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Govt okays 8.1% interest on EPF deposits for 2021-22, lowest in four decades
- The new rate of interest on employees' provident fund is the lowest in over four decades, since 1977-78 when it stood at 8 per cent.
The Centre on Friday approved the reduction of rate of interest on the employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2021-22 – from 8.5 per cent to 8.1 per cent – for almost five crore subscribers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The decision, taken by the EPFO in March this year, brings the rate of interest on PF deposits to a more than four-decade low.
According to an official order of the retirement fund body, the Ministry of Labour and Employment conveyed the approval of the central government to credit 8.1 per cent rate of interest, instead of 8.5 per cent provided in 2020-21. The Union labour ministry had sent the proposal to the ministry of finance.
Now, after the ratification of the interest rate by the government, the EPFO would start crediting the fixed rate of interest for the fiscal into the EPF accounts.
Prior to this, the lowest rate of interest prior to this was in 1977-78, when it stood at 8 per cent.
In March 2020, the EPFO had lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to a seven-year low of 8.5 per cent for 2019-20, from 8.65 per cent in 2018-19. The same rate of interest was provided to its subscribers in 2016-17, while it was 8.55 per cent in 2017-18.
The EPF interest rate provided for 2019-20 was the lowest since 2012-13, when it was brought down to 8.5 per cent.
The rate of interest was slightly higher at 8.8 per cent in 2015-16. It had given 8.75 per cent rate of interest in 2013-14 as well as 2014-15, higher than the 8.5 per cent for 2012-13. The rate of interest was 8.25 per cent in 2011-12.
(With agency inputs) | https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/govt-okays-8-1-interest-rate-on-employee-provident-fund-deposits-for-202122-101654263053067.html | 2022-06-03T15:02:34Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/govt-okays-8-1-interest-rate-on-employee-provident-fund-deposits-for-202122-101654263053067.html | false | 4 |
Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) went up by 0.48% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $76.63. The company’s stock price has collected -0.29% of loss in the last five trading sessions. The Wall Street Journal reported on 04/30/22 that Tariff Probe Casts Shadow on U.S. Solar Build-Out
Is It Worth Investing in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ :XEL) Right Now?
Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) scored a price-to-earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 25.29 x from its present earnings ratio. Plus, the 36-month beta value for XEL is at 0.33. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 7 analysts out of 16 who provided ratings for Xcel Energy Inc. declared the stock was a “buy,” while 1 rated the stock as “overweight,” 6 rated it as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The average price from analysts is $77.54, which is $1.01 above the current price. XEL currently public float of 543.55M and currently shorts hold a 1.15% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of XEL was 3.18M shares.
XEL’s Market Performance
XEL stocks went down by -0.29% for the week, with a monthly jump of 4.64% and a quarterly performance of 9.19%, while its annual performance rate touched 7.09%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 1.98% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 2.19% for Xcel Energy Inc.. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is 1.23% for XEL stocks with a simple moving average of 10.28% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of XEL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for XEL stocks, with Credit Suisse repeating the rating for XEL by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for XEL in the upcoming period, according to Credit Suisse is $80 based on the research report published on April 26th of the current year 2022.
Evercore ISI, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see XEL reach a price target of $75. The rating they have provided for XEL stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on January 25th, 2022.
Mizuho gave a rating of “Buy” to XEL, setting the target price at $72 in the report published on January 10th of the current year.
XEL Trading at 2.40% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought XEL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.50% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.19%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.98%, as shares surge +2.83% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +9.06% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, XEL fell by -0.29%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +7.91% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $74.67. In addition, Xcel Energy Inc. saw 11.49% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at XEL starting from Williams Kim, who sale 2,000 shares at the price of $76.21 back on May 25. After this action, Williams Kim now owns 99,993 shares of Xcel Energy Inc., valued at $152,413 using the latest closing price.
Carter Brett C, the EVP, Group President Utilitie of Xcel Energy Inc., sale 14,000 shares at $74.66 during a trade that took place back on May 23, which means that Carter Brett C is holding 23,617 shares at $1,045,240 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for XEL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- +16.17 for the present operating margin
- +20.89 for the gross margin
The net margin for Xcel Energy Inc. stands at +11.95. Equity return is now at value 10.50, with 2.80 for asset returns.
The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.84. | https://newsheater.com/2022/06/03/can-xcel-energy-inc-xel-remain-competitive/ | 2022-06-03T15:02:40Z | https://newsheater.com/2022/06/03/can-xcel-energy-inc-xel-remain-competitive/ | true | 17415 |
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Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa West, Mr. Alexander Abban has warned that if care is not taken, drug barons will soon become parliamentarians in disguised.
The former New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP made this comment at a programme organised by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana) on the topic, “Expectations vs Reality – Navigating the Unique Composition of the 8th Parliament.”
Sharing his thoughts on the topic, Alexander Abban said although the citizenry managed to make a change through the results of parliamentary elections at the end of the 2020 polls, that did not lead to a change in the mindset of politicians.
He said although for the first time a Speaker of Parliament from the Minority side was approved, that did not also lead to a significant change in the house.
“We succeeded in making a change in terms of numbers but we did not succeed in changing the mindset of our politicians. Once that was the case, there was no way things were going to be different in the 8th parliament.
“The discussions should not be on the numbers but the motives of the politicians and the mindset of citizens as well,” Alexander Abban said.
According to the former Gomoa West MP, things are further deteriorating especially now that monetisation of elections has become a major problem.
Sharing his ordeal, he said he was rejected by his constituents in the last general elections simply because he was not attending funerals.
“These days delegates are not doing well to help political parties or the country. You have delegates who will rather vote for people with no ideas but ready to pay money than people who actually have ideas and can help,” Alexander Abban shared.
He said for Ghanaians to get better from Parliament, there is the need to ensure the people voted into power have what it takes to get the job done.
“I was booted out because I was not attending funerals. We need to do education and let the people understand the work of a parliamentarian. The education must go down well. If not we will always get people who are not qualified to go to parliament and offer nothing.
“In the next few years, we will see drug barons taking over Parliament,” Alexander Abban added.
On her part, an International Trade Consultant and Global Politics Enthusiast, Maame Awinador-Kanyirige who joined the panel discussion also called for change. She said while the hung parliament has not made a significant change as expected, she is not surprised.
She said it is high time the country relooks at its democracy and engage the youth to inspire development.
“People are in parliament that they don’t even understand parliamentary democracy. We have to relook at our democracy and unpack it. We need technocrats. In ten years we will sit in a room like clowns to complain about the same things if we do not change.
“We need to move beyond dialogue. CSOs must continue advocating, religious bodies must help. Let’s engage the young and take action to change the things holding us back,” Maame Awinador-Kanyirige remarked.
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) round-table discussion held on Thursday, June 2, 2022, sought to initiate a conversation that will begin to address the concerns citizens may have about preserving the country’s democracy and its associated implications on development in the face of the exception composition and permutation of parliament both at present and in the future.
It is in response to the challenges arising from the unique composition of the almost ‘evenly-split’ 8th parliament of the Fourth Republic, which often leads to a stalemate, thus affecting the smooth running of the business in the house and the performance of its functions.
Besides Alexander Abban and Maame Awinador-Kanyirige, former NDC MP Alhaji Inusah Fuseini and Executive Director at CDD-Ghana Prof. H. Kwasi Prempeh shared their thoughts on the topic during the panel discussion. | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1162256/monetisation-of-elections-very-soon-drug-barons.html | 2022-06-03T15:05:29Z | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1162256/monetisation-of-elections-very-soon-drug-barons.html | true | 1 |
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ken Double is returning to the Long Center for Performing Arts behind the Wurlitzer Theatre pipe organ for his 40th Annual Ken Double Variety Show.
Accompanying him will be mezzo soprano opera singer Audrey Johnson.
Double is well known around Lafayette originally for his work as a sports broadcaster beginning in 1976 on Channel 18 television followed by Channel 6. In 1978, Double began helping with the Long Center's renovations and, as the Center's website states, he hasn't left since.
"I had a very built-in advantage in that I had been in these people's living rooms on television for years," Double said, "and that provided us an opportunity to grow into a tremendous series of concerts."
Double has toured around the world to play the pipe organ. Canada, New Zealand and Australia are just some of the locations he has been invited to play at. Double also previously served as the president and chief executive for the American Theatre Organ Society. He currently serves as organist for Mighty Mo at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta as well as president of the Long Center Theatre Organ Society.
The variety show on Saturday will consist of multiple concert music arrangements on the pipe organ with Johnson accompanying with her vocals.
"(The organ) was built to be like a little, mini orchestra," Double said. "The pipes have voices that are like orchestral voices: clarinet, oboe, trumpet, tuba, strings... In this concert, I'm going to recreate two tunes that I did in 1982. And that would be Strauss' waltz 'The Voices of Spring' and then a fiery Latin piece called 'Grenada.'"
The screening of the 1928 silent film, "Two Tars," will also be featured on Saturday with the original score played live by Double as the movie plays. As a 40th anniversary special, Double and Johnson will also perform a piece that will include some audience participation.
"We're gonna spice it up, lighten it up a little bit too," Johnson said. "We're doing a really fun number by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill from their 1941 musical 'Lady in the Dark.' In that one, the audience will be participating. So this will be something that the audiences will not only be able to experience by listening, but they'll be able to take an active role in."
When asked why he annually returns to the Long Center to perform his variety show, Double had a simple answer.
"I don't know," Double said. "It seems like the right thing to do. To a certain degree I have an affinity to this community."
Tickets start at $21 online with fees included. Day-of tickets will be $20 each plus fees for adults and $10 plus fees for students and children 12 and under. Learn more about the Ken Double Variety Show on the Long Center's website.
Margaret Christopherson is a reporter for the Journal & Courier. Email her at mchristopherson@jconline.com and follow her on Twitter @MargaretJC2. | https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2022/06/03/world-renowned-pipe-organist-perform-long-center/7452676001/ | 2022-06-03T15:09:36Z | https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2022/06/03/world-renowned-pipe-organist-perform-long-center/7452676001/ | true | 1 |
The open-concept main floor of this home is really long – and it's stylish the whole way down! This rustic and modern mix was created by the architects at Trewin Design, who have proven that they know how to make wood and stone combinations look modern and luxurious. You'll fall in love with this home's dark and earthy kitchen that's decked out in rich wood. And you'll certainly want to cozy up next to the amazingly modern drop-down fireplace. Let's take a look, but be warned – you're going to want this one for yourself!
How did these brilliant designers make this home look so rustic and so modern at the same time? The huge wooden beams and the exposed stone wall both add some rustic flair to the classically modern white walls and ceiling, The hardwood floor is both styles in one, the wood is rustic but the light finish and orderly look is modern. The fireplace does double duty too. It's a traditionally rustic feature made modern with it's dark and smooth appearance, and it's incredible drop-down design.
Pulling back from the fireplace a little bit, we can see the long wooden dining table. In a home as long as this one you can afford the space to include a huge table like this. The wood is finished a little darker than the flooring and it feels more natural as a result. The chairs are a simple design that combine wood legs with a modern seat, in a variety of bright colours. Another character adding feature is the light fixture, repeated three times to light the whole table. It's a warm and simple design that fits right in with all of the wood.
These huge windows show up the beautiful natural surroundings, and bring in enough natural light to flood the whole house. Extra effort has been put into this living space to make it romantic. There's a shelf cut into the stone wall where some candles have been tucked away. The rolling T.V. stand has been made out of some fine wood. There's also some carved wooden statues in the corner that add some unique character to the space.
This home is like a long and elegant hallway that just doesn't end. This side of the living space looks more modern, with it's gigantic couch that has a bright pop of colour in those pillows. Neon red is not the colour we would have expected for this space, but it feels fresh and stylish. This kind of bold choice can be hard to commit to in your living room, but don't be afraid to take risks! We have seven other wild ideas for your living room that will inspire you.
Everything about this kitchen just works. The wood is warm and has kept the knot details to provide an incredible texture. The dark island, shelving and counter top make the space feel rich and modern. As for practicalities, there's a double oven, a huge sink, a tall stainless steel fridge, and a fantastically placed stove-top! It's easy to imagine cooking in here!
The moonlight ambiance must be incredible in this bedroom! It leads onto a natural looking stone patio that feels right in tune with the rest of the exterior of the house. To balance this, the inside of the bedroom is white and soft. The bed is modern and simple, with a wood foundation, and we can see some more wood in the windows in the back of the room.
There's one last area of this house that we simply must show you. This balcony has a fantastic views bordered by a glass railing to let you see the most of them. There's a triangular skylight in the centre that looks down on the bedroom, and its frosted for privacy. Still, the extra natural light this skylight lets in must be fantastic!
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Justin Hemmes on his Melbourne moves, skyscraper plans – and how he beat anxiety
Justin Hemmes has built a $1.12 billion hospitality empire in three decades. As he approaches 50, he’s embarking on his riskiest ventures yet: taking on Victoria’s foodie scene and putting a skyscraper in Sydney’s CBD.
By Anne Hyland
A small private road winds down to Justin Hemmes’ $100 million heritage home in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s east. At the front gate of the sprawling Victorian Gothic mansion, known as The Hermitage, I’m met by Hemmes’ housekeeper, Kirsty, who tells me he’s running late for our interview.
She leads me down a path and large sandstone steps towards the home’s entertainment terrace. Along the way we pass two garages full of cars. Hemmes owns a collection of mostly 1960s and ’70s-era muscle cars: Mustangs, Corvettes, Cobras. There’s also an ’80s Humvee, which is impossible to miss despite the camouflage paint job. It was once used in military parades, and can withstand landmines and a certain type of missile strike, in case you’re wondering.
There are nine or so cars in Hemmes’ garages with number plates that identify them as JH1, JH2 … The classic muscle cars are popular with his daughters Alexa, 6, and Saachi, 4, especially the convertibles. They love being out in them with the roof down, hearing the throaty roar of their engines, much more so than travelling in the sensible black Range Rover their dad also owns.
I take a seat on the terrace beneath a large olive tree and wait for Hemmes. The Hermitage, which dates back to the 1840s, has a panoramic view of the harbour and its famed bridge. It’s breathtaking, even on this overcast, still afternoon in May. Out on the harbour, ferries and yachts glide effortlessly past, while closer to land seaplanes buzz in and out, depositing well-to-do passengers at neighbouring mansions.
This is where Hemmes and his sister Bettina, the older by nine years, grew up. It was bought in 1974 by their father John, a businessman of Dutch heritage and survivor of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, and mother, Merivale, a fashion designer whose clothes were worn by celebrities ranging from Liza Minnelli and Marlene Dietrich to Cher and Mick Jagger. As the property stretches down towards the harbour, there’s a pool, a hidden bath and a boat jetty, while small beach coves dot the water’s edge, forming part of the national park’s Hermitage Foreshore walk. From there, the grubby hoi polloi can rubberneck at how the privileged live.
After 20 minutes of waiting on the terrace, my phone rings with an incoming FaceTime call. It’s Hemmes, who’s on his electric bike, making the half-hour commute from his office in the Sydney CBD to his home. I see a light blue shirt, bike helmet and AirPods as his tanned face and aquiline nose fill my screen. “Sorry I’m late. I’m going to be another 10 to 15 minutes,” he says, as trees and clouds whizz overhead. “I hope Kirsty is looking after you.” Kirsty has indeed been very attentive; I expect the place would fall apart without her.
Hemmes runs the Merivale restaurant, pub, bar and hotel empire, the largest of its kind in the country, and arguably the most successful. He’s often at his venues until 3am, which means he probably spends more time at work than at this 7000-square-metre home.
Three decades ago, Hemmes made a brash entry into the Australian dining and nightlife scene, introducing new restaurants, bars and clubs with high-quality food and drink, and a keen sense of style and glamour. Properties such as Sydney’s Hotel CBD, Slip Inn and Establishment lifted the bar for the entire industry and quickly attracted everyone from the hottest, youngest crowds to celebrities such as Tom Cruise and royalty like Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik. The latter met his Australian wife, Mary Donaldson, at Slip Inn.
Today, Hemmes is Sydney’s undisputed hospitality king, with many of Merivale’s 104 outlets continuing to be dining sensations, from Totti’s, Mimi’s and Mr. Wong to Fred’s, while his Ivy entertainment precinct in the city remains regularly packed with customers – even on weekdays, when many prefer to stay working from home.
“Justin has reinvented the hospitality wheel,” says rival Stu Laundy, whose family runs the Laundy Hotels group. “When Justin takes over an asset, it pretty quickly is a much better offering under him and his teams of people. He’s certainly got a great imagination.”
For those who’ve danced at Merivale’s clubs, downed drinks at its bars and eaten at its restaurants, there are plenty more to come. Hemmes plans to open a further dozen outlets across NSW and Victoria after going on a $350 million spending spree over the past two years – a time when most of his venues were shut for months by the pandemic, and the business was haemorrhaging millions in revenue each week.
With the bulk of Merivale’s 4500 staff on JobKeeper, Hemmes snapped up more venues for them to work in on their return. To do so he renegotiated and expanded Merivale’s debt facility, believed to be about $500 million, with its main lender, the Commonwealth Bank. Of the $350 million splurge, some went on properties in Sydney and the NSW coast, from Byron Bay to Narooma, but almost a third was spent expanding into Victoria, where Merivale acquired the famed Lorne Hotel on the Great Ocean Road and the multi-storeyed Tomasetti House in Melbourne’s Flinders Lane. More still will be spent giving these properties the Merivale makeover.
“When Justin takes over an asset, it pretty quickly is a much better offering under him and his teams of people. He’s certainly got a great imagination.”
Laundy says Merivale has been his family company’s main competition for the past decade, as they bid against each other on properties. “We run into Justin quite often. He’s got a very keen eye and if he’s on to something, I know that we’re on the right track.”
Hospitality is foremost about pleasing people, and Hemmes, who failed the first semester of his university business degree and dropped out, has mastered it. In so doing, he’s achieved the goal he put down in his school annual at The Scots College: to become an entrepreneur – one who’s built his family fortune to $1.12 billion today.
As he’ll tell you, it got there because he lives and breathes it. Born into an affluent family, he also had a good head-start. His parents made their money in property and fashion, and later by starting a fledgling restaurant and bar business in Sydney. But while they were wealthy, their millions were never significant enough to put them on the nation’s rich list. Now, with that $1.12 billion fortune, Hemmes has put his family in the elite club of the 150 wealthiest Australians.
And he’s about to risk it all with his most audacious plans yet: to build a skyscraper on the sprawling Ivy site on Sydney’s George Street, which some property developers estimate would cost as much as $300 million to build, and also the development of a new entertainment precinct surrounding his first property, the Hotel CBD on Sydney’s King Street. Hemmes describes the plans as the “biggest challenge of my life” and a “game-changer” for Merivale. The last time Hemmes bet so big was when he was developing Ivy – the very time that Merivale almost went under.
To fill in time while I wait for Hemmes, I wander into the kitchen off the terrace and look at the drawings by his daughters taped from floor to ceiling on the glass walls and door. The girls, who he sees regularly, live with his former partner, model Kate Fowler, in a $7.5 million house Hemmes bought for them in nearby Dover Heights. Photos of his daughters, parents and extended family are dotted around the adjoining dining and living rooms.
I step back outside and walk across the lawn towards the harbour when I notice a flash of colour on the upstairs level of the house. A waif-like person has flitted past the wall-to-floor windows in this wing of The Hermitage, which features a castellated tower that would be at home in Rapunzel. I realise it must be Hemmes’ girlfriend Madeline Holtznagel, a 26-year-old model. Just as I’m wondering if she’ll come down and say hello, Hemmes finally arrives.
He apologises again for being late, quipping he’d be late to his own funeral, and offers to make coffee, heading off to the kitchen. “Soy milk okay?” he asks over his shoulder. Hemmes has changed from his cycling gear into white sneakers, black pants and a black short-sleeved shirt. At more than 180 centimetres tall, he is rangy-limbed, with sandy-coloured hair pulled back into a small man-bun, blue eyes and a scraggly beard flecked with grey.
As our chat moves inside, Hemmes explains that he cycles to and from work most days for exercise. He occasionally drives when it’s raining, which it has been a lot lately, but most of his cars are like artworks to him, collected for their craftsmanship. “They’re incredible pieces of machinery, incredible pieces of design.” And the Humvee? “Driving to work, you never know!” he laughs.
Hemmes not only collects cars, but races them as well. In late May, he spent half a day zooming around Bathurst’s Mount Panorama in a Porsche. Bathurst is a three-hour drive from Sydney; naturally, he got there on his private jet. Over the years, Hemmes has competed in car races, won and lost some, and had accidents, spinning and flipping cars off the tracks.
“If you’re not having accidents, you’re not driving hard enough,” he says of the bingles he’s had on and off the track. In his 20s, there were multiple speeding tickets, a drink-driving conviction and the $290,000 Scarab speedboat he flipped with friends on board on Sydney harbour, some of whom suffered minor injuries. It’s a reflection of the risk-taking attitude he applies to both his personal and professional life.
Hemmes, who turns 50 in August, is still moving in the fast lane. He has the rich boys’ toys: the private jet, a seaplane, the luxury cars, a stake in a private island (Haggerstone in Far North Queensland) and multiple marvellous holiday homes. He attends endless parties and fundraisers for charities, politicians, celebrities and businesses, slipping frictionlessly between the different social sets. He enjoys other extreme sports, too, such as kitesurfing, and is once again jet-setting internationally.
“Justin is someone who every minute of the day has something going on,” says his friend of more than two decades, James Symond. “He’s either out kitesurfing, four-wheel-driving or scuba diving. It’s like he’s got a limited amount of time, and he’s a man with a mission to fill up that time.”
Hemmes has always had beautiful, young girlfriends, too, which has earned him a dual reputation as a playboy and one of the nation’s most eligible bachelors. He’s been dating Holtznagel, whom he affectionately calls “Maddie Mumu”, for almost two years. The age difference has raised eyebrows, with some wondering if and when he will truly settle down.
The commentary on his personal life, and tags such as playboy, annoy sister Bettina, who works on the interior design of Merivale’s properties and is considered by many to bring the aesthetic flair to the empire. “It’s always really bugged me, because he’s so hard-working.” She tells a story about the 2018 opening of Totti’s in Bondi. “We arrived with Mum, and the rain was crazy, and water was coming in, and Jus disappeared. And we’re like, ‘Where’s he gone?’ He finally comes back and he’d been up clearing the gutters,” she says. “That kind of thing happens a lot with him.”
For his part, Hemmes shrugs off the gossip about his love life and hedonistic lifestyle. “I just do what I love. I never really analyse those sorts of things.” He says the playboy tag has been around for a long time. “What’s a playboy? Someone who has a lot of fun? Maybe I’m guilty of that, but I get much more pleasure out of working, building and creating rather than living a life of leisure.” I ask if he thinks he will ever marry. “I had two kids with Kate. In my definition of life, we were married. I will see where life takes me.”
“What’s a playboy? Someone who has a lot of fun? Maybe I’m guilty of that, but I get much more pleasure out of working, building and creating rather than living a life of leisure.”
Symond says Hemmes is open and honest with those with whom he has relationships. “There’s nothing sinister about Justin, he just loves to love. Do I see him having more children? Absolutely. Do I see him necessarily with a marriage certificate? I wouldn’t bet on it.” Symond, who helped build Aussie Homes Loans with his uncle, founder John Symond, says it’s easy to misinterpret his friend from his public persona.
“To look at Justin and think he’s simply a party boy who’s out for a good time, you do so at your peril, because he has a tremendous amount of layers. He’s one of the smartest people I know, and one of the hardest workers I know. Justin grew up in a very wealthy environment, but he took a small fortune and turned it into a bloody big one, and he hasn’t done that out of luck. He’s done that out of strategic thinking, with a wonderful vision and taking some serious risks.”
In the circles he mixes in, Symond knows many people who’ve inherited wealth and chosen not to work. “Half the time it’s just as easy for many of them to say, ‘I’ll just manage my money, or I’ll sit on the couch, or I’ll go on holidays permanently.’ Justin didn’t need to work but he and his sister, Bettina, decided to give it a go, and they’re bloody good at it.”
Just how good will be the question Hemmes has to answer if he proceeds with his plan for a skyscraper on the Ivy precinct, which includes a warren of laneways and is home to at least 13 Merivale outlets, as well as a ballroom and penthouse that are used for functions. Hemmes envisages a multi-use tower that will redefine the space between how people work and play, and he wants it to be a magnet to draw them back into the city. It will test the fortune he’s built and his relationship with the banks.
“Ivy was always bought as a development site, and the building that we put there was always a holding site,” he says as we sip our soy-milk coffees. “The time is right to do a redevelopment that speaks to George Street and reimagines how people work, connect and socialise in the city. We have to create amazing spaces in the city to encourage people back into the city. We have to reimagine how they work, what a workplace looks like, and blur the lines between the workplace and social space and the public space.”
When I remark that that’s going to cost quite a lot of money, and ask what the amount might be, Hemmes laughs. “To me in business, it’s always about trying to create something special and then making it work financially. It’s driven by the concept and then backed up by a financial plan.” He refuses to talk numbers; nor is he keen to put a timeframe on the realisation of that dream, which was first mooted in 2018.
A skyscraper would be a huge gamble. “With all his success in the past, he’ll probably get it going,” predicts Stu Laundy. “You get to a size where you’re getting too big to fail. He’s got a very large portfolio backed up by some incredible properties. If he builds a skyscraper on his whole Ivy complex, he may have a monument as the CBD grows in strength in the next five years.”
It seems the only thing bigger than Hemmes’ hospitality group and his lifestyle is his ambition, as he scales up to disrupt himself. “Everything has to continue to evolve,” he says. “Everything has to continue to get better.”
While Hemmes seems to live a charmed life, it hasn’t always been easy. There was a time when he wasn’t so confident. In his 20s, he was hospitalised three times for anxiety. “When something went wrong, I’d be like, ‘It’s the end of the world. Oh, how could that happen to me?’ ” he says, putting on a high-pitched voice.
A friend, Richard Jones, intervened, dragging Hemmes to a seminar at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by America’s master motivator, Tony Robbins. Hemmes was a reluctant attendee, considering such events that promise to unleash the power within oneself to be something of a cult.
In his 20s, he was hospitalised three times for anxiety … Then, he says, “I learnt one thing …”
“It actually changed my life,” he says. “I learnt one thing, which was: your perception is your reality. So, you can perceive the same thing in so many ways and that becomes your reality. For example, the death of a loved one, you can see it as a positive, rather than a negative. Rather than, ‘I don’t have this person in my life any more and how am I going to survive?’ Instead, you go, ‘What a wonderful contribution this person has had on me, or put into my life. I’ve learnt so much.’ ”
For Hemmes – who yes, eventually walked on hot coals at Robbins’ seminar – it was a light-bulb moment. He started applying the lesson to his life, and the
anxiety dissipated. “It’s how you deal with stuff, and it’s anything from a break-up to a business kerfuffle to bad news or good news.”
Hemmes admits he was nevertheless a wreck when he developed Ivy, the project of which he’s still the most proud. The ambitious $150 million precinct opened in 2008, just before the global financial crisis. Sydney had nothing like it. It was Hemmes’ vision, but it overstretched the company financially. There were rumours of cost blowouts of as much as $50 million, caused by lengthy delays and approval processes, which were sucking Merivale’s cash flow dry.
The rumours fed fears Merivale would collapse, and customers started cancelling bookings and functions. As pressure grew from Merivale’s banking syndicate, Commonwealth Bank and St. George, Hemmes nearly pulled the pin on it. He credits his dad and one banker in particular, Gail Kelly, who was at St. George and who would later become Westpac’s chief executive, with helping him through it. While Merivale survived, some have ever since been waiting for Hemmes to fail.
Of course, there have been other missteps too, both personally and professionally. Some years ago, there were embarrassing claims that Hemmes had an Establishment staff member, who was alleged to have stolen money,
illegally strip-searched by his security staff. The case was settled out of court.
