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The United Nations announced that more than 100 people, including many women, have been killed in the al-Hol camp, in the countryside of Hasskeh, within 18 months, calling on countries to repatriate their citizens.
The United Nations Coordinator in Syria, Imran Riza, said that the al-Hol camp, which is under Kurdish control, “suffers from increasing insecurity. The children detained in it are doomed to a life without a future.” He added that 94 percent of the detainees are women and children. There are about 27,000 Iraqi detainees, 18,000 to 19,000 Syrians, and about 12,000 citizens of other nationalities.
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He stated that while Iraq has returned some of its citizens, many other countries that must accept the return of their nationals refuse to do so. But he believes that this is the only solution to empty the camp.
Al-Hol Camp was originally established to house Iraqi refugees in early 1991 during the second Gulf War and was reopened later after the influx of Iraqi migrants to Syria following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as one of three camps on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer. The Syrian Observer has not verified the content of this story. Responsibility for the information and views set out in this article lies entirely with the author. | https://syrianobserver.com/features/76292/100-dead-in-al-hol-camp-in-just-18-months.html | 2022-06-30T02:27:05Z | https://syrianobserver.com/features/76292/100-dead-in-al-hol-camp-in-just-18-months.html | true | 1 |
Sports News of Thursday, 30 June 2022
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The Communications Director of Hearts of Oak, Kwame Opare Addo, says the club is demanding an immediate apology from Ashantigold’s Deputy Chief Executive, Albert Commey, for claiming the game between the Phobians and RTU was fixed.
Mr. Commey, a former official of the club, stated the 4-1 defeat Hearts suffered at home against RTU was a match of convenience.
“Ghana Premier League was competitive but wasn’t happy with the final day because there were lots of fixed games. RTU never won any match away. AshGold v Bibiani Gold Stars was fixed. Wonders v Aduana was fixed. King Faisal vs Legon Cities was fixed,” Commey reportedly said on Space FM.
In a response to his comment, the spokesperson of Hearts of Oak Kwame Opare Addo denied the game being fixed and insists the club is demanding an apology.
“I’ve tried calling Albert Commey for about 20x but no answer. Is it because he feels his team (AshGold) is going down so he wants to drag other clubs down? He has to apologise, retract that match fixing statement!,” he told Happy FM. | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Match-fixing-Saga-Hearts-demand-apology-from-Albert-Commey-1572218 | 2022-06-30T02:30:57Z | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Match-fixing-Saga-Hearts-demand-apology-from-Albert-Commey-1572218 | false | 1 |
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New classrooms and more to greet students at Mulberry Elementary in Houma this fall
Parents, teachers, officials and students celebrated the $13.3 million expansion's completion Tuesday evening.
Students who return this fall to Mulberry Elementary in Houma will be greeted by 18 new classrooms and other upgrades.
Parents, teachers, officials and students celebrated the $13.3 million expansion's completion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday evening.
Other improvements include a new band room, cafeteria and area where buses and cars can pick up and drop off students.
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The school enrolled roughly 900 students before Hurricane Ida, and Principal Dene' Cunningham said that dropped by about 150 students after the storm. With the additions, bringing the total to 46 classrooms, Mulberry can handle about 1,500 students and its faculty and staff of 75.
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Cunningham said she expected most parents will like the new student drop-off and pick-up site, which wraps behind the building instead of blocking Cougar Drive in front of the school.
"It was a very big concern for the community that our car line was always parked on the road," she said. "It was a danger to block Cougar Drive, so now we have an elongated loop area."
Touring the new classrooms with their two children, Joey and Allyson Crispino said it's nice to have the new additions. Allyson is a secretary for the school. Their son Joshua will be in in third grade and daughter Emerson in first.
Joshua got to see his brand new classroom Tuesday.
"It's big," he said. "And it's pretty."
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The world’s first mechanical clock is thought to have been tower clocks built in the region spanning northern Italy and southern Germany from 1270 to the 1300s. These clocks did not have dials or hands and instead, they told time by striking bells. The clocks used the suspended weights to move their wheels. They were two such weights, one to move the clock and the other to ring the bell. These three components have remained the essential elements of a watch; the power source, regulator and the escapement. The power source drives the timepiece, the regulator regulates the speed of the rotation and the escapement rotates the wheel in fixed intervals while constantly applying intermittent force to maintain the oscillation of the regulator. | https://nation.com.pk/2022/06/30/past-in-perspective-1148/ | 2022-06-30T02:53:13Z | https://nation.com.pk/2022/06/30/past-in-perspective-1148/ | false | null |
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SARANAC LAKE — A man who police say stabbed a man, and who eyewitnesses say was brandishing a knife at an officer, was shot and killed by village police in Saranac Lake on Wednesday morning.
Saranac Lake Police Department Chief Darin Perrotte said a male was stabbed at Stewart’s Shops on Bloomingdale Avenue and the alleged assailant was shot by an SLPD officer. Cody Sanford, of Saranac Lake, witness the shooting. He said the man with the knife “lunged” at the police officer before he was shot. Police say the man “charged” the officer.
The suspect was killed in the shooting, police confirmed. The victim of the initial stabbing was transported to Adirondack Medical Center, and his injuries “are not considered to be life threatening,” according to New York State Police. Adirondack Health spokesman Matt Scollin said he was deferring the release of information to police.
The identity of the man who died had not yet been confirmed by police as of press time Wednesday, because his family has not been notified yet, according to SLPD. The identity of the stabbing victim is also unclear.
Perrotte said in a statement that he has asked the State Police and the state Attorney General’s Office to assume control of the investigation “to ensure transparency.” Members of the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office are also assisting with the investigation.
“New York State Police and Attorney General’s Office will work in a timely fashion to complete this investigation,” he said in a statement. “We will do our best to keep the family and community apprised of the progress of the investigation.”
“There is no danger to the public,” State Police said in a press release.
A representative of Stewart’s Shops declined to comment.
According to a preliminary State Police investigation, at around 8:30 a.m., two SLPD officers responded to a reported stabbing at Stewart’s.
“When they arrived on the scene, the officers encountered a subject armed with a knife, and a confrontation ensued,” State Police wrote. “One of the officers fired their duty weapon and struck the male, who has died.”
In a press release, SLPD detailed what it found in a preliminary investigation.
“Officers instructed the male to surrender the knife. The male refused and charged the officer with the knife. The officer tried to move away and stumbled as she retreated. The second officer at the incident discharged his service weapon, stopping the suspect from getting to the fallen officer,” the press release reads. “Officers immediately rendered first aid and called for an ambulance.”
The man with the knife was transported to AMC, where he was pronounced dead.
A pile of clothes were left in the parking lot Wednesday morning — boots, jeans and a shirt, as well as what appeared to be a paramedic’s bag and gloves.
Police taped off a small section of the scene shortly after the shooting, then taped off the entire Stewart’s Shop parking lot at 9:18 a.m. Bloomingdale Avenue was shut down from Broadway to Church Street for several hours as numerous law enforcement agencies gathered information — interviewing witnesses and Stewart’s Shop employees; nailing crime scene markers into the pavement; taking photos and drone footage.
Perrotte said the entire section of street was a crime scene.
On the corner with the Adirondack Carousel, Stewart’s Shops employees called family and friends to tell them they were safe.
“Chief Perrotte extends his condolences to the family of the deceased,” the press release from SLPD reads. “This is a tragic incident that will have a heavy impact on the family, officers and our community.”
Perrotte said the investigation will be “complex,” will involve numerous statements, a review of collected data, and substantial analysis of evidence by the forensic laboratory and other sources; and will take some time to complete.
Sanford told the Enterprise that he was on his way to work when he saw a man walking in the middle of the road with a knife, following two people. At that point, Sanford called the police. When the people the man was following got in their car and drove away, Sanford said the man then walked to Stewart’s and asked a few people for cigarettes. Then, the man stood outside the store’s front door.
The police were at Stewart’s and an officer spoke with the man, Sanford said.
“(The officer) was very cordial. She came up and she said, ‘Hey, can I see the knife?’ He said, ‘No, I can’t do that.’ And she said, ‘Well, I’m going to need you to pull the knife out and show me.’ That’s the point when he pulled out the knife and he lunged at her,” Sanford said. “It happened so fast … I just saw him lunge at her, her kind of stumble up against the car, I heard two shots and then a body hit the ground.”
Sanford described the officer and the man as standing within a few feet of one another. He said it looked like it was a pocket knife that the man was holding.
Sanford stressed that he felt the police officers were just doing their job and that police immediately started “life-saving procedures.” He said that because the man was Black and the officer was white, he didn’t want the community to “misunderstand.”
“I felt bad for her; you could see it in her face. What got me the most was probably the look on her face,” he said. “She probably feels so bad. That’s what hurt me the most. … She kept her composure. You could tell she did not want it to go down that way.”
Saranac Lake artist Tim Fortune was working on a mural at a basketball court nearby Wednesday morning when he heard screaming.
“I heard someone scream ‘no, no,’ and it sounded like a female voice,” he said. “Then I heard two shots. One after the other. ‘Bang, bang.’ That’s when I walked over to see what was happening.
“A person was laying on the ground, (police) were tending to him,” he added.
Fortune said he saw police performing CPR on the man.
“It was pretty shocking to hear someone scream like that, and then followed by the two shots. It was pretty apparent that it was something serious,” he said.
Frederick Sullivan, of Saranac Lake, said he was in the bathroom at Stewart’s when the incident happened, so he didn’t see much. But he was shocked by the violence.
“Why would this happen in Saranac Lake?” Sullivan asked.
He was happy the officer involved, whom he knows, was safe. But he wondered why they didn’t use their taser.
Numerous law enforcement and investigation agencies were involved in the aftermath — including State Police, the Lake Placid Police Department, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers, the North Country Crime Analysis Center, the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office and state Attorney General’s Office. | https://www.nny360.com/news/statenews/police-fatally-shoot-suspect-after-stabbing-in-saranac-lake/article_30af8bfc-876b-510c-b0bc-ff241a7f6317.html | 2022-06-30T03:05:45Z | https://www.nny360.com/news/statenews/police-fatally-shoot-suspect-after-stabbing-in-saranac-lake/article_30af8bfc-876b-510c-b0bc-ff241a7f6317.html | false | 1 |
Alphonse Areola: West Ham sign goalkeeper on permanent five-year deal from Paris Saint-Germain
West Ham have completed the permanent transfer of Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Alphonse Areola on a five-year contract. Areola joined on loan last summer with West Ham holding an option to buy - an option they have taken up with £7.75m the fee being paid to PSG. The 29-year-old...
www.skysports.com | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2649604384938/alphonse-areola-west-ham-sign-goalkeeper-on-permanent-five-year-deal-from-paris-saint-germain | 2022-06-30T03:12:57Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2649604384938/alphonse-areola-west-ham-sign-goalkeeper-on-permanent-five-year-deal-from-paris-saint-germain | false | null |
Advisory issued for strong winds and rough seas
June 30, 2022 07:56 am
Several spells of light showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, the Department of Meteorology says.
Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province during the afternoon or night.
Fairly strong winds of about 50 kmph can be expected at times in the western slopes of the Central hills, Western and Southern provinces.
Sea areas:
Strong winds are expected at times in the western and southern sea areas for next few days too.
Showers will occur at several places in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Matara via Colombo and Galle.
Winds will be westerly to south-westerly and wind speed will be 30-40 kmph. Wind speed can increase up to 50-60 kmph in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle and Hambantota.
The sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle and Hambantota will be rough. The other sea areas around the island will be moderate.
There is a possibility to increase swell waves (about 2.0 – 2.5 m) in the sea areas off the coast extending from Puttalam to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle and Hambantota.
Naval and fishing communities are urged to be vigilant in this regard. | http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=83331 | 2022-06-30T03:13:13Z | http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=83331 | true | 4 |
BEIJING, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartX, a modern IT infrastructure innovator, has released the HCI Kit Community Edition, a free version of its hyperconvergence product SmartX HCI. The Community Edition includes core HCI software SMTX OS and management platform CloudTower. It is freely available, easy-to-deploy, feature-rich, and community-supported, providing easy access to hyperconvergence for worldwide users.
The Community Edition allows users to experience core features of SmartX HCI, including
- SMTX OS (community edition) that provides compute virtualization, distributed block storage, as well as network & security.
- ELF: the native hypervisor that optimizes performance and streamlines operations & maintenance.
- ZBS: the distributed block storage with the reliability and high performance battle-tested in production across financial services and other industries.
- Everoute: the network and security product that provides micro-segmentation, securing east-west traffic with distributed firewalls for virtual machines. - CloudTower (community edition) that provides multi-cluster management, capable of managing clusters across datacenters with one unified platform.
Designed for anyone interested in experiencing HCI, the Community Edition can be installed to learn, evaluate, or use conveniently with zero cost. HCI enthusiasts could get hands-on experience and see how HCI achieves simplicity, flexibility, and efficiency; End users considering HCI products could compare it with other alternatives and run a proof-of-concept test, before making a decision; IT engineers could deploy it for Dev & Test, starting with a small scale.
The installation and deployment of Community Edition are quite simple. It can be deployed on mainstream commercial x86 servers. The whole process takes approximately 2 hours*, users can check the minimum hardware requirements and guidance on the official website.
The Community Edition offers a 30-day free trial, and before it expires, users could apply for a free community perpetual license. SmartX also supports users to switch to Commercial Editions seamlessly to unlock more advanced capabilities.
Additionally, users could join SmartX Community on Slack, to get support from the community experts, and exchange ideas and feedback with professionals in IT infrastructure, distributed systems, and the cloud.
Additional Resources:
Installation and Deployment Guide
Notes:
* 2-hour is an estimation and subject to change in actual installation & deployment.
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Watch: Specially-abled girl covers 2 km on one leg to reach school daily in Bihar's Siwan
Bihar: Priyanshu, a specially-abled girl from Bihar, is setting the bars high for students through her dedication and will power to reach her school every day. The strong-willed girl from Siwan covers a distance of 2 km daily to reach her school. What sets her journey apart from the other students is her way of reaching the school. Priyanshu jumps to school every day on one foot. To achieve her goal of being a doctor one day, the girl has also demanded the government to help her so that she can be a doctor and complete her dreams. “I go to study daily after walking 2 km, and I want to be a doctor. I’m handicap since my childhood. I go to school daily on one leg and I don’t give up. I want the Government to help me so that I can be a doctor. I go to school by jumping,” said Priyanshu. (ANI)
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The United States and the Taliban plan talks Thursday in Qatar on unlocking some of Afghanistan's reserves following a devastating earthquake, officials said, with Washington seeking ways to ensure the money goes to help the population.
The White House said it is working "urgently" on the effort, but a member of the Afghan central bank's board said it could take time to finalise.
The Taliban's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in the Qatari capital Doha along with finance ministry and central bank officials for talks, Taliban foreign ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmed said.
The State Department said its envoy on Afghanistan, Tom West, would take part and said the United States was focused on a range of interests including human rights and opening schools for girls.
"None of these engagements should be seen as 'legitimising' the Taliban or its so-called government but are a mere reflection of the reality that we need to have such discussions in order to advance US interests," said a spokesperson for the US State Department, which does not recognize Taliban rule over Afghanistan.
The Taliban took over in August 2021 after the United States gave up a 20-year military effort.
Washington at the time froze $7 billion in reserves and the international community halted billions in direct aid that Afghanistan and its population of roughly 40 million people had relied on.
The currency has collapsed and the country descended into a serious economic crisis, although some assistance has been restored.
Last week's 5.9-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless, adds urgency to the funding debate.
"Negotiations are underway and it is our expectation that a final proposal under discussion will be finalised," said Shah Mehrabi, member of the Supreme Council of the Central Bank of Afghanistan.
However, details on "the mechanism to transfer the reserves to the Central Bank has not been finalised," he told AFP.
"It is going to take a while. These things do not happen overnight."
- 'Get these funds moving' - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said over the weekend that efforts were underway "to get these funds moving" from the frozen reserves.
"We are urgently working to address complicated questions about the use of these funds to ensure they benefit the people of Afghanistan and not the Taliban," she told reporters travelling with President Joe Biden to Europe.
In question are $3.5 billion in frozen reserves, half the total blocked by the US government.
"I have argued that these reserves should be released to the Central Bank," said Mehrabi, who also is an economics professor at Montgomery College in the suburbs of the US capital.
He proposed a "limited, monitored release of reserves" of about $150 million each month to pay for imports.
That would help "stabilise prices and help meet the needs of ordinary Afghans so that they can afford to buy bread, cooking oil, sugar and fuel," alleviating the misery of families facing high inflation, he said.
Use of the funds "can be independently monitored and audited by external auditing firms with an option to terminate in the event of misuse," he said.
The United Nations has warned that half the country is threatened with food shortages.
The United States earlier said it was contributing nearly $55 million to relief efforts made more urgent by the earthquake, directing aid to groups working in Afghanistan.
The Taliban are still considered a terrorist group by the United States, which has insisted that any improvement of relations would be dependent on meeting key concerns, including on the treatment of women.
Biden in February gave the green light for the other half of the frozen reserves to go to compensating survivors and families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which triggered the invasion in which the United States toppled the Taliban and kept afloat a pro-Western government for two decades.
The White House said it is working "urgently" on the effort, but a member of the Afghan central bank's board said it could take time to finalise.
The Taliban's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in the Qatari capital Doha along with finance ministry and central bank officials for talks, Taliban foreign ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmed said.
The State Department said its envoy on Afghanistan, Tom West, would take part and said the United States was focused on a range of interests including human rights and opening schools for girls.
"None of these engagements should be seen as 'legitimising' the Taliban or its so-called government but are a mere reflection of the reality that we need to have such discussions in order to advance US interests," said a spokesperson for the US State Department, which does not recognize Taliban rule over Afghanistan.
The Taliban took over in August 2021 after the United States gave up a 20-year military effort.
Washington at the time froze $7 billion in reserves and the international community halted billions in direct aid that Afghanistan and its population of roughly 40 million people had relied on.
The currency has collapsed and the country descended into a serious economic crisis, although some assistance has been restored.
Last week's 5.9-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless, adds urgency to the funding debate.
"Negotiations are underway and it is our expectation that a final proposal under discussion will be finalised," said Shah Mehrabi, member of the Supreme Council of the Central Bank of Afghanistan.
However, details on "the mechanism to transfer the reserves to the Central Bank has not been finalised," he told AFP.
"It is going to take a while. These things do not happen overnight."
- 'Get these funds moving' - White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said over the weekend that efforts were underway "to get these funds moving" from the frozen reserves.
"We are urgently working to address complicated questions about the use of these funds to ensure they benefit the people of Afghanistan and not the Taliban," she told reporters travelling with President Joe Biden to Europe.
In question are $3.5 billion in frozen reserves, half the total blocked by the US government.
"I have argued that these reserves should be released to the Central Bank," said Mehrabi, who also is an economics professor at Montgomery College in the suburbs of the US capital.
He proposed a "limited, monitored release of reserves" of about $150 million each month to pay for imports.
That would help "stabilise prices and help meet the needs of ordinary Afghans so that they can afford to buy bread, cooking oil, sugar and fuel," alleviating the misery of families facing high inflation, he said.
Use of the funds "can be independently monitored and audited by external auditing firms with an option to terminate in the event of misuse," he said.
The United Nations has warned that half the country is threatened with food shortages.
The United States earlier said it was contributing nearly $55 million to relief efforts made more urgent by the earthquake, directing aid to groups working in Afghanistan.
The Taliban are still considered a terrorist group by the United States, which has insisted that any improvement of relations would be dependent on meeting key concerns, including on the treatment of women.
Biden in February gave the green light for the other half of the frozen reserves to go to compensating survivors and families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, which triggered the invasion in which the United States toppled the Taliban and kept afloat a pro-Western government for two decades.
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Axis Bank has said that it is confident about the quality of Citibank’s credit card portfolio and the persistency & spending were satisfactory. Speaking to newspersons here, Axis Bank head (cards & payments) Sanjeev Moghe said that he was confident that the integration would be completed within the indicated timeframe. However, it has not reached the stage of seeking customer approvals for the integration.
Moghe denied reports that attritions in the card base had caused a dent in the valuation.
“We are confident of what we have done diligence on, the price that we have bid on and confident that we will be able to deliver value on the price that we paid,” he said. He acknowledged that Citi had seen attrition in card numbers but attributed this to the normal attrition witnessed by every bank, which gets covered by new additions. He said that Citi retained its strength in terms of affluent and super affluent customers and the portfolio was better than the industry in terms of spending and defaults.
Moghe was speaking at the launch of the bank’s partnership with EazyDiner — a startup platform for table reservation, food discovery and restaurant payments. The partnership would enable both credit and debit card customers to avail of discounts at premium restaurants across the country. Customers would be eligible for double-dip discounts, which include discounts from EazyDiner and Axis Bank for which they will need to download the app.“There has been a surge of around 132% in the number of customers who prefer to discover and dine out at premium restaurants, as compared to pre-Covid times. This significant recovery is led by Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru followed by Goa, which is now emerging as a stronger destination over the last two years. Additionally, customers are eating out 3.2 times a month as opposed to 2.1 times a month,” said EazyDiner founder Kapil Chopra.He added that the casual dining market was at $17 billion and EazyDiner was aiming to integrate this market by helping customers to discover and book tables. “India is known for its diversity in cuisine and the future of food is going to be experiential,” said Chopra. | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/satisfied-with-citi-card-biz-says-axis-bk/articleshow/92555915.cms | 2022-06-30T03:15:09Z | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/satisfied-with-citi-card-biz-says-axis-bk/articleshow/92555915.cms | true | 1 |
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon is seeking a three-month delay in his trial for criminal contempt of Congress charges stemming from his defiance of a Jan. 6 House committee subpoena.
Bannon’s attorneys said in a motion to the court Wednesday that the publicity surrounding the congressional hearings investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, would make it impossible to seat an impartial jury for a trial set to start July 18. Bannon is seeking an October trial date.
“Select Committee members have made inflammatory remarks about the culpability of President Trump and his closest advisers, including Mr. Bannon, and have broadcast to millions of people their purported ‘findings’ on issues that may prejudice the minds of jurors in this case,” Bannon lawyers Evan Corcoran, David Schoen and Robert Costello wrote in the motion filed in a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
“Those broadcasts have been repackaged and re-broadcast in countless forms, creating a saturation of the information sources available to Washington, D.C. residents,” the motion states. “Under the circumstances, a continuance is warranted — to allow the effects of the Select Committee hearing coverage a chance to subside.”
Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury in November for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee two months earlier. The select committee had requested documents and his appearance. When he refused, the House committee formally referred Bannon to the Department of Justice.
Bannon has insisted he had executive privilege due to his advisory relationship with Trump and was immune from the subpoena by the Jan. 6 committee, whose hearings continue next month after an intense, surprise session Tuesday in which former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson delivered shocking testimony about Trump’s behavior during and around Jan. 6.
“When trial was scheduled,” Bannon’s lawyers wrote in the motion, “neither the Court nor the parties were aware of the June and upcoming July media blitz by the Select Committee. The media saturation in June and the upcoming hearings in July — right before trial — warrants a continuance.” | https://www.thewrap.com/steve-bannon-seeks-trial-delay-contempt-congress/ | 2022-06-30T03:20:05Z | https://www.thewrap.com/steve-bannon-seeks-trial-delay-contempt-congress/ | false | 1 |
“Nights of Rage” are how some pro-abortion activists described their plans for the days following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. By the time you read this, I hope we will know it was all talk from extremists. But in the weeks after the draft leak of the decision, there was violence. In a country of division, can we at least stand up against more violence — even beyond the violence of abortion?
For a half-century, the pro-life movement has been making the case for the humanity of the unborn child. We’ve prayed. We’ve peacefully protested. Most years, it didn’t really make the secular news, but we’ve marched on Washington every frigid January, begging the court to overturn Roe v. Wade. It hasn’t been fun, but every year we see more and more young people, filled with hopeful joy that this wrong will be righted.
Anyone who has ever seen a sonogram knows that there is a developing child in the womb. President Joe Biden recently made a slip and said that a woman should have a right to abort her child. It was unintentional on his part, I assume, given the left’s decades-long insistence on euphemisms when it comes to abortion. But let’s talk about the child, thank you. Let’s talk about abortion. Let’s talk about what it actually is: Not health care. Not freedom. Death.
And that violence that abortion insists on is manifesting itself in outbursts of violence on the streets and against pro-life women’s care centers. Graffiti. Firebombs. There are groups whose names I won’t mention because I don’t want to give them more attention. I’ve experienced one of them in New York. They taunt. They spit. They harass. They blockade. They don’t really want to have a conversation or debate. They want to drown out prayer. Heaven forbid a scared mom know that there are people taking the time to pray for her. If they don’t drown us out, sometimes a young mother stops to talk with a sidewalk counselor and reconsiders her abortion. If you’re actually pro-choice, that shouldn’t be the greatest threat there is: that a woman actually knows and decides she can be the mother she already is.
As we awaited the Supreme Court decision, 250 or so women met in Philadelphia. Some were young, some with more experience serving as mentors and spiritual directors. The gathering, an annual event called the GIVEN Forum, is an opportunity for young Catholic women to explore who they are in the light of God’s plan. It’s a radical concept in our modern world: that we have been made by a creator for a purpose, with specific gifts. And the fullness of joy and freedom comes in seeking that plan, doing His will.
These women know their lives cannot be remade in their own image, or any image the world insists on. They see people around them trying it and drowning in misery, and they want to help. Multiple times, a quote from Pope Paul VI, speaking at the end of the Second Vatican Council, has been repeat ed: “(A)t this moment when the human race is undergoing so deep a transformation, women impregnated with the spirit of the Gospel can do so much to aid mankind in not falling.”
My favorite line comes at the end: “Women, you do know how to make truth sweet, tender and accessible, make it your task to bring the spirit of this council into institutions, schools, homes and daily life. Women of the entire universe, whether Christian or non-believing, you to whom life is entrusted at this grave moment in history, it is for you to save the peace of the world.”
Why choose death when we are meant for life? Why snuff out the innocent when they deserve our protection? Why pretend that abortion doesn’t harm, when it in fact kills a child and often inflicts psychic damage on parents?
The end of Roe v. Wade isn’t the end of the world. It’s a new day where motherhood can get the attention it deserves. Celebrate life. Embrace it. Surround it with love and resources. That’s what creation has set up for us. The women at GIVEN have no interest in fighting creation. We’d be wise to support them — and do everything we can to support mothers and families, practically and as policy.
Kathryn Jean Lopez is senior fellow at the National Review Institute, editor-at-large of National Review magazine and author. She is also chair of Cardinal Dolan’s pro-life commission in New York. Reach her at klopez@nationalreview.com. | https://www.covnews.com/opinion/lopez-end-of-roe-v-wade-isnt-end-of-world/ | 2022-06-30T03:21:50Z | https://www.covnews.com/opinion/lopez-end-of-roe-v-wade-isnt-end-of-world/ | false | 14 |
North Hall Community and Technology Center will close Friday and Saturday, July 1-2, as friends and family pay respects to Mike Little, Hall County’s director of parks and community services who died Saturday, June 25.
Visitation for Little, who was 58, will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday in the community room of the facility at 4175 Nopone Road, and a memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday.
Little started as the facilities manager at Allen Creek Soccer Complex in 2001 and was named parks director in 2011.
The facility will reopen Sunday. | https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/government/hall-community-center-closed-for-parks-directors-memorial-service/ | 2022-06-30T03:22:43Z | https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/government/hall-community-center-closed-for-parks-directors-memorial-service/ | false | null |
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia is likely to record its 10,000th death from the virus within days.
NSW and Victoria together recorded 40 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period.
The national death toll from the virus stood at 9,879 according to figures released on Thursday, with the 10,000 milestone likely to be reached on the weekend.
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NSW Health is warning of a rise in cases this winter as new sub-variants take over, making people vulnerable to copping a second dose of the virus.
The BA.2 sub-lineage remains the dominant variant. However, it is expected BA.4 and BA.5 will become dominant in the coming weeks and "are likely to be associated with an increase in COVID-19 infections, including an increase in re-infections".
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says there is no evidence yet that the new sub-variants lead to more severe illness, but "there is evidence that they are better at evading the body's immunity".
"So it is vital that anyone who is eligible for a booster dose who hasn't yet received it does so as soon as possible," she said.
Meanwhile, vaccinations are no longer mandatory in Queensland for visitors to hospitals, aged care facilities, disability accommodations and jails.
Workers in high-risk settings such as early childhood, primary and secondary education, prisons, youth detention centres and airports are also exempt unless required by employers to be vaccinated.
Testing on arrival for international visitors to Queensland has also been scrapped.
Meanwhile, the Northern Territory's Howard Springs quarantine facility, which opened in February 2020, will close on Thursday.
The facility will remain intact in case it is ever needed again. More than 60,000 people were quarantined at the facility during the past two years.
It also provided a pathway for thousands of Australians stuck overseas to return home.
At the centre's busiest, staff cared for up to 2000 people per fortnight.
NSW recorded 11,504 COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths and Victoria reported 9,926 cases and 17 fatalities while two people had died in
Tasmania. | https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/grim-milestone-as-australias-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-10-000/isxrzbcsg | 2022-06-30T03:25:04Z | https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/grim-milestone-as-australias-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-10-000/isxrzbcsg | false | 1 |
With 100 days to go, rugby fans from all over the world can now buy their tickets to rugby’s much anticipated ‘family reunion’ at Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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Two-time champion Andy Murray’s second-round loss to John Isner is his earliest exit from Wimbledon.
