned direct contributions to candidates, it can play an outsized role in competitive elections, said Ann Ravel, who has served as the top campaign finance watchdog for both the state of California and the federal government. As an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for state Senate in one of 2020’s most fiercely competitive legislative races, she knows from first-hand experience.
“When you see it in person, it’s a lot different than when you see it as a regulator,” said Ravel, whose South Bay race against fellow Democrat Dave Cortese became a $6.2 million proxy battle between organized labor groups, housing interests and tech companies including Uber and Lyft. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh God, now I have to go to all these meetings with all these people and suck up to them?’”
Unlike relatively small individual contributions, six-figure spending by a single interest group in a close race can be difficult for a candidate to ignore, she said. “You have to be able to compete…I think that’s the problem.”
Another common feature of independent expenditure committees, said Claremont McKenna College political science professor Jack Pitney, is that they most often play the role of bad cop, attacking candidates they want to knock off.
“It provides a certain degree of cover to the candidate who benefits,” he said. “They can’t be accused of going negative.”
Even for seasoned politicos and election reporters, the rivers of cash can be complicated to track — and sometimes even convoluted to make sense of. For the fascinated, outraged or perplexed voter, consider this your user’s guide.
Shades of blue
Accounting and financial oversight doesn’t always inflame political passions, but the race to become California’s next controller is shaping up to be among the most competitive statewide races. With five well-financed candidates — four of them Democrats — and no clear front-runner, it’s a remarkably open race. Just in terms of money raised by the campaigns, themselves, it’s the highest-dollar statewide race.
The conventional wisdom is that Lanhee Chen, the lone Republican, will snag one of the two spots for the November ballot. That leaves the four Democrats fighting for the second spot.
Enter JobsPAC, an IE committee sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce.
“The race for a spot in the general election is a jump ball between the four major Democratic candidates — each start with limited name ID and no statewide bully pulpit for communications,” reads a strategic memo produced by the committee earlier this month. | http://www.capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/money-wars-special-interests-spend-big-in-california-primary/ | 2022-05-26T15:54:57Z | http://www.capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/money-wars-special-interests-spend-big-in-california-primary/ | false | 1 |
This story includes spoilers for Netflix series Savage Beauty.
In the wake of the overwhelming success of popular series Blood & Water, Netflix’s catalog of original African television and film content has expanded significantly, with the streamer pumping out fresh new projects from the continent every month. The latest series to keep us glued to our screens is Savage Beauty, a gripping South African revenge drama with an important message that we can’t afford to miss.
Savage Beauty’s fast-paced plot takes place in the lively city of Johannesburg, where the exorbitantly wealthy Bhengu family lives lavishly in their sprawling private estate. Here, founder and CEO Don Bhengu (Dumisani Mbebe) and his minions family plot and scheme the next big steps for their company, Bhengu Beauty. For years, the cosmetics conglomerate has been supplying South Africa with beauty products aimed at celebrating beauty in all of its shades — to everyone’s knowledge, at least. Unbeknownst to their loyal customers (and to the South African government), Bhengu Beauty’s true corporate agenda isn’t actually all that noble. Alongside their daily duties at their cosmetics brand, there is a shady business dealing that really keeps the company afloat: the manufacturing and distribution of skin bleaching products. Even though South African officially banned the importation, manufacture and sale of cosmetic skin lighteners in 1990, the production of the products has persisted, and Bhengus are the country’s top producer of the toxic contraband. Their plans to expand Bhengu Beauty further are supported by the profits of the sale of the illicit bleaching creams, which were actually the first products developed in secret by Don and his ambitious first wife and co-conspirator, Grace (Nthati Moshesh).
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Enter Zinhle (Rosemary Zimu), the new face of the growing company. Zinhle was selected by a public vote to be a Bhengu Beauty ambassador, granting her access to their network as well as a front row seat to the familial chaos that goes on behind the scenes. She may look the part of the young upstart who’s just grateful for the opportunity, but there’s an ulterior motive to her partnership with the company that’s driven by childhood trauma caused by the Bhengus. When she was just a child living on the streets of the township of Soweto, Zinhle and her siblings were forced to become the first test subjects of the developing Bhengu bleaching products. Unsurprisingly, the side effects of the testing on the children were more than skin deep, far more critical than the dark scars on their bodies; after years of chronic illness, Zinhle’s sister eventually succumbed to the toxins of the products and died.
Driven by unresolved grief and rage, Zinhle comes up with a meticulous plan to infiltrate the Bhengus’ personal and professional lives and expose their hidden business. But bringing down the most influential family in the country isn’t easy, and even as she works against the people who ruined her life, our heroine finds her soul being tainted by the quest for revenge.
With just six episodes in its first season, Savage Beauty is a quick but thrilling watch from start to finish. It’s got everything that a good drama needs — sex, secrets, and scandal — and does it all through an authentic South African lens. But the Netflix series isn’t just entertainment and mess. Important and socially relevant discourse is threaded into the plot, touching on a problem that’s plagued South Africa, the rest of the continent, and the diaspora at large for centuries: colorism and the ways that the cosmetics industry propels it.
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More importantly than the telenovela-level drama of it all, Savage Beauty is also a reminder of the insidious role that capitalism plays in the pervasiveness of colorism and anti-Blackness generation after generation.
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Colorism has existed for centuries, with communities across the globe exalting lighter-skin as the gold standard for beauty and more devastatingly, as a prerequisite for humanity. As a result, people born with more melanin have typically been conditioned to believe that they are less than. Cosmetic companies recognize the high stakes of colorism and know that many people are willing to resort to extreme measures to even the score, and so they prey on those marginalized by this bias by mass producing products that promise to “lighten” the skin. (Note: “lightening” and “brightening” products don’t do the same thing.) These products, which are often produced in the form of creams, soaps, and even pills, are filled with dangerous chemicals like hydroquinone and mercury that can be harmful when used extensively; they’re known to cause health issues ranging from steroid acne and dermatitis to mercury poisoning and permanent kidney damage. Despite these serious side effects, companies continue to sell them en masse because they know that they’ll always be in demand as millions of people attempt to find a solution that brings them closer to their desired aesthetic.
In recent years, other countries have joined South Africa in the fight against skin bleaching; Rwanda, Ghana, Japan, Australia, and Canada are just some of the countries that have put serious regulations in place to ensure that the cosmetics industry is being more mindful about its product formulations. However, even with the fines and the bans on blatant usage of verbiage that advertises skin lightening, the products are still being sold around the globe, peddled by celebrities like Blac Chyna and Dencia. Savage Beauty is based on this sad reality in which the almighty dollar holds more weight than the physical, emotional, and cultural trauma that comes with cosmetic bleaching.
From its double-crossing, revenge-driven heroine to its secret sapphic love affair, Savage Beauty is a soap opera that doesn’t hold back. But more importantly than the telenovela-level drama of it all, the show is also a reminder of the insidious role that capitalism plays in the pervasiveness of colorism and anti-Blackness generation after generation. Like so many of the Netflix projects to come out of Africa in recent years (ie. corruption and abuse of power in Blood & Water, financial illiteracy in The Smart Money Woman), the series speaks to a real social problem that we can’t afford to downplay and shines a light on the culprits responsible for perpetuating it. Hopefully, Netflix will give the show a second season to keep entertaining and educating us (and to explain exactly what happened to Don at the end of the season finale).
Savage Beauty is now streaming on Netflix. | https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/05/10977623/netflix-savage-beauty-colorism-skin-bleaching?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss | 2022-05-26T15:56:10Z | https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/05/10977623/netflix-savage-beauty-colorism-skin-bleaching?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss | true | 4 |
"Stand with Naz": Avalanche fans back Kadri after racist attacks
Colorado Avalanche fans came out in droves to support forward Nazem Kadri on Wednesday night.
Kadri had been the target of racist attacks throughout the NHL playoffs, which escalated following an inadvertent collision with St. Louis’ Jordan Binnington that has forced the Blues goaltender out of the lineup.
Kadri’s wife Ashley shared several of the messages via social media earlier this week.
In response, Avalanche fan Adrienne (@guffychan on Twitter) printed out 300 “Stand with Naz” signs displayed during warmup and throughout the game.
The loss hurts but tonight was about @43_Kadri and #StandWithNaz – thank you @Avalanche faithful for showing up and giving Naz all the love 💓 #GoAvsGo #FindAWay pic.twitter.com/Syfo8FuZic
— 🏒 adrienne – #StandWithNaz 🏒 (@guffychan) May 26, 2022
“It’s hurtful. I know a lot of people don’t have to deal with that, and they might not understand what it feels like, but people are trying, which I appreciate. At the end of the day, I’m a good hockey player and I just try to provide for my team and try to put all that aside,” Kadri had said earlier in the series.
“Tonight was bigger than hockey,” Ashley shared via their cat Jazzy’s account following Game 5. “Thank you to each and every one of you for your kind DMs, for showing up with signs, and all your donations to the Nazem Kadri Foundation. I am sorry I can’t respond to everyone but know that we read all your messages. Avalanche fans, you are so special to us. Let’s all continue to make hockey for everyone and always choose love over hate.”
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Other fans stepped up to show support from afar.
I'm working til 11pm but I'm showing my support for @43_Kadri 🤍 #StopTheHate #StandWithNaz #GoAvsGo #FindAWay pic.twitter.com/LwyAaQ8R00
— x – 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 🍄 (@lvs2rdhrses) May 26, 2022
Meanwhile, the Avalanche fans in attendance were loudly cheering “Kadri” throughout the contest.
Ball Arena chanting Kadri's name during the commercial break pic.twitter.com/FfE0ZrwCqP
— Aarif Deen (@runwriteAarif) May 26, 2022
Colorado fell 5-4 in overtime on the night, with Kadri’s former Toronto Maple Leafs teammate Tyler Bozak scoring the game-winning goal.
“You guys are special for real,” Kadri shared in an Instagram story thanking fans. “Time to bounce back.”
The series shifts to St. Louis on Friday night for Game 6, with the Avalanche leading 3-2.
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Real estate investment trust company aims to increase its investment in the region
Western Cape-focused Spear Reit intends to increase its investment in the region by acquiring industrial, manufacturing and logistics assets as well as convenience retail assets that are underpinned by strong lease covenants and high-quality tenants.
Spear Reit, whose portfolio is valued at R4.48bn, has ambitious plans to grow assets under ownership to about R11bn by 2028. Asset acquisitions in the next six to seven years will be funded through debt, equity and the disposal of noncore assets...
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More than seventy people were on hand Tuesday evening in the Peaks Mill Elementary School cafeteria for a community meeting put on by representatives from Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Answering questions on the proposed warehouses was the main task the distillery and its parent company, Sazerac, wanted to accomplish in the nearly two-hour town hall style assembly.
Sazerac Vice President Sara Saunders started the meeting by telling the crowd that Buffalo Trace was committed to preserving the natural beauty of the Peaks Mill area.
“At the end of the day, I want to reiterate our support at Buffalo Trace for Frankfort and Franklin County,” Saunders said. “We want to continue to have community, economic and environmental growth for many years to come.”
Saunders then handed the microphone over to Charlie Jones, of the law firm McNamara & Jones, who is representing the distillery. Jones told the crowd that he wanted to correct the misinformation concerning the application for a zoning text amendment for the Peaks Mill property.
Jones said that initially the distillery had looked into a zone amendment but decided against it due to Buffalo Trace’s status as a tourist destination and an arboretum.
He said that counties such as Shelby, Nelson, Warren and other counties made bourbon warehousing a conditional use in agricultural zones as opposed to applying for a full change to industrial.
“A text amendment is just a better accommodation to what we are trying to do instead of a full-blown zone change,” Jones said.
He also noted that pursuing a text amendment would allow for more public dialogue than with a zone change.
Jones went through a long list of all the committees and commissions the text amendment and development plans would have to go through. Several of those bodies would have to hold hearings on the matter, giving the public an opportunity to weigh in at almost every step.
He then went into how Buffalo Trace planned to use the acquired land.
Jones pointed out that the distillery is looking to build 18-20 warehouses on 417 acres, which he said that the ration would be around one warehouse per 20-acres.
“We are looking at 417 acres on this tract,” Jones said speaking about the distillery's preservation efforts. “We think we will be using about 32. The warehouses themselves will take up about 16. Then there are roads, retention basin, which takes up to around 30 or 40 acres. We are only going to be using about 10% of the property.”
After the Buffalo Trace representatives gave their presentations, those in attendance asked questions and made comments about concerns they had about the warehouse development.
There were some residents who spoke, that were in favor of the construction.
Ken Carroll, who is the president and CEO of Advanced Manufacturing Professionals as well as the Republican candidate for Franklin County Judge-Executive, said that he is in support of smart growth.
“We have to figure out the balance of the beautiful community that we have here with business and industry,” Carroll told The State Journal after the meeting. “We have to make sure that we have great opportunities for careers for our kids and grandkids.”
A majority of those who spoke during the meeting were not in favor of the development. As well as concerns about losing the natural beauty and resources in Peaks Mill, several speakers said that they did not want to live next to industrial warehouses.
President of local environmental group Envision Franklin County, Chris Schimmoeller, had several questions and comments about the distillery’s presentation. Her inquiries ranged from procedural issues with the text amendment application to exactly how Buffalo Trace was going protect endangered species and wetlands.
She noted that the county comprehensive plan process would give the community more of an opportunity to weigh in on whether or not the land in question should be developed.
“The long-term consequences of a text amendment especially since it is more complicated than just ‘other counties do it,’” Schimmoeller said. “It seems that we should put in the effort to do this right. To study this thoroughly and let the community weigh-in in a way that they are able to use the comprehensive plan process.”
3rd District Magistrate Michael Mueller, the Democratic candidate for judge-executive, was on hand for the meeting and said that he is glad that both sides were able to be heard.
The next step for this matter, will be Thursday night as the Zoning Update Committee hears Buffalo Trace’s request for a text amendment on the bourbon warehouses.
That meeting will take place in person at City Hall at 5:30 p.m. It will also be livestreamed. | https://www.state-journal.com/news/buffalo-trace-holds-community-meeting-regarding-warehouse-construction-in-peaks-mill/article_0d9fa406-dc83-11ec-a295-f7de1fafd31b.html | 2022-05-26T16:04:11Z | https://www.state-journal.com/news/buffalo-trace-holds-community-meeting-regarding-warehouse-construction-in-peaks-mill/article_0d9fa406-dc83-11ec-a295-f7de1fafd31b.html | false | 1 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — A state appeals court has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices.
A four-judge panel on Thursday upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump.
The former president had appealed the initial ruling.
His lawyers argued that ordering the Trumps to testify violated their constitutional rights because their answers could be used in a parallel criminal investigation.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading the investigation, praised Thursday's ruling.
“Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump must comply with our lawful investigation into his financial dealings,” said Attorney General James. “We will continue to follow the facts of this case and ensure that no one can evade the law.” | https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/trump-loses-appeal-must-testify-in-new-york-civil-probe | 2022-05-26T16:05:13Z | https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/trump-loses-appeal-must-testify-in-new-york-civil-probe | true | 13 |
Abe Shinzo still looms large over Japan
The hawkish former prime minister is pushing for a more muscular security policy
The menus during President Joe Biden’s visit to Tokyo this week reflected the tastes of Japan’s prime minister, Kishida Fumio, whose family is from Hiroshima. There were Hiroshima beef fillets, Hiroshima vegetables and Hiroshima lemon sodas. The agenda, however, owed more to Abe Shinzo, a former prime minister who led the country from 2012 to 2020.
Japan promised to spend much more on defence and urged America to rejoin an Asian trade pact the bigger country had ditched. Both are longtime causes of Mr Abe’s. Mr Kishida chatted with Mr Biden about the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”, a concept Mr Abe codified. The two leaders met their Australian and Indian counterparts as part of the Quad, a grouping Mr Abe championed.
Though Mr Kishida leads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (ldp), and thus Japan itself, the party remains under the sway of Mr Abe, especially when it comes to foreign and security policy. “Kishida is not the agenda-setter for Japan—Abe is,” says Tobias Harris, the author of a biography of the former prime minister.
Mr Abe’s basic strategy remains the default for Japan: doubling down on the alliance with America while beefing up its own defences and strengthening partnerships with third countries to counter China’s rise. Even the opposition has struggled to articulate an alternative course. As Michael Green, an American academic and former government official, argues in a new book, “Line of Advantage”, the trajectory set under Mr Abe looks likely to endure for a generation: “What is now in place is a grand strategy for the era of Abe Shinzo—not just the tenure of Abe Shinzo.”
Yet while the direction has been set, the country has yet to arrive where Mr Abe would like: a Japan less shackled to its post-war past and more autonomous in its security. “Japan likes to speak about an ideal world,” Mr Abe tells The Economist. “But we must change our attitude of leaving all military matters to America. Japan must take responsibility for peace and stability, and...work together with America to achieve it.”
That unfinished business may be one reason why he has eschewed a quiet retirement. His mentor, Koizumi Junichiro, a former prime minister, retired from politics soon after leaving office and lent his voice to the superhero character Ultraman King in “Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie”. After stepping down as prime minister because of a chronic illness in 2020, Mr Abe immediately returned to the Diet, where he now leads the ldp’s largest faction. He has used his voice to continue calling for a more assertive security policy, a cause that has taken on a new urgency after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Japanese people have had to “face the reality” that invasions are possible in the modern era, Mr Abe says. Since leaving office, he has talked more openly about the defence of Taiwan. Recently, he has urged Japan to discuss hosting American nukes, as some nato members do. As for the time and political capital he spent on his 27 meetings with Mr Putin, he does not regret it “at all”; he backs Mr Kishida’s tougher approach to Russia in the wake of the invasion.
He seems determined to use his bully pulpit—and his big voting bloc in parliament—to pragmatically advance his goals, rather than picking ideological fights. His talk of hosting American nukes is intended to end the “taboo” around discussing nuclear deterrence, not to make the idea an immediate reality, Mr Abe insists. Instead of making a renewed case for revising Japan’s post-war constitution, he touts the “epoch-making” nature of the more limited legal changes he managed to pass, which allow the Japanese Self-Defence Forces to operate in a wider range of situations.
Yet in Japan, Mr Abe remains a polarising figure. To some observers, his recent outspokenness points to the re-emergence of Abe the ideologue, freed from the responsibility of higher office to push the nationalist causes with which he has long been identified. Mr Kishida, a more vanilla figure, may in fact be better placed to move the ldp’s security agenda forward. Since fewer people, especially liberals, have “an allergic reaction” to Mr Kishida, he may find it easier to get Japan to “swallow bitter medicine”, says Akita Hiroyuki, a commentator for Nikkei, a Japanese daily. Mr Abe’s plans for beefier Japanese security, in short, may go down better with a slab of Hiroshima beef.