There were also headlines in 2018 when he and his family refused to recognise his half brother, Edward Cameron, whom his father had with a mistress, but never met. The NSW Supreme Court awarded Cameron $1.75 million from the estate of John Hemmes, who died in 2015.
Hemmes says the risks he takes today with Merivale are more calculated than they were in his youth. “I’m so hungry to create and to continue to grow the business,” he says. “The talent pool that we have is so strong, and they’re also really hungry, and they want to do more. So, I’m giving them the tools to do more,” he says about the $350 million in recent acquisitions. “I haven’t even touched the surface on where I’m going. This is probably the most exciting time in my life now. The businesses that we’ve got and the projects that we’re undertaking; having kids. You only have one life, you have to enjoy what you do and be passionate about it. The business is my life.”
In Hemmes’ mind, the only things holding him back are time and the number of venues he can acquire and develop. The reality, of course, is that there are other challenges. There are staff shortages after the international border was closed for nearly two years, and prices for venues, particularly pubs, have hit record highs. Hemmes snaps up property as if it’s a game of Monopoly, and like his father, prefers to own rather than rent.
Another significant cloud on his horizon is the $129 million class action brought against Merivale by Canberra law firm Adero, which alleges the hospitality group underpaid thousands of former staff. Similar cases of alleged wage theft have hit a number of other hospitality operators in recent years, from Neil Perry to George Calombaris, as well as listed companies such as supermarket giant Woolworths. The latter has agreed to repay current and former staff $420 million after it faced an action brought by Adero.
Adero’s managing director Rory Markham didn’t respond when asked about the Merivale case, where it alleges Merivale’s WorkChoice agreement short-changed penalty rates and other entitlements for a decade, and was never validly approved in the first place, and that staff should have been paid industry award rates at all times. Hemmes is reluctant to discuss the case because it’s before the Federal Court, saying only: “Staff have always been the most important part of our business. My staff know how passionate I am about caring for them and for the workplace and creating a great experience.”
In terms of how he survived the pandemic, Hemmes says he initially thought the lockdowns might last a few weeks, months at worst. He gave a one-off payment of $550 to each of his staff in the first week after shuttering all of Merivale’s businesses. When it became apparent this was going to be bigger than anyone thought, he began lobbying the government and his close friend
Josh Frydenberg, then federal treasurer, for government support. As the JobKeeper policy was designed, Hemmes was one of four businessmen consulted by Frydenberg.
“We were in a lucky and in a very unique position that we are of a scale that could weather the storm,” he says, declining to provide detail on exactly how they did that. Pre-pandemic, Merivale’s annual revenues were believed to be close to $400 million.
“I don’t really like to discuss the financials,” he says. Along with his sister and mother, Hemmes controls an elaborate network of privately-owned companies and family trusts, which make it impossible to get an accurate picture of Merivale’s financial position. What is certain is that growing at Hemmes’ recent speed – including through a pandemic which triggered the
biggest hospitality shutdown in modern history – has been a high-wire act that would have required a lot of leverage, and a strong cash flow to service it.
Josh Frydenberg, James Symond, Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes, Built founder Marco Rossi and Warner Music Australasia president Dan Rosen are among Hemmes’ close friends, who all keep in touch via a WhatsApp group. Rosen, who’s known Hemmes for about a decade, says when COVID-19 hit, it was all about the Merivale staff. “To him that was paramount, his staff are like his extended family.”
The friends chat daily on WhatsApp. “It’s important to encourage people when they need it, and to also keep them on their toes when they might be getting a little too big for their boots,” laughs Rosen. “We all lead very busy lives and have challenging jobs, and some of us have very public profiles.” Symond says when Hemmes started in the family business, many of his friends were actually his employees. “His dad was very keen on saying, ‘Justin, you are who you’re hanging around with. You need to be with people that you love and respect, and who can help lift you up and can help focus your visions and your dreams in the future.’ ”
Symond recently celebrated his 50th birthday with a party at Hemmes’ upmarket Italian eatery Uccello, with 100 of his friends and family. Hemmes gave a speech, as did Ryan Stokes. At the end of the night, Symond went to settle the bill. “Justin turns around and gives me a hug and says, ‘Jimmy, I love you. I got it.’ I said, ‘Jus, mate, it’s a big bill, mate!’ He said, ‘Jimmy. I got it.’ It was a $70,000 bill!”
Merivale’s Lebanese restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel, also part of the Ivy precinct, is named after Symond. The two men share more than just friendship; Symond credits Hemmes with saving his life. Symond has multiple myeloma, the same cancer from which Hemmes’ father, John, died. A few years ago, Symond was in hospital receiving treatment when Hemmes came by one morning for a visit, bringing breakfast.
“Justin pops in with his big beaming face and says, ‘Breakfast!’ And I look at him, and obviously, I didn’t smile or anything. And he looks at me, and says, ‘Jimmy, Jimmy, what’s wrong?’ And I said, ‘I’m in the hospital, Jus, what do you expect?’ He said, ‘No, there’s something happening here, you’re turning white and grey.’ And I’ve gone, ‘Jus, leave me alone.’ ” Hemmes called the nurse who dismissed his concerns, so he demanded she get her superior, who diagnosed Symond as having a heart attack.
Many of the Merivale venues and wines take their names from family and friends. Mimi’s restaurant at Coogee, in Sydney’s east, is a nickname for Hemmes’ mother, Merivale, now 91 and one of his heroes. “She was an incredibly talented individual, my mum, a creative genius, who was so far ahead of her time. Mum was very business-focused and very family-focused. She worked incredibly long hours, and still looked after the family. She’s a mentor to me, she’s my idol.”
Bert’s Bar & Brasserie on Sydney’s northern beaches is named after Bettina, while Felix, the French brasserie in the city, gets its name from one of Bettina’s sons. The house wines on Merivale menus bear the names of all the Hemmes children. Fred’s takes its name from Bettina’s dog, while Charlie Parker’s, the basement bar at Fred’s, is named after her neighbour’s dog.
“Mum was very business-focused and very family-focused. She worked incredibly long hours, and still looked after the family. She’s a mentor to me, she’s my idol.”
Bettina had wanted to shorten the bar’s name to Charlie’s, as the space was once a shop occupied by a man called Charlie, who made and sold venetian blinds. “I said, ‘Why don’t we call it Charlie’s, it’s Charlie’s,’ ” she says. “And Jus just looked at me and said, ’We can’t call it Charlie’s – it means something else, ‘Teen.’ I said, ‘Ohhh, okay.’ ” Charlie is slang for cocaine.
James Symond was shocked when he learnt Hemmes had named a restaurant after him. He might have preferred a cigar bar, but Hemmes pointed out that no one smokes cigars any more. “How many friends do that, name a restaurant after you?” he asks. “And not only that, he makes a shitload of money out of it!”
Jimmy’s Falafel has proven to be another hit for Hemmes, with 20-plus people regularly queued outside the restaurant and another 20 waiting for their takeaway orders. However, not all of Merivale’s properties are so popular these days. Slip Inn, the go-to place of the mid-to-late ’90s, is today a shadow of its former self, while Establishment, the place to be in the 2000s, is only half-full with a business crowd on many weeknights.
As Merivale transformed from a property and fashion retail group with a couple of small bars and restaurants into the country’s dominant hospitality group, keeping the family culture from which it grew will become more challenging. As will convincing Melburnians that they want or need what a Sydney import has to offer.
“Melbourne is arguably a city at the vanguard of food and beverage in the Asia-Pacific,” says Andrew Jolliffe, managing director of HTL Property, Australia’s leading pub broker, who has sold a number of properties to Hemmes. “There’s a divide that has to be crossed between NSW and Victoria.” Unsurprisingly, Jolliffe predicts Hemmes will do it.
So does the man himself. “Restaurants, bars and clubs: I know how that model works. I know the modelling inside out. I can look at a room or a building, and I can tell you how much I will need to spend and how much it will return, and I will be within 10 per cent,” Hemmes says. “The ingredients are the same: great product, great service, great environment at a great price. I have amazing people around me. I live and breathe it. I’m at the venues until 3am. I’m at the restaurants and bars. I see everything.”
My afternoon with Hemmes has stretched well past 5.30pm, and he asks Kirsty if she can get a bottle of wine. It’s a French petit chablis. “You’re not driving, are you?” he asks. I agree to have a glass, but say I’ll have to depart shortly. Kirsty has already reminded him of another meeting. “They can wait,” he says. His Apple Watch hasn’t stopped buzzing in the few hours we’ve been chatting. A stream of notifications and calls has flooded in, which he’s swatted with the palm of his hand as if shooing a fly.
Wrapping up, he suggests that a key part part of his success has been that he never creates venues to be a fad. “If you want to make something successful, you have to invest in it, and you have to believe in it. I’m not one to do things by halves.”
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A mum of a newborn baby girl who was born two months early in Turkey is facing a £27,000 bill as she tries to return to the UK. 23-year-old Kaielle Thompson gave birth to baby Kaiah on May 17.
Kaiah was born by emergency caesarean section in Fethiye - where Kaielle and her partner were on holiday to celebrate her birthday. Shortly after her birth, Kaiah was rushed to another hospital three hours away and admitted to a newborn intensive care unit.
Once Kaielle had recovered from the birth, she and her partner moved to a hotel near the hospital and have had to pay hundreds of pounds to extend their stay while Kaiah was in hospital.
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They have been billed upwards of £27,000 for Kaiah's hospital care and allegedly "hounded" for the money, according to Kaielle. But after speaking to a Turkish lawyer, they hope these costs will be waivered as it is classed as 'emergency treatment'.
The couple are now working to bring Kaiah back home to Failsworth as soon as she is strong enough to travel. A fundraising page has been set up to help cover the cost of their flights back, as well to help pay for the ongoing costs of having to stay in Turkey and to register the baby.
Kaielle told the Manchester Evening News she started feeling pains on her holiday. She said: "They felt similar to when she was growing and my bump was getting bigger so I assumed it was just growing pains.
"We went for dinner and then down to watch the entertainment and the pain got stronger but I still thought nothing of it. We went to bed a little earlier than usual due to how I was feeling and I couldn't get to sleep."
She continued: "I text my mum and she said it sounded like I was in labour. We went to reception and said I was having pains and they called the medical team who sent an ambulance."
Kaielle said she was rushed to a private hospital, where medics told her that baby would need to delivered by an emergency caesarean section. She said: "It was a shock because she wasn't due for another two months and she actually came on my birthday.
"Kaiah was born and taken straight to another hospital three hours away. I didn't get to meet her for two days.
"The hospital told us we needed to pay £10,000 but my partner spoke to the British embassy who gave us a Turkish solicitor's number where we found out that an emergency treatment in Turkey is free so we didn’t have to pay. Our insurance didn’t cover the treatment so this was a relief."
Kaiah was taken to a different hospital in Antalya, where her parents have also moved to be closer to her. Kaielle said she is "getting stronger" but the family haven't been given a discharge date for her yet and have not been able to hold her.
They have had to buy everything she needs in Turkey including nappies, clothes and toiletries. The new mum added: "Myself and my partner are self-employed so it's been a really stressful experience.
"We're lucky we have people around us who can support us but they can only support so much hence my friend setting up a Go Fund Me account. It’s broken my heart seeing her in an incubator and I just want to hold her.
"I’ve been so excited for this moment of her being born and it’s just not been as expected. I just want to be back in England enjoying our baby girl."
Once Kaiah is allowed to go home, the family will need to pay for flights and cover any other extra costs that will not be covered by insurance. Kaielle said the family have been getting advice from the British Embassy in Turkey.
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President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Pathri Mata temple at Paraunkh village in Kanpur on June 3, 2022. Paraunkh is the ancestral village of the president.
They will also visit Dr. B R Ambedkar Bhawan around 2 pm, which will be followed by a visit to Milan Kendra (community centre) at 2:15 pm, according to a press statement issued by the central government on June 1.
The Kendra is the president’s ancestral house that has been donated for public use, the statement said. The duo will also attend a public function at Paraunkh village at 2.30 pm.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with senior police and administration officials of the district, visited Paraunkh on June 2 and inspected the arrangements.
According to a statement issued on June 2 by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kovind will be in Uttar Pradesh from June 3 to 6.
On June 4, he will address the 90th year celebrations of the Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur. On the same day, he will also grace the centenary celebrations of Gita Press at Gorakhpur, the statement said.
The president will visit Maghar on June 5 where he will pay tributes to Sant Kabir Das and inaugurate the Santkabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana.
On June 6, the president will address the special joint session of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Mandal, it added.
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Point72 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Dover Co. (NYSE:DOV – Get Rating) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 87,441 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,879,000.
Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Selective Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Dover during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. CVA Family Office LLC bought a new position in Dover during the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in Dover by 45.2% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 196 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc bought a new position in Dover during the 4th quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. purchased a new stake in Dover in the 3rd quarter valued at about $42,000. Institutional investors own 84.14% of the company’s stock.
Shares of DOV opened at $135.53 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $141.76 and a 200-day moving average price of $158.64. Dover Co. has a fifty-two week low of $127.04 and a fifty-two week high of $184.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.54 billion, a PE ratio of 17.65, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 1.44.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 27th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.48%. Dover’s payout ratio is 26.04%.
In other Dover news, VP Anthony K. Kosinski sold 3,287 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $153.43, for a total transaction of $504,324.41. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP David J. Malinas purchased 350 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 25th. The shares were bought at an average price of $139.44 per share, for a total transaction of $48,804.00. Following the purchase, the senior vice president now directly owns 2,744 shares in the company, valued at approximately $382,623.36. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.
Several research firms have issued reports on DOV. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Dover from $161.00 to $149.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on shares of Dover from $194.00 to $169.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 21st. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Dover from $161.00 to $159.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 22nd. StockNews.com raised shares of Dover from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 13th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of Dover from $187.00 to $182.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Dover has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $172.83.
Dover Company Profile (Get Rating)
Dover Corporation provides equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services worldwide. The Engineered Products segment provides various equipment, component, software, solution, and services that are used in aftermarket vehicle service, solid waste handling, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, industrial winch and hoist, and fluid dispensing end-market.
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Following the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on May 30 laid out a gun control legislation package for his country, including a complete freeze on handgun sales to cap the number of guns in the country, as well as a mandatory buyback of assault weapons. The parliament will likely pass it.
No such proposal is even conceivable in the U.S., the source of those shootings, where gun violence is more than eight times higher than in Canada. Given the historic lack of federal action on gun control, jurisdictions have been forced to take action independently—and one idea gaining steam in recent days is raising the age of ownership of assault rifles to 21 from 18. Lawmakers in New York State, Arkansas, and Utah have all floated the change, based on data that indicates 20% of school shootings are committed by those ages 18 to 20. But experts agree the measure would likely only have a valuable impact if passed in conjunction with other gun control legislation.
After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul was one of the first lawmakers who voiced wishes to raise the purchase age. “How does an 18-year-old purchase an AR-15 in the state of New York, state of Texas? That person’s not old enough to buy a legal drink,” she said upon introducing the policy as part of a slate of gun laws, which passed Thursday. There’s also some support for the idea in more conservative states: in Arkansas, Republican Governor Asa Hutchison said he was willing to have a “conversation” about the policy, and in Utah, State Senator Derek Kitchen said he would cosponsor a bill to accomplish it. (Meanwhile, three days after the shooting, Texas Senator Ted Cruz spoke at the National Rifle Association’s annual conference about the need for more “armed good guys,” and blamed the massacre on doors.) On the federal level, House Democrats are including the Raise the Age Act as part of a legislative package they hope to pass in early June, though it is unlikely to pass in the Senate.
The gunman in Uvalde legally bought two AR-15-style rifles as soon as he turned 18, the age for buying semiautomatic rifles in the majority of states, including Texas. And the perpetrators of some of the most notorious mass shootings involving AR-15s were all under age 21: the shooter at the supermarket in Buffalo was 18; the Parkland gunman was 19; the Sandy Hook shooter, 20.
“We know that 18- to-20-year-olds have a high risk of using firearms to harm other people. They are disproportionately represented as firearm-homicide perpetrators in our country,” says Kelly Drane, research director at Giffords Law Center, a gun-reform advocacy group. “This is one of many policies that is necessary in our country to help reduce the frequency of these events that we’ve been seeing.”
Rifle regulation and hog hunting
Texas is in the majority when it comes to the minimum age of purchase for long guns. Only six states—California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Vermont, and Washington State—raised the age of ownership to 21; in most cases, after a 2019 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 dead. It’s a particularly galling standard, given that the age to purchase handguns from federally licensed gun dealers is nationally set at 21. AR-15 rifles also inflict massive damage to human bodies, and are more fatal than handguns, with the capacity to fire 45 rounds a minute—or 400 with a bump stock.
That age distinction has historical roots, says Brennan Gardner Rivas, a historian and researcher whose current book project explores firearms regulation in Texas. Traditionally, handguns—pistols and revolvers—weren’t commonplace, but became more ubiquitous after the Civil War, when production skyrocketed and violence increased. States started regulated them after viewing them as a threat to society. The federal age limit was set at 21 as part of the Gun Control Act of 1968. “The continued possibility of handgun regulation is predicated upon the fact that handguns have always been regulated,” Rivas says. “We live in a legal universe where the older regulation is pertaining to firearms, the more likely it is to be upheld as constitutional.”
Conversely, rifles have not been regulated historically. The thought was that those long guns were more for hunting (and militia) purposes, and that people were allowed to hunt from age 18. When guns, such as the AR-15—weapons of war that could rapid fire—started emerging in the 1960s, the NRA was growing in influence and becoming more purposeful in its messaging that they were simply rifles. “The gun lobby, in its ascendance in post-1960s America, certainly has a lot to do with creating this narrative that assault-type weapons are indistinguishable from other rifles,” Rivas says.
One anomaly in rifle regulation was the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, signed by President Bill Clinton, but which had a sunset provision influenced by the gun lobby. It was allowed to expire by George W. Bush’s administration in 2004. Today, when asked whether they’d support another assault weapons ban, many Republican lawmakers still give hunting as a reason; after the Uvalde shooting, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said that AR-15s were needed “to kill feral pigs.” Rivas says: “Until we define assault weapons as somehow different from a regular rifle that you would use for hunting deer, we’re going to be stuck with that.”
Insufficient on its own
In Texas, along with his fellow Democratic colleagues, State Senator Roland Gutierrez has called for a special session for gun control legislation. He thinks an assault weapons ban should happen on the federal level, but needs to consider common-sense regulations for his district, which includes Uvalde. “The simplest thing that we could do in Texas would be to change two digits: from 18 to 21,” he says. He says the age-raising idea has even gotten some anecdotal Republican support from within the state. But he knows he’ll get resistance from Abbott, who has presided over multiple gun massacres yet has actually eased gun laws in Texas. “What he’s worried about is his number-one constituent, and that’s the NRA,” Gutierrez says. “He’s worried about the stupid A-plus rating.”
Gutierrez wants to pass the age law but in tandem with other gun reform, such as red flag laws, mandatory waiting periods, and establishing a Texas state agency that provides background checks, all in the hope of making it harder to buy semiautomatic weapons. “Buying an AR-15 in Texas, if you’re 18 years old, is easier than buying baby formula,” he says.
Gun experts and safety advocates agree that the age law is worth implementing—but that it’s only one of many that should be enacted. “Any of these things can be useful, and they’ll all be insufficient,” says Michael Anestis, a clinical psychologist, and executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center. All gun control laws have gaps: Background checks have loopholes, and even the Assault Weapons Ban had to use a cloudy definition of assault weapons, which allowed gunmakers to still make and sell some lightly amended AR-15s during that decade.
Age raising may also come up against legal challenges. This month, a lawsuit successfully determined that California’s age raising was unconstitutional. The judges—appointees of Donald Trump—cited colonial militias as the reason: “America would not exist without the heroism of the young adults who fought and died in our revolutionary army,” one wrote. The decision now awaits a final decision, but Esther Sanchez-Gomez, senior litigation attorney at Giffords, says this verdict is likely an outlier. “I really hesitate to say that this is the beginning of the end for minimum-age laws,” she says. “I think it’s quite the opposite. I think this is just a blip.”
Overall, it’s hard to judge the impact such a law will have. “One law is not going to be the end-all be-all,” says Drane, the Giffords research director. But she finds it encouraging that there is at least dialogue this time. “We’ve seen so many mass shootings in this country that have inspired no change,” she says.
For Gutierrez, the urge is there to get it done. He has been driving back and forth for 90 miles from his home to Uvalde every day since the massacre, to console families and push for reasonable gun laws. “Those families deserve better,” he says. “I’m not asking for the moon and stars here. I’m asking for some common sense.” | https://www.fastcompany.com/90757197/some-states-want-to-raise-the-age-for-assault-rifle-purchases-would-that-curb-mass-shootings | 2022-06-03T15:25:54Z | https://www.fastcompany.com/90757197/some-states-want-to-raise-the-age-for-assault-rifle-purchases-would-that-curb-mass-shootings | false | 2 |
The contemporary home we will explore today has rustic features, sprawling open-plan living spaces and a large outdoor pool. It has the kind of relaxed ambiance that would make the perfect family home.
The single-level residence is situated in the steamy South American city of Buenos Aires. Accordingly, the architects Carbone Fernandez have incorporated a few elements reminiscent of a Spanish colonial era. There are lots of earthy, raw materials such as exposed brick and golden wood and of course a lovely outdoor area. It's the kind of residence that doesn't need a whole lot of furnishings to feel like a home.
Aside from the lush, tropical weather, the setting is fairly urbane. This means that the feel of the home has been entirely created with clever design, and not reliance on the singularities of the site. So without further ado, come with us to explore this urban family home brimming with warmth!
Spanish haciendas traditionally had a sprawling, low-key feel and this home certainly exhibits those features. The beautiful outdoor pool really dominates the rear exterior and the landscaping has been very simply designed.
It's so easy to overthink our outdoor areas, but sometimes all a family needs is some grass for outdoor games, a little shade from a nearby tree and a few stone pavers by the pool. Note how the green lawn gently slopes upwards and the broad steps lead towards the home. The gentle slope and unadorned layout really helps create a low-key feeling.
Moving back to the front of the home, we have the front facade. This is an urban home in a huge, densely populated city, so the challenge was to create a warm feel, without sacrificing privacy and security.
The solution was to use warm, natural materials such as red brick and wood stained a rich colour. There are small window panels around the edge of each door, but no direct views of the interior. In addition, some high black security gates with a partially transparent grill have been used. Finally, note the various planes of the roof. This is a feature we will explore a little more inside.
Inside the rustic living room, we have exposed timber beams and raw red brick walls. The furniture is in the kitchen and living room is also wooden, modestly sized and tends to blend into the earthy walls of the space. This really helps give this space and open, relaxed feel. Of course, we should mention the lovely big pool or billiards table in the living room. This makes it a clear focal point for entertaining and is a clear way to bring people together.
We caught a glimpse of the wooden kitchen earlier, but here we have the whole space in one glance. Two different types of wood finishes, stainless steel appliances, and a wall oven make this space a little more contemporary than the rest of the home. As with every other room though, the social factor has been clearly considered. A large and generous kitchen island provides a gathering point and the integrated dining table on the right ensures that cooking will never be an isolating task.
A beautiful bathroom with clean, minimalist lines and sophisticated design can occasionally feel a little inappropriate in a family home. But this family-style bathroom really has some humble appeal. It is generously sized, with a large mirror and window. There are definitely some cosy elements. The checker tiles, natural floral feature, and cream tones ensure this is a low-key bathroom for the whole family.
Every big family home needs a little space for parents to retreat and we think this is the perfect solution! This modestly sized spa-bath has dimmable LED lighting, wooden floors and cream tiles. And if they really need to hide out, it's partially tucked away behind the wall.
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WARWICK, R.I., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Business News (PBN) named InsureMyTrip Senior Vice President, Suzanne Morrow, the "Professional Services Woman to Watch". The recognition is part of PBN's 2022 Business Women Awards Program which honors the success of women in various industries.
Morrow is among 30 honorees recognized as leading women in various business, government, and nonprofit sectors in Rhode Island.
"I am honored to be named a Woman to Watch among such inspirational and amazing women in business," says Morrow. "In the predominantly male-led insurance industry I am proud to work for InsureMyTrip, a company that values women in leadership roles."
Morrow began her career at InsureMyTrip in 2016 as a Client Services Program Manager. She worked her way up to Director of Product Services, then Vice President of Business Development before being promoted to her current role as InsureMyTrip's first female Senior Vice President.
Providence Business News had this to say about why Morrow was chosen for this honor:
"Leading through challenging times, mentoring others, and clearly communicating travel insurance coverage benefits to travelers through national media has propelled Morrow…Morrow is a unique brand of candid, no-nonsense, Generation X businesswoman who doesn't mince words. "No is not in her vocabulary."
InsureMyTrip's President & CEO, Peter Evans echoes that sentiment.
"Suzanne is an exceptional leader," says Evans. "She has played and continues to play an integral role in guiding the firm through and out of the pandemic."
For a complete list of winners, you can visit:
https://pbn.com/event/2022-business-women-awards-program/
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It's simple. InsureMyTrip finds you the right travel insurance plan, every time. InsureMyTrip is the authority on travel insurance. We are committed to empowering travelers to make the best possible insurance decisions by leveraging our technology, data intelligence, and expertise. InsureMyTrip is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) will attend the Goldman Sachs 43rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Anne White, senior vice president and president, Lilly Neuroscience, and Mark Mintun, senior vice president, research and development – neuroscience and president, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, will participate in a fireside chat at 1:40 p.m., Eastern time.
A live audio webcast will be available on the "Webcasts & Presentations" section of Lilly's Investor website at https://investor.lilly.com/webcasts-and-presentations. A replay of the presentation will be available on this same website for approximately 90 days.
About Lilly
Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We've been pioneering life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today our medicines help more than 47 million people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges, redefining diabetes care, treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects, advancing the fight against Alzheimer's disease, providing solutions to some of the most debilitating immune system disorders, and transforming the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. With each step toward a healthier world, we're motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people. That includes delivering innovative clinical trials that reflect the diversity of our world and working to ensure our medicines are accessible and affordable. To learn more, visit Lilly.com and Lilly.com/newsroom or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. F-LLY
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Investors retract fund assets for their fourth week out of the past five
The investment community found themselves to be overall sellers on the week, as markets redeemed $3.6B from exchange traded funds and conventional funds for the week ending June 1, according to data from Refinitiv Lipper. Additionally, the outflows marked the fourth week in five.
Money market funds were the outflow leaders, as they lost $12.4B. Taking in capital investments were equity funds +$7.4B, tax-exempt bond funds +$1.2B, and taxable bond funds which attracted $262M.
Equity-based exchange traded funds garnered a total of $11.9B on the week, led by the benchmark SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) taking in $2.9B and the iShares: Core S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:IVV), which brought in $1.9B.
On the flipside, the most significant equity ETF retractors were the Invesco QQQ Trust 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ), -$1.9B and Select Sector: Financials Sector SPDR (XLF), -$787M.
From a fixed income ETF vantagepoint, the space experienced inflows of $3.7B. The largest inflow funds were the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), pulling in $1B. Following behind JNK was the iShares: 1-3 Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) attracting $704M.
In reverse the outflow leaders on the week were the iShares: TIPS Bond (NYSEARCA:TIP) -$790M and PIMCO ETF: Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF (MINT), -$368M.
In related fund flow news, for the month of May, the top ten exchange traded fund inflow leaders amassed a combined $36B worth of investor capital, see the list here. | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3845522-investors-retract-fund-assets-for-their-fourth-week-out-of-the-past-five | 2022-06-03T15:31:54Z | https://seekingalpha.com/news/3845522-investors-retract-fund-assets-for-their-fourth-week-out-of-the-past-five | true | 1 |
LANSING – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging Michigan residents to take steps to avoid tick bites while enjoying the outdoors this summer. Tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease and anaplasmosis, are increasing across the state.
