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Welcome to The Spin, the Guardian’s weekly (and free) cricket newsletter. Here’s an extract from this week’s edition. To receive the full version every Wednesday, just pop your email in below:
They have two summer sports in Yorkshire: playing cricket and arguing about it. It’s been this way since at least the 1950s, on into the Boycott years, right up to the present day and the ongoing row about the attempts to reform the club made by Lord Patel since he took over as chairman last November.
“I didn’t want anyone at Yorkshire to lose their jobs, I just wanted an acknowledgment that I had been treated dreadfully,” Azeem Rafiq wrote in this year’s Wisden Almanack in an article reflecting on the abuse scandal. “We are where we are now because Yorkshire wanted a fight.” And some of them still haven’t quit.
Patel saw off an attempt by one of his predecessors, Robin Smith, to derail the process at an extraordinary general meeting in March, but Smith has come back for more in the runup to the third Test at Headingley. Yorkshire have gone to great lengths to get this game back on after the England and Wales Cricket Board took it away from them.
“We accept that we’re under scrutiny and that the eyes of the world will be on us,” their chief operating officer, Andy Dawson, told the Yorkshire Post this week. And now in lunges Smith. He is one of four former Yorkshire chairmen who are calling for an inquiry into the ECB’s handling of the case, along with Steve Denison, Roger Hutton and Colin Graves.
Graves was, of course, chairman of the ECB until 2020. If he wants to launch an inquiry into institutional incompetence at the governing body, you might assume he is willing to be questioned about his own part in it during the five years he was in charge.
There are signs of discontent among the playing staff too. David Willey, the club’s Twenty20 captain, is off back to Northamptonshire. He offered a parting shot at the men who have taken over the running of the club, Ottis Gibson and Darren Gough. “The circumstances surrounding the club have made my work unsettling,” Willey said. “There are some great lads and fantastic players at Yorkshire and I hope complications at the club will not take priority and overshadow their talents. The cricket and the current players seem to be secondary at the moment to repairing the club’s reputation.”
Tom Kohler-Cadmore is going too. He kept quiet about the reasons why. But his father, Mick, was a dressing-room attendant, and had walked out in protest at the mass sacking of 16 members of staff. A lot of people were upset by the decision to get rid of the backroom staff as well as the men in senior positions.
Those dismissals gave a degree of legitimacy to the existing grievances some felt about the way the club was being treated in all this. There is talk of an exodus of players at the end of the season, quelled for now by the news that two of them, Harry Brook and Dom Leech, have just agreed new contracts.
Patel is equal to it. He once took part in an oral history project about British Asian cricketers. In it he talked about growing up poor in Bradford in the 1960s. His father worked on the buses so his family could live in a one-bed back-to-back terrace house, where they washed in the cellar and went to the toilet outside. There were seven of them, till one of the children died of rheumatism. Patel was seven before he went to school, where he was bullied mercilessly, and nine before he learned how to read and write. And he played cricket day and night, in the back streets when he was little, and then in parks and clubs and leagues, five days a week. The game became his “escape from the harsh realities of life”.
It is a very Yorkshire story, blunt and tough and proud. They say that the yorker takes its name from the old phrase “to put Yorkshire on someone”, which meant to outwit or deceive them. There is little chance of anyone doing it to Patel, who is as Yorkshire as they come.
He talks about how he worked his way up from sweeping floors in a restaurant to a job managing a hotel bar to a third selling life insurance and a fourth working in Ladbrokes to a fifth driving an ambulance and a sixth as a special constable, before he finally went to university so he could become a social worker and then an academic and a professor and, eventually, a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords.
Towards the end of the interview Patel reflects on some of the lessons learned in his life’s work. One of them is this: “Tinkering at the edges doesn’t work, if something’s not broken, don’t fix it, but if it is broken, don’t tinker with it, be radical, get it changed, alter it.”
Yorkshire were broken when he took over. And he isn’t tinkering trying to fix it.
Radical change hurts and there are a lot of wounded, angry people around Yorkshire cricket. But then the club have been trying, and failing, to get to grips with these problems for 40 years already, during the tenures of all four of those previous chairmen and more before them.
Patel knows all about the barriers for British-Asian cricketers, because he faced them himself. And he knows that English cricket isn’t so big that it can afford to go on alienating its British Asian population, who make up a third of its recreational playing base.
Given the strength of their resources, the depth of the untapped talent in cities such as Bradford, Yorkshire could, and should, be the model of a modern, multicultural English cricket club. Patel is the man who is finally trying to make it happen. He may have made mistakes in doing it, but what matters most is whether he can, not the hurt feelings of those who don’t want to be part of it with him.
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MADRID, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamelearn has launched its latest, interactive report, Contradictions of Corporate Training 2022, in which more than 1,500 employees and HR and L&D professionals were surveyed. Results reveal that, although 64% of organizations increased their investment in digital training in the past year, there's still a mismatch between their e-learning offerings and employees' expectations.
Employees from organizations in different sectors were asked what they thought about the online training they received, and their verdict was alarming—they rated the e-learning at their companies with an average NPS of -29. This is in-line with the typical ratings associated with e-learning, which is now exacerbated by digital burnout.
When asked what employees would like to find in their online courses, the answer was overwhelming—real-life simulations (66%) and gamification (40%). Curiously, HR and L&D professionals and consultants also believe they should include these ingredients in their courses.
The majority of employees and professionals, and even their companies' budgets, are ready to embrace new formats and methodologies in digital corporate training. So why isn't there more notable progress in that regard? Innovation can sometimes be identified with new and complicated processes, but nothing could be further from the truth in cases such as game-based learning.
The basic ingredients of game-based learning are simple but very effective. The idea is to combine quality content with an attractive story and engaging gamification elements, coupled with simulations that allow immediate feedback (learning by doing). This formula has allowed serious games, or training video games, to achieve an NPS of 45, a far cry from the -29 employees rated their traditional e-learning courses last year. These serious games have become a solid bet to renew digital corporate training programs.
With this methodology, HR and L&D teams have met and continue to meet their training objectives, in line with the expected impact on the business. While employees enjoy a format that engages them, being able to assimilate and retain what they learn while having fun.
If you want to learn more about the opinions of +1,500 employees and HR and L&D professionals on online corporate training, access the interactive report here.
About Gamelearn:
Gamelearn is the leading platform in video games for corporate training. The Spanish company has revolutionized the corporate training sector with its game-based learning methodology.
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With new entry system for visitors, opportunities abound outside of Yellowstone National Park
HELENA, Mont., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After temporary closures last week, Yellowstone National Park is welcoming visitors back today with the reopening of its south loop and three of its five entrances, including the West Entrance, South Entrance and East Entrance.
"The National Park Service has done an incredible job of getting the park back open for visitors," said Scott Osterman, Director for the Montana Department of Commerce. "Tourism is a vital part of our economy, and we invite visitors to continue with their trips to Yellowstone National Park and Montana and encourage them to enjoy all our state has to offer beyond the park."
Visitor access will be granted based on a just-launched alternating license plate system, which allows alternating entry on odd and even days of the month based on license plates. Specific details are available here.
West Yellowstone, Montana – which borders Yellowstone National Park and is home to the park's most popular West Entrance – is the closest access point to the park and is open for travelers, with a variety of things to do, see and experience, including the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center, Yellowstone Aerial Adventures and Museum of the Yellowstone.
Beyond West Yellowstone, there are endless options to experience Montana's wide-open spaces, touchable history, western offerings and American Indian culture. Cast a fishing line on blue-ribbon waters with an experienced guide in Ennis, walk through Montana history in Virginia City and Nevada City, take the backroads to Helena and explore the Gates of the Mountains.
Additional trip inspiration and itineraries can be found at VISITMT.COM; travelers can also call 800-847-4868 for specific information and ideas.
"While we know this is throwing a wrench in the plans of many travelers, it's an incredible opportunity to be flexible and explore other parts of Montana, all while supporting local businesses and towns," said Jan Stoddard, Bureau Chief of the Office of Tourism for Montana.
While there is no confirmed opening date for the park's North Entrance through Gardiner or the Northeast Entrance via Cooke City, both Gardiner and Red Lodge are open and accessible for travelers.
Earlier this month, unprecedented amounts of rainfall caused substantial flooding, rockslides, and mudslides within Yellowstone National Park and south-central Montana. Historic water levels caused severe damage to roads, water and wastewater systems, power lines, and other infrastructure. The latest information from Yellowstone National Park can be found here.
Travelers are encouraged to visit the following sites for up-to-date information:
- Road conditions: www.511mt.net
- Yellowstone National Park: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/
- To sign up for text alerts for Yellowstone National Park: Text "82190" to 888-7777 (an automatic text reply will confirm receipt and provide instructions).
Visit Montana markets Montana's spectacular unspoiled nature, vibrant and charming small towns, breathtaking experiences, relaxing hospitality and competitive business climate to promote the state as a place to visit and do business. For more information, please visit VISITMT.COM.
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In the last trading session, 1.82 million shares of the Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLAR) were traded, and its beta was 0.98. Most recently the company’s share price was $18.67, and it changed around $0.79 or 4.42% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $693.03M. CLAR currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $32.36, offering almost -73.33% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $17.43, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 6.64% since then. We note from Clarus Corporation’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.21 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 921.67K.
Clarus Corporation stock received a consensus recommendation rating of a Buy, based on a mean score of 1.60. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 9 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended CLAR as a Hold, whereas 8 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Clarus Corporation is expected to report earnings per share of $0.36 for the current quarter.
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Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLAR) trade information
Instantly CLAR has showed a green trend with a performance of 4.42% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 19.60 on Tuesday, 06/21/22 increased the stock’s daily price by 4.74%. The company’s shares are currently down -32.65% year-to-date, but still up 1.47% over the last five days. On the other hand, Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLAR) is -11.93% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 1.4 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 7.37 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $32.00, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 41.66% from its current value. Analyst projections state that CLAR is forecast to be at a low of $27.00 and a high of $40.00. In order for the stock price to hit the forecast high, the stock would need to plunge -114.25% from its current level, while the stock would need to crash -44.62% from its current level to reach the projected low.
Clarus Corporation (CLAR) estimates and forecasts
Clarus Corporation share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have fallen -30.15 percent over the past six months and at a 19.05% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 4.80%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2022 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 80.00% in revenue this quarter, and will report a decrease of -6.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 25.90%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 8 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $109.35 million in revenue for the current quarter. 8 analysts expect Clarus Corporation to make $122.72 million in revenue for the quarter ending Sep 2022. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 64.40%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 35.00%. Clarus Corporation earnings are expected to increase by 311.70% in 2022, but the outlook is positive 32.90% per year for the next five years.
CLAR Dividends
Clarus Corporation’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released around March 07 and March 11. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.54 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.10. It is important to note, however, that the 0.54% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLAR)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 18.59% of Clarus Corporation shares, and 77.78% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 95.53%. Clarus Corporation stock is held by 178 institutions, with Brown Advisory Inc. being the largest institutional investor. By Mar 30, 2022, it held 8.58% of the shares, which is about 3.2 million shares worth $72.8 million.
Greenhouse Funds, LLLP, with 7.00% or 2.61 million shares worth $72.26 million as of Dec 30, 2021, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Brown Advisory Fds–Brown Advisory Small Cap Growth Fd and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Feb 27, 2022. The former held 1.05 million shares worth $23.82 million, making up 2.81% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 0.78 million shares worth around $21.49 million, which represents about 2.08% of the total shares outstanding. | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/06/22/clarus-corporation-nasdaqclar-experts-see-the-stock-a-different-way-today/ | 2022-06-22T16:58:01Z | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/06/22/clarus-corporation-nasdaqclar-experts-see-the-stock-a-different-way-today/ | true | 706 |
Nexstar cares about the community!
To commemorate the 26th anniversary of our parent company, Nexstar, employees from FOX 2 and KPLR 11 celebrated with Founder’s Day of Caring on Friday, June 17th.
It’s an annual event all about giving back to our community and this year, we spent the day packing and distributing food for people in need at the St. Louis Area Food Bank and Compass Health Network.
If you are interested in volunteering or find yourself in need of food, go online to the St. Louis Area Food Bank here or Compass Health Network here.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas Gray, a veteran transactional tax and investment tax attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper's national Tax + Benefits Practice Group in New York as a partner. Gray joins the firm from Faegre Drinker.
"We are looking forward to welcoming Tom to the team," said Partner Joan Arnold, who leads the practice. "Our clients will benefit greatly from his experience in corporate and partnership transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, restructuring, spinoffs and equity and debt financings. His deep experience in investment funds is also a major plus for us."
As both an accountant and a lawyer, Gray understands tax issues from every perspective. When clients undertake transactions or investments, he navigates the complex tax laws and considerations at stake so they can focus on their business goals. He supports both domestic and offshore clients on cross-border tax matters.
"Tom's arrival is an outstanding addition to our tax practice and to our New York office," said New York Office Managing Partner Steven Khadavi. "He is well-situated to add significant value to our clients."
"I am excited to join Troutman Pepper's tax team, and to continue to grow my practice and build relationships with clients and my new colleagues at the firm. I am particularly excited about the firm's collaborative approach," Gray said. "Joan Arnold has built a terrific team, and I am thrilled to be its newest member," he concluded.
Gray earned his JD from Boston University School of Law and his bachelor's degree from University of Vermont. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Troutman Pepper's Tax + Benefits Practice Group provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of tax transactions, examinations, administrative appeals, and, if necessary, tax litigation, which allows clients to remain focused on running their businesses. In addition to advising clients on corporate, partnership, and state and local tax matters, the Chambers-ranked practice partners with the firm's compensation and benefits attorneys to provide income tax advice on workforce compensation issues experienced by companies undergoing change.
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm's litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients' most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A former education minister of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a federal police corruption investigation, further hurting the far-right leader's bid for reelection.
Milton Ribeiro left the post in March after Brazilian media reported leaked conversations of him with mayors who would allegedly be favored by the federal government in the distribution of the budget.
The leaked conversations reported by Brazilian media showed in March that Ribeiro had two Evangelical pastors as unofficial intermediaries approaching mayors who could help Bolsonaro’s campaign. The former minister is an evangelical pastor himself.
Both favored municipalities governed by their allies and demanded bribes, including a kilo of gold, the reports said.
Ribeiro is accused of influence peddling, corruption, prevarication, and administrative advocacy - meaning under Brazilian law he could have used his ministerial job to promote private interests.
The former minister denied any wrongdoing when the scandal broke.
Bolsonaro, who at the time said he would “put his face to the fire” for Ribeiro, changed his narrative after his former minister was jailed.
“If he is guilty, he will pay,” Bolsonaro said in a radio interview. “Let him answer for his actions. I pray to God that there is no problem. But if there is a problem, the federal police are investigating. It’s a sign that I don’t interfere with the federal police because it would be staining me, obviously.”
Brazil’s president is facing an uphill battle for his reelection. Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads all polls for October’s vote. He hopes to return to the job he had between 2003-2010.
In one of the recordings, Ribeiro told mayors that Bolsonaro had asked him to prioritize mayors appointed by the two clerics. Brazil’s president denied any connection with the case.
In a statement released on its website on Wednesday, Brazil’s federal police said that 13 search and seizure warrants had been issued and five people were under arrest in the case. Police did not say whether the the two pastors mentioned in the recordings have been jailed. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Former-education-minister-in-Brazil-is-jailed-in-17258202.php | 2022-06-22T17:01:09Z | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Former-education-minister-in-Brazil-is-jailed-in-17258202.php | false | 32 |
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dies at 26
(CBS) — Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at the age of 26, the team announced Wednesday morning. The cause of his death has not been released.
“He was a kind, respectful young man with a big smile and an infectious personality,” the team said. “We express our heartfelt condolences to Jaylon’s family and friends as we mourn a life lost much too soon.”
Baltimore Police said officers responded to the 400 block of Ilchester Avenue on Tuesday about 11:25 p.m. for a report of a questionable death, CBS Baltimore reported. Ferguson was identified as the person who died, police confirmed.
The league expressed condolences to Ferguson’s family and friends in a statement.
“We are heartbroken to hear of the tragic loss of Jaylon Ferguson,” the NFL said.
A native of St. Francisville, Louisiana, Ferguson was drafted in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft out of Louisiana Tech, where he had 187 tackles and an NCAA record 45 sacks during his four years as a Bulldog, earning him the nickname “Sack Daddy.”
In three seasons with the Ravens, Ferguson played 38 games, 10 of them starts, recording 67 combined tackles and 4 1/2 sacks.
Entering his fourth season with the team, Ferguson was a standout at the team’s recent minicamp after he showed up slimmed down and with an “obvious sense of urgency,” according to Todd Karpovich of the Sports Illustrated affiliate FanNation.
As he entered his third season in the league, in 2021, Ferguson said he was picking up new techniques from some of the team’s veteran defensive linemen, like Justin Houston, Pernell McPhee, Derek Wolfe, Tyus Bowser and Calais Campbell.
He was ready to “dominate” his opportunities on the field, he said.
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"My impression is we have been in an economic crisis for some time," the liberal Free Democrat told a banking event, adding that the ECB was independent.
"But on the other hand, it very, very, very much has a responsibility to take measures to get inflation under control," he said, giving no details on what action he would like to see.
The ECB has signalled future rate hikes to bring down inflation, which hit a record high 8.1% last month in the euro zone.
Amid fears of a repeat of the debt crisis that almost brought down the single currency a decade ago, the ECB has also decided to temper the rise in borrowing costs on the bloc's southern rim and devise an instrument to limit divergence.
Lindner said higher risk premiums were initially a market signal and not a reason for central bank intervention.
"First of all we should remind central banks of one thing - their primary mandate is to ensure monetary stability. You can talk about everything else but first, the primary mandate must be fulfilled."
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Bulgaria's government loses no-confidence vote; collapse could hit EU expansion, boost Russian influence in region.
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The ongoing travel crisis and rising fuel prices have been major headwinds for the Wizz Air share price so far this year, with a hike in fares also causing a fall last week. But analysts believe longer term, the European low-cost airline could still deliver gains for patient investors.
This summer’s travel crisis is creating mayhem for holidaymakers, with ongoing cancellations and delays. Wizz Air [WIZZ.L] has added to travellers’ woes, warning on 8 June of an imminent 10% hike in plane fares — causing the company’s share price to tumble by almost 10% the same day.
The rise in ticket prices will come into effect between July and September, said József Váradi, CEO of the low-cost Hungarian-owned airline. “For fiscal quarter two, we expect fares in the upper single digits ahead of the equivalent period F20,” he said in a statement for the company’s results for the 12 months to the end of March.
Low-cost airline struggles
Year to date, the Wizz Air share price has been on a sharp downwards trend, plunging by 55.2%. In the 12 months to 21 June, shares were down 57.6%. Its rival EasyJet [EZJ.L], by contrast, has seen a dip of 26.9% year to date.
The news comes amid the wider cost-of-living crisis, where everything from food to energy prices are soaring. “Air fares are going up and more people have less money in their pocket each month after paying the bills, so they might not be able to afford to travel,” AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould told Yahoo Finance earlier in June. He said this, along with air traffic control issues, explained why Wizz Air declined to offer guidance for its full-year 2022 results.
This is the third year the travel industry has suffered in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Like its UK airline rivals British Airways and EasyJet, Wizz Air has been forced to cut flights due to staff shortages, though it has been less negatively impacted than some.
Váradi stepped in to reassure investors: “We are deploying extra resources to minimise disruptions and urge all other stakeholders to do the same, having customers’ best interests always in mind.”
He said the company expects to see strong demand in summer 2022 but forecast an operating loss for the first quarter in 2023. The airline has recently invested in a fleet of 192 new jets.
Analysts remain bullish on Wizz Air shares
Wizz Air’s stock has had a rough ride so far in 2022, but the company also appears in a period of growth. The number of Wizz Air passengers more than doubled from 10.2 million to 27.1 million in the year to the end of March.
For the full-year ending March 2022, Wizz Air’s revenue jumped 125% year over year to €1.66bn. Its net loss rose from €576m to €642m, but its operating costs were reduced by €62.8m compared to the equivalent period in 2021. Its Q1 2022 results are due at the end of July.
While in the short term Wizz Air clearly has a few hurdles to navigate, along with the wider travel industry, in the medium term analysts are more bullish on its recovery than for some of its competitors.
On 15 June, Citi analyst Manikandan Chandran upgraded his rating on Wizz Air to ‘neutral’ from ‘sell’ and retained a price target at 2,300.0p. The bank said Wizz Air would likely be burdened by higher costs in FY23, but forecast profits would exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2023 thanks to a better pricing environment, among other factors. Citi said: “The structural backdrop for Wizz remains supportive in the medium to long-term.”
Analysts at Berenberg recently upgraded Wizz Air from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’, stating that the airline was “playing the long game”. Analysts at Peel Hunt also upgraded Wizz Air stock from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’, and gave a price target of 4,700p. In a note seen by Proactive Investors, they said that while the current trading environment was “extremely challenging” they did not expect it to remain so indefinitely beyond the next 12 months.
MarketBeat reports that 11 analysts offering 12-month target prices for Wizz Air's stock predict an average stock price of 3,584.62p, which represents a considerable upside of 68.8% from its most recent close on 21 June of 2,123 27p. However, the analysts have an overall ‘hold’ rating on the stock.
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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies scuffled with a man accused of disorderly conduct during a Kenosha County Board meeting, wrestled him to the floor and arrested him.
The county board was considering several agenda items Tuesday night, including a resolution to allow concealed carry permit holders to bring firearms into some Kenosha County buildings.
More than two dozen people who signed up to comment at the meeting were given five minutes each. The man said he planned to speak in opposition to the firearm resolution.
Sheriff's officials said the man became disorderly during his comments and was asked to step away from the podium by the board chairman.
He refused and two deputies approached him, grabbed his arms and struggled to bring him to the floor and arrest him, video showed.
At least one person in the meeting room shouted “let him speak” as the man was being handcuffed.
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PALMA, Spain (AP) — Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the Mallorca Championships on Wednesday because of an abdominal injury, saying he didn't want to aggravate the problem ahead of Wimbledon.
The 45th-ranked Australian made the announcement before his round-of-16 match against Roberto Bautista Agut.
“I have been playing a lot of great matches lately and unfortunately I woke up with a pain in my abs. I went to see the tournament doctor right away and he advised that I don’t play tonight," Kyrgios said. "I really value the Mallorca Championships but I will follow his advice as I don’t want to risk Wimbledon next week.”
Kyrgios needed more than two hours to defeat Laslo Djere 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (1) in the previous round of the grass-court tournament that serves as preparation for Wimbledon.
The Australian was one of the biggest attractions in Mallorca, along with top-ranked Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 40th-ranked Ilya Ivashka on Wednesday without facing a break point.
“I felt like after my first serve, I was really able to get behind the ball and pick the right spots," Tsitsipas said. "It was I guess very difficult for the opponent to be able to adjust to this. I was doing it very well. I was very dedicated to that. It was really good for me from start to finish.”
The sixth-ranked Tsitsipas will next face American Marcos Giron, who defeated countryman Mackenzie McDonald 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Medvedev will debut against Aslan Karatsev later Wednesday.
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EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — As “What A Feeling” boomed around Devonshire Park, Serena Williams strode onto center court at Eastbourne to a standing ovation for her first competitive tennis match in nearly a year.
Around 90 minutes later, fans were on their feet again, celebrating a comeback win for the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion at the Wimbledon warmup event on England’s south coast.
Williams partnered Ons Jabeur to victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova in the first round of the women’s doubles on Tuesday. Williams and Jabeur recovered from losing the first set 6-2 to win the second 6-3 and then the match tiebreaker 13-11 on their third match point.
“I caught some fire behind me,” the 40-year-old Williams said. “I needed that. It was good.”
The win means Williams will have at least one more competitive match before playing singles at Wimbledon as a wild-card entry. Main-draw play at the All England Club starts Monday.
It was at the grass-court Slam where Williams was last seen in competitive action in 2021. She was playing in the first round when she lost her footing and her right leg buckled, leading to Williams retiring from the match.
With no competitive activity since then, she is ranked No. 1,204 in singles and wasn’t among the seeded players announced by Wimbledon on Tuesday. Few will want to face her when the draw is made Friday.
“I love tennis and I love playing otherwise I wouldn’t be here but I also love what I do off the court,” Williams said.
Williams — sporting three black patches on her right cheek — made a slow start to the match alongside Jabeur that marked her third appearance at Eastbourne, having previously played in the singles event in 1998 and 2011.
She served first — her opening serve was timed at 90 mph (145 kph) and earned the first point after Sorribes Tormo’s reply sailed long — and held to 30.
Williams struggled at times in the first set, and was exasperated after she was unable to get low enough to a shot by Sorribes Tormo. It took 25 minutes before Williams hit a winner as her smash flew into the North Stand, ensuring one spectator was able to leave with a souvenir.
Williams’ agility improved noticeably in the second set, though there were audible gasps from the crowd when she slipped rushing into the net.
She set up a set point with a backhand winner from the baseline and took the match to a tiebreaker with a 102 mph ace.
Williams showed desire to dive to her right to make a volley which could not be returned that set up one of the three match points. The win was clinched when Sorribes Tormo miscued a volley.
“It was so fun to play with Ons,” Williams said in an interview on the court. “It was great. We had a lot of fun and our opponents played amazing. We were happy to stay in there.”
In the singles, there was a big shock when top-seeded Paula Badosa lost 6-4, 6-3 to Jodie Burrage, a British wild card. Third-seeded Maria Sakkari was also eliminated, beaten by Anhelina Kalinina 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova, last year’s Wimbledon finalist, was defeated by Katie Boulter of Britain, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
There were wins in the second round for defending champion Jelena Ostapenko and Beatriz Haddad Maia, who has won back-to-back grass-court events in Nottingham and Birmingham over the last two weeks.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A recount in Texas affirmed Democrat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar as the winner Tuesday of his primary race against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros, who had trailed by fewer than 200 votes following a runoff in May.
Cuellar, a nine-term congressman, defeated Cisneros by 289 votes, according to results of the recount announced by by the Texas Democratic Party.
The Associated Press had not previously declared a winner in the race because it had been too close to call.
It is the second time that Cisneros, a 29-year-old immigration attorney who once interned for Cuellar, has lost a challenge to her former boss, whose moderate record along Texas’ heavily Hispanic southern border has aligned him at times with Republicans on issues including abortion and guns.
This time Cisneros got even closer than in 2020, when she lost by 4 percentage points behind national support from the party’s progressive leaders, including Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. They endorsed her again in the rematch along with abortion-rights groups that swooped into the race as the U.S. Supreme Court signaled it might overturn Roe v. Wade.
Cuellar is one of the last anti-abortion Democrats in Congress and has also bucked party for years over his support of gun rights and tougher stance on immigration. But he still kept the support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership.
Cuellar will face Republican Cassy Garcia in November in a district that remains favorable to Democrats, But the GOP has growing confidence in South Texas, a longtime Democratic stronghold, after Republican Mayra Flores flipped an open congressional seat in a special election Tuesday. | https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/democrat-rep-henry-cuellar-declared-winner-in-texas-recount/ | 2022-06-22T17:13:28Z | https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/democrat-rep-henry-cuellar-declared-winner-in-texas-recount/ | true | 31 |
First Affirmative Financial Network increased its stake in shares of Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL – Get Rating) by 25.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,945 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,832 shares during the quarter. First Affirmative Financial Network’s holdings in Unilever were worth $408,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in UL. Citizens National Bank Trust Department purchased a new position in Unilever during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Cornerstone Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Unilever during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Disciplined Investments LLC lifted its position in Unilever by 309.6% during the fourth quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC now owns 512 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota purchased a new position in Unilever during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Life Planning Partners Inc purchased a new position in Unilever during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.81% of the company’s stock.
