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(The Hill) – Reality TV star Jen Shah pleaded guilty Monday to running a telemarketing scheme, a charge that could land the 48-year-old in prison for more than a decade.
Shah, one of the stars of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” entered the plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Manhattan federal court, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday.
She told a judge that beginning in 2012, she participated in a massive telemarketing fraud for nearly a decade that prosecutors say cheated thousands of people nationwide.
“I knew this was wrong and that many people were harmed and I’m so sorry,” Shah told Judge Sidney H. Stein.
The “Housewives” cast member, along with her personal assistant, Stuart Smith, was arrested last year and accused of engaging in the scam that defrauded victims throughout the country by “selling those victims so-called ‘business services’ in connection with the victims’ purported online business.”
She said she knew that she was teaming up with others to market products to people “that had little or no value.”
Many of the victims were described by the U.S. attorney’s office as “elderly” and “vulnerable.”
In a statement afterward, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams called Shah a “key participant in a nationwide scheme that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims.”
He added: “These victims were sold false promises of financial security but instead Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kiersten Ann Fletcher said Shah acted as a “lead broker,” directing what sales workers said to their victims and sharing in illegal profits, using some of the money to pay for the New York City apartment where she lived and for other personal items.
The charge typically carries a prison sentence of up to 30 years, but under the terms of the guilty plea, prosecutors said they would recommend Shah serve between 11 to 14 years. The Park City resident — who flaunted her luxurious lifestyle as one of the “Housewives” — agreed to forfeit $6.5 million and pay up to $9.5 million in restitution, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Shah is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/real-housewives-star-jen-shah-pleads-guilty-to-telemarketing-scheme/ | 2022-07-11T23:25:56Z | https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/real-housewives-star-jen-shah-pleads-guilty-to-telemarketing-scheme/ | true | 21 |
A new law put in place by NSW Liquor and Gaming gives some venues last-second restrictions they weren’t expecting.
NSW Liquor and Gaming has been in a battle with venues for the past couple of years as the venues seek to push back on new regulations being put in place in response to drug overdose deaths at festivals.
“Important announcement regarding under 18’s at Splendour.”
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— SplendourintheGrass (@SITG) July 11, 2022
“Dear Splendour community,
On Friday night all of our underage ticketholders received an email from moshtix informing them of late developments regarding Splendour’s Liquor License. In a nutshell, the message was this…
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ALL PATRONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT AT ALL TIMES WHILST AT THE EVENT AND CAMPGROUNDS.
This is not Splendour’s decision.
These new rules have been imposed on us by NSW Police. We were only informed of this late Thursday and we are very unhappy about these major changes being forced on the festival at such a late stage. We understand the impact it will have on many of our patrons. We also don’t want you to walk away with a fine.
So we want you all to be aware that Police will be present at the event, roaming throughout the crowd checking that underage minors are with a responsible adult.
The only place you can purchase tickets for accompanying responsible adults is via the Splendour resale facility, where all monies go to the previous ticket holder
Considerable fines may apply if not compliant.”
The newest update in the back and forth comes in the form of a restriction being put in place that would require festival attendees under the age of 18 to have a guardian present. The previous age range was anybody under the age of 16. Festivals are claiming they just figured out about this new regulation as fans have begun to receive emails notifying them of the new requirement.
Moshtix, the ticket provider, sent out an email last Friday to people who’ve bought tickets for the Splendour in the Grass festival.
“We appreciate that this is not ideal, we are not happy about this late change however we must adhere to these new conditions imposed on us by the Police and Liquor and Gaming,” the notice said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele has been tapped to step in and lead the Broadway revival of the beleaguered “Funny Girl” this fall, an announcement made just hours after current star Beanie Feldstein revealed she was leaving the musical sooner than anticipated due to the show taking a "different direction.”
The high-profile casting change rocked the Broadway community and represents another step toward a return to the spotlight and respectability for Michele after former “Glee” castmates in 2020 accused the actor of behavior that was interpreted as racist and bullying.
Michele, who started her career on Broadway and starred in the original “Spring Awakening” recently returned to the work with the documentary “Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.” In many ways, her ascension to playing Ziegfeld Follies comedian Fanny Brice — the role Barbra Streisand famously played on film — was foreshadowed by Michele singing several “Funny Girl” songs during the run of “Glee.”
After the show's formal announcement, Michele hailed her next career step, saying “a dream come true is an understatement” on Instagram. She did not mention Feldstein.
Broadway is usually known for its quiet, seamless transitions after A-list stars depart shows — in part to protect multimillion-dollar shows — indicating that the backstage machinations at “Funny Girl” have been strained at best.
In an extraordinary step, Feldstein took to social media Sunday to say that while playing the heroine of “Funny Girl” was a “lifelong dream,” she could no longer continue due to choices by producers and would leave early, on July 31.
“Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated,” she wrote. Her Instagram post was notably liked by Broadway veteran Ramin Karimloo, who plays Brice's love interest in “Funny Girl” and is staying on.
Fanny Brice standby Julie Benko will perform the title role from Aug. 2–Sep. 4 — and every Thursday beginning Sept. 8 — and Michele will step in starting Sept. 6.
That is also the date four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh will replace Emmy-winner Jane Lynch as Brice's mother, meaning there will be no Broadway reunion of “Glee” castmates Michele and Lynch.
Feldstein has missed several performances in recent weeks, including a weekend matinee. Last month, she missed a string of shows due to a positive COVID-19 test. She had previously said she would depart the show Sept. 25, but now won't last past the end of July.
Fanny is one of musical theater’s more difficult roles to cast, needing both a set of pipes, a sense of humor and a spunky charm, perhaps why it has only now been revived on theater’s biggest stage. Streisand starred in it on Broadway in 1964 and then won an Oscar in the 1968 film version.
The bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a Jewish girl from New York in the 1920s who went from burlesque to Broadway stages despite criticism that she wasn’t conventionally beautiful. “Funny Girl” is a musical that celebrates the oddballs, the kooky and the misfits, with Jule Styne-penned gems of songs like “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and “People”
Feldstein, the “Booksmart” and “Lady Bird” actor, considered it one of theater's highest honors to play Brice, telling The Associated Press in April that she tried not to think about it too much or she'd “explode.”
Reviews were mixed to poor, with many critics saying that while Feldstein brought excitement and spirit, her voice was simply not up to the task, with the Hollywood Reporter review saying “she never quite makes the material soar, and this is a rickety vehicle that needs a supernova to put gas in its tank.”
Feldstein, who made her Broadway debut in 2017 in the Bette Midler-led revival of “Hello, Dolly!,” failed to secure a Tony nomination for “Funny Girl,” and the show itself was brushed off with a single nod — to Jared Grimes, a featured actor in a musical.
Box office revenues have softened of late, with a slow decline since the Tony Awards in June. The latest data shows a weekly take slipping under $1 million for an eight-performance week with the show performing to a house only 75% filled.
“I feel like this production has been a magnet for drama. In fact, it appears as though it thrives on it. Any press is good press, I guess,” says theater, film and television historian Mark A. Robinson, the author of “Musical Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak” and writer of the blog “The Music That Makes Me Dance.”
“I think the whole thing appears to be a PR nightmare, but clearly Beanie Feldstein is ready to move on. The show will only continue to run toward breaking even with a name and someone who can do vocal justice to that glorious score. Michele will do that. It may be messy, but messy creates publicity.”
Michele faced a backlash in 2020 and apologized for being “unnecessarily difficult” on the set of “Glee” after former co-star Samantha Marie Ware, who is Black, accused her of making her time there “a living hell.”
Michele issued a statement saying that while she didn’t recall any incident or judge anyone by their background, she was sorry and blamed her privilege and “immaturity.”
Reaction on Twitter on Monday was mostly sympathetic to Feldstein, with Ware defiant at the news. "Yes, I’m human. Yes, I’m Black. Yes, I was abused. Yes, my dreams were tainted. Yes, Broadway upholds whiteness. Yes, Hollywood does the same. Yes, silence is complicity. Yes, I’m loud. Yes, I’d do it again," she tweeted.
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There are roughly 1,000 species of anthurium plants, which are native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. They’re perennials, and although they can grow outdoors in warmer climates, they’re one of the most compatible houseplants for indoor spaces and often seen in indoor garden collections.
Anthurium plants are hardy in zones 10 and higher. Red anthuriums are very common, but you can find white and pink plants and even plants that are shades of yellow, burgundy, and green. Some gardeners grow them to admire their foliage, while others like them for the beautiful colors the anthurium has to offer.
But be aware that this plant — also known as the “flamingo flower” — can be fussy. As most plants do, the anthurium needs certain care conditions to be met in order to really thrive. You may end up doing a bit of trial and error, but it will be worth it to have this beautiful plant in your home. So, how do you care for an anthurium plant indoors?
Is it easy to grow anthurium plants indoors?
As with most indoor plants, your anthurium will do best when potted with well-draining soil in a container that has good drainage. Follow these steps for growing your plant indoors:
Step 1: Keep the soil moist when watering, but not wet (as you don’t want your anthurium sitting in soggy soil and potentially rotting).
Step 2: To avoid repotting too much, use a pot that the anthurium can grow into instead of out of.
Step 3: If needed, only repot when the plant’s roots fill the space. When you see roots begin to come above the soil, that means it’s time to repot.
Step 4: You may notice as your anthurium grows, that it isn’t supporting itself too well. When they grow in their natural environment, anthuriums tend to grow off our plants instead of in soil. So, you may need to provide it with some additional support in the form of a garden stake or skewer.
How do you water anthurium plants?
Anthuriums prefer an environment in which the soil is moist, not wet, and never dries out completely. Since they prefer a moist environment, anthuriums will require regular watering. Be wary of overwatering and drowning the plant. Anthuriums are prone to root rot if the soil is too wet for too long.
On the other hand, allowing the soil to dry out too much will slow the growth of the plant and make it more difficult for the roots to become wet again. Unlike hardy houseplants, the anthurium is one that needs close monitoring to ensure you’re providing it with the care it needs.
Here's how to make sure they get the right amount of water:
Step 1: Use a pot with good drainage.
Step 2: Avoid overwatering your anthurium by paying close attention to when the water begins to seep out the bottom and into the tray.
Step 3: You’ll know that it’s time to water again when the top of the soil is dry to the touch.
What type of soil do anthuriums prefer?
Anthuriums need the soil to drain well but be able to hold some water so that it stays moist. This is how to choose the best soil for them:
Step 1: To create the perfect soil environment for anthuriums, use a well-draining soil and a pot with a drainage hole.
Step 2: Use a potting mix designed for orchids with some additional sand and peat moss.
Step 3: If you are unable to do the orchid mix with sand and peat moss, you can also try a half-and-half mixture of regular houseplant potting soil and orchid mix. This gives you a similar environment to the one with sand and peat moss, and your anthurium will still be happy.
What’s the best light for anthuriums?
Anthuriums can grow in all levels of indirect lighting, so if you live in a dimmer space, you still have a shot at keeping an anthurium as a houseplant. Here's how to choose the best lighting for your anthurium:
Step 1: Keep in mind that anthuriums grown in lower lighting will grow slower and have fewer flowers than those grown in bright, indirect lighting.
Step 2: Don't place your plant in direct lighting. Anthuriums have a low tolerance for direct sunlight, and their leaves will easily burn.
Step 3: Put your anthurium in bright, indirect light for the best growing environment.
Step 4: If there isn’t a spot in your home where an anthurium can get the light it requires, use a grow light instead.
What if the anthurium isn’t blooming?
Like we said — anthuriums can be a bit trickier. If the anthurium isn’t blooming, it may be because it isn’t getting the exact mixture of humidity, light, water, and nutrients from its potting mixture that it requires. Here's how to find and correct the problem:
Step 1: Troubleshoot first by making sure you’re following the directions, as listed above.
Step 2: Fertilize the plant occasionally — about once every one to two weeks.
Step 3: Use a phosphorus-rich fertilizer diluted to quarter strength.
Step 4: Keep in mind that anthuriums should be repotted every two to three years, to make sure they have room to continue growing and pushing out new blooms.
Can I propagate anthuriums?
Yes! And doing so when you repot is the perfect time. Here's what to do:
Step 1: Take a stem cutting that has at least two nodes.
Step 2: Root it in water or perlite, or push it directly in the soil.
The cutting may take some time to grow, but so long as you’re patient, you’ll be sure to see results.
Remember that anthuriums are still tropical plants. Proper anthurium care means they need to grow in humid, moist environments. Recreating these conditions as best you can will give your anthurium the best shot at thriving. When it’s colder/drier out, you’ll want to mist your plant to increase humidity levels or even run a humidifier.
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Root Canal Irrigatos Market Size, Share and Forecast to 2028
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Table Application of Root Canal Irrigatos
Figure Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market Share by Application in 2020
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Figure Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market Share by Region in 2020
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2.1 DENTSPLY International
2.1.1 Company Profile
Table DENTSPLY International Overview List
2.1.2 Products & Services Overview
2.1.3 Sales Data List
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2.2 Kerr
2.3 DURR DENTAL
2.4 VDW GmbH
2.5 Dental Nanotechnology SP.Z O.O.
2.6 Vista Dental Products
2.7 B&L Biotech USA
2.8 SMOOLES.B.V.
2.9 Transcodent GmbH & Co. KG
2.10 Itena Clinical Laboratory
2.11 Veirun
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Figure Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market Share by Company in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market by Company, 2016-2020 (Volume)
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Table Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market by Type, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
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Table Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market by Type, 2016-2020 (Volume)
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Table Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market by Application, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
Figure Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market Share by Application in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market by Application, 2016-2020 (Volume)
Figure Global Root Canal Irrigatos Market Share by Application in 2020 (Volume)
Table Price List by Application, 2016-2020
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Dr Louise Newson has called on the UK soaps to reflect the reality of the menopause and highlight the importance of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Writing in the Radio Times, the GP and menopause specialist said many of the “millions” of women who would benefit remain unaware of HRT.
HRT works by replacing the hormones a woman’s body no longer produces because of the menopause.
Dr Newson described HRT as “as close to a wonder drug as menopausal women could wish for” and noted how women who take it also have a lower risk of developing a number of common diseases, such as heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia.
She admitted she recently struggled to keep her temper when she heard a character in The Archers decline HRT for her perimenopausal symptoms because she wanted to be “natural”.
Dr Newson added: “So, yes, just a mention for the perimenopause on The Archers is fantastic.
“And it’s encouraging that there have also been storylines on EastEnders and Emmerdale; but we can’t continue to rely, dramatically, on the old tropes about HRT being harmful and that the menopause only affects midlife or older women.”
Dr Newson often appears alongside Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning supporting the ITV show’s menopause campaign.
However, she added: “But it’s the soaps, with their high viewing figures and wide social spread, that can reach ethnic, socio-economic and age groups that The Archers does not.
“There are a lot of cultures where taking HRT or even admitting you’re menopausal is seen as a failure due to the fertility issues associated with ageing.
“By helping these women, we’d also be helping ourselves; the cost of treating the symptoms and the diseases that are associated with the menopause would far outweigh the cost to the NHS of increased HRT take-up.
“This country has some of the best television and radio creative talent in the world; it’s time they focused on the menopause and HRT.”
Coronation Street has also featured storylines about menopause.
In May, the soap aired scenes in which Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure and offered HRT.
Representatives of The Archers, EastEnders and Emmerdale have been contacted for comment.
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The first phase of scanning for unmarked graves has begun on the grounds of a former residential school near Port Alberni.
The Tseshaht First Nation says the project at the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School began Monday and will take about two weeks.
The statement says children from at least 100 First Nations across British Columbia attended the school while it operated from 1900 to 1973.
It says GeoScan, a company with experience carrying out ground-penetrating radar scans at other former residential schools, will conduct the work in co-ordination with the First Nation and with cultural protocols in mind.
The First Nation says a formal announcement with results of the scan will be released once some time is taken to analyze the findings.
Similar investigations are being done at former residential schools across Canada, following the discovery of what were believed to be more than 200 unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
“We recognize this work may be difficult for our people and those carrying memories connected to residential schools,” the statement says. “Together we are working to find answers from the past and bring truth to the present.”
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Company also finalizing new $150 million debt facility, ensuring ample capital to deploy across existing and new verticals
Enhanced Capital Group and Crossroads to focus relationship on credit investments in Climate Finance, Impact Real Estate, and Small Business Lending to Underserved Communities
Increased scale sets stage to evaluate eventual up-listing
DALLAS, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crossroads Impact Corp (OTCQX: CRSS), the parent company of leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Certified B Corp, Capital Plus Financial, has announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with Enhanced Capital Group LLC ("ECG"), the Impact investment solution of P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX), and a new strategic investment from Conversant Capital LLC ("Conversant").
Investment funds managed by P10 and managed by Conversant are investing a combined $180 million of equity capital in Crossroads at $10.76 per share, with the ability to commit up to an additional $310 million of total equity capital at the same price within the next 120 days. This expanded relationship will increase the scope of capital deployment, previously established by an advisory agreement in late 2021, for Enhanced Capital to issue loans on behalf of Crossroads that positively impact communities across the U.S. by enriching their economic vitality. Specifically, Crossroads plans to increase its capital allocation to ECG's core verticals of climate finance, impact real estate, and small business lending to underserved businesses.
Crossroads is finalizing a new $150 million debt facility led by Texas Capital Bank ("Texas Capital"), which is attractively priced at BSBY + 300bps. This facility builds upon the existing relationship with Texas Capital, a bank dedicated to providing capital to underserved areas.
Thanks to the combination of fresh equity and attractively priced debt capital, Crossroads believes it is well positioned to pursue its ample pipeline of ECG impact loans, which is already approaching $500 million, and is expected to deliver shareholders with an attractive return on equity. Moreover, the additional scale will better position Crossroads to explore an up-listing onto a national exchange, where the Company believes its proven track record of positive impact and strong credit performance would present a differentiated and appealing value proposition to ESG-conscious investors.
"Prioritizing underserved communities and disadvantaged populations is core to what we do," said Eric Donnelly, CEO of Crossroads Impact Corp. "Crossroads is grateful to have incredible partners like P10, Enhanced, and Conversant who have brought transformative capital, and a proven track record of impact to a platform that will positively affect the lives of thousands of people."
"We are thrilled to grow our partnership with Crossroads to provide access to much needed capital for underserved communities to catalyze growth and positive impact," said Michael Korengold, President, and CEO of Enhanced Capital Group. "Our shared mission to inspire community development is the core driver of this program and has been foundational to Enhanced Capital since our inception. Enhanced Capital looks forward to creating additional economic vitality and strengthening community development across the country with Crossroads at an even larger scale."
Michael Simanovsky, founder and managing partner of Conversant, said, "In the current market environment, impact-focused specialty finance companies with deep experience in the sector, proven business models and scalability, such as Crossroads, have an incredible opportunity ahead of them to deploy capital into large, underserved markets with attractive financial and credit characteristics. We're proud to partner with Crossroads and Enhanced to seize that opportunity and build the leading impact-focused specialty finance company in the U.S., which we are confident will deliver value for our investors, Crossroads and P10 stockholders, and underserved communities across the country."
"This partnership offers compelling benefits to all stakeholders by providing additional capital for Crossroads to deploy into socially beneficial, financially attractive investments and accelerate its growth into a fully scaled impact-focused specialty finance platform," said Clark Webb, co-CEO of P10. "Importantly, this also represents a new permanent capital vehicle for P10, and we are grateful investors have entrusted us to deploy capital on behalf of a unique, socially and environmentally beneficial firm."
About Crossroads Impact Corp:
Crossroads Impact Corp (OTCQX: CRSS), Crossroads Impact Corp's mission is to promote economic vitality through community development and equitable access to capital; harnessing the power for good to tackle systemic issues within underserved communities. Building on our history of serving minority individuals and small businesses through environmental and responsible social lending, we look to be the leader in providing innovative and sustainable lending solutions.
For more information on Crossroads Impact Corp, please visit www.crossroads.com
About Enhanced Capital Group, LLC:
Enhanced Capital Group, LLC is a leading impact investing firm with over 20 years of experience investing in Small Business Lending, Impact Real Estate, and Climate Finance.
From inception in 1999 through December 31st, 2021, inclusive of proprietary assets and assets managed by affiliates, Enhanced Capital has raised a total of $4.8 billion. Of the total AUM, impact assets represent $2.6 billion invested in over 700 projects & businesses across 38 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico and does not include investments made by non-impact affiliates.
For more information on Enhanced Capital, please visit www.enhancedcapital.com
About P10:
P10 is a leading multi-asset class private markets solutions provider in the alternative asset management industry. P10's mission is to provide its investors differentiated access to a broad set of investment solutions that address their diverse investment needs within private markets. As of March 31, 2022, P10 has a global investor base of over 2,500 investors across 49 states, 53 countries, and six continents, which includes some of the world's largest pension funds, endowments, foundations, corporate pensions, and financial institutions. For more information on P10, please visit www.p10alts.com
About Conversant Capital
Conversant Capital LLC is a private investment adviser founded in 2020. The firm pursues credit and equity investments in the real estate, digital infrastructure and hospitality sectors in both the public and private markets. Further information is available at www.conversantcap.com.
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Some of the statements in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "will," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss management's current expectations and projections relating to P10's financial position, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance, and business. The inclusion of any forward-looking information in this release should not be regarded as a representation that the future plans, estimates, or expectations contemplated will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current plans, estimates, and expectations and are inherently uncertain. All forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that may cause actual results to be materially different, including risks relating to: global and domestic market and business conditions; successful execution of business and growth strategies; regulatory factors relevant to P10's business; changes in P10's tax status; P10's ability to maintain its fee structure; its ability to attract and retain key employees; its ability to manage its obligations under its debt agreements; as well as assumptions relating to P10's operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy; and its ability to manage the effects of events outside of its control. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as additional risks that P10 faces, you should refer to the "Risk Factors" included in P10's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 21, 2022, and in its subsequent reports filed from time to time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date hereof. P10 undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events, except as otherwise required by law.
There is no assurance the ECG Impact loans will be implemented on the terms anticipated, or at all, or if implemented, if their performance will be consistent with prior performance levels. There is also no assurance of the ability of Crossroads to obtain asset leverage financing on terms it believes are reasonable, or at all. Any failure on any portion of this investment program by Crossroads could have a material adverse impact on the ability of Crossroads to generate its anticipated pre-tax incremental return on common equity.
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- The White House says Iran is poised to give Russia hundreds of drones to help in its Ukraine invasion.
- This includes "weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline," national security advisor Jake Sullivan said.
- The revelation came ahead of Biden's first trip to the Middle East since entering the White House.
The US has intelligence that suggests Iran is going to provide Russia with hundreds of drones to boost its war effort in Ukraine, national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday, per the Associated Press.
"Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs, including weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline," Sullivan said, employing the acronym for unmanned aerial vehicles (colloquially known as drones).
Sullivan also said the US's information indicated Iran could train Russian forces to use the drones as early as this month.
The announcement from Sullivan came amid stalled, indirect talks between the US and Iran aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal — the Obama-era pact that President Donald Trump withdrew the US from in May 2018. The deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), imposed restrictions that aimed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. After Trump broke from the pact and reimposed sanctions, tensions between Washington and Tehran reached historic heights.
President Joe Biden has made restoring the JCPOA a key foreign policy priority, but indirect negotiations between the US and Iran have failed to yield an agreement so far.
Biden is set to travel to the Middle East this week and will make visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank, and Saudi Arabia. It will mark Biden's first journey to the Middle East as president.
Iran and the efforts to breathe life back into the JCPOA are expected to be major topics of discussion as Biden meets with Israeli and Arab leaders during his time in the region. Both the Israelis and Saudis regard Iran as a threat and have repeatedly criticized or expressed opposition to the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Raúl: The Zone is going well and we will make every effort to keep it that way › Cuba › Granma
The Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) is progressing, there is much more experience, it is going well and we will make every effort to keep it that way, stated Army General Raúl Castro Ruz on Saturday morning, when visiting that economic enclave: the most important and with the greatest future in the country.
The leader of the Cuban Revolution headed the monthly inspection carried out by the Government of the ZEDM works, accompanied by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
As reported by Osvaldo Bravo Borrego, general director of the Engineering Services Company of the Mariel Comprehensive Project Management, in the Zone – founded in November 2013 and with an area of 465.4 square kilometers – 50 investments have been completed and another 21 are running.
Some 4,173 million pesos have been allocated to basic and complementary infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, railways, aqueducts, hydraulic, electrical and communication networks, as well as 349 homes for people who had to relocate due to the need for the investment process and construction workers. the Zone itself.
The manager explained in detail each investment, including Vidrios Mariel, which should be ready by 2024. He also gave details about the work carried out in the ZEDM to generate electricity from sunlight, which has allowed the production of 67 megawatts peak. 90% of that electricity is delivered to the National Electric System, for which the owners of these systems receive income.
On this subject, the Cuban President insisted that each new investment made in Mariel must include generation by renewable energy sources.
Ana Teresa Igarza Martínez, general director of the ZEDM, when explaining the development and business program, considered that the environment is highly competitive, with more than 500 similar enclaves in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Among the main attractions of Mariel, he highlighted the Single Window System, which processes all the licenses, permits and authorizations of investors; as well as a scheme of financial operations in freely convertible currency.
He also pondered the delivery of plots with high-standard infrastructure financed by the Cuban State, such as electricity, water, communications, roads and fire-fighting systems. In addition, incentives are offered for solar generation from the roofs of industrial facilities.