The 6-foot-10 American beat Murray 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-4, hitting 36 aces and 82 winners.
Murray had never lost before the third round at the All England Club. The 35-year-old Scot won the Wimbledon title in 2013 and 2016.
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Fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
The win keeps the 19-year-old Spaniard on course for a potential quarterfinal match against top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
Alcaraz will next play the 32nd-seeded Oscar Otte of Germany.
Tenth-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Mikael Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the third round, where he’ll play either Andy Murray or John Isner.
In the women’s draw, third-seeded Ons Jabeur beat Katarzyna Kawa 6-4, 6-0 to set up a third-round match against Diane Parry of France.
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5:30 p.m.
Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon in the second round after losing to Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court.
The 19-year-old Raducanu is the reigning U.S. Open champion but she ran into a player on a roll. The 28-year-old Frenchwoman won her seventh consecutive match.
Garcia won the Bad Homburg title in Germany last week for her first title in three years.
The 10th-seeded Raducanu reached the fourth round last year at the All England Club as a wild-card entry at the age of 18.
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4:20 p.m.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Greet Minnen of Belgium 6-4, 6-0.
The 2017 Wimbledon champion, who is seeded ninth, made 33 unforced errors and hit only nine winners on No. 2 Court.
In another delayed first-round match, eighth-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States beat Croatian player Donna Vekic 6-3, 7-6 (2).
And 12th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-2, 6-2 to reach the third round. The Latvian won the 2017 French Open and was Wimbledon runner-up in 2018.
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3:50 p.m.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia.
The six-time Wimbledon champion has won the past three men’s singles titles at the All England Club.
The 26-year-old Kokkinakis is ranked 79th.
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French Open runner-up Casper Ruud lost in the second round at Wimbledon.
The third-seeded Norwegian was beaten by Ugo Humbert of France 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 on No. 2 Court.
Ruud was making his third appearance at the All England Club. His victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Monday was his first at the grass-court Grand Slam.
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2:25 p.m.
Second-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia was eliminated in the second round of Wimbledon, losing to Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-4, 6-0.
Kontaveit has never reached the fourth round at the All England Club, the only one of the four major tournaments in which she has failed to get that far. She was making her eighth appearance at Wimbledon.
It was Kontaveit’s first match on grass this year.
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Harmony Tan, who beat Serena Williams on Centre Court in the first round at Wimbledon, has withdrawn from the women’s doubles tournament with a thigh injury.
Tan and Tamara Korpatsch were scheduled to play 15th-seeded Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru in the first round. They have been replaced in the draw by Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Peangtarn Plipuech.
Tan is scheduled to play No. 32 Sara Sorribes Tormo in the second round of the singles tournament on Thursday.
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Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland will host a charity tennis tournament next month to raise funds for children and teenagers impacted by the war in Ukraine.
The event will be held in Krakow on July 23 and will feature a mixed doubles exhibition match. Ukraine soccer great Andriy Shevchenko will be a special guest.
Elina Svitolina of Ukraine will serve as umpire for the event. They hope to sell at least 10,000 tickets.
Swiatek has been wearing a pin with the Ukrainian colors during her matches. More than 4 million refugees crossed into Poland after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Poland is providing them with free shelter, social and medical care, education and job opportunities.
The All England Club banned players from Russia and Belarus from competing this year at Wimbledon because of the war.
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Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray will play alongside Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the Laver Cup in London in September.
Murray will be making his debut at the competition, which is played in a Europe vs. World format and does not award ATP ranking points.
This will be the fifth edition. It’s being held at the O2 Arena on Sept. 23-25. Team Europe is 4-0 so far.
Federer’s management company founded the competition.
Murray plays a second-round match at Wimbledon later Wednesday against John Isner of the United States.
The Scot said he’s “heard lots of good things and I’m excited to be teaming up with both Roger and Rafa for Team Europe.”
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11 a.m.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic is back on Centre Court as the second round begins on Day 3 at Wimbledon.
The six-time Wimbledon champion will play 79th-ranked Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia in the day’s opening match in the main stadium.
Then it’s the local favorites, with 10th-seeded Emma Raducanu facing Caroline Garcia of France, followed by two-time champion Andy Murray against 6-foot-10 John Isner of the United States.
French Open runner-up Casper Ruud is in action, as is 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari and Angelique Kerber all have matches in the women’s draw.
Light rain fell in the morning with most of the day expected to be cloudy.
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Independence Day is on a Monday this year, resulting in a three-day weekend for many and a likely increase in vehicles traveling California’s roadways. The California Highway Patrol is reminding motorists that driving too fast is not only illegal, but the leading cause of traffic fatalities.
To help slow down motorists and increase safe travel, the CHP will deploy extra patrol officers over the holiday weekend as part of a Maximum Enforcement Period. Beginning at 6:01 p.m. on Friday, July 1, through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 4, the CHP will observe the MEP with a special focus on speed enforcement. In addition to speeding violations, officers will be on the lookout for distracted and aggressive drivers, and motorists suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
“Give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination. Speeding not only endangers your life, but the lives of everyone on the roadway,” said CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray. “Fill the holiday weekend with celebration and fun activities, not reckless choices that lead to tragedy.”
There were 43 people killed in crashes on California’s roadways during the 2021 Independence Day MEP, and more than one-third of the vehicle occupants who died within CHP jurisdiction were not wearing a seat belt. In addition, the CHP made 997 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs during the 78-hour holiday enforcement effort.
Last year’s stepped-up efforts to enforce speed limits during the Independence Day weekend, July 2-5, resulted in CHP officers issuing nearly 10,000 citations statewide
“Speed is the number one factor in roadway crashes in California, causing one-third of the traffic-related deaths,” added Commissioner Ray.
A report issued in May 2022 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows the number of people killed in speed-related crashes is on the rise nationwide. According to the NHTSA data, 11,780 deaths in the U.S. were attributed to speeding last year, a 5 percent increase over 2020.
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Preventing Heat Stress on the farm
When I thought our weather couldn’t get much crazier, it does!.Going from rowing a boat to the barn to busting up concrete in the garden! Mother nature is throwing it all at farmers this year, six inches of heavy rain received in the first 14 days of June left a bad black eye on many crop fields across the county. Loss of nitrogen in corn, drowned out soybeans, unplanted and weedy fields are just a few examples of damage that occurred. It is nice to have some drier weather, allowing producers to get the remainder of crops planted and hay harvested.
Many producers are now hoping that the faucet doesn’t shut off completely. Heavy rains can cause a lot of surface compaction, this is especially true for grown that has been tilled. When the soil surface becomes compacted moisture can not infiltrate down to the plant roots, allowing them to survive hot and try spells. Another challenge that producers are facing is the quick change in air temperature and quality, The week of June 13 – 18 presented some of the hottest temperatures this year, this was followed by the previous week’s temperatures that barely got out of the 70’s. Some temperature indexes reached 100 and above with the humidity. This large swing in temperatures can cause extreme heat stress on livestock and you. I want to discuss some options and consideration for alleviating heat stress on livestock has we inter the first full week of summer.
Every different type of livestock raised on the farm have different levels of heat tolerance, some handle heat better than other and this can be true among different breeds of livestock, for example I raise a few hair sheep on my farm I have Dorper’s and Katahdin hair sheep. The Dorper breed was developed in South Africa and can take the heat much better than the Katahdins that were developed in north central Maine. Different types of livestock also have different natural ways that adapt to the heat and stay cool. Quick changes in weather can cause quite the shock to livestock, preventing them to adapt and build up resistance or heat tolerance. This quick change has had quite the effect on cattle feeder out west that have experienced a great loss due to uncharacteristic weather patterns that are not common in the region. High temperatures with high humidity levels created hot air mass called a heat dome over the feedlot region that commonly don’t experience high humidity levels. Livestock had little time to adapt, and the quick change caused extreme heat stress, leading to loss of life. Some things you need to consider when it comes to heat stress on your farm this summer.
· It starts with water- Water is the source of life, when livestock have cool clean water, they will be better able to adapt and resist heat stress.
· Provide shade- Solar radiation added to high temperatures and humidity can added cause dehydration and body temperatures to rise rapidly.
· Now the signs- Signs that livestock are stressing out include increased respiration, panting, reduced feed intake. For swine, heat stress can cause shock to the nervous system making the pig have muscle tremors, blotchy skin or flushing, loud vocalization, and reluctance to move. For poultry paleness of the comb or wattle, lifting the wings away from the body, diarrhea, and convulsions are all symptoms. For Cattle heat stress can cause groups of cattle to stand in huddles, increased drooling, and restlessness. For horses profuse sweating, increased respiration, and droopy ears are all signs of heat stress.
· Be aware of weather changes- Watching the forecast and being aware of sudden changes are important in being prepared and alleviating any heat stress issues. Don’t forget to account for humidity levels for instance, the temperature might be 84°F but with a 70% humidity this makes the heat index well into the 90s and close to 100°F.
Some other items”
· Crop planting certification with USDA FSA – July 15.
· Adams County Fair – July 10 – 16 make plans to attend and support the future leaders of our county and country.
· Ohio State Fair- July 27 – August 7
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NIALL SCANNELL STARTED his week on holiday in Alvor. For the first time in nearly a year, rugby wasn’t on the agenda.
And then his phone rang. Rob Herring was an injury doubt, Andy Farrell informed him. With this in mind, how would he like to come to Auckland for a five-match tour? Within an hour his bags were packed and he was on the road.
It is just one of those things professional sportsmen do, placing the rest of their lives on hold in the hope that the next break could be their big one.
And that was the case with Scannell in Hamilton yesterday evening. Three days ago he wasn’t even in the Ireland squad; yesterday he was packing down against the Maori All Blacks.
This is Scannell’s take on a madcap week: “When Faz rang me he did note that it was about midnight and the first thing he said to me was ‘good job, you’re still up anyway’ so we’ll just leave it at that.
“I was enjoying a few beverages with my wife and my brothers over in Portugal.
“But look, we’ll be there again and walking back to tell them I was going to have to leave straight away because I was going to New Zealand was a great buzz.
“They were delighted for me and Maeve, my wife was delighted as well and in fairness to her she was left over in Portugal so I’m sure I’m going to owe her another good holiday when I get home.”
The funny thing is something exactly like this happened four years ago, when Ireland toured Australia.
Again he hadn’t made the original cut but when Rory Best went down in training, Scannell answered the call. Again, holiday plans had to be scrapped. It’s part of the terms and conditions that comes with being a pro.
“It is very tough for the families when there’s a bit of the unknown and, you know, when you’re left off the initial squad you make your own plans and then things change and she was very accepting of that. She helped me get packed and get on the road to Faro Airport.
“That was kind of the start of the whirlwind and to be honest it was a bit surreal when I woke up this morning thinking I was going to play a game for Ireland but look, I just really enjoyed it.”
His concern, Farrell said, was that he wouldn’t be ready for a game of that magnitude, so soon after jumping off a plane. Instead, he shored up the set-piece when he came on to replace Dave Heffernan. “He was a little bit worried that he would let the team down. He certainly didn’t do that,” said Farrell. “He added when he came on.”
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“I think we showed at certain points in the game that we can mix it with them but unfortunately we just didn’t do it for 80 minutes and we gave them a few openings to get into the game,” said Scannell. “There’s a lot to work on for us and we can grow but we definitely don’t feel like they were out of reach.
“There were points in that game, in that performance that we were well able to mix it with them, we just maybe need to put it together a bit better and hopefully that that cohesiveness will grow as the tour goes on if we’re lucky and we’ll have another crack off them in two weeks’ time.”
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Although the shooting at the Hanes Mall Boulevard Target on Tuesday evening left no one with a gunshot wound, it had some shoppers, city council members and others expressing shock and concern on Wednesday about the continued outbreaks of gun violence in the city.
This gunfire episode was in a store in one of Winston-Salem's premier shopping districts.
Police said a man told them that he was approached by three other men inside the store about 8:30 p.m., and that after they started assaulting him, he pulled a gun and fired one round in a bid to stop the assault. Dontaye Kentrell Wade, 25, who told police he fired the shot, told authorities that the three men continued their assault, took his gun away from him, and ran out of the store.
No one was injured by the gunfire. Officers interviewed Wade after he showed up at a local hospital with injuries to his head and face. Wade told officers that he was struck multiple times about the head and face by the men.
Wade told police he drove home after the assault, then went to a local hospital to be examined. Police said Wade's injuries were considered minor, and that he was released from the hospital after getting treatment.
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The scene at Target looked normal on Wednesday afternoon, as shoppers trekked across the hot asphalt parking lot to go inside the store, many with kids in tow.
Still, the gunfire was on some of their minds:
"I definitely kept my head on a swivel in there," Caitlin Wurderman said as she stood in the parking lot after shopping. But she also said she had things she needed to pick up and that she had to shop somewhere.
Police said Tuesday's shooting was not a random event. But it is concerning when these events take place in public places, with the potential of injury to bystanders just going about their business, Southwest Ward Council Member Kevin Mundy said.
"I still think Winston-Salem is very much a safe city," Mundy said. "But it is impossible not to think if lightning could strike where I am standing. We can't tell people, 'Don't worry, because it can't happen to you.'"
Police said the suspects were men in their 20s, and that they were last seen running out the front door of the Target and getting into a small white four-door or hatchback vehicle, one that possibly had Ohio tags. When police examined the inside of the store on Tuesday, they found evidence of a struggle taking place in the back of the store, and damage consistent with a firearm being discharged.
A man from out of town who was getting ready to go inside the Hanes Mall Boulevard Target on Wednesday wouldn't give his name, but shook his head when asked what he thought about the gunfire:
"It is happening everywhere in the world," the man said.
Rachel Stinehelfer, visiting the Target with her daughter, called the incident "scary," but said it didn't change her plan of activities for the day.
"I just felt like probably it was an isolated incident," she said. "You have to kind of go about your daily business, but try to be aware of your surroundings. Pay attention to the people with you."
South Ward Council Member John Larson, like Mundy, is a member of the city's Public Safety Committee. On Wednesday, Larson said the incident was "a disappointing statement of conflict resolution."
"People are more and more relying on weaponry to resolve problems that arise," Larson said. "We carry guns so we can pull out a weapon. The consequences can be severe."
The Public Safety Committee about two weeks ago got an update on various city plans to reduce gun violence. They include shot spotter technology, a real-time crime center, a gun crime reduction unit and others. Then there are efforts under way such as Cure Violence that rely more on community intervention rather than police.
And City Manager Lee Garrity told council members recently that the city is in line to get a $500,000 hospital-based violence intervention program meant to curb violence.
Mundy said none of those programs "is a fast fix," but said he puts the most faith in programs that use grassroots connections in the community to identify potentially violent people.
"There is no — pardon the pun — magic bullet," Mundy said. "In the short term, we need people to speak out. Like we have said a million times, if you see something, say something. There are anonymous ways to bring information to the table."
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CHP to focus on speeding
Independence Day is on a Monday this year, resulting in a three-day weekend for many and a likely increase in vehicles traveling California’s roadways.
The California Highway Patrol is reminding motorists that driving too fast is not only illegal, but the leading cause of traffic fatalities.
To help slow down motorists and increase safe travel, the CHP will deploy extra patrol officers over the holiday weekend as part of a maximum enforcement period.
Beginning at 6:01 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday the CHP will put a special focus on speed enforcement. In addition to speeding violations, officers will be on the lookout for distracted and aggressive drivers, and motorists suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
“Give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination. Speeding not only endangers your life, but the lives of everyone on the roadway,” said CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray. “Fill the holiday weekend with celebration and fun activities, not reckless choices that lead to tragedy.”
There were 43 people killed in crashes on California’s roadways during the 2021 Independence Day maximum enforcement period and more than one-third of the vehicle occupants who died within CHP jurisdiction were not wearing a seat belt. In addition, the CHP made 997 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs during the 78-hour holiday enforcement effort.
Last year’s stepped-up efforts to enforce speed limits during the Independence Day weekend, July 2- 5, resulted in CHP officers issuing nearly 10,000 citations statewide.
“Speed is the number one factor in roadway crashes in California, causing one-third of the traffic- related deaths,” Ray said.
A report issued in May 2022 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows the number of people killed in speed-related crashes is on the rise nationwide. According to this data, 11,780 deaths in the United States were attributed to speeding last year, a 5 percent increase over 2020.
Source: California Highway Patrol
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction, including nearly 8 in 10 Democrats, according to a new poll that finds deep pessimism about the economy plaguing President Joe Biden.
Eighty-five percent of U.S. adults say the country is on the wrong track, and 79% describe the economy as poor, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The findings suggest Biden faces fundamental challenges as he tries to motivate voters to cast ballots for Democrats in November's midterm elections.
Inflation has consistently eclipsed the healthy 3.6% unemployment rate as a focal point for Americans, who are dealing with high gasoline and food prices. Even among Democrats, 67% call economic conditions poor.
"He's doing the best he can — I can't say he's doing a good job," said Chuck McClain, 74. "But his opposition is so bad. I just don't feel the Democratic Congress is doing enough."
The Las Vegas resident is a loyal Democrat who said he doesn't miss an election, but he said the price of gas and groceries, Russia's war in Ukraine and the country's deep political divides have led more Americans to feel as though Washington is unresponsive to their needs.
"My wife and I are very frustrated with where the country is headed, and we don't have a lot of hope for the political end of it to get any better," he said.
The poll shows only 39% of Americans approve of Biden's leadership overall, while 60% disapprove. His approval rating fell to its lowest point of his presidency last month and remains at that level. The Democratic president gets hit even harder on the economy, with 69% saying they disapprove of him on the issue. Among Democrats, 43% disapprove of Biden's handling of the economy.
Just 14% say things are going in the right direction, down slightly from 21% in May and 29% in April. Through the first half of 2021, about half of Americans said the country was headed in the right direction, a number that has steadily eroded in the past year.
Dorothy Vaudo, 66, said she voted for Biden in 2020 but plans to switch allegiance this year.
"I'm a Democrat so I had to vote Democrat, but that's going to change," said the Martin County, North Carolina resident.
In recent weeks, Americans have endured even more bad economic news, with inflation continuing to rise, interest rates increasing dramatically and the S&P 500 entering a bear market as many serious economists predict a recession. Yet consumer spending has largely kept pace and hiring remains brisk in a sign that families and businesses have been able to withstand some of the economic pain.
In an interview this month with the AP, Biden traced the decline in his popularity to increases in gas prices that began a year ago. He said that prices shot up further with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. But he rejected claims by Republican lawmakers and some major economists that his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package from last year contributed to inflation, noting that price increases were a global phenomenon.
"We're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation," Biden said. "If it's my fault, why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher?"
Douglass Gavilan, a 26-year-old in Miami, is concerned about the "skyrocketing" prices and rent that he sees in his community. Shelter costs are roughly a third of the U.S. consumer price index, so the run-up in rents and home values has started to strain the budgets even of many people living where there are strong job opportunities.
"I don't even know if I'm going to be able to live here in a few years," Gavilan said. "I definitely don't feel confident in the economy."
Though he doesn't identify with a political party, Gavilan voted for Biden in 2020. He doesn't think Biden has proposed anything to make a meaningful difference in his life, but he does think the president's in a tough spot.
"There's very little he can do without everyone blaming him for everything," Gavilan said.
The poll was conducted from Thursday to Monday, with many interviews conducted after the Supreme Court on Friday struck down Roe v. Wade and allowed states to ban abortion -- a decision opposed by a majority of the American people in earlier polls, which could also have contributed to the continued slump in the national mood.
The national dissatisfaction is bipartisan, the poll shows. Ninety-two percent of Republicans and 78% of Democrats say the country is headed in the wrong direction. Since last month, the percentage of Democrats saying the country is headed in the wrong direction rose from 66%.
Biden's handling of the coronavirus pandemic remains a relative bright spot, with 53% of Americans saying they approve of his handling of that issue. On the other hand, only 36% say they approve of Biden's handling of gun policy; 62% disapprove.
But the economy is what weighs on many Americans as their top priority.
Curtis Musser, 57, a chemistry teacher from Clermont, Florida, said he expects a recession is coming, though he believes it will be mild.
Musser said many Americans simply feel as though they're at the mercy of events beyond their control, whether that's the pandemic, rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, war in Europe or political hostilities within the U.S.
"I feel as an individual somewhat helpless," he said. "I don't have control of the markets, and you can't really guess what markets are going do because you don't know what the Fed is going to do. You don't know what Congress is going to do. You don't know what Vladimir Putin is going to do."
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The poll of 1,053 adults was conducted June 23-27 using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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One of Central and Eastern Europe’s leading thinkers considers how the war in Ukraine has transformed Europe – with more to come.
Normally when you talk about turning points like the war in Ukraine, people believe at these times that you start to see the future in other ways but, in my view, the situation is slightly different.
At a turning point you start to reinterpret the past, and particularly the recent past. It’s not that now we see better what the European Union will become. We are starting to have a different view of what happened, for example, in the last 30 years.
From this new point of view, on one level this crisis very much resembles the three major crises that have shattered the European Union in the past decade: the financial crisis, the refugee crisis, and the war in Donbas. This is the second coming of each of these crises.
If you look at the financial side, this is going to be nasty. This is not simply that you have a high public debt already in the government sector – basically because we spent a lot of money on COVID – but you are going to have inflation. Some of the highest inflation will be in Central and East European countries. In Poland, inflation is already around 14%, while in Estonia, it is around 14%-15%. This is going to create a level of political instability in these countries, which is connected to the war in Ukraine.
In a way, the war in Ukraine is three different wars. One is what is happening on the battlefield, and this is where the Ukrainian army is fighting the Russian army. The second is an economic war, basically the sanctions against Russia. The third is what is happening on the level of public opinion and the information war.
These three wars are not going to end at the same time. Quite probably, the economic war will continue even if we are going to have a certain type of cease-fire. For me the most important thing is that when you look back, suddenly we are shocked by the discovery that we feel threatened not by our failures but by our successes. I have heard a lot of people lecturing about how Germany and France have implemented the wrong policy with regards to Russia.
What was their policy? Economic interdependence. But that was from the European Union. The EU was about economic interdependence: trading with the enemy and trying to transform the enemy into a friend. In a way it was the heart of the European experience.
What France and Germany did – and it didn’t work – was that they universalized their experience of post-World War II. Trading with others was seen as a way to reduce the risk of war. However, what we know from history is that when you trade with others, particularly if these others are not going to change their intentions, this increases the risk of war.
This created certain vulnerabilities that you very much see in the energy sector now. And of course, there is a very legitimate question. Why did Germany decide after 2014 to increase its energy dependence on Russia? But it makes less sense to ask the question why, in the 1990s, the Germans or French were pursuing the policy of economic interdependence and believing that through modernization they were going to change Russia.
This is the game; this was what the EU was doing to everybody, to the Chinese, to Central and East Europeans, and to others.
Our most important policy did not bring the results that we expected. We have been trading, and as a result of it, we are in a situation of higher risk and vulnerability.
The Role of Military Power
The second story is about soft power, and military power. It was Europeans with a very good argument saying “Military power does not work. Look at the Americans in Iraq.” We have strongly criticized others, saying “You are not going to solve any problem by military means.”
And listen, there is no military solution, particularly if you don’t have a military. But then suddenly you start to understand that you have a defense problem, and that this kind of defense problem cannot be simply
neutralized by soft power.
And then you should change. But you are changing something that is not only a policy. For Germany you are changing an identity. Being a civilian power – this was what Germany learned out of its post-World War II experience. So it is easy to increase a military budget, but just by increasing a military budget you are not creating a military power overnight because you should try to transform society and to look totally differently at the role of military power.
These are not trivial questions about one wrong policy of one politician doing something wrong. Suddenly the European Union has awakened to a world in which we feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly we are pushed to revisit all the major instruments with which the European Union has been working, including enlargement. All the things that we are talking about are not classical enlargement, even the four freedoms [The “four freedoms” refers to the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people – Transitions note].
We are pushed to rethink things which are very important for us, even the climate. If you are a Polish prime minister, are you really going to believe that you are going to stop using coal at the moment when you see basically Russia going up to your border? It’s a security issue.
Climate change is a problem, but a problem that can be faced in 20 years, while Russia is a problem that needs to be faced now.
The fact that we didn’t talk about Russia is also very typical. In a certain way we know that Russia is a big problem, but there is no long-term Russia policy, neither on our side nor on the American side. This is why the EU is going to be transformed – not because we are going to have a different vision but because in order to be effective we are to adjust to the world in which things that worked yesterday are not going to work tomorrow.
The Sudden Need for Borders
After the end of the Cold War, Robert Cooper, a British diplomat, invented a stamp. The stamp said OBE (overtaken by events) and he asked all his staff to go through the files and to put the stamp where it was needed. We are now working with files in which there is too much “overtaken by events.”
Until yesterday the European Union was very well-characterized by its soft power. This is why the European Union was a union with soft borders. We believed that we were bordering future members, regardless in which direction.
Suddenly we need borders that can be defended and then we should know where the borders are. This is the major challenge with countries like Georgia, Moldova, or Ukraine. They are within the borders of the Western sphere of influence because now we can clearly see that there is a sphere of influence.
There is a Russian sphere of influence and Belarus is there. By the way, Belarus was annexed, in a way, while we were talking about other things.
But when you talk in terms of geopolitics some other value issues are framed differently. You go to eat cevapcici with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, not to talk about the freedom of the media, but to talk about sanctions on Russia. This is a tradeoff and it doesn’t make sense to try to believe that we are not going to be forced to make hard choices.
This is important for our debates. The war generation knew that when you are choosing you very rarely choose between good and evil. When you are making choices most often you are sacrificing a value, something that is important for you. We try to believe that basically when we make a choice, we are never going to sacrifice a value. This is the situation that is pushing us to understand that this is not the case.
Then there is the problem of resilience. Some people know I have an obsession with polls. This is what I know about opinion polls. When we talk today about support for Ukraine – and I’m not talking about Bulgaria, or Greece, or Slovakia – you have public opinion being very sympathetic, really trying to help. We have all these people that are taking millions of Ukrainians into their houses.
Never bet that in four or five months the situation is going to be the same. It is not easy to have a Ukrainian family in your house in Poland during the winter. Not because people are bad, but because it is not easy. We should be prepared that there are going to be shifting public opinions.
Our Capacity to Endure Pain
Economic sanctions on Russia will have a cost and to be honest, the Russians are going to increase the cost – you can rely on that. Even our talk about justice, such as “we don’t talk to war criminals.” Believe me, we’re going to talk to this war criminal. We have been talking to war criminals most of the time, and we have been talking to former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic who didn’t have nuclear weapons, and we have been talking to other people.
As a result, the EU is not simply pushed into realpolitik, but finds itself in a situation in which we should try to use other policies in order to keep ourselves together. There is also an opportunity, and here the idea of resilience is important for me.
When we started the sanctions, we didn’t believe that this would change Putin’s policy. Recently, a journalist asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who were the three closest advisers to Putin these days. The answer he got was “Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great.” From this point of view, if you are in this historical mindset, you are not going to change your policies because of sanctions.
We are sanctioning them for two reasons. First, to reduce the capacity of the Russian state. Second, to show them that we are ready to pay the cost of the sanctions, that we are serious. In a certain way it is our capacity to endure pain that is going to change Russian policies and not our capacity to inject pain on Russia on its own.
And this is a difficult story because the Polish prime minister used to say: “You should choose between peace and air conditioning.” Do you know what people said? “There is no peace without air conditioning.”
The change that we’re going to see in our public opinion and in our political process is part of the European transformation. This is a European moment similar to the pandemic because suddenly we’re deciding much faster. We’re doing many more things collectively than before.
Some of these things are very brave. When President Zelenskiy or Foreign Minister Kuleba are saying: “Europeans are slow,” they don’t know how fast we normally are. In fact we can be very slow. If you work in the European institutions you must have been shocked by how fast we and the Americans have moved.
We understand that this is a critical moment, this is really about the European Union. But this is also a nationalist moment because the mobilization that you are seeing is very much experienced through the national experience of all these states. Some countries – like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – are afraid to lose their sovereignty. Germans had the feeling that they are living in a different world because history has returned and probably they are not ready for it.
A National – and a European – Moment
It’s crucial to reflect on this nationalistic mobilization, which understands that not only Ukrainians are going to sacrifice, but we are going to sacrifice. At the same time, this nationalist moment can be mobilized as a European moment – this is the story. It is enough for three elections to go wrong in the EU, with the current structure of the union, with the veto power of every member state, that we are going to be in a totally different conversation. This is why public opinion ended up being so important in this war.
There are two things that explain why Europe reacted so differently today than in 2014. From the legal point of view, this was the same. A country violated the sovereignty of another European state and grasped its territory.
Why didn’t we react? Because Ukrainians did not fight in Crimea.
Because former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had demoralized the armed forces to such an extent that there were 20,000 Ukrainian troops in Crimea, and they did nothing.
The moment when Ukrainians fought back, Europeans were ready to stand.
The second thing that changed dramatically is that when Europeans saw Ukrainians fighting this fight, we basically were impressed. We knew that this is also up to us.
I’m ending on the fact that this third war, about public opinion, particularly in the European Union, is going to be the most difficult one, and in a sense this is the one in which we participate. On economic sanctions there are other people that are going to decide. On what is happening on the ground in Ukraine, the Ukrainians are taking the risk.
The opinion war is the war in which we can participate, and here comes the real challenge. Resilience starts with knowing well your own society – how to push, but to the extent not to overdo it. And how to do it in the way to sustain the moment that you have.