“Preventing tick bites is the best way to prevent tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease and anaplasmosis,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MDHHS chief medical executive. “If you find a tick attached to your body, promptly remove it. Monitor your health and if you experience fever, rash, muscle or joint aches or other symptoms, consult with your medical provider.”
Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common tick-borne disease in Michigan. In 2021, there were 878 confirmed and probable reported cases of Lyme disease, nearly double the 451 cases reported in 2020. Anaplasmosis, caused by the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum, is the second most common tick-borne disease in the state, and cases are also increasing. Reported cases of anaplasmosis in Michigan residents jumped from 17 confirmed and probable cases in 2020 to 56 in 2021.
Counties with the largest increase in anaplasmosis cases include Dickinson and Menominee in the Upper Peninsula and Manistee and Benzie in the Lower Peninsula. Health care providers need to consider tick-borne diseases in people presenting with fever and other non-specific symptoms during the warm months when ticks are active.
Both Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are transmitted by Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the blacklegged or deer tick. The blacklegged tick is well-established in parts of Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas and has been found in new regions over the past few years. Information about Lyme disease risk by county is available at Michigan.gov/Lyme.
Signs and symptoms of tick-borne disease typically begin one to two weeks after a tick bite or being in wooded or brushy areas where ticks commonly live. Early symptoms can be non-specific and include fever or chills, rash, headache, fatigue and muscle aches. Early treatment with appropriate antibiotics can decrease the risk of serious complications.
Protect yourself and your family against tick-borne diseases by following these tips:
Avoid tick-infested areas
• As ticks live in grassy, brushy and wooded areas, walk in the center of trails to avoid contact with overgrown grass, brush and leaf litter at trail edges.
• Protect your pets – dogs and cats can come into contact with ticks outdoors and bring them into the home. Talk with your veterinarian about the best tick prevention products for your pet.
Use insect repellent
• Apply repellent containing DEET or Picaridin on exposed skin.
• Treat clothes (especially pants, socks and shoes) with permethrin, which kills ticks on contact or buy clothes that are pre-treated. Do not use permethrin directly on skin.
• Always follow the manufacturer’s instructions when applying repellents.
Perform daily tick checks
• Always check for ticks on yourself and your animals after being outdoors, even in your own yard.
• Inspect all body surfaces carefully and remove attached ticks with tweezers.
• To remove a tick, grasp the tick firmly and as closely to the skin as possible. With a steady motion, pull the tick’s body away from the skin. Cleanse the area with an antiseptic.
Bathe or shower
• Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors (within two hours) to wash off and more easily find ticks that are crawling on you.
• Wash clothing in hot water and dry on high heat to help kill ticks in clothing.
Not all ticks spread the same germs. MDHHS can help to identify ticks you may encounter outdoors. Residents can email photos of ticks to MDHHS-Bugs@michigan.gov for identification. Michiganders can also submit ticks to MDHHS for identification free of charge. For more information on how to submit your tick and/or photos, visit Michigan.gov/Lyme.
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Watch: Angry Birds Gang Up On A Snake 10 Times Bigger Than Their Size
Watch: Angry Birds Gang Up On A Snake 10 Times Bigger Than Their Size
No Mercy for the WICKED! Video footage of ‘angry’ birds ganging up upon a cobra snake has gone viral on social media.
The video shared on the Latest Sightings-Kruger Facebook page has garnered 133k likes and 3.8k comments with netizens sharing their reactions toward the epic battle.
The relationship between snakes and birds is always and will always remain toxic. In an epic skirmish caught on camera by the visitors exploring the ‘jungle’, a group of birds are seen terrorizing a cobra snake.
According to the voice behind the camera, the reptile was caught trying to feast on the birds’ eggs. In delivering justice to the venomous reptile the birds are seen taking turns, terrorizing the huge snake.
Standing its ground despite being outnumbered, the deadly snake is seen coiling in a defensive mode with its hood out aimlessly striking at any bird that tries to attack it.
The intense fight continues with the birds taking turns pecking at the deadly snake’s head.
The snake kept on fighting hoping to espace the brawl but the group of fearless birds did not give the predator any chance to escape the ruthless punishment.
However, the video clip ends with the viper in the woods after surviving the intense battle.
You can watch the video below:
Below are comments extracted from netizens sharing their reactions towards the battle.
Mohammed Haruna Maigoro
No mercy for the wicked. Snake! Isn’t a kind of animal that’s amicable to other animals. Unity is powerful, Africans need to learn from this battle. It’s a war between Hitler and the West 1945.
Theo Serfontein
Awesome piece of filming, I think these birds were referred to as Katlagters.
Dinesh Mohan
Birds are quite capable of killing snakes,i have seen a single bird almost killed a snake | https://iharare.com/watch-angry-birds-gang-up-on-a-snake-10-times-bigger-than-their-size/ | 2022-06-03T15:36:30Z | https://iharare.com/watch-angry-birds-gang-up-on-a-snake-10-times-bigger-than-their-size/ | true | 1 |
NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for CVM, TGTX, MF, AMRN, and MARA.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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Kumanu's unique approach to wellbeing attracts forward-thinking organizations looking to stay ahead of the curve in a changing employer-employee dynamic.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kumanu, a purpose-centered wellbeing company, today announced record performance in key areas of the business. With a diverse roster of new and returning customers, Kumanu is experiencing growth across multiple industry sectors and is positioned to carry the momentum forward into the next year despite potential macroeconomic headwinds.
"We tend to attract and retain like-minded customers and courageous leaders looking for a wellbeing reboot," said Eric Zimmerman, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer. "It's part of the reason why we've achieved 100% client retention over the last two years. More than that, though, our wellbeing platform is unique in how customizable and immersive the experience is, from implementation to utilization. We're not just dropping a mobile app on an already stressed HR team — we become a part and an extension of their organization's culture."
In the first quarter alone, Kumanu added new clients in a diverse array of industries, representing healthcare, technology, consulting & services, and insurance. And key to future growth for Kumanu is flexibility across client size segments, with current clients ranging from 500 to 200,000 lives, showcasing the dynamic and scalable nature of the Kumanu platform.
"Our own research with C-suite and HR buyers confirms what others have reported: that the status quo of wellbeing is broken," said Dr. Vic Strecher, Founder and CEO of Kumanu, who is analyzing national data on the changing landscape. "Less than one in five HR leaders say their current wellbeing strategies are working, most of them are tired of relying on incentives, and a growing number are recognizing the need to address both Personal and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) factors. Until now, there was no easy way to do it in a unified manner."
Baystate Health and PlanSource are among the new Kumanu clients ramping up to launch the platform's latest iteration that harnesses intrinsic motivation while providing new ways to address dignity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the coming months.
"It's time to evolve from traditional wellness models and close the gaps in wellbeing, and we were thrilled to find Kumanu when we did," said Sharon Brand, Chief People Officer at PlanSource. "We prioritize building resiliency and engaging our employees in what matters to them in life and work. We see the value of Kumanu to invest in our own employees and additionally are bringing this offering to our marketplace for customers to leverage for their own employees as well," added Brand.
"With this new partnership we are able to offer solutions that address the root cause challenges impacting employees' mental health and overall wellbeing," said Yvonne Diaz, Baystate Health's Director of Benefits. "Kumanu is helping us create a stronger culture that values wellbeing. That's a much different angle than other platforms out there."
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Kumanu transforms how organizations approach the emotional and social wellbeing of their workforce by addressing root causes missed in traditional programs. By blending neuroscience and behavior design into digital and live experiences, we help people live with purpose, connect to opportunities, and bring their best selves into each day. Forward-thinking organizations use our customizable platform and consultative process to create a more authentic experience that builds stronger business performance and a more connected culture. For more information about Kumanu, visit www.kumanu.com.
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NEW YORK (CNN) - Four New York firefighters died from Sept. 11-related illnesses over a four-day period at the end of May.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man originally charged with 20 counts of violating Nevada’s revenge porn law, who police said shared hundreds of intimate images of his ex-girlfriend, accepted a plea deal of “attempted unlawful dissemination of a personal image” and walked away with one year of probation.
His ex-girlfriend says she is the one who must live with the consequences, sentenced to a lifetime of shame.
Lawmakers passed the so-called revenge porn law in 2015, making it a crime “to harass, harm or terrorize another person” when “[that] person electronically disseminates or sells an intimate image, which depicts the other person” without their consent.
On May 12, as part of a plea deal negotiated with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, Donald Amick, 43, agreed to the lesser charge and one year of probation.
Police began their investigation into Amick in late 2020 after his ex-girlfriend filed a report.
“I will never be the person who I was before,” she said. While intimate photos of her crisscross the internet, she asked her face to be blurred and her name redacted for this story. “I will never have that secure feeling.”
Amick and his ex-girlfriend dated from September 2019 to June 2020 after meeting on the dating app Bumble, court documents said.
“The relationship became sexual almost immediately and Donald began to tell [his ex-girlfriend] that he had certain fetishes,” police wrote in the warrant for Amick’s arrest. “[The ex-girlfriend] stated within weeks of starting their relationship Donald began to demand photographs of [her] nude and during sex and stated it would allow Donald to trust [her] and strengthen their relationship. [She] consented to photographs and videos to be taken of her and Donald during sexual intercourse.”
But it did not stop there.
The photography “escalated to the point that Donald would take nude photographs of [her] during normal everyday activities such as using the bathroom, showering or driving,” police said.
Donald Amick appears in a 2021 booking photo. (LVMPD/KLAS)
She broke off the relationship in June 2020 and in October 2020 discovered “Donald had disseminated [hundreds] of nude photographs of her, sexual photographs of her and images and videos of her having sex with Donald to other people utilizing Kik, MeWe, Tumblr, Facebook, Snapchat, Google, Yahoo and Twitter,” police said.
She also learned Amick was messaging other people, claiming to be a woman named “Ashley,” police said.
In November 2020, Amick’s ex-girlfriend reported her allegations to Las Vegas Metro police. She came “with a binder she compiled that contained a multitude of messages and photographs and screenshots of sexual videos that showed [her] buttocks, vagina, anus and breasts, that had been disseminated among various sites, applications, e-mail addresses and group messaging forums,” police said.
Prior to the start of the criminal investigation, Amick’s ex-girlfriend had discovered more than 100 photos, police said. As part of their investigation, police said they discovered 48 intimate photos where her face was “readily identifiable.”
Amick’s ex-girlfriend shared snapshots of chats she found on social media websites containing intimate images of her. She shared the photos with police. (KLAS)
Investigators filed search warrants with the social media companies, finding photos and messages on several accounts they said belonged to Amick and that had been verified through emails and phone numbers registered in his name, court documents said.
On Facebook alone, police said they discovered more than “14,000 images that had been disseminated and over 2,000 videos” of several people, including more than 100 images where Amick’s ex-girlfriend was “positivity identified,” police said.
In their warrant for Amick’s arrest filed in February 2021, an investigator wrote there was “probable cause to arrest Donald for 48 counts of unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another.” The warrant specifies while investigators “located [hundreds] of nude or sexual images” of Amick’s ex-girlfriend, the 48 counts relate to “48 separate occasions… based on the images [and] records of [them] being disseminated” per the revenge porn law.
“There were just so many accounts — fake people he pretended to be,” Amick’s ex-girlfriend said.
A criminal complaint filed in March 2021 indicates Amick was charged with five counts – not 48 counts – of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. However, an amended complaint filed in justice court in September increased the number to 20 counts.
Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Amick in April 2021 after a traffic stop. A trooper ran Amick’s information, finding the warrant for his arrest out of Las Vegas. Amick was handcuffed and taken to jail, records from police in Missouri indicate.
Police in Missouri declined to release more details, including body camera video and a booking photo.
“The defendant only gets probation and I have the fear that all of these images will continue to be shared endless times and have endless opportunities to come to the surface again.”
Donald Amick’s ex-girlfriend speaking in court during sentencing
In April 2021, Judge Joseph Sciscento granted Amick’s release from the Clark County Detention Center without having to pay bail. He ordered Amick not to contact his ex-girlfriend.
“Forcing Donald to remain in pre-trial confinement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic presents an unnecessary and unjustified additional risk,” Amick’s attorney, Kyle Cottner, wrote in a declaration filed with the court. “While Donald is not currently a resident of Nevada, he has every intention of returning to make any and all necessary court appearances.”
Cottner also noted “two pending Missouri family law cases” and Amick’s employment.
While awaiting his court appearances, Amick’s ex-girlfriend said she received messages and phone calls from strangers. One message she said came from a California-based escort service attempting to set up a meeting.
In September 2021, prosecutors filed a motion to bring Amick back to jail and hold him on $100,000 bail for violating the conditions of his release. Prosecutors said Amick was using social media websites just one day after a judge ordered him to stay off social media. The judge denied the request, ordering Amick, who remained in Missouri, to stay off social media.
Amick waived his right to a preliminary hearing and the case moved up to the Eighth District Judicial Court in January. In the move from justice court to district court, prosecutors and Amick’s attorney worked out a deal to charge him with one count of attempted unlawful dissemination of an intimate image of another -dropping all felonies.
The deal would mean a guilty plea and no trial.
Amick accepted the plea on Jan. 13, agreeing to a sentence of one-year probation. The plea agreement also requires Amick to stay off social media and not have contact with his ex-girlfriend.
Judge Jerry Wiese formally sentenced Amick as per the terms of the deal on May 12. Because the agreement was made between both parties and there was no spectrum in the sentence, Wiese did not have any say in punishment.
“The defendant only gets probation and I have the fear that all of these images will continue to be shared endless times and have endless opportunities to come to the surface again,” Amick’s ex-girlfriend told the court before the sentencing.
Working in the service industry, she fears being alone in a small room with a stranger.
“There are so many times when I don’t want to take a male customer, because, is it the person that found me and reached out to me? Is this going to be the moment?” she said.
Donald Amick’s ex-girlfriend asked for her face to be blurred as she fears her reputation is ruined. She said she is the one who was truly sentenced, not him. (KLAS)
Nevada passed its revenge porn law in 2015 as part of a wider omnibus crime bill under former Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Laura Tucker, a senior deputy attorney general, testified before a legislative committee about the provisions of the proposed law.
“The prosecutor would have to prove behind a reasonable doubt that the person acted with the intent to annoy, harass, terrorize for alarm the person who is in the photo,” Tucker told the committee in 2015.
The intent, according to a 2015 document from the attorney general’s office, was to make violating the law a Category C felony, which can carry a prison sentence of up to 5 years and a $10,000 fine. Lawmakers instead made a violation a Category D felony, which carries a smaller fine and a maximum 4-year sentence.
“A Category D felony is not an automatically probational offense, which means there should be actual time, prison time associated with this,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Mark Krueger said.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office has no control over prosecutors’ plea deals or judges’ sentences. The office has taken on its own revenge porn proceedings, most notably the case against MyEx.com.
Working with the Federal Trade Commission, the state successfully shut down the revenge porn website, where people could “[post] intimate images of people, together with their personal information, without their consent,” officials wrote in a news release in 2018.
Donald Amick (in white) appears in court on May 12, 2022, for sentencing. (KLAS)
After leaving court on May 12, Amick returned to Missouri, his ex-girlfriend said.
“I’ve only had nightmares that I have talked to him,” his ex-girlfriend said.
While Amick must stay off social media, for now, his ex-girlfriend said while not ordered to, she will too.
“I have just gone completely silent on social media because I feel so taken advantage of,” she said. “I just feel so dirty from it all that I just don’t want any part, so I’d rather be invisible.”
KLAS reached out to Judge Wiese about the outcome of the case. A court spokesperson said it would be inappropriate for him to comment.
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Where to get bikes and gear during the ongoing shortage
So, the pandemic came, and you figured it was the perfect time to take up cycling. Unfortunately, so did everyone else. While it’s been nearly impossible to get a bike over the past two years, things are gradually easing up. If you squint, you can see a faint light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. That means, if you order a bike today, it might arrive by 2023.
However, shrewd buyers — the ones who know where to look — do not have to wait so long. Plus, there are creative solutions, such as electric bikes or adult tricycles, that are currently in stock. Also, if you already own a bike or were lucky enough to get one over the past couple of years, there is some gear that you need to have.
Why is there a bicycle shortage?
Like many industries, the bicycle industry was hit with the perfect storm two years ago. However, the wind and rain may have been a little more potent and lasted longer than the inclement weather for other manufacturers.
As lockdowns and social distancing became the norm in 2020, people started looking for new activities to do that kept them safe. Bicycling was ideal. You could go outside, get fresh air and sunlight and easily maintain a 6-foot safety bubble. The only problem was, everyone had the same idea. There was a spike in sales that quickly depleted inventory.
Since many of the factories that manufactured key components were now in lockdown in other countries, new models couldn’t be made. To make matters worse, the supply chain hit a logjam as cargo ships couldn’t dock and unload in California. And to top it off, shipping containers became scarce, so it was hard to even get products in the ocean.
All of these factors combined to create a bicycle shortage that has lasted for roughly two years.
When is the bicycle shortage expected to end?
The answer to the question, “When will the bicycle shortage end?” depends on who you ask. Some sellers are proclaiming it’s already over, while other shops, along with market analysts, are saying the current wait time for a bike is anywhere from six to 18 months. The trick, then, to getting your bike in a timely manner is knowing where to shop.
Bikes and gear you can get right now
Bikes
This hybrid bike from Schwinn is designed for comfort. It offers a smooth ride, has 21 speeds and an ergonomic grip. The rear carrier lets you bring along a few essentials, while the fenders guard against splashes.
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Nishiki Men’s Pueblo 26-Inch Mountain Bike
If you are looking for a rugged, high-performance mountain bike, this is an excellent model to consider. It features a heat-treated steel frame and a 60 mm travel fork for maximum shock absorption and durability. The Shimano drivetrain will let you tackle steep inclines and long downhill slopes.
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Huffy Panama Jack 26-Inch Gloss Blue Women’s Cruiser Bike
The classic Panama Jack styling of this cruiser bike will turn heads. It offers you a comfortable, natural riding position that reduces strain on your back, arms and hands. It features a front basket, a rear rack and a beverage holder. This bike is meant for casual riding and features a coaster brake.
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Huffy 26-Inch Deluxe Men’s Cruiser Bike
This stylish cruiser bike is designed for casual riding. The front and rear fenders help keep you dry and splatter-free. It features raised handlebars so you can ride in an upright position. For storage, you have a front basket and a rear rack. A cup holder is also included for convenience.
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If you are looking for a stylish, versatile bike, this model from Schwinn may be the right choice for you. It has a seven-speed twist shifter, front and rear linear pull brakes and fenders to protect you from splashes. The rear carrier provides a convenient storage space.
Sold by Amazon
Ecotric 26-Inch Fat Tire Electric Bicycle
For riders looking for a little assistance, an electric bike is the answer. This model is designed for off-road riding and can reach speeds of up to 23.6 mph. When fully charged, the battery can deliver 18 to 33 miles of travel depending on the mode, the terrain and the load. It has a seven-speed drive system and comes with an 18-month warranty.
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Schwinn Meridian Adult Tricycle
Adults looking for a bike to travel short distances around the neighborhood or to do chores might be interested in an adult tricycle. These large single-speed bikes have a stable base to make travel safer. This model from Schwinn has linear-pull brakes, wide handlebars and a low step-through frame.
Sold by Amazon
Schwinn Loop Adult Folding Bike
Another option that is still easy to find is a folding bike. This model has a 20-inch wheel and fits riders ranging from 56 to 74 inches tall. It has seven speeds, front and rear linear brakes and a built-in rear cargo carrier.
Sold by Amazon
If you don’t mind doing your riding indoors, exercise bikes are still in stock and easy to get. This top offering from NordicTrack has all the bells and whistles from an inertia enhanced flywheel to silent magnetic resistance. Purchase includes a 30-day iFIT Family Membership.
Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Gear
If you have a bike, you need a helmet. This lightweight model is for XC, trail and enduro riding. It features an easy-to-use fit system that can be quickly adjusted with a ratcheting dial. The large vents help keep the rider’s head cool, and it has a built-in sunglass storage space at the back of the helmet.
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This versatile bike helmet is suitable for commuting or off-road biking. It has 22 vents for comfort and offers full protection with a polycarbonate shell. The one-handed Acu Dial can be adjusted while riding, if needed, and the snap-fit visor reduces glare to offer better visibility.
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Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Chain
When you get a bike, you want to make sure it is secure from theft — especially with bikes being so hard to get these days. This heavy-duty bike chain is made with hardened manganese steel and has a nylon cover for added protection. The steel crossbar and double deadbolt make this lock a worthy obstacle for would-be thieves.
Sold by Amazon
Schwinn Air Center Floor Bike Pump
After just a few trips to the gas station to fill up your tires, you’ll realize what a luxury it is to have an air pump on hand. This model from Schwinn pumps up to 120 pound per square inch. It has an ergonomic handle and a 26-inch rubber hose. The wide-stand base offers easier operation, while the dual-pump head fits both Schrader and Presta valves.
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Polar Bottle Sport Insulated Water Bottle
Hydration is essential. You need to bring a water bottle with you on all trips. This BPA-free insulated water bottle has triple-wall insulation that keeps your beverage cooler up to two times longer than other designs. It has a sports cap that pulls up for easy access, and each bottle comes with a lifetime warranty.
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Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top 10 2023 QB Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top Players by Position (2022)
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Fullbacks
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Offensive Guards
Offensive Tackles
Offensive Linemen
Offensive Centers
Defensive Ends
Defensive Tackles
Defensive Linemen
Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Safeties
Athletes
Kickers
Punters
Database
Top 10 2022 DB Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Early 2022 Preseason Rankings
Class 5A
Class 4A
Class 3A
Class 2A
Class 1A
Class A
8-Man
Top 10 2022 LB Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top 10 2022 OL/DL Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top 10 2022 WR Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top 10 2022 RB Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top 10 2022 QB Candidates
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
A District MVPs
District 1
1A District MVPs
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
2A District MVPs
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
3A District MVPs
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
4A District MVPs
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
5A Group MVPs
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Early 2023 Preseason Rankings
Class 5A
Class 4A
Class 3A
Class 2A
Class 1A
Class A
8-Man
Top 10 Candidates in 2022
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
New Names to Follow
2022, Offense
2022, Defense
2023, Offense
2023, Defense
2024, Offense
2024, Defense
Football Player Rankings
Top 325 Players in 2022
Top 300 Players in 2023
Top 125 Players in 2024
2021 District/Group Previews
A, D7
A, D8
8-Man, D9
8-Man, D10
2A, D8
1A, D8
8-Man, D7
8-Man, D8
2A, D6
1A, D7
A, D6
8-Man, D6
4A, D6
2A, D6
1A, D6
5A, G6
1A, D5
A, D5
8-Man, D5
5A, G5
4A, D5
3A, D5
2A, D5
2A, D4
1A, D4
A, D4
8-Man, D4
5A, G4
4A, D4
3A, D4
8-Man, D3
3A, D3
2A, D3
1A, D3
A, D3
5A, G3
4A, D3
A, D2
8-Man, D2
4A, D2
3A, D2
2A, D2
1A, D2
5A, G2
1A, D1
A, D1
8-Man, D1
5A, G1
4A, D1
3A, D1
2A, D1
Player of the Year Nominees
5A Running Backs
4A Running Backs
3A Running Backs
2A Running Backs
1A Running Backs
A Running Backs
8-Man Running Backs
5A Quarterbacks
4A Quarterbacks
3A Quarterbacks
2A Quarterbacks
1A Quarterbacks
A Quarterbacks
8-Man Quarterbacks
Most Recruited Players in '22
Players 1-5
Players 6-10
Players 11-15
Players 16-20
Players 21-25
Players 26-30
Players 31-35
1A Top Returning Defensive Players
1A, District 1
1A, District 2
1A, District 3
1A, District 4
1A, District 5
1A, District 6
1A, District 7
1A, District 8
A Top Returning Defensive Players
A, District 1
A, District 2
A, District 3
A, District 4
A, District 5
A, District 6
A, District 7
A, District 8
8-Man Top Returning Defensive Players
8-Man, District 1
8-Man, District 2
8-Man, District 3
8-Man, District 4
8-Man, District 5
8-Man, District 6
8-Man, District 7
8-Man, District 8
8-Man, District 9
8-Man, District 10
2A Top Returning Defensive Players
2A, District 1
2A, District 2
2A, District 3
2A, District 4
2A, District 5
2A, District 6
2A, District 7
2A, District 8
3A Top Returning Defensive Players
3A, District 1
3A, District 2
3A, District 3
3A, District 4
3A, District 5
3A, District 6
5A Top Returning Defensive Players
5A, Group 1
5A, Group 2
5A, Group 3
5A, Group 4
5A, Group 5
5A, Group 6
4A Top Returning Defensive Players
4A, District 1
4A, District 2
4A, District 3
4A, District 4
4A, District 5
4A, District 6
8-Man Top Returning Offensive Players
8-Man, District 1
8-Man, District 2
8-Man, District 3
8-Man, District 4
8-Man, District 5
8-Man, District 6
8-Man, District 7
8-Man, District 8
8-Man, District 9
8-Man, District 10
A Top Returning Offensive Players
A, District 1
A, District 2
A, District 3
A, District 4
A, District 5
A, District 6
A, District 7
A, District 8
1A Top Returning Offensive Players
1A, District 1
1A, District 2
1A, District 3
1A, District 4
1A, District 5
1A, District 6
1A, District 7
1A, District 8
2A Top Returning Offensive Players
2A, District 1
2A, District 2
2A, District 3
2A, District 4
2A, District 5
2A, District 6
2A, District 7
2A, District 8
Top 10 Candidates in 2023
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
3A Top Returning Offensive Players
3A, District 1
3A, District 2
3A, District 3
3A, District 4
3A, District 5
3A, District 6
4A Top Returning Offensive Players
4A, District 1
4A, District 2
4A, District 3
4A, District 4
4A, District 5
4A, District 6
5A Top Returning Offensive Players
5A, Group 1
5A, Group 2
5A, Group 3
5A, Group 4
5A, Group 5
5A, Group 6
Player Ranking by Position
Top 25 QBs in 2022
Top 20 RBs in 2022
Top 25 WRs in 2022
Top 25 OLs in 2022
Top 25 DLs in 2022
Top 25 LBs in 2022
Top 25 DBs in 2022
2020 All State Teams
Sophomore First Team Defense
Sophomore First Team Offense
Freshmen First Team Defense
Freshmen First Team Offense
Junior First Team Defense
Junior First Team Offense
Sophomore Second Team Defense
Sophomore Second Team Offense
Freshmen Second Team Defense
Freshmen Second Team Offense
Elite First Team Defense
Elite First Team Offense
Junior Second Team Defense
Junior Second Team Offense
Freshmen Third Team Defense
Freshmen Third Team Offense
Elite Second Team Defense
Elite Second Team Offense
Sophomore Third Team Offense
Sophomore Third Team Defense
Sophomore Fourth Team Offense
Sophomore Fourth Team Defense
Junior Third Team Offense
Junior Third Team Defense
Junior Fourth Team Offense
Junior Fourth Team Defense
Elite Third Team Offense
Elite Third Team Defense
Elite Fourth Team Offense
Elite Fourth Team Defense
Elite Fifth Team Offense
Elite Fifth Team Defense
2020 Individual Honors
Junior Offensive Lineman of the Year
Sophomore Offensive Lineman of the Year
Freshman Offensive Lineman of the Year
Freshman Punter of the Year
Kicker of the Year
Junior Kicker of the Year
Sophomore Kicker of the Year
Freshman Kicker of the Year
Junior Punter of the Year
Linebacker of the Year
Junior Linebacker of the Year
Offensive Lineman of the Year
Sophomore Linebacker of the Year
Freshman Linebacker of the Year
Punter of the Year
Junior Punter of the Year
Sophomore Punter of the Year
Quarterback of the Year
Defensive Back of the Year
Junior Defensive Back of the Year
Sophomore Defensive Back of the Year
Freshman Defensive Back of the Year
Defensive Lineman of the Year
Junior Defensive Lineman of the Year
Sophomore Defensive Lineman of the Year
Freshman Defensive Lineman of the Year
Running Back of the Year
Junior Running Back of the Year
Sophomore Running Back of the Year
Freshman Running Back of the Year
Wide Receiver of the Year
Junior Wide Receiver of the Year
Sophomore Wide Receiver of the Year
Freshman Wide Receiver of the Year
Junior Quarterback of the Year
Sophomore Quarterback of the Year
Player of the Year
Senior of the Year
Junior of the Year
Sophomore of the Year
Freshman of the Year
2020 Final Rankings
Class 4A
Class 3A
Class 2A
Class 1A
Class A
8-Man
2021 Position Rankings
Top 25 Quarterbacks
Top 25 Running Backs
Top 25 Wide Receivers
Top 20 Offensive Linemen
Top 25 Defensive Linemen
Top 25 Linebackers
Top 15 Defensive Backs
8-Man District MVPs
8-Man, District 1
8-Man, District 2
8-Man, District 3
8-Man, District 4
8-Man, District 5
8-Man, District 6
8-Man, District 7
8-Man, District 8
A District MVPs
A, District 1
A, District 2
A, District 3
A, District 4
A, District 5
A, District 6
A, District 7
A, District 8
A, District 9
A, District 10
1A District MVPs
1A, District 1
1A, District 2
1A, District 3
1A, District 4
1A, District 5
1A, District 6
1A, District 7
1A, District 8
1A, District 9
2A District MVPs
2A, District 1
2A, District 2
2A, District 3
2A, District 4
2A, District 5
2A, District 6
2A, District 7
2A, District 8
2A, District 9
3A District MVPs
3A, District 1
3A, District 2
3A, District 3
3A, District 4
3A, District 5
3A, District 6
3A, District 7
3A, District 8
3A, District 9
4A District MVPs
4A, District 1
4A, District 2
4A, District 3
4A, District 4
4A, District 5
4A, District 6
4A, District 7
Early 2022 Preseason Rankings
Class 4A
Class 3A
Class 2A
Class 1A
Class A
8-Man
In-Season Coverage
2024 Stock Risers
2023 Stock Risers
2022 Stock Risers
2021 Stock Risers
New Names 2023 Offense
New Names 2023 Defense
New Names 2024 Offense
New Names 2024 Defense
New Names 2021 Offense
New Names 2021 Defense
New Names 2022 Offense
New Names 2022 Defense
Top 10 Candidates in 2021
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Top Players by Position (2021)
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Fullbacks
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Offensive Guards
Offensive Tackles
Punters
Defensive Ends
Defensive Tackles
Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Safeties
Kickers
Database
2020 Preseason Football Teams
A First Team Offense
A First Team Defense
8-Man First Team Offense
8-Man First Team Defense
Elite First Team Offense
Elite First Team Defense
Junior First Team Offense
Junior First Team Defense
Sophomore First Team Offense
Sophomore First Team Defense
2A First Team Offense
2A First Team Defense
1A First Team Offense
1A First Team Defense
A Second Team Offense
A Second Team Defense
8-Man Second Team Offense
8-Man Second Team Defense
4A First Team Offense
4A First Team Defense
3A First Team Offense
3A First Team Defense
2A Second Team Offense
2A Second Team Defense
1A Second Team Offense
1A Second Team Defense
Junior Second Team Offense
Junior Second Team Defense
Elite Second Team Offense
Elite Second Team Defense
Elite Third Team Offense
Elite Third Team Defense
Elite Fourth Team Offense
Elite Fourth Team Defense
3A Second Team Offense
3A Second Team Defense
Soph Second Team Offense
Soph Second Team Defense
Sophomore Third Team Offense
Sophomore Third Team Defense
4A Second Team Offense
4A Second Team Defense
Elite Fifth Team Offense
Elite Fifth Team Defense
Junior Third Team Offense
Junior Third Team Defense
Junior Fourth Team Offense
Junior Fourth Team Defense
A Third Team Offense
A Third Team Defense
8-Man Third Team Offense
8-Man Third Team Defense
2A Third Team Offense
2A Third Team Defense
1A Third Team Offense
1A Third Team Defense
3A Third Team Offense
3A Third Team Defense
4A Third Team Offense
4A Third Team Defense
District Previews
A District 9
A District 10
8-Man District 7
8-Man District 8
A District 8
8-Man District 6
2A District 9
1A District 9
2A District 8
1A District 8
4A District 7
3A District 9
4A District 6
3A District 8
2A District 7
1A District 7
A District 7
8-Man District 5
4A District 5
3A District 7
4A District 4
3A District 6
2A District 6
1A District 6
2A District 5
1A District 5
A District 6
8-Man District 4
3A District 5
1A District 4
A District 4
A District 5
A District 3
3A District 4
8-Man District 3
2A District 4
4A District 3
3A District 3
2A District 3
1A District 3
2A District 2
1A District 2
A District 2
8-Man District 2
4A Group 2
3A District 2
A District 1
8-Man District 1
4A Group 1
3A District 1
2A District 1
1A District 1
2020 Preseason Football Nominees
4A Linebacker of the Year Nominees
3A Linebacker of the Year Nominees
2A Linebacker of the Year Nominees
1A Linebacker of the Year Nominees
A Linebacker of the Year Nominees
8-Man Linebacker of the Year Nominees
8-Man Wide Receivers of the Year Nominees
4A Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
3A Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
2A Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
1A Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
A Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
8-Man Defensive Linemen of the Year Nominees
2A Running Back of the Year Nominees
1A Running Back of the Year Nominees
A Running Back of the Year Nominees
8-Man Running Back of the Year Nominees
4A Wide Receiver of the Year Nominees
3A Wide Receiver of the Year Nominees
2A Wide Receiver of the Year Nominees
1A Wide Receiver of the Year Nominees
A Wide Receiver of the Year Nominees
4A Quarterback of the Year Nominees
3A Quarterback of the Year Nominees
2A Quarterback of the Year Nominees
1A Quarterback of the Year Nominees
A Quarterback of the Year Nominees
8-Man Quarterback of the Year Nominees
4A Running Back of the Year Nominees
3A Running Back of the Year Nominees
Top 10 Candidates in 2023
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Most Recruited Players in '21
Players 1-5
Players 6-10
Players 11-15
Players 16-20
Players 21-25
Players 26-30
Top Players by Position (2023)
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Defensive Ends
Defensive Tackles
Linebackers
Defensive Backs
Kickers
Punters
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FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PowerNation Studios and Nashville Superspeedway have partnered to present the inaugural POWER NATIONALS sponsored by Summit Racing Equipment on Saturday & Sunday, September 3-4, 2022 at the Superspeedway, located in Lebanon, TN.
