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House Republicans release articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas
Washington — House Republicans released two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday, formally unveiling the charges as they prepare to punish the secretary over the administration's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a 20-page impeachment resolution, Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee accused Mayorkas of "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" and a "breach of public trust." The committee is set to meet on Tuesday to consider the articles.
Republicans have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce the nation's laws as a record number of migrants arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats and the Department of Homeland Security have criticized the impeachment effort as a "baseless" political attack, citing experts who have testified that Mayorkas' conduct did not rise to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors," the legal basis for impeachment under the Constitution.
The department responded to the articles in a 4-page memo on Sunday, calling the impeachment effort "a distraction from other vital national security priorities and the work Congress should be doing to actually fix our broken immigration laws."
"They don't want to fix the problem; they want to campaign on it," the DHS memo said. "That's why they have undermined efforts to achieve bipartisan solutions and ignored the facts, legal scholars and experts, and even the Constitution itself in their quest to baselessly impeach Secretary Mayorkas."
The Mayorkas impeachment articles
The first article — willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law — said hat Mayorkas "has repeatedly violated laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security."
"His refusal to obey the law is not only an offense against the separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States, it also threatens our national security and has had a dire impact on communities across the country," the impeachment resolution said.
The resolution accused Mayorkas and the Biden administration of disregarding federal laws that mandate the detention of certain migrants, and overstepping their authority in using an authority known as parole to resettle more than 1 million migrants and refugees in the U.S.
In its memo, DHS said the department "adheres to the mandatory detention requirements of the [Immigration and Naturalization Act] to the maximum extent possible" and noted that Congress "has never provided the funding for detaining every individual who crosses illegally."
The impeachment resolution cited a 2023 decision from the Supreme Court, which ruled that states lacked standing to ask the courts to compel the executive branch to enforce certain immigration laws. The justices noted that Congress has other remedies to compel the executive branch to act, such as impeachment, and House Republicans pointed to that ruling to justify the impeachment article.
"Here, in light of the inability of injured parties to seek judicial relief to remedy the refusal of Alejandro N. Mayorkas to comply with Federal immigration laws, impeachment is Congress's only viable option," the first article said.
The second article, breach of public trust, accused Mayorkas of "knowingly making false statements to Congress and the American people and avoiding lawful oversight in order to obscure the devastating consequences of his willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and carry out his statutory duties."
Mayorkas, the article said, told Congress "that the border is 'secure', that the border is 'no less secure than it was previously', that the border is 'closed', and that DHS has 'operational control' of the border," among other comments.
The department said that "[t]here is no basis to accuse [Mayorkas] of lying to Congress," pointing to distinctions between the statutory definition of "operational control" of the border and how the department uses the term internally. The DHS memo cited the head of Border Patrol, who last year said: "I've been doing this job for 32 years. We've never had operational control."
The impeachment push
The move on Sunday came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that the House would vote on whether to impeach Mayorkas "as soon as possible" after the committee advances the articles.
Johnson argued in a letter to colleagues that Mayorkas has "willfully ignored and actively undermined our nation's immigration laws," saying that the House Homeland Security Committee would advance articles of impeachment against Mayorkas when lawmakers return to Washington this week.
"[T]he House Homeland Security Committee will move forward with Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas," Johnson wrote. "A vote on the floor will be held as soon as possible thereafter."
Committee Democrats pushed back on the move to release impeachment articles on Sunday, saying evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors is "glaringly missing."
"That should come as no surprise because Republicans' so-called 'investigation' of Secretary Mayorkas has been a remarkably fact-free affair," Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee, said in a statement. "They are abusing Congress' impeachment power to appease their MAGA members, score political points, and deflect Americans' attention from their do-nothing Congress."
Even if the GOP-controlled House impeaches Mayorkas, it's highly unlikely that he would be convicted in a trial in the Senate, which has a Democratic majority and would require a vote of two-thirds of senators to remove him from office. But Mayorkas would be the first Cabinet official to be impeached since 1876.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez contributed reporting.
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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 17-10, on Sunday to reach an incredible fourth Super Bowl in the past five years, and their second in a row.
The Chiefs now await the winner of the NFC title game between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers to see who will stand in the way of capturing a repeat Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl LVIII.
Despite Lamar Jackson's MVP-worthy season, Baltimore has fallen short of the ultimate goal after a defeat by the AFC's usual bully.
Around the NFL will have more from Nick Shook shortly.