To date, he specified, 62 businesses have been approved – 36 in operation – for a committed investment amount of more than 3,000 million dollars. Of these, more than a billion have already been executed. In the Zone there are 21 countries, 11 multinationals, and more than 15,000 jobs have been generated.
The pillar industries of the ZEDM, Igarza Martínez noted, are concentrated in logistics services, biotechnology, the biopharmaceutical industry and advanced manufacturing.
Along this path of high technology, the 1st. On November 2021, the CIGB-Mariel Biotechnological Industrial Complex was inaugurated, the most modern in Cuba. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of the BioCubaFarma business group, explained to the country’s leadership what has happened in these eight months. The plant, he pointed out, is in operation and its equipment is being calibrated and qualified. All the parameters so far are optimal, assured the scientist. | https://d1softballnews.com/raul-the-zone-is-going-well-and-we-will-make-every-effort-to-keep-it-that-way-cuba-granma/ | 2022-07-11T23:58:54Z | https://d1softballnews.com/raul-the-zone-is-going-well-and-we-will-make-every-effort-to-keep-it-that-way-cuba-granma/ | true | 1 |
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Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK) Q4 2019 Results Earnings Conference Call November 14, 2019 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Dan Batrack - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Burdick - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Sean Eastman - KeyBanc Capital Markets
Andrew Wittmann - Rober W. Baird
Noelle Dilts - Stifel
Marc Riddick - Sidoti
Tate Sullivan - MAxim Group
Operator
Good morning. And thank you for joining the Tetra Tech Earnings Call. By now you should have received a copy of the press release. If you have not, please contact the company's corporate office at 626-351-4664. As a reminder, Tetra Tech is also simulcasting this presentation with slides in the Investors section of its website at www.tetratech.com. This call is being recorded at the request of Tetra Tech and this broadcast is the copyrighted property of Tetra Tech. Any rebroadcast of this information in whole or part without prior written permission of Tetra Tech is prohibited.
With us today from management are Dan Batrack, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Steve Burdick, Chief Financial Officer. They will provide a brief overview of the results, and we'll then open up the call for questions. I'd like to direct your attention to the Safe Harbor statement in today's presentation. Today's discussion contains forward-looking statements about future growth and financial expectations.
Actual results may differ significantly from those projected in today's forward-looking statements due to various risks and uncertainties, including the risks described in Tetra Tech's periodic reports filed with the SEC. Except as required by law, Tetra Tech takes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements.
In addition, since management will be presenting some non-GAAP financial measures as references, the appropriate GAAP financial reconciliations are posted in the Investors section of Tetra Tech's website.
At this time, I would like to inform you that all participants are in a listen-only mode. At the request of the company, we will open up the conference for question-and-answers after the presentation.
With that, I would now like to turn the call over to Dan Batrack. Please go ahead, Mr. Batrack.
Dan Batrack
Great. Thank you very much, Michelle, and good morning. And welcome to our fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019 earnings conference call. Fiscal year 2019 was an extraordinary year for us here at Tetra Tech. We grew at double-digit rates across multiple metrics resulting in record highs for revenue, net revenue, earnings per share and our cash generation. We ended the year with our backlog exceeding $3 billion for the first time in Tetra Tech's history, providing us with excellent visibility and momentum as we enter fiscal year 2020.
As we enter this new decade, we see increased global demand for our differentiated water and environmental services and our high end Leading with Science approach. I'll begin today's presentation with an overview of our quarterly and annual results and our business outlook, while Steve Burdick, our Chief Financial Officer, will provide additional details on our financial performance and our capital allocation.
We had a very strong fourth quarter led by our revenue, earnings per share and backlog growth. Our net revenue of $640 million was up 14% from the prior year. Our fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.88 was up 17% from last year. And our backlog was up 16% year-over-year finishing at just under $3.1 billion, the highest in the history of the company. In the fourth quarter, we added the firm White Young Green or WYG providing us with a new United Kingdom platform. And I'm pleased to say that our initial integration is going extremely well. Our collaboration and operations and business develop has already yielded very positive results.
I'd now like to provide an overview of our performance by our customer. In our fourth quarter, we had growth across all of our end markets, especially for the United States, state and local and international sectors.
State and local revenues were very strong this quarter with an organic net revenue growth of 31% year-over-year. This is the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth for our state and local business. This growth is a direct result of municipal water infrastructure work in the metropolitan areas of California, Texas and Florida, and for continuing disaster response and recovery services for past fires and floods.
Work for U.S. Federal clients was 28% of our net revenue in the quarter and was up 8% year-over-year. The increase in U.S. Federal work was driven by our consulting work for the Department of Defense, various civilian agencies and for the U.S. State Department. Our U.S. commercial net revenue was 23% of our business and up 1% year-over-year. Our environmental permitting and renewable energy consulting and design services were up, while some of our larger environmental restoration programs were ramping down on the course.
And finally, our international net revenue was up 21% year-over-year, driven by local water and environmental work in Canada and Australia, and with the addition of WYG in the United Kingdom during the quarter.
I'd now like to present our performance by our business segments. Our GSG and our CIG segments both grew at double-digit rates in the fourth quarter. The GSG segment was up 15% with strong growth in broad-based water and environmental programs, disaster response and our longer-term recovery services. The GSG segment continued to deliver excellent margins at 14.1% for the quarter.
Our CIG segment grew by 12% year-over-year and delivered over a 10% margin up 280 basis points from the same quarter last year and 40 basis points up from the very prior quarter. For the full fiscal year of 2019, we achieved all time record highs in net revenue, operating income and earnings per share. Tetra Tech’s full year for net revenue was $2.406 billion which is 9% up compared to last year. Our operating income was $241 million, up 11% from the prior year, and our earnings per share was over $3 for the first time in the company's history, with an earnings per share of $3.17, up 20% from the prior year.
Tetra Tech's backlog was up 16% year-on-year on strong orders in the quarter with a large increase occurring in just this fourth quarter of the year. The last quarter of the fiscal year is typically our strongest quarter. However, we were also pleased to see a number of long-term pursuits come out with favorable outcomes in the quarter.
We ended the quarter with $3.90 billion of backlog as I’ve mentioned earlier for the first time over $3 billion in the company. Strong orders in the quarter also resulted in a sequential 9.1% increase in our backlog from the quarter. And in the fourth quarter, we won new programs and task orders for our differentiated water and environmental services across a very broad base of our clients both in the United States and internationally.
We continue to expand our contract capacity for global analytic and water related services. We were also awarded a new contract for our water program in Mongolia that will leverage our analytical, water planning and engineering expertise in providing safe water supplies.
In addition, we were awarded multiple task orders for water management, flood protection and dam restoration in the United States, continuing our long-term technical support for key federal agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Now, I would like to turn the presentation over to Steve Burdick, our Chief Financial Officer to present the details of our financials from the quarter and the year. Steve?
Steve Burdick
Okay. Thank you, Dan. So as Dan just highlighted, our adjusted revenue, net revenue, operating income and earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2019 were among the best quarterly results in the history of Tetra Tech. Now on a GAAP basis, the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter revenue $842 million increased 14% when compared to the revenue of $739 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. And likewise, the fiscal 2019 fourth quarter net revenue of $628 million increased 14% when compared to the net revenue of $553 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
So, overall, these revenue increases resulted primarily from our U.S.-focused environmental and water engineering and consulting work, our international renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure efforts, especially those in Canada and now also in the UK, and the disaster response recovery planning activities that we have continued into the fourth quarter.
Also on a GAAP basis, our operating income in the fourth quarter 2019 was $21 million, compared to $43 million last year, and earnings per share was $0.21 compared to $0.51 last year. Now, on an adjusted basis, we generated a 5% increase in our quarterly operating income year-over-year and a 17% increase in EPS. This increase in operating income and EPS was driven by our revenue growth and by our continued focus on front end consulting and engineering services.
And so for those of you following along on the webcast presentation, I'd like to walk you through a reconciliation of our GAAP results to our adjusted net revenue operating income and earnings per share. So first, in the fourth quarter, we made a decision to exit our Canadian turnkey pipeline business. As we've discussed in the past, this part of our business was contributing on revenue but with little or no margin. And as we continued to grow our high end consulting business, this was no longer core to our long-term strategy.
Now, although we expect this decision to have cash flow positive impact on fiscal 2020, as a result of this disposition, we did recognize Q4 charges totaling $19 million for goodwill impairment of about $8 million and severance and asset valuation impairments of about $11 million. Ultimately, we expect to realize longer-term improvement in our operating margins, our working capital and our cash flow, while bringing down the risk in our operations.
Also during the fourth quarter, as we previously discussed on the third quarter call, we completed the acquisition of WYG. The acquisition of WYG provides Tetra Tech a solid platform in the UK, whereby we can further grow our consulting and engineering services for both governmental and commercial clients. And as part of this acquisition, we did incur charges totaling about $10.4 million during the fourth quarter. These before transaction costs and fees of about $3.3 million and one-time integration costs of about $7.1 million for severance, asset valuation issues and lease impairments.
And finally, subsequent to our fiscal year-end, and in fact, just last week, we received an arbitration decision in our favor for a contractual dispute on a project, which was contracted for RCM back in 2008. Although we won the legal arbitration, the amount awarded to us was less than our estimated recovery. And as such, we reduced our revenue and that's recognized an additional non-cash charge of $13.7 million in the fourth quarter. This does resolve one of the last large historical claims.
Now turning to working capital and our balance sheet. Cash flow generated from operations in fiscal 2019 totaled $209 million. This compares favorably to the prior year cash flow of $186 million by about $23 million or an increase of about 12%. This excellent cash flow was a result of our continued focus on collections of accounts receivable and management of our working capital.
And among the many benefits of this cash improvement was the management of our debt. Our debt increased only slightly from $131 million last year at this time to $156 million, and our net debt to EBITDA settled below 1.0 factor at about 0.6 times due to our continued strong cash flows and operation.
And lastly, our day sales outstanding decreased to 77.6 days as of the fourth quarter. This was an improvement of almost eight days from last year. But we expect to do better in fiscal 2020 with a target DSO of 75 days, which currently we are a lot closer to now than we were last year.
I'd like to go through our long-term capital allocation strategy which caused for a balance of investing in the growth of our business, managing the balance sheet and returning cash to our shareholders. Our continued strong annualized operating cash flows and especially the $209 million of operating cash flow for the year allows us to continue to do just that.
We've been able to invest in strategic areas while growing the top and bottom lines. And to that end, in the fourth quarter, we closed the acquisition of WYG. Moreover, we paid out $8.2 million in dividends in the fourth quarter. And in all of fiscal 2019, we've paid out about $29.7 million in dividends. And just last week, our Board of Directors approved our 22nd consecutive dividend, which will be paid in the month of December at a rate of $0.15 per share.
In addition to the dividend payments to our shareholders, we completed $25 million in share repurchases in the fourth quarter, and a total of $100 million in all of fiscal 2019. Going forward, we look to continuing the quarterly different program and utilizing the $125 million remaining under the approved stock buyback program.
So, I'm very pleased to share these outstanding financial results for the fourth quarter and all of fiscal 2019. Thank you for your time today. And I will now hand the call back over to Dan.
Dan Batrack
Thank you, Steve. I'd like to turn to our outlook for the 2020 fiscal year. We're starting a new fiscal year that is the first of a new decade. And we're entering this new decade with a company that's been built on Leading with Science since our founding of the company over 50 years ago.
It’s quite impressive how the first of a kind research that we've done over the years has resulted in the differentiated water and environmental services that we offer our clients today. In past decades, we led the way in water modeling and simulation, deployed telemetry in extreme environments, designed large scale river sediment restoration programs, and most recently, applied our real time cloud-based systems to address the unprecedented disaster recovery needs here in the United States.
As Tetra Tech has expanded to new geographies and markets we scaled our technology to efficiently and effectively address our clients’ needs with a talent force of over 20,000 staff worldwide. It’s this success that has resulted in our number one industry leading rankings with the engineering record.
Today, Tetra Tech’s high end services are in more demand and more relevant than ever before as our clients address the experience of climate, the needs for resiliency and the infrastructure, the technology-driven transformation of our cities and the sustainability management of our resources. At Tetra Tech, we’ve been combining our domain knowledge with technology that’s embedded in the delivery of our services across the over 70,000 projects we perform in a year.
We call our technology the Tetra Tech Delta, the tools that differentiate us. These are the technologies that we’ve developed for our project work such as specialized software, data collection and sensor solutions with numerous patterns and proprietary solutions that we have here in the company. The Tetra Tech Delta includes software solutions to assess water sheds in coastal regions, techniques to apply real time control for water management and tools that help our clients manage their capital plans and assets. We help our clients monitor and assess in real time. We decipher the acoustics associated with air traffic and even autonomously assess infrastructure conditions at high speeds. Our proprietary 3D design apps are also used to augment our high end design services.
As we’ve grown, we’ve also developed the internal systems to scale our technology across our global operation. We have innovation hubs for collaboration with our clients, and innovators program to identify and develop patents submissions and the technology transfer program that shares the Tetra Tech Delta information worldwide across all of our associates. In 2020 and beyond, we see the Tetra Tech Delta as a significant competitive advantage that brings our worldwide solutions to bear on addressing the increasing global focus on climate, resiliency and sustainability.
I’d now like to highlight our outlook on the water and environment markets. Since our founding, Tetra Tech has focused on solving water related problems for our clients. Our long-term focus on success in this market has resulted in Tetra Tech’s number one ranking with the ENR and Water for 16 years in a row. Our water related services address the full water cycle for managing storm water to protecting our lakes and oceans. Tetra Tech Delta that we provide allows us to design the most cost effective and sustainable water solutions for our clients. The water market has seen an increase in attention and funding spurred by concerns associated with extreme events such as seal level rise. The cost for upgrading the shore line protection in the United States alone is estimated at approximately $400 billion over the next 20 years, roughly equivalent to the cost of building the interstate highway system all across the United States.
Funding is also increasing for resiliency and sustainability. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA has now established that 6% of its disaster funding will be spent on pre-disaster mitigation. Our market leader disaster recovery planning and mitigation design capabilities are well match to this funding. We also see the green tech market continuing to expand with more than $25 billion being invested by 2024.
For us, this market includes supporting renewable energy such as offshore and onshore wind and solar and high performance green building design. Another emerging area is ocean stewardship and plastics reduction that is resulting in significant new funding globally. We were just awarded a first of its kind $48 million contract with U.S. Agency for International Development to assess and develop plastic reductions and mitigation strategies for ocean protection.
As we enter fiscal year 2020, we see a strong growth outlook across all four of our major customer sectors. In fiscal year 2020, we expect Tetra Tech's international revenue to grow at a 7% to 12% rate. Our international growth will be driven by water and environmental planning, consulting and engineering work in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. We expect our U.S. Federal work to be almost a third of our business and grow at a 5% to 10% rate for the year. This increase in Federal work is supported by our current backlog, which will convert to revenue for our civilian, Department of Defense and international development related services.
We expect the U.S. state and local work to continue to be a growth market for us with municipal water and planning services and longer-term disaster recovery work growing at a 10% to 15% rate, continuing our industry-leading performance in this market. This growth rate does exclude the more episodic disaster response services for year-to-year comparisons. I would like to note that we have more than 400 clients and established contracts in these areas and the coastal regions of the United States that we can rapidly respond when a storm event does occur.
And finally, our U.S. commercial work is expected to grow at a 3% to 8% rate, with increases in revenues expected in environmental permitting, renewable energy and green building design.
I'd now like to present our guidance for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 and for the entire year of fiscal year 2020. Our guidance is as follows:
For Q1 of fiscal year '20, our net revenue has a guidance range of $600 million to $640 million with an associated adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.75 to $0.80. For the entire year of fiscal year 2020, our net revenue guidance range is from $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion with an associated adjusted diluted earnings per share of $3.35 to $3.55. Now this earnings guidance does include intangible amortization or non-cash charges of $0.14 per share for the year. We do anticipate a 23% effective tax rate for fiscal year 2020. We do anticipate an average of 55.5 million shares outstanding, and this revenue guidance does exclude the contributions of any acquisitions that would be completed during the year.
In summary, we had an excellent fourth quarter and all the fiscal year 2019 setting new records for revenue, net revenue, income and earnings per share for our shareholders. Our backlog reached an all time high for services that align with long-term growth trends and priorities, providing us excellent visibility as we enter into fiscal year 2020. And as we begin this new decade, our differentiated water and environmental services and Leading with Science approach is well differentiated and in very high demand and making things very exciting for us and our shareholders, with new benefits to our clients as we enter fiscal year 2020.
And with that, Michelle, I'd like to open the call for questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. The first question comes from the line of Sean Eastman with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please proceed with your question.
Sean Eastman
The first question from me is just on the state and local business. So my understanding is the FY ‘20 outlook reflects a 10% to 15% growth rate in that business when neutralizing the fact that you're not building in any episodic storm response work. The 10% to 15% just seems like a really high number for that type of end market. So maybe you could just speak to whether market share gain elements still happening there for Tetra Tech? And maybe how your outlook compares to the underlying growth rate in that end market?
Dan Batrack
Thank you very much for the question. And our state and local market as I had referenced in my prepared remarks has been the strongest end market for us in the last four years. And in fact, I think in the last four years we've seen double-digit growth -- organic growth in state and local work, in each of the last four years, and I would say, even in the prior year, it was the fastest growing of our clients. And that's not including the episodic growth rates, which have pushed us to 30%, 40% and 50% growth rates year-over-year for given quarters.
Some of it is, we are taking some market share, but I'll say we've really been focused on new emerging focuses of investment by our clients that didn't exist before and to be their first to be their best and to actually set the technology and to set the pace in those areas. And those include over the past several years, areas of new water supply in the Southwest. So for instance, water reuse as part of capturing wastewater, treating it to a very high level, and then actually creating it as a new water supplies in California and other areas. Actually treating contaminants and desalination, we’re the largest desalination designer in the United States, in the Southeast where there's actual water quality issues from saltwater intrusion into different wells in other areas. And actually, desalination in other areas in Texas, which is in the East where there's too much water and actually establishing new technologies for mitigating and protecting it from floods. And then the Far West, actually new desalination for new water supplies that didn't exist before.
So we consider all of this as sort of new ground, new funding that isn't taking it from someone else or capturing market share, but actually being the first there to solve problems. So that's been part of the state and local. And the other exclusive of responding to individual disaster events, we're actually working with our clients now to build a planning and recovery practice. And also, I would add, mitigation such that you can get ahead of the impacts of floods, fires or other events. And this has been a new area that's higher priority and new funding. So I would say some of it is taking market share, but most of it is in moving into new emerging markets that in fact just didn't exist a few years ago.
Sean Eastman
And next one is more for Steve. I'm just curious if you could speak to the free cash flow outlook for fiscal '20 perhaps relative to the earnings guidance you've provided. It sounds like still some work to be done on the DSOs after making a lot of progress in ‘19. But are there any other moving parts that we should think about as it relates to that net income to free cash flow conversion?
Steve Burdick
Yes. So when we look at our -- first our net income, our goal is first to generate cash from operations that exceeds our net income, first and foremost, and we’ve been doing that. I think the other thing that is going to be helpful as you pointed out is that we are working towards and getting closer to that goal of 75 days in our DSO. And so that will also be helpful. And then as we’ve moved to very much a high end consulting model, we have very little need for a lot of CapEx. So, our free cash flow is pretty close to our operating cash flow and I think you’ll see an improvement next year over what we did this year.
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Andrew Wittmann with Robert W. Baird. Please proceed with your question.
Andrew Wittmann
I had a couple of questions I just want to clarify just maybe for modeling purposes and then we’ll talk about more strategically. But I guess Steve I think we estimated around $70 million of net revenue headwind from the shutting down of the pipeline business and that would be in the CIG segment. And then I think the net revenue headwind for disaster restoration and response was about $100 million of net revenue in GSG. Are those the right levels to be thinking about as we put our models together in terms of the headwinds that you’ll face in 2020 over 2019?
Steve Burdick
Yes. Those are the right numbers to use in your model.
Andrew Wittmann
Okay. Cool, thanks. And then just as it relates to the disaster emergency response, I guess it sounds like you don’t have a lot in there for 2020. But can you just talk about -- I mean there still are disasters happening including some in your neck of the woods. Is it -- it’s just too early to assume them because these fires just are recent or just what’s the opportunity do you think, are the discussions happening in some of your legacy projects that you’ve been on that might give you some visibility, just haven’t booked yet, so you haven’t been conformable in guiding to that. I was just trying to get a sense on how much upside potential there could be as you see it here today Dan?
Dan Batrack
It’s a good question Andy that as you just indicated we had a $100 million in fiscal 2019 of incremental or revenues associated with disaster response activities. I’ll tell you that, that came very quickly and in fact that allowed us to increase our revenue guidance during 2019. So, it’s not something that we forecast in event one or two quarters in advance. There have been some fires out here and in fact they’re just putting them out now. And so it’s quite early for that. Our guidance at the midpoint did not include any contribution from disaster response activities. If you went to the -- what would drive it to the higher end of guidance, would be some modest amount of response activities. But if anything similar to what it took place in 2019 in fact occurred, it would drive us not only to the upper end but probably well past the top end of our guidance range.
So, we are not only negotiating, we are actually growing the other portion which we think is provides multiyear visibility and predictability and we can include it -- have included in our guidance which is actually the longer-term planning and recovery activity which includes designing alternatives, mitigation, restoration and identifying which are the priority items that would then move to longer term design and implementation of the remedies that would be put in place that are in fact even longer programs.
So I think the more predictable activities are growing, they are growing broadly across the country, they're generally a little bit smaller, but have much longer tails. And in total dollars are probably equivalent to the response. But it's over multiple years, not just a single season or just several quarters.
Andrew Wittmann
And I guess I just have one last one for now and it has to do with kind of some comments you made earlier this year about trying to achieve a 13% net EBITDA margin at some point in the future. And it looks like just from back of the envelope math here that somewhere around 12% is probably implicit around that midpoint of guidance for this year. I was wondering what some of the puts and takes are as you look at that 13% to get you from 12% to 13% in the next year. Can you talk about some of the either things that you're seeing in the market that will allow that and afford that? Or some of the actions that you will be taking or have already taken to this point will help you get to that 13% margin goal?
Dan Batrack
Yes, that's a good question. We're very focused on that. And we have the two segments, our Government Services Group and then our Commercial and International Group. I would say that we have been at the 13% EBITDA margin. In fact, we've been a little bit higher than that in our Government Services Group. I think for this year, we -- if you actually do the calculation, you'll see it in coming quarters where we're anticipating roughly about a 13% margin in our GSG Group this year. So we're there in that segment of the company, which then allows me to turn to the CIG, the Commercial and International.
The step we took to wind down and close out our turnkey Canadian pipeline business will actually help quite a bit. The numbers that were provided earlier by yourself just a moment ago, $70 million in Canada actually didn't produce any income at all. In fact, it was actually a loss of $4 million, $5 million for the year. So just structurally, the things we're doing internally to shut that business will actually move the CIG margin up.
I think for this year, the overall number is about 11%. But I would say that, while we did shut this structural impediment to growing the margin within CIG, we did take on WYG, who I believe will actually move to a double-digit of run rate margin by the end of fiscal year 2020. Certainly we’re a public company and our financials are quite visible and they were a low to no margin business. But that is changing really quite quickly. I do believe by the end of the year, they'll be contributing at a number above double-digits, above 10%.
So for this year, we have an 11% margin for CIG. If you actually then calculate $120 million UK business that does not even include growth, which I think we will actually be seeing this year, and you move it to contribute at a higher level, I would think that -- and it seems like a long way away, fiscal year 2021, but we're halfway through Q1 of fiscal year 2020 already. So it's really not very far away. But I would expect in 2021, we will have CIG up at the GSG margins. And you'll see it progress during this year both with the structural changes we've made, with the type of business we have and the increase in the margins for some of the international activities that have joined.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Noelle Dilts with Stifel. Please proceed with your question.
Noelle Dilts
Thanks for those comments on the CIG margin. I was hoping that you could also comment on how you're thinking about GSG. It sounds like given your expectations around CIG that your guidance assumes a bit of margin compression in GSG. So could you talk about the factors that are playing into that as we look forward?
Dan Batrack
Yes, absolutely, Noelle. Well, we have been very pleased with the GSG margins. They've been running at around 14%. I will say the last two, three years, we have had each and every one of these years a material amount of response work from hurricanes, from tornadoes, from fires, from ice storms. It has turned from a once every several years or once or twice a decade into an annual event. And what's happened is it has kept our staff quite highly utilized within the GSG, which has driven our margins even in some quarterly periods up to 16% and even 17% as you all have seen.
Since these events actually are not underway for us at this time, we've actually been prudent, some might say conservative, but I would say appropriate and not including or embedding this high utilization that within yield a higher margin. I do believe a good run rate for our government services is between 13% and 14%. We're in that range at this time for guidance. And as revenues pick up in that disaster response area that increases utilization that then translates into more margin, we would look to update our forecast for the year for GSG. So it does -- well it doesn't look to be a compression or lowering it from its 14% to 13%, I would say it’s simply taken into account at the midpoint of our guidance the lack of inclusion at this time of any response activities for disaster activities.
Noelle Dilts
And then could you just -- in the past, you've talked about your -- that you still have some capacity to support incremental revenue with your current staff. Any thoughts on where you stand today in terms of potentially needing to invest or add folks to meet demand? And curious if you could also comment just on generally the availability of these skilled figure looking to hire?