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Gotham Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of ArcBest Co. (NASDAQ:ARCB – Get Rating) by 2.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 23,590 shares of the transportation company’s stock after purchasing an additional 462 shares during the quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC owned 0.09% of ArcBest worth $2,827,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its position in ArcBest by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 52,073 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $6,241,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in ArcBest by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 3,881 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $465,000 after buying an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd bought a new stake in ArcBest during the 4th quarter worth about $911,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in ArcBest by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 474,263 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $56,840,000 after buying an additional 4,107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in ArcBest by 149.5% during the 4th quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 14,811 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $1,775,000 after buying an additional 8,874 shares in the last quarter. 91.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of ARCB opened at $69.93 on Thursday. ArcBest Co. has a 52 week low of $52.86 and a 52 week high of $125.00. The firm has a market cap of $1.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 1.58. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $76.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $90.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.16.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 11th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 10th. This is an increase from ArcBest’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. ArcBest’s dividend payout ratio is 4.90%.
Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and set a $133.00 price target on shares of ArcBest in a research report on Monday, May 2nd. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of ArcBest to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 18th. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of ArcBest from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 20th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of ArcBest in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of ArcBest from $133.00 to $135.00 in a research note on Friday, February 4th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $110.10.
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ArcBest Corporation provides freight transportation and integrated logistics services. It operates through three segments: Asset-Based, ArcBest, and FleetNet. The Asset-Based segment transports general commodities, such as food, textiles, apparel, furniture, appliances, chemicals, nonbulk petroleum products, rubber, plastics, metal and metal products, wood, glass, automotive parts, machinery, and miscellaneous manufactured products through less-than-truckload services.
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`Desperate´ customers buying less food as incomes fall, warns Asda chair
Customers are buying fewer items and turning to cheaper products after witnessing a plunge in their household incomes, the chair of Asda has warned.
Lord Stuart Rose told the PA news agency that the supermarket group’s shoppers are “making desperate decisions about spending” as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite.
It came as Asda posted a plunge in sales for the first quarter of the year.
Lord Rose, a former chief at Marks & Spencer, said some customers are “saying they can only spend £40 in a shop and will put anything back if it comes over that”.
He stressed that he could not predict the outlook for inflation but cautioned that customers should not expect an imminent improvement.
“I can’t predict how long this cost inflation will continue for but it is not suddenly going to disappear,” he said.
“I think there will be a levelling off at some point but we are seeing wheat prices still increasing dramatically, oil prices rising, butter too.”
The boss added that product availability in some areas has been “patchy” as the company continues to tackle supply chains issues related to the invasion of Ukraine and coronavirus restrictions in some regions.
Asda said its own data showed that household disposable income fell by a record £40 a week last month as the jump in energy prices put finances under more pressure.
Lord Rose made the comments as the supermarket business, which was bought by the billionaire Issa Brothers and private equity backers TDR Capital, revealed sales slid by 9.2% in the quarter to March 31.
Like-for-like food sales stepped back 7% against the same period last year as shoppers dined out more following the easing of pandemic restrictions.
Clothing and general merchandise sales also fell sharply – falling 19.3% and 23.7% respectively – as they were impacted by the reopening of non-essential retailers.
It comes as Asda continues to be run without a permanent chief executive officer, after Roger Burnley left the business last year.
Lord Rose said it will hire someone in the role but that it will not happen “any time soon”.
The group has hired former Nisa boss Ken Towle as it retail director and announced recently that former Morrisons finance chief Michael Gleeson will become Asda’s new chief finance officer. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10857721/Desperate-customers-buying-food-incomes-fall-warns-Asda-chair.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-26T16:08:22Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10857721/Desperate-customers-buying-food-incomes-fall-warns-Asda-chair.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true | 8 |
SUFFIELD — As temperatures creep back up with the approaching late spring and summer, lines will begin to form once again as Wilma’s Scoop Du Jour opens its windows to serve ice cream to families looking for a cool treat.
“The first year I opened, I had a partner and their last name was Williams,” owner Mona Mastalisz said. “We took the Wil and the Mas, the first three letters of our last names, and that’s how we came up with Wilma’s.”
Wilma’s Scoop Du Jour opened in 1995 on Mountain Road.
The ice cream shop was launched simply under the premise that there wasn’t another one in town, she said.
“There was no place for a kid to get an ice cream cone,” Mastalisz said.
Mastalisz had been operating a video store next door to where Scoop Du Jour sits and decided that opening an ice cream parlor would help supplement her income when video rentals decreased in the summer.
It turned out that with video stores going out of business, ice cream became the main source of income; three years later, the video store shut down, she said.
Wilma’s is open about half the year, she said, from the middle of March or beginning of April to the end of September or early October, depending on the weather.
The continuing success is in part due to still being the only ice cream place in town, and serving Hershey’s ice cream at an affordable price, Mastalisz said.
“You get a good portion for a great price,” server Jimmy Kalogeros said.
Wilma’s used to be an indoor parlor, but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Mastalisz had to pivot.
“We closed up the lobby when COVID started,” she said, and now use an outdoor service window that facing a patio that sits about 18 people.
“We found that with just the window, it’s much more efficient,” she said, adding that the open space in the shop allowed the staff more room to work.
Along with 37 flavors of packed Hershey’s ice cream, Scoop Du Jour also offers soft serve, sundaes, milkshakes, flurries, and smoothies.
On a hot sunny day, she said, the shop will get really busy with lines going out the back.
Mastalisz said some of the popular flavors at Scoop Du Jour are cappuccino crunch with toffee pieces, mint chip, cookie dough, cotton candy, and moose tracks.
The more traditional flavors, she said, such as vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry are more often popular in sundaes.
“I like the frozen yogurt myself,” Mastalisz said, but added that coffee fudge almond is her favorite hard packed ice cream.
Mint moose is Kalogeros’ favorite.
“It’s great,” he said. “It has a good thickness to it. Good taste.”
Mastalisz said she also enjoys the soft serve. “It’s really good,” she said.
Mastalisz said she uses 10 percent milk, which gives the soft serve an extra creaminess.
If you want something a little more decadent, Scoop Du Jour offers hot fudge sundaes and root beer floats.
“We put whipped cream and a cherry on it,” Mastalisz said regarding the root beer float.
For topping lovers, she said there are a variety of sweet and salty toppings, including hot fudge, caramel, candies, crushed cookies, pineapple, peanut butter, and strawberries. | https://www.journalinquirer.com/living/food_and_drink/scoop-du-jour-is-the-only-game-in-town/article_d5d193b0-dc62-11ec-975c-97bf15e2b066.html | 2022-05-26T16:08:28Z | https://www.journalinquirer.com/living/food_and_drink/scoop-du-jour-is-the-only-game-in-town/article_d5d193b0-dc62-11ec-975c-97bf15e2b066.html | true | 1 |
Summit Global Investments increased its stake in Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB – Get Rating) by 12.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 33,261 shares of the electronics maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,683 shares during the period. Summit Global Investments’ holdings in Dolby Laboratories were worth $3,167,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in DLB. Consolidated Planning Corp bought a new stake in Dolby Laboratories during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC raised its stake in Dolby Laboratories by 1,963.6% during the 3rd quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 454 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 432 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management increased its position in shares of Dolby Laboratories by 579.6% during the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 632 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 539 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Dolby Laboratories during the 4th quarter valued at $72,000. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Dolby Laboratories during the 4th quarter valued at $111,000. 59.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
DLB has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities initiated coverage on Dolby Laboratories in a research report on Monday. They set a “buy” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. Barrington Research lowered their price target on Dolby Laboratories from $115.00 to $90.00 in a report on Thursday, May 12th. Zacks Investment Research raised Dolby Laboratories from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $76.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, March 7th. StockNews.com cut Dolby Laboratories from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 12th. Finally, TheStreet raised Dolby Laboratories from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Friday, April 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $85.33.
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 5th. The electronics maker reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $334.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $332.51 million. Dolby Laboratories had a return on equity of 9.72% and a net margin of 17.14%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.73 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Dolby Laboratories, Inc. will post 2.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 17th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 16th. Dolby Laboratories’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.31%.
In related news, SVP John D. Couling sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.61, for a total value of $36,305.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 80,172 shares in the company, valued at $5,821,288.92. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CMO Todd Pendleton sold 45,800 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.39, for a total transaction of $3,452,862.00. Following the sale, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 37,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,848,837.32. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 37.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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Dolby Laboratories, Inc creates audio and imaging technologies that transform entertainment and communications at the cinema, DTV, transmissions and devices, mobile devices, OTT video and music services, and home entertainment devices. The company develops and licenses its audio technologies, such as AAC & HE-AAC, a digital audio codec solution used for a range of media applications.; AVC, a digital video codec with high bandwidth efficiency used in various media devices; Dolby AC-4, an digital audio coding technology that delivers new audio experiences to a range of playback devices; and Dolby Atmos technology for cinema and a range of media devices.
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Ex-Labour MP Claudia Webbe urged to quit Parliament after conviction appeal loss
Former Labour MP Claudia Webbe has lost her appeal against her conviction for harassing a love rival – but her sentence has been reduced after a judge found she did not threaten the victim with acid.
Webbe, who represents her Leicester East constituency as an independent after being expelled from the party, was last year found guilty and handed a 10-week suspended sentence after targeting Michelle Merritt, 59, between September 2018 and April 2020.
She had faced the prospect of a recall petition, which could have resulted in a by-election in her constituency, as a result of the suspended custodial sentence originally imposed.
The reduced, non-custodial, sentence means she now avoids that prospect, although has Labour called for her to quit voluntarily.
A spokesman said: “The allegations in this case were extremely serious. The Labour Party rightly expects elected representatives to maintain the very highest standards at all times.
“Ms Webbe should now resign so the people of Leicester East can get the representation they deserve.”
Prosecutors said the 18-month harassment campaign was driven by “obsession” and “jealousy” over her boyfriend Lester Thomas’s relationship with executive assistant Ms Merritt.
Sexual text messages between the pair, which were revealed for the first time during Webbe’s appeal hearing at Southwark Crown Court, proved the pair were having an affair.
Helen Law, defending argued the messages showed Ms Merritt had repeatedly lied, having told the magistrates’ court they were just “good friends”.
But on Thursday, following an appeal hearing at Southwark Crown Court Judge Deborah Taylor and two magistrates dismissed the appeal.
The judge said: “We found that although Michelle Merritt was an unsatisfactory witness who told lies about the nature of her relationship with Lester Thomas until the downloads from her phone made the nature of the relationship clear, in other respects we accept her evidence.”
Ms Merritt told how Webbe branded her a “slag”, threatened her with acid and said she would reveal naked photographs to her family in a string of phone calls.
The judge said the court found Webbe had not “made a threat to throw acid over” Ms Merritt, but that a string of silent phone calls and threats to reveal naked pictures of her had been “a course of conduct which amounted to harassment”.
She reduced Webbe’s suspended sentence to a 12-month community order of 80 hours unpaid work, although Webbe has already carried out 150 hours, and cut the compensation from £1,000 to £50.
The judge said the evidence differed “considerably” from that heard in the magistrates’ court.
“We take into account you were under considerable stress at the time of these events, there were a number of election campaigns you were running at the time,” she said.
She said Webbe’s boyfriend’s affair caused her “great distress”, which was “exacerbated by lockdown”.
“In the circumstances we consider that the new evidence sheds new light on the nature and extent of your offending,” the judge added.
After the hearing, Webbe said in a statement: “I am deeply shocked by today’s outcome.
“As I said in court and repeat now, I have never threatened violence nor would I.”
Webbe claimed she was “facing domestic abuse” at the time she was recorded on April 25, 2020 telling Ms Merritt nine times to “get out of my relationship” and threatening to show naked pictures of her to her family.
“I was deeply frustrated that my partner and Michelle Merritt had been socialising in the middle of the covid pandemic, contrary to the rules and all health advice,” she said.
“I was frightened and frustrated by his behaviour.
“But that fear and frustration could not and should not have been interpreted as harassment.”
Webbe added: “She wanted to get rid of me from the moment she was aware of me, and far from being fearful or frightened of me was actively planning and plotting my downfall and humiliation.”
The MP had arrived at her magistrates’ court trial holding hands with Mr Thomas, who sat in the public gallery to hear his partner claim she was the victim of “domestic abuse and coercive control”.
Mr Thomas, a consultant at Crossrail, football coach and scout for Chelsea FC, had been expected to give evidence for the first time in Webbe’s appeal.
But the politician told how she had split up with her boyfriend in March this year, when the new messages between Mr Thomas and Ms Webbe came to light.
The court heard he bought Ms Merritt a £120 sex toy, frequently sent her pornography and would regularly meet with her to “play”.
Giving evidence from behind a screen, Ms Merritt admitted having sex with Mr Thomas – who she described as a “narcissist who likes attention” – between March 2017 and July 2020.
The MP’s barrister Helen Law suggested Ms Merritt had “lied” or “misled” the magistrates’ court when she said she and Mr Thomas were just “good friends”.
But prosecutor Susannah Stevens said: “What was going on between Michelle Merritt and Lester Thomas is actually unhelpful to the appellant’s case because Claudia Webbe’s suspicions as to all of that provide her not with a defence but with a motivation.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10857893/Ex-Labour-MP-Claudia-Webbe-urged-quit-Parliament-conviction-appeal-loss.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-26T16:09:40Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10857893/Ex-Labour-MP-Claudia-Webbe-urged-quit-Parliament-conviction-appeal-loss.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | 7 |
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In a bid to protect the domestic paper industry, the commerce and industry ministry on Thursday said it has decided to make registration compulsory for importing major paper products such as newsprint, handmade paper, envelopes, among others.
All imports arriving on or after October 1 will be governed by the Paper Import Monitoring policy that aims to put an end to dumping of such products and address the issue of re-routing of goods through other countries in lieu of trade agreements.
“The import policy of major paper products has been amended from ‘Free’ to ‘Free subject to compulsory registration under Paper Import Monitoring System,” an official statement said.
This order will be applicable on a range of paper products such as newsprint, handmade paper, wallpaper base, duplicating paper, coated paper, uncoated paper, litho and offset paper, tissue paper, parchment paper, carbon paper, wall paper, envelops, toilet paper, cartons, account books, labels, bobbins, among others.
Paper products like currency paper, bank bond and cheque paper, security printing paper, among others, have been excluded from the monitoring system.
The development comes in the backdrop of the domestic paper industry raising issues of dumping of paper products in the India market by under-invoicing, entry of prohibited goods by mis-declaration, re-routing goods through other countries in lieu of trade agreements.
“A large proportion of paper products are imported under “Others” category tariff lines. The move will also go a long way in promoting Make In India and Atmanirbhar in this category,” the statement said.
The government has already created an interface for the implementation of the Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS). Online facility of registration will be available from 15 July. In the past, the government had implemented a similar system for steel and coal.
“Any importer will be able to obtain an automatic registration number online by paying a registration fee of Rs. 500. The importer can apply for registration not earlier than 75th day and not later than 5th day before the expected date of arrival of import consignment. The automatic registration Number thus granted shall remain valid for a period of 75 days. Multiple Bill of Entries shall be allowed in the same registration number within the validity period of registration for the permitted quantity,” the ministry said.
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Hilltop Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF (NYSEARCA:SPD – Get Rating) by 58.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 18,934 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,019 shares during the period. Hilltop Holdings Inc. owned 0.12% of Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF worth $630,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Telemus Capital LLC bought a new position in Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $289,000. AE Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $358,000. Pathway Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $379,000. Cambridge Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF by 91.7% in the 4th quarter. Cambridge Advisors Inc. now owns 12,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $424,000 after acquiring an additional 6,096 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MAI Capital Management bought a new position in Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $554,000.
Shares of Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF stock opened at $28.00 on Thursday. Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF has a 52 week low of $27.55 and a 52 week high of $33.48. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $29.90 and a two-hundred day moving average of $31.13.
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NEW YORK — Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies soared 17.1% last year, to a median $14.5 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar.
The gain towers over the 4.4% increase in wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers through 2021, which was the fastest on record going back to 2001. The raises for many rank-and-file workers also failed to keep up with inflation, which reached 7% at the end of last year.
CEO pay took off as stock prices and profits rebounded sharply as the economy roared out of its brief 2020 recession. Because much of a CEO’s compensation is tied to such performance, their pay packages ballooned after years of mostly moderating growth.
In many of the most eye-popping packages, such as Expedia Group’s, valued at $296.2 million and JPMorgan Chase’s $84.4 million, boards gave particularly big grants of stock or stock options to recently appointed CEOs navigating their companies through the pandemic or to established leaders they wanted to convince to hang around.
The CEOs often can’t cash in on such stock or options for years, or possibly ever, unless the company meets performance targets. But companies still must disclose estimates for how much they’re worth. Only about a quarter of the typical pay package for all S&P 500 CEOs last year came as actual cash they could pocket.
Whatever its composition, the chasm in pay between CEOs and the rank-and-file workers they oversee keeps widening. At half the companies in this year’s pay survey, it would take the worker at the middle of the company’s pay scale at least 186 years to make what their CEO did last year. That’s up from 166 a year earlier.
At Walmart, for example, the company said its median associate made $25,335 in compensation last year. That means half its workers made more, and half made less.
That’s up 21% from $20,942 a year earlier and came as the company’s average hourly wage for U.S. associates rose from $14.50 in January 2021 to more than $17 currently. That increase was bigger than the raise CEO Doug McMillon got, on a percentage basis. But his 13.7% raise netted him a total package valued at $25.7 million.
Anger is growing over such an imbalance. Surveys suggest Americans across political parties see CEO pay as too high, and some investors are pushing back.
Workers are trying to organize unions across the country, and the “Great Resignation” has emboldened millions to quit to find better jobs elsewhere. The U.S. government counted more than 4 million quits during April 2021 alone, the first time that happened. The monthly number has since topped 4.5 million twice.
“That is going to add a huge cost to corporate bottom lines, to have these kind of turnover rates,” said Sarah Anderson, director of the global economy project at the progressive Institute for Policy Studies.
“They should be thinking about what kind of message they’re sending to those people, about whether they’re really valued in their jobs,” Anderson said. “When the guy in the corner office is making several hundred if not thousands of times more, that’s sending a really demoralizing message.”
Gains for CEO pay had been slowing in recent years, with the median rise easing from 8.5% in 2017 to 4.1% in 2019. It ticked back up to 5% in 2020, which was a complicated year because the pandemic shut down the economy and profits at many companies tanked.
