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The compact portable battery supports users during home energy outages and outdoor activities, with a power output of 2500W and has 1843Wh super large capacity, being 80% recharged in 1.5 hours, and having an UPS function
SHENZHEN, China, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The BigBlue Cellpowa2500 Compact Portable Power Station crowdfunding campaign will coming soon on kickstarter on April 19th.
This power station can be charged with an AC cable and reaching 80% capacity in 1.5hours. At the same time, 3 independent DC input ports allow Cellpowa2500 to obtain 1200W power from six solar panels, extending its Bullet-D fast charging technology to the outdoor world.
Cellpowa2500 may be used to charge or power a computer, an electric oven, a heater, medical equipment, or any electronic device. It supports an output of 2500W, going up to 5000W surge. Featuring 6 AC ports, 2 USB fast charging ports, 2 PD 45W ports, and 2 PD 100W ports, among others, this power station allows users to charge or power 15 devices simultaneously, at any given time.
For people who are traveling or venturing off-grid, keeping car battery powered at all times is critical. Cellpowa 2500 can charge car batteries during off-grid emergencies, by the way, which is just as useful.
Not only that, what if you suddenly lose power when you are using a computer to write a script, or watching the World Cup on TV? Cellpowa 2500's UPS function keeps you away from this annoyance. Connect devices to Cellpowa2500, and connect the Cellpowa 2500 to the grid with an AC cable, then even if the grid loses, your devices will not be affected, Cellpowa2500 will automatically detect the grid and power your device within 10ms.
On the other hand, Cellpowa2500's GPS positioning function allows you to know exactly where you are, and you can use a walkie-talkie or car radio to report your location to someone nearby and ask for help.
Cellpowa2500 is equipped with 1843.2Wh automotive level LiFePO4 battery, which supports 3,500+ lifecycles. In other words, Cellpowa2500 can be used frequently for up to 10 years. Once these 3,500 lifecycles are used up, the device will still retain 80% of its original capacity.
Along with featuring its user-friendly on-device controls, Cellpowa2500 can also be controlled wirelessly through BigBlue app that gives users remote access to the power station's recharging capabilities.
Backers who support the campaign gain early and discounted access to the device. You can visit Cellpowa2500 promotional page on BigBlue official website for more information.
About BigBlue Energy
BIGBLUE ENERGY INC is a professional portable solar generator manufacturer with more than 1000 employees. Born in 2007, Bigblue aims to relief people's worries about lacking power by its clean and renewable energy solution. We have been committed to off-grid solar products which closely meets market needs and create customer value as a tech company. In order to provide fast delivery and convenient after-sales service to our customers, we have branches and local warehouses in USA, Europe and Japan, meanwhile, we have factories in Vietnam and China.Carrying out research and development work for a Solar-Wind-Power Station.
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Fintech giant MobiKwik has suspended its UPI services for all cryptocurrency exchanges operating in India. Interestingly, many media reports suggested that this development followed NPCI's statement.
However, this does not seem to be the case.
Last week, the international crypto-exchange Coinbase had announced full-scale operations in India, including options to buy cryptos via UPI. Soon after, the National Payments Corporation of India, or NPCI released a statement claiming that it was not aware of any crypto exchange operating in India which allows users to buy cryptos using UPI.
But BT found that despite NPCI’s statement, at least four crypto exchanges operating in India allowed users to buy cryptocurrencies via UPI. These exchanges were CoinDCX, CoinSwitch Kuber, Unocoin, and Coinbase.
Also Read: Coinbase announces full scale crypto trading in India
But soon after NPCI released its statement, Coinbase suspended the option to buy crypto via UPI. Moreover, MobiKwik was also down on all crypto exchanges operating in India.
Several media reports suggested that the payment service provider had suspended its services because of the NPCI statement. But BT has found that MobiKwik's services across crypto exchanges have been down for more than ten days now.
Also Read: NPCI says unaware of exchanges offering UPI as an option for buying crypto but some already do
Sathvik Vishwanath, founder and CEO of Unocoin, said: "They [MobiKwik] stopped their services for all exchanges about 10-12 days ago”.
The spokesperson of WazirX also confirmed to BT that MobiKwik's suspension of its payment services for crypto exchanges happened before the NPCI statement and is not related to that.
MobiKwik declined to comment on our queries.
Copyright©2022 Living Media India Limited. For reprint rights: Syndications Today
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Recent investigations by Texas Child Protective Services of families with transgender children have sparked outcry from transgender rights advocates and allies. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued the directive in late February, based on a non-binding legal opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that described gender-affirming care as “child abuse.”
On Friday, a state judge temporarily blocked the investigations.
But the battle over minors' access to gender-affirming care will continue in Texas, in the courts and in the court of public opinion. That could be, in part, because of common misunderstandings about gender-affirming care. Dr. Jane Wray, a pediatrician and endocrinologist, spoke to Texas Standard about how gender-affirming care works and her advice for families of transgender youth right now.
Listen to the interview in the audio player above or read the highlights below:
– Wray says transgender people feel they are not the sex they were assigned at birth. With so-called gender affirming care, she prescribes hormones "to bring their body into sync with their mind." Hormone treatment often continues even after a person has developed secondary sex characteristics like breasts or facial hair. That's because "they feel less themselves if the hormones are stopped," Wray said.
– Surgical treatment for transgender men can include mastectomies, or the removal of breasts, and some transgender women may have genital surgery. But Wray says the procedure is less common for transgender men "because of the difficulty in having success with that." Only mastectomies can be performed on patients under the age of 18; a patient has to wait until they are 18 or older before having genital-altering surgery.
– Gender-affirming care can transform a transgender person's life, especially when they're suffering from the mental health effects of living in a body with which they feel out of sync. Wray says the rate suicide attempts is much higher among transgender youth.
"I have seen amazing things. People who were on five medications for depression come back and they're on one. People that have frequent admissions to the psychiatric hospital no longer have admissions to that. They become happy. This is with gender-affirming care," Wray said. "And so, this is essential, and without it, the statistics show that many of these children may die."
– Wray says she would advise families seeking gender-affirming care for their children to wait until the legal issues related to that care in Texas are resolved.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained 46 people, including former local officials from a pro-Kurdish political party, who are suspected of having financial links to Kurdish militants, the state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.
The detained are among 91 suspects sought by a chief prosecutor for allegedly “providing financial resources on behalf” of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Anadolu Agency reported. They are accused of being a part of the PKK’s “economic structure,” of money-laundering and of taking instructions from PKK commander Murat Karayilan, it said.
Anadolu said the suspects include former deputy mayors, former party treasurers and former city council members of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party, or HDP.
There was no immediate comment from the HDP — the second-largest opposition party in Turkey’s parliament — which is fighting legal moves toward its closure at Turkey’s Constitutional Court.
Prosecutors accuse the party of colluding with the PKK and of seeking to “destroy the unity of the state.” They are demanding that the party be dissolved, that it be deprived of treasury funding and that about 450 party members be barred from holding political office for five years. The HDP denies the accusations.
Dozens of elected HDP lawmakers and mayors — including former co-chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag — as well as thousands of party members have been arrested on terror-related accusations as part of a government crackdown on the party. Several HDP mayors who were elected in 2019 have, meanwhile, been replaced by state-appointed trustees.
The PKK is considered a terror organization by Turkey, the European Union and the U.S. The group has led an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 and the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.
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A disturbing video of a woman tying up her teenage son and smearing chilli pepper in his eyes as punishment for his supposed marijuana addiction is currently making headlines.
The incident took place in Telengana, India went viral on Twitter with over 403,000 views and 14,900 likes at the time of writing.
The original poster captioned the video: “What happened when a mother found out that her 15-yr-old son was becoming a ganja addict? She came up with a unique treatment. Tie him to a pole & rub mirchi [chili] powder in his eyes & not untie him until he promises to quit.”
The boy is tied on a pole in the video, and his mother is seen rubbing chilli powder in his eyes. The boy can be heard crying in agony as another lady holds his hands.
Neighbours can also be heard telling the mother to pour water in her son's eyes, but she only untied him after he promised to quit the habit.
The event sparked a debate on social media about whether such punishment is an appropriate way to discipline a child. The majority of netizens believe the punishment was far too severe. They stated that such an act would not solve the problem and all he need was medical treatment.
Watch the video here.
What is your take on it?
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Vir Biotechnology, Inc. ("VIR" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VIR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether VIR and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 25, 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") announced that it was limiting the use of VIR's monoclonal antibody, Sotrovimab, to treat COVID-19 in some U.S. regions due to the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant. On this news, VIR's stock price fell $3.42 per share, or 13.5%, to close at $21.81 per share on March 25, 2022.
Then, on April 5, 2022, the FDA announced that "Sotrovimab is no longer authorized to treat COVID-19 in any U.S. region due to increases in the proportion of COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant." Specifically, the FDA stated that "[d]ata included in the health care provider fact sheet show the authorized dose of sotrovimab is unlikely to be effective against the BA.2 sub-variant. Due to these data, sotrovimab is not authorized in any U.S. state or territory at this time." On this news, VIR's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on April 5, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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ADAMS, Brother Albert John, went to join his heavenly father on Monday, June 21, 2021. He was born July 7, 1944 in Bay Bridge Brooklyn, N.Y. Brother Adams worked for many years as a project manager and was known for his compassion and words of wisdom to those around him. This was due to his strength and faith in God and his church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Brother Adams is survived by his wife, Marie Adams. He was a devoted father to Christopher (Carmella), Albert (Sondra) and Jeffery; as well as a loving grandfather to Jeffery Jr., Makayla, Collin, Drake, Arianna and Wyatt. Brother Adams has touched the lives of all around him and will be forever missed. A visitation was held on Thursday, June 24, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Bennett's Funeral Home in Mechanicsville. Funeral services will be held Friday (TODAY), June 25, 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mechanicsville.
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Conservation setback; mom’s custody battle; COVID’s lasting scars; sanctioned superyacht was made in Wisconsin; nursing home voting under scrutiny. Of note: This week we highlight a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about a surprise setback for conservationists who are trying to protect 131 acres of farmland and undisturbed shoreline along Lake Michigan in Ozaukee County. “The final piece of 10 years of fundraising was set to fall into place this spring — a grant from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program,” Laura Schulte reports. “Until the 11th hour, when an anonymous objector and unwritten rules of the state Joint Committee on Finance combined to throw a wrench into the plans for the preserve.”
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PARIS (AP) — The thought of an extreme-right leader standing at the helm of the European Union would be abhorrent to most in the 27-nation bloc. But if Emmanuel Macron falters in the April 24 French presidential elections, it might be two weeks away.
Experts say a win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the EU. Not only would her coming to power damage the democratic values and commercial rules of the 27-nation bloc, but it would also threaten the EU’s common front and sanctions that have been built in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Macron, the incumbent president with strong pro-European views, and Le Pen, an anti-immigration nationalist, couldn’t have more radically opposed visions of the EU.
“The debate we will have in the next days is crucial to our country and to Europe,” Macron said after the results were announced. On Tuesday, he is heading to Strasbourg, the seat of the EU parliament, to speak about France's role in Europe. All polls show Macron is the favorite in the vote, but Le Pen has significantly narrowed the gap compared with the last presidential election five years ago.
France has always stood at the heart of the EU — a founding member that has partnered with neighbor and historical rival Germany to turn the bloc into an economic giant and an icon of Western values. To hand that vaunted perch to a far-right politician would be bad enough. But, as coincidence would have it, France also holds the EU's rotating six-month presidency this spring, which also allows it to speak with the power of the 27.
It is a pedestal few want to offer to Le Pen. The National Rally leader wants to establish national border controls on imports and people, reduce the French contribution to the EU budget and cease to recognize that European law has primacy over national law.
She has proposed to remove taxes on hundreds of essential goods and wants to reduce taxes on fuel — which would go against the EU’s free market rules.
Jean-Claude Piris, who served as a legal counsel to the European Council and is an expert of EU institutions, said a victory for Le Pen would have the effect of an “earthquake,” since the measures she champions would equate in practice to a withdrawal from the 27-nation bloc.
“She is in favor of a form of economic patriotism with state aids, which is contrary to the rules of the single market,” Piris said in an interview with The Associated Press. “France would no longer take part in the common free market and commercial policies.”
“She wants to modify the French constitution by giving preference to the French, by suppressing the right of the soil, the right of asylum,” which would be “totally incompatible with the values of the European treaties,” Piris added.
Piris said the arrival of Le Pen would also threaten the unanimity of the 27 on the sanctions they have adopted so far against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. She could prevent further measures being adopted. The bloc is currently mulling the opportunity to add further restrictions on oil imports from Russia.
Le Pen has built close links with the Kremlin over the years. In her previous bid to become the French president in 2017, she called for strong security ties with Moscow to jointly combat radical Islamic groups. She also pledged to recognize Crimea — the peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014 — as part of Russia.
Le Pen acknowledged Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “partially” changed her views about Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he was “wrong” and expressing her support toward the Ukrainian people and refugees.
Piris believes that although Le Pen could find allies in a couple of right-wing governments currently in power in eastern Europe, she would be facing hostile reactions from most other EU members.
Louis Alliot, vice-president of Le Pen's National Rally party, said Monday on France Info news broadcaster that France's allies would include Hungary and Poland.
A report from the Center for European Reform published Monday highlighted how Le Pen could very well go down the same road as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki in throwing up roadblocks for Brussels wherever she can to further slow the EU’s already cumbersome decision-making.
"The difference is that France ... is indispensable to the EU,” the report stressed, saying the consequences would be “political chaos.”
CER experts also believe Le Pen's policies would clash with the bloc’s climate goals. Le Pen is in favor of expanding nuclear and several non governmental groups have warned that she would slow down the transition toward renewables.
On top of that, the traditional French-German tandem would be undermined, with German Socialist chancellor Olaf Scholz highly unlikely to reach any compromise with Le Pen.
Neighboring Luxembourg’s long-serving foreign minister, Jean Asselborn, called the situation “very, very worrying.”
Le Pen as French president "would be not just an upheaval in Europe as a project of values, a peace project; it would put us on a totally different track in the essence of the European Union,” Asselborn said. “The French must prevent that.”
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Casert and Petrequin reported from Brussels. Colleen Barry in Milan, Italy, and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed.
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If you're like most people, your home is filled with all sorts of appliances. From the refrigerator to the washing machine, these devices make our lives much easier. But when appliances break down, they can also be a major headache. Some of the most common appliance problems include:
- Refrigerators that are not cooling properly
- Washing machines that leak or overflow
- Dryers that take too long to dry clothes
- Dishwashers that don't clean dishes properly
If you have an appliance that isn't working properly, it can be frustrating. You may not know what to do or how to fix it. In some cases, appliance repair is something that you can do on your own. But in other cases, it's best to hire a professional appliance repair technician. If you live in a big city like Vancouver, you can easily find a local company like ASAP Appliance Repair to help you.
Here are five signs that indicate you need appliance repair services:
1. The appliance isn't working at all.
This is probably the most obvious sign that you need appliance repair. If your appliance isn't working at all, it's time to call in a professional. Appliance repairs can be complex, and it's best to leave them to the experts.
2. The appliance isn't working properly.
If your appliance isn't working properly, it's also a good idea to call in a professional. Sometimes if you leave the issue unattended, it might cause more serious problems later on. The safest solution is to ask for professional help.
3. You don't know how to fix the appliance.
If you don't know how to fix the appliance, professional appliance repair is probably your best option. It is true that there are millions of free DIY tips and resources online, but you will have to spend lots of time studying them, which may not be worth it.
4. The appliance is still under warranty.
If your appliance is still under warranty, you may be able to get appliance repair services for free or at a reduced cost. Be sure to check your warranty before calling in a professional appliance repair technician.
5. You're not comfortable working on the appliance.
It is common that most of us are not comfortable with DIY repairs because home appliances are getting more and more complicated. It might also be dangerous if you want to disassemble the pieces. Meanwhile, your amateur repairs might cause more serious problems.
In fact, a local appliance repair technician will not cause you too much because they are properly trained and experienced to handle any issue that you may have. The easiest way is to ask for referrals from your family or friends. Or you can simply google online, compare reviews and schedule the appointment. The process will be quite simple. In a word, if you notice any worrying signs today, call your local experts right away.
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A new report says more than 50 gig workers were killed by passengers while working for platforms like Uber and DoorDash. Advocates say more needs to be done to protect drivers and their families.
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A new report says more than 50 gig workers were killed by passengers while working for platforms like Uber and DoorDash. Advocates say more needs to be done to protect drivers and their families.
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Grand Island folks should be prepared for high temperatures. It looks to reach a balmy 87 degrees. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 29 degrees. There is only a 24% chance of rain, but check the radar before you head outdoors. High UV indexes are expected. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. Strong winds are in today's outlook, with forecast showing winds from the South, clocking in at 27 mph. Special National Weather Service Alert: Red Flag Warning from TUE 12:00 PM CDT until TUE 9:00 PM CDT. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Visit theindependent.com for more weather updates.
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Wind gusts will range from 50 to 70 mph across the state today and will again tomorrow. Power outages and tree damage are expected. Here's when and where the strongest winds are expected.
Pretty quiet weather for today. As a cold front sweeps across the state on Tuesday though, showers and storms look likely, especially in eastern Nebraska. Here's everything you need to know.
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Wind gusts 55 to 65 mph will again be common today across Nebraska. Colder than usual temps as well and a rain/snow mix for some. See who has the best chance of seeing snow in our latest forecast.
Dry across Nebraska today and starting to warm up, but winds will stay stronger than we'd like. See how winds will vary thru the weekend and when our rain chance will return in our updated forecast.
Tonight's weather conditions in Grand Island: Variable cloudiness and windy. Low near 35F. Winds NW at 25 to 35 mph. Winds could occasionally …
Folks in the Grand Island area will see highs in the 60s today. The forecast calls for it to be a pleasant 63 degrees. Expect a drastic drop i…
Grand Island temperatures will reach the 50's today. It looks to reach a cool 52 degrees. Today's forecasted low temperature is 35 degrees. St…
As windy as today will be, winds look to get even stronger Wednesday and possibly Thursday. A chance of rain today as well. Get the full details on both in our updated forecast.
Grand Island's evening forecast: Windy. Cloudy skies will become partly cloudy overnight. Low near 30F. Winds NNW at 25 to 35 mph. Higher wind…
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By Jake Niall
Gillon McLachlan’s greatest successes as AFL chief executive were the product of his leadership style, which also was the source of his most obvious failure.
On the plus side, McLachlan will be remembered for two major achievements. The first was that he steered the competition and the clubs through the COVID-19 crisis, when the AFL first suspended its (2020) season and then relocated to Queensland, an improvisation made over a matter of hours which allowed clubs to keep their doors open and for fans to support their teams amid the misery of lockdown.
The second was the creation of the women’s competition in 2016, against the advice of some within the industry who felt that the code wasn’t ready for AFLW. “He was undeterred,” said Peter Gordon, who was president of the Western Bulldogs through most of McLachlan’s reign and who reckoned the AFLW was very much McLachlan’s call.
AFLW - and the resultant growth in grassroots participation in footy by girls - is undoubtedly McLachlan’s signature legacy.
Gordon was part of the AFL’s “war cabinet” with fellow presidents Jeff Kennett and Eddie McGuire when he received a phone call from McLachlan, advising him that the AFL had been given word that the COVID-19 situation in Victoria was becoming dire and that they would need to decide, within hours, whether the clubs and players jumped on a plane and set up shop in another state (Queensland). “We’ll either close down or relocate,” McLachlan said to Gordon.
McLachlan’s talent for deal-making, for finding consensus and listening to the various relevant parties and then acting decisively served him and the AFL very well during the nadir of the pandemic.
But his pragmatic, consultative style turned into a weakness during the Adam Goodes saga early in his tenure, when the AFL boss was reluctant to condemn the booing of the Indigenous champion and - as he has since acknowledged - he and the AFL let Goodes down by failing to take a stand against the sections of the public who were motivated by racial prejudice.
McLachlan, unlike his more confrontational predecessor Andrew Demetriou, is a conciliatory man, who, while tough in negotiations, prefers to be liked. In the Goodes crisis, McLachlan sought to straddle different strands of opinion within the AFL commission and the clubs, some of whom were not sympathetic to Goodes, when he could have simply declared unambiguous support for the champion.
If the AFL chief executive role is comparable in profile to a state premier, the handover from Demetriou to McLachlan was redolent of Victoria replacing the bruising, crash-through-or-crash Kennett with the soothing and more pragmatic Steve Bracks. If McLachlan has critics, they are far less numerous and vocal than Demetriou’s.
As a born deal-maker, McLachlan was successful in negotiating the vast broadcast revenues that have underpinned the AFL’s ambitious expansion into Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney and the women’s game, and in obtaining - via governments - the obscene amounts of taxpayer money that have gone into stadia and lavish club facilities.
To date, the women’s investment has made faster progress than the 17th and 18th teams, which remain heavily reliant on the AFL for funding and which will need untold millions for the next decade at the least.
Indeed, the broadcast deal acted as the AFL’s answer to Norway’s oil reserves, or Australia’s iron ore, in that the money that flowed into the sport meant that McLachlan - a polo-playing blueblood from rural South Australia - could preside over a heavily socialised and equalised competition, taking funding from the powerful clubs such as West Coast, Collingwood and Hawthorn and subsiding the new teams, the Brisbane Lions, St Kilda, the Bulldogs and Melbourne.
It is not accidental that three hitherto perennially unsuccessful clubs - the Western Bulldogs (2016), Richmond (2017) and Melbourne (2021) have broken premiership droughts that stretched back many decades during McLachlan’s time at the helm; two of those clubs, the Dogs and Demons, were heavily supported by a funding model and framework - including a soft cap on football department spending from 2013 - that effectively gave them parity with the monster clubs.
McLachlan also inherited the Essendon saga from Demetriou, the most divisive episode to confront footy since the attempted club mergers of the 1990s. As is his wont, McLachlan tried to fashion a deal that would see the players treated leniently, but was unable to stick what was a difficult landing, as the Essendon 34 crashed and burned. “I reckon he handled that as well as he could,” judged Gordon, who acted for two Bulldog players among the 34.
McLachlan also faced the criticism that the AFL on his watch was a confederacy of mates, or “boys club,” and it is evident that the accusation has gained enough traction for the AFL to be more conscious of women’s role in the clubs and head office. McLachlan also was forced, reluctantly, to oversee the exits of his friend and football boss Simon Lethlean and fellow executive Richard Simpkiss over affairs with staff, a move that arguably set a bar for behaviour that the league will find problematic.
McLachlan is slated to negotiate another broadcast deal before he leaves, and it will be fascinating to see if he can bring the global tech giants, or a new streaming partner, into the broadcasting mix to secure the dollars that keep the competition relatively robust financially and ahead of the pack.
McLachlan, a University Blues ruckman who trained at Carlton in the ’90s, will likely lead a less public life after footy. “We’ve got big shoes to fill,” said Swans chairman Andrew Pridham of the next CEO.
Whoever takes the baton from him - and the favourites all are from within footy - Gillon McLachlan has made an indelible mark.
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Russia can afford to wage a long war in Ukraine despite being hammered by Western sanctions aimed at crippling its ability to sustain the campaign, defence experts and economists say.
Russia's invasion has driven up the price of the oil, gas and grain it exports, providing it with a substantial windfall to fund its "special military operation" - now entering a new phase as Moscow focuses on the eastern Donbass region after failing to break Ukraine's defence of the capital Kyiv.
As the war grinds on, rising casualties and the need to rotate fresh troops into battle may prove more pressing challenges than the financial cost.
"This type of low-tech war can be financed almost entirely in roubles, which means they can continue pouring troops and heavy artillery into Ukraine at least until there's a more general collapse of the economy," said Mr Jacob Kirkegaard, economist at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington.
Mr Johan Norberg, senior analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, said: "The sanctions will not affect this war in the short run, because Russia's military is fighting with tanks it had already built and soldiers it had already trained."
Sanctions are expected to shrink the economy by more than 11 per cent this year, the World Bank says, but revenues from energy exports are actually increasing.
The Russian finance ministry said on April 5 that Moscow expects to earn US$9.6 billion (S$13.10 billion) in additional revenue from energy sales in April alone thanks to high oil prices, which remain around US$100 a barrel.
There is no doubt, however, that Russia's vaunted military machine has taken a huge and costly hit.
The United States assesses that Russia has lost about 15-20 per cent of its combat power during its invasion of Ukraine, a senior US defence official said.
That includes everything from tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery systems, fighter and bomber aircraft and helicopters to surface-to-air and ballistic missiles, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Lost tanks
According to Oryx, a closely watched military blog which tallies both sides' losses based on verifiable visual evidence, Russia had lost at least 2,770 items of military equipment as of Tuesday (April 12), including at least 476 tanks that had been destroyed, damaged, abandoned or captured.