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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PFF Mock Draft Simulator 5.0: Arizona Cardinals surprise fans by trading the fourth pick
The consensus is that the Arizona Cardinals will roll with offense with the fourth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, so let’s consider the contrary for a minute.
By Sion Fawkes
Pick 66: DJ James, CB/Auburn
In this scenario, the cornerback position took a hit, indicating that free agency may be the better option here. However, DJ James was a good value pick in the third round thanks to his overall experience and playmaking abilities - five career interceptions, 49 return yards, a pick-six, and 24 passes defensed.
Pick 71: Edgerrin Cooper, LB/Texas A&M
Edgerrin Cooper is one player who I’ve considered quite a few times in these mocks, but haven’t gotten around to taking him. The Cardinals can use one more linebacker if they don’t go after anyone in free agency, and Cooper’s numbers - 17.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks in 2023 make him worth taking at pick 71. He has also looked good in pass coverage, with a pair of interceptions and eight passes defensed in his career.
Pick 90: Tate Ratledge, G/Georgia
If the Cardinals land Tate Ratledge here in reality, there is a good chance he will be a Day 2 pick who can start. Ratledge ranked 10th in the nation with an 87.2 pass blocking grade, per PFF, and the Redbirds need pass blockers for the upcoming season.
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Missing 23-year-old Coloradan found dead in area of Ute Canyon Overlook
The Grand Junction Police issued an update on Saturday about a person who was reported missing.
At approximately, 4 p.m., Rangers of the Colorado National Monument were notified on Thursday about a vehicle being found in the area of Ute Canyon Overlook.
Mesa County Search and Rescue responded to the crash site and found a person dead inside the vehicle that matched the description of 23-year-old James Moen, who was reported missing on Jan. 9 around 4 a.m. and last seen entering the entrance of the Colorado National Monument, according to Grand Junction police.
Grand Junction police say the Mesa County Coroner's Office is assisting the investigation and will release the cause of death.
The Grand Junction Police Department, Mesa County Sheriff's Office, Mesa County Search and Rescue and Rangers with the Colorado National Monument all assisted in the search.
The Mesa County Coroner's Office on Sunday said preliminary findings indicate Moen died from injuries sustained in a car crash after the car went off the edge of the monument.
Ute Canyon National Monument is about 260 miles west of Denver.
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The Browns are bringing in a former quarterback to run their offense in 2024.
Cleveland is hiring former Ken Dorsey as its new offensive coordinator, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Sunday, per sources.
Alex Van Pelt previously held the job in Cleveland when head coach Kevin Stefanski was hired ahead of the 2020 season. The Browns parted ways with Van Pelt following his third season at the helm.
Dorsey gets another shot as an OC in the NFL after being fired by the Bills midway through 2023. In 28 games under Dorsey, the Bills continued to put up yards and points, but their offensive inconsistencies to begin the season led to a change that saw Buffalo win six of its last seven games to reach the playoffs.
The Browns persevered through multiple injuries on the offensive side of the ball to earn a postseason berth in 2023, but the offense struggled in a 45-14 blowout loss to the Houston Texans during Super Wild Card Round.
Dorsey is expected to have a fully healthy quarterback in Deshaun Watson in 2023 after the Browns QB suffered a season-sending shoulder injury in Week 9. It was one of several season-ending losses for the Browns, who also lost running back Nick Chubb and both starting tackles during the 2023 season.
Dorsey was in Cleveland as a quarterback from 2006 to 2008. In five appearances and three starts, Dorsey completed 43 of 92 passes for 370 yards with zero touchdowns and seven interceptions.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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Portu’s smart finish saw Girona return to the top of LaLiga with victory at Celta Vigo.
The season’s surprise package continue to keep Real Madrid at bay and Portu’s goal was enough to see them win 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Sevilla, meanwhile, remain just a point clear of the relegation zone after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Osasuna.
Isaac Romero had put the hosts ahead only for Ante Budimir to level 10 minutes after the restart, with Suso sent off for Sevilla in the latter stages.
Cadiz are a point behind Sevilla having played out a goalless draw with Athletic Bilbao while Samuel Lino and Memphis Depay goals saw Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 2-0.
Marie-Louise Eta made history as she became the first female coach to take charge of a Bundesliga fixture, guiding Union Berlin to victory over Darmstadt.