For 2020, many companies rejiggered the intricate formulas they created to determine their CEOs’ pay. The tweaks made up for losses caused by the pandemic, something many boards said was an extraordinary event outside the CEO’s control.
Then came 2021. Thanks to a reopened economy, super-low interest rates from the Federal Reserve and other factors, stock prices soared and the S&P 500 jumped nearly 27%, setting records through the year. Earnings per share soared roughly 50%.
Throughout the year, CEOs had to navigate snarled supply chains and shortages of chips and other key materials that impacted businesses across industries, said Dan Laddin, a partner at Compensation Advisory Partners, a consulting firm that works with boards.
“All this led to a desire to really reward” executives, said Kelly Malafis, also a partner at Compensation Advisory Partners, “because the financial performance was there, and the view was that management teams were exceptional in navigating the situation and delivering results.”
Last year’s 17.1% leap for median pay of S&P 500 CEOs was the biggest since a 23.9% surge for 2010 compensation packages, according to the data analyzed by Equilar.
Consider Marry Barra, CEO of General Motors. Her industry was particularly hard hit by the shortage of computer chips, which snarled auto production.
Even so, GM’s board highlighted how the company still delivered record earnings before interest, taxes and some other items. The automaker also accelerated development of its electric vehicles. Those are two of the factors that influence Barra’s pay, and her compensation climbed 25.4% to $29.1 million.
“I would hope that the corporation making record profits would recognize that the workers doing the work are the ones generating the revenue,” said Dave Green, a hot metal driver at a GM facility in Bedford, Indiana. “We’re just trying to get by.”
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He cited in particular temporary workers making roughly $16 hourly, who have to work years before coming on as full-time employees and don’t get many opportunities for days off in the meantime.
“The new people coming in, their kids are not going to be able to have the opportunities my kids had,” said Green, who has two daughters and started at GM as a summer helper in 1989.
Closer to the top of the rankings for CEO pay last year was JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, whose compensation package valued at $84.4 million was the fifth-highest in the AP survey. That was up 166.7% from a year earlier, and most of it came from an award of stock options valued at $52.6 million.
The board said it provided the options because of its desire for Dimon, who is 66, to keep leading the company for significantly more years and a “unique inflection point in Mr. Dimon’s tenure.” It also said the options weren’t a part of his regular annual compensation and that he must wait at least five years to begin exercising them.
Even so, only 31% of investors at JPMorgan Chase’s annual meeting of shareholders recently gave a thumbs up on Dimon’s pay package. The vote is only advisory, though, and doesn’t force the company to make changes.
Last year, a median of 92.6% of shareholders approved what’s called their “Say On Pay” vote in the AP’s survey. That was down just a bit from 93.4% the year before.
The AP’s and Equilar’s compensation study included pay data for 340 CEOs at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two fiscal years at their companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Some high-profile CEOs are not included because they don’t fit the criteria, such as Amazon’s Andy Jassy and Twitter’s Parag Agrawal. The survey does not count changes in the value of CEOs’ pension benefits and some other items in its totals for compensation. | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-pay-ap-20220526-7jdhgk7kmzfwlmqar4pv3nbaom-story.html | 2022-05-26T16:11:41Z | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-pay-ap-20220526-7jdhgk7kmzfwlmqar4pv3nbaom-story.html | false | 51 |
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA – Get Rating) shares traded up 8.5% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $8.46 and last traded at $8.44. 25,596 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 98% from the average session volume of 1,409,750 shares. The stock had previously closed at $7.78.
Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts in a research note on Thursday, April 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $13.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $9.75 target price on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 12th. TheStreet raised shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts from a “d+” rating to a “c-” rating in a research note on Monday, February 28th. Truist Financial raised shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $8.00 to $11.00 in a research note on Monday, May 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts from $13.00 to $15.00 in a research note on Monday, May 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Playa Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $11.55.
The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $8.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a current ratio of 2.70. The company has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion, a PE ratio of 65.24, a P/E/G ratio of 0.20 and a beta of 1.68.
In related news, CFO Ryan Paul Hymel sold 5,575 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.78, for a total value of $48,948.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 434,055 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,811,002.90. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CIO Fernando Mulet sold 3,892 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.78, for a total transaction of $34,171.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive now directly owns 332,517 shares in the company, valued at $2,919,499.26. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 265,830 shares of company stock worth $2,246,387. Insiders own 6.91% of the company’s stock.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of PLYA. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc purchased a new position in shares of Playa Hotels & Resorts in the 4th quarter valued at $58,000. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC acquired a new stake in Playa Hotels & Resorts during the 1st quarter worth $67,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC acquired a new stake in Playa Hotels & Resorts during the 3rd quarter worth $97,000. Bridgefront Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Playa Hotels & Resorts during the 1st quarter worth $99,000. Finally, MQS Management LLC acquired a new stake in Playa Hotels & Resorts during the 4th quarter worth $106,000. 80.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Playa Hotels & Resorts Company Profile (NASDAQ:PLYA)
Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V., together with its subsidiaries, owns, develops, and operates resorts in prime beachfront locations in Mexico and the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2021, it owned a portfolio of 22 resorts with 8,366 rooms located in Mexico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
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The pipeline of quality defensive secondary talent appears to be alive and well running from Iowa City to NFL teams across the nation. The newest face calling the NFL home is former Iowa Hawkeyes safety Dane Belton. Taken by the New York Giants in this year’s 2022 NFL draft, he looks to continue the success and walk the path paved by many former Hawkeyes.
Pro Football Focus’ Kambui Bomani has given Belton the title of the Giants’ biggest draft ‘gem’ in their class of new faces. During his time at Iowa, Belton was a constant in the secondary and proved so by being the interception leader on the defense that led the country in interceptions.
Belton starred in his final college season at Iowa with the highest PFF coverage grade of his career (82.3). Playing as Iowa’s “cash” defender, Belton thrived as a slot safety, allowing a 66.0 passer rating across 315 coverage snaps. He packs a powerful punch at 6-foot-1 and has shown an ability to thrive in a zone coverage slot role when given the opportunity (89.4 zone coverage grade in 2021). – Bomani, Pro Football Focus.
Dane Belton doing what Dane Belton does 💼.@dbelton_ //@HawkeyeFootball pic.twitter.com/bTeNQsbx0J
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 20, 2021
Belton is the most recent product that Phil Parker’s defense has churned out to the NFL. This is another example of the ‘cheat code to the NFL’ that Iowa is, discussed by current NFL safety Micah Hyde just last week.
As a rookie, Belton will have the opportunity to compete for a starting spot in his first season. His experience at Iowa commanding the secondary to the top spot in the country is one notch in his belt that should only help him translate his success to the next level.
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Sheep Sentenced To Three Years In Jail After Being Convicted Of Killing A Woman
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A sheep has been sentenced to jail for three years after he was found guilty of killing a woman.
The ram was taken into police custody in South Sudan earlier this month after it attacked Adhieu Chaping, 45. She later died as a result of her injuries.
Police explained the situation to Sudan’s Eye Radio.
“The ram attacked by hitting her ribs and the old woman died immediately. So this is what happened in Rumbek East in a place called Akuel Yol,” Major Elijah Mabor said.
“Our role as police is to provide safety and separate fights. The ram was apprehended and currently under custody at a Police Station of Maleng Agok Payam.”
Major Mabor explained why the ram was arrested for its actions: “The owner is innocent and the ram is the one who perpetrated the crime so it deserves to be arrested then later on the case shall be forwarded to customary court where the case can be handed amicably.”
The ram will now spend the next three years in a military camp in Aduel County headquarters in Sudan’s Lakes State.
It is unknown if the animal has expressed remorse for his crime.
A local court also ruled that the owner of the ram, Duony Manyang Dhal, will have to hand over five cows to the victim’s family as compensation.
County administrator Paul Adhong Majak told the Ghana Wish the ram’s owner and the victim’s family are related and ‘neighbours’.
When the ram is freed from prison it will also be gifted to the family in accordance with local law.
Both families have since signed a contract to formalise the agreement with police and community leaders acted as witnesses.
While it might be an odd cause of death, Adhieu Chaping is not the first person to fall victim to a malevolent sheep.
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South Carolina dog sets Guinness World Record for oldest living dog
TAYLORS, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Pebbles, a 22-year-old toy fox terrier, set the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest living dog this month.
Pebbles’ owners, Bobby and Julie Gregory, told WHNS that the tiny dog has a larger-than-life personality and is a night owl who can spend all day sleeping while sunbathing by the pool
The previous record-holder was a Chiuahaha named TobyKeith, who was 21 years when he set the record, according to the Guinness World Records website.
Upon hearing the news, the Gregorys realized Pebbles was older than TobyKeith and applied for the Guinness World Record.
Pebbles officially achieved the title of the world’s oldest living dog on May 17. She celebrated with a special meal and a bubble bath.
She likes listening to country greats like Conway Twitty and Dwight Yoakam, and even has a tiny cowboy hat to fit the mood.
The Gregorys say she normally wakes up around 4 or 5 p.m. for dinner and stays awake the rest of the night. She loves pizza and, surprisingly, cat food.
Julie Gregory shared the secret to Pebbles’ long life.
“Treat them like family because they are. Give them a happy positive environment as much as possible, good clean food and proper healthcare,” she said.
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Westwater Resources (NASDAQ:WWR – Get Rating) and Silver Bull Resources (OTCMKTS:SVBL – Get Rating) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
11.9% of Westwater Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Westwater Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Silver Bull Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westwater Resources has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silver Bull Resources has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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Silver Bull Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westwater Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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Westwater Resources beats Silver Bull Resources on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Westwater Resources, Inc. operates as an energy materials developer. The company holds interests in Coosa graphite project covering an area of approximately 41,965 acres situated in Coosa County, Alabama. The company was formerly known as Uranium Resources, Inc. and changed its name to Westwater Resources, Inc. in August 2017. Westwater Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Centennial, Colorado.
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Silver Bull Resources, Inc., an exploration stage company, acquires, explores, and develops mineral properties in Mexico, Kazakhstan, and Canada. It primarily explores for silver and zinc deposits. The company's principal project is the Sierra Mojada property comprising 20 concessions covering an area of 6,496 hectares located in Coahuila, Mexico. It also holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Beskauga copper-gold project located in the Pavlodar region of northeastern Kazakhstan. The company was formerly known as Metalline Mining Company and changed its name to Silver Bull Resources, Inc. in April 2011. Silver Bull Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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(RTTNews) - Shares of football club operator Manchester United plc (MANU) are down more than 13% Thursday morning after reporting wider loss in the third quarter.
Net loss for the third quarter widened to 27.73 million pounds or 17.01 pence per share compared with 18.11 million pounds or 11.12 pence per share in the same quarter a year ago, impacted by higher costs including operating expenses and employee benefit expenses.
Excluding one-time items, loss was 13.75 pence per share compared with 13.30 pence per share last year. Revenue for the quarter, however, increased to 152.8 million pounds from 118.3 million pounds a year ago.
MANU, currently at $11.31, touched a new low of $10.51 this morning.
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A calamitous mix-up at a Portland marijuana bottling plant apparently originated with a single employee who confused two similar buckets with nearly identical identification numbers, according to a state investigative report.
The report does not specify, though, whether manufacturer Curaleaf had any quality control measures in place to catch such mistakes, and state investigators withheld some key details of their findings.
Nevertheless, the report – obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive through a public records request – is the first direct account of how Curaleaf confused bottles of marijuana drops with those containing CBD, a wellness product that doesn’t have psychoactive properties.
Following Curaleaf’s blunder, at least a dozen people who thought they were taking benign CBD drops reporting becoming ill after ingesting jumbo doses of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
At least five customers reported going to the emergency room after taking the mislabeled drops; two said they were driving when they were incapacitated by an unexpected marijuana high.
Curaleaf maintains that it complied with state safety requirements, but in a statement this week acknowledged its responsibility in the incident and described several new safety procedures. Among other reforms, Curaleaf said it now tests samples before selling its products.
“The health and safety of our patients and customers remains our number one priority and we feel confident about the changes made to ensure this doesn’t happen again,” the company said.
Curaleaf sells both the CBD and THC products under the Select brand name. Oregon regulators recalled the products last summer following a customer complaint and quickly concluded that Curaleaf had mislabeled several hundred bottles. Consumers purchased at least 523.
Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, one of the nation’s largest recreational marijuana companies, now faces a 70-day suspension from Oregon regulators and a record, $200,000 fine. Curaleaf plans to contest the penalties before an administrative law judge.
The mishap represents the first big test of how the Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission handles consumer safety and how it applies its regulatory standards.
The commission declined to discuss its investigation before the penalty phase is complete. It also refused to release Curaleaf’s account of what went wrong, citing a broad exception to public records law written into Oregon’s marijuana statutes.
“The legal cannabis industry is young. The rules regulating it will continue to evolve,” the commission said in a statement. “When a licensee doesn’t do what they’re supposed to, our rules spell out the consequences.”
In 2016, Portland-based Cura Cannabis agreed to pay a $110,000 “dishonest conduct” penalty to Oregon regulators for falsely claiming that more than 186,000 Select-brand vapes contained 100% marijuana. Shortly after that, Curaleaf closed a $400 million, all-stock deal to buy Cura and the Select brand.
The latest mistake took place last June 1 in Portland, according to the report, but it didn’t come to regulators’ attention until September. That’s after an Idaho man ingested Select drops labeled as CBD, which he had purchased in Oregon. He reported alarming symptoms while driving home from a camping trip, nearly wrecking his motor home. The man spent hours in an emergency room before learning he had THC in his system and deducing the source of his ailment.
The cannabis commission began investigating immediately but it took nearly two weeks before regulators obtained a sample of the drops from the Idaho man and found they did indeed contain THC. Regulators issued the recall the same day they received and tested the sample, Sept. 21.
Here’s what Oregon investigators say went wrong:
Curaleaf kept THC and CBD in two buckets stored in a caged area inside the company’s Portland manufacturing facility. The buckets had different colored lids but were otherwise similar and were stored next to one another on a shelf, according to investigative records.
Each bucket had a small identification number written on a blue tag and affixed to the handle with a rubber band. The identification numbers on the two buckets were one digit apart from one another.
On June 1 last year, Curaleaf instructed an employee named Liam Drain to bottle both the CBD wellness drops and the THC drops, the ones with psychoactive ingredients. Curaleaf provided investigators with a video of his activities beginning around 6:30 a.m., near the beginning of his 10-hour shift.
The cannabis commission declined to release a copy of the video but the report describes Drain’s actions in some detail. He moved in and out of the cage where Curaleaf stored the two buckets, consulting a whiteboard in the bottling area that had his instructions for the day.
After about 20 minutes, Drain removed the identification tag from the bucket containing THC, evidently to see it more clearly, and leaves it on a table. It appears he confused the two buckets after that and proceeded to put the THC into bottles labeled for CBD.
Bottling took all day. The report doesn’t show how CBD ended up in bottles labeled for THC, but it was apparently a consequence of the initial mistake.
Curaleaf’s explanation for the mix-up is redacted from the publicly available report, but it appears the company believes Drain confused the two buckets. Drain acknowledged to state investigators that might be what happened.
“He stated it would not be normal for him to have two (ID) tags in his hands at once but admitted he may have,” the report said, “and it’s possible he did accidently switch the tags.”
The report does not say whether Drain kept his job after the incident. He could not be reached for comment.
The report doesn’t say whether anyone supervised Drain’s work or checked it once it was complete. It doesn’t say whether Curaleaf did any testing of its bottles to ensure they contained ingredients identified on the labels.
Curaleaf reiterated this week that the incident resulted from “human error.” And, for the first time, it described changes made to prevent such mix-ups in the future.
“New protocols include extensive color coding of product ingredients aligned to THC and CBD percentage, and a new sealed and serialized tamper proof tagging system,” Curaleaf said. The company said it retains samples from each batch and has an independent lab test additional samples “to verify product compliance before anything is sold.”
Curaleaf said “staffing changes were made as soon as the error was identified. Following internal review, one team member was reassigned to a role without direct responsibility for product quality and one employee left the company.”
The company has settled 10 lawsuits stemming from the tainted CBD. At least one remains pending.
“There were mistakes. There could have been a tragic outcome. But we need to use it to educate,” said Joy Waite-Cusic, professor at Oregon State University’s Department of Food Science and Technology. Waite-Cusic has studied food safety extensively and reviewed the cannabis commission’s investigatory report at the request of The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Recreational marijuana has been legal in Oregon since 2016 but the industry and its regulators are just starting to implement safety practices and policies that are common among food manufacturers, she said.
Food manufacturers process allergens and potentially hazardous ingredients separately so there’s less possibility for confusion, according to Waite-Cusic. And she said they use distinctly different ID numbers to clearly differentiate them.
“These are pretty basic practices. Should (Curaleaf) have better inventory management practices? Sure they should,” Waite-Cusic said. “Is it a regulatory requirement? No.”
Curaleaf’s sloppiness should be an occasion for marijuana businesses and government regulators to reflect on how they operate, she said.
“It hurts the whole industry when these things happen,” Waite-Cusic said. “Does the industry take the lead in tightening this up, or does the regulator take the lead?”
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As the global economy recovers in 2021 and the supply of the industrial chain improves, the Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGF) market will undergo major changes. According to the latest research, the market size of the Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGF) industry in 2021 will increase by USD million compared to 2020, with a growth rate of %.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that US healthcare expenditures grew by 4.6% to US$ 3.8 trillion in 2019, or US$ 11,582 per person, and accounted for 17.7% of GDP. Also, the federal government accounted for 29.0% of the total health expenditures, followed by households (28.4%). State and local governments accounted for 16.1% of total health care expenditures, while other private revenues accounted for 7.5%.
This study aims to define market sizes and forecast the values for different segments and countries in the coming eight years. The study aims to include qualitative and quantitative perspectives about the industry within the regions and countries covered in the report. The report also outlines the significant factors, such as driving factors and challenges, that will determine the market’s future growth.
The report also assesses key opportunities in the market and outlines the factors that are and will drive the growth of the industry. Taking into account previous growth patterns, growth drivers, and current and future trends, we also forecast the overall growth of the global Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGF) market during the next few years. The global Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGF) market size will reach USD million in 2028, growing at a CAGR of % during the analysis period.
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A driver sped off a Plainville road late Wednesday into a house and through its living room, stopping short of a bed with two people in it, police said.
The two residents were not injured, and the driver had only minor injuries, Lt. Nicholas Mullins said. No one else was in the ranch-style home, which is too severely damaged to be lived in.
No arrests have been made as of Thursday morning.
According to Mullins, the crash happened about 11:30 p.m. when a 37-year-old man was driving a Subaru Forester north on River Street near the Southington line “at a high rate of speed.”
He failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Shuttle Meadow Road, drove across Shuttle Meadow and crashed through the outside wall of the house, Mullins said.
The Subaru went through the living room and into the bedroom, stopping just short of the bed where two people had been sleeping, he said.
The driver was taken to the hospital for treatment.
“He didn’t show any signs of impairment,” Mullins said.
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Joe Doucet's Tropos and Sabine Marcelis' SHIFT are the latest capsules in the Mortlach by Design collection
NEW YORK , May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky, a nearly 200-year-old treasure of Scotland's iconic Speyside region, is partnering with the American industrial designer Joe Doucet and the Netherlands-based designer Sabine Marcelis to release two new bespoke products during NYCxDesign in May. Tropos, a bold and reflective chair, and SHIFT, a delicate yet structural glass bar cart, embody the complexity and individuality of the Single Malt Scotch that inspired them. The pieces will be unveiled during NYCxDesign in an exciting and immersive installation in collaboration with SIZED.
Tropos, by Joe Doucet, was inspired by "The Way," the unique, top-secret distillation process exclusive to Mortlach that has been passed down by distillers for generations. The resulting liquid produced by distillation in six distinct stills - an essential element of "The Way" - was the driving force behind Doucet's creative process, from the design's conception to its name, Tropos, which translates to 'The Way' in Greek.
"My aim was to design an immersive space where one could fully engage in the complexity and depth of Mortlach Whisky as they sat," Doucet explained. To achieve this, he played with the archetype of a classic wingback chair which envelops the sitter and is meant to block out external sight and sounds. In that spirit, the reflective interior of the chair creates an infinite mirror, further engrossing the sitter in the mystery that defines Mortlach.
SHIFT, by renowned Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis, is simultaneously mysterious and accessible, inspired by the enigmatic nature of Mortlach. The bar cart is incredibly dynamic; the rich brown and honey hues of the glass are dually translucent and opaque, imitating the tint and transparency of Mortlach liquid. The object itself is both sculptural in its composition and functional in its use. The two intertwined volumes create an intricate and modern feel, allowing people to play with the positioning of their Mortlach bottles and barware. "Similar to how Mortlach reveals its layered flavors upon tasting, the bar cart reveals its dynamic layers when explored and used to serve," Marcelis revealed. The top piece of the bar cart is loose, so anyone can choose to use it as a tray, leave it on top to serve glassware, or remove it for external presentation. The bar cart is mobile, with wheels giving it the flexibility to move with the user. "The mobility and versatility of SHIFT is a reflection of the journey one takes while sipping Mortlach."
"Both Joe and Sabine's designs embody the boldness and intricacies that are central to Mortlach," said Sophie Kelly, Senior VP of Whiskies for North America at Diageo.
"Each piece is a perfect counterpart to the spirit, with deep complexities that engage people as they interact with both the products and Mortlach itself."
Founded by an engineer and a doctor, whose analytical minds and shared passion for precision in design informed a uniquely distinct approach to whisky-making, Mortlach is deeply rooted in thoughtful craftsmanship. Mortlach by Design celebrates this design-forward process by partnering with some of the world's best designers and rising creatives on one-of-a-kind products that will culminate in an extraordinary whisky experience. For NYCxDesign and Frieze NY, Mortlach by Design is partnering with SIZED on their first exhibition in New York, Industrialism, curated by Creative Director Alexander May.
For more information or to purchase a bottle of Mortlach, visit mortlach.com.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Mortlach by Design Lounge at SIZED
May 19-28th | open daily 11AM - 6PM
711 Greenwich St.
NY, NY 10014
About Mortlach
The Mortlach distillery was founded in 1823 in Dufftown, Scotland by James Findlater and his two partners, Donald McIntosh and Alexander Gordon. In 1852, the distillery was reopened by John Gordon after a few silent years. In 1853, Gordon took on George Cowie as a partner, a former engineer who spent a career carving the great Scottish railways into the rugged landscape, creating John Gordon & Co. Cowie became the sole proprietor when Gordon died in 1867.
Dr. Alexander Cowie, George's son, oversaw the very first spirit distillation through a completely unique and fiendishly complex process, which he crafted using his scientific acumen. He was not a distiller by trade and had not long returned from a posting in Hong Kong, where he spent five years practicing medicine. After the untimely death of his older brother, he returned to run Dufftown's oldest distillery with his father. George bestowed it all to Alexander when he died, and Alexander doubled the stills his father left him. www.mortlach.com
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Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Jul. rose 14.75 cents at $11.39 a bushel; May corn was up 3.25 cents at $7.63 a bushel; Jul. oats gained 15.50 cents at $6.8225 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans advanced 43.50 cents at 17.1375 a bushel.
Beef and pork were er on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Holidaymakers have been warned that buying duty-free items at the airport could cost hundreds more.
It is advised to shop online rather than looking to bag bargains at the airport as it could save you up to 40%.
New research found that nearly three quarters (74%) of products are cheaper online than in duty free shops across UK airports.
The research details how much cheaper certain products are online compared to duty-free.
How was the research conducted?
The research was conducted by PriceSpy, a price and product comparison site.
It reviewed more than 300 products in duty free stores including perfume, make-up, sunglasses, toiletries, watches, skincare, and electronics across three UK airports.
It compared the average price of each item to its cheapest price online.
What items are much cheaper online?
Travellers could save the most on watches - they cost £26.40 more on average in duty free stores than if you purchased the item online.
You could also save £7.58 on average if you buy perfume online compared to at the airport.
Meanwhile, sunglasses and toiletries in duty free shops cost £5 more on average than buying online.
What’s been said about the price differences?
Liisa Matinvesi-Bassett, country manager UK at PriceSpy said “it is interesting to see proof that duty free doesn’t necessarily offer the best prices.”
She added that there has “long been a myth that when travelling abroad, duty free can offer the best price on luxury item but many are becoming aware that this is not the case.”
She urges those going away to think about what they need to do to avoid last-minute purchases at the airport.
By checking online first, you can make sure you always get the best price when you shop duty free.
Ms Matinvesi-Bassett said: "Our research highlights people really need to do their price due diligence, to make sure this is actually the case.
“It’s been a tough few years and we’re so glad that people can go away once more, but by being savvy with your money you can make your holiday extra special with a little extra spending.”
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SiriusXM's collaboration with MasterClass enables listeners, for the first time, to experience MasterClass programming from their cars, homes, and on-the-go streaming devices
Airing on SiriusXM Stars and Business Radio, the new program will feature MasterClass instructors from the worlds of culture and business
Classes from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bob Iger, Steve Martin, Metallica, Issa Rae, RuPaul, Howard Schultz, Serena Williams, and Anna Wintour to air in the opening weeks
NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM and MasterClass announced today the launch of MasterClass Hour, a new program that will air on SiriusXM Stars channel 109 and Business Radio channel 132. Focusing on both culture and business, the new show will feature programming from MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best across a wide range of subjects. MasterClass Hour will debut on Friday, May 27 before moving to its regular air times on Saturdays.
MasterClass Hour on SiriusXM's Stars channel will be dedicated to lessons from some of the world's best instructors. The programming will kick off with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on The Power of Resilience, Metallica on Being a Band, Steve Martin on Comedy, Issa Rae on Creating Outside The Lines, RuPaul on Self-Expression and Authenticity, Gordon Ramsay on Cooking, Malala Yousafzai on Creating Change, and much more. After launching on Friday, May 27 at 7 am ET, the 3-hour program will regularly premiere Saturdays at 8 am ET with replays throughout the weekend.
On Business Radio, MasterClass Hour will focus on lessons from the most inspiring leaders in the world, including Sara Blakely on Self-Made Entrepreneurship, Howard Shultz on Business Leadership, Anna Wintour on Finding Your Voice and Succeeding, Elaine Welteroth on Designing a Unique Career Path, and Bob Iger on Business Strategy and Leadership. The weekly one-hour program will premiere on Business Radio on Friday, May 27 at 5 pm ET and then move to every Saturday at 7 am ET, with replays throughout the weekend.
"As we return to our on-the-go lifestyles—whether that's commuting, going on summer road trips or running errands—our collaboration with SiriusXM comes at the perfect time," said David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass. "While video is a powerful tool for learning, this new audio experience gives people an additional opportunity to learn from the world's best via audio on SiriusXM's channels."
"We're thrilled to collaborate with MasterClass and to offer their informative and inspiring programming to SiriusXM listeners nationwide," said Megan Liberman, SiriusXM's Senior Vice President of News, Talk & Entertainment Programming. "MasterClass instructors are leaders of their fields, and now their classes will be specially curated for SiriusXM listeners and can be heard wherever they go."
Through the collaboration, SiriusXM will enable listeners for the first time to enjoy the MasterClass listening and learning experience from the comfort of their cars, homes and on-the-go streaming devices. In addition to airing on SiriusXM Stars and Business Radio, select lessons will be available as podcasts on the SXM App.
In addition to MasterClass Hour, MasterClass will also have a dedicated, limited-run channel on SiriusXM later this year, which will make the special programming available 24/7. The channel is currently scheduled to run from September 1-15, 2022.
SiriusXM's Business Radio and Stars channels are available to subscribers nationwide on SiriusXM radios, the SXM App, and with Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant or however they stream at home. Streaming access is included with all of SiriusXM's audio trials and most popular plans.
For more information on SiriusXM, go to www.SiriusXM.com. For more information on MasterClass, go to www.MasterClass.com.
About MasterClass
MasterClass is the streaming platform where the world's best come together so anyone, anywhere, can access and be inspired by their knowledge and stories. With an annual membership, members get unprecedented access to 150+ instructors and classes across a wide variety of fields, including Arts & Entertainment, Business, Design & Style, Sports & Gaming, Writing and more. Step into Nas' recording studio, Gordon Ramsay's kitchen and go behind the big screen with James Cameron. Design your career with Elaine Welteroth, get ready to win with Lewis Hamilton, perfect your pitch with Shonda Rhimes and discover your inner negotiator with Chris Voss. Each class features about 20 video lessons, at an average of 10 minutes per lesson. You can learn and discover at a pace that best serves your lifestyle—in bite-size pieces or in a single binge, on mobile, tablet, desktop, Android™ TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku® players and devices. Cinematic visuals and close-up demonstrations make you feel like you're one-on-one with the instructors, while the downloadable class guides help reinforce your learning. For those looking to learn by doing, Sessions by MasterClass offers a structured, 30-day curriculum where members can roll up their sleeves, get hands-on and learn meaningful skills through step-by-step guidance from world-class instructors and an active community of peers. With MasterClass at Work, companies can keep their employees engaged and boost morale and motivation with immersive, short-form lessons from the world's best.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
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Each year, thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in a controversial Flag March, waving Israeli flags, singing nationalist songs, and in some cases, chanting anti-Arab slogans, as they pass through Palestinian neighbourhoods.
Israeli authorities on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for flag-waving Jewish nationalists to march through the heart of the mainly Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City on 29 May, in a decision that threatens to re-ignite violence in the holy city.
Flag Day is meant to celebrate Israel’s capture of Palestinian East Jerusalem in the 1967 war, which Israel has illegally occupied ever since.
The march is being held by Israeli extremists who claim that Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to them.
This year’s planned route is from Jaffa Street and will enter the Old City through the Damascus Gate, heavily used by Palestinians, en route to the Western Wall, which adjoins the Al-Aqsa Mosque, by passing through the Muslim Quarter.
Access to Damascus Gate and the Old City will be blocked for Palestinians, who often face violence from occupying Israeli forces and settlers during the march.
US bans its #Jerusalem embassy staff from the Old City this Sunday.
— ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕖 𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕝 (@rosiescammell) May 26, 2022
Israel has given nationalists approval to march through Damascus Gate, waving Israeli flags, to celebrate capturing the Old City in the 1967 war. pic.twitter.com/op4mhV5nFR
The march is taking place in occupied East Jerusalem, which is Palestinian land that was illegally captured by Israel. Taking this route is seen as an endorsement of Israel’s occupation, considered illegal under international law, and undermining Palestinian rights and presence in Jerusalem.
While Israeli authorities have never officially approved a route that would see the march entering the Al-Aqsa compound, Jewish extremists, often protected by Israeli security forces, have stormed the compound on a regular basis recently.
This year’s march comes along with heightened tensions after the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera. She was shot dead near the Jenin refugee camp on 11 May by Israeli forces while covering a raid in the occupied West Bank, sparking outrage across the Arab world.
During her funeral in Jerusalem, more than 70 Palestinians were wounded when attacked by Israeli security forces mourners, including the pallbearers.
The march is also taking place during heightened tensions in the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenin, which has been repeatedly raided by Israeli forces since a wave of anti-Israeli attacks in late March. Nablus has also become another flashpoint area in the occupied territories.
This year, organisers threatened to storm Al-Aqsa compound during their march.
On Sunday, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned against the plans. “I warn the enemy against committing such crimes,” Haniyeh continued, adding that “the resistance… in Jerusalem and the West Bank will not allow or accept” such incidents at Al-Aqsa.
“We will confront it with all possibilities and we will never allow the Al-Aqsa Mosque to be violated,” he said.
This year’s march is taking place amid talk that Israel is trying to change the status quo of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Jordan, whose ruling Hashemite family has custodianship of Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian sites, said that since 2000 Israel has undermined a centuries-old tradition that bars non-Muslims from worshipping in the mosque compound.
In April, Jordan began intensifying efforts to push Israel to respect the historic status quo of the holy site after Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at the mosque compound intensified significantly during Ramadan.
At the time, Jordanian officials told the US that Israel should end restrictions on staffing of Jordan’s religious waqf administration and let it manage all visits by non-Muslims and prevent worship by them.
Israel is underestimating the Palestinian determination to resist occupation by allowing the annual Flag March to take place in occupied East Jerusalem, Palestine’s presidency said.
The resumption of the Flag March, which is organised by far-right Israeli groups, means Jerusalem will become a “beacon” for all Palestinians and Arabs, presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Wednesday evening.
He added that by allowing the march to take place, Israeli authorities are “once again underestimating the Palestinian people and leadership’s determination to remain resilient and challenge the occupation”, in a statement carried by Palestinian Authority’s news agency Wafa.
Abu Rudeineh urged the Israeli government to “refrain from such provocations that can only further inflame tensions, fuelling more unrest and violence, with dire consequences”, saying it is fully responsible for any escalations that may take place at the time of the controversial march.
Following the statement, the Israeli police said the march will take place the way it always does.
“The traditional Jerusalem Flag Parade (29.05.22) will take place this year as it has every year for decades”, the police force tweeted on Thursday morning. The march last year was delayed until 15 June due to tensions.
The traditional Jerusalem Flag Parade (29.05.22) will take place this year as it has every year for decades
— Israel Police (@israelpolice) May 26, 2022
Explosion in the region
The leader of the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant group Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday warned that if Israel “violates” mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem it will cause “an explosion in the region,” adding his threats to those of Palestinian groups over the controversial Jerusalem Day Flag March.
In a speech marking the anniversary of Israel’s May 25, 2000 withdrawal from its security zone in southern Lebanon, Nasrallah warned against any provocations in the coming days.
“I want to tell the enemy’s government… and those concerned with the regional situation. Any violation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock will blow apart the region,” Nasrallah said. “It will provoke all the Arab and Islamic peoples and every free person.”
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The Push And Pull Of Momentum
Summary
- The short-term shifts come from Momentum investors/short-term traders using price trends as a guide to forecast the direction of the next expected direction.
- Momentum investors moved out of FAANG-type stay-at-home favored stocks as rates rose with the belief that inflation sensitive industrial issues would do better as the economy reopened post-COVID.
- Economic indicators which forecast the long-term direction of markets remain solidly expansionary.
Markets are always a composite of investor perceptions. The short-term shifts come from Momentum investors/short-term traders using price trends as a guide to forecast the direction of the next expected direction. The 10yr Treasury rate is part of this mix factored into computer driven trading algorithms. The first chart is daily prices from Nov 2019 of the SP500 Value, Growth ETF vs 10yr Treas Rate. It shows such a relationship. Higher rates suggested economic reopening and capital shifted out of VOOG (SP500 Growth issues) March 2021 towards VOOV (SP500 Value issues). Momentum investors moved out of FAANG-type stay-at-home favored stocks as rates rose with the belief that inflation sensitive industrial issues would do better as the economy reopened post-COVID. Then the media shifted its focus to the ‘Delta Variant’ with intense coverage even though the data does not support the concerns expressed and capital shifted back to VOOG coupled with a fall in the 10yr rate. The second chart, also daily, of the 10yr, 3mo Treasury, Rate Spread & Fed Funds Daily vs US$ covers a longer period from Jan 2019 and shows the relationship rates have with the US$. Periods of global uncertainty correlate with capital shifts into the US$ as shown with the sharp rise in the US$ with COVID and in recent days there was a US$ rise with concern over the China/India border dispute leading to war. This appears to have settled into a standoff as in the best interests of all.
US media with its focus on Momentum Investor commentary did not mention the troop build-up on the Chinese/Indian border to over 200,000 troops. With a standoff in place, the troops remain and they are building infrastructure for a long term presence. In my experience we should see an easing near term in the US$ and a turn higher in 10yr rates as inflation and economic reopening recover their importance. Economic indicators which forecast the long-term direction of markets remain solidly expansionary. The economy continues to reopen post COVID with earnings and revenue growth surprises for VOOV issues while VOOG issues are in the early stages of not meeting very high expectations.
The media makes it appear that investing is all tech and nothing else and that the timing decisions are either ‘on’ or ‘off’. Both perceptions are far from reality. Tech companies cannot survive unless there is a base of thriving economic activity on which to operate. The media focus on the 5%-10% of issues to the detriment of the 90% which makes tech possible is where the opportunity lays for investors in my experience. Many companies, which typically generated strong margins and earnings in prior market cycles and were priced at 3-4x Revenue, are today priced 1x Revenue or less with significant economic expansion ahead of them. It is these companies which are represented by the VOOV ETF that has the greatest opportunity for investors.
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The Flight Attendant season 3: Is it renewed, canceled at HBO Max?
Following tonight’s big season 2 finale, will The Flight Attendant season 3 happen over at HBO Max? Or, will this metaphorical plane get grounded?
Let’s start things off with what we know at this given moment in time: There isn’t an official renewal as of yet for the Kaley Cuoco series. We’d love for there to be more, but this is one of those programs that really takes things year by year. Remember that Kaley had only a short break between The Big Bang Theory and this show and at some point, she may want to take some time away from all of this. (Remember that she was also on 8 Simple Rules before playing Penny on the CBS sitcom; she’s been working pretty steadily for a long period of time.)