Shares of UL stock traded down $0.09 on Wednesday, hitting $44.28. The stock had a trading volume of 53,076 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,439,991. Unilever PLC has a 1 year low of $42.54 and a 1 year high of $60.36. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $45.09 and its 200-day moving average price is $48.25.
A number of equities analysts recently commented on UL shares. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Unilever from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 14th. StockNews.com downgraded Unilever from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 17th. Societe Generale downgraded Unilever from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, May 16th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Unilever in a research report on Friday, February 25th. They issued a “neutral” rating on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $57.01.
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As healthcare grows increasingly complex, delivery structures continue to evolve. A popular arrangement is the "Friendly PC" model, where large medical groups are backed by private equity or health system investment and administrative support. But courts and lawmakers have become concerned that certain Friendly PC arrangements encroach on physician autonomy and violate the century-old prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine ("CPOM"). A recent lawsuit—American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group, Inc. v. Envision Healthcare Corporation, et al., N.D. Cal., No. 22-cv-00421 (the "AAEMPG" case)—offers a good reminder that lay entities should be careful in setting up Friendly PC arrangements, lest they risk jeopardizing their businesses.
The Debate Over the Corporate Practice of Medicine
The CPOM bar is a broad and inconsistent patchwork of state laws designed to insulate physicians from the profit motive of corporations. The idea animating CPOM laws is that a physician's medical judgment should be unencumbered by commercial influence. This approach echoes a time-honored view of medicine where the one-to-one relationship between physician and patient is paramount.
But modern commentators have criticized CPOM laws as "archaic," "obsolete," and "antiquated." These critics argue that the century-old CPOM bar is out of step with our modern healthcare economy. What's worse, they argue, is that the CPOM doctrine isn't just a dusty relic from a bygone era—it's an anchor weighing down American healthcare and stifling innovation.
Regardless of the pros and cons of the doctrine, CPOM laws remain on the books in a majority of states. And California's CPOM laws are some of the most robust in the country, restricting the practice of medicine to licensed individuals and prohibiting lay entities (companies not owned and run by physicians) from directly or indirectly controlling medical practices or otherwise interfering with medical decision making.
The Friendly PC Model: CPOM Solution?
In order to access capital and shift administrative burdens away from doctors, a lot of medical groups have adopted the Friendly PC model. Under this arrangement, a professional corporation employs doctors to treat patients and concurrently contracts with a lay entity that provides management services to the practice. The professional corporation is either owned by a group of shareholder physicians who have adopted this model, or, as appears increasingly with this model, is owned by a single shareholder physician who has been selected by the private equity firm or health system. This model has been championed by private equity firms looking to invest and innovate in the physician practice sector of the patient care market.
While much has been written about the Friendly PC model and its popularity has exploded in the last decade, California law has been slow to catch up. No statute or regulation prohibits the Friendly PC model, and precedential case law is scant. That said, there have been rumblings from the California legislature about curtailing Friendly PC arrangements, echoing a worry that the CPOM bar is more honored in the breach than the observance.
The AAEMPG Case: Testing the Friendly PC Model in Court
Against this backdrop came the recent decision in AAEMPG, the latest case to pressure test California's CPOM bar. According to the complaint, AAEMPG and Envision are competitors. Both provide management services for professional medical groups. But AAEMPG lost its contract with a group of emergency physicians when a hospital awarded the contract to an Envision-affiliated medical group.
AAEMPG sued Envision, and the core of plaintiff's claim is Envision's version of the "Friendly PC" model. AAEMPG argued that defendant's Friendly PC arrangement violates California's CPOM bar because the ultimate control of physicians lies in lay corporations and unlicensed executives.
Envision moved to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that enforcement of CPOM laws is the exclusive purview of the Medical Board of California and that Courts should abstain from dipping their toes into unchartered regulatory waters. The thrust of their argument was that applying California's CPOM laws to a complicated business structure requires a delicate balancing of competing public policy concerns in a multi-billion dollar industry with many stakeholders—a task more appropriate for administrative agencies than courts.
But last month the Court denied the motion to dismiss. In cataloging the long history of CPOM laws in California, the Court rejected the notion that the Medical Board has sole jurisdiction to enforce the CPOM bar, even questioning whether the Medical Board could investigate and pursue a case like this one. And when reviewing the substance of AAEMPG's allegations, the Court concluded that, if proven, they demonstrate "classic CPOM violations."
It remains to be seen whether plaintiff will ultimately prevail, but the AAEMPG litigation is a good reminder that California's CPOM doctrine is alive and well.
So What Should Stakeholders Do?
Although Friendly PC arrangements are under increased scrutiny, even the most ardent advocates of CPOM laws concede that an appropriately designed integration of medical groups and lay entities can comply with the CPOM doctrine. But in practice, predicting what arrangements will trigger regulatory or judicial review can be more art than science, causing understandable consternation for parties looking to harness the efficiencies of large medical groups without stepping on CPOM landmines.
Medical groups, health systems, and investors would be well served to revisit their Friendly PC arrangements to mitigate regulatory and litigation risk. Particular attention should be paid to:
- the makeup of executive and director positions at the medical group,
- the division of clinical and non-clinical responsibilities,
- the responsibility for supervision, hiring, firing, and disciplining licensed professionals of the medical group,
- the allocation of practice revenue,
- the scope of any restrictive covenants or stock transfer agreements,
- the design and functioning of the corporate compliance program, and
- the process for unwinding the arrangement should a new law restrict the use of the Friendly PC model.
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Brad Pitt has spoken about finding a “private and selective” Alcoholics Annonymous meeting to avoid what he feared would be “atrocious” exploitation by the media.
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star got sober in 2016, following a widely publicised split from his then-wife, Angelina Jolie.
He attended AA meetings for a year and a half, and touched on the experience in a new interview.
Speaking to GQ for its July/August issue, Pitt recalled: “I had a really cool men’s group here that was really private and selective, so it was safe.
“Because I’d seen things of other people, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, who had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and that’s just atrocious to me.”
Hoffman died of a drug overdose in 2014, shortly after relapsing.
Pitt has previously credited the actor Bradley Cooper with helping him achieve sobriety.
Accepting the trophy for Best Supporting Actor from Cooper at the National Board of Review Awards in 2020, Pitt said: “I got sober because of this guy, and every day has been happier ever since. I love you and I thank you.”
Elsewhere in the GQ interview, Pitt also spoke about his legacy, suggesting that he is in the “last leg” of his acting career.
“I consider myself on my last leg, this last semester or trimester,” he said. “What is this section gonna be? And how do I wanna design that?”
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Vladimir Putin said that Russia is looking at "alternative international transfer mechanisms" with BRICS nations in order to reduce their dependence on Dollar and Euro.
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted the United States and other western countries to impose hard sanctions of Russia and the European Union (EU) has also been trying to decrease oil and gas imports from the country. However, India and China have been importing oil supplies from Russia even now and President Vladimir Putin said at the BRICS Business Summit that trade with both nations has strengthened lately. According to AFP, Putin said that Russia’s trade with Brazil, India, China and South Africa rose 38% in the first three months of the year to $45 billion.
“Russian oil supplies to China and India are growing noticeably," Putin said in a video address.
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"Russian oil deliveries to China and India are increasing. Agricultural cooperation is developing dynamically, as is the export of Russian fertiliser to BRICS countries”, he added according to AFP.
Putin also called upon the BRICS nations to strengthen their ties amid the global economic crisis.
"Businessmen of our countries are forced to develop their business under difficult conditions where Western partners neglect the basic principles of market economy, free trade, as well as the inviolability of private property," Putin said at the BRICS Business Summit on Wednesday.
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The sanctions enforced by the US and EU have affected the Russian economy to a certain extent and Putin were quick to criticise "the permanent implementation of new politically motivated sanctions" by the US and other western countries that contradict "common sense and basic economic logic".
Putin concluded his speech by saying that Russia is looking at "alternative international transfer mechanisms" with BRICS nations in order to reduce their dependence on Dollar and Euro.
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Rafa Nadal to take new view on retiring before birth of first baby claims Spaniard's coach
RAFAEL NADAL and his wife are expecting their first child.
Rafael Nadal’s coach has claimed that the Spaniard may find extra motivation after becoming a father, rather than opting to retire. During a press conference to announce his participation at Wimbledon last week, the world No 4 also confirmed reports from Spanish outlets that his wife was pregnant.
Nadal will become a father for the first time after confirming that he and his wife Maria Francisca Perello were expecting their first child. "If all goes well, I'm going to be a father,” he confirmed in a press conference at the Mallorca Country Club last week.
The news had also caused some retirement speculation as some fans feared the 36-year-old would be more inclined to hang his racket up following a new arrival, but the 22-time Major champion’s coach has now claimed that, if anything, the birth of his first child would likely make Nadal go the other way.
Former world No 1 and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya admitted that things were different on tour nowadays, with the likes of Nadal’s rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic sometimes travelling with their children. “In my time hardly anyone travelled with their children, it is also true that people retired at 30-32 years old to start a family,” he told Eurosport.
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“Now everything has been delayed a lot, that's why many travel with their children.” And Moya thought that family man Nadal would take motivation from his new role as a father, despite the struggle of missing his family when away on tour.
He continued: “I don't think this topic will be the one that takes him away, on the contrary, it will be an extra motivation, he is very familiar, he loves children, although I am sure that at first he will miss [the baby] a lot when he has to go on a trip.”
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Nadal himself confessed that he did not think his first child would make a change to his career during his press conference last week. After admitting he wasn’t “used to talking about [his] personal life”, he added: “I don't anticipate this meaning a change to my professional life.”
For now, the world No 4 will be bidding to win his third Grand Slam title of the year and a record-extending 23rd overall at Wimbledon, as he will make an appearance at the All England Club for the first time since 2019 after starting the season by winning the Australian Open and French Open. | https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1629648/Rafael-Nadal-Carlos-Moya-Maria-Francisca-Perello-retirement-baby-pregnant-tennis-news | 2022-06-22T17:19:09Z | https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1629648/Rafael-Nadal-Carlos-Moya-Maria-Francisca-Perello-retirement-baby-pregnant-tennis-news | true | 1 |
A Kent LGBT pride event says it is ditching traditional vehicle floats to ensure the event is as climate-friendly as possible.
Margate Pride is being held for the seventh year on August 13 and its parade through the seaside town will return after two years of more low-key celebrations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This year, the Margate Pride parade will begin from the Oval Bandstand and Lawns in Cliftonville and march to the town’s main sands – but there will be no vehicles included in the parade.
Amy Redmond, one of the organisers behind Margate Pride, explained: “As part of our environmental commitment, we are organising a no-float parade. This does not apply to those with mobility issues of course.
“Vehicles are not needed to show our commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and share the love.
“We also want to connect more to Pride’s roots as a protest march. While there are still inequalities in the world for LGBTQIA+ people, this is an opportunity to show solidarity.
“From small beginnings, Margate Pride is blossoming into a nationally known, must-attend, fabulous, queer, grassroots pride, building an international reputation as the welcoming, alternative pride to be at.
“Now in its seventh year, Margate Pride has doubled in size each year, presenting an authentic, arts and culture-based festival for the whole community to get involved in.
“(This year’s) pride will see a two-week-long, queer, arts festival, culminating in the joyful pride procession where everyone is welcome to celebrate all of Thanet’s queerness and LGBTQIA+ life.
“Set in the camp seaside town of Margate, the festival is known as an authentic, grassroots celebration, drawing together diverse elements of the community, with everyone from the local RNLI and other emergency services to local artists, community groups and activists joining together to support the cause.
“Free to attend and open to all, Margate Pride is the festival with heart.”
Margate Pride also expects participants including any businesses or groups holding stalls “to align with its environmental and sustainability policy to reduce, reuse, and recycle”.
That includes measures such as only using biodegradable glitter, no smoke, paint or glitter bombs, no stickers or single use handouts, no releasing of balloons, and the use of compostable crockery and cutlery.
While the Margate Pride event culminates with the parade, events at Margate’s gay bar Sundowners and a performance from pop group Sugababes at the Dreamland amusement park, there will be a two-week programme of events held from August 5 to 20.
The programme includes an LGBT exhibit at Turner Contemporary art gallery, a photographic exhibition shown in multiple High Street shop windows, a night of queer cinema at the town’s Tom Thumb Theatre, a quiz at Cliftonville Community Hall with a round judged by BBC2 ceramics designer Keith Brymer Jones.
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TikTok is the place where the wackiest trends and some of the tastiest recipes begin.
The supplement brand Nutrimuscle has compiled a list of the most popular dishes to take the video app by storm from Feta pasta to Salmon bowls.
Not only has the French supplement company researched the viral meals to find out which ones we can't get enough of, but it's also investigated how good these dishes really are for us too.
The brand has enlisted its in-house dietician to watch the videos and score each one out of 10 on nutritional value, ranking them from healthiest to unhealthiest.
“The rise of food trends on social media such as ‘FoodTok’ has encouraged younger generations to get in the kitchen and learn to cook meals from scratch which is vastly healthier than relying on ready meals and fast food," says Alex Parren, certified nutritionist, and personal trainer.
Alex added: “It’s an easy and convenient way to find new recipes and for a lot of young people, the visual aid of seeing how a dish is made and how it should look increases their chance of long-term success. Not only this, but the most viral food trends are also ones which use simple, accessible ingredients, which can be vital in the cost-of-living crisis we’re currently experiencing.”
@sevda.ela #fetapasta #nomusic #novoiceover #simple ♬ original sound - Sev
Most popular TikTok recipes for 2022
- Feta Pasta – 1,100,000,000 Views
- Pasta Chips – 1,100,000,000 Views
- Avocado Toast – 839,000,000 Views
- Mug Cake – 710,900,000 Views
- Overnight Oats – 705,800,000 Views
- Pesto Eggs – 265,600,000 Views
- Salmon Bowl – 184,300,000 Views
- Egg Boil – 129,800,000 Views
- Pizza Toast – 125,900,000 Views
- TikTok Ramen – 91,600,000 Views
These mouthwatering recipes might have taken over the internet but that doesn't necessarily mean that they are great for you!
You can check out the top 50 most popular dishes from the app via the Nutrimuscle website.
From this list, Nutrimuscle has gone one step further and with the help of certified nutritionist Alex Parren, has ranked the meals based on how healthy they are.
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Most popular TikTok recipes of 2022 ranked by how healthy they are
1. Nature’s Cereal
Score: 10/10
Views on TikTok: 68,400,000
High in fibre and Vitamin C, the healthy cereal recipe includes blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates and coconut water.
While pop star Lizzo made her own Nature's Cereal with berries, ice cubes and coconut water, the original recipe came from TikToker Sherwayne Mears (@natures_food)
2. Overnight oats
Score: 9/10
Views: 705,800,000
In second place, overnight oats were the fifth most popular food hashtag and it's not hard to see why.
There's plenty of room to make the oats your own and still enjoy a healthy meal that is packed full of flavour and fibre.
Perfect for a pre-workout meal, they are associated with reducing cholesterol, insulin response as well as increasing the number of ‘good’ bacteria in your gut, according to Nutrimuscle.
@amywilichowski #eggs #pestoeggs #homecook ♬ cooking video - cooking
3. Pesto eggs
Score: 9/10
Views: 265,600,000
After this mouthwatering pesto eggs recipe went viral, pesto sales at a UK supermarket increased by 108%.
A natural breakfast dish, the eggs also make an ideal post-workout snack with a great source of protein as well as several vitamins and minerals.
Nutrimuscle also recommends the dish for those on a Keto or low carb diet.
4. Ricotta Toast
Score: 9/10
Views: 34,400,000
You've heard of Avocado toast but have you swapped it out for Ricotta yet?
Ricotta is a rich protein source and makes the perfect serve on a slice of sourdough, topped with fresh greens, a balsamic glaze and roasted tomatoes.
@daily_dose_of_vegetarian Viral TikTok Carrot Salad🥕🎉#carrotsalad #salad #trendingtiktok #viraltiktok #oddlysatisfying #recipevideos #reels ♬ original sound - dailydoseofvegetarian
5. Carrot Salad
Score: 9/10
Views: 6,400,000
Carrot salad couldn't be easier to make since all you need is a vegetable peeler and a handful of ingredients.
Nutrimuscle says that the fresh and vibrant dish is chock full of potassium, antioxidants, vitamin A and Beta carotene.
6. Chocolate Baked Oats
Score: 9/10
Views: 6,100,000
If you are looking for a hearty and healthy dish that you can prepare ahead of time, chocolate-baked oats are the way to go.
All you need to do is blend porridge oats, eggs, milk (dairy or non, your choice) and bicarbonate soda together along with chosen flavourings and protein powder then cook in a baking tin for seven to ten minutes.
7. Taco Wrap
Score: 9/10
Views: 4,600,000
In theory, taco wraps are simple and even healthy to make (depending on the toppings you pick!).
You simply need to cut a slit into the middle of the tortilla and fill each quarter with your favourite ingredients before folding each quarter triangle onto itself.
Once you have layered the wrap, toast it and Nutrimuscle says that it makes the perfect post-gym session meal.
@eatandoutoflasvegas #mexican #tacowrap #tacohack #foodie #yummy #fyp #eatandoutlv ♬ im doing mexican sht part 2 - Jay
8. Feta Pasta
Score: 8/10
Views: 1,100,000,000
All you need to put together TikTok's most popular meal is cherry tomatoes, olive oil, chili pepper, an entire block of feta cheese, fresh basil, garlic, salt, pepper and a pasta of your choice.
The most nutritional part of the dish is the tomatoes that bring vitamins C and K, potassium, and the antioxidant lycopene which is linked to reduced risk of heart diseases and cancer, according to Nutrimuscle.
9. Pasta Chips
Score: 8/10
Views: 1,100,000,000
The second most popular dish next to Feta Pasta, Pasta Chips are one of the newest tasty trends to cause a frenzy on the app.
The dish involves cooked pasta that’s tossed with olive oil, parmesan cheese and spices and then air fried until crispy.
Ranked in ninth place based on health, Nutrimuscle recommends it as a pre-workout snack.
@cookingwithbello Have you tried PASTA CHIPS yet? 😍❤️🇮🇹 #PastaChips #pasta #italian #tiktokfood #crunch ♬ original sound - 🇮🇹Bello🇮🇹
10. Salmon Bowl
Score: 8/10
Views: 184,300,000
Make use of your leftover rice and salmon in this viral recipe, served with Japanese mayo, soy sauce, diced avocado, and roasted seaweed sheets.
The meal has a lot of nutritional value from a macronutrient blend of high-quality protein (salmon) and healthy fat (avocado) to the nutrient-dense carbohydrates found in rice.
You can see the rest of the recipes via the Nutrimuscle website or find out how you can take some inspiration by shopping its Nutrition range.
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While the pandemic and “Great Resignation” have highlighted people leaving jobs that were no longer a good fit, it has also given rise to more freelancers as people sought flexibility and autonomy. With the added stress of rising inflation and a possible looming recession, people may be looking for a new career or side hustle.
Fiverr’s latest Freelance Economic Impact Report sheds light on where these professionals are thriving and what opportunities this type of work can provide.
Go to Fiverr.com for more information. | https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/television/first-coast-living/fiverrs-freelancers-work-satisfaction-fcl-june-22-2022/77-aa11c77f-d807-45ee-a513-fb1167aadcd4 | 2022-06-22T17:27:31Z | https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/television/first-coast-living/fiverrs-freelancers-work-satisfaction-fcl-june-22-2022/77-aa11c77f-d807-45ee-a513-fb1167aadcd4 | true | null |
Kennewick police respond to Walmart fire, searching for alleged male arson suspect
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Kennewick police are searching for a man they believe is somehow involved with a small fire that started in the towel section of Walmart late Friday night.
Officers said they were called to assist the Kennewick Fire Department at 10:42 p.m. at the Walmart located at 2720 S Quillan St.
When they arrived on scene, witnesses told police they saw a man leave the area and enter a small sedan. Detectives were able to detain the man at a nearby business but he was released once they reviewed surveillance footage, a news release said.
Now police are searching for this man who they believe is a suspect in this case. He is also associated with this pictured minivan, officials said.
“If you have any information that would assist in identifying the suspect, please contact none emergency dispatch in reference to this case at (509)628-0333. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2640948118166/kennewick-police-respond-to-walmart-fire-searching-for-alleged-male-arson-suspect | 2022-06-22T17:32:19Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2640948118166/kennewick-police-respond-to-walmart-fire-searching-for-alleged-male-arson-suspect | true | null |
Modine's executive leadership team unveiled strategies to accelerate revenue growth and drive significant margin improvement
RACINE, Wis., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today hosted an Investor and Analyst Day at The New York Stock Exchange in New York, NY. Members of the executive management team presented the Company's strategy to transform the Company and drive increased shareholder value. Guided by the Company's commitment to 80/20, management detailed multi-phased plans to improve margins and cash flows while also accelerating revenue growth.
The highlights of the event included:
- The Company presented average annual revenue growth targets of 6 to 8 percent in the next two years, and 8 to 10 percent in the following three years, including a renewed focus on acquisitions.
- The Company presented adjusted EBITDA margin targets of 10 to 12 percent within the next two years, reaching 13 to 15 percent over the next five years.
- The Company's two new reporting segments – Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions – will manage the business around six verticals to drive a more focused and efficient organization.
- Modine's refreshed leadership team brings extensive global industrials experience with proven track records of execution and profitable growth to lead their respective businesses.
- Modine already possesses the capabilities, products and solutions to profitably grow market share in key markets. The reallocation of capital and resources will allow the Company to prioritize previously under-resourced areas of the business and unlock significant value.
- The 80/20 approach is the governing philosophy for the entire organization. It is a systemic way of examining the business, focusing resources and emphasizing the highest return opportunities.
- Modine expects its multi-phased transformation will result in a more capital efficient and higher margin business focused on faster-growing markets supported by global megatrends.
"Today we presented our strategy that builds upon a legacy of more than 100 years of innovation to transform Modine for a more sustainable future," said Modine President and Chief Executive Officer, Neil D. Brinker. "Our initiatives to refocus the organization are already well underway and are yielding improved results. With our new segment structure and refreshed management team, we have greatly simplified the business and created a high-performance organization. Our solidified foundation will allow us to increase our share in targeted markets by focusing on proven technologies and products where we have the right to win, shifting capital to businesses that were previously underfunded, while also improving businesses that are performing below our target margins. All of these efforts will lead to an acceleration of profitable growth for a more sustainable future as we shift our legacy focus on products to systems solutions, promote geographic expansion and evaluate opportunistic M&A to complement our technologies. I am incredibly excited about our future and the team we have in place for the next chapter in Modine's rich history."
Fiscal 2024 Financial Targets
- Revenue CAGR of 6 percent to 8 percent
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 10 percent to 12 percent
- Capital expenditures of ~3 percent of revenue
- Free cash flow 3 percent to 5 percent of revenue
- Net leverage ratio target of 1.5x-2.5x
Fiscal 2027 Financial Targets
- Revenue CAGR of 8 percent to 10 percent
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 13 percent to 15 percent
- Capital expenditures of ~3 percent of revenue
- Free cash flow 6 percent to 8 percent of revenue
- Net leverage ratio target of 1.5x-2.5x
"I have never been more excited about Modine's future as we evaluate the opportunities available to us over the next several years," added Modine Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mick Lucareli. "The actions we are taking today will allow Modine to deliver stronger revenue growth, better margins, higher returns on capital and to drive significant value for all Modine stakeholders."
A webcast replay of the event will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.modine.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements, including information about future financial performance and market conditions, accompanied by phrases such as "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "intends," and other similar "forward-looking" statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine's actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to those described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, and under Forward-Looking Statements in Item 7 of Part II of that same report. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers, customers, and employees; the overall health and pricing focus of Modine's customers; our ability to successfully execute our strategic and operational plans, including applying 80/20 principles to our business; our ability to effectively and efficiently modify our cost structure in response to sales volume increases or decreases and complete restructuring activities and realize benefits thereon; our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements and to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently; operational inefficiencies as a result of program launches, unexpected volume increases or decreases, and product transfers; economic, social and political conditions, changes and challenges in the markets where Modine operates and competes, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, inflation, tariffs and sanctions (and potential trade war impacts resulting from tariffs, sanctions or retaliatory actions), supply chain disruptions and supplier constraints, including semiconductor shortages and logistic and transportation challenges, changes in interest rates or tightening of the credit markets, recession, restrictions associated with importing and exporting and foreign ownership, public health crises, and the general uncertainties about the impact of regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, the military conflict in Ukraine and other matters, that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; the impact on Modine of any significant increases in commodity prices, particularly aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel) and other purchased components and related costs, and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to any such increases; the nature of and Modine's significant exposure to the vehicular industry and the dependence of this industry on the health of the economy; Modine's ability to recruit and maintain talent in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions; Modine's ability to protect its proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack; the impact of any substantial disruption or material breach of our information technology systems; costs and other effects of environmental investigation, remediation or litigation; and other risks and uncertainties identified by the Company in public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this release, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
About Modine
Modine, with fiscal 2022 revenues of $2.1 billion, specializes in thermal management systems and components, bringing highly engineered heating and cooling components, original equipment products, and systems to diversified global markets. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (USA), with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit www.modine.com.
Forward-looking Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow are not measures defined in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are used by management to evaluate the Company's overall financial performance. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for the applicable GAAP measures, and may be different from similarly-titled measures used by other companies. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as net earnings excluding interest expense, the provision or benefit for income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income and expense, restructuring expenses, impairment charges, and certain other gains or charges. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales. The Company believes that adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin provide relevant measures of profitability and earnings power. The Company views these financial metrics as being useful in assessing operating performance by excluding certain items that it believes are not representative of its core business. The Company defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less expenditures for property, plant and equipment. This measure presents cash generated from operations during the period that is available for strategic capital decisions.
The Company's future projections for non-GAAP financial measures are based on management's expectations of future financial results. For example, adjusted EBITDA includes expectations for interest expense, the provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes certain cash and non-cash expenses or gains. These expenses and gains may be significant and include items such as restructuring expenses (including severance costs and plant consolidation and relocation expenses), impairment charges and certain other items. Estimates of these expenses and gains are not available due to the low visibility and unpredictability of these items.
Kathleen Powers
(262) 636-1687
kathleen.t.powers@modine.com
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Tai Menz with Coastline Realty LLC has been awarded the Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS) certification and the Accredited Buyer’s Representation (ABR®) designation.
Tai Menz joins more than 4,000 real estate professionals who have earned the RSPS certification. The RSPS certification is a nationally-recognized certification awarded by the National Association of REALTORS® to real estate professionals who wish to demonstrate and promote – to consumers and their peers alike – their expertise in the resort and second-home specialty. He now joins other real estate professionals who specialize in buying, selling, or managing second-homes in a resort, recreational, and/or vacation destination and properties for investment, development, or retirement.
In addition to his RSPS certification, Tai’s ABR® designation sees him join the fewer than 3% of REALTORS® in the United States who have obtained this designation. These professionals have elected to refine their skills with in-depth courses developed by the National Association of REALTORS®. Tai has the expert knowledge of representing buyer clients through all aspects of purchasing a single-family home, condo/townhome, land, or commercial real estate.
Tai is very knowledgeable on and off our barrier islands and brings unique insight as the 4th generation operating in the local Tourism and Hospitality fields of Cape May County. You can contact Tai directly at (609) 602-8061, TaiMenz@CoastlineRealty.com or at the office (609) 884-5005 x113. REALTORSÒ or consumers interested in learning more about the RSPS program can visit www.nar.realtor/resort and for the ABR® designation can visit https://abr.realtor/. | https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/community/real_estate/coastline-s-tai-menz-awarded-resort-property-specialist/article_a3d2c5c2-f1b7-11ec-9f17-8ba4664f495b.html | 2022-06-22T17:40:03Z | https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/community/real_estate/coastline-s-tai-menz-awarded-resort-property-specialist/article_a3d2c5c2-f1b7-11ec-9f17-8ba4664f495b.html | true | 2 |
(The Hill) — American Airlines will drop service to Dubuque, Iowa beginning on Sept. 7, ending flights for the regional airport’s sole commercial airline.