That, said Mr Yohann Michel of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is more than the combined tank strength of Nato members France (222) and Britain (227).
Russia, which had around 3,000 tanks before the war, according to IISS figures, is not about to run out. But experts said some of those are likely to be old, in poor condition or held for spare parts, so the effective number available for combat is lower.
Mr Mathieu Boulegue, a specialist in the Russian military at Chatham House, said Moscow had so far held back its most modern weaponry, which it is reluctant to lose, and relied heavily on an abundance of more expendable Soviet-era hardware.
He said it could take "a decade or two at least" to rebuild equipment levels to where they were before the war - a task complicated by a host of factors including design and innovation challenges, corruption, the indebted state of defence companies and a lack of access to Western microelectronics because of sanctions.
Defence burden
Russian military spending will need to rise both because of the war with Ukraine and the resulting sharp increase in tension with Nato, which has sent thousands more troops to eastern Europe, said Mr Richard Connolly, an associate fellow at Rusi in London and director of the Eastern Advisory Group consultancy.
He said defence spending as a share of GDP could rise significantly from its current level of around 4 per cent, potentially doubling in the next few years.
Mr Connolly said ordinary Russians would feel the impact but the state could comfortably pay for the war effort, even if its economy is plunged into recession. If necessary it could commandeer resources like fuel from state-owned companies.
The more pressing question, he said, was the level of casualties and the difficulty of sustaining a war involving up to 150,000 troops at a time.
Russia has so far acknowledged only 1,351 troops killed and 3,825 wounded, although Ukraine and Western governments believe the toll is many times higher. Its army and airborne troops have a combined strength of about 325,000.
Eventually, Mr Connolly said, it may have to take the politically unpopular decision to dip into its reserves, which the IISS estimates to number 2 million men under 50 with military service within the past five years.
"If you've got 150,000 committed to Ukraine, you've got half of your effective army currently in combat operations, many of which have experienced significant losses," Mr Connolly said.
"So they're going to need to replace, they're going to need to rotate them. They're using their entire army, basically - or they will be if this goes on for very much longer."
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President Biden will announce today that his administration will temporarily allow E15 gasoline — gasoline that uses a 15 percent ethanol blend that is typically banned from sale from June to September — to be sold this summer.
The announcement comes on the day that the president is scheduled to visit an ethanol plant in the small town of Menlo, about 50 miles west of Des Moines, Iowa.
What is ethanol?
Ethanol is a fuel commonly made from corn that, under the 2005 federal Renewable Fuel Standard, is required to be blended into billions of gallons of gasoline each year.
In contrast to E10, which makes up the bulk of gasoline sold in the United States, the sale of E15 is typically banned under the Clean Air Act during the summer because of air pollution concerns.
Why is Biden allowing the sale of E15 gasoline?
Gas prices have risen dramatically in the last few months, reaching a national average price of $4.11 a gallon as of Monday, according to AAA. Though that's down somewhat from last month's high, it is still a considerable jump from this time last year when prices were just $2.86 a gallon.
Analysts attribute much of that increase to turbulent oil markets in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the U.S. does not import much oil from Russia – and has now banned its import – it is a major global supplier.
"The President is committed to doing everything he can to address the pain Americans are feeling at the pump as a result of Putin's Price Hike," the White House said in a statement. "The Administration's strategy to spur the development of homegrown biofuels is critical to expanding Americans' options for affordable fuel in the short-term and to building real energy independence in the long-term by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels."
Who will benefit from E15 gas sales?
The move will likely prove unpopular with major oil companies, which has long campaigned against increasing the amount of ethanol in fuel tanks — a rare bit of bad news at a time of record profits for the industry. U.S. oil giant Exxon said earlier this month that it is set to top a seven-year record for quarterly profits.
Former President Trump allowed E15 to be sold year-round in 2019, seen at the time as a bid to increase his political standing with farmers after his trade war with China hurt U.S. farmers.
Calls for Biden to follow Trump's lead came from a number of farm-state lawmakers, including Iowa Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst.
Pres Biden is visiting Iowa ethanol plant 2morrow I’ve made repeated calls for E15 yr round bc it’s good for environment good for natl security good 4farmers hopefully tomorrow Pres Biden comes 2his senses & announces E15 yr round to lower ga$ price$ +enhance energy independence
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) April 11, 2022
The impact on gas prices remains to be seen. Compared to E10 gas, there is limited infrastructure to sell E15 gasoline because not all vendors are willing to invest in a product that cannot be sold year-round.
In another bid to drive down prices at the pump, Biden announced last month an unprecedented plan to draw 1 million barrels of oil per day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the summer.
And although industry groups have touted alleged emissions benefits of biofuels like ethanol, a 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office noted "limited effect, if any, on greenhouse gas emissions."
While the administration has pledged to halve U.S. greenhouse gas pollution from 2005 levels in the next eight years, Biden's climate policy goals have largely fallen by the wayside as the president faces sagging approval ratings and strong economic headwinds ahead of the midterm elections.
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A new report says more than 50 gig workers were killed by passengers while working for platforms like Uber and DoorDash. Advocates say more needs to be done to protect drivers and their families.
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A new report says more than 50 gig workers were killed by passengers while working for platforms like Uber and DoorDash. Advocates say more needs to be done to protect drivers and their families.
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Risk for severe storms, gusty winds possible on Wednesday night (19 First Alert Weather)
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - In between systems today. A good deal of sun in the forecast.
A lake breeze keeps things much cooler near the Lake Erie shore. Afternoon temperatures well in the 60s inland.
A stronger cold front will track through later Wednesday night. A major severe weather outbreak is expected tomorrow west of Ohio. The squall line will be tracking into Ohio Wednesday evening.
The team will monitor this line and see if it holds together enough to give our area some gusty winds.
The better risk of severe weather in Ohio will be in the western third of the state.
The day tomorrow will be warm and windy. High temperatures in the 70s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the area.
We trend cooler and drier Thursday with the sky turning sunny.
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A freaked out tourist believes she may have pictured a ghost in a series of eery images taken at vaults in Edinburgh.
Zoe Thomson was visiting the spooky tourist attraction hidden under South Bridge in the capital's Old Town when she reckons she witnessed some paranormal activity.
The mum-of-three took a number of snaps of the historic underground passages to remember the experience while on the Auld Reekie Tour.
However, while looking back through the images she noticed a peculiar bright white shape dominating a number of photographs in a room where witches used to gather, reports Edinburgh Live.
The pictures were taken at one of Edinburgh's last active Wiccan covens which stop practising around 2014, the Blue Dragon Coven.
The unnerving room has shelves with dusty old potions and ingredients with a Pentagram on the wall and a circle of red velvet seats.
It was in this room the mum-of-three felt strange, like somebody was "following her around".
Zoe, 30, said: "I first went two years ago when I was pregnant but I had to leave because I felt faint and ill.
"So I returned last year with a family member and decided to take a few pictures and this is what I captured.
"The reason I shared something now is because I was watching something on telly and noticed a similar image to what I had and really wanted some feedback to see if anyone knew what it could be.
"I felt a little dizzy and could feel like a static feeling but that was all.
"I was looking at the pictures closely and I’ve realised that The first two pictures I was in the vaults and the last one was a different room.
"I kinda freaked out there because it looks like I being followed or something like it was moving around.
"I just find it all very interesting and the pictures I captured I can’t explain.
"The experience was brilliant and I would highly recommend anyone considering going on a tour I would definitely be going back soon."
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Homeland security officials say they're planning for the possibility of a "significant increase" in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming months — and warn that the end of pandemic-era border restrictions could add to its size.
The Biden administration is under growing pressure from immigrant advocates — and leaders of the president's own party — to drop the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42.
For more than two years, immigration authorities have quickly expelled migrants under restrictions that were first authorized by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention during the Trump administration, without giving them a chance to seek asylum in the U.S.
The CDC's latest review of whether the Title 42 restrictions are still necessary is expected to end on Wednesday, according to court filings.
A decision to lift those restrictions "will likely cause a significant increase in arrivals" at the southwest border, according to a strategic plan released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security.
"We need to be prepared for what we're considering a potential contingency, which is that the lifting of Title 42 could increase flows," said a senior DHS official during a background briefing with reporters.
The strategic planning document lays out possible DHS responses to a wide range of projections if Title 42 is lifted. In one such scenario, DHS officials say they're preparing for the possibility of 18,000 border apprehensions per day — more than twice the average number of daily apprehensions last summer.
"These aren't projections," the official said. "They are just simply scenarios that we are planning against, so that we can be prepared."
DHS officials says they are already taking steps to prepare for a possible increase in migration. They've established a Southwest Border Coordination Center, and say they are prepared to surge additional immigration officers and resources to the border. The agency is already building additional temporary facilities at the border that can hold additional migrants, another senior official said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is helping in the planning for the administration's response, but DHS officials say it is not involved directly in operations.
Border apprehensions are already high by historical standards. The number of migrant apprehensions at the border soared to more than 2 million in 2021, although hundreds of thousands of migrants were likely counted more than once in the total. Immigration authorities have encountered migrants more than 900,000 times so far this fiscal year, a DHS official said.
Republicans have sought to blame the surge in migration on the Biden administration. A group of GOP senators led by Rick Scott of Florida sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security last week, urging the Department of Homeland Security to make preparations in case Title 42 is lifted.
"This policy served as an effective deterrent to illegal border crossings," Scott wrote. "This is a grave concern that threatens to overwhelm our already strained immigration system and will only exacerbate a disastrous situation at our southern border."
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly said that Title 42 is a public health measure, not an immigration policy.
The Biden administration has made some exceptions — including for unaccompanied migrant children, and increasingly for Ukrainian families reaching the border. But it has mostly left the restrictions in place, expelling migrants back to Mexico or their home countries well over a million times since taking office.
Immigrant advocates worry the administration could move again to lift Title 42 for certain groups of migrants, such as families traveling with children, while leaving restrictions in place for others.
"Our call is for the Biden administration to completely rescind Title 42 for all people," said Guerline Jozef, the executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance.
"It is imperative that all people seeking asylum... are received with dignity," Jozef said in a call with reporters on Tuesday, "regardless of their country of origin, whether they are from Haiti or Ukraine, Russia or Guatemala."
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT – Get Rating) – Research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group raised their Q1 2022 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Virtu Financial in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 11th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst D. Fannon now expects that the financial services provider will earn $1.22 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.20. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Virtu Financial’s Q3 2022 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q4 2022 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q1 2023 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q2 2023 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q3 2023 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2023 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2023 earnings at $4.25 EPS.
A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on VIRT. Piper Sandler increased their target price on Virtu Financial from $38.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 1st. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on shares of Virtu Financial from $38.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 9th. Zacks Investment Research raised Virtu Financial from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $40.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, February 11th. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on Virtu Financial in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $35.80.
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ:VIRT – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.39. Virtu Financial had a return on equity of 37.85% and a net margin of 16.96%. The business had revenue of $485.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $367.25 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.18 earnings per share. Virtu Financial’s quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 1st were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 28th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.59%. Virtu Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.81%.
In other Virtu Financial news, major shareholder Private Ltd Gic sold 4,027,062 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.04, for a total transaction of $125,000,004.48. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 49.50% of the company’s stock.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC bought a new stake in Virtu Financial during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in Virtu Financial by 93.4% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,027 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 496 shares during the last quarter. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY purchased a new stake in shares of Virtu Financial during the 4th quarter worth approximately $50,000. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. bought a new stake in Virtu Financial in the 4th quarter valued at about $62,000. Finally, Maryland State Retirement & Pension System bought a new position in Virtu Financial in the 1st quarter worth approximately $252,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.64% of the company’s stock.
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Virtu Financial, Inc, a financial services company, provides data, analytics, and connectivity products to clients worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Market Making and Execution Services. Its product suite includes offerings in execution, liquidity sourcing, analytics and broker-neutral, and multi-dealer platforms in workflow technology.
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WARSAW (AP) — A disputed compound in the Polish capital of Warsaw administered by Russia’s diplomatic mission is being taken over by the city and will be made available to the Ukrainian community, the mayor said Monday.
Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski was at the site early Monday and said a bailiff had entered the two apparently empty, fenced buildings, nicknamed “Spyville” by Warsaw residents, to check on their condition and to mark them as seized by the city.
Trzaskowski said Warsaw was getting back the compound “unlawfully” occupied by Russia. Last month he said Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine added urgency to the decades-long procedure.
“It is very symbolic that we are closing this procedure of many years now, at the time of Russia’s aggression” against Ukraine, Trzaskowski said on Twitter.
Ukraine’s ambassador, Andrii Deshchytsia, told Poland’s state news agency PAP that Ukraine will file to lease the compound, which could be used for a school or a Ukrainian culture center.
One of Trzaskowski’s proposals for the 100-odd apartments there is to accommodate war refugees from Ukraine. More than 2.6 million of them have crossed into Poland since the Russian invasion began.
Photos from the inside the buildings were published later Monday by the Onet.pl news portal. They showed peeling paint, broken glass on the floor and torn-out flooring.
Russia’s Embassy, which had the tall apartment blocks built in the 1970s on land obtained from the city, has been refusing court orders to pay to lease the land or hand it over.
Once busy, the buildings became empty in the 1990s, after Poland shed its communist rule and Soviet Union’s dominance in 1989, and after the Soviet Union itself dissolved in 1991.
Ever since, Poland has been saying that the contract for the lease of the plot of land had expired and demanded that it be returned. But its gates remained closed and guarded.
Russia’s diplomatic and business missions have much more property in Poland than Poland has in Russia, which is in violation of reciprocity rules, according to Poland’s Foreign Ministry.
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A California woman pleaded guilty Monday to a 2020 hate crime in New York, where she falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone.
Miya Ponsetto, 23, was at the Arlo Hotel in December 2020 when she got into a confrontation with a teen, 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr., about her cellphone. Video shows her grabbing at him as he tried to get away. Her phone was found soon afterward in an Uber.
Ponsetto, of Piru, California, was initially arrested in her home state on Jan. 7, 2021 and eventually convicted of evading law enforcement, disobeying a peace officer and resisting arrest. She was arrested two days later in New York on charges of a second-degree hate crime, unlawful imprisonment and aggravated harassment.
Ponsetto apologized but defended herself in a television interview conducted before she was arrested in California.
"I don't feel that that is who I am as a person. I don't feel like this one mistake does define me," she said in a "CBS This Morning" interview. "But I do sincerely from the bottom of my heart apologize that if I made the son feel as if I assaulted him or if I hurt his feelings or the father's feelings."
In 2020, Ponsetto was convicted of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest.
The family of the teen has filed a lawsuit against Ponsetto and the hotel, alleging racial profiling.
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Molly-Mae Hague shares first selfie from her new house after sparking speculation she’s engaged to Tommy Fury
MOLLY-Mae Hague has shared her first selfie from her new house after sparking speculation she's engaged to Tommy Fury.
The fashionista looked more stylish than ever in head-to-toe @prettylittlething after relishing her role as Creative Director for the clothing giants.
Molly-Mae looked trendy in a cream chord oversized blazer as she took a mirror selfie in her plush new pad.
She teamed it with matching cream baggy flared trousers and toughened up the look with a black hoodie.
Molly-Mae swept her hair up into a bun for her low-key look.
The Love Island legend and looked every inch the star wearing sunglasses.
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Meanwhile Molly-Mae had fans thinking she's engaged to Tommy Fury.
The Love Island star used a heart emoji to hide her left hand where an engagement ring would usually sit in a snap from the weekend.
Molly-Mae held a massive bunch of flowers as she posed for the mirror selfie.
But she appeared to strategically cover up her hand.
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The 22-year-old star then said it had been her "favourite Sunday in a long while".
Last month, Molly-Mae sparked rumours she was pregnant by posting a picture of a baby bump.
She shared a picture of a woman cradling her tummy in a white dressing gown on Mother's Day.
Scores of fans instantly assumed it was a snap of Molly-Mae, with one posting: "Shut up, I had a heart attack."
Others wrote: "I thought u were pregnant," and "bruh thought she was pregnant."
Molly-Mae and Tommy have been posting loved up snaps of each other following months of long-distance.
She wrote: "It’s you today, tomorrow, and every single day after that…"
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BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A motorcyclist was killed Friday in eastern Pennsylvania after police said a goose hit them in the head, causing a head-on crash with an SUV.
The crash happened Friday in Croydon, Pennsylvania. The driver was on a Harley Davidson just before 9 a.m. when a goose reportedly came flying out of the woods, hitting the motorcyclist in the head.
Bristol Borough Police said the goose caused the motorcyclist to side-swipe a car before running head-on into a Toyota Highlander SUV. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet at the time, according to the report.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
Spring is breeding season for Canada geese, and they can become aggressive if they perceive a threat to their mates, eggs or goslings.
According to USA Today, part of the reason is that their nests are near humans, meaning we venture into their territory often. Males are most likely to attack since females remain with their clutch until they are ready to mate.
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Etsy sellers are making good on their promise to go on strike. The Wall Street Journal says that some crafters are protesting the marketplace’s latest fee hikes by putting their shops into “vacation mode” for a week ending April 18th. Organizer Kristi Cassidy and others are also asking for customers to boycott Etsy for this period. We don’t know just how many sellers have taken this action, but a petition to CEO Josh Silverman has almost 54,000 signatures as of this writing.
This is all about a transaction fee hike from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. This might not sound like much, but Cassidy noted that this fee will have “more than doubled” in under four years. She and other sellers have also complained about a sometimes-mandatory Offsite Ads program that charges extra fees for items sold through that system, and a Star Seller program that pressures shops into meeting sometimes unrealistic shipping and support goals as well.
They also see the hypocrisy in Etsy’s expectations. While the company wants sellers to respond within 24 hours, Cassidy notes that it sometimes takes “weeks or months” for Etsy to answer urgent support requests. She also argued that Etsy’s AI sometimes shuts down honest sellers while letting resellers of “sweatshop-produced junk” continue.
The striking sellers want Etsy to revoke the fee increase, cancel Star Seller, let people opt out of Offsite Ads, and clamp down on dodgy resellers. They also want an “automatic fast track” for appeals to AI decisions that limit their ability to do business on the site.
Etsy has defended the fee hike by claiming that it would roll the extra money into the business rather than boost profit margins. These contributions would help “maintain the human touch,” according to operating chief Raina Moskowitz. But many sellers don’t buy this. They see Etsy as “one of the most profitable” tech companies. They also see the strike as the first step in a greater show of solidarity that they hope will give them more negotiating power. It should be interesting.
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Silence of the so-called human rights bodies prepares the ground for growing crimes like recent mass execution in Saudi Arabia, Ali Akbar Velayati said in a statement.
Such open massacre reveals the true face of the Saudi rulers more than before; and history will undoubtedly register such embarrassing crime, Velayati noted.
At the statement, Velayati referred to the silence of the international communities and the so-called human rights bodies on this measure and also on other crimes being committed against the Muslim regional countries, including Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq.
All those crimes led and supported by the arrogance are aimed at weakening Islamic countries in the region, the official stressed.
According to remarks made by officials in the US, some Western states and certain reactionary countries in the region, they were those who created Daesh (ISIS) in the region, he underlined.
At the end, Velayati called for unity among Muslims to stand against such inhuman measures.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist, commentator and filmmaker, about the fight against American-style "woke-ism" in France.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist, commentator and filmmaker, about the fight against American-style "woke-ism" in France.
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Upon paying off between $12,000 and $15,000 in credit card debt in 2019, Yamiesha Bell, a special education teacher in New York, didn’t break up with her credit cards.
With goals to buy a car and a house, Bell hoped to preserve her credit history by keeping her cards open and active.
“I needed to sustain my credit in order to get the interest rates I wanted in the future,” she says.
While credit cards aren’t ideal for everyone, they can aid your credit journey if used responsibly. When reconciling with credit cards, you need a personalized stay-out-of-debt plan. Here are a few strategies to consider.
1. REFLECT ON SPENDING HABITS
Maybe you ditched debt, but history can repeat if you don’t unpack the motivations that contributed to it. A get-out-of-debt plan that works in the short term may not be sustainable over the long term if it doesn’t align with your priorities, according to Julia Kramer, a financial behavior and leadership consultant at Signature Financial Planning in Pennsylvania.
Kramer suggests tracking transactions dating back a week or more. Add a plus sign next to those purchases you’re willing to repeat and a minus sign next to those you’re not. For obligatory purchases like gas and groceries, add an equal sign.
Note the date, the item purchased, the amount and the need the purchase met. Those frequent lattes or meals out with friends may be more about the personal connection experienced, or something else, as opposed to the gratification provided by the item, according to Kramer.
This information is key to identifying areas in your budget that are negotiable. For example, you may be more willing to choose budget-friendly food in order to keep a facial that meets an internal need for self-care and connection, Kramer says.
If your spending strays upon experiencing feelings like anxiousness or boredom, make a plan for those occasions. It might mean budgeting extra money or employing tricks like using a credit card lock feature to prevent spending.
2. USE CASH FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES
If you want to reel in spending on categories like dining out or entertainment, for example, set aside physical cash to stay within budget. Money in hand can lead to more mindful spending, according to Kramer.
3. TRACK SPENDING
Create a tracking system that works for you. Setting up spending alerts on a credit card account can notify you if purchases exceed a certain amount. Tracking spending with a spreadsheet, bullet journal or budgeting app, for instance, can also help with mental accounting.
“I would not open up credit cards if you do not have a system in place where you track spending every month,” Kramer says. “It has to be something that appeals to you that you know you’re going to do.”
For Bell, a cash envelope tracking system helps her manage spending in different categories, including her credit card bill payment.
“When you look in a cash envelope and you see you only have $50, it’s very clear that once that money runs out there’s nothing else I can do,” she says.
4. USE CREDIT CARDS FOR PLANNED PURCHASES ONLY
Ease your way back into credit cards with small planned purchases, like a subscription service payment.
After paying off debt, Bell only uses credit cards for in-budget purchases, and she pays them off in full each month to avoid interest charges. Initially, she left her credit card at home to avoid relying on it.
5. HAVE AN EMERGENCY FUND TO FALL BACK ON
An emergency fund of even $500 for a car or home repair may keep debt off of your credit cards. Start small and aim, eventually, to cast a wider safety net over time — ideally, three to six months of living expenses stowed in a high-yield savings account.
If you previously got used to budgeting a certain amount each month to pay creditors, keep that momentum going, but direct funds toward savings instead.
6. DON’T STORE CREDIT CARD INFO ON WEBSITES OR APPS
Convenient payment options can sometimes lead to mindless spending. By entering payment information into forms for every online purchase, you’ll have more time to think through a purchase.
7. GET AN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
A nonjudgmental partner or trusted loved one can offer input on a purchase or a stay-out-of-debt plan. An accountability partner can be a sounding board that lets you listen out loud to your own justifications for financial decisions.
8. UPDATE YOUR STRATEGY
As motivations and priorities change, your stay-out-of-debt plan should follow. Continue revisiting credit card statements to identify the needs that are being met by purchases and which are most important.
If in this process you continue having frequent run-ins with debt, consider closing credit card accounts even if it can negatively impact credit scores.
“A big thing about this is knowing yourself and knowing what your challenge areas are and finding ways that work around them,” Bell says. “Five years from now it might look different, but for right now that’s what works.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Melissa Lambarena is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: mlambarena@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @lissalambarena.
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We begin this hour of the program in Kyiv. For more than five weeks now, Russian forces have been pushing toward the capital of Ukraine. There are reports that push at the moment is faltering. We are joined now by the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, and he joins us now via Skype. Mr. Mayor, thanks so much for being with us.
VITALI KLITSCHKO: My pleasure.
SIMON: What do you know about Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv? What's happening?
KLITSCHKO: I just came from satellite city of Kyiv. I saw the whole infrastructure is destroyed 'cause the buildings - it's actually city of Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel - these cities doesn't exist anymore. Whole buildings, schools - everything is total destroyed. And right now, we collect the dead people. We don't know the numbers, but this will be hundreds, maybe thousands. It's horrible. It's actually very depressive images to see that. It's not secret that Kyiv was always target from Russians and - right - they right now told they go away. I actually don't believe Russians. The Russians told this special operation just against Ukrainian army. I just came in right now from north of the city. I saw the old people shoot civilian, civilian. Old, young people, womans (ph) shoot by Russian soldier, and the bodies everywhere there.
SIMON: Mayor Klitschko, you're aware Kyiv is ordinarily a city of about 3 million people - the size of Chicago, in fact. Can you tell how many people have left? What's life in the city like now?
KLITSCHKO: Kyiv is the largest city in East Europe. Right now, we guess is the half of population right now already left is womans, childrens - we move to west of Ukraine, much more safety parts of the country and some who temporarily move to outside of the country. Cities changed totally. It's always springtime. This city have energy. So many people enjoys this spring sunshine. And right now, they just block us - the people with weapons. It's a city almost died.
SIMON: Yeah. Do you want people to return, or is it still unsafe? What do you think about the future?