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Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, IWM Vienna. He was a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times from 2015 to 2021 and the winner of the Jean Amery Prize for European Essay Writing in 2020. This article is adapted from remarks that he gave at theTime to Decide Europe Summit, a conference co-organized by the Erste Foundation and the Institute for Human Sciences to address the dilemmas posed by the war in Europe. | https://tol.org/client/article/overtaken-by-events.html | 2022-06-30T04:17:54Z | https://tol.org/client/article/overtaken-by-events.html | true | 1 |
Stranded drivers: Higher gas prices are leading to record calls for roadside assistance
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - The Iowa Department of Transportation believes the increase in gas prices is causing more people to run out of gas on the road.
KCRG reports the transportation department saw a 200% increase in calls from drivers out of gas in April compared to last year, with a 589% increase in March.
Brad Cowdin drives the Highway Helper. The Highway Helper is equipped with two five-gallon gas tanks, allowing drivers free gas to get to the closest station. The truck can also jump cars, fix flat tires and help with other road-based emergencies for free.
Cowdin said he sometimes sees the same people, specifically those living in their cars. They keep the cars running overnight to stay cool and eventually run out of gas the following day.
“If you’re on a fixed income or your budget is tight, $5 for a gallon of gas doesn’t get you a lot,” Cowdin said.
Cowdin’s services are contracted through a company based in New York and are expected to continue with the increased demand.
Before the current surge in gas prices, officials said the most common call from stranded motorists was about flat tires.
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BOSTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT) announced today the selection of Tom Light as its first President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 20, 2022. Light brings over a decade of experience in the climate action sector, most recently as the Executive Director of the Arctic Ice Project, a Silicon Valley scientific research organization that aims to restore ice to the Arctic, and prior to that as the Managing Director of WaterEquity, the first impact investment fund with an exclusive focus on climate change adaptation solutions for the global water crisis. In addition to his chief executive roles, he brings nearly 20 years of experience in the investment management and non-profit sector.
"We have conducted an extensive search for a CEO with the expertise and ability to effectively lead ACT," reports Michael Deimler, member of the Founders' Board. "With his exceptional track record of scaling and leading technical climate & sustainability organizations, we believe Tom is the ideal CEO to tackle emerging technologies and accelerate breakthrough innovations that will help the aviation sector reduce CO2 emissions."
"I am honored to join ACT and eager to work closely with the Board and members of the aviation community as we advance breakthrough solutions to decarbonize aviation," said Light. "I look forward to accelerating the development of high potential, medium-term technologies such as power-to-liquid synthetic and direct air capture to help the sector achieve net-zero emissions."
Light's prior experiences also include executive level positions at UBS Investment Bank, and as the senior leader responsible for the impact investment strategy at the Grameen Foundation where he served first as a fund manager and later as the Head of the Capital Management & Advisory Center.
He received his BA with honors from the University of Michigan in Quantitative Economics, holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT) is a non-profit organization founded to tackle the challenge of helping the aviation industry achieve net-zero emissions, with the goal of accelerating breakthroughs in emerging decarbonization technologies by 10 years or more. Launched in October 2021, ACT brings together the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and 10 global airlines, including Air Canada, Air France-KLM Group, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Lufthansa Group, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic. ACT will seek to drive technological innovation and accelerate the R&D lifecycle, starting with mid-term solutions such as power-to-liquid synthetic fuels. It will take a portfolio approach and gradually expand its scope to include new pathways for bio-based SAF and hydrogen technologies.
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Real Bad: Fans Question Why Did Diddy Thank His Ex Cassie & Not Yung Miami In His BET Awards Acceptance Speech
Fans are wondering why Diddy decided to send thanks to his ex Cassie and not current fling Yung Miami during his BET Awards acceptance speech.
Yung Miami made sure to support her man Diddy, real bad with a big red sign saying, “Go Papi” and she was left off the list of women he thanked during his Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech at the 2022 BET Awards.
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Kanye West introduced Diddy as his favorite artist and he discussed the journey of his career from Howard University to the creation of Bad Boy Records . He gave shoutouts along the way. During his career, of course, he had special people that helped him along the way and he shouted out some of the women that have impacted him. He gave a special shoutout to his mother, the late Kim Porter, and his long-term ex-girlfriend Cassie. When he mentioned Cassie, she was on the list of people he thanked for “holding [him] down in the dark times” along with T.D. Jakes and Laurieann Gibson.
He and Cassie dated on and off for around 10 years before splitting in 2018. Since the split, she married Alex Fine in 2019 and the couple has two children together.
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Viewers felt second-hand embarrassment because Yung Miami was going so hard for her boo Diddy, with a sign saying “Go Papi” but he didn’t add her to the list of thank-yous. The level of cringe then increased when her bestie JT of the City Girls tried to get her to calm down at one point with a little side pat. The rapper didn’t seem to be fazed by the comments on social media because she continued to support her man Diddy by tweeting, “GO PAPI!” along with a red heart emoji.
Yung Miami and Diddy just made their situation public with the debut of her podcast “Caresha, Please” on REVOLT. In the interview, they both admitted to being single, but are dating and having a fun time together. The City Girls rapper said they go together, so Diddy mentioning his ex in his acceptance speech came across as embarrassing to fans.
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Fans on Twitter really voiced their outrage and their opinions about the situation. Check out the reactions to this below. Was Diddy wrong even though he’s technically single?
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Use energy crisis as chance to save it, environment agency tells Germans
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FRANKFURT, June 30 (Reuters) - Turning building heating down by two degrees and limiting driving speeds could immediately cut energy consumption and avoid a supply crisis if Russia stopped delivering gas and oil, Germany's environment agency said on Thursday.
While the country's industry, power utilities and fuel suppliers are wary of cuts to Russia's energy exports in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, the agency argues energy savings could lessen the angst and economic damage, while helping the climate.
A study by the Umweltbundesamt agency, which reports to the environment ministry, proposed turning down buildings' heating and limiting speeds to 100 km per hour on motorways, 80 kph on other roads and to 30 kph in towns and cities.
Through these measures, buildings could use 10% less energy and road traffic use 7% to 9% less, the study said.
Together, the two sectors account for well over half of all energy consumption and each for 20% of the annual carbon dioxide emissions in Europe's biggest economy.
They still exceed their CO2 targets whereas industry and agriculture have met theirs.
Apart from the two immediate measures, companies could also encourage working from home, which has already become commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, and promote commuting by public transport, said UBA president Dirk Messner.
Beyond winter, "(the government) should provide funding for technologies that improve efficiency in the building sector, such as heat pumps for homes and district heating systems in cities and towns," Messner said.
The agency also suggested launching a training offensive to address a big challenge to modernisation, the scarcity of skilled workers.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
8-1-4, FIREBALL: 8
(eight, one, four; FIREBALL: eight)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
8-1-4, FIREBALL: 8
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CHICAGO — Willson Contreras homered, Christopher Morel also went deep and nailed a runner at the plate with a terrific throw from center field, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Contreras got hit by a pitch and scored on a double by Ian Happ against Hunter Greene in the first inning. He made it 5-0 in the fifth when he lined a two-run drive against Luis Cessa for his 13th homer — tops among major league catchers — and also doubled twice.
Morel helped Justin Steele escape a bases-loaded jam in the fourth when he caught Donovan Solano's line drive and fired a one-hop laser to the plate. Contreras hauled in the throw a little up the third-base line and reached to his right to tag Tommy Pham on the letters on his back as he slid by, ending the threat. The jubilant catcher then pointed toward the Chicago dugout and yelled.
Morel singled and scored in the fifth. He added a two-run homer deep into the left-field bleachers in the sixth against Ross Detwiler, bumping the lead to 7-1.
Nico Hoerner extended his hitting streak to seven games, matching a career high, when he smacked a two-run double in the fourth. He finished 1 for 3 after five consecutive multi-hit games.
Steele (3-5) exited with a 5-1 lead after Joey Votto doubled in a run with none out in the sixth. The left-hander gave up six hits and struck out six.
Scott Effross retired the next three batters, and the Cubs bounced back after opening a three-game series between the two worst teams in the not-so-great NL Central with a 5-3 loss.
Cincinnati has lost nine of 12.
Brandon Drury hit his 16th homer — a solo drive in the ninth. Greene (3-9) lasted four innings, allowing three runs and two hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Reds: OF Tyler Naquin (strained left quad) is scheduled to begin a rehabilitation assignment Thursday for Triple-A Louisville. … The Reds reinstated RHP Jeff Hoffman from the injured list and optioned RHP Jared Solomon to Louisville while adding him to the taxi squad.
Cubs: OF Seiya Suzuki (sprained left ring finger) is scheduled to begin a rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. He has not played since May 26. "We've missed him," manager David Ross said. "I think he's a big part of what we're doing here moving forward. The more experience he can gain, the better — better for us and him, speed things up for where we want to go." Suzuki, who left Japan for a five-year, $85 million contract, is batting .245 with four homers in his first season with Chicago. ... Ross said OF Jason Heyward (sore right knee) is not improving, and the Cubs will have to "take a hard look" at his situation. ... RHP Marcus Stroman (right shoulder inflammation) and LHP Drew Smyly (strained right oblique) will throw bullpens in the next few days.
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Reds rookie RHP Graham Ashcraft (4-1, 3.27 ERA) looks to continue an impressive start to his career, while Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (3-6, 4.90) eyes his second straight win. Hendricks pitched scoreless ball into the eighth inning at St. Louis last week.
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A total of 840 Local and foreign exhibitors are showcasing their products and services at the 56th Zambia International Trade Fair Trust (ZITF), board chairperson Elizabeth Nkumbula has confirmed.
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Chipoka Mulenga has signalled the start of the fair by lighting the flame within the trade fair grounds after participating in a match past which started from jacaranda mall on Kabwe road.
Speaking during the tour of stands, Mr Chipoka emphasized that exhibitors should focus more on unlocking the country’s potential through value addition on its products and services.
Mr.Chipoka said the new dawn administration has placed trade and investment at the core of the government’s agenda.
He expressed excitement that over 400 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are showcasing at this year’s fair.
“I want to commend the trade fair board and its trustees for standing up after two years of not holding the fair because of the Covid 19 pandemic that rocked the country and presented the country with its own challenges.
It did not only cripple Zambian businesses only but other regions within and outside Trade Fair organizers,” the Minister said
Mr Mulenga also observed that a number of exhibitors are yet to settle as they are still putting up final touches to their stands but expressed optimism that everything will be set before the official opening date slate for Saturday on July 2, 2022.
And speaking after the tour of stands, ZITFT Board chairperson Elizaberth Nkumbula said the trade fair has met its target number of exhibitors this.
Ms Nkumbula said the board is working on ensuring that the trade fair is held throughout the year unlike the current trend of hosting it annually to maximize on growth of business and networking.
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Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice.
Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court's 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires.
The judicial pas de deux is set to take place at noon, the moment Breyer said in a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday that his retirement will take effect after nearly 28 years on the nation's highest court.
The court is expected to issue its final opinions earlier Thursday in a momentous and rancorous term that included overturning Roe v. Wade's guarantee of the right to an abortion. The remaining cases are a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate climate-warming emissions from power plants, and Biden's bid to end the Trump-era "remain in Mexico" asylum program.
In a ceremony the court said it will stream live on its website, Jackson will recite two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, will be the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She will be joining three women, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.
Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court's term, assuming his successor had been confirmed. Breyer's earlier-than-usual announcement and the condition he attached was a recognition of the Democrats' tenuous hold on the Senate in an era of hyper-partisanship, especially surrounding federal judgeships.
The Senate confirmed Jackson's nomination in early April, by a 53-47 mostly party-line vote that included support from three Republicans.
She has been in a sort of judicial limbo ever since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hearing any cases. Biden elevated her to that court from the district judgeship to which she was appointed by President Barack Obama.
Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise. That will give her time to settle in and familiarize herself with the roughly two dozen cases the court already has agreed to hear starting in October as well as hundreds of appeals that will pile up over the summer. | https://www.voanews.com/a/jackson-to-be-sworn-in-as-breyer-retires-from-supreme-court-/6639232.html | 2022-06-30T04:50:44Z | https://www.voanews.com/a/jackson-to-be-sworn-in-as-breyer-retires-from-supreme-court-/6639232.html | true | 32 |
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Tinian’s Natibu Park gets new outdoor furniture
The Tinian Pride Heart Monument at the Tinian Natibu Park just got more accommodating with the installation of outdoor marble tables and chairs that were unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony last June 23.
The ceremony, which was led by the Municipality of Tinian and Aguiguan, concluded the activities for this year’s Pride Month celebration with what was billed as a “Sit at this table with PRIDE” ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Acting governor Jude Hofschneider, Tinian Mayor Edwin P. Aldan, members of the Tinian leadership, government officials, Haligi Aware, community members, and the LGBTQ+ community gathered at the Natibu Park for the unveiling of the new fixtures.
The ceremony focused on the significance of June as Pride Month and the outdoor furniture is intended for the community to enjoy.
Hofschneider commended the people of Tinian on the addition to the park and mentioned the importance of creating safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community.
Aldan reiterated the work that must be done to continue to promote inclusiveness and advance equal rights until a state of equality for all is achieved.
He extended appreciation to the 22nd Tinian and Aguiguan Legislative Delegation for funding the outdoor marble tables and to the Public School System’s Haligi Aware program for helping make this year’s Pride Month activities possible.
Frank Lee San Nicolas Borja from Project Haligi Aware spoke of the importance of allyship, its meaning, and how working together could positively impact marginalized groups such as LGBTQ+ communities.
“Partnerships like ours with the Tinian Mayor’s Office and Mayor Aldan, the Tinian Legislative Delegation and leadership are important not only because it takes a village to raise a child. But when the child feels like the village doesn’t care for them, they can turn against it. …Care is important because we need to make kids feel like they matter,” Borja said.
The Tinian municipality jumpstarted its Pride Month activities with a roadside waving on June 1 and a Pride Month proclamation signing on June 7. (PR) | https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/tinians-natibu-park-gets-new-outdoor-furniture/ | 2022-06-30T04:53:55Z | https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/tinians-natibu-park-gets-new-outdoor-furniture/ | true | 1 |
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Former E&H assistant Matthews dies
Clayton Matthews, who coached under Curt Newsome at Emory & Henry College in 2014-15, died on June 19, according to the Daily News-Record. He was 40 years old.
Matthews worked with the wide receivers during both of his years at E&H.
As a blue-chip quarterback in Georgia, Matthews guided his team to a state championship.
He then played quarterback, receiver and kicker at James Madison University before beginning an eight-year run as an assistant coach under his father Mickey, who guided JMU to the 2004 FCS national title.
Clayton was involved in two auto accidents in 2003-04 that left him paralyzed below the chest.
On Aug. 3, 2003, Matthews had just completed his sophomore season at JMU when he was thrown from his car following an accident. Matthews, who suffered a broken neck, was not found until a teammate drove by the scene an hour later.
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Matthews underwent eight hours of surgery, followed by a grueling rehab process at the famed Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
In April 2004, Matthews was involved another serious accident while riding with his mother over Afton Mountain near Charlottesville, Virginia. Matthews broke his neck again and sustained more damage to his spinal cord.
Just after his first season in Emory, Matthews was involved in yet another accident in South Carolina where his car caught on fire before exploding. Matthews was barely able to roll and crawl away from the scene.
“Clayton is probably the definition of perseverance,” Mickey Matthews told the Bristol Herald Courier in a 2015 interview. “Sometimes you think that maybe you’ve had your share of the bad breaks in life, but there’s no such thing as fair. We’ve certainly discovered that.”
After leaving E&H, Clayton worked six years as a quality control coach for the Coastal Carolina University football program in Conway, South Carolina. | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/local-briefs-former-e-h-assistant-matthews-dies/article_7f604d0a-f828-11ec-83a2-0bf6162f3972.html | 2022-06-30T04:53:56Z | https://heraldcourier.com/sports/local-briefs-former-e-h-assistant-matthews-dies/article_7f604d0a-f828-11ec-83a2-0bf6162f3972.html | true | 1 |
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Bosch, the leading supplier of technology and services, is expanding its AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) activities in India. It is doing this by transforming its headquarters in Adugodi, Bengaluru, into a new smart campus called Spark.NXT. AIoT is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure, where devices communicate with each other intelligently.
Over the last five years, Bosch has invested Rs 800 crore in developing the campus, which has the capacity to potentially house 10,000 associates. The 76-acre site is Bosch’s first smart campus in India. It features multiple smart solutions based on sustainability, security, and user experience for associates, visitors, and facility management.
Inaugurating the Bosch Smart Campus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this campus will take lead in developing futuristic products and solutions for India and for the world. “I urge Bosch to think of doing more in India and set goals for the next 25 years.”
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During his inaugural address, Modi said that it is a special year for both India and Bosch India, as the nation celebrates 75 years of Independence and Bosch celebrates a century of its presence in India.
“100 years ago, Bosch came to India as a German company and now it is as much Indian as German,” said Modi. “This is a great example of German engineering and Indian energy.”
As an AIoT company, Bosch India leveraged its AI, IoT, automation, and digitalisation capabilities to develop its smart campus. To further enhance its research and development (R&D) capabilities for the new way of working, Bosch India has also trained over 10,000 associates through a comprehensive reskilling initiative over the past two years.
“As a global player, Bosch brings together associates from more than 150 different countries,” said Filiz Albrecht, member of the board of management and director of Industrial Relations at Robert Bosch GmbH with responsibility for India from July 1, 2022. “This (campus) empowers us to remain an employer of choice while driving sustainability in everything we do.”
The company has invested Rs 50 crore (6 million euros) in the reduction of energy consumption at the new Adugodi campus over the long term. The campus will meet up to 85 per cent of its total energy needs with in-house solar panels and the purchase of green group captive power. Almost two-thirds of annual domestic water demand at Bosch in India is set to be met through rainwater harvesting projects. An enhanced green cover with 9-million-litre capacity underground tanks for rainwater harvesting reduces water demand by 60 per cent.
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Soumitra Bhattacharya, managing director of Bosch Limited and president of the Bosch Group, India, said the world is today looking at collaboration within companies and outside the organisations. He said the rate of transformation for change in businesses is unbelievable and agility and collaboration play a key role.
“The only certainty today is uncertainty,” said Bhattacharya. “This smart campus is an example of being ahead of its time with people at the centre.”
This includes empowering them to have collaborations within the organisation as well as suppliers and customers globally and creating solutions. “With our new campus, the company continues to invest in smart and sustainable solutions which support the government’s vision for an Atmanirbhar Bharat,” said Bhattacharya. He also said that Bosch is looking at total gross hiring of about 6,000 people this year across its group companies.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the State, primarily Bengaluru has been a technology hub and houses the largest number of R&D centres across the globe.
“This campus showcases R&D capabilities in both automotive and non-automotive products and services," said Bommai.
Bosch said it has applied multiple smart, sustainable, and user-friendly solutions that move the campus towards the future of work. It has deployed an ambient air-quality monitoring solution to constantly monitor key noise and air pollutants. This data will be shared with associates in real-time to enhance their well-being.
“This campus is built only for 70 per cent of attendance,” said Karsten Mueller, executive vice president, manufacturing and quality, Bosch India. “We encourage hybrid-working models. It is not about attendance, but performance.”
There is an AIoT-powered analytics platform for Industry 4.0 that provides smart energy and water management to bolster sustainability. It helps in optimising resources and managing utilities. While saving up to 6 per cent energy per annum, the platform also improves operational efficiency by 8 per cent.
The firm has developed an intelligent air-conditioning and comfort assistant solution to improve employee comfort at the campus and reduce the latter’s carbon footprint. By optimising heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning operations (HVAC) based on occupancy and thermal preferences, the solution can reduce HVAC energy consumption by 30 to 50 per cent.
There are solutions to maximise the security of people and premises. These discrete applications combine access control, intrusion detection, and intelligent surveillance with advanced video analytics featuring two-factor authentication.
There is also a smart parking solution. It helps in 3-4 mins of lesser time for parking, resulting in annual savings of over 1500 man-days, 2500 litres of fuel, and 5000 kgs of CO2. This solution also reduces manual security efforts by 50 per cent.
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Daily Horoscope, 30 June 2022: Today's Horoscope Predictions For All Zodiac Signs
Read about your daily horoscope and learn about the challenges and opportunities ahead. Here you will get all the information about love, life, work, education and lots more. Knowing about your lucky colour, number and day will help you deal with your challenges and take charge of your life. Let's see what's in store for you.
Aries: 21 March - 19 April
Any worry related to your career can haunt you today. You need to work hard to get success. For some time, if the workload has been more on you in the office, then you do not need to worry much. Gradually everything will become normal, as well as you will definitely get good results from your hard work. Businessmen may suffer financial loss. It would be better not to do any big work related to money today. The harmony in the relationship with your spouse can be better. Today you can also have a discussion on some serious domestic issues. From the financial point of view, today will be a good day for you. Today the expenses will be less. You are advised to be careful in terms of health.
Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky Number: 30
Lucky Time: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Taurus: 20 April - 20 May
Today is going to be a very busy day for you. It would be better if you make all the plans for your day in advance. With this, you will be saved from haste and panic. Talking about your work, working professionals are advised to treat high officials in the office with respect. Do not make the mistake of ignoring their words, otherwise, the loss will be yours. Small businessmen can make good financial gains today. On the other hand, businessmen are advised to think carefully while taking their important business decisions. In the pursuit of earning more profits, you should avoid adopting the wrong path. The ambience of your home will be good. Your relationship with father will be strong. Talking about money, you are advised to avoid taking loans or borrowings. Talking about your health, today you may have some problem related to waist.
Lucky Colour: Blue
Lucky Number: 21
Lucky Time: 12:40 pm to 6:00 pm
Gemini: 21 May - 20 June
If you are connected with your ancestral business, then today is likely to be a very profitable day for you. You can get a big financial benefit. Today you can also decide to take your business forward. Working professionals will get the support of your boss in the office. If you do target based work then today all your work will be completed smoothly. Situations in your personal life will be full of ups and downs. There may be estrangement between your family membershold. It would be better if you try to resolve this kind of matter peacefully. In order to strengthen your financial position, you are advised to keep a proper account of your expenses. Today your health may suddenly deteriorate due to change in weather.
Lucky Colour: Green
Lucky Number: 2
Lucky Time: 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Cancer: 21 June - 22 July
Businessmen can make good financial gains today. You are likely to benefit from old contacts. On the other hand, employed people may have to run around related to work. There is also a possibility of an obstacle in your important work today. In such a situation, you are advised to act wisely. Do not put too much work pressure on yourself and avoid taking stress. The problem related to money seems to be going away. There are signs of improvement in your financial condition. It is better that you do not take any kind of negligence in financial matters. Spend enough time with your spouse. Your loved one needs your emotional support. You may feel very tired today. If you do not let your fatigue increase, then your health may decline.
Lucky Colour: Purple
Lucky Number: 38
Lucky Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Leo: 23 July - 22 August
From the point of view of work, today will give mixed results for you. If for a long time you are trying to achieve success and you are not getting proper results, it is possible that you are not trying in the right direction. Be it job or business, you need to take all your decisions carefully. Apart from this, it would be better if you do not fall under the delusion of others. The day is going to be average in terms of money. Talking about your personal life, your worries may increase due to the sudden deterioration in your mother's health. At this time they need good care. If you talk about your health, then stay away from unnecessary worries and include yoga and meditation in your daily routine.
Lucky Colour: Sky Blue
Lucky Number: 29
Lucky Time: 4:35 am to 1:00 pm
Virgo: 23 August - 22 September
Today is going to be a very important day for the businessmen. If you have taken a risky decision recently, then you are likely to get good results. On the other hand, if you are about to start some new work in partnership and any obstacle is coming your way, then today your problem can also end. There will be happiness and peace in your personal life. If you live in a joint family, then you will get to see more unity in love among the members of the family. If you are going to do some important work, then definitely take the blessings of your elders. The day is going to be fine in terms of money. If you have any kidney-related disease then you are advised to be more cautious.
Lucky Colour: Cream
Lucky Number:15
Lucky Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Libra: 23 September - 22 October
Today is going to be a very important day for the students studying medicine, engineering, and law. You are likely to get some great success. Natives working in a foreign company are advised to be careful at this time. A little carelessness towards work can land you in trouble. Today is likely to be a challenging day for the people doing business in partnership. You are advised to avoid making huge investments. The ambience of your home will be good. You will spend a wonderful time with your children. Today you can even buy gifts etc. for them. There may be minor disputes with your spouse, but soon everything will be normal between you. If we talk about money, then today the sum of getting money is being created for you. The day will prove to be better in terms of health.
Lucky Colour: Red
Lucky Number: 9
Lucky Time: 6:15 pm to 9:00 pm
Scorpio: 23 October - 21 November
Today is going to be a very lucky day for working professionals. If any work-related concern is troubling you for a long time, then your problem can be solved. You will get the full support of your seniors in the office. Businessmen are advised to pay more attention to promotion. Also, you need to make some new strategies. Today is likely to be a mixed day on the family front. The behaviour of your family members will not be good towards you. In this case, your feelings may get hurt. You better control yourself. A big problem can be solved through dialogue. The ambience of your home will be average. If you talk about your health, then you need to include green leafy vegetables in your diet.
Lucky Colour: Purple
Lucky Number:11
Lucky Time: 6:55 am to 4:00 pm
Sagittarius: 22 November - 21 December
Office environment will be very hot today. The eyes ofyour boss will remain on you. They may even entrust you with a new responsibility. Apart from this, some of your work may already be pending. In such a situation, you need a good planning. Work related stress can spoil your health. Apart from this, your performance will also decline. It would be better if you work hard by staying positive. Situations in your personal life will be pleasant. Your parents will be very happy with you. If you are unmarried, then today there can be discussion of your marriage in the house. The day is going to be expensive in terms of money. Today you can spend a lot of money on home repairs or seven decorations. Do not disturb the diet, otherwise a chronic disease related to the stomach may emerge.
Lucky Colour: White
Lucky Number: 28
Lucky Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Capricorn: 22 December - 19 January
There may be problems related to health. Today you will not feel well physically and mentally. Today is going to be a good day for you on the work front. If you do a job, then do not let the list of your pending tasks increase, otherwise the pressure on you may increase in the coming days. Also your boss may be angry with you. Businessmen are advised to avoid signing any important document in a hurry. The ambience of the house will be normal. You will feel more in worship. You may also go to a religious place. Talking about your money, you need to spend only keeping your budget in mind. Avoid spending with an open heart.
Lucky Colour: Yellow
Lucky Number: 31
Lucky Time: 7:15 am to 2:20 pm
Aquarius: 20 January - 18 February
Students of this zodiac can get good success today. If you want to go abroad and get higher education and any obstacle is coming in your way, then today your problem can be solved. You need to work hard. working professionals may have to face the displeasure of your seniors in the office. Along with work, you are also advised to take care of your speech and behaviour. Businessmen can get good profits, especially if you do work related to foreign companies, then your business will increase. There will be happiness in your personal life. You can get good news from a family member. Your health will be fine. You will feel very energetic today.
Lucky Colour: Cream
Lucky Number: 30
Lucky Time: 5:45 am to 12:35 pm
Pisces: 19 February - 20 March
Businessmen are advised to avoid arguments with their clients. The loss due to quarrels will be yours only. If you are planning to do business along with the job, then you should take advice from your close ones in such a matter. Talking about personal life, today is going to be a very romantic day with your life partner. You will be able to spend more time with your beloved. You can go for a candlelight dinner or a long drive. Your financial condition will be good. Today you can also buy some valuable items. If you have recently made some changes in your routine, then its effect can be seen on your health.
Lucky Colour: Dark Red
Lucky Number: 25
Lucky Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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Indian Oil shares rise as stock trades ex-bonus
2 min read . Updated: 30 Jun 2022, 09:40 AM IST- Indian Oil's board of directors recommended issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2
Oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) shares surged more than 2% to ₹74.8 apiece on the BSE as the stock started trading ex-bonus in Thursday's session, a day ahead of its record date for the 1:2 bonus shares issue.
The company's board of directors has recommended issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2, i.e, for every two existing shares investors hold, one new bonus equity share will be issued. The board fixed Friday, July 1, 2022 as record date to determine the eligibility of shareholders to receive bonus shares.
"The board has recommended issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2 i.e. One new bonus equity share of ₹10/- each for every Two existing equity shares of ₹10/- each fully paid up subject to the approval of shareholders through postal ballot. The Board has fixed 1'1 July 2022 as record date to determine the eligibility of shareholders to receive bonus shares," the company had informed in an exchange filing. Bonus shares are fully paid additional shares issued by a company to its existing shareholders.
Indian Oil reported a 31% drop in the fourth quarter ended March 2022 net profit as record refining margins were wiped away by a margin squeeze in petrochemicals and losses on auto fuel sales. Standalone net profit of ₹6,021 crore in January-March, compared with ₹8,781 crore in the same period a year back. Sequentially, the profit was higher than ₹5,861 crore in the previous quarter.
The state-run oil marketing company reported revenue of ₹2,06,461 crore during the quarter under review, as compared to ₹1,63,733 crore logged in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The core gross refining margin (GRM) or the current price GRM for the year 2021-22 after offsetting inventory gains came to $7.61 per barrel, the company had said.