Dan Batrack
Yes, those are two topics that we're focused on here just on an ongoing basis. I would even say on a quarterly basis. Just on an ongoing daily basis, we take a look at as we submit proposals how much additional revenue or work could we handle with existing workforce that we have now. And we think it's probably approaching 10% additional revenue with, in theory, no additional headcount. Now, it's not perfect that way because of the 10% increase all came in one segment or one particular market area we may be stressed and have to identify more resources. But if you looked at it broadly, we could handle probably a 10% increase in revenue without adding additional resources, which then of course, much of that would drop right to our margin and income and then earnings for our shareholders.
I would say that it is very market dependent on the availability of staff. Some markets, there's actually quite high demand and it is -- that folks in this industry like to use the word war for talent with some of the statements they use, I would say these are in advanced analytics. These are in areas of very high end technology differentiation. For the most part we grow those internally. We don’t go out and recruit and bring them in. Although they do join us mostly through acquisitions of collective entities and that did happen just as last year at the end high end advanced data analytics with eGlobalTech and others that have joined us. So, how we’ve addressed the shortfall or the high demand has actually had collective entities join us. But, right now we could handle a pretty significant increase in revenues with the staffing levels we have within the company.
Noelle Dilts
Thanks. One last question. You’ve talked about this a bit in the past. But could you just remind us of the key buckets that will drive the margin improvement at WYG, kind of higher moving from that essentially breakeven level today up to the double-digits?
Dan Batrack
Yes, absolutely. I think one is, we have changed the -- I’ll call it the back office organization structure at Tetra Tech and all of our different divisions. We are highly focused on a seller-doer model with the senior principals in the management roles or practitioners. And that goes all the way up from the -- I would say from my role all the way down through the organization. It does leave Tetra Tech with a very thin, extremely knowledgeable group of executives that are also practitioners that are leading by example. I think that -- so there have been a number of acquisitions that WYG put together and had created a bit more of a administrative back office which we’re working with them. In fact we initiated it even during due diligence discussing with them the philosophical approach where what we do when we come to work, as we’re not focused on how we manage our staff; we’re focused on how we solve the problems for our clients, from the top all the way to the bottom.
And that process has already been put in place. I believe that will fundamentally change the -- I guess you call it the SG&A, but I think it also embeds it in the overhead costs embedded in the execution of the operations and that all falls to the bottom-line. It also happens to have the benefit of putting our best technical people closer to our clients and also makes us much more nimble, able to make decisions quickly, effectively and based on what we see at the front line and the number of layers it has to go through the organization that eliminates it to a very direct communication. So all of that’s being in put in place.
We’ve also immediately taken our best-in-class experts within Tetra Tech and actually linked them up with our colleagues. And have submitted proposals and in fact have already won some programs in the first 90 days of their joining us. So, the ultimate proof for folks joining us is more clients, more projects, more success and growth and increased margins and that’s what I expect to see this year with WYG.
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Marc Riddick with Sidoti. Please proceed with your question.
Marc Riddick
I wondered if you could spend a little time talking about maybe what your views are currently as far as acquisition pipeline, given the opportunity that WYG has presented and that platform being added. Just wondering if maybe what the platform may look like for you? And to that extent maybe how much time you’re spending looking at those types of opportunities maybe this time of year versus a year ago or two years ago?
Dan Batrack
Well, I think that having WYG join us is actually a big move for us because it really felt important to actually set a best-in-class platform across all of the UK with a presence in Europe in order to access that collective market, and that is what WYG brought to us. With the exception of the financial performance, I would tell you they look a lot like Tetra Tech. They are technical leaders in planning work, in environmental work, in infrastructure design work, supporting the environmental and planning activities within the nuclear industry. And a lot of work with respect to local, municipal planning support.
The one area that I didn't mention just now is actually the area that is the ultimate hallmark for Tetra Tech, which is water. And so now with WYG present -- presence as a platform, and actually, we think it'd be best-in-class, it's our intent to both bring in our technical experts that we've initiated already bringing the Tetra Tech Delta, tools of the differentiation to the UK, and we would look to expand now in the UK our water practice, and I think that would include through acquisitions of people that are best-in-class in that sector, thought leaders and best technical engineers and consultants.
So what area are we looking in? We'd like to expand that part of our business in the UK. And we think that that's a high priority for us. And we feel more emboldened to do that now that we have a platform that we could have it enjoined. Here in the U.S., we're very much focused on technical leaders and advanced analytics that can take their tools and expertise and actually help augment the -- we refer to it as domain but technical experts that we have within the various disciplines of water, environment, sustainability program management. So advanced analytics here in the U.S., water in the UK will be a big contributor. And then I would say other areas that would actually help us access different clients sets that we can actually offer our water and environment and sustainable design services.
Marc Riddick
And I wanted to talk a little bit about maybe what you're seeing with commercial customers and their level of activity, recent activity, maybe some of the conversations that you're having with them. And to get a sense of, there certainly seems to be a willingness to act. But I was just wondering if you were getting a sense of that increasing or if there's any opportunity for maybe a little bit of a pullback concern with potential upcoming economic slowdown or that type of -- those sorts of conversations?
Dan Batrack
Yes. It's a great question Marc, because certainly there's a lot of concern or apprehension that a economic slowdown, even as far as going to recession could be on the horizon. I will tell you, we're looking at that very closely, but it hasn't yet come visited us. So I'll give you just as an observation from the frontline, we haven't seen a pullback. And in fact, on the commercial side, which I do agree will be the first ones that will make a move, and we'll see a change in their funding. We haven't seen that yet. The areas that are particularly strong for us are high performance green building designs. These are buildings that actually make a better workplace for the occupants. It reduces the carbon footprint drastically. And our definition of drastically is they would actually be a net zero or a zero emitter of greenhouse gases or actual use of energy that we generate as much energy as they actually consume. And the same is true with water for a complete 100% self contained water and waste is the other component.
So that business has actually gotten very busy. It has been busy and it continues to grow at among our fastest rates and at high margin. And renewable energy has also been very busy for us, particularly on the planning side and the upfront permitting side. Offshore wind we believe is at the very beginning. So the amount of energy produced offshore wind is miniscule right now. But the actual offtakes are in very high demand. So we see that increasing. And then our other base business which is consulting and environmental for sort of our Fortune 100 clients that we seem to be very stable at this point. I will say a lot of the work we do on the environmental side, and the water with respect to compliance is a little less susceptible to an economic downturn because there are regulatory drivers for compliance and completion of cleaning these that are under regulatory directives. So, while things might slow down, they still have deadlines and commitments to achieve.
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Tate Sullivan with Maxim Group.
Tate Sullivan
Thank you. Just a couple of follow-ups. First, Steve on the exit of the Canadian turnkey business. Is that a similar runoff or would you call it the RCM process? Or is that a divest -- actual divestment to another company. What is that process going to look like?
Steve Burdick
Yes, it's a pretty quick runoff here in early 2020 with really selling the assets of the company, disposing of it through a liquidation.
Tate Sullivan
Okay, so different from -- so the projects will end faster than the RCM projects, is that right to say?
Steve Burdick
Yes.
Tate Sullivan
Great. And then that will help your receivables as opposed to RCM and it seem to take a little bit on the projects in the arbitrage. Did you say RCM is no more limiting arbitrage or did you say just a couple left on that?
Steve Burdick
There's no more backlog left in RCM. All the projects are complete.
Tate Sullivan
Okay, thank you. And again, just following up, great comment on the GSG margins, and then ignoring the unpredictable actual disaster related work. How many years does the multiyear disaster recovery work be?
Dan Batrack
Well, I think the planning work typically will go from two to five years. And that's just the program management and coming up with the master plan for recovery, a prioritizing what the infrastructure should be replaced, how it should be replaced. And then -- and so typically, how we looked at this is, 12 to 18 months is the response activity. They want that done quick, so that you can actually get to the planning. Planning starts right around a year and moves out for anywhere from very small events, would be a couple years of planning, larger ones might be five years or more. And then you move to the actual implementation which is the design of the infrastructure. In the case of Katrina, Tetra Tech did several hundred millions of dollars of work, both in the late planning and the actual infrastructure design work. And that took out from five to 10 years out. So the time from an event taking place to the time the infrastructure has been designed and largely put in place is sort of a decade long window.
And much of this, we're just in the upfront activities on this. So that's sort of a timeframe. And for each of these phases, they do get larger. So the design and implementation of a large seawall or a lock and dam system is a very large both in total installed cost but also the design and the permitting activities for those structure so. That's generally the time frames.
Tate Sullivan
And last from me is, exiting the Canadian pipeline business, are you still -- U.S. oil and gas, is that a positive margin business and is all oil and gas exposure. Is it fair to say less than 5% now after the exit of the Canada business?
Dan Batrack
Yes. Overall it is less than 5%. What had happened before and I have characterized this over the past five years that in the U.S. we have always been exclusively consulting and design activity. So consulting for permitting, monitoring, environmental assessments, our biological monitoring and then the design -- the actual design for linear corridors, we continue to do that work. That is a good business for us. There is demand for that. And in fact there is insufficient pipeline capacity to take the availability of the resource of the oil and gas to markets. It continues to be a good business for us. We do that. We do some of that type of consulting work in Canada, although we had seen in Canada that to do that work you also needed in many instances to do the full turnkey business. So we do oil and gas work on consulting, but it’s much smaller in Canada and collectively U.S. and Canada would be less than 5% of our oil and gas exposure.
Operator
Thank you. This concludes our question-and-answer session. I’d like to turn the conference back over to Dan Batrack to conclude.
Dan Batrack
Great. Thank you very much, Michelle. And thank all of you for your questions, your insight and your interest in Tetra Tech. Again we here at Tetra Tech think we had a great 2019. So we feel even better about 2020. We think we are better poised. We think the markets are coming our way. We don’t think that we have to build a company to be situated or capable of responding to these significant trends and priorities in the marketplace. We -- in a largely extent, we’ve been here solving these problems before they’ve become recently a higher priority for funding. So we’re looking for a great 2020. A very good first quarter and I look forward to talking to you all to report the results of our first quarter of fiscal year 2020. And I hope you have a great rest of the day. Thank you.
Operator
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Ismail is also said to have met Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday to discuss the matter, “particularly over the ministers and deputies from Bersatu”.
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'Big Brother' Houseguests Squirm at the Thought of Being a Have-Not
Jul. 11 2022, Published 4:39 p.m. ET
Since its inception in 2000, Big Brother has introduced houseguests and viewers to various twists and turns within the game.
From the Battle Back competition to the fan-favorite Double Eviction event, plenty of unique additions renovate the long-running show and help keep things fresh and exciting. Nevertheless, there are other twists that do quite the opposite.
With that said, enter the Have-Not twist.
It's one of, if not the worst aspect of Big Brother — why is that? Although the superfans understand completely, those new to watching the show may not. So, here's everything you need to know about what it means to be a have-not.
So, what are 'Big Brother' have-nots?
To be perfectly clear, being a have-not is one of the worst aspects of Big Brother. However, if we were a houseguest, we would jump at the chance to live the have-not lifestyle because we would want to experience every part of our favorite game.
During the first few weeks of the competition, four houseguests will assume the role of a have-not. For the entire week, they must only take cold showers, eat the bland slop, and sleep in the have-not room — the area changes every year, but it typically goes along with the season's theme and consists of the most uncomfortable sleeping arrangements.
To this day, the worst have-not room belongs to Big Brother 18 (our long legs would not survive sleeping in a bumper car).
Originally, have-nots were determined in the weekly Have/Have-Not competition.
Houseguests would be split into teams. The first team to complete the competition would be the haves, and the losing team automatically would become the have-nots for the week. The competition ran from Season 11 to Season 15. From Season 16 onward, the Head of Household would choose four houseguests to be have-nots.
Some houseguests made it through their season without being a have-not.
Nearly every houseguest becomes a have-not at least once in their season. However, only a few cast members can say they made it to the end of the have-not phase without ever being a have-not. Well, who are they?
- Lane Elenburg — Big Brother 12
- Frank Eudy — Big Brother 14
- Jenn Arroyo — Big Brother 14
- Raven Walton — Big Brother 19
- Analyse Talavera — Big Brother 21
- Cliff Hogg III — Big Brother 21
- Holly Allen — Big Brother 21
- Jack Matthews — Big Brother 21
- Nick Maccarone — Big Brother 21
On the other hand, there is a group that currently holds the record for being a have-not the most weeks in a single season (four times). This batch includes:
- Michele Noonan — Big Brother 11
- Helen Kim — Big Brother 15
- Elissa Slater — Big Brother 15
- Corey Brooks — Big Brother 18
- Mark Jansen — Big Brother 19
- Josh Martinez — Big Brother 19
- Scottie Salton — Big Brother 20
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If your relaxing, studying, or writing periods have felt a great disturbance in the force in recent days, look no further than the saddest news for lofi beat lovers everywhere: The YouTube classic “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” has been taken down.
The takedown came from an automatically issued copyright strike, meaning that someone submitted a claim that the channel was playing copyrighted material. YouTube’s system is built so that when such violations are reported the video is automatically pulled down; it’s then on the video maker to prove they didn’t violate copyright.
Lofi Girl, the account behind the streams, said on Twitter that the claim was based on “false” copyright strikes, and had reached out to Youtube to remedy the situation. But both the “beats to relax/study to” and “beats to sleep/chill to” streams were both down (and, if you’re interested, listed with a runtime of about 20,000 hours each).
Luckily, Team Youtube responded on Twitter saying that they confirmed “the takedown requests were abusive & terminated the claimants account,” noting that it may take 24-48 hours for the videos to pop back up online. (As of 4 p.m. EST, the streams had not been restored.)
Of course, there was already a push to #BringBackLofiGirl on Twitter, which includes an artillery of memes, Reddit conjecture, and fan art (as is the internet’s wont). While we wait for the soundtrack to our lives to come back, we can at least rejoice in the internet coming together to look out for Lofi Girl and her cat in the window.
YouTube’s shitty copyright system put the lofi continuum into a state of disbalance, light cannot exist without darkness and darkness cannot exist without light, and my headcanon is that Dark Lofi Girl and Lofi Girl are besties so #BringBackLofiGirl pic.twitter.com/ZtSX0YsimQ
— ChronoFactor (@GormentFood) July 11, 2022
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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman told investors in the largest-ever blank-check company that it’s returning their $4 billion after failing to consummate a merger deal.
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd.’s efforts to find a target company were thwarted in part by what Ackman said was the unexpected recovery of capital markets during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement Monday. | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/ackman-s-record-spac-to-return-funds-after-deal-hunt-fizzled | 2022-07-12T00:05:15Z | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/ackman-s-record-spac-to-return-funds-after-deal-hunt-fizzled | false | null |
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JAY — Volunteers are needed to help clean four trails and a garden area at French Falls Family Recreation Park from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The park is on French Falls Lane across from Community Drive, off Route 4.
People are asked to bring hand-held garden tools if they have them. There will be something for every one to do, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said.
The Recreation Committee is sponsoring a series of free concerts titled Music in the Park. The first is from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 13 at the park with Darby Sabin performing. The Ugly Dumpling food truck will be at the event.
People can bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on to enjoy the music.
A second concert is scheduled for Sept. 17 with a Community BBQ and Matt and the Barnburners band. The time is still to be determined.
The Back Woods Road band had been scheduled to play Saturday but had to cancel because of COVID-19, LaFreniere said Monday afternoon.
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Twitter says its $44 billion sale to Elon Musk is still on and it will go to court to make it happen, despite the mercurial billionaire's declaration he is breaking it off.
"The Agreement is not terminated," Twitter's lawyers wrote in a letter to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO on Sunday disclosed in a filing on Monday. Musk "knowingly, intentionally, willfully, and materially breached" his agreement to buy the company, they alleged.
"Twitter reserves all contractual, legal, and other rights, including its right to specifically enforce the Musk Parties' obligations under the Agreement," they wrote.
Back in April, Musk launched a surprise bid to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, which the social media company initially resisted before accepting.
Musk has accused Twitter of violating the sale agreement, which he argued gives him grounds to walk away without paying a $1 billion penalty.
It all sets Twitter and Musk up for a lengthy and expensive legal battle in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which deals with corporate disputes.
"The only sure winners in this situation are the lawyers," said Joseph Grundfest, a law professor at Stanford and former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Because a lot of money is going to be spent litigating this question."
Twitter will seek to force Musk to go through with the deal
Legal experts say Twitter has a strong case. The agreement they signed includes a clause that allows Twitter to sue to force Musk to buy the company.
"That means, he promised to buy the company for a price — well, he'd better show up and buy the company for that price," Grundfest said.
Courts have forced buyers to complete deals even after they've gotten cold feet. In 2001, Tyson Foods tried to back out of an agreement to buy a meat processor after raising questions about its business, but the Delaware court ordered it to go through with the purchase.
Forcing Musk to buy Twitter hinges on his financing for the deal remaining in place. Musk is on the hook to pay $33.5 billion himself, and has lined up $13 billion in loans from banks. One key question is, will Musk's declaration that he wants out of the deal cause the banks to change their minds?
The court could order Musk to pay damages instead
Even though there is precedent to force a buyer to complete a deal, Donna Hitscherich, a professor at Columbia Business School, said the court may be reluctant to do so.
"Typically, the court is going to put the parties in the position they were in before the unhappy events occurred," she said.
In that case, the court might not order Musk to buy Twitter – but could stick him with billions of dollars in damages.
While that would likely amount to less than the $44 billion Musk agreed to pay, it would avoid the awkward situation of forcing Musk to buy a company he says he no longer wants to own.
Musk has shown little interest in following legal orders. After the SEC fined him and Tesla $40 million in 2018 over his claims he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker private, the regulator said a lawyer needed to vet his tweets. Musk has been accused of violating that order, and he's now trying to get his 2018 settlement with the SEC thrown out.
Musk will argue that Twitter broke their agreement
In his letter Friday to Twitter saying he was terminating the purchase, Musk accused the company of making "false and misleading representations" about its estimates of how many accounts on the platform are fake or spam.
He also accused Twitter of refusing to share information that would help him verify its estimates, and of violating other parts of the legal agreement.
While Musk initially cited cleaning up Twitter's longstanding problem of spam accounts and automated bots as a reason he wanted to buy the company, in recent weeks he's flipped. He now cites the issue as his rationale for backing out of the deal.
Musk says he thinks the prevalence of fake and spam accounts on the platform is far higher than the 5% Twitter estimates. Twitter has said it uses private data to make those estimates, so they can't be easily replicated by outsiders.
Legal experts say even if Twitter's figures were incorrect, that would probably not be a big enough problem to get Musk out of his agreement to buy the company.
"That's a pretty heavy lift," said Hitscherich. "There has to be something very, very significant in the business for the courts to say, 'You know what, you're right, the very nature of this contract has changed so substantially that you don't have to go through with it.'"
Pressure could mount for a settlement
Many deal disputes end with a settlement involving a price cut. That's what happened in 2020 when the luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton tried to scupper an agreement to buy jewelry icon Tiffany & Company, but ultimately went through with the purchase at a $425 million discount.
Accepting less than $54.20 a share from Musk could open Twitter up to lawsuits from unhappy shareholders. Still, a settlement could spare both sides from further headaches and reputational damage.
Some have speculated that Musk has wanted to buy Twitter for a lower price all along. Since he agreed to the deal, global markets have fallen, with tech stocks hit especially hard. That's made a $44 billion price tag for Twitter look more expensive, even as the value of Tesla shares – Musk's main source of wealth – have plummeted.
It's hard to see Twitter emerging from the legal battle as a winner, even if it's a victor in court. A protracted legal battle would weigh on the company. Morale has already taken a hit since the deal was announced. Some employees are wary of Musk's potential ownership and the changes he's floated to protect his vision of free speech.
Meanwhile, Twitter has been cutting costs, including implementing a hiring freeze and even laying off some employees, as it seeks to strengthen its business, amid a weakening online advertising market, no matter who ends up owning it. A courtroom drama would cast a further cloud of uncertainty over the company.
"How long do you want to go through with this?" Hitscherich said. "You're taking your eye off the business. Everything that takes your eye off the business is an issue."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kgou.org/science-technology-and-environment/science-technology-and-environment/2022-07-11/twitter-has-vowed-to-sue-elon-musk-heres-what-could-happen-in-court | 2022-07-12T00:11:43Z | https://www.kgou.org/science-technology-and-environment/science-technology-and-environment/2022-07-11/twitter-has-vowed-to-sue-elon-musk-heres-what-could-happen-in-court | false | 13 |
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Dobbs and the Economy
Team Biden is trying out every argument but might want to vet this one.
With states and voters now free to decide abortion policies, it’s understandable that pro-choice politicians would be rolling out arguments for the broadest possible availability of the procedure. But what’s harder to understand is the recent phenomenon of Biden administration officials arguing not just that abortion access is a right but also that it’s a benefit to the U.S. economy.
Political advisers may already be wisely urging the White House not to address such a consequential personal decision with appeals to macroeconomics. But if Team Biden is determined to make it a math argument, there has hardly been a worse moment to make such a case.
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The waning appetite for personal computer purchases is accelerating amid economic turbulence, hitting a near-decade low following two years of boom in pandemic-driven purchases.
Shipments in the second quarter dropped by 12.6% from the year-ago period, marking their steepest decline in nine years, according to data from research firm Gartner The company says computer makers dispatched 72 million PCs in April through June, down from 82.4 million the year prior.
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Health officials are once again raising the alarm about the threat of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the country, as concerns grow about the new omicron subvariant, BA.5, which is now the dominant viral strain in the U.S.
The BA.5 variant, first detected in South Africa earlier this year, is currently estimated to account for more than half -- 53.6% -- of all new COVID-19 cases in the states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
BA.5 appears to have a growth advantage over the original omicron variant, according to the World Health Organization, and scientists are closely monitoring the increase in reported cases observed in many countries across the globe.
At this time, BA.5 does not appear to have increased in severity, but officials have previously stressed that research on the new subvariant is still in its "early days," and much remains to be learned about it.
As BA.5 spreads, a growing proportion of U.S. counties are seeing increases in infections and related hospital admissions.
Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. population is now living in a county with a high or medium community risk level for COVID-19, as defined by the CDC, federal data shows. About one-third of those people -- 31.9%-- are living in a high-risk community, while 41.6% are living in a medium-risk county.
A high community level suggests there is a "high potential for health care system strain" and a "high level of severe disease," and the CDC recommends that people wear a mask in public indoor settings, including schools. A medium-risk level suggests there is "some impact on [the] health care system," and "more people with severe disease." Under the CDC's official guidance, individuals considered at "increased risk" are advised to speak with their health care provider about whether to wear a mask.
Counties on both coasts -- most notably in California, Montana, New Mexico and Oregon -- are moving up and entering the high-risk level. In Florida, nearly every county is currently considered high risk. Puerto Rico and California currently lead the nation in new cases per capita, followed by New York City, where officials are once again urging residents to wear high-quality masks in indoor public settings and around crowds outside, amid a renewed surge of infections in the city.
"We're currently seeing high levels of COVID-19 in NYC. To help slow the spread, all New Yorkers should wear a high-quality mask, such as an N95, KN95 or KF94 in all public indoor settings and around crowds outside," the New York City Health Department wrote in a tweet on Friday, after the city moved back into the high-risk level.
The average number of new cases across New York City is up by 25% in the last two weeks, according to federal data. City data also shows that an average of 15% of reported tests are now coming back positive, marking the highest seven-day positivity rate in months.
Nationally, the country is currently reporting an average of more than 100,000 new cases each day. However, health officials say that the total is likely significantly undercounted.
As previously reported, dozens of states have moved to shutter public testing sites, with more at-home COVID-19 tests now available in pharmacies and through the federal testing program. Most Americans are not reporting their results to officials, and, thus, experts said infection totals are likely significantly undercounted.
Last week, White House COVID Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told NBC News that hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 infections are likely going undercounted.
"There's no question in my mind we are missing the vast majority of infections right now," Jha said. "The truth is there are probably several hundred thousand -- 400,000; 500,000 infections a day happening across the country."
The concerns over BA.5 come amid the nation's continued push to get people vaccinated. Although the U.S. is set to roll out new bivalent vaccines in the fall, which will address omicron, millions of eligible Americans are still without their additional shots.
To date, less than half of eligible Americans -- 49.5% or 108.6 million people -- have received their first booster. Similarly, less than one-third -- 29.5% or 42.2 million -- of eligible Americans over the age of 50 have received their second booster.
Overall hospitalization numbers and death rates have yet to see a significant resurgence, though experts say metrics may also be undercounted, due to a lack of reporting from states.
As of July 5, about 34,000 patients are currently receiving care in U.S. hospitals across the country. This still marks one of the highest numbers of patients hospitalized with the virus since March.
On average, more than 5,200 virus-positive Americans are entering the hospital each day -- the highest number of daily admissions since February. Hospital admissions in the Southwest and the South are up by more than 10%, respectively, in the past week.
The average number of daily COVID-19-related deaths remains just below 300 reported each day. Totals are still much lower than during prior COVID-19 surges.
However, thousands of Americans are still losing their lives every week. Over the last seven days, the U.S. has reported nearly 2,000 deaths. | https://abcnews.go.com/Health/omicron-subvariants-threaten-covid-19-resurgence-us/story?id=86611325 | 2022-07-12T00:27:34Z | https://abcnews.go.com/Health/omicron-subvariants-threaten-covid-19-resurgence-us/story?id=86611325 | false | 4 |
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Forwards Carl Grundstrom and Lias Andersson agreed to contract extensions with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Grundstrom landed a two-year deal worth $2.6 million through the 2023-24 season, and Andersson agreed to a one-year deal for $750,000.
