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PCS Edventures!.com (OTCMKTS:PCSV – Get Rating) is one of 76 publicly-traded companies in the “Educational services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare PCS Edventures!.com to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares PCS Edventures!.com and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
PCS Edventures!.com’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than PCS Edventures!.com. PCS Edventures!.com is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Risk and Volatility
PCS Edventures!.com has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PCS Edventures!.com’s peers have a beta of 0.46, suggesting that their average stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for PCS Edventures!.com and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.
As a group, “Educational services” companies have a potential upside of 34.97%. Given PCS Edventures!.com’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PCS Edventures!.com has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Profitability
This table compares PCS Edventures!.com and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Summary
PCS Edventures!.com beats its peers on 7 of the 10 factors compared.
PCS Edventures!.com Company Profile
PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes technology-based educational products and services to the pre-kindergarten through university classroom, the K-12 afterschool, the private learning center, and the home school markets in the United States and internationally. Its products include PCS Edventures! Labs, a learning center that offers teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and PCS BrickLab, a system of building blocks combined with PCS curriculum resources that address technology, math, construction engineering, communication, and science principles. The company also provides PCS Digital Media Labs, which contains lesson plans, a hard cover mobile case, digital cameras, camcorders or voice recorders, accessories, and a teacher guide; and PCS Academy of Engineering Lab, a STEM based program that is designed for use in tech-ed programs and for various environments through 10 student modules, such as hardware, software, lab furniture, and curriculum. In addition, it offers PCS Edventures Robotics system, a platform that provides various robotics lab implementations to its RiQ robot kits for home users, as well as engages students in various areas, including computer programming, physics, math, and other topics; PCS Discover STEM Lab, a modular program that provides activities for afterschool facilitators in the areas of STEM; summer camp packages, which offer summer camp solutions for schools and afterschool programs; and Riot, a racing drone product. The company was formerly known as PCS Education Systems, Inc. and changed its name to PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. in March 2000. PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Boise, Idaho.
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Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY – Get Rating) had its price target increased by stock analysts at Piper Sandler from $48.00 to $60.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Piper Sandler’s price objective suggests a potential downside of 7.75% from the stock’s previous close.
Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. TheStreet downgraded Ceridian HCM from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 26th. Cowen decreased their price objective on Ceridian HCM from $90.00 to $75.00 in a report on Thursday, May 5th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on Ceridian HCM from $105.00 to $80.00 in a report on Thursday, May 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on Ceridian HCM from $105.00 to $85.00 in a report on Thursday, May 5th. Finally, Cowen decreased their price objective on Ceridian HCM from $90.00 to $75.00 in a report on Thursday, May 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ceridian HCM presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.50.
Ceridian HCM Stock Up 0.2 %
Shares of NYSE CDAY opened at $65.04 on Thursday. Ceridian HCM has a 52 week low of $43.23 and a 52 week high of $130.37. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $60.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. The company has a market cap of $9.93 billion, a P/E ratio of -127.53 and a beta of 1.55.
Insider Transactions at Ceridian HCM
In other news, COO Christopher R. Armstrong sold 1,811 shares of Ceridian HCM stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.99, for a total value of $95,964.89. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 112,977 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,986,651.23. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. In related news, EVP Rakesh Subramanian sold 4,315 shares of Ceridian HCM stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $53.00, for a total transaction of $228,695.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 59,441 shares in the company, valued at $3,150,373. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, COO Christopher R. Armstrong sold 1,811 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.99, for a total value of $95,964.89. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 112,977 shares in the company, valued at $5,986,651.23. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 6,289 shares of company stock worth $333,299. 4.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ceridian HCM
Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ceridian HCM by 2.3% in the first quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 20,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,391,000 after purchasing an additional 459 shares during the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Ceridian HCM by 132.7% in the fourth quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 12,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,339,000 after purchasing an additional 7,300 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ceridian HCM by 785.7% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 99,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,824,000 after purchasing an additional 88,550 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Ceridian HCM in the fourth quarter worth $520,000. Finally, Calton & Associates Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Ceridian HCM in the first quarter worth $311,000.
About Ceridian HCM
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a human capital management (HCM) software company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers Dayforce, a cloud HCM platform that provides human resources (HR), payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management functionality; and Powerpay, a cloud HR and payroll solution for the small business market.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 11 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old girl.
The fighting that began Friday with Israel’s dramatic targeted killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad continued throughout the night, drawing the sides closer to an all-out war.
But the territory’s Hamas rulers appeared to stay on the sidelines of the conflict, keeping its intensity somewhat contained, for now. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and several smaller battles over the last 15 years at a staggering cost to the territory’s 2 million Palestinian residents.
Shortly before noon, Israeli warplanes stepped up airstrikes in Gaza. After warning residents in phone calls, fighter jets dropped two bombs on the house of an Islamic Jihad member, flattening the west Gaza City two-story structure and badly damaging surrounding homes. Women and children rushed out of the area.
“Warned us? They warned us with rockets and we fled without taking anything,” said Huda Shamalakh, who lived next door. She said 15 people lived in the targeted home.
Another airstrike hit an Islamic Jihad site nearby.
The latest round of Israel-Gaza violence was sparked by the arrest this week of a senior Islamic Jihad leader in the West Bank, part of a monthlong Israeli military operation in the territory. Citing a security threat, Israel then sealed roads around the Gaza Strip and on Friday killed the militant leader in a targeted strike.
A blast was heard in Gaza City, where smoke poured from the seventh floor of a tall building. Video released by Israel’s military showed the strikes blowing up three guard towers with suspected militants in them.
In a nationally televised speech Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said his country launched the attacks based on “concrete threats.”
“This government has a zero-tolerance policy for any attempted attacks — of any kind — from Gaza towards Israeli territory,” Lapid said. “Israel will not sit idly by when there are those who are trying to harm its civilians.”
“Israel isn’t interested in a broader conflict in Gaza but will not shy away from one either.” he added.
The violence poses an early test for Lapid, who assumed the role of caretaker prime minister ahead of elections in November, when he hopes to keep the position.
Lapid, a centrist former TV host and author, has experience in diplomacy having served as foreign minister in the outgoing government, but has thin security credentials. A conflict with Gaza could burnish his standing and give him a boost as he faces off against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a security hawk who led the country during three of its four wars with Hamas.
Hamas also faces a dilemma in deciding whether to join a new battle barely a year after the last war caused widespread devastation. There has been almost no reconstruction since then, and the isolated coastal territory is mired in poverty, with unemployment hovering around 50%.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman were among those killed in Gaza, without differentiating between civilian and militant casualties. The Israeli military said early estimates were that around 15 fighters were killed. Dozens were wounded.
Islamic Jihad said Taiseer al-Jabari, its commander for northern Gaza, was among the dead. He had succeeded another militant killed in an airstrike in 2019. That set off a heavy round of fighting between Israel and the militant group.
An Israeli military spokesman said the strikes were in response to an “imminent threat” from two militant squads armed with anti-tank missiles. The spokesman, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said al-Jabari was deliberately targeted and had been responsible for “multiple attacks” on Israel.
Hundreds marched in a funeral procession for him and others who were killed, with many mourners waving Palestinian and Islamic Jihad flags and calling for revenge.
Israeli media showed the skies above southern and central Israel lighting up with rockets and interceptors from Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system. It wasn’t immediately clear how many rockets were launched, and there were no immediate reports of casualties on the Israeli side.
Overnight, Israel struck rocket launchers, rocket building sites and Islamic Jihad positions. It also arrested 19 Islamic Jihad militants in the West Bank, the military said.
The U.N. special envoy to the region, Tor Wennesland, said: “The launching of rockets must cease immediately, and I call on all sides to avoid further escalation.”
Following the initial Israeli strikes, a few hundred people gathered outside the morgue at Gaza City’s main Shifa hospital. Some went in to identify loved ones and emerged later in tears.
“May God take revenge against spies,” shouted one, referring to Palestinian informants who cooperate with Israel.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved an order to call up 25,000 reserve soldiers if needed while the military announced a “special situation” on the home front, with schools closed and limits placed on activities in communities within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the border.
Israel closed roads around Gaza earlier this week and sent reinforcements to the border as it braced for a revenge attack after Monday’s arrest of Bassam al-Saadi, an Islamic Jihad leader, in a military raid in the occupied West Bank. A teenage member of the group was killed in a gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants.
Hamas seized power in the coastal strip from rival Palestinian forces in 2007. Its most recent war with Israel was in May 2021. Tensions soared again earlier this year following a wave of attacks inside Israel, near-daily military operations in the West Bank and tensions at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site. Israel withdrew troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005.
Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhalah, speaking to the Al-Mayadeen TV network from Iran, said “fighters of the Palestinian resistance have to stand together to confront this aggression.” He said there would be “no red lines” and blamed the violence on Israel.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said “the Israeli enemy, which started the escalation against Gaza and committed a new crime, must pay the price and bear full responsibility for it.”
Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad is smaller than Hamas but largely shares its ideology. Both groups oppose Israel’s existence and have carried out scores of deadly attacks over the years, including the firing of rockets into Israel. It’s unclear how much control Hamas has over Islamic Jihad, and Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks emanating from Gaza.
Israel and Egypt have maintained a tight blockade over the territory since the Hamas takeover. Israel says the closure is needed to prevent Hamas from building up its military capabilities. Critics say the policy amounts to collective punishment.
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SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI – Get Rating) had its price target boosted by Mizuho from $7.00 to $8.00 in a report issued on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. Mizuho currently has a buy rating on the stock.
A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on SOFI. Wedbush reduced their price target on shares of SoFi Technologies from $20.00 to $15.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 7th. Moffett Nathanson started coverage on shares of SoFi Technologies in a report on Tuesday, April 5th. They set a buy rating and a $13.00 target price for the company. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of SoFi Technologies from $17.00 to $11.00 in a report on Thursday, May 12th. Oppenheimer cut their target price on shares of SoFi Technologies from $18.00 to $13.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of SoFi Technologies from $10.00 to $8.00 and set an overweight rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, June 29th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $13.73.
SoFi Technologies Stock Performance
SOFI opened at $7.96 on Wednesday. SoFi Technologies has a 12-month low of $4.82 and a 12-month high of $24.65. The company has a current ratio of 5.60, a quick ratio of 5.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.29 billion, a PE ratio of -17.17 and a beta of 1.53. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $6.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $8.28.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other SoFi Technologies news, CEO Anthony Noto bought 13,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of $7.79 per share, with a total value of $105,165.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,212,839 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,028,015.81. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other SoFi Technologies news, EVP Michelle Gill sold 50,000 shares of SoFi Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.48, for a total transaction of $274,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 1,831,223 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,035,102.04. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Anthony Noto bought 13,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 19th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $7.79 per share, for a total transaction of $105,165.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 3,212,839 shares in the company, valued at $25,028,015.81. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders purchased 257,753 shares of company stock valued at $1,561,711. 13.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Riverwood Capital Management Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of SoFi Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $207,873,000. DCM International VI Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of SoFi Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $185,092,000. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of SoFi Technologies by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,618,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,548,000 after acquiring an additional 689,824 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of SoFi Technologies by 12.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,031,801 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,207,000 after acquiring an additional 647,121 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of SoFi Technologies by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,215,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,383,000 after acquiring an additional 59,447 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 56.45% of the company’s stock.
About SoFi Technologies
SoFi Technologies, Inc provides digital financial services. It operates through three segments: Lending, Technology Platform, and Financial Services. The company's lending and financial services and products allows its members to borrow, save, spend, invest, and protect their money. It offers student loans; personal loans for debt consolidation and home improvement projects; and home loans.
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“More women’s merchandise was sold in just four hours following the final whistle than in the seven days leading up to the final.”
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Weekly sales of women’s soccer gear have tripled since the start of the women’s European Championship that ended on Sunday with a historic England win, according to retailer Fanatics Inc, which sold official merchandise for the tournament.
The spike in sales demonstrates the growing appeal of the women’s sportswear market, as social barriers are broken and participation levels increase. The previous England senior team success was the men’s side winning the World Cup in 1966, at a time when women’s football was banned in the country.
An extra-time goal from England’s Chloe Kelly secured a 2-1 win over Germany at London’s Wembley stadium on Sunday in front of nearly 90,000 fans, an attendance record for any UEFA tournament, including the men’s games. The final also had a peak television audience of 17.4 million people on the BBC, the highest UK audience for a women’s match.Read full story
In the four hours after England won the match, online sales of women’s merchandise – from jerseys to scarves and mugs – spiked about 640%, Fanatics told Reuters. The company, which is the world’s biggest licensed sports merchandise retailer, operates the official online England Store and works with brands like Nike NKE.N and Adidas RIC.
“More women’s merchandise was sold in just four hours following the final whistle than in the seven days leading up to the final,” Jack Boyle, Fanatics’ global co-head of direct-to-consumer sales, told Reuters.
Brands and sports retailers from Nike and Adidas to U.S. chain Dick’s Sporting Goods DKS.N have been actively making more room in their inventories and aisles for women’s gear and merchandise.
Adidas’ head of global brands, Brian Grevy, counts “sales growth of the Women’s business” among his personal bonus criteria, according to the company’s 2021 annual report. The company is trying to grow currency-neutral net sales for its women’s business at a mid-teens percentage rate every year on average between 2021-2025.
“In the past two or three years, we’ve seen more of an investment from Nike and Adidas, especially in women’s soccer – so as they’re putting their dollars behind the sport, it’s benefiting them,” said Jessica Ramirez, an analyst at brokerage J Hali and Associates.
The women’s sports apparel market alone in 2018 was valued at $26.8 billion, according to data from Euromonitor International, compared to $80.1 billion for the total sports apparel market. Euromonitor did not have more recent figures.
“It could be worth four or five times what it is today, but I hate to put a cap on it because I think it’s unlimited,” Boyle said. Last year, global sales of Fanatics’ women’s sports merchandise were up 28%. “I think we’re in the right place to capitalise on the momentum,” he added.
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- A team of archaeologists may have discovered the ruins of a palace owned by Genghis Khan's grandson.
- The team says swastika patterns on ruins in Van, Turkey might link the archeological site to Hulagu Khan.
- Hulagu Khan is known for slaughtering armies, destroying cities, and trampling a caliph to death with horses.
Archaeologists may have discovered the remains of an ancient summer palace built for Genghis Khan's bloodthirsty grandson, Hulagu Khan, in the 1260s, according to new research.
A joint Turkish and Mongolian excavation team, led by Ersel Çağlıtütüncigil of the İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, found the remains of roof tiles, bricks, and ceramic pottery in the Van Province of eastern Turkey.
The archaeologists noted that there were s-like symbols, or "swastikas," imprinted on the roof tiles, said Munkhtulga Rinchinkhorol, an archaeologist who was on the dig,per Live Science.
Though the swastika pattern is now primarily associated with Nazi Germany, Rinchinkhorol told the science magazine that the symbol was previously used as "one of the power symbols of the Mongol Khans."
The swastikas' association with the Mongol Khans, alongside historical records indicating that the Mongols had a large presence in the area, indicates that this could have been a palace built during the Ilkhanate period, Live Science reported.
The Ilkhanate was a small Mongol empire during the 13th and 14th centuries, founded by Hulaghu Khan. Hulagu, who conquered significant parts of Western Asia, is known for slaughtering armies and destroying cities. He was well known for the sack of Baghdad in 1258 and trampling its caliph to death with horses.
There are historical records indicating that an Ilkhanate palace existed in the area, per Live Science. The 13th-century Armenian historians Kirakos of Ganja and Grigory of Akanc gave accounts of palaces near Lake Van, the science magazine reported.
But Timothy May, a professor of Central Eurasian History at the University of North Georgia, told Live Science that while it is possible that this palace belonged to Hulagu and the scholars are "very good and may be correct," further research is needed.
Michael Hope, chair of Asian Studies at Yonsei University in Korea, told Live Science that he agreed with May's assessment. "Whether this is the palace of Hülegü described by Kirakos remains to be seen," he said, per Live Science. "I certainly wouldn't rule it out, but I am hungrily waiting for more information." | https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-palace-ruins-decorated-with-swastikas-linked-to-genghis-khan-2022-8 | 2022-08-06T10:11:38Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-palace-ruins-decorated-with-swastikas-linked-to-genghis-khan-2022-8 | false | 1 |
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Harris English shoots 4-over 74 in round two of the Wyndham Championship
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Harris English gets up-and-down from bunker for birdie at Wyndham
In the second round of the 2022 Wyndham Championship, Harris English makes birdie on the par-5 15th hole.
In his second round at the Wyndham Championship, Harris English hit 8 of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at 3 over for the tournament. English finished his round tied for 124th at 3 over; Ryan Moore, Brandon Wu, and Joohyung Kim are tied for 1st at 9 under; John Huh and Russell Henley are tied for 4th at 8 under; and Anirban Lahiri, Brian Stuard, and Sungjae Im are tied for 6th at 7 under.
On the par-4 second, English's 137 yard approach to 2 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved English to 1 under for the round.
English got a bogey on the 428-yard par-4 fourth, getting on the green in 4 and one putting, moving English to even-par for the round.
On the 423-yard par-4 sixth, English had a bogey after hitting the green in 3 and two putting, moving English to 1 over for the round.
On the 223-yard par-3 seventh, English's tee shot went 187 yards to the right side of the fairway and his chip went 14 yards to the green where he rolled a two-putt for bogey. This moved him to 2 over for the round.
After a drive to the right side of the fairway on the 440-yard par-4 10th hole, English had a 118 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved English to 1 over for the round.
English got a bogey on the 405-yard par-4 13th, getting on the green in 3 and two putting, moving English to 4 over for the round.
On the 545-yard par-5 15th hole, English reached the green in 3 and sunk a 19-inch putt for birdie. This moved English to 3 over for the round.
English had a 366-yard drive to the left rough. He ended up getting on the green in 2 and three putting for a bogey on the 507-yard par-4 18th. This moved English to 4 over for the round.
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Dara Ó Briain takes aim at rightwing critics and ‘terrible idea’ of Brexit
Those concerned about the lack of rightwing comedians on BBC shows should write and perform jokes themselves because the comedy industry is a “pretty free market”, Dara Ó Briain has said.
The host of Mock the Week, which is to end on BBC Two after 17 years, laid into critics, Brexit and other panel shows in a new comment piece for the Guardian.
“People got angry that there weren’t enough ‘rightwing jokes’, whatever they are, and seemed surprisingly uncalmed by my regular response that if they wanted different jokes they should just write them themselves and go on stage, because the nursery slopes of comedy are a pretty free market, and we’ll see them after they’ve done a few years on the circuit,” Ó Briain said.
“This did not seem to make people happy as a response, even though it was exactly the kind of ‘pull yourself up by the bootstraps’ advice that rightwing types love to give.”
Critics, the Irish comedian added, were also angered that Mock the Week seemed to have only one opinion on Brexit, which he said was “fair, because it pretty much did”.
He added: “Brexit was a terrible idea, that has never delivered any benefits, and unlike politicians I’m not obliged to pretend it’s not a terrible idea, and while I’m generally really dubious of trying to see collective intent in seven comedians competing for laughs, I think we got that one totally right.”
Related: Almost 35,000 Britons in limbo as Portugal fails to issue post-Brexit ID cards
The eight episodes of Mock the Week this autumn will be the last after 21 series and more than 200 episodes of the show, which first aired in June 2005. Series regulars have included Hugh Dennis, Chris Addison, Frankie Boyle, Rory Bremner and Russell Howard.
The show has also been credited with being a platform for comedians who have gone on to become household names, with Michael McIntyre, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, John Bishop and Rhod Gilbert all featuring in the early stages of their careers.
Ó Briain said those behind the show wanted it to be a positive experience for the comedians appearing on it: “Partially because I remembered just how unfriendly the senior talent on the previous generation of panel shows (Buzzcocks and Have I Got News, in particular) were towards new comics.”
While a press release about Mock the Week’s end included a quote from Ó Briain saying it was because the UK had “finally run out of news”, he clarified that in reality it was down to the BBC’s dwindling finances.
“The BBC has less money than it used to; and to do something new, something old has to stop. This chipping away will continue, and is why people should fight to protect the BBC before it becomes a shell of what it used to be.”
While the show had become a Rorschach test for culture warriors, he continued, comedians had no agenda other than getting a laugh from the studio audience. | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/dara-briain-takes-aim-rightwing-080008018.html?src=rss | 2022-08-06T10:12:55Z | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/dara-briain-takes-aim-rightwing-080008018.html?src=rss | false | 2 |
Tory vote security concerns ‘highlight cyber risk to democratic process’
The security concerns which led to a delay in ballots being sent out for the Tory leadership contest should act as a wake-up call about the cyber threat to the UK’s democratic process, an expert said.
The Conservatives have made changes to the way the election to choose the next prime minister will be run following advice from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the GCHQ intelligence agency.
But it is not the first time that concerns about online security have surfaced during elections, with contests around the world subject to attacks.
The Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on Russia published in 2020 noted that Moscow “has carried out malicious cyber activity” including “attempting to influence the democratic elections of other countries”.
The MPs and peers who scrutinise the work of the UK’s intelligence agencies said they had been informed that “the mechanics of the UK’s voting system are deemed largely sound: the use of a highly dispersed paper-based voting and counting system makes any significant interference difficult”.