The board had also recommended a final dividend of ₹3.60 per equity share having face value of ₹10 each (pre-bonus), which translates into final dividend of ₹2.40 per equity share having face value of ₹10 each (post-bonus) for financial year 2021-22. | https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/indian-oil-shares-in-focus-as-stock-trades-ex-bonus-ahead-of-record-date-for-bonus-shares-issue-11656560935228.html | 2022-06-30T04:55:14Z | https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/indian-oil-shares-in-focus-as-stock-trades-ex-bonus-ahead-of-record-date-for-bonus-shares-issue-11656560935228.html | false | 2 |
A report from a few weeks ago spoke of serious problems during the development of Fallout 76.
Fortunately, there is more and more talk about crunch in the video game industry, that term used to refer to labor exploitation and unhealthy development periods for workers. Just a few weeks ago we learned of a report accusing Bethesda of brutally crunching Fallout 76, and the answer has ended up coming from Xbox.
Has been Matt Bootyhead of Xbox Game Studios, who has come out in defense of the study before the accusations with statements in a meeting with the employees. According to Kotaku, the manager spoke last Thursday about working conditions at Bethesda and ZeniMax (the parent company).
Booty assured that Bethesda does not subject to labor exploitation to its developers and adds that it is unfair to attribute the culture of crunch to a single studio. “A lot of articles like this look back, sometimes quite a bit back,” he explains. “I’m not saying that to justify it, but the crunch culture was part of the industry.”
I am convinced that we do not have such a situationMatt Booty“Early in my career I literally slept under my desk, and we saw it as something honorable“He continues. “Having spoken to Bethesda management I know we don’t have a situation where people are crunching or we have a harassing environment. I am convinced of it.”
Matt Booty insisted during the meeting on the internal processes that Xbox has to detect this type of matter. “There are several avenues for them to report to us anonymously through human resources. We have to trust those systems independent checks and balances,” he says.
Although it was widespread at the time, much emphasis is now being placed by the press and by the workers themselves on report cases of crunch that occur in development teams. Unfortunately, it is possible that we will know more examples in the near future, since the pandemic has had a negative effect in this regard, aggravating this type of situation.
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Whistleblower Jayne Senior submitted a complaint to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), claiming senior officers at South Yorkshire Police failed in their legal duty to protect children during the grooming scandal, and it was upheld.
Ms Senior, who ran the Risky Business youth project in Rotherham until 2011, was one of the first people to report allegations of abuse to the police and raise concerns about a lack of action.
Her complaint was lodged with the IOPC, and investigated as part of Operation Linden, after 18 abusers were eventually jailed for committing sexual offences against children in the town, during three trials, between 2016 and 2018.
The investigation, known as Operation Amazon, found members of grooming gangs were “continually being mentioned” to officers between 1999 and 2011 but there was “no concerted and joined up effort to tackle them”.
The IPOC said reports published by Dr Angela Heal, a strategic drugs analyst who worked for the force, in 2002 and 2003 “explicitly mentioned” several men who were known to be exploiting girls, selling drugs and using firearms, and this intelligence “could have been acted upon”.
Officers did not pursue prosecutions, because the girls believed they were in consensual relationships with older men, and the Home Office performance targets for police stated they should prioritise other crimes, like robbery.
According to the IOPC, intelligence “continued to filter through” to South Yorkshire Police from other organisations in Rotherham, such as Risky Business, but abusers “continued to commit offences against children, as they had done for a number of years”.
Other operations targeting grooming gangs “were not so successful” and were criticised for lacking resources and failing to offer support to victims.
The report said: “It is apparent that intelligence (and) information was received by officers across a variety of positions within South Yorkshire Police, relating to organised child sexual abuse.
“There appears to be differences amongst some officers as to whether this was actionable intelligence, however, with refinement and some additional work it could have been intelligence, which portrayed a picture of the scale of the abuse in Rotherham, and acted upon.”
But the IOPC also accepts police “faced considerable challenges” when they looked to prosecute abusers before 2012, as many victims were “unable or unwilling to provide testimony accounts”.
The investigation was conducted as part of Operation Linden, which found officers had failed to protect victims and investigate many allegations of abuse in Rotherham, where around 1,400 children were abused between 1997 and 2013.
During the £6m operation, the IOPC investigated 265 separate allegations, made by 51 people, as part of Operation Linden, and looked into the conduct of 47 current and former officers.
Fourteen officers were found to have a case to answer for misconduct or gross misconduct, after 43 complaints were upheld, but none of them have been dismissed from the force.
Seven retired before they could face misconduct hearings, one was cleared of wrongdoing and the others received sanctions ranging from management action up to a final written warning.
Deputy Chief Constable Tim Forber has apologised to victims and said they “deserved better”.
“The brave accounts of these girls caused a seismic change in policing crimes of this nature for South Yorkshire Police and the wider police service," he added.
“We prioritise the protection of vulnerable people and have a deep and ingrained understanding of child sexual exploitation in all of its forms.
"We have campaigns in the community to help members of the public spot the early signs and report it to us. We have also created best practice in training workers in key roles who may have opportunity to spot the signs such as hotel staff, takeaway staff, and staff at leisure facilities.
“This is a fast changing area of work and we know there are many different forms of child sexual exploitation. I believe we properly positioned now to be able to spot emerging trends and to act quickly to safeguard those most at risk.
“Whilst I am confident we are a very different force today, I will not lose sight of the fact that we got it wrong and we let victims down.” | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/rotherham-child-abusers-were-continually-mentioned-in-police-reports-but-not-arrested-3750657 | 2022-06-30T04:57:40Z | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/rotherham-child-abusers-were-continually-mentioned-in-police-reports-but-not-arrested-3750657 | false | 1 |
Nearly One-Third of Average Wages Required for Major Home-Ownership Expenses During Second Quarter of 2022; Portion of Wages Consumed by Home Ownership Rises at Fastest Pace This Century; Historic Affordability Plummets to 15-Year Low as Median Home Price Hits $349,000 and Mortgage Rates Top 5 percent
IRVINE, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its second-quarter 2022 U.S. Home Affordability Report, showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable in the second quarter of 2022 compared to historical averages in 97 percent of counties across the nation with enough data to analyze. That was up from 69 percent of counties that were historically less affordable in the second quarter of 2021, to the highest point since 2007, just before the housing market crashed during the Great Recession of the late 2000s.
The report also shows that the portion of average wages nationwide required for major home-ownership expenses has risen this quarter to 31.5 percent as the median price of a single-family home has hit a new high of $349,000 and 30-year mortgage rates have shot up above 5 percent. The percentage of average wages consumed by those expenses has risen at the fastest quarterly and annual pace since at least 2000.
"Extraordinarily low levels of homes for sale combined with strong demand have caused home prices to soar over the last few years," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM. "But homes remained relatively affordable due to historically low mortgage rates and rising wages. With interest rates almost doubling, homebuyers are faced with monthly mortgage payments that are between 40 and 50% higher than they were a year ago – payments that many prospective buyers simply can't afford."
The report determined affordability for average wage earners by calculating the amount of income needed to meet major monthly home ownership expenses — including mortgage, property taxes and insurance — on a median-priced single-family home, assuming a 20 percent down payment and a 28 percent maximum "front-end" debt-to-income ratio. That required income was then compared to annualized average weekly wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (see full methodology below).
Compared to historical levels, median home prices in 560 of the 575 counties analyzed in the second quarter of 2022 are less affordable than in the past. The latest number is up from 459 of the same group of counties in the first quarter of 2022, 397 in the second quarter of 2021 and just 251, or less than half, two years ago. That increase has continued as the median national home price has spiked 16 percent over the past year while average annual wages across the country have grown just 6 percent.
Major ownership costs on median-priced single-family homes and condos around the U.S. now require more than 28 percent of the average $67,587 wage in the U.S. - a ceiling considered affordable by common lending standards. The current level of 31.5 percent stands at the highest point since the second quarter of 2007 and is up from 26 percent in the first quarter of 2022 and 23.9 percent in the second quarter of last year. Both increases mark the largest jumps since at least 2000.
Affording a home across the nation has gotten significantly tougher in recent months at a time when the U.S. housing market has roared ahead for the 11th straight year but also faces notable headwinds that could slow it down. One major force remains: home prices have continued to soar in 2022 as a large cohort of homebuyers continues chasing an extremely small supply of properties for sale. Elevated demand has helped push the national median home price up over the past year at more than double the pace of wage growth.
But as mortgage rates have steadily climbed this year from just above 3 percent to near 6 percent for a 30-year loan, costs have escalated for buyers. Higher interest rates, growing inflation, soaring fuel costs and a declining stock market all threaten the housing market, which could already be showing signs of strain – May marked the fifth consecutive month of lower existing home sales than the prior month.
As historic affordability continues to decline, major home-ownership expenses on typical homes are now unaffordable to average local wage earners during the second quarter of 2022 in 388, or 67 percent, of the 575 counties in the report, based on the 28-percent guideline. The largest populated counties that are unaffordable are Los Angeles County, CA; Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ; San Diego County, CA; Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles) and Kings County (Brooklyn), NY.
The most populous of the 187 counties where major expenses on median-priced homes remain affordable for average local workers in the second quarter of 2022 are Cook County (Chicago), IL; Harris County (Houston), TX; Philadelphia County, PA; Franklin County (Columbus), OH, and Hennepin County (Minneapolis), MN.
Home prices continue to rise at least 10 percent annually in two-thirds of country
Median single-family home and condo prices in the second quarter of 2022 are up by at least 10 percent over the second quarter of 2021 in 373, or 65 percent, of the 575 counties included in the report. Data was analyzed for counties with a population of at least 100,000 and at least 50 single-family home and condo sales in the second quarter of 2022.
Among the 47 counties in the report with a population of at least 1 million, the biggest year-over-year gains in median sales prices during the second quarter of 2022 are in Collin County (Plano), TX (up 28 percent); Hillsborough County (Tampa), FL (up 27 percent); Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ (up 25 percent); Clark County (Las Vegas), NV (up 24 percent) and Salt Lake County (Salt Lake City), UT (up 24 percent).
Counties with a population of at least 1 million where median prices have gone up the least or decreased, year-over-year, during the second quarter of 2022 are Oakland County, MI (outside Detroit) (down 2 percent); Honolulu County, HI (up 4 percent); Bronx County, NY (up 5 percent); Cook County (Chicago), IL (up 5 percent) and Kings County (Brooklyn), NY (up 6 percent).
Price gains outpace wage growth in nearly 90 percent of markets
Annual home-price appreciation has been greater than weekly annualized wage growth in the second quarter of 2022 in 510 of the 575 counties analyzed in the report (89 percent), with the largest including Los Angeles County, CA; Harris County (Houston), TX; Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ; San Diego County, CA, and Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles).
Average annualized wage growth has surpassed home-price appreciation in the second quarter of 2022 in only 65 of the counties in the report (11 percent), including Cook County, (Chicago), IL; Oakland County, MI (outside Detroit); Fairfield County, CT (outside New York City); Erie County (Buffalo), NY, and San Francisco County, CA.
Ownership costs now require more than 28 percent of average local wages in two-thirds of the nation
Major ownership costs on median-priced, single-family homes in the second quarter of 2022 consume more than 28 percent of average local wages in 388 of the 575 counties analyzed (67 percent), assuming a 20 percent down payment. That is up from 52 percent in the first quarter of 2022 for the same group of counties and 44 percent in the second quarter of last year.
"Worsening affordability appears to be having an impact on demand, which could lead to prices plateauing or even correcting modestly in some markets," Sharga noted. "Many potential buyers may elect to continue renting until market conditions improve. Others might adjust their sights and look for smaller properties, or homes that are further away from major metro areas. And it's possible that worsening affordability could accelerate the migratory trends that the COVID-19 pandemic started, as residents in high cost, high tax states who can now work from home look for less expensive places to live."
All but two of counties analyzed have seen an increase in the portion of average local wages consumed by major ownership expenses from both the first to the second quarter of this year and from the second quarter of last year to the same period in 2022.
Counties that require the largest percentage of wages are Santa Cruz County, CA (116 percent of annualized weekly wages needed to buy a home); Marin County, CA (outside San Francisco) (109.6 percent); Kings County (Brooklyn), NY (102.9 percent); Maui County, HI (92 percent) and San Luis Obispo County, CA (88.2 percent).
Aside from Kings County, NY, counties with a population of at least 1 million where major ownership expenses typically consume more than 28 percent of average local wages in the second quarter of 2022 include Orange County, CA (outside Los Angeles) (82.1 percent); Alameda County (Oakland), CA (77.2 percent); Queens County, NY (72.5 percent) and Riverside County, CA (outside Los Angeles) (67.6 percent).
Counties where the smallest portion of average local wages are required to afford the median-priced home during the second quarter of this year are Schuylkill County, PA (outside Allentown) (10.2 percent of annualized weekly wages needed to buy a home); Rock Island County (Moline), IL (12.4 percent); Cambria County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) (12.9 percent); Macon County (Decatur), IL (13.4 percent) and Mercer County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) (13.6 percent).
Counties with a population of at least 1 million where major ownership expenses typically consume less than 28 percent of average local wages in the second quarter of 2022 include Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), PA (17.4 percent); Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), OH (18.4 percent); Philadelphia County, PA (19.1 percent); St. Louis County, MO (21.4 percent) and Cook County (Chicago), IL (25.3 percent).
Four in 10 counties require annual wages of more than $75,000 to afford typical home
Amid the downward affordability trend, annual wages of more than $75,000 are now needed to pay for major costs on the median-priced home purchased during the second quarter of 2022 in 232, or 40 percent, of the 575 markets in the report.
The top 20 highest annual wages required to afford typical homes again are all on the east or west coast, led by New York County (Manhattan), NY ($362,691); San Mateo County (outside San Francisco), CA ($357,567); Marin County (outside San Francisco), CA ($347,958); San Francisco County, CA ($327,220) and Santa Clara County (San Jose), CA ($322,131).
The lowest annual wages required to afford a median-priced home in the second quarter of 2022 are in Schuylkill County, PA (outside Allentown) ($17,595); Cambria County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) ($20,171); Mercer County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) ($23,255); Fayette County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) ($23,638) and Bibb County (Macon), GA ($24,501),
Homeownership less affordable than historic averages in nearly all counties
Among the 575 counties analyzed in the report, 560 (97 percent) are less affordable in the second quarter of 2022 than their historic affordability averages. That is up from 80 percent in the first quarter of 2022, 69 percent a year ago and more than double the 44 percent level in the second quarter of 2020. Historic indexes have worsened this quarter compared to a year ago in all but two of those counties.
Historic affordability nationwide has declined for the sixth quarter in row to the worst level since the second quarter of 2007, near the end of the last housing-market boom.
Counties with a population of at least 1 million that are less affordable than their historic averages (indexes of less than 100 are considered less affordable compared to historic averages) include Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ (index of 58); Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), NC (59); Travis County (Austin), TX (60); Collin County (Plano), TX (60) and Clark County (Las Vegas), NV (60).
Counties with the worst affordability indexes in the second quarter of 2022 are Clayton County, GA (outside Atlanta) (index of 47); Canyon County, ID (outside Boise) (48); Rankin County (Jackson), MS (48); Maury County, TN (outside Nashville) (49) and Pinal County, AZ (outside Phoenix) (49).
Among counties with a population of at least 1 million, those where the affordability indexes have worsened most from the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022 are Hillsborough County (Tampa), FL (index down 30 percent); Clark County (Las Vegas), NV (down 30 percent); Collin County (Plano), TX (down 30 percent); Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ (down 30 percent) and Pima County, (Tucson), AZ (down 30 percent).
Only 3 percent of markets are more affordable than historic averages
Among the 575 counties in the report, only 15 (3 percent) are more affordable than their historic affordability averages in the second quarter of 2022. That is down from 20 percent of the same group in the prior quarter, 31 percent a year ago and 56 percent in the second quarter of 2020.
Counties with a population of at least 1 million that are more affordable than their historic averages (indexes of more than 100 are considered more affordable compared to historic averages) include Westchester County, NY (outside New York City) (index of 103) and New York County (Manhattan), NY (101).
Counties with the best affordability indexes in the second quarter of 2022 include Macon County (Decatur), IL (index of 129); San Francisco County, CA (115); Mercer County, PA (outside Pittsburgh) (114); Peoria County, IL (107) and Schuylkill County, PA (outside Allentown) (106).
Counties with a population of least 1 million where the affordability index has declined the least from the second quarter of last year to the same period this year are Oakland County, MI (outside Detroit) (index down 11 percent); Cook County (Chicago), IL (down 13 percent); Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), OH (down 17 percent); Westchester County, NY (outside New York City) (down 17 percent) and Bronx County, NY (down 18 percent).
Report Methodology
The ATTOM U.S. Home Affordability Index analyzed median home prices derived from publicly recorded sales deed data collected by ATTOM and average wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 575 U.S. counties with a combined population of 254.1 million during the second quarter of 2022. The affordability index is based on the percentage of average wages needed to pay for major expenses on a median-priced home with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and a 20 percent down payment. Those expenses include property taxes, home insurance, mortgage payments and mortgage insurance. Average 30-year fixed interest rates from the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey were used to calculate monthly house payments.
The report determined affordability for average wage earners by calculating the amount of income needed for major home ownership expenses on a median-priced home, assuming a loan of 80 percent of the purchase price and a 28 percent maximum "front-end" debt-to-income ratio. For example, the nationwide median home price of $349,000 in the second quarter of 2022 requires an annual wage of $76,155, based on a $69,800 down payment, a $279,200 loan and monthly expenses not exceeding the 28 percent barrier — meaning households would not be spending more than 28 percent of their income on mortgage payments, property taxes and insurance. That required income is more than the $67,587 average wage nationwide based on the most recent average weekly wage data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, making a median-priced home nationwide unaffordable for average workers.
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ABF The Soldiers’ Charity holds Jubilee celebrations
ABF The Soldiers’ Charity held celebrations to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh.
With Champagne, military marching bands, delicious food and live music, there was a suitable level of pomp and ceremony to mark our monarch’s 70 years on the throne. What’s more, the setting was spectacular, with the five-star luxury hotel being based in the shadow of Arthur’s Seat.
ABF The Soldier’s Charity is the Army’s national charity and helps soldiers past and present, as well as their families, by giving them a lifetime of support. Their vision is that all serving soldiers, veterans and their immediate families should have the opportunity to avoid hardship and enjoy independence and dignity.
Find out more about the charity online.
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IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
Plan each move you make over the coming year with extra care. The days of rushing in where angels fear to tread are over and no matter how many times in the past you have got away with playing it by ear you must be more calculating now.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
If you are thinking of putting off a task of some kind then think again. You may be feeling a bit run down at the moment but Mars in your sign will provide the burst of energy you need to get it completed. Force yourself to keep going.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):
Don’t let your worries and fears get the better of you today. You seem to be under the impression that certain people have got it in for you but even if that is true what can they do to hurt you? Your only real enemy is self-doubt.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):
If there is something you think you can’t handle today don’t be too proud to ask for assistance. Friends will rally round and do everything in their power to speed you towards your goal, but only if you ask them to. They can’t read minds after all.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23):
The best way to impress employers and people in positions of authority is to get on with your work without being asked or supervised, and make a great job of it of course. They will appreciate not having to check up on you every few minutes.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):
Demand to know what a friend or family member is up to today, even if you suspect you won’t like the answer. Even if they are doing things you don’t approve of it’s not your place to make value judgments about it, unless it affects you personally.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):
You may have strong opinions about a certain issue but this is probably not the best time to get on your soapbox and preach about it. If what you believe is correct then you don’t need to win converts as others will eventually be persuaded by events.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):
If there is something important you want to accomplish today you may have to enlist the aid of people who can make it happen for you. Without their assistance there is only so much progress you can make, so put your ego on hold and get help.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):
Having allowed others to pile more and more work on your shoulders it has now reached the point where you cannot take any more. Let everyone know that enough is enough, that from here on in you work primarily for your own interests.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):
With Mars moving through the most dynamic area of your chart you don’t lack for courage or confidence, but if you want to make a name for yourself you need to add common sense to the mix as well. Always think before you act.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):
Some of the decisions you’ve made of late have, to say the least, been extraordinary but you have no intention of being just a face in the crowd. Make another outrageous decision today, then another one after that. It will keep your rivals off-balance.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):
Mars in the communications area of your chart will help you find the words you need to put across a complicated argument in a clear and convincing way. Don’t try to force people to agree with you, just give them the facts and let them decide for themselves.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):
If you need to convince a family member or a friend to support what you are doing then you must explain to them, in plain and simple language, what it’s all about. You must also convince them there will be some kind of payoff, ideally financial.
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The Marysville Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the opening for additional instructors in order to reinstate its adult education program.
After closing down its adult education program in 2012, Marysville Joint Unified School District (MJUSD) plans to reestablish the program once staffing is acquired.
The temporary, hourly positions will be allocated toward multiple adult education services.
Instructors undertaking the positions will be contracted for 8-10 weeks to provide services within three district locations. They will be expected to facilitate career goals and the development of life skills with adult students for up to 10 hours per week.
MJUSD has opened the positions to all applicants with qualifying credentials.
The administrators for adult education plan on hiring six people to fill each position, Principal for Adult Education Bob Ekardt said. Across the district, three instructors will be allocated toward the high school and diploma completion program while the remaining three will be in charge of teaching English as a second language.
The English classes will primarily cater to Spanish speakers, but Ekardt believes that the administration has the capacity to offer services to the Punjabi community as well.
In addition to standard English classes, the adult education program will also provide vocational English classes for non-native speakers looking to improve business and career-specific vocabulary, Ekardt said.
In order to finance the adoption of these positions, MJUSD will rely on the remaining reserves for adult education under the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief fund (ESSER III). Schools, charters and education offices under MJUSD were granted over $29 million in order to address the social, mental and academic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ESSER III fund allowed MJUSD to allocate $400,000 to its adult education program to be used between 2021-2024, according to the district’s ESSR III Expenditure Plan. The use of these funds are permitted for any action that is authorized under the category of adult education. The program currently has $250,000 in available funds, Ekardt said.
In addition to instructors for diploma completion and language skills, the program will offer short seminars tackling life skills for adult students. Classes in financial literacy and college readiness will be taught in partnership with local banks and nearby universities, Ekardt said. The program will be a conduit for students to learn specific life skills, but speakers for these seminars will not be directly affiliated with it.
The new adult education program is still in its developing stages, but Ekardt plans to carry out ambitious goals after the program’s 10-year absence.
He refers to diploma completion and English language classes as phase one of three. As the program becomes more established, Ekardt hopes to reintroduce Career Technical Education classes for students looking to gain trade skills. He also wants to explore partnerships with the business resource center Yuba County One Stop in order to find better employment opportunities for students.
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Manchester United have finally made a breakthrough with their summer transfer business.
A move seven weeks in the making, Frenkie de Jong took a step closer to signing on Wednesday morning when an agreement in principle over his move from Barcelona was reached. It comes as part of a double swoop as United also prepare to sign Tyrell Malacia for €15million from Feyenoord.
But what will be next on the agenda for Erik ten Hag as part of his summer rebuild?
Free-agent Christian Eriksen and Antony remain targets for the United manager and the club have also been linked with Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez with Arsenal set to compete for his signature. It has been claimed United will offer a £43million package for the player.
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Next season simulated after dream window
Something for those who can't wait to see what the Erik ten Hag era brings.
Our gaming writers have simulated next season after his 'dream' transfer window.
It took a step closer with deals for Frenkie de Jong and Tyrell Malacia.
Check out what happened in the gaming world after those and three other signings >>>
Torres pursuit next in line for Ten Hag - reports
Reports suggest United would prefer to sign Pau Torres over Lisandro Martinez.
Erik ten Hag wants another centre-back as part of his Old Trafford rebuild.
He initially set his sights on Jurrien Timber from Ajax - but that proposed move has stalled.
90min claim Torres is now next in line for Ten Hag despite some interest in Martinez.
Malacia ready for next step with United
It was a significant day for United in the summer transfer window.
They have agreed deals in princple to snap up Frenkie de Jong and Tyrell Malacia.
Here is what Malacia said about his future when pressed earlier this month;
I'm certainly ready for the next steps. But first I want to focus on the Orange [Netherlands] squad and play here. I feel like everything happens for a reason and everything is written. If it's the right time, it's the right time.
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A man was hospitalized with a neck injury after a two-car crash in Elwood, Kansas, around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.
The man was driving a Mercury Mariner on 164th Road behind the Cottonwood Trailer Park when he crashed into a Chevy Traverse, which was driven by a woman with three children as passengers.
Elwood police said the woman said she didn’t see the other vehicle as she pulled out, and that she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
The Doniphan County Sheriffs Department, Buchanan County EMS, Andrew County EMS and Elwood Police Department and first responders were all at the scene of the crash.
Police said that the male driving the Mercury was transported to the hospital by Buchanan County EMS. The woman and children in the Chevy were treated for minor injuries.
Neither drivers were under the influence nor intoxicated, according to police.
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Amazon moved to restrict items and search results related to L.G.B.T.Q. people and issues on its website in the United Arab Emirates on Monday after receiving pressure from the government there, according to company documents viewed by The New York Times.
The Emirati government gave Amazon until Friday to comply under threat of penalties, the documents show. It was not clear what those penalties would be. Homosexuality is criminalized in the Emirates, punishable by fines and imprisonment, according to the State Department.
Amazon’s restrictions on products in the Emirates are indicative of the compromises that tech companies are willing to make to operate in restrictive countries, even when professing to be adamant about free expression in their own country. Netflix has pulled shows in Saudi Arabia and censored scenes in Vietnam, Apple has stored customer data on Chinese servers despite privacy concerns, and Google removed an app for a Russian opposition leader last year after facing a threat of prosecution there.
After hearing from the Emirates, Amazon had its Restricted Products team take steps to remove individual product listings, and a team that manages the company’s search abilities hid the results for more than 150 keywords, the documents show.
The targeted search terms ranged widely. Some were broad, such as “lgbtq,” “pride” and “closeted gay,” while others indicated intentional product searches, including “transgender flag,” “queer brooch,” “chest binder for lesbians” and “lgbtq iphone case.” All of those terms returned “no results” when The Times tried queries on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Several specific book titles were blocked, including “My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness,” by Nagata Kabi; “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe; and Roxane Gay’s “Bad Feminist.” All are available in print and digital formats on Amazon’s website in the United States. (Ms. Gay is a frequent contributor to The Times.)
“As a company, we remain committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we believe that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q.+ people must be protected,” Nicole Pampe, an Amazon spokeswoman, said in a statement. “With Amazon stores around the world, we must also comply with the local laws and regulations of the countries in which we operate.”
The Emirati Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
Amazon entered the Emirates in 2017 when it spent $580 million to acquire Souq.com, a Dubai-based e-commerce site known as the Amazon of the Middle East. Two years later, it rebranded the site Amazon.ae, adding products offered from Amazon’s U.S. operations. It has announced plans to open a new cluster of cloud computing data centers in the Emirates this year.
Over the weekend, the Pride parade in Amazon’s hometown, Seattle, showed the challenge presented to a global company that is trying to juggle many constituents. While Amazon celebrates Pride in many of its operations, provides benefits to same-sex partners and promotes L.G.B.T.Q. films on its website, the company was no longer a sponsor of Seattle Pride after parade organizers said they had rejected the corporate support in part because of Amazon’s financial donations to politicians who oppose L.G.B.T.Q. rights.
The company has said it will make political donations even if it does not support every position the people or organization may take.
At the parade, transgender employees marched under the banner of No Hate at Amazon, a group that had gotten more than 600 employee signatures on a petition pressuring Amazon to remove books on its U.S. website that the workers said were anti-transgender and violated the company’s prohibition on hate speech.
Amazon has typically avoided removing sensitive or controversial books. “As a bookseller, we believe that providing access to the written word is important, including content that may be considered objectionable,” its policy states.
The company did recently adapt its policies to allow more discretion to remove “offensive” content, and said last year that it would take down books that treated transgender and other sexual identities as a mental illness.
The Emirates is one of several countries where Amazon has had to deal with censorship demands.
Reuters reported last year that under pressure from the Chinese government, Amazon removed all customer ratings and comments for a book of President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writings. The company recently closed its Kindle store in China, though it denied that censorship concerns were the reason. Amazon’s cloud computing division made it harder to evade censors in China and Russia in the past because it prohibited workarounds that customers had been using.
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(AP)- Let the talking begin. The trading, too, and eventually the signing.
Free agency officially opens Thursday in the NBA, with teams able to begin negotiating at 6 p.m. Eastern with players who are not under contract—although, in reality, free agency and the slew of offseason movement is already off and running.
James Harden declined his $47 million option for next season with Philadelphia on Wednesday and became a free agent—but told the team he intends to stay on a new deal that will allow the 76ers the flexibility they need to sign other players this summer, according to a person with direct knowledge of that situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Harden nor the 76ers confirmed those plans publicly.
And Harden’s decision came almost simultaneously Wednesday with another massive move—the San Antonio Spurs are trading All-Star guard Dejounte Murray to the Atlanta Hawks for Danilo Gallinari and three first-round picks, according to another person with direct knowledge of the terms of that deal who spoke to AP with anonymity because the trade had not been announced by either side.
ESPN first reported the completion of that deal, which pairs Murray with another All-Star in Trae Young in the Hawks’ backcourt.
Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook have already made their decisions; both could have been free agents this summer and found a combined 84 million reasons not to hit the open market—$47 million for Westbrook to opt-in for the last year of his deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and nearly $37 million for Irving to do the same with the Brooklyn Nets.