Grundstrom scored a career-high 15 points in 54 games last season with the Kings. The 24-year-old Swede also scored three goals in Los Angeles' first-round playoff loss to Edmonton.
Grundstrom is a former second-round pick by Toronto. He was traded to the Kings in January 2019 in a package for defenseman Jake Muzzin.
Andersson scored two points in 20 games for Los Angeles last season. He was the seventh overall selection in the 2017 draft by the New York Rangers, who traded him to the Kings in October 2020 for a second-round draft pick.
Also Tuesday, the Kings did not extend a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Brendan Lemieux. The veteran forward and son of former NHL forward Claude Lemieux can sign with any team when free agency begins on Wednesday.
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The Mountain Goats Share New Single “Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome”
Bleed Out Due Out August 19 via Merge
Jul 11, 2022
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The Mountain Goats have shared a new single, “Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Bleed Out, which was produced by Alicia Bognanno of Bully and will be out on August 19 via Merge. Listen below.
In a press release, frontman John Darnielle states: “When I write an album that revolves around a theme, it usually takes two or three songs before I notice what’s going on. There’s always one song that becomes the ‘might as well dive all the way in’ song and on Bleed Out that song was ‘Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome,’ written while watching a French action movie way past my normal bedtime. Once I had the chorus of this one I started asking myself the kinds of questions that usually end up shaping the album: What if I just wrote all the songs on guitar? What if I leaned into the uptempo ones? In recent years I shy away from the fist-punch no-brakes anthemic style but here I figured, you know, no point just wading around in blood if I’m already in knee-deep.”
Upon announcement of the album in June, the band shared the song “Training Montage,” which was one of our Songs of the Week.
The Mountain Goats’ most recent album, Dark in Here, came out last year via Merge.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SpaceChain today announced the completion of the testing of the space node it created for Velas Network AG, which is hosted on an LEO satellite and independent of terrestrial networks. The space node is now capable of delivering the full functionalities designed for Velas, including transaction signatures, smart contract deployment, decentralized finance (Defi) activities and non-fungible token (NFT) minting with the seamless transaction of the Velas Token (VLX).
SpaceChain has assisted numerous blockchain customers to deploy space nodes and realize their space-based business operations through its commitment to utilizing space technology to help blockchain applications gain more application scenarios. SpaceChain will continue to invest in research and development to help reduce the time required for space node testing, expand application scenarios, and enable more blockchain companies to harness space as a platform for business innovation.
The space node was installed onto a satellite designed and manufactured by Spire Global, which managed the launch mission on January 13, 2022.
The mission marked SpaceChain's successful integration of Velas, the world's fastest Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain and open-source platform for decentralized applications, with its payload. The space node now supports and enables Velas to advance the development and deployment of its blockchain platform, which aims to be one of the most secure and fastest platforms in the industry.
"Through this mission, the space node helps Velas' blockchain project realize the digital transaction signature service in space, enabling Velas to execute its space services based on this space node," said Zee Zheng, SpaceChain co-founder and CEO. "With its independence, physical security in space and as a trusted third party in blockchain applications, the space node provides impartial third-party reviews, security protection and other functions to further develop blockchain technology. This implementation improves the credibility and security of its internal system, thereby winning the trust of more market users."
SpaceChain and Velas are extending their partnership to send another space node to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. Upon installation and testing, the Velas space node will benefit from the secure and conducive environment provided by the ISS to create more space-based use cases over time.
From launching nodes to enhancing customers' platform security, SpaceChain's blockchain space mission design and management utilizes its space and blockchain mission expertise and technology to customize solutions to meet customers' diverse needs.
SpaceChain provides a one-stop business solution and space consultancy ranging from technical support to marketing and partnerships for a wide array of space activities. With its entrenched experience and in-depth knowhow in space and blockchain, SpaceChain has collaborated and executed projects with some of the world's leading agencies and organizations in the space sector since 2018, including Addvalue Innovation, Elecnor DEIMOS, Eurasian Space Ventures (ESV), Nanoracks and Spire Global.
About SpaceChain
SpaceChain fosters decentralized infrastructure for the New Space Economy. By combining space and blockchain technologies, SpaceChain is making the development of space applications easier and making space more accessible. For more information, visit www.spacechain.com.
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Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Size, Share and Forecast to 2028
Shrinkable Lidding Films Market 2022-2028
A New Market Study, Titled “Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Upcoming Trends, Growth Drivers and Challenges” has been featured on fusionmarketresearch.
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This global study of the Shrinkable Lidding Films Market offers an overview of the existing market trends, drivers, restrictions, and metrics and also offers a viewpoint for important segments. The report also tracks product and services demand growth forecasts for the market. There is also to the study approach a detailed segmental review. A regional study of the global Shrinkable Lidding Films industry is also carried out in North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Near East & Africa. The report mentions growth parameters in the regional markets along with major players dominating the regional growth.
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The report offers detailed coverage of Shrinkable Lidding Films industry and main market trends with impact of coronavirus. The market research includes historical and forecast market data, demand, application details, price trends, and company shares of the leading Shrinkable Lidding Films by geography. The report splits the market size, by volume and value, on the basis of application type and geography.
First, this report covers the present status and the future prospects of the global Shrinkable Lidding Films market for 2016-2025.
And in this report, we analyze global market from 5 geographies: Asia-Pacific[China, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, Korea, Western Asia], Europe[Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland], North America[United States, Canada, Mexico], Middle East & Africa[GCC, North Africa, South Africa], South America[Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Peru].
At the same time, we classify Shrinkable Lidding Films according to the type, application by geography. More importantly, the report includes major countries market based on the type and application.
Finally, the report provides detailed profile and data information analysis of leading Shrinkable Lidding Films company.
Leading players of Shrinkable Lidding Films including:
Sealed Air
Uflex Ltd
Winpak Ltd
Bollore Films
Rockwell Solutions
Toray Plastics (America) Inc
Berry Global
Amcor
RPC bpi Group
Mondi Group
Flexopack SA
Coveris
Plastopil Hazorea
Cosmo Films
Shrinkable Lidding Films Market split by Type, can be divided into:
Polyethylene(PE)
Polyamide(PA)
Polyvinyl Chloride(PVC)
Others
Shrinkable Lidding Films Market split by Application, can be divided into:
Household
Supermarkets
Restaurants
Others
Market segment by Region/Country including:
North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia and Spain etc.)
Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia and Southeast Asia etc.)
South America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia etc.)
Middle East & Africa (South Africa, UAE and Saudi Arabia etc.)
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Market Overview
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Market Development
1.2.1 Current Situation
1.2.2 Aspects of COVID-19 Impact
1.3 By Type
Table Type of Shrinkable Lidding Films
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Type in 2020
1.4 By Application
Table Application of Shrinkable Lidding Films
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Application in 2020
1.5 By Region
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Region in 2020
Figure Asia Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Region in 2020
Part 2 Key Companies
2.1 Sealed Air
2.1.1 Company Profile
Table Sealed Air Overview List
2.1.2 Products & Services Overview
2.1.3 Sales Data List
Table Shrinkable Lidding Films Business Operation of Sealed Air (Sales Revenue, Sales Volume, Price, Cost, Gross Margin)
2.2 Uflex Ltd
2.3 Winpak Ltd
2.4 Bollore Films
2.5 Rockwell Solutions
2.6 Toray Plastics (America) Inc
2.7 Berry Global
2.8 Amcor
2.9 RPC bpi Group
2.10 Mondi Group
2.11 Flexopack SA
2.12 Coveris
2.13 Plastopil Hazorea
2.14 Cosmo Films
Part 3 Global Market Status and Future Forecast
3.1 Global Market by Region
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Region, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Region in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Region, 2016-2020 (Volume)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Region in 2020 (Volume)
Table Price List by Region, 2016-2020
3.2 Global Market by Company
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Company, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Company in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Company, 2016-2020 (Volume)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Company in 2020 (Volume)
Table Price List by Company, 2016-2020
3.3 Global Market by Type
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Type, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Type in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Type, 2016-2020 (Volume)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Type in 2020 (Volume)
Table Price List by Type, 2016-2020
3.4 Global Market by Application
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Application, 2016-2020 (Million USD)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Application in 2020 (Million USD)
Table Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market by Application, 2016-2020 (Volume)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Share by Application in 2020 (Volume)
Table Price List by Application, 2016-2020
3.5 Global Market by Forecast
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Forecast, 2021E-2026F (Million USD)
Figure Global Shrinkable Lidding Films Market Forecast, 2021E-2026F (Volume)
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ROCHESTER, Mich. (WXYZ) — "It was like a trip of a lifetime, like a dream come true," said Malia Ellis, who recently traveled to Naples, Florida, thanks to The Rainbow Connection.
Malia was born with an extraordinarily rare disease that has so far forced her to endure nine surgeries.
"The Rainbow Connection came around at a time when life was really, really low for Malia. She'd been having surgeries every year since she was 12," Brenda Ellis said as she sat next to her daughter, who is now 20.
A friend put the family in touch with The Rainbow Connection, a non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of children who have life-threatening illnesses.
"She came to us when she was 18. She was still struggling with some health issues, so she couldn't travel right at that moment," said Ingrid Todt, the executive director for The Rainbow Connection. "And then the pandemic happened. So most recently, when Malia was able to travel to Florida, she went to Naples and she stayed in a phenomenal home."
And Malia's wish was so much more than the trip. She said she's grateful that her relationship with The Rainbow Connection has allowed her to share her story at speaking engagements and on her website Malia's Movement where she talks about her journey, acceptance as well as her passion, fashion.
The Rainbow Connection recently granted wish no. 4,000 to 6-year-old Keydenn.
The Lansing boy was born with chronic kidney disease and was placed on a kidney transplant list at 4 years old.
In 2021, Keydenn received a life-saving kidney from his mother. He's now looking forward to starting the first grade.
To fulfill his wish, in June, The Rainbow Connection sent Keydenn and his family to Orlando to visit Disney World and Give Kids the World Village, a resort that is also tailored to seeing dreams come true for so many children.
"He's so excited to share with us everything that happened on his wish trip when he attends our Dobson open golf outing coming up next week," Todt told 7 Action News.
Tickets are still available for the event's cocktails and dinner on Monday, June 18 at the Great Oaks Country Club, and it's one of The Rainbow Connection's biggest annual fundraising events.
The organization was started by the late L. Brooks Patterson in 1985 after a friend lost her husband and two children in a plane crash.
Patterson wanted to show his support and started the Dobson Golf Outing. It later turned into an event that would support children with life-threatening illnesses from across Michigan.
Todt said The Rainbow Connection takes care of all the expenses and planning for the child's wish.
"We're going to do everything we can to keep it going forever," she added.
Malia's mother said their trip to Naples exceeded their expectations.
"The way they treated us. It was just absolutely beautiful," said Brenda. "Malia is truly an amazing daughter, but also amazing person because as a child the things she went through, no adult could do that."
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- Brisbane NewsQueenslanders Warned The “Virus Is Everywhere” As Covid Outbreak Spreads To Cruise Ship
Queenslanders Warned The “Virus Is Everywhere” As Covid Outbreak Spreads To Cruise Ship
Health system strained
Queensland authorities are managing a Covid outbreak onboard a cruise ship, as the health minister cautions the virus "is everywhere."
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath on Monday, confirmed several crew and passengers on the Coral Princess, now docked in Brisbane, have contracted Covid.
“The virus is everywhere and there’s no escaping that,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if you’ve had Covid, you can absolutely get it again and what we do know about BA.4 and BA.5 - the new sub-variants of Omicron - is that we are seeing reinfection and that can happen quite quickly.”
Stay up-to-date on the latest news with The QLD Briefing - keeping you in the loop with breaking news as it hits
Ms D'Ath said travellers due to board the cruise ship in Brisbane today can make “personal decisions as to whether they want to go on board or not”.
“There were protocols put in place as to what would occur if there was an outbreak (and) we are seeing an outbreak,” she said.
Some passengers are isolating at home, while other have been placed into alternative accommodation.
Docked in Port Douglas on Thursday, before arriving in Brisbane on Sunday, the Coral Princess carrying more than 2600 passengers and crew has offered refunds to those booked on its next 12-day cruise.
Meanwhile, Queenslanders are once again strongly encouraged to don masks and book-in for their fourth Covid jab as cases spike.
Authorities warn the health system remains under significant pressures amid a third Covid wave fused with influenza cases, while 2337 staff are furloughed either due to being sick or isolating due to infection.
There are 782 people being treated in Queensland’s hospitals for Covid, with an additional 104 patients admitted for the flu.
The state reported 4,804 new Covid infections on Monday.
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Peercoin (PPC) traded 4.8% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on July 11th. One Peercoin coin can now be purchased for about $0.28 or 0.00001412 BTC on exchanges. Peercoin has a market cap of $7.79 million and approximately $1,394.00 worth of Peercoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, Peercoin has traded 0.6% lower against the dollar.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- PRIZM (PZM) traded down 1.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0020 or 0.00000010 BTC.
- Max Property Group (MPG) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0109 or 0.00000023 BTC.
- NuBits (USNBT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0037 or 0.00000012 BTC.
- Tigerfinance (TIGER) traded down 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0311 or 0.00000082 BTC.
- Tiger shares (Tiger) traded 1.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $21.25 or 0.00108512 BTC.
- TIGER COIN (TIGER) traded down 21.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- THECASH (TCH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0260 or 0.00000064 BTC.
- Tchain (TCH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0005 or 0.00000001 BTC.
- NIX Bridge Token (NBT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $80.59 or 0.00141480 BTC.
- Keeshond Coin (KSH) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
Peercoin Profile
According to CryptoCompare, “A peer-to-peer crypto-currency design derived from Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin. Proof-of-Stake replaces Proof-of-Work to provide most of the network security. Under this hybrid design proof-of-work mainly provides initial minting and is largely non-essential in the long run. The security level of the network is not highly energy-dependent thus providing an energy-efficient and more cost-competitive peer-to-peer crypto-currency. Proof-of-Stake is based on coin age and generated by each node via a hashing scheme bearing similarity to Bitcoins but over limited search space. Blockchain history and transaction settlement are further protected by a centrally broadcasted checkpoint mechanism. “
Buying and Selling Peercoin
It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Peercoin directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Peercoin should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Changelly or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Peercoin using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
02-03-22-24-36
(two, three, twenty-two, twenty-four, thirty-six)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
02-03-22-24-36
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Bunge (BG) Stock Moves -0.65%: What You Should Know
Bunge (BG) closed the most recent trading day at $87.13, moving -0.65% from the previous trading session. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.15%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.52%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.34%.
Heading into today, shares of the agribusiness and food company had lost 18.01% over the past month, outpacing the Basic Materials sector's loss of 24.26% and lagging the S&P 500's loss of 5.08% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from Bunge as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be July 27, 2022. On that day, Bunge is projected to report earnings of $3.40 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 30.27%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $17.93 billion, up 16.48% from the year-ago period.
BG's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $13 per share and revenue of $69.68 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +0.54% and +17.8%, respectively.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Bunge. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.99% higher within the past month. Bunge is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Looking at its valuation, Bunge is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 6.75. This valuation marks a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 12.06.
Meanwhile, BG's PEG ratio is currently 1.01. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Agriculture - Products was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.01 at yesterday's closing price.
The Agriculture - Products industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 238, which puts it in the bottom 6% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.
Zacks Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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After the last two-plus years there are a few ways to cope with the stresses of life: exploring mind and body through yoga, reliving your childhood love of wizardry, or perhaps gardening. This week locals will find all three, along with some chill music to get you through.
Sponsored: Biz Ball – Reno + Sparks Chamber’s 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament. Biz Ball is a 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament that is free to attend and open to the public. It’s on July 15 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Games start at 9 a.m. and will be played through the day until all games are done. Music will be provided by Quedup entertainment during the event. Information.
Sponsored: ‘PUFFS’ at Good Luck Macbeth. The New York Times called PUFFS, “a fast-paced romp through the ‘Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.’ For POTTERphiliacs who grew up alongside Potter and are eager to revisit that world, ‘PUFFS’ exudes a jovial, winking fondness for all things Harry!” This is a hilariously heartfelt and epic journey. Get the details.
- Online yoga. This gentle 60-minute yoga class is designed to take each student on an exploration of mind and body, allowing space to feel into each posture in a way that removes the demands of traditional hot or power Western yoga styles. Using the Lotus Method designed by Urban Lotus Project Founder Hannah Bias, students will be able to gain a greater understanding of how to achieve balance in their nervous system and how to regulate emotions held inside the mind and body. Learn more.
- The Manhattan Transfer. The award-winning jazz vocal group is coming to Artown. For 50 years, the 10-time Grammy-winning quartet has been bringing jazz lovers to their feet all over the world. When and where.
- Surf’s up with Surfer Joe. Joe has been involved in the surf music scene since the middle of the ‘90s. Expect the authentic side of surf music, carrying on the legacy of the original Californian bands of the early ‘60s with their sound and energy. Get details.
- Destiny Bond, Pissmixer, ICUP at the Holland Project. Hardcore punk from Denver with locals. All ages. Information.
- Little Shop of Horrors. The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out of this world origins and intent toward global domination. Learn more.
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Twitter hires U.S. law firm Wachtell to sue Elon Musk: sources
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Stolen life-sized fibreglass horse reunited with Kelowna owners
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Youth killed in highway crash near Airdrie, RCMP seek witnesses
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Discover the greatest lightgun games of all time in Retro Gamer magazine
The latest issue of Retro Gamer is on sale now and we reveal the best lightgun games ever made, from The House Of The Dead 2 and Ghost Squad to Operation Wolf and Duck Hunt. Where will your favourite game appear?
Other highlights of issue 235 include our amazing all-access cover feature on Wonder Boy, the long-running series that started off in arcades. Creator Ryuichi Nishizawa looks back at every main game in the franchise with us, from the arcade original to the most recent instalment Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom.
This issue we also chat to Dino Dini about Kick Off 2, quiz Paul Machacek about making Donkey Kong Land for the Game Boy and ask Andrew Braybrook about his C64 classic Paradroid. We also investigate the early years of CD-ROM, find out how The Sales Curve started and learn how Westwood Associates created Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors Of The Eternal Sun for Sega’s Mega Drive.
There’s plenty more to look forward to, including features on Total Eclipse, Andrew Sleigh, The Legend Of Kage, Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Evercade EXP, WWF: No Mercy and much more. Enjoy the magazine and don’t forget to subscribe.
You can find the latest issue of Retro Gamer, as well as several back issues, at Magazines Direct .
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Cedar Falls Police investigate dog attack
Published: Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 PM CDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - Monday at approximately 5:10 pm, Cedar Falls Police responded to the 2900 block of Apollo St. for a report of a dog attack.
Investigators say an adult female was attacked by her dog and sustained serious injuries.
Police say the owner was transported via ambulance to a nearby hospital. Black Hawk County Animal Control removed the dog from the residence.
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Kids ages eight to13 recently spent a week exploring the wonders of medical science in Pre-Med Academy, part of Tyler Junior College’s extensive list of STEM-related summer camps.
“The main objective of this camp is to inspire young students to investigate and pursue careers in medicine through TJC and beyond,” said Natalie Wade, TJC anatomy and physiology instructor and camp coordinator.
Campers spent last Monday and Tuesday in “medical school,” learning about a few of the organ systems of the human body. On Wednesday, they completed a group project and finished the day with a white coat ceremony — complete with kid-sized jackets and reciting an adapted version of the Hippocratic Oath — before an audience of proud parents. They spent Thursday working as physicians in a mock emergency room. On Friday, they “scrubbed in” and participated in a mock operating room setting.
“The kids worked really hard, and they surprised me in some great ways,” Prof. Wade said. “I teach college-age students, so with the age range of this camp at 8 to 13, I wasn’t sure how to gauge the material. I started using basic, layman’s terms, but they wanted to know the anatomical and medical terms and had me write them on the board so they could take notes.”
She continued, “I also taught from the slides that I lecture from in my regular TJC classes, with appropriate modifications for the age group, but it really is a mini preview of what they would get if they were in my lecture course. It’s very impressive to see how they responded. They asked amazing questions and we had some fun discussions, and they also worked great as a team.”
Camper Georgia Wade, age 11, said, “I’ve always had a passion for anatomy, and it’s always been something I’ve wanted to look into. I’ve always wanted to be someone who could help people, like a doctor.”
Prof. Wade enjoyed seeing students’ growth and enthusiasm.
“It delighted me to see their interest and curiosity,” she said. “I’ve always said that I think we really underestimate children and what they’re capable of. We should really feed into their curiosity and expose them to a lot of different things that might spark their interest.”
She continued, “I feel very fortunate that we’ve had such great support from our department here at TJC, not only for our current students but for these kiddos that we hope to see return as TJC students a few years from now.”
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In addition to developers hitting the pause button on the Raymore Commerce Center South project, the last Raymore City Council meeting included a budget amendment that will increase the cost of trash and recycling services.
Raymore Commerce Center South tabled
On June 27, VanTrust Real Estate requested that a first reading regarding a Planned Unit Development and preliminary plan be removed indefinitely. The PUD is for the Raymore Commerce Center South project, which has many residents worried about a variety of concerns.
The Raymore Journal reported details on the Raymore Commerce Center South project after the city council held a public hearing on May 23.
VanTrust wants to construct five buildings ranging in size from more than 300,000 square feet to about 1.2 million square feet. Rezoning will pave way for light-industrial development, including manufacturing and warehousing. Raymore is a desirable place for distributers as the city is located off of an interstate and surrounded geographically by major freight hubs across the nation.
However, that likely means an influx of truck traffic moving into the area, something those nearby residents are not too happy about. As of press time, Zubin Talib has acquired more than 150 signatures on a Change.org petition to keep tractor-trailer trucks off 195th Street.
According to Talib’s petition, if VanTrust moves forward with its proposal, 500 additional vehicles will be moving across 195th Street each day. That includes semi-trucks and other large commercial vehicles.
Submitting public comments during the May 23 council meeting, Talib also expressed concerns over the draft Memorandum of Understanding. Although the MOU address issues like landscaping, Talib said it does not go far enough to specify exactly what is required.
Other residents are concerned about noise and light pollution. Residents and a few council members proposed building a sound wall. However, VanTrust representatives suggested that such a requirement could be a poison pill.
After about a full hour of discussion, the council narrowly agreed to table Bill 3725 to permit city staff and VanTrust to address council concerns relative to traffic mitigation, berming and landscaping. The public will receive a two-week notice once the bill is removed from the table and reintroduced.
That was supposed to happen on June 27. However, only about half of the council was present. Mayor Pro Tem Reginald Townsend noted that such a hot topic needs the attention of the full council. Consequently, the item was removed from the agenda and will be reintroduced at a later date to be determined.
Modest increase to trash services cost
Another item discussed on June 27 deals with the contract with Constable Sanitation.
Specifically, Bill 3731 amends the city budget to accommodate Constable Sanitation’s request for an adjustment in the fee for trash and recycling services. The proposed rates will increase trash service by 73 cents a month and will increase recycling by 28 cents per month. After the fee increase, trash service will cost the city $14.28 per month with recycling services costing $5.48 per month.
That may sound like a lot, but consider the following: Annual increases are based on the Consumer Price Index, i.e. inflation, which has skyrocketed by nearly 9% over the past 12 months. However, Constable Sanitation is proposing an increase of only 5.38%.
Other business items
The City of Raymore has renewed its contract with the Raymore-Peculiar School District to provide SROs to certain schools.
According to city documents, the agreement includes one SRO assigned to the northern portion of the school district within the city limits of Raymore. The contract includes the school district paying the city $262 per 8-hour day or $131 per half day for a maximum of 212 full workdays.
One key difference to previous years is that the Cass County Sheriff’s Office will be providing an SRO for East Middle School rather than the City of Raymore.
Public Works Director Mike Krass noted that infrastructure activity in at least three subdivisions: Alexander Creek, Edgewater at Creekmor and Timber Trails. Krass is hoping to see some building permits pop up in those subdivisions sometime around fall.
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- Lunit to present five abstracts highlighting the practical effectiveness of Lunit AI suite in precision diagnostic practices
- Lunit's AI imaging biomarker leads to better prediction of breast cancer risk
- Lunit INSIGHT CXR demonstrates its ability as part of a prognosis and intervention prediction model
SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunit has announced the presentation of five abstracts featuring its AI solutions for chest and breast radiology at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Meeting 2022, held in Vienna, Austria, July 13th through 17th.
The ECR, along with the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), is the world's largest radiology congress, attended by renowned radiologists and medical device giants around the globe.
One of Lunit's presentations will focus on the company's AI-powered imaging biomarker for breast cancer risk assessment in mammography. The study demonstrates the AI-powered Imaging Biomarker in Mammography (IBM), developed by Lunit, making it possible to precisely forecast the risk of breast cancer for the next 5 years with a C-index of 0.684.1
Two joint studies by Lunit and the University of Cambridge explore the possibility of Lunit INSIGHT MMG, an FDA-cleared and CE-marked breast cancer detection AI product, being used to improve the UK breast screening workflow. The studies showed that Lunit INSIGHT MMG could play a role in the double reading screening settings and in particular, could help to increase the detection of interval cancers, which are detected between routine screening cycles.