KLITSCHKO: To be honest, I talked to many experts in the world, and nobody can predict how the situation will be developed. Everybody is hopeful for a diplomatic solution. But Russians talked about solution, about compromise. It's difficult to say which compromise we have to find in this - in current situation. We can talk about compromise or solution if Russian soldiers go away from our territory, from our country. Right now, the people want to come back to Kyiv, but it's still dangerous to be in Kyiv because any seconds, any buildings, any citizens of our cities can be target. That way, right now, we can say, when is the war is finished? Right now in Kyiv, little bit quiet couple of days before, but people still nervous.
SIMON: What does the city need from the rest of the world? What would you like?
KLITSCHKO: I explain you some very interesting story. Just a couple of weeks ago, the rockets landed in apartment building. The building destroyed. I immediately come to this place with fireman to give the help to the people. One man come to me - I guess little bit more than 60 years old - and give me a question. Mr. Mayor, what I have to doing? I'm homeless right now because there's a huge hole in the building. And I give him proposals to - I will wave him to the west of Ukraine. I was very surprised. The answer was, Mr. Mayor, all my life I live in my hometown, in Kyiv. All my friends, all relatives live here. I don't want to leave. I want to ask you, Mr. Mayor - please give me the weapons. I want to defend my city because the reason of this war - Putin want to rebuild Russia empire or Soviet Union. We was in the USSR, and we definitely don't want back to USSR. And everyone, everyone ready to defend the children and future of our families.
SIMON: Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, thanks so much for being with us, sir.
KLITSCHKO: You're welcome. And one message - thank you so much for the support of our country from the United States. It's very important for us. We ready to fight. But please, everyone have to understand, we defend not just our country. We defend not just our families. We defend the same values and principles. And if someone think the war far away, is a wrong opinion. This war can touch anyone in European country, of anyone in the world. Thank you for everyone.
SIMON: Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, thank you, sir.
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The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership rise by nearly eight per cent.
But, with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Dalmatian – a breed with range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
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One Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Rating) by 55.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 66,204 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 23,733 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up 1.7% of One Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest position. One Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $22,265,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Macroview Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Microsoft in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,000. TFO TDC LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 6,566.7% during the fourth quarter. TFO TDC LLC now owns 200 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $68,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares in the last quarter. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the third quarter valued at about $71,000. Syverson Strege & Co acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the third quarter valued at about $72,000. Finally, Schubert & Co acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter valued at about $125,000. 69.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of MSFT opened at $285.26 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $297.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $311.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.14 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.21 and a current ratio of 2.25. Microsoft Co. has a 52-week low of $238.07 and a 52-week high of $349.67.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 19th will be paid a $0.62 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 18th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.87%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is currently 26.41%.
A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Credit Suisse Group set a $400.00 price target on Microsoft in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th. Royal Bank of Canada set a $380.00 price target on Microsoft in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Microsoft from $330.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 26th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $400.00 price objective on Microsoft in a research note on Monday, January 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $355.99.
In other Microsoft news, Director Emma N. Walmsley bought 1,700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $295.48 per share, for a total transaction of $502,316.00. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 27,860 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $304.64, for a total value of $8,487,270.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About Microsoft (Get Rating)
Microsoft Corp. engages in the development and support of software, services, devices, and solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. The Productivity and Business Processes segment consists of devices and platforms, including Office Commercial, Office Consumer, LinkedIn, and Dynamics business solutions.
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Over the past two years, we have witnessed pandemic-driven shortages of everything from lumber to fertilizer to semiconductors, which have resulted in price hikes for everything from homes to cars to chicken wings. The Russian war in Ukraine has only exacerbated these supply gaps, scrambling the global markets for oil and wheat. And despite promises in 2021 from experts like Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell that supply-chain disruptions and the inflation they caused would be "transitory," the kinks in the system have yet to work themselves out, and those same experts are now scrambling to tackle red-hot price hikes.
There's no telling when the pandemic supply crunches will ease up, but even when they do, the era of shortages and stockouts will not be over. That's because climate change has begun to disrupt the supply chain, making it more difficult to produce essential commodities and more dangerous to move those commodities around the world.
We're already seeing climate disasters such as extreme precipitation, drought, and heat add to the inflation of the past few years. These climate disruptions have flown under the radar thanks to the pandemic, but they won't stay invisible forever. As acute disasters worsen and more parts of the world come under chronic climate stress, Americans will see more of the interruptions and price increases we've grown accustomed to during the pandemic.
Increased food shortages
The industry most sensitive to climate change is agriculture, in large part because most crops have little tolerance for extreme weather. Short-term disasters like tornadoes and floods can wipe out an entire annual crop and phenomena like drought and higher temperatures can cause long-term damage by reducing crop yields by a few percentage points each year.
The Brazilian coffee industry suffered from both sides of this climate coin last year. The worst drought of the century hurt crop growth in the fall, then a series of heavy rains a few months later wiped out many of the plants that had survived. This extreme weather, along with comparable weather events in other coffee-growing regions like Central America, combined to push coffee prices to their highest levels in more than a decade.
In some parts of the world, long-term temperature changes have already started to affect what we can grow, Deepak Ray, a senior scientist at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, told me. In Europe, Australia, and southern Africa, Ray said that climate effects are already eradicating enough food to feed around 50 million people each year. Wealthier regions like Europe and Australia have surplus food supplies they can tap if yields fall short, Ray said, but southern Africa has struggled to replace the crops that have failed to grow, forcing countries in the region to turn to the World Food Programme and expensive international imports to fill the gap. This will inevitably lead to more chronic hunger in the worst-affected regions.
Ray has also found that warming temperatures will increase the ability to grow food in some northern regions, including Minnesota, where he lives. Even so, it will take decades for the agriculture industry to migrate north to new sweet spots for crop production, which means that in the interim, there are bound to be supply shortages for heat-sensitive crops such as wheat and soybeans.
Disrupted manufacturing
The manufacturing sector also faces risks from climate change. For one thing, many mining operations that source the raw minerals needed at the very start of the manufacturing process are concentrated in places that are sensitive to climate change. Many electronics require minerals like nickel and cobalt, both of which are key battery components. About 70% of cobalt is extracted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and about 30% of nickel is extracted from Indonesia, both nations where floods and heat may make working conditions unsafe or render the transportation of raw ore impossible.
Many of the oil and chemical refineries in the United States, meanwhile, are located on the Gulf of Mexico, which makes them vulnerable to hurricanes. When the catastrophic Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana last summer, it forced at least nine refineries to shut down and caused almost all oil and gas production in the Gulf to go offline. Even the semiconductor shortage, perhaps the most famous example of a supply-chain disruption caused by the pandemic, had a climate component. The ice storm that slammed Texas during the winter of 2021 caused three major semiconductor factories to shut down. The scarcity of resources like water will also affect chip production.
"For chip manufacturing, because it's such a heat-intensive process, you have to continuously feed in water to maintain an average level of temperature," Abhijeet Ghadge, a professor of supply-chain management at the University of Cranfield in England, told me. The water usage required for production has started to create water-shortage issues, he said. This is also compounded by droughts in chip manufacturing strongholds like Taiwan.
Heat stress could also slow down production by making it unsafe for laborers to work outdoors or in factories. Extreme heat waves could have the same impacts as the labor shortages that emerged during the pandemic, forcing workplaces to shut down for a few days or weeks, disrupting the flow of goods around the world.
Delays in moving stuff around
The complex network of ships, airplanes, trucks, and trains that carries goods from one side of the world to another will see frequent disruptions as a result of severe weather events, which could take out key roads and rail links or make the high seas impossible to navigate.
This happened just last year in the Canadian province of British Columbia, when flash floods cut off the two main railways that connect Vancouver to the rest of the country, causing price surges for various goods across Canada. It took weeks for the infrastructure to get back online. The road system in the United States has also seen similar but less catastrophic disruptions, such as when a mudslide in Colorado destroyed a section of Interstate 70 and deprived truckers of a key east-west route across the country. The Texas ice storm also blocked crucial railroads for three days, severing a link that connected the Lone Star State to the Pacific Northwest.
Long-term threats like sea-level rise will also cause frequent slowdowns in ports and coastal cities, Ghadge told me, pointing to the risk of more frequent floods on roads and loading docks. The Indonesian capital of Jakarta, he said, often sees endless snarls of traffic on main roads during flood events, which makes it harder for truckers to carry goods to and from the city port.
Climate change threatens not only the goods we produce, but also the ways in which we move them around the world. Given how interwoven the global economy has become, it's a safe bet these dual threats will compound as the effects of climate change worsen.
Consumers will be paying
For consumers in the United States, the effects of this chaos will vary depending on the nature of the climate-related disruption and the supply chain of the industry being disrupted, said Christy Slay, the interim CEO at The Sustainability Consortium, a nonprofit that tries to build climate resilience in the consumer-goods industry. In the event of a sudden storm that cuts off a railway or scuttles transcontinental flights, the effect could be limited to brief shortages of particular products, but in a worst-case scenario, consumers may face completely empty shelves or long stockouts like we've seen for place mats and chocolate milk. Long-term disasters like droughts and extreme heat will cause slow but steady price increases that will be passed on to buyers at the supermarket or the department store.
"The short-term impacts are going to cause some of the things that we've seen, which is just supply-chain disruption, where your favorite product isn't on the shelf," Slay said. "Or there are delays; you purchase something online and you have to wait two weeks to get it. But what's going to happen in the long term is going to be hard costs. As these disruptions happen more frequently, it's going to be harder for companies to manage the costs of those. And so I anticipate that they will be passed to the consumer."
There are ways to protect supply chains from these disruptions, Slay said, but they're not cheap. Companies that buy goods from abroad can start by forming closer relationships with their suppliers and shippers, and by planning for contingencies. They can also soften the blow of future disasters by investing in spare capacity at every link of the chain — that means warehousing extra supply of their goods, building in extra time to the delivery schedule, and considering alternate routes in case one gets disrupted. This system, which Slay referred to as "buffering," doesn't have much in common with our present "just-in-time" logistics system, but Slay said the scale of potential climate catastrophe makes up-front investment well worth most companies' while.
"The nature of business is focused on quarterly reporting and earnings and that kind of short-term mindset, but climate change and planning for chronic or even more frequent short-term disruption requires a different mindset. That is the lift," Slay said.
Most importantly, what producers and logistics operatives can do to reduce the impact of climate effects is to cut down on their own carbon profiles. Agriculture accounts for around a fifth of global emissions, manufacturing for another quarter, and maritime shipping and freight for a few percentage points each. As the climate crisis continues to unfold, investors will want to put their money not just in companies that can protect themselves from climate impacts but also in companies that are working to solve the root cause of the supply-chain chaos. Regardless, everyone should be prepared for the supply-chain crisis to stick around well after the pandemic fades.
Jake Bittle is a freelance reporter who covers the climate crisis. His book about climate migration is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.
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Meesho has let go over 150 employees and is looking to eliminate at least as many more positions as the Indian social commerce attempts to streamline its operations following an ongoing struggle to put together a new funding round at favorable terms, sources familiar with the matter said.
Meesho, last valued at $4.9 billion in September, is spending between $40 million to $45 million each month to court new customers and scale its business, but it can’t sustain this level of expense without raising new capital, sources said.
The Bengaluru-headquartered startup is at crossroads currently because the terms it has received from investors for the new round value it between $4.5 billion to $4.9 billion, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the matter is private.
Meesho has engaged with investors including Qatar Investment Authority and GIC in recent weeks for the new funding, one of the sources said.
The startup – which counts Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, B Capital, and SoftBank among its backers – is slowly pushing back against the idea of raising the new funding at a flat or down valuation and is looking to instead cut its monthly expenses down to $20 million to $25 million and raise a round at a later time, one of the sources said.
Cutting the monthly spends, however, will slow the startup’s growth at a time when Flipkart, valued at over $37 billion, is aggressively attempting to scale its own social commerce business.
The market situation, investors’ appetite, and the decision on the new funding round may change within the next three weeks as there are lots of moving pieces, one of the sources cautioned.
In a statement, Meesho denied that it was looking for more layoffs, or that it had received funding offers at flat or down valuation. It also refuted figured about its monthly expenses.
On Monday, the startup said it was streamlining its grocery business to drive efficiencies.
“As we look to boost efficiencies in the light of the integration, a small number of full-time roles and certain third-party positions on six-month contracts at Meesho Superstore were reassessed to remove redundancies with the core business,” it said in a blog post.
Meesho’s fundraising deliberations underscore the challenge many high-profile startups in India — and elsewhere — are facing currently in raising new capital at favorable terms. Many of the deals announced in recent weeks were concluded months ago and are not an accurate description of the current market scenario, according to conversations with several investors.
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State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D decreased its position in shares of National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG – Get Rating) by 8.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 47,644 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after selling 4,615 shares during the period. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D’s holdings in National Fuel Gas were worth $3,046,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NFG. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in shares of National Fuel Gas by 97.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 278,812 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $14,908,000 after acquiring an additional 137,712 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of National Fuel Gas by 35.3% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 451,610 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $23,718,000 after acquiring an additional 117,867 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of National Fuel Gas by 66.5% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 271,788 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $14,274,000 after acquiring an additional 108,576 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of National Fuel Gas by 109.8% during the 1st quarter. FMR LLC now owns 201,013 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $12,254,000 after acquiring an additional 105,217 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of National Fuel Gas during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,691,000. 70.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on NFG shares. StockNews.com started coverage on National Fuel Gas in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Bank of America started coverage on National Fuel Gas in a research note on Monday, January 10th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $66.00 target price on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.25.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 3rd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $546.56 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $569.37 million. National Fuel Gas had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 22.63%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.06 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that National Fuel Gas will post 5.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 31st will be issued a $0.455 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 30th. This represents a $1.82 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.60%. National Fuel Gas’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 39.91%.
In other National Fuel Gas news, Director Ronald J. Tanski sold 42,555 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.27, for a total value of $2,564,789.85. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders sold a total of 170,220 shares of company stock valued at $10,835,780 over the last quarter. 1.92% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
National Fuel Gas Company Profile (Get Rating)
National Fuel Gas Co is a holding company, which engages in the production, gathering, transportation, distribution, and marketing of natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, and Utility. The Exploration and Production segment handles the exploration for and the development of natural gas and oil reserves in California and in the Appalachian region of the United States.
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The Singapore Grand Prix is easily the most accessible opportunity for Filipino Formula 1 fans to watch a race live. The thing is, it’s been a while since the event has been held, having been called off in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hopefully, you guys have been saving up. The most affordable non-wheelchair-accessible ticket will set you back $298 Singaporean dollars (just over P11,300), while single-day hospitality packages start at $1,605 (over P61,000). If you’re really looking to splurge, you can spend a fortune on a Paddock Club package worth $9,898 (P378,000).
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EXCLUSIVE: Snabba Cash and The Rain star Evin Ahmad is to lead Netflix’s upcoming female-led action adventure series Palomino, with filming kicking off in Barcelona later this year.
The Swedish-Kurdish actress, a rising talent, will play Erin Collantes in the show from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, a British teacher in Spain who finds herself caught up in a supermarket robbery. When one of the robbers claims to recognize her, her life threatens to unravel and in Palomino, a town of secrets, she must fight to clear her name and protect her family.
Ahmad has made her name in a string of Scandi Netflix shows and Palomino will be her first streaming breakout beyond the region.
Having recently been signed by ICM Partners in the U.S., she played the lead of Leya, an aspiring tech entrepreneur, in Oskar Söderlund’s Snabba Cash and starred as Kira in seasons two and three of Danish post-apocalyptic thriller The Rain from Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen and Christian Potalivo.
She also starred in feature Dröm Vidare and has written a book, One Day I Will Build a Castle of Money, that discusses inequality in Sweden.
Palomino is created by Sky’s Strike Back: Vendetta writer Jack Lothian, who is showrunning and exec producing alongside Rob Bullock and Andy Harries. Series Producer is Nuala O’Leary and Lead Director is Iram Haq.
Palomino is one of several Netflix shows from Sony-backed drama indie Left Bank including The Crown, Money Heist creator Álex Pina’s White Lines and Steve Lightfoot’s Behind Her Eyes.
Ahmad is represented by Agentfirman and Verve.
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Benni McCarthy during his day at AmaZulu. Photo: BackpagePix
Rumours that SuperSport coach Kaitano Tembo could be relieved of his duties will fuel speculation that he will be replaced by Benni McCarthy.
Benni McCarthy during his day at AmaZulu. Photo: BackpagePix
The football fraternity was largely left in shock when Benni McCarthy was unceremoniously axed by AmaZulu recently. Many believe it was a premature decision to let McCarthy go, and his representative Rob Moore has already said that the popular coach will only remain coaching in South Africa if there is a “big” club that can match his ambitions.
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According to FARPostZA, it was reported this month that they have it on good authority that SuperSport are in talks to possibly bring McCarthy to the club ahead of next season, although it’s unclear what that would mean for Kaitano Tembo.
Some talk suggests that the club icon would not be let go, and will rather be used in a different capacity, and Soccer Laduma now reports that a decision could be confirmed by Matsatsantsa this week.
It’s reported that Tembo could be axed as head coach, with assistant Andre Arendse taking over in an interim role until the end of the season
Tembo may be aware of the speculation doing the rounds, but recently reiterated that it wasn’t worrying him.
“I’m not in control of that, all I have to do is to focus on the job at hand. That’s the only important thing to me,” Tembo said, as quoted by Sowetan Live.
“What is being said out there has nothing to do with me, and [yes] anything can happen in football, so it’s normal, it happens.
“As long as I’m here, I will keep on giving my best. That’s all I can do.”
He added that he hasn’t even checked with the SuperSport bosses to discuss the McCarthy rumours.
“There’s no need to talk about it. It’s something that is coming from outside, so it’s all a speculation and we can’t always act whenever things are said about the club. I don’t think that’s important.
“What’s important for us is that we’ve got six games to go in the league and the Nedbank Cup to fight for.”
“His time at AmaZulu was incredibly successful. He took the club to heights that they have never be in history. The club was written about and he ended up being the PSL Coach of the Year, and ended up being offered the Bafana Bafana job,” Moore told Soccer Laduma.
“Benni will see what happens. He will take some time off and spend with his family. He has been away for the last 16 months, so he will go home and spend some time with them.
“He will evaluate what comes next. If he is going to return to South Africa to manage, it must be the club that has the resources that can match his ambitions, otherwise there’s no point in coming back.
“He did it with Cape Town City, he took the club to a fifth place finish, two cup finals and won one. He took AmaZulu from relegation to all the things that they’ve achieved.
“So all those things, he has done, he has proven himself. Now, what’s next for him is a big club, with resources that will say, ‘Benni we want you for three years or so’, that wants to build, otherwise he will look abroad and that’s where he is at and we will just see what the future holds in the coming months,” added Moore.
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TWIN TEENS TACKLE SOCIAL STRUGGLES WITH THE LAUNCH OF INSPIRATIONAL APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES
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DALLAS, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based teen twins, Shea and Sydney Hinckley, have officially launched UPwords. The company features apparel and accessories that boast life-changing affirmations in an effort to change the way young women perceive themselves.
Teens and young adults are faced with unprecedented social pressures that compromise their mental and emotional wellness. Sydney and Shea studied the science of abundant thinking—and how impactful self-talk is. The constant narrative to be, have or do more plays over and over in our culture and social media feeds. The lie is constant: You aren't enough. Sydney and Shea's mission is to change that narrative and to remind young women they're enough—exactly as they are.
"During Covid, we wanted to find a way to bring positivity and an uplifting message to our peers. We started searching for self-affirming merchandise and couldn't find anything. That's when we decided to create UPwords," says co-founder Sydney Hinckley. "Our mission is for everyone to be surrounded by uplifting messages that resonate with them, and ultimately bring them joy. All of our products are beautiful, affordable, and encouraging."
Co-founder Shea Hinckley says, "Your thoughts determine your reality because they are powerful enough to affect how you feel about yourself and the decisions you make. UPwords is all about bringing positive affirmations into your daily life, you are constantly reminded of your worth."
About UPwords: UPwords is a Dallas-based clothing and accessories business founded by fraternal twins, Sydney and Shea Hinckley, to create a positive culture for young women to feel confident in their own skin. UPwords carries products that are stylish, affordable and affirmation-based with messaging about worth, value, beauty, strength, bravery and uniqueness. The mission of the company is to create a positive culture and empower women around the world.
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By Jake Niall
Gillon McLachlan’s greatest successes as AFL chief executive were the product of his leadership style, which also was the source of his most obvious failure.
On the plus side, McLachlan will be remembered for two major achievements. The first was that he steered the competition and the clubs through the COVID-19 crisis, when the AFL first suspended its (2020) season and then relocated to Queensland, an improvisation made over a matter of hours which allowed clubs to keep their doors open and for fans to support their teams amid the misery of lockdown.
The second was the creation of the women’s competition in 2016, against the advice of some within the industry who felt that the code wasn’t ready for AFLW. “He was undeterred,” said Peter Gordon, who was president of the Western Bulldogs through most of McLachlan’s reign and who reckoned the AFLW was very much McLachlan’s call.
AFLW - and the resultant growth in grassroots participation in footy by girls - is undoubtedly McLachlan’s signature legacy.
Gordon was part of the AFL’s “war cabinet” with fellow presidents Jeff Kennett and Eddie McGuire when he received a phone call from McLachlan, advising him that the AFL had been given word that the COVID-19 situation in Victoria was becoming dire and that they would need to decide, within hours, whether the clubs and players jumped on a plane and set up shop in another state (Queensland). “We’ll either close down or relocate,” McLachlan said to Gordon.
McLachlan’s talent for deal-making, for finding consensus and listening to the various relevant parties and then acting decisively served him and the AFL very well during the nadir of the pandemic.
But his pragmatic, consultative style turned into a weakness during the Adam Goodes saga early in his tenure, when the AFL boss was reluctant to condemn the booing of the Indigenous champion and - as he has since acknowledged - he and the AFL let Goodes down by failing to take a stand against the sections of the public who were motivated by racial prejudice.
McLachlan, unlike his more confrontational predecessor Andrew Demetriou, is a conciliatory man, who, while tough in negotiations, prefers to be liked. In the Goodes crisis, McLachlan sought to straddle different strands of opinion within the AFL commission and the clubs, some of whom were not sympathetic to Goodes, when he could have simply declared unambiguous support for the champion.
If the AFL chief executive role is comparable in profile to a state premier, the handover from Demetriou to McLachlan was redolent of Victoria replacing the bruising, crash-through-or-crash Kennett with the soothing and more pragmatic Steve Bracks. If McLachlan has critics, they are far less numerous and vocal than Demetriou’s.
As a born deal-maker, McLachlan was successful in negotiating the vast broadcast revenues that have underpinned the AFL’s ambitious expansion into Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney and the women’s game, and in obtaining - via governments - the obscene amounts of taxpayer money that have gone into stadia and lavish club facilities.
To date, the women’s investment has made faster progress than the 17th and 18th teams, which remain heavily reliant on the AFL for funding and which will need untold millions for the next decade at the least.
Indeed, the broadcast deal acted as the AFL’s answer to Norway’s oil reserves, or Australia’s iron ore, in that the money that flowed into the sport meant that McLachlan - a polo-playing blueblood from rural South Australia - could preside over a heavily socialised and equalised competition, taking funding from the powerful clubs such as West Coast, Collingwood and Hawthorn and subsidising the new teams, the Brisbane Lions, St Kilda, the Bulldogs and Melbourne.
It is not accidental that three hitherto perennially unsuccessful clubs - the Western Bulldogs (2016), Richmond (2017) and Melbourne (2021) have broken premiership droughts that stretched back many decades during McLachlan’s time at the helm; two of those clubs, the Dogs and Demons, were heavily supported by a funding model and framework - including a soft cap on football department spending from 2013 - that effectively gave them parity with the monster clubs.
McLachlan also inherited the Essendon saga from Demetriou, the most divisive episode to confront footy since the attempted club mergers of the 1990s. As is his wont, McLachlan tried to fashion a deal that would see the players treated leniently, but was unable to stick what was a difficult landing, as the Essendon 34 crashed and burned. “I reckon he handled that as well as he could,” judged Gordon, who acted for two Bulldog players among the 34.
McLachlan also faced the criticism that the AFL on his watch was a confederacy of mates, or “boys club,” and it is evident that the accusation has gained enough traction for the AFL to be more conscious of women’s role in the clubs and head office. McLachlan also was forced, reluctantly, to oversee the exits of his friend and football boss Simon Lethlean and fellow executive Richard Simkiss over affairs with staff, a move that arguably set a bar for behaviour that the league will find problematic.
McLachlan is slated to negotiate another broadcast deal before he leaves, and it will be fascinating to see if he can bring the global tech giants, or a new streaming partner, into the broadcasting mix to secure the dollars that keep the competition relatively robust financially and ahead of the pack.