However the next prime minister – either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak – will not enter No 10 as the result of a general election but instead the Tory contest, with members allowed to vote online.
I don't think there's been the same amount of focus on it in this country compared to the US
Jamie MacColl, Royal United Services InstituteThe NCSC is not thought to have responded to a specific threat to the Tory contest and Jamie MacColl, a research fellow in the cyber team at the Royal United Services Institute, said it was unlikely Russia would try to directly interfere with the leadership race.
“I’m not personally convinced Russian intelligence would directly intervene in the leadership contest,” he said.
“Logically, the outcome for the Russian government is going to be pretty similar regardless of whether Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak is prime minister. There’s still a significant support for Ukraine’s position.
“A lot of the Russian intelligence assets and cyber operators are directly focused on the war in Ukraine, or activities that support the war in Ukraine.”
But the election could be targeted by “someone who just wants to cause a bit of mischief” rather than a hostile state.
He said those involved in the democratic process needed to be more aware of the risks.
“I don’t think there’s been the same amount of focus on it in this country compared to the US.
“There’s been a lot of media coverage in the US of potential threats to vote voting infrastructure there off the back of the 2016 election.
“Whereas in the UK, there’s been maybe more of an effort by the Government – which was highlighted in the Russia report in 2020 – maybe more of an effort to play down the potential impacts of Russian interference in our electoral electoral processes, particularly around the Brexit vote.
“That’s not to say that I think that Russian interference will have had any sort of significant impact on the outcomes of those elections, or referenda, but at the very least, we should be having an open discussion about the fact that’s happening. Because apart from anything, if we’re not, we can’t build public trust in our ability to mitigate it.”
Asked if the advice around the Tory leadership contest should be seen as a “wake-up call to everyone involved” in politics, he said: “Absolutely.”
Issues around online security surfaced in the 2019 general election, when Labour was hit by cyber attacks.
The NCSC said it had worked closely with political parties “for several years on how to protect and defend against cyber attacks” and gave them advice ahead of the election.
Mr MacColl said the fact NCSC had been able to give advice to the Tories about the leadership contest was “actually a sign of a healthy, functioning democracy”. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2691447982825/tory-vote-security-concerns-highlight-cyber-risk-to-democratic-process | 2022-08-06T10:16:07Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2691447982825/tory-vote-security-concerns-highlight-cyber-risk-to-democratic-process | false | 10 |
This week is a good time to be a Pennsylvania Democrat | Fletcher McClellan
Pennsylvania Democrats received good news last week from a Fox News poll showing their candidates for governor and U.S. Senator with strong leads over their Republican rivals.
According to the survey, taken July 22-26 with a +/- 3% margin of error, Attorney General Josh Shapiro leads State Senator Doug Mastriano, 50% to 40%. This is a big improvement for Shapiro, whose lead in polls taken in June was 3-4 points, within the margin of error.
In the U.S. Senate race, Lt. Governor John Fetterman stretched his June advantage to double digits over Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, 47%-36%.
Though the findings appeared from just one poll, the Fox News survey is significant. It was the first reputable poll administered after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which took away abortion rights.
The survey also came after the eighth and, for now, last public hearing of the House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Both events cut hard against Mastriano. The Franklin County representative has a “no exceptions” position on abortion and supports a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Furthermore, Mastriano joined the mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was involved in the scheme to replace Joe Biden electors chosen by state voters with fake delegates committed to President Trump.
The Dobbs decision has galvanized Democrats. Abortion is Pennsylvania Democrats’ number one issue, the Fox News poll revealed, and abortion voters are polling strongly for Shapiro and Fetterman.
Oz’s biggest problem is not issues but Fetterman’s campaign.
Though the lieutenant governor has been off the campaign trail for nearly three months while recuperating from a stroke, his campaign messages have effectively portrayed the TV personality as a rich, entitled carpetbagger from New Jersey.
Over one-half of voters polled by Fox said they were “extremely” or “very” concerned that Oz was not familiar enough with Pennsylvania to carry out the job of senator effectively.
Bruised also by a rugged GOP primary battle, Oz is viewed favorably by just 35% of those sampled and unfavorably viewed by 55%.
In contrast, almost 50% have a favorable opinion of Fetterman and 35% have an unfavorable opinion. A stunning 68% of Fetterman supporters are enthusiastic about their candidate, compared to only 35% of Oz voters who are devotees.
There is a similar cast of opinions in the governor’s race. Slightly over one-half of those polled have favorable views of Shapiro and 34% have unfavorable views. Mastriano is viewed unfavorably by 47% and favorably by 38%. Shapiro’s supporters are twice as enthusiastic about their candidate as are Mastriano’s followers.
Oz and Mastriano still have hope. Inflation is the top issue among all Pennsylvania voters, an issue that overwhelmingly favors the Republicans.
The biggest things going for Pennsylvania Republicans are history and the low approval rating of President Biden.
Nearly always, political parties not in control of the White House win the midterm elections.
Out-party supporters tend to be more inspired to vote and, indeed, over 80% of Oz and Mastriano supporters say they are highly motivated, a figure about ten points higher than that of Democratic supporters.
The Fox News poll, it should be noted, reported opinions of registered, not likely voters. In addition, MAGA respondents tend to be under-polled, as survey researchers discovered with Trump voters in 2016 and 2020.
Midterm elections also tend to be referenda on the performance of the president. Pennsylvanians disapprove of the job President Biden is doing, 57% to 42%.
If Oz and Mastriano can harness the ugly national mood – three-fourths of those surveyed in national polls say the country is on the wrong track – against the Democrats, their deficiencies as candidates will not matter.
At least Oz is adjusting his campaign. He supports abortion exceptions and same-sex marriage. Though he owes his nomination to Trump’s endorsement, Oz is not mentioning his patron while campaigning across Pennsylvania.
Mastriano, on the other hand, appears to be stuck. News reports that his campaign paid consultant fees to the social media site Gab, a haven for white Christian nationalists, forced the Republican to deny that he is an anti-Semite. His Democratic opponent is Jewish.
Democrats are benefiting from extremist, unqualified, or inexperienced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in not only Pennsylvania, but also Ohio, Georgia, and Arizona. So far, ultra-right candidates lead or have won the GOP nominations for governor in Arizona, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and Maryland.
As a result, Democrats are now leading the 538 midterm estimates of which party will win the U.S. Senate. Republicans are still favored to take over the U.S. House of Representatives.
However things play out nationally in the next three months, Pennsylvania’s elections will test which factor matters most in contemporary politics – ideological purity, political experience, authenticity, compelling issues, likability, or the best troll game? | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2691448842640/this-week-is-a-good-time-to-be-a-pennsylvania-democrat-fletcher-mcclellan | 2022-08-06T10:16:40Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2691448842640/this-week-is-a-good-time-to-be-a-pennsylvania-democrat-fletcher-mcclellan | false | 2 |
EOG Resources (EOG) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Beat
EOG Resources, Inc. EOG reported second-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings per share of $2.74, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.99. However, the bottom line significantly improved from the year-ago quarter’s earnings of $1.73.
Total quarterly revenues increased to $7,407 million from the year-ago $4,139 million. The top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6,643 million.
Lower-than-expected earnings can be attributed to higher lease and well expenses, as well as transportation costs. The negatives were partially offset by higher oil equivalent production and commodity prices.
EOG Resources, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Special Dividend
EOG Resources announced a special dividend of $1.50 per share. The special dividend is likely to be paid out on Sept 29 to stockholders of record as of Sept 15.
Operational Performance
For the quarter under review, EOG Resources’ total volumes increased 11% year over year to 83.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe) on higher U.S. production.
Crude oil and condensate production of EOG Resources for the quarter totaled 464.1 thousand barrels per day (MBbls/d), up 3.5% from the year-ago level. Natural gas liquids’ (NGL) volumes increased 45.8% year over year to 201.9 MBbls/d. Natural gas volume rose to 1,528 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) from the year-earlier quarter’s 1,445 MMcf/d.
Average price realization of EOG Resources’ crude oil and condensates surged 68% year over year to $111.25 per barrel. Natural gas was sold at $7.19 per Mcf, representing a year-over-year improvement of 134%. Also, quarterly NGL prices improved 45% to $42.28 per barrel from $29.15 a year ago.
Operating Costs
Lease and well expenses increased to $324 million from $270 million a year ago. Transportation costs rose to $244 million from $214 million a year ago. The company reported gathering and processing costs of $152 million, higher than the year-ago quarter’s $128 million.
Exploration costs remained unchanged at $35 million from a year ago. As such, total operating expenses for the second quarter were recorded at $4,504 million, higher than the year-ago figure of $2,968 million.
Liquidity Position & Capital Expenditure
As of Jun 30, EOG Resources had cash and cash equivalents of $3,073 million. Long-term debt was $3,809 million. The current portion of the long-term debt was $1,282 million. It had a debt to total capitalization of 18.6%.
In the reported quarter, the company generated $1,286 million in free cash flow. It incurred $1,071 million of capital expenditure in the quarter.
Guidance
For 2022, EOG Resources expects total production of 884.3-924.4 MBoe/d, which suggests an increase from 828.9 MBoe/d reported last year. The company expects production of 866.8-928.5 MBoe/d for the third quarter.
The Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company continues to expect capital spending of $4,300-$4,700 million for the year. Of the same, $1,150-$1,350 million will likely be used in the third quarter.
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Earnings Snapshot of Other Energy Companies
Hess Corporation HES reported second-quarter 2022 earnings per share of $2.15, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.07. The strong quarterly results were driven by higher realizations of commodity prices.
Hess has witnessed upward earnings estimate revisions for 2022 and 2023 in the past 30 days. The company currently has a Zacks Style Score of A for Growth and B for Momentum. HES is expected to see earnings growth of 329.7% in 2022.
Continental Resources, Inc. CLR reported second-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings of $3.47 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.17. The strong quarterly earnings were driven by higher oil-equivalent production volumes and commodity price realizations.
Continental Resources has witnessed upward earnings estimate revisions for 2022 and 2023 in the past 30 days. The company currently has a Zacks Style Score of A for Value and Growth. CLR is expected to see earnings growth of 155.6% in 2022.
ConocoPhillips COP reported second-quarter 2022 adjusted earnings per share of $3.91, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.78. The strong quarterly results were driven by higher oil-equivalent production volumes and realized commodity prices.
ConocoPhillips has witnessed upward earnings estimate revisions for 2022 and 2023 in the past 30 days. The company currently has a Zacks Style Score of A for Growth and Value. COP is expected to see earnings growth of 143.6% in 2022.
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Andrea Connor has become "the accidental COVID Czar" of Lake Forest College, a small school north of Chicago where she serves as dean of students.
"When COVID started, our crisis management team sort of multiplied," she says.
Now, she's relying on that same team to respond to a new health threat: monkeypox.
"There's a lot of fear, a lot of concern," Connor says. "So we want to educate people." Her team is putting together guidance detailing monkeypox signs and symptoms, and what a student should do if they think they might be infected. Monkeypox is much less contagious than COVID-19, but Connor says it's a school's job to be prepared.
Ahead of the new school year, colleges across the country are repurposing the tools they developed during the pandemic to address the monkeypox outbreak, which the White House recently declared a public health emergency. It's a different virus, with different risks, and colleges are having to adapt, says Dr. Lindsey Mortenson of the American College Health Association (ACHA).
"Many colleges and universities are thinking about 'how do we turn the page institutionally?" Mortenson says. " 'How do we take all of these public health informed practices and apply them in a different context?' "
The risk of contracting monkeypox is low, but colleges are beginning to see cases
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of contracting monkeypox in the U.S. is "believed to be low." More than 7,000 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. as of Thursday, though experts say that number is likely higher due to testing limitations.
Monkeypox is most often associated with a rash that can appear anywhere on the body including the face, feet, hands, genitals and inside the mouth, the CDC says. But symptoms can also include fever, headaches and muscle aches.
The virus spreads through physical contact with the monkeypox rash, and the vast majority of people affected by the current outbreak appear to be catching it through sexual contact. Cases have been largely concentrated in the gay and queer community, primarily among men who have sex with men. But the CDC says sexual contact is not the only way the virus can spread. It's possible for close face-to-face contact or indirect contact with the rash to result in transmission, though data show this is less common.
As a result, experts say, everyone should be paying attention to the virus.
"No outbreak stays limited to any one social network," says Dr. Jay Varma, an epidemiologist at Weill Cornell Medical College. He adds that although the virus has been concentrated in the gay and queer community, "There's no biological reason it couldn't spill over into other groups."
On college campuses, Varma says, areas to watch are those where students come into close physical contact with each other's skin, including locker rooms, gyms or even theater groups.
The virus has already appeared on some college campuses. Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Texas at Austin and West Chester University in Pennsylvania all told NPR they had at least one confirmed case over the summer.
At West Chester University, spokesperson Nancy Gainer says, "The student is in isolation and continues to do very well. There is a plan in place for them to finish their class remotely, and the student will not return to campus for the summer term."
On July 28, the ACHA, which represents over 700 institutions of higher education, sent an email to its members with basic information about monkeypox, but more detailed guidance is still in progress, says Rachel Mack, director of communications at the ACHA. She says the ACHA is now coordinating with the CDC to schedule a webinar, and they're also creating an FAQ document to share with members.
"All of this is in the early stages and we're right now assembling a team of experts to help finalize the topics that are of primary importance to [institutions of higher education]," says Mack, in an email to NPR. "Our goal is to be responsive to the needs of our members and to meet those needs as quickly as we can."
Monkeypox requires a longer isolation period than coronavirus
COVID-19 is usually contagious for less than 10 days, but a monkeypox infection can last a few weeks. That means a student who contracts the virus may need to isolate for a significant chunk of their semester.
"This presents a very important challenge for the individual, who has to put up with that level of isolation, as well as the university, which needs to make arrangements to support that," Varma says.
One challenge is that most colleges have shifted back to in-person instruction after going fully remote in 2020. Schools told NPR they are still determining what remote learning will look like for students in isolation.
At the University of California, Irvine, where all classes are back in-person, students in isolation work directly with their faculty members to decide how to learn remotely, says David Souleles, who leads the school's COVID-19 response team. "Instructors are encouraged to have a plan for such occurrences in advance," he explains.
When it comes to where students with monkeypox would isolate, there's huge variability across colleges, even in places where schools had housing set aside for students who tested positive for COVID.
"Some are retaining isolation housing for COVID, or for whatever infectious illnesses it may be needed for," says Mortenson. "Others have completely relinquished their inventory."
At Lake Forest College, Andrea Connor is working through housing logistics, and she says the school plans to help students isolate if they test positive for monkeypox. They'll also help students meet basic needs including meals and laundry.
At West Chester University, which serves over 17,000 commuter and residential students, Gainer says the school is "committed to following CDC guidelines and having students [who test positive for monkeypox] self-isolate."
In Ithaca, N.Y., at Cornell University, the campus health unit has published an online resource with information on monkeypox. The school is "developing testing, treatment and isolation protocols for those affected," says Rebecca Valli, director of media relations. "We are also considering the potential academic impacts and accommodations which may arise."
Students are concerned about monkeypox stigma
Because 99% of cases in the U.S. are related to male-to-male sexual contact, according to the WHO, there's a growing concern about stigma and bias against the LGBTQ community.
That bias can have negative public health consequences if it prevents an infected person from seeking treatment and informing their close contacts about potential exposure, an important step in mitigating spread.
Student Liz Cortes, who co-leads the Queer and Trans Student Alliance at UT Austin, says they are frustrated by the ongoing stigma and is waiting to see if the university will address it. If the school fails to, "we would make it a priority to work with public health officials on providing accurate information and addressing misconceptions about the virus and our community," Cortes tells NPR in an email.
UT Austin did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how it intends to address concerns about stigma. But the school's health services website states that "anyone can get monkeypox, regardless of age or sex."
Some universities are working with student groups to coordinate education and response efforts. At UC Irvine, Souleles says the school has convened a working group that includes representatives from the LGBT Resource Center. "We're also consulting guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reducing stigma in monkeypox communication," he says.
Student privacy is another concern. At many larger schools, including UT Austin, University of Michigan and UC Irvine, health centers are equipped to test students for monkeypox. But other schools, including Lake Forest, don't currently have the resources for testing.
Lake Forest students have to go off campus to get tested at one of five nearby labs, Andrea Connor says. One of those labs is an STI clinic, and if a student gets tested there, their insurance might bill it as a test for a sexually transmitted infection, even though monkeypox is not considered an STI, says Connor.
"Some members of our community wouldn't want their parents to see that on their insurance," Connor explains. "So there's a lot of layers there."
Still, Connor says she remains hopeful about the fall semester.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wesa.fm/2022-08-06/how-colleges-are-preparing-for-a-new-public-health-threat-monkeypox | 2022-08-06T10:24:18Z | https://www.wesa.fm/2022-08-06/how-colleges-are-preparing-for-a-new-public-health-threat-monkeypox | true | 37 |
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Amongst other measures, free sanitary products were announced in the mini-budget earlier this week.
It comes as new States Members are trying to tackle the cost of living on the island. It is hoped that this will relieve pressure on those struggling.
Deputy Elaine Millar says: "We're working on a scheme so that they will be available in the community to anyone who needs them on low incomes. We're still trying to work out what our delivery mechanism is going to be. Whether we can do it online, whether we use the library, other community centres that women can go in and collect what they need."
In a separate initiative, free sanitary products are being introduced in schools and colleges from September.
Ministers estimate the new support measures announced in the mini-budget will cost the Treasury £56.5 million over 2022 and 2023.
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With the summer holidays in full swing, many people in Surrey will be looking forward to travelling abroad, potentially for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Top of the list of potential destinations is Spain, with the Costa del Sol and historical city of Barcelona being favourites of British tourists.
If you're planning to head there over the coming weeks, however, it's worth knowing there are still some travel restrictions in place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. To enter the country you need to show you are not a potential threat to pass on the virus, which you can do in a number of ways.
The easiest way is being fully vaccinated in line with the Spanish authorities' requirements. ‘Fully vaccinated’ means you have received your booster jab, although you are also considered fully vaccinated if you have received your second dose over two weeks ago and no more than 270 days must have passed since your last vaccine.
READ MORE: France Covid rules changes that Heathrow and Gatwick travellers need to know
If you are not vaccinated, you need to show a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of departure, or an antigen test taken within 24 hours. This needs to take the form of a document so you'll need to show physical proof your test has come up negative.
Unvaccinated people can also enter if they have proof they have recovered from Covid within the last six months. There are no exemptions to Spain’s travel requirements, so if you can’t prove any of the above, you won’t be allowed in.
However, travellers under the age of 12 do not need to show their vaccination status, and you are not subject to testing requirements if transiting through a Spanish airport provided this takes under 24 hours. For all the information, visit the government’s website here.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed left-hander Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day injured list Friday, one day after he left a start with lower back pain.
This marks the 34-year-old Kershaw’s second trip to the injured list this season. He was previously sidelined with inflammation in a pelvic joint.
Kershaw had an X-ray and an MRI on Friday, and nothing new was revealed in the MRI. Manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw was sore on Friday, and that prompted to the IL move.
“There wasn’t any new findings, so that’s a positive,” Roberts said. “This was the best-case scenario coming from the MRI.”
Kershaw’s previous back injury was on the right side, and this one is more on the left side, according to Roberts.
The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner was warming up before the fifth inning of a 5-3 victory over San Francisco on Thursday when he winced and pointed to the Dodgers’ dugout. He later walked off the field with a trainer.
Kershaw, a nine-time All-Star, is 7-3 with a 2.64 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings.
Also Friday, the Dodgers activated utilityman Chris Taylor, who missed a month with a fractured left foot. He’s batting .238 with six homers and 27 RBIs in 74 games.
The Dodgers also recalled right-hander Reyes Moronta and optioned outfielder James Outman.
Moronta is 0-0 with a 4.67 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings. Outman went 6 of 13 with one homer and three RBIs in four games with the Dodgers.
The Dodgers will need to fill Kershaw’s spot in the rotation in the near future. Dustin May, who had Tommy John surgery last year, is trending toward a return soon. May has another rehab start Tuesday in Triple-A Oklahoma City.
“The world will look different then,” Roberts said. “Then we’ll make a decision on whether he should make another one, which is most likely, so now you’re looking at somebody in our system to make that (next start). (Ryan) Pepiot certainly makes sense.”
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This is bad. The question is how much worse might it be.
William-Paul Thomas, the mayor’s council liaison, was offered more than $13,000 by a local bar owner to help him pass a building inspection and fast-track a new permit to reopen a bar as a restaurant, newly unsealed court documents show.
Thomas contacted the “relevant” fire official to ensure the unnamed business owner passed the inspection in May 2020, prosecutors wrote, and then he used his position in the mayor’s office to “pressure other officials” to approve the permit in July, as well. He was paid an undisclosed amount of money for his efforts.
Thomas pleaded guilty on July 25 to one federal count of conspiracy to accept a bribe. He will appear for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen on Nov. 28. His lawyer, Monique Chantelle Sparks, did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The documents were sealed until Wednesday morning at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s office. The Chronicle published an article about the allegations Tuesday night. Thomas’ plea deal, however, remains sealed.