Furthermore, a joint study with the University of Basel focuses on Lunit's CE-marked chest x-ray AI solution, Lunit INSIGHT CXR. According to the study, the software analyzed 150 chest x-ray images with 97.3% accuracy and reduced the average reading time from 23.2 seconds to 14.1 seconds. The findings indicate that radiologists can substantially improve accuracy and productivity with the assistance of Lunit INSIGHT CXR.
Another major study that used medical data from nine COVID-19 treatment centers in Korea revealed the clinical efficacy of utilizing Lunit INSIGHT CXR as part of the prognosis and intervention prediction model for patients with COVID-19. When Lunit INSIGHT CXR was combined with other clinical modes and data, the model showed significantly improved prediction capabilities for patients' prognosis (e.g., ICU admission, in-hospital mortality) and required medical interventions (e.g., O2 supplementation, mechanical ventilation, use of ECMO).
"Through the studies, Lunit has demonstrated the credibility of our AI-powered diagnostics solutions as well as how AI can make a significant difference in various medical practices," said Brandon Suh, CEO of Lunit. "Based on this achievement, we intend to expand the partnership with global healthcare companies and medical institutions, increasing our market share worldwide."
Lunit Booth
- Visit us at EXPO X1 - AI area - Booth #30 for product demonstrations of Lunit INSIGHT CXR, Lunit INSIGHT MMG, and Lunit INSIGHT DBT.
*Some of the products will be available for demonstration also at our global partners' booths: FUJIFILM, Philips, INFINITT Healthcare, SECTRA and AGFA. - Available from July 13 to 17, 09:00 - 17:00 CEST
CEO Presentation at the AI Theatre
- Brandon Suh, CEO of Lunit, will be on stage at the AI Theatre to give an industry presentation about the recent and upcoming product developments, and business activities on how our AI is clinically applied across global medical sites.
- Title: "Conquer Cancer through AI: Precision Diagnostics in Chest and Breast Radiology"
When: Wednesday, July 13, 13:25 - 13:31 CEST
Book your meeting with Lunit at ECR 2022 here.
1 C-index: The concordance index is one of the most used performance measures of survival models. It is the probability of concordance between the predicted and the observed survival. C-index 1 indicates perfect prediction accuracy and 0.5 is as good as a random predictor.
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OPD: Police chase ends in man being arrested
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) – The Owensboro Police Department (OPD) arrested Braxton Green, 19, on July 7. Officers say they had originally stopped the suspect for a traffic stop at 3:55 p.m. as the vehicle was wanted in connection to several recent cases.
See also: McLean County Man sentenced for Jan. 6 crimesGreen had outstanding warrants for the following charges:
- Wanton Endangerment – 1st Degree
- Assault – 4th Degree (Minor Injury)
- Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle – 1st Offense
Police say the suspect fled from the traffic stop and abandoned the vehicle near Bosley Road and York Drive. According to reports, officers located the unoccupied vehicle and then shortly after, located the suspect.
- EPD arrest man for threatening with a knife and rape
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- Ferdinand man accused of shooting victim with shotgun
- EPD arrest two people for domestic violence
- Investigation shows no criminal involvement for escaped inmate
According to OPD, Green’s previous criminal record included the following charges:
- Burglary – 2nd Degree (2 Counts)
- Theft by Unlawful Taking – Auto ($500 or more but under $10,000)
- Trafficking in Marijuana – 1st Offense
- Resisting Arrest
- Unlawful Transaction with a Minor – 2nd Degree (2 Counts)
- Criminal Trespassing – 1st Degree
- Theft by Unlawful Taking (3 Counts)
- Numerous other drugs charges
Police reports state they pursued him on foot and took him into custody in the 2200 block of McFarland Ave. Officers say the suspect was armed with two stolen handguns, both of which had been reported to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office as such.
Police say Green is now being charged with:
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- Criminal Mischief – 1st Degree
- Receiving Stolen Property – Firearm (2 Counts)
- Trafficking in Marijuana – 1st Offence (Enhancement- while armed)
- Fleeing or Evading Police – 1st Degree (Motor Vehicle)
- Receiving Stolen Property
- Criminal Trespassing – 3rd Degree (2 Counts)
- Fleeing or Evading Police – 2nd Degree (On Foot)
- Giving the Officer False Identifying Information
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Trinidad and Tobago Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Stuart Young, Monday said he supports reports that despite the trend to renewables, there is agreement that oil and gas will continue to be important primary fuels for the coming decades.
“I believe this, and I am an advocate for the continued and increased use of natural gas, as it is the cleanest fossil fuel. In 2020, fossil fuels represented approximately 79 percent of primary energy consumption worldwide and by 2050, they are projected to represent approximately 65 percent of primary energy under the GECF assumptions, but in a much larger market,” Young told the conference of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago.
He said the share of petroleum and other liquids in the primary energy mix is projected to decrease from 30 percent in 2020 to 25 percent by 2050.
“Natural gas demand is projected to increase by 46 percent and its share in the energy mix from 23 percent in 2020 to 27 percent by 2050. The Asia Pacific region, almost doubling its current gas consumption, will make the largest contribution to this growth with more than 45 percent of the additional global gas volumes through to 2050,” he added.
Young said the power generation sector will also take a frontline place, accounting for 42 percent of the total increase in gas demand.
“As a small island state and a hydrocarbon economy, we recognize our responsibility to transition to a low carbon economy and, thankfully, decades ago we identified natural gas as the fuel of choice in achieving this objective.”
He said in this regard, the Trinidad and Tobago government is aligned with the policies of its major gas producers who consider natural gas production as the transition fuel in the movement to net-zero carbon emissions.
“We have been, and intend to continue, working closely with our stakeholders whether in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors toward the achievement of a low carbon economy. We are determined to keep Trinidad and Tobago competitive in the changing and evolving global energy sector.”
Young said for the foreseeable future, the twin island republic’s economy will be dominated by oil and gas, adding “we are fortunate to have as partners energy majors BP, Shell, Woodside (formerly BHP), Repsol, EOG Resources, and the smaller outfits, like Perenco and Touchstone who have committed to tangible and sustained investment in the upstream.
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LOS ANGELES — Concession workers at Dodger Stadium have voted to authorize a strike days ahead of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities in Los Angeles.
Workers employed by concessionaire Compass Group and its subsidiary — Chicago-based Levy Restaurants — voted 99% to authorize a strike, which could begin at any time, according to Unite Here Local 11. The union is seeking what it calls “a fair new contract.”
Levy employs nearly 1,500 food servers, bartenders, suite attendants, cooks and dishwashers at the stadium, which will host the All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. Events begin Saturday and culminate in the game on July 19.
“They are the backbone of our tourism and sports industry, yet many struggle to stay housed and to make ends meet,” said Susan Minato, co-president of the union. “No worker should have to continue to live like this.”
The union represents more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona.
The Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday it stands with the stadium workers.
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Torn up EBAs behind low wage growth: Treasurer
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the ability for employers to apply to cancel enterprise bargaining agreements is one of the reasons behind slow wage growth in Australia.
The union movement is pushing the government to make it harder to scrap workplace agreements, a tactic employers such as Qantas and Patrick Terminals have used during drawn-out wage negotiations.
“I certainly think it’s an issue. I mean, the tearing up of agreements has been a problem in our industrial relations architecture for some time,” Chalmers told ABC radio on Tuesday.
“It’s one of the reasons why I do think we need to have a look at bargaining, and one of the reasons why we haven’t had the wages growth that we would have liked to have seen for some time now.”
Asked whether he would legislate to change the system, Chalmers said it was the policy domain of Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke. “And no doubt he’s having conversations with employers, employees and unions, and that’s what Australians would expect from him,” he said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday he was concerned about the ineffectiveness of the enterprise bargaining system, which unions and employers agree is broken, though disagree on how to fix it.
“Quite clearly, it’s not working as effectively as it could, and both employers and unions are saying that. So where we can get co-operation, that’s a good thing,” Albanese said.
“We want, wherever possible, employers and unions to work together. They have a common interest and it’s called the national interest.”
The system has been weakened by the reduced participation rate in enterprise bargaining, and employers are calling for a number of changes to the “better off overall test”, which ensures employees do not go backwards in overall pay and conditions as a result of negotiations, to address the decline.
Enterprise bargaining will be a critical discussion point during the government’s September jobs summit, which will bring together 100 attendees from businesses, unions and interest groups to form Labor’s vision to address the skills crisis and improve industrial relations in Australia.
With businesses calling for a temporary lift in the annual migration cap to 200,000 places, Chalmers told the ABC that he didn’t want migration to be viewed as “the one lever” pulled to solve labour and skills shortage, and cost-of-living issues.
“We can get migration right without seeing it as a substitute for doing all of the other things in the economy, which will get that wages growth and fill these skills shortages and deliver the right kind of prosperity that we want to see into the future,” he said.
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TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church acknowledged Monday that the mother of the man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a member, but that an investigation is ongoing into media speculation that her donations may have angered her son and led to the killing.
Police have said the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he wanted to kill Abe because of his rumored connection to an organization he resented, which police did not identify. Japanese media reports said it was a religious group, and cited large donations by his mother and his anger over her subsequent bankruptcy as a possible motive.
Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church’s Japan branch, acknowledged at a news conference that she was a member, but declined to comment on the specifics of her donations, saying a police investigation is underway. Speaking in generalities, he confirmed some people had made generous donations, but stressed none was forced.
The church is also known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, founded in South Korea by the late Sun Myung Moon.
Tanaka brushed off the media reports as speculation, stressing the motive was still unclear.
“Trying to understand how such hatred may have possibly led to the killing is totally perplexing,” Tanaka said.
Abe was not a church member, but may have spoken at some events held by affiliated groups, Tanaka said.
Abe was fatally shot last Friday in Nara in western Japan while campaigning for Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Video and photos taken by people in the crowd show the suspect pulling out a homemade gun. Two smoke-filled blasts were fired. Abe collapsed and was later declared dead at a hospital.
“This is something that should never have happened, and I feel a deep outrage,” Tanaka said, bowing deeply. “My heart aches that Japan has lost a loved and respected leader.”
Such bows are part of Japanese protocol to express condolences and do not necessarily signify admission of guilt.
Tanaka said Yamagami’s mother joined the church in the late 1990s and has been participating in church events about once a month lately. There were years in between during which she did not come at all, he said.
Although the church has had scandals related to donations, compliance measures were set up in 2009, and there have not been any major troubles since then, Tanaka said.
“The amount of donations is up to each individual,” he said. “We are grateful to those who give large donations, but nothing is required.”
The news conference started with Tanaka bowing in a solemn moment of prayer. “As a religious leader, I take this extremely seriously,” Tanaka said of Abe’s assassination.
Japanese media reports say Yamagami’s mother declared bankruptcy in 2002, but Tanaka said records dating back 20 years couldn’t be confirmed and that details were unknown.
Yamagami is under custody and not available for comment.
The Unification Church has been embroiled in controversies over the years. Since its founding in 1954, Moon built a business empire with hundreds of ventures in more than a half dozen countries, from hospitals and universities to newspapers and a ballet troupe.
The controversial practices include mass arranged weddings, often pairing followers from different countries, aimed at building a multicultural religious world.
In Japan, famous actresses have joined the church, while politicians courted friendly ties because of the church’s influence. The Japan branch was founded in 1959. Church spokesperson Ahn Ho-yeul said the church has 300,000 believers in Japan and 150,000-200,000 in South Korea.
The church’s beliefs are based on the idea that love in marriage and family is what God wants for world peace and harmony.
The majority of Japanese people adhere to a mix of Shinto and Buddhism.
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Humble Bundle is currently offering a “Virtual Reality Sale,” with VR titles up to 90 percent off, as shared by RedFlagDeals user ‘Minimo07.’
It’s worth noting that the titles are available via Steam, which means you’ll need a PC and play the games via a link cable.
Check out some of the numerous VR titles on sale below:
Boneworks: $27.19 (regularly $33.99)
Superhot VR: $16.23 (regularly $32.46)
Acron: Attack of the Squirrels: $15.95 (regularly $22.79)
Space Battle VR: $3.49 (regularly $17.49)
Zero Caliber VR: $16.23 (regularly $32.46)
Fallout 4 VR: $39.99 (regularly $79.99)
Borderlands 2 VR: $33.49 (regularly $66.99)
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files: $19.99 (regularly $39.99)
Batman: Arkham VR: $7.49 (regularly $29.99)
Creed: Rise to Glory: $11.89 (regularly $33.99)
The Exorcist: Legion VR (Deluxe Edition): $25.96 (regularly $32.46)
Find all discounted VR titles at Humble here.
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JMU’s men’s basketball team is now bigger — but not necessarily slower.
The Dukes brought in two players for the 2022-23 campaign who are taller than anyone from the previous season’s roster. Graduate transfer Mezie Offurum comes to Harrisonburg via Mount St. Mary’s and stands at 6-foot-8; freshman Jerrell Robinson from DeMatha Catholic (Md.) has Offurum by an inch. Last year, JMU’s height capped at 6-foot-7 with forwards graduate Alonzo Sule and redshirt sophomore Justin Amadi.
Still, head coach Mark Byington said the added bigs won’t hinder his up-tempo system. He thinks his offense can go even faster.
“If you watch Mezie run, I mean, he’s a great runner,” Byington said at a post-practice media availability June 28. “We're probably going to be top 30, top 40 in the country in pace for play if we’re playing the right way.”
JMU was 87th in the NCAA last season in adjusted tempo, or pace of play, according to kenpom.com, a website that crunches advanced college basketball analytics. Adjusted tempo is calculated by a team’s number of possessions per 40 minutes — the length of a game — in context of how fast or slow its opponent plays. JMU adjusted tempo was 68.8 possessions per game in 2021-22, 4.8 fewer than first-place St. Johns and 1-1.5 fewer than the range Byington hopes for this season.
Byington said JMU had to slow down its pace and deploy zone defense to keep players fresh at times last season; JMU played games with as few as seven players in the rotation following a ravaging injury bug and a 29-day mid-year COVID-19 pause. If the roster stays deep this year, he said, he wants to take advantage of that — pushing the pace is something his “guys like doing.”
Offurum, who Byington called “probably the most athletic player on the team,” said the coach’s fast-paced MO enticed him to transfer to JMU after averaging 11.4 points and 5 rebounds per game in his final year at Mount Saint Mary’s. The Mountaineers’ adjusted tempo last season was 63.3, 341st out of 358 teams.
“My natural game is to get out, use my athleticism and just be all over the floor and be all over the court,” Offurum said. “That style of play, up tempo, I think, suits me.”
South Dakota State transfer guard Noah Friedel is in the same boat: While saying that shooting is his strong suit — he shot 39.6% from 3-point land in 17 games as a Jackrabbit last season — playing fast up and down the court, he said, impacted his decision to come to JMU.
JMU’s backcourt will also see redshirt sophomore guard Terell Strickland back in the mix following a 2021-22 campaign hampered by two injuries, eventually causing the disruptive defender to sit the final 12 games. He sees a much deeper team this summer — 13 players can contribute, he said — than what he watched from the sidelines last season.
It’s not just the front court that’s taller, Strickland said — it’s now only him and redshirt senior guard Vado Morse in the “6-foot club.” Freshman combo guard Brycen Blaine joins the backcourt at 6-foot-5, which already has 6-foot-6 wing Terrance Edwards — who dropped a career-high 29 points in the Feb. 26 season finale loss versus Towson — and 6-foot-4 redshirt sophomore Tyree Ihenacho, who saw action at both point and off-ball guard and led the team in assists and rebounds for the final nine games after suffering three separate injuries and missing a 54-day stretch last season.
Still, it’s only the summer, Byington warned. He said the players will decide how deep the 2022-23 Dukes go, and he doesn’t worry about the rotation this early.
Those players may already be making the decision easy for their up-tempo coach.
“We’ll run bodies in and out; everybody loves to run … Everybody’s long,” Strickland said. “I know from what I've heard in the Sun Belt, that's what it is: a whole bunch of athletic, long, tall, strong guys. So, we'll compete.”
Contact Grant Johnson at breezesports@gmail.com. For more men’s basketball coverage, follow the sports desk on Twitter @TheBreezeSports. | https://www.breezejmu.org/sports/expect-faster-pace-deeper-rotation-for-taller-2022-23-dukes/article_b6c20ea0-007f-11ed-9568-2f470ae71370.html | 2022-07-12T01:54:30Z | https://www.breezejmu.org/sports/expect-faster-pace-deeper-rotation-for-taller-2022-23-dukes/article_b6c20ea0-007f-11ed-9568-2f470ae71370.html | false | 1 |
Which is it… Michigander, or Michiganian?
Just when I thought I was getting the hang of becoming a "Michigander," it turns out it might not be that simple.
A tweet sent out by a Michigan Riley Beggin, a Washington Correspondent for the Detroit Times on Friday that has the population of the Mitten absolutely SHOOK, and asking the question, what are we?
The tweet was in regards to current Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announcing that he was now a resident of the State of Michigan.
Is that how Beggin really identifies residents of Michigan? In the few months I've lived here (and even the years ahead of my move to the Mitten), I've ALWAYS been told it's "Michigander." Yet, here is a member of the media, who has worked with the Detroit Press for YEARS, telling me, and millions of others, to the contrary.
Understandably, she got a lot of heat online.
There's even a Michigan transplant we wrote about a few months ago, George Peter Block Jr., that feels SO strongly about it being "Michigander," that he wrote music about it.
It seems there are some other acceptable terms people use to call themselves natives of Michigan.
So overwhelmingly, the masses still believe us to be "Michiganders," yet for some strange reason, people are coming to her defense.
All due respect Miss Beggin, but I, too, worked for a news organization in a past life, and knew when to buck the system because it was the RIGHT thing to do. And when I made a grave error, I didn't blame my employer, I owned my mistake.
But some of the responses online do beg the question... is it at the VERY least acceptable to refer to someone as a "Michiganian," or God forbid... a... "Michiganite?"
*dry heaves*
...oof... sorry, I threw up in my mouth a little bit there. | https://wkfr.com/which-is-it-michigander-or-michiganian/ | 2022-07-12T02:00:29Z | https://wkfr.com/which-is-it-michigander-or-michiganian/ | true | 2 |
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — With a heatwave scorching large parts of the United States, some drivers are finding themselves unable to start their cars after their batteries fail.
Among those is Rob Drummond, who was left with no choice but to buy a brand new battery.
“Put a bunch of groceries in the back of my car that’s about 130 degrees and went in to start it. And the whole thing just kind of flipped out on me,” Drummond told Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, Texas.
Drummond hasn’t been the only one. Advance Auto Parts worker Paul Lanmon said they are selling an average of about 10 batteries per day.
“It’s just a constant, ‘I need a battery. I need a battery. Can you come check my battery?'” Lanmon said.
He said the area’s record-breaking heat is breaking these batteries.
“Some of them require water. If the water evaporates out of these batteries due to the heat, it’s gonna ruin that battery,” Lanmon said.
According to AAA of Oregon, hot weather can kill more batteries than cold weather in the winter. The heat not only increases the rate of fluid loss, but it can also cause components of the battery to oxidize.
“You just hope it lasts as long as possible till the next time this happens to you, which will inevitably be on another 107-degree day,” Drummond said.
For battery maintenance, Lanmon suggested checking the water levels in your battery. He said if it’s low, add distilled water until it reaches the top of the notch in the battery. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-heat-may-impact-your-car-battery-heres-how/ | 2022-07-12T02:02:02Z | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-heat-may-impact-your-car-battery-heres-how/ | false | 20 |
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter are bracing for a legal fight after the billionaire said Friday he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the social media company.
Twitter is vowing to challenge Musk in court to uphold the agreement. Shares of Twitter slid more than 11% on Monday. Here’s a look at what could happen next.
WHY IS MUSK BACKING OUT?
There are a lot of reasons why Musk might have had second thoughts. But he alleged Friday that Twitter has failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts it has.
Twitter said last month that it was making available to Musk a “firehose” of public raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets. But Musk’s lawyers have argued that the company was providing Musk with sometimes “incomplete or unusable information” and less data than it offers some of its big customers.
Twitter said last week it uses a mix of public and private data to determine the amount of spam. Private user data isn’t available publicly and thus isn’t in the data “firehose” that it gave Musk. That would include IP addresses, phone numbers and location. Twitter said such private data helps avoid misidentifying real accounts as spam.
Twitter has said for years in regulatory filings that it believes about 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake. But on Monday Musk continued to taunt the company, using Twitter, over what he has described as a lack of data.
WHAT IS TWITTER’S RESPONSE?
Twitter declared its intent to sue Musk. The company could have pushed for a $1 billion breakup fee that Musk agreed to pay under these circumstances. Instead, it looks ready to fight to complete the purchase, which the company’s board has approved and CEO Parag Agrawal has insisted he wants to consummate.
The chair of Twitter’s board, Bret Taylor, tweeted Friday that the board is “committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon” with Musk and “plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery.”
The trial court in Delaware frequently handles business disputes among the many corporations, including Twitter, that are incorporated there.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
It’s almost impossible to predict the outcome of any protracted legal battle. But law and business experts believe Twitter likely has the stronger case.
Morningstar analyst Ali Mogharabi noted that Twitter has described its estimate of fake and spam accounts for years in regulatory filings while explicitly noting that the number might not be accurate given the use of data samples and interpretation.
Given current market conditions, Mogharabi said, Twitter may also have a solid argument that the layoffs and firings of the past weeks represent “an ordinary course of business.”
“Many technology firms have begun to control costs by reducing headcount and/or delaying adding employees,” he said. “The resignations of Twitter employees cannot with certainty be attributed to any change in how Twitter has operated since Musk’s offer was accepted by the board and shareholders.”
The case could also end in a settlement, for instance with the two sides negotiating a lower price. If Musk wins, there’s also the question of the $1 billion breakup fee. He can certainly afford it, but will he want to pay?
WHAT HAPPENS TO TWITTER NOW?
The Musk saga has been, to put it mildly, a distraction for Twitter’s workers, executives and even users. Some employees have quit, while others were laid off or fired. Job offers have been rescinded and discretionary spending curtailed.
“For Twitter this fiasco is a nightmare scenario,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, who follows the company, wrote Monday. He said the result would be “an Everest-like uphill climb for Parag & Co.” given concerns over employee morale and retention, advertiser concerns and other challenges.”
Twitter itself is unlikely to go anywhere regardless of whether or not it changes hands. But if the turmoil continues it could scare away advertisers. If too many engineers and other employees leave, the platform’s quality could suffer as well.
“The one bright spot is that if (Twitter) is ultimately victorious in the courts, it could potentially take north of the $1B in break-up fees that Musk could have to pay,” said CFRA Analyst Angelo Zino.
IF HE LOSES, WILL MUSK COMPLY?
Even if Musk loses the court case, some observers wonder if the world’s richest man will abide by the outcome. That’s in part based on his antagonistic approach to unfavorable actions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Musk’s tweets claiming he had the funding to take Tesla private in 2018.
That led to a securities fraud settlement with the SEC requiring that his tweets be approved by a Tesla attorney before being published. But the SEC later investigated whether the Tesla CEO violated the settlement with tweets last November asking Twitter followers if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.
Musk had argued that the agency can’t take action about his tweets without court authorization. This time, however, he could very well face an actual court order to pay the $1 billion breakup fee — or to finish the acquisition even if he doesn’t want to. | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/explainer-what-happens-next-in-the-musk-twitter-saga/ | 2022-07-12T02:04:25Z | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/explainer-what-happens-next-in-the-musk-twitter-saga/ | true | 34 |
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ASUU Strike: ‘Enough Is Enough’ — Buhari Tells University Lecturers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday called on ASUU members to reconsider their position on the on-going strike, saying “enough is enough.’’
The union began the strike on February 14.
The president expressed worry that the strike would have generational consequences on families, the educational system and future development of the country.
Malam Garba Shehu, his media aide, stated that Buhari made the call when he received some governors, legislators and political leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his residence in Daura, Katsina State.
The visitors were in Daura to pay Sallah homage to the president.
Buhari noted that the strike had already taken a toll on the psychology of parents, students and other stakeholders, throwing up many moral issues begging for attention.
He noted also that Nigeria’s future rested on the quality of education.
He assured also that government understood the union’s position, but that negotiations should continue with students in lecture halls.
“We hope that ASUU will sympathise with the people on the prolonged strike. Truly, enough is enough for keeping students at home. Don’t hurt the next generation for goodness sake,’’ he said.
The president called on all well-meaning Nigerians, particularly those close to ASUU leaders and members to persuade the lecturers to reconsider their position and its effect on an entire generation and the nation.
According to Buhari, Nigerian students will be faced with the challenge of competing with others in technology-driven work spaces.
Keeping them at home, he argued, only deprived them of time, skill and opportunities to be relevant on the global stage.
“Colonial type education was geared towards producing workers in government. Those jobs are no longer there.
“Our young people should get education to prepare them for self-employment. Now education is for the sake of education.
“Through technology we are much more efficient. We should encourage our children to get education not only to look for government jobs,’’ he stressed.
Buhari said resources should be channelled more into building infrastructure and operations of the health and educational sectors, not to expand the bureaucracy to create job opportunities.
“By this time next year, I would have made the most out of the two terms, and in the remaining months I will do my best,’’ the President assured.
He urged those in political positions and places of privilege to be mindful in helping the many Nigerians that were looking for opportunities.
“If you are greedy, you won’t look around to see what is happening with those who are less-endowed,’’ Buhari noted.
The president told his guests that he had not been to his house in Daura for close to a year because of the demands of office.