McLachlan, a University Blues ruckman who trained at Carlton in the ’90s, will likely lead a less public life after footy. “We’ve got big shoes to fill,” said Swans chairman Andrew Pridham of the next CEO.
Whoever takes the baton from him - and the favourites all are from within footy - Gillon McLachlan has made an indelible mark.
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MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli won't be walking out for the toss when Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore resume their storied rivalry in their IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. In a span of 6 months, plenty has changed as Ravindra Jadeja has been handed over the captaincy of CSK and former Chennai man, Faf du Plessis has been leading RCB.
Faf du Plessis had spent nearly a decade with CSK and nearly won the Orange Cap in their campaign-winning run last year. Du Plessis, however, was not retained by CSK which came as a big disappointment to Chennai fans before he was bought by RCB at the IPL 2022 mega auction.
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Speaking on the eve of what could prove to be an emotional contest for Faf du Plessis, the South African star said he felt better when meeting his former teammates on Monday but it was awkward when the two team arrived in Mumbai to train ahead of IPL 2022.
"It's better than how I felt during the first practice when we got here with the same team. It felt a little awkward," Faf du Plessis told the RCB website.
"But now that the tournament has been happening and things have unfolded the way they have, I think it's going to be a cracker. I know, having been on the other side, CSK vs RCB is a massive game," he added.
NEVER WRITE OFF CSK
Faf du Plessis has begun well as RCB captain, helping the former finalists win 3 out of their first 4 matches. RCB are heading into the crunch contest after hammering Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets. On the other hand, CSK has begun on a worst-possible note, losing their firt 4 matches.
RCB, who are looking like a well-oiled machine, are the overwhelming favourites against CSK but skipper du Plessis said he is not going to take the 4-time champions lightly.
"I think we are playing some nice cricket at the moment. We have got a bit of form going on at the moment. We also know that Chennai is a team you can never write off. They have got some incredible cricketers there. So it will be a great game, looking forward to it," du Plessis added.
RCB have also been bolstered by the availability of Josh Hazlewood, who had been an integral part of CSK's title-winning run last year.
Faf du Plessis played down the advantage of familiarity with CSK, saying it's a double-edged sword.
"In theory yes, you know all the players well. But the flip side is they know my game very well as well. But it helps that you know a little bit more about their strengths."
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Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) by 6.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 15,935 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 908 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $1,633,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 16,882 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,746,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares during the period. Patten Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Patten Group Inc. now owns 3,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $394,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.8% in the third quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 13,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,154,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the period. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.2% in the third quarter. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC now owns 10,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $847,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the period. Finally, Harrington Investments INC increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.3% in the third quarter. Harrington Investments INC now owns 37,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,137,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. 84.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
In other news, Director Penry W. Price sold 16,718 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.39, for a total value of $1,644,884.02. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.70% of the company’s stock.
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 28th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.35 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 22.72% and a net margin of 15.94%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.53 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 15th were given a $0.2625 dividend. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 14th. This is an increase from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 31.72%.
Several analysts recently commented on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Church & Dwight from $87.00 to $85.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 30th. Atlantic Securities lowered Church & Dwight from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $80.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Church & Dwight from $92.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 31st. Finally, StockNews.com assumed coverage on Church & Dwight in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $98.92.
Church & Dwight Company Profile (Get Rating)
Church & Dwight Co, Inc engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.
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Uber rides to cost more: Ride-hailing service Uber India has raised trip fares by 12 per cent in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) amid a recent spike in fuel rates. The fare hike in Delhi comes days after it increased cab fares by 12 per cent in Kolkata and 15 per cent in Mumbai citing the same reasons. Meanwhile, Uber and Ola drivers in Bengaluru. Hyderabad and other cities have opted for a “no-AC policy” ever since fuel prices went up. It was reported that drivers demanded extra cash from passengers for switching on the AC.
“We listen to feedback from drivers and understand that the current rise in fuel prices is causing concern. To help cushion drivers from the impact of spike in fuel prices, Uber has raised trip fares in Delhi-NCR by 12 per cent," said Nitish Bhushan, Head of Central Operations, Uber India and South Asia.
“Over the coming weeks, we will continue to track fuel price movements and will take further steps as needed," Bhushan added.
The decision comes in the wake of a series of protests by different associations of cab, taxi and auto drivers over the increase in the CNG prices in Delhi-NCR since March, the CNG price in the national capital has increased by Rs.12.48 per kg and stands at Rs 69.11.
Hundreds of auto-rickshaw, taxi and cab drivers staged a protest at the Delhi secretariat on Monday demanding subsidy on CNG. They threatened to go on an indefinite strike from April 18 if their demand was not met. The protest was held under the aegis of Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh.
Many auto-rickshaw, taxis and cabs were seen plying on city roads despite the protest call. Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh general secretary Rajendra Soni said the “unprecedented” hike in the rate of CNG has broken the backbone of auto and cab drivers.
On April 7, CNG rates in the national capital were hiked for the tenth time in a month. In Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, CNG is sold at Rs 71.67 per kg and Rs 77.44 per kg in Gurugram and some other cities adjoining Delhi.
Gas distributors have been periodically raising prices since October last year when domestic as well as international gas prices started to climb. The rates have gone up after the government more than doubled the price of natural gas to $6.1 per million British thermal unit from April 1. Natural gas, when compressed, becomes CNG for use as fuel in automobiles.
Meanwhile, petrol and diesel prices were unchanged for the sixth consecutive day across metro cities after being hiked 14 times in 21 days. In Delhi, a litre of petrol costs Rs 105.41, while diesel is sold at Rs 96.67 per litre. The rates have gone up by Rs 10 per litre after 14 rate revisions.
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FDx Advisors Inc. lessened its position in shares of Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DY – Get Rating) by 7.1% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 4,655 shares of the construction company’s stock after selling 357 shares during the quarter. FDx Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Dycom Industries were worth $436,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its holdings in shares of Dycom Industries by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 56,997 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $4,060,000 after buying an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Dycom Industries by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System now owns 9,969 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $710,000 after buying an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Dycom Industries by 6.0% during the 3rd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 3,721 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 209 shares in the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Dycom Industries by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 41,384 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,948,000 after buying an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of Dycom Industries during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. 91.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of NYSE:DY opened at $92.95 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.55, a quick ratio of 3.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $92.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $87.99. Dycom Industries, Inc. has a 1-year low of $62.88 and a 1-year high of $105.28. The stock has a market cap of $2.75 billion, a PE ratio of 58.46 and a beta of 1.55.
A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Dycom Industries in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. UBS Group assumed coverage on Dycom Industries in a report on Thursday, January 27th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. TheStreet cut Dycom Industries from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Dycom Industries from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, March 3rd. Finally, B. Riley cut their target price on Dycom Industries from $120.00 to $115.00 in a report on Thursday, March 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $112.14.
About Dycom Industries (Get Rating)
Dycom Industries, Inc provides specialty contracting services in the United States. The company offers program management and engineering services; plans and designs aerial, underground, and buried fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cable systems; and construction, maintenance, and installation services, such as placement and splicing of fiber, copper, and coaxial cables to telecommunications providers.
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President Biden will visit an Iowa ethanol plant today to highlight steps to expand the use of “homegrown” biofuels.
Biden is expected to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency will issue a waiver so E15 — gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend — can be sold nationwide all year long. Under current regulations, E15 cannot be sold in most of the country between June 1 and September 15.
The leader of Growth Energy, a trade association for the ethanol industry, says this is “welcome news for all American drivers seeking lower cost options at the pump.” The USDA is providing $100 million in grants for installing or upgrading gas station equipment that can dispense gasoline with higher blends of ethanol and diesel with a higher concentration of a soybean-based additive.
On Monday afternoon during an interview in Ames, Republican Senator Joni Ernst said expanding the biofuels industry is a national security issue. “It’s not only important for the United States — clean energy! — but it sure is a great way to push back against Vladimir Putin,” Ernst said.
Ernst was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and has lobbied the Obama, Trump and Biden Administrations on policies to expand ethanol production. That includes refusing to issue waivers so oil refineries don’t have to blend ethanol into gasoline and E15 to be sold year-round all around the country. Anti-smog rules have prevented E15’s sale in most areas during the summer months.
Ernst said Biden’s trip to Menlo was a surprise.
“With everything that is going on, I just did not anticipate that he would be traveling right now. His approval levels are very low, but at the same time, you know, he needs to be out engaging with the public. We’ve got high inflation. We’ve got high gas costs…He needs to get out and he needs to explain his position,” Ernst said. “He needs to engage with constituents — and maybe that would help.”
Iowa’s other U.S. Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, issued a written statement saying promoting biofuels and allowing summer sales of E-15 is far better than pursuing expanded crude oil production from Middle East countries and Venezuela.
The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party has said he’s thrilled Iowans can hear directly from Biden about the agenda Democrats are pursuing “to lower costs for working families.”
This is Biden’s first trip to Iowa as president. Biden was last here four days before the 2020 General Election, for a drive-in rally on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
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- All-electric bZ4X arrives at U.S. dealers this Spring
- EPA-estimated range rating of up to 252 miles per charge for XLE FWD
- Bold, SUV design with premium finishes
- Impressive AWD capability with X-MODE® system
- Accelerating Toyota's global commitment toward carbon neutrality
PLANO, Texas, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The all-electric Toyota bZ4X SUV not only looks to further Toyota's commitment to a carbon neutral future, but it does so in style. Ready to make a fresh mark on the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) segment, bZ4X blends bold, modern styling with tech-laden features in an extremely capable platform. bZ4X is more than a battery-electric SUV – it's a new take on multi-purpose vehicles.
Coming to dealerships this spring with an EPA-estimated range rating of up to 252 miles (for XLE front-wheel drive models, based on EPA's testing procedure standards), the 2023 Toyota bZ4X will have a starting MSRP of $42,000. According to the EPA, the average estimated fuel cost savings over five years for the 2023 bZ4X XLE FWD compared to the average new vehicle is up to $5,000.
bZ4X is the first Toyota vehicle to be launched under the global bZ series, with more bZ vehicles on the horizon intending to elevate the BEV segment for years to come. "bZ," which stands for "Beyond Zero," was developed with human-centricity at the heart, meaning it hopes to provide more than a mobility solution but also an innovative space for customers.
bZ4X joins an extensive lineup of Toyota electrified vehicles that, in total, accounted for about a quarter of Toyota's total sales volume in the U.S. last year. These include hydrogen fuel cell electrics, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and now battery electric vehicles. Toyota envisions a future in which carbon neutrality is achieved through a portfolio of products with advanced, alternative-fuel and zero-emission powertrain technologies.
Toyota plans to expand to around 70 electrified models globally by 2025. This future lineup will feature 15 dedicated BEVs, including seven carrying the bZ (Beyond Zero) brand moniker. This diverse portfolio of electrified products will help propel Toyota toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Globally, Toyota has put more than 20 million electrified models on the road – with a CO2 emissions reduction effect equivalent to the CO2 emissions reduction of over 5.5 million BEVs. Over the next nine years, Toyota will invest $70+ billion in electrified vehicles as a whole with the target to launch 3.5 million BEVs globally in 2030.
For the all-new bZ4X, the engineering team looked to challenge conventions with a unique, futuristic design without losing the familiarity commonly found in SUVs. Based on the design theme "hi-tech and emotional," the all-new, all-electric SUV is fit for a multifaceted lifestyle – offering originality that stands out in an urban cityscape coupled with SUV-like power to take on the adventurous outdoors.
Offered in two grades, XLE and Limited, in both Front Wheel Drive (FWD) and All-Wheel Drive (AWD), the bZ4X offers impressive capability and versatility. In terms of size, the bZ4X sits squarely in the middle of the compact SUV segment. It is 3.7 inches longer than the RAV4, at 184.6 inches, with a 6.3-inch longer wheelbase at 112.2 inches. It is 2.0 inches lower than RAV4 at 69.0 inches high, and 0.2 inches wider, at 73.2 inches. bZ4X offers a comfortable 42.1 inches of legroom for the front seat and 35.3 inches for passengers in the rear seat. Cargo volume is 27.7 cubic feet behind the second row.
The profile of the bZ4X is balanced and sleek, with dynamic character lines that flow from front to rear. The axis is lowered toward the tires to create a dynamically flowing silhouette that takes full advantage of the long wheelbase.
Viewing the bZ4X head-on, the design places emphasis on the corners to achieve a futuristic aesthetic. The result is an aero-dynamic appearance, with the curved shape of the front bumper expressing a unique look and feel. The headlamps further highlight the contours of bZ4X, with the main lamps arranged directly under the signature lamps to create a smart and vigorous impression.
Viewed from the rear, bZ4X exudes a powerful stance, thanks to its "interlocked" trapezoidal design between the rear lamps, back door and bumper. Eyes are drawn to the corners and taillamps.
Aesthetics aside, bZ4X's design is functional. The low hood height provides superior, forward driver visibility and the ducktail spoiler and lower diffusers offer aerodynamic performance while also creating a unique look.
The 2023 bZ4X offers a variety of exterior color options, including both standard and two-tone with black roof (additional cost): Heavy Metal*, Black, Elemental Silver Metallic*, Supersonic Red* and Wind Chill Pearl*.
*Extra-cost color
The bZ4X cockpit embodies a new generation of mobility with a design that helps the driver keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel. Thanks to the BEV-dedicated platform, the engineering team achieved an extra wide interior cabin that results in a spacious, quiet and relaxing space for driver and passengers alike. The cabin allows for ample legroom for both front and rear seats as well as copious side-to-side space in the rear – further contributing to a feeling of home-like comfort.
Piano-black parts are featured throughout the vehicle, enhancing the quality feel, while a satin material is found on the higher Limited grade to exude a feeling of luxury. A soft-touch material is also added to the dashboard for a premium touch.
For interior color options, the 2023 bZ4X is offered in Softex®/Fabric-trimmed in Black for the XLE grade, and options of Softex®-trimmed in Black or Softex®-trimmed in Light Gray for the Limited grade.
With the roominess one would expect from an SUV, the placement of surrounding elements is also engineered with purpose. The unique instrument panel and precision-placed MID screen expands the vehicle's feeling of space, while also emphasizing meter visibility to help keep driver's sight lines up and on the road. Soundproofing glass and wind-noise reduction features provide a quiet refuge from the world outside. The available fixed panoramic roof provides a feeling of openness to bring the outside environment into the vehicle when needed, and a power sunshade to keep it out when not needed.
The hub of the cockpit is positioned around a shared center console that functions like a table with storage for a smartphone with available wireless charging coupled with a transparent lid. The accessible USB ports (A and C) offer power and connection points in convenient locations. The door handles are a specialized shape designed to be more ergonomic, making them easier to grip.
The interior styling of bZ4X exudes a certain familiarity, with premium finishes, designed to make everything easily accessible, from the USB ports to the all-new multimedia system.
The bZ4X comes standard with a 12.3-inch widescreen Toyota Audio Multimedia system, designed and engineered by Toyota's Texas-based Connected Technologies team. bZ4X drivers will be at the ready thanks to a wide range of enhanced connectivity and convenience features, including being Over-the-Air (OTA) updatable. Users can interact with the system through intuitive touch and voice activation controls. With an included three-year trial, the latest Connected Service, Drive Connect, gives access to Intelligent Assistant, Cloud Navigation and Destination Assist. With Intelligent Assistant, simple phrases like "Hey Toyota" awakens the system for voice activated commands to search for directions, find Points of Interest (POI), adjust audio controls, change the cabin temperatures and more. Cloud Navigation, the available onboard navigation solution, utilizes the cloud to download the latest available map, traffic and routing information. To ensure users have the most up-to-date search capabilities, POI search is provided by Google Points-of-Interest data. Destination Assist also gives access to 24/7 live agent assistance to locate the next destination.
The new Toyota Audio Multimedia allows for dual Bluetooth phone connectivity, with support for standard wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ compatibility. With further connectivity, the bZ4X offers an available Wi-Fi Connect subscription that offers 4G connectivity for up to five devices – turning the bZ4X into an AT&T Hotspot. Adding to the already robust offering of audio playback ability with HD Radio, USB data and a SiriusXM® Platinum Plan 3-month trial subscription, Wi-Fi Connect also enables the new Integrated Streaming feature, providing the ability to link separate Apple Music® and Amazon Music subscriptions to the vehicle for onboard control.
For those looking for an enhanced audio experience, the bZ4X comes available with a JBL® Premium Audio system with 9 speakers, including an 8-channel HiD 800-watt amplifier and 9-in. subwoofer.
Each bZ4X comes with a host of additional standard Connected Services. Safety Connect includes an Emergency Assistance Button (SOS), 24/7 Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Automatic Collision Notification, Stolen Vehicle Locator and Collision Assistance with a 1-year trial service. Service Connect gives drivers the capability to receive Vehicle Health Reports, Maintenance Alerts and reminders with a 3-year trial.
With the Toyota App, users can stay connected to their bZ4X with Remote Connect service, included as a 3-year trial service. Users can activate headlights, a horn alert, buzzer and unlock the rear hatch. The remote climate features include the ability for in-cabin temperature controls, including remote activation of the available seat heaters/ventilators, steering wheel heater, defroster and the ability to schedule a timer to activate in a daily routine. For added convenience, the bZ4X is the first Toyota vehicle to also incorporate an enhanced remote vehicle start feature.
With the bZ4X Limited grade, drivers also have access to the available Toyota-first Digital Key, a feature of the Remote Connect service. Owners can now share vehicle access with ease. Making it simple to lock, unlock and start the vehicle all through the Toyota App.
Remote Charging capabilities are also included with Remote Connect on the bZ4X, which includes the ability to check charging status, start/stop charging with a vehicle that is already plugged in and even edit charging schedules, allowing for enhanced controls of the bZ4X's charging. The Toyota App also provides an easy-to-use map to find charging station locations near you or along your route.
The bZ4X offers the off-road performance you'd expect from a capable SUV, coupled with a longer wheelbase and an expansive silhouette that achieves the smooth and fun driving performance inherent in an all-electric vehicle.
Thanks to the e-TNGA dedicated platform, driving the bZ4X is fun and engaging. Due largely in part to the maximum torque available at the first RPM. No torque ramp-up, no power bands – just throw-you-in-the-back-of-your-seat power.
Offered in both Front-Wheel Drive (FWD) and All-Wheel Drive (AWD), the all-electric bZ4X produces a horsepower rating of 201 for FWD and a horsepower rating of 214 for AWD. And with an estimated 0-60 acceleration time of 7.1 seconds for FWD and 6.5 seconds for AWD, the bZ4X offers instantaneous torque.
The XLE FWD model has an EPA-estimated range rating of up to 252 miles. The XLE AWD model has an EPA-estimated range of up to 228 miles. The EPA-estimated fuel economy rating for XLE FWD is 131 MPGe city, 107 MPGe highway and 119 MPGe combined. The EPA-estimated fuel economy rating for XLE AWD is 114 MPGe city, 94 MPGe highway and 104 MPGe combined.
Impressive driving performance is due in part to the bZ4X being built on the BEV-dedicated e-TNGA platform, a first for Toyota. Through this architecture, bZ4X achieves a low center of gravity and greater rigidity thanks to the high-capacity Lithium-Ion battery pack placed flat under the floor. The engineering team aimed to achieve the utility typically offered in small SUVs, along with smooth and powerful driving performance one would expect from an electric vehicle. Impressive handling is also due in part to the battery cross-framing structure, which adds to overall vehicle rigidity. The adoption of a lightweight body structure with sections of high tensile steel reinforced frame components around the battery pack coupled with a dynamic suspension contribute to the agile responsiveness of bZ4X.
An intelligent throttle feature provides a smoother feel when accelerating and decelerating and slip suppression provides impressive control on slippery roads. The Regenerative Braking Boost Mode feature reduces the frequency the brake pedal must be depressed, helping to reduce the burden on the driver.
The engineering team also focused on features that help optimize energy-saving and cruising range for year-round driving. In addition to aerodynamic design choices and body weight reduction efforts, the following systems and equipment were adopted to reduce energy consumption, especially power used for heating in cold climates:
- Heat pump system for both heating and air-conditioning
- Available Seat and steering wheel heaters
- Available Front-seat radiant foot-and-leg heater (first for Toyota)
When you combine the impressive driving performance of bZ4X with a new AWD system with X-MODE®, an available standout feature for bZ4X AWD models and a Toyota first, you get an exhilarating, yet comfortable, driving experience suited for everyday driving and off-pavement exploration. Coupled with Multi-terrain Select, the new AWD system with X-MODE® can be used in two modes (Snow/Dirt and Snow/Mud) to tackle slippery or uneven surfaces.
Engage Snow/Dirt Mode with X-MODE® to enhance vehicle stability and improve traction on slippery, dirt surfaces. For unpaved and bumpy roads, engaging Snow/Mud Mode applies the brakes on spinning wheels to produce a limited-slip differential (LSD) effect for additional traction. This mode also tackles softer road surfaces covered by heavy snow, providing more vehicle stability by automatically positioning the tires to slip in a way that clears away snow or mud. And in downhill situations that require the driver to apply heavy braking, Downhill Assist Control helps maintain a constant speed to allow the driver to concentrate on steering.
Another impressive feature of the AWD system is Grip-Control, a low-speed system that leverages motor drive power modulation to achieve capable off-road performance during turns. This feature was developed as an added X-MODE function to determine road surface characteristics and maintain a constant speed to prevent slipping on rough roads, allowing the driver to focus more on steering.
When it comes to powering up bZ4X there are plenty of options, including 120V and 240V chargers as well as DC fast-chargers. All bZ4X models are equipped with a J1772/CCS1 (Combined Charging System (CCS)) socket, which allows for both home and public charging. The 6.6 kW onboard charger allows the bZ4X to charge from low to full in about 9 hours with a Level 2 charger either at home or at a public charger (at optimal outside temperatures).
New bZ4X owners can also include a ChargePoint home charging system into the cost of their new vehicle purchase or lease. And with the assistance of installation platforms like Qmerit, customers can locate a licensed electrician to install it. bZ4X customers will have the option to purchase a ChargePoint® Home Flex Level 2 charger from participating Toyota dealerships or directly from ChargePoint online. ChargePoint Home Flex is ENERGY STAR® certified and Wi-Fi enabled, can be installed indoors or out, comes with a 23-foot charging cable to support different parking configurations and can charge electric vehicles up to nine times faster than a standard outlet. Translated for the bZ4X, the home charger can charge up to 25 miles of range per hour and fully charge the battery when plugged in overnight. To install the ChargePoint Home Flex, Qmerit will help bZ4X customers find a certified electrician who can install an EV charger installer, offer an initial free quote and provide additional services to support them all the way through installation completion.
To help make ownership even easier, customers who purchase or lease a new 2023 Toyota bZ4X will also get one year of unlimited complimentary charging at all EVgo-owned and operated public charging stations nationwide. Customers will be able to use the Toyota App on their mobile device to sign up for this offer, locate EVgo stations and initiate complimentary charging for their new bZ4X.
bZ4X is the first to feature the latest Toyota Safety SenseTM safety package (TSS 3.0). This system has been enhanced by expanding the detection range of the millimeter wave radar and monocular camera. Toyota has enhanced the performance of each function and added new functions to assist in normal driving conditions. For example, the Pre-collision system has been enhanced to offer Low-Light Cyclist Detection, Daytime Motorcyclist Detection and Guardrail Detection. Also, lane recognition is enhanced to add improved functionality while in Lane Tracing Assist mode. The goal of TSS is designed to help prevent or mitigate accidents, further reduce traffic fatalities and injuries and ease the burden on drivers.
Blind Spot Monitor is standard on all grades. A new safety feature and a Toyota First, Safe Exit Assist, is also standard on bZ4X. This system helps support avoidance of collisions between an open door and/or occupants who have exited and vehicles approaching from the rear. As part of the Blind Spot Monitor functionality, if the system detects an approaching vehicle and judges that there is a possibility of a collision with an opened door or passengers who have exited, an indicator in the outer mirror is lit to audibly alert the occupants. Even with the door closed, the indicator will be lit if the system judges that there is a possibility of a collision if the door is open.
Bird's Eye View Camera with Perimeter Scan including 360-degree Overhead View in low-speed drive and reverse, and Curb View is available on the Limited grade.
The engineering team strategically placed the Top-Mounted Meter right above the steering wheel with the goal to reduce the number of times the driver takes their eyes off the road. The parallax angle of the meter also extends the perspective for the driver when viewing, also achieving a reduced response time between the road and the MID. Even the steering wheel is more ergonomic — the spoke width has been reduced, achieving excellent grip comfort and the diameter of the wheel is smaller to allow for a meter layout that requires minimal eye movement.
In terms of battery safety, Toyota added many measures to help protect cell integrity, thanks to the design and a multiple monitoring system intended to protect the vehicle's battery system.