The move adds a fourth city to the list of recent pullbacks by American Airlines as the company grapples with a pilot shortage, with the airline previously saying it will also drop service to Toledo, Ohio; Ithaca, N.Y.; and Islip, N.Y. following the Labor Day weekend.
American informed the Iowa airport on Tuesday that it would drop service, an airline spokesperson and the Dubuque airport director said.
“The airport is not closed,” Dubuque Regional Airport Director Todd Dalsing said in a statement. “We have robust general aviation with multiple corporate and private aircraft, including the University of Dubuque.”
Dalsing noted that the airport also hosts various events and Sun Country Airlines charter flights. The airport has not yet announced if another commercial airline will replace American, but Dalsing said staff continue to meet with legacy and low-cost carriers.
The pullback is the latest fallout after American and other airlines shed millions of jobs at the height of the pandemic to cut costs.
But now travel demand is surging, with daily passenger output regularly surpassing 2 million people at the nation’s airports at rates that approach pre-pandemic trends.
Airlines have struggled to keep up with that rising demand, facing issues like pilot shortages and higher fuel costs, driving prices higher.
Carriers like Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have cut back on their schedules this summer, and thousands of flights were canceled or delayed this past weekend ahead of Father’s Day and Juneteenth.
“American Airlines has been a long-time partner for many years in Dubuque,” Dubuque Mayor Brad Cavanagh said in a statement. “We fully understand this is a nationwide issue with multiple airlines and airports announcing air service cancellations and reductions.”
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who represents Dubuque, blamed the cutback on President Joe Biden.
“I am disappointed that the pilot shortage has led to American Airlines canceling service to Dubuque,” Hinson said in a release. “The consequences of President Biden’s failed policies are reverberating throughout our economy and taking opportunities away from communities like Dubuque. I will continue to work on commonsense solutions to get our economy back on track and promote economic development in Iowa.” | https://www.wavy.com/news/national/american-airlines-to-drop-service-to-fourth-city-in-september/ | 2022-06-22T17:43:30Z | https://www.wavy.com/news/national/american-airlines-to-drop-service-to-fourth-city-in-september/ | true | 16 |
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A former education minister of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a federal police corruption investigation, further hurting the far-right leader's bid for reelection.
Milton Ribeiro left the post in March after Brazilian media reported leaked conversations of him with mayors who would allegedly be favored by the federal government in the distribution of the budget.
The leaked conversations reported by Brazilian media showed in March that Ribeiro had two Evangelical pastors as unofficial intermediaries approaching mayors who could help Bolsonaro’s campaign. The former minister is an evangelical pastor himself.
Both favored municipalities governed by their allies and demanded bribes, including a kilo of gold, the reports said.
Ribeiro is accused of influence peddling, corruption, prevarication, and administrative advocacy - meaning under Brazilian law he could have used his ministerial job to promote private interests.
The former minister denied any wrongdoing when the scandal broke.
Bolsonaro, who at the time said he would “put his face to the fire” for Ribeiro, changed his narrative after his former minister was jailed.
“If he is guilty, he will pay,” Bolsonaro said in a radio interview. “Let him answer for his actions. I pray to God that there is no problem. But if there is a problem, the federal police are investigating. It’s a sign that I don’t interfere with the federal police because it would be staining me, obviously.”
Brazil’s president is facing an uphill battle for his reelection. Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads all polls for October’s vote. He hopes to return to the job he had between 2003-2010.
In one of the recordings, Ribeiro told mayors that Bolsonaro had asked him to prioritize mayors appointed by the two clerics. Brazil’s president denied any connection with the case.
In a statement released on its website on Wednesday, Brazil’s federal police said that 13 search and seizure warrants had been issued and five people were under arrest in the case. Police did not say whether the the two pastors mentioned in the recordings have been jailed. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Former-education-minister-in-Brazil-is-jailed-in-17258202.php | 2022-06-22T17:44:16Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Former-education-minister-in-Brazil-is-jailed-in-17258202.php | false | 32 |
The end of constant Covid boosters? Moderna claims Omicron-specific vaccine could be 'turning point' — as NHS urges 250,000 Brits to come forward for fourth dose amid summer surge in cases
- New Moderna booster is designed to specifically target the Omicron variant
- Data shows it boosted antibodies against variants BA.4 and BA.5 almost 5.5-fold
- These two Omicron sub-variants are believed to fuelling the UK's recent surge
- Moderna's news comes as NHS urges millions to get their spring booster jab
Covid jab maker Moderna claims its new Omicron-specific vaccine could be a 'turning point' in the pandemic.
A study of the new jab on 800 people found it boosted antibody levels against the Omicron variant eight-fold.
But it did not elicit as many antibodies against the BA.4 and BA.5, which are dominant in the UK, suggesting the jab is already getting weaker.
The improvement over its existing jab raises hopes that it will provide longer lasting protection, and remove the need for repeated boosters so often.
The results come as the NHS urges hundreds of thousands of eligible Brits to get a fourth dose amid a surge in Covid cases fuelled by the two sub-strains.
Moderna's new jab was developed to target Omicron as well as the Wuhan strain, compared to current jabs which only contain the genetic code of the original virus.
The company's chief medical officer, Dr Paul Burton, said: 'We think this is a strong, powerful antibody response, it is probably long lasting.'
Several offshoots of Omicron have spawned since the highly infectious parent strain became world-dominant late last year.
Experts believe it is unlikely that an entire new variant will replace the dominant family of strains anytime soon.
Many expect the pandemic to settle into a pattern which sees new Omicron subvariants emerge every so often.
Covid jab maker Moderna data from a study of its new Omicron specific booster vaccine shows it be a 'turning point' in the battle against the virus
This Government chart shows the percentage of the eligible population who have received various Covid jabs
Covid cases surged by 40 per cent in England last week in what is feared to be the start of a fresh wave of the virus, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates 1.13million people were infected on any given day in the week ending June 10, the equivalent of one in 50 of the population. That figure is up 42 per cent on the previous week
The latest trial - which has not been peer-reviewed yet - found that a booster of the new jab increased antibodies 5.4-fold compared to the older vaccine.
Stephen Hoge, Moderna president, said the higher level of protection compared with the company’s existing vaccine justified switching to the new shot.
The two subvariants are believed to be fuelling the UK's recent surge in cases as they are even more transmissible than the Omicron strain responsible for cases soaring to over Christmas, and the BA.2 variant that sent infections to record highs in spring.
Dr Burton added that Moderna is due to file for regulatory approval for the variant jab 'within days' and this included the UK.
'We’ve talked with public health bodies in the UK, I think there is definite interest in 214 (the variant vaccine),' he said.
The new jab is a bivalent vaccine meaning it contains material from both the original Covid strain and the Omicron variant.
Moderna has already created hundreds of millions of doses of its vaccine, meaning if approved it could be rapidly distributed.
Responding to the Moderna data Professor Penny Ward, pharmaceutical expert at King's College London, welcomed the findings.
'The data suggest that the bivalent booster might confer greater protection against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron strains than re-administering the original vaccine to increase protection across the population,' she said.
While she added the full data of the study needs to be seen, the new jab could prove a vital tool against Covid in the coming months.
'As we head towards the autumn with Omicron variants dominating the Covid infection landscape, it certainly makes sense to consider use of this new bivalent vaccine, if available, for the UK autumn Covid booster campaign,' she said.
Moderna has also said it is preparing the data from the trial for peer review.
The data comes as the NHS urged people who had not yet come forward for their spring booster to get their jab.
More than five million invited were sent out to people over the age of 75, care home residents or people aged 12 and over who have a weakened immune system.
But almost 250,000 have not taken up the offer.
Reminders will be sent out to those eligible before the end of the month via text message, email or letter.
The health service in England said that getting the jab before the end of June will mean people have enough time between doses ahead of an autumn booster.
NHS England’s medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: 'The recent rise in Covid infection levels in England acts as a timely reminder that it is crucial those who are eligible come forward for their spring jab and get themselves protected.'
Health Secretary Sajid Javid added: 'Over four million people have already come forward for their important booster jab, but it is vital for everyone eligible to get boosted now to protect themselves and their loved ones.'
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show one in 50 people in England were infected in the week to June 11, roughly 1.1million.
Rates were highest in Scotland (one in 30) followed by Northern Ireland and Wales (both one in 45).
The surge in England marked a 41.8 per cent week-on-week rise — the largest logged since the week to December 31, when Omicron infections skyrocketed to pandemic highs of 4.1million.
Meanwhile, cases jumped by 60 per cent in Wales, 54.9 per cent in Northern Ireland and 42.5 per cent in Scotland.
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Rams’ Jalen Ramsey has surgery, ‘should be ready’ for opener vs. Bills
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There’s a chance the stakes just got a bit more even for the Buffalo Bills’ 2022 season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.
The Rams’ top cornerback in Jalen Ramsey had shoulder surgery recently. Ramsey posted an image of himself on social media wearing a sling.
The timeline comes from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Per Rap Sheet, Ramsey “should be ready” for the opener.
That’s “should,” not “will be.”
Ramsey, considered a top corner in the NFL, is officially on the Bills’ watch list regarding injuries for opposing players with the news. Any setback, he’ll certainly miss Week 1 against Buffalo.
If Ramsey does miss, it’ll likely even things out because the Bills’ top cornerback in Tre’Davious White is expected to miss the start of the 2022 season as well.
White suffered a knee injury in 2021 that he’s still rehabbing.
Stay tuned to Bills Wire throughout the offseason for all injury updates leading up to the opener.
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Newswise — Madison, Wis. (June 22, 2022)—During the height of COVID-19 lockdowns, many colleges and universities were forced to hold classes virtually. A new study at the University of Minnesota found students who attended large classes live via Zoom (synchronously) did better on exams than students who later watched recorded lectures (asynchronously), particularly when sex and ethnicity were considered. Physiology educator-researchers will present their findings this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Institute on Teaching and Learning in Madison, Wisconsin.
This study investigated how synchronous versus asynchronous attendance of human physiology lectures affected the exam scores of 200 students. The findings suggest female students attending synchronously saw significant increases, ranging from 4.10–6.16 points on every exam. That is equivalent to nearly a full letter grade (B+ to A-) higher on exam scores.
Non-white students who attended synchronously saw even larger gains in exam scores, ranging from 2.7–7.43 points. That translates to nearly a full letter grade higher for non-white students attending synchronously compared to non-white students attending asynchronously.
These trends held on the final exam for female students attending asynchronously throughout the entire semester. They scored on average 7.80 points lower than those who attended synchronously. And non-white students attending asynchronously scored on average 9.76 points lower than non-white students attending synchronously.
Researchers compiled a chart showing how asynchronous students averaged lower scores across four exams and one final exam than synchronous students.
Other key takeaways from this study:
- Women attended synchronous lectures more frequently than men.
- Attending synchronous lectures made more of a difference to non-white students than white students.
NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: The APS Institute on Teaching and Learning will be held June 21–24 in Madison, Wisconsin. To request abstract 15 or schedule an interview with the researchers, conference organizers or presenters, contact APS Media Relations or call 301.634.7314. Find more highlights in our Newsroom.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berk Communications, an award-winning, independent public relations firm, announced today that it has signed New York Yankees three-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger Aaron Judge to its roster of athletes and personalities.
"Aaron Judge is the face of Major League Baseball and a true leader on and off the field for the New York Yankees," said Ron Berkowitz, Founder & CEO of Berk Communications. "I'm thrilled to welcome Aaron to Berk and look forward to working with his team at PSI Sports to amplify his brand on and off the field."
Aaron Judge is a veteran right fielder for the New York Yankees, originally selected by the team in the 2013 MLB Draft. Following three years in the minor leagues, Judge made his major league debut on Aug. 13, 2016 hitting a home run in his first at-bat. Judge has been a staple on the Yankees roster ever since earning an array of honors including AL Rookie of the Year (2017), three-time MLB All-Star (2017, 2018, 2021), two-time Silver Slugger Award recipient (2017, 2021) and All-MLB First Team (2021). He is currently in his seventh MLB season.
As big of an all-star in his community as he is on the field, Judge launched The Aaron Judge ALL RISE Foundation in 2018 to inspire children and youth to become responsible citizens by engaging them in activities that encourage them to reach unlimited possibilities. The Foundation's initiatives include ALL RISE Mini-Grants, an Aspiring Leaders program, leadership webinars and a LivBits reading program. ALL RISE actively serves three regions: San Joaquin County, California; Fresno County, California; and Bronx County, New York.
Led by Berkowitz and Melanie (Wadden) Van Dusen, Berk will focus on supporting Judge off the field through his expansive community efforts, business ventures, partnerships and overall publicity. He continues to be represented by his agents Page Odle and David Matranga of PSI Sports for all contract and marketing efforts.
This announcement follows several industry honors for Berk Communications including being shortlisted as a 2022 Outstanding Small Agency finalist for the second consecutive year by PRWeek and being named a top five PR firm in sports for the third-straight year by O'Dwyer's.
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For the first time in its history, the South Korean women’s national handball team appointed a foreign head coach in May, hoping to improve the team’s development ahead of the Asian Games and the Paris Olympics in 2024.
They turned to the Danish coach Kim Rasmussen, who has previously coached the national women’s teams of Poland, Hungary and Montenegro. He also led the Romanian team CSM Bucharest to win the EHF Champions League in 2016.
He joined us for #TouchBaseInSeoul to talk about why he took on this challenge, what made the past Korean teams special, and how he hopes to inspire the current squad to rediscover that magic.
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Uvalde officer and husband of slain teacher detained when he tried to save wife, official says
(Gray News) – A Uvalde police officer married to a teacher who died in the school shooting tried to act but was stopped by other law enforcement officials, said the director of Texas Department of Public Safety.
Director Steven McCraw said in testimony Tuesday to the state Senate that misinformation among the officers was one of many issues in responding to the May 24 shooting. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Officers at the scene were told the subject was contained, and the police chief was in a classroom or office negotiating with the gunman, McCraw said.
Officer Ruben Ruiz of the Uvalde school district police department received a call from his wife, teacher Eva Mireles, telling him she had been shot.
“What happened to him was he tried to move forward into the hallway, he was detained, they took his gun away from him and escorted him off the scene,” McCraw said.
Delays in law enforcement response have been the focus of the federal, state and local investigation of the massacre and its aftermath.
McCraw told state senators Tuesday that police had enough officers and firepower to stop the gunman just three minutes after he entered the building, yet they did not stop the gunman for more than 70 minutes. McCraw also said officers would have found the door to the classroom where the gunman was holed up unlocked if they had checked it.
He called the law enforcement response an “abject failure.”
“You don’t wait for a SWAT team. You have one officer, that’s enough,” he said.
Questions about the law enforcement response began days after the massacre. McCraw said on May 27 that Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief, made “the wrong decision” when he chose not to storm the classroom for more than 70 minutes, even as trapped fourth graders inside two classrooms were desperately calling 911 for help.
Arredondo later said he didn’t consider himself the person in charge and assumed someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response. Arredondo has declined repeated requests for comment to The Associated Press.
State police initially said the gunman entered through an exterior door that had been propped open by a teacher. A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said on May 31, though, that the teacher closed the door after realizing a shooter was on campus, but it did not lock as it should have.
On June 2, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez said it was a “system failure” that Arredondo received no word of the pleas for help from people inside the school because he had no two-way radio link with city police.
“I want to know specifically who was receiving the 911 calls,” Gutierrez said during a news conference.
The Uvalde school board heard from members of the public Monday, including relatives of those killed in the attack. They took turns criticizing the police response and what they described as lax security measures at the school in general.
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Tom Brady, Others Respond To Rob Gronkowski's Retirement
By Jason Hall
June 22, 2022
Tom Brady was among the numerous NFL players to congratulate his longtime New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Rob Gronkowski on a legendary career following the tight end's retirement announcement on Tuesday (June 22).
"Teammate, friend, brother, just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of @gronk," Brady wrote on his social media accounts. "Nobody has ever embodied the idea of “leaving it all out on the field” like Rob has throughout his entire career. Every single snap, I knew that no matter how many people you put in front of him, he was going to get to his spot.
"Even more important is the person he was off the field. Focused when he had to be, and FUN the rest of the time. Having Gronk in your locker room was every NFL players dream. I’m proud of all that we’ve accomplished together, and even more excited for all you have ahead of you."
Gronkowski, 32, had previously retired in 2019 following his last Super Bowl victory as a member of the New England Patriots, before coming out of retirement the following offseason and rejoining Brady -- his teammate for his entire career -- after being traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers days later.
Longtime former Patriots teammate Julian Edelman shared several photos of himself with Gronkowski, as well as a cartoon version of themselves and a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip with the quote, "If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?"
"There will only ever be one Gronk," Edelman wrote on his social media accounts. "Love you bro. #FoxboroForever"
There will only ever be one Gronk.
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) June 21, 2022
Love you bro. #FoxboroForever pic.twitter.com/yeqnXqzWVM
Numerous other NFL players, coaches, media members and fans shared posts congratulating the legendary tight end on his retirement Tuesday.
BREAKING: Rob Gronkowski has officially retired from the NFL#PMSLive pic.twitter.com/U6TLa20eeg
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 21, 2022
Gronk spike forever. 🥲 @RobGronkowski pic.twitter.com/3zTr81nmkO
— NFL (@NFL) June 21, 2022
Going to miss Brady throwing to Gronk. 🥺 pic.twitter.com/s72TuRIIii
— NFL (@NFL) June 21, 2022
Gronk officially retired legend. pic.twitter.com/4boGdYJrCQ
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) June 21, 2022
Gronk could do everything you need a tight end to do. Stretch the field, make contested catches, wide catch radius and BLOCK. He always found a way to make a play for @TomBrady
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) June 21, 2022
No need to beat around the bush. @RobGronkowski is the GREATEST TE EVER.
Peak Gronk was insane. pic.twitter.com/qALBqyWCik
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 21, 2022
Gronkowski officially announced his retirement after 11 NFL seasons in a lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday.
"I will now be going back into my retirement home, walking away from football again with my head held high knowing I gave it everything I had, good or bad, every time I stepped out on the field," Gronkowski wrote on his verified Instagram account on Tuesday (June 21). "The friendships and relationships I have made will last forever, and I appreciate every single one of my teammates and coaches for giving everything they had as well. From retirement, back to football and winning another championship and now back to chilling out, thank you to all."
Gronkowski hadn't previously announced his decision on the 2022 NFL season as he remained a free agent prior to Tuesday's announcement.
"Right now, I'm not ready to get back out on that field," Gronkowski told TMZ Sports on April 5. "I'm not ready to commit to the game of football right now."
In February, Gronkowski said he'd retire if pressured to decide on his NFL future immediately at the time.
"If they're like, 'Rob, you've got to decide right now, right this second if you're playing next year,' I would say 'no' right now, it's two days after the season. I would be like, 'No, I'm not playing,'"" Gronkowski said during an appearance on TMZ Sports on January 25. "It's way too soon, but like, you've got to give it some time, you've got to rest. I would say to see how everything goes, how everything plays out, how I feel. I just want to heal completely, see where my thoughts are from there, then.
"I would say, really, you really start thinking of what you're really going to do in about three, four, five weeks from now, especially in my situation."
That statement came before Brady officially announced his own retirement and eventual unretirement weeks later.
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The Ringwald Presents the World Premiere Of YOU'VE GOT MALE Next Month
The show opens July 8 and plays through August 8, running Fridays through Mondays.
Metro Detroit's most notable LGBTQIA+ theatre - announces the world premiere of You've Got Male, an all-new gay rom-com jukebox musical parody mash-up, written by local playwrights Vince Kelley and Matthew Arrington. The show opens July 8 and plays through August 8, running Fridays through Mondays at the Ringwald's new home at the Affirmations Community Center in downtown Ferndale and will - for the first time - have beer and wine for purchase at Friday performances.
"Joining the Ringwald's tradition of campy, big, raucous summer parodies is an absolute honor," said Matthew Arrington. "We hope everyone enjoys watching our love letter to Romantic Comedies as much as we enjoyed writing it."
Successful wedding planner Julian Roberts (Adam Graber) hates Ryan (Ryan Bernier), the newest member of his team - but when they meet on Grindr, they begin an anonymous romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. Ryan eventually learns that the sweet fella he's involved with on the app is actually his tightly wound boss! Will they? Won't they? Join Julian, Ryan, and other familiar Rom-Com faces as they sing their way through love, loss, Grindr, and of course, A Big Fat Wedding! Will everyone get their Happy Ending? Get your tickets to find out.
"One of the coolest parts of crafting this show is that we get to take full advantage of the growing roster of Ringwald performers, catering our writing to their unique talents," said Vince Kelley. "For instance, non-binary actors Al Duffy and Rashna Sarwar show a queer love story that we haven't had the opportunity to see in a mainstream rom-com - how fantastic is that?"
Directed by Brandy Joe Plambeck, You've Got Male features Ryan Bernier, Al Duffy, Adam Graber, Suzan M. Jacokes, Richard Payton, and Rashna "Rashi" Sarwar. Assistant Direction is by Matthew Arrington, music direction is by Lily Czartorski and choreography is by Jair Alexander. Stage Management is by Gretchen Schock.
You've Got Male runs from July 8 through August 8 and tickets are $25 for performances Fridays-Sundays and $15 for Monday performances. Tickets are currently available at theRingwald.com. This year the Ringwald has gone cashless but credit cards will be accepted at the door. Performances on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays are at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. The Ringwald is located inside of Affirmations Community Center at 290 W. 9 Mile Road in downtown Ferndale, Michigan.
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Mural unveiling helps kick off ‘Hoops in the Sun’ basketball season
As a special way to kick off opening day of the 2022 Hoops in the Sun basketball season, a ribbon cutting was held on the basketball court at Orchard Beach Saturday afternoon to unveil the newest Sunrise Everest mural.
The Rising Suns league unveil the artwork – completed through a collaborative effort by Project Backboard, an organization which renovates public basketball courts.
Founded in 2015, the nonprofit's mission is to renovate public basketball courts and install large scale works of site-specific art on the surface to strengthen communities, improve park safety, encourage multi-generational play, and inspire people to think more critically and creatively about their environment.
It took nearly three years to cultivate and create the mural due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Hoops in the Sun CEO Joe Cruz told News 12 that the mural is a representation of how the community will be able to play under one umbrella.
"We want to save lives and continue to keep our youth in a safe space, so that's my role,” said Cruz.
For anyone interested in watching the games online, the games to follow will be livestreamed on the Clash TV app. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2640957409004/mural-unveiling-helps-kick-off-hoops-in-the-sun-basketball-season | 2022-06-22T17:55:41Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2640957409004/mural-unveiling-helps-kick-off-hoops-in-the-sun-basketball-season | false | 1 |
Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has said that laws to restrict the sale of e-scooters to people over the age of 16 would be “unenforceable”, and “bad law”.
The Green Party leader appeared before the Transport Committee to go through a swathe of mostly technical amendments to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021.
Mr Ryan said that section 34 relating to e-scooters and other powered personal transporters (PPTs) should be deleted from the Bill, meaning that it will not be illegal for children to buy e-scooters as had originally been planned.
Explaining the change, Mr Ryan said: “We proposed in section 34 of this Bill to introduce a new section to the 2004 Act restricting the sale and supply of e-scooters to (only) people over 16.
There's no licence system proposed for those driving an e-scooter and no requirement in Ireland to carry proof of ageEamon Ryan, Minister for Transport
“This measure was made with the intention of reducing the risk of injury to minors, and to reduce the potential for injury caused by minors to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.
“However, my department has identified several significant implementation challenges.
“There is no suitable mechanism to record PPT supply as vehicles falling into the Category 2 registrations.
“Furthermore, we expect that many purchases will be private, second-hand sales from websites based outside the EU.
“There’s no licence system proposed for those driving an e-scooter and no requirement in Ireland to carry proof of age.”
He said that these factors made the provision “unenforceable” and suggested withdrawing the provision.
Explaining the decision further, Mr Ryan said: “We don’t in our country carry identity cards.
“You can’t enforce identification. So the policing of this is the primary reason why it wouldn’t be enforceable. So introducing law which is not enforceable is bad law.”
Green TD Brian Leddin said: “Even having it in the statute book as an offence is a very significant deterrent to supply these PPTS to people under 16.
“And by taking it out, that deterrent is gone, it essentially it sounds like turning a blind eye to it.”
Green TD Steven Matthews raised similar concerns, and said that “cheap” e-scooters may be “aimed at younger age cohorts because they’re more affordable” to young people with less money.
“There’s evidence that a lot of these are being used by very young people in a dangerous fashion.
“It seems to me that it would make sense that it would be an offence to supply them to younger people for very real safety reasons, notwithstanding that it might be something that’s very difficult to police, I think the very fact that it’s in the legislation is a significant deterrent.”
Chair of the committee Kieran O’Donnell said that it was a prominent issue for the public, and said that “it’s not uncommon” that he would see two “very young teenagers” on an e-scooter at the same time, and he feared for their safety.
He asked Mr Ryan to elaborate on the conclusion to remove the provision.
“We do need to ensure we improve road safety,” Mr Ryan said, particularly with an increase in road deaths so far this year, compared to last year.
He added that “there was nothing that we could have introduced” to legislate to stop adults purchasing an e-scooter for their son or daughter to use.
He said that the Gardai currently police the use of e-scooters, but it is “sporadic” because the current law “is not fit for purpose”.
The Road Traffic Bill aims to regulate the use of e-scooters for the first time, recognising a significant increase in their use.
The legislation defines a PPT as having “a maximum design speed of no less than six kilometres per hour (3.7mph) and no greater than 25 kilometres (15.5mph) per hour”.
The original legislation had provided for PPTs to have an unladen weight not above 55kg, but this has been reduced to 25kg in an amendment by the Minister in order to comply with EU rules.
E-scooters above the 25kg limit will not be legal, the Minister told the committee. | https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/eamon-ryan-law-to-stop-children-buying-e-scooters-would-be-unenforceable-41780006.html | 2022-06-22T18:00:43Z | https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/eamon-ryan-law-to-stop-children-buying-e-scooters-would-be-unenforceable-41780006.html | true | 5 |
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez changes subject twice when asked if she'll endorse Biden in his re-election bid.
Read moreAOC refuses to say if she’ll support Biden in 2024
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(NewsNation) — A group of teens broke into an $8 million Florida home to throw a house party — with video showing some also holding a boxing match — and now the local sheriff’s office is trying to find who is responsible.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office posted a few of the videos and photos recorded during the incident on social media. The videos shows teens drinking, doing drugs and even holding a boxing match inside the home.
The sheriff’s office has fielded some criticism, however, for not blurring the faces of the people involved, even though some are juveniles.
Sheriff Michael A. Adkinson Jr. said on NewsNation’s “Morning in America” that this pushback is part of the problem.
“Clearly your child did something wrong, and yet you’re here as a parent trying to make excuses for him instead of doing what is appropriate and accepting responsibility,” he said. “There have been a number of parents that have called and said, ‘Listen, my child’s there, they’re going to be accountable.’ But it’s been a little shocking the number of people who said, ‘No, how dare you show my child?'”
Adkinson also stressed that the young people in the video had committed burglary.
“This is an invasion of privacy,” he said. “There are people that live in this home. I mean, this is where this family spends Christmas. This is their everyday residence.”