“The observation that I abandoned my base was made by the Emir of Daura, Dr Faruk Umar Faruk, at the Eid prayer ground.
“He held the microphone and told everyone that the last time I was in Daura was during the Eid-el-Kabir of 2021,’’ he mused.
President Buhari said he would retire to Daura and not to Kaduna, where he has a better house.
“In 10 to 11 months; time, I will come here (Daura). I have a better house in Kaduna, but it is too close to Abuja,’’ he said.
The president explained that his schedule of work was so heavy that he sympathised with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, who had to be away from his family most of the times.
He urged the APC stalwarts to keep working for the good of the people and that of the country.
“ We are a lucky people. We need to reflect more on where we are coming from,’’ h said.
The president said relative to the resources available, and compared to the preceding administration, government had done well in many areas, particularly in infrastructure.
“I wish the person who is coming after me the very best,” he said.
On security, the president said the Northwest had posed more challenges, while some success had been recorded in other regions; the Northeast and South-South.
Buhari also admonished agitators in the South-South to stop vandalising national assets, an action which, he said, also affected their livelihoods.
“I am eager to go. I can tell you it has been tough. I am grateful to God that people appreciate the personal sacrifices we have been making,’’ he said.
In his remarks, Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Kebbi’s Gov. Abubakar Bagudu, thanked the president for his leadership role in improving the nation’s economy and the many successes recorded by the APC.
According to him, such successes include two conventions to produce the party leadership and the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We will work hard to ensure the success of our party. We have reasons to work very hard,’’ he stressed.
He noted that favourable weather conditions supported the vision of ensuring food production and making agriculture a priority with clear results in rice pyramids in various states.
“In spite of attacks by renegades, our country remains self-sufficient in food production. We have seen investments that were not there before you (Buhari) came into power.
“Not less than 20 states now have agriculture processing zones. We have rice pyramids in Ekiti, Gombe and Niger states, while maize pyramids were revived in Katsina and Kano states,’’ he said.
He added that more than 54 rice meals were inaugurated in various states, and 57 fertiliser plants were revived, or built afresh.
“All these were achieved because of your commitment and patriotism,’’ the governor told Buhari.
Bagudu also appreciated the president for providing ease of access to governors and political leaders, noting that the opening of the National Economic Council for more fluid exchange of ideas greatly helped in improving the economy.
APC governors at the lunch were Aminu Masari of Katsina State; Malam Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa and Abubakar Bello of Niger.
Others were Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Simon Lalong of Plateau and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi. | https://thewhistler.ng/asuu-strike-enough-is-enough-buhari-tells-university-lecturers/ | 2022-07-12T02:08:38Z | https://thewhistler.ng/asuu-strike-enough-is-enough-buhari-tells-university-lecturers/ | false | 9 |
Which stress gummies are best?
If you regularly experience stress, tension or minor anxiety, stress gummies could help. These gummies can take the edge off by combining them with a balanced diet, moderate exercise and proper sleep. They come in different flavors and formulas. Plus, they’re generally considered safe to use as a supplement. The best stress gummy for easing tension is Nature’s Bounty Stress Comfort Mood Booster Gummies due to the great flavor and fast-acting nature.
What to know before you buy stress gummies
Benefits
Stress gummies are not intended to replace anxiety medication or other stress-relievers as prescribed by a healthcare provider. However, you can use them in conjunction with most medications to:
- Alleviate stress
- Reduce minor anxiety
- Lessen tension
- Stay calm in otherwise difficult situations
- Promote positivity
- Boost concentration
- Calm the nerves
- Improve the quality of sleep
Potential side effects
As far as side effects go, there aren’t many. Over-the-counter gummies are designed not to be addictive, meaning they’re safe for casual and long-term users. However, if you take too many stress gummies at once, you could experience:
- Upset stomach or mild nausea
- Sleepiness
- Headache
These side effects are usually temporary and will subside within a day or two once you stop taking the gummies. They’re also unlikely to occur if you take the recommended dose.
Although uncommon, taking these gummies while on certain prescription medications could lead to a potentially negative interaction. This can occur with vitamins or dietary supplements, too. If you’re taking any medications, consult your primary care physician before incorporating stress gummies into your routine.
Also, check the ingredients to make sure you’re not allergic to anything in the gummies. If you experience any of the following around the time when you eat the gummies, it could be due to an allergic reaction:
- Hives
- Swelling
- Difficulty breathing
How to take stress gummies
Unlike pills or tablets, you don’t need water to take stress gummies. Simply chew and swallow it as is. If you’ve never taken stress gummies before, here are a few helpful tips:
- Only consume up to the recommended daily amount listed on the packaging.
- If your stomach gets upset easily, take them around mealtimes.
- Take them in conjunction with prescription medications unless your doctor suggests otherwise.
- Consume them at least half an hour before a known stressful or anxiety-inducing event, so they have time to kick in.
What to look for in quality stress gummies
Ingredients
There are several ingredients found in stress gummies. Some are meant to add flavor or help the gummies keep their shape or color, such as gelatin. Others can target stress and anxiety to help improve one’s mood.
Common ingredients include:
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid: This can potentially improve sleep, reduce anxiety, and give your mood a boost.
- L-Theanine: This is an amino acid our bodies naturally produce. When taken orally, it’s supposed to reduce stress and anxiety.
- Botanicals: Certain botanicals, such as lemon balm, can help promote quality sleep, improve appetite, enhance focus and lower anxiety.
- Cannabidiol: Some gummies contain low levels of this chemical compound, which is also found in hemp and marijuana. This can contribute to a calming feeling or even improve one’s sleep quality.
- Melatonin: Melatonin helps people fall asleep and can improve their overall sleep quality.
- Extracts: Often, these gummies contain different extracts to promote stress relief. Common options are chamomile flower, lavender flower and lemon balm leaf extracts.
- Other ingredients and additives: Gummies could also contain ingredients such as vegetable glycerin, beet sugar, glucose syrup, citric acid or color additives, depending on the brand.
Flavor and shape
Most stress gummies are fruit-flavored, with common options being:
- Strawberry
- Lemon
- Blood orange
- Ginger
- Assorted berries or fruits
Most gummies are round and slightly squishy, but some look like gummy bears.
Speed of activation
Most gummies take 30 to 60 minutes to take effect. However, several factors can affect how quickly they start working. These include:
- The person’s weight
- Current medications
- Tolerance level
If you need something that works quickly, look for the term “fast-acting” on the label.
Quantity
As with vitamins, medications and dietary supplements, stress gummies usually include the quantity or count on the packaging. Not only should it indicate the recommended daily dosage, but it should also mention how many gummies are included in the container.
Say, for example, a container includes 30 gummies and has a recommended dose of two gummies a day. If you take them every day, the container will last 15 days.
Usually, you can expect to find between 30 and 100 gummies per container.
How much you can expect to spend on stress gummies
Most stress gummies cost $12-$30, depending on quantity.
Stress gummies FAQ
How long do the effects of stress gummies last?
A. This depends on the gummies, but most last for a few hours.
Are stress gummies regulated?
A. For the most part, these gummies are not regulated by the Federal Drug Administration. There is not a specific minimum or maximum dosage you should take. The gummies are also not guaranteed to work as indicated.
What should I do if I’m experiencing high stress and anxiety levels?
A. Stress gummies are intended for minor stress and anxiety, not as a long-term or permanent solution to more severe issues. If you’re experiencing a lot of anxiety, consider speaking with a doctor. Also, try to maintain a regular sleep schedule, eat a balanced diet and exercise.
What are the best stress gummies to buy?
Top stress gummy
Nature’s Bounty Stress Comfort Mood Booster Gummies
What you need to know: Available in either a 36 or 100 count, these gummies can promote a positive mood while reducing stress.
What you’ll love: They use a drug-free formula emphasizing natural and herbal ingredients. Prominent ingredients include saffron and gamma-aminobutyric acid, encouraging a positive outlook and decreasing tension.
What you should consider: The taste isn’t the best.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iherb
Top stress gummy for the money
What you need to know: These strawberry and lemon verbena-flavored gummies provide a great sense of calm and stress relief.
What you’ll love: This container comes with a count of 42 and lasts 21 days. The formula contains L-Theanine and gamma-aminobutyric acid to create a calm, stress-free experience. It also has goji berries, which can provide a boost of energy.
What you should consider: It contains gelatin, which is not vegan.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Nature Made Wellblends Stress Relief Gummies
What you need to know: These strawberry-flavored gummies are fast-acting and can start having an effect in as little as 30 to 60 minutes.
What you’ll love: They have L-Theanine and gamma-aminobutyric acid, which can help reduce stress and keep you calm and focused. They’re drug-free and non-addictive. They can last up to 20 days when taken as recommended.
What you should consider: The effect is subtle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — With a heatwave scorching large parts of the United States, some drivers are finding themselves unable to start their cars after their batteries fail.
Among those is Rob Drummond, who was left with no choice but to buy a brand new battery.
“Put a bunch of groceries in the back of my car that’s about 130 degrees and went in to start it. And the whole thing just kind of flipped out on me,” Drummond told Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, Texas.
Drummond hasn’t been the only one. Advance Auto Parts worker Paul Lanmon said they are selling an average of about 10 batteries per day.
“It’s just a constant, ‘I need a battery. I need a battery. Can you come check my battery?'” Lanmon said.
He said the area’s record-breaking heat is breaking these batteries.
“Some of them require water. If the water evaporates out of these batteries due to the heat, it’s gonna ruin that battery,” Lanmon said.
According to AAA of Oregon, hot weather can kill more batteries than cold weather in the winter. The heat not only increases the rate of fluid loss, but it can also cause components of the battery to oxidize.
“You just hope it lasts as long as possible till the next time this happens to you, which will inevitably be on another 107-degree day,” Drummond said.
For battery maintenance, Lanmon suggested checking the water levels in your battery. He said if it’s low, add distilled water until it reaches the top of the notch in the battery. | https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/the-heat-may-impact-your-car-battery-heres-how/ | 2022-07-12T02:13:07Z | https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/the-heat-may-impact-your-car-battery-heres-how/ | false | 20 |
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U.S. stocks lost ground on Monday as a lack of catalysts left market participants warily embarking on a week back-end loaded with crucial inflation data and the unofficial beginning to second-quarter earnings season.
Market leading growth stocks pulled all three major U.S. stock indexes into negative territory, with risk-off sentiment exacerbated by Macau's first casino shutdown in over two years to curb the spread of COVID-19.
"It’s a nervous market," said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Seattle. "It’s all about the kick-off to earnings season and what inflation (data) tells us."
"We know inflation is being driven by supply constraints, and China is an important factor," Haworth added. "And (the Macau shutdown) threw a cold blanket on the market this morning."
Results from big banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co , Citigroup Inc , and Wells Fargo & Co , are expected to launch second-quarter reporting season later this week.
The S&P 500 Banking index slid 1.0%.
Analysts expect steep plunges of year-on-year profits as the companies grow their loan loss reserves, fueling fears of impending recession.
Later in the week a raft of economic data - including consumer prices, retail sales and factory output - should provide a glimpse of the extent to which inflation has peaked and the economy has cooled down as the Federal Reserve moves closer to next week's policy meeting, which is expected to culminate in the second straight 75 basis point interest rate hike.
"The market is trying to caution itself ahead of that (CPI) print," Haworth said. "We’re hoping for a slowdown, which would put the Federal Reserve in a softer stance, but on the other hand, there are lots of reasons to believe inflation could stay high and the Fed will remain aggressive."
The market currently expects that the central bank will raise the Fed funds futures rate by 75 basis points in its latest salvo against red-hot inflation, a tactic which some fear could tip an already cooling economy into recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 164.31 points, or 0.52%, to 31,173.84, the S&P 500 lost 44.95 points, or 1.15%, to 3,854.43 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 262.71 points, or 2.26%, to 11,372.60.
Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, communication services suffered the biggest percentage drop, while utilities led the gainers.
Before big banks launch second quarter earnings season in earnest on Thursday and Friday, PepsiCo and Delta Air Line (DAL.N) results are expected Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
As of Friday, analysts saw aggregate annual S&P earnings growth of 5.7% for the April to June period, down from the 6.8% forecast at the beginning of the quarter, according to Refinitiv.
Twitter Inc tumbled 11.3% in the wake of Elon Musk saying he is terminating his deal to buy the social media company.
Shares of U.S. casino operators Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and Melco Resorts fell between 6.3% and 9.6% after Macau shuttered all casinos to contain its worst COVID outbreak since the health crisis began.
The broader S&P 1500 Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure index dipped 1.5%.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 2.41-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.81-to-1 ratio favored decliners.
The S&P 500 posted two new 52-week highs and 30 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 20 new highs and 130 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 9.33 billion shares, compared with the 12.92 billion average over the last 20 trading days. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/wall-street-ends-lower-ahead-of-economic-data-earnings-8812621.html/amp | 2022-07-12T02:27:08Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/wall-street-ends-lower-ahead-of-economic-data-earnings-8812621.html/amp | false | 9 |
North Melbourne part ways with coach David Noble
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North Melbourne coach David Noble has parted ways with the club 17 rounds into a horror season for the Roos.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
14-18-30-32-35
(fourteen, eighteen, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-five)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
14-18-30-32-35
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COST OF LIVING
I’m not broke — why am I so worried about money?
My husband and I have been in severe debt before and couldn’t see a way out. Now I dread that way of life returning, says an anonymous writer
The Times
If you’re fluttering around in the top echelon of the “I worry about money” bracket (you can just afford your lifestyle but there’s little margin for error or bad luck), you’ll feel floating unease about what the cost of living crisis means. You read about apocalyptic inflation and food bills being up £380 a year, and although it’s having an impact on you — no more smoked salmon or coconut water — you can joke about “the Ocado shop rising by £380 a week, more like”. It seems as if it whacks another ten pence on its extra-mature cheddar daily.
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Today in Food Commerce: DoorDash Malfunction Costs Thousands; Gopuff Expands BurgerFi Partnership
Today in food commerce, DoorDash accidentally gives away food and liquor, while Gopuff announces the expansion of its BurgerFi partnership nationwide. Plus, PYMNTS research reveals that more grocery shoppers are purchasing via voice. A DoorDash glitch had customers hauling in free food and beverages, up to thousands of dollars’...
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New properties on the market in Co Cork, Co Galway, Co Kilkenny and Dublin
Anna Shelswell-White’s pick of the properties available to buy in Ireland this week
A garden designer’s home with sea views
Verney Naylor, the renowned garden designer and founder member of the Garden and Landscape Designers Association, bought this farmhouse in Dromreagh with her husband, David, in 1973. Naylor’s informal and natural style surrounds this charming home and blends seamlessly into the west Cork landscape. The couple, who made the move to Cork in 2000, are now leaving Ireland and have put their renovated five-bedroom cottage, set on 40 acres, on the market.
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Wimbledon champion Djokovic hopes to play in Australian Open next year
Novak Djokovic is hoping to be allowed to play at the Australian Open next year despite being kicked out of the country over his vaccination status in January, the Serbian told state television RTS on Monday.
Djokovic won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2021 but was unable to defend his Melbourne Park crown due to his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
He lost his French Open title after going out to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals this year but retained his Wimbledon crown on Sunday.
The 21-times major champion cannot currently enter the U.S. without being vaccinated against COVID, while his deportation from Australia carried with it a three-year re-entry ban.
"As things stand now, I cannot travel to Australia and the United States, but I am hoping to get positive news," Djokovic told RTS after being greeted by thousands of fans in front of Belgrade City Hall.
"I believe things will change for Australian Open. For the U.S. Open there is not much time, but hope dies last. I would like to play at the U.S. Open and Australia Open, but even if I do not it's not the end of the world."
Australia scrapped a rule that required international travellers to declare their COVID vaccination status last week.
Then Prime Minister Scott Morrison said when Djokovic was removed from Australia in January that his re-entry ban could be waived "in the right circumstances".
After finishing 2021 one major short of a rare calendar-year Grand Slam, Djokovic's season has not panned out as he would have envisaged after missing the Australian Open and losing to Nadal at Roland Garros.
However, the 35-year-old has won the last four editions of Wimbledon in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, with the 2020 tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is now one Grand Slam title behind record holder Nadal, who has won 22 majors.
On Monday thousands of people waved Serbian flags and shouted "Nole! Nole!" - Djokovic's nickname in Serbian.
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Phillies' Realmuto, Nola, 2 others unvaccinated, out vs Jays
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies will be without J.T. Realmuto, Alec Bohm, Aaron Nola and Kyle Gibson during a two-game series in Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on unvaccinated travelers.
Nola started on the mound for Philadelphia's game Monday night at St. Louis and was not scheduled to pitch against the Blue Jays during the series that begins Tuesday. Bohm, an infielder, came out of Monday's game with an apparent hand injury.
President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski told reporters before the game that the four players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit two days of pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB´s collective bargaining agreement.
If Bohm goes on the injured list, he won't face those same consequences. The 25-year-old told reporters prior to the game that he wished his "personal choice" didn´t affect the whole team.
"Yeah, that´s the difficult part of it," Bohm said. "I wish it didn´t have to be like that. It´s a personal deal. I´ve made a choice, and there´s consequences that come with that and I have to suffer those. It is what it is."
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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, July 11, 2022, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Over 5,000 bison freely roam Yellowstone National Park. These incredible animals are a symbol of American history and the park is the only location in America that these prehistoric animals have always called home. However, a spate of bison attacks on park visitors has brought renewed attention to how we interact—or rather shouldn't interact—with these animals.
During the last week of June, park officials reported that two visitors were gored by bison in just three days. The first incident was caught on video, which quickly made the rounds online. In the video, we see a family walking quite close to a bison on a boardwalk. The bison charged the group and a 34-year-old man from Colorado quickly moved to get his child out of the bison's way before being gored himself. Then, just a few days later, a 71-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was attacked when she encountered a bison as she returned to her car.
In both cases, the incidents resulted in non-life-threatening injuries that were treated at the hospital. This brings the total number of bison attacks this year to three after a 25-year-old woman from Ohio approached a bison on the boardwalk in late May and was tossed 10 feet in the air by the animal.
This is a stark reminder that, although bison may look cute and cuddly, they are wild animals and humans need to keep their distance. Officials at Yellowstone National Park recommend staying 25 yards away from all large animals—bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes—and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves. If visitors happen to encounter a bison on a boardwalk, campsite, parking lot, or other developed areas, they should back away as not to provoke an attack.
So why are these attacks happening so frequently this summer? For one, there is an uptick in Americans traveling as people are eager to shake off the pandemic shackles and move about freely. So naturally, this means more people flocking to America's national parks, including Yellowstone. Dennis Jorgensen, a bison program manager for World Wildlife Fund's U.S. Northern Great Plains Program, has some additional theories about what's causing these incidents.
In an opinion piece for NBCNews, he writes, “People are so used to experiencing wildlife through the lens of social media or a wildlife series that we’ve come to see ourselves solely as spectators rather than participants when we enter actual wild places.” He then issues a clear wake up call for anyone who may not understand how to be respectful to wildlife: “Let me be clear: When we visit parks with free-roaming wild animals, we have entered a wild area. And we have no special rights or protections, other than our own common sense.
“When you choose to not respect a bison, bear or moose’s space to get that selfie for social media, it is not only disrespectful—it’s dangerous,” he continues. “Humans may have evolved to think themselves apex predators, but they are in fact quite vulnerable.”
Bison are not only large animals—males can weigh up to 2,000 pounds—but they're surprisingly agile. They can run three times faster than humans, going at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. So even that safe distance can be covered in a matter of seconds. But, at the distance recommended by park officials, bison are unlikely to charge because they simply don't see a threat.
So, for the safety of both wildlife and visitors, remember to respect any wild animal and keep your distance. No selfie or TikTok video is worth injuring yourself or others.
Yellowstone National Park is home to a population of 5,000 free-roaming bison.
After a spate of attacks on visitors who got too close to the bison, officials are reminding people to keep a respectful distance.
“When you choose to not respect a bison, bear, or moose’s space to get that selfie for social media, it is not only disrespectful—it’s dangerous,” says bison expert Dennis Jorgensen.
h/t: [BBC]
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- Shows potent and rapid antibacterial activity against clinical isolates in Europe and Korea both
- CDL200, a novel endolysin pipeline for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI)
- The world's first endolysin in capsule formulation to be administered orally
BOSTON and SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iNtRON Biotechnology ("iNtRON", www.intodeworld.com) announced today that CDL200, a novel biological drug candidate under the development of the world's first enteric colon-targeted capsule formulation for the treatment of intractable and recurrent CDI (Clostridioides difficile Infection), confirmed the strong efficacy against clinical isolates from CDI patients.
A company official explained that the antibacterial activity of CDL200 was evaluated for 20 clinical isolates from patients in Europe and Korea, and rapid lysis effect within few minutes (1-5 minutes) after treatment was confirmed from all of the tested strains. In particular, even though majority of the tested strains are resistant strains to the commonly used antibiotics such as Metronidazole, Vancomycin, and Rifaximin, CDL200 showed very potent and rapid bactericidal activity.
CDL200 is an endolysin-based novel biological drug candidate for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection, a hard-to-treat and recurrent bowel diseases. CDL200 has innovative drug properties that can eradicate bacteria much faster than the conventional antibiotics in the market, and also can be used for the infection caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria and/or highly virulent bacteria.
CDI patient population has been increasing globally and resulting in high mortality rate due to resistance to the existing antibiotics and serious complications such as toxic megacolon, sepsis, and intestinal perforation. Although there is growing interest in refractory CDI that does not respond well to primary treatment, there are only few studies on effective treatment yet. The more serious problem is the frequency of recurrent CDI is increasing, since the risk of subsequent recurrence is over 45% in patients who have had at least one recurrence.
The conventional treatment based on Metronidazole and Vancomycin is not effective for CDI with severe intractability and repeating recurrence. And the recently attempted FMT (fecal microbiota transplantation), that is, the treatment of administering donor feces to the patient's intestinal tract, has advantages such as not suppressing the intestinal flora and not creating resistant strains, but the treatment brings objection to the general public and is limited in that there is a possibility that other pathogens from the donor may be transmitted.
The mortality rate of CDI was about 3-4% in the past, but due to intensification of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the emergence of highly virulent strain (NAP1/027), the recent mortality rate has been rapidly increased to over 10%, which makes global awareness growing.
Dr. KANG, Sang Hyeon, CTO of iNtRON, said, "We have a number of new endolysin pipelines under the development utilizing our unique itLysin® technology for the serious infection that the development of effective therapeutic agents are urgently needed."
Mr. YOON, Kyung Won, CEO of iNtRON added, "Based on the development experience of SAL200, we will strive to enhance the value of our rich itLysin® pipelines and will continue to secure global competitiveness in the endolysin field."
About CDL200
CDL200 is a novel endolysin-based anti- Clostridioides difficile causes an infection of the large intestine (colon), which is often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff. CDL200 showed potent and rapid activity against 100% clinical isolates from multi-nation and has no disturbance of the normal flora in human's gut. The potential clinical usage and indications are CDI and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), and the targeted administration route of CDL200 is oral in capsule formulation. CDL200 is under non-clinical stage development and IND enabling studies will be conducted throughout the year.
About iNtRON Biotechnology, Inc.
iNtRON is a leader in bacteriophage-based technology with aim to develop and investigate into the 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' market. While pursuing global research and business development (R&BD) investments since their foundation and accelerated development after entering its IPO in KOSDAQ, the company honed in on innovating BIO New Drugs by developing various 'First-in-Concept' bio-drugs and conducting clinical studies in phases. The Company is committed to development of innovative innovation in the infectious diseases and 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' area.
About iNtODEWORLD, Inc.
iNtRON has established its wholly owned US subsidiary, iNtODEWORLD, Inc. in 2017. iNtODEWORLD was initially registered in Delaware and the headquarter office is currently located in Boston. iNtODEWORLD provides news, updates and platform development progresses of iNtRON to its potential global partners and collaborators along with its own R&BD works in the US.
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Which Anker wall charger should I buy?
Don’t be fooled into thinking all wall chargers are made the same. With differing port options, power ratings and charging speeds, choosing the correct wall charger can help you keep your devices powered up and ready to go. If you want to upgrade your current wall charger, an Anker wall charger might be the way to go.
Anker offers a wide range of chargers designed for all types of electronic devices. The Anker PowerPort Atom PD 4 has multiple ports and 100 watts of power for quick charging capabilities.
What to know before buying an Anker wall charger
Charging speed
One of the most important aspects of a wall charger is the speed at which it will charge your device. The higher the amperage speed, the quicker the charger will transfer power to your phone, tablet or other electronics.
You can find models that sport charging speeds between 1-3 amps. Anker chargers have a 2.4 amperage speed, which can fully charge most devices in 2 hours or less. Larger devices may take slightly longer, while smaller devices may not need as much time.
Power rating
Besides charging speed, the power rating of your Anker wall charger will determine the type of devices it is capable of charging efficiently. On average, Anker wall chargers will produce an output of 15-60 watts, with some models ranging even higher. Smaller devices like phones and tablets can get by with a power output of fewer than 24 watts, but laptops will likely require somewhere between 30-60 watts.
Device compatibility
Compatibility shouldn’t be an issue for most modern electronic devices. The only restriction you’ll have when using an Anker wall charger is whether your device is rechargeable using a USB connection. Some Anker chargers will feature both USB-A and USB-C charging ports, which allows you to plug in a wider variety of devices, while some will sport just one port style.