PowerNation Studios, based in Franklin TN, is the production company for some of the most popular how-to programs for auto enthusiasts such as Detroit Muscle, Music City Trucks, Engine Power, and Carcass.
"The Nashville area is home to a huge, passionate car enthusiast community, and we couldn't ask for a better partner to host PowerNation Studio's first ever live event than the Nashville Superspeedway." said Matthew Hawkins, president of PowerNation.
Nashville Superspeedway, the home of NASCAR Cup Series racing and live entertainment in Middle Tennessee, is a 650-acre motorsports and event venue. The facility reopened in late 2020 and has since hosted a growing number of family-friendly and motorsports events, highlighted by the 100% capacity, sold-out inaugural Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race in June 2021.
"We have thousands of car enthusiasts visit our facility each year, so naturally we are thrilled about this partnership and the opportunity to present the inaugural POWER NATIONALS event," said Erik Moses, Nashville Superspeedway's President and GM. "The goal from the first day of our rebirth has been to transform our facility into a regional center for all kinds of entertainment options, and this partnership further demonstrates our commitment to hosting first-class events for the residents and visitors of Middle Tennessee."
POWER NATIONALS will feature events and attractions for attendees of all ages. A car, truck and exotic vehicles show will run all day both Saturday and Sunday. All vehicles entered in the shows will have a special opportunity to exit the Superspeedway by driving the 1.33-mile D-shaped oval racetrack.
The world-famous monster truck that started it all, the original BIGFOOT, will be present all weekend. And several other members of the BIGFOOT family will be on site, including BIGFOOT #5, the truck with 10' tires and the new BIGFOOT ride truck.
Driving competitions include the Carcass Auto Cross on Saturday and a Drifting exhibition on Sunday. Attendees can also participate in skills challenges like the Engine Power Bolt-on competition. Demos and guest interviews will take place at the center of the action on the Live stage.
Throughout the weekend, producers from PowerNation Studios will be on-site at Nashville Superspeedway capturing video for the POWER NATIONALS television special which will premiere on Saturday, September 17th at noon and again at 8 p.m. ET. Katie Osborne and the PowerNation show hosts will lead the event coverage.
Doors will open at 9 a.m. and the event will close at 5 p.m. on both days. Parking will be free. For tickets and all event details are available at www.PowerNationals.com.
PowerNation Studios is wholly owned by Gray Television (NYSE:GTN), one of the largest television broadcast companies in the country, whose portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station. Gray also owns Raycom Sports, Tupelo Honey, Third Rail Studios, and Assembly Atlanta.
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launches ‘Fit India Freedom Rider Cycle rally’
On the occasion of World Bicycle Day, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on June 03 launched a nationwide ‘Fit India Freedom Rider Cycle rally’ in Delhi. Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Meenakashi Lekhi also joined the cycle rally. | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/video-sports-minister-anurag-thakur-launches-fit-india-freedom-rider-cycle-rally-2957752 | 2022-06-03T15:52:00Z | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/video-sports-minister-anurag-thakur-launches-fit-india-freedom-rider-cycle-rally-2957752 | true | null |
BOSTON, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NanoMosaic, the pioneer and leader of nanoneedle technology (MosaicNeedle™) for proteomics and multi-omics, is increasing its capabilities in neurology companion diagnostics (CDx) and future diagnostic tests, by offering a novel, highly sensitive site-specific conjugated antibody against phosphorylated Tau (Phospho-Thr217). The novel antibody has been designed to have higher affinities and enhanced performance on NanoMosaic's Tessie™ platform.
The demand from pharmaceutical partners for a highly sensitive, wide dynamic range, proteomics platform in neurology, utilizing a fully automated sample preparation solution on a standard liquid handler, initiated the collaboration between NanoMosaic and BrickBio, the leader in unnatural amino acid (UAA) incorporation and site-specific conjugation. BrickBio has designed a novel Phospho-Thr217 antibody, and using its Site-Select Panel™ will rapidly procure variants of the antibody conjugated with proprietary NanoMosaic moieties at optimal performance enhancing sites. The final sites chosen will significantly emphasize key properties of the antibody's performance, while working in conjunction with the surface chemistry dynamics on the NanoChip™, that will result in a sensitive, label-free, robust proteomic neurology solution with digital quantitation.
"NanoMosaic's unique approach to high-sensitivity detection is significantly enhanced by expanding our conjugation strategies," said Josh Ritchey, VP of Product Development at NanoMosaic. "Utilizing proprietary moieties to enable these unique binding modes truly places NanoMosaic at the forefront of proteomic assay performance," Ritchey concluded.
"The site-specific introduction of stable conjugation handles across the entire antibody scaffold, powered by BrickBio's Site-Select Panel™, continues to expand the repertoire of previously inaccessible applications," said James Italia, VP of Commercial Development at BrickBio. "No other technology enables the breadth of conjugation site flexibility necessary to drive spatially oriented surface functionalization with unprecedented control," Italia concluded.
"The collaboration between BrickBio and NanoMosaic to develop a novel Phospho-Thr217 antibody, for pharmaceutical partners developing CDx assays and future IVD, in vitro diagnostic, applications will enable unprecedented, fully automated workflow advantages that provide precise digital measurements at the highest throughput with the widest dynamic range, in comparison to any current commercial proteomics system," stated John Boyce, Co-Founder of Tiger Gene. "These development and measurement advantages may translate to a significant increase in efficacious treatments for patients," Boyce concluded.
About NanoMosaic Inc
NanoMosaic, a Boston-based biotechnology company, is the only commercial entity to develop and leverage the power of nanoneedles, MosaicNeedles™, for protein detection and quantification to develop best-in-class assays for biomarker discovery and validation. The NanoMosaic platform, Tessie™, alleviates the bottlenecks in proteomics analysis and provides an end-to-end solution that enables first of its kind protein interrogation and multi-omics analysis within a single chip on one run. The proprietary technology enables rapid, end user customization for assay development for proteomic and/or nucleic acid content. The NanoMosaic platform allows researchers to push the frontiers in biomarker discovery and diagnostics.
About BrickBio, Inc.
BrickBio Inc., a Boston-based biotechnology company, empowers next-generation unnatural amino acid coupled protein conjugation with its site-specific and site-selective platform. The platform technology spans prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems, enabling the development of unique biologics and protein therapeutics with enhanced characteristics, including improvements to half-life, dosage and efficacy. With the broadest toolkit of bioconjugation handles, BrickBio can optimize any conjugate and is uniquely situated to push the frontier of biologics with the selective modification of multiple distinct sites on a single protein. BrickBio is working with partners to develop best-in-class therapeutics and RUO kits with its proprietary bioconjugation strategies. BrickBio is expanding its therapeutic programs, including ADCs, bispecific conjugates and novel scaffolds. www.brickbio.com
Contact: Audrey Warner, audrey.warner@brickbio.com
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Several arrests made during drug investigation
Published: Jun. 3, 2022 at 10:38 AM EDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Several people are facing drug charges after deputies in one Eastern Carolina county conduct a special drug investigation.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office says it recently started an investigation into the sales of illegal narcotics from an apartment located on Patton Circle in Winterville after receiving an anonymous tip.
On Wednesday, detectives with the Special Operations Unit along with teams from the K9 Unit issued a search warrant for the apartment.
During the search, a handgun, cocaine, marijuana, pills, cash, and drug paraphernalia were discovered. Nine adults were inside the home at the time and five of them were arrested.
- Marry Lilly, 57, of Winterville is facing five drug charges and was released on a $40,000 secure bond. She was charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, maintain dwelling for the sale of a controlled substance, possession of Schedule II substance, and possession drug paraphernalia.
- John Hopkins, Jr., 36, of Greenville is facing drug and gun charges and released on a $60,000 secure bond. He is charged with possession of cocaine, destroying criminal evidence, and possession of a handgun by a felon.
- Sylvester Wiggins, Jr., 33, of Greenville was charged with resisting arrest and is in custody on a $2,000 bond.
- Byron Edwards, 56, of Ayden had an outstanding warrant and was released on a $1,000 bond.
- Nikki Barnes, 39, of Farmville had five active warrants and was released on a $3,000 unsecured bond.
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Escaped killer Gonzalo Lopez, suspected of killing four children and one adult in Leon County, is dead after a shootout with police in South Texas late Thursday night. Officials initially said the escaped inmate had murdered three children and two adults. However, authorities in Atascosa County spotted the late 90s model Chevrolet Silverado stolen from the residence where the five people were murdered near Centerville earlier Thursday. Lopez led sources on a pursuit and eventually wrecked the vehicle. He exited and allegedly fired a weapon at the law enforcement officers in the town of Jourdanton. The officers fired back at Lopez, killing him. Officials said Lopez had an AR-15 and several pistols. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2620581227826/escaped-killer-remains-at-large | 2022-06-03T16:00:23Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2620581227826/escaped-killer-remains-at-large | true | null |
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KTXL) — A luxury yacht seen on the television sitcom “Modern Family” is being auctioned off by the U.S. Marshals Service.
The 85-foot yacht named the “Sierra Rose” is a triple-level cabin yacht docked at the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe, California.
The “Sierra Rose” was built by Fred Finney of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho in 2005, and it includes three bedrooms, 3 ½ bathrooms and a helicopter pad with hydraulic and motorized handrails and LED deck lights, according to Apple Auctioneering Co., the auctioning site for the yacht.
Photos on the auctioning site show that the yacht also features a kitchen and a fireplace inside with a fire pit on the deck.
The “Sierra Rose” was featured on the “Modern Family” episode “Lake Life,” which was the first episode of season nine. The episode aired on Sept. 27, 2017, according to IMDb.com.
The yacht was used by the show’s characters — the Prichett and Dunphy families — during a family vacation.
According to court documents, U.S. Marshals seized the yacht in July 2020, and it’s being auctioned as a result of a federal civil lawsuit when a judge ruled that the owners had a balance of $350,000, plus interest and late charges, totaling $848,062, as of June 1, 2021.
The owners also have an accrued interest rate of $136.11 per day.
When the $4 million vessel was constructed in 2005, it was billed as the largest non-commercial yacht on Lake Tahoe, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The yacht previously sold for $3.25 million at an auction in August 2008, the Daily Tribune reported.
The online auction began on Tuesday and continues through June 14.
How the bidding process works
To bid for the multi-million dollar yacht, a $10,000 pre-bid deposit is required and will be applied to the purchase price. All unsuccessful bidders will have their $10,000 pre-bid deposit refunded within five to seven business days.
For the highest bidder, if full payment is received by 9 a.m PDT on June 17, the $10,000 deposit becomes non-refundable.
What company is auctioning off the yacht?
According to its website, Apple Auctioneering Co. specializes in the liquidation of seized assets for government agencies, services 75 districts for the U.S. Marshals and all 50 states for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the country’s southern border for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
The company currently has more than 13,000 federally seized vehicles in custody.
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Washington Municipal Band Celebrates 90th Season
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PARIS (AP) — Even Coco Gauff looked ahead to her French Open final against Iga Swiatek and concluded: “She’s definitely the favorite going into the match, on paper.”
In an interview last weekend, Swiatek’s sports psychologist, Daria Abramowicz, saw the way the bracket was developing and spoke of her client “being — let’s not lie — a clear favorite” to leave Court Philippe Chatrier with the trophy on Saturday.
Makes sense, right? Swiatek is ranked No. 1, on a 34-match winning streak and a past champion at the place. Gauff is still just 18, making her the youngest major finalist since 2004, is ranked 23rd, owned a 14-10 record in 2022 until last week and never previously made it beyond the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam tournament.
Then again, Roland Garros, with its fickle red clay and springtime weather, is the Surprise Slam, one with a long history of smiling upon those who arrive low-seeded or inexperienced, unheralded or unknown, yet become unexpected success stories.
“The clay is a surface that gives a little bit more of a chance to everyone,” said Francesca Schiavone, who was seeded 17th at the 2010 French Open when she became, at 29, the oldest woman since 1969 to win her first Grand Slam title. “Every match is 50-50.”
Put aside one absolute aberration by the name of Rafael Nadal, he of the 110-3 career record and 13 championships on the rust-colored courts made of “terre battue” entering his semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday, and the unpredictability of the French Open truly does seem to apply across the board.
Scan the lists of titlists since tennis’ professional era began in 1968, and you’ll find more people who collected a first major championship at the French Open, 42 — 21 women, 21 men — than the U.S. Open's 28 (13 women, 15 men), Australian Open's 24 (13 women, 11 men) or Wimbledon's 18 (nine women, nine men).
On Saturday, Gauff could become the seventh woman in a row to triumph in Paris without already having won one of the sport's four most prestigious events, following Garbiñe Muguruza (2016), Jelena Ostapenko (2017), Simona Halep (2018), Ash Barty (2019), Swiatek (2020) and Barbora Krejcikova (2021).
“The tournament is smaller, it’s more cozy,” Halep said, “so I feel like most of the players feel that a Grand Slam is more within reach there.”
Consider, too, that if Swiatek does win, she would be just the third woman in the past quarter-century to win the French Open as its top seed (the others were Halep, Justine Henin in 2007, and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams in 2013 and 2015).
There's also this: Of those with only one Grand Slam title, more players attained that status at Roland Garros, 21 — 11 women, 10 men — than at any of the other majors. It's happened a total of 12 times at the U.S. Open (six women, six men), 11 at the Australian Open (five women, six men), eight at Wimbledon (four women, four men).
And it’s not just the out-of-nowhere champions that make the French Open unique. After all, for all of the Ostapenkos, Albert Costas and Gaston Gaudios in these parts, there have been the Emma Raducanus, Marion Bartolis, Richard Krajiceks and Thomas Johanssons elsewhere. But it's also the sort of round-by-round uncertainty at Roland Garros that leads to “Who's that?” male runners-up such as Martin Verkerk in 2003 or low-ranked female semifinalists like No. 59 Martina Trevisan this year, No. 85 Tamara Zidansek last year and No. 131 Nadia Podoroska in 2020.
Day 1 this year saw exits for Muguruza and No. 6 Ons Jabeur, who leads the women's tour in clay-court wins this season. On Day 2, Krejcikova lost. On Day 3, four-time major champion and former No. 1 Naomi Osaka departed. After just two rounds, only three of the top 10 women's seeds remained, the first time since 1976 so few were among the last 32 standing.
“These are the rounds,” 11th-seeded American Jessica Pegula observed, “where anything can happen.”
In the men's field, three of the top four seeds were gone before the quarterfinals were done: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas. Djokovic was the defending champion; Tsitsipas was last year’s runner-up.
“This surface is the most demanding one, I think, from various aspects. First, physically, you always need to expect that you’re going to play a shot or two more than any other surface, because of the nature of clay,” said Djokovic, who has won two of his 20 major titles at Roland Garros. “It’s just slow and it requires a lot of effort mentally, emotionally, physically. I think all the players know that.”
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No more wedding bells chiming on the horizon, as of now. Bella Thorne and Benjamin Mascolo have called it quits after three years of dating.
A source tells ET that Thorne and Mascolo "have broken up and called off their engagement of over a year amicably."
"Their conflicting and busy schedules led to a lot of time apart that resulted in the breakup," the source adds.
Thorne, 24, and Mascolo, 28, started dating in April 2019, after meeting in Lake Como, Italy. In an interview with ET in September 2020, Thorne gushed about how "lucky" she was to be with him.
"I got so lucky with my Ben. He's really just the perfect specimen and I honestly don't know how I got so blessed with him," she said. "I love constantly learning about his life and his culture and his everything. [It's] just so interesting when you date someone that hasn't grown up with the same moralistic values and the same things as you."
"There's so much conversation to be had. So we really got to really know each other," she added about their time in quarantine, adding that the "five months away from each other was hard…I got very lucky."
Mascolo, an Italian pop star, first popped the question in March 2021. "She said YES 💍🖤 @bellathorne," Mascolo wrote on Instagram alongside photos showing off Thorne's engagement ring.
The pair got engaged while filming their romantic drama Time Is Up.
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Xerox Promotes Joanne Collins Smee to Executive Vice President and President, Americas
NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX) announced today the promotion of Joanne Collins Smee to Executive Vice President and President, Americas, effective June 3. Collins Smee assumes responsibility for leading all go-to-market operations across the region following the retirement of Mike Feldman. In this expanded role, she will focus on enhancing the way Xerox brings its portfolio of offerings to partners and clients of all sizes in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Collins Smee will continue to serve as a member of the company’s Executive Committee and report to Vice Chairman and CEO John Visentin.
“Joanne’s vision, expertise and proven track record make her a natural fit for this expanded role, and I am confident the Americas business will continue to succeed under her leadership,” said Visentin. “With an unwavering commitment to helping organizations solve their technological and business challenges, she leads with a solutions-driven approach that has been instrumental to Xerox’s success throughout her tenure.”
Collins Smee joined Xerox in September 2018 as chief commercial officer, spearheading the development and delivery of Xerox’s integrated technology solutions and services strategy. Since early 2020, she has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial, SMB and Channels Officer, leading the Xerox Business Solutions (XBS) team, which delivers products and services to SMB clients across the U.S., as well as the company’s Channels Business.
Before joining Xerox, she led Technology Transformation Services for the U.S. federal government and spent more than 25 years at IBM in global executive roles, spanning client sales, support and delivery of technical products and services. Dedicated to helping others grow their careers, Collins Smee also serves as the executive sponsor of the National Black Employees Association (NBEA) employee resource group.
“Xerox continues to be a leader for cloud, digitization and printing solutions, and I’m proud of the technologies and services we’ve created to help our customers adapt to the changing hybrid workforce of today,” said Collins Smee. “I look forward to supporting our teams as we advance company innovations to deliver our best technologies and services to meet customers’ evolving needs.”
About Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX)
For more than 100 years, Xerox has continually redefined the workplace experience. Harnessing our leadership position in office and production print technology, we’ve expanded into software and services to sustainably power today’s workforce. From the office to industrial environments, our differentiated business solutions and financial services are designed to make every day work better for clients — no matter where that work is being done. Today, Xerox scientists and engineers are continuing our legacy of innovation with disruptive technologies in digital transformation, augmented reality, robotic process automation, additive manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things and cleantech. Learn more at xerox.com.
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Disneyland Resort is honoring Black Music Month with different Celebrate Soulfully experiences. They are inviting guests to celebrate with experiences that honor black heritage and culture with food, art, music, and so much more. Disney Parks Blog shared more.
What's Happening:
- Celebrate Soulfully at the Disneyland Resort was introduced in February and continues to have special experiences for Black Music Month in June.
- Here are some experiences that you can enjoy between now and July 4th, 2022
Live Music:
- Enjoy performances all around the Disneyland Resort that highlight genres like Doo-Wop, Motown, funk, reggae and more.
- At Disney California Adventure you can enjoy Philly Phonics, an a cappella vocal group that performs jazz music from the 1920s until today. Five & Dime will perform music from the 1920s into the 1930s.
- At night, the party continues with a block party atmosphere in the Hollywood Backlot and will happen seven nights a week.
- At Downtown Disney experience Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen which features a jazz pianist nightly.
- At The Downtown Disney LIVE! stage you can hear music from many genres, including groups like Singers of Soul, LALA Brass, Denean’s Soul Foundation and more.
- On Saturday and Sunday, a DJ will play upbeat tunes for the entire family.
Tale of the Lion King:
- Tale of the Lion King will be running Thursday through Monday at the Fantasyland Theatre.
- This is narrated by The Storytellers of the Pride Lands and he's as dialog dance song and live percussion to re-enact the tale of how a timid lion cub became a powerful king.
- You'll hear many of the classic songs you know and love from The Lion King.
The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure at the Downtown Disney District
- For a limited time only, you can visit The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure, which shares the legacy and history of jazz.
- It'll be available at Downtown Disney on July 4th, adjacent to the Star Wars Trading Post.
- It is open from noon to 8 p.m. daily and is complimentary for all.
Special Dining:
- At the Troubadour Tavern at Disneyland park, they have introduced new menu items like chicken-coconut curry sweet potato, berbere-spiced popcorn, and the Pride Rock Punch.
- At Award Wieners at Disney California Adventure they combine Soul Food flavors with its new foot-long BBQ pulled pork dog and peaches and cream funnel cake fries, available now through September 2nd.
- There are local, black-owned food trucks at Downtown Disney which offer new dining options through July 4th.
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Once operated as an illegal hotel, Park 79 will now house seniors and formerly homeless New Yorkers who would otherwise be priced out of the city; non-profit Project FIND will provide on-site services for seniors
Park 79 provides seniors with a home in a walkable, vibrant neighborhood, steps away from Central Park and cultural institutions including the Museum of Natural History
NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairstead, a purpose-driven, vertically integrated real estate company committed to sustainable development and the creation and preservation of high-quality housing, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), and Project FIND today announced the launch of Park 79's housing lottery on the City's NYC Housing Connect website. Through HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program, the 100% affordable housing development will provide 77 residences to seniors earning at or below 50% area median income (AMI), including 24 homes for formerly homeless individuals. All of the homes will be supported by a project-based Section 8 contract, under which residents pay only 30% of their income in rent. The lottery will run through August 5, 2022 and the building is expected to be completed this summer. Photos of apartments can be downloaded here.