This includes:
- A meticulous production process that helps reduce contamination of battery components to help bolster battery durability
- Redundant monitoring of battery voltage, current and temperature designed to detect signs of abnormal heating to maintain optimal battery temperature and help prevent cell damage
- Utilization of a high-resistance coolant circulation system is designed to help prevent fire from short circuits even in high battery load conditions due to repeatedly switching between high-speed driving and rapid charging
- Integration of the high-capacity battery pack within the floor of the body frame structure is designed with protection in mind in the event of a collision
*Excludes Delivery, Processing and Handling fee of $1,215
Toyota's 36-month/36,000-mile basic new-vehicle warranty applies to all components other than normal wear and maintenance items. Additional 60-month warranties cover the powertrain for 60,000 miles and corrosion with no mileage limitation. The Electric Vehicle Driving Components, including the traction battery, are covered for 8 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first. Toyota dealers have complete details on the limited warranty. bZ4X also comes with ToyotaCare, a plan covering normal factory-scheduled maintenance for two years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first, and 24-hour roadside assistance for three years, unlimited miles.
The bZ4X will go on sale this Spring 2022. To stay up to date on bZ4X, visit the bZ4X upcoming vehicle page here: https://www.toyota.com/bZ4X/.
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 39,000 people in the U.S. who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 32 million cars and trucks at our nine manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 10th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, a quarter of the company's 2021 U.S. sales were electrified.
To help inspire the next generation for a career in STEM-based fields, including mobility, Toyota launched its virtual education hub at www.TourToyota.com with an immersive experience and chance to virtually visit many of our U.S. manufacturing facilities. The hub also includes a series of free STEM-based lessons and curriculum through Toyota USA Foundation partners, virtual field trips and more. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
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In this episode of NPR's series Inside Alzheimer's, we hear from Greg O'Brien about his struggle to deal with the hallucinations that are an increasing part of his illness. O'Brien, a longtime journalist in Cape Cod, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2009.
Greg O'Brien sees things that he knows aren't there, and these visual disturbances are becoming more frequent. That's not uncommon; up to 50 percent of people who have Alzheimer's disease experience hallucinations, delusions or psychotic symptoms, recent research suggests.
At first, he just saw spider-like forms floating in his peripheral vision, O'Brien says. "They move in platoons."
But in the last year or so, the hallucinations have been more varied, and often more disturbing. A lion. A bird. Sprays of blood among the spiders. Over the past five months, O'Brien has turned on an audio recorder when the hallucinations start, in hopes of giving NPR listeners insight into what Alzheimer's feels like.
For now, he says, "I'm able to function. But I fear the day, which I know will come, when I can't."
Interview Highlights
The Lion
March 17, 2015
[It's] St. Patrick's Day, about 9 o'clock in the morning in my office, and they're coming again. Those hallucinations. Those things that just come into the mind when the mind plays games.
And then I see the bird flying in tighter and tighter and tighter circles. And all of a sudden, the bird — beak first — it darted almost in a suicide mission, exploding into my heart.
Today I'm just seeing this thing in front of me. It looks like a lion, almost looks like something you'd see in The Lion King, and there are birds above it. It's floating, and it disintegrates ... it disintegrates ... it disintegrates.
This time it's somewhat playful, but a lot of times it isn't. There are times when you sense it coming on. It's like a numbing sensation, a tingling in the back of your brain.
The Spiders
April 4, 2015
Oh [no], here they come again those ... spiders. I can't seem to shake them. It's about close to 10 o'clock in the morning and I see these freaking things again.
They're insect-like. They're spider-like. They have stringy, hairy legs. They crawl. They're crawling along the top of the ceiling toward me, now walking into the bedroom, into the living room to see if I can escape.
The Bird
Recently, I woke up in the morning — wide awake — and there was a bird flying in my bedroom. And I see this bird flying, and I'm saying how the hell do I get the bird out of here?
And then I see the bird flying in tighter and tighter and tighter circles. And all of a sudden the bird — beak first — it darted almost in a suicide mission, exploding into my heart.
Then I realized it wasn't real.
Greg O'Brien and his family will share more of their experiences with Alzheimer's in coming installments of "Inside Alzheimer's" on Weekend All Things Considered, and here on Shots.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a meeting on Tuesday, 12 April, with the key experts and officials of the country on the new ‘XE variant’ of COVID-19, which has been detected in India.
(Photo: Twitter/Mansukh Mandaviya)
Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Tuesday, 12 April, chaired a meeting with the key experts and officials of the country on the new ‘XE variant’ of COVID-19, which has been detected in India.
He also reviewed the cases of COVID-19, and directed the officials to boost ongoing monitoring, surveillance of new variants and cases.
The meeting was attended by Dr VK Paul, member, Health, NITI Aayog, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary,Health, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, Dr Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR, Dr N K Arora, NTAGI and other senior officials of the Health Ministry.
The Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation had on Wednesday, 6 April, indicated that the city had detected its first case of Omicron's new sub-variant, XE. However, the Union Health Ministry soon issued a clarification, saying that the "present evidence does not suggest the presence of the new variant."
On 9 April, health officials in Gujarat had said that the state had detected the first case of the XE variant after a man who belonged to Mumbai tested COVID-19 positive in Vadodara.
The World Health Organization stated on 6 April that the recombinant COVID XE variant is a particular cause for concern because it has a higher transmissibility rate than BA.2 Omicron.
But it added that "early estimates based on limited preliminary data suggest that XE has a community growth rate advantage of about 10 percent as compared to BA.2, however this finding requires further confirmation."
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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lowered its position in Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:VSS – Get Rating) by 1.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 18,815 shares of the company’s stock after selling 242 shares during the period. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF were worth $2,520,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 18,786,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,582,719,000 after buying an additional 232,477 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,222,360 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,747,000 after buying an additional 52,153 shares in the last quarter. MD Financial Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. MD Financial Management Inc. now owns 893,426 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,442,000 after buying an additional 14,198 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 818,012 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,581,000 after buying an additional 138,737 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 740,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $99,025,000 after buying an additional 20,010 shares in the last quarter.
VSS opened at $120.87 on Tuesday. Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $114.87 and a 12 month high of $142.25. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $123.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $130.10.
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers. The Fund investment objective is to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index, which measures the investment return of stocks of international small-cap companies.
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Unlocked: An inside look at where 20 young Canadians live today
New series 'Unlocked' reveals how gen Zers and millennials are living through Canada's housing crunch
Two international students at UBC in Vancouver live in a camper van. A young family in rural Saskatchewan bought an affordable but very old farmhouse to fix up. A woman in Calgary is living in that city's first shipping container laneway home.
Young Canadians across the country are getting creative when it comes to housing.
These stories, and 11 more, are at the heart of Unlocked, a new personal storytelling series by gen Zers and millennials across Canada in collaboration with CBC Creator Network. Forty-two storytellers from B.C. to Nova Scotia produced short films and personal essays, each offering an intimate, first-person look at their generation's housing situation.
The series comes at a time when many Canadians are grappling with a tightening rental market, and rising housing prices.
In the last decade, Canada has been losing affordable rental units, those available to individuals making $30,000 a year or less, far faster than new ones are being built, a recent CBC Fifth Estate investigation found.
And in last week's new federal budget, dubbed the "housing budget," the government announced several measures they promise will cool the Canada's red-hot housing market. Some aren't so sure. "There's a lot of smoke and mirrors here," said David Hulchanski, a housing and community development professor at the University of Toronto, told CBC News.
Meanwhile, young Canadians, gen Zers and millennials are still in that housing pinch. But just how bad is it for young adults finding places to live within their means? What challenges do they face? Will they ever own a home? Maybe they already do, or don't want to. These questions were at the heart of the personal stories in Unlocked.
Check out all the Unlocked projects below.
VIDEO: 3 roommates, 2 cats, no privacy: A gen Zers affordable housing solution in Winnipeg
VIDEO: Then and now: Just how affordable are Montreal apartments?
VIDEO: Meet a B.C. nomad living offthe grid on a solar-powered catamaran
VIDEO: The housing that rap built: How growing up in Ottawa community housing influenced rapper Lindasson
VIDEO: How I made my dream home a reality as a 24-year-old single woman in Dartmouth
VIDEO: From 40K in debt to condo owner: Advice from a millennial who dug themself out
ESSAY: The pros and cons of moving to small-town Nova Scotia during the pandemic
VIDEO: From trash to treasure: Young couple restores abandoned Saskatchewan farmhouse
VIDEO: A sea can to call home: Laneway home the first of its kind in Calgary
AUDIO ESSAY: Why settling into our first home felt more like settling
VIDEO: Young and homeless in Toronto: Filmmaker sheds light on housing crisis
Unlocked: Housing stories by young Canadians is a national storytelling series by the CBC Creator Network. These personal stories, produced primarily by gen Zers and millennials, reveal the challenges young Canadians face finding affordable housing, their creative solutions and their hopes for the future. Check out the website here.
With files from Lisa Xing, John Paul Tasker, Robin Summerfield and Natalie Dobbin
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Some people choose to hide away certain possessions when they’re selling their house, storing away photos, bills, and other items that prevent a buyer from seeing the place as ‘theirs’.
Alongside personal effects, it’s usually good to keep anything that could be described as creepy out of viewers’ line of sight – something that was neglected here.
A property up for sale in Wisconsin, US, has been dubbed ‘haunted’ by Redditors who spotted some unexpected residents in one of its bedrooms.
On sale for $215,000 (£164,964), the home has four bedrooms split over three levels and boasts ‘a large kitchen with tons of storage space’ according to its listing.
The househunter who posted the sale link to Reddit was convinced it could be their dream home – that is until they scoured photos and realised it may be more of a nightmare.
‘Found a house in my price range that I really liked…then saw this,’ they captioned their post, pointing users towards an image of two dolls laying on a bed in the home.
On the pillows, one male and one female doll, both dressed in Victorian style clothing have been placed. If you’re not familiar with Annabelle, Chucky, or Billy the ventriloquist dummy, that won’t bother you much.
Yet for those with pediophobia (a fear of dolls), their presence could be a dealbreaker.
Commenters on Reddit had their own theories.
One said: ‘I have seen practically every doll horror movie out there. I suggest you get an old priest & a young priest then run far & fast.’
‘That house is 100% haunted,’ joked another, while a third wrote: ‘If you end up buying that house, please don’t ever sleep in that room.’
Some theorised that the toys were mummified remains or the spirits of previous inhabitants, offering ‘the number of a good exorcist’ to whoever snaps the place up.
However, others realised that these sinister artefacts may prove in a buyer’s favour, putting off others in a competitive market.
‘I’d settle for a haunted house with a good price,’ said one, while another person added: ‘Comes with extra roommates who don’t pay rent but won’t use utilities. But hey, you’ll never be alone.’
Agents First Weber, marketing the property, say it would make an ‘entertainer’s dream home’ due to its wealth of space and fenced-in back yard.
And with no mention of the petrifying porcelain pair, it doesn’t seem like you’ll get the dolls along with the sale.
That’ll be a relief for anyone who flinches upon seeing a set of beady, staring doll eyes – but a major drawback for anyone planning on making the next Paranormal Activity.
Check out the property’s listing on Zillow.
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The Metropolitan Police has now made more than 50 referrals for
fixed penalty notices over the Partygate scandal.
Last month the force issued 20 fines over breaches of lockdown-breaking parties held in Whitehall and Downing Street.
Today it said it is handing out another 30 penalties, but it is not known if the Prime Minister is among these recipients.
Boris Johnson is yet to publicly acknowledge that the fines being issued by police are evidence of lawbreaking by senior Whitehall and government figures.
Scotland Yard is continuing its investigation into Covid rule breaches under Operation Hillman, with the possibility of more fines to come.
The Partygate scandal enraged people across the country as they learned people calling the shots on lockdown rules were breaking them in secret.
Kate Josephs former director of the government’s Covid-19 taskforce, was fined for breaking social distancing rules at a ‘boozy’ leaving party in her honour.
The Government’s former ethics chief Helen MacNamara also received a penalty for attending a ‘raucous’ lockdown karaoke party in June 2020 – less than three months after the UK’s first Covid lockdown was announced.
In a statement today, the Met Police said: ‘The investigation into allegations of breaches of Covid-19 regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street continues to progress.
‘As of Tuesday, 12 April 2022, we have made over 50 referrals for fixed penalty notices (FPN) to the ACRO Criminal Records Office for breaches of Covid-19 regulations who, following the referral, issue the FPNs to the individual.
‘We are making every effort to progress this investigation at speed, this includes continuing to assess significant amounts of investigative material from which further referrals may be made to ACRO.’
The Prime Minister has kept on deflecting when asked if the fines are evidence of illegality.
Whenever he’s asked about it, he’s said he wants to wait until Operation Hillman is completed.
But his own ministers, including Cabinet members, have publicly said they accepts the law had been broken.
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Murder charge over self-induced abortion dismissed in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge formally dismissing a murder charge Monday against a 26-year-old woman over a self-induced abortion did not quiet outrage or questions surrounding the case, including why prosecutors ever brought it to a grand jury.
A woman who ends her own pregnancy cannot be charged with a crime under Texas law. Officials in rural Starr County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, have not released details about why they decided to pursue a case against Lizelle Herrera after being contacted by a hospital.
“There should have been no reason for a report to have been made. There should have been no reason for a criminal investigation to take place,” said Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director at If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.
News of Herrera’s arrest on Thursday raised alarms for abortion rights advocates, and sparked people to gather in protest outside the jail where she was being held on $500,000 bond. Her March 30 indictment alleges she “intentionally and knowingly” caused the death of “an individual ... by a self-induced abortion” in early January.
Authorities have not described what exactly Herrera allegedly did, and it wasn’t clear if she was accused of giving herself an abortion or assisting in someone else’s self-induced abortion.
An attorney for Herrera, who was released from jail Saturday after posting bond, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said in a Sunday statement that he would file the motion to dismiss the charge, saying, “it is clear that Ms. Herrera cannot and should not be prosecuted for the allegation against her.”
But he did not explain why the case was presented to a grand jury, nor did he reply Monday to an email from AP seeking additional information. A woman who answered the phone at his office said Sunday’s statement was “the only thing he’s going to say on the subject” and hung up before identifying herself.
“These were choices that did not have to be made because losing a pregnancy or ending a pregnancy or self-managing an abortion is not a crime in the state of Texas,” Diaz-Tello said.
Texas last year passed a law known as Senate Bill 8, or SB8, that bans abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The law leaves enforcement to private citizens who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
Another new Texas law prohibits doctors and clinics from prescribing abortion-inducing medications after seven weeks and prohibits the delivery of the pills by mail.
Neither law authorizes any action against the woman who ends her pregnancy, Diaz-Tello said.
“The problem is, though, when you have this heightened situation of suspicion and fear and the chilling effect that this all creates, that is going to make it much more likely that health care providers are going to improperly err on the side of reporting — err on the side of violating their patient’s confidentiality and bringing in law enforcement,” Diaz-Tello said.
Diaz-Tello said actions taken by the hospital and law enforcement in this case could lead women to be fearful of seeking health care after an abortion.
Joanna Grossman, professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in Dallas, said SB8 could be “indirectly playing a lot of roles here.” For one, there has been an increase since SB8 in women going online to get abortion pills, she said.
Also, she said, the law sends a message “that there’s just a war on abortion.”
“It certainly changed access but it’s also I think just changed the whole context in which people evaluate abortion care,” Grossman said.
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Urbana High School hosts Career and College Fair
On March 18, the Urbana High School CBI classes and the high school guidance office hosted a Career and College Fair for all Urbana High School students. This was their second year hosting the event, but due to the pandemic, it was the first that they were able to invite local...
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Let’s start up with the current stock price of N-able Inc. (NABL), which is $9.93 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $10.06 after opening rate of $8.74 while the lowest price it went was recorded $8.70 before closing at $8.83.Recently in News on March 10, 2022, MSPs Fast Becoming a Primary Target for Cybercriminals. Attacks on MSPs and their customers have almost doubled in the last 18 months—while security remains a top growth opportunity, according to independent research commissioned by N-able. You can read further details here
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, N-able Inc. shares are logging -37.94% during the 52-week period from high price, and 14.07% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $8.70 and $16.00.
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The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Technology managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 1261891 for the day, which was evidently higher, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the N-able Inc. (NABL) recorded performance in the market was -10.54%, having the revenues showcasing -4.79% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 1.80B, as it employees total of 1385 workers.
Specialists analysis on N-able Inc. (NABL)
During the last month, 0 analysts gave the N-able Inc. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 10.77, with a change in the price was noted -2.90. In a similar fashion, N-able Inc. posted a movement of -22.60% for the period of last 100 days, recording 636,519 in trading volumes.
Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company’s financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders’ equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders’ equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for NABL is recording 0.55 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 0.54.
Trends and Technical analysis: N-able Inc. (NABL)
Raw Stochastic average of N-able Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 39.30%. The result represents downgrade in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 60.59%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 22.73% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 11.55%.
Now, considering the stocks previous presentation, multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -10.54%. The shares increased approximately by 6.20% in the 7-day charts and went up by -3.31% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were lifted by -4.79% during last recorded quarter.
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- Due to electrification, investments in energy generation or storage have flourished, with a growing focus on heat pump technology.
- U.K., France, Japan and US lead rest of the world in plans to increase investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy or smart building technology.
- More organizations are planning investments in building technology that will keep their occupants healthy and secure, however, funding and access to technology is a barrier
CORK, Ireland, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced findings from the 15th annual Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey, which revealed that 62 percent of organizations surveyed expect to increase investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, or smart building technology in 2022, indicating a return to pre-pandemic levels.
The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advised that global scale transformation is urgently needed to combat climate change, however, the Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey found that organizations are still facing challenges to accelerate their sustainability efforts in key areas. Almost two-thirds of survey respondents say they struggle to scale sustainability initiatives across buildings, geographies, or business units.
"In the face of the multiple and continuous shock waves of the last two years, it is very encouraging to see that building owners and operators are driving forward the kinds of investments that deliver the resilience needed to grow their business and attract and retain the best talent", said Katie McGinty, vice president & chief sustainability and external relations officer at Johnson Controls. "Whether it is the damage delivered by climate-charged destructive natural events, or the health threat of the pandemic, or now, the stark demonstration of the insecurity of world energy supplies, it is clear that taking action to cut energy demand while decarbonizing and cleaning the air are core strategies for companies, governments and institutions to not only survive but to thrive. Our innovative technologies in heat pumps and our OpenBlue digital platform, plus our Net Zero as a Service partnership offering, are exactly the right tools at the right time for leaders determined to stay well ahead of challenges and deliver new opportunities for their business or organization."
Global Progress has Accelerated in the Last Five Years
The survey revealed that planned investment in energy generation or storage has grown significantly over five years, likely in response to the global focus on decarbonization, and as part of that effort, electrification. More than a third of respondents plan to replace fossil fuel heating equipment with heat pump technology in the next year, which is 7 percent more than what was implemented in the year prior. Notably, thermal energy storage jumped from 27 percent to 42 percent in the last five years. More than half of respondents implemented electric energy storage in the past year.
The survey also found that the United States and Europe still lead the way in every metric of green building planning. The U.S. had the most respondents who had already achieved green building certification and expect to have a net zero energy or carbon building in the next ten years. Europe had the most respondents planning to attain green building certifications and the most respondents who have established public energy/carbon reduction goals, with UK leading with 46 percent established goals.
Compared to its global counterparts, significantly more respondents in the U.S. plan to implement measures such as building controls improvements, onsite renewable energy, and energy management process such as ISO 50001. Of the countries surveyed, the U.K., France, and Japan have the most respondents who expect to increase investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, or smart building technology over the next year. Still, to reach global sustainability and environmental goals, the world must work collectively to plan for a more energy efficient future and make investments today for the generations to come.
Barriers to Scaling Sustainability Efforts
Although global scale transformation is necessary to course-correct on climate change, organizations are facing barriers to pursuing sustainability initiatives. Almost half of the respondents surveyed say their top barrier to pursue energy and building technology improvements is either a lack of funding to pay for improvements (25 percent) or uncertainty in their return-on-investment (23 percent).
Additionally, more than half of respondents pointed to a lack of technology as one of the hindrances to scaling sustainability efforts.
Globally, these top barriers have remained largely the same as they were five years ago, underscoring the opportunity to catalyze accelerated action through innovative solutions like Johnson Controls' Net Zero as a Service that enables decarbonization with no upfront capital and with reduced operating expenses as well.
Organizations Focused on Harnessing Technology to Keep Building Occupants Healthy and Safe
The pandemic has also prompted organizations to rethink their technology investment decision-making. Protecting the health and safety of building occupants during the coronavirus pandemic was the second most significant driver of investments globally. Additionally, 65 percent of respondents performed an indoor air quality assessment last year.
Respondents also said improving occupant health and wellness overall and improving life safety and security were important decision-making factors. Over the next 12 months, almost 60 percent of organizations plan to invest in fire/life safety system and security system improvements to their buildings. Long term, more than two thirds of organizations believe data analytics and cybersecurity will have an extremely or very significant impact on the implementation of smart buildings over the next five years.
The survey revealed that actionable policies are also important for progressing energy efficiency goals. 85 and 72 percent of respondents, respectively, reported that performance benchmarking/certifications and performance standards for energy codes are critical to improving energy efficiency efforts.
The Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey collected responses from a 1,000 participants globally between November and December 2021.
To learn more about the survey findings, visit: https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/2021EEI
Johnson Controls continues to place technology to be at the forefront of innovation for the development of solutions and services through its OpenBlue digital offering, in particular its Net Zero Buildings solution. To find out more, please visit: https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/openblue/net-zero-buildings
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering, OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology, software as well as service solutions with some of the most trusted names in the industry. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
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Upon paying off between $12,000 and $15,000 in credit card debt in 2019, Yamiesha Bell, a special education teacher in New York, didn’t break up with her credit cards.
With goals to buy a car and a house, Bell hoped to preserve her credit history by keeping her cards open and active.
“I needed to sustain my credit in order to get the interest rates I wanted in the future,” she says.
While credit cards aren’t ideal for everyone, they can aid your credit journey if used responsibly. When reconciling with credit cards, you need a personalized stay-out-of-debt plan. Here are a few strategies to consider.
1. REFLECT ON SPENDING HABITS
Maybe you ditched debt, but history can repeat if you don’t unpack the motivations that contributed to it. A get-out-of-debt plan that works in the short term may not be sustainable over the long term if it doesn’t align with your priorities, according to Julia Kramer, a financial behavior and leadership consultant at Signature Financial Planning in Pennsylvania.
Kramer suggests tracking transactions dating back a week or more. Add a plus sign next to those purchases you’re willing to repeat and a minus sign next to those you’re not. For obligatory purchases like gas and groceries, add an equal sign.
Note the date, the item purchased, the amount and the need the purchase met. Those frequent lattes or meals out with friends may be more about the personal connection experienced, or something else, as opposed to the gratification provided by the item, according to Kramer.
This information is key to identifying areas in your budget that are negotiable. For example, you may be more willing to choose budget-friendly food in order to keep a facial that meets an internal need for self-care and connection, Kramer says.
If your spending strays upon experiencing feelings like anxiousness or boredom, make a plan for those occasions. It might mean budgeting extra money or employing tricks like using a credit card lock feature to prevent spending.
2. USE CASH FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES
If you want to reel in spending on categories like dining out or entertainment, for example, set aside physical cash to stay within budget. Money in hand can lead to more mindful spending, according to Kramer.
3. TRACK SPENDING
Create a tracking system that works for you. Setting up spending alerts on a credit card account can notify you if purchases exceed a certain amount. Tracking spending with a spreadsheet, bullet journal or budgeting app, for instance, can also help with mental accounting.
“I would not open up credit cards if you do not have a system in place where you track spending every month,” Kramer says. “It has to be something that appeals to you that you know you’re going to do.”
For Bell, a cash envelope tracking system helps her manage spending in different categories, including her credit card bill payment.
“When you look in a cash envelope and you see you only have $50, it’s very clear that once that money runs out there’s nothing else I can do,” she says.
4. USE CREDIT CARDS FOR PLANNED PURCHASES ONLY
Ease your way back into credit cards with small planned purchases, like a subscription service payment.
After paying off debt, Bell only uses credit cards for in-budget purchases, and she pays them off in full each month to avoid interest charges. Initially, she left her credit card at home to avoid relying on it.
5. HAVE AN EMERGENCY FUND TO FALL BACK ON
An emergency fund of even $500 for a car or home repair may keep debt off of your credit cards. Start small and aim, eventually, to cast a wider safety net over time — ideally, three to six months of living expenses stowed in a high-yield savings account.
If you previously got used to budgeting a certain amount each month to pay creditors, keep that momentum going, but direct funds toward savings instead.
6. DON’T STORE CREDIT CARD INFO ON WEBSITES OR APPS
Convenient payment options can sometimes lead to mindless spending. By entering payment information into forms for every online purchase, you’ll have more time to think through a purchase.