Another real component to a season 3 here is coming up with the right story, especially since you don’t want to do more for the simple sake of doing it. At one point, there wasn’t even a plan for season 2! The show was conceived largely as its own, standalone story, and that’s why season 2 felt at times very much different.
One thing that we do think needs to change moving forward is a different sort of psychological component. Season 1 showed Cassie speaking often to Alex within her head; meanwhile, season 2 brought us a wide array of Cassies as she spoke to different versions of herself. What could season 3 offer? Is she ever going to have a normal life?
When we get a season 3 here is ultimately dependent on a couple of different factors. Take, for starters, when a renewal is ordered, and then also when it films. Our best-case scenario right now is that we see it in late 2023 or early 2024.
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Present and Future Fans of the #1 New Comedy Series Can Engage in "To Die For" Multi-City In-Person Activations and Unique Web3 Metaverse Experiences Leading Into the Series' Sophomore Season This Fall
NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS presents "Summer of GHOSTS," an immersive campaign honoring the "recently departed" first season of the CBS Original series GHOSTS and its upcoming sophomore season this fall. Throughout the summer, multi-city, in-person events and unique Web3 metaverse experiences will celebrate the spirited title characters and living leads of TV's #1 new comedy.
Each character will be honored with a distinctive "to die for" activation, bringing their individual worlds and stories into the here and now with a variety of in-person events, stunts and experiences. Fans will explore the lives (and afterlives) of the spirits, including Flower, a hippie from the '60s; Hetty, a Victorian society woman and wife of a 19th-century robber baron; Alberta, the saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer; Isaac, the 18th-century forgotten Founding Father; Sasappis, a sarcastic native from the 16th century; Pete, the upbeat '80s scout troop leader; Thorfinn, a Viking warrior from 1009; and Trevor, the slick, pantsless-for-eternity '90s finance bro. Also to be feted are Samantha and Jay, the present-day married "livings" who recently inherited Woodstone Mansion, the country estate inhabited by the spirits whom Samantha has the ability to see and hear. Adding to the intrigue, each activation will feature a limited-edition collectible character NFT, as well as gift cards for a month-long subscription to Paramount+ where viewers can watch GHOSTS' first season on demand.
As of mid-summer, fans from anywhere can also bridge dimensions between the living and the dead by virtually accessing the haunted grounds of Woodstone Mansion in a unique and easy-to-navigate Web3 GHOSTS experience. The metaverse will feature an additional release of the 10 character-specific exclusive collectible NFTs. Collecting all 10 will enable fans to unlock distinct experiences in the metaverse mansion, which will showcase the series' set in remarkable detail. The interactive experience will feature games and surprises as people explore the assorted rooms and grounds.
"It's exciting for us to bring our CBS Original comedy GHOSTS to life in ways that celebrate the characters of the show in creative, authentic and fun ways, all summer long," said Mike Benson, president and chief marketing officer of CBS. "We hope that fans of the series, as well as anyone who has never seen GHOSTS, will enjoy the experiences we've created and see why it's become the most popular new comedy on television."
The campaign sprang to life in a moment of surprise and delight during Paramount's Upfront Presentation at Carnegie Hall, as members of the series' cast performed a comical musical number in character, now available on more than 150 music streaming services worldwide (including Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora) as "GHOSTS: The Musical."
Next up for the activations in honor of each character are:
- Flower's Flowers – A flowery Los Angeles experience in June honoring the '60s bohemian spirit, Flower.
- Hetty-quette: a Book of Etiquette – A launch party for Hetty's book of social "Hetty-quette," even if her advice is a little dated!
- The Alberta Haynes Museum – The storied Alberta Haynes Museum, coming to life with an exclusive pop-up experience in Alberta's hometown of Altoona, Pa. For fans who can't make the trip in person, a tour on the GHOSTS social channels will showcase the artifacts, memorabilia and GHOSTS "Easter eggs."
- Sass's Ghost Stories – An evening storytelling performance in New York City to celebrate Sasappis' storytelling roots.
- Pete's Friend Zone – Pete's Pinecone Trooper-themed "Friend Zone" in San Diego, which will have a campsite feel, complete with A-frame-inspired tents for shade, activation stations and campsite snacks.
- Thorfinn's Viking Feast – A Viking lunch for Thorfinn, providing select fans with a Nordic-inspired dining experience at sea.
- Isaac's Victory – Isaac finally one-ups Alexander Hamilton when he's featured on an (wait for it … ) $11 bill!
- Trevor's Hamptons Party – The exclusive "Forever Trevor" '90s-themed Hamptons bash to give Trevor the party of his dreams.
- Sam & Jay's Woodstone Premiere – The world premiere screening event to kick off season two.
Fans can follow @GhostsCBS on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok for upcoming specifics on the campaign, and use #SummerOfGhosts to join in the fun.
Season two of the critically acclaimed #1 new comedy/series and breakout hit GHOSTS will premiere in its new time slot at 8:30 PM on Thursdays on CBS this fall, with repeats airing throughout the summer. The entire first season is available to stream on demand on Paramount+.
GHOSTS stars Rose McIver (Samantha), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Jay), Brandon Scott Jones (Isaac), Richie Moriarty (Pete), Danielle Pinnock (Alberta), Asher Grodman (Trevor), Román Zaragoza (Sasappis), Sheila Carrasco (Flower), Rebecca Wisocky (Hetty) and Devan Chandler Long (Thorfinn). Joe Port and Joe Wiseman are executive producers and showrunners. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Lionsgate Television and BBC Studios' Los Angeles production arm.
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(CNN)Colin Kaepernick trained with the Las Vegas Raiders this week, signaling a potential comeback in the NFL, according to US media reports.
Kaepernick worked out for the Raiders on Wednesday, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
The 34-year-old -- who drew controversy for kneeling during the national anthem when he was a San Francisco 49er, protesting racial injustices and police brutality in the US -- has not been involved in an NFL game in more than five years.
In March 2017, Kaepernick opted out of his 49ers contract and became a free agent. No NFL team signed him. In October 2017, he filed his grievance case against the NFL, alleging that teams were colluding to deny him a job.
The quarterback settled a collusion grievance case against the NFL, along with his former 49ers teammate Eric Reid, in 2019.
Raiders owner Mark Davis said he would welcome Kaepernick "with open arms" provided the team's coaches and general manager were on board.
"He deserves every chance in the world to become a quarterback in the National Football League," Davis told NBC Sports.
Kaepernick has expressed his desire to play in the NFL time and time again -- even signaling he would sign with a team as a backup.
"Yeah. I know I have to find my way back in," Kaepernick said in an interview on the "I AM ATHLETE" YouTube channel.
"So, yeah, if I have to come in as a backup that's fine, but that's not where I'm staying. And when I prove that I'm a starter, I want to be able to step on the field as such. I just need that opportunity to walk through the door."
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There's not much Jason Heit hasn't done in combat sports.
As a fighter, Heit competed in boxing, kickboxing and MMA. And away from the cage or ring, he looked after the likes of Drew Barrymore, David Duchovny, Nicolas Cage and Robbie Williams as a bodyguard.
"It's been a wild journey, that's for sure," said Heit. "Rubbed elbows and looked after every celeb you can imagine."
These days, the veteran Vancouver Island fight coach is putting his promoter's hat back on. Heit and Champ Promotions are staging a boxing card Saturday at the Roundhouse at Bayview Place in Victoria
The main event on the 12-fight amateur card features Terris Smith, who trains at Heit's Island Boxing Gym, against Vancouver's Saphir Vendroux in the 57-kilogram division. Smith, a chartered accountant, was runner-up at the 2019 Canadian national championships.
"She's right in there as one of the top boxers in the country," said Heit
The card, titled "Back on Track," is the first for Heit since the pandemic.
"This card is really to shake off the ring rust and test the market. I haven't promoted in a while and the world is a little bit different coming out post-COVID," said Heit. "I just want to test the waters with an amateur boxing event. And if all goes well, which it really seems to be … The next show will be a pro-am."
He plans to focus on boxing in the near term but hasn't ruled out staging other combat sports. Either way, he's happy to be back staging fights, given the short shelf life of athletes who have been on the shelf due to COVID-related restrictions.
Heit said while his elite boxers were allowed to train during the pandemic, he had the police called on him when some saw his gym was still open.
Heit got into combat sports the hard way.
At 17, he won the 1990 Island Tough Man Contest by knocking out three men in one night. He turned to amateur boxing and represented Canada at the 1995 Pan American Games..
In 1996 he moved to Los Angeles to train under Royce Gracie, returning to Canada to run a gym in Duncan, B.C., that produced WEC and UFC fighter John (The Natural) Alessio.
Heit had his first pro MMA fight in 1997, before moving to L.A. to pursue pro boxing. That led to a career detour as a bodyguard.
He continued training in MMA, moving back to Victoria in 2007 to open his own gym. He posted wins in the Maximum Fighting Championship and King of the Cage promotions, retiring with a 4-0-0 mark.
His combined boxing, kickboxing and MMA record is 42-5 with 34 knockouts.
In 2008, he founded his own regional MMA promotion called the Armageddon Fighting Championships.
In 2011, Heit and Armageddon co-owner Darren Owen appeared on the "Dragons' Den" TV show in search of new investors. With two fight shows under their belt, they asked for $55,000 for 10 per cent of their company to help fund its growth. They ended up agreeing to $80,000 for 30 per cent with Jim Treliving and Robert Herjavec.
"It was fantastic exposure," said Heit. "It was really good for helping build the brand."
But after more than a year of due diligence, "the deal kind of didn't really make sense for anyone because the company had grown and the valuation was different," said Heit.
Armageddon eventually joined forces with Edmonton-based Aggression MMA and Calgary-based AX Combat in 2012 to become the Aggression Fighting Championship.
In 2013, it was taken over by the World Series of Fighting which operates today as the Professional Fighters League.
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Actor Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67.
Famous for his characters in the classic Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, the actor got his start in in 1983, in The Lone Lady.
Deadline reports Liotta died in his sleep while in the Dominican Republic.
He was reportedly shooting a film on the island.
His fiancée Jacy Nittolo was traveling with him.
No foul play is suspected at this time.
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Joe Doucet's Tropos and Sabine Marcelis' SHIFT are the latest capsules in the Mortlach by Design collection
NEW YORK , May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky, a nearly 200-year-old treasure of Scotland's iconic Speyside region, is partnering with the American industrial designer Joe Doucet and the Netherlands-based designer Sabine Marcelis to release two new bespoke products during NYCxDesign in May. Tropos, a bold and reflective chair, and SHIFT, a delicate yet structural glass bar cart, embody the complexity and individuality of the Single Malt Scotch that inspired them. The pieces will be unveiled during NYCxDesign in an exciting and immersive installation in collaboration with SIZED.
Tropos, by Joe Doucet, was inspired by "The Way," the unique, top-secret distillation process exclusive to Mortlach that has been passed down by distillers for generations. The resulting liquid produced by distillation in six distinct stills - an essential element of "The Way" - was the driving force behind Doucet's creative process, from the design's conception to its name, Tropos, which translates to 'The Way' in Greek.
"My aim was to design an immersive space where one could fully engage in the complexity and depth of Mortlach Whisky as they sat," Doucet explained. To achieve this, he played with the archetype of a classic wingback chair which envelops the sitter and is meant to block out external sight and sounds. In that spirit, the reflective interior of the chair creates an infinite mirror, further engrossing the sitter in the mystery that defines Mortlach.
SHIFT, by renowned Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis, is simultaneously mysterious and accessible, inspired by the enigmatic nature of Mortlach. The bar cart is incredibly dynamic; the rich brown and honey hues of the glass are dually translucent and opaque, imitating the tint and transparency of Mortlach liquid. The object itself is both sculptural in its composition and functional in its use. The two intertwined volumes create an intricate and modern feel, allowing people to play with the positioning of their Mortlach bottles and barware. "Similar to how Mortlach reveals its layered flavors upon tasting, the bar cart reveals its dynamic layers when explored and used to serve," Marcelis revealed. The top piece of the bar cart is loose, so anyone can choose to use it as a tray, leave it on top to serve glassware, or remove it for external presentation. The bar cart is mobile, with wheels giving it the flexibility to move with the user. "The mobility and versatility of SHIFT is a reflection of the journey one takes while sipping Mortlach."
"Both Joe and Sabine's designs embody the boldness and intricacies that are central to Mortlach," said Sophie Kelly, Senior VP of Whiskies for North America at Diageo.
"Each piece is a perfect counterpart to the spirit, with deep complexities that engage people as they interact with both the products and Mortlach itself."
Founded by an engineer and a doctor, whose analytical minds and shared passion for precision in design informed a uniquely distinct approach to whisky-making, Mortlach is deeply rooted in thoughtful craftsmanship. Mortlach by Design celebrates this design-forward process by partnering with some of the world's best designers and rising creatives on one-of-a-kind products that will culminate in an extraordinary whisky experience. For NYCxDesign and Frieze NY, Mortlach by Design is partnering with SIZED on their first exhibition in New York, Industrialism, curated by Creative Director Alexander May.
For more information or to purchase a bottle of Mortlach, visit mortlach.com.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Mortlach by Design Lounge at SIZED
May 19-28th | open daily 11AM - 6PM
711 Greenwich St.
NY, NY 10014
About Mortlach
The Mortlach distillery was founded in 1823 in Dufftown, Scotland by James Findlater and his two partners, Donald McIntosh and Alexander Gordon. In 1852, the distillery was reopened by John Gordon after a few silent years. In 1853, Gordon took on George Cowie as a partner, a former engineer who spent a career carving the great Scottish railways into the rugged landscape, creating John Gordon & Co. Cowie became the sole proprietor when Gordon died in 1867.
Dr. Alexander Cowie, George's son, oversaw the very first spirit distillation through a completely unique and fiendishly complex process, which he crafted using his scientific acumen. He was not a distiller by trade and had not long returned from a posting in Hong Kong, where he spent five years practicing medicine. After the untimely death of his older brother, he returned to run Dufftown's oldest distillery with his father. George bestowed it all to Alexander when he died, and Alexander doubled the stills his father left him. www.mortlach.com
About Diageo
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world.
For more information about Diageo, their people, brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practices. Follow Twitter and Instagram for news and information about Diageo North America: @Diageo_NA.
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UVALDE, Texas — Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school? Could it have warned the authorities?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed the online messages sent minutes before the Wednesday attack, although he called them posts, which are typically distributed to a wide audience.
Facebook stepped in to note that the gunman sent one-to-one direct messages, not public posts, and that they weren’t discovered until “after the terrible tragedy.”
The latest mass shootings in the U.S. by active social-media users may bring more pressure on social media companies to heighten their scrutiny of online communications, even though conservative politicians — Abbott among them — are also pushing social platforms to relax their restrictions on some speech.
RELATED: Texas school massacre highlights differences between Gov. Abbott and challenger Beto O'Rourke
SHOULD FACEBOOK HAVE CAUGHT THE SHOOTER'S MESSAGES?
Facebook parent company Meta has said it monitors people’s private messages for some kinds of harmful content, such as links to malware or images of child sexual exploitation. But copied images can be detected using unique identifiers — a kind of digital signature — which makes them relatively easy for computer systems to flag. Trying to interpret a string of threatening words — which can resemble a joke, satire or song lyrics — is a far more difficult task for artificial intelligence systems.
Facebook could, for instance, flag certain phrases such as “going to kill” or “going to shoot,” but without context — something AI in general has a lot of trouble with — there would be too many false positives for the company to analyze. So Facebook and other platforms rely on user reports to catch threats, harassment and other violations of the law or their own policies. As evidenced by the latest shootings, that often comes too late, if at all.
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
Even this kind of monitoring could soon be obsolete, since Meta plans to roll out end-to-end-encryption on its Facebook and Instagram messaging systems next year. Such encryption means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people's messages. WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, already has such encryption.
A recent Meta-commissioned report emphasized the benefits of such privacy but also noted some risks -- including users who could abuse the encryption to sexually exploit children, facilitate human trafficking and spread hate speech.
Apple has long had end-to-end encryption on its messaging system. That has brought the iPhone maker into conflict with the Justice Department over messaging privacy. After the deadly shooting of three U.S. sailors at a Navy installation in December 2019, the Justice Department insisted that investigators needed access to data from two locked and encrypted iPhones that belonged to the alleged gunman, a Saudi aviation student.
Security experts say this could be done if Apple were to engineer a “backdoor” to allow access to messages sent by alleged criminals. Such a secret key would let them decipher encrypted information with a court order.
But the same experts warned that such backdoors into encryption systems make them inherently insecure. Just knowing that a backdoor exists is enough to focus the world’s spies and criminals on discovering the mathematical keys that could unlock it. And when they do, everyone’s information is essentially vulnerable to anyone with the secret key. | https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/texas/uvalde-texas-school-shooters-facebook-messages/285-011ca6ab-8c4f-464d-9fde-d14cec3630e7 | 2022-05-26T16:51:06Z | https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/texas/uvalde-texas-school-shooters-facebook-messages/285-011ca6ab-8c4f-464d-9fde-d14cec3630e7 | true | 45 |
NEW YORK (AP) — A state appeals court has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices.
A four-judge panel on Thursday upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump.
The former president had appealed the initial ruling.
His lawyers argued that ordering the Trumps to testify violated their constitutional rights because their answers could be used in a parallel criminal investigation.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading the investigation, praised Thursday's ruling.
“Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump must comply with our lawful investigation into his financial dealings,” said Attorney General James. “We will continue to follow the facts of this case and ensure that no one can evade the law.” | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/trump-loses-appeal-must-testify-in-new-york-civil-probe | 2022-05-26T16:52:57Z | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/trump-loses-appeal-must-testify-in-new-york-civil-probe | false | 13 |
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Commentary: Can any American parent honestly say school massacres are ‘unimaginable’?
“Unimaginable” is a word that’s been thrown around a lot after 19 students, mostly fourth-graders, and two teachers were slaughtered Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas — all Republicans who have pushed to eliminate sensible gun regulations — use the word to convey their shock, shock that a lot of innocent people would end up dead in a country with more guns than people.
What a funny word to use, “unimaginable.” If only all American families could merely “imagine” the horror rather than experience it, along with the profound grief of finding out that you dropped your kids off to their death at school one morning. I’ve imagined it — this precise scenario, on occasions more frequent than anyone living in a civilized society should.
So many children are dying in school shootings because the U.S. doesn’t focus on prevention. There are ways we can stop these horrific massacres.
I have 10-year-old twins, in fourth grade at the local public school, exactly like those 19 children in Texas murdered Tuesday, days before they were supposed to start summer break.