"Park 79 brings deeply affordable senior housing and critical supportive services to formerly homeless households in the Upper West Side, through our Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program. We encourage seniors to apply for these apartments through Housing Connect or contact our Housing Ambassadors for help," said HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrión, Jr. "Thank you to Fairstead, Project FIND, all our partners, and our team at HPD for their work in transforming an illegally operated Single Room Occupancy building into an affordable development that will now allow seniors to age with dignity and the support they deserve."
"We're proud to partner with HPD and Project FIND to launch the lottery for Park 79 and support some of our most vulnerable community members," said Brett Meringoff, Managing Partner, Development at Fairstead. "Park 79 aligns with Fairstead's core philosophy of providing affordable housing in high opportunity areas and providing residents with support services to enhance their lives. At Park 79, that means ensuring seniors have the care they need to continue living independently in a neighborhood they love. Having started this project in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, Park 79 demonstrates Fairstead's creativity and innovation to see opportunity in a distressed property, as well as its commitment to addressing our nation's affordable housing crisis."
"Project FIND is thrilled to partner with Fairstead and serve as the nonprofit owner and service provider of Park 79," said Project FIND Associate Executive Director Mark Jennings. "The launch of the housing lottery brings us one step closer to reaching our goal of providing additional affordable housing opportunities to our deserving older adults. For more than 50 years, Project FIND has assisted thousands of the areas low and moderate income and formerly homeless individuals with a variety of impressive programs so they may live independently. Our dedicated, professional team is poised to assist Park 79 residents so they may age in place, develop new friendships and enjoy the activities and beauty of the Upper West Side."
"Park 79 could not open at a better time for countless seniors on the West Side who are aging in place and want to be able to continue to live in their community but need support to do so. As the price of housing continues to skyrocket across the City, seniors who are living on low, fixed incomes are desperate to find safe, stable and affordable housing; my office has been working with many of them. Under the leadership of David Gilchrist, Project FIND has expanded senior housing options across the West Side and beyond, and I am proud to represent this new development in the New York State Assembly. Park 79 should serve as a model for the city: when the will is there, we have the ability to transform former hotel into units of 100% affordable and supportive housing for low-income and formerly homeless seniors," said Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), Chair of the Committee on Social Services.
"I commend Fairstead, Project FIND, and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development for bringing this important project to life. As rates of seniors experiencing homelessness and housing instability increase, we must do everything in our power to develop deeply affordable housing," said Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-06). "I was proud to support this project as Manhattan Borough President by successfully advocating for a variety of public funding sources. I look forward to welcoming seniors into the newly renovated building."
The building was a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) zoned for permanent residential use that the previous owner used illegally as a hotel. The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued multiple violations in 2015, and in 2016, Fairstead acquired the property and took on major renovations.
"OSE strives to ensure building owners comply with City and State regulations designed to keep housing available and affordable for New Yorkers, and is proud that its enforcement has once again turned an illegal hotel operation back into permanent housing," said OSE Executive Director Christian Klossner. "OSE applauds the efforts of HPD, Fairstead, and Project FIND in creating high-quality, affordable housing for everyday New Yorkers in need."
The newly renovated development includes 77 studio units, indoor and outdoor common areas for residents as well as space for Fairstead's neighborhood nonprofit partner, Project FIND, which will provide on-site services with two social workers. All the apartments are electric-powered.
Residents will also have access to programming at Project FIND's Hamilton Senior Center on West 73rd Street.
Seniors can apply for Park 79 on the Housing Connect website or request a paper application by sending a self-addressed envelope to: Fairstead Management c/o: Park 79, 560 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037. Those in need of application assistance can work with HPD's Housing Ambassadors, community-based service providers in New York City who help people prepare and apply for Housing Connect affordable housing lotteries.
Park 79 is one of several residential buildings cited for illegal use by the City and consequently earmarked for affordable housing, most recently at neighboring Upper West Side building 258 West 97th Street, part of a $1.1 Million Settlement between the City and an illegal hotel operator.
Fairstead is a purpose-driven vertically integrated real estate developer specializing in creating sustainable, high-quality housing. The firm's national footprint includes more than $6 billion in assets and identified pipeline. With offices in New York, Maryland, and South Carolina, Fairstead's team manages 90+ communities across the country and runs its comprehensive real estate platform, which includes acquisitions and development, venture capital investments in prop tech, design and construction, energy and sustainability, property management, marketing, and leasing. The firm also administers one of the industry's most proactive community impact programs to provide on-site support services to residents. For more information, visit www.fairstead.com.
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the nation's largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and diverse, thriving neighborhoods for New Yorkers through loan and development programs for new affordable housing, preservation of the affordability of the existing housing stock, enforcement of housing quality standards, and educational programs for tenants and building owners. For full details visit nyc.gov/hpd and for regular updates on HPD news and services, connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @NYCHousing.
Project FIND's mission is to provide low- and moderate-income and homeless seniors with the services and support they need to enrich their lives and live independently. Today Project FIND operates three supportive housing residences that are home to about 600 people and four older adult centers with over 3,000 members. Our members and residents range from the healthy and active to the frail and homebound to the homeless. For all of these men and women, Project FIND is a critical resource, providing housing, meals, and programs that help individuals navigate the challenges of aging by encouraging community engagement and healthy living.
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Fairstead: Jovana Rizzo, Jovana.Rizzo@Fairstead.com & C.J. Mayer, fairstead@berlinrosen.com
HPD: hpdmedia@hpd.nyc.gov
Project FIND: Kathleen Fitzgibbons, kfitzgibbons@projectfind.org
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Investors in CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (Symbol: CRWD) saw new options become available this week, for the July 22nd expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CRWD options chain for the new July 22nd contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.
The put contract at the $140.00 strike price has a current bid of $5.25. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $140.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $134.75 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of CRWD, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $165.11/share today.
Because the $140.00 strike represents an approximate 15% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 99%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 3.75% return on the cash commitment, or 27.93% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost.
Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for CrowdStrike Holdings Inc, and highlighting in green where the $140.00 strike is located relative to that history:
Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $170.00 strike price has a current bid of $11.55. If an investor was to purchase shares of CRWD stock at the current price level of $165.11/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $170.00. Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 9.96% if the stock gets called away at the July 22nd expiration (before broker commissions). Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if CRWD shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for CrowdStrike Holdings Inc, as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important. Below is a chart showing CRWD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $170.00 strike highlighted in red:
Considering the fact that the $170.00 strike represents an approximate 3% premium to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the covered call contract would expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both their shares of stock and the premium collected. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 51%. On our website under the contract detail page for this contract, Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a chart of those numbers (the trading history of the option contract will also be charted). Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 7.00% boost of extra return to the investor, or 52.11% annualized, which we refer to as the YieldBoost.
The implied volatility in the call contract example above is 62%.
Meanwhile, we calculate the actual trailing twelve month volatility (considering the last 253 trading day closing values as well as today's price of $165.11) to be 61%. For more put and call options contract ideas worth looking at, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling Morena party looks poised to win at least four of the six races for state governorships Sunday on the back of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, its folksy, charismatic leader, and the absence of a credible opposition, analysts say.
Ironically, at its point of greatest power, Morena may also be about to enter its phase of greatest vulnerability: the young party must take control of an intractably cartel-dominated border state like Tamaulipas, and launch a divisive internal contest to see who will replace López Obrador when he leaves office in 2024.
With Morena’s dominance a seemingly foregone conclusion — the opposition will probably be left with only a half-dozen of Mexico’s 32 states — there has been a stampede by politicians of all stripes to join or ally themselves with the party for political survival, a rush that threatens to erode its already weak internal cohesion and ideology.
Analysts say Morena could be on track to become an omnipresent “government party,” like the old Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI, that dominated Mexican politics for 70 years from 1929 to 2000 — but without the PRI’s former reputation for iron internal discipline.
Basically, Morena is now a broad tent made of anyone who López Obrador — a political pragmatist who sometimes woos opposition politicians with ambassadorships — allows in.
It marks a new stage in Mexican politics.
“The fight is not going to be with the opposition, it’s going to be within Morena,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an associate professor at George Mason University. “The movement is going to be muddied by people joining who have little to do with the (political) project.”
Those contradictions are on display in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, where most ex-governors in the last 20 years have gone to prison for corruption or associating with the drug cartels that dominate the state.
Morena’s candidate for governor in Tamaulipas is a mild-mannered cardiologist, Américo Villarreal, who is a former PRI member and the son of a well-liked former PRI governor who was also a friend of López Obrador. The younger Villarreal has offered little new in the way of policies to take on gangs like the Northeast Cartel, which has grown so bold it attacked the U.S. consulate in the border city of Nuevo Laredo earlier this year.
While López Obrador has disappointed the U.S. government by avoiding confrontation with drug cartels or trying to arrest their leaders, he has cooperated closely with the Americans by detaining migrants seeking to reach the U.S. border.
Correa-Cabrera expects Villarreal to continue those trends, in what she says could be seen as a “narco peace” policy. Still, she noted that drug violence tends to spike after local elections, in part because deals made with outgoing politicians end, and new terms must be negotiated.
“It is going to get a little out of control for him,” Correa-Cabrera said. “The violence is going to get worse, it’s going to be a difficult start for him, how difficult I don’t know.”
Ivonne Acuña Murillo, political science professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, says López Obrador’s policies — like doubling the minimum wage in border areas like Tamaulipas and constantly visiting provincial towns and cities — rather than the stature of local candidates, are key to understanding Morena’s potential gubernatorial sweep.
“His work of being constantly there, not ignoring any place, constantly visiting these places every weekend to be close to the people, that is what nourishes him and gives him power,” said Acuña Murillo.
“It is a movement built by him and that follows him, and what we know of as López Obrador doesn’t necessarily coincide with what Morena is, its support base and structure, and so that is a big challenge,” she noted. “I think that it is a party that without this big leader, could be somewhat fragile.”
Morena was founded by López Obrador in 2012 and when he retires the party is likely to become a free-for-all of political division. By law, López Obrador is limited to one term..
Several top figures in his administration have already begun a sharp-elbowed dispute to win Morena’s presidential nomination in the 2024 race.
Morena also appears to be on track to win elections in Quintana Roo, home to resorts like Cancun, Tulum and Playa del Carmen. While the state’s mainstay tourism industry has recovered relatively quickly from the coronavirus pandemic, it faces huge challenges from drug violence and the arrival of foul-smelling sargassum seaweed on its beaches.
López Obrador has spent heavily in Quintana Roo to build his Maya Train tourism project, which will link colonial cities, beach resorts and Mayan archaeological sites, though it has raised hackles among environmentalists as workers cut a swath through the jungle with no environmental impact statement.
“I think Morena will certainly win, and I hope that means we will have more federal government support for tourism as a national priority and resolve the problems we face,” said Sergio Leon, the former head of the state employers’ federation.
Rafael Barajas, a civic activist in Tulum, countered that “obviously Morena is going to win, because the political group of (Tulum Mayor) Marciano Dzul has made an agreement to allow the federal government to do what it wants, so the Maya Train can go ahead without protests.”
Opposition parties still exist, but they have been forced into uncomfortable anti-López Obrador alliances.
In the two states where Morena is trailing — Aguascalientes and Durango — the candidates are running jointly for the PRI and the conservative National Action Party.
Morena is also likely to take the states of Oaxaca and Hidalgo, whose current PRI governors have been oddly close to López Obrador. Again, the challenge to Morena comes less from without, than within.
“In some states like Hidalgo, there are governors who, though they are PRI members, they are more on Morena’s side,” said Acuña Murillo. “It seems that this political culture of a strong president is alive, and the PRI logic is to be on the side that’s winning,”
“If Morena falls, it is going to be for internal reasons,” she said, “because there is no opposition that can compete with it.” | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/President-s-party-looks-to-clean-up-in-state-17217462.php | 2022-06-03T16:22:59Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/President-s-party-looks-to-clean-up-in-state-17217462.php | false | 43 |
As governments such as Europe and the US make plans to block imports of Russian oil, they’re left with fewer alternatives for where to get their natural gas. Russia is taking advantage of that dependence and stepping up pressure on European countries to pay for Russian natural gas imports in rubles to prop up the value of the Russian currency. It has already cut off gas supplies to six countries, including Germany and Denmark, that refused to do so.
As gas prices skyrocket and European countries scramble for non-Russian gas suppliers, other emergent gas exporters are reaping a windfall.
In the first four months of 2022, gas export revenues in Egypt reached $3.9 billion, according to Reuters. That’s as much as the country earned from gas in all of 2021—and 768% higher than its gas revenue in all of 2020.
After making one of the biggest-ever offshore gas discoveries in the Mediterranean in 2015, Egypt is angling to become a major player in the global liquified natural gas market. In April, it inked a deal with Italian gas giant Eni to ramp up production and streamline the export process. It is also accelerating plans to build an underwater electricity transmission line to Greece, which would deliver power to Europe from Egyptian solar and wind farms.
Egypt is also facing steep import costs
Still, the gas windfall may not be enough to offset the rising cost of vital imports, Egyptian officials warned. Egypt is a net importer of oil and the world’s top importer of wheat; prices for both commodities are soaring. The rising cost of bread is such a concern for the government—bread prices were one important driver of the 2011 revolution—that police have arrested dozens of local producers and traders accused of illegally smuggling wheat out of the country. | https://qz.com/2172960/europes-gas-crisis-is-a-huge-windfall-for-egypt/ | 2022-06-03T16:24:20Z | https://qz.com/2172960/europes-gas-crisis-is-a-huge-windfall-for-egypt/ | false | 1 |
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The new way to do disaster recovery
The “as-a-service” model is revolutionising the way organisations procure a lot of things. Disaster recovery is one of them − and for a very good reason.
The cloud model has put a large and growing range of products and services within reach of virtually any kind of organisation.
As cloud offerings have matured, single ticket items have been complemented with much more complex services. It's now possible to purchase quite complex things − such as platforms, for example − from the cloud quite easily.
One notable example is disaster recovery (DR), which is a highly-complex service and one on which, in the last resort, the organisation will depend; it's the classic “last plane out of Saigon” (or perhaps Kyiv).
DR includes backups that have been offered as a service via the cloud for a while, but it's much more than just that. The almost complete dependence of most businesses of any size on IT has propelled the governance of technology onto the board agenda.
King IV's Principle 12 states: The governing body should govern technology and information in a way that supports the organisation setting and achieving its strategic objectives. Recommended Practice 13 specifically alludes to the need for the board to ensure IT systems can be recovered effectively in order to keep business disruptions to a minimum; “the governing body should exercise ongoing oversight of technology and information management and, in particular, oversee that it results in...arrangements to provide for business resilience and proactive monitoring of intelligence to identify and respond to incidents, including cyber attacks and adverse social media events”.
In the pre-cloud world, DR involved providing a recovery site that mirrored the organisation's data centre. The entire IT environment had to be replicated at determined intervals to the recovery site to ensure that, in the event of a catastrophic event, the company could switch over to it and continue operating with the minimum disruption.
This naturally involved a great deal of capital expenditure, plus a punishing commitment to the management and support of the DR site, including regular testing to ensure that, in the event of need, the environment could be recovered successfully − definitely not a foregone conclusion.
Getting DR right isn't easy, but it's essential for any business for which downtime is costly.
Many companies find it hard to justify this kind of Rolls-Royce DR; for those that must have it for regulatory reasons − or their adoption of governance best practice − it's inevitably something of a grudge purchase.
The advent of the cloud made it possible to purchase a largely automated backup service via a third-party, something that many consider to be adequate. It's certainly a big improvement on what was the norm previously − typically a tape backup taken off-site physically, which often turned out to be unusable!
But even automated backups uploaded to a third-party data centre are not a complete answer to a disaster. An organisation's IT environment is much more than data − the average organisation will have a set of applications that are integral to the network of business processes on which it relies to do its business.
In other words, to provide a DR solution, one needs to be able to allow the business processes to flow as they would normally. To replicate this means first undertaking a rigorous analysis of how the various applications fit into the business and, critically, how reliant it is on each of them. This will help to determine the resources that need to be allocated to each application.
This highly-granular understanding of the nuts and bolts of the business, and what the dependencies are across the whole business process, IT and application networks on which it runs, is something most businesses do not have. Nor is it easy to obtain − one of the key value-adds the DRaaS supplier should be able to offer is expertise in this highly-specialised and essential task.
An important initial step is also to undertake an analysis of what the costs of the IT systems going down would be. Once one understands what the cost of each downtime hour actually is, it's much easier to make the business case for DR. I usually recommend people concentrate on the quantifiable costs, such as lost orders, undelivered product and staff costs, but one should also bear in mind the unquantifiable costs such as reputational damage.
This analysis should also consider multiple scenarios. For example, the disaster might be a fire or industrial action that would make it impossible for employees to work from their usual offices. It's thus critical that the DR arrangements will allow employees to work from anywhere.
Having understood why DR is so important for today's increasingly digitalised businesses, let's turn our attention to the benefits of DR-as-a-service, or DRaaS.
The first of these, naturally, is cost. Because no hardware needs to be purchased or a DR site set up and maintained, one is looking at major savings.
As important, DRaaS costs are better shaped. They are (or should be) a fixed monthly cost, easy to budget for and manage. In addition, and this is music to the CFO's ears, they are very much operational rather than capital expenses.
DRaaS is also easy for the CIO to manage and involves no onerous commitment to undertake regular testing to ensure the system is working.
Getting DR right isn't easy, but it's essential for any business for which downtime is costly. Obtaining it as a service makes it much more affordable and relatively quick to implement − but choosing the right vendor to work with is vital.
In my second article in this series, I want to broaden the discussion to look at how thinking about security must change in order to protect the modern organisation from cyber threats and avoid a disaster altogether.
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Study shows negative effect of inappropriate antibiotics on kids and resulting costs
ST. LOUIS ( KTVI ) – A new study from Washington University in St. Louis says inappropriate antibiotics cause serious medical conditions for children, resulting in at least $74 million in excess health care costs in the United States.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotics “ONLY treat certain infections caused by bacteria.”
Even so, antibiotics are a common prescription for children.
“There is a general sense that antibiotics are benign, but, in fact, antibiotics are not benign,” said Dr. Anne Mobley Butler, an epidemiologist and assistant professor of infectious diseases at Washington University.
Past studies looked at a few hundred children and their antibiotic use, while Washington University researchers looked at 2.8 million children in the U.S. They examined insurance company claims to determine the cost of excess care and the negative side effects on children.
“The children who received inappropriate antibiotics had a higher risk of several complications, including skin rash, diarrhea … and a dangerous intestinal infection,” Butler said.
Drug overdose deaths hit record during pandemic. Why?Children who were prescribed unsuitable antibiotics in outpatient settings such as doctors’ offices and urgent care centers were up to eight times more likely to develop complications.
“For influenza, we only saw about 4% of children receive antibiotics inappropriately. For bronchitis, we saw that 70% of children received antibiotics inappropriately,” Butler said.
The bottom line of the study is more education is needed for doctors and health care professionals in outpatient settings on guidelines for prescribing antibiotics and that parents should question pediatricians about their prescriptions
“When parents bring their children to the pediatrician’s office with a common bacterial or viral infection, they should feel empowered to ask questions and say my understanding is that we don’t need antibiotics for viral infection,” Butler said.
Many hospitals have stewardship programs for doctors and health care workers to learn about the appropriate use of antibiotics. Such programs are less common in outpatient settings.
The CDC says there are some common bacterial infections that don’t need antibiotics, including many sinus infections and some ear infections, since those ailments typically get better on their own.
“Taking antibiotics when they’re not needed won’t help you, and their side effects can still cause harm,” the CDC stated.
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Emerson targeted in 'horror movie' armed robbery as Spurs star's father claims 'probably 20' gunshots fired
Emerson Royal was targeted in a "horror movie" armed robbery at a party in Brazil earlier this week, with the Tottenham star's father claiming that "probably 20 shots" were fired by the assailant.
The 23-year-old defender was enjoying a summer break in his homeland following the end of the 2021-22 Premier League season, unwinding in a local nightclub when the incident occurred that left him shaken, but unharmed.
The assailant is said to have been struck by a bullet during the altercation and brought to a nearby hospital.
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What happened to Emerson Royal?
The Tottenham full-back was leaving a party with friends and family in the early hours of Friday morning when he stopped to take a photo with and sign an autograph for a police officer.
He is then alleged to have been approached by an individual holding a gun, who then demanded that possessions were handed over.
The police officer is said to have then drawn his own weapon, with over 20 shots ringing out – one of which is reported to have hit the assailant in the back, forcing him to undergo hospital treatment.
Globo Esporte report that Emerson attended a police station in the wake of the incident and reported to local authorities that he was fine.
What has been said about the incident?
Emerson, who took in 41 appearances for Tottenham last season after joining them from Barcelona, has said: “It was a complicated moment, but for now I'll take a rest and after that I'll speak again.”
His father, Emerson de Souza, told Globo Esporte: “I was celebrating and on the way out, this whole affair happened, which was very bad. A horror scene indeed. I don't wish that on anyone.
"He [the policeman] went, as usual, with Royal to the car and when he realised there was a robbery and the criminal was pointing the gun at Emerson, at the time the criminal got distracted, the policeman started to exchange shots with him. It all happened very fast, there were probably 20 shots.
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The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal is presenting the 43rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival (Diff).
The festival is widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar.
This year’s festival is a hybrid event with both online and live screenings. The latter is made possible through a partnership with Avalon Group and screened at CineCentre Suncoast Casino.
Over 3,000 films were submitted to the festival this year and after an intense selection process, the programming team selected 157 shorts, features and documentaries, and will present 19 live screenings.
"The live screenings are a definite highlight for us as organisers, the industry, and the filmmakers. We cannot wait to see audiences indulge themselves in the authentic Diff experience in the cinema again” said festival manager Valma Pfaff.
This year’s curatorial theme is ‘Adaptation, Survival and Sustainability’.
“The last two years of a national lockdown of almost the entire globe has forced us all into re-thinking the ways in which we engage with our planet and with communities, societies and nations. Our festival theme intends to amplify our determination to build more sustainable societies, systems and opportunities”, said Ismail Mahomed, director of the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Diff 2022 will also mark the launch of the inaugural Isiphethu Student Film Festival, which with the theme of migration, aims to develop young talent in the industry.
Aside from student screenings, the Isiphethu programme also consists of a seminar and workshop component to stimulate industry development and a community outreach programme to engage underserviced audiences and celebrate cinema through the exhibition of films.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin is well known on the Los Angeles Dodgers for his love of cats, even taking the mound with fur on his cleats.
His pitching is what everyone is talking about this season.
Gonsolin tossed two-hit ball over six sharp innings and the Dodgers defeated the Mets 2-0 on Thursday night, snapping New York’s six-game winning streak in the opener of a four-game series between the National League’s top two teams.
“Just a little more nervous honestly going into it knowing they’re a good offense,” Gonsolin said.
The right-hander struck out five and walked one while relying on his fastball more in his first career start against the Mets. Gonsolin has allowed two runs or fewer in all 10 starts this year and lowered his ERA to 1.59.
“Wasn’t really throwing anything off speed for strikes, honestly. The fastball ultimately was the savior,” Gonsolin said. “It’s a good feeling that I can go out there without my best stuff and rely on the defense and let them make great plays like they always do.”
Gonsolin (6-0) didn’t give up a hit until the fourth — a single by Luis Guillorme after left fielder Chris Taylor’s snow-cone catch on Starling Marte’s line drive. Initially ruled no catch, the Dodgers successfully challenged the call.
Gonsolin is coming into his own in his fourth season with the Dodgers after being their minor league pitcher of the year in 2018 and finishing fourth in voting for the 2020 NL Rookie of the Year.
“I think he’s finally getting some of the recognition he deserves,” Taylor said.
Craig Kimbrel retired the side in the ninth to close out the Dodgers’ fourth shutout. He had allowed runs in his past three outings, but struck out slugger Pete Alonso swinging to earn his 11th save.
The high-powered Mets managed just one hit after Gonsolin exited — a single by Jeff McNeil in the seventh. Their only other hit was J.D. Davis’ two-out double in the fifth.
New York, which piled up 77 runs in its previous nine games, was the only major league team that hadn’t been blanked this season.
“We should give credit to ourselves for playing 50-plus, almost 60 games without being shut out,” Marte said. “But at the end of the day, you have to tip your cap to them for doing a good job.”
The Dodgers were coming off a three-game home sweep by Pittsburgh for the first time in 22 years. Although they still struggled to convert with runners in scoring position, the win moved them four games ahead of second-place San Diego in the NL West.
Trea Turner doubled into the left-field corner on Taijuan Walker’s first pitch of the sixth to extend his 25-game hitting streak, tops in the majors this year.
Walker (3-1) gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked one.
“I wanted to go six innings,” Walker said. “Try to get out there, try to go deep for the team, and at the end of the day I felt like I gave us a chance to win, and I guess that’s all you can ask for.”
The Mets’ run of 26 consecutive shutout innings ended in the fifth. Mookie Betts’ RBI single to left-center scored Taylor, who went 2 for 3 in addition to playing stellar defense.
Justin Turner chased Walker with a two-out RBI double to deep right over Marte in the sixth.
New York had thrown back-to-back shutouts in its previous two games against last-place Washington, capping a 6-0 homestand.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: SS Francisco Lindor sat out with a swollen right middle finger after he injured it closing a double door in his hotel room. He’s likely to be back in the lineup Friday.
Dodgers: OF Kevin Pillar went on the injured list with a left shoulder fracture. He left Wednesday’s game in the sixth inning. … LHP Clayton Kershaw (pelvis) will throw a rehab game likely Sunday at Class A Rancho Cucamonga.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Chris Bassitt (4-2, 3.66 ERA) has won three of four road starts with a 3.68 ERA.
Dodgers: LHP Tyler Anderson (6-0, 2.90) has tossed 20 scoreless innings since allowing two runs in the first against Arizona. He’s 1-0 with a 3.31 ERA in three career appearances against the Mets.
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Deepak Chahar tweets photo with his wife Jaya Bhardwaj, netizens are in awe
Indian cricketer Deepak Chahar married girlfriend Jaya Bhardwaj in an intimate ceremony on June 1 in Uttar Pradesh's Agra. He posted a picture from the ceremony on Instagram a day ago with a heartfelt note. The cricketer has now shared another photo from the nuptials, which is winning hearts.
Deepak Chahar shared the picture from his official Twitter handle with a couple with a heart emoticon. In the image, Chahar is wearing a red kurta pyjama while his wife Jaya Bhardwaj is sporting a blue outfit.
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The image shared a few hours ago has accumulated over 54,500 likes and more than 1,500 retweets. People congratulated the couple in the comments section.
"Congratulations to you on behalf of Chennai Super Kings and Chennai Super Kings fans," posted an individual. "Congratulations to both of You. Happy married life Chahar," wished another. "Congratulations! Wish you a very happy married life. Hope this new innings of your personal life would bring more blossom in your professional life. Staggeringly beautiful couple," commented a third. "Congratulations. May Krishna Bless You both Always!" expressed a fourth.
Chahar, who plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL, was ruled out of the 2022 season after suffering a back injury at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. He picked up the injury during his rehab for a quadricep tear. As Chahar couldn't play in the cash-rich league, fans and the cricket fraternity are waiting to see him play in the upcoming World Cup.
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Gillson Capital LP decreased its position in shares of Fortistar Sustainable Solutions Corp. (OTCMKTS:FSSIU – Get Rating) by 2.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 39,397 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,148 shares during the period. Gillson Capital LP’s holdings in Fortistar Sustainable Solutions were worth $394,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FSSIU. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Fortistar Sustainable Solutions by 1.3% in the third quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 190,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,915,000 after purchasing an additional 2,400 shares during the period. Sandia Investment Management LP acquired a new position in shares of Fortistar Sustainable Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,301,000. Finally, EMG Holdings L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Fortistar Sustainable Solutions in the third quarter valued at approximately $100,000.
OTCMKTS:FSSIU opened at $9.90 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $9.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.97. Fortistar Sustainable Solutions Corp. has a 12-month low of $9.50 and a 12-month high of $10.36.