It is unclear whether federal investigators are looking into the unnamed city officials Thomas allegedly worked with to get the certificate and permit approved, or if they are conducting a broader inquiry into City Hall affairs.
Sean Buckley, a legal expert on federal judicial procedures, said Thomas’ quick guilty plea and his willingness to forgo a probable cause hearing before a grand jury means he likely agreed they had strong information against him. It also suggests Thomas may be part of a wider investigation by the Justice Department.
Thomas abruptly resigned from his City Hall position last Wednesday, one day after pleading guilty. He told the mayor in an 11:30 p.m. email he was retiring due to health reasons.
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City Attorney Arturo Michel said later Wednesday the office of the inspector general is opening its own investigation, based on the document’s charges that Thomas worked with officials in the fire department and permitting office to approve the requests.
Prosecutors say the bar owner — whom they did not name — needed to pass a city fire inspection to get a temporary certificate of occupancy in May 2020. He turned to Thomas for help.
“Thomas, in his official capacity, placed calls to the relevant Houston Fire Department official to ensure that COMPANY 1 would pass its fire inspection and be issued its TCO,” the charging document says. The owner then paid Thomas an undisclosed amount of money after he got the certificate.
It is not clear which fire department official Thomas contacted. Fire Chief Samuel Peña said it difficult to identify the person without the name of the business.
The business owner reached out again in June 2020, after his bar — a separate business — was shut down by the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission. COVID-19 restrictions around that time ordered bars to close but allowed restaurants to continue operating with limited capacity.
“On July 6, 2020, BUSINESSMAN 1 offered THOMAS up to $13,0000 to have the necessary permit issued quickly so that COMPANY 2 could reopen,” the document says. “THOMAS agreed to use his official position to pressure other officials to issue the permit quickly, all in exchange for money.”
Thomas then used his position to “pressure other officials” to grant the necessary permit, and the owner was allowed to open as a restaurant. It is not clear which specific permit the owner was seeking from the city; the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission was responsible for classifying bars and restaurants based on the percentage of sales that came from alcohol.
Buckley, a federal defense lawyer who represented former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman and authored a book on federal criminal rules and codes used by trial attorneys across the country, reviewed the court documents at the request of the Houston Chronicle. He is not involved in the case.
“He’s obviously cooperating because no one who is a target in a federal investigation would ever agree to plea to a criminal information unless there have been extensive discussions between the target, his lawyer and the government leading up to that decision,” Buckley said.
“Either the government lawyers showed him what they had or he knew what they had. He knew he had everything to gain by cooperating and agreeing to plead guilty without forcing the government to get an indictment from the grand jury, and much to lose by not cooperating.”
Buckley said it also clear the investigation, by prosecutors from the public corruption unit, has been going on for months and there likely is a wider-ranging investigation underway involving multiple defendants.
“My read on this is that this person has something of value to the government,” Buckley said.
He said the documents also indicate “there is an environment in the city of Houston that allows this type of thing to take place.”
I will say up front that I am acquainted with William-Paul. As is the case in this kind of situation, I’m shocked to see the story. I don’t know him well enough to say more than that, but as I have met him and talked to him, I wanted to say so.
I Am Not A Lawyer, and I have no experience in these matters, but it seems to me unlikely that there would be only one such transgression like this. If nothing else, I would think the FBI wouldn’t prioritize a case with one crime of this nature. I’d expect that the bribe payer and whoever was involved with the Fire Department and permitting office will be implicated next. The big question is then whether it goes beyond that, and if so how far. There is certainly the potential for this to be big, but we won’t know until the FBI tells us, and as we know from other experiences that may take a long time. In the meantime, I wouldn’t want to be BUSINESSMAN 1 or anyone else who might be implicated. Don’t take or give bribes, y’all. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106497 | 2022-08-06T11:16:32Z | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106497 | true | 1 |
How the climate bill could save you money on electricity, cars and appliances
By Tami Luhby and Ella Nilsen, CNN
Democrats’ new party-line tax and clean energy bill is a big deal for climate and energy savings. With nearly $370 billion for energy programs and tax incentives, it represents the largest climate investment in US history.
In addition to the US emissions reductions these will bring, there’s a lot in the bill that could change both how Americans power their homes and what kinds of vehicles they drive.
The bill contains a bevy of tax incentives aimed at pushing consumers, developers, small businesses and others towards clean energy and more efficient energy usage — helping bring down the cost of buying electric vehicles, heat pumps, water heaters, rooftop solar panels and more.
These measures would be more comprehensive than existing weatherization programs, and several would be available to all households, not just low-income ones,” said Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.
Clean electricity nonprofit Rewiring America recently estimated a US household would save $1,800 per year if they installed electric heat pumps to heat their water and heat and cool their air, replaced a gas car with an EV, and installed solar.
The tax credits work in another way to bring down costs: incentivizing cheaper clean electricity powered by renewables.
“There are people who are really on the front lines of the inflation crisis and how expensive fossil fuels are because of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and this bill will be delivering big energy savings for those people,” Leah Stokes, a senior policy advisor at Evergreen and associate professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told reporters recently.
Here are the main pieces of the bill that help consumers save money.
Savings on buying an electric vehicle: The bill extends the current $7,500 tax credit for a new vehicle, as well as a $4,000 tax credit off a used EV. It also gets rid of the current cap that cuts automakers off tax credits after they’ve sold 200,000 EVs, and it is written so buyers can get an immediate discount at the dealership, instead of waiting weeks or months for their tax credit to come through.
Still, there’s a significant caveat: Automakers and consumers likely won’t be able to take advantage of this tax credit over the next few years. At the insistence of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, the tax credit was written in a way so that automakers are forced to move their EV supply chains away from China and to the US and countries where the US has free trade agreements. Vehicles must be built in North America, and EV batteries must also not come from countries like China.
As a result, US automakers likely won’t be able to offer the credit in the next few years as they try to build up their domestic supply chains, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan said.
The tax credit is also limited to trucks, vans and SUVs under $80,000, and other vehicles under $55,000, and has an income threshold for consumers.
Help installing more efficient air conditioning and heating equipment: The bill would provide Americans with tax credits to cover 30% of the costs of installing highly efficient ACs, water heaters, furnaces and other cooling and heating equipment.
Households would be able to receive up to $600 for each piece of equipment, up to $1,200 total per year. There would also be a special credit of up to $2,000 for electric heat pumps. And credits could be used to upgrade breaker boxes, if needed, to handle additional electric load.
This measure replaces a similar tax credit that expired at the end of last year and came with a lifetime cap of $500.
Aid for low- and moderate-income Americans to purchase electric appliances: The legislation calls for providing low- and moderate-income households with rebates of up to $14,000 to buy electric appliances.
The rebates could cover between half and all the typical $14,000 cost of installing an electric heat pump, as well as much of the cost of electric water heaters, stoves and ovens and clothes dryers, as well as upgrading the home’s breaker boxes and electric wiring. The legislation sets aside $4.5 billion over 10 years for this provision.
To alleviate concerns that low-income households would have to pay for the items up front, rebates could be provided at the point of sale or contractors could claim them, for example. It would depend on how state energy offices, which would administer the rebates, would set up their programs.
Rebates for retrofitting homes: Households could receive rebates of up to $4,000 to install energy-saving measures throughout their homes, under the bill. Low- and moderate-income Americans could receive up to $8,000. The rebate amount would depend on the estimated savings that would be achieved. The legislation would provide a total of $4.3 billion in funding over 10 years.
Tax credits to reduce energy leakage: Americans could receive tax credits to cover 30% of the costs of home improvements that reduce energy leakage, such as updated windows, doors, insulation and other weatherization measures, under the bill. They could get a credit of up to $600 per improvement and a total of $1,200 per year. Plus, they could receive a $150 credit to have a home energy audit conducted. The credit would be expanded so families could use it multiple times to make upgrades over time.
Boosting efficiency in HUD housing: The bill would provide $1 billion in grants and loans to affordable housing units administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase energy or water efficiency, improve indoor air quality, make clean energy or electrification upgrades or address climate resilience needs. The improvements could include insulation, HVAC upgrades, flood-proofing, storm resistance, water-saving changes and the installation of solar or other renewable energy systems
Tax credits for developers to build energy efficient homes: Builders could receive tax credits of $2,500 for single-family or manufactured homes and $500 for units in multi-family buildings for constructing Energy Star-certified housing. Developers could get $2,500 for each multifamily unit if prevailing wage requirements are met.
The credits would double if the homes or units are also certified under the Department of Energy’s zero-energy ready home program.
A credit of up to $2,000 for building energy efficient homes expired at the end of last year.
Installing solar panels on homes: Tax credits in the bill will cover 30% of the cost of buying a rooftop solar system and home battery storage. The average cost of a rooftop solar system is around $20,000, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. But that upfront cost will result in energy bill savings every year and add value to a home.
For those who live in apartments or can’t install solar on their roofs, there are other ways to get solar energy and lower energy bills, including leasing a rooftop solar system or joining a community solar farm to get power delivered. Tax credits in the bill increase for solar projects in low-income communities as well.
Small business incentives: Small businesses can get tax deductions of up to $1 per square foot of their business to make the space more energy efficient. They can get tax credits that cover up to 30% of the cost to replace fleets of cars and trucks with clean vehicles, as well as incentives to power their businesses with solar.
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LONDON (AP) — British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic’s growth rate has slowed.
The U.K.’s Health Security Agency said in a statement there were “early signs that the outbreak is plateauing,” with 2,859 cases detected since May. No deaths have been reported. Last month, authorities estimated the outbreak was doubling in size about every two weeks, but the number of new infections has dropped in recent weeks.
“While the most recent data suggest the growth of the outbreak has slowed, we cannot be complacent,” said Dr Meera Chand, Director of Clinical and Emerging Infections at the Health Security Agency. She said anyone who thought they might have monkeypox should skip meeting friends, social gatherings, and avoid sexual contact.
The Health Security Agency said its most recent analysis of the outbreak “shows that monkeypox continues to be transmitted primarily in interconnected sexual networks of gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with other men.” More than 70% of the U.K.’s cases are in London.
British officials noted a small number of infections among women, but said there was not enough evidence to suggest there was sustained spread of monkeypox beyond gay and bisexual men; 99% of all cases in the U.K. are in men.
Scientists who analyzed monkeypox viruses in the U.K. noted a number of mutations compared to viruses circulating in Africa, but said there was no evidence those genetic changes made monkeypox any more transmissible.
Experts suspect the monkeypox outbreaks in North America and Europe may have originated in Africa long before the disease started spreading via sex at two raves in Spain and Belgium.
The World Health Organization said this week that 92% of monkeypox cases beyond Africa were likely infected through sex and its Director-General recently appealed to vulnerable gay and bisexual men to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment.”
To date, more than 26,000 monkeypox cases have been reported in nearly 90 countries, with a 19% increase in the last week.
In June, British authorities expanded their vaccination strategy, offering vaccines not only to health workers treating monkeypox patients and high-risk contacts of patients, but to some men who are gay or bisexual and at high risk of catching the virus, including those with multiple sexual partners or who participate in group sex.
Last month, the U.K. downgraded its assessment of the monkeypox outbreak and dropped a recommendation for the contacts of monkeypox cases to isolate for three weeks unless they have symptoms. The change was prompted by data showing that only a small number of contacts are ultimately sickened by monkeypox and a lack of evidence that the disease spreads without close, intimate or sexual contact.
On Thursday, the U.S. declared its outbreak of monkeypox to be a national emergency, WHO designated it a global emergency last month.
Monkeypox spreads when people have close, physical contact with an infected person’s lesions, their clothing or bedsheets. Most people recover without needing treatment, but the lesions can be extremely painful and more severe cases can result in complications including encephalitis and death.
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Bharat Bill Payment System: The Reserve Bank of India has given a good news to senior citizens whose children live abroad. It happens often that senior citizens living in India and having NRI children face issues regarding payments of bills, utilities and others. The RBI has now proposed to enable the Bharat Bill Payment System to accept the cross border inward bill payments on behalf of families living in India to help these people. This will enable non-resident Indians to undertake bill payments utility, education and other such payment on behalf of their families in India.
“BBPS is currently accessible only for residents in India. To facilitate Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) undertake utility, education and other bill payments on behalf of their families in India, it is proposed to enable BBPS to accept cross-border inward payments. This will also benefit payment of bills of any biller onboarded on the BBPS platform in an interoperable manner,” the RBI said in a statement announcing its Monetary Policy Committee meet decisions.
Over 20,000 billers are part of the system, and more than eight crore transactions are processed on a monthly basis. NRIs will now have access to all of them. Instructions regarding the operations, applicability and others will be announced soon, the central bank said.
How Will the Bharat Bill Payment System Help NRIs Whose Parents Live in India?
“The announcement by RBI to allow NRIs to pay bills for their family members in India directly on BBPS, depicts a further liberalisation measure on cross-border payment transactions front. Rather than transmitting money to Indian accounts and using it to pay such bills, NRIs will be able to directly pay such bills on BBPS. This will enhance ease and reduce delayed payments, thereby benefitting the economic ecosystem as a whole,” said Sudhir Sharma, senior partner at DSK Legal told News18.com.
BBS will act as a bridge between NRIs and their families when it comes to make payments easily. “The primary function of BBPS is to enable non-resident Indians to make direct payments of various utilities such as water bill, electricity bill or telecom for their respective families in India via the BBPS platform. The BBPS platform will be the facilitator for the payments between the individuals utilising the service, the service providers and the ones making the payment.
“Thus, BBPS will be a bridge between the non-resident Indians, their families in India and the service providers, ensuring all stakeholders benefit from the same,” Suvigya Awasthy, associate partner at PSL Advocates & Solicitors told News18.com.
“This is a step to empower and enable the large Indian diaspora to support their families especially senior citizens by taking away the burden of mundane and recurring bill payments. It is a step in the right direction to continue growing BBPS with a new use case as it may get additional foreign exchange into the country. We will have to await specific directions in terms of implementation and compliance,” added Pranay Jhaveri, managing director – India and South Asia, Euronet Worldwide
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The Israeli occupation warplanes targeted a house for Shamlakh family, in the Sheikh Ajlin area southwest of Gaza City. The house has been completely destroyed, and there have been reports of injuries. *** These images used in the photogallery news have been taken by the Palestinian photographer Ibraheem M. Lafi | https://www.anews.com.tr/gallery/world/the-israeli-air-forces-bombard-a-house-in-gaza | 2022-08-06T11:40:41Z | https://www.anews.com.tr/gallery/world/the-israeli-air-forces-bombard-a-house-in-gaza | false | null |
Arcosa (NYSE:ACA – Get Rating) was upgraded by equities researchers at TheStreet from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report issued on Thursday, TheStreetRatingsTable reports.
Arcosa Stock Up 2.6 %
Shares of ACA opened at $60.44 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $2.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.15 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $49.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $51.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 1.24. Arcosa has a 1 year low of $43.42 and a 1 year high of $60.48.
Arcosa (NYSE:ACA – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 3rd. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.38. Arcosa had a return on equity of 5.53% and a net margin of 4.15%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Arcosa will post 2250 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
Institutional Trading of Arcosa
A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Arcosa by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,228,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,356,000 after acquiring an additional 69,247 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Arcosa by 11.4% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,133,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,134,000 after buying an additional 218,698 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in Arcosa by 2.8% during the first quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,001,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,595,000 after purchasing an additional 54,431 shares in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP boosted its position in Arcosa by 2.7% during the second quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 1,949,561 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,518,000 after purchasing an additional 51,346 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors lifted its position in shares of Arcosa by 19.0% in the first quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 1,881,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $107,714,000 after acquiring an additional 300,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.41% of the company’s stock.
Arcosa Company Profile
Arcosa, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides infrastructure-related products and solutions for the construction, energy, and transportation markets in North America. It operates through three segments: Construction Products, Engineered Structures, and Transportation Products. The Construction Products segment offers natural and recycled aggregates; specialty materials; and trench shields and shoring products for residential and non-residential construction, agriculture, specialty building products, as well as for infrastructure related projects.
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Instagram has announced it will soon test tall 9:16 ratio photos on the platform, as the Meta-owned social media giant faces criticism for to its continuous fixation with rival video-sharing platform TikTok.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said the platform was going to experiment with tall photos because "you can have tall videos but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram".
During an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, Mosseri said that the support for tall photos tops out at 4:5 and introducing support for taller 9:16 photos would help Instagram treat videos and photos, "equally", tech website The Verge reported.
The discussion comes on the heels of photographers and professionals slamming Instagram after it unveiled and then walked back on a TikTok-like redesign of the app.
Instagram had tested a TikTok-style redesign for its feed but photographers complained that the new full-screen mode for videos, made photos look awkward in a 9:16 ratio.
They also complained about a new gradient overlay that was added at the bottom of the posts. It was meant to make the text easier to read but clashed with how the work looked.
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PARIS (AP) — French environmentalists are working around the clock to try and feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine River. So far, they have been unsuccessful.
Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd France tweeted Saturday that “our teams took turns with the Beluga all night long. It always ignores the fish offered to him.”
The lost Beluga was first seen in France's river, far from its Arctic habitat, earlier this week. Drone footage subsequently shot by French fire services showed the whale gently meandering in a stretch of the river’s light green waters between Paris and the Normandy city of Rouen, many dozens of kilometers (miles) inland from the sea.
Conservationists have tried since Friday to feed a catch of herring to the ethereal white mammal. Calling it “a race against the clock,” Sea Shepherd fears the whale is slowly starving in the waterway and could die.
Authorities in the l’Eure region said in a Friday night statement that the wild animal has a “fleeing behavior vis-a-vis the boats” and has not responded to attempts to guide it to safer waters.
The people trying to help the whale are being as unobtrusive as possible to “avoid stress that could aggravate his state of health,” according to the statement. | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Beluga-whale-caught-in-France-s-Seine-not-17356188.php | 2022-08-06T11:44:55Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Beluga-whale-caught-in-France-s-Seine-not-17356188.php | true | 21 |
Court allows CCM to use Bomet stadium for final campaign rally
Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok has been dealt a blow in the attempt to lock out his archrival former governor Isaac Ruto from using the Bomet Green Stadium for a final political rally.
A court in Bomet has given Mr Ruto, the Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party leader and former Council of Governors chairman the exclusive right to access and use the stadium for a major meeting on Saturday – the last day of campaigns ahead of the general election to be held on Tuesday next week.
Professor Barchok has as a result of losing a case he filed in court, announced that he had shifted his campaign rally to Silibwet playgrounds in Bomet Central constituency.
Effectively, an anticipated clash between supporters of the two politicians, who are front runners in the gubernatorial race that also has a businessman turned politician Mr Benard Mutai of the Amani National Congress (ANC), has been averted.
Professor Barchok and Mr Ruto clashed on Thursday with each claiming to have booked the venue, secured a police permit and informed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the planned meetings.
After the police gave Mr Ruto the clearance to use the stadium owing to the rally booking schedule filed before the IEBC and pre-payment for use of the stadium from the county government, Professor Barchok also claimed he had the same documentation from the police – but did not table it.
He went ahead and secured temporary court orders stopping the police from allowing the meeting to proceed as scheduled until the case is heard and determined.
Bomet Resident Magistrate M Wamae on Friday lifted interim orders he issued on Thursday suspending the execution of a permit issued by the Officer Commanding Bomet Police Station (OCS) Chief Inspector Benjamin Kisela which allowed CCM to hold the political rally on Saturday.
“The plaint filed on August, 4, 2022 and the prayers/ orders sought are noted..That the plaintiff /respondent order (a) in the plaint.. for a declaration that the defendant be declared null and void is beyond my jurisdiction,” stated Mr Wamae after hearing from the parties.
“The plaint was not supported by any verifying affidavits, the contract for the service was also not attached to support the cause of action that the plaintiff/applicant purports. The interim orders granted on Thursday are hereby vacated,” the magistrate directed.
Inspector General of Police Benjamin Kisela (OCS) Bomet were listed as defendants in the case they were represented by defence advocate Mr Desmond Leteipa while Mr Rodgers Mugumya appeared for Chama Cha Mashinani which along with IEBC, Attorney General and the County Government of Bomet were listed as interested parties.
The UDA party was represented by Hillary Sigei, the party’s nominee for Bomet Senate position while an advocate Brandy Kosgei appeared for the County Government of Bomet as Mr A Kibet represented Professor Barchok in the case where the magistrate did not issue orders on who would bear the costs.
Professor Barchok said after the court ruling that he will comply with the outcome and will shift his meeting to Silibwet playgrounds.
“The courts have ruled against us. We disagree with the court decision, but as law abiding citizens we shall comply” Professor Barchok wrote on his official social media accounts on Friday evening.
The CCM team welcomed the decision of the court and dispatched a team to the stadium for inspection on Friday evening where the officials and organizers of the rally said it was all systems go.
“After sensing defeat, Governor Barchok attempted to block Mr Ruto and the CCM supporters from holding a rally at the Bomet green stadium. But the courts have ruled in our favour based on the validity of documents tabled before it,” said Mr Albert Kochei, the CCM party Secretary General.
Mr Kochei who was flanked by among others the CCM chief agent in the gubernatorial race Mr Justus Maina – a former County Executive Committee (CEC) member for Administration called on party members to turn up in large numbers and maintain peace.