Adkinson said the teens “advertised for about a week” before the party was held. He said the ages of the teens allegedly involved ranged from about 16 to 19 years old. | https://myfox8.com/news/video-teens-break-into-8-million-home-in-florida-throw-party/ | 2022-06-22T18:04:20Z | https://myfox8.com/news/video-teens-break-into-8-million-home-in-florida-throw-party/ | false | 14 |
Ecommerce giant eBay Inc EBAY announced that it has acquired NFT marketplace KnownOrigin for an undisclosed sum.
What Happened: In a press release on Tuesday, eBay said the acquisition was an important step in its tech-led re-imagination as it brings in a new era of digital collecting on its platform.
"eBay is the first stop for people across the globe who are searching for that perfect, hard-to-find, or unique addition to their collection and, with this acquisition, we will remain a leading site as our community is increasingly adding digital collectibles," said Jamie Iannone, CEO of eBay.
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"As interest in NFTs continues to grow, we believe now is the perfect time for us to partner with a company that has the reach and experience of eBay,” said David Moore, co-founder of KnownOrigin in a statement.
In 2021, NFTs saw explosive growth in sales with the average number of daily transactions exceeding 100,000 between July and December.
At the time, Iannone suggested that eBay was looking into ways to explore the rapidly evolving space.
Earlier this year, the eBay CEO also said that the company was studying the possibility of adding support from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin BTC/USD, Ethereum ETH/USD, and Dogecoin DOGE/USD on its platform.
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Five members of the Centennial girls lacrosse team were named All-Northwest Suburban Conference after the Cougars finished 13-3 and placed second in both the conference and Section 7.
They are seniors Neila Haney (midfielder), Sydney Chance Farley (mid/defender) and Olivia Wlaschin (mid/defender); and juniors Callie Cody (attacker) and Ella O’Hearn (attack/defender). Megan Goodreau, senior attacker, got honorable mention.
O’Hearn was named Most Valuable Player and top offensive player, while Wlaschin was named top defensive player and sophomore Maria Waller most improved.
Cougar scoring leaders were O’Hearn (61 goals, 20 assists, 81 points), Haney (42-30-72), Cody (46-12-58), Farley (21-31-52), and Goodreau (19-29-48). Goalkeeper Peyton Brezney had a .506 save percentage. | https://www.presspubs.com/quad/sports/local/cougar-girls-lacrosse-leaders-awards-listed/article_1ca1793e-f213-11ec-aec6-536cc91ac0db.html | 2022-06-22T18:14:09Z | https://www.presspubs.com/quad/sports/local/cougar-girls-lacrosse-leaders-awards-listed/article_1ca1793e-f213-11ec-aec6-536cc91ac0db.html | true | null |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have added a handful of new coaches and scouts for training camp.
The Titans announced Tuesday that five coaches will work with them during camp as part of the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. Former Tennessee running back Bishop Sankey will be a scout as a Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellow and Chesney McClellan will be an intern through the Amy Adams Strunk Women in Football program.
The coaches assisting the Titans through the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship include Jeremy Hawkins from Eastern Kentucky, Wisconsin’s Ashley Cornwell, TC Taylor of Jackson State, Derik Abbott of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Justin Hamilton who was most recently with Virginia Tech.
McClellan is a former Auburn volleyball player currently working as a graduate manager for the Belmont Bruins baseball team pursuing her master’s degree. She will assist scouting and operations during camp. This is the third year for the Women in Football program named for the Titans’ controlling owner.
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50 years of Title IX: What is it, and what impact has it had?
Title IX, the law best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and preventing sexual harassment on campuses, is turning 50.
It was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, after being shepherded through Congress in part by Rep. Patsy Mink, a Democrat from Hawaii who was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House.
The law forbids discrimination based on sex in education, and despite its age remains a vital piece in the ongoing push for equality, including in the LGBTQ community.
What does Title IX say?
The statute itself is one sentence long, language that was put together by then-Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana, who died in 2019.
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Translation: The law is meant to ensure equity between men and women in education, and it's broad, covering most K-12 schools and colleges and universities, as well as vocational schools, libraries and museums. That means it applies to tens of millions of students, as well as educators.
What does Title IX cover?
The law applies to several areas of education: athletics, the classroom, sexual assault and violence on campus, employment, discrimination, admissions, retaliation and even financial assistance with tuition.
It also has been extended to other forms of gender and sex discrimination; Title IX was invoked when the Obama administration advised that transgender people should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice in schools.
A view of Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
How does Title IX affect athletics?
In so many ways, and at the K-12 and powerful collegiate levels. Women's and men's teams are to be treated equally under the law, and schools should look to expand the opportunities for women to play sports.
This doesn't necessarily mean that each sport will have exactly the same budget for equipment, facilities, travel or meals. For example, the women's tennis team might have more money put toward racquets than the men's tennis team. Athletic departments work under what is known as "equal in effect," meaning a benefit for a men's or women's team in one area can be offset in another area as long as "the overall effects of any differences is negligible."
In the hopes of ensuring compliance with Title IX, each athletic department at a college or university must provide annual Equity in Athletics Data Analysis reports. These track participation, coaching staff and salaries, revenues and expenses, including recruiting and game-day expenses.
Many Title IX athletics disputes deal with what’s known as the participation gap. Athletic departments must make sure the ratio of men’s athletic participation opportunities to women’s participation opportunities are "substantially proportionate" to a school’s undergrad enrollment.
For example, the University of Connecticut settled a lawsuit after its women’s rowing team won a temporary restraining order against being shut down. UConn was accused of putting inflated women's rowing roster numbers (about 20 more than would compete) on its equity report, meaning the actual participation gap was "well above a viable team size."
How does Title IX affect sexual harassment allegations?
Title IX’s protections extend to sexual harassment on campus, including dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
The bottom line is that all students are supposed to have a learning environment free from sexual harassment. When violations occur, the law is meant to help students get the problem resolved, which can mean moving to a different dorm, for example, or getting an alleged attacker removed from the school entirely.
Under new Title IX regulations that were finalized in 2020, students who come forward with abuse allegations may now face an in-person hearing and cross-examination by a person chosen by the alleged attacker. These rules have been criticized by Democrats and others for not fully protecting victims and for discouraging complaints, and the Biden administration is expected to propose new regulations soon.
The Associated Press reported that some universities saw a decrease in the number of complaints brought to Title IX offices.
What about discrimination?
Under Title IX, there's a broad definition of discrimination that could involve students, faculty, administrators or staff. It also covers discrimination against pregnant people. The law has also been invoked to outlaw discrimination of LGBTQ students and educators.
Nothing in Title IX or its federal regulations explicitly protects LGBTQ people, but the Biden administration said last year that the law should be interpreted to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It was based on a 2020 Supreme Court decision ruling that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination in employment.
As a result, the Education Department said it can launch a civil rights investigation if students are blocked from things like using bathrooms or joining sports teams that match their gender identities.
Tennessee and several other Republican-led states filed a federal lawsuit challenging that guidance; it has yet to be decided.
The Biden administration has signaled that its upcoming regulation will explicitly expand Title IX to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination. If finalized as a federal regulation, it would carry the force of law.
Who oversees Title IX in schools?
Every school and college is supposed to have at least one Title IX coordinator, whose function is to make sure the institution is in compliance with all arms of Title IX. Sometimes the officer is simply the school’s principal, while many universities have whole offices dedicated to Title IX compliance.
What types of complaints can be filed?
There are two types: local and federal.
Local grievances run through the school's Title IX coordinator or office, which have procedures in place to handle cases involving sex discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual violence. The schools can dole out discipline for these grievances.
Federal complaints go to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights. These investigations can take months or years to complete. The list of current federal Title IX investigations can be found at the OCR's website.
Those who believe their rights have been violated can also bring their cases to federal courts through Title IX lawsuits.
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School can’t fly BLM, LGBTQ+ flags and be Catholic, MA bishop says
WORCESTER, Ma. (NEXSTAR) — A Massachusetts school for boys experiencing economic insecurity had its Catholic affiliation revoked on Thursday — after an area bishop said the school’s flying of an LGBTQ Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag are “inconsistent” with Catholic teachings.
In a decree, Bishop Robert J. McManus , of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, says Worcester-based The Nativity School can no longer call itself “Catholic” and all mass and sacraments are now prohibited on site. The school is also banned from diocese activities like fundraising or being listed/advertised in its directory.
Biden takes spill while getting off bike after beach ride“It is my contention that the ‘Gay Pride’ flag represents support of gay marriage and actively living a LGBTQ+ lifestyle. This is also true of ‘Black Lives Matter,'” wrote McManus.
McManus says while the school “stands unequivocally behind the phrase ‘Black lives matter’ and strongly affirms that all lives matter,” he believes the Black Lives Matter movement has been “co-opted” to “directly contradict Catholic social teaching.”
The bishop claims The Nativity School is sending mixed messages because Black Lives Matter works to “disrupt” and “contradict” the importance of the nuclear family.
McManus says despite warnings, the school kept the flags up, leaving him “no other option but to take canonical action.”
The tuition-free school had already been flying the flags for over a year at the request of students, Nativity School President Thomas McKenney wrote Thursday. The majority of students are people of color, McKenney explained.
The president continues that the flags aren’t an endorsement of any organization or ideology but “fly in support of marginalized people.” He also notes that the school is not funded by the Diocese and operates fully independently of it.
Local realtor weighs in on housing market“These flags simply state that all are welcome at Nativity and this value of inclusion is rooted in Catholic teaching,” writes McKenney. “Pope Francis has praised the outreach and inclusion of LGBTQ+ people. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops supports the spirit and movement of Black Lives Matter. Both flags are now widely understood to celebrate the human dignity of our relatives, friends and neighbors who have faced, and continue to face hate and discrimination.”
McKenney said the school plans to appeal the decision.
The Nativity School, which has been in operation since 2003, serves boys ages 5 through 8. The school says it will continue flying the flags, saying it hopes to give “visible witness” to community members.
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HIP Video Promo present: Jojo Engelbert premieres "Sweet n Sour" video on Essentially Pop
Jojo Engelbert of “Ariel & Zoey & Eli Too” and “Steal The Show” has already established herself as a vocalist. "Sweet n Sour" comes as an intoxicating warning.
ANN ARBOR, MI, USA, June 22, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ESSENTIALLY POP PREMIERE | Jojo Engelbert Releases Visual For Latest Single, ‘Sweet N Sour’, And We’re Reminded That Life Isn’t A Bowl Of Cherries
When growing up, it can be tough to know exactly who one is and where one stands. That’s particularly true for those who, like Jojo Engelbert, have done their growing up in public. The recurring star of the nationally syndicated programs “Ariel & Zoey & Eli Too” and “Steal The Show” has already been viewed by millions, established herself as a vocalist and impressive social media followings on Instagram and TikTok (@therealjojoengelbert on both), and she’s still only 15 years old. Attention like that can be highly destabilizing: it's thrilling and terrifying and amplifies adolescent challenges. It can make one sweet and sour — sometimes simultaneously.
The many faces and complicated emotions of Jojo Engelbert are the subject of “Sweet n Sour,” her explosive new single. Prior recordings by Engelbert foregrounded her knack for mainstream pop; this new one is no exception to that, but it leads with a punk rock edge that suggests that the young singer is growing into her personality and embracing her contradictions. Not to mention, she had her big brother, Eli Engelbert (YETIBEAR), around to create a track. The drums are large, pounding, and lively, the overdriven bass is a relentless growl, the synthesizer is ghostly, and the delirious (and wholly intentional) electronic glitches in the production are an accurate reflection of the artist’s tempestuous mood. Best of all is Engelbert’s vocal performance: it’s pouty and alluring, incisive, uncompromising, and maybe a little threatening, too. “Don’t be afraid of me, I live dangerously, and I’ve got you on my side,” she cautions the listener. Take that as a warning, and a recommendation never to cross her.
And while she remains a fresh-faced teen, the clip for the song presents Jojo Engelbert as a bit of a badass, too. Superficially, it’s a simple video: it consists of nothing but shots of the star’s face, singing the “Sweet n Sour” against a black background. Yet in nearly every measure, the image changes to another of Engelbert with different cosmetics and a different hairstyle. These jumps aren’t seamless, and they’re not meant to be — they’re meant to disquiet a little, and reinforce the point that the star is a mutable force. Further throwing off the viewer and make them uncomfortable is the fact that throughout the entire clip, Jojo doesn't blink - not even once.The cuts don’t tend to come on the downbeat, either: they can happen at any point, just as Jojo Englebert’s moods are constantly prone to change. We don’t know which Jojo Englebert we’re going to get from moment to moment. Could it be the childlike one with hair in pigtails, or the grownup version with elaborate eye makeup, or the serious, mysterious one with sharp-pointed eyeliner and her brown tresses in a clip? Or one of the many others? We don’t know. And — and this is the really scary part — she doesn’t know, either.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says EU red tape `revolution´ will not create Wild West
Jacob Rees-Mogg has said a “revolution” to reform EU law retained after Brexit will not turn the UK into the “Wild West”.
The Cabinet Office Minister, responsible for “Brexit opportunities”, said the Government will publish data every three months to show how many changes have been made to the 2,400 pieces of EU legislation in place following the UK’s departure.
But he declined to specify a target for how much remaining EU law on UK statute books would end up being removed or reformed.
Mr Rees-Mogg said the dashboard will ensure the public can “join us on this journey to amend, repeal or replace” retained EU law in a bid to cut at least £1 billion of business costs from “EU red tape”.
Labour said the Government was offering a “digital filing cabinet” of existing legislation, which amounted to nothing more than a “vanity project” on a day when inflation hit 9.1%.
Mr Rees-Mogg, making a statement to the Commons on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the EU referendum, told MPs: “This dashboard I hope is an opportunity to tackle hundreds of matters which might seem marginal on their own, but each of these measures in the margin will combine to usher in a revolution.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said that moves to remove or scrap EU regulations would not create a `wild west´ in the UK (Kirsty O´Connor/PA)
“Not a French-style revolution with blood running in the streets and the terror of the guillotine, but a British-style revolution whereby marginal improvements moving inch-by-inch so that soon we’ve covered the feet and the feet become yards and the yards become chains and then furlongs and miles until the journey is complete.
“With inflation running high we need to search everywhere and under every stone and sofa cushion for supply side reforms that make products and services cheaper, make things easier for business and ultimately grow the economy and cut the cost of living.
“This dashboard therefore is the supply side reformers’ El Dorado and, naturally, I am pointing to the treasure trove of opportunity this publication represents.
“It highlights unnecessary and disproportionate EU regulations on consumer goods such as those regulating the power of vacuum cleaners, why should that trouble Her Majesty’s Government?”
Mr Rees-Mogg added: “We will continue working with departments to cut at least a billion pounds of business costs from EU red tape, to ensure greater freedoms and productivity.
“Ensuring we have the right regulation is crucial; excessive and unnecessary regulations which burden business or distort market outcomes reduce productivity, pushing up prices and negatively affecting everyone’s cost of living.”
Speaking to reporters in Westminster, Mr Rees-Mogg hit out at one unnamed department that reported only 2% of retained EU law it would like to reform.
He called such a suggestion “hopeless”.
“We want to really try to make sure that every single one is looked at,” Mr Rees-Mogg said.
“Do I have a particular target percentage? No. But it needs to be a thorough exercise.”
Mr Rees-Mogg said that the move was unlikely to precipitate a fresh clash with the EU over level-playing field provisions in the trade agreement signed in 2020, designed in part to prevent the UK lowering standards to the detriment of the EU.
“I don’t think this will have a particular effect on the level-playing field. I don’t see why it should. We’re not going to become the Wild West, people shouldn’t worry about that.”
He also defended any suggestion that the Government had delayed tackling EU regulations.
“We only formally left two years ago, at which point Covid rather interfered. This is 50 years of accretions to the legal system of the UK.”
Mr Rees-Mogg said the process would not be akin to a “Eurovision Song Contest version of EU laws”, where the least popular regulations are erased first.
Instead, he said that by working incrementally the project would lead to major changes.
He continued: “This is bringing forth elephants, cumulatively.
“Success is actually diligence and it is finding that there are dozens and dozens, if not hundreds and hundreds, of minor obstacles to doing business in this country that we can get rid of.”
Shadow Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said: “This simply appears to be a vanity project.
“It’s quite extraordinary that on the day that inflation tops 9%, the cost of energy is soaring, families facing massive pressures wondering how they will put food on the table, prices rising at the fastest rate of increase for 40 years, the Government’s offer today to the British people is a digital filing cabinet of existing legislation, which the gentleman describes, in his own words, as marginal.
“And while the Government plans to cut 20% of civil servants, the minister for so-called Government efficiency is running his own make-work scheme in the Cabinet Office, creating tasks for them to satisfy his own obsessions.”
He added: “The reality is that gimmicks do nothing to address the real challenges that the public face today.”
Mr Rees-Mogg played down any suggestion that plans to reform retained EU law could lead to further clashes over the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.
“It is very important the benefits of divergence feed through to Northern Ireland. It can’t just be left out in the cold. So this will fit in with the reforms of the protocol,” he told reporters.
However, he stressed that the efforts to catalogue and target longstanding EU law were not “driving” unilateral UK efforts to make changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has provoked a major row with the EU.
The Cabinet Office Minister did acknowledge that the move could potentially prompt different approaches to regulation across the UK, but it depended on “competencies” between the UK Government and devolved administrations.
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Briana Scurry’s U.S. national soccer team jersey is at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in a permanent display that notes the contribution of Title IX to leveling the playing field.
The law helped paved the way for the Black goalkeeper to knock down barriers with her talent, determination and grit, amassing a long list of honors in what was a predominantly white sport.
“When the curators of the National Museum of African American History and Culture contacted us I remember thinking this can’t be real — because the reason is I didn’t realize that my body of work in soccer and my advocating for TBI (traumatic brain injury) and gay rights was actually making that big of an impact in my community to the point where I’d be worthy of being in this museum,” she said.
Scurry, 50, has a World Cup title, two Olympic gold medals and was the first Black woman to be inducted in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
It’s a draw-dropping resume, one that is even more impressive considering Scurry’s complex journey.
She has faced challenges as an openly gay Black woman in what was a predominately white sport. There were hardly any players who looked like her when she stepped on the sport’s biggest stage; today the US national soccer team’s roster features eight women of color.
Scurry reflected on her career in the memoir, “My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper” released this month — fitting for Thursday’s 50th anniversary of Title IX.
The world champion benefitted from scholarship dollars the law brought to women’s sports — it was the only way she could attend college. She was also fortunate to have advocates who lifted her up, from coach Pete Swenson who secretly paid the fees for her elite youth team in Minnesota, to the woman — later her wife — who helped her emerge from a brain injury that dimmed her spirit for three years.
But Scurry’s perseverance landed her on the national team in 1994 and she played 173 games for her country during a career that spanned 14 years.
Her defining moment was the 1999 World Cup final at the Rose Bowl. The game against China went to penalties and Scurry’s shootout save set up Brandi Chastain’s winning kick. The jersey Scurry wore is the one on display in the Smithsonian.
Scurry remembers the moment vividly. Normally for PKs she followed a strict routine, turning her focus inward and prowling the goal “like a big cat” while avoiding the glare of her opponent.
“For some reason, and to this day I can’t explain it, on that third kicker, something in my mind said `Look,′ and so I looked at her and I could see her shoulders were sloped and she was kind of walking with a little slight jog and she just really didn’t seem like she was confident. And I read that whole thing in that glance and I’m like `This is the one.′
“So before I walked into the goal I knew I was saving this one.”
Then 13 years after that glorious moment, Scurry became embroiled in controversy during the 2007 World Cup.
Coach Greg Ryan decided to start the veteran goalie over Hope Solo in the semifinal match against Brazil. The United States lost 4-0, and Solo publicly criticized the decision, essentially blaming Scurry for the loss.
“I think the silver lining was my teammates, who supported me. I really respected what the women’s national team stood for, and what she did was way outside the bounds and an anomaly — taking it outside of the house,” Scurry said of Solo. “I also learned how to forgive someone — that was really what it was — learning how to forgive someone that clearly I felt betrayed me.”
But the real drama in Scurry’s life would come years later, while she was playing for her professional team, the Washington Freedom. During a game with the Philadelphia Independence, Scurry took a knee to the head.
Diagnosed with a concussion, she was only expected to be out for a few days. But for the next three-plus years, she struggled with constant headaches, vertigo, light sensitivity and memory lapses. An experimental surgical procedure that removed two tangled balls of nerves from the back of her head finally brought her back.
“I felt completely unplugged from what I liked to do before and all these different things. People describe depression in that way: You’re not into the things you used to be into anymore, you isolate, you withdraw, and you have low energy,” she said. “I mean, it’s literally like unplugging, that’s how it felt to me.”
From that dark period emerged a light: She met Chryssa Zizos, the head of a Washington D.C. public relations firm. Zizos helped Scurry buy back her Olympic gold medals, which she had pawned, and put her on the road to recovery.
They fell in love. In 2018, the couple married.
“My head, that started the whole thing, right? So isn’t that isn’t that amazing? And that’s the beauty: I’ve learned to find that silver lining in everything. That’s such a cliche thing to say, but when it comes to concrete, horrible things, that at the time I felt was the worst thing ever, it ended up being the start of something amazing,” she said.
“Yeah, it’s all in how you look at it.”
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If you often play around in the task manager, you might have noticed that the program msmpeng.exe
always seems to have a high CPU usage. And if youre a curious person like me, you might also have noticed that you cannot end the task of this particular program.
So, what exactly is msmpeng.exe
? A feature that the Windows OS incorporated since the time of Windows 7, msmpeng.exe
is built-in antivirus software, often known as the Windows Defender. The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (msmpeng.exe
) runs in the background each time you start up Windows. It regularly scans your system for any form of threats, viruses, or malware.
So, here in this guide, we have mainly focused on helping you understand the functionality and the workflow of msmpeng.exe
. By the end of this guide, you’ll be able to use your newfound knowledge to decrease its overall CPU usage as well. Let’s get right to it!
Table of Contents
Why does msmpeng.exe have high CPU usage?
As mentioned above, msmpeng.exe
actively works in the background. So, whenever you download and install a new file on your system, msmpeng.exe scans it for possible worms and viruses.
If a virus is found, the particular file is transferred to the Quarantined sector. You then have the power to either delete or restore this file. So, this ultimately makes msmpeng.exe a resource-hungry application, taking a high CPU disk space.
Additionally, the msmpeng.exe program is known to scan its own folder too; C:\Program Files\ Windows Defender
. So, this scan process of the Windows Defender is also responsible for the high CPU usage.
Other than that, low hardware resources can also influence msmpeng.exe to eat up much of your CPU disk space.
How to lower msmpeng.exe’s CPU usage?
Msmpeng.exe
, also known as Antimalware service executable is known to slow down your computer at times. It comes pre-installed on your system and is also a reason for 100% disk usage.
Although you cannot end the task or the process formsmpeng.exe
, there are a few workarounds you can follow to reduce its overall CPU usage. Listed below are all the methods you can follow to do so.
Prevent msmpeng.exe from scanning its own directory
Preventing the Windows Defender from scanning its own directory is known to reduce its overall disk usage. So, for this,
- Press Win + I to open the Settings.
- Select Privacy & Security from the left panel.
- Go to Windows Security.
- Navigate towards Virus & threat protection.
- Click on Manage Settings that’s under Virus & threat protection settings.
- Click on Add or remove exclusions that’s under the Exclusion menu.
- Now, click the + sign beside Add an exclusion and select Folder.
- Paste
C:\Program Files\ Windows Defender
on the address editor and Select Folder. - Then, click Yes when prompted.
Reschedule the Windows Defender scan
Rescheduling the Windows Defender to scan your system at a particular date, time, and frequency can limit its overall background activities. So, this will ultimately reduce the overall CPU usage and make your computer faster. Here are the steps to do so:
- Press Win + R to open the run command box.
- Type and enter
taskschd.msc
to open the Task Scheduler. - On the left panel, expand Task Scheduler Library.
- Now, expand Microsoft followed by Windows.
- From under Windows, click on Windows Defender.
- Right-click on Windows Defender Scheduled Scan and select Properties.
- Uncheck Run with highest privileges that’s located in the General tab.
- Navigate towards the Conditions tab.
- Uncheck every option box in the Conditions tab.
- Navigate towards the Triggers tab.
- Click on New.
- Schedule the scan time as per your requirement and click OK.
- Restart your computer.
Turn off real-time protection
Real-time protection is a feature provided by the Windows OS that scans your downloaded files for any viruses in real-time. That is, the file is scanned as soon as it is downloaded.
Hence, disabling the real-time protection can very well fix your issue. So,
- Press Win + I to open the Settings.
- Select Privacy & Security from the left panel.
- Go to Windows Security.
- Navigate towards Virus & threat protection.
- Click on Manage Settings that’s under Virus & threat protection settings.
- Toggle off the Real-time Protection option.
Turn off Automatic Sample Submission
The automatic sample submission feature is known to upload sample data to Microsoft as a part of their survey process for scanning threats on your computer.
So, if this feature is disabled, the overall CPU usage shall also reduce. You can do so by,
- Press Win + I to open the Settings.
- Select Privacy & Security from the left panel.
- Go to Windows Security.
- Navigate towards Virus & threat protection.
- Click on Manage Settings that’s under Virus & threat protection settings.
- Toggle off the Automatic sample submission option.
Install a third-party anti-virus software
Although Windows Defender is a pretty good built-in protection software, there are much better third-party antivirus applications available on the market.
Choosing a reliable antivirus can be a daunting task, however, upon our research, we have found that Kaspersky, Bitdefender, and Norton antivirus are some of the best in the market.
We don’t recommend any particular software ourselves, however, we understand the problem you are going through and have decided that a reliable third-party antivirus application is a good workaround for your issue.
Disable Windows Defender
Windows OS allows you to disable the Windows Defender completely, hence minimizing its CPU usage. It is a relatively safe process if you have another antivirus software installed on your computer.
Once you do so, follow the steps below to disable Windows Defender:
- Press Win + R to open the run command box.
- Type and enter
gpedit.msc
to open the Group Policy Editor. - On the left panel, expand Computer Configuration.
- Now, expand Administrative Templates followed by Windows Components.
- Click on Window Defender Antivirus.
- Now, double click Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus.
- On the window that opens, select Enabled.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels.
But Gustavo Petro’s election as Colombia’s first leftist president is likely to test the U.S.’ special relationship with a major non-NATO ally like never before.
During the hard fought contest, Petro, a former guerrilla, took aim at forced coca eradication and extradition — centerpieces of the U.S.-backed drug war — as well as a free trade agreement with the U.S. he blames for impoverishing Colombian farmers
It remains to be seen whether he can implement his progressive agenda amid a fractured congress and opposition from powerful elites.
But just his promise of sweeping change in a country that has long been a bulwark of regional stability has many in Washington on edge — even if tracks the left’s resurgence throughout Latin America and was embraced by millions of Colombians fed up with enormous inequality and social injustice.
“Our combined efforts to combat transnational crime are over,” said Kevin Whitaker, a retired U.S. diplomat who served as ambassador in Bogota from 2014 to 2019. “There’s no doubt that he’s going about this in a very different manner.”
But while Whitaker is skeptical of Petro’s motives and effectiveness as a leader, he said he couldn’t be in more agreement with his campaign’s overarching focus: boosting the presence of the state, not just security forces, in the long-neglected countryside.
“If he is able to explain his plan to the U.S., and bridge the deep urban-rural divide that has long been Colombia’s biggest challenge, then it doesn’t have to be a conflictive relationship,” said Whitaker.
The U.S. helped Colombia pull back from the brink in 1999 with the launch of Plan Colombia to counter drug trafficking and the guerrillas who funded their insurgency through the transport of cocaine. Since then, successive Republican and Democratic administrations have provided more than $13 billion in military and economic assistance to Colombia — vastly more than any other country in Latin America.