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"Evening With" Band Tour Starts Today
LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Jackson Browne released the music video for "Minutes To Downtown." Rolling Stone said, "Browne's spare and striking new video for 'Minutes to Downtown' leaves little room for misinterpretation. Directed by his son Ryan, it simply features Browne tooling around Los Angeles, with no beginning, middle or end."
"The song is about wanting to be somewhere else, but for whatever reasons, you're tied to the place where you live and the things you do," Browne says of the Downhill From Everywhere track. "So I wanted it to be me driving around. To me, the video has a distinctive feature, which is that nothing happens. You don't arrive anywhere, right?"
Watch "Minutes To Downtown" Music Video HERE
Browne's extensive US full band tour kicks off tonight at Saint Louis Music Park in Maryland Heights, MO, with dates running through September. The tour supports Browne's acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated album Downhill From Everywhere. The full list of tour dates and ticket information are available at jacksonbrowne.com.
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New YouTube Channel Features Clips and Full Episodes from The Jim Henson Company's Extensive Library of Beloved and Popular Children's Titles
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Henson's Family Hub, The Jim Henson Company's online community for celebrating, supporting and connecting all kinds of families, has launched a new YouTube channel featuring full episodes, fun clips, weekly updates, and more. This kids safe channel (/HensonFamilyHub) showcases popular and iconic titles from the Company's beloved catalog including Fraggle Rock, Sid the Science Kid, Word Party, Dinosaur Train, Splash and Bubbles, Pajanimals, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, and more.
"Jim Henson's Family Hub on YouTube provides the perfect place online for kids of all ages to enjoy the high-quality entertainment that has become synonymous with The Jim Henson Company," said Kerry Novick, Vice President of Global Distribution. "Parents can feel confident that these shows are appropriate for kids, as well as inspiring, engaging, and fun!"
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The Jim Henson Company has remained a leader in family entertainment for over 60 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. Henson's most recent television credits include Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Harriet the Spy and Fraggle Rock: Rock On!, all for Apple TV+, Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time for discovery+, Earth to Ned for Disney+, and the Emmy Award-winning Netflix Original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The Company is currently in production on the Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix and the feature film The Portable Door.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fed-up Democrats in San Francisco and Los Angeles, liberal-leaning California cities reeling from COVID-era spikes in homicides and gun violence, may punish their own party at the polls next week over its criminal justice policies.
San Francisco’s progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, is likely to be pushed out of office in a recall vote, while voters in Los Angeles will be choosing a new mayor – with an ex-Republican as a leading candidate.
The results could send a blinking-red warning to Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections.
In congressional and local races across the United States, Republicans have seized upon calls by progressives to reduce police department budgets and other liberal criminal justice policies to paint almost all Democratic candidates as lenient on crime.
Democrats have struggled to formulate a persuasive rebuttal, even as a new wave of moderates, such as New York Mayor Eric Adams, has urged them to take a more tough-on-crime approach.
In April, the pollster Gallup found concern over crime was at its highest level since 2016, with 53% of Americans saying they worried “a great deal” about it. An ABC/Washington Post poll in May showed Americans trusted the Republican Party over Democrats to handle crime by 12 percentage points.
But focus groups also show Americans increasingly worried about the proliferation of firearms. That is an issue that Democratic consultants said the party’s candidates could hone in on, shoring up their support with suburban and Black voters by explicitly tying lax gun laws to surges in crime.
“It is absolutely something Democrats can and should be using to combat against the increasing narrative of their being soft on crime,” said Angela Kuefler, a strategist who advises Democratic candidates on gun issues.
Kuefler noted there is widespread public support for enhanced background checks of gun purchasers and actions to decrease the flow of illegal guns into cities.
A series of mass shootings – including last week’s at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two teachers dead – has reignited the U.S. debate over policing and guns.
President Joe Biden has tried to balance a push for changes in policing from the more radical wing of his party with voters’ concerns about security. An executive order last week, for instance, established guidelines for the use of deadly force by federal law enforcement officers.
Boudin, on the other hand, embraced a strong progressive agenda in San Francisco – and appears to be paying the price.
COVID CHAOS
Boudin was elected in San Francisco in 2019 after pledging a series of reforms, saying he would not try juveniles as adults, would not push for sentencing enhancements for certain crimes that can add years to prison sentences, and would not seek cash bail for any defendant.
He largely followed through on his promises, which also included diverting low-level offenders away from incarceration to reduce the city’s jail population.
But after the pandemic began, the city saw increases in homicides, gun violence and property crime. Hate crimes against Asian Americans rose. Videos of large-scale “smash and grab” retail theft went viral.
Residents, including some deep-pocketed Republicans, blamed Boudin’s policies and launched a recall petition.
“It is a radical ideology that has upset everyone: left, right, gay, straight, young, old, male or female,” said Richie Greenberg, a local independent activist and spokesperson for the recall effort.
Boudin’s supporters say robberies and other crimes shifted from tourist areas to residential ones as a result of the pandemic, creating the perception of a crime surge. They point to data that shows a more nuanced reality, with assaults and rapes decreasing during the period, even as homicides and shootings increased.
Still, said Lara Bazelon, a law professor at the University of San Francisco and a Boudin defender, “People are feeling less safe regardless of what the stats say.”
Opinion polls show Boudin likely to be recalled on Tuesday. A replacement would be chosen by the city’s mayor, London Breed, a Democrat who has criticized Boudin but has not taken a stance on the recall.
In Los Angeles, Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer and former Republican, is battling U.S. Representative Karen Bass and a host of other liberal candidates in the mayoral election.
Caruso, who has spent more than $30 million of his own money in the campaign, made crime the centerpiece of his candidacy in a city that saw homicides reach a 15-year high in 2021. That forced Bass, a longtime progressive champion in Congress, to move to the center and pledge to put more police on the streets. Caruso and Bass could be headed to a runoff, polls show.
Republicans think crime could be a winning political issue in a number of congressional races, including in the suburbs of Minneapolis, New York City and Portland.
The party has already gone after Democratic Senate candidates in battleground states on crime, with Cheri Beasley in North Carolina an early target.
Republican-funded TV ads have assailed Beasley’s record, saying in one that she “failed to protect” child crime victims. Beasley, the former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, on Twitter called the ad “misleading” and warned more were to come.
She answered with an ad of her own, touting her efforts as chief justice to keep human traffickers off the streets.
“I’ll never stop fighting to make North Carolina safe,” she says.
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A former high-ranking U.S. ambassador is demanding federal prosecutors explain why he’s facing criminal charges for illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of Qatar while a retired four-star general who worked with him on the effort is not.
The dispute involving two Washington power players has highlighted the often-ambiguous boundaries of foreign lobbying laws as well as what prosecutors say were high-level, behind-the-scenes influence dealings with the wealthy Persian Gulf country.
Richard G. Olson, former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, is scheduled to attend a plea hearing Friday on federal charges that include improperly helping Qatar influence U.S. policy in 2017 -- when a diplomatic crisis erupted between the gas-rich monarchy and its neighbors over the country’s alleged ties to terror groups and other issues.
Olson has argued he’s entitled to learn why prosecutors aren’t also bringing charges against someone he says he worked side by side with on Qatar: retired Marine Gen. John Allen, who led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan before being tapped in late 2017 to lead the influential Brookings Institution think tank.
Allen has denied ever working as a Qatari agent and said his efforts on Qatar in 2017 were motivated to prevent a war from breaking out in the Gulf that would put U.S. troops at risk. A statement from his spokesman to The Associated Press on Thursday said Allen has “voluntarily cooperated with the government’s investigation."
Olson’s lawyers said in court papers that since 2020 he has been seeking to get a lighter sentencing recommendation by extensively cooperating with prosecutors “with the express goal” of bringing charges against Allen. Olson’s lawyers said prosecutors “reiterated their belief in the strength of their case against” Allen only to apparently drop their pursuit.
But federal prosecutor Evan Turgeon said at a hearing last week that the government has not “made a prosecutorial decision as to other persons” and disputed how Olson’s attorney characterized past discussions. The Justice Department declined to comment on its internal deliberations on Allen.
Recent filings in Olson’s case, including a plea deal he signed in January, provide new details about Allen’s role and what actions prosecutors might view as possible crimes. Allen is not named in those filings but identified as “the General” or “Person 3.”
U.S. law prohibits individuals from helping a foreign entity influence U.S. policy without registering with the Justice Department. The law, known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act or FARA, was largely unenforced until prosecutors began taking more aggressive action in recent years.
Typically, FARA violations by themselves do not lead to significant prison time but the law’s critics say there are too many unsettled questions about what may constitute a prosecutable offense.
“FARA is an exceptionally broad and vague law that ... sets snares for the unwary, even capturing some of the most sophisticated of Washington players,” David Keating of the Institute for Free Speech said in comments to the Justice Department earlier this year.
Notably, Olson was set to plead guilty to a violation of State Department policy regarding working for a foreign government within a year of leaving government service, not a FARA violation.
Olson’s lawyer said in court last week that federal prosecutors made clear that they were pursing a FARA case against Allen.
Olson recruited Allen to join him “in providing aid and advice to Qatari government officials with the intent to influence U.S. foreign policy” shortly after the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in June 2017, prosecutors said in court filings.
That crisis sparked a heavy spending war between Qatar and rivals Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a battle to win influence in Washington during much of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Olson was being paid $20,000 a month by Imaad Zuberi, a one-time political donor who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence on corruption charges and who prosecutors say illegally lobbied for Qatar.
Zuberi also agreed to pay Allen an undisclosed fee for his efforts, prosecutors said in Olson’s plea deal. Allen’s spokesman said the general was never paid.
In mid June 2017, Allen met with Olson and Zuberi at a Washington hotel to explain “how he would conduct the lobbying and public relations campaign,” prosecutors said.
A few days later, Olson and Allen flew to Qatar -- at Zuberi’s expense -- to meet with the Qatari’s ruling emir and other government officials, where the pair explained that they were not representing the U.S. government but “noted that they had the connections with U.S. government officials that placed them in a position to help Qatar,” prosecutors wrote.
Allen advised the Qataris on what steps to take, including signing a pending deal to purchase F-15 fighter jets and using e a major U.S. military base in Qatar “as leverage to exert influence over U.S. government officials,” prosecutors wrote.
Qatar signed a deal to purchase the jets four days after that meeting.
After returning to the U.S., Allen sought the help of then-National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and his staff to support Qatar’s position in the diplomatic crisis, prosecutors said in court filings.
Allen previously said through a spokesman that McMaster had approved of Allen going to Qatar and “offered the assistance of his staff in preparation.”
McMaster has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Olson, Allen and a Qatari government representative also met with members of Congress “for the purpose of convincing the U.S. lawmakers to support Qatar rather than its regional rivals,” prosecutors wrote in court records.
Allen’s spokesman said previously that the general’s work on Qatari issues only lasted three weeks and that it had nothing to do with Brookings.
Qatar has been one of Brookings' biggest donors for the last several years, according to annual reports that don't offer specific figures. A Brookings spokeswoman said Allen decided in 2019 to no longer accept new Qatari funding.
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For years, Minnesota lawmakers have tried to pass bills to elect the governor-appointed Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities’ federally-designated metropolitan planning organization.
They say it’s urgent because they believe the Met Council is mishandling the Southwest Light Rail extension project, which will extend today’s Green Line between St. Paul and Minneapolis 14 miles to Hennepin County’s southwestern suburbs. The project, which will be audited by the Minnesota Legislative Auditor, now costs $2.75 billion. Its completion was delayed to 2027 over issues with building a tunnel through Minneapolis’ chain of lakes, which caused cracks to form in a condominium building converted from grain silos.
In the United States, however, directly elected boards overseeing regional infrastructure are rare. Only three transit agencies, two of which are in the Bay Area, are directly elected. And so is only one metropolitan planning organization, in Portland.
But holding a transit agency accountable might not be as simple as electing them. For one, just because a transit board is elected does not automatically result in better transit service.
“The quality of the people appointed [to the Met Council] depends entirely on the level of interest that the governor shows. If the governor doesn’t take it seriously, doesn’t give it the same attention, then you get poor quality on the council,” says Curt Johnson, who chaired the Met Council in the 1990s under Gov. Arne Carlson. “You can have the same thing happen with electoral politics.”
The Met Council has proved controversial since it started. It levies taxes to run the region’s transit and sewer system, and also allocates transit, housing and open space funding, as well as exercises veto power over local municipalities’ land use plans. This setup has been lauded for promoting a prosperous and equitable region.
Meanwhile, Twin Cities voters don’t have a direct say in what the Met Council should do. Although a 33-member board composed of elected officials and people who walk, bike or take transit decide how to allocate federal transportation dollars, it’s primarily overseen by 17 gubernatorial appointees, 16 of which represent different parts of the Twin Cities.
State statute requires the governor appoint a committee of seven, including three elected officials, to publicly vet prospective appointees who would be appointed to serve a coterminous term. Proponents say appointing board members allows them to holistically decide what’s best for the region, and a study of higher education boards by Prof. Paul G. Rubin, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Utah, reiterates this.
But because state statute does not dictate how governors should appoint the committee to vet appointees, and because their applications and resumes are not made public until they are appointed and forwarded to the Senate for confirmation, governors can exploit the Met Council to curry favor with their base and important constituencies before the public can decide who best represents them. It’s why both Democrat and Republican governors opposed past efforts to make it elected.
Meanwhile, the appointees often get to work without confirmation, as state statute allows them to serve without undergoing a formal hearing. This is risky because they could be shown the door, even if they are doing a good job. During the pandemic, for example, the Republican-controlled Senate held confirmation hearings to sack commissioners to exact revenge against Gov. Tim Walz’s handling of the pandemic, and Commissioner of Pollution Control Laura Bishop resigned before she could be sacked over her handling of the state’s clean cars rule. In effect, the Met Council’s mission could be thwarted by people who don’t even live in the Twin Cities.
So why not elect them? Indeed, studies such as Rubin’s show elected boards are more accountable and responsive to those who vote them in. And Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which was converted into an elected board after voters overwhelmingly approved a measure in 1974 as the agency experienced financial challenges and problems with its early train control system, recently became the first transit agency in the Bay Area to uphold a mask mandate after lobbying from the senior and disability community. AC Transit followed suit today.
But both reports issued by TransitCenter and a blue-ribbon committee appointed by Gov. Walz in late 2020 recommended transit agencies and the Met Council continue to be led by appointees. The committee report recommends they continue to be appointed by the governor, saying the appointment process is transparent, and electing the council, or having local elected officials serve on it, would distract from its goals to decide what’s best for the region because of parochialism and time commitments. Legislators introduced a bill this past session to enact the recommendation, which did not pass.
However, TransitCenter recommends board appointments be made by officials local to where a transit system serves so they are more accountable to those who are directly impacted. It cites the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency as an ideal example, as its nine-member board is fully appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors — both directly elected by San Franciscans. But it also cites the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board as a counterexample because multiple jurisdictions, each of which has its own definition of adequate transit service, are involved in appointing, making it difficult for riders to hold the board as a whole accountable for poor, discontinuous transit service.
So how do you make a regional transit agency serving multiple cities more accountable to those who ride it? Shontel Lewis, who does diversity, equity, and inclusion work, serves on Denver Regional Transportation District’s board and is a transit rider, believes the 15-person elected board should have at-large seats.
“I am proposing that we have some members of the board [who] are at large, really to move us away from that parochial thinking or parochial decision making,” Lewis says. “Because it can sometimes get in the way of us making good solid decisions for the region. And we sometimes need those who come to the table with the 30,000-foot lens to make decisions as a whole.”
Indeed, a study by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs found at-large representatives are more likely to decide for a jurisdiction as a whole. But at the end of the day, representing the interests of your constituents and the region comes down to people skills.
“When you get into office, you can’t just snap your fingers and make the changes happen,” says Jean Walsh, who works in strategic communications, rides transit and serves on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District board, which has at-large seats. “Especially when you’re on a board with six other people, you have to work with your colleagues and you have to have a majority of the board to get things passed and to get things moving. That takes effort and time to build an understanding of the issue, to build relationships with your colleagues, and to move it along in the way that you want it to go.”
Henry Pan 潘嘉宏 (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a Minneapolis-based introverted freelance journalist who reports primarily on their lifelong passion: transportation issues. Journalism aside, they like to wander in cities and nature by bike, walking, and transit no matter the season. | https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/are-elected-boards-the-ticket-to-better-transit | 2022-06-03T16:48:06Z | https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/are-elected-boards-the-ticket-to-better-transit | false | 1 |
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Congress candidate Uma Thomas won the Thrikkakara by-election by a historic margin on Friday, June 3. She defeated Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Joe Joseph by a majority of 25,515 votes. This is the biggest majority in the history of the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency.
Uma Thomas dedicated her win to PT Thomas, her late husband and former MLA. The by-election was held following the death of PT Thomas.
''The election result is a warning for the Kerala government and their prestigious Silver line semi-high speed railway corridor project,'' she said.
She also stated that she was not contesting against CPI(M) candidate Joe Joseph but against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his 'associates'.
Uma Thomas bagged a total of 72,770 votes, while her opponent, Joe Joseph, got 47,752 votes. BJP's AN Radhakrishnan bagged 12,955 votes.
As soon as the results were out, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President K Sudhakaran demanded the resignation of CM Pinarayi Vijayan in recognition of this heavy defeat in the by-election. Sudhakaran also said that the people have evaluated the state government's performance accurately.
Opposition leader VD Satheesan said that the Congress expected Uma Thomas' victory in the Thrikkakara by-election.
Accepting defeat, CPI(M) Kerala state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said, "We accept the verdict of the people in Thrikkakara. The UDF was able to unite the Opposition and that helped to increase their majority in the elections."
WHAT DOES THE WIN MEAN FOR CONGRESS?
Thrikkakara has always stood by the Congress since its formation in 2011. But the by-election has brought fresh momentum to UDF's campaign against CM Vijayan and the ambitious semi-high speed rail project.
The election also puts an end to speculation about rifts within the Congress, at least for now. The win will serve as a major confidence booster for the Sudhakaran-Satheesan duo, who are at the helm of affairs of Congress in Kerala.
On the other hand, the LDF led by CM Vijayan was looking to hit the magic number 100 in the state Assembly with the win.
As many as five ministers campaigned in Thrikkakara. The chief minister attended eight rallies ahead of the by-election. Hence, an LDF win would have been seen as a sign of approval of CPI(M) policies including the Silver Line project.
But, Uma Thomas' victory showed the Congress that the Left's juggernaut can be halted in the state. | https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-win-kerala-by-election-uma-thomas-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-1958024-2022-06-03?utm_source=rss | 2022-06-03T16:52:25Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-win-kerala-by-election-uma-thomas-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-1958024-2022-06-03?utm_source=rss | true | 2 |
Pacoca (PACOCA) traded down 4.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM E.T. on June 3rd. One Pacoca coin can now be bought for $0.0187 or 0.00000063 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Pacoca has a market capitalization of $2.31 million and approximately $48,375.00 worth of Pacoca was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, Pacoca has traded down 8.9% against the U.S. dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- JUMPN (JST) traded 54% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 96.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $625.11 or 0.02117847 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003386 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 1.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.56 or 0.00001893 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 2.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.39 or 0.00001320 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded down 9.9% against the dollar and now trades at $122.19 or 0.00413962 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 3.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $9.28 or 0.00031444 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded down 4.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0809 or 0.00000274 BTC.
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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (Symbol: JNK) where we have detected an approximate $785.0 million dollar inflow -- that's a 11.8% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 67,870,000 to 75,870,000). The chart below shows the one year price performance of JNK, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, JNK's low point in its 52 week range is $93.96 per share, with $110.14 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $97.66. Comparing the most recent share price to the 200 day moving average can also be a useful technical analysis technique -- learn more about the 200 day moving average ».
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Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ''shares'' investors are actually buying and selling ''units''. These ''units'' can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding data, to keep a lookout for those ETFs experiencing notable inflows (many new units created) or outflows (many old units destroyed). Creation of new units will mean the underlying holdings of the ETF need to be purchased, while destruction of units involves selling underlying holdings, so large flows can also impact the individual components held within ETFs.
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If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S.
If you are among those who believe that inflation has peaked, Michael Brush recommends doing some bargain shopping for stocks in this sector.
More bullish opinions:
- Why a top Wall Street quant sees S&P 500 taking back all its losses by year’s end
- This market strategist with a spot-on record sees stocks surging 15% to 25% from their May low
- 5 large companies that will emerge from the tech wreck as even more fearsome
- We’ve seen this movie before — the biggest tech-stock gains are still ahead of us
Some different takes on inflation
Vivien Lou Chen looks back at previous cycles of Federal Reserve efforts to fight high inflation. Here’s what she found.
More about inflation and how it is tracked:
- Inflation has been pummeling the middle class for decades, but the out-of-touch CPI masks this reality
- Consumer confidence dips on worries over inflation and slowing U.S. economy
A bear-market rally?
Last week’s 7% rally for the S&P 500
SPX,
Mark Hulbert: Stock-market timers have been too quick to leap into the rally — and that’s a risky sign
Here’s a way to push up your stock price
Hundreds of companies have exited Russia, and the stock market has tended to reward them, according to research done at the Yale School of Management.
Consider these surprising locations for lower taxes and good Asian food
Silvia Ascarelli writes the “Where Should I Retire?” column. This week she helps a man who wishes to relocate his entire extended family to an area with low taxes, good weather and plentiful options for Asian food. Here are three possible locations.
Check out MarketWatch’s retirement location tool for your own custom search. It includes data for more than 3,000 U.S. counties and lets you pick the factors that are most important to you.
A longshot effort to rein in big tech
Democrats have majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate (when two senators who tend to vote with them and Vice President Kamala’s ability to cast tiebreaking votes are added in), which makes it is possible that Congress will pass a bipartisan bill to regulate the largest tech companies and curb anticompetitive practices.
Apple
AAPL,
Growth stocks have been pummeled — is it too late to focus on value stocks?
The S&P Composite 1500 Value Index has fared quite well this year against the S&P Composite 1500 Growth Index.
Mark Hulbert discusses how performance of value strategies can revert to the mean over time. But it may not be too late to ride the trend. Here are 10 value stocks recommended by top-performing investment newsletters Hulbert monitors.
Small-cap growth stocks are amazingly cheap
While value stocks have held up well, something fascinating has happened with small-cap growth stocks, setting up an opportunity for long-term investors.
Another transformation for Facebook and Meta Platforms
Facebook holding company Meta Platforms
FB,
Here are some looks ahead for Meta, Zuckerberg and Sandberg:
- What Wall Street Thinks About Meta as Sheryl Sandberg Moves On
- Time for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to loosen his mechanical style and show more heart so he can become a real leader
- Sheryl Sandberg turns her focus to philanthropy, but some say her 14-year tenure at Facebook came at a cost
- Adam Seessel: I’ve never liked Facebook stock — and these 4 warnings beyond Sheryl Sandberg’s departure are why you shouldn’t either
Pushing back against the ‘Fed put’
In an interview with Gregg Robb, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic defends his suggestion that the central bank pause its cycle of interest-rate increases in September.
A different cycle beings: Fed to begin quantitative tightening: What that means for financial markets
Musk wants Tesla managers back in the office. What about you?
Tesla
TSLA,
Here’s a sampling of reaction:
- Elon Musk wants Tesla staff to return to office, but 52% of global workforce would rather take a pay cut than come back
- ‘One thing that human beings value above all else is our autonomy’: The gloves are off
- Elon Musk is right in the short run but wrong in the medium term
- Maybe you should work for yourself
Retirement planning
- If you have a 401(k), IRA or other retirement account, chances are that you have named a loved one as your beneficiaries. But you can also make your beneficiary a trust — here are the advantages and disadvantages.
- A contingent deferred annuity can help protect your retirement income. Might it be worth the high fees?
- Don’t forget to make your money work for you: What to do with a $130,000 inheritance
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ENDSEE, Germany, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era has begun for drivers of electric cars. The first bk World opened today, Friday, in Endsee, Bavaria. By creating charging havens, this subsidiary of bk Group AG is revolutionising long-distance travel by electric car.
From idea to reality
For drivers of electric cars, charging time is mostly wasted time. It's 20 to 30 minutes they have to spend consuming fast food in a remote car park, killing time on their mobile phone, enjoying the charms of service station bathrooms, writing emails on a precariously balanced laptop – and longing for the time to pass.
This is something that Gerold Wolfarth and Marc Arnold, the founders of bk World, want to change. The idea for bk World was born during a charging stop in the middle of the night, they recounted at the grand opening of the first bk World. "There had to be a better way – and we wanted it to be unique," Wolfarth said.
Now, right at the Tesla Supercharger Park with its 20 rapid charge spots in Endsee, the first location has been opened: a lounge for drivers of electric cars that turns waiting time into quality time.
In bk World, charging time becomes quality time
"The whole idea for bk World was conceived from the user perspective," Arnold explained. "In other words, as the driver of an electric car, what is it that I really need during a charging break?"
bk World of course offers bathroom facilities, while a comfortable lounge area invites drivers to linger. But the concept is far more extensive. For instance, it makes extremely efficient use of the small footprint. Various products are dispensed in a fully automated way. The food that drivers can purchase on site is healthy, fresh, and low in sugar. When selecting the product portfolio, the planners deliberately avoided working with large corporations and chose instead to focus on keeping things regional and sustainable. Together with entrepreneur and investor Marcell Jansen, work is even going on to develop an innovative and healthy food portfolio especially for bk World.
Small office areas for business meetings, a children's play area to entertain the little ones, and green surroundings turn a necessary stay into a welcome break.
A unique spatial concept
bk World is made up of what are known as Qubes – modular, transportable room elements that can be combined in a number of ways to meet a wide variety of space requirements on site. When a charging facility grows, its bk World can grow with it. Qubes can be assembled, disassembled, and relocated in a very short time. This is particularly good news for property owners, but also for charging facility operators. If a lease expires, bk World offers the greatest possible flexibility. The smallest version, with a lounge area and bathroom Qube, takes up around 50 square metres – but there is no upper size limit to bk World. This reduces material waste and makes demolitions a thing of the past. And bk World's inherent adaptability makes it easier to find suitable locations.
"With bk World, charging park operators no longer have to rely on existing infrastructure. We simply come to wherever a charging park has been set up. All we need is a connection for water, wastewater, and electricity, which means we can put our lounges in practically any location," Wolfarth said.
Supporting regional retailers
bk World is also committed to strengthening the regional retail trade. Its online shop hosts a platform on which regional retailers can present themselves. As the locations expand, the portfolio of regional specialities will continue to grow. In Endsee, visitors to the charging park will find delicacies including Franconian wines, award-winning chocolates, and exceptional cooking oils.
"For most retailers, bk World is a touchpoint with a new target group that would otherwise be very hard, if not impossible, for them to reach. After all, people stopping for a break right on the motorway won't be aware of the great shops in nearby towns. The visibility that companies can now achieve through our platform is enormous," Wolfarth said.
Each bk World location will offer a maximum of 80 selected products from the surrounding region, making every bk World unique. It is also possible to purchase regional products in the bk World online shop.
Taking sustainability a step further
bk World is climate positive over its lifetime. That means it offsets more CO2 emissions than it causes. This is thanks to the interplay of various structural considerations and construction techniques. The solid lounge elements are made of spruce wood. One property of this building material is that it naturally binds CO2. In addition, the bk World Qubes feature a sustainable insulating material that is not only ecological, but also has properties that make a positive impact on the bk World's carbon footprint: the Qubes are designed to withstand all weather conditions. From sweltering heat in southern Europe to extreme cold in the north – all visitors to bk World will experience the same climate. Many of the electrical consumers in each bk World draw their power from the on-site PV system on the roofs of the Qubes.
The future is electric
"To make a success of the mobility revolution, we need innovative concepts like bk World. And committed players who don't wait for government initiatives, but instead take action themselves. I'm already looking forward to discovering the Qubes at more and more charging parks soon," praised Wolfgang Bosbach, a former member of the German Bundestag, at the opening in Endsee.