I’ve imagined my children — and surely other parents have too — spending their final seconds in terrifying uncertainty and pain. After tough mornings getting the kids ready for school (show me parents who claim to remain calm while rushing their kids out of the house, and I’ll show you a liar), I’ve even thought as I watch my kids disappear into their classrooms, “I’d hate for that to be their last memory of me if there’s a mass shooting today.”
And why shouldn’t I think this? It’s not as if these are unfounded fears. Since my children were born, we’ve lived through the national tragedy of Newtown, Conn., in 2012, when 20 first-graders and six staff members were killed by one man who could apply a few pounds of pressure to an assault rifle trigger; and then again in 2018 when 17 students and staff were shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
I can go back to 1999, when periodic massacres of children were truly unimaginable. It was then that my 11th-grade Spanish teacher sobbed as he discussed what happened at Columbine High School in Colorado, where 12 teenagers my age were murdered. That tragedy came out of nowhere, or at least we were naïve enough to think so.
Then Congress allowed the national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Then Newtown happened, and lawmakers put on one of the most brazen displays of ideological extremism in thwarting meaningful gun legislation. Then a woman who harassed a Parkland survivor outside the U.S. Capitol won a seat in Congress.
This is worse than imaginable. It’s reality, and the consequences are predictable.
We’re all talking about mass shootings now, as we should be, but those of us who routinely surrender our children to the care of educators have been dealing with anxiety over gun violence for years.
Perhaps it’s the fate of the United States to watch its soul die along with the 19 students and two adults shot to death Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
It doesn’t help that the most visible government response to the carnage has been to order flags lowered to half staff, a conspicuous reminder in places like schools that something’s wrong.
In fact, the day my twins started second grade (their last “normal” first day of school before the pandemic), the American and state flags that wave above the front gate were lowered. The occasion? Not one, but two mass shootings: Twenty-three people had been killed that August in a racist attack targeting Latinos in El Paso, Texas. The day after that shooting, nine people were killed in Dayton, Ohio.
What an auspiciously American way to start a school year.
For now, as my children’s school careens toward summer vacation, things look mostly normal, though there were noticeably fewer kids in attendance at the morning dropoffs this week. Mrs. B and Mr. Manny, surely the most dedicated support staff in Alhambra public schools, still greet each student by name, in English or Spanish as needed, and parents still linger to talk as our kids walk past the gates.
We’re clinging to these comforts of a community. But it’s not hard to imagine this life, based on a fundamental assumption of personal safety, destroyed in minutes by a shooter, all of it ebbing away.
After Uvalde, will schools become less inviting to parents and other family members? After Laguna Woods, will churches regard visitors with more suspicion? After Buffalo, will grocery stores near “food deserts” close shop? Hard to say. But we’ll continue taking our children to school, buying groceries and attending church because we need to.
As a high school student in 1999, I was upset, but I didn’t feel unsafe after the Columbine massacre. Now, as a parent in 2022, the slaughter of 19 schoolchildren two time zones away feels very close to home.
It certainly doesn’t feel “unimaginable.”
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Report: Jules Kounde & Sevilla Plan Talks to Find 'Pathway' for Chelsea Transfer
Chelsea target Jules Kounde is planning to have a meeting with Sevilla to 'find a pathway' for him to leave the La Liga side.
The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Thomas Tuchel's side this summer under new ownership.
As per the Sun, the defender has planned talks with Sevilla's sporting director Monchi to find a pathway out of the club as he looks to join Chelsea.
The report continues to state that Sevilla will try to hold out for Jules Kounde's release clause to be met but accept that he wants a fresh challenge amid Chelsea's interest.
Kounde has, therefore, planned talks with Monchi of Sevilla in order to facilitate a move to London.
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Back in November, Monchi sent a word of warning to Chelsea over their pursuit for the French international.
He said: "We're not going to change our way of working. When we understand that what they give for a player is out of value, we're clear about it because that's how we have to make the necessary additions."
However, the Spanish side may have to settle for less than his release clause as Chelsea are set for a 'negotiation battle' against Sevilla.
It was previously reported that Kounde was told he would be one of the first signings under the new ownership and the French international has recently been spotted in London as rumours circulate.
It remains to be seen as to whether Sevilla will allow the move, with Kounde clearly pushing to become a Chelsea player.
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HOUSTON, TX, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston Natural Resources Corp. ("HNRC or the Company") provided an update on its strategy to invest and sponsor Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations ("SPACs").
The company intends to invest in a second SPAC that has filed an S-1 registration statement this month for a $100 million dollar offering. It intends to list by the end of the second quarter of 2022.
The company sponsored a successful $86 million NYSE listing of an energy focused SPAC during the first quarter of 2022. HNRC is currently evaluating six other SPAC opportunities and has identified a third SPAC for listing in the third quarter.
This strategy will result in a dividend to its shareholders, after the lock up period has expired, on each of the SPAC investments. This would provide quarterly dividends through the end of 2023.
The company expects to realize at least $3m on each of its SPAC investments to be added to its existing earnings in 2022 and 2023. This could provide shareholders with more than $0.30c per share in annual dividends.
The company is evaluating sponsoring other energy focused SPACS, including traditional oil and gas, renewable energy and waste to energy opportunities.
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- Senior bureaucrat Sue Gray found that Downing Street cleaners were abused by civil servants holding lockdown-busting parties.
- The parties happened at the time when Britain was in Covid lockdowns over the past two years.
- Boris Johnson said he had no plan to resign over Gray's report, despite Tory MP's calling for him to step down.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday apologised to Downing Street cleaners and security guards after an inquiry found they were abused by civil servants holding raucous, lockdown-busting parties.
Following Wednesday's release of the long-awaited report by senior bureaucrat Sue Gray, three more MPs from Johnson's Conservative party called publicly for his resignation.
But the Tory leader is refusing to quit, arguing that while he "bitterly" regretted the rule-breaking and ensuing police fines, he did not realise his own government's Covid regulations were being breached and that it was time to move on.
In a series of lurid revelations made in her report, Gray said Downing Street cleaners had to mop up spilt red wine. At least one reveller vomited, and two came to alcohol-fuelled blows.
The cleaners and security guards suffered "multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment" from partying civil servants, Gray found.
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At his daily press briefing, Johnson's official spokesman was forced to apologise himself after repeatedly insisting that no rules were broken at a time when Britain was in Covid lockdowns over the past two years.
"He apologised to a number of staff yesterday. He spoke to more this morning. He was appalled by that behaviour," the spokesman said with regard to the security and cleaning staff.
Downing Street rules have already been changed to forbid in-office drinking except for social functions with outside guests, he said.
"I don't think we have the fridge anymore," the spokesman added, referring to a notorious wine cooler that was installed to facilitate the past partying.
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Opinion polls indicated deep public disapproval, with a snap survey Wednesday finding three in five people think Johnson should resign and three-quarters that he knowingly lied about "Partygate".
But outside an election, Conservative MPs are the only people able to force Johnson from office.
He met late Wednesday with Tory backbenchers, reportedly arguing that heavy-drinking predecessor Winston Churchill would not have been able to win World War II if Downing Street had imposed a total booze ban at the time.
A total of 19 Tory MPs have publicly called for Johnson's resignation, but others are believed to be holding back due to the war in Ukraine. Fifty-four letters of no-confidence are needed to trigger a leadership ballot.
John Baron, one of the three MPs who came forward after the report's publication, accused Johnson of misleading parliament and said he "no longer enjoys my support".
The prime minister still faces a House of Commons inquiry into whether he deliberately misled MPs with his repeated denials of rule-breaking.
"The strong intent is to cooperate fully" with that inquiry, Johnson's spokesman said.
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WASHINGTON — Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on gun measures after Texas school shooting.
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Father pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder of 3-year-old daughter in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his three-year-old daughter.
Frank Nausigimana, 29, was charged in girl's death last July
A Winnipeg man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his three-year-old daughter.
Frank Nausigimana, who is 29, was arrested in Winnipeg last July in the death of his daughter Jemimah.
He was initially charged with first-degree murder.
Police have said the girl was abducted from her mother at knifepoint.
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Microsoft is readying a significant update for Teams that will unlock a range of new collaboration opportunities for businesses.
According to a new entry (opens in new tab) in the Microsoft 365 product roadmap, the company is almost ready to release its new Teams Connect shared channels feature to all customers, after launching a limited preview back in March 2022.
The feature allows organizations to invite external users into a shared Microsoft Teams environment, opening the door to cross-business collaboration with clients and partners.
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Although Microsoft Teams has enjoyed immense success since the start of the pandemic - now serving upwards of 270 million monthly active users - the platform has, until now, focused predominantly on interactions between co-workers.
However, the arrival of Teams Connect shared channels will turn the service into a hub for collaboration between businesses too, providing secure environments in which multiple parties can hold video meetings and exchange messages, files and other data.
“Workplace collaboration has become increasingly digital, and cloud-based. And in our interconnected world, we need to collaborate with people beyond our own organization—communicating with partners, following up with suppliers, and reaching out to customers,” Microsoft said when the feature was first announced.
“With shared channels, multiple organizations can work together in a shared space. Have conversations, schedule a meeting, share, and co-author files, and collaborate on apps, without ever switching tenants.”
The drive to bring cross-business collaboration to Teams is part of a wider effort to make the platform a central hub for working, containing everything an employee might need to execute on their objectives.
As part of this push, Microsoft is also funnelling energy and resources into building a strong ecosystem of third-party apps for the platform, thereby minimizing the need for users to switch constantly between different services to complete tasks. Instead, everything can happen inside Teams.
By bringing communications that would usually take place over email into Teams too, Microsoft will further reduce the need to switch contexts in a way that might hinder productivity.
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CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, saying the incident illustrates deeply flawed implementation of department policy on the pursuit of suspects.
The bullet severely damaged part of the Black teenager's spine, possibly rendering him permanently paralyzed by the May 18 shooting, the filing in Chicago's U.S. District Court says. Police have said previously the boy was in a car suspected of involvement in a carjacking in a nearby suburb the day before and that he jumped out and started running. He hasn't been charged.
The excessive force lawsuit says the seventh grader, who had been a passenger, was complying with orders from several officers screaming at him to put his hands up.
The boy, referred to in the lawsuit only by his initials, "was unarmed and did as he was instructed. But the officer still shot him — recklessly, callously, and wantonly — right through his back," the filing alleges.
The shooting is the latest to put a spotlight on the Chicago Police Department's history of aggressive pursuit practices, which the city had vowed to change. Reform advocates say a still-inadequate pursuit policy and poor training has too often led officers to chase and shoot suspects who posed no threat. Police say they are finalizing a policy, but one is still not in place.
The officer's name hasn't been released and he is referred to as John Doe Officer in the filing. He was relieved of his police powers last week. The lawsuit names Doe and the city of Chicago as defendants and seeks unspecified damages for, among other things, mental anguish and future caretaking expenses.
A message seeking comment from the city's law department Thursday morning wasn't immediately returned.
The filing says the boy did not have a weapon and did nothing to make the officer believe he was armed or a danger to anyone. It adds that the use of use of force "was not objectively reasonable" and "was neither necessary nor proportional."
Police said the officer fired after the teen turned toward him
Police Supt. David Brown said last week that the fleeing teenager turned toward the officer and the officer fired. No weapon was found at the scene, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency that investigates officer shootings, confirmed last week. COPA said it had footage from the officer's body-worn camera but couldn't release it because the boy is a minor.
Thursday's filing says the officer knew or should have known that safer alternatives to a foot pursuit were available. Among the options, it says, was to establish a perimeter to contain the boy, then eventually arrest him. At least one police helicopter was overhead and other officers and patrol cars were in the area, honing in on the boy, it says.
The lawsuit says the department has been agonizingly slow in bringing its pursuit policy up to best-practice standards, saying that prior to June 2021 the department had "no pursuit policy at all."
The Justice Department criticized Chicago police practices
A scathing 2017 report by the U.S. Department of Justice that accused the Chicago Police Department of "tolerating racially discriminatory conduct" by officers also singled out its pursuit practices for blistering criticism.
"We found that officers engage in tactically unsound and unnecessary foot pursuit, and that those foot pursuits too often end with officers unreasonably shooting someone — including unarmed individuals," the report said.
The report led to a federal consent decree, a court supervised plan to overhaul the department that, among a long list of requirements, demanded that a fully upgraded police pursuit policy be in place by autumn of last year, according to the lawsuit. But the suit said the city missed the deadline.
"After (the department) implemented a woefully inadequate temporary foot pursuit policy, it dragged its feet in updating that policy," the filing says. "It not only missed the September 2021 deadline imposed by the Consent Decree, but eight months later, the policy is still not in place."
City officials responsible for implementing the reforms have previously denied that it has dragged their feet or disregarded deadlines.
The filing argues last week's shooting may not have occurred had a sound pursuit policy been in place.
"The deep-seeded systemic problems that led to the entry of the Consent Decree — implicit bias and failures in training, supervision, and accountability — still exist today," the lawsuit said. It add that the 13-year-old "is the latest victim of CPD's systemic failures."
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A court in Moldova placed former President Igor Dodon under 30-day house arrest on Thursday as he faces an investigation into suspected treason, corruption, illicit enrichment and illegal party financing.
The ruling came after Dodon, who served as Moldova's president from 2016 to 2020 and leads the Eastern European country’s pro-Russian opposition bloc, was detained Tuesday at his home in the capital of Chisinau after it was searched by investigators.
Speaking as he left a courtroom Thursday, Dodon claimed the charges against him were politically motivated and at the behest of foreign powers.
“It is a political issue aimed at neutralizing the opposition,” Dodon said in a video published by Moldovan news site Protv.md. “It is strange and despicable for those who ... filled all the state institutions with foreign, Romanian, American and German advisers, who control all of the institutions, to accuse me of treason.”
Following Dodon's detention, senior anti-corruption prosecutor Elena Cazacov said the subjects of the police investigation were “mainly one of the former presidents of the Republic of Moldova and those close to him, but also other persons who have a connection to the commission of the alleged acts.”
Dodon has denied wrongdoing. In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, he wrote that he had explanations for any allegations.
“This is not the first time I have become the target of a politically directed and directed justice system,” he wrote.
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Neomi Ng’ang’a has condemned fat-shaming, urging people to be more considerate of plus-size women.
The plus-size designer and model noted there’s a misconception that all women add weight by eating a lot. Neomi explained there are many underlying conditions that cause people to gain weight.
“There are perceptions about plus-size women. People think that you are overeating or you are doing nothing about your body,” Neomi said.
“There are many reasons why women add weight. So stop body-shaming them,” she said.
The actress mentioned a friend who told her that her husband used to spray her with doom because he felt like she was smelling.
Neomi said one reason women add weight is due to fertility issues.
“People need to know other people’s background stories. There are women who are big because they are using a fertility drug since they cannot bear children.”
The ‘Style by Neomi’ founder said other reasons include marital stress, depression, and careers.
“Before you call a person fat, please make sure you understand what they are going through. People need to know that our life is a journey and women evolve each and every time,” she said. | https://nairobiwire.com/2022/05/neomi-nganga-things-to-consider-before-calling-a-woman-fat.html | 2022-05-26T17:04:30Z | https://nairobiwire.com/2022/05/neomi-nganga-things-to-consider-before-calling-a-woman-fat.html | true | 1 |
Prosecutors in England are charging actor Kevin Spacey with multiple counts of sexual assault.
According to a statement from Rosemary Ainslie, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime Division, the actor is facing four counts of sexual assault against three men. The CPS is also charging him with one count of "causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent."
The criminal charges are following an investigation by the Metropolitan police.
The alleged assaults occurred in 2005, 2008 and 2013 in London and Gloucestershire.
Representatives for Spacey have not returned a request for comment.
In 2017, the actor Anthony Rapp publicly accused Spacey of sexually abusing him at a party in 1986 when Rapp was 14 and Spacey 26. Rapp is currently suing Spacey in federal court.
Spacey was also charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man in 2016, but prosecutors were forced to drop that charge after the alleged victim refused to testify.
In 2019 an anonymous masseur sued Spacey for allegedly assaulting him during a massage. The alleged victim died later that year and the actor settled with the accuser's family.
Spacey is an Oscar-winning actor and was the lead of the Netflix hit House of Cards, until he was written out of the show following the sexual assault allegations. He was set to star in the Ridley Scott directed thriller All the Money in the World when he was replaced at the last minute by Christopher Plummer.
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O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. (NASDAQ:CTSH – Get Rating) by 118.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 7,485 shares of the information technology service provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,054 shares during the quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Cognizant Technology Solutions were worth $664,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of CTSH. JT Stratford LLC increased its position in shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions by 42.2% during the fourth quarter. JT Stratford LLC now owns 6,463 shares of the information technology service provider’s stock valued at $573,000 after buying an additional 1,919 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,665,075 shares of the information technology service provider’s stock valued at $236,447,000 after acquiring an additional 102,796 shares during the period. Core Alternative Capital bought a new position in shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $166,000. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Cognizant Technology Solutions by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC now owns 13,609 shares of the information technology service provider’s stock worth $1,207,000 after buying an additional 534 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. purchased a new position in Cognizant Technology Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $235,000. 90.73% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
In other Cognizant Technology Solutions news, Director Maureen Breakiron-Evans sold 6,371 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.76, for a total transaction of $559,118.96. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Michael Patsalos-Fox sold 5,687 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.40, for a total value of $423,112.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 57,534 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,280,529.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 22,703 shares of company stock worth $1,858,347 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.
Shares of CTSH stock opened at $71.69 on Thursday. Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. has a 52-week low of $66.19 and a 52-week high of $93.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 2.22 and a current ratio of 2.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.10. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $82.93 and a 200 day moving average price of $84.39.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The information technology service provider reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $4.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.83 billion. Cognizant Technology Solutions had a return on equity of 19.07% and a net margin of 11.59%. Cognizant Technology Solutions’s revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.97 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Cognizant Technology Solutions Co. will post 4.51 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 20th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 19th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.51%. Cognizant Technology Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.90%.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Company Profile (Get Rating)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a professional services company, provides consulting and technology, and outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Financial Services; Healthcare; Products and Resources; and Communications, Media and Technology.
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All final year secondary school students in Zamfara will sit for the 2022 senior school certificate examinations conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Schools Examination Council (WAEC).
The State Deputy Governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Thursday.
He said the state government had paid the NECO registration fees of all students in public schools to enable them to write the examination.
Nasiha said principals of the various schools and officials of the state ministry of education were capturing the data of students for the June/July 2022 NECO.
The deputy governor also said arrangement for the payment of the examination fees and negotiations on how the students will write the 2022 WAEC was ongoing.
Nasiha said that the consultation with WAEC was to see if supplementary arrangement could be made for the students.