Jalen Brunson will be in demand early, with the expectation that he’ll quickly agree to leave Dallas and become the new point guard in New York. And there will be players who might decide to look elsewhere, or accept huge $200-million-plus deals with their current teams—opportunities that are presenting themselves to Zach LaVine with Chicago and Bradley Beal with Washington.
The largest deal, in terms of actual dollars, coming in the next few days almost certainly won’t have anything to do with a free agent: All signs point to two-time reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic being offered a supermax extension in the $260 million range by the Denver Nuggets. The only question there will be how quickly he finds a pen to put to that paper.
Minnesota can give Karl-Anthony Towns a supermax of about $210 million this summer, as can Phoenix with Devin Booker.
Other players are restricted free agents, meaning their current teams will have the right to match offers from other clubs. The most notable name on that list is Deandre Ayton, the Phoenix center who was the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft but watched others in his draft class get their first extensions last summer.
Some players will be free agents in name only. John Wall, for example, will get $41 million in a buyout from the Houston Rockets, and has already decided that he wants to play for the Los Angeles Clippers next season. The Clippers are expected to use a $6.4 million exception to sign Wall, and that figure matches the money that Wall gave back to make the buyout of what would have been the final year of his contract happen.
“We’ll see what happens as free agency opens up and everything else,” Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said. “I think the sky’s the limit for our team. The sky is the limit. ... And of course, you’ve got to have a little bit of luck to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy, which is what we’d really like.”
That will be everyone’s goal come 6 p.m. Thursday, to find ways to get closer to the Larry O’Brien, whether that’s in 2023 or beyond.
Such thinking even applies to the champion Golden State Warriors, who have a slew of rotation players—Kevon Looney, Otto Porter, Gary Payton II among them—who just last week were enjoying a parade through San Francisco and are now free to go elsewhere if the opportunities and dollars are right.
“We still do need to surround the team with vets and that’s the plan in free agency,” Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. “It’s easier to get some of the older players, we think, in free agency than young players. Young players are probably the most in-demand in free agency.”
True, and that’s another element of this time of year: Young players, and not grabbing them in free agency this year, but keeping them out of free agency in future years.
Ja Morant will surely be offered a max rookie extension by Memphis, one that will kick in with the 2023-24 season. The Zion Williamson situation in New Orleans will be interesting, as the Pelicans decide how much to offer to—or safely structure a deal for—a No. 1 pick who has missed the majority of his first three NBA seasons because of injury issues. Miami is planning to offer sixth man of the year Tyler Herro an extension, though the Heat will have to determine what number makes the most sense for them going forward.
And, of course, there is a LeBron James angle: The Los Angeles Lakers were a disaster last season and will aim to revamp their roster, plus can give James a two-year extension in August worth nearly $100 million. But before he signs, they have far more pressing concerns.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
2-3-7-1
(two, three, seven, one)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
2-3-7-1
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week, as he marked his 74th birthday, Clarence Thomas achieved two long-sought goals: expanding gun rights and overturning Roe v. Wade ’s nationwide protection for abortion.
If he was ready to take a victory lap, Thomas didn't let on. Instead, he called on his colleagues to do more, to revisit the Supreme Court’s cases acknowledging rights to same-sex marriage, gay sex and contraception.
After 30 years on the court, Thomas' influence has never been greater, and yet he remains a lightning rod for controversy. That includes recent questions about his wife's role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his decision not to recuse himself from cases that involved it. Thomas has said nothing in response to the criticism, and he could still serve another decade or more, racking up additional victories with a court that has become more conservative.
“If you serve long enough sometimes things go your way eventually,” said Ohio Northern University professor Scott Gerber, the author of a book on Thomas. Gerber said that at this point there are people who have moved through the conservative legal movement, studying conservatives like Thomas and the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who have now joined Thomas on the court. “They've learned from him and agree,” he said.
Thomas is now the senior member of a group of conservative justices with the votes to control the court, not only what cases the court takes on but how broadly it rules. That’s a change for Thomas, whose views were for years seen as far out of the mainstream.
”He’s always been known as not taking quite the same approach,” said George Mason University law professor Jennifer Mascott, who worked for Thomas as a law clerk. But in the guns case, she said: “Everybody joined with him, his approach.”
Ralph Rossum, who has also written a book about Thomas, said the justice once compared himself to a marathon runner who has to take the long view. Now, as time has gone on and more conservative justices have joined the court, Thomas is, in a sense, running “faster and faster” and “lengthening his stride,” Rossum said.
Thomas declined an interview request from The Associated Press.
On top of the criticism Thomas has faced over the years for his views, he and his wife, conservative activist Virginia Thomas, have faced criticism recently for their actions following former President Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 election. Among other things, Virginia Thomas exchanged messages with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows encouraging him to work to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory and urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona, where Biden won, to choose their own slate of electors. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has asked her for an interview.
As for the justice, there has been criticism that because of his wife's actions he should have recused himself from a case involving the committee's access to presidential documents and lawsuits challenging the election results, challenges the court turned away. Democrats in Congress wrote in a letter that his participation is “exceedingly difficult to reconcile with federal ethics requirements.”
In recent days, following the abortion decision, thousands signed a petition saying he should no longer be allowed to teach a class at George Washington University's law school. The university rejected that idea.
More personally, after a draft of the abortion decision leaked, there were protests at his house and the homes of other conservative justices. In an appearance after the leak Thomas drew a contrast between liberals and conservatives in unusual us-versus-them terms. “You would never visit Supreme Court justices' houses when things didn't go our way. We didn't throw temper tantrums,” Thomas said.
What many Americans know about Thomas stems largely from his bruising 1991 confirmation hearing, when he was accused of sexual harassment charges by former employee Anita Hill — charges he denied. He wrote a bestselling book in 2007 but for years — partly because he chose not to ask questions during arguments at the court and partly because he is a self-described introvert — Thomas spoke largely through his opinions. Not infrequently, because his views were so conservative compared with the rest of the court, he wrote opinions that spoke only for himself.
That has changed. The court has grown more conservative over the last several years during Trump's administration, particularly after the death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her replacement in 2020 by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Conservatives now have a six-justice majority and can lose the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, who is sometimes less willing to issue sweeping rulings, and still have a majority.
Thomas has also become more vocal in general over the past two years. When the court began hearing arguments by telephone because of the pandemic and changed the arguments' format so justices asked questions one by one, Thomas joined in. He continued asking questions when the justices returned to their courtroom last fall, his colleagues deferring to him for the first questions.
Thomas' influence has been felt in other ways, too. Many of the men and women Thomas mentored as law clerks held political appointments in the Trump administration. That includes John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who aided Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results. Ten other former law clerks are now federal judges who hold lifetime appointments. Their ranks include Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, the federal judge in Florida who in April struck down the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit.
Thomas is 74. Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring this year, just before his 84th birthday. Ginsburg served until her death at 87. In 2028, Thomas would surpass Justice William O. Douglas as the longest-serving justice ever.
Gerber, the Ohio professor, said Thomas has always said that becoming a justice is a lifetime job.
Said Gerber: “It’s like Queen Elizabeth. She’s been in power 70 years and she’s going to stay until she’s carried out in a box. That’s his view also.”
___
Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report. | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-Justice-Clarence-Thomas-has-a-lot-17275810.php | 2022-06-30T05:26:03Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-Justice-Clarence-Thomas-has-a-lot-17275810.php | true | 39 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 48% of U.S. adults say the former president should be charged with a crime for his role, while 31% say he should not be charged. An additional 20% say they don’t know enough to have an opinion. Fifty-eight percent say Trump bears a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for what happened that day.
The poll was conducted after five public hearings by the House committee,investigating Jan. 6, which has sought to paint Trump’s potential criminal culpability in the events that led to deadly insurrection. But it was taken before Tuesday’s surprise hearing featuring former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Her explosive testimony provided the most compelling evidence yet that the former president could be linked to a federal crime, experts say
Views on Trump's criminal liability break down predictably along party lines, with 86% of Democrats but only 10% of Republicans saying Trump should be charged with a crime. Among Republicans, 68% say he should not be charged and 21% say they don’t know. Still, the fact that nearly half the country believes he should be prosecuted is a remarkable position for the former president, pointing to the difficulties he could face if he makes another run at the White House in 2024.
For Ella Metze, a South Carolina Democrat, Trump's culpability has been clear from the beginning, when he urged his supporters to march to the Captiol on the morning of Jan. 6 and “fight like hell.”
“It was meant to provoke violence because he kept encouraging them," the 86-year-old told The Associated Press. "As it happened, I watched it all and I just thought why doesn't somebody stop this? Why doesn't he stop this?”
Chris Schloemer, a Texas independent, agreed Trump holds responsibility for egging on the crowd with his baseless claims of election fraud. But, the 61-year-old doesn't lay the blame solely on Trump.
Schloemer feels Republicans in Congress have a hand in what happened that day, too: “I feel like people were afraid of Donald Trump, especially Republican politicians, and so they wouldn’t rein him in, and I think that just emboldened him."
And he's not alone. While views of Trump’s role have not changed since December, Americans are somewhat more likely now than they were then to say Republicans in Congress were significantly responsible for the events of Jan. 6.
Forty-six percent say that now, up slightly from 41% in December. An additional 21% say GOP lawmakers had some responsibility and 30% say they were not responsible. The change in the share saying Republicans in Congress have a large amount of responsibility was driven mostly by Democrats and independents.
Ulysses Bryant, a Democrat from Florida, said while he always believed Trump and the rioters should be charged with a crime, he hadn’t known of the involvement of congressional Republicans until he began to follow the hearings.
Close to 6 in 10 Americans — 56% — say they followed news about the congressional hearings. A smaller but still sizeable share -- 42% -- say they watched or listened.
The nine-member panel, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has worked around the clock for the past year to investigate the connection between Trump and his allies and the violence and chaos that ensued on the Capitol. The public hearing phase of their investigation is meant to put all of that investigative work on display to the American public in an effort to create a historical record of what occurred.
Seventy-five percent of Democrats and 42% of Republicans say they followed news about the hearings. More Democrats than Republicans also say they tuned in, 58% to 27%. The first of the public hearings, which began in early June, received high ratings for TV viewership, though subsequent hearings have received more modest ratings.
Kathlyn Keller, a retired investment banker from San Francisco, is one of the GOP voters who has tuned into the hearings and still believes Trump holds no responsibility for the events of that day.
The 83-year-old thinks the only people who should be charged are those who brought weapons to the Capitol, or anyone who got into the building and caused damage inside. Trump “absolutely shouldn’t be charged with anything,” she told AP.
Nonetheless, the committee plans to continue its congressional probe and present new evidence in the coming weeks to its many viewers, including the most important one: Attorney General Merrick Garland. Regardless of public opinion about Trump's likely criminal involvement, lawmakers continue to face a stark reality: While they can investigate Jan. 6 and issue subpoenas to gather information, only the Justice Department can bring criminal charges.
But there are clear signs in recent weeks that the Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Federal agents on Wednesday seized the cell phone of Trump lawyer John Eastman, who was the architect behind a plan to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into rejecting the electoral college results.
Last week, authorities searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who was known at the Justice Department to champion Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Agents also served subpoenas to the Republican Party chairmen of Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, three states that went for President Joe Biden and where Trump allies created slates of “alternate electors” intended to subvert the vote. And Republicans in two other states — Michigan and Pennsylvania — disclosed they had been interviewed by the FBI.
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The poll of 1,053 adults was conducted June 23-27 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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AP writer Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/About-half-say-Trump-should-be-charged-for-1-6-17275805.php | 2022-06-30T05:29:12Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/About-half-say-Trump-should-be-charged-for-1-6-17275805.php | true | 39 |
Opening night from Wild West Wednesdays Rodeo
Martin’s Ridge Ward delivers with a 75 point Saddle Bronc ride
Published: Jun. 29, 2022 at 11:17 PM MDT|Updated: 14 minutes ago
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) -Rodeo fans received a special treat Wednesday night as the Wild West Wednesdays Rodeo cranked up at Hart Ranch. One of the highlights of opening night was a 75 point Saddle Bronc ride by Martin’s Ridge Ward.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
8-9-3
(eight, nine, three)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
8-9-3
(eight, nine, three) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17275807.php | 2022-06-30T05:41:18Z | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17275807.php | true | null |
BOURBON – Treasure A. Gilmer, age 74, of Winona Lake, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022, in her home. Treasure was born to Donald J. and Doris Rutledge Salmon on Sept. 14, 1947, in Michigan. She was a resident of Winona Lake for the past 30 years, but lived in Plymouth previously. She married James Gilmer on Dec. 17, 1966, and they have been married for 55 years. She graduated from Waldron High School in Waldron, Mich., and attended Huntington University. She was a member as well as co-pastor of Shalom Fellowship in Bourbon. She was a sports fan, enjoying basketball and baseball with her sons, she loved flowers, was a gifted piano player whose love of music left a lasting impression on countless people through her lifetime. She could play as a trained musician, but much more, expressed her soul with the instrument in a way that touched many lives. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2648568438677/infant-mcdowell | 2022-06-30T05:41:35Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2648568438677/infant-mcdowell | true | 4 |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand.
The initial stages of the launch went according to plan late Tuesday, with the rocket carrying the satellite reaching space.
If the rest of the mission is successful, the Capstone CubeSat satellite — only about the size of a microwave oven — will be the first to take the new path around the moon and will send back vital information for at least six months.
Charting a new path to the Moon.
The CAPSTONE launch for @NASA and @AdvancedSpace is paving the way for future @NASAArtemis missions to explore the Moon and beyond. pic.twitter.com/fVP55l8Gm0
— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) June 29, 2022
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Last week, as he marked his 74th birthday, Clarence Thomas achieved two long-sought goals: expanding gun rights and overturning Roe v. Wade ’s nationwide protection for abortion.
If he was ready to take a victory lap, Thomas didn't let on. Instead, he called on his colleagues to do more, to revisit the Supreme Court’s cases acknowledging rights to same-sex marriage, gay sex and contraception.
After 30 years on the court, Thomas' influence has never been greater, and yet he remains a lightning rod for controversy. That includes recent questions about his wife's role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his decision not to recuse himself from cases that involved it. Thomas has said nothing in response to the criticism, and he could still serve another decade or more, racking up additional victories with a court that has become more conservative.
“If you serve long enough sometimes things go your way eventually,” said Ohio Northern University professor Scott Gerber, the author of a book on Thomas. Gerber said that at this point there are people who have moved through the conservative legal movement, studying conservatives like Thomas and the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who have now joined Thomas on the court. “They've learned from him and agree,” he said.
Thomas is now the senior member of a group of conservative justices with the votes to control the court, not only what cases the court takes on but how broadly it rules. That’s a change for Thomas, whose views were for years seen as far out of the mainstream.
”He’s always been known as not taking quite the same approach,” said George Mason University law professor Jennifer Mascott, who worked for Thomas as a law clerk. But in the guns case, she said: “Everybody joined with him, his approach.”
Ralph Rossum, who has also written a book about Thomas, said the justice once compared himself to a marathon runner who has to take the long view. Now, as time has gone on and more conservative justices have joined the court, Thomas is, in a sense, running “faster and faster” and “lengthening his stride,” Rossum said.
Thomas declined an interview request from The Associated Press.
On top of the criticism Thomas has faced over the years for his views, he and his wife, conservative activist Virginia Thomas, have faced criticism recently for their actions following former President Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 election. Among other things, Virginia Thomas exchanged messages with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows encouraging him to work to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory and urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona, where Biden won, to choose their own slate of electors. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has asked her for an interview.
As for the justice, there has been criticism that because of his wife's actions he should have recused himself from a case involving the committee's access to presidential documents and lawsuits challenging the election results, challenges the court turned away. Democrats in Congress wrote in a letter that his participation is “exceedingly difficult to reconcile with federal ethics requirements.”
In recent days, following the abortion decision, thousands signed a petition saying he should no longer be allowed to teach a class at George Washington University's law school. The university rejected that idea.
More personally, after a draft of the abortion decision leaked, there were protests at his house and the homes of other conservative justices. In an appearance after the leak Thomas drew a contrast between liberals and conservatives in unusual us-versus-them terms. “You would never visit Supreme Court justices' houses when things didn't go our way. We didn't throw temper tantrums,” Thomas said.
What many Americans know about Thomas stems largely from his bruising 1991 confirmation hearing, when he was accused of sexual harassment charges by former employee Anita Hill — charges he denied. He wrote a bestselling book in 2007 but for years — partly because he chose not to ask questions during arguments at the court and partly because he is a self-described introvert — Thomas spoke largely through his opinions. Not infrequently, because his views were so conservative compared with the rest of the court, he wrote opinions that spoke only for himself.
That has changed. The court has grown more conservative over the last several years during Trump's administration, particularly after the death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her replacement in 2020 by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Conservatives now have a six-justice majority and can lose the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, who is sometimes less willing to issue sweeping rulings, and still have a majority.
Thomas has also become more vocal in general over the past two years. When the court began hearing arguments by telephone because of the pandemic and changed the arguments' format so justices asked questions one by one, Thomas joined in. He continued asking questions when the justices returned to their courtroom last fall, his colleagues deferring to him for the first questions.
Thomas' influence has been felt in other ways, too. Many of the men and women Thomas mentored as law clerks held political appointments in the Trump administration. That includes John Eastman, the conservative lawyer who aided Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results. Ten other former law clerks are now federal judges who hold lifetime appointments. Their ranks include Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, the federal judge in Florida who in April struck down the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit.
Thomas is 74. Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring this year, just before his 84th birthday. Ginsburg served until her death at 87. In 2028, Thomas would surpass Justice William O. Douglas as the longest-serving justice ever.
Gerber, the Ohio professor, said Thomas has always said that becoming a justice is a lifetime job.
Said Gerber: “It’s like Queen Elizabeth. She’s been in power 70 years and she’s going to stay until she’s carried out in a box. That’s his view also.”
___
Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report. | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-Justice-Clarence-Thomas-has-a-lot-17275810.php | 2022-06-30T05:45:27Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-Justice-Clarence-Thomas-has-a-lot-17275810.php | false | 39 |
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Advicenne (Euronext Growth Paris ALDVI FR0013296746), a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative treatments for those suffering from rare renal diseases, is pleased to announce that Sibnayal, combination of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate, has been made available to patients suffering from distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (dRTA) in Great Britain.
Sibnayal has been approved in Great Britain since July 2021. Sibnayal has been added on the Department of Health list of drugs and is immediately available for doctors and patients in its indication.
Advicenne has obtained, from the National Health Service (NHS) the selling price of Sibnayal in Great-Britain and is now actively working to provide the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) with additional information allowing positive opinion on the prescription's guidance of Sibnayal. The next session with NICE is planned on August 4th
Didier Laurens, Chief Executive Officer of Advicenne, commented: "We are delighted to officially make Sibnayal available to British patients and caregivers. It is the conclusion of a long journey from the development of the product, its EMA and MHRA approval and finally being commercialized. If we still need to finalize the reimbursement process of Sibnayal, we are confident in our ability to conclude positively and give patients an easier access to a drug which is changing their daily living. We all worked hard to reach this first milestone and Sibnayal commercial journey is on. Our role now is to turn it into a success for all stakeholders."
About Advicenne
Advicenne (Euronext: ALDVI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 2007, specializing in the development of innovative treatments in Nephrology. Its lead product SibnayalTM (ADV 7103) has received its Marketing Approval for distal renal tubular acidosis in EU and the UK. ADV 7103 is currently in late-stage development in cystinuria in Europe and in dRTA and cystinuria in the US and in Canada. Headquartered in Paris, Advicenne, listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange since 2017, has now been listed on Euronext Growth Paris since its transfer on March 30, 2022. For additional information see: https://advicenne.com/.
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This press release contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Advicenne group and its business, including its prospects and product candidate development. Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that Advicenne considers to be reasonable. However, there can be no assurance that the estimates contained in such forward-looking statements will be verified, which estimates are subject to numerous risks including the risks set forth in the 2021 Universal Registration Document filed with the French financial market authority on April 29, 2022 (a copy of which is available on www.advicenne.com) and to the development of economic conditions, financial markets and the markets in which Advicenne operates. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to risks not yet known to Advicenne or not currently considered material by Advicenne. The occurrence of all or part of such risks could cause actual results, financial conditions, performance, or achievements of Advicenne to be materially different from such forward-looking statements. Advicenne expressly declines any obligation to update such forward-looking statements.
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NAVYA (FR0013018041- Navya) (Paris:NAVYA), an autonomous mobility systems leader, has announced the sale of two new ARMA autonomous shuttles to its partner Macnica and the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the sale of its Navya next generation platforms after their launch on the market.
Macnica is an international electronics and IT solutions group with an annual turnover of some $5.2 billion and a global headcount of 3,900 employees. The company has been Navya's distributor in Japan since the beginning of 2020 and has already been charged with the deployment and maintenance of Navya's shuttles for end customers in Japan during the many trials they have undergone on Japanese circuits, in collaboration with Boldly, a SoftBank owned subsidiary specializing in autonomous mobility.
The new order confirms the growing interest in Japan for autonomous vehicles and is at the same time a further attestation of Macnica's confidence in Navya's technologies and services.
Macnica confirms its long-term relationship with Navya by signing into its strategic roadmap
Macnica has already taken on board the dominant place autonomous shuttles will occupy in Japan's mobility network in the years to come and is now signing into Navya's step-by-step business model by positioning itself as a future large-scale buyer of Navya next generation platform.
In this way, Macnica has set the seal on its intention to be part of the success of Navya's future NextGen platforms by signing a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of more than a hundred units in the years immediately following their entry onto the market.
"Navya who has abundant achievements and excellent technology in global is an important partner for us under the activities toward level4 autonomous driving in the Japanese market. By deploying more than 100 Navya New Platform shuttles in the expanding autonomous driving market in the coming years, we will provide them in combination with various technologies owned by Macnica. We believe that we can not only contribute to Japan's transportation issues, but also provide new value for transportation. In addition to the New Platform, we have just placed additional orders of two ARMA shuttles to provide support according to the customer's purpose to expand the number of users."
Atsushi Sato, Executive Officer, General Manager, Strategic innovation business Group at Macnica
"Navya has carved out a place for its shuttles in Japan. Over the years they have become the mobility of choice for their users, because they offer a useful and practical answer to their everyday transportation needs. The new order from Manica, Inc. is the result of strong backing from the users, who see them as an innovative means of transport that has integrated smoothly into the traditional transportation networks, and the result of their success in making themselves an indispensable in facilitating traffic flow and moving large numbers of people. Being able to provide an efficient, sustainable and eco-friendly means of locomotion is what drives NAVYA, coupled with knowing that we have a model that works and which will continue to expand into many more countries. We thank Macnica, Inc. for the renewed confidence they have shown us by placing a further order and for signing into the future with us with their project to purchase the Navya Next Generation Platform."
Sophie Desormière, CEO of Navya
About Macnica, Inc.
Since it was established in 1972, Macnica has provided leading-edge semiconductors, electronic devices, networks and cyber security products with high value-added technology. Macnica has been actively developing new businesses in the fields of AI, IoT, automated driving and robotics, based on its strength in global sourcing and strategic planning for world-leading technologies. With its slogan "Co.Tomorrowing", Macnica connects leading-edge technologies with 'Macnica' intelligence to provide unique services and solutions, creating social value and contributing to the betterment of future societies. Headquartered in Yokohama, Macnica's global business spans 23 countries and 85 locations worldwide.
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About NAVYA
Created in 2014, NAVYA is a leading French name specialized in the supply of autonomous mobility systems and associated services. With 280 employees in France (Paris and Lyon), in the United States (Michigan) and in Singapore, NAVYA aims at becoming the leading player in Level 4 autonomous mobility systems for passenger and goods transport. Since 2015, NAVYA has been the first to market and put into service autonomous mobility solutions. The Autonom Shuttle, main development axis, is dedicated to passenger transport. Since its launch, more than 200 units have been sold in 25 countries as of 31 December 2021. The Autonom Tract is designed to goods transport. Engaged in an ambitious CSR approach, the Company has an active policy in this area, as illustrated by the obtaining of the ISO 9001 certification in September 2021. The Valeo and Keolis groups are among NAVYA's historical shareholders.
NAVYA is listed on the Euronext regulated market in Paris (ISIN code: FR0013018041- Navya).
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Chaka Zulu was scared for his life and fired back in self-defense during the Atlanta shooting that left him in a critical condition and resulted in the death of another man.
The co-CEO of Luda’s Disturbing Tha Peace Records was leaving a Bankhead restaurant with his daughter on Sunday night (Jun. 12) when he was shot. According to TMZ, surveillance footage shows Chaka Zulu walking through the parking lot with his daughter and a friend before being approached by another man.
According to sources who viewed the footage, Chaka and the man begin exchanging words. The conversation soon escalates, with the interaction visibly intensifying. The other man allegedly kept his hand near his waistband throughout the incident.
The outlet reports that a female then steps in and pushes the other man away from Chaka Zula, but he doesn’t back down. He approaches the man, who then appears to bump Chaka before Chaka grabs him by the collar.
The situation then intensifies as another group of three or four men becomes involved. They allegedly rush Chaka and knock him to the ground before kicking and stomping on him.
Then, one of the men pulls out a gun and lets off at least two shots. Sources say Chaka Zulu got back on his feet and fired at least one shot in return.
Initial reports stated the unknown gunman fired off at least nine rounds during the incident, striking three. The men were transported to hospital where one of them died from his injuries.
TMZ reports a source close to Chaka Zulu claims he was shot at least once with the bullet coming close to his heart. They add that he’s currently in critical condition. | https://allhiphop.com/news/ludacris-manager-chaka-zulu-allegedly-fired-back-in-self-defense-in-deadly-shooting/ | 2022-06-30T05:50:26Z | https://allhiphop.com/news/ludacris-manager-chaka-zulu-allegedly-fired-back-in-self-defense-in-deadly-shooting/ | true | 1 |
Sri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China
By DAVID RISING and SHEIKH SAALIQ
Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka’s strategic location has attracted outsized interest in the small island nation from regional giants China and India for more than a decade, with Beijing and its free-flowing loans and infrastructure investments widely seen as having gained the upper hand in the quest for influence.
But Sri Lanka’s economic collapse has proved an opportunity for India to swing the pendulum back, with New Delhi stepping in with massive financial and material assistance to its neighbor.
“There is no such thing as charity in international politics,” said Sreeram Chaulia, who heads the School of International Affairs at O.P. Jindal University in Sonipat, India.
“The intent is to drive China away from India’s backyard and restore the balance in New Delhi’s favor.”
Sri Lanka, a country of 22 million, sits off the southern coast of India on the Indian Ocean shipping lanes through which China receives the vast majority of its imported oil from the Middle East.
As part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative to pump money into infrastructure projects across Asia and Africa, former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa took on many loans, including $1.1 billion to build a port in his home region of Hambantota despite the plan having been rejected by an expert panel.
When the deep-water port failed to generate the foreign revenue needed to pay China back, Sri Lanka in 2017 was forced to hand the facility and thousands of acres of land around it to Beijing for 99 years — giving China a key foothold directly opposite regional rival India’s coastline.
That stoked India’s ongoing concerns about China’s growing influence in South Asia, particularly in smaller countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives.
Concerns over China’s increasing regional assertiveness deepened in 2020 when Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed in deadly skirmishes on the disputed Himalayan Ladakh border.
In its maritime approach, Beijing’s military focus is currently more on the South China Sea and the Pacific, while its interest in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean appears to be more economically motivated, said Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, a London-based analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
“On the security side for China it’s not a priority, but it is an emerging opportunity for China to bolster its influence in South Asia and … to counter India’s influence,” he said.
Caught in between is Sri Lanka itself which, like many others in the region, needs both China and India, whose combined population is nearly 3 billion people, Roy-Chaudhury said.
“It’s not black and white,” he said. “The leaders of these countries have to be pro-India and pro-China at the same time.”
Sajith Premadasa, the current Sri Lankan opposition leader, emphasized that while the country is “extremely grateful” for India’s help in the current crisis, the government needs to ensure that Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and political independence are not impacted by the situation.
“What Sri Lanka should do always is to ensure our own national interests — in order to maximize our own national interests,” he told The Associated Press. “We should work with everyone in international society, irrespective of which power group or power bloc anybody belongs to.”
Sri Lanka has been rocked by protests since April after its foreign currency reserves ran dry, leading to widespread food and fuel shortages and power cuts, with demonstrators calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa who was elected in 2019.
In May, Mahinda, who had been appointed prime minister, himself resigned, but Gotabaya has clung to power.
Gotabaya inherited an economy already in a slump after a series of attacks in early 2019 by Islamic extremists caused a dramatic drop-off in tourism, a major source of income, and enormous foreign debt from infrastructure projects, many bankrolled by Chinese money and commissioned by brother Mahinda.
But a series of unwise economic decisions made the situation worse, and it was further exacerbated by the global coronavirus hitting the tourism sector again, while the war in Ukraine has driven up food and fuel costs.
The government now owes $51 billion and is unable to make interest payments. It has suspended repayment of $7 billion in foreign debt due this year out of $25 billion to be repaid by 2026, pending the outcome of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on a rescue package.
China, Sri Lanka’s third largest creditor after Japan and the Asian Development Bank, accounts for about 10% of its debt.
China has offered to lend more on favorable terms but has balked at forgiving some of Sri Lanka’s debt, possibly over concerns it would prompt other borrowers across Asia and Africa to demand the same relief.
But Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office after Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, has said that Sri Lanka has not been able to access $1.5 billion in loans offered by China, because Beijing has made the money contingent on the country having enough foreign reserves for three months.