“We will hold a major rally at the stadium and a prayer session. Our supporters will maintain peace. We are aware of the guerilla tactics applied by Governor Barchok in a bid to paint Mr Ruto in bad light ahead of the Tuesday poll,” Mr Kochei said.
“We have weathered many storms, and by the will of the people and the Grace of God, Mr Ruto will resoundingly be elected by the majority of voters in Bomet county who want to restore order, their dignity and ensure taxpayers money utilized to their benefit,” Mr Koech said.
Earlier, Professor Barchok who was accompanied by Deputy Governor Shadrack Rotich, the UDA Bomet Senate candidate Hillary Sigei, parliamentary nominees – Mr Richard Kilel (Bomet Central) and Mr Richard Yegon (Bomet East), claimed that CCM had only booked the stadium for manifesto launch on July, 18, 2022 for a manifesto launch, which was called off after Mr Ruto was bereaved.
But Mr Ruto’s team shot back, claiming Governor Barchok’s move was an afterthought, that it was meant to disrupt the CCM meeting and specifically deny them the use of the stadium owned and managed by the county government.
“CCM applied a month ago to use the stadium, we paid Sh 50,000 to the county government and was issued with a receipt by the revenue department. We notified the police and secured a permit for the rally slated for Saturday, as required in law,” Mr Kochei said earlier.
It remains to be seen which of the two teams will pull the largest crowd on the last day, as this is a game of numbers. | https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bomet/court-allows-ccm-to-use-bomet-stadium-for-final-campaign-rally-3905230 | 2022-08-06T11:45:03Z | https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bomet/court-allows-ccm-to-use-bomet-stadium-for-final-campaign-rally-3905230 | true | 1 |
The deputy head of Taiwan defence ministry’s research and development unit was found dead on Saturday morning in a hotel room, succumbing to a heart attack, according to the official Central News Agency.
Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy head of the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, had died in a hotel room in southern Taiwan, CNA reported.
Authorities said 57-year-old Ou Yang died of a heart attack and the hotel room showed no sign of any ’intrusion’, CNA said. His family said he had a history of heart disease and had a cardiac stent, according to the report.
Ou Yang was on a business trip to the southern county of Pingtung, CNA said, adding that he had assumed the post early this year to supervise various missile production projects.
The military-owned body is working to more than double its yearly missile production capacity to close to 500 this year, as the island boosts its combat power amid what it sees as China’s growing military threat. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/taiwan-official-leading-missile-production-died-of-heart-attack-report-says-8969101.html/amp | 2022-08-06T11:45:07Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/taiwan-official-leading-missile-production-died-of-heart-attack-report-says-8969101.html/amp | false | 10 |
South Warrnambool is marching into Hampden league finals in ominous touch.
The Roosters were exciting, ruthless and remarkably composed in their 51-point win against rivals North Warrnambool Eagles at Friendlies, 13.11 (89) to 5.8 (38), setting the game up with a blistering first quarter before professionally keeping control over the contest thereafter.
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In a first quarter that would have all finals sides on their toes, the Roosters slammed on seven goals to one, taking in a 37-point advantage at the first break.
Despite the best efforts of the Eagles, who lifted around the contest across the remaining three quarters and looked to take the game on in the face of a hefty deficit, the home side always had the answers.
Roosters coach Mat Battistello said he was thrilled with the style of footy his side played.
"We had a number of players come back into the side, Archie (Stevens) and Will White played together as well, they love playing together so it was fairly easy to generate a fair bit of energy," he said.
"Those players replacing some others coming out had a responsibility to play well and they turned up and did it.
"It starts at the source - as good a ruckman as (Nathan) Vardy is, I thought our mids were outstanding in the first half."
In a strong four quarter effort, Ricky Henderson had the crowd on their feet throughout and kicked three, Liam Youl had a stack of the footy and Archie Stevens looked a class above.
Sam Kelly was also a strong contributor in game 150, slotting two and hauling in some fine marks.
The Roosters mentor said the first quarter was an indicator of what his group was capable of come finals time.
"It's the way we want to play and we think we can play that brand of footy and put other sides on the back foot early," he said.
"It was great that happened in the first 10 minutes, but it felt like a whole quarter and we had control after that, they got a goal from a fifty metre penalty and that was about it.
"I thought outside of scoreboard pressure, we defended the ground really well."
Battistello said the team defence was a vital aspect of the commanding win.
"It's something we like to tick off each week and make sure we identify that aspect of that game which we value a lot," he said.
"We understand North had some forward players out as well so we're under no illusions they'll look a bit different (in finals).
"Adam (Dowie) has obviously done a few different things like we have. It'll change the complexion next time we meet them, maybe in finals."
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With Terang Mortlake and Portland to finish off the home-and-away season, Battistello said there was some selection headaches on the way.
"We've got probably four or five to come back next week, we've had some guys get through the 12pm game and some will come back from concussion," he said.
"We've got some idea what we'll look like but there's probably some pressure for spots now which will make it hard for match committee."
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Israel rejected United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry member Miloon Kothari's apology for claiming social media is controlled by the "Jewish lobby" and suggesting that Israel should not be allowed to be part of the UN.
"The hollow apology of COI member Miloon Kothari is a pathetic and unconvincing maneuver, which doesn't compensate for the long record of anti Israeli and antisemitic statements made by him and the other COI members," Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday.
"In our view, in light of the antisemitic and anti-Israeli statements of the commissioners, and the fact that they do not meet the minimal standards of neutrality and impartiality required from individuals in these positions in the UN, Kothari and his colleagues must resign immediately. The COI in its entirety must be disbanded. If the UN is committed to fighting antisemitism and to upholding its values, this is the only reasonable and acceptable result," the ministry added.
In an interview last week with Mondoweiss, an anti-Zionist blog, Kothari said, "We are very disheartened by the social media that is controlled largely by whether it's the Jewish lobby or it's the specific [nonprofit groups]. A lot of money is being thrown into trying to discredit us."
He added that the commission "will get to the apartheid question, at some point in the future, because we will be looking at discrimination in general, from the River to the Sea."
"I would go as far as to raise the question of why [Israel is] even a member of the United Nations. The Israeli government does not respect its own obligations as a U.N. member state. They, in fact, consistently, either directly or through the United States, try to undermine U.N. mechanisms."
Kothari's comments were condemned as antisemitic by Jewish organizations around the world, over a dozen democratic governments, and even UN officials.
Earlier today, Kothari sent a letter to the President of the UN Human Rights Council in which he said that he "sincerely regret and unequivocally apologize for using the words 'the Jewish Lobby.' The offense I have caused by using these words has deeply distressed me."
Kothari said his use of the term 'Jewish Lobby' was "completely wrong" and "incorrect, inappropriate, and insensitive." | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357644 | 2022-08-06T11:53:35Z | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357644 | false | 1 |
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMCI – Get Rating) Director Thomas E. Timbie sold 96,879 shares of Treace Medical Concepts stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.85, for a total transaction of $1,826,169.15. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,552,190 shares in the company, valued at $29,258,781.50. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.
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Shares of NASDAQ TMCI opened at $19.57 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 7.56, a current ratio of 8.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. has a 52 week low of $12.48 and a 52 week high of $31.02. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $15.95 and its 200 day moving average is $17.76. The company has a market cap of $1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.14 and a beta of 0.06.
Treace Medical Concepts (NASDAQ:TMCI – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 5th. The company reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.04. Treace Medical Concepts had a negative net margin of 25.92% and a negative return on equity of 28.57%. The company had revenue of $29.05 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.18 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.07) earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. will post -0.64 earnings per share for the current year.
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Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. CWM LLC bought a new stake in Treace Medical Concepts in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Amalgamated Bank bought a new stake in Treace Medical Concepts in the first quarter valued at $93,000. GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC. bought a new stake in Treace Medical Concepts in the first quarter valued at $189,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund boosted its holdings in Treace Medical Concepts by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 12,396 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,000 after acquiring an additional 2,880 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FWL Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Treace Medical Concepts in the fourth quarter valued at $321,000. 34.78% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Treace Medical Concepts Company Profile
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc, an orthopedic medical device company, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for foot and ankle surgeons in the United States. It offers Lapiplasty procedure that allows podiatric surgeons to treat all three dimensions of the bunion, providing patients with a cosmetic and medical improvement.
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Commonwealth Games: Jack Laugher scrapes through to 3m springboard final
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England diver Jack Laugher blamed nerves for his off-par performance in the 3m springboard preliminary as he scraped through to the final.
Laugher, the defending champion in the event, scored zero in the first round after performing the wrong dive.
He had been due to perform forward two-and-a-half somersaults with two twists in pike, but missed the twists.
He was eventually able to qualify in 11th position, with only the top 12 of the 15-strong field progressing.
"I got a bit of a knee tremble on the board, I was a bit nervous and basically just doubted myself a little bit too much," Laugher told BBC Sport.
"When you do the twist dive you've got to release the legs into the twist, and I had passed that point of being able to do that and just did a different dive.
"Once you've failed your first dive, emotion plays into it a lot and you start wanting it a bit too much.
"I think when emotion is tied to it, it makes my diving very up and down. So I'm going to go reset, have a sleep and come back later and give it my best."
The 27-year-old is chasing his third gold at these Commonwealth Games, a hat-trick he completed at the last edition of the Games in 2018.
He won the 1m springboard and synchronised 3m springboard titles on Thursday and Friday respectively.
The 3m springboard final takes place at 18:05 BST tonight. Laugher will be joined by England team-mates Dan Goodfellow and Jordan Houlden in the final, as well as Scotland's Ross Beattie and James Heatly.
"I think I'm the favourite, that's very obvious after my performances in previous Commonwealth Games and in worlds as well," said Laugher.
"I think when you have that expectation on you from yourself, from a crowd of people as well, it can be very difficult.
"Staying at the top is really hard and obviously I want the third gold medal.
"Maybe I'm just putting too much pressure on myself and I need to just enjoy it again and just relax." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62448416?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | 2022-08-06T11:59:00Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62448416?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | true | 3 |
Rhine Water Level Falls Again in Germany, Raising Freight Costs
Water levels on the Rhine in Germany continue to fall in hot weather, sending shipping costs higher because vessels cannot sail on the river fully loaded, vessel brokers said on Friday.
Freight shipping on the river continues but with vessels sometimes forced to sail 75% empty.
Low Rhine water will also hit output from two German coal-fired power stations in the coming months.
The water level is particularly low at the chokepoint of Kaub near Koblenz. The reference waterline level at Kaub was only 56 centimeters on Friday, vessels need about 1.5 meters of waterline to sail fully loaded.
Spot prices for a liquid tanker barge from Rotterdam to Karlsruhe, south of Kaub, rose to about 94 euros ($96.15) a tonne on Friday, up 2 euros on the day, moving even further away from prices around only 20 euros a tonne in June, vessel brokers said.
“We are continuing to sail but we can only load about 25% to 35% of vessel capacity,” said Roberto Spranzi, director of the DTG shipping cooperative that operates about 100 vessels on the Rhine. “This means customers would often need three vessels to transport their cargo instead of one.”
Navigation authorities do not close the river at times of low water, leaving it to vessel operators to decide when to stop.
“We will continue sailing while it is navigationally possible,” Spranzi added.
Chemicals group BASF said its output has not been affected but it could not rule out production reductions by individual plants in the coming weeks.
BASF was concentrating efforts on chartering vessels suitable for shallow water and has sought transport alternatives such as railways.
Shipping capacity is already tight because of increased demand after Germany’s move to increase coal-fired electricity generation as it braces for reduced gas supplies from Russia, he said.
Large numbers of vessels have also transferred to the river Danube to transport Ukrainian grain exports that cannot be moved by sea, he said.
The Rhine is an important shipping route for commodities including grains, chemicals, minerals, coal and oil products including heating oil.
(Reuters - Reporting by Michael Hogan; Additional reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by David Goodman) | https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/rhine-water-level-falls-again-378483 | 2022-08-06T12:01:14Z | https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/rhine-water-level-falls-again-378483 | true | 4 |
Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say
Experts are ignoring the worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans, however unlikely, a group of top scientists claim.
Eleven scientists from around the world are calling on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's authoritative climate science organization, to do a special science report on "catastrophic climate change" to "bring into focus how much is at stake in a worst-case scenario." In their perspective piece in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences they raise the idea of human extinction and worldwide societal collapse in the third sentence, calling it "a dangerously underexplored topic."
The scientists said they aren’t saying that worst is going to happen. They say the trouble is no one knows how likely or unlikely a “climate endgame” is and the world needs those calculations to battle global warming.
“I think it’s highly unlikely you are going to see anything close to even extinction over the next century simply because humans are incredibly resilient,” said study lead author Luke Kemp at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge in England. “Even if we have a 1% chance of having a global catastrophe, going extinct over the coming century, that 1%, that is way too high.”
Catastrophic climate scenarios “appear likely enough to warrant attention” and can lead to prevention and warning systems, Kemp said.
Good risk analyses consider both what's most likely and what's the worst that could happen, study authors said. But because of push back from non-scientists who reject climate change, mainstream climate science has concentrated on looking at what's most likely and also disproportionately on low-temperature warming scenarios that come close to international goals, said co-author Tim Lenton, director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in England.
There is, Lenton said, “not enough emphasis on how things, the risks, the big risks, could go plausibly badly wrong.”
It’s like an airplane, Lenton said. It’s overwhelmingly likely that it will land safely, but it’s only because so much attention was made to calculate the worst case scenario and then figure out how to avoid a crash. It only works if you research what could go badly wrong and that isn’t being done enough with climate change, he said.
“The stakes may be higher than we thought," said University of Michigan environment dean Jonathan Overpeck, who wasn't part of the study. He worries that the world “may stumble” upon climate risks it doesn't know about.
When global science organizations look at climate change they tend to just look at what happens in the world: extreme weather, higher temperatures, melting ice sheets, rising seas and plant and animal extinctions. But they aren't factoring enough how these reverberate in human societies and interact with existing problems — like war, hunger and disease — study authors said.
“If we don’t look at the intersecting risks, we’ll be painfully surprised,” said University of Washington public health and climate professor Kristie Ebi, a co-author who like Lenton has been part of United Nations global climate assessments.
It was a mistake health professionals made before COVID-19 when assessing possible pandemics, Ebi said. They talked about disease spread, but not lockdowns, supply chain problems and spiraling economies.
Study authors said they worry about societal collapse — war, famine, economic crises — linked to climate change more than the physical changes to Earth itself.
Outside climate scientists and risk experts were both welcoming and wary of focusing on the worst of the worst, even as many reject climate doom talk.
“I do not believe civilization as we know it will make it out of this century,” University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, a former British Columbia legislator for the Green Party, said in an email. “Resilient humans will survive, but our societies that have urbanized and are supported by rural agriculture will not.”
Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather of the tech company Stripe and Berkeley Earth has criticized climate scientists in the past for using future scenarios of greatly increasing carbon pollution when the world is no longer on those paths to more rapid warming. Yet, he said it does make sense to look at catastrophic scenarios “as long as we are careful not to conflate the worst case with the most likely outcome.”
Talking about extinction of humans is not “a very effective communications device,” said Brown University climate scientist Kim Cobb. “People tend to immediately say, well, that’s just, you know, arm waving or doomsday mongering."
What’s happening short of extinction is bad enough, she said.
Co-author Tim Lenton said researching worst case scenarios could find nothing to worry about: “Maybe it’s that you can thoroughly rule out a number of these bad scenarios. Well, that’s actually really well worth spending your time doing that. Then we should all cheer up a bit.”
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The first time I saw Nirvana, at the club First Avenue in Minneapolis, I didn't really get it. At first. Then the band played "About a Girl," which sounded like something off Meet The Beatles — bent out of shape by punk-metal noise and a much darker take on gender relations than the young Lennon or McCartney had.
Released in 1989, Nirvana's Bleach (reissued this month) didn't make much of a splash at the time. But with hindsight, the album shows a band clearly hurtling toward greatness. A mere two years later, Nirvana headlined England's Reading Festival — and by then, the greatness was obvious.
When Cobain took the stage on Aug. 30, 1992, costumed in a hospital gown, his daughter, Frances Bean, had just been born a week prior, and he and his wife, Courtney Love, were in the midst of media firestorm surrounding their heroin use. At points during the Live at Reading DVD, and the slightly edited CD version, the singer sounds like an animal in a bear trap; at other times, you hear pain turned into the pure joy of sonic mayhem.
But some of the most telling moments on the DVD are the bits and pieces of cover versions, like the bit of Boston's radio hit "More Than a Feeling" that leads into Nirvana's hilariously similar radio hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Or the "Star-Spangled Banner" quote — pulled from a storm of feedback, just like Cobain's Seattle predecessor Jimi Hendrix — that manages to parody a guitar solo while reveling in one.
Live at Reading is nothing more than a polished-up version of a bootleg that's been floating around for years. But between the raw power of the music and the details of the DVD — from the small smile on Cobain's face when he gets tens of thousands of fans to yell, "We love you, Courtney," to the close-up of blood spatters on his guitar pickups — I'd argue it's one of the greatest live rock records ever made, if a DVD still counts as a rock record. With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrating its 25th anniversary, it's a shame Cobain isn't around to throw his two cents at the proceedings. Then again, maybe we should view Live at Reading as just that.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal has come across as many as 50 banks accounts held individually or jointly by prime accused Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee.
The agency officials have contacted all the bank authorities concerned and asked for statement details, following which they will be sent for forensic audit.
Meanwhile, the ED sleuths have come across another shell company in this connection, in which the names of directors were changed a number of times ever since it was floated on March 23, 2012.
The address of the said company, Ananta Texfab Private Limited, is Club Town Heights, Block 5, Flat 8A, 14 B.T. Road, Kolkata 700056.
Incidentally, this is also the address of Arpita Mukherjee’s flat from where the ED sleuths had recovered huge stash of cash and gold on July 28.
As per the ED, when the corporate entity was floated on March 23, 2012, its three directors were Partha Chatterjee’s deceased wife, late Babli Chatterjee, daughter Sohini (Bhattacharya) Chatterjee and son-on-law Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya.
In 2016, the names of the daughter and wife were removed from the list of directors and Arpita Mukherjee’s name was included.
However, as per Corporate Affairs Ministry records, currently the two existing directors of the company are Mrinmoy Malakar and Ranesh Kumar Singh.
“The names of directors changing so frequently points at something fictitious in this entity. Probably this is another shell company which was used to divert funds to different channels. Now we are trying to detect the identity of the two current directors, Mrinmoy Malakar and Ranesh Kumar Singh, and their links with Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee,” an ED official said.
ED has summoned Sohini (Bhattacharya) Chatterjee and Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya for questioning in this connection. Both are currently settled in the US and the ED has sent an email communique to them asking them to reach Kolkata at the earliest. | https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/accounts-linked-partha-chatterjee-1503097525.html | 2022-08-06T12:11:04Z | https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/accounts-linked-partha-chatterjee-1503097525.html | false | 3 |
Avinash Sable broke the 3000m Steeplechase National Record for the record 9th time, clocking 8:11.20 to win India's first-ever Steeplechase Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday.
Avinash Sable clocked 8:11.20 to better the previous NR of 8:12.48, created at the Rabat Diamond League earlier this year.
SILVER FOR SABLE@avinash3000m wins a in Men's 3000m Steeplechase event at #CommonwealthGames2022 with a Personal Best and National Record (8.11.20)
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Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot, the 2018 Gold Coast silver medallist and one of the leading runners from 2022, narrowly edged the Indian by 0.05 seconds to win the gold. World junior champion Amos Serem, also from Kenya, took the bronze 8:16.83.
Kenyan Olympic and two-time world champion Conseslus Kipruto finished sixth in the race with a time of 8:34.96.
Avinash Sable, who finished a disappointing 11th at the world athletics championships in Oregon last month after a slow start, was quick off the blocks during his race at the Alexander Stadium and was in the leading pack with three Kenyan runners, who led the race in the initial phase. | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/commonwealth-games-avinash-sable-wins-silver-to-secure-india-s-first-ever-cwg-medal-in-men-s-steeple-chase-1984603-2022-08-06 | 2022-08-06T12:11:07Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/commonwealth-games-avinash-sable-wins-silver-to-secure-india-s-first-ever-cwg-medal-in-men-s-steeple-chase-1984603-2022-08-06 | false | 1 |
LANSDALE — If you’re a user of Lansdale’s newest skatepark, you’ll now have an early-morning option to use it.
Council’s parks and recreation committee voted Wednesday night to expand the skate park’s open hours, particularly in summer.
“Currently the skate park’s hours are 8 a.m. to dusk. All other park facilities are open sunrise to sunset, except for the pools,” said parks and recreation director Courtney Meehan.
“I’m not sure if the committee wants to make a decision to change the skatepark hours, to reflect that of the other park areas,” she said.
Located just next to the town’s Fourth Street park and pool, the Carl W. Saldutti Jr. Skatepark was dedicated in April 2021 and opened in July 2020 after roughly a decade of discussion, planning and construction, the first several years of which were led by the late parks director for which it is named. Since then, Meehan told the committee in her first meeting as director, she’s heard from users who would like to see it open earlier, and councilman BJ Breish agreed.