He explained that the students were denied registration by WAEC because of some outstanding debts owed it by the state government.
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PITTSBURGH, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple device to guard against unsanitary urine splashes in the bathroom," said an inventor, from Bakersfield, Calif., "so I invented the URI- GUARD. My design would minimize urine spray on the surface of the toilet and the surrounding areas."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to keep the toilet area clean. In doing so, it prevents urine splashes, stain and odors. As a result, it improves sanitary conditions and it saves time and effort when cleaning the bathroom. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for men and toilet training boys. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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'From now until I die, I'm wearing a different dress each day': Dame Deborah James announces her clothing collection is available for pre-order and says designing it 'brought her to life'
- Dame Deborah James, 40, announced the collection on her Instagram
- The 40-year-old, from London, is receiving end of life care at parents' home
- Campaigner recently shared her terminal diagnosis on account bowelbabe
- Collection will raise money for bowelbabefund, which hit more than £6.5million
Dame Deborah James has revealed how designing her upcoming clothing collection was 'bringing her to life' while she was still receiving treatment for bowel cancer.
The 40-year-old will launch her collection with InTheStyle this evening, to raise money for the bowelbabe fund, which has hit more than £6.5 million since she announced she's receiving end-of-life care at her parents' home in Woking.
Her collection with InTheStyle is available to pre-order on the app for 48 hours from 7pm tonight.
Deborah has been living with stage four bowel cancer since she was diagnosed in December 2016 and said designging the collection gave her something to focus on other than her illness.
'From now until I die, I'm wearing a different dress each day. Sounds slightly odd and morbid but I'm enjoying it so much,' she said.
Dame Deborah James, 40, from London, is currently receiving end of life care at her parents home in Woking after announcing her terminal bowel cancer diagnosis. Today, the cancer campaigner told her Instagram followers that she has launched a collection with InTheStyle to raise money for the bowelbabe fund, which currently stands at more than £6.5 million
Deborah has been living with stage four bowel cancer since she was diagnosed in 2016. She was told she would not live beyond five years but passed that milestone in August 2021. The 40-year-old told her Instagram followers that she wanted to do the collection as it is something 'totally' different to cancer
In a video announcing the news on her Instagram, Dame Deborah answered questions about the collection.
Revealing the process of designing her collection, she said that at the time, she was living a 'hybrid' life and working between home and the hospital.
But she said: 'We made it, we got it done. I was enjoying it. It was kind of bringing me to life, it was giving me something else to think about.'
Speaking after she released a charity t-shirt with the same brand where the profits also went to the bowelbabe fund, she said that she had designed the collection as she loves fashion and clothes and they make her happy. Deborah is pictured here in one of the charity t-shirts with her daughter Eloise
The 40-year-old said that the collection was designed while she was at hospital and at home and that it 'brought her to life' and allowed her to think about something else. Deborah is pictured with husband Sebastien while she visited her rose at the Chelsea Flower show yesterday
'The reason that I really wanted to do it is because it is something totally different to cancer.
'I love fashion. Anybody that has followed me for years and years knows I love my dresses', she said.
'I am always hunting for the best prints. I love clothes, it makes me happy.'
The 40-year-old said she 'really hopes' everyone loves the collection as much as she loved designing it and that the clothing brings joy to people and makes them feel great when they put them on.
Dame Deborah shared that she will be wearing a different dress from the collection every day from now until she dies
Rounding off her video, she revealed that she will be wearing a different dress from the collection from now until she dies.
She acknowledged that it sounds 'slightly morbid' but she is really enjoying it.
Her announcement of her collection comes after she recently told The Sun that she was 'scared to fall asleep' because she does not know how long she has got left.
She added she had felt a 'deep love' from her family, saying: 'I think my family are knackered, they have all been incredible - going above and beyond to look after me and nurse me.'
Dame Deborah's collection announcement comes after she was yesterday pictured smiling as she toured around the Chelsea Flower Show, visiting the exhibitions and meeting with TV presenter Sophie Raworth
It comes after Deborah yesterday visited the Chelsea Flower Show as she had a rose named after her by the Harkness Rose Company.
She toured the flower show gardens with her husband Sebastien and TV presenter Sophie Raworth.
And speaking of her end of life care recently she said: 'I feel very strongly that I don't want my kids to see me agitated and distressed. I want to make sure they see me when I'm having a good days.'
Saying the 'pressure' on her young children was 'huge', she continued: 'I want them to have nice memories.
BBC presenter Sophie Raworth smiled with Deborah as she visited the flower show with her husband Sebastien. Deborah was also handed a glass of bubbly during the trip to see the rose named after her
'I don't want them to take on the burden of having to care for me, massage my legs because I can't walk. That would break my heart.'
Deborah spoke of seeing her grandparents when they were ill and said she was determined that her children will not see that and will have good memories.
And she said she has been asking the hospice team when she will know 'it is time.'
She said: 'I want to know when I need to get my kids back from school, to say goodbye to them.'
Deborah recently received a Damehood which was personally delivered by Prince William, who came to her parents' home in Woking to have afternoon tea with the 40-year-old and her family
The 40-year-old has also told her team that she is 'very happy' to be sedated when the time is right.
It comes after she was praised by Prince William who called her 'brilliant, brave and inspirational' as he met some of the staff who treated her.
Speaking at the Royal Marsden to patient Lorraine Kimber, 59, from Essex, who is currently undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer and knows Mrs James well, the prince described his meeting with her.
'She was incredible, incredible. She was surrounded by her family, we had a lovely afternoon,' he said.
Prince William also praised Deborah, calling her brilliant, brave and inspirational while speaking at the Royal Marsden to patient Lorraine Kimber from Essex who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer and knows the 40-year-old well
'You know she's had over 100 tumours. Which is unbelievable. I couldn't believe that. The resilience you have to have to keep going back again, it's got to be very draining on you.'
William said: 'She was joking…because they are a very tight family, very close, you could see that….she was joking that at last she could now drink.
'She said it was brilliant. She was 'triple parked' and kept on joking about how many drinks she could get lined up in front of her.
'She's realising that being at home is just where she wants to be right now, surrounded by all her loved ones. She spoke very eloquently and very knowledgably about all the cancer treatments, not just her own.
Prince William, who is seen leaving the Royal Marsden after learning about work being done to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, said that Deborah is 'fantastic' and that he was honoured to be able to speak to her
'She has obviously done her research and was very passionate about making sure the money raised goes straight towards finding more treatments, speeding things up. She was very strong about that.
'It's amazing really in the world we live in that still talking openly and movingly about cancer is not as common as it should be. So many people are affected by cancer.
'I love Deborah, she's fantastic. Her legacy is massive. She said bowel cancer wasn't a sexy as breast cancer, her words, but it's true though.
'There are so many cancers and some get a bit more publicity than others. And she wanted to make sure some of the less sexy, the less well-known cancers get more knowledge and understanding about them.
Deborah smiles with the rose which Harkness Rose Company named after her. She said she was honoured and cried when she found out that the company wanted to name the rose after her
'I was very honoured to be able to speak to her. It felt like a very personal family moment that I was there for. It was a glorious day as well. Thank you to you all for what you have done for her. She spoke very highly about her care. It was a touching moment. '
He added: 'I met her children as well. It was very difficult talking to them about it but they seem to have been talking about the situation a lot.
'That's so important in those moment that the family talk and communicate about it and the children are brought into what is going on.
'They seem like such a lovely family, the parents were there was well. It was such a very special moment, it really was. A lot of parents and families I can imagine don't know how to brooch the subject.
The 40-year-old also recently shared that she had written another book about her experiences which she wanted to share with her Instagram followers before her death and said she had spent the last two years writing it
'It's so difficult to talk about. But they were very open. I was asked lots of questions. It got me quite moved that they wanted to hear those answers, it was so open. Thank you so much for looking after her so well. She is a brave and inspirational woman.'
It emerged last week that Deborah will make her final television appearance on Channel 4 programme Embarrassing Bodies in a final bid to raise awareness of bowel cancer.
The campaigner filmed an episode of the show earlier this year and has given her blessing for the programme to be aired in the event of her death.
In emotional scenes, the mother-of-three will tell young people her story while pressing her 'check your poo' message.
Deborah also recently met a Lego model of herself and shared the moment on her Instagram, saying 'all her Lego dreams have just come true' and that she 'adores' Lego
She told The Sun: 'I might not live to see the episode air but I hope the message to 'Check your poo' will live on, long after I'm gone.
'It might be embarrassing but it might just save your life. Early diagnosis of things like bowel cancer saves lives. So don't live to regret it, and don't risk dying because you're shy.'
Channel 4 has not yet scheduled the programme, but it expected to air in June and will see various celebrities including share personal stories to raise awareness of various medical conditions.
Deborah was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2016, and was told early on that she might not live beyond five years - a milestone that passed in the autumn of 2021.
She shared an Instagram post earlier this month revealing that 'nobody knows how long she has left'.
She wrote: 'The message I never wanted to write. We have tried everything, but my body simply isn't playing ball.
'My active care has stopped and I am now moved to hospice at home care, with my incredible family all around me and the focus is on making sure I'm not in pain and spending time with them.'
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Amber Heard reminds jurors ‘I am a human being’ as she returns to stand
The Aquaman star said she had received ‘thousands’ of death threats since proceedings began.
Amber Heard has reminded jurors that “I am a human being” as she returned to the stand to detail the effects of Johnny Depp’s lawsuit on her life, on the penultimate day of evidence in the US trial.
The Aquaman star said she had received “thousands” of death threats since proceedings began and the process had been “agonising, painful and humiliating”.
Mr Depp is suing Ms Heard over a 2018 article she wrote in the Washington Post, which his lawyers say falsely implies he physically and sexually abused her while they were together.
He has denied all accusations.
Closing arguments in the 50 million dollar (£40 million) lawsuit are expected on Friday after six weeks of evidence from various family members, friends, colleagues and medical experts.
In her second round of direct evidence on Thursday, Ms Heard told the court she and her friends now had to live by a “set of rules” to ensure she did not have panic attacks following her “trauma”.
Describing the effect of the trial on her she said: “I am harassed, humiliated, threatened every single day.
“Even just coming into this courtroom sitting here in front of the world having the worst parts of my life, things that I have lived through, used to humiliate me.
“People want to kill me, they tell me so… they want to put my baby in the microwave and they tell me that.
She continued: “I’m not sitting in this courtroom snickering, I’m not sitting in this courtroom laughing. I’m not smiling and making snide jokes.
“I’m not. This is horrible.
“This is painful and this is humiliating for any human being to go through.
“And perhaps it’s easy to forget that, but I am a human being.
“Even though Johnny promised I deserve this… I do not deserve this. I want to move on.”
Ms Heard added that she wanted to “get my voice back” and had a right “as an American” to tell her story and share “my truth”.
The actress said that “a lot of people have come out of the woodwork to be part of the Johnny Depp show” as she underwent cross-examination from Mr Depp’s legal team, and was accused of calling previous witnesses “liars”.
She clashed several times with Camille Vasquez, who at times moved to strike parts of her answers.
Judge Penney Azcarate also warned people in the public gallery not to make comments during Ms Heard’s testimony, and that the court would be cleared if interruptions continued.
In his own second round of questioning on Tuesday, Mr Depp once again denied the “outlandish, outrageous” claims of abuse brought by Ms Heard and said he had “spoken up for what I have been carrying on my back reluctantly for six years.”
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Asylum claims hit near 20-year high as backlog of cases soars
There were 55,146 asylum applications in the UK in the year to March.
The number of asylum claims made in the UK has climbed to its highest in nearly two decades, while the backlog of cases waiting to be determined continues to soar.
There were 55,146 asylum applications in the UK in the year to March 2022 – the highest number for any 12-month period since the year to September 2003, when the total stood at 61,343.
The number of applications from lone migrant children is also at its highest level for any 12-month period since records began in 2006. Some 4,081 applications from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) were made in the year to March 2022.
The increase in applications was “likely linked in part to the easing of global travel restrictions that were in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to a sharp increase in small boat arrivals to the UK”, the Home Office report said.
At the end of March 2022, there were 109,735 people awaiting an initial decision on their case, 66% higher than the previous year when 66,185 people were waiting.
This is more than double the number in March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic began (51,906) and is a new all-time high since current records began in June 2010.
The figures come as the Home Office announced it was setting up an action group to look at how to speed up the processing of asylum claims in a bid to increase the number of decisions made on cases on a weekly basis.
Amnesty International UK accused the Home Secretary of “disastrous leadership” over the figures, describing the Home Office as “becoming a byword for backlogs and dysfunction”.
Steve Valdez-Symonds, the charity’s refugee and migrant rights director, said: “Priti Patel’s failed asylum policies have caused huge delays in the processing of claims, and thousands of people seeking a place of safety have been left in limbo and misery.”
Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said: “It is desperately worrying to see just how sharply the numbers of people waiting for a decision on their asylum application has risen over the past few years.
“This leaves thousands of vulnerable men, women and children trapped in limbo, adults banned from working, living hand to mouth on less than £6 a day, and left not knowing what their future holds. This is simply not good enough.”
He urged the Government to “create a fair, humane and orderly asylum system that speeds up decision-making”.
Of the 109,735 people waiting for an initial decision on their asylum application at the end of March this year, 14,003 (13%) were Iranian nationals, 12,740 (12%) Albanian and 12,156 (11%) Iraqi, according to analysis by the PA news agency.
Afghan nationals accounted for 5,975 of the total, or 5%.
Some 5,364 Syrians were waiting for a decision, who also comprised 5% of the total.
A Home Office spokeswoman said the department had “helped thousands of people through our generous safe and legal routes including those fleeing Putin’s war in Ukraine, refugees from Afghanistan and our BN(O) Hong Kong route.
“And as we bring the Nationality and Borders Act into practice, we are working urgently to speed up processing of claims, including via a new asylum action group.”
A total of 15,451 people were granted protection in the year to March 2022, up 79% on the previous year (8,635) but below the 20,295 in 2019.
Three-quarters (75%) of all initial decisions in the year ending March 2022 were grants, which is “substantially higher than previous years”, and the highest rate in more than 30 years, since 82% in 1990, according to the Home Office.
The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford highlighted that 76% of asylum claims among young men aged 18 to 29 were positive in the year to March.
Senior researcher Dr Peter Walsh said: “The Government has recognised three-quarters of asylum applications as valid over the last year. This is a significant shift compared to a few years ago, when the majority of asylum applications were initially refused (even if many of these were later overturned on appeal).
“We now see majorities of positive decisions across a range of groups, from young men to older women. This highlights that policies targeting asylum seekers will inevitably affect some people who would be granted refugee status if their claim was processed in the UK.”
Before Brexit, the UK was part of an EU returns deal known as the Dublin agreement. Immigration minister Tom Pursglove previously admitted there had been “difficulties securing returns” as there was not a subsequent returns agreement with the European Union in place.
The Home Office report said: “A third country refusal refers to the UK determining that it is not the country responsible for considering a person’s asylum claim, to return them to the safe third country in which the person was previously present or with which they have some other connection. The use of this decision outcome has been affected by the UK leaving the EU.”
The figures also showed 2,761 people were deported from the UK in 2021 – 62% fewer than in 2019 before the pandemic. The vast majority of enforced returns were for foreign criminals, most of which were EU nationals.
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Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end Thursday with a celebrity lovefest and a forceful assertion of her achievement as a gay woman daring to be herself.
DeGeneres and guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink shared memories and affection as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” concluded its Emmy-winning, 3,200-plus episode run that began in September 2003.
“Twenty years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said of the pushback from TV stations.
When the syndicated show went on the air, she was prevented from saying the word “gay” or even the pronoun “we,” DeGeneres said, since the latter would imply she had a partner. She didn’t specify who imposed the ban.
“Sure couldn’t say wife, and that’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married – and now I say `wife’ all the time,” DeGeneres added, with a touch of defiance, as actor Portia de Rossi watched from the studio audience. They wed in 2008.
The host, who became known for encouraging her audience to join her in impromptu dances, shared some last moves with her sidekick and DJ, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, to the tune “Best of My Love.”
The dancer-choreographer saluted DeGeneres as someone who inspires others because she has “the courage to step out and be your authentic self.”
Aniston, who as the first guest on the show’s first episode gave DeGeneres a “Welcome” doormat, arrived with another that read, “Thanks for the memories.” DeGeneres noted the “Friends” star has been on the show a total of 20 times.
“You’re welcome,” Aniston said, teasingly, then turned serious.
“I love you, and I so appreciate you and what you have given to the world over the last 19 years. The contribution is endless,” she said. She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres’ philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400-million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.”
“I love you,” a beaming Eilish told DeGeneres during their chat. “I love you so much, it’s dumb,” said Pink, who performed “What About Us.”
DeGeneres’ daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. On the air that fall, DeGeneres apologized for “things that shouldn’t have happened,” but defended herself as being the same genuine person – if an imperfect one – on– and off-camera.
The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom “Ellen” with her. The series was axed the next year.
“Twenty-five years ago, they cancelled my sitcom because they didn’t want a lesbian to be in prime-time once a week. And I said, `OK, then I’ll be on daytime every day,”' DeGeneres said Thursday.
The comedian, actor and producer has said she’ll take time to consider her next career move, but first she and de Rossi are making a trip to Rwanda. DeGeneres wrapped her daytime show with a plea to her audience, one she said was worth repeating.
“If I’ve done anything in the past 19 years, I hope I’ve inspired you to be yourself, your true authentic self. And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don’t understand,” DeGeneres said. “By opening your heart and your mind you’re going to be that much more compassionate, and compassion is what makes the world a better place.”
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Untapped Invest Aims to Close $5.2 Trillion Investment Gap
SAN FRANCISCO and NAIROBI, Kenya and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Untapped Global announces the launch of its public beta platform, which uses real-time data to provide transparency for investors looking to tap into Africa and emerging markets. Funded by a $10.3 million USD debt and equity pre-seed round that closed in March, this data-driven investment model—Smart Asset Financing—finances revenue-generating assets for entrepreneurs and SMEs in emerging markets. Using IoT from real world assets, the model assesses the risk of investments and delivers insights to investors on investment performance to secure lucrative returns.
Untapped Global has financed assets for over 6,000 entrepreneurs across a dozen countries in Africa and Latin America, who work across sectors such as clean water, solar, e-mobility, and inclusive fintech. The company has an annual revenue run rate of $2.5M with a consistent profitable return on capital and was acknowledged by Fast Company as one of 2022's Most World Changing Ideas.