Petro, 62, during the campaign criticized the linchpins of that bipartisan strategy.
On extradition, he said his government would prioritize truth-telling and compensation for the victims of powerful criminal groups rather than sending capos to the U.S. to face justice. Every year, under special presidential order, Colombia extradites dozens of drug traffickers charged in the U.S.
He also attacked the forced eradication of coca — the base ingredient of cocaine — for criminalizing otherwise law-abiding peasants and proving ineffective in reining in a record harvest. Instead, he would favor expanding crop substitution programs that provide credit, training and land rights to rural farmers.
All of Petro’s goals, however admirable, face huge obstacles.
In the U.S., a large bureaucracy consisting of hundreds of federal law enforcement agents has built up around close cooperation that will be difficult to unwind, says Whitaker.
Petro is also likely to face stiff resistance from inside the Colombian armed forces, whose influence has expanded greatly on the back of U.S. assistance and training.
Then there are the criminals themselves, who are unlikely to stand by idly if their profits are threatened. Despite being enshrined in a 2016 peace accord with the country’s largest rebel groups, voluntary crop substitution accounted for less than 1% of the 130,147 hectares of coca fields eradicated in 2020 — a sign of just how tenuous the state’s presence remains outside urban centers.
“A significant dialing back of the security component would strengthen the hands of the criminal actors and would be a point of friction with the U.S.,” said Cynthia Arnson, a fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington and a longtime observer of Colombia.
In other areas, such as trade and Venezuela, Petro could also clash with the U.S. His campaign platform calls for the creation of “smart tariffs” to protect Colombia’s countryside from agricultural imports allowed under a decade old free trade agreement with the U.S.
On Venezuela, he would re-establish relations with Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government — a move likely to anger many Republicans in Congress and unsettle the nearly 2 million Venezuelan migrants who have sought refuge in Colombia.
So far, Petro has avoided fueling any discord. In a 40-minute victory speech, he didn’t mention the drug war once and his only reference to the U.S. was a call for dialogue to jointly address climate change — a priority for the Biden administration.
“It’s time to sit down with the United States and talk about what it means the fact that they, like no other country in the Americas, are the source of greenhouse gases that we absorb in our Amazonian jungle,” he said.
The U.S. has been similarly restrained, touting the fact that Petro’s victory came on the 200th anniversary of the day Colombia became the first former Spanish colony to be recognized as an independent state by the U.S.
On Tuesday, President Biden spoke with Petro, congratulating him and Vice President Francia Marquez — a prominent environmental activist — on their election. During the call, Biden underscored his interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on climate change, health security and implementation of the peace accord, according to the White House.
“President Biden also welcomed the opportunity to discuss bilateral security and counternarcotics cooperation,” the White House said in a statement.
But while Petro, a former senator and mayor of the capital, Bogota, has been a fixture of politics for decades, the U.S. has had only limited contact with him over the years.
That in part reflects what, until recently, had been the limited prospects for the left in the socially conservative country. But the 2016 peace deal lifted many activists’ fears and breathed life into new demands by younger Colombians less burdened by the bloody conflict. Petro, after losing the 2018 presidential contest, then skillfully rode the wave of discontent, benefiting from protests during the pandemic that paralyzed the outgoing conservative government of Iván Duque and laid bare the consequences of inequality worse than any other country in Latin America except Brazil.
During Petro’s slow rise, U.S. officials described him alternately as a radical “populist” in the mold of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, according to a 2006 secret U.S. Embassy cable published by pro-transparency group Wikileaks, or “pragmatic,” according to another report sent two years later.
Whichever leadership style he embraces as president remains to be seen. But Petro has already made clear that in contrast with his predecessors, he’s likely to look less to Washington and seek closer ties with fellow leftists in places such as Mexico, Chile and Argentina.
Biden’s longtime aide on Latin America has also in the past taken some pointed shots at Petro. During the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, Juan Gonzalez, now the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere, compared Petro’s apparent support for Biden to former KKK leader David Duke’s endorsement of Trump.
“To be clear, Biden does not know or care about Gustavo Petro’s opinion,” said Gonzalez, who at the time was trying to defuse the Trump campaign’s strategy among Latino voters in Florida of comparing Biden to Chavez or Cuba’s Fidel Castro.
The opportunity for the U.S. to influence the direction of his government has also been limited by the departure earlier this month of Ambassador Philip Goldberg to take up his new assignment in South Korea. The Biden administration has yet to nominate a replacement.
“It’s beyond disappointing that the Biden team has not nominated an ambassador to shepherd U.S. policy through this critical transition period,” said John Feeley, a former U.S. ambassador to Panama who also served as a diplomat in Colombia during the hunt for Medellin cartel boss Pablo Escobar in the 1990s. “They can’t blame Republican obstructionism in the Senate for this one and they would do well to announce a nominee ASAP.”
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn’t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at the swimming world championships.
Romanchuk’s father is fighting in the east of Ukraine, where pockets of resistance are still denying Russia full military control of the region almost four months after it unleashed its invasion.
“He’s in a hot spot and it’s a hard time,” Romanchuk said after taking bronze in the men’s 800-meter freestyle race on Tuesday.
Romanchuk doesn’t dare talk to his dad out of fear his father’s location could be tracked through the call.
“It’s not possible for them to join the network because the Russians can search everything,” Romanchuk said. “But every morning he sends me (a message) that he is OK.”
The 25-year-old Romanchuk – who still intends to race the men’s 1500, then the 10K and 5K races in open water at the worlds – almost never made it to Budapest.
“My mind was to go to the war to defend my home,” said Romanchuk, who spent 10 days agonizing with his wife and family over the best course of action after Russia invaded his country on Feb. 24.
“We decided that I cannot do anything with the gun. For me, it’s better to continue training, to do everything that I do best,” said Romanchuk, who won bronze in the 800 and silver in the 1500 at the Tokyo Olympics last year. “With my swimming, I can tell all the world about the situation in Ukraine.”
As training facilities were destroyed by the war, Romanchuk was invited by German swimmer Florian Wellbrock – who finished second behind American Bobby Finke in the 800 – to come join him in Germany to train.
Romanchuk and Wellbrock embraced after finishing 1-2 in qualifying for Tuesday’s race. But Finke’s strong finish prevented a repeat in the final. Romanchuk finished 0.69 seconds behind Finke. The top three all set national records.
Romanchuk said he was both “proud and disappointed” of his third place. He said his medal proves “that Ukrainians will fight to the end, it doesn’t matter what the situation.”
Swimmers from Russia and its ally Belarus have been excluded from the championships. Romanchuk said he doesn’t know how he would have reacted if they hadn’t been.
“My reaction could be maybe aggressive, I don’t know,” said Romanchuk, who referred to Olympic backstroke champion Evgeny Rylov appearing at a pro-war rally in Moscow. “Inside of me, I was ready to go and to kill him,” he said of Rylov. “But before he was a good friend. Before. But everything changed.”
Romanchuk spoke of the destruction Russia has caused in his country, the people killed, the lives shattered.
It makes it hard for him to focus on swimming.
“Especially in the beginning when I moved to Germany to join the group. It was hard because mentally you are in the war and you are sleeping just three or four hours because you are always reading the news,” Romanchuk said. “It was so hard in the beginning, but then you understand that all you can do is to swim, to train, to represent your country.”
For the freshly minted medalist, it’s a time to feel proud.
“I’m so proud of all the people in Ukraine. This is all I can say. I’m proud of the people, of the government, the president. I’m so proud of them,” Romanchuk said. “And I’m really happy to be Ukrainian.”
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The payment rate will reportedly be €100 per hectare up to a maximum of ten hectares
The online application system for the Irish government's €56 million Fodder Support Scheme is now open for farmers in Carlow and across Ireland.
That's according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which made the announcement over the weekend.
The scheme was approved by government on June 14 this year and aims to incentivise Irish farmers to grow more fodder (silage/hay) for the coming winter.
At time of approval, the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue called the scheme "crucial".
He said, "Easing the burden on our farm families as a result of the disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine has been a key priority of mine as Minister as well as the government. Our response to the increase in agricultural input costs, in particular for chemical fertiliser and the impact that will have on the quantity of fodder produced and conserved for the coming winter, I am delighted to launch the Fodder Support Scheme today.
"This is a crucial scheme which will assist grow fodder stocks in the country to ensure we have adequate stocks for the winter ahead.
He went on to say, "I urge eligible farmers to apply on time and to ensure they read the Terms and Conditions of the scheme in particular that the areas entered for the scheme must be cut and conserved by September 5 2022."
Farmers wishing to apply to the scheme can do so themselves or through their advisor up to August 2 this year by logging onto the Exceptional Aid System on Agfood.ie.
The payment rate will reportedly be €100 per hectare up to a maximum of ten hectares, with a maximum potential payment capped at €1000.
Terms and conditions of the scheme are available to peruse here.
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Channel 4 unveils new commissions following Black to Front success
"We are doubling down on our pledge to drive change behind the camera."
Channel 4 has announced more commissions stemming from its Black to Front Project as well as unveiling new measures to support the development of additional diverse content.
Late night talk show Unapologetic, in which hosts Yinka Bokinni and Zeze Millz encourage guests to say exactly how they feel without apologising for it, is confirmed to be getting a second season consisting of six episodes.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 has ordered an hour-long documentary titled Crazy Rich... Ghanians, in which comedian Eddie Kadi takes a celebrity friend on a tour of the seldom-seen glitz and glamour of the West African nation.
Kadi said: "I’m so excited to showcase the different layers of this beautiful continent – the culture, lifestyle and, most importantly, the people. Africa is so diverse and is home to some of the most successful, impactful and innovative people in the world. Sharing their stories will be an absolute revelation!"
These commissions follow the earlier announcement that award-winning duo Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu would be reuniting to front more episodes of The Big Breakfast later this year.
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Channel 4 has teased that it is also working on further projects with Odudu, Millz and Bokinni as well as Judi Love and Munya Chawawa, which will be announced in due course.
Additionally, the broadcaster has created a new set of commissioning guidelines in collaboration with the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, which include a requirement for ethnically diverse senior leadership on all Channel 4 production teams.
Meanwhile, the document also sets out targets for regional representation and ethnically diverse off-camera talent to ensure impact is felt across a wide range of roles.
This follows earlier commitments from the broadcaster, including that at least 20 per cent of its editorial decision makers are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, alongside ring-fenced money for ethnically diverse-led indies (£22 million by the end of 2023).
Ian Katz, Chief Content Officer at Channel 4, said: "The Black to Front Project was always about trying to create sustained change in the industry rather than just one day of striking content.
"We’ve already recommissioned several shows pitched as part of the project, made ambitious commitments to increased spend with ethnic minority-led companies and made genre by genre commitments to commissioning ethnic minority-fronted programming.
"Today we are doubling down on our pledge to drive change behind the camera with a new set of off-screen diversity targets for all our productions, and a commitment to do all we can to help our indie partners broaden their talent networks and open up our industry to all.
"We are very grateful to the Lenny Henry Centre for their recommendations on how we can achieve this, and will be announcing further plans for more production sector support in coming weeks."
Marcus Ryder, Head of External Consultancies at the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, added: "We are encouraged by the fact that Channel 4’s Black to Front Project has proved to be bigger than just one day as the broadcaster has clearly taken the lessons that it learnt from the process and are implementing policies that should make it a more diverse and inclusive broadcaster, and hopefully improve diversity throughout the industry.”
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Padres pregame: Martinez could help Clevinger, Melvin returns as Friars seek sweep
Mike Clevinger is making first start since June 5; Nick Martinez would be pitching on three days rest for the first time if the Padres need him out of the bullpen
The Padres bullpen combined for five no-hit innings in Tuesday’s 11-inning win over Arizona. Steven Wilson was the busiest, striking out three over 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Luis Garcίa and Taylor Rogers both turned in scoreless innings for a second straight day.
With that in mind and Mike Clevinger on the mound after throwing 39 pitches in relief in his first game off the COVID injured list, the luxury of Nick Martinez could pay off in a big way Wednesday for a staff that is now working with seven relievers … and the uber-versatile Martinez.
“Well it’s definitely in the cards right now,” Padres bench coach Ryan Christenson said Tuesday of Martinez’s availability out of the bullpen Wednesday. “We’ve went through quite a few pieces of our pieces of our bullpen so if he’s available to give us a few innings, obviously he’s going to be another piece to put into the equation.”
This would be Martinez’s first time pitching on three days rest this season as he last pitched out of the rotation on Saturday in Colorado, allowing four runs in five innings in a no-decision.
Martinez threw 49 of his 79 pitches for strikes in that game. He has a 2.25 ERA in eight innings across two long relief appearances this year, but the hope is if Martinez is needed it wouldn’t be for quite as long as Clevinger (1-0, 3.79 ERA) could push his pitch count to 75.
Left-hander Adrián Morejón also should be available for multiple innings after last pitching Sunday (1 1/3 IP, 2 ER).
Clevinger allowed two runs in two innings of relief work Friday in his return from the COVID list and threw a bullpen Monday in preparation for taking Joe Musgrove’s turn in the rotation.
Clevinger’s last start was June 5 in Milwaukee, when he threw 60 pitches over three innings in his return from a triceps strain. He has not pitched deeper than five innings in a game this year but has thrown as many as 95 pitches in a start, his 2022 debut on May 4 in Cleveland.
Clevinger has not faced any current Diamondbacks.
As expected, manager Bob Melvin is back in the fold after missing 10 days while in COVID protocols. Here is the lineup he submitted, with Tuesday hero Jorge Alfaro getting his first start this year as the cleanup hitter, as the Padres seek to sweep Arizona:
As for Arizona, left-hander Madison Bumgarner (3-6, 3.45 ERA) allowed a season-high nine hits in his last start but managed to yield just two runs in six innings in beating the Twins. Bumgarner lasted just three innings in his opening day assignment against the Padres, allowing one run on one hit and four walks. Bumgarner has a 5.20 ERA over his last 10 starts against the Padres.
Here is how Bumgarner has fared in his career against current Padres (the four players with the most ABs against him aren’t in the lineup):
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Never underestimate humanity’s capacity for good or evil. Case in point: the lives of John Dillinger and Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde), two of the most infamous robber-slayers of the “public enemy” era in the early Thirties. In their time, Dillinger and Barrow were romanticized and reviled as they traveled the country, leaving behind a trail of death and carnage. Dig into their stories and you find two things ever-present: guns and get-away cars. Specifically, Ford V-8s. In fact, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died in a maelstrom of bullets while in the front seats of a 1934 Ford V-8. Their “death car” now sits on exhibition at Primm Valley Resort & Casino in Nevada.
This story originally appeared in Volume 11 of Road & Track.
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In the Ford archives, two of the most controversial documents remain letters from Dillinger and Barrow to Henry Ford. The Dillinger letter, dated May 16, 1934 (two months before Dillinger was gunned down in Chicago), begins, “Hello Old Pal.” It reads, “You have a wonderful car. . . . Your slogan should be, Drive a Ford and watch the other cars fall behind you.”
The Barrow letter to Henry Ford is dated April 10, 1934 (a month before Barrow was shot dead in rural Louisiana). “While I still have got breath in my lungs,” it reads, “I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one.”
Another Dillinger letter to Henry Ford exists that is not in the Ford archives. After receiving it in 1934, Ford Motor Company turned it over to the authorities, and the New York Times published an article about it. “I want to thank you for making such an excellent car,” the letter reads. “If I am ever captured it will have to be by someone in another Ford.”
Handwriting experts and the FBI have determined that the two letters in the Ford archives are almost certainly hoaxes. The Dillinger letter, says Matt Anderson, a curator at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, “remains one of our most popular artifacts, even though it’s almost certainly not authentic.” The jury is still out on the other Dillinger letter, which today can be found in Henry Ford’s FBI file.
Nevertheless, these letters tell us a lot about the role the car has played in our changing times. The automobile revolutionized the way we lived, worked, dressed, worshiped, and vacationed— and the way we robbed, cheated, and escaped the authorities. As with every great invention, some use it for good, others for evil. | https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a40176149/the-story-behind-henry-fords-letters-from-americas-most-notorious-outlaws/ | 2022-06-22T18:38:19Z | https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a40176149/the-story-behind-henry-fords-letters-from-americas-most-notorious-outlaws/ | false | 1 |
Historic floods in Yellowstone National Park are raising questions about long-term government efforts to fix the nation’s infrastructure and curb climate change. NPR’s Kirk Siegler reports.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
0-0-6, SB: 7
(zero, zero, six; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
0-0-6, SB: 7
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Alpha Omega Group Inc. cut its stake in VanECk BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:BIZD – Get Rating) by 2.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 220,849 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,255 shares during the period. VanECk BDC Income ETF accounts for about 4.0% of Alpha Omega Group Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest position. Alpha Omega Group Inc. owned about 0.59% of VanECk BDC Income ETF worth $3,955,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Morgan Stanley raised its position in VanECk BDC Income ETF by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,751,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,190,000 after buying an additional 916,011 shares during the last quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of VanECk BDC Income ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,300,000. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of VanECk BDC Income ETF by 12.3% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,107,504 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,994,000 after purchasing an additional 121,129 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in VanECk BDC Income ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $1,703,000. Finally, All Season Financial Advisors Inc. grew its stake in VanECk BDC Income ETF by 420.9% in the 1st quarter. All Season Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 101,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,817,000 after acquiring an additional 81,991 shares during the period.
VanECk BDC Income ETF stock traded down $0.02 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $14.83. The company had a trading volume of 25,270 shares, compared to its average volume of 331,540. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.08. VanECk BDC Income ETF has a 1-year low of $14.38 and a 1-year high of $18.11.
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More than 200 people attended a dedication in downtown St. Louis of the Freedom Suits Memorial, a statue honoring the fight for freedom of enslaved Missourians.
A bear killed Monday in Jefferson County was likely about 2 years old.
The Juneteenth and Father's Day weekend should give the region a short break in the heat.
GPS technology will automatically turn lights green for emergency vehicles as they approach intersections in the county.
Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project puts headstone on grave of third baseman and right fielder for the St. Louis Black Stockings.
In the middle of the season’s first heat advisory, Ameren Missouri donates 850 window air conditioner units and $200,000 to Cool Down St. Louis.
Parcel data gives a partial picture of building ages across St. Louis city, St. Louis County and St. Charles County.
The Roman Catholic Church excommunicated and defrocked the Rev. Marek Bozek for pastoring St. Stanislaus. He’s leaving the "inclusive" congregation he molded.
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Ten city-owned athletic fields are on their way to having artificial turf.
Charleston City Council on Tuesday approved an $8.1 million contract with Kentucky-based Turf Alliance LLC to oversee the installation of synthetic turf on soccer, baseball and football fields around the city.
Included fields are the Bigley Avenue upper and lower fields, Cato Park upper and lower soccer fields, the Kanawha City League Little field, the Kanawha City softball/University of Charleston field, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center Complex, the North Charleston Little League field, Appalachian Power Park field and the Suppa Little League/softball field.
Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin called the project an investment in the city's youth and athletic teams. Turfing the fields will allow the city more opportunity to grow sports tourism, she said.
“When somebody said today this is the largest economic development investment in the city, they weren't kidding," Goodwin said. "We believe that turfing these 10 fields will have a more monumental impact than anything that we’ve done in the city of Charleston in the last 10 years. That’s a pretty bold statement. But what we see trends across the country, it’s not slowing down. It’s moving up and quite frankly, we should have done this about 10 years ago.”
As the construction manager at-risk, Turf Alliance will bid out the work to contractors on the city’s behalf. The city’s total contract with Turf Alliance will be $8.1 million. The company's fee for the contract may not exceed 12% that amount.
Under the contract, if the work exceeds $8.1 million, Turf Alliance would pay the difference, finance committee chairman Councilman Joe Jenkins said.
"We put forth a set budget and it cannot exceed that budget," Jenkins said. "If the work that was contracted for exceeds that budget, it is Turf Alliance LLC's responsibility and obligation to pay those funds to complete the work that was contracted for. So this budget is a complete maximum."
Of the $8.1 million, $6 million will come from American Rescue Plan funds. The remaining $2.1 million will come from other funds the city has on hand, city manager Jonathan Storage said.
The city had anticipated using $1 million from the Land Water Conservation Fund by the Department of Interior, Storage said. That funding fell through because of a requirement to show a clear title for the land. The city has a long-term lease with the West Virginia Department of Transportation on the Bigley Avenue fields, which are next to the interstate, Storage said.
“We were told by a state representative who helps marshal state applications to the federal level that it would be very difficult to get that through,” Storage said. “And that, basically if we were to hold out for that $1 million, a fraction of what the rest of it cost, that those fields would not be completed at the same time as the rest of the city fields and might be several years before we ever got word on that.”
Installation work is expected to begin in late summer or early fall.
Also Tuesday, Charleston City Council approved the distribution of $112,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to Fund for the Arts and $32,000 in American Rescue Plans funds to the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.
Fund for the Arts will use the money for marketing support of their 2022 Wine and Jazz Festival, and to replace revenue lost in 2020 and 2021 due to the cancellation of the festival.
The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame will use the money to recover financially from the pandemic.
Another American Rescue Plan funding request that would have benefited the development of the old Charmco Building on Morris Street into housing was removed from the meeting agenda Tuesday.
The Woda Group of Columbus, Ohio, asked the city for $600,000 in federal relief money to help fund a project to turn Charmco into a 39-unit “affordable workforce housing” development. Woda proposed spending $14 million on the whole project.
Goodwin said the city pulled the application because of questions and concerns about the project. Goodwin said she had concerns over parking and zoning for the project.
“I think there are a lot of questions that people still have," she said after the meeting. "I know the administration -- I have questions about it. I have some concerns, and I know that there were some council members that had some concerns, so we took it off the agenda.” | https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha_valley/charleston-city-council-oks-turfing-10-athletic-fields/article_6c7469a6-217a-5471-b43a-27716438e791.html | 2022-06-22T18:50:07Z | https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha_valley/charleston-city-council-oks-turfing-10-athletic-fields/article_6c7469a6-217a-5471-b43a-27716438e791.html | false | 1 |
UBER Resumes Shared Rides Service Across Some U.S. Cities
Uber Technologies UBER has resumed its shared-ride service in some cities in the United States after suspending the same in 2020 due to the pandemic.
UBER said that UberX Share is currently available in cities like New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA; Portland, OR; Indianapolis, IN and Pittsburgh, PA. The company expects to expand the service to other cities this summer.
Riders booking an UberX Share will receive an instant discount of up to 20% off the total fare if matched with a co-rider along the way. The service will only match riders heading in the same direction to prevent delays in pick ups and drop offs. Riders will arrive at their destination “no more than 8 minutes later than an UberX ride”, UBER said.
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The shared ride service is a more sustainable choice for customers as two or more people ride on one car, reducing the number of cars on the roads, UBER said. This way, transportation can be made more affordable by reducing gas usage, vehicle miles and emissions per passenger, the company added.
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Six Flags Magic Mountain has moved one step closer to opening the new Wonder Woman roller coaster this summer with the completion of the golden “lasso of truth” single-rail track in the DC Comics area of the Valencia amusement park.
Works crews have finished installing the final track section on the Wonder Woman Flight of Courage roller coaster, according to Magic Mountain officials.
The innovative new Wonder Woman single-rail roller coaster — billed as the world’s tallest and longest ride of its kind — will increase Magic Mountain’s record-setting coaster count to 20.
Magic Mountain still needs to apply a few final touches to the attraction, test the coaster trains and complete the remodel of the DC Universe themed area before the new Wonder Woman ride opens to visitors. On-track coaster train testing is expected to begin in the next few weeks.
Magic Mountain has not yet announced an opening date for Wonder Woman Flight of Courage beyond “Summer 2022.” That gives the park until late September to open the new ride if progress on the project remains on schedule.
Magic Mountain season passholders will get a preview of the Wonder Woman coaster before the new ride opens to the general public — which should offer the first hint of an opening date later this summer.
The double out-and-back layout with a gold single-rail track and red supports stretches between the DC Universe and Metropolis Plaza areas of the park running alongside the Riddler’s Revenge coaster and switching back in front of the Justice League 3-D dark ride.
The new Wonder Woman Flight of Courage coaster will reach a top speed of 58 mph after climbing a 131-foot-tall lift hill and descending an 87-degree first drop. The ride’s four 12-passenger trains will travel over a 3,300-foot-long track featuring three inversions — a raven dive, zero gravity roll and 180-degree stall.
The Raptor single-rail track by Rocky Mountain Construction employs an innovative new coaster design from the Idaho-based ride manufacturer. Passengers on a RMC single-rail coaster sit in an inline-style train with their legs straddling an I-beam track.
Magic Mountain’s new coaster will be similar to the Jersey Devil coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey that opened in June 2021.
Rocky Mountain Construction has built similar Raptor single-rail coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Wonder Woman Golden Lasso), California’s Great America (Railblazer) and Idaho’s Silverwood (Stunt Pilot).
Magic Mountain’s new coaster will reuse the station house of the former Green Lantern: First Flight, an Intamin ZacSpin coaster that was removed and relocated to Montreal’s La Ronde amusement park.
The Greek-inspired entrance and queue for Flight of Courage will be themed to the hidden island of Themyscira, the fictional island home of Wonder Woman. The queue will showcase the legacy and life of Wonder Woman while explaining how she obtained her super powers.
The addition of the Wonder Woman coaster in the DC Universe area of the park will also include a new restaurant and bar as well as a retail shop.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Magic Mountain to press pause on the ride project that was initially set to open in 2021 in the DC Comics-themed area of the park.
Magic Mountain was quietly laying out plans for the innovative new single rail roller coaster just before the Valencia amusement park was shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak and Six Flags slashed $50 million in planned capital projects.
The “2021 roller coaster” was approved in early March 2020 by the County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning just 10 days before Magic Mountain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Magic Mountain removed the 1989 Tidal Wave shoot-the-chutes water ride and 1974 Flash: Speed Force caterpillar-style ride to make room for the Wonder Woman coaster project.
The Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth thrill ride at Magic Mountain was renamed and rethemed as Teen Titans Turbo Spin to make room for the new coaster named for the comic book superheroine. | https://www.marinij.com/2022/06/22/six-flags-magic-mountain-completes-wonder-woman-coaster-track/ | 2022-06-22T18:50:55Z | https://www.marinij.com/2022/06/22/six-flags-magic-mountain-completes-wonder-woman-coaster-track/ | true | 14 |
Recently, I have a super bad feeling about Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) due to several negative drivers impacting the company in the near or medium term. At the same time, NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO), affectionately called the Tesla of China by some quarters, is rising like a phoenix following the reversal of cautiousness towards Chinese stocks and the passing of the lockdowns in China. Hence, I see a potential for a pair trade: 'Buy' NIO and 'Sell' TSLA.
I believe the majority of my followers on Seeking Alpha became acquainted with my writings on Chinese companies like Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)(OTCPK:BABAF), JD.com Inc. (JD)(OTCPK:JDCMF), and Baidu, Inc. (BIDU). Long-time readers would appreciate that I 'study' China intently. My main coverage in the past couple of years has been Chinese American Depositary Receipts [ADRs] as I sought to provide an on-the-ground perspective enriched by my frequent travels to China (before the COVID-19 pandemic struck).
However, I started as a contributor on Seeking Alpha writing mainly about true blue American companies such as Tesla. Tesla: Wonders Of Crippleware, Tesla: Dispelling Misconceptions, and Shorting Tesla On Elon Musk's Earnings Call 'Tantrum' Would Be A Mistake were among my first articles on the electric vehicle pioneer.