“Personally, I’ve been running around 5:30 in the morning, just to beat the heat, so I would totally see why folks would want to utilize the facility a little bit earlier in the day. The sun’s been rising around 5:45, 6 a.m., and it’s probably starting to get a little bit later,” he said.
Committee chair Mary Fuller agreed: “I don’t see why that park, or piece of a park, should be any different than any other park amenity. You can play basketball at sunrise if you want, which is allowable,” she said.
And councilwoman Carrie Hawkins Charlton made it unanimous: “In the summer, the skate park gets really hot on 90-degree days. And a lot of the skateboarders might work full-time jobs, so they might want to skate prior to work in the morning.”
All three voted unanimously to make the change effective, and Hawkins-Charlton said the change would likely be implemented right away.
“We built it to be used. We understand it can’t be 24 hours, but we built it to be used,” Fuller said.
Lansdale’s parks and recreation committee next meets at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 and full council next meets at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17, both at the borough municipal building, 1 Vine Street. For more information visit www.Lansdale.org.
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(Family Features) A new school year can feel like uncharted territory for children, parents and teachers alike as they learn new things and meet unfamiliar faces. Building a relationship with your child’s teacher can help create a positive school experience for everyone involved. Plus, teachers who connect with their classroom families help families feel seen, heard and represented in the classroom.
“When parents and teachers connect, they can create a stronger support system,” said Tyreca Elliott from KinderCare’s education team. “Bridging the gap between home and school gives children continuity, improves academic outcomes and nurtures children’s social and emotional well-being. When families and teachers work together, children can succeed.”
Building connections with teachers opens lines of communication between home and school, allowing families to learn about their child’s day and helping teachers feel supported.
Consider these three tips from KinderCare teachers to help families create connections and build trust and collaboration with their child’s teacher.
- Be Intentional. Ruby Villarreal, a preschool teacher of nearly 30 years, suggests meeting with your child’s teacher before the first day of school to introduce your child and your family. Share your child’s previous school experience, likes and dislikes as well as any home issues that may impact your child’s mood or behavior, such as a new sibling, recent move or divorce. Raise any concerns you may have – no matter how big or small. Your child is the teacher’s priority too, and he or she might have some tips and tricks to help you help your child.
- Communicate About Communications. Drop off and pick up times can sometimes be too busy for more than a “hi” or “bye.” Ask your child’s teacher how he or she likes to t communicate, and share your preference, too. Let the teacher know if you would like a phone call during a lunch break for a quick update about your child or if you’d rather communicate via email or the school’s app.
- Make a Big Difference with Little Chats. During pick up or drop off, try to leave time for a brief conversation. This could be a quick chat about something fun your child did over the weekend or why he or she might be having a tough day. It could also mean asking, “What can I ask my child about on the way home?” or finding out about activities you could do to help your child keep learning at home.
“Learning is a partnership between families and school,” said Quiana Smith, a 15-year prekindergarten teacher. “Your child will be excited about school and learning when he or she knows you’re excited about it, too.”
To learn more about how to create connections between home and school, visit kindercare.com.
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Ukraine: Amnesty Int’l report sparks furor, resignation
The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine chapter has resigned, saying the human rights organization shot down her opposition to publishing a report that claimed Ukrainian forces had exposed civilians to Russian attacks by basing themselves in populated areas.
In a statement posted Friday night on Facebook, Oksana Pokalchuk accused her former employer of disregarding Ukraine’s wartime realities and the concerns of local staff members who had pushed for the report to be reworked.
The report, released Thursday, drew angry denouncements from top Ukrainian officials and criticism from Western diplomats, who accused the authors of making vague claims that appeared to equate the Ukrainian military’s defensive actions to the tactics of the invading Russians.
“It is painful to admit, but I and the leadership of Amnesty International have split over values,” Pokalchuk wrote. “I believe that any work done for the good of society should take into account the local context, and think through consequences.”
Russia has repeatedly justified attacks on civilian areas by alleging that Ukrainian fighters had set up firing positions at the targeted locations.
Pokalchuk said her office had asked the organization’s leadership to give the Ukrainian Defense Ministry adequate time to respond to the report’s findings and argued that its failure to do so would further Kremlin misinformation and propaganda efforts.
“I am convinced that our surveys should be done thoroughly, bearing in mind the people whose lives often depend directly on the words and actions of international organizations,” she said.
In a news release that accompanied the report’s publication, Amnesty International Secretary-general Agnes Callamard said the organization had “documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas.
“Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian military from respecting international humanitarian law,” she said Thursday.
Russian state-sponsored media quoted the report to support Moscow’s claim that Russia has only launched strikes on military targets during the war. The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry cited the Amnesty International assertions as proof that Ukraine was using civilians as human shields.
Multiple Western scholars of international and military law went on social media to reject the human shield claim. They said the report contained poor phrasing that muddied legal distinctions and ignored the combat conditions in Ukraine.
United Nations war crimes investigator Marc Garlasco, tweeting in a personal capacity Friday, accused Amnesty International of “getting the law wrong” and said Ukraine was taking steps to protect civilians, such as helping them relocate.
Ukrainian authorities at the national and regional level have repeatedly urged residents of frontline areas to evacuate, although tens of thousands of people who left their homes since Russia’s invasion have returned after running out of support or feeling unwelcome.
Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the country’s foreign and defense ministers, have been scathing in their condemnation of the report, which they said failed to provide context on Russia’s bombardments of populated areas and documented attacks on civilians.
Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary-general, posted a tweet Friday that defended the organization’s work and took aim at its critics.
“Ukrainian and Russian social media mobs and trolls: they are all at it today attacking Amnesty investigations. This is called war propaganda, disinformation, misinformation. This won’t dent our impartiality and won’t change the facts,” she wrote.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba issued an angry response to Callamard in which he accused her organization of “fake neutrality” and playing into the Kremlin’s hands.
“Apparently, Amnesty’s Secretary General calls me a ‘mob’ and a ‘troll’, but this won’t stop me from saying that its report distorts reality, draws false moral equivalence between the aggressor and the victim, and boosts Russia’s disinformation effort. This is fake ‘neutrality’, not truthfulness,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
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Lionel Messi may have been the talk of last summer’s transfer window, but when Paris Saint-Germain kick off their defense of Ligue 1 title on Saturday night against Clermont Foot 63, he will have a somewhat more low-key start to the new season.
The drama this summer lies with his great rival from Portugal. The summer of 2022 transfer window is not over yet, but we can already say it has been dominated by the soap opera of Cristiano Ronaldo, regardless of where he ends up playing in the 2022-23 season.
But just like the two have exchanged Ballon d’Or awards over the last decade and a half, next summer’s transfer window could well be about the Argentine again, at least if Joan Laporta’s recent statements are anything to go by.
The Barcelona president has made clear his desire to have back the club’s dearest son back at Camp Nou.
Laporta hopes that Messi, whose career at PSG has not quite gone as expected, has not yet finished his love story with Barça and is open to a return.
“I feel indebted to Messi,” the Catalan told ESPN. “It is our responsibility to ensure that history remains open and has a much more splendid ending than it did.”
Laporta lamented the way Messi left the club, blaming the previous management, which had left Barcelona with the serious financial problems that he has inherited.
With each financial impasse, Barcelona have tried to cure the situation by activating the now-infamous economic “levers.”
Laporta has managed to raise around €650 million ($662 million) with the sale of 25 percent of the TV rights to the company Sixth Street for 25 years.
This has given the club some breathing space, but with several new players coming in — such as Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kunde and Raphina — and needing to be registered, the club’s financial situation remains in flux. More levers may need to be pulled.
Coach Xavi Hernandez no doubt would be keen for Messi to return to Barcelona for the 2023-24 season as he shared some glorious years with the Argentinian legend, particularly in Pep Guardiola’s mythical team.
Hernandez considers the return of the Ballon d’Or record holder to be the key to rebuilding the club.
The idea would be that Messi returns to the club for free when his contract with PSG ends next summer.
The Barca coach also believes that even at 36 years of age, the Argentina captain still has a lot of football to deliver, saying: “Messi deserves a second chance in Barcelona.”
Last May, Messi’s father also expressed a desire to see his son in the Blaugrana jersey again.
With a contract that is still valid until June 2023, Messi himself, unsurprisingly, has remained respectful to all parties and has not commented on the possibility of a return. But does his silence indicate alternate plans? Maybe.
The Argentinian channel Direct TV reported in May that Messi could acquire 35 percent of Inter Miami, the MLS club owned by David Beckham, to play there in 2023. As with any move next summer, he would head to Florida at zero cost.
According to Transfermarkt, the value of Messi has dropped from well over $200 million at his 2018 Barcelona peak to almost $60 million now at PSG.
With that in mind, and taking into account his age, Messi will want to make sure that his next move is the right and most lucrative one for the final chapter of his career.
He has not reacted to Laporta’s comments, but his unquestioned affection for Barcelona could be a decisive factor in a potential return to the Catalan team.
Ronaldo continues to hog the headlines this summer, but a year from now, the soap opera could well swing back Messi’s way. | https://www.arabnews.com/node/2137206/sport | 2022-08-06T12:41:20Z | https://www.arabnews.com/node/2137206/sport | false | 1 |
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Broadcasters for NBC's "Sunday Night Football" apologized to Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid for not providing a replay fast enough for him to challenge an interception during a loss to the Atlanta Falcons, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
Early in the third quarter of Atlanta's 35-31 victory, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick's pass over the middle appeared to be picked off by Falcons cornerback Kelvin Hayden. But subsequent replays showed that Hayden didn't cleanly catch the ball.
Reid was asked after the game why he didn't throw the challenge flag.
"Well, there was no replay for us to look at, and I actually had the people from the broadcast apologize, send me an email and apologize on that, but listen, that's hindsight now," he said.
"Sunday Night Football" producer Fred Gaudelli explained Monday that his crew couldn't find a clean angle to show the play until too much time had elapsed for Reid to issue a challenge.
"We looked at the replays as fast as we could to show if he maintained possession," Gaudelli said. "The two low end-zone cameras were blocked, and the high end-zone camera was blocked by Hayden's body."
"I feel badly about it," Gaudelli said. | https://www.nfl.com/news/instant-replay-not-instant-enough-for-eagles-in-loss-to-falcons-09000d5d82268980 | 2022-08-06T12:50:14Z | https://www.nfl.com/news/instant-replay-not-instant-enough-for-eagles-in-loss-to-falcons-09000d5d82268980 | false | 1 |
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jô Soares, one of Brazil’s most notable humorists and television stars, died early Friday morning in Sao Paulo. He was 84.
Soares had been hospitalized since July 28 for pneumonia, according to the Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo. It didn’t provide the cause of his death in the note published on its website.
“Jô was a great friend, intelligent, insightful, humorous, and loved a good conversation,” soccer legend Pelé wrote on Twitter. “I wake up very sad with the news that this great star has left us.”
José Eugênio Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro and as a child had wanted to be a diplomat, following the footsteps of his great-grandfather who also had been governor of Espirito Santo state. Soares spoke five languages (Portuguese, English, French, Italian, and Spanish) at different levels of fluency.
He studied in Switzerland as a teenager, where he became interested in theater. Upon returning to Brazil after his parents’ business failed, he began taking acting classes.
His first participation in musical films was in 1954, and his television debut came in 1958. He began to write, direct and create characters with his trademark humor. He also wrote books and columns in newspapers, often deploying his tonic of comedy and irony.
He started hosting talk shows in the late 1980s, and “A kiss from the fat man” became a common catchphrase. He interviewed hundreds of luminaries on his show Programa do Jô, that television behemoth Globo aired from 2000 to 2016.
Soares had only one son, Rafael, who died in 2014. At the time, Soares kept working and paid tribute to him on air.
“A kiss from the fat man, and life continues,″ he said. “Life is, you know, what we came here to do.″ | https://myfox8.com/international/ap-international/brazilian-humorist-talk-show-host-jo-soares-dies-at-84/ | 2022-08-06T12:50:24Z | https://myfox8.com/international/ap-international/brazilian-humorist-talk-show-host-jo-soares-dies-at-84/ | true | 22 |
This could be the last weekend of the Clonmel busking festival if funding isn’t reinstated.
The town’s most attended festival began yesterday and will run until tomorrow evening with a mix of local and national acts, as well as competitions taking place across the weekend.
Liam Condon, one of the organisers, says he was very ‘disillusioned’ this year when they found out their funding from the council had been cut by €5,000.
He says that they offer free entertainment for people as well as encouraging business in the area and this was gutting.
Liam is unsure whether the festival can continue going forward:
“When we got the letter back from the local authority that we had been cut from €15000 to €10000 and at that stage we were actually going to cancel the festival.
“I would imagine next year that if we don’t reestablish, this might be the last year of the busking festival.
“I think it is very unfair.
“We are the largest attended festival in Clonmel.
“There’s three main festivals in Clonmel, the Junction and the Applefest, pre-Covid we’d average 14,000 people.
“How anyone can look at our application and not give us the full money raises lots of questions.” | https://tippfm.com/news/future-clonmel-busking-festival-jeopardy-cut-funding/ | 2022-08-06T12:57:24Z | https://tippfm.com/news/future-clonmel-busking-festival-jeopardy-cut-funding/ | false | 1 |
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All Set To Commemorate Youm-e-Ashura With Religious Solemnity, Reverence
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 06, 2022 | 03:30 PM
MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Aug, 2022 ) : Aug 06 (APP):All is set to commemorate Youm-e-Ashura- the 10th of Muharram-ul-Haram, on Tuesday (August 9), across the Azad Jammu and Kashmir state with due religious solemnity and reverence.
This is the most sanctified day of the Islamic history and a unique icon of the supreme sacrifices rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions for the cause saving the religion of Islam.
This day reminds us the unwavering resolve of pious family of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his nephew Imam Hussain (RA) as to how to fight against all types of tyrannical forces for the sake of rightness and justice.
Youm e Ashura will dawn with special prayers by the faithful at all mosques and Imambargahs in all ten districts of Azad Jammu Kashmir.
Processions of Alam and Zul'jinnah will be taken out from Imambargahs which, after passing through the already-determined traditional routes, will culminate at their fixed spots.
A number of social and political organizations as well as individuals will set up sabeel(water) stalls on the processions' route to facilitate the faithful in each and every corner of the state.
Re-calling the martyrdom of Hazarat Imam Hussain (AS), Ulema and Zakerin during the course of the procession will deliver special speeches highlighting the great sacrifices of the Imam Hussain (RA) and essence of the day.
The event of Karbala inspires us to uphold the glory of islam coupled with the renewed pledge and resolve that we should not hesitate to render any sacrifice for the sake of saving our faith from the clutches of enemy.
Though the 10th of Muharram, the Ashura, is very important for diverse reasons, nevertheless, it gains special impact as Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS)'s martyrdom and the event of Karbala also took place on this day.
Like other parts of AJK, in the lake district of Mirpur, the local administration have made all necessary arrangements to ensure maintaining of traditional peace and order during the course of the main Zuljinnah and Tazia procession in Mirpur city, to be taken out from central Imambargah Sa'adat colony on 10th of Muharram ul Haraam on Tuesday, official sources said.
Exceptional security has been intensified across the district through the deployment of contingents of police which will remain alert till the time of reaching of the Zul'jinnah procession at its set destination, SSP Mirpur Raja Irfan Salim told APP here on Saturday, when contacted, that adequate security arrangements have been given final touches to maintain complete law and order during observance of the sanctified day in the district with full religious solemnity and reverence.
The district police chief said that exceptional security arrangements have been made by the district administration including police through the due deployment of police and other officials of the law enforcement agencies to maintain complete peace and order on this sanctified day.
Moreover, majlis-i-sham-i-ghariban is yet another key event of the day where Nohas and Marsias will be recited at Central Imambargah Sadaat colony to pay glorious tributes to the martyrs of Karbala.
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Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Autohome (NYSE:ATHM – Get Rating) in a report issued on Friday morning, The Fly reports. The firm issued a hold rating on the information services provider’s stock.
A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Citigroup lifted their target price on Autohome from $33.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Tuesday, June 28th. Bank of America raised Autohome from an underperform rating to a neutral rating and boosted their price target for the company from $31.00 to $42.00 in a report on Thursday. CLSA raised Autohome from an underperform rating to an outperform rating and boosted their price target for the company from $29.30 to $42.50 in a report on Tuesday, July 26th. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets initiated coverage on Autohome in a report on Tuesday, July 12th. They issued a buy rating for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average price target of $43.19.
Autohome Stock Performance
Shares of ATHM stock opened at $38.00 on Friday. Autohome has a fifty-two week low of $20.49 and a fifty-two week high of $52.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.77 and a beta of 0.09. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $36.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.52.
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Name a traumatic news event in recent decades, and it's almost certain Alex Jones has claimed it didn't happen — or not the way you think it did.
The Boston Marathon bombing in 2013? Staged by the FBI.
The shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords in 2011? A government mind control operation.
The September 11th terrorist attacks? An inside job.
All lies.
The conspiracy theorist and radio host was confronted with his track record of fabulism this week in an Austin, Texas, courtroom. He was on trial to determine how much he should pay for defaming the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, after years of falsely claiming that no children died and the families were "crisis actors" in a "giant hoax" designed to take away guns.
"Would you agree with me that there is not a mass tragedy, mass bombing, mass shooting that has occurred in America in the past 15 years that you have not attached the words 'false flag' to?" Mark Bankston, the parents' attorney, asked Jones.
"I have asked the question because I believe a lot of things are provocateur or allowed to happen," Jones replied.
The jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million in damages to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, for the mental anguish caused by his lies about Sandy Hook.
Jones has a history of prolific fabulism
Jones got his start in public access broadcasting in Austin, Texas, in the 1990s. From his early days on air, he spouted conspiracy theories about the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
When his wild claims got him fired from a local radio station, he founded Infowars in 1999 and started broadcasting over the internet and in radio syndication.
After the September 11th attacks, Jones surged to fame as a "truther," claiming the Bush administration was behind the tragedy.
As his audience grew, Jones popularized a vocabulary for pernicious doubt: not just that officials and media are hiding the truth, but that tragic events are being engineered for nefarious purposes.
"He's at least a catalyst of those prevailing narratives that follow almost every newsworthy tragedy, whether it's a mass shooting or otherwise," said Sara Aniano, a disinformation researcher at the Anti-Defamation League.
Jones's response to Sandy Hook was perhaps the most egregious example. For years, Infowars aired falsehoods that the tragedy was invented and implied the families of the murdered children were lying.
That created a template to cast doubt on subsequent mass shootings.
"A lot of people who share these theories that those were staged by the government for gun control reasons or that the children and parents are crisis actors will reference Sandy Hook as the basis of that conclusion," Aniano said.
The lies on Infowars had real-world consequences.
At the trial, Lewis and Heslin testified about the harassment and death threats they've received from people who believe Jones.
"When you say those things, there's a fringe of society that believe you, that are actually dangerous," Lewis said in emotional testimony addressed directly to Jones.
Infowars profits from "preaching apocalypse"
Infowars doesn't just disseminate harmful lies; it profits from them.
According to a forensic economist called by the parents' lawyers, Infowars' parent company raked in $64 million in sales of supplements, survivalist gear and other products last year.
The plaintiffs also presented evidence from Jones's own cell phone showing in 2018, Infowars was making as much as $800,000 a day.
The combined net worth of Jones and Infowars is between $135 million and $270 million, the economist estimated.
Jones is not the first person to grift off conspiracy theories, but Infowars harnessed the power of the internet to do so on a massive scale — a model that's been imitated by anti-vaccine advocates, COVID-19 deniers and champions of baseless claims that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
"You preach apocalypse and then you sell stuff that can help you in an apocalypse," said Yunkang Yang, a communications professor at Texas A&M.
Trump and Jones find common ground in conspiracism
Jones has also left a mark on conservative politics.
When Barack Obama was president, Infowars and Donald Trump both promoted the racist lie that he was not an American citizen.
Infowars was also a big spreader of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which falsely accused Hillary Clinton and other Democrats of running a child sex trafficking ring out of a Washington, DC pizzeria. Days after Jones urged his audience to investigate, a man, who told the New York Times he listened to Jones's radio show, entered the restaurant and fired a rifle. (Jones later apologized to the restaurant owner for promoting the lie.)
In late 2015, ahead of Republican primaries, Trump called into Infowars for a mutually fawning interview with Jones.
Trump "gave those folks who are conspiracy theorists signals that he was their guy and they had a candidate who was a conspiracy theorist for the first time," said Melissa Ryan, CEO of consulting firm CARD Strategies, which tracks disinformation and extremism.
"Trump won by being willing to appeal to this base of supporters that other people in the party would have kept at arm's length," she said, "lest they be called out for having extremist views."
The early years of Trump's presidency may have been the peak of Jones's mainstream influence. By 2018, pressure mounted on tech companies to crack down on hate speech and harmful falsehoods. Jones and Infowars were kicked off Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Apple's app store.
That curbed his ability to reach a wider audience, but according to evidence presented in court, he's still making plenty of money. The forensic economist called by the plaintiffs said Jones's deplatforming has not dented his revenues.
Now, Jones and Infowars are facing multiple trials that could put them on the hook for further damages to the victims of his lies.
Jones is trying to shield his assets through bankruptcy, but has vowed to keep Infowars alive.