"My partnership with bk World is based primarily on shared values. Sustainability is just as important to me in the food area as it is to bk World in the overall design of the lounges. Together, we are striving for innovative solutions – and we're already developing a comprehensive concept around the topic of healthy nutrition," Marcell Jansen, former National Football Player promised.
The bk World in Endsee is now open and ready to welcome all visitors to the Tesla charging park. But this first location is just the beginning: in the next five years, bk World Holding GmbH plans to open 300 locations across Europe. bk World is coming soon to charging parks run by the largest charge spot operators and energy providers – to the benefit of customers, retailers, and the environment.
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Getting your co-workers to engage with polls on Microsoft Teams could soon be a lot more intuitive thanks to a new update to the service.
The video conferencing platform has revealed a new addition that will see "rating" questions added to the official Polls app within Microsoft Teams.
This should open up your Teams polls to a much wider scope of questions able to cover how strong opinions or feelings are on a particular subject or area, possibly such as "On a scale from 1 to 10, how useful do you feel today's meeting was?"
Teams Ratings Polls
In the official Microsoft 365 roadmap (opens in new tab), the company notes that the update will allow Teams meeting owners to easily create and launch Rating polls to, "increase engagement and collect input from their meeting attendees".
Once collected, meeting owners will also be able to share the results live, giving much quicker insight into the issues that matter for your business.
The roadmap entry notes that the feature will work across Forms and Microsoft Teams, and will be available on mobile, web and desktop versions of the service. It is currently listed as in development, but has an expected release date of June 2022, meaning Microsoft may be putting the final touches on the feature now.
The update is the latest in a series of expansions to Microsoft Teams as the company looks to continue ensuring the service is as useful as possible for users, especially when it comes to polls, which were first introduced in November 2021.
Recently, a new update for Microsoft Teams added a number of upgrades for polls, including the chance to offer up suggested polls, based on both the meeting purpose and polls the user has created in the past.
Teams will also suggest specific options for different questions, where applicable, and will also introduce a new question type, called “open text”, which will allow meeting hosts to collect open-ended information from attendees.
Elsewhere, Teams will also collect the most common text phrases used in open responses to give hosts snapshot insight, and if a poll of any kind has been activated during a meeting, Teams will automatically deliver a summary report to organizers and presenters. | https://www.techradar.com/in/news/microsoft-teams-will-soon-give-you-new-ways-to-make-your-opinions-known | 2022-06-03T17:00:33Z | https://www.techradar.com/in/news/microsoft-teams-will-soon-give-you-new-ways-to-make-your-opinions-known | true | 6 |
Illinois is taking steps to prevent drownings in Lake Michigan. Governor Pritzker signed a law yesterday creating the Lake Michigan Rescue Equipment Act. The act requires public rescue equipment on all piers or drop-off points on the lake and lays out new guidelines for reporting drowning events and establishing water safety guidelines. It was proposed following the death of 19-year-old Miguel Cisneros, who drowned in Lake Michigan in August 2021 on Chicago‘s North Side. | https://www.wjol.com/pritzker-signs-lake-michigan-rescue-equipment-act/ | 2022-06-03T17:01:06Z | https://www.wjol.com/pritzker-signs-lake-michigan-rescue-equipment-act/ | false | null |
Curve DAO Token (CRV) traded 4.6% lower against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 11:00 AM ET on June 3rd. Over the last seven days, Curve DAO Token has traded 0.1% higher against the US dollar. One Curve DAO Token coin can currently be bought for $1.18 or 0.00004005 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Curve DAO Token has a total market cap of $588.22 million and $91.77 million worth of Curve DAO Token was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded down 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $29,418.16 or 1.00001953 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003405 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher 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.
- Dai (DAI) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003399 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.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.58 or 0.00001970 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00001700 BTC.
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According to CryptoCompare, “Curve is an exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum (like Uniswap) designed for (1) extremely efficient stablecoin trading (2) low risk, supplemental fee income for liquidity providers, without an opportunity cost. Curve allows users (and smart contracts like 1inch, Paraswap, Totle and Dex.ag) to trade between DAI and USDC with a bespoke low slippage, low fee algorithm designed specifically for stablecoins and earn fees. Behind the scenes, the liquidity pool is also supplied to the Compound protocol or iearn.finance where it generates even more income for liquidity providers. “
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It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Curve DAO Token directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Curve DAO Token should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Curve DAO Token using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Anthony Joshua will need to 'make drastic changes' to win his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, claims Joe Joyce, who believes he'd have a 'much closer fight' against the Ukrainian
- Joe Joyce claims Anthony Joshua will need struggle to defeat Oleksandr Usyk
- He believes Joshua will need to make 'drastic changes' to reclaim the three belts
- The British boxer then called out the Ukrainian fighter who he last fought in 2013
- "Juggernaut" Joyce claims his new coach has helped him to develop 'more skills'
British heavyweight Joe Joyce has tipped WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Oleksandr Usyk to beat Anthony Johsua in a rematch.
Joyce claimed that Joshua would need to make drastic changes to beat Usyk and reclaim his belts for a second time, before calling out the Ukrainian fighter.
"Juggernaut" Joyce last fought the Ukrainian in 2013, when both were amateurs, but believes he has what it takes to beat him this time around.
Anthony Joshua lost his WBA, IBF and WBO belts to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 for the second time
He told Boxing Social how he thought Joshua would struggle, saying: 'I thought as soon as the fight started with him and Usyk, Usyk went straight to work.
'He knew how to beat Joshua and now that he's already beaten him, to do it again will be kind of the same. That's unless Joshua makes some drastic changes.
'I think it will be a repeat unless Joshua can do something drastically different and just nail him down.
Joe "Juggernaut" Joyce claims Joshua will struggle to reclaim his belts against the Ukrainian
'Joshua can obviously bang, he has fast hands and decent footwork. He fought the wrong fight when they fought first, he tried to outbox the boxer.
'I've said on multiple occasions he could have gone out there, roughed him up, walked him down, and tried to knock him out. I think that's what he's going to have to try and do.
'I've been in the ring with Usyk and I felt like I put on a better performance, Chisora put on a great performance against Usyk. That was much closer than the one against Joshua.'
Joshua lost his three belts for the second time to Usyk after a unanimous points decision back in September 2021, having suffered a shock defeat to Andy Ruiz in 2019, the first of the Brit's career.
The highly anticipated rematch between Joshua and Usyk has been continuously delayed as a result of broadcasting issues, but an announcement is expected in the next week from Eddie Hearn declaring a date for the fight to take place.
Joyce is undefeated in 13 bouts as a professional, winning 12 by knockout, and believes he should be first in line to challenge the winner of Joshua v Usyk II
Joyce called out the Ukrainian fighter, who defeated him when they last fought back in 2013
The 36-year-old 2016 Olympic silver medallist believes he would come into a fight against Usyk, 35, with a lot more to his game than when the two last squared off, nine years ago.
He told Boxing Social: 'I'll be coming with more skills. I have Salas by my side to set the game plan and work on the skills etc.
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TAMPA, Fla., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Meter, continues to lead the way in remote blood glucose monitoring (RBGM) for diabetes because of its ease of use and its superior cellular-enabled devices that deliver immediate, robust data. The iGlucose® from Smart Meter can provide patients and providers with an easy and effective way to manage diabetes on a regular basis.
According to the CDC1, in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled as the American population has aged and become more overweight or obese. In addition, one study2 concluded that 3 out of 10 adults, or about 8 million people, have diabetes but aren't aware of it.
RBGM is an easy way for physicians to monitor patients that may be at risk for diabetes or patients with diabetes by simply providing a device they can take home. The iGlucose from Smart Meter utilizes the 4/5G AT&T IoT fast and secure network so patients and providers can track blood glucose levels in real time. This allows the provider to make an immediate diagnosis and implement a care program to improve outcomes.
A great example of the impact a remote blood glucose monitoring program can have on outcomes was seen at the Leon Medical Centers in South Florida. In 2021, Working with the Rimidi RPM platform, Leon patients who were considered high-risk with A1c levels above 9% were given an iGlucose and instructed by their doctor how often to take their blood-glucose reading. Of the approximately 225 high-risk patients who were enrolled in the program, 84% of those patients saw a reduction in their A1Cs below 9%, a key indicator of better diabetes control.
"In recent years, it's been proven that digitally connecting patients to their doctors between visits improves care and outcomes," said Casey Pittock, CEO, Smart Meter. "The conclusions of the program for Leon Medical Centers' patients are another example of how powerful RBGM can be. By providing these patients with a cellular-enabled iGlucose that transmits results immediately, it eliminated many barriers to reliable data that are seen with Bluetooth devices."
While remote patient monitoring has become more popular in recent years, education about its benefits is still needed. In fact, 45% of respondents in a Smart Meter study3 have never heard of RPM. Those who have heard of RPM programs overall feel it would help them increase their testing frequency.
- More than 75% indicated that they would test the same or more often if they knew their results were being sent directly to their healthcare provider
Now working with more than 300 RPM distribution partners, who serve more than 120,000 patients, Smart Meter is the leading supplier of cellular-enabled virtual care technologies that include the iGlucose®, iBloodPressure®, iPulseOx®, iScale®, and SmartRPM™ cloud platform, as well as data, and services. Smart Meter's remote patient monitoring solutions are recognized as the standard for the RPM industry and are regarded for their high patient retention and satisfaction. The unique combination of reliable health data, patient-friendly devices, and platform integrations enable and enhance RPM, CCM, Employee Wellness, Population Health, and Telehealth programs for. For more information, visit SmartMeterRPM.com
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Byline Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BY – Get Rating) Director Ana Casanueva sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.53, for a total transaction of $61,325.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 2,283 shares in the company, valued at $56,001.99. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.
NYSE BY traded down $0.11 during trading on Friday, hitting $25.05. 2,805 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 107,709. The company has a market cap of $946.89 million, a PE ratio of 10.40 and a beta of 1.28. Byline Bancorp, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $21.41 and a fifty-two week high of $29.15. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $24.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.28.
Byline Bancorp (NYSE:BY – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 28th. The company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.11. Byline Bancorp had a return on equity of 12.96% and a net margin of 28.40%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts predict that Byline Bancorp, Inc. will post 2.13 earnings per share for the current year.
BY has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Byline Bancorp from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $27.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 4th. Janney Montgomery Scott raised shares of Byline Bancorp from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 17th.
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BY. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Byline Bancorp by 3,658.2% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 123,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,801,000 after buying an additional 120,465 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in Byline Bancorp by 71.5% in the second quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 16,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $369,000 after acquiring an additional 6,795 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in Byline Bancorp by 46.9% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 30,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $752,000 after acquiring an additional 9,780 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in Byline Bancorp by 89.8% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 3,179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,000 after acquiring an additional 1,504 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Byline Bancorp by 22.8% in the third quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 195,178 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,794,000 after acquiring an additional 36,197 shares during the last quarter. 44.18% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Byline Bancorp Company Profile (Get Rating)
Byline Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Byline Bank that provides various banking products and services for small and medium sized businesses, commercial real estate and financial sponsors, and consumers in the United States. It offers various retail deposit products, including non-interest-bearing accounts, money market demand accounts, savings accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, and time deposits; ATM and debit cards; and online, mobile, and text banking services, as well as commercial deposits.
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TYLER, Texas, May 24, 2022
TYLER, Texas, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Until recently, U-Haul Moving & Storage of Rose City lacked the space to expand operations. But thanks to the acquisition of an abutting 8.48-acre property, U-Haul® will add a new U-Box® portable storage container warehouse.
Purchase of the former Walmart®-anchored site at 303 N. Northwest Loop 323 will provide space to store several hundred U-Box containers, enabling U-Haul to serve more customers and meet increased demand for its moving and storage products in the region.
U-Haul acquired the 89,860-square-foot property on May 11.
Warren Iles, U-Haul Company of Northern Louisiana president whose region includes eastern Texas, said his team is working closely with tenants operating at the business complex. These tenants, which include Dirt Cheap Discount Store and American Freight Furniture and Mattress, will remain indefinitely.
"Home to the University of Texas at Tyler, this city sees a lot of fluctuation when it comes to population," Iles said. "U-Box containers provide a convenient, flexible and secure way to ship and store belongings. This option has become very popular with students. An increased demand for our U-Box containers meant we needed extra space to address a clear need."
U-Haul has been serving customers at 411 N. Northwest Loop 323 since 2016.
Contact U-Haul Moving & Storage of Rose City at (903) 939-2913 for storage inquiries. Hours of operation are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday; 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. To reserve rental equipment, visit uhaul.com or contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
With 257 cubic feet of space and one-ton capacity, U-Box containers are delivered to and picked up at your door, can be packed on your timeframe and are placed in a secure warehouse until you are ready to retrieve your belongings.
"This is an exciting expansion for U-Haul," Iles added. "Our customers are seeking flexibility and that's what U-Box containers provide."
Iles said the expansion will lead to several new jobs at the store. U-Haul will look to hire locally to promote job growth within Tyler. U-Haul, honored as a "Best for Vets 2020" leading veteran-friendly employer by The Military Times, actively recruits veterans and gives them preference in the hiring process. Find U-Haul careers at uhauljobs.com.
Acquisition the former Walmart property was driven by U-Haul Corporate Sustainability initiatives: U-Haul supports infill developments to help local communities lower their carbon footprint. The adaptive reuse of existing buildings reduces the amount of energy and resources required for new-building materials and helps cities reduce their unwanted inventory of unused buildings.
U-Haul dealers in and around Tyler are also available to serve DIY movers. U-Haul has partnered with independent dealers to offer rental equipment since 1945. During these challenging times for small businesses, more than 21,000 dealers across the U.S. and Canada are generating supplemental income through their U-Haul partnership. When customers rent from U-Haul dealers, they are directly supporting small businesses in their community. Because no financial investment is required, dealers are not U-Haul franchises. They are simply small businesses committing their lot space for U-Haul equipment and their time to meet the mobility needs of customers. Learn more about how to partner with U-Haul by visiting uhaul.com/dealer.
About U-HAUL
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 176,000 trucks, 126,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 855,000 rentable storage units and 73.6 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul has been recognized repeatedly as a leading "Best for Vets" employer and was recently named one of the 15 Healthiest Workplaces in America.
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LIVE Events, America's premier entertainment production company, instantly expanded its footprint and solutions nationwide as the entertainment industry sees a bounceback in 2022.
NEW CASTLE, Pa., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Events, a newly formed full-service event production company, fully supports the entertainment industry's bounce back. With this formation, Live Event's capabilities include end-to-end entertainment production for special effects and firework displays, sound, light, video, and entertainment logistics.
"Two years ago, the pandemic stopped us in our tracks and everyone else in the live entertainment business," stated Stephen Vitale, CEO of Live Events. "But, then we decided the show must go on. We raised capital and went on a strategic search for the best in the business, from sound, light, and video production to fireworks display companies. I believe we're building something greater than I ever imagined. And to top it all off, we are hiring again to keep pace with new business," Stephen exclaims. "It's an honor to say that we are hiring again," he adds.
The family of brands includes the following companies and gives Live Events an expanded national and regional presence:
- Active Design & Production
- Delicate Productions
- FXpedited
- Gemini Stage Lighting & Equipment
- Melrose Pyrotechnics (merged with Pyrotecnico)
- Pyrotecnico Fireworks
- Pyrotecnico FX
- Zenith Lighting
"The experience and expertise run deep across the board," says Stephen Vitale, CEO of Live Events. "From the legacy of five generations of my family's owned and operated fireworks display production company to the well-established sound, light, and video companies who have all been in business for decades. We've all experienced countless jaw-dropping productions and problem-solving scenarios," Stephen adds.
With this new formation, Live Events serves a multitude of clients across various industries::
- Award Shows
- Concerts, Tours, Festivals, Residencies
- Houses of Worship
- Private & Corporate
- Public & Community
- Special Events
- Sports Events
- Theme Parks
- Weddings
- Venue Integrations and Installations
"Our dedicated and amazing staff are the glue that holds our companies together. This is what inspires me to continue to grow our vision and disrupt the entertainment industry," says Stephen Vitale. "The companies that make up Live Events add massive value and depth to our capabilities and allow us to scale up or down with our clients," Stephen adds.
Live Events' portfolio of work from the family of brands includes many notable names such as Coachella, Justin Bieber World Tour, LiveNation, Navy Pier, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and over 3000 annual 4th of July community firework shows.
Stephen Vitale, CEO of Live Events, is a 33-year entertainment production veteran and serial entrepreneur. His brother, Rocco Vitale, runs the special effects businesses and leads creative services. According to company officials, the Vitale brothers are the legacy namesake of five generations of entertainment production.
The original company, Pyrotecnico, was founded in 1889 by Constantino Vitale. Before the pandemic, they operated nationwide with over 1,000 technicians throughout the U.S., with six regional offices. According to company officials, Pyrotecnico is the largest fireworks display production company in the U.S.
PyrotecnicoFX, a special effects company, was formed in 2007. Pyrotecnico and PyrotecnicoFX have worked with over 10,000 organizations in the past ten years.
Live Events headquarters is in New Castle, Pennsylvania. New Castle is considered the fireworks capital of the United States due to its long history of fireworks companies headquartered there. The existing offices for the family of brands will remain in operation in their respective cities.
Live Events officials also announce the launch of entertainment logistics startup FXpedited, headquartered in New Castle, PA. FXpedited specializes in transportation solutions locally to nationwide for music concerts, tours, festivals, and hauling fireworks and hazardous materials. The company boasts that 20% of its drivers are military veterans.
"With a broader national footprint, the entertainment industry bouncing back in 2022, and in-person attendance up, it's the perfect storm," says Stephen Vitale. "And, who doesn't love a great comeback story," he adds.
Live Events is a full-service entertainment production company with 135 years of collective experience in the entertainment production industry and five generations of fireworks and special effects display leadership. Live Events is committed to creating memorable experiences that move and delight audiences of all sizes, backed by imaginative and hardworking people who are the core of their success. Headquartered in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Live Events divisions and offices span nationwide from Pennsylvania to California. For more information, visit GoLiveEvents.com and follow Live Events on social media.
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PARIS (AP) — Why is the French Open more likely to produce first-time and one-time Grand Slam champions than the Australian Open, Wimbledon or the U.S. Open? Why are there so many surprising results at Roland Garros? What distinguishes its red clay from the surfaces used at the three other major tennis tournaments?
THE CLAY
The French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament held on clay courts — which actually aren't made of clay, but rather the dust from red brick on top of a layer of crushed white limestone.
Wimbledon, which begins this year on June 27, is famously contested on grass. The U.S. Open, which starts on Aug. 29, and Australian Open, held in January, each uses a different type of hard court.
The softness and speed-absorbing grab of clay courts slow down shots more than the other surfaces do, dulling speedy serves and groundstrokes. The clay’s grittiness magnifies the effect of heavy spin (think of 13-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal’s uppercut lefty forehands), creating higher arcs as the balls rebound off the ground.
“Clay is a completely different surface from hard courts and grass,” said Tamara Zidansek, who reached the semifinals in Paris a year ago while ranked 85th. “It’s such a specific surface.”
STYLE OF PLAY
Because booming serves and quick-strike forehands relied on by so many players are not as effective on clay as hard or grass courts, there is an increased reward for strategy, for switching speeds and spins, for drop shots.
“On clay, you have to hit a lot of balls to win matches. If you’re not quite 100 percent confident, it really shows up,” said International Tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Navratilova, who won two of her 18 Grand Slam titles at the French Open. “It’s harder to win matches when you’re not playing well.”
Katerina Siniakova, a Grand Slam doubles champion who beat then-No. 1 Naomi Osaka in the third round in Paris while ranked 42nd in 2019, described the effect of clay this way: “You have to really win the point. It’s not as easy as the hard courts to win a point, because it’s not so fast. A more creative player can play better on clay and use it as an advantage for them. You can’t use as much slice or drop shots on hard courts.”
ENDURANCE
Points tend to be longer. So do matches: Women’s matches in Paris last year averaged 1 hour, 39 minutes, 42 seconds; that’s 3 minutes longer than at the U.S. Open, more than 6 minutes longer than at the Australian Open, and more than 8 minutes longer than at Wimbledon. Men’s matches — which are best-of-five-sets; women’s are best-of-three — averaged 2 hours, 39 minutes, 24 seconds in 2021, 11 minutes longer than at the Australian Open and 6 minutes longer than at Wimbledon. Matches at the 2021 U.S. Open averaged 2 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds, but were shorter than at Roland Garros in previous years over the past decade.
THE ELEMENTS
All surfaces can be effected by the temperature, but clay courts tend to alter more in extreme heat and cold — Nadal’s quarterfinal win over No. 1 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic in Paris on Tuesday night was contested with the temperature in the 50s Fahrenheit (teens Celsius) — or on a damp or breezy day.
“Grass does change a little, but I feel like the clay is alive. You have to play with it,” said Felix Auger-Aliassime, a semifinalist at last year’s U.S. Open. “Sometimes the clay is more dry and the bounce is going to be different. Other weeks, it’s very humid and very soft and it plays differently. The whole clay swing, from one week to another, the conditions change a lot.”
It can be as simple as wind blowing dust off the top of the court at Roland Garros, creating patches that are thicker or thinner.
“I feel like people sometimes forget, because it’s red and it looks the same, but they don’t see the amount of clay,” said Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic, who grew up mostly playing on indoor hard courts in Switzerland. “They don’t see how it changes. They don’t see how fast it is or how hard. You can’t see that on TV.”
MOVEMENT
Footwork is crucial on clay, which allows players to slide into shots. The trick is to do that properly.
Bencic, for example, says her open-stance way of hitting and lack of play on clay growing up make that aspect harder for her.
“My movement is not really made for clay. I have a huge advantage on grass because of my stance,” she said. “I have to think about it on clay. It doesn’t come naturally.”
THE SPECIALISTS
Some players, particularly from Europe or South America, learn the sport on clay. Folks agree that can be a significant advantage.
“You get a lot of guys that it is ... their ‘home’ surface, kind of what they grew up playing on. That’s what suits their game and so they’re much more comfortable on it than I am,” said Taylor Fritz, an American seeded 13th in Paris who lost to Bernabe Zapata Miralles, a Spanish qualifier ranked outside the top 125. “And maybe I wouldn’t lose to lots of these people on a hard court, but on a clay court, on any given day, there’s definitely more people that I could lose to.”
THE SEASON
There are far fewer events on clay than hard courts. The ATP calendar for 2022 includes 39 tournaments on hard courts, 12 on clay and eight on grass. The current WTA program for this season shows 30 on hard courts, 14 on clay and seven on grass.
So it stands to reason that pros might prefer to focus their efforts on the more frequently used surfaces.
Also, as Djokovic explained, there is an adjustment when the European clay-court circuit that leads up to the French Open arrives.
“Historically it always has required some time and several tournaments to really feel comfortable playing on clay,” he said. “Rarely did I feel my best on clay in the first or second tournament in the season.”
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Officials ID remains of 15-year-old girl found in 1974
Authorities believe she was a victim of a convicted serial killer
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPLG) - Authorities in Florida have identified the victim in a decades-old cold case murder.
The remains of a 15-year-old girl were discovered in Palm Beach County in 1974 but never identified.
Using DNA technology, investigators determined the remains as those of a Florida girl who went missing in 1972.
Susan Gale Poole had been labeled a missing person for 50 years.
“I knew something was wrong when I saw her purse on the couch of a friend of hers,” said her sister, Patti Poole.
She recently got the call from Palm Beach County detectives.
“My search is finally over,” Poole said.
Police believe Susan’s death was connected to 1970s serial killer Gerard Schaefer, a former sheriff’s deputy and a former police officer with the Wilton Manors Police Department.
“He lived in Broward County, in the area where Susan Poole lived,” Detective Bill Springer said.
Although Susan lived in a trailer park near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, her skeletal remains were found two years after she disappeared in an area with mangroves in Palm Beach County.
“She was tied up, appeared to be tied up in the mangroves with wire to a tree,” Springer said.
At the time there was no match to her DNA, so it was entered into the national base for unidentified persons.
New technology allowed the DNA to be re-tested and produce a match.
Although authorities believe Schaefer killed Susan, they don’t have any physical evidence linking him to the murder.
Schaefer was known to pick up girls who were hitchhiking, something that Susan would often do.
“The way she died, he was very cruel,” Poole said.
He was convicted for his crimes and killed in prison in 1996.
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‘Wizard of Oz’ returns to theaters in honor of Judy Garland’s 100th birthday
(Gray News) – Follow the yellow brick road to theaters to watch a special showing of “Wizard of Oz” in celebration of what would have been Judy Garland’s 100th birthday.
Fathom Events will present showings of the iconic 1939 film at select theaters across the country Sunday and Monday only, featuring a rarely seen extended musical number.
Judy Garland will take you “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home is swept away by a tornado and lands in a bright and magical world unlike anything she’s ever seen before.
She befriends a scarecrow, tin man and lion on her journey to the Emerald City to find the all-powerful Wizard of Oz – all the while protected by a pair of ruby slippers.
Tickets to “Wizard of Oz: Judy Garland 100 Years Over the Rainbow” can be purchased on fathomevents.com.
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MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Leaders from a Michigan state university made a surprise announcement Thursday night at an eighth-grade graduation ceremony.
All the graduates of the Timberland Charter Academy will receive free tuition to Grand Valley State University as long as they graduate high school with at least a 2.8 GPA.
The announcement was made to approximately 40 students at the end of the graduation ceremony.
The academy is the first school selected for the program in West Michigan.
Students knew a major announcement would be made, but they didn’t know what it might be.
“I kind of had a feeling it was something about college,” said student Aniyah Thomas.
Her mother, Gloria Hammond, said the news came as a relief for parents.
“It’s exciting for our children to have an opportunity to go to college if they want to go and not have to pay for it and that barrier has been broken for them,” Hammond said.
Valedictorian Jemarion Brown, who won many awards at the ceremony, was not expecting such a big announcement. His mother, Candace Cook, said the opportunity will help so many young lives.
“This is a great school for him, and I’m extremely happy that they choose Timberland to do this. It’s a blessing,” Brown said.
Stephen Evans, the school director, said the announcement includes additional funding to help with other college expenses.
“The program offers free tuition, tutoring, also a variety of support programs. You name it. Everything that a student will need to be successful at the college level and the system that we’re going to put in at the high school level, at Timberland, to support them through high school,” Evans said.
GVSU leaders say it may take a little time for the impact of the announcement to set in for the students.
Barry Hall, the assistant director of charter through college at GVSU, was the keynote speaker and announced the surprise.
“Once they have sophomores and juniors and they have colleges talking to them, say how much it costs to go here, that whole process of getting in, they’re going to say, ‘Wow, I’ve already been accepted into a school already, and I know what this process is all about,’” Hall said.
The money for the tuition comes through the Grand Valley Pledge program.
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SHANGHAI, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 31, only 10 minutes after the official opening of JD618 Grand Promotion, one consumer who lives in Chaoyang District, Beijing, had received the milk powder and kid toys she bought from JDDJ. These products labeled with "Shop Now", are supported by Dada's "One-hour" delivery service that guarantees timely deliveries.
From May 31, 8pm to June 1, 8pm, the sales generated on JDDJ and JD's Shop Now service increased by 175% on a year-on-year basis. The sales of a number of categories increased by more than 2 times yoy, including cell phone, computer, clothing, drinks, mother and baby, home appliances, pets and personal cleaning.
JDDJ and JD's Shop Now service leveraged more than 150,000 offline stores, across over 1,700 cities and counties engaged, to provide consumers in China with products across all categories, deliverable within one hour.
On-demand retail has become a key driver for offline retailers and brands' omni-channel growth. On the first day, the online sales from brick and mortar retailers such as Decathlon, Zhongbai Supermarket, Jiarong Supermarket, Wangzhongwang Market, increased by more than 200% yoy. Rainbow Supermarket and Sofly participated the JD618 for the first time, also experienced significant growth.