Beijing has also promised to “play a positive role” in Sri Lanka’s talks with the IMF and is providing some 500 million yuan, about $75 million, in humanitarian aid, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan.
Meanwhile, India has stepped in with millions of dollars worth of rice, milk powder, medicine and other humanitarian aid, as well as diesel fuel and gasoline.
India has also extended Sri Lanka a $4 billion credit line on favorable terms that has been widely credited with helping the country’s crisis from worsening, even as Wickremesinghe last week declared the economy had “completely collapsed.”
Wickremesinghe, who has served as prime minister several times before, is seen as pro-India, though he has limited leverage in his current role with Gotabaya Rajapaksa remaining president.
While the Rajapaksa family is considered pro-China, and with the general perception that China has been partially responsible for the country’s problems, the political winds seem to be shifting in India’s favor, Chaulia said.
India has not been actively promoting the perception that Chinese loans contributed to the crisis in Sri Lanka, but it also has not fought it, seeing the idea of a Chinese “debt trap” as an advantageous narrative for it regionally.
“India is not worried if this message comes across,” Roy-Chaudhury said.
New Delhi has recently succeeded in wresting away some of Beijing’s important projects in Sri Lanka, which is also a major destination for Indian exports.
In March, Sri Lanka finalized a joint venture with India to develop a solar power plant in the island nation. That same month, Colombo also terminated a contract with a Chinese company to build a $12 million wind farm in the country and offered it to an Indian rival.
“While India is trying to maintain its strategic footprint in Sri Lanka, its main aim appears to be to minimize Chinese hold in the country,” said K C Singh, a former Indian foreign secretary and a strategic affairs expert.
Coming to Sri Lanka’s aid also fits neatly into Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Neighborhood First” foreign policy initiative, which focuses on cultivating and sustaining relations with nearby countries, and it is also in India’s self interest not to have a neighboring country like Sri Lanka collapse into chaos, Roy-Chaudhury said.
But at the same time India does not want to find itself in a position where it is stuck alone with an economic bailout, so it has been pushing Sri Lanka to turn to the IMF and asking for other countries to help.
“In security terms, yes, it would want to be a preferred security partner,” Roy-Chaudhury said.
“In economic terms, I think it would want to be one of a number of countries providing economic reassurance or support.”
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Rising reported from Bangkok. Associated Press journalists Krutika Pathi in New Delhi, Joe McDonald in Beijing, and Krishan Francis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, contributed to this report. | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/06/29/sri-lanka-crisis-gives-india-chance-to-gain-sway-vs-china/ | 2022-06-30T06:01:53Z | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/06/29/sri-lanka-crisis-gives-india-chance-to-gain-sway-vs-china/ | true | 35 |
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Arango, Musovski, Opoku score in LAFC's 3-1 win over Dallas
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Arango, Danny Musovski and Kwadwo Opoku each scored for Los Angeles FC in a 3-1 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night.
Arango’s goal put LAFC (11-3-3) ahead 2-1 in the 57th minute. Musovski opened the scoring in the 23rd and Opoku capped it in the 86th.
Jesus Ferreira scored for Dallas (7-5-5) in the 38th.
Maxime Crepeau saved two shots for LAFC. Maarten Paes saved eight shots for Dallas.
LAFC next plays on Saturday against the Vancouver Whitecaps on the road, and Dallas will host Inter Miami on Monday.
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Two-wheeler automobile company TVS Motor is reportedly in talks with TPG Capital and KKR & Co to raise at least $300 million for its electric vehicle (EV) business.
Moneycontrol was the first to report that the company had plans to seek investments for its EV segment, TVS Electric Mobility, which it carved out as a subsidiary in December last year.
Talks of investments follow multiple acquisitions by TVS Motor in the EV space.
It acquired a majority stake in GO AG, Switzerland, and its subsidiary, EGO Movement. EGO Movement is a Swiss technology company, with a strong presence across Europe and a portfolio of e-bikes, e-cargo bikes and e-scooters.
The company also picked up a 75 percent stake in Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG), an e-mobility solutions provider in Europe and the largest pure-play e-bike manufacturer in Switzerland with around 20 percent market share.
Additionally, TVS Motor's Singapore subsidiary made investments in British e-bike manufacturer EBCO UK and Alexand'Ro Edouard'O Passion Vélo Sàrl which is engaged in the sale of e-bikes and its accessories.
Recently, the EV segment has seen traditional automobile players in the two and four wheeler spaces increasingly raise money and make investments to support growth.
Tata Motors announced a one billion dollar investment into its EV business by a consortium of TPG Rise Climate and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ in October last year.
Recently, Greaves Cotton became the other big player in the segment to raise overseas capital to strengthen foothold in the fast growing EV segment. It received an investment of $220 million from family-owned Saudi Arabian business Abdul Latif Jameel.
Ather Energy, electric scooter maker, raised $128 million from existing investor Hero Motor Corp and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, Indian government’s sovereign wealth fund.
On December 4, Moneycontrol had reported that Hero Electric was looking to tap private equity funds and raise capital. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/tvs-motor-in-talks-with-tpg-capital-and-kkr-to-raise-300-million-for-ev-business-8759111.html | 2022-06-30T06:09:56Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/tvs-motor-in-talks-with-tpg-capital-and-kkr-to-raise-300-million-for-ev-business-8759111.html | false | 2 |
Who is Alan Howard, the millionaire who hired Lady Gaga to sing at his wedding? – The financial
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member has asked the companies to either remove TikTok from their app stores by July 8 or explain to him why they did not plan to do so
A Republican Party member of USA's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has urged CEOs of Apple and Google to remove Chines-owned Tikto from their app stores. Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, has sent a letter to the CEOs on a FCC letterhead. The letter is dated June 24. Carr has said that video-sharing app TikTok has collected vast troves of sensitive data about US users which can be accessed by Bytedance staff in Beijing. ByteDance is TikTok's Chinese parent. On Tuesday (June 30) Carr tweeted details of the letter.
"TikTok is not just another video app. That's the sheep's clothing," Carr said on Twitter. "It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing."
Carr asked the companies to either remove TikTok from their app stores by July 8 or explain to him why they did not plan to do so.
Carr's request is unusual given that the FCC does not have clear jurisdiction over the content of app stores. The FCC regulates the national security space usually through its authority to grant certain communications licenses to companies.
A Tiktok spokeswoman said the company's engineers in locations outside of the United States, including China, can be granted access to U.S. user data "on an as-needed basis" and under "strict controls."
Reuters reported that Google declined comment on Carr's letter and Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment.
TikTok has been under U.S. regulatory scrutiny over its collection of U.S. personal data. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews deals by foreign acquirers for potential national security risks, ordered ByteDance in 2020 to divest TikTok because of fears that U.S. user data could be passed on to China's communist government.
(With inputs from agencies) | https://www.wionews.com/world/us-fcc-commissioner-asks-google-apple-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores-493135 | 2022-06-30T06:17:57Z | https://www.wionews.com/world/us-fcc-commissioner-asks-google-apple-to-remove-tiktok-from-app-stores-493135 | false | 2 |
Nutritionist: The exact ingredients to incorporate into your diet this winter to avoid getting the flu sweeping across Australia
- Nutritionist Susie Burrell has shared the genius ways she avoids the flu
- The common cold and flu has been sweeping across Australia this winter
- Dehydration is the most common reason bugs tend to stick around
- Susie opts for probiotics, garlic, chicken soup and medicinal mushrooms
Nutritionist Susie Burrell (pictured)
An Australian nutritionist has shared her foolproof ways of avoiding the flu this winter using a variety of delicious ingredients.
Susie Burrell, who has two honours degrees in nutrition and dietetics and psychology, said eating nutrient-rich food is of critical importance when it comes to staving off a cold.
'Not only can giving the body the right vitamins and minerals help fend off illness, it can also reduce the severity of symptoms and as a result the length of time you are not at your best,' she told FEMAIL.
'Dehydration is surprisingly the most common reason bugs tend to stick around and continue to make you feel sick. Congestion, runny noses and a small intake of fluid can make headaches and fevers worse, prolonging the effects of a cold.
'Even if you do not feel like it, if you are suffering from any cold like symptoms you need to increase your intake of fluids... 100% fruit or vegetable juices, herbal teas or plain water are all good choices.
'Avoid cola and energy drinks completely as they can act as diuretics drawing fluid away from the body.'
Links have been drawn between a high Vitamin C intake and a reduction in cold-like symptoms for hundreds of years.
Unfortunately there is only a small amount of scientific evidence that proves that a high dose of Vitamin C can reduce the length of a cold once it is present.
Garlic has been used to treat bacteria, high blood pressure and infection for thousands of years and it is believed that the organosulfides (naturally occurring chemicals found in garlic and onions), along with Vitamin D help to stimulate the production of the immune cells, macrophages
Nevertheless, foods rich in Vitamin C including organs, kiwi fruit, berries, tomatoes and red capsicums are all antioxidant and vitamin rich foods which can only offer positive nutritional benefits in times of health or illness.
Fresh fruits and vegetables also have high water contents and help to aid hydration.
Soup is another power-food routinely linked to helping sick people get better quickly.
Soup has high water content but most importantly, chicken soup made using the actual chicken bones will contain some of the bone marrow.
Bone marrow is thought to have a number of powerful immune stimulating properties which is where the link between chicken soup and health originated hundreds of years ago.
'Add plenty of vegetables in addition to the chicken stock made from bones and you will be on the right track. And, unfortunately no, the tinned varieties of soup do not count,' she said.
Echinacea: One the most commonly recommended herbal remedies for colds and flu, the antiviral and antibacterial herb that originates from America actually has strong research that supports its use for reducing the likeliness and duration of the common cold
Now eating well and increasing your intake of fluid can be considered pretty standard treatments to help the body fight infection but what about the myriad of supplements and herbal remedies out there?
As research findings grow, there are more and more proven natural remedies out there which are worth a try.
Probiotics
A link between probiotics, the natural bacteria found in the small intestine and immune health, has been known for some time.
Research published in The University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey found probiotics helped reduce the duration of a cold as well as the severity of symptoms.
Probiotics can be found in some yoghurts and fermented drinks as well as in supplement form from the chemist.
Garlic
Garlic has been used to treat bacteria, high blood pressure and infection for thousands of years and it is believed that the organosulfides (naturally occurring chemicals found in garlic and onions), along with Vitamin D help to stimulate the production of the immune cells, macrophages.
Garlic can be taken as capsules or raw and get some sunlight each day if you can to enhance its potential benefits.
Olive leaf extract boasts both natural anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits and contains double the antioxidant content than that of green tea
Chicken soup
Chicken soup has been a favourite remedy for colds, flus, coughs and colds for hundreds of years, with many families owning a traditional soup recipe passed through the generations.
And it seems that our elders had it right as there is evidence to show that chicken soup with broth made using actual chicken bones may improve immune function.
Research published in the American Journal of Therapeutics found that a molecule found in chicken soup, carnosine, helped the body's immune system to fight the early stages of flu by inhibiting the migration of infected cells around the body.
Echinacea
One the most commonly recommended herbal remedies for colds and flu, the antiviral and antibacterial herb that originates from America actually has strong research that supports its use for reducing the likeliness and duration of the common cold.
The recommended dose is currently 3g per day.
Olive leaf extract
Olive leaf extract boasts both natural anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits and contains double the antioxidant content than that of green tea.
While research supporting its use as a specific flu fighter is only in early cellular stages, it remains a powerful antioxidant supplement.
Medicinal mushrooms
This one may surprise you but Chinese and Japanese healers have used the powers of mushrooms for centuries to treat numerous ailments.
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The investigation concerns whether IronNet and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On December 15, 2021, IronNet announced its financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2021 and issued revenue guidance for the coming year. For 2022, IronNet advised that the Company expected revenue of approximately $26 million, down sharply from previous guidance, issued in September 2021, in the range of $43 million to $45 million. On an earnings call later that day, the Company stated that "we and Sean Foster, our Chief Revenue Officer, have mutually agreed that he will depart our company at the end of December to pursue other opportunities." IronNet also admitted on the earnings call that, despite having first publicly issued IronNet's fiscal year 2022 guidance in March 2021, the Company did not have any confidence as to when substantial revenues underlying the guidance would actually come in.
On this news, IronNet's stock price fell $2.14 per share, or 31.47%, to close at $4.66 per share on December 16, 2021.
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Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, share many superlatives as pinnacles of cinema, fashion, and traffic congestion. But another similarity lurks in the shadows, most often seen at night walking silently on four paws.
These metropolises are the world’s only megacities of 10 million-plus where large felines — mountain lions in one, leopards in the other — thrive by breeding, hunting and maintaining territory within urban boundaries.
Long-term studies in both cities have examined how the big cats prowl through their urban jungles, and how people can best live alongside them — lessons that may be applicable to more places in coming decades.
“In the future, there’s going to be more cities like this, as urban areas further encroach on natural habitats,” said biologist Audra Huffmeyer, who studies mountain lions at the University of California, Los Angeles. “If we want to keep these large carnivores around on the planet, we have to learn to live with them.“
FREEWAYS AND FRAGMENTED HABITAT
Twenty years ago, scientists in Los Angeles placed a tracking collar on their first cat, a large male mountain lion dubbed P1, that defended a wide swath of the Santa Monica Mountains, a coastal range that lies within and adjacent to the city.
“P1 was as big as they get in southern California, about 150 pounds,” said Seth Riley, a National Park Service ecologist who was part of the effort. “These dominant males are the ones that breed — they won’t tolerate other adult males in their territory.”
With GPS tracking and camera traps, the scientists followed the rise and fall of P1’s dynasty for seven years, through multiple mates and litters of kittens. “2009 was the last time we knew anything about P1,” said Riley. “There must have been a fight. We found his collar, blood on a rock. And never saw him again. He was reasonably old.”
Since then, Riley has helped collar around 100 more mountain lions in Los Angeles, building a vast database of lion behavior that’s contributed to understanding how much territory the cats need, what they eat (mostly deer), how often they cross paths with people and what may imperil their future.
As with medieval European kings, the biggest threat turned out to be inbreeding. Living in small territories separated by highways has caused some males to mate with daughters and granddaughters, who weren’t able to naturally disperse farther away. That’s led to genetic problems such as fertility issues and kinked tails.
“Based on genetic analysis, we know that P1 mated with P6, his daughter – that was the first case we documented of this very close inbreeding,” said Riley.
LEOPARDS IN URBAN LANDSCAPE
In Mumbai, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, the leopards are packed in, too: about 50 have adapted to a space ideally suited for 20. And yet the nocturnal cats also keep mostly out of sight.
“Because these animals are so secretive, you don’t know much about them. You can’t just observe them,” said Vidya Athreya, director of Wildlife Conservation Society in India and part of a research team that recently fitted five leopards with tracking collars.
The leopards’ core range is centered around Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a protected area boxed on three sides by an urbanized landscape, including a neighborhood that’s home to 100,000 people and nearly a dozen leopards.
Researchers tackled specific questions from park managers, such as how the cats cross busy roads near the park.
To get the answer, they collared a big male dubbed Maharaja. They found that it walked mostly at night and traversed over 60 kilometers (37 miles) in about a week, from the park in Mumbai to another nearby. The leopard crossed a busy state highway, using the same spot to pass, on three occasions. It also crossed a railway track.
The path chosen by Maharaja is nearby a new highway and a freight corridor under construction. Researchers said that knowing the big cats’ highway crossing habits can help policy makers make informed decisions about where to build animal underpasses to reduce accidents.
LIVING ALONGSIDE BIG CATS
In Los Angeles, long-term mountain lion research showing the harm of fragmented habitat helped fuel a successful campaign to build a wildlife crossing bridge over U.S. Route 101, one of the city’s busiest freeways. Construction began on April 22.
When it’s finished in three years, the bridge will be covered in native plants and include special sound walls to minimize light and noise disturbances for nocturnal animals. It will connect Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills, enlarging the dating pool for resident mountain lions.
But learning to live alongside cats is not only a matter of infrastructure decisions, but also human choices and education.
When Athreya first started advocating for co-existence with Mumbai’s leopards, she was met with skepticism and pushback from other biologists and policy makers. They thought it would be impossible for big cats to live alongside people without significant friction, or worse.
“The dominant narrative was about conflict,” she said. But she helped push the conversation to be about “negotiations, improving the situation for both wildlife and people.”
That is not to say living alongside a big predator is without perils. In Mumbai, Purvi Lote saw her first leopard when she was 5, on the porch of a relative’s home. Terrified, she ran back inside to her mother. But now the 9-year-old says she isn’t as afraid of the big cats.
Like other children, she doesn’t step outdoors alone after dark. Children and even adults travel in groups at night, while blaring music from their telephones to ensure that leopards aren’t surprised. But the most fundamental rule, according to the youngster: “When you see a leopard, don’t bother it.”
AVOIDING DEADLY CONFLICTS
Leopards in Mumbai adapted to mainly hunt feral dogs that frequent garbage dumps outside the forest and mostly attacked people when cornered or attacked. But in 2010, 20 people in Mumbai died in leopard attacks, said Jagannath Kamble, an official at Mumbai’s protected forest.
The turning point was the realization that the understaffed forest department couldn’t just keep reacting to individual attacks by capturing and transporting leopards to forests since they returned. Instead, it decided to focus on trying to get people to coexist with the predators.
Officials roped in volunteers, nongovernmental groups and the media for a public education program in 2011. Since then, fatalities have dropped steadily and no one has been killed in an attack since 2017.
The last known victim was Muttu Veli’s 4-year-old daughter Darshini. Veli, an office worker who came to Mumbai in 1996, said Darshini was playing outside their home in a slum at the edge of the forest and she just didn’t return home. Eventually, her mauled body was recovered.
“My daughter is gone. She won’t come back,” he said.
In Los Angeles, there have been no human deaths attributed to mountain lions, but one nonfatal attack on a child occurred in 2021.
Both cities have learned that trying to capture, kill or relocate the cats isn’t the answer.
“Relocation and killing makes conflict worse,” said Beth Pratt, California regional director at National Wildlife Federation. “It’s better to have a stable population, than one where hierarchies and territories are disrupted.”
Avoidance is the safest strategy, she said. “These big cats are shy — they tend to avoid human contact as much as they can. They’re really extreme introverts of the animal kingdom.”
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Larson reported from Washington and Ghosal from Mumbai, India.
On Twitter follow Larson @larsonchristina and Ghosal @aniruddhg1
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VANCOUVER — The AD Industrial & Safety-Canada division announced a series of awards at its recent meeting honoring members and suppliers that have displayed outstanding efforts throughout 2021 that led to market share growth.
The 2021 Giving Back award was given to Watson Gloves for continuing to lead by example by displaying a strong sense of integrity, making the success and health of their community a top priority within the company.
Members Levitt-Safety, Source Atlantic and Tenaquip were each recognized with the 2021 AD Best Workplace recognitions for being named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2021.
The 2021 AD Canada Warehouse Supporter of the Year honored CONFIAN, Northern Metalic GP, SB Simpson and Source Atlantic for continually showing support for AD Canada warehouse suppliers in a myriad of different ways — including through volume growth, overall commitment, breadth of lines and high levels of engagement.
The 2021 AD Canada Warehouse Supplier of the Year recognized suppliers DuPont (Tier 1) and Weiler Abrasives (Tier 2) for their keen dedication to persistently adding value, sharing information transparently, aligning with change and delivering results.
Walter Surface Technologies (Tier 1) and PIP Canada (Tier 2) were each honored with the 2021 AD Supplier of the Year award for their remarkable efforts in supporting AD’s member base. These suppliers are dedicated to attending all AD divisional meetings, regularly participate in the AD Supplier Webinar series, offer exclusive promotions to AD members, provide in-house training, and have displayed a strong allegiance to AD’s member community by allocating a plethora of stock during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The coveted 2021 Member of the Year award was awarded to Tenaquip (Tier 1) and Intercity Industrial Supply (Tier 2) for the organizations’ steadfast commitment to the AD community, including through AD meeting participation, supplier webinar attendance and engagement, committee participation, and remittance volume growth.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Arango, Danny Musovski and Kwadwo Opoku each scored for Los Angeles FC in a 3-1 victory over Dallas on Wednesday night.
Arango’s goal put LAFC (11-3-3) ahead 2-1 in the 57th minute. Musovski opened the scoring in the 23rd and Opoku capped it in the 86th.
Jesus Ferreira scored for Dallas (7-5-5) in the 38th.
Maxime Crepeau saved two shots for LAFC. Maarten Paes saved eight shots for Dallas.
LAFC next plays on Saturday against the Vancouver Whitecaps on the road, and Dallas will host Inter Miami on Monday.
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SHEARING contractors who attended the WA Shearing Industry Association (WASIA) annual meeting on Saturday were urged to download and use the SafeSheds phone app.
About 15 contractors attending the Belmont meeting indicated they used a hard copy version of the SafeSheds checklist covering shearing sheds, machinery and equipment, amenities and facilities, work practices and general working conditions.
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But when WASIA executive officer Valerie Pretzel asked who used the checklist on the SafeSheds phone app, only Sarah Buscumb, Crackers Contracting, Quindanning, put her hand up.
"While we want people to use the checklist on their phone, the paper checklist is better than not using any checklist at all," Ms Pretzel said.
She explained the phone app allowed anonymous data to be collected and collated to track potential problem areas that keep reappearing in SafeSheds checklists or any improvement in occupational health and safety in the shearing industry.
"The people always remain anonymous, but the data can be rolled up into reports that look at reoccurring issues, because it is much more accessible on the app," Ms Pretzel said.
"Also, the completed app checklist becomes a document a (shearing) contractor can easily share with a farmer - they can both keep a copy and that is important now.
"With the paper copy, there is a risk it goes into the office and gets lost or forgotten.
"Nobody is asking for everything (to improve shearing sheds as workplaces) to be done immediately, but we do expect to be able to track some improvement over time."
Guest speaker, managing director and founder of farm occupational health and safety adviser ProcessWorx, Danielle McNamee, told the meeting WorkSafe's attitude to documenting consultation between contractor and farmer, safety audits, staff inductions, or any other action aimed to reduce workplace risk, was "if it's not written down, it didn't happen".
WAFarmers president John Hassell, who attended the WASIA meeting, pointed out there was little point inspecting a shearing shed immediately before shearing was due to start and it was too late to rectify any problems beforehand.
"I have a conversation with my shearing contractor a long time ahead of shearing," Mr Hassell said.
Veteran shearer, shearing contractor, shearing instructor and designer of his own shearing shed, Don Boyle, suggested a joint shed inspection at the end of shearing.
"Any problems can be fixed straight away and the shed's ready for the next shearing," Mr Boyle said.
WASIA president Darren Spencer told the meeting he and Ms Pretzel had assessed four shearing sheds in the Esperance area under SafeSheds when they visited in April.
They would be returning in July and hoped to assess a further 20 sheds.
The SafeSheds program was jointly developed by WASIA and Australian Wool Innovation.
At the meeting, long-serving WASIA members, vice-president and 40-plus-years shearing industry veteran Eddie McEllister and former shearing contractor turned TAFE instructor Rob Carter, both from Narrogin, stood down from the committee.
Former WASIA treasurer and Dongara contractor Mike Henderson was appointed vice-president, Kojonup contractor Lowanna Jury stepped up as treasurer and Kat Carrie, KGT Shearing, Katanning, joined the committee.
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DJ Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plc: Final Results
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plc (SDVP) Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plc: Final Results 30-Jun-2022 / 07:00 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Chelverton UK Dividend Trust PLC
Annual Results for the year to 30 April 2022
Printed copies of the Annual Report will be sent to shareholders shortly. Additional copies may be obtained from the Corporate Secretary - Maitland Administration Services Limited, Hamilton Centre, Rodney Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3BY.
The financial information set out below does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the year ended 30 April 2022. The financial information for 2022 is derived from the statutory accounts for that year. The auditors, Hazlewoods LLP, have reported on the 2022 accounts. Their report was unqualified and did not include a reference to any matters to which the auditors draw attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report. The financial information for 2021 is derived from the statutory accounts for that year. The following text is copied from the Annual Report & Accounts.
Strategic Report
Financial Highlights
30 April 30 April Capital 2022 2021 % change Total gross assets (GBP'000) 58,805 64,013 (8.14) Total net assets (GBP'000) 41,382 47,345 (12.60) Net asset value per Ordinary share 198.47p 227.07p (12.60) Mid-market price per Ordinary share 192.50p 220.00p (12.50) Discount (3.01%) (3.11%) Net asset value per Zero Dividend Preference share 2025 118.52p 114.01p 3.96 Mid-market price per Zero Dividend Preference share 2025 118.50p 116.00p 2.16 (Discount)/premium (0.02%) 1.75% Year ended Year ended 30 April 30 April Revenue 2022 2021 % change Return per Ordinary share 10.00p 6.12p 63.40 Dividends declared per Ordinary share 11.00p 10.00p 10.00 Special dividends declared per Ordinary share - 0.272p (100.00) Total return Total return on Group's gross assets (4.92%) 57.18% Total return on Group's net assets* (total return as proportion of net (4.71%) 57.24% assets after the provision for the Zero Dividend Preference shares) Total return on Group's net assets* (7.74%) 89.79% Ongoing charges** 2.03% 2.33% Ongoing charges*** 1.48% 1.56%
* Adding back dividends paid in the year.
** Calculated in accordance with the Association of Investment Companies ('AIC') guidelines. Based
on total expenses, excluding finance costs, for the year and average net asset value.
*** Based on gross assets.
Chairman's Statement
It gives me great pleasure to introduce this Annual Report, my final one, for the financial year to 30 April 2022 to shareholders.
The last 12 months have been extremely challenging. Although it seems a very long time ago, the first few months of the Company's year were still subject to lockdown regulations. An easing commenced from July 2021; however, the sudden emergence of the Omicron Covid variant towards the end of the calendar year recreated the problems arising from the global Covid-19 pandemic and caused considerable economic uncertainty for an important period. Nevertheless, your Company continued to recover, benefitting from a strong recovery in the performance of its investee companies and, at that time, an improving business and economic outlook in the UK.
However, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on the 24 February has exacerbated all of the uncertainty in the global economy and has led to a sharp downward movement in the shares held by your company.
With a highly UK centric portfolio, only invested in smaller UK AIM traded and Listed companies, in a "risk-off" environment the shares tend to fall rather more than constituents of the FTSE 100, notwithstanding the fact that the underlying trading performance of the companies is very satisfactory. However, history, and indeed empirical studies, have shown a recovery will take place, in time, leading to longer term outperformance
Results
The Company's net asset value per ordinary share as of 30 April 2022 was 198.47p (2021: 227.07p), a decrease over the year of 12.60% with an ordinary share price of 192.50p per share (2021: 220.00p). Total assets, including audited revenue reserves, were GBP58.805m (2021: GBP64.013m), a decrease over the year of 8.14%, and the total net assets were GBP41.382m (2021: GBP47.345m). During the same period the MSCI Small Cap Index decreased by 15.22%.
The Company was launched on 12 May 1999, and over this time the net asset value per Ordinary share has risen by 106.7% and in addition a total of 217.12p has been paid in this period in dividends, including the fourth interim dividend announced with this report.
In the year total dividends of 11.00p per Ordinary share were paid and proposed, including the fourth interim dividend of 2.75p. The total dividend in 2022 represents an increase of 7.1% year on year (2021: 10.272p). The Company has partially used its revenue reserves, built over many years, to declare the core dividend.
The underlying portfolio yield has increased this year as our investee companies have continued to grow their dividends. As a result of the policy over the past twelve years of growing the annual dividend and retaining to revenue reserves the maximum permitted under the legislation, the Company is in a strong position and can continue to pay its dividend for some time from accumulated reserves should it be required. The Board is confident that the Company is well positioned to grow further the annual dividend, assuming more favourable macro-economic conditions over the medium term.
The Company's portfolio is currently invested in 74 companies spread across 17 sectors. This spread creates a well-diversified portfolio which should, in the future, lead to a strong return of dividend income and, subsequently, steady revenue growth and, in time, capital growth.
Capital structure
There was no change to the number of shares in issue during the year. We have been regularly asked to issue new shares to meet market demand. However, the Board's policy is that it will only consider issuing new shares if it can do so at a premium to NAV which is sufficient not only to cover all the costs of issuance but also to recognise the value of the revenue reserves that have been built up over many years by retaining profits which would otherwise have been distributed to holders of the existing share capital. Provided these criteria are met, the issue of new shares will enhance net asset value per share, and the increase in the size of the Company should improve liquidity in the market for its shares while making it more attractive to potential new investors.
If the issue of new shares is considered in the future, the Board will consider the two factors discussed above, and the potential to improve the underlying performance and returns of the company for the benefit of all shareholders.
Dividend
As briefly discussed in the Results section, the Board has declared a fourth interim dividend of 2.75p per Ordinary share (2021: 2.50p) which, when added to the three quarterly interim dividends of 2.75p per Ordinary share, brings the total paid and declared to 11.0p (2021: 10.0p) for the year ended 30 April 2022, an increase of 10.0% over the previous year.
Under the dividend distribution policy, the Board has not declared a special dividend (2021: 0.272p) to be paid with the fourth interim dividend. The Company has revenue reserves which after payment of the fourth interim dividend represent some 81.7% of the current annual dividend or some 9.0p per Ordinary share.
The Board is committed to progressively improving the Company's dividend for investors and as such has decided that the four interim dividends paid in respect of the financial year ending 30 April 2023 will very likely exceed, but in any event will not be less than, that paid in respect of the financial year ended 30 April 2022.