7. GET AN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
A nonjudgmental partner or trusted loved one can offer input on a purchase or a stay-out-of-debt plan. An accountability partner can be a sounding board that lets you listen out loud to your own justifications for financial decisions.
8. UPDATE YOUR STRATEGY
As motivations and priorities change, your stay-out-of-debt plan should follow. Continue revisiting credit card statements to identify the needs that are being met by purchases and which are most important.
If in this process you continue having frequent run-ins with debt, consider closing credit card accounts even if it can negatively impact credit scores.
“A big thing about this is knowing yourself and knowing what your challenge areas are and finding ways that work around them,” Bell says. “Five years from now it might look different, but for right now that’s what works.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Melissa Lambarena is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: mlambarena@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @lissalambarena.
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SAN DIEGO OASIS AND COX COMMUNICATIONS HOST GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION FOR NEW ‘TECH TANK’ FOR SENIORS AT GROSSMONT CENTER
Demos, low-cost mini workshops for smartphones, tablets, and personal devices. April 7, 2022 (La Mesa) -- San Diego Oasis has teamed up with Cox Communications to make technology affordable and accessible for its members aged 50+ to address their specific needs. The nonprofit and the technology company hosted a grand opening...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break through gridlock in Washington to address gun deaths and mass shootings.
Speaking at the White House, Biden highlighted the Justice Department’s work to finalize new regulations to crack down on ghost guns, and announced the nomination of Steve Dettlebach, who served as a U.S. attorney in Ohio from 2009 to 2016, to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
“Law enforcement is sounding the alarm,” Biden said of ghost guns, briefly holding one up for cameras to see in the Rose Garden. “Our communities are paying the price.”
He promised the new regulations would save lives.
Still, the announcement on guns highlights the limits of Biden’s influence to push a sweeping congressional overhaul of the nation’s firearm laws in response to both a recent surge in violent crime and continued mass shootings. Congress has deadlocked on legislative proposals to reform gun laws for a decade, and executive actions have faced stiff headwinds in federal courts — even as the Democratic base has grown more vocal in calling on Biden to take more consequential action.
Dettlebach’s confirmation, too, is likely to be an uphill battle. Biden had to withdraw the nomination of his first ATF nominee, gun-control advocate David Chipman, after it stalled for months because of opposition from Republicans and some Democrats in the Senate.
Both Republican and Democratic administrations have failed to get nominees for the ATF position through the politically fraught process since the director’s position was made confirmable in 2006. Since then, only one nominee, former U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, has been confirmed. Jones made it through the Senate in 2013 but only after a six-month struggle. Jones was acting director when President Barack Obama nominated him in January 2013.
The Biden administration’s plan on guns was first reported by Politico.
For nearly a year, the ghost gun rule has been making its way through the federal regulation process. Gun safety groups and Democrats in Congress have been pushing for the Justice Department to finish the rule for months. It will probably be met with heavy resistance from gun groups and draw litigation in the coming weeks.
Gun Owners of America vowed that it would immediately fight the rule.
“Just as we opposed the Trump Administration’s arbitrary ban on bump stocks, GOA will also sue Biden’s ATF to halt the implementation of this rule,” Aidan Johnston, the group’s director of federal affairs said in a statement. The group believes the rule violates the U.S. Constitution and several federal laws.
But gun safety advocacy groups, like Everytown for Gun Safety, which pushed the federal government for years to take action on ghost guns, applauded Biden’s moves and insisted that both Dettlebach’s appointment and the finalized rule will help combat gun violence.
“Ghost guns look like a gun, they shoot like a gun, and they kill like a gun, but up until now they haven’t been regulated like a gun,” said John Feinblatt, Everytown’s president.
Christian Heyne, the vice president of policy at Brady, another gun control group, said Dettlebach was “an unimpeachable public servant who has spent a career using the levers of government to hold negligent or nefarious actors accountable.”
Justice Department statistics show that nearly 24,000 ghost guns were recovered by law enforcement at crime scenes and reported to the government from 2016 to 2020. It is hard to say how many are circulating on the streets, in part because in many cases police departments don’t contact the government about the guns because they can’t be traced.
The new rule changes the current definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun. It says those parts must be licensed and include serial numbers. Manufacturers must also run background checks before a sale — as they do with other commercially made firearms. The requirement applies regardless of how the firearm was made, meaning it includes ghost guns made from individual parts, kits, or by 3D-printers.
Federally licensed firearms dealers must retain key records until they shut down their business or licensed activity and then transfer the records to ATF as they are currently required to do at the end of licensed activity. Previously, these dealers were permitted to destroy most records after 20 years, making it harder for law enforcement to trace firearms found at crime scenes.
“A year ago this week standing here with many of you, I instructed the attorney general to write a regulation that would rein in the proliferation of ghost guns because I was having trouble getting anything passed in the Congress,” Biden said.
The rule goes into effect 120 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register
For years, federal officials have been sounding the alarm about an increasing black market for homemade, military-style semi-automatic rifles and handguns. As well as turning up more frequently at crime scenes, ghost guns have been increasingly encountered when federal agents buy guns in undercover operations from gang members and other criminals.
Some states, like California, have enacted laws in recent years to require serial numbers to be stamped on ghost guns.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was attending Monday’s event at the White House, applauded the move and pointed to a serious uptick in ghost guns being found by police. Police in Philadelphia have seen nearly a 500% increase in the number of ghost guns recovered in the past two years, Shapiro said. And just last week, a police officer there was shot by a ghost gun-wielding 18-year-old, who police said had also shot three others.
“This loophole has caused our nation countless lives,” Shapiro said in an interview. “Today is a critically important step to close that loophole.”
He said the move is likely to help drive down violence and aid both police and prosecutors in bringing their cases. The rule is also likely to help bring down the number of people who shouldn’t be purchasing firearms before a gun lands in their hand, he said.
“There are two challenges: One, criminals can easily buy them without going through a background check. And two, they are unserialized and untraceable.”
The critical component in building an untraceable gun is what is known as the lower receiver, a part typically made of metal or polymer. An unfinished receiver — sometimes referred to as an “80-percent receiver” — can be legally bought online with no serial numbers or other markings on it, no license required.
Police across the country have been reporting spikes in ghost guns being recovered by officers. The New York Police Department, for example, said officers found 131 firearms without serial numbers since January.
A gunman who killed his wife and four others in Northern California in 2017 had been prohibited from owning firearms, but he built his own to skirt the court order before his rampage. And in 2019, a teenager used a homemade handgun to fatally shoot two classmates and wound three others at a school in suburban Los Angeles.
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Consolidation is moving ahead in the world of autonomous driving, with the latest development coming out of Europe. Today, Bosch announced that it would be acquiring Five.ai, the autonomous driving startup that started with big ambitions to build and operate its own fleet of robotaxis but ultimately pivoted to focusing on technology development as a B2B play.
Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed, the companies said, but Five had been looking for a buyer and Bosch said that it secured the deal by beating out “other takeover bidders.” It will be picking up not just IP from Five, but also some 140 employees in the U.K. Bosch noted that the acquisition is still pending approval by regulators, specifically antitrust authorities.
Five had raised around $78 million in funding, and according to PitchBook data was last valued at $216 million in its last round, a $41 million investment in March 2020 that coincided with the company’s B2B pivot.
Five’s investors were a mix of strategic and financial backers that included the insurance giant Direct Line, the UK government and VCs like Notion and Lakestar… but also Sistema, the Russian investment giant that is listed in London and has been feeling the effects of the sanctions on its home country: most recently it said it might have to de-list from the LSE because of a law that Russia looks prepared to pass requiring Russian companies to terminate their foreign depository programs.
It’s not clear how and if that detail relates to Five’s own business and Sistema’s shareholding in the company, and whether Sistema will in turn become a shareholder in Bosch. We have contacted a spokesperson for Five to ask about Sistema and other investors and will update as and when we hear back.
Bosch — has been long on self-driving car technology, although like many, Bosch’s stated ambitions — it is a major OEM and supplier to the automotive industry and forged a partnership with Daimler in 2017 where it promised fully autonomous vehicles in five years (which is… now) — have been outstripped by self-driving reality. That was a hard truth for Five to stomach, too.
“A year and a bit ago we thought we would probably build the entire thing and take it to market as a whole system,” co-founder and CEO Stan Boland told me back in 2020. “But we gradually realized just how deep and complex that would be. It was probably through 2019 that we realized that the right thing to do is to focus in on the key pieces.”
All told, Five had been very quiet in recent times: it last updated its news feed with a partnership with another autonomous tech startup, Cognata, in January 2021, over a year ago; and its last blog post on Medium, on agile working, was in June 2021.
Just as Five had been focused on a pivot to software, Bosch has already been a very active player in that market and how it relates to autonomous systems and other next-generation software and hardware, but it has also been investing in autonomous vehicle companies, too: it’s part of the list of strategic backers of Momenta in China.
“Automated driving is set to make road traffic safer. We want Five to give an extra boost to our work in software development for safe automated driving, and offer our customers European-made technology,” says Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the Bosch board of management and chairman of the Mobility Solutions business sector. Headquartered in Cambridge, U.K., Five is to be part of the Bosch Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division.
“Scale matters in building automated driving technology. Bosch is a global leader in driving assistance technologies, with core technologies and vast data lakes that will be essential in bringing safe self-driving systems to market. We’re excited for Five to become part of Europe’s most powerful SAE Level 4 player and to be a part of Bosch’s future success,” added Stan Boland in a statement in today’s announcement.
The deal comes amid a number of other M&A plays in the world autononous vehicles, including Magna acquiring the assets of Optimus Ride; GM buying out SoftBank’s stake in Cruise; VW reportedly looking to buy out Huawei’s autonomous driving unit; Lidar specialist Luminar buying Freedom Photonics; and more.
We’ll update this post as we learn more.
source: TechCrunch
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Kings extend streak to 12 ahead of blockbuster rematch with Hawks
The Kings’ latest win, their 12th in succession, has all but confirmed their campaign will extend into the post-season.
Sydney overcame a slow start, the loss of former NBA star Ian Clark – who failed a fitness test on the groin injury that also sidelined him for last weekend’s win over the 36ers – and a lowly Breakers side to post a 76-70 win in Bendigo.
The result sets up a blockbuster against arch-rivals the Hawks at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Thursday night. At times, it felt like the Kings were thinking ahead to their next opponent rather than concentrating on their current one, but they kept their focus long enough to get the job done.
MVP contender Jaylen Adams overcame a poor start to finish strongly, earning player-of-the-game plaudits with a 19-point contribution.
“It was a hard-fought win, it was one of those defensive games ... we did a good job of fighting and regardless of whether it’s ugly or not, a win is a win,” Adam said.
“It’s going to be a special game [against Illawarra]. I don’t think we caught them when we were healthy and I don’t think they’re the same team [we played previously]. They are playing really good basketball and they may be just as hot as us. It’s going to be real good fun.”
As the Sydney streak grows, another record is seemingly notched with each appearance. Coach Chase Buford’s side now boasts the second-longest win streak by any team in the last 13 seasons of 40-minute NBL. Significantly, eight of those wins have been on the road, including the last six in a row. The latest was also Sydney’s first on a Tuesday since 2005 and the first notched in a regional Australian city since they played in Geelong in 2005.
On paper, this was a mismatch; the team on the longest winning streak against the team with the longest run without a victory. However, the Breakers began where they finished off against the Phoenix in their last start, when they scored 35 points in the final quarter, the most of any side in the money term this season. Sydney, meanwhile, couldn’t buy a bucket early in this contest, missing their first eight attempts from the floor. The cold start allowed the Breakers, wearing striking pink singlets, to open up a 20-17 lead after the first quarter.
That’s as good as it got for the likely NBL wooden spooners, who required almost eight minutes to score their opening points from the field in the second quarter. They made an admirable run in the third and centre Yanni Wetzell (22 points) proved a handful, but could never regain the lead.
Sydney guard Dejan Vasiljevic exemplified the hustle that has been the trademark of his side’s defence when he turned over the ball, spun around and then produced a spectacular stop on Breaker Rasmus Bach to make amends. ‘DJ’ finished the game with 16 points.
The absence of Clark and an indifferent start by Adams provided an opportunity for some of his teammates to step up. Makur Maker, Xavier Cooks and Angus Glover all made contributions that will put them into good stead for the bigger challenges ahead.
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Online retailer Wayfair has created a staycation retreat in partnership with The Style Producers – Cassandra Doyle and Diana Civil.
Located at Camber Sands in East Sussex, a simple static caravan has been transformed by The Style Producers using Wayfair's range of furniture, decor and home-renovation products.
Dubbed Dixie Daydream, it embraces a maximalist style and is designed as a space in which to spend a long weekend. The caravan offers accommodation for up to six adults with two double bedrooms and one twin bedroom.
The renovation project included changes to hardware, including a copper sink upgrade and a contemporary built-in fireplace. As many Brits look to improve, rather than move, the caravan aims to provide inspiration for DIY decor.
In the main living area, visitors will find plush textiles including a pink tufted chair, upcycled caravan seating and a leopard print carpet. Standout items found around the caravan, such as a gold-base dining table, pink armchair, curved vase and fringed leopard print cushion, are available to buy on Wayfair.
Doyle and Civil said: "As stylists and art directors we are always excited by new finds and treasures and a spot of DIY, so what better way to channel our creativity than to transform a static caravan into a boutique stay like no other?"
Nadia McCowan Hill, resident style advisor at Wayfair, added: "Dixie Daydream turns a traditionally lacklustre caravan design on its head and proves that even the smallest space can be a haven of personal style if you renovate it thoughtfully.
"Staycations are one post-pandemic trend that's set to stay and consumers are increasingly on the hunt for truly memorable but affordable holiday lets. Dixie delivers a dreamlike space that offers just that and at Wayfair we offer all you need to recreate the look, from plush plumbing to dreamy decor."
Bookings for the caravan will be taken through Airbnb.
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Faced with critically low forex reserves, Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that the crisis-stricken country will default on its external debt pending a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund. A statement from the finance ministry said it shall be the policy of the Sri Lankan government to suspend normal debt servicing, shall apply to amounts of affected debts outstanding on April 12, 2022.
The policy shall be in effect for all international bonds, all bilateral loans excluding swaps between the Central Bank and a foreign central bank, all loans with commercial banks and institutional lenders, it said. The debt servicing suspension will be in force for an interim period pending an orderly and consensual restructuring consistent with the proposed arrangement with the IMF.
The government in January resisted calls for debt default in order to pay for its imports. Since then, the economic crisis has been aggravated by a shortage of food, gas and electricity. People carry out protests throughout the country blaming the government for its mishandling of the economic crisis caused by the forex crisis.
An analyst, who did not want to be named, said, "this is a unilateral debt suspension, not the outcome of negotiations with creditors or following consent solicitation". Sri Lanka's external debt servicing obligations were thought to be over USD 6 billion.
In January, a USD 500 million sovereign bond payment was settled. In July another one-billion-dollar payment becomes due. WA Wijewardena, ex-deputy governor of the Central Bank, said the government was left with very low forex reserves and hence no available options.
Yet the policy to suspend debt servicing could be reversed after an agreement with the IMF. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the UK in 1948.
People have been protesting for weeks over lengthy power cuts and shortage of fuel, food and other daily essentials. They are demanding the resignation of the president. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has defended his government's actions, saying the foreign exchange crisis was not his making and the economic downturn was largely pandemic driven by the island nation's tourism revenue and inward remittances waning.
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I've taken up a lot of internet real estate writing about birria, and I think it is fair to say that we’ve reached the post-birria era, at least in California.
By that I mean that beef birria, specifically, is no longer a novelty. It has now earned a spot on most taco menus across the state. Birria, of course, is more than just a trend — versions made with lamb and goat have been around for centuries, but the U.S. has shown an affinity to the version made with beef.
The dish is popular in Central Mexico, but several Mexican states have their own versions. Making it can be as complicated as cooking it in a pit with maguey leaves and coals (barbacoa method), but most tend to make it in a large sauce pot, simmering proteins in an adobo made with spices, aromatics and other ingredients until tender
Here in the Bay Area, though, another genre of birria has taken hold: quesabirria, red-stained tacos grilled on a flattop with an excess of gooey cheese and stewed, spiced beef. I went on a mission to investigate this growing obsession after I moved here last year, and the first thing that stood out to me was that birria is largely sold outside of birrerias that specialize in the dish. In Los Angeles, it’s the opposite. And the birria tacos sold there are largely modeled after Tijuana-style birria, where beef is favored over goat.
You can certainly find quesabirria in L.A. too, but other birria dishes that are equally popular are vampiros, tostadas with melted cheese; tostaditas, small tostadas with a thin snap; and tacos dorados (my favorite), which are made the same way as quesabirria, flash-seared on a plancha, but without cheese.
But in the Bay, birria has become almost inseparable from cheese.
I was pleased to find, though, that quesabirria’s ubiquity here has produced new versions, with non-Mexican people adapting it to their own cultures. Part of this is due to the fact that birria is so buzzy, it has the power to attract customers. But I think it’s also truly a representation of the culinary diversity in California; the way that, like other dishes, it lends itself to techniques and ingredients from around the world that meld here to create a distinctly California cuisine.
So what is it about quesabirria? Is it our regional fascination with cheese? Perhaps. Cheese is big here; a tour of cheeses called the California Cheese Trail has a large concentration of stops in the North Bay.
But clearly, much of the fascination is owed to social media, where quesabirria has become the primary representation of the dish. Images of messy, griddled red tacos oozing with cheese and beef are all over Instagram. Quesabirria is sexy, indulgent and tantalizing. Combined with its unique serving style, where the tacos are dipped into consome — it makes for an exciting, interactive and visually engaging dish.
The hunt begins
I started my exploration with the Bay Area’s birria stars. I tried San Francisco favorites like the crisp orange tacos at El Patron; the concentrated, deeply flavorful birria from La Vaca Birria; and the cheesy, unctuous quesabirria from La Grana Fish in Oakland.
But if we’re talking early adopters, places that did a lot of work to put birria, and quesabirria, on the map in the Bay, we have to talk about Richmond’s El Garage and Antioch’s OG Tacos.
El Garage, first operated out of a garage by the Montaño family, was inspired by the famed L.A. home food business All Flavor No Grease, which sold food from a front yard. Scrolling through her Instagram feed in 2019, Evelyn Montaño, the middle sibling in her family, started to see scarlet-colored tacos from food trucks like Teddy’s Red Tacos in L.A. Though they’d never tried them, the Montaños wanted to make their own version using their mom’s birria recipe. They started by making 10 pounds of beef at a time. That quickly snowballed into 400 pounds, eventually forcing the Montaños to outgrow their garage and open a brick and mortar in Richmond in July 2020.
For Uzziel Rojas of OG Tacos, selling beef birria was a way to supplement his income while also representing Tijuana culture. He wanted OG Tacos to stay true to birria de res’ roots there. Growing up in the border town of Chula Vista, his family often took trips to Tijuana for tacos. His favorite was always birria de res. At the end of 2018, Rojas and his spouse, Jaime, decided to start a birrieria based on his mom’s recipe. It was unlike anything the Concord or Antioch region had seen.
“Even though I'm not from Tijuana, I'm Tijuanese at heart,” said Rojas.
The success of places like OG Tacos and El Garage proved that there was a market for the dish, paving the way for others in the Bay Area to add birria to their menus.
During the pandemic, Dominic Prado was looking for a way to drum up interest in his Oakland-based taqueria Tacos El Ultimo Baile. He knew birria would sell well, but felt like quesabirria was just a gimmick. To distinguish his birria, he experimented with different cuts of beef, swapping out chuck roast for oxtails and short rib until he settled on brisket; its fat content lends an extra silkiness to the birria.
His tinkering paid off; the birria experiments helped him create a buzz during a dip in business during the pandemic. These days, the brisket and short rib birria exists as an occasional special.
Even more established businesses have chosen to buy into the birria madness.
“I think like any businessman, you have to be able to adapt to the time that you're living in,” said Rojas of OG Tacos. He eventually added birria ramen to the menu, not just to distinguish his business from other quesabirria spots, but also to target specific markets.
“That's why we push to markets, you know, like Foodieland,” he said, “because it's predominantly an Asian market and you don't find birria in that market, so for us, it was kind of like find those niche markets that nobody has tapped into, in order to keep being successful.”
It’s just one example of how the Bay Area has been a breeding ground for new interpretations of birria. KQED food editor Luke Tsai, who was one of the first to write about El Garage, says this byproduct has a lot to do with birria’s multicultural appeal. “There are so many folks from different cultures … who are going and having quesabirria, and I think a lot of people just thought: Hey, this is a cool thing. What if I applied this to the stew in my culture?”
Hisham Abdelfattah, owner of the popular El Halal Amigos in San Jose, started his taqueria because he wanted a halal version of his favorite cuisine. “I realized I couldn't eat my favorite food, which was Mexican food,” Abdelfattah explains, “I could cook it but I couldn't go out and get it.”
In 2020, he opened a halal taco truck. His most popular dish is beef birria tacos, but since the truck is not a dedicated birreria, he serves the dish as a Sundays-only special. He sells out of 700 pounds of halal brisket every week.
Oakland Vietnamese restaurant Pho Vy started serving quesabirria-inspired tacos, but swapped out adobo-laced beef for bo kho, a fragrant stewed beef. The flavor trades birria’s typical earthy, spicy flavors for a sweet, aromatic and tender beef served with pickled radish and carrots. At San Leandro pop-up Baysian, you can find a Filipino version of the dish called quesa-adobo; the beef is full of umami, with sweetness from sugar, all balanced with a tang of vinegar. In Napa Valley, Taco Addiction offers a special puffy taco that houses stringy, guajillo-heavy birria inside a crunchy puffed tortilla.
Because I’ve managed to grind my birria receptors to a nub over the last five years, it takes spots like Pho Vy, Baysian or Oakland’s Tacos El Ultimo Baile to re-activate those senses. The thing about trends is that once the dust settles and the hype starts to recede, what’s left are the folks who do it well or are doing something special. Don’t get me wrong: The typical taqueria version of quesabirria can still be super tasty, but I am tired of the typical.
Still, I see the value in its role as a gateway to other Mexican foods. “We see it more as an opportunity to now bring in more different foods,” says Viviana Montaño of El Garage, referring to dishes like an avocado or tinga tostada, or spicy, acidic aguachiles.
In any case, it’s evident that birria’s popularity won’t wane anytime soon. Disneyland advertises it as a major draw for tourists; fast-food chain Pollo Loco announced plans to add it to its menu, and the diner chain Norms will be serving it soon as well.
Its final frontier? Perhaps finding a place in fine dining, where some chef will charge $75 dollars for a tweezer-size version of the dish (and likely only half as good as what you’d find at a quinceañera or wedding).
But believe that I’ll be there to try it, like a vigilant, dark red knight, always looking for the beefy signal in the sky.
Cesar Hernandez is The San Francisco Chronicle's associate restaurant critic. Hernandez is an award-winning culture writer and podcast host from Lynwood in Southeast Los Angeles. He and his work have been featured and often cited on L.A. Taco, LAist, NPR, Vice, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Eater and Whalebone Magazine.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG – Get Rating) by 65.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,629,183 shares of the electronics maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,037,971 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. owned about 0.46% of Plug Power worth $74,222,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. lifted its stake in Plug Power by 1.7% in the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 45,548,919 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,163,322,000 after acquiring an additional 741,751 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A. raised its position in shares of Plug Power by 17.2% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A. now owns 14,927,897 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $381,258,000 after purchasing an additional 2,193,309 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Plug Power by 13.4% in the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,480,793 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $165,518,000 after purchasing an additional 765,470 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of Plug Power by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,626,197 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $67,075,000 after purchasing an additional 119,940 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. increased its holdings in Plug Power by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 1,773,615 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $45,298,000 after buying an additional 31,549 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.99% of the company’s stock.
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PLUG. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on Plug Power from $25.00 to $21.00 in a research note on Monday, March 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Plug Power from $42.00 to $38.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Plug Power from $39.00 to $33.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Plug Power from $56.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 11th. Finally, Susquehanna Bancshares upped their price objective on Plug Power from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 2nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and nineteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Plug Power currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $36.48.
Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 1st. The electronics maker reported ($0.32) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by ($0.20). The business had revenue of $161.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.79 million. Plug Power had a negative net margin of 91.56% and a negative return on equity of 9.50%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.05) earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Plug Power Inc. will post -0.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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'We're up 2-0 and next thing, Ronaldo's shirt is in the air!' - Jenas on Man Utd, Modric and life lessons from Gary Speed
Former Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas has explained how Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo made Manchester United the toughest team he ever played against while also reflecting on what should have been some life-changing advice from the late Gary Speed.
Jenas earned 21 caps for England throughout his career, which saw him spend eight seasons at Tottenham after five campaigns for Newcastle.
During that time, Jenas faced off against several iconic Premier League clubs while crossing paths with legends that he said changed the way he viewed both the game and life.