Well-known brands also witnessed great growth on JDDJ and Shop Now. The first-day sales of brands like Unilever, Yili, Apple, Huawei, Honor, Dell, Xiaomi, Haier, Hisense, Estee Lauder, increased by more than 2 times year-on-year.
During this JD618 Grand Promotion, JDDJ upgrade the live broadcasting program and launched the "Thousands Stores LIVE Shopping Carnival." By collaborating with more than 22,000 brick-and-mortar stores, the number of viewers exceeds 1.5 million in one single show.
Besides products, consumers can also enjoy convenient services such as house-keeping, laundry and shoe washing on JDDJ and Shop Now. On the first day, the order volume of JD's self-operated house-keeping increased by 248% yoy, and laundry service increased by 233% yoy.
About Dada Group
Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China's largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The company's two platforms are inter-connected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, under the ticker symbol "DADA".
About cooperation between Dada Group and JD.com
In October 2021, Dada Group and JD.com jointly launched the Shop Now service, and "Nearby", a new tab on the homepage of JD.com's app, which were designed to connect customers to nearby offline stores. The new business was overall undertaken by Dada Group. Shop Now service enhances on-demand location-based retail capabilities of both Dada and JD to provide one-hour retail and delivery services for consumers and partners. By clicking into the new Nearby tab, JD's roughly 570 million users will have the opportunity to discover offline stores within a 3-5 kilometer radius of their shipping address with a wide array of product offerings.
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The Gold-Tier NFTs, now 'souped up' into FEATs, will drop at Mint.Big3.com
Additional benefits and utility have been added to maximize experiential value
LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced that the first-ever landmark Forever Experience Action Token (FEAT) providing the holder with benefits and exclusive access to the BIG3 for the duration of the league's life, will drop at 11 AM ET on Friday, June 10th, 2022 at Mint.Big3.com. This is the first time that FEATs will be available to the public via 375 Gold editions per team priced at $4,500 each. Following the sellout of those 375 editions, the league will drop 100-200 editions at a time for a total of 975 editions for each of the league's 12 teams. Once that inventory is exhausted, FEATS for these 12 teams will never be sold again by BIG3 regardless of how many years or decades the league thrives. Greater BIG3 success and longevity means more years of experiences and action provided by the FEAT NFT regardless of crypto volatility.
In addition to the benefits offered in the previously announced Gold-Tier, FEATs will also include several new and unique utilities including:
- Revealed sale – Buyers select which of 12 teams they purchase and which communities they want to join
- Limited supply – Only 375 Gold editions will be released, additional tokens will be available once sold out but once 975 have been sold per team, no more will ever be minted
- Content generation –BIG3 highlights, interviews, footage, images, IP, and other content will be serviced to FEAT holders license-free, enabling owners to create content of their own
- Brush Fire – Five Golds can be converted into a 'Brush Fire' FEAT and receive most benefits of the Fire-Tier
- Lottery – 25 Fire Tiers will be dispersed among the FEATs, 1 in 75 Golds will receive a Championship ring if their team wins, and each year, 1 in 100 Golds will get a personal one-hour zoom with founders and/or players
"The BIG3 is once again changing the game," said BIG3 Co-founder, Ice Cube. "We are moving beyond NFTs, we are offering experiences and utilities that will live on as long as the BIG3 does, which could be forever. FEATs are the next big thing in the crypto space and our league is blazing the path forward and providing our fans with unprecedented value. This is the first step in the future of our league and I can't wait to meet all of our FEAT owners this summer."
This announcement follows the sale of multiple $25,000 Fire-Tier NFTs to renowned Crypto leaders and communities, including DeGods, Bill Lee and MyDoge/DogeCoin, Snoop Dogg and Ken Howery, Gary Vaynerchuk of VeeFriends, Krause House DAO, Sunny Madra, Kevin Rose and MOONBIRDS, King of Midtown, along with a team led by Wave Financial and their Bored Ape. These purchases are part of the league's offering of decentralized team ownership via blockchain technology. Current Gold-Tier owners will be upgraded to the FEAT and receive the same benefits as the tokens dropping on June 10th. They will be able to select their teams before the public drop.
"FEATs are the new wave," said BIG3 Co-founder, Jeff Kwatinetz. "Access and utility are changing the NFT landscape and ushering in the next frontier of what value blockchain technology can deliver. This is the next stage of BIG3 leading sports into the future."
BIG3 is returning for its fifth season on June 18th for 11 weeks of FIREBALL3 action across 29 hours of live games on CBS and Paramount+. For more information about the FEAT, the upcoming public drop, and the league's fifth season, join the Discord here, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on twitter and instagram.
BIG3 (BIG3.com) is where FIREBALL3 superstars play. The premier global BIG3 league features many of the greatest, most popular, and skilled professional athletes of all time. Founded by producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast game experiences and incredible fan experiences.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After nearly five decades, detectives in Florida announced they've identified a teen girl whose skeletal remains were found tied to a tree in 1974.
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Detective Bill Springer said Susan Poole, who was born in 1957, may have been the victim of a serial killer.
Poole's remains were discovered in June of 1974 in the mangroves in an area known as "Burnt Bridges." According to Springer, Poole had vanished two years prior, just before Christmas of 1972.
"Nobody knew where she went," Springer said. "Her clothes, pocketbook were still at an apartment that she was staying at."
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Late in 2021, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent the unidentified remains to Othram, a Texas-based forensics DNA lab that builds DNA profiles using genealogy.
The lab identified the deceased as Poole and helped investigators locate her parents and siblings. The family had lived in a Broward County trailer park at the time of Poole's disappearance.
"The family was happy to know what happened. It's been a long time waiting to see what happened to their sister," Springer said.
Springer said Poole may have been the victim of serial killer Gerard Schaefer, a former Wilton Manors police officer and Martin County deputy who was convicted in 1973 of murdering two girls.
"Gerard Schaefer is the best suspect due to the location, the fact that she was in the mangroves, that she was tied up in the mangroves. He was active back then," Springer said.
Schaefer, who investigators said preyed on young girls who were hitchhiking, was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate in Florida State Prison in the mid-90s.
Springer on Thursday said Othram's genealogy technology is a "great investigative technique" and the sheriff's office wants to use it on other unsolved cases.
Susan’s mother is still alive and all we need is a lead. Who could have committed this heinous crime? Det. Springer is asking to speak to her friends:
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) June 2, 2022
- Julie Hunt
- Michelle Williamson
- Greg Anderson
These three could help us find the missing piece and give her family closure. pic.twitter.com/bBOauTYZwB
The sheriff's office is hoping to locate and speak with three of Poole's friends — Julie Hunt, Michelle Williamson and Greg Anderson — to learn more about what may have happened to her.
Anyone with information that can help investigators is asked to call the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
This story was first reported by Matt Papaycik at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida. | https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/skeletal-remains-found-in-1974-identified-as-missing-teen-possible-victim-of-serial-killer | 2022-06-03T17:19:23Z | https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/skeletal-remains-found-in-1974-identified-as-missing-teen-possible-victim-of-serial-killer | true | 15 |
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, June 7, to discuss research about intense summer thunderstorms over the central United States and their effects on Earth's atmosphere and climate change. A replay of the call will be posted on the agency's website as soon as possible.
Media are also invited to speak with NASA mission members, who are studying these thunderstorms, at the mission's base of operations at the Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Wednesday, June 8, from 8 a.m. – noon.
NASA and university scientists are studying thunderstorms for the second year in row as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) mission. Though the storms develop in the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere where we live, intense thunderstorms can punch up into the next layer of the atmosphere, the stratosphere, and inject tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols, as well as water vapor. Mission scientists want to better understand how aerosols from tall, powerful storms affect the chemical makeup of the stratosphere, which is home to Earth's protective ozone layer. In addition, the water vapor these storms inject is a potent greenhouse gas that can affect our changing climate.
Teleconference participants include:
- Kate Calvin, NASA chief scientist and senior climate advisor at NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Ken Bowman, DCOTSS principal investigator and professor of atmospheric science, Texas A&M University
Media interested in participating in the call should request the dial in-details at least two hours prior to the start of the call. Media interested in interviewing mission members in person in Salina, Kansas, must request access by 7 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 8. Interested media in either event should send their full name, media affiliation, email address, and phone number to Elena Johnson at elena.n.johnson@nasa.gov or Joe Atkinson at joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov. For NASA's media accreditation policy, please visit:
Based at Building 703 of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, located in Palmdale, California, the ER-2 aircraft will fly as high as 70,000 feet with 12 instruments attached to collect atmospheric chemistry samples that are carried above Earth's surface and into the ozone layer by these intense thunderstorms.
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Newswise — A new study led by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) investigators in New York City has found that their computer vision tool effectively distinguishes rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from osteoarthritis (OA) in joint tissue taken from patients who underwent total knee replacement (TKR). The results suggest the machine learning model will help improve research processes in the short term and optimize patient care in the future. The findings were presented today at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress 2022.
TKR is often the only management option for patients with severe knee joint damage. Identifying which disease caused the joint damage is essential for guiding treatment plans, given that RA is a systemic, inflammatory disease that may also affect the eyes or lining around the heart, while OA affects just the joints. “We know there are many more immune cells present in the synovium, or joint tissue, of patients with RA compared to those with OA,” said Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS, rheumatologist at HSS and lead author of the study. “But precisely how many more has not been clear.”
“Pathologists typically assess images of synovium to determine the extent of inflammation using a combination of approaches, including assigning the level of immune cell infiltration on a scale from 0 to 4,” said Dana Orange, MD, MS, rheumatologist at HSS, assistant professor at Rockefeller University and senior author of the study. “However, these methods are imperfect.” For example, a recent study by HSS investigators found that assessments from two highly experienced pathologists evaluating the infiltration of one type of immune cells known as lymphocytes on the same slides agreed only 67 percent of the time.1
Drs. Orange, Mehta and colleagues at HSS and collaborating institutions developed and validated a computer vision tool that rapidly counts tens of thousands of cell nuclei in whole-slide images of synovium.2 For their present study, they measured 14 different pathologist-scored features in synovium from 60 patients with RA and 147 patients with OA who underwent TKR, and used the computer vision tool to determine cell density.
The investigators identified significant differences between RA and OA features in synovium. The RA samples showed increased cell density; low numbers of mast cells, a type of white blood cell; and lower evidence of fibrosis or scarring compared to the OA samples. The probability of correctly distinguishing between RA and OA in synovium was 85 percent when using the 14 pathologist-scored features alone, 88 percent when using the computer’s score for cell density alone and 91 percent when the researchers combined the pathologists’ scores and the computer’s cell density calculation. The researchers determined a cutoff point for distinguishing RA from OA, determining that synovium containing more than 3,400 cells per mm2 should be classified as RA.
“While our innovation is not ready for clinical use yet, it holds promise for assisting pathologists in the future,” Dr. Orange said. “Right now, we see it as a valuable tool for research purposes because it provides an accurate and 100% reproducible score of inflammation and look forward to developing it further.”
Dr. Orange added that in the future computer vision could be trained to glean other types of information from tissue samples, including which types of cells are present and whether they are close enough together that they are likely to be communicating with each other. This more granular assessment might enable clinicians to know more precisely which cells are causing tissue damage and tailor treatments accordingly.
Authors: Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS, Susan M. Goodman, MD, Edward F. DiCarlo, MD, Deanna Jannat-Khah, J. Alex Gibbons, Miguel Otero, PhD, Laura Donlin, PhD (HSS), Tania Pannellini, MD, PhD (Weill Cornell Medicine), William Robinson, MD, PhD (Stanford University), Peter K. Sculco, MD, Mark P. Figgie, MD, Jose A. Rodriguez, MD (HSS), Jessica Kirschmann (Stanford University), James Thompson, David Slater, Damon Frezza (The MITRE Corporation), Zhenxing Xu, Fei Wang, PhD (Weill Cornell Medicine), Dana Orange, MD, MS (HSS and Rockefeller University).
References
- Orange DE, Agius P, DiCarlo EF, et al. Identification of Three Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Subtypes by Machine Learning Integration of Synovial Histologic Features and RNA Sequencing Data. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018;70(5):690-701. doi:10.1002/art.40428
- Guan S, Mehta B, Slater D, et al. Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Inflammation Quantification Using Computer Vision. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022;4(4):322-331. doi:10.1002/acr2.11381
About HSS
HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 12th consecutive year), No. 4 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2021-2022), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” list (2021-2022). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a second consecutive year (2022). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest complication and readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida. In addition to patient care, HSS leads the field in research, innovation and education. The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 laboratories and 300 staff members focused on leading the advancement of musculoskeletal health through prevention of degeneration, tissue repair and tissue regeneration. The HSS Innovation Institute works to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics and devices. The HSS Education Institute is a trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal knowledge and research for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, academic trainees, and consumers in more than 145 countries. The institution is collaborating with medical centers and other organizations to advance the quality and value of musculoskeletal care and to make world-class HSS care more widely accessible nationally and internationally. www.hss.edu. | https://www.newswise.com/articles/computer-vision-tool-improves-the-ability-to-distinguish-rheumatoid-arthritis-from-osteoarthritis-in-damaged-joint-tissue | 2022-06-03T17:25:37Z | https://www.newswise.com/articles/computer-vision-tool-improves-the-ability-to-distinguish-rheumatoid-arthritis-from-osteoarthritis-in-damaged-joint-tissue | true | 1 |
Well, well, well. There were rumors that Samsung would ditch the Classic model for the Galaxy Watch 5, and according to the beta version of the Samsung Health app, it appears to be true. The app shows listings for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro — but no Classic.
The gaffe was initially spotted by 9to5 Google, but The Verge was also able to independently confirm it. From the preview image, it appears the Pro will be closer in design to the Galaxy Watch 5. In essence, sleeker and sportier without the mechanical watch vibe. And crucially, it appears that Samsung could be axing the concept of a physical rotating bezel entirely. That, in my humble opinion, is a stupid idea. What’s worse is that the beta software appears to exacerbate the Galaxy Watch 4’s battery drain. (Though, to be fair, beta software is not the same as a public release, and these issues can potentially be fixed before the final version.)
Just because you don’t see a physical bezel, that doesn’t mean Samsung won’t keep the capacitive bezel it uses on the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Tizen-powered Galaxy Watch Active 2. It’s simply impossible to tell visually from pictures alone. In my testing, the capacitive bezel wasn’t as satisfying to use as the physical bezel. It’s also more finicky. But at least it would keep Samsung’s longtime signature smartwatch feature alive, especially since it’s a major feature that sets its watches apart from the herd.
This Pro rebranding signals that the Galaxy Watch lineup is about to undergo another significant change in the Wear OS 3 era. Rumors surrounding the Pro claim it’ll have a massive 572mAh battery that might help mitigate the Galaxy Watch 4’s poor battery life.
The “Pro” trend isn’t new either. Wearable makers love to offer a more expensive Pro model made from premium materials that features better battery life — even if that’s about the only difference. Huawei recently did this with its Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro. Polar did it with its Grit X series, and Garmin did it with the Fenix 6 series. Amazfit and Mobvoi have also done it with their smartwatches.
Also, Samsung is not afraid to confuse everyone with frequent rebranding. The Galaxy Watch was succeeded by the Galaxy Watch 3, which then turned into the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. The Galaxy Watch Active was succeeded a mere six months later by the Galaxy Watch Active 2. The design was then rebranded last year into the Galaxy Watch 4. There’s no cohesive logic to it, so this actually might clear things up a bit in the long run.
Plus, Samsung has traditionally made the “best” smartwatches for Android phones, and Google is now coming to eat its lunch with the forthcoming Pixel Watch. It needs whatever edge it can maintain, and improving battery life might just be enough to do that. Perhaps the physical rotating bezel was something reviewers loved more than consumers. Basically, it makes sense that Samsung is opting to go the Pro route — but we won’t know for sure until it releases the Galaxy Watch 5 models. That’s usually sometime in August. Until then, I’ll hold off on pouring one out for the Classic. | https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23153057/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-pro-smartwatch-wearable | 2022-06-03T17:29:43Z | https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23153057/samsung-galaxy-watch-5-pro-smartwatch-wearable | true | 2 |
One of the main reasons any nation is reticent in invading mainland America is that much of their population are armed. Take away the right to bear arms and an invasion of the Continental United States of America by a militant communist nation like China is a distinct possibility.
The Japanese only conducted an air assault on Pearl Harbor in 1941 because they knew that the American population were well armed and a land assault would be useless. Take away that factor, and the American mainland is ripe for the picking.
The Big Guy and his son Hunter Biden have been known in the past to collaborate with Chinese companies with CCP links. The many CCP affiliated bodies operating in the USA funded and aided Biden’s election win against the much hated American patriot Trump.
There is a distinct correlation between Biden’s initiative to ban certain types of weapons and his connections to the CCP where he receives much of his orders. When mentioning the CCP, this extends to many globalist industrialist conglomerates like Nike, who are under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party operating through Washington, as well as the majority of Silicon Valley.
It works both ways, either Mr and Mrs America give up their guns or there is a Civil War. Both scenarios are equally a win, win situation for China, whose main objective is the complete eradication of the entire American population. Useful idiots like Joe Biden and his socialist administration do not want a strong American public, just as much as China does not.
Socialism is a direct pathway to communism and is rooted deeply in Marxist ideology. The Democrat party is practically begging China to move militarily, and disarming America is one step in that direction.
Hegelian Dialectic
The totalitarian tiptoe moves slowly but surely, they ban bits little by little, and the people do not notice until all of their freedoms have gone.
To capitulate to tyranny by stripping the Second Amendment, ordinary American citizens whose ancestors fought for these freedoms will have been completely eviscerated by the Democrat Party Marxists.
Dear freedom loving Americans, remember this as a lesson from the compliant sheeple of the UK who have already had their rights to defend themselves taken away. Once it’s gone — it’s gone forever and will never come back. | https://www.dailysquib.co.uk/world/46049-assault-weapons-biden-disarming-americans-on-chinas-orders.html | 2022-06-03T17:31:14Z | https://www.dailysquib.co.uk/world/46049-assault-weapons-biden-disarming-americans-on-chinas-orders.html | false | 1 |
During its latest State of Play showcase, Sony announced that BlueTwelve Studio’s Stray is launching on July 19th. Additionally, the game is landing on the new PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers. Subscribers will gain access to the game at no additional cost.
Stray was first announced in June 2020 when the PlayStation 5 was first revealed. Stray is an action-adventure where players take on the role of a stray cat in a cyberpunk-esque world populated by robots. Players navigate the neon-painted environments in search of his family with the accompaniment of a friendly drone. Together, they must solve puzzles and traverse the landscape to evade enemies and reach their goal.
Following the State of Play, BlueTwelve Studio published a PlayStation Blog post, outlining that the project has been in development for seven years. Initially named HK Project, Stray is built by a team of 80 percent cat owners. The team appears to show a real passion for making a game that translates that perspective of being a cat into a video game.
As the revamped PlayStation Plus tiers begin rolling out this month, Stray is seemingly the first game to launch day and date on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. With Stray‘s inclusion so close to the launch of the new PlayStation Plus tiers, Sony is certainly setting some sort of precedent on the kinds of games that may drop day and date in the future.
For the uninitiated, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium provide additional perks on top of online multiplayer access and cloud storage. PlayStation Plus Extra provides access to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 titles. PlayStation Plus Premium folds in classic titles dating all the way back to the original PlayStation.
A subscription for PlayStation Plus Extra begins at $17.99 a month. Premium, on the other hand, is available for $21.99 a month.
Stray is launching on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Image credit: PlayStation
Source: PlayStation | https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/06/03/stray-launches-july-19-available-playstation-plus-extra-and-premium-subscribers/ | 2022-06-03T17:31:36Z | https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/06/03/stray-launches-july-19-available-playstation-plus-extra-and-premium-subscribers/ | false | 2 |
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Written By Brian Lockhart
The Dufferin Cricket Club will be starting their inaugural 2022 season with a special opening ceremony and game on Saturday, June 11.
The Shelburne based club already has many members and two teams ready to play.
“I want to go larger and encompass all of Dufferin,” said club founder and president Anand Jagdeo.
“We already have 30 members and two teams. This week we are having two practice sessions – one on Friday (June 3) afternoon from 5 to 9 p.m., and one on Sunday morning from 9 to 1 o’clock. We are launching on Saturday, June 11 at 9:00 a.m. This will be the official launch of the club. We’ll have a game afterwards.”
The Club is planning to have opening ceremonies on the Saturday, with several invited guests including local politicians and special members of the cricket world.
“The plan is to allow time for speeches and then from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. we’ll be having refreshments. We will have a short game from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.”
The event will take place at KTH Park in Shelburne.
The Town has already created a cricket pitch in the park by cutting the grass down to a minimum to create the hard surface needed when bowling the ball during a game.
“We want to spread the word that cricket is in Dufferin County,” Anand said. “Two of my colleagues have been in talks with the Mayor of Orangeville and he has committed to giving us a ground to play, but of course this has to go through council.”
The Club plans to have a weekly playing schedule through the summer. They will be playing every Saturday.
Along with Anand, club organizers include former professional cricket player David Weedon, leader of the Muslims of Dufferin County Iman Soliman, and leader of the Sikh Community in Dufferin, Nihang Gurman. | http://shelburnefreepress.ca/?p=30442 | 2022-06-03T17:32:22Z | http://shelburnefreepress.ca/?p=30442 | true | 1 |
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Water bottles and other humanitarian aid is stored inside a church in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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A disused radar system in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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A dry-fish factory in Taiwan's Penghu islands.
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A fruit vendor covers himself as it rains in Jammu, India.
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A delivery driver walks through a plaza in Beijing.
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein | https://theweek.com/culture/1014058/the-weeks-best-photojournalism | 2022-06-03T17:34:19Z | https://theweek.com/culture/1014058/the-weeks-best-photojournalism | true | 1 |
MYRTLE BEACH S.C. (WBTW)–Another hot and humid day on the docket. A clear start to the day, but isolated showers and thunderstorms begin popping up around 2 p.m. Isolated thunderstorm events continue throughout the area into the evening communte. Rain becomes much more widespread around 7 p.m. and will continue into the overnight hours. Gusty winds, heavy downpours, and small hail are anticipated. The severe potential is “marginal”, level 1/5.
High temperatures for today will not be record-breaking/tying like yesterday. Upper-80s for the beaches and lower 90s throughout the Pee Dee.
Tonight, showers clear out early Saturday morning. Overnight lows will be near 70 degrees for the coast and mid-60s inland.
Tomorrow, more clouds start the days and isolated thunderstorms fire up once again in the mid-afternoon. Only the southern part of our viewing area will see rain tomorrow. The border belt, Darlington, and Marlboro counties are mainly dry. Highs tomorrow are a little cooler, near 80 degrees for the Grand Strand, and mid-80s inland.
After a dry May, drought conditions are still in place. Throughout the weekend, some cities will get some much-needed rain. Over the next 48 hours, the European Model places most of the rain along the coast and up towards Lumberton. Approximately, 0.75″-1.25″ are forecasted. Rain totals decrease as you head inland. Drought conditions are the worst in Robeson County.
Isolated, light showers are in the forecast for Sunday as well. Those showers are likely associated with the offshore tropical system, soon to be named Tropical Storm Alex. The main impacts on the Carolinas, are larger offshore waves, lighter showers, and some rip currents.
Sunshine returns on Monday and so does the warming trend. High temperatures Monday will be 90 degrees inland and mid-80s for the coast. Temperatures increase a couple of degrees Tuesday. | https://www.wbtw.com/weather-news/weather-forecasts/scattered-thunderstorms-this-afternoon-2/ | 2022-06-03T17:34:52Z | https://www.wbtw.com/weather-news/weather-forecasts/scattered-thunderstorms-this-afternoon-2/ | false | 3 |
Outlander's sixth season was over far too quickly–but the good news is that season seven is already filming. And to celebrate World Outlander Day this week, the cast shared a special behind-the-scenes video from the set.
Released on Outlander's official social media channels, the video finds the show's cast reuniting on the show's Scotland set. "We're gonna have a mega-sized season for you to come back to," Caitríona Balfe says, referencing the fact that season 7 will be sixteen episodes long – the longest since season 1. "So get through this next Droughtlander!"
Sophie Skelton also reveals that this is her favorite season of the show yet, and Richard Rankin concurs. And in an interview with Us Weekly, Sam Heughan offered some more details on what's to come.
"We really start off with a bang," Heughan told the outlet. "The first couple episodes are really strong, and that’s as far as we’ve got shooting-wise. But I know there’s so much that we are still about to get to. Not only that – you’ve got a lot of new characters coming in... characters that I think are anticipated by fans."
Those anticipated new characters include Jamie's adult son, William Ransom, who will be played by actor Charles Vandervaart this season. William, the child who Jamie fathered with Geneva Dunsany is now all grown up–but having been raised by Lord John Grey (David Berry), he has no idea about his real parentage.
A release date hasn't been confirmed for season 7 yet, but Deadline reported that it could premiere later in 2022, or early 2023 at the latest. | https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a40180402/outlander-season-7-behind-the-scenes-video/ | 2022-06-03T17:38:39Z | https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a40180402/outlander-season-7-behind-the-scenes-video/ | false | 1 |
Jury reaches verdict in Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - It was a major victory Wednesday for actor Johnny Depp as a jury ruled in his favor in his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard.
It was a case that has drawn a lot of national attention. The jury came to that decision Wednesday afternoon after nearly 14 hours of deliberation.
The jury found Amber Heard liable in every one of his claims and ordered her to pay $15 million in damages.
In her countersuit against Depp, the jury found she was defamed by one of Depp’s lawyers and awarded Heard $2 million.
After the verdict was read, Johnny Depp thanked the jury for giving him his life back, and Heard expressed disappointment.
Fans celebrated outside the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia after a verdict was read in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation lawsuit.
“Do you find that Mr. Depp has proven by clear and convincing evidence that ms. heard acted with actual malice? Answer: yes,” the judge read.
Depp had sued his ex-wife for $50 million, claiming he lost work after Heard described herself as a domestic abuse survivor in a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post.
Heard countersued for $100 million.
A jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp, finding Heard liable on all three counts.
“Do you find that Mr. Depp has proven all the elements of defamation? Answer, yes,” the judge read.
The jury also ruled in favor of Heard on just one claim of her countersuit, saying that she was defamed by one of Depp’s lawyers who accused her of creating a detailed hoax.
“Do you find that Ms. Heard has proven all the elements of defamation? Answer, yes,” the judge read.
The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages.
The decision came after more than 100 hours of dramatic testimony.
“Nothing I did made him stop hitting me. Nothing,” Heard said.
“Never did I myself reach the point of striking Miss Heard in any way, nor have I ever struck any woman in my life,” Depp said.
Depp, who was not present to hear the verdict as he was in London, took to Instagram, saying the jury gave him his life back. His response read in part, quote:
“I am, and have been, overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and the colossal support and kindness from around the world. I hope that my quest to have my truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation.”
Heard posted her own statement, reading in part:
“I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband.”
Heard also called it a setback for women.
Depp’s lawyers responded to the verdict Wednesday afternoon.
“We are grateful, so grateful, to the jury for their careful deliberation, to the judge and the court staff who have devoted an enormous amount of time and resources towards this case,” attorney Camille Vasquez said.
“Now that the jury has reached its conclusive verdict, it’s time to turn the page and look to the future,” added attorney Ben Chew.
A spokesperson for Amber Heard has said the actress plans to file an appeal.
Copyright 2022. Western Mass News (WGGB/WSHM). All rights reserved. | https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/02/jury-reaches-verdict-johnny-depp-v-amber-heard-defamation-trial/ | 2022-06-03T17:39:08Z | https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/06/02/jury-reaches-verdict-johnny-depp-v-amber-heard-defamation-trial/ | false | 1 |
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