What to look for in a quality Anker wall charger
Shape & design
You should consider attributes like shape, design and color before deciding on the best Anker wall charger. Most models are portable and easily storable in a suitcase, backpack or pocket, though some are thinner and more streamlined than others.
There are slim rectangular-shaped chargers available, as well as smaller square-shaped options. Depending on where and how you intend to use your charger, the overall design can play an important role. On the other hand, color mostly comes down to preference, with many models featuring both a black and white version.
Ports
Will you need to charge just one device or multiple devices at the same time? Choose a model that has an adequate number of ports to suit all of your charging needs.
The port style also matters as Anker wall chargers feature both USB-A and USB-C ports. Determine which type of port is required for your specific device so you won’t have any issues when you need a quick power boost.
USB-A ports can fit the traditional style port we associate with USB cables, while USB-C ports are suited for most newer devices that use the smaller inputs.
Light features
Indicator lights are a convenient feature informing you when your phone is actively charging and alerting you when it has reached its maximum battery level.
Portable charging capability
Anker wall chargers are designed to operate when plugged into an electrical outlet. Suppose you are also searching for a battery-powered portable charger. In that case, Anker models double as an on-the-go charger, with the ability to work independently of a power source.
How much you can expect to spend on an Anker wall charger
Depending on your charging needs, you can find inexpensive Anker chargers for just over $10, mid-level options between $25-$50 and powerful high-end chargers that cost up to $100.
Anker wall charger FAQ
Will I need an adapter if I travel?
A. If you are traveling outside of the United States, chances are you will need an adapter to use your Anker wall charger. While Anker chargers are compatible with voltages between 100-240V, the prong style likely won’t match. You can, however, purchase Anker wall chargers designed for alternate outlet types if you know you’ll be needing them often.
Are Anker wall chargers safe for all devices?
A. Anker wall chargers are designed to protect your smartphone and other devices in the case of a short circuit or overheating using a MultiProtect safety system, making them a reliable and safe choice for all situations.
What’s the best Anker wall charger to buy?
Top Anker wall charger
What you need to know: A powerful multi-port option meant for charging several devices at once.
What you’ll love: It doesn’t matter whether you’re charging laptops, smartphones or tablets, the variety of ports and the compact size make this a top-notch charging accessory.
What you should consider: The price is higher than many other wall chargers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Anker wall charger for the money
What you need to know: Highly compact and easy to transport, this Anker charger is ideal for iPhones and iPads.
What you’ll love: The PowerIQ technology optimizes charging speeds, so you will get the most efficient charge possible.
What you should consider: Not designed for charging laptops.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Small yet powerful, this single-port charger can charge a wide range of devices.
What you’ll love: The small size and 45-watt power output make this the perfect travel companion, able to charge a laptop quickly.
What you should consider: Not a good option if you need to charge more than one device.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Boris Johnson, the affable English rogue who resigned as United Kingdom prime minister on Thursday, has always been a man of means, in more than one sense. He is, of course, wealthy. But more importantly, he is a man and a politician whose many public victories appear never to have had any higher goal or purpose beyond themselves.
The means of politics—victory, conquest, and the defeat of one’s opponents—have always interested Johnson more than any principled end to which they might be directed. When he lost the Oxford Union’s presidential election as a university student, running as a Conservative, he simply ran for a second time as a Social Democrat, offering a different and more popular selection of policies, on the back of which he won. He famously wrote two contradictory op-ed drafts for the Daily Telegraph before taking a side in the Brexit referendum, choosing to publish (and campaign for) the Leave position in the end. When his impassioned broadside on behalf of the Remain cause was leaked after the fact, he tried unconvincingly to pass it off as a “semi-parodic” lark. Johnson’s estranged former aide Dominic Cummings has suggested that even during the coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister’s decision-making process was guided by an excessive sensitivity to the effect his own press was having on the electorate. “We cannot keep changing your mind every time the Telegraph writes an editorial on the subject,” Cummings claims to have told him.
But Johnson’s almost exclusive concern for remaining in power as opposed to doing anything with that power is what made him a fitting leader of the Conservative Party in the first place. Over the course of its long history, the Tories have turned political triangulation into a successful, if cynical, art form. As the English writer Peter Hitchens wrote in The Broken Compass, his book-length treatment of the postwar Tories, the Conservative Party is “an organisation whose main purpose is to obtain office for its leading figures at almost any cost.” At this task it has been remarkably successful. The conservatives have held a majority in the House of Commons for 72 of the past 100 years.
This dominance is somewhat misleading. Conservative members of Parliament would sit comfortably on the wings of both the Democratic and Republican Parties on socioeconomic questions were they elected to national office in the U.S. What makes them Tories one and all is their willingness to stand together, say what needs to be said, and do what needs to be done to win. In other words, for the Conservative Party, the means of democratic politics—electoral victory—has become the sole end of politics. They are the finger-in-the-wind party; the party of the noun rather than the verb; of power rather than the power to do. Consequently, when party members and grandees wring their hands and point their fingers at Johnson, they are disavowing a leader who incarnates their own animating spirit.
The European question threatened to bring down this arrangement by forcing the party to confront a question of actual principle. That there was such a relatively even split between Leave and Remain among Conservative MPs is perhaps the best evidence that nothing unites this party more than the priority of power. In the end, Johnson won the party’s leadership contest in 2019 because of his massive popularity. He could simultaneously win Brexit voters and deliver a softer, more EU-aligned Brexit than many of them hoped for on account of the personal esteem in which he was held in post-industrial Brexitland. The massive, 80-seat majority that he won in the House of Commons during the 2019 general election appeared to vindicate his elevation to the leadership. It looked like a genuine political realignment: a host of seats in Labour heartlands swung Conservative for the first time, and the phrase “I’m voting for Boris” (not “I’m voting Conservative”) was uttered in regional working-class dialects all over the country. But it ultimately yielded little in terms of policy.
Though Johnson’s resignation speech admitted of no responsibility on his part for his premature exit from 10 Downing Street, the accomplished classicist will probably come to recognize the subtle hints of Attic tragedy that characterized his downfall. His greatest strength—an undeniable charm and irresistible personality—made him a phenomenally successful candidate. But it also enabled him to escape unscathed from a seemingly interminable series of scandals throughout his public life that would have been career-ending for others. Multiple affairs (and lies about them), one of which cost him his job in the Conservative Party shadow cabinet in 2005, bounced off him, as did a diplomatic slip of the tongue when he was Foreign Secretary that imperiled the release of an innocent British woman imprisoned by the Iranian government. Johnson had no reason to expect that the wall would break when he became prime minister. Some half-hearted incantation had always sufficed to banish the air of scandal from his presence. Why shouldn’t it work in Downing Street?
Sure enough, the scandals came. There was the refurbishment of Johnson’s apartment in 10 Downing Street: undertaken by a celebrity designer, involving wallpaper made of gold, and, crucially, paid for by a Tory Party donor, a fact that Johnson failed to disclose. There was the corruption investigation into one of his allies in Parliament that he tried to rig by overhauling the process of investigating lawmakers (said ally was guilty and resigned in the end). Then there was Partygate, during which footage and photos emerged of the prime minister attending boozy gatherings in Downing Street in violation of the government’s own lockdown rules. One of these parties took place on the day of Prince Philip’s funeral, which the Queen attended alone to comply with the very same rules. Eventually, it emerged that the man Johnson appointed to investigate the Partygate allegations hosted one of the soirees himself.
Johnson survived the vote of No Confidence that was held in the wake of Partygate, but the fatal blow turned out to be the alleged sexual improprieties of one of his appointees. Deputy chief whip Chris Pincher had to resign last week after allegations became public that he drunkenly groped two men at a party event. A paper trail of similar allegations against Pincher goes back years. After initially denying any knowledge of these accusations, the prime minister was forced to acknowledge that a few had been brought to his attention during his tenure as Foreign Secretary in 2019. It is even alleged that Johnson made light of them, describing his ally as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature,” which certainly has the ring of a Johnson-ism, if nothing else. After a slew of cabinet resignations, the game was up. (The most troubling fact about Pincher’s sexual misconduct is its relative banality in the context of the parliamentary Conservative Party: Another Conservative MP, Neil Parish, recently resigned from office after getting caught watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons, while Tory lawmaker Imran Ahmad Khan resigned after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy.)
If the decadence of today’s Conservative Party warrants comparison with the late Roman Empire, then its opposition in the form of the Labour Party is so feckless that the country has been all but reduced to a one-party state. The Tories are in a seemingly permanent state of stagnant and listless victory, like an army that would rather grow fat and drunk celebrating success on the battlefield instead of beating their swords into ploughshares and setting about the constructive work of peace. They cannot seem to fix on a single consequential reform that they deem worthy of the awesome power they wield with an 80-seat majority. Despite all the work to be done in the U.K., the party cannot find an end it deems worthy of its means.
Johnson is more consequence than cause of this malaise.
In the end, this failure of imagination, which he shares with his party, is Boris Johnson’s greatest shortcoming. As Aris Roussinos wrote for the British outlet Unherd in late 2020, the British state is in dire need of structural overhaul. The U.K. economy is both massively over-financialized, globalized, and London-centric. The most dynamic part of the economy concerns itself almost exclusively with providing financial liquidity to an ultra-wealthy foreign clientele. The post-industrial regions around London have been left behind, a fact that barely registers on economic metrics that prize GDP and stock market value above all else. A genuine futurist with the kind of mandate that Johnson’s government won in 2019, wielding the near-dictatorial powers of the British state, could have imposed the kind of reform agenda that American presidents can only dream of. Ideas and proposals were not lacking in this regard. Instead, Johnson leaves office with the regions relatively untouched, with home ownership out of reach for those not already on the property ladder, and with taxes about to reach their highest levels since World War II.
Why did Johnson’s Teflon coat wear off? Polls show the prime minister’s popularity waning in the wake of the recent scandals. It’s too soon to say conclusively, but it seems that the British electorate will allow someone to rise only so high while at the same time remaining an incorrigible rascal, perhaps owing to the proximity of the office of the prime minister to that of the queen. As for who will succeed Johnson, it is hardly a question worth asking: most of the likely candidates are mediocrities, whose vast personal ambition is matched only by their complete political flexibility. The party and the political culture that elevated Johnson will elevate them, too. Only true electoral competition can save the Conservative Party from its solipsistic decline.
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The 2022 Concacaf W Championship (July 4-18) is in full swing in Monterrey, Mexico. The tournament serves as a qualifier for both the 2023 Women’s World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
RELATED: USWNT roster named for 2022 Concacaf W Championship
Despite being a relatively small tournament, there’s a lot at stake for the eight competing women’s soccer teams. Here’s a look at the tournament format and schedule, World Cup and Olympic qualification processes, results and scores, and details on how to watch every USWNT game.
How to watch the 2022 Concacaf W Championship
In the United States, Paramount+ will be the streaming home of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship. In addition, select games will be broadcast on linear TV.
Schedule and scores from the Concacaf W Championship
See below for a full tournament schedule, including how to watch all USWNT games. All games are listed in eastern time (ET). USWNT games are in bold.
Monday, July 4, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: USWNT vs Haiti – Estadio Universitario (USWNT won 3-0)
- 10:00 pm ET: Mexico vs Jamaica – Estadio Universitario (Jamaica won 1-0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Costa Rica vs Panama – Estadio BBVA (Costa Rica won 3-0)
- 10:00 pm ET: Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago – Estadio BBVA (Canada won 6-0)
Thursday, July 7, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Jamaica vs USWNT – Estadio BBVA (USWNT won 5-0)
- 10:00 pm ET: Haiti vs Mexico – Estadio BBVA (Haiti won 3-0)
RELATED: USWNT qualifies for 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Friday, July 8, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Trinidad and Tobago vs Costa Rica – Estadio Universitario (Costa Rica won 4-0)
- 10:00 pm ET: Panama vs Canada – Estadio Universitario (Canada won 1-0)
Monday, July 11, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Canada vs Costa Rica – Estadio BBVA (Streaming: Paramount+)
- 7:00 pm ET: Panama vs Trinidad and Tobago – Estadio Universitario (Streaming: Paramount+)
- 10:00 pm ET: Jamaica vs Haiti – Estadio BBVA (Streaming: Paramount+)
- 10:00 pm ET: USWNT vs Mexico – Estadio Universitario (Streaming: Paramount+; Spanish: ViX)
2022 Concacaf W Championship Playoffs
Thursday, July 14, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Semifinal #1 (1A vs 2B) – Estadio Universitario (TV: CBS Sports Network; Streaming: Paramount+)
- 10:00 pm ET: Semifinal #2: (1B vs 2A) – Estadio Universitario (TV: CBS Sports Network; Streaming: Paramount+)
Monday, July 18, 2022:
- 7:00 pm ET: Third-place game (Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2) – Estadio BBVA (Streaming: Paramount+)
- 10:00 pm ET: Championship game (Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2) – Estadio BBVA (Streaming: Paramount+)
How does the 2022 Concacaf W Championship work?
Eight teams, divided into two groups, are competing in the Concacaf W Championship. The tournament kicks off with round-robin tournament within each group:
- Group A: United States, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti
- Group B: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
How do teams qualify for the Women’s Soccer World Cup?
At the end of round-robin play, the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout semifinal round and, more importantly, qualify for the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
The two third-ranked teams in each group will qualify for an inter-confederation World Cup playoff, which will be held in February 2023.
What about Olympic qualification?
The winner of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship will qualify for the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The runner-up and third-place teams will qualify for the Concacaf Olympic play-in, which will be held in September 2023.
To put it bluntly: if you don’t finish in the top-three this July in Mexico, you’re out of the Olympics two years from now in Paris.
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How to get free fries at McDonald's and Wendy's this week
McDonald's and Wendy's are both giving away free fries this week.
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On Wednesday, in celebration of the (apparently real) National French Fry Day, McDonald's will give away free orders of large fries — with no purchase necessary. However, the free fries can only be ordered through the McDonald's app, and customers must be members of the chain's loyalty program.
Similarly, Wendy's on Monday announced the beginning of Fry Week, during which the chain is offering free fries with specific purchases that will change each day this week. For example, on Tuesday Wendy's customers can get free medium fries with any salad purchase.
Like McDonald's, Wendy's recently reformulated fries are only free if ordered through its app and customers have to be part of the brand's digital loyalty program.
Ultimately the goal for McDonald's, Wendy's and other chains with loyalty programs is to increase sales and lure in customers — ideally on a daily basis — by offering reasons to choose them over their competitors. The programs also give restaurant owners access to customers' data and ordering habits that help target diners with customized deals.
McDonald's program has surpassed 26 million members since its launch a year ago as one of several important digital initiatives for the company.
"We're also seeing more frequent visits from loyalty customers, many of whom were very loyal to begin with," said McDonald's CFO Kevin Ozan in a recent earnings call. "Some of our largest markets have seen record customer visit frequency driven by loyalty usage coupled with app-exclusive promotions."
As for Wendy's, whose program had about 19 million members as of the end of last year, the company said on a recent earnings call that it is "really pleased" with the 2-year-old program because enrolled customers come in more frequently.
"It helps speed up the drive-thru, helps drive order accuracy, helps with quickness of payment and then ultimately provides a lot of benefit for us over time as we get all that information to better connect to our consumer on a one-to-one basis," said Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor on the call. | https://www.ketv.com/article/how-to-get-free-fries-mcdonalds-wendys-this-week/40581288 | 2022-07-12T03:06:24Z | https://www.ketv.com/article/how-to-get-free-fries-mcdonalds-wendys-this-week/40581288 | true | 13 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz had three hits, scored three times and drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 10-5 on Monday night.
Díaz's 10th multihit game since June 26 raised his batting average to .500 (27 for 54) over his last 15 games.
Tampa Bay had dropped four of six, including a three-game series sweep at lowly Cincinnati over the weekend. Luke Bard (1-0) pitched three innings for his first win with the Rays.
J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Alex Verdugo had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who have given up 25 runs in losing their last three games against the Rays.
The Rays led 5-1 after nine of their first 13 hitters (including Díaz and Ji-Man Choi twice each) reached base safely against Brayan Bello.
But Martinez hit a two-run double in the third, then doubled again in the fifth and scored on Bogaerts' tying single.
Only a fully horizontal diving catch by center fielder Brett Phillips, robbing Trevor Story of a second-inning RBI double, kept the Rays from falling behind at that point.
Díaz regained the lead for Tampa Bay with a run-scoring double into the left-corner off Jake Diekman (4-1) in the sixth. Harold Ramirez then made it 7-5 when he drove in Díaz with a pinch-hit single off Kaleb Ort.
Díaz added a sacrifice fly in the eighth when the Rays tacked on three unearned runs.
Bello permitted five runs and seven hits in four innings in his second major league start.
Rays opener Matt Wiser, who pitched only the first inning, was followed by Josh Fleming, who gave up four runs in three innings before leaving the game with right oblique tightness.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: 3B Rafael Devers, who has missed three games with lower back pain, might start Tuesday night. ... RHP Nathan Eovaldi (low back inflammation) probably will pitch against the Yankees on Friday night in his first major league start since June 8. ... RHP Garrett Whitlock (right hip inflammation) will pitch in another rehab game Tuesday in the hopes of rejoining the Red Sox this weekend. ... C Kevin Plawecki was placed on the COVID-19-related IL and C Connor Wong was recalled from Triple-A Worcester.
Rays: SS Wander Franco (broken hamate bone) will have surgery Tuesday and is expected to miss five to eight weeks. ... CF Kevin Kiermaier (hip) will visit a specialist after the All-Star break to determine whether surgery will be necessary. ... 2B Brandon Lowe (low back discomfort) will play the next three days for Triple-A Durham before being re-evaluated for his return to the roster for the first time since May 16.
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Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale will make his season debut Tuesday night after missing the first half of the season with a right rib stress fracture. Manager Alex Cora said Sale could throw as many as 85 pitches based on his buildup in rehab starts. The 33-year-old pitcher could also start Sunday’s game in New York against the Yankees.
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Is being 'hangry' a real thing? Here's what the evidence says
European scientists have found new evidence that supports an association between the sensation of hunger and negative emotions. These researchers harnessed smartphone technology to help capture people’s feelings of hunger and emotional state in real-time. The context in which people may feel hunger could also exert an unconscious...
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Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai arrived in Tokyo on Monday on a “personal visit” for late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s funeral, according to the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, Japan’s de facto embassy to Taiwan.
Lai’s previously unannounced trip makes him the highest-ranking Taiwanese official to visit Japan in 50 years since the severance of diplomatic relations in 1972 between Japan and the Republic of China — Taiwan’s official name.
China has consistently protested against foreign officials’ visits to Taiwan or countries allowing Taiwan’s senior government officials to visit or transit, as it claims the self-ruled democratic island as its own territory, despite the Communist Party never having ruled over it.
Taipei has downplayed the visit by Lai.
“Vice President William Lai has been a long-time friend to PM Abe and his family. The Vice President is deeply saddened by the passing of PM Abe and is grateful for his distinguished contribution to relations between Taiwan and Japan,” Taiwan’s presidential spokesperson Kolas Yotaka told CNN.
In a statement, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had no further information or comment on Lai’s “personal schedule,” adding that senior government officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen, Premier Su Tseng-chang and foreign minister Joseph Wu, had paid their respects to Abe at Japan’s de facto embassy in Taipei on Monday morning.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Albert Pujols passed Stan Musial on the career extra-base hits list, and Corey Dickerson and Lars Nootbar homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 on Monday night.
The teams split the four-game series and are tied for the final wild-card spot in the National League. The Cardinals have won two straight but are just 3-6 in their last nine games.
Philadelphia lost consecutive games for the third time since the start of June.
Mikolas (6-7) gave up six hits, including a first-inning home run to Rhys Hoskins, struck out five and walked none in 7 1/3 innings.
The win snaps a three-game losing streak for the pitcher, who hasn’t received much run support. The Cardinals scored three runs or fewer in each of his seven losses, including four shutouts.
Mikolas has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of his past seven starts.
Aaron Nola (6-6) cruised until the bottom of the Cardinals order touched him for three runs in the fifth. Nola went seven innings, allowing five runs on seven hits. He struck out seven and walked none.
Pujols doubled off the right field wall to lead off the seventh, just missing a home run, to take sole possession of third place with 1,378 extra base hits. He snapped a tie with Musial, passing the Cardinals great to join a top three including Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.
Dickerson followed with his third home run of the season, a 395-foot shot into the Cardinals bullpen.
Nootbar also connected for his third on the first pitch from reliever Michael Kelly in the eighth. Nootbar, who came in as a defensive substitution in the top of the inning, placed his shot over the left field wall to give the Cardinals a 6-1 lead.
Dylan Carlson singled to start the fourth and reached second on a fielder’s choice. With one out, Dickerson singled in Carlson and took second on the throw home. Dickerson came in on Edmundo Sosa’s double down the left-field line, and Sosa scored on Andrew Knizner’s blooper down the right field line.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: IF Alec Bohm left with an apparent hand injury in the second inning after sliding headfirst into second base attempting to stretch a single into a double. He immediately began to favor his left hand and appeared to say “it’s broken” to someone on the field. Philadelphia did not indicate what the injury was or its severity of it during the game.
MOVES
Cardinals: LHP T.J. McFarland was activated from the COVID-19 injured list Monday. Also, St. Louis transferred RHP Jack Flaherty to the 60-day IL and optioned LHP Zack Thompson to Triple-A Memphis.
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Phillies: Will be without J.T. Realmuto, Kyle Gibson, Bohm, and Nola during a two-game series in Toronto beginning Tuesday due to Canadian restrictions on unvaccinated travelers. Neither team has named a starter for the opener. The Blue Jays said over the weekend they hoped RHP Kevin Gausman (6-6, 2.86) is back from a bone bruise in his ankle to take the mound.
Cardinals: LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-1, 4.74) opens a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and starter RHP Mitch White (1-1, 3.38). Liberatore is 2-0 and has yet to give up an earned run at home in 10 innings over two games.
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CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Cassidy Keitt is an up-and-coming driver who, at thirteen years old, has already caught the eye of NASCAR Cup Series Driver, Austin Dillion.
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Alex the Astronaut: ‘I was already in therapy for all that other stuff, why not add one more thing?’
By Robert Moran
Even while crouching in a crab-infested crevice (photo shoots can get perilous sometimes), Clovelly has been therapeutic to Alex the Astronaut. Since the pandemic, the singer-songwriter’s gone snorkelling at the Eastern Suburbs beach three or four times a week. Underwater, she’s observed “spooky, alien stuff”, like a pod of choreographed squid who colour-shift whenever they catch her glancing. She’s befriended a blue groper named, obviously, Bluey.
“Being underwater is completely quiet and you see the same fish and the same animals hanging out together whenever you go back, it’s kind of sweet,” the 27-year-old, real name Alexandra Lynn, says. “Even though the ocean’s a brutal atmosphere and they’re all eating each other and stuff, it feels like a safe place.”
What Jacques Cousteau called “the silent world” threads through Alex the Astronaut’s new album, How To Grow a Sunflower Underwater. There are repeated nods to the existential calm of spotting the same ol’ fish in the sea; throbbing drones and bubbling motifs sound like your head’s splashing in a swell. “The draft title was How to Keep Being Hopeful,” Lynn explains, “you know, when things have gone quite poorly.”
Eschewing the character-driven excursions that punctuated her acclaimed 2020 debut The Theory of Absolutely Nothing, Lynn calls it her most vulnerable work yet. With her tumbling wordplay again at the fore, the album is dense. It feels like there’s a lot of life on there.
“It was a very eventful time,” Lynn laughs drily. “Too much. I have to go to therapy this afternoon, actually, and sometimes when I come in I’m just like, ‘I don’t want any more events, I’m done with events!’”
Last year, while in therapy to deal with PTSD from being a full-time carer for a loved one, an experience she addresses in the songs Haunted and Sick (“I don’t want to say who, but it was very difficult… It felt like an endless cycle,” she says), Lynn was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
“I was already in therapy for all that other stuff mentioned on the album, so it was like, well, we’ve already got quite a lot in the mix, why not add one more thing?” Lynn jokes. “I think for me, looking after the sensory stuff directly helped the other stuff. It’s like this big puzzle, I guess.”
In May 2021, with the support of her friend, comedian Matt Okine, she publicly revealed her diagnosis in a stand-up set at Sydney’s Comedy Store. In the set, Lynn mentioned she’d been watching Atypical on Netflix, a comedy series about a teenager on the autism spectrum who decides to start dating, when a realisation clicked.
“Lots of people since I was little noticed stuff I did and said, like, ‘Oh, you’re so autistic’, but it didn’t feel like a good thing and so I never really saw that for me,” Lynn says. “Like, when I saw Rain Man or the depictions of autism on TV, I never was like, ‘I understand that’.
“In Atypical, it was mainly the character wearing noise-cancelling headphones. I’ll notice, especially in airports, I’ll wear my noise-cancelling headphones and feel completely calm and then take them off and be like, ‘Nope, not yet.’ There were a few social quirks I had that friends sometimes commented on, but it was mostly the sensory stuff.”
In an interview with disability activist Dylan Alcott earlier this year, Lynn said she’s keen to speak about her experience with autism because of the stigma and misinformation that exists around the condition. She’s already noticed sly differences in the way people respond to her since she revealed her diagnosis.
“People watch me a lot more, I’ve noticed that. A little look in their eyes like they’re looking for something, trying to figure out what it is,” she says. “It’s kind of annoying. ’Cause you’re like, ‘I’m not any different?’ I think some of that is just a lack of education. And so why I want to talk about it, I guess, is firstly just because I talk about everything [laughs], but also to show it’s such a diverse group of people and there are lots of different experiences.”