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The best team Jenas ever faced
During Jenas' career, several top clubs were at the peak of their powers, with the Jose Mourinho-led Chelsea among them with the midfield trio of Claude Makelele, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard playing alongside John Terry and Didier Drogba.
There were also several great Arsenal teams during his career, including the Invincibles as the league featured several iconic teams throughout the early to mid 2000s.
Yet none compared to Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, Jenas says, thanks to their attacking duo of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Jenas reflected on a match between Tottenham and Man Utd in 2009 which saw the Red Devils overcome a 2-0 deficit in what felt like an avalanche of unstoppable goals.
"That whole era of Premier League football was scary," Jenas said. "The Chelsea side, being a midfielder that played a system that was very much 4-4-2 at times, when you're going up against Makelele, Essien and Lampard, it just didn't get any tougher than that. It was so hard to play in those games. You have to just dig so much deeper just to get a result out of those games.
"I probably would just say that Man Utd team just edged it for me just because that attack that they had was just ruthless. It really was.
"Mourinho's teams were a new age of Premier League team, don't get me wrong, but when Rooney and Ronaldo got going, it was amazing to see and horrible to be stung by.
"We had one game at Old Trafford and we were up 2-0, playing really well, cruising, and Howard Webb gives away this horrible penalty. I think he admitted it in his book afterwards that it was a big mistake. Ronaldo scored and I'll never forget how it was goals going like bang, bang, goal, goal.
"Next thing I know Ronaldo's got his shirt flying in the air and I'm just like, 'This sums this team up, they never give in'. Unbelievable."
'We weren't taught to play like Modric'
During his time at Spurs, Jenas crossed paths with a young Luka Modric, a player that would go on to eventually break Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's duopoly at the very top by winning the 2018 Ballon d'Or.
Modric joined Spurs from Dynamo Zagreb in 2008 and, from the moment he stepped foot on the pitch, Jenas says the Croatian played the game differently than any player he'd ever seen.
"When he arrived, we wanted to play him like in a 10 position, and he just was not that," he said. "He was always wanting to dictate and drop deeper.
"He was the first person that I kind of saw going into areas of midfield that, as English midfielders, we weren't taught to go there. It's weird how different players in different parts of the world are just taught to play the role differently. I actually learned a lot from Luka. Watching him day in and day out, it was incredible."
Life lessons from Speed and Davids
Jenas, who played 436 matches throughout his career, also reflected on some of those that took him under their wing during his early years.
The former midfielder made his professional debut at age 17 for his boyhood club Nottingham Forest before earning a move to Newcastle and earning his first England cap at the age of 19.
Jenas was also named PFA Young Player of the Year for the 2002–03 season and made England's squad for the 2006 World Cup.
During his early days at Newcastle, Jenas was a team-mate of the late Speed, the legendary Wales star who once held the record for the most appearances in the Premier League's history.
Speed took his own life in 2011, shocking the football world.
Jenas thinks back to several conversations with Speed about how fickle life could be when playing football at a top level, and the former midfelder says he wishes he listened more to his famous team-mate during his younger years.
"I used to sit next to him when I was in the dressing room at Newcastle," Jenas said. "When you're young, as a lot of young players see now, you hit that point where you're just you just feel unstoppable and you're flying. It's like, 'I'm playing on a Saturday I'm going out, I'm earning all this money and things are great'.
"He used to sit me down every now and again and just go 'Listen, take it in, it goes fast. It goes quick, you blink and it's done'.
"I sit here now and I can openly say that I probably took in like 50 percent of the statement. Now being retired, it's the one thing that I keep replaying in my mind over and over again, just how true it is and how much I'd love to be able to, and sometimes do, communicate with younger players and get them to take in every moment and consider the every decision that they make.
"It is the one thing when I think about my career in terms of advice and words of wisdom or whatever you want to call it, it's just that moment with Speed. It always sticks out in my mind for some reason."
Speed isn't the only star Jenas wishes he appreciated more during his career, as he also reflected on a moment involving legendary Dutch star Edgar Davids.
Davids was at Spurs from 2005-07 and, despite not being at the peak of his powers, the former AC Milan star worked hard to change the culture at Spurs.
According to Jenas, he wasn't always taken seriously by some of the club's young players, who did not yet appreciate what it took to play the game at Davids' level.
"My first season at Tottenham, we had a really good team. It was me, Michael Carrick and Edgar Davids in midfield, and Davids decided to call a meeting and it was quite probably the first time I'd seen a player call a meeting among other players with no staff involved.
"He just stood there at the head of the table in the training ground dressing room and he was just like, 'What do you want? Without talking out of turn, I've won everything, I've done everything, and I'm looking around here and I'm not sure you lot are focused to go and get this top four spot and to go and achieve more'.
"It was a real honest moment because we were doing well, but in his eyes, he was like 'I've seen more and I'm going to tell you and you want to listen or you don't'.
"The one thing that stood out for me at the time is that people took the p*ss out of him. People took the mick. They were just like 'Oh, Edgar's being busy, leave it out, let's get on with training'.
"A lot of players might say it now but when you look back on your career, you look at people like Edgar and you go, 'That's why you've won what you and that's why you were what you were as a player'.
"Every dressing room needs a person that is not that bothered about getting on with people. He wasn't at the peak of his powers from a player perspective, but the mentality of him was scary, it really was
"He was underappreciated, I think, by a group of players, including myself, at the time."
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Srinagar DSP lynching case: Court grants bail to one accused
Srinagar DSP lynching case: Court grants bail to one accused
Srinagar: A trial court in Srinagar on Monday granted bail to one accused in the lynching case of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Muhammad Ayub Pandit. Pandit was killed on June 22, 2017 in Nowhatta, Srinagar.
After hearing the prosecution and defense counsel, the Additional Sessions Judge TADA/POTA Srinagar, Manjit Singh Manhas, granted bail to the accused Moin Ahmed Matoo. In its order written to the Kot Bhalwal Jammu administration, the court said that the accused has been granted bail on presentation of a bail bond of Rs 200,000. "You (Kot Bhalwal Jammu Administration) are directed to release the accused (Moin Ahmed Matoo) from custody after obtaining personal bond if he is not involved in any other case or crime. "
The court further said that the accused would not directly or indirectly affect the witnesses or the prosecution and would not tamper with the evidence of the prosecution. He would not leave Jammu and Kashmir without the prior permission of the court and will not change his residence, it directed. Pandit was lynched to death in the Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar on the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr towards the end of the holy month of Ramzan in 2017.
A case has been registered against 21 persons including four minors in the case. Police filed a charge sheet against 17 accused in the Srinagar court on October 7, 2017. Separate challans have also been filed against four minors in the case. The prosecution has recorded statements of 84 witnesses in the case.
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BLOUNTVILLE — Toward the end of a more than four-hour Sullivan County school board retreat on Monday, the board looked at the enrollment and some basic costs of Innovation Academy, which is housed at Sullivan Central Middle School.
But it took no action and received no recommended action at the non-voting retreat, which had the option of a called meeting on facilities or finances that the board did not exercise.
During the non-agenda public comment section of Thursday's regular Board of Education meeting, five students and five parents urged the seven-member board not to consider a rumored closing of the school for the 2022-23 school year.
Director of Schools Evelyn Rafalowski made no recommendation on the school during the work session. However, she presented and the board discussed information about the grades 6-8 county middle school, which grew out of a cooperative program between Kingsport City Schools and Sullivan County Schools that began in 2012.
"All I am doing is presenting you the information," Rafalowski told the seven-member board.
The school has 77 students and five teachers, and including costs directly linked to IA has two buses costing $75,853 a year and a five teachers with a total pay and benefits expense of about $350,000, making for an expense of $425,852 to serve 77 IA students.
Of the five IA teachers, two also teach Central Middle students.
Of the 77 IA students, Rafalowski said that 37 were zoned for Central Middle and had no additional transportation costs. Of the other students, she said 14 were zoned for Sullivan Heights Middle (at the old Sullivan South High), 14 were zoned for Sullivan East Middle and 12 were from outside the school district.
That means 65 of the students are from within the county school system's district and 12 from outside it. Rafalowski said that the students have related arts, including physical education, band, music, with the rest of Central Middle.
As for enrollment in individual IA classes, requested during the meeting by BOE Chairman Randall Jones and provided by school system staff during the retreat, many sections had 15 or more students enrolled but some had three or five students. Students and parents emphasized the benefit of low pupil-teacher ratios and the "hands-ons, minds-on" nature of IA's STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math education.
The school started out as a joint program of KCS and Sullivan in the former Brookside Elementary in Bloomingdale, but after KCS withdrew from the program it moved to be housed in Holston Middle School. This year, it moved to Central Middle along with Holston students.
Billy Miller, who among other duties in central office oversees the busing system of the county, said that one bus picks up students from the parking lot of Ingle's in Colonial Heights and from Elizabeth Chapel United Methodist Church near Blountville and a nearby Food City.
Board member Mark Ireson said maybe the bus pickups could occur at schools, but Rafalowski said the pickup points were chosen for being reasonable for all students, including those from outside the system or even outside Sullivan County.
"There's not way we could run these two buses to the home sites," Rafalowski said of in-county or in-district IA students.
Commenters at Thursday's meeting suggested an active recruitment drive for the school, which like all schools has been impacted by COVID-19, could help increase enrollment, and that the school provides an option for students who don't learn well with traditional lectures but do great with hands-on learning.
The classes with the lower enrollment included computer coding. Commenters also indicated students from localities including Johnson City attended the school and that without IA some parents would look to University School on the campus of East Tennessee State University, Kingsport City Schools or other options.
The school board has considered closing IA in the past.
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The government's consumer price index being released Tuesday is expected to show that prices shot up 8.4% from 12 months earlier, according to economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet. That would mark the fastest year-over-year inflation since December 1981. And it would surpass the 7.9% 12-month increase in February, which itself set a 40-year high.
Economists have also forecast that from February to March, consumer prices jumped 1.1%. That would be the sharpest month-to-month jump since 2005.
The March numbers will be the first the capture the full surge in gasoline prices that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Moscow's brutal attacks have triggered far-reaching Western sanctions against the Russian economy and have disrupted global food and energy markets. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gasoline - $4.11 - is up 44% from a year ago, though it has fallen back in the past couple of weeks.
The escalation of energy prices has led to higher transportation costs for the shipment of goods and components across the economy, which, in turn, has contributed to higher prices for consumers.
"The war in Ukraine has complicated the inflation outlook,'' noted Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust.
Economists point out that since the economy emerged from the depths of the pandemic, consumers have been gradually broadening their spending beyond goods to include more services. A result is that high inflation, which at first had reflected mainly a shortage of goods - from cars and furniture to electronics and sports equipment - has been gradually emerging in services, too, like travel, health care and entertainment.
If the March price figures come in as expected, they will solidify expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates aggressively in the coming months to try to slow borrowing and spending and tame high inflation. The financial markets, in fact, now foresee much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as last month.
The central bank's rate increases will make loans sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses. Mortgage rates, in particular, though not directly influenced by the Fed, have rocketed higher in recent weeks, making home buying more expensive. Many economists say they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and might end up acting so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
For now, the economy as a whole remains solid, with unemployment near 50-year lows and job openings near record highs. Still, rocketing inflation, with its impact on Americans' daily lives, is posing a political threat to President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies as they seek to keep control of Congress in November's midterm elections.
Economists generally express doubt that even the sharp rate hikes that are expected from the Fed will manage to reduce inflation anywhere near the central bank's 2% annual target by the end of this year. Tilley, Wilmington Trust economist, said he expects year-over-year consumer inflation to still be 4.5% by the end of 2020. Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he had forecast a much lower 3% rate.
In Tuesday's government report, even excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation for the past 12 months is expected to have hit 6.6%, according to the FactSet survey. That would be the biggest such year-over-year jump since August 1982.
Inflation, which had been largely under control for four decades, began to accelerate last spring as the U.S. and global economies rebounded with unexpected speed and strength from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession that began in the spring of 2020.
The recovery, fueled by huge infusions of government spending and super-low interest rates, caught businesses by surprise, forcing them to scramble to meet surging customer demand. Factories, ports and freight yards struggled to keep up, leading to chronic shipping delays and price spikes.
Critics also blame, in part, the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion March 2021 stimulus program, which included $1,400 relief checks for most households, for helping overheat an already sizzling economy.
Many Americans have been receiving pay increases, but the pace of inflation has more than wiped out those gains for most people. In February, after accounting for inflation, average hourly wages fell 2.5% from a year earlier. It was the 11th straight monthly drop in inflation-adjusted wages.
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Tuesday it received witness statements from 290 alleged victims in its first three months of work, with cases involving children as young as two years old.
More than half the reported cases suggest many more victims were involved, said Pedro Strecht, a psychiatrist who heads the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Church.
The six-person committee, which includes psychiatrists, a former Supreme Court judge and a social worker, began its work in January at the behest of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference. It promises anonymity to anyone who comes forward.
Strecht said the committee had come across signs that church officials, including current bishops he did not name, had sought to cover up abuse.
“It was often a case of moving the abuser from place to place, as if at that time the place was viewed as the key factor, not the actual person,” Strecht said.
The committee said it has asked all of Portugal’s 21 bishops for interviews to discuss its work. Only 12 have agreed to a meeting and five haven’t replied.
The allegations recorded so far relate to abuse against minors aged between two and 17, Ana Nunes Almeida, a Lisbon University sociologist and member of the committee, told a news conference.
There was a wide variety of alleged abuse, she said, ranging from indecent exposure and abuse imagery to penetration.
The alleged incidents happened while minors were in the church’s care, including in associated groups such as the Boy Scouts and Catechism study groups. Most of the alleged victims are male.
Retired judge Alvaro Laborinho Lucio said the committee has passed 16 cases to the public prosecutor’s office. He said the statute of limitations had expired on most of the alleged cases, which were reported by people up to 88 years of age.
The youngest person to allege abuse was born in 2009, the committee said.
“Over the years there have been clear situations of serious sexual abuse committed inside the Portuguese Catholic Church,” Laborinho Lucio said.
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Mark Robins has explained how Coventry City masterminded their weekend victory over league leaders Fulham and what it will take to sneak into the play-offs.
The Sky Blues boss was interviewed on talkSPORT’s Jim White show with Simon Jordan and Danny Murphy after pulling off the shock result of the weekend at Craven Cottage – a 3-1 win courtesy of goals from Michael Rose, Viktor Gyokeres and Callum O’Hare.
Presenter White said: “One of the results of the weekend was at Craven Cottage because Coventry City went to the home of runaway leaders Fulham and did a job on them. They won by three goals to one. Now it’s a long shot for them but Coventry still have a chance of making the play-offs, but this was one of the results of the weekend, no doubt about that."
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Speaking to Robins, he said, “So tell us, how did you do it?”
The City boss replied: “We were really good. Right from the start we had a game plan that was set out. We were had loads of energy, which was needed against a really top team who move the ball quickly. And in fairness it’s another story and another example winning a game or coming out on top in a game that’s seen us have 35 percent possession.
“The stats are really strange in the Championship. They had a lot of the ball but we did a lot with our possession, so we were really resolute and really well drilled in terms of the defensive side of things, but we broke really quickly too. We got our goals at the right times, got a little bit of luck along the way, which you need, but not too much.
“The second goal was one where you’d expect the goalkeeper to get a save on that but it went in, went through him. But the first goal from the set-play just settled everyone’s nerves and just gave them a lot more confidence, but in fairness they started the game in really good fashion and we grew in confidence after that and ended up not seeing the game out, but looked like we could score more goal throughout.”
White said it was a brave approach and asked if it was always the plan to take the game to Fulham
“We have got a way of playing and we don’t necessarily change for anybody,” replied Robins.
“I think you have got to give everyone the same respect but since we came back into the Championship this is our first win away from home against any side in the top ten, and this is a top team and one of the top teams that’s been in the Championship. I said the same about Norwich last year because they were outstanding. But these are a really well drilled team with loads of quality and the strength in depth.
“They stretch you all over the place and with Mitrovic up front with 38 goals, I think he would have been looking at us and thinking he’d add to his tally yesterday but from our point of view we try to play in the same way, week in and week out, and we try to go for the jugular and win games when we can do.
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“We played Forest last Wednesday and the difference for us was that against Fulham we took the chances we had, because we had some good chances against Forest and didn’t take them and get the results. We did that on Sunday and that’s the story of us really. We have got to try to be more consistent because on our day we can beat anybody.”
White said that City are considered to be outsiders in the play-off race but asked the manager if he considers Coventry to be in that race
“You never say never until it’s mathematically impossible. The truth of the matter is we have got too many injuries and we can’t carry injuries. There are seven players out who would generally be either in or on the bench in the first team, and it’s just too many. So we have got some young lads on the bench and it’s very difficult to reconcile that at times because you need to make changes.
“We got through the game, and the changes would have to have been midfield changes to try to inject a bit of energy, not necessarily quality, just more energy in there because they started to tire.
“But we know what it’s like in the Championship and we have games at Birmingham and home to Bournemouth this coming Friday and Monday, so it doesn’t get any easier. The opponents just change and you have to be able to recover quickly to put the performances in, and that’s our challenge.”
White said: “Well you’re still in there, to your credit, so what’s it going to take to get into that play-off spot?”
“Fifteen points, Jim,” he said, breaking into a chuckle.
“We have got five games left, so you are looking at 72 or 74 points maybe. It’s so tight in there and you just never say never. But like I have said all season, we will just keep going and see where it takes us. But what we have done is improve massively from last year. We’re competitive and more competitive this year than we were last and we play some really good football. It’s brilliant to watch and the supporters are behind us.
“I remember you interviewing me just over five years ago when I went back into the club and asked me why I was doing it. This is the reason.”
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Last February, Mexico received 65.1% more international tourists than in the same month of 2021, still marked by the coronavirus pandemic, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
Mexico went from receiving 1.59 million foreign tourists in February 2021 to 2.62 million in the second month of this year.
However, if the figure is compared to 3.76 million in the second month of 2020, there is still a substantial fall of about 30.3 per cent.
The main uptick occurred in tourists arriving by air, who in February 2021 represented only 698 thousand people, while in the same month of 2022 there were about 1.78 million travelers, up 155.5%.
On the other hand, border tourists fell 5.9% year-on-year in February to 836,474 travelers.
The data reflect the impact of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, a disease that so far has left almost 5.73 million infections and more than 323,000 deaths in Mexico, one of the most affected countries in the world.
In February 2022, total tourist spending soared by 164.7% year-on-year, going from 799.1 million dollars to 2 thousand 115.6 million dollars.
If we compare last February's figure with that of the same month in 2020, the current figure is less by about 220 million dollars.
The average spending of each tourist rose year-on-year from $235 in February 2021 to $457 in the second month of 2022, up 94.5%.
Significantly, the average tourist spending in February 2022 is even higher by 58.6% compared to the 2020 data, when it was $288.2.
Mexico had 31.9 million international tourists during 2021, 31.3% more than in 2020.
Foreign exchange income from international visitors amounted to 19 thousand 795.6 million dollars.
For 2022, the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) estimates the arrival of more than 40 million international tourists.
Mexico's tourism GDP, which until before the coronavirus health crisis represented 8.6% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019, closed 2021 at 7.1% and in 2022 will do so at 8.3%, according to government estimates.
Even so, Mexico was the third most visited country in the world in 2020, a short-term phenomenon attributed to flexible sanitary measures in the country's tourist areas.
Mexico consolidated itself in 2019 as one of the 10 most visited countries in the world, with more than 45 million international tourists who left 24,563 million dollars, an annual growth of 9%.
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A procession in honor of the victims of the attack on April 10, 2017, during the Feast of Palm Sunday, in Alexandria Cathedral. (Photo by MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP)
The slaying of a Coptic Orthodox priest in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria has shocked Christians in Egypt and reawakened memories of twin suicide bombings that killed 45 churchgoers on Palm Sunday five years ago.
Father Arsanios Wadid, a priest of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was stabbed to death on April 7 while accompanying young people from his parish on an evening stroll along the scenic waterfront promenade known as the Corniche.
Egypt's interior ministry said the attack took place at around 8 pm, just as the Muslims were breaking their Ramadan fast for the day.
The assailant, who reportedly fled after witnesses saw him commit the stabbing, was quickly apprehended by local residents and handed over to police, the interior ministry confirmed.
"To reveal the identity and motives of the assailant"
Rescuers reportedly tried to revive Father Wadid, but he died at the military hospital where he was transported.
According to Egyptian media, an investigation is underway "to reveal the identity and motives of the assailant", and the Egyptian attorney general has opened a judicial investigation.
During the priest's funeral, celebrated at the Cathedral of Saint Mark in Alexandria the day after his death, tearful parishioners crowded around his coffin.
"One comment kept coming back: 'You'll see: they'll make the murderer look like a lunatic," the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire reported.
"In fact, the government declared in the afternoon that the person arrested 'suffers from mental problems and that the terrorist motive can therefore be excluded'," the paper said.
The attack – which was perpetrated during the month of Ramadan and in the run-up to Easter, which the Copts celebrate on April 24 this year – has awakened recent bad memories for Christians in Egypt.
During Palm Sunday celebrations in April 2017, the Islamic State carried out twin suicide bombings at a church in Tanta in northern Egypt and another in Alexandria. They killed 45 people in those attacks.
Father Wadid was born in 1966 and ordained a priest by Pope Shenouda in 1995. He was serving at the Church of St. Mary and St. Paul the Apostle in the Karmouz district of Alexandria at the time of his death.
He was known for his "academic and social" commitment and had just been elevated to the rank of hegumen (superior of a monastery) last October by Pope Tawadros II, the current head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
"The Church praises this blessed priest who dedicated his life to God and gave his life today in martyrdom," said a note on the Church's Facebook page.
Patriarch Ibrahim Sedrak, head of the Coptic Catholic Church, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, offered their condolences to Father Wadid's family, Pope Tawadros II and the entire Coptic Orthodox community.
Al-Tayeb recalled that "murder is a major sin" and that in the Quran "God has said that killing a person not guilty of murder or corruption on earth is the same as killing all people".
In a message on his own Facebook page, the imam also warned that such senseless acts could trigger "religious wars among children of the same country".
"Everyone is called to be attentive to such schemes," he said.
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Glee star Amber Riley has split from her fiancé Desean Black.
The actress, who played Mercedes Jones in the hit series, announced her engagement in November 2020.
The couple have since broken up, with Amber’s rep telling E! News: “They ask for privacy during this time.”
Last month, Amber confirmed her relationship status on the Nice & Neat podcast.
She said: “I am a single Black female. I am, I’m a single Black female but I’m not a crazy one like in the movie.”
The 36-year-old added that she became single recently, explaining that the split was “amicable”.
“I wish him the best. I don’t haven anything horrible or bad to say,” she said.
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Carolina Crescentini: “Francesco Motta is six years younger: I used to make fun of him”
Carolina Crescentini and Francesco Motta they have been a couple since 2017. The actress, born in 1980, and the singer, 6 years younger, fell in love and married twice. To conquer Carolina Crescentini were some rare features of Motta, as he tells al Courier: “In addition to being very poetic, his sensitivity and irony, which is fundamental in a relationship. Besides, he has good eyes. Francesco dedicated more than one song to me. We met on a radio that no longer exists. She looked at me and looked at me, she had all this curly hair… “.
A year after the meeting came the first date, “We used to talk on the phone, I saw him so young, the actress said. “She told me that she had released a cd entitled”The end of the twenties“. I understand, I replied, but when are your twenties over? ”, Carolina added. The age difference did not prove to be a problem for the two artists, linked to the same cultural references.
For the first date, Carolina Crescentini took him to her favorite place, the Gianicolo lighthouse: “I didn’t trust me, I wanted to go to my territory: if it had gone badly, I would have felt free to go home outdoors. It was at the Janiculum that he then made me the marriage proposal, getting on his knees, ”he told Corriere.
There were even two weddings, a New York and Tuscany, “Because they explained to us that, due to complicated bureaucratic issues with the US, to remarry in Italy we first had to divorce, otherwise it would have been bigamy”. In New York, says Carolina: “Go to the Town Hall and they give you a note, outside you buy the wedding rings, the bouquet, the witnesses. Tradition has it that there is a point of blue in the dress, so I found a white Aerosmith tee-shirt dotted with blue ”.
In Tuscany, however, the party lasted three days: a sort of festival made up of music, art and friends. In the end, Carolina Crescentini confessed: “The marriage is such an emotional hit that the first time alone was better. The second, we enjoyed it “.
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A horse made a surprise visit to a care home in Surrey as part of a nationwide initiative to help the elderly revisit their hobbies and “bring back memories”.
Care UK’s Long Lost Hobbies programme sees residents return to their favourite pastimes, including flower arranging, knitting and letter writing, in efforts which the company says are particularly beneficial for those with dementia.