During my China trips, I would make efforts to visit Tesla retail fronts across the country (such as the one captured in the following photograph). Over the years, I continued to occasionally opine on TSLA such as in Tesla Stock Forecast: Who Will Be The Biggest Competitors By 2025 and Chinese EVs Are Making Tesla Look Cheap. In this article, I will lean heavily on Tesla's and NIO's China circumstances to explain the rationale of the pair trade.
I felt compelled to revisit Tesla and NIO after a series of major developments from both companies. In particular, I believe the extended Shanghai lockdown is going to impact TSLA stock in a magnitude not well appreciated by Wall Street analysts yet. For the quarter ending June 2022, the consensus revenue estimate is currently $17.8 billion, representing a 48.7% year-on-year growth.
This is down 1.5% and 8.6% from a month and three months ago, respectively. However, this is 1.0% higher than six months ago (late 2021), before the world knew China was prepared to strictly lockdown a metropolis with a population size between that of Florida (21.8 million) and Texas (29.5 million), or roughly three times as many as who lives in New York City. The mega city is a center for global transport, manufacturing, as well as finance and trade. Shanghai is home to the world's busiest port and it accounted for 7.3% of China's exports and 14.4% of imports in 2021. Its GDP is slightly more than Sweden's $660.92 billion.
Most importantly, Shanghai is where Tesla situated its car-making in China and where the majority of its sales are. In April, Tesla's China-made vehicular sales plunged like a rock. It sold a mere 1,152 cars from 65,814 cars in March. May saw sales roaring back but still less than half that of March's numbers at 32,165 cars.
In the first quarter of 2022, China accounted for 25% of Tesla's overall revenue and a total of 182,174 Made-in-China Tesla vehicles were sold. For the second quarter to match the prior quarter's number, Tesla China would have to sell 148,497 vehicles. This is 2.45 times higher than March's sales or 2.1 times higher than its all-time high of 70,847 achieved in December 2021.
Tesla China's production is likely to be in a similar situation. Even if it is mechanically and logistically possible to catch up, it is going to come at a huge cost. In November last year, Tesla chief, Elon Musk, wrote in an employee memo that he didn't want the company "spending heavily on expedite fees, overtime and temporary contractors just so that cars arrive in Q4." Musk said that this is because historically, Tesla "sprint like crazy at [the] end of [the] quarter to maximize deliveries, but then deliveries drop massively in the first few weeks of the next quarter." Over a six-month period, Tesla "won't have delivered any extra cars, but we will have spent a lot of money and burned ourselves out to accelerate deliveries in the last two weeks of each quarter."
In other words, Musk suggested that there is no such thing as "catch up on lost production." The robotic arms should have already been programmed to operate as fast as they can pre-lockdown. The workers can only accelerate their efforts as fast as humanely and safely possible. Considering that they had already "sprinted" in December 2021 and March this year to accelerate output at the end of the quarter, it is unfathomable that a more than doubling in throughput can be achieved in June to close the wide gap.
Furthermore, we would be pinning our hopes on a team of workers who have been working, living, and sleeping on the same factory premises and away from their families since March. It was tough keeping sane while quarantined in a cozy hotel room for three weeks. It is hard to imagine how the folks in Tesla Shanghai would be able to cope with the working-living conditions and be pushed to do whatever they can to help the company achieve the numbers shareholders are expecting. Even if they could, would there be quality issues, and at what costs?
Let's assume the Chinese workers are willing and capable. What about the availability of parts from Tesla suppliers? In the first quarter of 2022 earnings call, Musk admitted "there are some parts that are sourced in China that apply worldwide. And that would be -- that would impact production elsewhere." He claimed that Tesla management "don't think this is going to be a big deal." Should shareholders find out the hard way when Tesla reports its second quarter earnings?
On 9 June 2022, NIO guided its second quarter total revenues to be between RMB9.340 billion ($1.47 billion) and RMB10.088 billion ($1.59 billion), representing an increase of approximately 10.6% to 19.4% year-on-year. This was substantially below the consensus expectation of $1.79 billion, representing year-on-year growth of 37.4%. 11 days later (at the time of writing), the revised consensus revenue estimate for NIO has fallen to $1.44 billion. This represents a year-on-year growth of 10.5%, even lower than the low end of the company guidance.
The conservative estimate suggests that analysts believe the executives of NIO had provided an overly optimistic forecast with just 21 days left before the end of the quarter. The latest consensus estimate is 32% and 33% lower than three months and six months ago, respectively. This contrasts with the 8.6% 3-month difference and 1.0% 6-month difference for Tesla.
Sure, NIO's production is wholly in China, and the majority of its sales are from China. Tesla only has 25% of its sales from China as of the first quarter of 2022. However, we should not forget that Tesla is also pressured by the slowdown in economic activities in the U.S. and around the world. The slashing in the market valuations of tech companies and the swoon in the broader market has diminished the potential customer pool for the premium cars that Tesla sells. Elon Musk might have been looking at Tesla's sales trends when he remarked earlier this month that he had a "super bad feeling" about the economic outlook.
TSLA bulls may point to the price raises announced in the past weeks that could bump the revenue numbers. However, it should be noted that the price hikes may also deter some buyers and potentially push them to lower-priced offerings from competitors. The strong U.S. dollar has a double whammy on Tesla. It makes its cars more expensive in local currencies and reduces the overseas contributions to the total revenue when foreign sales are converted to USD.
Year-to-date, TSLA stock has underperformed NIO, falling 38.5% versus 34.4% for the latter. There appears to be more downside for TSLA considering its down trending pattern while NIO has achieved a bottom in May.
Shareholders of both TSLA and NIO are still smiling to the bank with the returns at 14 times and 8 times, respectively, over the past three years. In early 2021, NIO shareholders saw the stock appreciate over 25 times, just behind the rise of TSLA in the same period.
For those who prefer looking at the paper loss from the peak, Tesla is doing better on this front, down 46% based on enterprise value versus NIO's 67%. NIO's steep loss is, however, a recovery from the more hefty 81% plunge a few weeks ago. Investors who are thinking 'enough is enough' for TSLA's decline should note that it had fallen over 58% in March 2020 off its then high.
Since Tesla Inc is such a mega cap, its 46% off the high of its enterprise value meant that $568 billion evaporated since the peak, which happened early this year. NIO hit a peak enterprise value of $91.4 billion and lost two-thirds of that to settle at $30.4 billion currently. While Cathie Wood's ARK Invest (ARKK) has sold the majority of its Chinese ADRs, NIO remained, and she has continued to add.
It would take just a few more fund managers to take fancy on NIO and the stock gets pumped up with several billions of dollars. Similarly, we just need some TSLA shareholders who decide to diversify part of their holdings and reallocate the proceeds within the EV sector and into NIO to see a big jump in NIO's market cap.
Looking at the past three years, NIO hit a peak price-to-sales ratio of 34 times in November 2020, three months ahead of TSLA's peak (30 times) in January 2021. However, over a year later, the PS ratio of NIO has fallen to a mere 5.6 times, less than half that of TSLA's 11.8 times.
When viewed from the price-to-book value metric, TSLA stock is trading at 19.8 times, more than triple that of NIO's 6.5 times.
A very clear advantage Tesla Inc has over NIO Inc. is its positive and growing free cash flow, reaching $6.9 billion by the first quarter of 2022. NIO reported a negative free cash flow of $2.9 billion in the same quarter.
That glowing free cash flow of Tesla is thanks to the healthy spurt of cash from operations in the past two years. Meanwhile, NIO is struggling to grow its cash from operations.
Nevertheless, to the credit of NIO, its cash and equivalents to market cap at 0.22 times is nearly 14 times that of Tesla's 0.016 times. Notably, NIO's prevailing ratio is higher than its historical average since its public listing, while Tesla's ratio has been falling since the second half of 2019 and is now way below its four-year historical average.
Tesla is also showing its superiority over NIO when viewed from the net income perspective. Tesla's net income on a trailing-twelve-month basis is $8.4 billion, compared to NIO's net loss of $1.2 billion.
Under Seeking Alpha's quant system, both TSLA and NIO are rated 'Hold', though TSLA has a higher score of 3.37 versus NIO's 2.76. TSLA's factor grades are also flashing green and just one red (F for valuation). It scored a respectable A+ for profitability, A for growth, A- for momentum, and B+ for revisions.
In contrast, while NIO also scored an F for valuation, it has much worse grades than TSLA for the other factors. Other than an A- for growth, NIO scored C- for revisions, C+ for momentum, and D for profitability.
TSLA stock currently has a consensus price target of $920.35, representing a 44% upside from its last closing price of $650.28 (17 June 2022). At the consensus price target of $36.10, NIO stock has a 74% upside from its last closing price of $20.77 (17 June 2022).
NIO's larger price upside may be deemed unrealistic, but it should be noted that Wall Street analysts have already revised their targets on NIO substantially. Year-to-date, NIO's consensus price target has already fallen 39.8%, exceeding the 34.4% decline experienced by the stock itself. In contrast, the price target for TSLA is even 3.0% higher than at the beginning of the year, while the stock has tanked 38.5% over the same period.
The elevated price target for TSLA suggests analyst optimism for the EV leader. However, the consensus call for TSLA is only a 'Buy' with a score of 3.61, higher than Ford Motor's (F) 3.42 ('Hold'), but lower than NIO's 4.52 ('Strong Buy'). Warren Buffett-backed Chinese EV-maker BYD Company Limited (OTCPK:BYDDF)(OTCPK:BYDDY) has the highest score of all at 5.00 ('Strong Buy'). The low score for TSLA could mean analysts aren't all that bullish and price target revision downwards may be forthcoming.
Elon Musk has demonstrated his ability to "get things done" in several well-publicized circumstances, such as when he managed to keep Tesla going despite the company being days away from bankruptcy at one point years ago. So has William Li, the founder and CEO of NIO, who also brought the company out of the brink in the past.
NIO operates in a country that has been painted as having an authoritarian government and the recent "draconian" lockdowns imposed at will on even economically important cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou have raised the specter of business hardship should the "dynamic COVID-zero" policy cause further disruptions to manufacturers again in the second half of the year. However, Tesla faces the same challenge with its China plant.
Besides the output and sales losses from possible fresh lockdowns, Tesla bears have flagged the geopolitical risks facing the leading EV-maker with its Shanghai plant. Elon Musk may not be beholden to the Chinese government, but he could be forced to abandon Tesla China in the same fashion that McDonald's (MCD) has exited from Russia due to political and consumer pressures.
The Biden administration and global Tesla car buyers may demand Musk to give up Tesla China citing national security or should the much-touted takeover of Taiwan by mainland China take place, culminating in a series of sanctions and businesses pulling out of the populous country. In mid-June, Wall Street Journal reported that bipartisan lawmakers are proposing new legislation to block U.S. investments "in countries like China seen as adversaries to protect U.S. technologies and rebuild critical supply chains."
The nightmarish worst-case scenario of a full withdrawal from China for Tesla shareholders may be unlikely to happen, but if market players choose to hype up such concerns, sentiment on the stock would suffer. We have seen this happening for e-commerce and cloud giant Alibaba Group Holding, which led me to write Alibaba: There's Always Something To Fear two months ago.
As a reminder, and for the uninitiated, Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai subsidiary was granted a beneficial income tax rate of 15% (compared to the 25% statutory corporate income tax rate in China) for 2019 through 2023. Tesla may not be able to get an extension. Tesla also needs to keep investing in China or face consequences.
For the land-use rights for Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla is obligated to spend RMB 14.08 billion in capital expenditures by the end of 2023 and to generate RMB 2.23 billion of annual tax revenues starting at the end of 2023. If Tesla is "unwilling or unable to meet such target or obtain periodic project approvals, in accordance with the Chinese government's standard terms for such arrangements," Tesla would have to "revert the site to the local government and receive compensation for the remaining value of the land lease, buildings and fixtures." Hence, there will be no easy exit for Tesla should geopolitical tensions demand it to do so.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk is distracted by the drama surrounding the proposed Twitter (TWTR) acquisition, sexual harassment allegations against the CEO, and autopilot issues. All these while managing his other businesses like SpaceX and The Boring Company.
On the contrary, William Li has kept himself out of the limelight and shrewdly avoided any political commentary. NIO's strategy of relying on Battery as a Service (BaaS) has also been welcomed by the Chinese government. In April 2020, the authorities revised their New Energy Vehicle [NEV] policy such that EVs over RMB300,000 are eligible for subsidies only if they support battery swapping. The combination of BaaS and subsidies has helped to reduce the prices of NIO models considerably.
Counterpoint Technology, an industry researcher, believes that battery swapping is advantageous for NIO as it can obtain critical user data, including the frequency of battery change, and offer tailored services. Since the owners of NIO cars avoid any battery degradation cost, the car's resale value is unaffected by the age and the condition of the battery. At the same time, they can upgrade to a more powerful battery pack or switch to a battery with the latest technologies. Rising awareness of such appeal would drive new buyers to NIO, supporting its revenue growth.
NIO stock jumped last Monday as market players eyed the coming launch of its fifth production model, the first SUV to run on its second-generation platform. Tesla could pull similar tricks, but investors are still eagerly anticipating the commercial rollout of its past previews such as Tesla Semi and Tesla Cybertruck.
Warnings about investment risks in Chinese stocks are aplenty. However, the "Great Wall of Worry" appears to be crumbling and institutional investors are increasingly vocal about getting back into the sector. Vincent Mortier, Amundi's Chief Investment Officer, recently said that "to be underweight Chinese equities today is risky. It's better to be overweight because medium-term, we think there is value."
Finally, the long-anticipated Chinese homegrown mRNA vaccine trials are getting favorable results. Market players are expecting the eventual approval and the subsequent rollout to the Chinese population as a booster shot would drive bullish sentiment significantly due to the potential lifting of China's strict COVID-zero policy. NIO, with sales predominantly in China, should benefit disproportionately compared to Tesla.
Hence, considering the multifaceted opportunities and challenges for both EV leaders mentioned in this article, and most importantly, the overly 'punished' estimates for NIO while analysts are seemingly still 'sleeping' on TSLA, I am calling for a 'Buy' for NIO and a 'Sell' for TSLA.
From the price chart, TSLA could weaken to the next support at around $590 before finding a stronger support at around $450. Many SaaS stocks touting artificial intelligence, automation, a futuristic outlook, etc. have seen their share prices fallen to early 2020 levels or lower. Hence, if the two illustrated supports fail to hold TSLA, it could fall to around $200.
On the other hand, NIO stock could potentially rise to the price channel between $33 to $45. Taking the mid-point of $39, this represents an upside of around 72% from the close on June 21 ($22.66). If TSLA falls to $450 (the stronger support level), it represents a downside of around 37%. I anticipate a timeframe of 6 to 12 months for the pair trade to see maximum spread.
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Announces Veteran Real Estate Investment Executive Michael Hawkins Joins Cove as Chief Investment Officer
PHOENIX, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Communities ('Cove') is pleased to announce and welcome Michael Hawkins as Chief Investment Officer. Michael will oversee acquisitions, capital transactions, sourcing of debt capital, and equity partner relations for Cove Communities.
Most recently, Mr. Hawkins served as Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group for KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he oversaw the successful execution of transaction volume in excess of $50 billion including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions.
Before working with KeyBanc, he held banking roles for a boutique investment bank in New York, Wachovia Securities, and RBC Capital Markets.
"We are extremely pleased to have Michael join our leadership team. I've had the privilege of working with Michael for over a decade and value his extensive capital markets and transaction advisory experience," said David Napp, Cove's Chairman of the Board. "Over the course of his career, Michael has established himself as a very effective and strategic thought leader who brings a breadth of experience and deep set of relationships which will be immediately valuable to Cove Communities," added Colleen Edwards, Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Hawkins earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia and a Masters of Business Administration from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.
Cove Communities, a real estate investment trust (REIT) founded in 2017, currently owns and operates 45 manufactured home communities and RV resorts with 15,401 developed sites in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Cove's Chairman Dave Napp and CEO Colleen Edwards have 26-year track records of fair and professional dealings with sellers and reputations as buyers of choice in the MH and RV industry. Napp and Edwards previously founded both Encore Communities and Carefree Communities, purchasing over 185 communities with over 55,000 sites during their ownership, establishing themselves among the most active owner/operators in the business.
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Nikki Fried goes on offensive after DeSantis rebukes COVID shots for young kids
ORLANDO — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is on the offensive.
Within two days, Florida’s only statewide elected Democrat has hosted two press conferences in two different cities, lambasting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to not pre-order vaccinations for young children in Florida.
Fried is among a choir of Democratic officials, including the White House, angered by DeSantis’ refusal. The move, among other implications, means local health departments will not provide vaccines to young kids. Families will instead need to locate nearby providers at places such as CVS, Walgreens or doctors' offices.
Speaking Tuesday in Orlando, Fried decried DeSantis’ decision as a political move. She warned the choice will make accessing vaccines more difficult, and may even endanger the lives of young children with health complications.
Florida is the only state in the nation not to secure an early supply of the vaccine, which is designed for kids older than six months old.
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“This is part of a continuing and concerted effort by the governor and his anti-science surgeon general to push dangerous conspiracy theories over proven public health measures and an attempt to take away parents rights to make their own decisions about their children's health from their doctors,” Fried told reporters during a press conference at a hotel nearby Disney in Orlando.
A Democratic gubernatorial contender, Fried is a longtime critic of DeSantis. She’s attacked the GOP governor’s handling of the pandemic since its early stages, when DeSantis began peeling away from federal guidance such as mask mandates and school closures.
She even began hosting a daily COVID-19 press conference after Florida heath officials stopped reporting daily case numbers. Floridians, she said then and maintains now, need better leadership and more information.
“Because the governor has been void of his leadership and has been void of giving us information… we are hear to provide access and we are the only ones talking to the White House to make sure this information is given out to the people of our state,” Fried said Tuesday.
Though the vaccine will be available at health stores and primary care offices, Fried argues that without public health sites, many "underserved communities" may struggle to access the vaccine.
They, she contends, rely often on local health departments due to inadequate access to heath care, a potential lack of transportation and health insurance limitations.
Fried noted that Florida established a statewide network of mobile vaccination sites when COVID-19 vaccines were first released as a way to expedite distribution.
"This is a new program for our children and we should be doing everything possible to get these vaccines out and to make sure that they're getting put into locations that provide access to those that are underserved," Fried said.
DeSantis stands firm on COVID-19 position
Despite the mounting criticism and ongoing media attention over child vaccinations, DeSantis’ opposition to heavy-handed public health policy — and now vaccinations for young children — is unwavering.
DeSantis this week said he is "affirmatively against the COVID vaccine for young kids" and reaffirmed he would not devote any state resources to the new vaccine effort.
He and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo maintain there is a lack of evidence to suggest that healthy children need the vaccine. According to the CDC, children are indeed less likely to develop serious complications due to COVID-19.
Of the 75,096 COVID-19 deaths tallied in Florida, only 46 are categorized under the age of 16, according to the Florida Department of Health's latest data.
“We are not going to have any programs where we’re trying to jab 6-month-old babies with mRNA,” DeSantis said Monday at a news conference. “We still have not ordered it. We’re not going to order it.”
The FDA authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers on Friday, marking one of the final milestones in years-long federal vaccine effort. The Florida Department of Health, though, warns of "certain risks" for healthy children that "may outweigh the benefits."
Fried is locked into a pitched primary battle with Democratic Congressman Charlie Crist. A former Florida Governor, Crist in recent weeks has locked in a slew of endorsements, including a vote of support by Orlando Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani.
Most polls show Crist leading Fried by more than double digits, according to Real Clear Politics. Winner will face DeSantis, who is wildly popular among GOP voters and considered a future presidential contender.
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Bolsonaro ex-minister arrested for 'influence peddling'
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Brasília (AFP) – A Brazilian former education minister accused of influence peddling, allegedly at the request of President Jair Bolsonaro, was arrested Wednesday, police and a defense lawyer said.
Milton Ribeiro resigned in March over allegations that he channeled public funds to allies of two influential Evangelical pastors at Bolsonaro's "special request."
Newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo revealed an audio recording of Ribeiro saying he gave priority in deciding school-funding requests to municipalities governed by "friends" of the pastors.
One mayor reportedly said he had been asked for a kilo of gold in exchange for having his school-funding request cleared.
The claims triggered calls from opposition lawmakers for Ribeiro and Bolsonaro to be investigated.
Bolsonaro, a conservative Catholic, won the presidency in 2018 with solid backing from Brazil's powerful Evangelical Christian movement.
He is keen to keep the Evangelical vote as he seeks reelection in October, trailing in the polls to leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro and Ribeiro, himself a Presbyterian pastor, have denied wrongdoing.
"Based on documents, testimony and the final report of the preliminary investigation... possible indications of criminal practice in the granting of public budgets were identified," Brazilian police said in a statement.
Ribeiro's arrest, it said, was the result of an operation across four Brazilian states Wednesday morning to dismantle a criminal network, with officers armed with five arrest warrants and 13 search warrants.
He risks a sentence of between two and five years for influence peddling and two to 12 years for corruption, the police said.
Ribeiro's lawyer Daniel Bialski in a statement described his client's arrest as "unjust" and "indisputably unnecessary."
The Ministry of Education confirmed its premises were searched on Wednesday and said it intended to cooperate with investigators.
In March, Bolsonaro defended Ribeiro and called the claims "cowardly."
On Wednesday, the president appeared to distance himself from his former minister.
"Let him answer for his actions, I pray to God that he has no problem. But if he does, it shows that I have no influence on the police," the far-right president told the Itaitiaia radio station.
"I have 23 ministers, about a hundred secretaries of state... If someone does something wrong, will they blame me?" he added.
Ribeiro, 64, took office in July 2020 -- the third education minister in the cabinet of Bolsonaro, whose government was shaken by an avalanche of resignations and dismissals.
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Harris Teeter, a supermarket chain, used to sell, among other things, products that were distinctly pro-American—things with slogans like “Give me liberty or give me death” and “America, love it or leave it.”
Then a customer complained about their presence on store shelves—they were insensitive, after all, in light of recent mass shootings. Apparently, being pro-American, being patriotic, is insensitive today. Never mind that slogans like these have been around for decades and all the way back to the runup to our Revolutionary War.
Harris Teeter promptly folded.
Thanks for reaching out. As soon as these items were brought to our attention we put a recall request into place and these items are being removed from all store locations.
We appreciate your concern[.]
Not to be outdone, another person complained to Kroger, a chain of supermarkets and department stores, about the presence on its shelves of coozies with Arms Change, Rights Don’t printed on them. Not to be outdone by Harris Teeter, Kroger promptly folded and pulled the coozies.
Harris Teeter and Kroger may think this is a sound business decision, but it’s likely they’ve badly misread their customer base. In any event, it’s certainly true that the recall is decidedly unpatriotic and amoral.
Maybe it’s time we Americans educated these two store chains about the nature of their customer base by no longer being their customers. | http://aplebessite.com/2022/06/22/pulling-patriotic-products/ | 2022-06-22T19:00:59Z | http://aplebessite.com/2022/06/22/pulling-patriotic-products/ | true | 1 |
Abbotsford’s Gurleen Maan has been selected as one of six eligible single Canadian farmers searching for a soulmate.
Maan has been cast in the new CTV unscripted reality series Farming For Love, which begins filming later this year.
She and her family own and operate Maan Farms, which is located at 790 McKenzie Road. Maan is a third generation farmer and she describes her current role at the farm as “director of fun”. She is the creative mind behind many Maan Farms products and experiences.
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— Farming For Love (@FarmingForLove) June 17, 2022
In her preview video she states that she works and lives with her family and that they are “definitely loud”. Maan said the only thing she’s missing is a partner to share her life with.
Her application page states that she is looking for a partner between the ages of 30 to 46 and she is looking for someone who is charismatic, strong, steady, and can handle her sometimes hectic lifestyle. Trust and communication are two other important factors in a relationship for Maan.
The 34-year-old does not have any children, but said she is interested in starting a family in the next few years.
Farming For Love is based on the international show The Farmer Wants A Wife and there are 10 episodes planned. The show will follow the journey of Maan and five others from across B.C. as they live and work together with those who applied and see if there is a match.
There will be a series of challenges, group activities and one-on-one dates as the farmers attempt to find their true love.
For more information on Maan and to apply to date her on the show, visit more.ctv.ca/ctv/farmer-gurleen.html.
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[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the season finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi, “Part VI.”]
Sure, it’s a metaphysical impossibility in the real world (for anyone outside of an X-Files episode), but it’s still a good thing that none of us know for certain how our friends and family are going to die. It’s the kind of knowledge that would hang over every interaction, make us wonder if every decision they make is one which will bring them ever closer to their ultimate fate — it’d be hard to connect with your friends and family, if you knew how they were all going to die. It might make it hard for you to care about what happens to them.
Which brings us to the season finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi, an action-packed hour of television where all of its major climaxes had, for a Star Wars fan, totally nonexistent stakes. In “Part VI”‘s two semi-parallel sequences, we got to see Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) once again face off against his former apprentice Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen/James Earl Jones), while back on Tatooine Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton) and his wife Beru (Bonnie Piesse) protect their nephew Luke (Grant Feely) from the vengeful ex-Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram).
Both sequences, as directed by series helmer Deborah Chow, were technically competent. But it was pretty hard to engage, because there was little question about who would live and who would die here. Owen and Beru can’t be killed by Reva, because stormtroopers do the job 10 years down the line. Vader does eventually duel with Obi-Wan to the death, but not until they meet again on the Death Star. And baby Luke Skywalker, of course, has a long and expansive future in front of him, including a brief stay in the Uncanny Valley.
The only character in the mix here whose ultimate fate wasn’t pre-established by canon was that of Reva’s, and to be honest it was hard to get too invested in her ultimate fate, given how muddled her character motivations felt at that point. She wanted to kill Luke as revenge for Darth Vader… killing other children? Perhaps it makes sense on the page, but the meaning was lost in translation to the screen, ensuring that when she finally proves unable to turn fully to the dark at the end of the episode, it doesn’t quite feel earned. | https://consequence.net/2022/06/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-6-recap-review/ | 2022-06-22T19:03:01Z | https://consequence.net/2022/06/obi-wan-kenobi-episode-6-recap-review/ | true | 1 |
“SAY YES TO YOG AND NO TO ROG”, 8TH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA WAS CELEBRATED BY BEAUTY & WELLNESS SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL UNDER THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MSDE)
New Delhi, June 22, 2022: In a bid to promote Yoga for holistic well-being, the Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council (B&WSSC), under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organized an event to celebrate the 8 th International Day of Yoga with the chosen theme of ‘Say Yes to Yog and No to Rog’.
Ms. Monica Bahl, CEO, Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council while talking about the occasion informed, “This is the day of celebration for us, while celebrating yoga day we also organised 1 st ever “Convocation Ceremony” for successful students passing out from short term training courses of B&WSSC, under Skill India Mission. Followed by a lamp lighting ceremony there was a special Surya Namaskar performance and certificate distribution for the students. The occasion saw students performing Surya Namaskar. The yoga event was also joined by Students from NGOs who performed Yoga.
On this occasion, B&WSSC also signed a MoU with Art of Living in the august presence of esteemed dignitaries for the skilling of Indian youth in Yoga. Dr. Blossom Kochhar, Chairperson-B&WSSC congratulated all the passing out students on their achievements and wished them luck for their future. The occasion was graced by Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, -Minister of Skill Development &; Entrepreneurship, and Ms Monica Bahl, CEO, Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill council, Shri. K.K. Dwivedi, Joint Secretary- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Ved Mani Tiwari, COO, NSDC, Dr. Biswajit Saha, Director Skill Education & Training.