Board Changes
I would like to thank William van Heesewijk who retired from the Board after 17 years of long and valued service. In his place we welcome Denise Hadgill who has extensive experience of investment management and will be a strong addition to the Board. I also welcome Howard Myles as my successor as Chairman. Howard has been a member of the Board since 2011 and became Chairman of the Audit Committee in 2016.
Outlook
There is ongoing uncertainty in the world's economies and in their recovery across all sectors, from the recent impact of the Covid-19 instigated lockdowns and the more recent impact of the war in Ukraine. The well documented increase in the price of energy, raw materials and foodstuffs is also a great concern.
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Chelverton, the investment managers of the Company, meet and discuss these issues with all the companies in the portfolio, and they tell us that, generally, the investee companies are managing the current tricky situation. The companies' management teams are redoubling their efforts to improve efficiencies and to reduce the labour required in their businesses. This will be very important, with a reported 500,000 people having taken themselves out of employment, compounded by up to a further one million European workers who have chosen not to return, yet, to the UK.
Inflation, about which people have been too complacent, will in all probability continue to rise this year but will moderate somewhat next year as the rises in the first half of this year fall out of the annual calculation. Future inflation will depend on the Bank of England and whether inflation becomes embedded.
I have very much enjoyed being Chairman of your Company over the past tumultuous period, seeing the companies and the portfolio recovering from one upset and then another. The managers of the companies are always striving to improve their businesses and to make them more resilient. I am sure that the evidence of these efforts will be seen in the future.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Chairman
29 June 2022
Investment Manager's Report
In the year to 30 April 2022 there was a 12.60% decline in the Company's net asset value per share from 227.07p to 198.47p. During the same period the MSCI Small Cap Index decreased by 15.22%. At the same time the core dividend increased 10% to 11.0p, in line with the intentions outlined in September 2021. The Company has not paid a special dividend in respect of the 2021/2022 financial year, in line with the dividend policy announced in March 2019.
It should be noted that prior to the Covid-19 pandemic it had been the Manager's intention to deliver a 7% increase in the core dividend for the year to April 2021. However, given the unprecedented reduction in dividends and uncertainty across the market at the time of the first interim dividend decision, we prudently took a more conservative approach to dividend growth, delivering a 4.2% increase in the core dividend in the year. By the time of the full year results in June 2021 we had the confidence to boost the core dividend to the level originally planned via a special dividend of 0.272p. The 11.0p dividend for the year to April 2022 represents a 7.1% increase on the total dividends paid in the year to April 2021.
The year to April 2022 has been a challenging one. After a strong recovery from the depths of the pandemic, companies have had to deal with new strains of the virus and associated restrictions, supply chain challenges, rising inflation, a shortage of skilled workers and now the impact of the appalling war in Ukraine. The stock market tends to react poorly to uncertainty so, in the face of continuing shocks to the system, it is not surprising that share prices have suffered. Our investee companies have, on the whole, navigated these challenges well. The recent reporting season saw the majority of companies report an in-line set of results which, in many cases, could have been even better were it not for supply chain challenges constraining revenues. Despite the solid underlying trading performance, the market has been de-rated, resulting in the 12.6% decline in Company NAV, almost all of which came in the second half of the year. While this is slightly better than the fall in the MSCI Small Cap Index, it is nevertheless disappointing to see a reduction in NAV, particularly when we believe the improvements made during the pandemic mean that our companies are in better shape now than they were in 2019.
On a more positive note, the underlying performance of our companies was reflected in good cash generation and dividends which were generally in-line or ahead of expectations. This has allowed us to continue rebuilding the income account after the pandemic shock, while also building positions in companies which we believe will deliver strong capital growth in the coming years. Dividend income grew 51% in the year to GBP2.58m (2021: GBP1.71m), reflecting the strong recovery in dividend payments. We continued to utilise the revenue reserves built up prior to the pandemic in the year in order to maintain our desired dividend trajectory for the Company, however the rebound in dividend payments saw our reliance on revenue reserves reduce. We expect this trend to continue into the current year.
It is our fundamental belief that strong operational management, good cash generation and growing dividends result in rising share prices over the medium term. Now that the majority of companies have returned to paying dividends, we expect an element of yield support to protect ratings during turbulent times. Many of the positives we have previously talked about coming out of the pandemic have yet to be appreciated given the uncertain macro environment. This gives us confidence that our portfolio of companies is well placed to deliver over the coming years.
Portfolio review
The general de-rating of UK equities has resulted in a pickup in corporate activity across the market. Within our portfolio, Brewin Dolphin received a recommended bid from RBC at an attractive premium and we took the opportunity to exit our position at close to the offer price so we could reinvest the cash. Randall & Quilter also received an opportunistic approach from its largest shareholder, although this has since been rejected by the wider shareholder base. Just after the period end we also saw a recommended bid by KKR for ContourGlobal. While the offer price represents a reasonable premium over the previous market price, we will be sorry to lose a solid cash generator which paid a very attractive dividend. In addition to the takeovers, we have sold six positions in their entirety (2021: 8): Babcock, DX, Flowtech, Go Ahead, ShoeZone and Strix Group. We have however started a new position in Strix Group more recently as the shares had de-rated significantly and offered an attractive yield again.
Shareholdings were reduced in those companies that outperformed during the period including: Bloomsbury Publishing, Braemar Shipping Services, Epwin Group, Jarvis Securities, Redde Northgate, Clarke (T.), TheWorks.co.uk, Tyman and Vertu Motors, all after strong share price performance.
Eight new shareholdings were added to the Company's portfolio in the year (2021: 8), including: DSW Capital - a challenger mid-market professional services business; Kitwave Group - an independent impulse product wholesaler; Spectra Systems - an IP led business focussing on secure transaction technology; Springfield Properties - a Scottish housebuilder; and speciality chemicals business, Synthomer. Shareholdings were also increased in 20 companies (2021: 33) which were in the portfolio at the start of the year, including Bakkavor, ContourGlobal, Duke Royalty, Hargreaves Services, iEnergizer, MP Evans and Palace Capital.
Outlook
The market is currently coming to terms with a phenomenon which it has not experienced for quite some time, namely inflation. In times of uncertainty there is usually a "flight to liquidity", and we have seen this occur this time around, to the detriment of the small and mid-cap stocks in which we invest. As noted above however, the solid underlying performance and low valuations in our part of the market have sparked an increase in corporate activity, a sure sign that there is value in the market.
We have also seen a marked increase in the number of companies undertaking share buy-backs, another consequence of current valuations combined with good cash generation and strong balance sheets. As long as buy-backs are instigated alongside an appropriate dividend policy, and the shares are subsequently cancelled, buy-backs are a positive for our stocks, as they should ultimately result in faster dividend growth in future years.
Supply chain challenges are likely to remain in the short to medium term, however good management teams are finding ways to adapt to the current climate. One consequence of this is higher levels of inventory throughout the system, something we will need to keep an eye on as this should unwind to some degree as and when supply chains become more predictable. We are unlikely to see a return to the positive earnings forecast momentum seen at the beginning of last year until management teams feel they are able to predict macro conditions more accurately; however, we take comfort from the fact that our companies have kept forecasts on the conservative side coming out of the pandemic. This, combined with the operational improvements made over the last few years at our investee companies and the attractive dividend yields currently available, gives us a significant degree of confidence looking into the medium term.
David Horner
Chelverton Asset Management Limited
29 June 2022
Breakdown of Portfolio by Industry
Market value at 30 April 2022 % of Bid Market sector GBP'000 portfolio Banks 555 1.0 Basic Resources 1,326 2.3 Chemicals 610 1.0 Construction & Materials 5,014 8.8 Consumer Products and Services 4,242 7.4 Energy 1,694 2.9 Financial Services 10,466 17.9 Food, Beverage & Tobacco 2,824 4.9 Industrial Goods & Services 9,464 16.5 Insurance 4,144 7.2 Media 4,148 7.2 Personal Care, Drugs & Grocery Stores 975 1.7 Real Estate 4,678 8.1 Retail 3,459 6.0 Telecommunications 1,622 2.8 Travel & Leisure 1,862 3.2
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Utilities 668 1.1 57,751 100.0
Portfolio Statement
at 30 April 2022 Market % of value Security Sector GBP'000 portfolio Belvoir Lettings Real Estate 2,400 4.2 Diversified Energy Energy 1,694 2.9 iEnergizer Industrial Goods & Services 1,445 2.5 Alumasc Group Construction & Materials 1,440 2.5 UP Global Sourcing Holdings Consumer Products and Services 1,283 2.2 MP Evans Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1,175 2.0 STV Media 1,142 2.0 Jarvis Securities Financial Services 1,067 1.8 MTI Wireless Edge Telecommunications 1,062 1.8 Coral Products Industrial Goods & Services 1,050 1.8 Devro Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1,038 1.8 Hargreaves Services Industrial Goods & Services 1,022 1.8 Chesnara Insurance 1,003 1.7 Redde Northgate Industrial Goods & Services 991 1.7 Kitwave Group Personal Care, Drugs & Grocery Stores 975 1.7 Ramsdens Holdings Financial Services 975 1.7 Vector Capital Financial Services 951 1.6 Personal Group Holdings Insurance 915 1.6 Anglo Pacific Basic Resources 903 1.6 Randall & Quilter Insurance 901 1.6 Clarke (T.) Construction & Materials 891 1.5 Curtis Banks Group Financial Services 875 1.5 Regional REIT Real Estate 847 1.5 Severfield Construction & Materials 845 1.5 Premier Miton Group Financial Services 840 1.4 DFS Furniture Retail 839 1.4 Smiths News Industrial Goods & Services 837 1.4 Vistry Group Media 836 1.4 Palace Capital Real Estate 831 1.4 Duke Royalty Financial Services 820 1.4 Finncap Group Financial Services 813 1.4 Wilmington Group Media 813 1.4 Bloomsbury Publishing Media 794 1.4 TP ICAP Financial Services 791 1.4 Castings Industrial Goods & Services 790 1.4 Essentra Industrial Goods & Services 786 1.4 Braemar Shipping Services Industrial Goods & Services 780 1.4 Vertu Motors Retail 777 1.3 Appreciate Group Financial Services 753 1.3 Marston's Travel & Leisure 750 1.3 Sabre Insurance Insurance 735 1.3 Epwin Group Construction & Materials 731 1.3 Photo-me International Consumer Products and Services 708 1.2 Polar Capital Holdings Financial Services 695 1.2 ContourGlobal Utilities 668 1.1 Headlam Group Consumer Products and Services 635 1.1 Strix Group Industrial Goods & Services 633 1.1 TheWorks.co.uk Retail 630 1.1 Numis Corporation Financial Services 626 1.1 Orchard Funding Group Financial Services 625 1.1 Bakkavor Food, Beverage & Tobacco 611 1.1 Synthomer Chemicals 610 1.0 Town Centre Securities Real Estate 600 1.0 Hansard Global Insurance 590 1.0 Centaur Media Media 563 1.0 Aferian Telecommunications 560 1.0 Springfield Properties Consumer Products and Services 560 1.0 Close Brothers Group Banks 555 1.0 Kier Group Construction & Materials 555 1.0 Tyman Construction & Materials 552 1.0 Portmeirion Group Consumer Products and Services 550 1.0 Topps Tiles Retail 550 1.0 RPS Group Industrial Goods & Services 517 0.9 Crest Nicholson Consumer Products and Services 506 0.9 DSW Capital Financial Services 500 0.8 Brown (N) Group Retail 438 0.8 Chamberlin Basic Resources 423 0.7 Saga Travel & Leisure 394 0.7 Restaurant Group Travel & Leisure 373 0.6 Revolution Bars Group Travel & Leisure 345 0.6 RTC Group Industrial Goods & Services 337 0.6 Gattaca Industrial Goods & Services 276 0.5 Spectra Systems Retail 225 0.4 Sancus Lending Group Financial Services 135 0.2 Total Portfolio 57,751 100.0
Investment Objective and Policy
The investment objective of the Company is to provide Ordinary shareholders with a high income and the opportunity for capital growth, having provided a capital return sufficient to repay the full final capital entitlement of the Zero Dividend Preference shares issued by the wholly-owned subsidiary company SDVP.
The Company's investment policy is that:
-- The Company will invest in equities in order to achieve its investment objectives, which are to provideboth income and capital growth, predominantly through investment in mid and smaller capitalised UK companiesadmitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and traded on the London Stock Exchange Main Market, ortraded on AIM.
-- The Company will not invest in preference shares, loan stock or notes, convertible securities or fixedinterest securities or any similar securities convertible into shares; nor will it invest in the securities ofother investment trusts or in unquoted companies.
Performance Analysis using Key Performance Indicators
At each quarterly Board meeting, the Directors consider a number of key performance indicators ('KPIs') to assess the Group's success in achieving its objectives, including the net asset value ('NAV'), the dividend per share and the total ongoing charges.
-- The Group's Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income is set out on page 48 of the Annual Report.
-- A total dividend for the year to 30 April 2022 of 11.00p (2021: 10.272p) per Ordinary share has beendeclared to shareholders by way of three payments totalling 8.25p per Ordinary share plus a planned fourth interimdividend payment of 2.75p per Ordinary share.
-- The NAV per Ordinary share at 30 April 2022 was 198.47p (2021: 227.07p).
-- The ongoing charges (including investment management fees and other expenses but excluding exceptionalitems) for the year ended 30 April 2022 were 2.03% (2021: 2.33%). The decrease in the annualised ongoing chargesduring the year is primarily due to the increase in net asset value during the first half of the year.
Principal Risks
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The Directors confirm that they have carried out a robust annual assessment of the principal risks facing the Company, including those that would threaten its objectives, business model, future performance, solvency or liquidity. The Board regularly monitors the principal risks facing the Company, the likelihood of any risk crystallising, the potential implications for the Company and its performance, and any additional mitigation that might be introduced. Mitigation of these risks is primarily sought and achieved in a number of ways as set out below:
Market risk
The Company is exposed to UK market risk due to fluctuations in the market prices of its investments.
The Investment Manager actively monitors economic performance of investee companies and reports regularly to the Board on a formal and informal basis. The Board meets formally with the Investment Manager on a quarterly basis when the portfolio transactions and performance are discussed and reviewed.
The Company is substantially dependent on the services of the Investment Manager's investment team for the implementation of its investment policy.
The Company may hold a proportion of the portfolio in cash or cash equivalent investments from time to time. Whilst during positive stock market movements the portfolio may forego potential gains as a result of maintaining such liquidity, during negative market movements this may provide downside protection.
Discount volatility
The Board recognises that, as a closed-ended company, it is in the long-term interests of shareholders to reduce discount volatility and believes that the prime driver of discounts over the longer term is performance. The Board is pleased to report that discount volatility improved with the Company's stronger net asset value position and share price during the year. However, the Board, with its advisers, continues to monitor the Company's discount levels and shares may be bought back in future should it be considered appropriate to do so by the Board.
Regulatory risks
A breach of Companies Act provisions or Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA') rules may result in the Group's companies being liable to fines or the suspension of either of the Group companies from listing and from trading on the London Stock Exchange. The Board, with its advisers, monitors the Group and SDVP's regulatory obligations both on an ongoing basis and at quarterly Board meetings.
Financial risk
The financial position of the Group is reviewed via detailed management accounts at each Board meeting
and both financial position and controls are monitored by the Audit Committee.
Political risk
The Board recognises that changes in the political landscape may substantially affect the Company's prospects and the value of its portfolio companies. Potential future changes to the UK's policies and regulatory landscape in light of the UK's departure from the EU could impact the Company and its portfolio companies. Potential consequences for the Company are regularly monitored and assessed by the Board.
Climate change risk
The Board and Investment Manager consider and discuss how climate change could affect the Company's portfolio companies and shareholder returns. Environmental, social and governance factors increasingly form a part of the dialogue between the Investment Manager and the management teams of portfolio companies and also contribute to portfolio investment decisions.
The coronavirus pandemic
The intensive vaccine rollouts, combined with the arrival of less potent strains of the virus, have resulted in a return to more normalised social, travel and work patterns, albeit with hybrid working arrangements remaining in place for a large number of organisations. The fiscal stimulus provided by governments around the world served to limit the impact on many economies. The Board and Investment Manager continue to monitor the effects of the social and economic changes arising from the pandemic, together with their impact on the market, the Company's key service providers and the future prospects of the portfolio companies.
Accounting policies
New developments in accounting standards and industry-related issues are actively reported to and monitored by the Audit Committee, the Board where applicable and the Company's advisers, ensuring that all appropriate accounting policies are adhered to.
A more detailed explanation of the financial risks facing the Group is given in note 21 to the financial statements on pages 66 to 71 of the Annual Report.
Gearing
The Company's shares are geared by the Zero Dividend Preference shares and should be regarded as carrying above average risk, since a positive NAV for the Company's shareholders will be dependent upon the Company's assets being sufficient to meet those prior final entitlements of the holders of Zero Dividend Preference shares. As a consequence of the gearing, a decline in the value of the Company's investment portfolio will result in a greater percentage decline in the NAV of the Ordinary shares and vice versa.
Section 172 Statement
The Directors are mindful of their duties to promote the success of the Company in accordance with Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, for the benefit of the shareholders, giving careful consideration to wider stakeholders' interests and the environment in which the Company operates. The Board recognises that its decisions are material, not only to the Company and its future performance, but also to the Company's key stakeholders, as identified below. In making decisions, the Board considered the outcome from its stakeholder engagement exercises as well as the need to act fairly as between the members of the Company.
Key stakeholders
Investors - The Company's shareholders have a significant role in monitoring and safeguarding the governance of the Company and can exercise their voting rights to do so at general meetings of the Company. Shareholders also benefit from improving performance and returns.
All shareholders have access to the Board via the Company Secretary and the Investment Manager at key company events, such as the annual general meeting, and throughout the year if appropriate. These regular communications help the Board make informed decisions when considering how to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of shareholders. This year's Annual General Meeting is to be held on 8 September 2022 and will be held at the new offices of the Investment Manager, Basildon House, 7 Moorgate, London EC2. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to vote by proxy and to appoint the Chairman as their proxy. Shareholders are also encouraged to put forward any questions to the Company Secretary in advance of the Annual General Meeting.
The Board received enhanced Investor Relations themed reporting from its broker Shore Capital during the year to ensure continuing awareness of key shareholder concerns.
Investment Manager - The Board recognises the critical role of the Investment Manager in delivering the Company's future success. The Investment Manager attends Board and Audit Committee meetings, to participate in transparent discussions, where constructive and collegiate challenge is encouraged. The Board and Investment Manager communicate regularly outside of these meetings with the aim of maintaining an open relationship and momentum in the Company's performance and prospects. The Investment Manager's performance is evaluated informally on a regular basis, with a formal review carried out on an annual basis by the Board when performing the functions of a management engagement committee. The Investment Management Agreement is reviewed as part of this process as further discussed on page 21 of the Annual Report.
Key service providers - The Company employs a collaborative approach and looks to build long term partnerships with its key service providers. These are required to report to the Board on a regular basis and their performance and the terms on which they are engaged, are evaluated and considered annually, as detailed on pages 29 and 30 of the Annual Report.
Portfolio companies - The Investment Manager regularly liaises with the management teams of companies within the Investment Portfolio and reports on findings and the performance of investee companies to the Board on at least a quarterly basis.
Regulators - The Board regularly reviews the regulatory landscape and ensures compliance with rules and regulations relevant to the Company via reporting at quarterly Board meeting from the Company Secretary. Compliance with relevant rules and regulations is formally assessed on at least an annual basis.
Viability Statement
The Board and Investment Manager continuously consider the performance, progress and future prospects of the Company over a variety of future timescales. These assessments, including regular investment performance updates from the Investment Manager, and a continuing programme of risk monitoring and analysis, form the foundations of the Board's assessment of the future viability of the Company. The Directors are mindful of the Company's commitments to shareholders of the subsidiary SDVP in 2025 in forming their viability opinion for the Company each year.
The Directors consider that a period of three years is currently the most appropriate time horizon to consider the Company's future viability. After careful analysis, taking into account the potential impact of the current risks and uncertainties to which the Company is exposed, the Directors confirm that in their opinion:
-- it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis for this Annual Report & Accounts; and
-- the Company continues to be viable for a period of at least three years from the date of signing of thisAnnual Report and Accounts. Three years is considered by the Board to be the maximum period over which it iscurrently feasible to make a viability forecast based on known risks and macroeconomic trends.
The following facts, which have not materially changed in the last financial year, support the Directors' view:
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-- the Company has a liquid investment portfolio invested predominantly in readily realisable smallercapitalised UK-listed and AIM traded securities and has some short-term cash on deposit; and
-- revenue expenses of the Company are covered multiple times by investment income, even in the event thatlower income levels as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic continue for some considerable time.
In order to maintain viability, the Company has a robust risk control framework for the identification and mitigation of risk, which is reviewed regularly by the Board. The Directors also seek assurances from its independent service providers, to whom all management and administrative functions are delegated, that their operations are well managed and they are taking appropriate action to monitor and mitigate risk. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of the assessment.
Other Statutory Information
Company status and business model
The Company was incorporated on 6 April 1999 and commenced trading on 12 May 1999. The Company is a closed-ended investment trust with registered number 03749536. Its capital structure consists of Ordinary shares of 25p each, which are listed and traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
The principal activity of the Company is to carry on business as an investment trust. The Company has been granted approval from HMRC as an investment trust under Sections 1158/1159 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 on an ongoing basis. The Company will be treated as an investment trust company subject to there being no serious breaches of the conditions for approval. The Company is also an investment company as defined in Section 833 of the Companies Act 2006. The current portfolio of the Company is such that its shares are eligible for inclusion in Individual Savings Accounts ('ISAs') up to the maximum annual subscription limit and the Directors expect this eligibility to be maintained.
The Group financial statements consolidate the audited annual report and financial statements of the Company and SDVP, its subsidiary undertaking, for the year ended 30 April 2022. The Company owns 100% of the issued ordinary share capital and voting rights of SDVP, which was incorporated on 25 October 2017.
Further information on the capital structure of the Company and SDVP can be found on pages 74 to 75 of the Annual Report.
AIFM
The Board is compliant with the directive and the Company is registered as a Small Registered Alternative
Investment Fund Manager ('AIFM') with the FCA and all required returns have been completed and filed.
Employees, environmental, human rights and community issues
The Board recognises the requirement under Section 414C of the Companies Act to detail information about employees, environmental, human rights and community issues, including information about any policies it has in relation to these matters and the effectiveness of these policies. These requirements and the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 do not directly apply to the Company as it has no employees and no physical assets, all the Directors are non-executive and it has outsourced all its management and administrative functions to third-party service providers. The Company has therefore not reported further in respect of these provisions. However, in carrying out its activities and in relationships with service providers, the Company aims to conduct itself responsibly, ethically and fairly at all times.
Environmental, Social, Governance ('ESG')
ESG matters continue to have an increasing prominence in financial and regulatory reporting. In company meetings, the Investment Manager routinely questions the corporate management on a variety of topics, such as safety records, environmental footprint and the key areas of focus of their board papers, to ensure that portfolio companies and prospective investments are adhering to best practice and emerging market trends at all times.
The way companies respond to ESG issues can affect their business performance, both directly and indirectly. ESG factors are considered by Chelverton Asset Management ('Chelverton') investment teams and increasingly contribute to investment decision making; however investment decisions also continue to balance ESG performance in the context of overall investment potential
.
The Investment Manager is successfully integrating responsible investing considerations more closely into investment processes for the Company and the other investment vehicles it operates on behalf of investors, a process that began in 2018. The appointment and integration in 2018 of a Corporate Governance Manager within the investment team at Chelverton has been supported by the appointment of an experienced ESG professional to the position of Responsible Investing Manager in October 2020. This renewed commitment is strengthening the Chelverton team's focus on ESG priorities within all Chelverton's investment processes. Misjudgements on ESG matters can increasingly incur major additional costs to portfolio holdings, as well as undermining their equity returns through reputational damage.
Global greenhouse gas emissions
The Company has no greenhouse gas emissions to report from its operations, nor does it have responsibility for any other emission-producing sources under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013.
Streamlined energy and carbon reporting
The Company is categorised as a lower energy user under the HMRC Environmental Reporting Guidelines March 2019 and is therefore not required to make the detailed disclosures of energy and carbon information set out within the guidelines. The Company has therefore not reported further in respect of these guidelines.
Culture and values
The Company's values are to act responsibly, ethically and fairly at all times. The Company's culture is driven by its values and is focused on providing Ordinary shareholders with a high income and opportunity for capital growth, as set out on page 11. As the Company has no employees, its culture is represented by the values, conduct and performance of the Board, the Investment Manager and its key service providers, all of whom work collaboratively to support delivery of the Company's strategy.
Current and future developments
A review of the main features of the year and the outlook for the Company is contained in the Chairman's
Statement on pages 2 to 4 and the Investment Manager's Report on pages 5 and 6.
Dividends declared/paid
30 April 2022 30 April 2021 Payment date p p First interim 1 October 2021 2.75 2.50 Second interim 4 January 2022 2.75 2.50 Third interim 19 April 2022 2.75 2.50 Fourth interim 15 July 2022 2.75 2.50 11.00 10.00 Special dividend - 0.272 11.00 10.272
The Directors do not declare a final dividend.
Ten year dividend history
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 p p p p p p p p p p 1st Quarter 2.75 2.50 2.40 2.19 2.02 1.85 1.70 1.575 1.475 1.40 2nd Quarter 2.75 2.50 2.40 2.19 2.02 1.85 1.70 1.575 1.475 1.40 3rd Quarter 2.75 2.50 2.40 2.19 2.02 1.85 1.70 1.575 1.475 1.40 8.25 7.50 7.20 6.57 6.06 5.55 5.10 4.725 4.425 4.20 4th Quarter 2.75 2.50 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 11.00 10.00 9.60 8.97 8.46 7.95 7.50 7.125 6.825 6.60 % increase of core dividend 10.00 4.17 7.02 6.03 6.47 6.00 5.26 4.40 3.41 3.12 Special dividend - 0.272 - 2.50 0.66 1.86 1.60 0.30 2.75 - Total dividend 11.00 10.272 9.60 11.47 9.12 9.81 9.10 7.425 9.575 6.60
Diversity and succession planning
Throughout the year to 30 April 2022 the Board comprised four male Directors. On 30 April 2022, Mr van Heesewijk retired as a Director. In order to draw upon as diverse a pool of candidates as possible, the Board engaged the services of a third-party recruitment consultant in its search for an additional director. On 1 May 2022, Ms Hadgill was appointed to the Board. The Board recognises the need to consider the benefits of diversity when considering new appointments to the Board. All appointments are made on the basis of merit against objective criteria; however, the Board seeks to consider a wide range of candidates with due regard to diversity, spanning gender, ethnicity, background and experience. As all appointments are based on merit, and in view of the small size of the Board, the Board does not consider it appropriate to set diversity targets. The Board will continue to consider succession planning on an annual basis.
The Strategic Report is signed on behalf of the Board by
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Chairman
29 June 2022
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
in respect of the Annual Report and the financial statements
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements. Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare financial statements in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards and with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies reporting under international accounting standards.
Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they present fairly the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Group and the Company for that period.
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In preparing each of the Group and the Company's financial statements, the Directors are required to:
-- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-- state that the Group and the Company have complied with UK adopted international accounting standardssubject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
-- present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant, reliable,comparable and understandable information;
-- provide additional disclosures when compliance with specific requirements in UK adopted internationalaccounting standards is insufficient to enable users to understand the impact of particular transactions, otherevents and conditions on the Group and the Company's financial position and financial performance; and
-- make an assessment of the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and enable them to ensure that the Group's financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Under applicable law and regulations, the Directors are also responsible for preparing a Strategic Report, a Directors' Report, Directors' Remuneration Report and Statement on Corporate Governance that comply with that law and those regulations, and for ensuring that the Annual Report includes information required by the Listing Rules of the FCA.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information relating to the Company on the Investment Manager's website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements differs from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The Directors confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and belief:
-- the financial statements, prepared in accordance with the relevant financial framework, give a true andfair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group;
-- the Annual Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the Group and the positionof the Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties faced;
-- the Annual Report is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary forshareholders to assess the Company's performance, business model and strategy; and
-- the Investment Managers' Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the businessand the Group and its undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole and adequately describes theprincipal risks and uncertainties they face.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Chairman
29 June 2022
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 30 April 2022
2022 2021 Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Note GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 (Losses)/gains on investments at fair value through profit or loss 10 - (4,610) (4,610) - 23,110 23,110 Investment income 2 2,576 - 2,576 1,708 - 1,708 Investment management fee 3 (158) (473) (631) (124) (372) (496) Other expenses 4 (302) (12) (314) (280) (10) (290) Net (deficit)/surplus before finance costs and taxation 2,116 (5,095) (2,979) 1,304 22,728 24,032 Finance costs 6 - (654) (654) - (630) (630) Net (deficit)/surplus before taxation 2,116 (5,749) (3,633) 1,304 22,098 23,402 Taxation 7 (32) - (32) (27) - (27) Total comprehensive (expense)/ income for the year 2,084 (5,749) (3,665) 1,277 22,098 23,375 Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total pence pence pence pence pence pence Net return per: Ordinary share 8 10.00 (27.57) (17.57) 6.12 105.99 112.11 Zero Dividend Preference share 2025 8 - 4.51 4.51 - 4.34 4.34
The total column of this statement is the Statement of Comprehensive Income of the Group prepared in accordance with UK adopted IFRS and with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing operations. No operations were acquired or discontinued during the year. All of the net return for the period and the total comprehensive income for the period is attributable to the shareholders of the Group. The supplementary revenue and capital return columns are presented for information purposes as recommended by the Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the AIC.