But even if Jones were to go silent and Infowars went out of business tomorrow, the seeds of doubt he so effectively planted are flourishing.
"Conspiracy is a permanent part of our political and cultural discourse now," Ryan said. "I think you can say that Alex Jones was an innovator in that."
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National Bank Financial lowered shares of Home Capital Group (TSE:HCG – Get Rating) from an outperform market weight rating to a sector perform market weight rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday morning.
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Home Capital Group Trading Down 1.7 %
HCG stock opened at C$26.76 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is C$26.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$32.11. Home Capital Group has a 1-year low of C$23.83 and a 1-year high of C$46.92. The firm has a market cap of C$1.14 billion and a PE ratio of 5.87.
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The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be given a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 30th. Home Capital Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 3.29%.
About Home Capital Group
Home Capital Group Inc, through its subsidiary, Home Trust Company, provides residential and nonresidential mortgage lending, securitization of residential mortgage products, consumer lending, and credit card services in Canada. It offers deposits through brokers and financial planners under the Oaken Financial brand.
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The series has finally arrived!
Warning: Spoiler Alert!
The wait was long but sandman finally arrived on Netflix, winning over critics around the world, including the Legion of Heroes. But the first season adapts exactly which volumes of the comics created by Neil Gaiman? Bringing a very well done introduction to the story of the Dream and the Endless, the series adapted Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House.
Over the 10 episodes of the series, we see some episodes adapting exactly what happens in a particular edition of the comics, often preserving the name of the comic that is being taken to the screens.
Right in the first episode we have the HQ The Dream of the Righteous, showing the moment the Sandman was captured; we go to imperfect hosts, at which point he manages to return to the Dreaming; then we have the search for your tools in Dream of mewhich adapts the story Dream a Brief Dream With Me; A Hope in Hellcontinues the journey of Morpheus and quickly adapts the HQ passengers; culminating in Nonstopwhich presents the story 24 hours and sound and fury.
Closing the first volume we have episode 6, The Sound of Her Wingsadaptation of the HQ The Sound of Your Wings and Men of Good Fortune — tale of volume two –, which shows a change of pace and a more contemplative moment of the Dream.
The chaos of Sandman’s life is soon restarted with Home of dolls, introducing new characters with their own motivations. the next episode, Playing house adapt the story Change day and Playhouse; heading to collectors and finally, lost hearts which includes the story Inside the Night and the comic that gives the episode its name.
Thus, the first season encompasses approximately 15 issues and two volumes. What did you think of this decision?
sandman is now available in the catalog Netflix.
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Four varieties of the popular Haagen-Dazs range of ice cream sold in Irish supermarkets have been recalled by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
Belfian Chocolate, Cookies and Cream, Pralines and Cream and the Belgian Chocolate and Strawberry Crunch flavours of the ice cream brand with an array of best before dates (available below) have all been recalled. Evidence of a chemical that is not permitted in foods sold in the EU was detected in one of the ingredients used to make the ice cream.
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"Ethylene oxide is a pesticide that is not permitted for use in foods sold in the EU but is approved for use by other countries outside the EU. Although the consumption of the contaminated batches does not pose an acute risk to health, there is an increased risk if there is continued consumption of contaminated food over a long period of time.
"Therefore, exposure to this substance needs to be minimised. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicated batches."
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Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ – Get Rating) (NYSE:CNQ) had its price objective raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from C$92.00 to C$94.00 in a research report report published on Friday morning, BayStreet.CA reports.
A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Scotiabank lowered Canadian Natural Resources from an outperform rating to a hold rating and increased their price objective for the company from C$88.00 to C$91.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 8th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Canadian Natural Resources from C$92.00 to C$95.00 in a research note on Friday, May 6th. TD Securities upped their target price on Canadian Natural Resources from C$90.00 to C$94.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Friday, May 6th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Canadian Natural Resources from C$79.00 to C$84.00 and gave the stock a na rating in a research note on Friday, May 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Canadian Natural Resources from C$111.00 to C$115.00 in a research note on Monday, July 4th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Canadian Natural Resources has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of C$79.91.
Canadian Natural Resources Price Performance
Shares of CNQ stock opened at C$67.24 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$77.62 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.48. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.17. Canadian Natural Resources has a twelve month low of C$37.82 and a twelve month high of C$88.18. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of C$71.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$73.69.
Insider Activity at Canadian Natural Resources
In related news, Senior Officer Trevor James Cassidy sold 9,500 shares of Canadian Natural Resources stock in a transaction on Monday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$86.68, for a total value of C$823,460.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 34,806 shares in the company, valued at C$3,016,984.08. In related news, Senior Officer Trevor James Cassidy sold 9,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$86.68, for a total value of C$823,460.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 34,806 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$3,016,984.08. Also, Director Stephen W. Laut sold 375 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$66.90, for a total value of C$25,087.50. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,764,398 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$118,038,226.20. Over the last three months, insiders sold 220,332 shares of company stock worth $18,124,781.
Canadian Natural Resources Company Profile
Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers synthetic crude oil (SCO), light and medium crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), primary heavy crude oil, and Pelican Lake heavy crude oil.
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Vin Scully voiced a lot of history. He was at the mic when Brooklyn won their only World Series, in 1955, intoning simply, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are champions of the world."
He was there in 1956 when Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched the only "perfect game" in a World Series — against the Dodgers. And when Kirk Gibson limped off the Los Angeles Dodger bench to hit a home run in the 1988 World Series.
"In a year that has been so improbable," said Vin, "the impossible has happened."
Vin Scully was the man who had to say something when Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox let Mookie Wilson's ground ball squiggle like a baby mouse between his feet in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
"If one picture is worth a thousand words," he said after Billy Buck slumped off the field, "you have just seen about a million of them."
Vin Scully was wry and reflective in a business that's often booming and raucous. He was worth hearing even when — especially when — nothing happened.
"He could grab a detail, and transform it into a memory," Jason Benetti, the voice of the Chicago White Sox, told us this week.
I remember when Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs was on the disabled list with a bruised knee.
"(He) is listed as day-to-day," said Vin Scully. "Aren't we all?"
When Henry Aaron of the Braves struck his 715th home run at home in Atlanta in 1974, to break Babe Ruth's career record, Vin Scully was artfully silent while Aaron circled the bases. Then he captured the occasion utterly.
"What a marvelous moment for the country and the world," he said. "A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep south for breaking the record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for the country and the world..."
Vin Scully was the courtly and eloquent voice of the Dodgers, and baseball, really, for 67 years. But when he died this week at the age of 94, I didn't think so much of the no-hitters and game-winners he narrated, but of what it must have been like for anyone in LA to be stuck in traffic on the I-5 in the late afternoon, wishing they were anywhere else, then fumble through the radio dial, and have the voice of Vin Scully take you away to a game.
"Everyone and everything can be interesting," says Jason Benetti. "That's the most important lesson I learned from Vin."
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A few weeks ago, Morning Edition launched a new feature that explores popular music and the cultural phenomena surrounding it. After addressing Justin Bieber two weeks ago, the discussion turns to Nicki Minaj. Click the "Listen to the Story" link above to hear music writer Maura Johnston and Jay Smooth (of Illdoctrine.com) discuss the rapper's place in the hip-hop mainstream.
Rapper Nicki Minaj, born Onika Tanya Maraj, is the first woman in several years to penetrate hip-hop's hyper-masculine mainstream. As a member of Lil Wayne's Young Money collective, she broke that glass ceiling with playfully raunchy lyrics and a sassy, slippery persona that constantly shifts between personalities and accents, often in mid-verse. Like Lady Gaga, Minaj's variation on "girl power" attitude has brought her a legion of young female devotees, whom she's fondly dubbed "my Barbies." But with that cult following has come an equal share of non-believers who worry that her self-styled "Harajuku Barbie" image and reliance on sex appeal only reinforce the hip-hop patriarchy. And as the former acting student keeps creating new characters in each song, many wonder who the real Nicki Minaj even is.
Doubters may find some clues in her 2008 mixtape track "Autobiography." Over a mournful instrumental borrowed from Beanie Sigel's "I Can Feel It in the Air," Minaj raps with no trace of her usual bravado, as she remembers a childhood filled with trauma at the hands of her violent, drug-addicted father. Her voice simmers with anger and regret as she delivers one verse as a message to a long-lost lover and another to her unborn child. Though this particular life story may be a blend of fact and fiction -- her mother is alive and well, though the song indicates otherwise -- "Autobiography" hints at an untapped well of depth and gravitas underneath Minaj's hot-pink wigs.
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Pictured: British mother-of-three, 44, who was killed in motorboat crash in Turkish holiday resort Marmaris as tour operator tells how she died in his arms
- Anna Capuano from Derbyshire died from a catastrophic head injury in the crash
- Her partner, Peter Oxford, 39, was knocked unconscious and is in intensive care
- Mustafa Bey, who held Anna in his arms as she died, said it was a 'tragedy'
This is the first picture of the British woman killed in a horror motorboat crash in the waters off the bustling Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris.
Anna Capuano suffered catastrophic head injuries when the speed boat she was traveling in struck a water taxi close to the beach.
The 44-year-old mother-of-three died shortly afterwards despite the frantic efforts of Turkish paramedics and first aiders to save her.
Her partner, Peter Oxford, 39, was knocked unconscious and suffered severe internal injuries that have kept him in intensive care at the town's Ahu Hospital.
Two other British tourists were involved in the accident but suffered minor injuries. They returned to the UK yesterday.
A tour operator today told how Anna, 44, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, died in his arms after she was brought to shore.
Anna Capuano, a 44-year-old mother-of-three died shortly afterwards despite the frantic efforts of Turkish paramedics and first aiders to save her.
Anna's partner is still in intensive care in hospital in Turkey after he suffered severe internal injuries in the crash
Mustafa Bey, a tour guide, described holding Anna in his arms as she died. He said: 'There has never been an accident like this in Marmaris. Everyone is in shock and upset. It's so sad'
Mustafa Bey told MailOnline: 'It's a tragedy. She died in my arms.
'It is such a terrible thing to have happened.
'There has never been an accident like this in Marmaris. Everyone is in shock and upset. It's so sad.'
He added: 'Her partner was knocked unconscious. He broke six or seven ribs and has other internal injuries.
'He was rushed to hospital. He was in a coma but he has regained consciousness now. He is traumatised.'
The couple, who had only recently got together, were enjoying a seven-day package holiday at the five-star Lalila Blue Hotel in Marmaris, booked through TUI, when tragedy struck at 1.30pm on Thursday lunchtime.
Anna – mother to two daughters aged 11 and 13 and a son 22 – had separated from her second husband Jonathan Capuano but the pair had remained on good terms.
Peter Oxford, 39, was knocked unconscious and suffered severe internal injuries that have kept him in intensive care at the town's Ahu Hospital.
Ex-husband Jonathan said: 'Anna's a nice, friendly person, and was going off to Turkey with her new partner.'
Friends and neighbours have told how the couple had been looking forward to their sunshine break in Marmaris, a popular Turkish resort with Britons.
Baljeet Randhawa told MailOnline: 'This is so sad, she had two young girls, and they will be heartbroken.
'Anna has been so looking forward to her holiday in Turkey this week.
'She had split up with her husband about a year ago and had recently met a new partner. It was their first time away together.
'The girls lived with her but we're not going on holiday, but were going to stay with their dad.'
Her husband Sabjeet added: 'She was a lovely person, bubbly and happy and always smiling.
'It is such a shock. Everyone around here knew her but not that well.
A neighbour added: 'Anna was a very nice woman and a good neighbour.
'She had just met a new partner and seemed happy, It is a terrible thing to happen, shocking.'
The Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into the fatal motor boat crash.
A Foreign Office spokesman added: 'We are providing consular assistance after the death of a British woman and hospitalisation of three British nationals in Turkey, and are in contact with the local authorities.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11087231/First-picture-British-mother-killed-horror-motorboat-crash-Turkey.html | 2022-08-06T13:30:13Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11087231/First-picture-British-mother-killed-horror-motorboat-crash-Turkey.html | false | 3 |
Eureka Springs approves renovation contract for Basin Spring Park
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. – The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission has begun the first phase of repairing and renovating the historic Basin Spring Park.
“It’s just a great, great space and great history for us. And yet it’s really starting to deteriorate,” said Scott Miskiel, Executive Director for Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission. “We’ve got some underground collapsing of some culverts that are… causing the promenade or the plaza of the park to become less than optimal. I can see the sinking… of our fountain.”
Daybreak on the Road: History of Eureka SpringsMiskiel said that they are at a point where they have no option, but to start repairing as soon as possible. He said its been at least 100 years since the last time a project of this scope has been done.
“I know by around 1890 there was a significant amount of work that had been done. For instance, a fountain was… constructed, walks were placed in there, and… a gazebo was built,” said Miskiel. The gazebo is also included as a part of this project.
Daybreak on the Road: Underground Eureka Walking TourMiskiel said he hopes to keep the park open as long as they can during the different phases.
The commission approved a contract with McClelland Engineering to assess the issues of the park to have a better idea of how much time and money the project will take.
“We want to make sure that everything they ultimately design for us will be consistent with the site’s history,” said Miskiel. The park is looking at approximately $50,000 just for the conceptual agreed-upon design. “Sure, there will be, you know, some slight changes and who knows, possibly significant changes. But everything that we’ll do will have to mesh or meld real well with the historical look and feel of the park.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine chapter has resigned, saying the human rights organization shot down her opposition to publishing a report that claimed Ukrainian forces had exposed civilians to Russian attacks by basing themselves in populated areas.
In a statement posted Friday night on Facebook, Oksana Pokalchuk accused her former employer of disregarding Ukraine’s wartime realities and the concerns of local staff members who had pushed for the report to be reworked.
The report, released Thursday, drew angry denouncements from top Ukrainian officials and criticism from Western diplomats, who accused the authors of making vague claims that appeared to equate the Ukrainian military's defensive actions to the tactics of the invading Russians.
“It is painful to admit, but I and the leadership of Amnesty International have split over values,” Pokalchuk wrote. “I believe that any work done for the good of society should take into account the local context, and think through consequences."
Russia has repeatedly justified attacks on civilian areas by alleging that Ukrainian fighters had set up firing positions at the targeted locations.
Pokalchuk said her office had asked the organization’s leadership to give the Ukrainian Defense Ministry adequate time to respond to the report's findings and argued that its failure to do so would further Kremlin misinformation and propaganda efforts.
"I am convinced that our surveys should be done thoroughly, bearing in mind the people whose lives often depend directly on the words and actions of international organizations,” she said.
In a news release that accompanied the report's publication, Amnesty International Secretary-general Agnes Callamard said the organization had “documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas.
“Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian military from respecting international humanitarian law," she said Thursday.
Russian state-sponsored media quoted the report to support Moscow’s claim that Russia has only launched strikes on military targets during the war. The spokesperson for Russia's Foreign Ministry cited the Amnesty International assertions as proof that Ukraine was using civilians as human shields.
Multiple Western scholars of international and military law went on social media to reject the human shield claim. They said the report contained poor phrasing that muddied legal distinctions and ignored the combat conditions in Ukraine.
United Nations war crimes investigator Marc Garlasco, tweeting in a personal capacity Friday, accused Amnesty International of “getting the law wrong” and said Ukraine was taking steps to protect civilians, such as helping them relocate.
Ukrainian authorities at the national and regional level have repeatedly urged residents of frontline areas to evacuate, although tens of thousands of people who left their homes since Russia’s invasion have returned after running out of support or feeling unwelcome.
Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the country’s foreign and defense ministers, have been scathing in their condemnation of the report, which they said failed to provide context on Russia’s bombardments of populated areas and documented attacks on civilians.
Callamard, Amnesty's secretary-general, posted a tweet Friday that defended the organization’s work and took aim at its critics.
“Ukrainian and Russian social media mobs and trolls: they are all at it today attacking Amnesty investigations. This is called war propaganda, disinformation, misinformation. This won’t dent our impartiality and won’t change the facts,” she wrote.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba issued an angry response to Callamard in which he accused her organization of “fake neutrality” and playing into the Kremlin’s hands.
“Apparently, Amnesty’s Secretary General calls me a ‘mob’ and a ‘troll’, but this won’t stop me from saying that its report distorts reality, draws false moral equivalence between the aggressor and the victim, and boosts Russia’s disinformation effort. This is fake ‘neutrality’, not truthfulness,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
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Man who died in Chehalis River on Friday has been identified
A 20-year-old Toledo man drowned Friday while trying to swim across the Chehalis River, according to the Lewis County Coroner.
Miguel A. Soto was pulled from the river by an area resident Friday afternoon, the Chronicle in Centralia reported .
About 4 p.m. Friday, Lewis County Sheriff’s deputies and Lewis County Fire District 6 were dispatched to a report of a drowning in the 100 block of Old Highway 603, off State Route 6, west of Chehalis, the newspaper reported.
Life-saving efforts were initiated by emergency responders, but the young man could not be resuscitated, according to the paper.
A man told the Chronicle he attempted to jump in after the young man, but estimated he was underwater for 12 minutes before being brought back to the surface, newspaper reported. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2689237291222/man-who-died-in-chehalis-river-on-friday-has-been-identified | 2022-08-06T13:32:39Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2689237291222/man-who-died-in-chehalis-river-on-friday-has-been-identified | true | null |
MANILA, Philippines >> U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that China should not hold hostage talks on important global matters such as the climate crisis, after Beijing cut off contacts with Washington in retaliation for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan earlier this week.
Blinken spoke in an online news conference with his Philippine counterpart in Manila after meeting newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other top officials, as relations between Washington and Beijing plummeted to their worst level in years.
Pelosi’s trip to the self-governed island outraged China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. China on Thursday launched military exercises off Taiwan’s coasts and on Friday cut off contacts with the U.S. on vital issues, including military matters and crucial climate cooperation, as punishments against Pelosi’s visit.
“We should not hold hostage cooperation on matters of global concern because of differences between our two countries,” Blinken said. “Others are rightly expecting us to continue to work on issues that matter to the lives and livelihood of their people as well as our own.”
He cited cooperation on climate change as a key area where China shut down contact that “doesn’t punish the United States — it punishes the world.”
“The world’s largest carbon emitter is now refusing to engage on combatting the climate crisis,” Blinken said, adding that China’s firing of ballistic missiles that landed in waters surrounding Taiwan was a dangerous and destabilizing action.
“What happens to the Taiwan Strait affects the entire region. In many ways it affects the entire world because the Strait, like the South China Sea, is a critical waterway,” he said, noting that nearly half the global container fleet and nearly 90% of the world’s largest ships transited through the waterway this year.
China shut “military-to-military channels, which are vital for avoiding miscommunication and avoiding crisis, but also cooperation on transnational crimes and counter-narcotics, which help keep people in the United States, China and beyond, safe,” he said.
Despite China’s actions, Blinken said he told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Cambodia, where they attended an annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, that the U.S. did not want to escalate the situation.
“We seek to deescalate those tensions and we think dialogues are a very important element of that,” he said, adding the U.S. would “keep our channels of communication with China open with the intent of avoiding escalation to the misunderstanding or miscommunication.”
Blinken is the highest ranking American official to visit the Philippines since Marcos Jr. took office on June 30 following a landslide election victory. In his brief meeting with Blinken, Marcos Jr. mentioned he was surprised by the turn of events related to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan this week.
“It just demonstrated it — how the intensity of that conflict has been,” Marcos Jr. said based on a transcript released by the presidential palace.
“This just demonstrates how volatile the international diplomatic scene is not only in the region,” he added.
Marcos Jr. praised the vital relationship between Manila and Washington, which are treaty allies, and U.S. assistance to the Philippines over the years.
Blinken reiterated Washington’s commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines and “to working with you on shared challenges.”
Blinken told journalists he also discussed with Marcos Jr. strengthening democracy and U.S. commitment to work with the Philippines to defend the rule of law, protect human rights, freedom of expression and safeguard civil society groups, “which are critical to our alliance.”
Describing the Philippines as “an irreplaceable friend,” he said he reiterated to the president that an armed attack on Filipino forces, public vessels or aircraft in the South China Sea “will invoke U.S. mutual defense commitments.”
Blinken arrived Friday night in Manila after attending the ASEAN meetings in Cambodia, where he was joined by his Chinese and Russian counterparts.
ASEAN foreign ministers called for “maximum restraint” as China mounted war drills around Taiwan and moved against the U.S., fearing the situation “could destabilize the region and eventually could lead to miscalculation, serious confrontation, open conflicts and unpredictable consequences among major powers.”
In Manila, Blinken visited a vaccination clinic, met with groups helping fight coronavirus outbreaks and went to a clean energy fair. He also met U.S. Embassy staff before flying out tonight.
Shortly before Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, as speculation rose that her aircraft might stop over briefly at the former U.S. Clark Air Force base north of Manila for refueling, Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said in a TV interview he hoped “the Philippine side will strictly abide by the one-China principle and handle all Taiwan-related issues with prudence to ensure sound and steady development of China-Philippines relations.”
Huang’s remarks drew a sharp rebuke from opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who said “the ambassador shouldn’t pontificate on such policies, especially considering that his country stubbornly and steadfastly refuses to recognize a decision rendered by an international arbitral court and ignores and flouts international law in the West Philippine Sea when it suits her interest.”