Lynn says getting diagnosed at 25 also meant she already had her own ideas around autism that needed reframing.
“Like, at first, I was super embarrassed. I didn’t expect to be because I’d gone through the process for a long time - it takes a while to be tested, you have to pay a fair amount of money and then you wait six months on a waiting list and then you finally get there. But when I got the diagnosis I was like, ‘I don’t actually know what to do with this.’ I felt embarrassed. The only thing I knew about it was Rain Man, Big Bang Theory, and like when people say, ‘Oh, I think that guy’s a bit autistic.’ All negative. So I didn’t want to tell people.”
She says she felt like a veil had been lifted where other people could see something about her that even she didn’t realise; that even if she felt like everyone else, they could spot she was different.
“It took me a while,” Lynn says. “I got to the point where I was like, ‘Look, I know that I do have actual friends and not everyone is just being nice to me [laughs]. I know that I’m not Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, the butt of the joke or anything like that.’ And then I realised, far out, no one is like that! Everyone has their own quirks and personalities and I shouldn’t say, ‘Oh, I’m not them, I’m different. I’m the good type of autistic!’ Destigmatising all of it, that was a good learning thing for me.”
Therapy has helped. She’s done it since high school, says Lynn, when she couldn’t sleep. And she’s continued it.
“I saw lots of different therapists and I found the therapist that I liked, like, four years ago, which was very good timing,” she says. “I love it. It’s so fun and they’re so smart; it’s like a friend on steroids. Like, given they’re trained and it’s a science and all of that, they can give you good advice. I think everyone should get to go, because it’s so good for you.”
The bouncy Octopus, where Lynn sings, “I think I’m like an octopus sometimes, trying so hard to blend in, forgot that I’ve something I could give,” is the only song on the album that directly addresses her diagnosis - so much so that her original title for it was Autism. But other tracks also highlight Lynn’s typically big-hearted songwriting, including the life-affirming lead single Haircut.
The song, the album’s buoyant closer, finds Lynn continuing her self-exploration around her queer identity. An ever-wordy chorus where she sings, “Since I cut my hair, I’ve been feeling so much better, but it was more than that, now the mirror looks back and I feel like I’m supposed to”, gives goosebumps with its celebration of hard-won self-acceptance. Lynn says she shaved her head in May 2020 to help raise PPE funds for COVID nurses, and immediately felt transformed.
“I remember being like, ‘Oh, this is weird.’ I wish everyone could experience that because I think then everyone would have a lot more understanding. Because I never knew anything about gender, I never even thought about it until I cut my hair and then all of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh, maybe there’s something else that I didn’t understand about myself.’
“I thought I’d done a pretty good job of like, you know, I came out, I’ve diligently walked the line as a LGBTQ person, and then... It was kind of like the autism thing. There was a lot of like, ‘Nah, this is not a thing. Wait, yes I think this is a thing.’ And now it’s just like, I don’t really get it, but it’s just there and I’ve gotta keep exploring it.”
Alex the Astronaut’s How to Grow a Sunflower Underwater is out on July 22. She will perform at Sydney’s City Recital Hall on August 19.
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Stealth bombers fly into Brisbane in US show of force to region
Some of the United States’ deadliest bombers have arrived at Amberley, just west of Brisbane, in a not-so-stealthy show of force to the Indo-Pacific.
The nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers flew almost 14,000 kilometres from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to land at RAAF Base Amberley on Sunday.
The bomber’s flying wing design, meaning it lacks a fuselage and a tail, allows it to evade enemy radar as it approaches its target.
Although designed to evade detection, the B-2’s arrival in Brisbane was well publicised by both the US and Australian air forces.
While in Australia, the B-2s will conduct training and “strategic deterrence missions” with the Royal Australian Air Force and other allies that the US Air Force said was “in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific”.
An RAAF spokeswoman said the visit was part of the two air forces’ Enhanced Air Cooperation initiative.
“EAC aims to deepen advanced air-to-air integration between the Australian Defence Force and United States air elements to enable the two countries to operate together seamlessly,” she said.
“The EAC initiative has been operating successfully for several years as one of the United States Force Posture Initiatives.
“...The RAAF welcomes the visiting aircraft and personnel and looks forward to working with them during this activity.”
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Kousgaard, US Air Force 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron commander, said the visit was more than just about training.
It was also about sending a message.
“This deployment of the B-2 to Australia demonstrates and enhances the readiness and lethality of our long-range penetrating strike force,” Lieutenant Colonel Kousgaard said.
“We look forward to training and enhancing our interoperability with our RAAF teammates, as well as partners and allies across the Indo-Pacific as we meet [Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force] objectives.”
The 393rd Bomb Squadron remains the only unit to have deployed nuclear weapons in combat, with the bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II both conducted by the 393rd.
The B-2 can deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons.
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SYDNEY, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PlayUp Limited ("PlayUp"), a leading, sports betting and iGaming technology company, today announced that it is working through completion of the certification process by GLI and, therefore, is closing in on approval to launch its proprietary Betting, Entertainment and Sports Technology Platform ("BEST") in the United States markets.
As a next generation entertainment and technology company offering online sports betting and iGaming in the United States and online betting, Daily Fantasy Sports and eSports throughout Australia, PlayUp has developed BEST to be a highly scalable and robust online betting platform that provides an integrated product experience. The BEST platform will allow users to have a single account, single wallet and single app in the United States or Australia to make bets across all supported betting products. All BEST intellectual property is self-developed and owned by PlayUp.
PlayUp is already live in the United States (New Jersey and Colorado with sports betting and across more than 25 States with Slots+) and has positioned itself for growth by capitalizing on its experience as an Australian operator since 2017 and having strong market access in the United States (11 online sports betting and/or iGaming market access agreements across 8 states). PlayUp has also assembled an experienced in-house risk management team that trades all United States and Australian sports, as well as racing.
Additionally, PlayUp's Board of Directors has initiated a process to evaluate strategic alternatives. As part of this process, PlayUp intends to consider a full range of alternatives, including strategic partnerships, a sale of the company or other possible transactions. Innovation Capital, LLC has been retained as its exclusive financial advisor to assist with the strategic review process.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix on Monday blocked a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to unborn children and that abortion rights groups said put providers at risk of prosecution for a variety of crimes.
U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes said in his written ruling that the groups that sued to block the law are right — it is “anyone's guess,” as the state acknowledged, what criminal laws abortion providers may be breaking if they perform otherwise-legal abortions.
“And that is the problem,” Rayes wrote. “When the punitive and regulatory weight of the entire Arizona code is involved, Plaintiffs should not have to guess at whether their conduct is on the right or the wrong side of the law.”
At least four other states have similar “personhood” laws in effect, including Missouri, Kansas, Georgia and Alabama.
It is unclear if abortions that have been halted in Arizona since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that women do not have a constitutional right to abortion would restart. Abortion providers stopped virtually all procedures because a pre-1901 banning all abortions that may be in effect and other laws created too much risk.
At least in Pima County, where the 1901 law remains blocked, they could be legal, although Attorney General Mark Brnovich plans to ask a court to lift that order and allow enforcement.
Rayes had refused to block the personhood law last year, but abortion rights groups renew their request after Roe v. Wade was struck down.
They argued that providers fear they could be charged with child abuse, assault or a litany of other crimes, and that the law was unconstitutionally vague. There is also concern of civil and regulatory action.
The attorney general's office told the judge that the personhood law created no new criminal laws, but admitted in their court filings that prosecutors and courts could have a different view.
Abortion rights groups hailed the ruling.
“The court made the right decision today by blocking this law from being used to create an unthinkably extreme abortion ban,” said Jessica Sklarsky, a lawyer at the Center for Reproductive Rights who argued the case. “The Supreme Court’s catastrophic decision overturning Roe v. Wade has unleashed chaos on the ground, leaving Arizona residents scrambling to figure out if they can get the abortion care they need."
The Arizona attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday evening.
An attorney general’s office lawyer told Rayes during a July 8 hearing that the law creates no new crimes that could lead to charges. The “personhood” law says all other state laws should be interpreted to bestow all rights to an unborn child.
The battle over Arizona’s “personhood” law is playing out despite all abortions being halted in the state. Arizona providers stopped providing the procedure because of concerns that a pre-1901 law that bans all abortions may now be enforceable, as Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich declared on June 29.
That law has been blocked since 1973, but Brnovich has vowed to go to court to remove that injunction. That injunction only applies to one large county and the attorney general.
The attorney general’s office said in court filing that Rayes got it right last September when he refused to block the law. Rayes had cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 1989 where the court declined to block Missouri’s nearly identical law.
Rayes said he has now changed his mind about the relevance of that case.
“The Court is now persuaded it was wrong to rely on Webster the first go around,” he wrote.
Sklarsky had argued the personhood law is unconstitutionally vague on several fronts and told Rayes that the attorney general said in its court papers that it’s “anyone’s guess” how state judges or prosecutors might apply the law.
Rayes' ruling blocks enforcement of the law while the challenges precede though the court, including a possible trial.
“Medical providers should not have to guess about whether the otherwise lawful performance of their jobs could lead to criminal, civil, or professional liability solely based on how literally or maximalist state licensing, law enforcement, and judicial officials might construe the Interpretation Policy’s command,” Rayes said.
States now have wide-ranging rights to limit abortion, and many laws limiting or blocking all abortions that were previously blocked can now be enforced. That has led to battles in many states over which laws are now enforceable.
Arizona is in that position, with Republican Gov. Doug Ducey saying a ban on abortions after 15 weeks that he signed in March takes precedence over the pre-1901 law Brnovich said is in effect.
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The fire that burned down the historic Veranda House inn on Nantucket this past weekend was caused by a trash fire under the porch of the hotel, firefighters said Monday.
The massive fire at the iconic hotel, which was built in 1684, was most likely caused by “improper disposal of smoking materials,” officials said in a news release.
A joint investigation by the Nantucket Fire Department, Nantucket Police Department, and the State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit determined that the fire began under the front porch where hotel trash was stored, the release said.
Nantucket Fire Chief Stephen Murphy said the fire was first reported around 6:45 a.m. Saturday morning when some guests were still sleeping.
Because it began under the front porch, he said, smoke alarms inside the building didn’t detect it right away.
“We’re extremely fortunate that everyone made it out safely, and I want to recognize the heroic efforts of community members whose immediate action under dangerous conditions helped to save lives,” Murphy said in the release.
The Saturday morning fire at the three-story, 18-room hotel spread to two nearby buildings and caused major damage, firefighters said. All three buildings have been declared a total loss.
Firefighters battled the fire for more than 12 hours before finally extinguishing it around 8:00 p.m., the release said.
Four firefighters were injured on scene and were taken to a hospital, but they have all since been released.
“Smoking materials are the leading cause of fatal fires,” State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey said in the release. “If you still smoke, or if you have guests who do, it’s extremely important to be sure all smoking materials are fully extinguished.”
Ostroskey advises that people avoid putting cigarettes out on a porch or a stairway, or tossing them into a planter, mulch, or debris where they can smolder unnoticed before igniting a fire. He said people should use a heavy ashtray with water or sand that is kept on a sturdy surface.
“Be sure to put it out, all the way, every time,” he said.
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Key moments in life of Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader
Shinzo Abe was born into a prominent political family and became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. He was credited with instilling political and economic stability though he angered Japan’s neighbors South Korea and China — along with many Japanese — with his nationalistic rhetoric and calls to revise the country’s pacifist constitution.
Abe, 67, was shot to death Friday at a campaign event in western Japan. Here is a look at key moments in his life and career:
— Sept. 21, 1954: Abe is born in Tokyo, the son of Shintaro Abe, who served as Japan’s foreign minister, and grandson of Nobusuke Kishi, a former prime minister.
— 1977: Graduates from Seikei University in Tokyo with a degree in political science, after which he moves to the U.S. to study public policy at the University of Southern California for three semesters.
— 1979: Begins working at Kobe Steel as the firm was expanding its presence abroad.
— 1982: Leaves the company to pursue new positions at the Foreign Ministry and with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
— 1993: First elected as a LDP legislator representing the southwestern prefecture of Yamaguchi. Abe, already viewed as a conservative, becomes a member of and eventually leads the party’s largest faction, Seiwakai, that had once been headed by his father, who died in 1991.
— 2005: Abe is appointed chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, during which he leads negotiations to return Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea. The same year, he is elected head of the LDP, putting him in line to take over as prime minister.
— Sept. 26, 2006: Abe becomes Japan’s prime minister for the first time, overseeing economic reforms while taking a hard line on North Korea and seeking to engage with South Korea and China.
— 2007: Following electoral defeats that saw the LDP lose control of the legislature for the first time in 52 years, Abe resigns as prime minister, citing health reasons. Abe has been suffering from ulcerative colitis but was able to control it with medication.
— 2012: After again being elected LDP president, Abe becomes prime minister for the second time.
— 2013: Seeking to boost growth, Abe launches his “Abenomics” policies featuring easy lending and structural reforms. Japan’s relations with China undergo a particularly rough patch but begin to improve after Abe meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Beijing.
— 2014-2020: Reelected LDP leader, he serves two additional terms as prime minister for a total of four, during which he develops close relations with then-president Donald Trump, holding summits and golfing together.
— Aug. 28, 2020: Announces he will step down as prime minister, again citing health reasons, after his ulcerative colitis flares up again. By that point, Abe had already become Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.
— Nov. 30, 2021: Despite leaving office, Abe shows he can still rile up Beijing with comments on Taiwan, the self-governing island China claims as its own territory and threatens to attack. In a speech, Abe warned that “military adventure would lead to economic suicide.”
— July 8, 2022: Abe is fatally shot while giving a speech at a campaign event in Nara by a gunman using a homemade weapon.
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NASA’s James Webb telescope reveals deepest infrared image of early universe
This was the first picture released from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful observatory to be placed in orbit.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday released the first photo of the cosmos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The image, revealed, in a White House briefing by United States President Joe Biden shows a 4.6 billion-year-old galaxy cluster called SMACS 0723, that functions as a gravitational lens, magnifying the much more distant and extremely faints objects behind it.
NASA said this was the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe ever taken.
Launched on December 25, the James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope. Its cost is estimated at around $10 billion.
During the briefing on Monday, Biden said the unveiling of the first image from NASA’s telescope was an historic day as it offered a “new window into the history of our universe”.
“It’s hard to even fathom,” the US president added. “It’s astounding. It’s a historic moment for science and technology, for America and all of humanity.”
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the image shows only a small little portion of the universe.
“Hundred years ago, we thought there was only one galaxy,” Nelson said. “Now, the number is unlimited. And in our galaxy, we have billions of stars, or suns. And there are billions of galaxies with billions of stars and suns. And we’re getting our first glimpse.”
The release of the image is a preview of a series of high-resolution pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope that will be released on Tuesday, according to The Guardian.
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The 8-year-old boy paralyzed from waist down after Highland Park parade shooting is conscious again and asked to see his twin and dog
(CNN) -- An 8-year-old boy who was attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade with his parents and twin brother was shot and is now paralyzed from the waist down, family spokesperson Anthony Loizzi told CNN on Thursday. Cooper Roberts was shot in the chest and suffered several...
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NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) — A boat ran over two people, injuring one critically, as they were tubing on the Willamette River in Newberg Monday afternoon, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities responded to the Rogers Landing boat ramp and learned the boat operator struck the two young men while towing them in the water, KOIN-TV reported.
One of them had life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital by helicopter. The other male was taken to Legacy Immanuel hospital in Portland with less severe injuries.
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NEW YORK and BERLIN and SINGAPORE, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parcel Perform, the leading E-commerce delivery experience platform, today announces the strategic relaunch of Parcel Monitor, the leading E-commerce logistics community for consumers and professionals.
The relaunch of Parcel Monitor: a global community for E-commerce logistics professionals and end-consumer parcel tracking
At the core of the relaunch is a rebranding and migration to a new technology platform. The new platform will serve as the foundation for Parcel Monitor to develop more robust features, derive high-quality data insights and scale its community growth. Consumers will be able to track their E-commerce orders intuitively and provide feedback about their delivery experience. In addition, professionals will gain exclusive access to the latest market trends, industry reports, webinars, and other best practices. They will be able to build strategies to capture market opportunities, innovate, and connect with valuable partners through Parcel Monitor's network.
Parcel Monitor's new logo features modern yet distinctive elements of a human figure delivering a parcel, which could also be interpreted as a human receiving a parcel delivery. In addition, the new logo comes in two colors: navy blue and orange, symbolizing trust, creativity, and an appetite for knowledge. All of which convey its mission to inspire the E-commerce logistics ecosystem to create a better delivery experience for everyone.
Parcel Monitor started in 2016 as a free parcel tracking service to offer consumers a taste of an exceptional delivery experience by allowing consumers to track their E-commerce orders for free across 900+ carriers globally. In 2020, the Parcel Monitor Community was launched to drive greater collaboration within the E-commerce logistics ecosystem, leveraging the platform's trove of parcel-tracking data amassed over the past four years since inception. Today, millions of users worldwide rely on Parcel Monitor to obtain E-commerce delivery information and leverage its trove of data resources for informed logistics decision-making.
"I'm happy to see our efforts paying off in connecting our community of like-minded E-commerce logistics professionals," said Dr. Arne Jeroschewski, Founder and CEO of Parcel Perform. "It was always our goal to foster collaboration across our industry globally. By leveraging our platform's data-driven insights, and intelligence reports, Parcel Monitor's thought leadership initiatives will spark inspiration and action for our partners and customers worldwide."
"Parcel Monitor's strategic rebranding represents its growth milestones and reflects the platform's evolution in recent years," said Dana von der Heide, Founder, and CCO, of Parcel Perform. "We believe in the power of community, knowledge, and data-driven decision-making and have aspired ourselves to empower industry stakeholders with the confidence to better capitalize on the boundless opportunities in this rapid growth market."
Charles Brewer, Group CEO of Pos Malaysia, said, "At Pos Malaysia, we fully support collaboration in the E-commerce logistics industry to deliver greater synergistic value and create more extensive economies of scale," added. "The team at Pos Malaysia is committed to supporting and partnering Parcel Monitor in their next chapter of influence and growth."
Parcel Monitor's focus for 2022 will be to increase its global presence through continued industry partnerships and developing more profound growth efforts in thought leadership development and community engagement. It aims to drive further collaboration and connection between market players and carriers across borders through one collective community by investing in its data and technological capabilities to provide richer insights to professionals and more intuitive parcel tracking features for consumers.
For more information, visit: www.parcelmonitor.com.
About Parcel Perform
Parcel Perform is the leading delivery experience platform. It partners with modern E-commerce enterprises to create unique end-to-end customer journeys. The data-first company enables the optimization of logistics operations with powerful data integrations, parcel tracking, delivery notifications, and logistics performance reports in real-time. Parcel Perform's scalable SaaS platform executes more than 100 million parcel updates daily and integrates with 900+ carriers.
For more information, please visit www.parcelperform.com.
About Parcel Monitor
Parcel Monitor is a community initiated by E-commerce logistics enthusiasts at Parcel Perform. We aim to inspire the E-commerce logistics ecosystem to create a better delivery experience for everyone.
Parcel Monitor offers free parcel tracking across 900+ carriers globally on a single platform. Leveraging on our data and technology, we capture consumer trends, provide market visibility and derive industry insights while fostering collaboration across the entire E-commerce industry.
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New Delhi: India needs to work on artificial intelligence mechanism “extremely carefully” and be ready to face the legal, ethical, political and economic upheaval that may follow the expansion of this technology, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.
He stressed that AI technology should not be dominated by a country or a group, as has been the case with nuclear technology, and India needs to make advancements in the field.
Singh was speaking after inaugurating an event titled ‘AIDef (Artificial Intelligence in Defence)’ here.
“We have to use artificial intelligence (AI) for humanity’s progress and peace. It should not be the case that a country or a group of countries establish their dominance on this technology – just like nuclear power – and the remaining countries are not able to enjoy the fruits of this technology,” the defence minister said.
He noted that AI’s ethics and possible dangers must be properly thought-out.
“We cannot stop the progress of artificial intelligence and we should not try to stop its progress. But we need to be careful about it,” he mentioned.
When a new technology brings a huge change, its transition period is also as big and serious, he said.
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“Since AI is a technology that can bring a massive change, we must be ready to face the legal, ethical, political and economic upheaval that may follow,” Singh noted.
“We need to work on AI extremely carefully so that this (technology) does not go out of our control in the coming times,” he added.
The defence minister said the arrival of technology is just like the movement of a clock because once it moves forward, it is not possible to turn it back.
“Whenever a new technology comes, society takes its time to adjust itself to it,” he added.
He also said that the country should ensure democratic use of technology.
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The defence sector is undergoing important changes due to AI. The training of soldiers is also being improved with the help of AI, he said.
Referring to Russia’s continuous progress in the field of science and technology, he said, “On AI, Russian President Mr Vladimir Putin had said ‘Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world’.”
“Although India believes in the principle of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the whole world is one family) and has no intention to rule the world, we must develop the capability of our AI technology so that no country can even think of ruling us, he added.
India has started incorporating AI applications in remote piloted, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc, he mentioned.
There is a need to move further in this direction so that India can develop autonomous weapon systems, he noted.
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“Timely infusion of technologies like AI and Big Data in the defence sector is of utmost importance, so that we are not left behind the technological curve and are able to take maximum advantage of technology for our services, he mentioned.
Singh launched 75 defence products powered by artificial intelligence at the event.
Some are already being used by the armed forces while the rest are in the process of deployment.
These 75 products are in the domains of robotics systems, cyber security, human behaviour analysis, intelligent monitoring system, supply chain management, voice analysis and C4ISR (command, control, communication, computer and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and operational data analytics.
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CLEVELAND (AP)—Rookie Nolan Jones drove in four runs in his home debut for Cleveland, leading the Guardians to an 8-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between the AL Central rivals.
A 24-year-old outfielder with a sweet left-handed swing, Jones hit a two-run single in the first inning off Lance Lynn (1-2). He then chased the right-hander by driving home two more runs with a double in the fifth.
Jones is batting .500 (6 for 12) with a homer—a 457-footer that splashed into Kansas City’s famous fountains on Saturday—and eight RBIs in four games since coming up from Triple-A Columbus.
Back from a 1-6 road trip to Detroit and Kansas City, the Guardians staked Cal Quantrill (5-5) to a five-run lead in the first and moved back to .500 (42-42).
Yoán Moncada hit a three-run homer as the White Sox began an eight-game trip leading into the All-Sar break.
Jones, who has climbed through Cleveland’s organization since being drafted in 2016, drove in two runs in his first at-bat at Progressive Field, delivering a broken-bat single as the Guardians scored five times off Lynn—all with two outs—in the first.
Cleveland’s big inning was triggered by Josh Naylor hustling down the line to beat out an infield single with two down. Franmil Reyes followed with an RBI single and Andrés Giménez walked before Jones, who was called up from the minors on Friday in Kansas City, blooped his single to center to make it 3-0.
Two batters later, Myles Straw brought in two more runs with a single.
In the fifth, Reyes singled and Giménez, a first-time All-Star, was hit by a pitch before Jones ripped his double to right-center. Straw followed with a hard comebacker that struck reliever Matt Foster and caromed into right field for an RBI.
Moncada’s three-run homer in the third pulled the White Sox within 5-3.
Leury García singled with one out and All-Star Tim Anderson singled with two down before Moncada drove a 2-2 cutter from Quantrill over the wall in center for his fourth homer.
Chicago got another closer in the fourth on AJ Pollock’s run-scoring single.
• STRAINED SOX
Chicago manager Tony La Russa labeled the latest report about trouble inside the team’s clubhouse as “irritating.”
La Russa conceded the White Sox haven’t played up to expectations. However, he’s confident his “very tight” team is united and has the right leaders.
“I like the veterans and I like the way our young guys respond to their responsibilities and their willingness to step forward,” he said. “I think it’s a terrific mix. ... Everybody has their own opinion. It’s like strategy. You win more arguments when you win.”
• STAR POWER
Guardians manager Terry Francona held a meeting in Kansas City on Sunday to introduce the team’s three All-Stars—José Ramírez, Emmanuel Clase and Giménez. While Ramírez is making his fourth trip, this will be the first for Giménez and Clase.
Francona could see the emotion in Clase’s face at learning of his selection. Giménez’s teammates erupted when his choice was revealed.
“The place went bananas,” Francona said. “In the midst of a really tough road trip, that was a nice minute.”
• TRAINER’S ROOM
Guardians: Naylor was back in the lineup after being scratched Sunday with lower back discomfort.
• UP NEXT
The Guardians play their seventh doubleheader at home—and fourth overall since June 28—on Tuesday. RHP Shane Bieber (3-5, 3.44 ERA) starts the first game for Cleveland against Davis Martin (1-2, 4.29 ERA). Rookie Konnor Pilkington (1-1, 4.08 ERA) goes in the nightcap against White Sox RHP Dylan Cease (7-4, 2.45 ERA). | https://www.beloitdailynews.com/sports/rookie-jones-drives-in-4-as-guardians-topple-white-sox-8-4-copy/article_cbe59762-0187-11ed-902a-e354c5b3cc80.html | 2022-07-12T03:57:57Z | https://www.beloitdailynews.com/sports/rookie-jones-drives-in-4-as-guardians-topple-white-sox-8-4-copy/article_cbe59762-0187-11ed-902a-e354c5b3cc80.html | true | 20 |
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