Emphasizing the need for Yoga instructors and trainers in the country, Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary-Minister of Skill Development &; Entrepreneurship, said, “Yoga is India’s gift to the world as it has roots in our ancient Vedic traditions. Our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has also stated that Yoga has emerged as one of the biggest mass movements in the quest for good health and well-being across the globe in the last few years. Aligned with his vision, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been working closely with Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council (B&WSSC) to build awareness regarding various career prospects in the field of Yoga and encourage youth to embrace Yoga for a promising future. In a post-COVID-19 era, I foresee an urgent need for skill set enhancement of the potential workforce with a surge in demand for certified Yoga instructors and trainers. We are committed to our vision to make Yoga truly global and empower youth across the country to explore lucrative career opportunities in the field of Yoga.” Over 1,30,000 people trained as Yoga Instructors and Trainers by B&WSSC under
Ms. Monica Bahl, CEO, Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council of India elaborated, This was the day of celebration for all of us and the event had participation from Delhi, NCR, Ghaziabad, Meruth, and different parts of India .B&WSSC. offers three specific courses for yoga – Yoga Instructor, Yoga Trainer, and Senior Yoga Trainer with our partners who have helped them reach this remarkable milestone are, Art of Living, The Yoga Institute, and Patanjali. The states with the highest number of skilled Yoga candidates are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Kerala, and West Bengal. B&WSSC also has vocational education courses in Yoga for CBSE schools starting from classes XI and XII.
Shri. K.K. Dwivedi, Joint Secretary- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said, “As a result of Skill India’s sustained efforts to help youth leverage various employment opportunities available in the field of Yoga, over 1,30,000 candidates have been trained as Yoga instructors and trainers across the country through different skilling initiatives, primarily Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Short Term Training (STT), Special Projects by Beauty &Wellness Sector Skill Council. With efforts of the MSDE, aligned with PM Modi’s vision to make Yoga a part of everyone’s life, Yoga has reached even the hinterlands of India. People in even the remote corners of the country are learning Yoga through Kaushal Vikas Kendras. Skill development is going on in full swing in the whole country and Yoga has become a great career choice for the youth.”
Addressing the students at the Convocation ceremony, the Chief Guest- Shri Rajesh Aggarwal said, “It’s an honour & great pleasure that today we are felicitating our students on this important day, which also earmarks the 1 st Convocation ceremony of short-term training courses. This indeed is a defining moment and a day of celebration- a day when you look back on the many challenges you have overcome and look forward to those that lie ahead, knowing that you have the skills & knowledge to meet them. It is a day that you will always remember.” | http://businessnewsthisweek.com/health/beauty-wellness-sector-skill-council-celebrates-8th-international-day-of-yoga/ | 2022-06-22T19:03:04Z | http://businessnewsthisweek.com/health/beauty-wellness-sector-skill-council-celebrates-8th-international-day-of-yoga/ | false | 1 |
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Twelve tenants and some of their family members are seeking shelter after an overnight fire damaged a St. Charles apartment complex Wednesday morning.
Officials say the fire damaged 12 apartment units of the Glen at Bogey Hills apartment complex in St. Charles. Three of those units suffered extensive fire damage and the other nine have notable smoke and water damage.
Officials say no one was hurt from the fire. Based on preliminary results, firefighters believe the fire started from a malfunctioning electric circuit that ignited combustible material.
“We are extremely lucky that there were no injuries and everyone was able to evacuate safely,” stated Fire Chief George Sheets. “A motorist passing by seen the large fire and was able to begin the evacuations.”
The building that caught on fire consists of three stories and 40 units. When crews arrived, flames had spread out to all three floors. A second alarm assignment was requested immediately for additional manpower due to the size of the building and the extreme temperatures.
Estimated losses from the fire exceed $500,000. If you have any other information on the blaze, contact the Saint Charles City Fire Department at 636-949-3250. | https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/12-tenants-displaced-after-overnight-fire-damages-at-st-charles-apartment/ | 2022-06-22T19:03:59Z | https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/12-tenants-displaced-after-overnight-fire-damages-at-st-charles-apartment/ | true | 1 |
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot of a mall on New York’s Long Island, authorities have linked her death to the so-called “Torso Killer,” a serial killer already convicted in 11 other killings.
The suspect, Richard Cottingham — believed to be one of America’s most prolific serial killers — was arraigned Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge in connection with Cusick’s 1968 killing. From a hospital bed in New Jersey, where he’s already serving a life sentence for other killings, Cottingham pleaded not guilty.
While he has claimed he was responsible for up to 100 homicides, authorities in New York and New Jersey have officially linked him to only a dozen so far, including Cusick’s death. He has been imprisoned since 1980, when he was arrested after a motel maid heard a woman screaming inside his room. Authorities found her alive but bound with handcuffs and suffering from bite marks and knife wounds.
Cottingham asked to be arraigned Wednesday by video feed from the New Jersey hospital because he was in poor health, bedridden and not ambulatory, Judge Caryn Fink said. He needed his lawyer, Jeff Groder, to repeat the judge’s questions several times because he has difficulty hearing, Groder said.
“He is a violent predator and no matter how he looks today in a hospital bed he was not always a feeble older man,” Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in an interview with The Associated Press. “He was a young 22-year-old when he committed the murder of Ms. Cusick. He was strong, stronger than these women were, and he was violent.”
Authorities believe Cusick, 23, left her job at a children’s dance school and then stopped at the Green Acres Mall in Nassau County to buy a pair of shoes when Cottingham followed her out. Detectives believe he pretended to be a security guard or police officer, accused her of stealing and then overpowered the 98-pound (44-kilogram) Cusick, Nassau County Police Detective Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick said.
She was “brutally beaten, murdered and raped in that car,” Fitzpatrick said. The medical examiner concluded that Cusick had been beaten in the face and head and was suffocated until she died. She had defensive wounds on her hands and police were able to collect DNA evidence at the scene. But at the time, there was no DNA testing.
Police interviewed dozens of people, retraced her steps and never stopped hunting for her killer. But the trail went cold.
“The police did a great job looking for any leads they could find. “They spoke to hundreds of people at the Green Acres Mall to see if anyone had seen Diane,” Donnelly said. “Unfortunately, the trail went cold and the case went cold.”
Cottingham was working as a computer programmer for a health insurance company in New York at the time of Cusick’s death. He was convicted of murder in both New York and New Jersey in the 1980s, though the law at the time didn’t require people convicted to submit DNA samples, as it does now. His DNA was taken and entered into a national database in 2016 when he pleaded guilty to another murder in New Jersey.
In 2021, police in Nassau County received a tip that a suspect who might be responsible for killings in the county, just east of New York City, was locked up in New Jersey. They began running DNA tests again on cold cases and came up with a match to Cottingham.
Cottingham also led police to believe he was responsible for the death by providing some information about the case, including telling detectives he was near a drive-in theater, which was next to the mall at the time. But he stopped short of confessing directly to Cusick’s death, Donnelly said.
“He didn’t lay out a full admission. What he laid out was baby steps along the way that we were able to put together with the help of the police department to fill in that story,” she said.
Prosecutors are now reviewing all open cases around the same time and running DNA to see if Cottingham may have been responsible for other killings.
“Based on evidence that we have in this case, we are reviewing all murders of young females from 1967 to 1980 to see if we can put together any more cases against Mr. Cottingham,” Donnelly said.
Cusick’s daughter, Darlene Altman, said she was overwhelmed when she saw Cottingham on the video screen in the courtroom. Altman was just 4 when her mother was killed.
“He just had this like dead stare. I felt like he was looking right at me,” Altman said. “It was creepy.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Decades-later-Torso-Killer-charged-in-17258542.php | 2022-06-22T19:04:40Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Decades-later-Torso-Killer-charged-in-17258542.php | true | 47 |
PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a practical product to encourage learning habits in order to increase brain activity and physical development for individuals in wheelchairs or strollers," said one of two inventors, from Eloy, Ariz., "so we invented BENNY'S MOBILE. Our design could also provide hours of enjoyment and fun."
The patent-pending invention provides an activity gym for individuals in wheelchairs or strollers. In doing so, it helps to stimulate physical and mental development. It also could provide added fun. The invention features a multifunctional design that is easy to position and use so it is ideal for children, disabled individuals, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Phoenix sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PBT-177, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Grandmother charged with murder after 3-year-old found dead in trash can, police say
OKLAHOMA CITY (Gray News) – A grandmother in Oklahoma has been charged with first-degree murder after a 3-year-old girl was found dead in a trash can.
According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, officers responded to a call Tuesday afternoon. Upon arriving, officers were told there was a dead child at the residence.
Police said they found the body of 3-year-old Riley Lynn Nolan inside a trash can at the home. Police said the child had “obvious signs of trauma to her body.”
According to police, Riley had recently been in the custody of her grandmother, 60-year-old Becky Ann Vreeland. Vreeland was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
Following an interview with police, Vreeland was booked into the Cleveland County Jail without bond.
Jail records show that Vreeland is charged with first-degree murder and child neglect.
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With Inflation Soaring, Fintech Company CashD Redefines Pay Cycles for Workers
SYDNEY, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A B2B FinTech business established in Australia, CashD is redefining pay cycles, by enabling businesses to empower their workers to choose how and when they get paid. By bringing together banking, payroll, and finance, CashD is a solution to traditional pay cycles that do not suit the on-demand needs of today's workers. As a B2B business, CashD works directly with employers to promote financial fairness and freedom for their employees.
With inflation around the world increasing rapidly, CashD, cofounded by Marcus Lasarow, is enabling employees to get paid whenever it suits them, without having to wait for the end of the month. The company and its app are revolutionizing how companies pay employee salaries with the potential to dramatically impact the way in which we approach financial wellness, and planning.
The company has recently brought in UAE based fintech investor and entrepreneur, Eitan Neishlos, as a principal investor. Neishlos joins the company with an impressive track record of socially responsible investment, and is supporting the startups' goal of aiding employees to access wages as earned and avoid high interest payday loans.
CashD believes that when an employee earns money, they should have access to their money in real-time. While there are some existing perceived solutions to this problem, CashD is unlike any lender or bank. An employee can view their available balance and instantly withdraw at any time during the pay cycle, receiving the funds directly to their bank account or directly pay bills. It's not a loan, it's their cash.
CashD has already made tremendous inroads in the Australian market. Today, hundreds of thousands of employees at dozens of leading companies have the ability to utilize their salary as it is earned.
CashD's co-founder and CEO, Marcus Lasarow, "With inflation soaring, this type of financial flexibility is crucial. While this is a great step towards modernization in the way we approach salary and payroll, it is in reality a return to the values of enabling employees to have access to their wages as earned, using innovation to make this possible in today's world."
New principal investor, Eitan Neishlos noted, "I share CashD's commitment to innovation geared towards having positive social impact. Their goal of empowering employees around the globe to have better financial wellbeing has the potential to revolutionize individual financial planning and credit. In this current environment, it has never been more important."
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens after I purchase a domain name from BrandBucket?
Every name on the BrandBucket marketplace is exclusively listed with BrandBucket. That means that all of our sellers are very
responsive, making for quick domain transfers.
A dedicated BrandBucket agent will manage your domain transfer from beginning
to end, ensuring a secure and easy transaction. They will manage the receipt of the domain into one of BrandBucket’s secure registrar
accounts and then complete the transfer to you.
1. Verification and registrar choice
After we receive the payment and verify it, we will reach out via email to confirm which registrar you want the domain transferred to.
We also provide a link to our tracking system, where you can communicate with us, check on the status of your transfer, view your invoice,
and download your logo files.
In most cases, if a domain is moved between accounts at a single registrar, the transfer is quick and usually completes within 48 hours. If a domain changes registrars (in other words, you would like to move it away from where it is currently registered), the transfer is slower. The total transfer time can then be anywhere from 48 hours to 7 days.
BrandBucket has vetted and supports the following registrars:
- GoDaddy
- Namesilo
- Uniregistry
- NameCheap
- Google Domains
- Name.com
- Amazon Route 53
- 123 Reg
- Gandi
- Dynadot
2. We request the name from the seller.
Once we know where you would like the domain transferred, BrandBucket will request the domain from the seller. All of our sellers are very
responsive, making for a quick process.
3. Transfer the name into your account
As soon as we receive the name from the seller, we start the transfer into your account and guide you through the whole process.
4. Verify with the buyer that the transfer is complete
Once we confirm that you have received the name, we consider the escrow process to be complete. Only then do we release payment to the
domain seller.
What happens after I lease a domain name from BrandBucket?
The BrandBucket lease-to-own program is available as an alternative to purchasing the name outright. You're able to buy the domain name with over monthly installments, and at the end of the lease period, if all payments are complete, you would be the new owner of the domain name.
Once you complete the checkout process for a leased domain, you will be contacted by a BrandBucket agent who will help manage your lease. The domain will be transferred from the seller to a BrandBucket escrow account, ensuring a secure hold on the domain during the lease term. We will transfer the domain to you once all payments are complete.
During the lease, you're entitled to use the domain name for your website and email; your agent will guide you through that.
Each month you will continue to receive an invoice with a balance statement. You have the right to cancel the lease any time or complete all payments early to own the domain outright.
Why choose BrandBucket?
Established in 2007, we are the original business name marketplace. Every year, we sell 1000s of premium domains to entrepreneurs and businesses like you.
All of our domain names are handpicked by branding and linguistics experts based on rigorous criteria. You can rest assured that if a domain is on the BrandBucket marketplace, it is a top-tier business name.
Almost one out of every four names sold on BrandBucket is sold to a repeat buyer or a referral, which means that people who buy from us once, keep coming back for more.
Why choose a .com domain name from BrandBucket?
The .com extension is a brand in itself. As the default domain extension of the internet, having a .com domain that is an exact match to your brand
name has numerous advantages:
- Familiarity - People are familiar with .com. Most of the brands and websites they already trust, use the .com extension. Therefore, it serves as a subtle indicator that your business is a legitimate one. A recent study by the NCC Group, a global expert in cybersecurity and risk mitigation, found that roughly half of the consumers are uncomfortable visiting websites ending with a non .com extension, and only 9% are comfortable doing so.
- Brand Protection - When you own the .com version of a domain name, you have the official online version of that name. Owning an exact-match .com can protect your brand name, as it is unlikely another serious business would use the same name when the .com extension is taken.
- Easy to Communicate - .com domains are also easy to communicate. When people hear or see your business name without a TLD, they will inevitably assume it ends in .com, making it easy for them to find you online.
What can I do with the domain I purchase from BrandBucket?
Once you have received the name into your registrar account, you will be able to:
- Use the domain as your website address.
- Setup email addresses, for instance, sales@kamoshi.com.
- Use the domain and logo on business cards and other materials.
If you don’t have a website built yet, you can put up a simple coming soon page, or you can just leave it until you are ready. You don’t need to do anything right away. Because you own the domain name, you can take your time.
Are logos included with my BrandBucket order? Can I request edits?
Our talented community of logo designers designs all logos on the BrandBucket marketplace. They are paid for their efforts, and BrandBucket owns all copyrights for the logos. We will transfer the full copyright for the logo to you upon purchase of the domain name.
Logo files are delivered to you in the following formats:
- High-resolution image file (PNG)
- Editable vector file (.AI)
Editing your design
Vector (AI) files are entirely editable in programs such as photoshop and illustrator, so you or your designer can make desired changes. If needed, we can make basic color changes/small tweaks to the logo for you after purchase. If you are looking for a complete redesign, we can connect you with a designer from our talented design community at their discretion and price.
Is a domain name from BrandBucket 100% unique?
All of our business domains are carefully chosen for their standout branding qualities. There is only one kamoshi.com. However, there may well be other businesses that are using the same brand name. In fact, with common keyword names, it is likely. That is why owning the .com is so essential. In holding the .com, you immediately establish your business as the most official version of that name. It's unlikely any serious business is going to use a brand name where the .com domain is already in use. Many companies believe that owning the matching .com version of a business name provides more protection for their brand than a trademark.
Are BrandBucket domain names trademarked?
No, and it’s not possible for us to do so. Trademarks are industry and region-specific, and to file a trademark for a name or logo, you must already be doing business as that name. Because of this, we can't trademark a name before your company is actively using it. Therefore, you will need to apply for trademark registration after you have purchased the name.
Do I have to keep my name registered when I purchase a name from BrandBucket?
When you purchase a domain from BrandBucket, you will own it 100%. However, all domain names worldwide must be kept registered at a registrar like Godaddy or similar that you choose. You will pay the registration fees to whichever registrar you decide to use. The price of registration varies at each registrar, but it generally ends up being around $10-15 per year for a .com domain name. Registration is annual but can be paid up for years in advance, which we suggest you do.
Does BrandBucket offer refunds?
BrandBucket serves as a third-party marketplace and escrow agent for domain names. We only offer refunds if either of these two conditions are met:
- The buyer contacts us within 24 hours of purchase requesting a refund.
- The seller fails to initiate the domain name transfer within 10 business days from the time of purchase.
Buyers are advised to perform all necessary diligence prior to making a purchase.
Is my BrandBucket purchase confidential?
Your purchase is 100% confidential. Any personal information you share with BrandBucket is kept private, even from the domain seller. We never publicize any sale on our marketplace.
What's the difference between a brand name, registered name, and a domain name?
Brand Name
A brand name is a name that you use to identify a family of products, services, or a single line of products or services that a company offers. For instance, Apple is the brand name used on most products manufactured by Apple, Inc. In this example, the business name and brand name are the same, a common use case.
Your brand name is who you are to your customers. It is the pillar your business's public image will be built around. The products or services you offer can also have their own brand names. You may want to create new brand names for products or services that differ from your core business offering, for example:
- UberEats - Food delivery by Uber
- Amazon Web Services - Cloud computing from Amazon
- Google Maps - Web mapping service from Google
Registered Business Name
A business name is the legally registered name of your business. You'll use your business name to create contracts, open bank accounts, pay taxes, and any other administrative related activities. Most business names contain the business's brand name, followed by the company's chosen business structure, for example:
- Walmart Inc.
- Verizon Inc.
- Grasshopper LLC
However, they don't necessarily have to be the same. In some cases, the business name is completely different from the brand name. This is most common in large businesses that have multiple brands housed under a single parent company, for example:
- Brand Name: Google
- Business Name: Alphabet Inc.
- Brand Name: MailChimp
- Business Name: The Rocket Science Group LLC
Domain Name
A domain name is your website name - the internet address where people can access your website. Think of a domain as the address to the online version of your business. Every domain is one-of-a-kind. No website has the same web address as another website.
Ideally, your domain name should be an exact match to your brand name. Think of your favorite companies. Odds are, their domain name is identical to their brand name. Apple's domain name is Apple.com; Amazon's domain name is Amazon.com. Having a matching domain ensures that people can easily find your brand online.
What are the benefits of a premium business name?
What can a top brand name with a matching .com do for your business? Here are few of the many advantages of owning a premium business domain:
Trust - Online, there are subtle clues that all of us subconsciously take into consideration to determine whether or not a business is legitimate and trustworthy. Having a great business name paired with a matching .com (by far the most trusted domain extension) signals to customers that you care about and are willing to invest in your brand. It makes your business and your brand messaging easier to trust.
Authority - Owning a .com version of a fantastic brand name is a big signal to the world that your business means business, right out of the gate. This can lead to accelerated customer acquisition, more industry partnership opportunities, and press attention.
SEO - Having a business domain that matches what customers are using in searches can lead to increased SEO, higher page ranking, and better quality traffic.
Retention - Brand retention is critical for organically acquiring and keeping customers. A short, catchy, and unique business name makes your brand easier to remember, and having a matching .com means that consumers who hear about you offline will find you easily online.
Save on marketing spend - Investing in a premium domain can save you a fortune in marketing spend down the line. You'll spend less of your valuable marketing budget and efforts on brand awareness, as your name will do much of the work for you.
How does BrandBucket price domains?
Our customers are primarily entrepreneurs looking for a quick and easy way to find a great brand name for their company. That's why when evaluating and appraising domain names, our central focus is whether they would also make great business names.
What makes a great brand name? Here are some of the branding and linguistic traits we take into consideration:
- Length - Great names are concise and to the point. The shorter, the better!
- Common phrase/expression - Names that are based on real phrases and expressions make great brand names because of their built-in familiarity and inherent catchiness.
- Letter order - Some letters are more valuable than others and better together, especially when it comes to the first letters of a name.
- Pronunciation and spelling - Names should be easy to say and understand. It should also be spelled as it sounds.
- Industry match - Names should be a good fit for a particular industry, or be broad enough to attract buyers from multiple sectors.
- Longevity - Great brand names are broad enough in scope to grow with a company as it expands and not die when trends fade.
- Uniqueness - Great brand names are easy to spot because they stand out in a crowd.
- Memorability - A brand name is no good unless people can easily remember it.
These criteria, along with historical sales data and current marketplace conditions, are used to determine whether a name is accepted to our marketplace, and how it's priced. Every name on our marketplace must score high in most or all of these categories to even be accepted. With an acceptance rate of only 10% of names submitted to our marketplace, BrandBucket sets a very high bar for the names we select.
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Secretary Blinken’s Travel for the Germany-hosted Food Security Ministerial and the G7 and NATO Summits
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Germany on June 23 to join foreign ministers for the Berlin Ministerial Conference “Uniting for Global Food Security” on June 24. He will meet with the participants to advance global initiatives to address food insecurity, stemming from both Russia’s brutal, unprovoked war against Ukraine and the continued challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, other conflicts, and supply chain challenges.
On June 25, Secretary Blinken will travel to Schloss Elmau to join President Biden for the G7 Leaders’ Summit. G7 leaders will discuss a range of pressing global issues, including our unwavering support for a democratic, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine, economic and democratic resilience, tackling the climate crisis, development infrastructure, global health security, and the food and energy crisis caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The Secretary will then travel to Madrid, Spain, for the June 29-30 NATO Summit. At the NATO Summit, Allied leaders will endorse a new Strategic Concept to guide NATO’s transformation over the next decade, from strengthening deterrence and defense to building resilience against transnational and hybrid threats, including cyber and climate, to deepening partnerships with like-minded partners in Europe and Asia in order to strengthen the rules-based international order. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/577951788/secretary-blinken-s-travel-for-the-germany-hosted-food-security-ministerial-and-the-g7-and-nato-summits | 2022-06-22T19:11:09Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/577951788/secretary-blinken-s-travel-for-the-germany-hosted-food-security-ministerial-and-the-g7-and-nato-summits | false | 2 |
GEORGIA (WJBF) -The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a murder conviction in the case of Justin Ross Harris. Harris was sentenced to life without parole in prison for the 2014 hot car death of his son Cooper.
According to the Georgia Supreme Court website, some of the evidence submitted during Harris’ trial, showed him to be “a philanderer, a pervert, and a sexual predator.”
The court decided that the abundance of sexually explicit evidence has little to do with proving if Harris did intentionally leave Cooper in the hot car.
Harris’ 22-month-old son, Cooper Harris, died on June 18, 2014, when Harris left him inside his SUV outside his office for nearly seven hours.
Prosecutors argued that it was intentional. They said Harris was living a double life and wanted to escape his family life to be “the other Justin Ross Harris.”
During trial, they brought in multiple women who were sexting with Harris on the day of Cooper’s death, including a minor and a woman Harris claimed to love.
Prosecutors said Harris wanted to live that life full time, but wouldn’t leave his wife as long as his son was alive.
Timeline of Events in Harris’ Case:
2/16 – Mother of Georgia boy who died in hot car files for divorce
3/16 – Father Facing New Charges After Hot Car Death Accusations
5/16 – Judge Agrees to Move Trial for Dad in Toddler Hot SUV Death
11/16 – Justin Ross Harris found guilty of murder in son’s hot car death
12/16 – GA: Justin Ross Harris sentenced in son’s death in hot SUV
2/17 – GA dad didn’t mean to kill toddler in hot car says ex-wife
5/20 – Hearing set for Georgia man guilty in hot car death of son
The State of Georgia may elect to try Harris again. | https://cw39.com/cw39/dads-murder-conviction-overturned-in-hot-car-death-of-georgia-toddler/ | 2022-06-22T19:13:58Z | https://cw39.com/cw39/dads-murder-conviction-overturned-in-hot-car-death-of-georgia-toddler/ | true | 23 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens.
The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wednesday that the committee is receiving “a lot of information” — including new documentary film footage of Trump’s final months in office — as its yearlong inquiry intensifies with hearings into the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee’s Thursday hearing, which is set to highlight former Justice Department officials testifying about Trump’s proposals to reject the election results, would wrap up this month’s work. The committee would start up again in July.
“We have a new documentary from a person that we’re talking to, and we got to look through all his information,” Thompson said, referring to the British filmmaker whose never-before-seen interviews with the former president and his inner circle were turned over to the committee this week. The footage was taken both before and after the insurrection.
For the past year, the committee has been investigating the violence at the Capitol and its causes, and has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and produced some 140,000 documents. Nine people died in the attack and its aftermath.
The committee had been scheduled to conclude this first round of public hearings in June. But additional information has come to the committee’s attention, and Congress is set to recess for two weeks of remote and district work into the Fourth of July holiday.
The revelation about the film came to light Tuesday when British filmmaker Alex Holder revealed he had complied with a congressional subpoena to turn over all of the footage he shot in the final weeks of Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., indicated on Tuesday that the investigation’s schedule may be changing.
“I would just say the original hearings would have wrapped up in June, but we are picking up new evidence on a daily basis with enormous velocity,” Raskin said. “And so we’re constantly incorporating and including the new information that’s coming out.”
He added: “But certainly the hearings will conclude before the end of the summer.”
The televised hearings launched with a prime-time session this month, and lawmakers said they continue uncovering new tips and information.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Southern Pines’ headquartered First Bancorp, the parent company of First Bank, and GrandSouth Bancorporation, announced Tuesday the signing of a definitive merger agreement. First Bancorp will acquire GrandSouth in an all-stock transaction with a total current value of $181.1 million, or $31.43 per share.
Nine years ago, in what is still considered one of the community’s wisest business decisions, the Board of Commissioners and Southern Pines Town Council swayed First Bank to relocate its headquarters from Troy to downtown Southern Pines. The incentives deal: Moore County agreed to pay $15,000 a year for 10 years, while Southern Pines put up $12,000 a year for 10 years to defray moving costs. Total public investment: $270,000. The bank then invested $2.65 million on an existing office building at the corner of South Broad Street and Massachusetts Avenue. As a result, over 100 professionals immediately had daily access to downtown Southern Pines, a move that many believe played a large part in the revitalization of the area.
First Bank, founded in 1935, has taken a tailored approach to banking, combining best-in-class financial solutions, helpful local expertise, and technology to manage a home or business. Bancorp has total assets of $10.5 billion, and First Bank, a state-chartered community bank, operates 110 branches in North Carolina and South Carolina.
The merger agreement, unanimously approved by both boards of directors, should close at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023. At closing, GrandSouth shareholders will receive 0.910 shares of First Bancorp's common stock for each share of GrandSouth's common and preferred stock.
GrandSouth Bank operates eight branches in South Carolina in key areas that match First Bank's desired areas for growth. With a focus on small business banking, the acquisition complements First Bank's strengths in that area and represents an opportunity to accelerate First Bank's South Carolina expansion.
"GrandSouth is in great communities with talented bankers," said Mike Mayer, President and CEO of First Bank. "Our cultures are very similar and we are excited to bring our teams together."
Upon completion of the acquisition, the combined company is expected to have over $12 billion in assets, $7 billion in loans, and $10 billion in deposits.
"We are very excited about this partnership and the unique opportunity it presents," said J.B. Schwiers, President and Director of GrandSouth. "We have long admired First Bancorp, and our combined company will be positioned to capitalize on an enhanced presence in exceptional markets, talent, and financial strength."
First Bank employees are active in Moore County civics from the Chamber of Commerce to nonprofit boards. The bank regularly sponsors and contributes to causes and local projects, from the Public Education Foundation to the Sunrise Theater’s permanent outdoor pavilion that bears its name.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was in the process of rerouting its trade and oil exports towards countries from the BRICS group of emerging economies in the wake of Western sanctions over Ukraine.