The Untapped investment platform is currently accessible to accredited investors to use and see how their investments are performing in real-time. The platform is open for anyone to sign up, and will be available for retail investors at the end of 2022. Jim Chu, CEO of Untapped Global, says that the rapid digitization happening across Africa and other frontier markets makes now the ideal time to explore investing in these economies.
"There's a $5.2 trillion funding gap for SMEs in emerging markets, such as Africa, Asia and Latin America," said Chu. "We created Untapped to get capital to entrepreneurs in markets who are often excluded from funding opportunities, while simultaneously ensuring transparency for investors. This is just the beginning of the democratization of investing around the world. Our data has shown that for every $1 invested more than $3 of value is created in local economies."
Investing with Untapped Global requires $300 USD to get started. Investors earn a passive income of up to 10% APR, while seeing real-time data on the impact and activity of their investments.
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Matamba: Police kill Colombian gang leader who walked out of cell
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC News
- Published
One of Colombia's most wanted fugitives has been killed by police, the country's president has announced.
Juan Castro, better known as Matamba, had escaped from La Picota maximum-security jail in the capital, Bogotá, in March.
CCTV footage showed him calmly walking out of his cell dressed in the uniform of a prison guard.
President Iván Duque said that Matamba had been "neutralised" in the city of Bolívar, in northern Colombia.
But he did not provide any more details about the police operation in which the fugitive gang leader was killed.
Matamba, who led an off-shoot of the Gulf Clan cartel, was expected to be extradited to the US on charges of drug trafficking.
He had been accused of running up to 20% of the cocaine shipments from Nariño province, in Colombia's south-west.
His gang, called Cordillera Sur, is thought to have paid off a number of high-ranking members of the Colombian military.
Those on the gang's payroll reportedly tipped the gang off about impending raids and in some cases targeted their rivals.
Matamba's disappearance from prison led some to speculate that he may have been killed in order to prevent him from revealing who in the military the gang had allegedly bribed.
Others argued that the nature of his escape suggested that a number of guards must have been in on his plan.
CCTV footage showed him calmly walking out through a door which had been left ajar.
🚨 Finalmente, alias Matamba sale por la puerta haciendo un gesto con su mano derecha en señal de que todo está bien.
— EL TIEMPO (@ELTIEMPO) March 20, 2022
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Vía @JusticiaET pic.twitter.com/dGzH7s3q9x
The prison's directors and more than 50 guards who were on shift at the time of his escape were suspended.
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The new update is here, let's see what's new!
Full List
❓In-Game Tutorials❓
Some of you were struggling with figuring out how some of Painting VR's many features work. That should not be a problem anymore because Painting VR now has in-game tutorials! Those are several videos that teach you the ins and outs of Painting VR. You can access them by selecting the "i" icon next to your canvas. You can follow along while they're playing.
👨🎨Display Your Works👨🎨
Did you ever want to display your paintings and turn your virtual studio into a gallery? Now you can! Go to your in game portfolio, select a painting, press the button in the bottom right corner of the window and hang it on your wall!
⏩Quick Access Menu⏩
We added a quick access menu that you can use to Redo, Undo, Open Brush Settings, and Lock/Unlock All Objects. Much simpler than having to remember a bunch of buttons, right?
➕And more...➕
This update is not just about new features, but also about bug fixes and QOL changes!
- Smudging is here: in brush settings you can tweak how much the brush will smudge/smear the paint
- Reorganized settings in 3 tabs. General Settings, Left Controller, Right Controller
- Improved collisions on the edge of the canvas
- Increased friction on brushes
- Color picking now happens on a button press instead of a button hold
- Several bugfixes and changes to the movement system and the controllers
- General bugfixes
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Ooma (NYSE:OOMA – Get Rating) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The technology company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.02, MarketWatch Earnings reports. Ooma had a negative return on equity of 0.95% and a negative net margin of 0.91%. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.03) earnings per share. Ooma updated its FY 2023 guidance to $0.37-$0.43 EPS and its Q2 2023 guidance to $0.10-$0.11 EPS.
Shares of NYSE:OOMA traded up $0.52 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $14.27. The company had a trading volume of 867 shares, compared to its average volume of 89,487. The firm has a market cap of $346.29 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -196.40 and a beta of 0.67. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $13.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.97. Ooma has a one year low of $12.11 and a one year high of $24.89.
OOMA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. StockNews.com raised Ooma from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 12th. Colliers Securities initiated coverage on Ooma in a research note on Wednesday, February 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $25.00 price target for the company. Benchmark cut their price target on Ooma to $27.00 in a research note on Friday, May 20th. Alliance Global Partners cut their price target on Ooma from $25.00 to $21.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JMP Securities cut their price target on Ooma from $24.00 to $20.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $22.79.
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Ooma, Inc provides communications services and related technologies for businesses and consumers in the United States and Canada. The company's products and services include Ooma Office, a cloud-based multi-user communications system for small and medium-sized businesses; Ooma Office Pro that offers services, including HD video meetings, call recording, enhanced call blocking, and voicemail transcription; Ooma Connect, which delivers fixed wireless internet connectivity; Ooma Managed Wi-Fi, a plug-and-play enterprise-grade Wi-Fi solution; and Ooma Enterprise, a unified-communications-as-a-service solution.
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Homeowners Insurance Market Size, Share, Future Growth and Opportunity Assessment 2021-2027
New Jersey, USA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/26/2022 -- Advance Market Analytics published a new research publication on "Homeowners Insurance Market Insights, to 2027" with 232 pages and enriched with self-explained Tables and charts in presentable format. In the Study you will find new evolving Trends, Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities generated by targeting market associated stakeholders. The Homeowners Insurance market study covers significant research data and proofs to be a handy resource document for managers, analysts, industry experts and other key people to have ready-to-access and self-analyzed study to help understand market trends, growth drivers, opportunities and upcoming challenges and about the competitors.
Key Players in This Report Include:
State Farm (United States), Allstate (United States), Allianz SE (Germany), Liberty Mutual (United States), Chubb Limited (Switzerland), PICC (China), USAA (United States), Farmers Insurance Group (United States), The Travelers Companies, Inc. (United States), PingAn Insurance (China)
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Definition:
Homeowners insurance is a form of property insurance that shelters losses and damages to an individual's house and to assets in the home. It also offers liability coverage against accidents in the home or on the property. The policy typically covers interior damage, exterior damage, loss or damage of personal assets, and injury that ascends while on the property. Every homeowners insurance policy has a liability limit, which defines the amount of coverage the insured has should an unfortunate incident occur. Homeowners insurance is diverse from a home warranty and mortgage insurance.
Market Trends:
- Digitization of Processes and Personalization of Premiums
Market Drivers:
- Rising Insured Losses due to Environmental Damages
- Reduces Future Financial Worries
Market Opportunities:
- High Potential Growth Offered by Developing Region
The Global Homeowners Insurance Market segments and Market Data Break Down are illuminated below:
by Type (Basic Form, Broad Form, Special Form, Tenant's Form, Comprehensive Form), Providers (Independent Advisers, Affiliated Agents, Direct Response, Online, Others), End User (Enterprise, Personal)
Global Homeowners Insurance market report highlights information regarding the current and future industry trends, growth patterns, as well as it offers business strategies to helps the stakeholders in making sound decisions that may help to ensure the profit trajectory over the forecast years.
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Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share, and growth rate of the following regions:
- The Middle East and Africa (South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Egypt, etc.)
- North America (United States, Mexico & Canada)
- South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, etc.)
- Europe (Turkey, Spain, Turkey, Netherlands Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Russia UK, Italy, France, etc.)
- Asia-Pacific (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Australia).
Objectives of the Report
- To carefully analyze and forecast the size of the Homeowners Insurance market by value and volume.
- To estimate the market shares of major segments of the Homeowners Insurance
- To showcase the development of the Homeowners Insurance market in different parts of the world.
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- To offer precise and useful details about factors affecting the growth of the Homeowners Insurance
- To provide a meticulous assessment of crucial business strategies used by leading companies operating in the Homeowners Insurance market, which include research and development, collaborations, agreements, partnerships, acquisitions, mergers, new developments, and product launches.
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Homeowners Insurance Market Study Coverage:
- It includes major manufacturers, emerging player's growth story, and major business segments of Homeowners Insurance market, years considered, and research objectives. Additionally, segmentation on the basis of the type of product, application, and technology.
- Homeowners Insurance Market Executive Summary: It gives a summary of overall studies, growth rate, available market, competitive landscape, market drivers, trends, and issues, and macroscopic indicators.
- Homeowners Insurance Market Production by Region Homeowners Insurance Market Profile of Manufacturers-players are studied on the basis of SWOT, their products, production, value, financials, and other vital factors.
- Key Points Covered in Homeowners Insurance Market Report:
- Homeowners Insurance Overview, Definition and Classification Market drivers and barriers
- Homeowners Insurance Market Competition by Manufacturers
- Impact Analysis of COVID-19 on Homeowners Insurance Market
- Homeowners Insurance Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2021-2026)
- Homeowners Insurance Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2021-2026)
- Homeowners Insurance Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis Homeowners Insurance Manufacturing Cost Analysis, Industrial/Supply Chain Analysis, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers, Marketing
- Strategy by Key Manufacturers/Players, Connected Distributors/Traders Standardization, Regulatory and collaborative initiatives, Industry road map and value chain Market Effect Factors Analysis.
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- How feasible is Homeowners Insurance market for long-term investment?
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Losing someone you love is very painful. When someone dies by suicide, the grief of those left behind can be different. It can be more intense and even harder for the suicide loss survivor to handle. A team called “Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors,” or LOSS, can bring immediate help and support to those grieving the loss of a loved one who died by suicide.
The Four Corners LOSS Team is a volunteer group of trained survivors and clinicians who provide hope and support for those impacted by suicide. These volunteers provide assistance to suicide loss survivors to help them cope with the trauma of their loss. They also provide follow-up contact with the survivors. With each interaction, the team can share resources that can help the family and friends heal. The LOSS Team provides compassion and support, not therapy.
The LOSS Team works closely with law enforcement. Law enforcement will inform suicide loss survivors that a LOSS Team is available, and it can be on site within hours after discovery of the suicide. The Team can meet with family, friends, or anyone affected by the suicide of someone they love. The visits happen after a suicide, are usually brief, and are guided by family and friends- the survivors. The LOSS Team also can be available at any point in the healing process.
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In addition, the LOSS Team can provide materials and resources to assist in beginning a journey toward hope. A resource bag is offered to the family. This bag will include things specific to the family. Depending on the needs, there are books for children, adults, and veterans.
To schedule a visit with the Four Corners LOSS Team, please call 402-710-2161. More information about Nebraska LOSS teams can be found on this website: nebraskaloss.org/.
Suicide can be prevented. The key is helping people to know what to look for and what to do. Many people show warning signs when they are thinking about hurting themselves. If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or go to your local emergency room.
Contact Four Corners to learn more about suicide prevention work in your area. Get involved. If you are interested in being part of a LOSS Team, please contact Four Corners Health Department at 402-362-2621 or info@fourcorners.ne.gov. You can also visit our website at fourcorners.ne.gov/. | https://columbustelegram.com/community/banner-press/news/loss-team-available/article_944a1082-2b1c-5ee7-a616-d6c92c41437c.html | 2022-05-26T17:27:09Z | https://columbustelegram.com/community/banner-press/news/loss-team-available/article_944a1082-2b1c-5ee7-a616-d6c92c41437c.html | true | 1 |
Shooting in Huntington ruled murder by police; man arrested
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - An arrest has been made following a deadly shooting Wednesday night in the City of Huntington.
According to Huntington Police, Calvin Young, 34, of Huntington has been arrested and charged with murder, three counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm, being a prohibited person possessing a firearm and use or presentation of a firearm.
Young is accused of shooting and killing Sheila Wade (Eanes) 63, of Huntington at a home in the 1600 block of Charleston Avenue.
The Huntington Police Department received a shots fired complaint around 10 p.m. Wednesday.
According to the criminal complaint, Young exited the home with a loaded firearm and fired three rounds toward the home. One of the rounds made it into the home, hitting Wade in the head, officers document.
The victim died from her injuries at the hospital.
Police say Young is originally from Michigan. According to court documents, Young has previous felony convictions.
Further details have not been released.
Keep checking the WSAZ app for the latest information.
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BUTTE — When Republican Ryan Zinke first ran for Congress, the former Navy SEAL faced false accusations amplified by Democrats that his military career had ended in disgrace.
After winning in 2014 and two years later getting picked as President Donald Trump's interior secretary, Zinke is seeking a return to Congress and facing a near-identical smear campaign — this time from the right wing of his own party.
A website allied with one of his opponents accuses Zinke of exaggerating his military service — failing to mention two Bronze Stars that Zinke earned in Iraq — and of being demoted, which his service records refute.
It’s part of a broad campaign by some Republicans leading up to the state's June 7 primary to thwart Zinke's bid for a political comeback and advance a more conservative candidate for the general election.
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The political dynamics reflect the sharp right turn the GOP has taken since Trump barnstormed across Montana's electoral scene with repeated visits during the 2018 election in a failed attempt to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
Zinke’s status as a former Trump Cabinet member is simply not enough anymore for some in his party. They say he’s too liberal and too soft on guns and didn’t do enough to build Trump’s envisioned wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Zinke has also been dogged by problems of his own making, including recent revelations that he lied to a federal ethics official before his 2018 resignation from the Department of Interior.
This month came a disclosure from Politico that Zinke’s wife, Lolita, designated her family's California home as her primary residence. That boosted long-standing suspicions that Zinke spends most of his time outside Montana.
His opponents see a chance to make inroads with Trump voters, who seemed a lock for Zinke when he entered the race last year and quickly secured the former president’s endorsement.
“He quit Montana,” said former state Sen. Albert Olszewski, one of Zinke’s four primary opponents. “He quit Trump.”
Zinke is still acting as the front-runner, referring to himself as the “battleship” and other candidates as “canoes” while speaking to a reporter on the sidelines of a dinner last week hosted by Butte-Silver Bow County Republicans.
“Everybody wants to shoot at the battleship. Nobody shoots at the canoes,” he said.
Zinke denies lying. But he doesn't deny that his wife is a California resident, and he acknowledges holding fundraisers there. He said he spends “a couple days a quarter” in Santa Barbara.
The Montana House district that's at stake was created last year to account for the state's growing population and covers half the state — from Yellowstone National Park, north along the spine of the Rocky Mountains, to the Canadian border.
The district had been eliminated in 1993. Montana Democrats lost the state's only other House seat a few years later, and over the last several election cycles, Republicans took control of every statewide office in Montana except Tester’s.
Trump won Montana in 2020 with a 16-point advantage. The notion that Zinke quit him could prove hard to sell after Trump held a recent telerally with Zinke supporters reiterating his support. Trump spoke less than four minutes and spent most of the time touting his own accomplishments.
Montana Democrats spent the past six years painting Zinke as extreme, and he suggested the attacks on him in the GOP primary for being too liberal could help if he advances to the November election. It offers a contrast, he said, so moderate voters know he's not “crazy."
Still, he's got much in common with his fellow GOP candidates. He's refused to acknowledge that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected and has called for harsher immigration policies. He's also backed by the NRA.
Democrats and his Republican detractors alike have highlighted the numerous investigations Zinke came under while at the Interior Department and the large paychecks he received when he later worked in the private sector.
The questions surrounding Zinke’s conduct haven’t put a dent in his fundraising success. Through March 31, Zinke had raised $2.5 million, almost as much as all other candidates from both parties combined.
About 80% of Zinke’s campaign contributions came from out-of-state donors, Federal Election Commission data shows.
For Republican voter Jennifer Howell, Zinke’s outside support “speaks of corruption.”
“That means he's bought by outside interests. Money talks,” she said before the Republican dinner in Butte, as Zinke spoke with other local members of the party just a few feet away. “To me, that's rude in your face, like saying, ”I don't need your money, Montana. I'll get my money elsewhere."
Later, as the dinner drew to a close, 70-year-old Barbara Jones passed a donation envelope to Zinke and thanked him for hosting her at his table.
Despite the attacks on him, Jones said Zinke had behaved “like an honorable man.” She also praised him for returning to Montana after linking up with a Washington lobbying firm when he first left the Cabinet.
But Jones hasn’t decided whom to support in the primary. She first wanted to learn more about Olszewski and Republican candidate Mary Todd, a pastor from Kalispell who contends her son was killed after refusing to help a Chinese-backed firm steal U.S. technology.
The $50 for Zinke, Jones said, was because "he paid for my dinner, so I wanted to pay him back.” | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/trump-ally-zinke-fights-claim-hes-too-liberal-for-montana/article_d8cf8d27-0b30-5843-90a0-985b1aa7e00f.html | 2022-05-26T17:29:52Z | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/trump-ally-zinke-fights-claim-hes-too-liberal-for-montana/article_d8cf8d27-0b30-5843-90a0-985b1aa7e00f.html | true | 33 |
Russian Armed Forces have allegedly used deadly thermobaric warheads to blast Ukrainian positions with forces now begging NATO to urgently supply them with similar weapons.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Russians used a TOS-1 multiple rocket launcher to strike at Ukrainian targets near Novomykhailivka in the eastern region of Donetsk Oblast.
The horrendous 30-barrel or 24-barrel multiple rocket launcher is capable of firing thermobaric warheads, a type of explosive that uses oxygen in the surrounding area to generate a high-temperature blast.
Ukraine has now called Russia’s invasion the “largest and most horrific war of the 21st century” and appealed to NATO to supply them with similar Multiple Launch Rocket Systems as a matter of urgency.
Speaking today (May 26) the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said: “Russian TOS-1s shelling Ukrainian positions near Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region.
“This is what the largest and most horrific war of the 21st century looks like. Ukraine is ready to strike back. To do this, we need NATO-style MLRS [Multiple Launch Rocket Systems]. Immediately!”
As his barbarism heats up, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that makes it easier for Ukrainians in occupied areas to become citizens of Russia.
And in another clear sign that everything's going well for Putin, Russia has also done away with the upper age limit for contractual service in its military in a bid to sign more of its citizens up to fight in Ukraine.
From 24th February to 26th May, the total combat losses of Russian troops stand at around 29,600 personnel, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military also claims that Russia has lost 1,315 tanks, 3,235 armoured fighting vehicles, 617 artillery systems, 201 multiple launch rocket systems, 93 anti-aircraft systems, 206 warplanes, 170 helicopters, 2,225 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, 13 vessels, 502 unmanned aerial vehicles, 47 units of special equipment, and 114 cruise missiles.
In other developments, Ukrainian officials said Russian forces have attacked over 40 towns in the eastern Donbas region.
They added that five civilians died, 12 were wounded and 47 civilian sites were destroyed or damaged in the latest attacks.
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