Spurred on by the initiative, staff at Milner House in Leatherhead organised a surprise visit by Rosie the horse for 90-year-old Frank Grace, who said the experience made his day.
Mr Grace previously worked in a horse sanctuary and was once a keen horse rider.
“Horses like Rosie have always made my day. You shouldn’t be afraid of them, just because they’re big,” Mr Grace said.
“Love them and they will love you in return.”
Michele Belch, a manager at Milner House, said: “We had a fantastic time revisiting Frank’s hobby and taking Rosie for a walk around the garden.
“Revisiting a past hobby, such as horse riding, can help bring back memories, as well as providing an enjoyable way to connect with others through a familiar activity that once brought joy,” said Ms Belch.
“Residents and team members at Milner House have loved revisiting their favourite hobbies and discovering new ways to pass the time from younger generations.
“It has been wonderful to hear residents talking about how they first discovered their favourite hobby and the fond memories this interest created.”
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Prioritising transport and waste management should be the priority of the upcoming council elections to tackle climate change, environmental activists have said.
Friends of the Earth Scotland said the May 5 elections will be “significant” in averting climate breakdown.
The campaign organisation is urging political parties to back a string of environmental policies to help to tackle the issue.
The activists said that powers held at local government level make councils pivotal when it comes to tackling and building on the legacy of Cop26 – the UN climate conference held in Glasgow last year.
Policies such as setting up publicly owned bus companies are being encouraged since transport makes up a third of carbon emissions in Scotland, according to the group.
Local authorities are also urged to utilise active travel funding.
The Scottish Government provided local authorities with funding to prioritise cycling, walking and safer routes.
The funding goes directly to councils and has been increased from £24 million to £35 million for 2022/23.
Friends of the Earth Scotland said local authorities must play their part in reducing the carbon impact of household waste as the group estimates Scotland burns almost as much of its household waste as it sends to landfill.
The environmental organisation said Scotland has one of the poorest recycling rates in the UK, falling to 42% between 2019 and 2020.
Mary Church, head of campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “These elections are being contested against the backdrop of a climate and nature emergency.
“Many of the powers to drive action on the climate crisis sit with local councils, which is why this vote matters so much.
“Councillors must put people and the planet at the head of all the decisions they make.
“This means making it easier and more affordable to take public transport by running services in the interest of passengers rather than shareholders, helping people to reduce and recycle their waste, and planning for the vital phase-out of incineration.”
She encouraged voters to talk to their local candidates to build pressure for climate action.
She added: “Over the coming weeks, people can get in touch with candidates to hear what they have to say on these climate-critical issues and build pressure for ambition and urgency at the local level during the next five years.”
The environmental group has also issued a programme of policies on climate action which they want political parties to champion.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will accelerate plans to exploit offshore natural gas deposits, the country’s prime minister said Tuesday, describing a return to reliance on fossil fuels as a temporary necessity due to the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine.
Surveys in six regions in western and southern Greece should be completed by the end of next year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing international energy crisis have added to the very serious level of uncertainty in all our lives,” he said.
“I would like to emphasize that this new path in no way diverts us from the long-term goals of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.”
Low oil and gas prices in recent years were blamed for stalling gas exploration in Greece’s Ionian Sea and off the coast of the island of Crete.
But the government last week announced plans to increase domestic coal production and expand its natural gas infrastructure to boost its liquefied natural gas capacity with additional storage space at an existing facility and plans to build two more.
The expansion will eventually allow Greece to export gas to its northern neighbors Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which are also heavily reliant on Russian gas.
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Conservationists say laws and reporting processes that are meant to protect marine mammals from being disturbed are failing to safeguard wildlife and need urgent reform.
As the Easter break sees holidaymakers flocking to the coast, charity Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) says the increasing number of people using the sea for leisure activities is pushing up the risk of harm to marine wildlife.
It is illegal to disturb whales and dolphins, which can be scared away from important feeding and breeding grounds, or even physically injured or killed by human activity.
WDC’s Katie Dyke said: “Our key aim is to stop disturbance before it happens by raising awareness of the issues.
“UK seas are a special place for dolphins and whales, being home to more than 20 species, more than anywhere else in northern Europe.
“They are also a rapidly growing destination for marine recreation and tourism, which is increasing levels of disturbance.”
She said that could happen when people get too close to marine wildlife, disrupt their natural behaviours and cause them stress.
Martin Sims, former head of the UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, said: “Marine mammals are sensitive to disturbance, especially when they have young, are resting, feeding or socialising.
“Disturbance by some members of the public using leisure craft, jet skis, kayaks and paddleboards can frighten them and scare them away from important habitats, and in extreme cases, injure or kill them.
“Giving marine wildlife space is important – watch them from a good distance, don’t crowd them and don’t stay too long.”
Many boat users and beachgoers do not know the rules or how to report incidents they witness, the WDC says.
A law change is needed to ensure that where a dolphin expert determines disturbance has occurred – such as a vessel splitting up a family group with young calves or a rogue wildlife tourism operator repeatedly driving too close to a pod – it can be prosecuted, WDC urges.
The charity also says potential crimes are not recorded in a way that means data can be collected and analysed and a lack of specific details that police call handlers are required to take when a report comes in makes it hard to track incidents.
Police forces in the UK have increased attention and effort on tackling disturbance of dolphins and other creatures, but awareness and ability to deal with marine wildlife crime needs to be maintained and improved, the WDC said.
The charity wants to see all wildlife crime, including incidents involving marine mammals, to be “notifiable” offences recorded by the Home Office, so that data on the number of cases can be properly analysed and the issue addressed and has called for legislation used to prosecute wildlife crime to be reviewed and updated, training for police call handlers and prosecutors on marine wildlife cases/
Privately-owned leisure boats are cited as the biggest threat to whales and dolphins.
Fast-growing sports such as paddle boarding and canoeing pose a particular risk as they are able to access sites for marine creatures with little noise, and then can disturb them.
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“Yep, I’m glad the mics didn’t catch me a couple of times last week,” said the Scot, laughing, as he reflected on the 86th Masters at Augusta National.
MacIntyre was referring to Lowry letting off steam to his caddie, Bo Martin, during the third round of the season’s opening major in Georgia.
The 2019 Open champion laid up on the par-5 13th only to show he’d been unimpressed by the distance he then had for his third shot.
Picked up by microphones close by, Lowry said: "Left myself no shot. What a f****** s*** layup that was. Well done, well done Bo. Only 30 yards out. Well done."
The pair had made up by the end of the round and, helped by Martin’s valuable input, Lowry went on to finish joint-third behind Scottie Scheffler – his best finish in seven starts in The Masters.
“They understand it,” said MacIntyre, who has had Fifer Mikey Thomson on his bag since the 2020 Scottish Open “Bo’s got thick skin. Mike’s got thick skin.
“I think to be a caddie you’ve got to know that your player is going to get stressed and you are going to get hit. You’re a punchbag. You are there to take it sometimes. It’s about letting it roll off you and supporting the player.
“I think Bo has done an unbelievable job with Shane and Mike is doing a good job with me.”
In another player-caddie episode at Augusta National, Matt Fitzpatrick and the experienced Billy Foster also seemed to have a slight squabble.
Also on the 13th, though in the second circuit, Fitzpatrick seemed to be unsure about the yardage he’d been given by the man who caddied for both Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros.
As he stepped back from the ball, Foster, in his typical forthright manner, said: "We've both thought about it and decided it's the right play, so get on with it."
In fairness, Fitzpatrick didn’t seem to be offended. "Oh sorry, are you in a rush?" he said, to which Foster responded: "No, there's no rush."
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch signed a multi-year contract extension on Monday, after guiding the team to seventh place in the Western Conference and a play-in game berth.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Timberwolves also announced contract extensions for Finch’s assistants, the day before they host the Los Angeles Clippers for a spot in the playoffs.
“They came to me. I think that shows the type of energy and commitment in the building. Everything’s going in the right direction here. It’s a fun time to be a part of the Timberwolves,” said Finch, who was hired midway through the 2020-21 season to replace the fired Ryan Saunders.
Finch has a 62-61 record for the second-best winning percentage (.504) by a head coach in Timberwolves history. The late Flip Saunders (.521) is first. Minnesota went 46-36 this season, the second-best record for the long-languishing franchise over the past 18 years.
“They’re not always easy decisions in this business, but this one was a very easy one. Coach has been a terrific partner for me, and the results on the floor are clear,” executive vice president for basketball operations Sachin Gupta said.
The 52-year-old Finch has been an assistant with Toronto, New Orleans, Denver and Houston. The Timberwolves led the NBA in scoring this season at 115.9 points per game, a first in franchise history. Their defense also forced a league-leading average of 16.3 turnovers per game.
“He’s always communicating, making sure everybody’s straight,” guard Anthony Edwards said. “That’s what you love about him.”
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NEW YORK — MSNBC's Rachel Maddow returned to the air Monday with some bad news for her fans: Starting next month, she will be doing her prime-time show only once a week. After working her customary five nights a week for the rest of April, Maddow said, she will work on Monday nights only starting in May.
The network said it will rotate guest hosts the other four weeknights on a show called “MSNBC Prime.”
“For big news events, for things like the leadup to the election, I will of course be here more than that, but that is the general plan,” Maddow said on her show Monday.
The cable news network's most popular personality had been on hiatus for the past two months, working on a new podcast and a movie adaptation of her book “Bag Man.” She said the weekly schedule will give her “more time to work on some of this other stuff I've got cooking for MSNBC and NBC.”
She heaped praise on Ali Velshi, who had filled in frequently for her while she was away, calling him a “prince among men.”
Yet MSNBC's ratings in her time slot tumbled in her absence, even with coverage of a gripping news event, the Ukraine war. MSNBC is not alone in questions about its 9 p.m. Eastern hour: CNN hasn't named a full-time replacement for its former ratings leader, Chris Cuomo, since he was fired in December.
The plan leaves MSNBC executives in an awkward spot. While it has been reported that MSNBC signed a new contract with Maddow that gives her additional flexibility, executives have not publicly addressed that deal, or Maddow's announcement Monday. It seems, at least for the time being, the network will be happy to get as much as it can from Maddow and leave the light on if she someday decides to do more.
Maddow said she had originally thought she might need another hiatus from her show this year but has determined that she won't.
The Maddow news comes days after reports that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is set to join the network -- also in May. Psaki has neither confirmed nor denied those reports.
Travis Pittman contributed to this report.
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agtech company EarthScout today announced a new addition to its scalable line of agriculture smart products that help farmers and food producers during a drought to conserve water and reduce irrigation and inputs by providing real time data about soil moisture and growing conditions on their land.
The innovative new EarthScout Soil Cub is an affordable, miniature 4.5"x3"x2" commercial grade sensor that's installed in the field to monitor soil moisture, soil temperature and EC at two soil depths so growers can see moisture and nutrient levels throughout the root zone and adjust inputs. The device lasts all season with one charge, installs in minutes, and is maintenance free.
"Soil Cub with wifi communicates field data to the EarthScout solar powered cellular gateway up to two miles away by line of sight when installed with our 12' flag antenna," said EarthScout CEO, Troy Schmidtke. "The cellular gateway also measures air temperature and humidity. Up to 15 wifi enabled Soil Cubs can communicate with one cellular gateway, giving farmers real time insights into air and soil conditions across a 4-mile radius when using the EarthScout app. Soil Cub gives the grower the data they need during a drought to gradually reduce and lock in irrigation at ideal levels for healthy growth safely above the wilting point. Soil Cub will be available with cellular soon."
Soil data is transmitted from the cellular gateway to the EarthScout App on the farmers smart phone where it's presented with intuitive charts so they know when and how much to irrigate, spray, and more.
"Our agronomists and software team continually develop new solutions with machine learning for the EarthScout App that convert data into actionable insights for growers," said Troy.
Soil Cub installs in the field with EarthScout's burial tube and antenna. The 10" x 16" tube remains in the ground all season providing protection for Soil Cub and fast access for the farmer. The orange 12' antenna inserts into the tube and extends above the canopy for easy identification in the field. It also has a spring base that bends 90 degrees so equipment and weather can safely pass over, and is quickly removed during planting or harvest. In greenhouses, Soil Cub installs instantly in a pot or bed with or without a burial tube.
"EarthScout's partnering with the University of Minnesota and local grower Grant Anderson on a variable rate irrigation research project. Anderson farms has 8,000 acres of corn and edible beans and 100 irrigation pivots," said Troy. "Last season we reduced Grant's irrigation costs by 30% with Soil Cub - saving him $3,000 for every 120 acre field (Case Study). Most farmers see 30-60% savings with our products and it's very rewarding to help them during tough economic times."
Soil Cub is currently offered on the EarthScout website as a bundle that comes with one cellular gateway and 3 wireless soil cubs. Additional soil cubs can be purchased separately and added to the system anytime.
"The response to Soil Cub has been overwhelming," said Troy. "Growers want money saving technology that's affordable, quick to install, easy-to-use, scalable, durable and reliable. Soil Cub answers that call."
Soil Cub joins the extensive line of EarthScout L-Series outdoor and A-Series greenhouse smart farming products. Over 20 sensors are available for customizing EarthScout to monitor every type of plant, including fruits & vegetables, grains, orchards & vineyards, cannabis, and turf.
About EarthScout
Founded in 2017, EarthScout® GBC is a Minnesota-based AgTech leader in crop management sensing technology and proudly manufacturers all its products in the USA. As a legally incorporated benefit company, EarthScout voluntarily meets the highest standards of corporate purpose, accountability and transparency and strives to create a material positive impact on society and the environment. Learn more at www.earthscout.com.
Contact:
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Image 1: EarthScout Soil Cub with Two Soil Sensors In Burial Tube with 12' Antenna
Image 2: Wireless Soil Cub with Two Soil Sensors
Image 3: EarthScout App: 7-Day Soil Moisture Chart 6" & 12" Depth
Image 4: Soil Cub Wifi 3 Pack with Solar Powered Cellular Gateway
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The Whites have had to deal with injuries to a clutch of key players throughout this season, which has played a role in them becoming embroiled in a relegation scrap.
Leeds’ stars followed a rigorous training regime under former boss Marcelo Bielsa, which included the infamous “murderball” sessions, and many felt years of intense training might have taken a toll on the physical state of the players, which resulted in their alarming injury record this season.
And new Whites boss Marsch has insisted that his team’s injury issues this season are down to them being over-trained, which led them to being physically, mentally, psychologically and emotionally drained.
The American stressed that he and his backroom staff are trying to implement a training methodology that will help them to handle their over-trained players carefully and transform his charges into healthy, strong individuals.
“The injury issues had lot do with the training methodologies”, Marsch explained on talkSPORT.
“These players were over-trained, right, and that led to them being physically, mentally, psychologically, emotionally in a difficult place to recover from week to week, from game to game.
“So, I have a very specific methodology with the way I work and I had a reputation for running, having high running data in the way that we play but also having healthy, strong players, who can meet the standard of the game that we want.
“So, we have tried to put that into the place to help the players, I think that has helped a lot.”
Marsch is currently having an extended period to work with his players on the training pitch as Leeds will only return to top flight action on 25th April, when they travel to the capital to take on Crystal Palace.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, today announced that the company has successfully completed Type ll Service Organization Control (SOC 2) recertification audits for Secret Server Cloud, Privilege Manager Cloud, Privileged Behavior Analytics, Access Controller Suite, Account Lifecycle Manager, and DevOps Secrets Vault. Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. conducted the recertification audit and found that Delinea continues to meet the SOC 2 standards for Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Services Principles with zero exceptions.
SOC 2 compliance measures the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data across solutions. SOC 2 reports demonstrate a company's ability to not only implement critical security policies but to also prove compliance over an extended period.
"Thousands of organizations rely on Delinea daily to protect their most critical assets, data, and privileged credentials from a mounting number of threats," said Raun Nohavitza, Chief Information Officer at Delinea. "As a company, we continually seek third-party validation of our solutions to ensure that we maintain the highest degree of security controls and standards for our customers."
SOC 2 Type II standards help companies recognize, communicate, and exercise cross-functional value among DevOps and security teams. Delinea used this recertification audit as an opportunity to continue heavily integrating its security team within its DevOps practices. The internal team used the company's flagship solution to help with the examination and to also demonstrate Delinea's security posture for any ongoing audit.
For more information visit delinea.com.
About Delinea
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide, including over half of the Fortune 100. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
© Delinea Inc. (formerly Centrify Corporation) 2022. Delinea™ is a trademark of Delinea Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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The All India Common Entrance Test (AICET) for advanced diploma (vocational) in IT, networking and cloud computing is scheduled to be conducted on April 28. Interested and eligible candidates can apply at the official websites at nimionlineadmission.in or dgt.gov.in.
AICET 2022: Eligibility Criteria
Educational qualification: Candidates must have cleared class 10 and 12 with National Trade Certificate (NCVT certificate) in any trade of one year or two-year with minimum 60 per cent marks or first class.
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Candidates pursuing Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS), in National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) or ITI who have appeared or appearing in their final exams can also apply, provided they should have scored a minimum of 60 per cent marks in their Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) trade. In case of not satisfying the minimum 60 per cent marks they will not be allowed to continue the course.
Those who have cleared class 12 with a minimum of 60 per cent marks with three-year diploma from recognized board with a minimum 60 per cent marks or any regular degree from recognized university with minimum 60 per cent marks are eligible to apply.
Age limit: Candidates must be a minimum of 17 years as of April 20, 2022.
Post completion of this course, a candidate will be equipped to pursue higher technical education like BE, BTech, or MCA. They can start their own enterprise on cloud maintenance, computer hardware maintenance or apply for jobs in industry as system technician, cloud developer, web designer and trainers.
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The Directorate General of Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship offers a range of vocational training courses catering to the need of different sectors of economy and labour market. The vocational training programmes are delivered under aegis of National Council of Vocational Training (NCVT). Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) and Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) are two pioneer programmes of NCVT for propagating vocational training.
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If you missed out on your chance to score a Lucid Air Dream Edition last year, you’re in luck. Lucid Motors is releasing two versions of its latest all-electric sedan, the 2022 Air Grand Touring. The Air Grand Touring and Air Grand Touring Performance are Lucid’s first production series after the limited run Dream Edition. Both cars offer speed and mileage that is comparable to their predecessors from 2021. The Air Grand Touring delivers 819 horsepower and can accelerate to 60 mph in three seconds flat. Its faster cousin, the Air Grand Touring Performance, promises 1050 horsepower and can go from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds. Both cars are powered by two miniaturized dual motors, one mounted at each axle
Both cars will easily get you from Los Angeles to San Francisco on a single charge, with some battery power to spare. The Air Grand Touring with 19-inch wheels has an EPA-estimated range of 516 miles, with 21-inch wheels its range is 469 miles. The Air Grand Touring Performance has an EPA-estimated range of 446 miles. Both are ahead of the Tesla with the longest driving range, the Model S Long Range, which has a range of 405 miles. Given Elon Musk’s not-so-secret derision for Lucid, this one has got to hurt.
The two all-electric sedans are packed with the type of premium features you’d expect in a car that costs six figures. Both are equipped with a 34-inch floating glass cockpit and a 5K display. They include DreamDrive Pro, Lucid’s proprietary advanced driver assistance system that includes LIDAR. It also comes with more than 30 semi-autonomous features, including traffic sign recognition, cross-traffic alerts, parking assist and more. They include an ultra-fast 900V charging system that allows drivers to add up to 300 miles in 21 minutes if they’re at a 350 kW DC fast charger.
Customer deliveries for the Air Grand Touring, which starts at $139,000, have started today. The Grand Touring Performance has an MSRP of $179,000, and deliveries are scheduled to begin in June 2022.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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National Weather Service San Diego CA
532 AM PDT Tue Apr 12 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Elevated surf of 3 to 5 feet. Sets to 7 feet possible in
southern San Diego County, along with a high risk for rip
currents.
* WHERE...San Diego and Orange County Coastal Areas.
* WHEN...Through 11 AM Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Elevated surf and strong rip currents will create
hazardous swimming conditions.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
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Which miter saw is best?
Miter saws are a workshop staple and an essential tool for any craftsperson. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned maker with decades of experience, miter saws are great for making a variety of cuts in your wood. Additionally, unlike most other power saws, you can transport them quite easily.
Miter saws are more accurate than ever before, and many come with precision alignment systems. However, with so many brands and models to choose from, finding the right miter saw for your needs can be difficult. One solid choice is the DeWalt Sliding Compound Miter Saw. It is a high-quality, durable miter saw that can do it all.
What to know before you buy a miter saw
Blade size
Miter saws come in many blade sizes, but bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. Larger blades tend to wobble slightly more than smaller blades, making them less precise in their cuts. If you need a larger blade to handle thick lumber or sheet material, saw blades larger than 12 inches deliver optimal results. They’re especially effective when you use them with a sturdy stand.
Saws with 10-inch blades or less maximize portability over capability and are ideal for anyone who does a lot of trim work. Miter saws with blades that are exactly 10 inches offer a combination of capacity and portability.
Saw type
Before you buy a miter saw, consider how you plan on using it. This way, you’ll get a saw that works for your needs without paying for features that you don’t want. There are three distinct types of miter saws.
- Standard miter saws, also known as chop saws, rotate from side to side, allowing the user to cut angles from the top of the material. However, they do not tilt from right to left at an angle. Standard miter saws are the most affordable design.
- Compound miter saws turn left to right and also tilt at an angle. Compound miter saws allow you to make bevel cuts, straight cuts and miter cuts. Compound miter saws cost more than a basic miter saw.
- Sliding compound miter saws are the most complex of the three saws. In addition to tilting and turning in both directions, they also include a sliding mechanism that increases the total cut capacity without increasing the size of the blade. Sliding table saws give you maximum control over your cuts, and they are the most expensive design option.
What to look for in a quality miter saw
Blade material
The blade is the core of any miter saw, and high-quality models include blades made from durable materials. Look for blades made from carbide or blades with carbide-tipped teeth, as these features make more efficient cuts.
Alignment system
The best miter saws tend to include a precision alignment system that increases the accuracy of your cuts. DeWalt uses LED lights to cast a shadow of the cutline, while companies like Bosch often equip their miter saws with a laser that shows the cut line directly onto the material. Some saws also include integrated fences and stop blocks that enhance accuracy and your ability to make repeated cuts.
How much you can expect to spend on a miter saw
Miter saws can be expensive, but you can still get something practical on a budget. Expect to spend between $240-$300 on a high-quality, affordable miter saw. Expect to spend more than $400 on top-of-the-line models.
Miter saw FAQ
Do I need a miter saw stand?
A. You can use your miter saw on any stable, flat surface. Contractors will often use stands because they’re convenient and portable, but you can set up your saw on a sturdy table. Remember to ensure it’s stable and won’t move as you’re cutting, and check that the blade is set to 0 degrees after you move the saw to avoid any mistakes.
Can I cut warped or twisted wood with a miter saw?
A. Ultimately, it’s not a good idea to cut warped or twisted wood with a miter saw. In fact, it’s best to stay away from cutting warped or twisted wood altogether. If the warp is slight and barely noticeable, a clamp will likely be able to hold it flat for the duration of the cut. However, if the warp is severe, it may cause the blade to pinch, sending the material flying.
What’s the best miter saw to buy?
Top miter saw
DeWalt Sliding Compound Miter Saw
What you need to know: This rugged miter saw is designed to withstand tough conditions and comes with plenty of premium features that are perfect for hobbyists and professionals alike.
What you’ll love: Powered by a robust 15 amp motor, this miter saw cuts through various materials, including knotty hardwoods. Plus, it’s incredibly accurate thanks to the unique XPS alignment system, which uses LED lights to cast a cutline shadow onto the material. This miter saw has a double bevel, safely cutting various materials for all kinds of projects.
What you should consider: This miter saw is on the more expensive side, and the large 12-inch blade has a bit more wobble than 10-inch and 8-inch blades.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top miter saw for the money
Craftsman V20 Sliding Miter Saw
What you need to know: If you’re in the market for an affordable, reliable compound sliding miter saw that’s easy to transport, look no further than the Craftsman V20.
What you’ll love: This miter saw is ideal for anyone short on space or needs to be able to transport their saw between job sites. In addition to being cordless, the V20 is only 21 pounds and comes with carrying handles, making it easy to move it around. Although the blade isn’t big, the motor runs at 3,800 RPM and can handle standard hobbyist projects.
What you should consider: Because this saw is cordless and has a rather small blade, it may not have the power to tackle larger contractor-style projects.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bosch CM8S Single Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw
What you need to know: The Bosch CM8S miter saw is the sweet spot between a heavy-duty professional saw and a hobbyist option.
What you’ll love: This saw is well-designed and intuitive to use. It’s packed with convenient features, such as the integrated expanding base extensions and the thumb-activated miter detents. Although the blade is less than 9 inches, the sliding feature gives this saw the same cutting capacity as a standard 10-inch stationary miter saw.
What you should consider: The Bosch CM8S is expensive and lacks an LED or laser alignment system.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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