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Parent Company Statement of Changes in Net Equity
for the year ended 30 April 2022
Share Share premium Capital redemption Capital Revenue Total capital account reserve reserve reserve Note GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Year ended 30 April 2022 30 April 2021 5,213 17,517 5,004 16,950 2,661 47,345 Total comprehensive (expense)/ income - - - (5,749) 2,084 (3,665) for the year Dividends paid 9 - - - - (2,298) (2,298) 30 April 2022 5,213 17,517 5,004 11,201 2,447 41,382 Year ended 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 5,213 17,517 5,004 (5,148) 3,448 26,034 Total comprehensive income for the - - - 22,098 1,277 23,375 year Dividends paid 9 - - - - (2,064) (2,064) 30 April 2021 5,213 17,517 5,004 16,950 2,661 47,345
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
Consolidated and Parent Company Balance Sheets
as at 30 April 2022
Group Group Company Company Note 2022 2021 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Non-current assets Investments at fair value through profit or loss 10 57,751 62,768 57,751 62,768 Investments in subsidiary 12 - - 13 13 57,751 62,768 57,764 62,781 Current assets Trade and other receivables 13 520 757 520 757 Cash and cash equivalents 534 488 534 488 1,054 1,245 1,054 1,245 Total assets 58,805 64,013 58,818 64,026 Current liabilities Trade and other payables 14 (237) (136) (250) (149) (237) (136) (250) (149) Total assets less current liabilities 58,568 63,877 58,568 63,877 Non-current liabilities Zero Dividend Preference shares 15 (17,186) (16,532) - - Loan from subsidiary 16 - - (17,186) (16,532) (17,186) (16,532) (17,186) (16,532) Total liabilities (17,423) (16,668) (17,436) (16,681) Net assets 41,382 47,345 41,382 47,345 Represented by: Share capital 17 5,213 5,213 5,213 5,213 Share premium account 18 17,517 17,517 17,517 17,517 Capital redemption reserve 18 5,004 5,004 5,004 5,004 Capital reserve 18 11,201 16,950 11,201 16,950 Revenue reserve 2,447 2,661 2,447 2,661 Equity shareholders' funds 41,382 47,345 41,382 47,345
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
These financial statements were approved by the Board of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust PLC and authorised for issue on 29 June 2022.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick Chairman
Company Registered Number: 03749536
Consolidated and Parent Company Statement of Cash Flows
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for the year ended 30 April 2022
2022 2021 Note GBP'000 GBP'000 Operating activities Investment income received 2,370 1,447 Investment management fee paid (643) (469) Administration and secretarial fees paid (67) (64) Other cash payments (236) (210) Cash generated from operations 19 1,424 704 Purchases of investments (8,795) (9,266) Sales of investments 9,715 9,848 Net cash inflow from operating activites 2,344 1,286 Financing activities Dividends paid 9 (2,298) (2,064) Net cash outflow from financing activities (2,298) (2,064) Change in cash and cash equivalents 20 46 (778) Cash and cash equivalents at start of year 20 488 1,266 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 20 534 488
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
Notes to the Financial Statements
as at 30 April 2022
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust PLC is a public company, limited by shares, domiciled and registered in the UK. The consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2022 comprise the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary SDV 2025 ZDP plc (SDVP) (together referred to as the 'Group').
Basis of preparation
The consolidated financial statements of the Group and the financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with UK adopted International Financial Reporting Standards ('UK adopted IFRS') and with the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies reporting under international accounting standards, and reflect the following policies which have been adopted and applied consistently.
New standards, interpretations and amendments adopted by the Group
There are no amendments to standards effective this year, being relevant and applicable to the Group.
Critical accounting judgements and uses of estimation
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with UK adopted IFRS requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and the amounts reported in the Balance Sheet and the Statement of Comprehensive Income. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future period if the revision affects both current and future periods. There were no significant accounting estimates or significant judgements in the current period.
Basis of consolidation
The Group financial statements consolidate (under IFRS10), the financial statements of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking, SDVP, drawn up to the same accounting date. The disclosure basis of recognition is at cost.
The subsidiary is consolidated from the date of its incorporation, being the date on which the Company obtained control, and will continue to be consolidated until the date that such control ceases. Control comprises the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee so as to obtain benefit from its activities and is achieved through direct or indirect ownership of voting rights. The financial statements of the subsidiary are prepared for the same reporting year as the Company, using consistent accounting policies. All inter-company balances and transactions, including unrealised profits arising from them, are eliminated.
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income. The amount of the Company's return for the financial period dealt with in the financial statements of the Group is a loss of GBP3,665,000 (2021: profit of GBP23,375,000).
Convention
The financial statements are presented in Sterling rounded to the nearest thousand. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, except for the measurement at fair value of investments classified as fair value through profit or loss. Where presentational guidance set out in the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies and Venture Capital Trusts' ('SORP'), issued by the Association of Investment Companies (dated April 2021) is consistent with the requirements of UK adopted IFRS, the Directors have sought to prepare the financial statements on a consistent basis compliant with the recommendations of the SORP.
Segmental reporting
The Directors are of the opinion that the Group is engaged in a single segment of business, being
investment business. The Group only invests in companies listed in the UK.
Investments
All investments held by the Group are recorded at 'fair value through profit or loss'. Investments are
initially recognised at cost, being the fair value of the consideration given.
After initial recognition, investments are measured at fair value, with unrealised gains and losses on investments and impairment of investments recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and allocated to capital. Realised gains and losses on investments sold are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and cost.
For investments actively traded in organised financial markets, fair value is generally determined by reference to quoted market bid prices at the close of business on the Balance Sheet date, without adjustment for transaction costs necessary to realise the asset.
Trade date accounting
All 'regular way' purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised on the 'trade date', i.e. the day that the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset. Regular way purchases, or sales, are purchases or sales of financial assets that require delivery of the asset within a time frame generally established by regulation or convention in the market place.
Income
Dividends receivable on quoted equity shares are taken into account on the ex-dividend date. Where no ex-dividend date is quoted, they are brought into account when the Group's right to receive payment is established. Other investment income and interest receivable are included in the financial statements on an accruals basis. Overseas dividends received from UK Companies are stated gross of any withholding tax.
Expenses
All expenses are accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses are charged through the revenue
account in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income except as follows:
-- expenses which are incidental to the acquisition of an investment are included within the costs of theinvestment;
-- expenses which are incidental to the disposal of an investment are deducted from the disposal proceeds ofthe investment;
-- expenses are charged to capital reserve where a connection with the maintenance or enhancement of thevalue of the investments can be demonstrated; and
-- operating expenses of the subsidiary are borne by the Company and taken 100% to capital.
All other expenses are allocated to revenue with the exception of 75% (2021: 75%) of the Investment Manager's fee which is allocated to capital. This is in line with the Board's expected long-term split of returns from the investment portfolio, in the form of capital and income gains respectively.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash in hand and in banks including where held by custodians and short-term deposits which are held to maturity are carried at cost. Cash and cash equivalents are defined as cash in hand, demand deposits and short-term, highly liquid investments readily convertible to known amounts of cash and subject to insignificant risk of changes in value.
Loans and borrowings
All loans and borrowings are initially recognised at cost, being the fair value of the consideration received, less issue costs, where applicable. After initial recognition, all interest-bearing loans and borrowings are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Any difference between cost and redemption value is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income over the period of the borrowings on an effective interest basis.
Zero Dividend Preference shares
Shares issued by the subsidiary are treated as a liability of the Group, and are shown in the Balance Sheet at their redemption value at the Balance Sheet date. The appropriations in respect of the Zero Dividend Preference shares necessary to increase the subsidiary's liabilities to the redemption values are allocated to capital in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. This treatment reflects the Board's long-term expectations that the entitlements of the Zero Dividend Preference shareholders will be satisfied out of gains arising on investments held primarily for capital growth.
Share issue costs
Costs incurred directly in relation to the issue of shares in the subsidiary are borne by the Company and taken 100% to capital. Share issue costs relating to Ordinary share issues by the Company are taken 100% to the share premium account in respect of premiums on issue of such shares. Where there is no premium on issue, costs are taken directly to equity against revenue reserves.
Capital reserve
Capital reserve (other) includes:
-- gains and losses on the disposal of investments;
-- exchange differences of a capital nature; and
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-- expenses, together with the related taxation effect, allocated to this reserve in accordance with theabove policies.
Capital reserve (investment holding gains) includes increase and decrease in the valuation of investments held at the year end. This reserve is distributable to the extent that gains have been realised.
Revenue reserve
This reserve includes net revenue recognised in the revenue column of the Statement of Comprehensive
Income. This reserve is distributable.
Capital redemption reserve
This reserve represents the cancellation of the C shares when they were converted into Ordinary shares
and deferred shares. This reserve is not distributable.
Taxation
There is no charge to UK income tax as the Group's allowable expenses exceed its taxable income. Deferred tax assets in respect of unrelieved excess expenses are not recognised as it is unlikely that the Group will generate sufficient taxable income in the future to utilise these expenses. Deferred tax is not provided on capital gains and losses because the Company meets the conditions for approval as an investment trust company.
Dividends payable to shareholders
Dividends to shareholders are recognised as a liability in the period in which they are paid or approved in general meetings and are taken to the Statement of Changes in Net Equity. Dividends declared and approved by the Group after the Balance Sheet date have not been recognised as a liability of the Group at the Balance Sheet date.
2 INCOME
2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 Income from listed investments 2,179 UK dividend income 2,179 1,381 Overseas dividend income 290 233 Property income distributions 107 94 Total income 2,576 1,708
Total income is comprised entirely of dividends.
3 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE
2022 Revenue Total Revenue 2021 Capital Total Capital GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Investment management fee 158 473 631 124 372 496
At 30 April 2022 there were amounts outstanding of GBP73,000 (2021: GBP86,000).
4 OTHER EXPENSES 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 Administration and secretarial fees 66 64 Directors' remuneration (note 5) 58 58 Auditor's remuneration: audit services* 23 22 Insurance 3 3 Other expenses* 164 143 314 290 Subsidiary operating costs (12) (10) 302 280 * The above amounts include irrecoverable VAT where applicable. 5 DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION 2022 2021 GBP GBP Directors' fees 57,500 57,500 Social security costs 275 297 57,775 57,797 Remuneration to Directors Lord Lamont (Chairman) 20,000 20,000 H Myles 20,000 20,000 W van Heesewijk* - - A Watkins 17,500 17,500 57,500 57,500 * Mr van Heesewijk has waived his entitlement to fees. 6 FINANCE COSTS 2022 Total Revenue 2021 Capital Total Revenue Capital GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Appropriations in respect of - 654 654 - 630 630 Zero Dividend Preference shares - 654 654 - 630 630 7 TAXATION 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 Based on the revenue return for the year Overseas tax 32 27 32 27
The current tax charge for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19% to 30 April 2022 and 30 April 2021. The differences are explained below:
2022 Total Revenue 2021 Total Capital Capital Revenue GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Return on ordinary activities before taxation (5,749) (3,633) 1,304 22,098 23,402 2,116 Theoretical corporation tax at 19% (2021: 19%) 402 (1,092) (690) 248 4,198 4,446 Effects of: Capital items not taxable - 1,000 1,000 - (4,271) (4,271) UK and overseas dividends which are not liable to UK corporation tax - (469) (307) - (307) (469) Excess expenses in the year 67 92 159 59 73 132 Overseas tax 32 - 32 27 - 27 Actual current tax charged to the revenue account - 32 27 - 27 32
The Group has unrelieved excess expenses of GBP24,105,279 (2021: GBP23,268,343). It is unlikely that the Group will generate sufficient taxable profits in the future to utilise these expenses and therefore no deferred tax asset has been recognised.
8 RETURN PER SHARE
Ordinary shares
Revenue return per Ordinary share is based on revenue on ordinary activities after taxation of GBP2,084,000 (2021: GBP1,277,000) and on 20,850,000 (2021: 20,850,000) Ordinary shares, being the weighted average number of Ordinary shares in issue during the year.
Capital return per Ordinary share is based on the capital loss of GBP5,749,000 (2021: profit of GBP22,098,000) and on 20,850,000 (2021: 20,850,000) Ordinary shares, being the weighted average number of Ordinary shares in issue during the year.
Zero Dividend Preference shares
Capital return per Zero Dividend Preference share 2025 is based on allocations from the Company of GBP654,000 (2021: GBP630,000) and on 14,500,000 (2021: 14,500,000) Zero Dividend Preference shares 2025, being the weighted average number of Zero Dividend Preference shares in issue during the year.
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9 DIVIDENDS
2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 Declared and paid per Ordinary share Fourth interim dividend for the year ended 30 April 2021 of 2.50p 521 500 (2020: 2.40p) Special dividend for the year ended 57 - 30 April 2021 of 0.272p (2020: nil) First interim dividend of 2.75p (2021: 2.50p) 573 521 Second interim dividend of 2.75p (2021: 2.50p) 573 521 Third interim dividend of 2.75p (2021: 2.50p) 574 522 2,298 2,064 Declared per Ordinary share* Fourth interim dividend for the year ended 574 521 30 April 2022 of 2.75p (2021: 2.50p) Special Dividend for the year ended - 57 30 April 2022 of nil (2021: 0.272p) 574 578 All dividends are paid from Revenue Reserve. * Dividend paid subsequent to the year end.
10 INVESTMENTS - Group and Company
Listed AIM 2022 Total GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Year ended 30 April 2022 Opening book cost 37,344 27,884 65,228 Opening investment holding (losses)/gains (3,571) 1,111 (2,460) Opening valuation 33,773 28,995 62,768 Movements in the year: Purchases at cost 3,975 4,924 8,899 Disposals: Proceeds (5,285) (4,021) (9,306) Net realised losses on disposals (840) (1,269) (2,109) Increase in investment holding losses (1,788) (713) (2,501) Closing valuation 29,835 27,916 57,751 Closing book cost 35,194 27,518 62,712 Closing investment holding (losses)/gains (5,359) 398 (4,961) 29,835 27,916 57,751 Realised losses on disposals (840) (1,269) (2,109) Increase in investment holding losses (1,788) (713) (2,501) Losses on investments (2,628) (1,982) (4,610) Listed AIM 2021 Total GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Year ended 30 April 2021 Opening book cost 42,746 22,319 65,065 Opening investment holding losses (18,359) (6,118) (24,477) 24,387 16,201 40,588 Investments transferred between Listed and AIM during the year (2,418) 2,418 - Movements in the year: Purchases at cost 3,534 5,732 9,266 Disposals: Proceeds (6,977) (3,219) (10,196) Net realised gains on disposals 459 633 1,092 Decrease in investment holding losses 14,788 7,230 22,018 Closing valuation 33,773 28,995 62,768 Closing book cost 37,344 27,884 65,228 Closing investment holding (losses)/gains (3,571) 1,111 (2,460) 33,773 28,995 62,768 Realised gains on disposals 459 633 1,092 Decrease in investment holding losses 14,788 7,230 22,018 Gains on investments 15,247 7,863 23,110
Transaction costs
During the year the Group incurred transaction costs of GBP20,000 (2021: GBP24,000) and GBP12,000 (2021: GBP14,000) on purchases and sales of investments respectively. These amounts are included in gains on investments, as disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.
11 SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS
The Company has provided notifications of holdings of 3% or more in relevant issuers. The following issuer notifications remain effective as at 30 April 2022:
Name of issuer Class of share % held RTC Group plc Ordinary 10.00 Coral Products plc Ordinary 8.90 Chamberlin plc Ordinary 8.52 Orchard Funding Group plc Ordinary 5.85 Vector Capital Group plc Ordinary 3.34
12 INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY
Company Company 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 Cost as at 1 May and 30 April 13 13
The Company owns the whole of the issued ordinary share capital of SDVP, especially formed for the issuing of Zero Dividend Preference shares, which is incorporated and registered in England and Wales, under company number: 11031268.
13 TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
Group Group Company Company 2022 2021 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Amounts due from brokers 46 455 46 455 Dividends receivable 464 290 464 290 Prepayments and accrued income 10 12 10 12 520 757 520 757
14 TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
Group Group Company Company 2022 2021 2022 2021 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Amounts due to brokers 104 - 104 - Trade and other payables 133 136 133 136 Loan from subsidiary undertaking - - 13 13 237 136 250 149
15 ZERO DIVIDEND PREFERENCE SHARES
On 8 January 2018, SDVP issued 10,977,747 Zero Dividend Preference shares at 100p per share from the conversion of Zero Dividend Preference shares of SCZ, the 2018 ZDP subsidiary. On 8 January 2018, 1,802,336 Zero Dividend Preference shares were also issued at 100p per share by a placing with net proceeds of GBP1.8 million. The expenses of the placing were borne by the Company and the Investment Manager. On 11 April 2018, SDVP issued a further 1,419,917 Zero Dividend Preference shares at 103p per share (a premium of 3p per share), and net proceeds of GBP1.5 million. On the 10 May 2018 and 15 May 2018, SDVP issued a further 100,000 and 200,000 Zero Dividend Preference shares at 104p per share (a premium of 4p per share), and net proceeds of GBP313,000. The Zero Dividend Preference shares each have an initial capital entitlement of 100p per share, growing by an annual rate of 4% compounded daily to 133.18p on 30 April 2025, a total of GBP19,311,000. The accrued entitlement as per the Articles of Association of SDVP at 30 April 2022 was 118.52p (2021: 114.01p) per share, being GBP17,186,000 in total, and the total amount accrued for the year of GBP654,000 (2021: GBP630,000) has been charged as a finance cost to capital.
16 SECURED LOAN
Pursuant to a loan agreement between SDVP and the Company, SDVP has lent the gross proceeds of the following Zero Dividend Preference transactions to the Company:
-- Gross proceeds of GBP10,978,000 raised from the conversion of 10,977,747 Zero Dividend Preference shares at100p on 8 January 2018
-- Gross proceeds of GBP10,978,000 raised from the placing of 1,802,336 Zero Dividend Preference share at 100pon 8 January 2018
-- Gross proceeds of GBP1,463,000 raised from the placing of 1,419,917 Zero Dividend Preference shares at apremium of 103p on 11 April 2018
-- Gross proceeds of GBP313,000 raised from the placings of 300,000 Zero Dividend Preference shares at apremium of 104p on the 10 and 15 May 2018
The loan is non-interest bearing and is repayable three business days before the Zero Dividend Preference share redemption date of 30 April 2025 or, if required by SDVP, at any time prior to that date in order to repay the Zero Dividend Preference share entitlement. The funds are to be managed in accordance with the investment policy of the Company.
The loan is secured by way of a floating charge on the Company's assets under a loan agreement entered into between the Company and SDVP dated 27 November 2017.
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JSE faces mixed Asian markets on Thursday as investors mull global outlook
The JSE looks set to open to a mixed Asian session on Thursday morning, amid some hawkish commentary from central bankers, as well as mixed news out of China.
China’s factory and service sectors snapped three months of activity decline in June as authorities lifted a strict Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai, reviving output and consumer spending, Reuters reported.
The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 50.2 in June from 49.6 in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. That slightly missed the forecast for 50.5 in a Reuters poll but rose above the 50-point mark that separates contraction from growth for the first time since February.
Markets, however, were also digesting Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reiteration of the country's zero Covid-19 policy, while influential central bankers at a European Central Bank forum overnight had reiterated concerns over persistent inflation.
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell effectively endorsed current market pricing, signalling that another 75-basis-point hike will be on the table for discussion when policymakers meet again in late July, said National Australia Bank currency strategist Rodrigo Catril in a note.
In morning trade, the Shanghai Composite was up 1.3%, Japan’s Nikkei was down 1.4%, while the Hang Seng was flat.
Tencent, of particular relevance to the JSE due to the shareholding of the Naspers stable, was down 1.64%.
Gold was little changed at $1,816.97/oz, while platinum was unchanged at $918. Brent crude had added 0.36% to $116.06 a barrel.
The rand was 0.25% weaker at R16.22/$.
The local corporate calendar is sparse on Thursday, though there is quite a bit of economic data, including private sector credit extension numbers and balance of trade figures for May.
The release that is likely to be most closely watched by economists is producer inflation numbers for May. Expectations are that there was an acceleration to 14.1% year on year in May, from 13.1% in the prior month.
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Let the talking begin. The trading, too, and eventually the signing.
Free agency officially opens Thursday in the NBA, with teams able to begin negotiating at 6 p.m. Eastern with players who are not under contract — although, in reality, free agency and the slew of offseason movement is already off and running.
James Harden declined his $47 million option for next season with Philadelphia on Wednesday and became a free agent — but told the team he intends to stay on a new deal that will allow the 76ers the flexibility they need to sign other players this summer, according to a person with direct knowledge of that situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Harden nor the 76ers confirmed those plans publicly.
And Harden’s decision came almost simultaneously Wednesday with another massive move — the San Antonio Spurs are trading All-Star guard Dejounte Murray to the Atlanta Hawks for Danilo Gallinari and three first-round picks, according to another person with direct knowledge of the terms of that deal who spoke to AP with anonymity because the trade had not been announced by either side. ESPN first reported the completion of that deal, which pairs Murray with another All-Star in Trae Young in the Hawks’ backcourt.
Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook have already made their decisions; both could have been free agents this summer and found a combined 84 million reasons not to hit the open market — $47 million for Westbrook to opt-in for the last year of his deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and nearly $37 million for Irving to do the same with the Brooklyn Nets.
Jalen Brunson will be in demand early, with the expectation that he’ll quickly agree to leave Dallas and become the new point guard in New York. And there will be players who might decide to look elsewhere, or accept huge $200-million-plus deals with their current teams — opportunities that are presenting themselves to Zach LaVine with Chicago and Bradley Beal with Washington.
The largest deal, in terms of actual dollars, coming in the next few days almost certainly won’t have anything to do with a free agent: All signs point to two-time reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic being offered a supermax extension in the $260 million range by the Denver Nuggets. The only question there will be how quickly he finds a pen to put to that paper.
Minnesota can give Karl-Anthony Towns a supermax of about $210 million this summer, as can Phoenix with Devin Booker.
Other players are restricted free agents, meaning their current teams will have the right to match offers from other clubs. The most notable name on that list is Deandre Ayton, the Phoenix center who was the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft but watched others in his draft class get their first extensions last summer.
Some players will be free agents in name only. John Wall, for example, will get $41 million in a buyout from the Houston Rockets, and has already decided that he wants to play for the Los Angeles Clippers next season. The Clippers are expected to use a $6.4 million exception to sign Wall, and that figure matches the money that Wall gave back to make the buyout of what would have been the final year of his contract happen.
“We’ll see what happens as free agency opens up and everything else,” Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said. “I think the sky’s the limit for our team. The sky is the limit. … And of course, you’ve got to have a little bit of luck to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy, which is what we’d really like.”
That will be everyone’s goal come 6 p.m. Thursday, to find ways to get closer to the Larry O’Brien, whether that’s in 2023 or beyond.
Such thinking even applies to the champion Golden State Warriors, who have a slew of rotation players — Kevon Looney, Otto Porter, Gary Payton II among them — who just last week were enjoying a parade through San Francisco and are now free to go elsewhere if the opportunities and dollars are right.
“We still do need to surround the team with vets and that’s the plan in free agency,” Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. “It’s easier to get some of the older players, we think, in free agency than young players. Young players are probably the most in-demand in free agency.”
True, and that’s another element of this time of year: Young players, and not grabbing them in free agency this year, but keeping them out of free agency in future years.
Ja Morant will surely be offered a max rookie extension by Memphis, one that will kick in with the 2023-24 season. The Zion Williamson situation in New Orleans will be interesting, as the Pelicans decide how much to offer to — or safely structure a deal for — a No. 1 pick who has missed the majority of his first three NBA seasons because of injury issues. Miami is planning to offer sixth man of the year Tyler Herro an extension, though the Heat will have to determine what number makes the most sense for them going forward.
And, of course, there is a LeBron James angle: The Los Angeles Lakers were a disaster last season and will aim to revamp their roster, plus can give James a two-year extension in August worth nearly $100 million. But before he signs, they have far more pressing concerns.
Officially, it all starts Thursday. A new season is already here.
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After moving the world by sharing, in May of this year, a post saying that her body could not “continue anymore” due to a bowel cancerdied this Tuesday (29) the podcaster Deborah Jamesgives BBC from London. Her passing was announced by her family on Instagram.
According to the publication, Deborah died with her relatives at the age of 40. She had been battling cancer since 2016, when she was diagnosed. “Deborah is gone peacefully today,” said the family, who consider her “the most amazing wife, daughter, sister and mother.”
The presenter leaves two children.
“Nobody knows how much time I have left”
In the post published on May 9, Deborah said that she did not feel well and that she feared not knowing how much time she had left. “No one knows how much time I have left, but I can’t walk, I sleep most days and most of the things I took for granted are distant dreams,” she said.
The podcaster was receiving hospice care at her parents’ home in Woking, England, after discovering that the treatment she was undergoing was ineffective. Her liver had already stopped working six months ago.
“I know we’re looking at all possibilities. But even with all the innovative cancer treatments in the world, or even if there’s a new magical breakthrough, my body just can’t go on anymore,” Deborah said at the time.
Career
Deborah James hosted the BBC podcast ‘You, Me and The Big C’, which portrayed the daily life of people with cancer. In addition, she launched the Bowelbabe fund to promote personalized medicine in cancer care. The fund, today, has accumulated more than 6.8 million pounds.
The podcaster has already been visited by Prince William, who bestowed on her the title of “lady”.
She was also a vice principal at a school and, after her cancer diagnosis, started blogging. She also had a column in The Sun newspaper. | https://playcrazygame.com/2022/06/30/presenter-dies-who-moved-the-world-with-farewell-after-discovering-cancer/ | 2022-06-30T06:47:46Z | https://playcrazygame.com/2022/06/30/presenter-dies-who-moved-the-world-with-farewell-after-discovering-cancer/ | false | 1 |
Reporter gunned down in latest attack on Mexican journalists
A Mexican reporter was killed Wednesday in one of the country's most violent northern border states, authorities and his employer said, the latest in a series of attacks in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.
Antonio de la Cruz, a journalist for local newspaper Expreso, was shot and killed in his home in the Tamaulipas state capital Ciudad Victoria, the paper said.
His death is the second of an employee at the outlet following his colleague Hector Gonzalez's murder in 2018, according to human rights organisation Article 19.
Tamaulipas is a Gulf coast state, just south of Texas, where violent drug cartels fight over lucrative smuggling routes. Local journalists who focus on crime and corruption are especially vulnerable.
Expreso has been the target of several attacks in the past, Article 19 said. In 2012, a car bomb exploded in front of the paper's offices, and in 2018, a severed head was left in a cooler outside.
“It's believed that the attack was a message of intimidation and a threat against all (journalists) in Tamaulipas,” Article 19 regional director Leopoldo Maldonado told Reuters.
De la Cruz's death follows the murders of at least eight other media workers in Mexico this year as a result of their journalism, according to Article 19.
The journalist's daughter was also injured in the attack. Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca said on Wednesday afternoon she was in critical condition.
“We're not going to stop until we find those responsible, and we're going to punish them with the full weight of the law,” the governor said.
The Tamaulipas attorney-general's office said in a news conference late Wednesday the gun used to kill de la Cruz was a .40-calibre pistol, which is used exclusively in the country by the army. It said it had not ruled out the involvement of organised crime, however.
De la Cruz's family members have been enrolled in the state's protection program, attorney-general Irving Barrios said.
Violence against the media has skyrocketed during Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration, according to a report published by Article 19.
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Burberry Group (OTCMKTS:BURBY – Get Rating) had its price target upped by UBS Group from GBX 1,845 ($22.64) to GBX 1,848 ($22.67) in a research report report published on Monday morning, The Fly reports.
A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on BURBY. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on Burberry Group from GBX 2,280 ($27.97) to GBX 1,950 ($23.92) in a research report on Monday, May 23rd. Barclays boosted their price objective on Burberry Group from GBX 1,960 ($24.05) to GBX 2,070 ($25.40) in a research report on Tuesday, May 31st. Cheuvreux cut Burberry Group from a buy rating to a hold rating and set a GBX 1,650 ($20.24) price target on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, June 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Burberry Group from GBX 2,000 ($24.54) to GBX 1,850 ($22.70) in a research report on Tuesday, April 12th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Burberry Group presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $1,668.16.
Shares of OTCMKTS BURBY opened at $20.41 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $20.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.43. Burberry Group has a 52 week low of $18.18 and a 52 week high of $30.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 2.00.
Burberry Group Company Profile (Get Rating)
Burberry Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, retails, and wholesales luxury goods under the Burberry brand. The company operates in two segments, Retail/Wholesale and Licensing. It provides womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, beauty, eyewear, shoes, and accessories, as well as leather goods, such as bags.
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Oppn Prez candidate Yashwant Sinha to visit July 2
Former union minister Yashwant Sinha who is contesting the Presidential polls with the support of the Opposition parties, is likely to visit Hyderabad on July 2 as part of his campaign.
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TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao who accompanied Sinha for filing the nominations in New Delhi recently, invited the latter to Hyderabad to meet the TRS MPs and legislators. The TRS which extended its support to Sinha's candidature, had also assured to reach out to all the like-minded political forces to support him in the Presidential elections.
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