Hontiveros was referring to a 2016 arbitration ruling on a Philippine complaint that invalidated China’s vast territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. She used the Philippine name for the disputed waters.
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Los Angeles, California. Though it is only a 3 game series this weekend between the Dodgers and the Padres, it will be a good indicator as to just how much better this San Diego team is after they acquired Juan Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury. They will join Manny Machado and soon to return to the lineup, Fernando Tatis, San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic. That is one scary lineup!
Prior to the start of the game, the Dodgers presented a moving 40 minute tribute to former great broadcaster Vin Scully, who passed away on August 2nd. Then Dodger starter, Tony Gonsolin, 12-1, 2.36 ERA went to the mound. He was greeted by a 1 out line drive single by Soto that almost decapitated him. Then a batter later an opposite field hit by Josh Bell made everyone think that this new Padres team could possibly compete with this powerhouse Dodger club. So far the trade was looking good for the Padres. But Gonsolin got out of the inning. And then the fireworks started.
Padres starter, Sean Manaea, who’s roots are in American Samoa, had to be thinking, “What the heck was that?” As he watched the Dodgers score 4 runs in the first inning before he could blink. Then 4 more in the 3rd inning. All on solid hits to every part of the stadium. He lasted 4 innings and gave up 8 earned runs on 10 hits. Every Friday is fireworks night at Dodger Stadium. Tonight, the show started sooner than expected.
Gonsolin, now 13-1, 2.30 ERA had a line of 5 innings, 3 H, 0 R, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.
Are the Dodgers that good or are they playing on an emotional high with the tribute to Vin Scully tonight? Baseball is not like football where emotions can spark a team. I believe they are that good.
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In the barren wasteland that is sports in August, there are only baseball and speculative NFL stories to write about. And since we just wrote about Aaron Judge and he didn’t hit a dinger Friday night, we’ve got football chatter for you. Today’s anecdote comes from former New England Patriot offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger, who was so concerned about having a valid excuse for oversleeping for practice that he legitimized his car accident cover by actually getting in an accident.
Due to an irrational fear of Bill Belichick, he opted to… well I’ll let him tell it as he did on his radio show.
“I wake up, my phone died overnight, and I realize I’m waking up to the sound of birds chirping and not my alarm going off. I am frantic. I don’t even bother looking at the clock, I know I’m late.”
“I’m five minutes to being officially late, and I’ve got a 15-minute drive ahead of me. I’m gonna be 10 minutes late for this day. I have this sinking feeling in my stomach like, ‘I’m gonna be cut. [Belichick’s] not gonna have me on this football team come tomorrow. What do I do?’”
“I see a church van in front of me that’s all dinged up and it’s got the black smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe and I’m like, ‘I’m gonna hit this car. It’s better to pay the insurance than embarrass myself by being late for a Patriots team meeting.”
As someone who has accidentally skidded into an awning while running late to take his little sister to school, I wish I had the resources to intentionally play bumper cars to avoid getting dressed down by my mom let alone the most maniacal coach in the history of the NFL. Belichick seriously must gush clout in Foxborough. His players are not only willing to run through a wall for him; they’ll literally veer into traffic to remain on his roster.
Also, for the people asking about the premiums: Would you rather take a hit on your car insurance bill — or pay for it out of pocket with your ample NFL salary — than lose the respect of sports’ most demanding father? If I was the driver of the St. Stephen’s shuttle, it might be a little jarring to have someone snapping photos of his mistake before I even exit the vehicle, but they believe in Good Samaritans and shit like that.
Honestly, careening into a junker church van wasn’t a bad idea — even if it sounds like a recipe for a lawsuit. Who among us hasn’t made regrettable decisions trying to earn/keep a dream job? I’d cut off a nipple for the right gig. (Don’t fret, my man boobs remain intact. Not lopping off flesh for an industry that’s going to be 95 percent athletes in five years.)
Rich Ohrnberger, if I had stars or some kind of fake accolade to hand out, you’d get one.
And now what I almost wrote about…
Occasionally, ESPN breaks the fourth wall. If you don’t recite lines from the 2004 cult classic “Dodgeball,” you probably don’t get half of my jokes — in addition to having no idea what ESPN the Ocho day is. The Mothership ran a few of the seldom-seen athletic competitions on ESPN 2 on Friday in honor of one of Ben Stiller’s seminal works.
Along with wiffleball, tag, air hockey, and something called quadball, there was the Slippery Stairs world championship.
Even if it seems like a knockoff of Wipeout, which was a knockoff of a Japanese game show, I can respect the hustle. It’s at least something to laugh at while eating wings, drinking beer, and trying to formulate a story on your break.
I mean, anything that gives me an opportunity to quote Cotton McKnight, White Goodman, and Co. is fine by me.
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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Record rainfall Friday trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed all roads and stranded hundreds of visitors and workers.
There were no immediate reports of injuries but roughly 60 vehicles were buried in mud and debris and about 500 visitors and 500 park workers were stuck inside the park, officials said.
The park near the California-Nevada state line received 1.46 inches (3.71 centimeters) of rain at the Furnace Creek area. That’s about 75% of what the area typically gets in a year and more than has ever been recorded for the entire month of August.
Since 1936, the only single day with more rain was April 15, 1988, when 1.47 inches (3.73 centimeters) fell, park officials said.
“Entire trees and boulders were washing down,” said John Sirlin, a photographer for an Arizona-based adventure company who witnessed the flooding as he perched on a hillside boulder where he was trying to take pictures of lightning as the storm approached.
“The noise from some of the rocks coming down the mountain was just incredible,” he said in a phone interview Friday afternoon.
Park officials didn’t immediately respond to requests for an update Friday night.
The storm followed another major flooding event earlier this week at the park 120 miles (193 kilometers) northeast of Las Vegas. Some roads were closed Monday after they were inundated with mud and debris from flash floods that also hit western Nevada and northern Arizona hard.
Friday’s rain started around 2 a.m., according to Sirlin, who lives in Chandler, Arizona, and has been visiting the park since 2016.
“It was more extreme than anything I’ve seen there,” said Sirlin, the lead guide for Incredible Weather Adventures who started chasing storms in Minnesota and the high plains in the 1990s.
“A lot of washes were flowing several feet deep. There are rocks probably 3 or 4 feet covering the road,” he said.
Sirlin said it took him about 6 hours to drive about 35 miles (56 kilometers) out of the park from near the Inn at Death Valley.
“There were at least two dozen cars that got smashed and stuck in there,” he said, adding that he didn’t see anyone injured “or any high water rescues.”
During Friday’s rainstorms, the “flood waters pushed dumpster containers into parked cars, which caused cars to collide into one another. Additionally, many facilities are flooded including hotel rooms and business offices,” the park statement said.
A water system that provides it for park residents and offices also failed after a line broke that was being repaired, the statement said.
A flash flood warning for the park and surrounding area expired at 12:45 p.m., Friday but a flood advisory remained in effect into the evening, the National Weather Service said.
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Ether (ETH), Ethereum’s native toke, has been continuing its uptrend against Bitcoin (BTC) as euphoria around its upcoming network upgrade, “the Merge,” grows.
On the daily chart, ETH/BTC surged to an intraday high of 0.075 on Aug. 6, following a 1.5% upside move. Meanwhile, the pair’s gains came as a part of a broader rebound trend that started a month ago at 0.049, amounting to approximately 50% gains.
The ETH/BTC recovery in part has surfaced due to the Merge, which will have Ethereum switch from proof-of-work (PoW) mining to proof-of-stake (PoS).
From a technical perspective, Ether stares at potential interim losses as ETH/BTC paints a convincing rising wedge.
Rising wedges are bearish reversal patterns that occur when the price trends higher inside a range defined by two rising, converging trendlines. As a rule, they resolve after the price breaks below the lower trendline by as much as the structure’s maximum height.
Moreover, a declining volume and relative strength index (RSI) against a rising ETH/BTC further increases bearish divergence risks. This gives weight to the wedge’s bearish setup for a target of 0.064 BTC, or down 11% from today’s price.
Meanwhile, technicals paint a brighter picture for Ethereum against the U.S. dollar. The potential of a 10% breakout for ETH/USD looks strong in August due to a classic bullish reversal pattern.
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On a four-hour chart, ETH/USD has formed what appears to be a “double bottom.” This pattern resembles the letter “W” due to two consecutive lows followed by a change in direction from downtrend to uptrend, as illustrated below.
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Doctors will stop providing life-supporting treatment for Archie Battersbee today after a series of legal battles came to an end.
Parents of the 12-year-old boy have gone to the UN, European Court of Human Rights, the High Court, in bids to keep treatment going.
Archie was found unconscious by his mother, Hollie Dance, at her home in Southend, Essex, on 7 April and has not regained conciousness.
Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, from Southend in Essex, disagreed with the doctors saying his heart is still beating.
The life-supporting treatment was set to be withdrawn on Saturday (6 August) morning.
His parents made a last minute bid this week to move Archie to a hospice to die, but this was rejected.
But why did judges rule that doctors could end his treatment?
Here is what was said at the time.
Why did the judges rule doctors could end treatment?
Mrs Justice Arbuthnot ruled that Archie is dead and says doctors can lawfully stop treating him on 13 June after a hearing from 6 June to 8 June.
His parents appealed the decision.
Mr Justice Hayden, who reviewed evidence at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court, on Friday 15 July concluded that ending treatment was in Archie’s best interests.
He described what had happened to Archie as a “tragedy of immeasurable dimensions”.
Another High Court judge, Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, had earlier concluded that Archie was dead.
But Court of Appeal judges upheld a challenge, made by Archie’s parents, to decisions taken by Mrs Justice Arbuthnot and said evidence should be reviewed.
Doctors treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, have told judges they think he is “brain-stem dead” and say continued life support treatment is not in his best interests.
Lawyers representing the Royal London Hospital’s governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, have asked for decisions about what moves are in Archie’s best interests.
After a hearing on 21 July and 22 July, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division of the High Court and the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Peter Jackson again ruled that doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to Archie.
“The damage to his brain has deprived him of any bodily autonomy”
“Archie’s mother described him as a fighter and I have no doubt he was,” said Mr Justice Hayden.
“But the fight, if it can properly be characterised as such, is no longer in Archie’s control.
“The damage to his brain has deprived him of any bodily autonomy.
“Eventually Archie’s organs will fail and ultimately his heart will stop.”
Mr Justice Hayden said the reality of Archie’s case was “terrible”.
He said: “The medical evidence finds that for Archie improvement is not possible.
“There is unfortunately no treatment possible to reverse the damage that has been caused to Archie’s brain.
“There can be no hope at all of recovery.”
The judge said he had reached his conclusions with “profound regret”.
Ms Dance, Mr Battersbee and other members of Archie’s family were in court to hear the judge outline his conclusions.
What happened to Archie?
Archie’s mother has told how she found him unconscious with a ligature over his head on April 7 and thinks he might have been taking part in an online challenge.
He has not regained consciousness.
Mr Justice Hayden said medical evidence was “compelling and unanimous”, and painted a “bleak” picture.
The judge said evidence showed that Archie had suffered a “significant injury” to “multiple areas” of his brain and had not “regained awareness at any time”.
What is the timeline of events in the case?
7 April
Archie is found unconscious by his mother, Hollie Dance, at her home in Southend, Essex. He has a ligature around his neck, prompting her to believe he was taking part in an online challenge gone wrong. The boy is taken to hospital with traumatic head injuries.
26 April
Barts Health NHS Trust, responsible for Archie’s care at the Royal London Hospital, begins High Court proceedings seeking to undertake a test of the brain stem – which is responsible for keeping people alive – and to withdraw mechanical ventilation.
Doctors think it “highly likely” that the youngster is effectively dead, and say it is in his best interests that life-support treatment should stop. Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, raise concerns.
13 May
High Court Judge Mrs Justice Arbuthnot rules that a brain stem test would be in Archie’s best interests.
16 May
Two specialists attempt a nerve stimulation test on Archie, but no response is detected.
6-8 June
Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court, oversees three days of evidence and argument relating to Archie’s treatment. Doctors think it is “very likely” he is “brain-stem dead”. Lawyers representing Archie’s family say his heart is still beating and want care to continue.
13 June
Mrs Justice Arbuthnot rules that Archie is dead and says doctors can lawfully stop treating him. Archie’s family say they plan to appeal.
20 June
Ms Dance and Mr Battersbee, are granted permission to appeal against the decision.
29 June
At the subsequent hearing, three appeal judges rule that evidence relating to what is in Archie’s best interests should be reconsidered by a different High Court judge. Archie’s parents say they are “delighted” at the decision.
11 July
High Court judge Mr Justice Hayden hears evidence from doctors that continuing to treat Archie will only “delay the inevitable”. But the boy’s mother says her son is a “natural-born fighter” and urges doctors to continue care.
15 July
Mr Justice Hayden rules in favour of the hospital trust, saying the medical evidence is “compelling and unanimous” and paints a “bleak” picture. He adds: “There can be no hope at all of recovery.” Archie’s parents say they will ask Court of Appeal judges to overturn Mr Justice Hayden’s decision.
21-22 July
Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division of the High Court and the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Peter Jackson are told during a two-day hearing that medical evidence shows Archie is in a “comatose state”.
25 July
The three Court of Appeal judges rule that doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to Archie. Again, the family announce plans to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
28 July
Archie’s family fail to persuade the Supreme Court to intervene in the case.
29 July
Undeterred, the family make a “last-ditch” application to a UN committee to step in.
31 July
The hospital caring for Archie says his treatment is due to be withdrawn on August 1 at 2pm. However, it is confirmed that the Court of Appeal has granted a virtual hearing for 11am on August 1 after the UK Government asked it to “urgently consider” a request from the UN committee to continue his treatment so the committee could examine his case.
1 August
The Court of Appeal rejects a request to postpone stopping Archie’s treatment. It says his life-support care will end at midday the following day.
2 August
Archie’s parents are refused permission to appeal against the latest ruling at the Supreme Court. Ms Dance says Barts Health NHS Trust will begin to withdraw Archie’s life support on August 3 at 11am unless the family have submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights by 9am that day. The trust will not begin removing life-support until all legal issues have been resolved.
3 August
The European Court of Human Rights refuses the last-ditch application. Archie’s family say they intend to ask the High Court to allow the schoolboy to be moved to a hospice.
4 August
Nearly four months after Archie suffered traumatic head injuries, his parents formally lodge High Court proceedings over the move to hospice care – something the hospital opposes. Archie’s care continues. A hearing takes place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, lasting late into the evening.
5 August
Mrs Justice Theis rules it is not in Archie’s best interests to be moved to a hospice. The High Court judge refuses the family permission to appeal against her ruling, granting a stay on the withdrawal of Archie’s treatment until 2pm on Friday to allow them to go directly to the Court of Appeal.
Refusing permission to appeal, the Court of Appeal judges say Mrs Justice Theis’ ruling dealt “comprehensively with each of the points raised on behalf of the parents” and said the proposed appeal had “no prospect of success”.
A bid to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing the High Court ruling violated the European Convention on Human Rights, also fails.
6 August
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By Victor Nwachukwu
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have urged the Imo government to scale up breastfeeding programmes in the state.
This is contained in a statement by UNICEF’s Heaboost child immune system, brain development and save lives.
(NAN)boost child immune system, brain development and save lives. (NAN)d of Enugu Field Office, Mr Ibrahim Conteh, in Owerri on Saturday to commemorate the World Breastfeeding Week.
The 2022 World Breastfeeding Week has the theme: “Step up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support.’
The week is officially celebrated from Aug. 1 to 7 annually since 1992, to generate public awareness and support for breastfeeding.
According to Conteh, the exclusive breastfeeding rate in Nigeria is 29 per cent, an indication that over 70 per cent of infants in the country are denied the benefits of breast milk in their formative years.
“During emergencies, including those in Afghanistan, Yemen, Ukraine, the Horn of Africa, and the Sahel, breastfeeding guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for babies and young children.
” It offers a powerful line of defence against diseases and all forms of child malnutrition, including waste, and acts as a baby’s first vaccine, protecting them from common childhood illnesses,”he said.
Conteh, however, noted that only nine per cent of organisations had a workplace breastfeeding policy, indicating that working mothers lacked the enabling environment to optimally breastfeed their babies.
He called on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
“Protecting and supporting breastfeeding is more important than ever, not just for protecting our planet as the ultimate natural, sustainable, first food system, but also for the survival, growth and development of millions of infants.
” The emotional distress, physical exhaustion, lack of space and poor sanitation experienced by mothers in emergency settings mean that many babies are missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding to help them survive.
“Fewer than half of all newborn babies are breastfed in the first hour of life, leaving them more vulnerable to disease and death,” he said.
Conteh said that only 44 per cent of infants were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life, short of the World Health Assembly target of 50 per cent by 2025.
“The results are high stunting rates of 37 per cent of children under five, of which 21 per cent are severe, and wasting among children under five years of age ( seven per cent). They continue to present severe consequences for the child,” he said.
He urged governments, donors, civil society and the private sector to step up efforts to prioritise investing in breastfeeding support policies and programmes, especially in fragile and food insecure contexts.
He also urged government to equip health and nutrition workers with facilities in the communities with the requisite skills to provide quality counselling and practical support to mothers to successfully breastfeed.
He further called for the protection of caregivers and health care workers from the unethical marketing influence of the formula industry by fully adopting and implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes, including in humanitarian settings.
Speaking, the Imo Commissioner for Health, Dr Prosper Ohayagha said that the ministry, in collaboration with UNICEF, had decided to take the message to the rural populace.
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HERMISTON — While driving down Highway 395, Hermiston residents may have noticed construction activity taking place.
At the old Five Star Auto, plans for a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen have been submitted. Staff reports available online from a June 8 chamber meeting show Craig Gilbert, on behalf of Ambrosia QSR, has filed documents to the city of Hermiston Planning Commission to build the new restaurant.
Ambrosia QSR is a Vancouver, Washington-based company that partners with Popeyes and Burger King brands. This would be their first location in Eastern Oregon.
The 80,000-square foot area of land, formally the location of Five Star Auto, has not yet been sold as specifics are worked out. Part of the trouble is the proposed drive-thur window, which is normally required to be 20 feet away from the road. The variance request points out that the nearby Dairy Queen restaurant, however, sits closer.
“The Oregon Department of Transportation has been working with the applicant and the city to best develop the access plan for the site,” the document states. “Several iterations of site development have been reviewed and evaluated.”
The variance was recommended to be approved, paving the way for the Popeyes location to be put in. Craig Gilbert declined to comment on the construction.
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WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Friday, August 5, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
National Weather Service Portland OR
510 AM PDT Sat Aug 6 2022
Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, Sunday, Sunday
Night, and Monday.
WAZ021-062330-
South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
510 AM PDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North wind 5 to
10 mph. Near beaches and headlands, gusts up to 20 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast wind
5 to 10 mph. Near beaches and headlands, north wind 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast wind 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West wind
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest wind
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
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WAZ020-062330-
Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
510 AM PDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast wind 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast wind 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Light wind.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Light wind.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
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South Washington Cascade Foothills-
Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
510 AM PDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Hazy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Hazy in the evening. Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light wind.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 80.
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Budge Cassidy
We took a lovely budgie into our care recently. A woman out walking in Athy noticed the bird in a hedge and passed him on to us so that we could look after him until his owner came forward.
We named him Budge Cassidy and put his picture on our Facebook page. Unfortunately, nobody came forward and we have now rehomed him to a bird lover who will give him a forever home.
While in our care Budge enjoyed watching the cats from the safety of his cage, swinging on his mirror and getting very excited whenever he heard music.
Our Kitty Cottage is full
The KWWSPCA now has more than 40 kittens in our care, as well as several adult cats at the shelter and in foster homes.
We apologise, but we cannot take any more in for the time being until we have rehomed some of the ones we have.
If you have found kittens, please keep them safe, fed and watered and if you need any advice, contact the KWWSPCA Cat Welfare Unit by text on 089 4588162 . As soon as we have room, we will be able to take in more kittens.
If you are interested in adopting a kitten and would like to see the kittens available for adoption, please make an appointment to avoid disappointment by texting 089 4588162.
There is an adoption fee of €100 but each kitten will have been vaccinated, microchipped, treated for worms and fleas and the fee also covers the cost of the neutering/spaying of the kitten when it is old enough. Proof of identity will also be needed.
About Us
The Kildare & West Wicklow Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KWWSPCA) is a Registered Charity which investigates and deals with reports of cruelty and neglect to animals, family pets, wild animals and birds, throughout County Kildare and West Wicklow.
The Society is run entirely on a voluntary basis, there are no paid employees.
Charity Number, CHY 6280
General Helpline: 087 6887136
Dog Helpline/Rehoming: 087 1279835
Cat Helpline/Rehoming/TNR: 089 4588162
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(NerdWallet) – Mortgage rates will likely rise in August as the Federal Reserve continues to yank interest rates higher.
The Fed’s chairman, Jerome Powell, has repeatedly said that the central bank’s “overarching focus” right now is to slow inflation. The Fed applies the brakes on inflation by raising short-term interest rates. When the central bank tugs short-term rates higher, mortgage rates usually rise, too.