The BRICS countries comprise Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia, including restrictions on imports of its oil, after the Kremlin sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In order to weather the sanctions, Russia is trying to forge closer ties with Asia, seeking to supplant the markets it lost in the row with the European Union and the United States.
In a video address to the BRICS Business Forum participants, Putin said Russia was discussing increasing the presence of Chinese cars on the Russian market as well as the opening of Indian supermarket chains.
"In its turn, Russia's presence in the BRICS countries is growing.-- There has been a noticeable increase in exports of Russian oil to China and India," Putin said.
According to data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs, China's crude oil imports from Russia were up 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May, displacing Saudi Arabia as China's top supplier, as refiners cashed in on discounted supplies.
Putin also said Russia was developing alternative mechanisms for international financial settlements jointly with its BRICS partners.
"The Russian Financial Messaging System is open for connection with the banks of the BRICS countries. The Russian MIR payment system is expanding its presence. --We are exploring the possibility of creating an international reserve currency based on the basket of BRICS currencies," he said.
The BRICS countries comprise Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia, including restrictions on imports of its oil, after the Kremlin sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In order to weather the sanctions, Russia is trying to forge closer ties with Asia, seeking to supplant the markets it lost in the row with the European Union and the United States.
In a video address to the BRICS Business Forum participants, Putin said Russia was discussing increasing the presence of Chinese cars on the Russian market as well as the opening of Indian supermarket chains.
"In its turn, Russia's presence in the BRICS countries is growing.-- There has been a noticeable increase in exports of Russian oil to China and India," Putin said.
According to data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs, China's crude oil imports from Russia were up 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May, displacing Saudi Arabia as China's top supplier, as refiners cashed in on discounted supplies.
Putin also said Russia was developing alternative mechanisms for international financial settlements jointly with its BRICS partners.
"The Russian Financial Messaging System is open for connection with the banks of the BRICS countries. The Russian MIR payment system is expanding its presence. --We are exploring the possibility of creating an international reserve currency based on the basket of BRICS currencies," he said.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on the steps it has taken, and will continue to take, to ensure that American consumers have access to safe and nutritious infant formula in the coming weeks and months.
"The FDA is working night and day to ensure that parents and caregivers can readily find safe and nutritious formula products for any child who needs it," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "I have personally spoken with infant formula manufacturers over the past several weeks and all have significantly increased their production efforts, which is resulting in more supply that will be available on stores shelves moving forward."
FDA Flexibilities Have Resulted in Approximately 365 Million Bottles Worth of Infant Formula
In the past month, the FDA has issued enforcement discretion letters for the importation of the infant formula products from six countries, with a total estimated quantity of 17 million cans, or about 365 million full-size, 8-ounce bottles. These products have already started to hit the U.S. market and more will appear on store shelves over the coming weeks and months.
Consumers should have confidence that the infant formula that is being imported to the U.S. through this process involved a thorough review of the information provided by the companies, including details about the product's nutritional adequacy and safety, microbiological testing results, labeling information, and importantly, details about the manufacturing facility's food safety production practices and inspection history.
Agency Continues Regular Inspections of Infant Formula Facilities
The FDA takes its responsibility seriously to ensure the foods we eat are safe and meet our rigorous standards for quality and safety – this is particularly true for infant formula. While the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires the agency to inspect domestic food facilities at least once every 3 to 5 years, the FDA has a policy of annually inspecting infant formula manufacturers because the products serve as the sole source of nutrition for some of our most vulnerable consumers.
This goal of annual surveillance inspections of these facilities has consistently been met over the years with the exception of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA continued to inspect facilities, including infant formula facilities. In fact, we inspected six firms in fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2020), including several during the height of the pandemic in the summer and fall of 2020. In order to develop a prioritized list of firms to inspect throughout 2021, the FDA evaluated the firms that we did not inspect in 2020 to focus on firms that met certain risk criteria, including a firm's inspection history, hazard signals such as consumer complaints, and other factors.
While the agency postponed certain food surveillance inspections during the pandemic, the FDA resumed its annual surveillance inspection schedule for infant formula facilities beginning in July 2021. In fiscal year 2021 (Oct. 1, 2020 - Sept. 30, 2021), we prioritized inspections of infant formula firms, conducting 16 domestic inspections throughout the year; including Abbott, Mead Johnson, Gerber, and Nestle. Since the start of fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021), we have conducted 10 domestic infant formula inspections and one foreign, including Abbott, Mead Johnson, and Gerber.
Importantly, it is a firm's responsibility to ensure the consistent quality and safety of the products they produce. In addition to our oversight work, the FDA stresses the importance of a company's quality systems and culture. Ultimately, when problems are found it is the responsibility of the firm to correct those issues to keep consumers safe.
Latest Update on Certain Specialty, Metabolic Infant Formula Being Released by Abbott on a Case-by-Case Basis
The FDA is continuing to work to ensure infants and individuals with medical conditions who rely on certain specialty, amino acid-based and metabolic infant formula products have access to these life-sustaining products. Some of these products have been available on a case-by-case basis from Abbott Nutrition over the last several months because the risk of not having access to them could significantly worsen underlying medical conditions and in some cases pose life-threatening risks.
To date, this case-by-case release has provided life-sustaining products to more than 2,411 infants and individuals in need, and more than 280,000 containers of additional product remain accessible to those in need. The products are available on a case-by-case basis to patients, hospitals and institutions by calling Abbott Nutrition at 1-800-881-0876.
Abbott Nutrition tested certain product lots that Abbott has held in storage since the FDA's Feb. 17 warning and the company's voluntary recall due to concerns that they were manufactured under insanitary conditions. These products have now undergone enhanced batch testing and the company reports none of the batches tested positive for Cronobacter, a bacterium that can cause severe foodborne illness primarily in infants. The enhanced testing provides further safety assurances to those seeking access to these products.
It's important to note that even with the enhanced batch product testing being completed, the agency continues to recommend that parents and caregivers seeking access to these products first work with their child's medical provider to determine whether comparable products or other changes to feeding practices may be an appropriate substitute.
If comparable, alternative products are not available or appropriate, parents and caregivers using these products should consider following the FDA and CDC's most current advice on how to reduce the possibility of a Cronobacter infection. Because powdered formula is not sterile and can also be contaminated in homes, it is advised to wash hands with soap and water, especially before preparing bottles and feeding. Ensuring all surfaces and feeding items are clean when preparing infant formula will also reduce the potential for possible contamination.
Abbott's Sturgis Facility Update and Prior Inspections at the Facility
Abbott recently announced that recent severe weather and rainfall resulted in flooding in areas of the Sturgis facility on Monday, June 13. While this is an unfortunate setback and a reminder that natural weather events can also cause unforeseen supply chain disruptions, Abbott is working quickly to assess the damage and will be reporting its progress to the agency in the days ahead. We will return to the facility and work closely with Abbott so that the Sturgis facility can restart producing safe and quality formula products as quickly as possible.
Making sure that parents and caregivers have access to both safe and available infant formula remains a top priority for the FDA, and our teams are working night and day to help make that happen.
Separately, given the overwhelming public interest in the FDA's prior inspections of the Sturgis facility, the FDA is also releasing establishment inspection reports for several previous Abbott inspections.
As previously reported, during our 2019 and 2021 inspections, the agency collected and tested samples of finished products. These samples tested negative for pathogens. During these inspections, it was determined the firm had found batches of Cronobacter contaminated finished product and had taken the appropriate action to destroy three batches, two in 2019 and one in 2020, before distribution.
Our most recent inspection in January 2022 was a for cause inspection due to consumer complaints of infant illnesses following consumption of infant formula produced at Abbott's Sturgis facility.
Agency Review of Abbott Infant Formula Consumer Complaints
The work the FDA does to make sure the foods we eat are safe is constant. This work includes ongoing surveillance of every consumer complaint it receives about the products the agency regulates. To date, the FDA has reviewed and investigated a total of 129 complaints associated with Abbott Nutrition formula products. Of these, 119 complaints were reported after Abbott voluntarily recalled product on February 17.
The FDA has previously reported its review of complaints related to nine infant deaths. Only two were associated with the Abbott Nutrition Sturgis plant investigation, and despite extensive investigation the evidence does not rule in or rule out a definitive link between these infant deaths and the product produced at Abbott Nutrition's Sturgis plant.
The agency was notified of one additional consumer complaint on June 10, 2022, that resulted in an infant death in January 2022. The agency has initiated an investigation, given that the complaint referenced that the infant had consumed an Abbott product. However, the investigation of this most recent consumer complaint is in its preliminary stages and the agency will provide an update as it learns more.
Additional Resources:
- Infant Formula Information and Ongoing FDA Efforts to Increase Supply
- Help Prevent Cronobacter Illness: Prepare and Store Powdered Infant Formula Safely
- Enforcement Discretion to Manufacturers to Increase Infant Formula Supplies
- HHS.gov/formula
- HHS.gov/news
- FDA Investigation of Cronobacter Infections: Powdered Infant Formula (February 2022)
- Powdered Infant Formula Recall: What to Know
- CDC Information on Cronobacter Infection and Infants
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Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Mallorca Championships because of an abdominal injury, saying he didn't want to aggravate the problem ahead of Wimbledon.
The 45th-ranked Australian made the announcement on Thursday morning before his round-of-16 match against Roberto Bautista Agut.
"I have been playing a lot of great matches lately and unfortunately I woke up with a pain in my abs," Kyrgios said.
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"I went to see the tournament doctor right away and he advised that I don't play tonight.
"I really value the Mallorca Championships but I will follow his advice as I don't want to risk Wimbledon next week."
Kyrgios needed more than two hours to defeat Laslo Djere 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (1) in the previous round of the grass-court tournament that serves as preparation for Wimbledon.
The Australian was one of the biggest attractions in Mallorca, along with top-ranked Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 40th-ranked Ilya Ivashka on Wednesday without facing a break point.
"I felt like after my first serve, I was really able to get behind the ball and pick the right spots," Tsitsipas said.
"It was I guess very difficult for the opponent to be able to adjust to this. I was doing it very well. I was very dedicated to that. It was really good for me from start to finish."
The sixth-ranked Tsitsipas will next face American Marcos Giron, who defeated countryman Mackenzie McDonald 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Medvedev will debut against Aslan Karatsev later Wednesday local time.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have two picks in the first round of Thursday night’s NBA draft — and no head coach in place to help facilitate those decisions.
Hornets owner Michael Jordan has resumed the search for the organization’s next coach after Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson on Saturday abruptly backed out of a four-year agreement to coach the team.
Charlotte has the 13th and 15th picks in round one, and general manager Mitch Kupchak is expected to make final decisions with input from Jordan. The team also has the 45th overall selection.
“It is unusual not to have a head coach in place for the draft," ESPN draft analyst Jay Bilas said in a conference call. “You certainly like to keep in mind what your head coach wants to do and how (the player) likes to play. But it’s certainly not the be all and end all because most coaches have input, but they don’t make those decisions"
Bilas said head coaches don't spend as much time analyzing NBA draft prospects as GMs.
“They may have one that they like, but those decisions are often made by front office people that are spending all their time on talent acquisition,” Bilas said. "So it’s not some death knell for the 13th and 15th that they don’t have a coach in place.”
Atkinson's about-face stunned the Hornets and sent Jordan back into hiring mode.
The former Brooklyn Nets head coach had agreed to a deal with the Hornets on June 10, but never signed the contract because the Warriors were playing in the NBA Finals. Eight days later, after the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in six games to win the NBA title, Atkinson informed the Hornets he would not be coaching the team.
“We’re in a great place, we got great players, we live in a beautiful part of the country, Kenny’s got two kids — you know teenagers who really wanted to stay — and I think it’s a really difficult thing to try to take a job in the middle of the finals without really getting a chance to unwind,” Kerr told NBC Sports earlier this week at at a parade to celebrate the organization’s latest championship. “I think over the course of the finals, he just felt it, he felt like this is not the best time for my family and me to leave.”
It is unclear if the Hornets will choose from individuals they’ve already interviewed, including 16-year veteran NBA coach Mike D’Antoni, or open the search to other candidates.
Charlotte did not have a pre-draft news conference this week as they’ve typically had in the past, and the team has not commented publicly on its coaching search since the decision to fire James Borrego.
The team made progress last season winning 43 games with All-Star LaMelo Ball at point guard. However, it came to an abrupt end as Charlotte lost by 29 points to the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament.
The team has a bevy of needs, most notably finding a big man who can score and serve as a rim protector.
Charlotte has some potential trade prospects — including Gordon Hayward, Terry Rozier and P.J. Washington — that could potentially be part of a draft-night deal.
One question facing the Hornets is how much they want to change their roster without a coach in place.
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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana(PCG), Right Reverend Professor Joseph ObiriYeboah, has commended the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, for ensuring discipline in the region, especially amongst traders and drivers.
According to the moderator, the minister has proven that "indiscipline and impunity" affects the development of any given area, adding that the "Operation make Accra work again"campaigns had brought some amount of sanity in the metropolis.
Right Reverend Yeboah made the commendation in Accra on Monday when he and some members of the Ga presbytery paid a courtesy call on the Regional minister, as part of his official visit to the Ga presbytery.
He said "I commend you for taking strong decisions to ensure the right thing is done in the city. The congestion on our streets, noise pollution and indiscipline among commercial drivers painted a very negative image about this region, but you have relentlessly put in a lot of effort to ensure Accra remains on the right path to becoming one of the cleanest and beautiful cities in West Africa."
Touching on the contributions of his outfit in promoting environmental cleanliness, he stated that the PCG was setting up clubs in various schools across the country which would focus on inculcating the habit of cleanliness in school children.
Right Reverend Yeboah assured that the PCG would support the government in achieving its dream of giving the Greater Accra Region a major facelift hoping that God would continue to grant the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) the capacity and resources to carry out its mandated task.
On his part, the Regional Minister thanked the moderator for the commendation and motivation, saying he would continue to give off his best to serve the good interest of the Greater Accra Region and the country at large.
He stressed that to promote massive development, there was the need for attitudinal changes among a section of the public.
The Minister said some members of the public deliberately flouted laws to serve their personal interest, citing the encroachment of government lands, building on water ways, and erecting of shops at unauthorised places as examples of acts his outfit does not condone.
Mr Quartey further called for collaboration with religious groups to educate the masses on the need for discipline to promote development.
"The Church and other religious leaders must educate their followers and the youth in general, on the need to show patriotism by obeying the laws governing the country so that together, "we can make Accra work again."We at the RCC without fear or favour would ensure that the right thing is done. So all faith based organisations should come on board to help us achieve this."
Touching on the need for citizens to be security conscious, he mentioned that the relationship with the Christian fraternity and the Muslim groups should be strengthened to promote religious tolerance and safety.
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(The Hill) – A judge in Delaware has dismissed the latest attempt from Fox Corp. to throw out a lawsuit from voting systems company Dominion, which is suing the conservative media giant for defamation for claims made on its airwaves falsely suggesting it was engaged in fraud during the 2020 election.
In an opinion issued on Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis denied a motion from Fox Corp. to dismiss the suit, saying Dominion had sufficiently shown Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, who own and operate Fox News’ parent company, might have knowingly allowed unproven claims about voter fraud to be aired on the channel.
In court filings, Dominion asserted that Rupert Murdoch “decided to promote former President Trump’s narrative after Trump’s condemnation of Fox damaged its stock and viewership,” the filing noted. Davis ruled on Tuesday the voting systems company “adequately states a claim for defamation per se against Fox Corporation based on its theory of direct liability.”
The court noted Fox Corp. argued Dominion makes “only conclusory allegations of supposed decision-making,” between Fox Corp. and Fox News.
Dominion sued the network last March for $1.6 billion. In a motion in December to dismiss the case, which was denied, Fox argued it “did not create allegations against Dominion,” but that they were reporting on the remarks of others, including former President Trump and his supporters.
The outlet is also being sued by Smartmatic, another voting systems company, over similar claims about election fraud made on its network. A judge in New York ruled in March portions of that suit could proceed.
Dominion and Smartmatic have also sued other smaller conservative cable outlets like One America News and Newsmax over false claims the network aired about the company. The two outlets emerged as an alternative to Fox for supporters of Trump shortly after the 2020 election based largely on their broadcasting of unfounded claims of electoral fraud. | https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/judge-dismisses-latest-bid-from-fox-corp-to-toss-dominion-lawsuit/ | 2022-06-22T19:39:02Z | https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/judge-dismisses-latest-bid-from-fox-corp-to-toss-dominion-lawsuit/ | true | 23 |
The growth of industries
Published: Published Date - 11:50 PM, Wed - 22 June 22
Agriculture and the cotton industries played a major role in the economy of the Hyderabad State in the late 19th century
This article is in continuation to the last article on Salar Jung reforms and modernisation of Hyderabad State focusing on Growth of Industries
During the late 19th century and the early 20th century, the Hyderabad State witnessed the emergence of modern industry. The cotton industry was the most important industry in the Hyderabad State after agriculture. Up to late 1908, there were only three spinning and weaving mills at Hyderabad, Gulburga and Aurangabad. The first cotton mill was opened in 1875 and later in 1886 and 1889 two more mills with a capital of Rs 31,00,000 were started. The cotton ginning and pressing factories were established mainly in Aurangabad, Raichur, Bidar, Warangal, Nizamabad (Indur), Parbani and Nanded districts.
Cotton was the chief article of export in Hyderabad State and it accounted for 50 per of the total exports.
Weaving was a major industry in the rural areas where men and women were employed. The cotton fabrics of Hyderabad like saris, dhotis, kadhis, rumals, etc., were famous all over India and abroad. The Narayanpet cotton saris of fine quality were exported to different parts of the country. After cotton, the silk industry was also popular in places like Aurangabad, Nanded, Nalgonda, Warangal, Narayanapet, Sangareddy etc. Blankets and carpets were also produced in Mahabaubnagar, Nalgonda and Warangal. Warangal was famous for its carpet industry.
At the European exhibition of 1851, samples of carpets and rugs from Warangal were among the finest exhibits. During the late 19th century, Hyderabad was the biggest exporter of the carpets to the European countries. The wood industry, the metal industry and the making of iron implements as well as basket making, oil pressing and liquor making was also popular in Hyderabad.
The blacksmith and the carpenters carried out the making of agricultural and household implements. Iron and steel were the chief mineral resources of Hyderabad State and Nirmal and Ibrahimpatnam were known for their steel products. The products made in Hyderabad were sent to the European markets in England and France. Hyderabad products were displayed even in the great exhibitions of 1881 in England and the Paris exhibition in 1900.
During the thirty-year tenure as Deewan, Salar Jung had been able to manage the State affairs with the co-operation of British Resident and the Nizams. He had served under three Nizams and seven British Residents. There were occasions of tension and conflict between British authorities and the Asfa Jahi rulers regarding the Berar issue. Salar Jung incurred the displeasure of the Viceroy of India for requesting the surrender of Berar to the Nizam’s Government. Some sections of the Nizam’s court officials and nobles tended to brand Salar Jung as “pro-British” and he had to face opposition from influential sections of the Nizam’s court. In certain instances, some Nizam rulers were also unhappy with him and expressed their displeasure. Salar Jung submitted his resignation four times and survived two assassination attempts during his tenure. He extended complete support to the British government in suppressing the 1857 revolt and other uprisings in the Nizam’s Dominions. Therefore, in recognition of his exemplary services, Salar Jung was conferred the title of Knight Grand Commander Star of India (GCSI) by Queen Victoria in 1870, and he also received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford in 1876.
Salar Jung as the Prime Minister took up steps for the development of the Hyderabad State during the mid-19th century, and his reforms led to modernisation. He took guidance of the British officials and sanctioned budget for new projects like Railways and Public Works, which definitely made Hyderabad a modern state in the British India during the 19th century.
To be continued…
Prof. Adapa Satyanarayana
Retired Professor
Department of History, Osmania University
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GEORGIA (WJBF) -The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a murder conviction in the case of Justin Ross Harris. Harris was sentenced to life without parole in prison for the 2014 hot car death of his son Cooper.
According to the Georgia Supreme Court website, some of the evidence submitted during Harris’ trial, showed him to be “a philanderer, a pervert, and a sexual predator.”
The court decided that the abundance of sexually explicit evidence has little to do with proving if Harris did intentionally leave Cooper in the hot car.
Harris’ 22-month-old son, Cooper Harris, died on June 18, 2014, when Harris left him inside his SUV outside his office for nearly seven hours.
Prosecutors argued that it was intentional. They said Harris was living a double life and wanted to escape his family life to be “the other Justin Ross Harris.”
During trial, they brought in multiple women who were sexting with Harris on the day of Cooper’s death, including a minor and a woman Harris claimed to love.
Prosecutors said Harris wanted to live that life full time, but wouldn’t leave his wife as long as his son was alive.
Timeline of Events in Harris’ Case:
2/16 – Mother of Georgia boy who died in hot car files for divorce
3/16 – Father Facing New Charges After Hot Car Death Accusations
5/16 – Judge Agrees to Move Trial for Dad in Toddler Hot SUV Death
11/16 – Justin Ross Harris found guilty of murder in son’s hot car death
12/16 – GA: Justin Ross Harris sentenced in son’s death in hot SUV
2/17 – GA dad didn’t mean to kill toddler in hot car says ex-wife
5/20 – Hearing set for Georgia man guilty in hot car death of son
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Survey findings from Mitto announced at Collision highlight necessity for omnichannel communications support in ecommerce
ZURICH, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitto, a leading provider of global omnichannel communications solutions, today announced the results of a survey that explored consumer behaviors and communication preferences when interacting with ecommerce brands. The survey revealed that 90% of consumers find it important for brands to interact with them on their preferred channels, whether that is SMS, social media or chat apps.
As ecommerce brands work to meet consumers' mobile commerce and payments demands, the research shows they can benefit from integrating fintech solutions and an omnichannel strategy that enables immediate and seamless interactions on a variety of communication channels.
Mitto found that the type of interaction the customer is having with a brand influences the preferred communications channel. For quick questions or confirmations, including two-factor authentication (2FA), 46% of survey respondents favored text messaging over email. This number was even higher when looking at Generation Z and Millennials as more than two-thirds preferred SMS.
"The level of communication that consumers are requiring from brands can only be completed successfully with a full omnichannel strategy," said Andrea Giacomini, CEO of Mitto. "Through the use of omnichannel communications, ecommerce brands can meet customers where they are already spending their time. By going one step further and integrating fintech and payment tools that already leverage popular digital communications channels like SMS and WhatsApp, ecommerce brands can deliver a positive experience throughout the consumers' entire journey."
The option for real-time payments is important to more than 40% of consumers. Similarly, third-party integration within payment platforms, including PayPal or Apple Pay, is vital as this made it more likely that 41% of consumers would make a purchase. But these payments need to be immediate and secure, which brands can facilitate via SMS and other digital channels:
Key findings:
- Speed is especially critical when it comes to 2FA as 58% of consumers expect a 2FA text message immediately and if they have to wait to receive this, 41% would consider abandoning their purchase.
- 86% of individuals would prefer that brands confirm their identities for large purchases, with 47% wanting confirmation for all purchases greater than $200.
- More than half believe SMS is the best way to communicate during these confirmation exchanges.
As the level of ecommerce continues to increase, pay-by-link options remain an untapped market as less than half of respondents have used this method, but those who have reported it to be both quick and easy. SMS is the preferred channel for pay-by-link payments with 30% favoring this over email due to faster response times, which was a priority for 27% of all respondents and almost 70% of Generation Z and Millennials.
Survey Methodology: These findings are based on a Pollfish survey of 1,000 Americans. The survey ran in May 2022.
Mitto is a leading provider of global, omnichannel communications solutions, supporting business growth with advanced customer engagement technology and messaging enablement. Offering easy-to-integrate SMS, Voice, and Chat App APIs, next-generation business messaging, and end-to-end phone number management, Mitto's platform ensures the world's largest brands and MNOs are ready for what's next. Follow Mitto on Twitter: @mittoglobal
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SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Greenbutts, LLC (the "Company" or "Greenbutts") is pleased to announce the appointment of Luis Sanches as the Company's Chief Strategy Officer effective immediately.
Luis is a Senior Corporate Executive with more than 30 years of international, cross functional and cross-cultural experience responsible for managing business teams, supporting growth, and leading transformations across multiple geographies such as Australasia, North and South America, and Europe.
He was previously the Senior Vice President of R&D for Reynolds American Inc., an American tobacco company and subsidiary of British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI); the second-largest tobacco company in the United States that generated north of $35 billion revenue for 2021. His corporate tenure under British American Tobacco spanned 31 years in total, including the position of Group Head of Product Development in the United Kingdom and Vice President of Kentucky BioProcessing KBP - a world leader in developing and employing cGMP processes to manufacture recombinant proteins using novel plant-based technology. He successfully led the development of novelty scientific knowledge and multi-category consumer lead product innovations.
"Never before in history have industry and humanity at large shared such a commitment to understand and urgently address matters that negatively impact the sustainability of our planet and, ultimately, our lives. Greenbutts is pioneering solutions that will allow business partners to focus on their growth strategy and deliver their product innovation pipeline while materially advancing their ESG agendas," said Mr. Sanches. "I am proud to join the Greenbutts team and am committed with them "to give every fiber of our being" to offering meaningful sustainable solutions to our partners." Sanches continued.
"We are delighted to have an executive of Mr. Sanches' calibre and industry presence, knowledge, and experience join our already accomplished team," said Tadas Lisauskas, Founder and CEO of Greenbutts.
"For the past 11 years, Greenbutts™️ has been focused on developing a viable alternative to cellulose acetate filters for the global cigarette industry, through extensive R&D and cross-continental partners. While we have had much success in achieving this goal; patenting our technology, continuously adding intellectual property to our portfolio, and validating business cases on a global stage, the addition of Luis Sanches to the team is an opportunity to re-introduce ourselves to the global cigarette industry and assist in their efforts to make the inevitable transition to a zero-plastic alternative as seamless as possible," added Tadas.
Luis will oversee the company's global expansion strategy regarding material and filter production in every region which Greenbutts serves customers. In addition, Mr. Sanches will work on optimizing our filter manufacturing process to meet the regulatory needs and specifications of each of our customers.
Mr. Sanches' expertise of the industry along with his long-standing relationships he has built during his three decades in big tobacco will assist Greenbutts in developing these markets and supporting ESG commitments of global tobacco partners.
About Greenbutts™️
Since 2010, Greenbutts has worked with R&D institutions, international tobacco companies, and industry experts to develop biodegradable filter technology – trademarked as a "Greenbutt". The Company has developed and patented a "zero-plastic" filter, made without any synthetic materials or plasticizers, 100% biodegradable and water dispersing which meets certain industry criteria. The proprietary Greenbutts filter is designed to reduce the significant environmental impact caused by plastic cigarette filter pollution. Over 6 trillion are discarded every year making single-use filters the most littered plastic item in the world. With over a decade of R&D and strong intellectual property, Greenbutts offers the $1 Trillion global tobacco industry a seamless transition to zero-plastic filters while meeting the new global single-use plastic (SUP) legislation initiatives.
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These risks, uncertainties and assumptions could adversely affect the outcome of the plans and events described herein. In addition, even if the outcome of the plans and events described herein are consistent with the forward-looking information contained in this release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Forward-looking information contained in this release is based on the beliefs and expectations of Greenbutts' management, which Greenbutts believes are reasonable as of the current date, and are subject to significant business, social, economic, political, regulatory, competitive and other risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Greenbutts and actual future results may differ materially from current expectations. Except as required by applicable law, Greenbutts assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information in this release to reflect new events or circumstances.
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