In fact, the Fed has targeted mortgage rates specifically. During the depths of the pandemic, the central bank bought government and mortgage debt, pushing mortgage rates to record lows. Now, the Fed is gradually reducing those debt holdings, which is expected to force rates upward.
This so-called reduction of the Fed’s balance sheet is just beginning. As Powell pointed out in a news conference on July 27 after the Fed’s latest rate increase, the shedding of these assets is still ramping up and will “go to full strength” in September. As that date approaches, mortgage rates will bear additional upward pressure.
Affordability in the balance
Home prices have been rising swiftly along with mortgage rates, a combination that demoralizes buyers because homes become less affordable. Look at what happened to affordability from January to June. When you take the median home resale price and average mortgage rate in both months, the monthly payment on a typical home bought in June was $774 higher than its counterpart in January (after a 5% down payment).
If there’s any good news for home buyers, it’s that prices aren’t rising as fast as they once were. In June, the median resale price of an existing home was 13.4% higher than a year before, whereas, in February, the year-over-year price increase was 17.1%. Higher mortgage rates helped drive the price slowdown.
Rising mortgage rates have had an even deeper impact on the median price of new homes, which went up 7.4% in the 12 months ending in June, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As recently as April and May, the year-over-year price increases had exceeded 20%. Again, the Fed’s campaign of rate increases has changed the pace of home prices increases.
The Fed is determined
The bottom line is that house prices continue to rise, making it difficult for would-be buyers to find homes they can afford. But it’s hard to dispute that the Federal Reserve is succeeding in slowing down runaway house prices. Eventually, in a roundabout way, the slowdown in home prices will be reflected in the overall inflation rate.
Is it necessary for the Fed to cause a recession to chop the inflation rate to its 2% goal? Powell danced around that question in his July 27 news conference. He said he’s not the person who defines when a recession begins and ends, and he added, “our goal is to bring inflation down and have a so-called soft landing, by which I mean a landing that doesn’t require … a really significant increase in unemployment.”
But he also implied that he’s willing to restrict the U.S. economy, including the strong job market, if that’s what’s necessary to bring inflation under control. If and when the Fed succeeds in cutting the inflation rate to 2%, mortgage rates could decline because mortgage rates respond to inflation expectations.
What happened in July
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell slightly in July after having risen seven months in a row. It averaged 5.66% in June and 5.55% in July.
In my July forecast, I predicted that mortgage rates would go up, driven by high inflation and the Fed’s efforts to control it. (This is the same reasoning behind the August forecast of higher mortgage rates.) But investors positioned themselves for a recession by buying bonds, which had the indirect effect of pushing down on mortgage rates. I’ve guessed correctly in eight of the past 12 months. | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/mortgage-rates-unlikely-to-cool-in-august/ | 2022-08-06T13:51:59Z | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/mortgage-rates-unlikely-to-cool-in-august/ | true | 26 |
CHAMPAIGN — Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, improving ventilation has been encouraged as one of the tools to help lower exposure to viral particles spread through the air.
Holding gatherings outdoors, opening windows indoors and improving air filtration have all been recommended, but not all families can afford a pricey HEPA air cleaner, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde said.
Enter University of Illinois graduate student/public health district employee Marco Ciaccio, who has built over 100 Corsi-Rosenthal box units, which are do-it-yourself air cleaning systems said to reduce indoor exposure to particles containing COVID-19 virus and other air particles, such as dust and smoke.
The public health district has been giving these units away for free to anyone who wants one, and dozens are still available.
Ciaccio, who is working on a master’s degree in epidemiology and making the boxes during a summer internship for the public health district, said he’s made about 125 Corsi-Rosenthal box units and hopes to still make 100 more.
Just over 50 of the first batch have been given away, and the rest remain available for the asking, he said.
The Corsi-Rosenthal box consists of a box fan placed on top of a box made of four filters with a cardboard base, held together with duct tape.
“It sucks in the dirty air through the air filters and blows clean air out of the top,” Ciaccio said. “It’s good at filtering out smoke, allergens and COVID-19 and other pathogens.”
The filters being used are MERV (Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value) 14-rated. HEPA filters have a MERV rating of 17 or higher, but according to the Environmental Protection Agency, a MERV 13 or higher can trap smaller particles, including viruses.
Ciaccio, who has worked for the public health district since November 2020 and been part of its COVID-19 response team, said he began building Corsi-Rosenthal box units in May at the suggestion of Robert Davies, the district’s director of planning and research.
After building so many, he can turn them out fairly quickly, Ciaccio said.
“I have a little bit of a system that I’ve got down now,” he said. “I could probably knock one out in about 15 minutes.”
These units will be most effective in smaller areas, such as a bedroom or small office, he said. But they’re portable, so they could be moved around the house, depending on where people are congregating.
“It’s very light, actually,” Ciaccio said.
While the boxes will fit in most cars, he said he’s also willing to deliver them to people who can’t cart them home.
Pryde said the public health district would like to get these boxes into as many places as it can.
Some are going soon to Cunningham Township to be used by families staying in emergency shelter locations.
Some will go to the eight units the township has in downtown Urbana for families referred by the Urbana school district or Crisis Nursery, and some will go to medically-fragile people being put up in motel rooms, said township Supervisor Danielle Chynoweth.
As soon as she saw one, Chynoweth said, “I said, ‘please, could we get some of those boxes.’”
Families will be able to take the boxes with them when they move into permanent housing, and the township hopes to replace them for the next residents moving in, she said. | https://www.news-gazette.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-response-health-district-giving-away-homemade-air-purifiers/article_9e68b639-10fe-5763-9688-ac27301b9005.html | 2022-08-06T13:55:58Z | https://www.news-gazette.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-response-health-district-giving-away-homemade-air-purifiers/article_9e68b639-10fe-5763-9688-ac27301b9005.html | false | 1 |
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an escalation after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 12 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old girl.
The fighting began with Israel’s killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in a strike Friday. Gaza’s Hamas rulers so far appeared to stay on the sidelines of the conflict, keeping its intensity somewhat contained, for now. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and several smaller battles over the last 15 years at a staggering cost to the territory’s 2 million Palestinian residents.
Shortly before noon Saturday, Israeli warplanes stepped up airstrikes. After warning residents in phone calls, fighter jets dropped two bombs on the house of an Islamic Jihad member in a residential area of Gaza City, flattening the two-story structure and badly damaging surrounding homes. Women and children rushed out of the area, and there were no casualties.
“Warned us? They warned us with rockets and we fled without taking anything,” said Huda Shamalakh, who lived next door. She said 15 people lived in the targeted home.
Another airstrike hit an Islamic Jihad site nearby. Gaza militants continued to launch rounds of rockets into southern Israel around every half hour, though there were no reports of casualties.
The lone power plant in Gaza ground to a halt at noon Saturday for lack of fuel as Israel has kept its crossing points into Gaza closed since Tuesday. The shutdown deepens the densely packed territory’s chronic power crisis amid peak summer heat. With the new disruption, Gazans can get only 4 hours of electricity a day, increasing their reliance on private generators.
The latest round of Israel-Gaza violence was sparked by the arrest this week of a senior Islamic Jihad leader in the West Bank, part of a monthlong Israeli military operation in the territory. Citing a security threat, Israel then sealed roads around the Gaza Strip and on Friday killed Islamic Jihad’s commander for northern Gaza, Taiseer al-Jabari, in a targeted strike.
An Israeli military spokesman said the strikes were in response to an “imminent threat” from two militant squads armed with anti-tank missiles.
“This government has a zero-tolerance policy for any attempted attacks — of any kind — from Gaza towards Israeli territory,” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said in a televised speech Friday. “Israel will not sit idly by when there are those who are trying to harm its civilians.”
“Israel isn’t interested in a broader conflict in Gaza but will not shy away from one either.” he added.
The violence poses an early test for Lapid, who assumed the role of caretaker prime minister ahead of elections in November, when he hopes to keep the position.
Lapid, a centrist former TV host and author, has experience in diplomacy having served as foreign minister in the outgoing government, but has thin security credentials. A conflict with Gaza could burnish his standing and give him a boost as he faces off against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a security hawk who led the country during three of its four wars with Hamas.
Hamas also faces a dilemma in deciding whether to join a new battle barely a year after the last war caused widespread devastation. There has been almost no reconstruction since then, and the isolated coastal territory is mired in poverty, with unemployment hovering around 50%.
Egypt intensified efforts to prevent escalation, communicating with Israel, the Palestinians and the U.S. to keep Hamas from joining the fighting, an Egyptian intelligence official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman were among 12 killed in Gaza, along with more than 80 wounded. It did not differentiate between civilians and militants. The Israeli military said early estimates were that around 15 fighters were killed.
Hundreds marched in a funeral procession for the Jihad commander al-Jabari and others who were killed, with many mourners waving Palestinian and Islamic Jihad flags and calling for revenge. Al-Jabari had succeeded another militant killed in an airstrike in 2019, which at the time also set off a round of heavy fighting.
Overnight, Israeli media showed the skies above southern and central Israel lighting up with rockets and interceptors from Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system. There were no immediate reports of casualties on the Israeli side. Israel said its overnight strikes in Gaza hit rocket launchers, rocket building sites and Islamic Jihad positions. It also arrested 19 Islamic Jihad militants in the West Bank, the military said.
The U.N. special envoy to the region, Tor Wennesland, said: “The launching of rockets must cease immediately, and I call on all sides to avoid further escalation.”
Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved an order to call up 25,000 reserve soldiers if needed while the military announced a “special situation” on the home front, with schools closed and limits placed on activities in communities within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the border.
Israel closed roads around Gaza earlier this week and sent reinforcements to the border as it braced for a revenge attack after Monday’s arrest of Bassam al-Saadi, an Islamic Jihad leader, in a military raid in the occupied West Bank. A teenage member of the group was killed in a gunbattle between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants.
Hamas seized power in Gaza from rival Palestinian forces in 2007, two years after Israel withdrew from the coastal strip. Its most recent war with Israel was in May 2021. Tensions soared again earlier this year following a wave of attacks inside Israel, near-daily military operations in the West Bank and tensions at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site.
Iran-backed Islamic Jihad is smaller than Hamas but largely shares its ideology. Both groups oppose Israel’s existence and have carried out scores of deadly attacks over the years, including the firing of rockets into Israel. It’s unclear how much control Hamas has over Islamic Jihad, and Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks emanating from Gaza.
Israel and Egypt have maintained a tight blockade over the territory since the Hamas takeover. Israel says the closure is needed to prevent Hamas from building up its military capabilities. Critics say the policy amounts to collective punishment.
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Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. | https://www.wbtw.com/news/ap-top-headlines/israel-and-gaza-militants-exchange-fire-after-deadly-strikes/ | 2022-08-06T13:59:58Z | https://www.wbtw.com/news/ap-top-headlines/israel-and-gaza-militants-exchange-fire-after-deadly-strikes/ | false | 11 |
Lorry crashes into house in Co Tyrone
A cement mixer lorry has crashed into a house in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone.
The lorry collided with a house on Main Street shortly before 8am on Saturday.
Police and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene.
A man was rescued from a first-floor flat in an adjacent property by the NIFRS following the crash.
NIFRS group commander Mark Maginnes told the PA news agency that a structural assessment was being conducted to determine whether the building might be at risk of collapse.
He said nobody was hurt in the incident but a man had been rescued.
Mr Maginnes said: "Fire crews rescued the gentleman from a first-floor flat and escorted him down a ladder because it was not safe for him to get out of the property any other way.
"He was treated for shock."
He added: "There was a family in the house that the truck collided with but thankfully nobody was hurt in that property."
Local Sinn Fein councillor Cathal Mallaghan told PA the crash had caused substantial damage to the building.
Mr Mallaghan said local residents he had spoken to were "really shocked".
"People were getting up having their breakfast. It's the last thing you'd expect obviously," he said.
"The room that the lorry went through was the games room in the home. If it had of been later in the day perhaps children would have been in there playing.
"So it is really lucky there was nobody hurt."
A number of houses along the road were evacuated as a precaution on Saturday and the road was closed.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate alleged smear campaigns against it and its staffers.
A statement by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, also called on Nigerians to be wary of such campaigns.
Mr Benjamin alleged that the campaigns are being sponsored by individuals affected by the board’s reforms, “which has blocked the source of their illicit wealth.”
He also assured of the board’s commitment to continue doing its job with transparency and best practices across the world.
Part of his statement reads: “This is to alert the general public to a well-orchestrated smear campaign against JAMB and its management.
“This sinister campaign is being sponsored by some disgruntled individuals whose unwholesome interests are being affected by the spate of current reforms in JAMB which have successfully blocked their sources of illicit wealth.”
JAMB alleged that “an unstable shadowy character” is being used to attack the agency through some publications in some media outlets. But the examination body described as fake, unsubstantiated and ridiculous.
The statement by the spokesperson further added; “Already, they have concocted some false and totally baseless allegations for which they have contracted an unregistered and faceless NGO to be circulating to various agencies, especially the ICPC, media outlets and bloggers across the country.
“While we urge the ICPC to investigate the malicious allegations and make its findings public, we also advise the media and members of the public to beware of the shenanigans of these merchants of falsehoods who are hell-bent on tarnishing the hard-earned and positive image of the Board and its leadership.”
“The management of the Board will continue to manage the affairs of the organisation with utmost transparency and in line with international best practices regardless of the array of dark and powerful forces working round the clock to pull it down.”
A media organisation, Sahara Reporters, had recently published a report over an allegation of about N11 billion fraud against the JAMB management.
According to the petition, the appointment of the current Director of Finance and Administration, Mufutao Bello, did not follow due process, even as it alleged of the agency’s violation of the government’s policy on the Treasury Single Account (TSA) use. | https://www.xtra.net/news/nigeria/smear-campaign-jamb-seeks-icpcs-intervention | 2022-08-06T14:05:57Z | https://www.xtra.net/news/nigeria/smear-campaign-jamb-seeks-icpcs-intervention | true | 2 |
Minecraft has an extensive fighting system with servers where players can fight each other to get better at combat. Players normally play the game in a survival single-player world where they fight hostile mobs that have a set fight pattern. However, when it comes to PvP (player verses player), the fights can get quite tricky.
New players who enter an arena for the first time will get obliterated by seasoned players. Those who want to excel in PvP must practice a lot to gradually inculcate the movements into their muscle memory. Here are a few basic tips to learn in order to improve one's PvP skills.
5 basic tips to improve in Minecraft PvP (2022)
5) Always remember to defend
When new players enter the arena, they might forget to defend themselves and go completely offensive. While it can work in certain scenarios, players must always keep an eye on their health bar and retreat for a few seconds to regain health. Each server has different PvP rules; some might have food items to recover, while others will not let players recover.
Players must always remember to defend and not get carried away with the adrenaline rush.
4) Practice using fishing rods
Although fishing rods are used to capture fish and other loot from bodies of water, they are also a great tool to use in PvP fights. When the hook is thrown towards a player, it will attach to their hitbox, allowing the other player to pull them.
This is frequently used in many PvP battles as players can perform a surprise attack against their opponents by pulling them closer.
3) Using lava bucket efficiently
In some PvP battles, players will be able to burn their opponents using lava buckets. New players might use lava buckets quite often since it does not require much skill. However, they must always remember to take the lava back into the bucket once the opponent is out of the hot liquid.
2) Crit damage
One of the most important combat tactics to inflict heavier damage is critical hits. This can be performed by attacking and jumping at the same time.
Along with crit attacks, players must also keep track of the weapon regeneration bar right on top of the crosshairs. Once the bar is filled, players can deal the attack while while falling from a jump. Doing so will inflict massive damage on the opponent. Players should practice this tactic to better themselves and damage the enemies using crit hits.
1) Combo hits
Once players learn how to inflict crit damage, they can start using combos to damage their opponents further. If players choose to take the offensive route, they can constantly attack their opponents to get combos. However, players should employ this tactic only after becoming well-versed with the basics of combat.
Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion. There are multiple ways to better your fighting skills in Minecraft - this article lists just a few of them. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/top-5-minecraft-tips-get-better-pvp-2022 | 2022-08-06T14:05:59Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/top-5-minecraft-tips-get-better-pvp-2022 | true | 1 |
Is There An Opportunity With BTRS Holdings Inc.'s (NASDAQ:BTRS) 48% Undervaluation?
Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of BTRS Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BTRS) by taking the expected future cash flows and discounting them to today's value. One way to achieve this is by employing the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Don't get put off by the jargon, the math behind it is actually quite straightforward.
We generally believe that a company's value is the present value of all of the cash it will generate in the future. However, a DCF is just one valuation metric among many, and it is not without flaws. For those who are keen learners of equity analysis, the Simply Wall St analysis model here may be something of interest to you.
See our latest analysis for BTRS Holdings
The Method
We're using the 2-stage growth model, which simply means we take in account two stages of company's growth. In the initial period the company may have a higher growth rate and the second stage is usually assumed to have a stable growth rate. To start off with, we need to estimate the next ten years of cash flows. Where possible we use analyst estimates, but when these aren't available we extrapolate the previous free cash flow (FCF) from the last estimate or reported value. We assume companies with shrinking free cash flow will slow their rate of shrinkage, and that companies with growing free cash flow will see their growth rate slow, over this period. We do this to reflect that growth tends to slow more in the early years than it does in later years.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, so we discount the value of these future cash flows to their estimated value in today's dollars:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) forecast
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$640m
We now need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all the future cash flows after this ten year period. For a number of reasons a very conservative growth rate is used that cannot exceed that of a country's GDP growth. In this case we have used the 5-year average of the 10-year government bond yield (1.9%) to estimate future growth. In the same way as with the 10-year 'growth' period, we discount future cash flows to today's value, using a cost of equity of 6.2%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$116m× (1 + 1.9%) ÷ (6.2%– 1.9%) = US$2.8b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= US$2.8b÷ ( 1 + 6.2%)10= US$1.5b
The total value is the sum of cash flows for the next ten years plus the discounted terminal value, which results in the Total Equity Value, which in this case is US$2.1b. The last step is to then divide the equity value by the number of shares outstanding. Relative to the current share price of US$6.8, the company appears quite good value at a 48% discount to where the stock price trades currently. The assumptions in any calculation have a big impact on the valuation, so it is better to view this as a rough estimate, not precise down to the last cent.
The Assumptions
Now the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate, and of course, the actual cash flows. If you don't agree with these result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the assumptions. The DCF also does not consider the possible cyclicality of an industry, or a company's future capital requirements, so it does not give a full picture of a company's potential performance. Given that we are looking at BTRS Holdings as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighted average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation we've used 6.2%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.011. Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility, compared to the market as a whole. We get our beta from the industry average beta of globally comparable companies, with an imposed limit between 0.8 and 2.0, which is a reasonable range for a stable business.
Looking Ahead:
Valuation is only one side of the coin in terms of building your investment thesis, and it ideally won't be the sole piece of analysis you scrutinize for a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Instead the best use for a DCF model is to test certain assumptions and theories to see if they would lead to the company being undervalued or overvalued. If a company grows at a different rate, or if its cost of equity or risk free rate changes sharply, the output can look very different. Can we work out why the company is trading at a discount to intrinsic value? For BTRS Holdings, we've put together three essential aspects you should further examine:
Risks: We feel that you should assess the 2 warning signs for BTRS Holdings we've flagged before making an investment in the company.
Future Earnings: How does BTRS's growth rate compare to its peers and the wider market? Dig deeper into the analyst consensus number for the upcoming years by interacting with our free analyst growth expectation chart.
Other Solid Businesses: Low debt, high returns on equity and good past performance are fundamental to a strong business. Why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals to see if there are other companies you may not have considered!
PS. Simply Wall St updates its DCF calculation for every American stock every day, so if you want to find the intrinsic value of any other stock just search here.
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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.
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Great Lakes Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG – Get Rating) by 22.0% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 121,685 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 34,289 shares during the period. Great Lakes Advisors LLC’s holdings in Encore Capital Group were worth $7,633,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Encore Capital Group by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 3,573 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $224,000 after acquiring an additional 185 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in Encore Capital Group by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 9,237 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $574,000 after acquiring an additional 357 shares in the last quarter. We Are One Seven LLC raised its stake in shares of Encore Capital Group by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. We Are One Seven LLC now owns 9,080 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $564,000 after purchasing an additional 370 shares during the period. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Encore Capital Group during the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Sigma Planning Corp raised its stake in shares of Encore Capital Group by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 9,031 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $561,000 after purchasing an additional 469 shares during the period.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Laura Olle sold 889 shares of Encore Capital Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.42, for a total value of $51,046.38. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 27,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,605,578.04. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 2.01% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Encore Capital Group Trading Down 0.6 %
NASDAQ ECPG opened at $55.98 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 1.33. Encore Capital Group, Inc. has a one year low of $46.10 and a one year high of $72.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.27, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.70. The business’s fifty day moving average is $61.86 and its 200-day moving average is $62.66.
Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The asset manager reported $6.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by $4.40. Encore Capital Group had a return on equity of 31.28% and a net margin of 24.34%. The company had revenue of $499.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $347.08 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.97 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Encore Capital Group, Inc. will post 12.88 EPS for the current year.
Encore Capital Group Company Profile
Encore Capital Group, Inc, a specialty finance company, provides debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across financial assets worldwide. The company purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value, as well as manages them by working with individuals as they repay their obligations and works toward financial recovery.
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