The 32-year-old took charge of the strugglers for their home game against bottom club Darmstadt with Nenad Bjelica suspended and Eta’s first experience leading a side in the division ended with a 1-0 victory courtesy of Benedict Hollerbach’s strike just after the hour.
Elsewhere, Niclas Fullkrug hit a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund downed Bochum 3-1.
The Germany striker converted an early penalty to put Dortmund ahead, then restored the lead and rounded off his night with another spot-kick after a Nico Schlotterbeck own goal had drawn the visitors level.
High-flying Brest came from two goals behind to earn a draw at Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain.
The reigning champions appeared to be coasting to all three points after goals from Marco Asensio and Randal Kolo Muani had them in charge at the break.
But Mahdi Camara reduced the arrears 10 minutes after the restart before Mathias Pereira Lage struck to earn third-placed Brest a share of the spoils, with PSG’s night made worse still when Bradley Barcola was sent off in stoppage time.
David Costa and Andy Diouf scored either side of half-time as Lens won 2-0 at Toulouse while Reims and Nantes played out a goalless draw.
Substitute Andre Ayew hit a last-gasp equaliser as Le Havre earned an entertaining 3-3 draw at Lorient, who had led heading into the closing stages.
An Emmanuel Sabbi penalty put the visitors in front before Imran Louza and Ayman Kari goals turned the tide.
Ayew levelled with five minutes to go before Mohamed Bamba thought he had earned the points in stoppage time – only for Ayew to strike again.
A Shamar Nicholson equaliser earned struggling Clermont a point at home to Strasbourg, who had taken the lead through Moise Sahi, with Montpellier and Lille drawing 0-0.
Lautaro Martinez struck early on as Inter Milan returned to the Serie A summit with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Fiorentina, for whom Nicolas Gonzalez missed a late penalty.
Elsewhere, Lazio and Napoli competed in a forgettable goalless draw at the Stadio Olimpico while Caleb Ekuban hit the winner as Genoa came from behind to beat Lecce 2-1.
Nikola Krstovic put the visitors ahead just after the half-hour but Mateo Retegui equalised with 20 minutes remaining and Ekuban completed the comeback soon after.
Andrea Colpani’s goal was enough for Monza to beat Sassuolo 1-0 and Kaio Jorge’s goal cancelled out Tomas Suslov’s penalty as Frosinone drew at Hellas Verona.
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Go Rewise intends to recycle 25 per cent of India's PET bottle waste by 2025; partners with Coca Cola for 100 per cent recycled PET bottles
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:27 PM2023-10-20T13:27:40+5:302023-10-20T13:30:03+5:30
SRV Media New Delhi [India], October 20: Go Rewise, a brand by Ganesha Ecosphere (XNSE: GANECOS), recycling partner and ...
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New Delhi [India], October 20: Go Rewise, a brand by Ganesha Ecosphere (XNSE: GANECOS), recycling partner and food grade rPET provider is taking another meaningful step towards creating a circular economy. It has announced that it intends to recycle 25 per cent of India's PET bottle waste by 2025.
Go Rewise is at the forefront of building a green supply chain for India, with a bold objective to recycle 25 per cent of India's PET bottle waste by 2025 and create a circular economy. With 25 years of industry expertise, Go Rewise has deployed state-of-the-art Super Clean recycling technology to produce premium quality, FDA, EFSA-certified, and food-safe rPET materials. Every rPET product also comes with EPR certification, assuring transparency and traceability in the supply chain.
Go Rewise aims to solve India's increasing plastic waste problem and brings sustainable packaging solutions for various FMCG brands. The company recycles 9.3 billion bottles annually and is expected to see double-digit growth given the Government's Extended Producer Responsibility and Plastic Waste Management mandates to curb plastic pollution.
Enrique Ackermann, Vice President, Technical and Innovation, Coca-Cola India, and Southwest Asia said, "Our commitment as responsible corporate citizens is to address the waste challenges facing our planet and society. Aligned with our vision of providing sustainable packaging, we work with communities to boost PET recycling and collection; and collaborate with recycling partners like Go Rewise. Our partnership with Go Rewise signifies our commitment to a more sustainable future for our planet and, in doing so, raising consumer awareness about eco-friendly packaging. This is also an endeavour on our part to complement the Government of India's 'Swachh Bharat Mission' initiative and LiFE, a pro-planet approach."
Yash Sharma, Founder, of Go Rewise and Director at Ganesha Ecosphere, said: "At Go Rewise, our goal is not just to recycle plastic but create viable options for green supply chain and circular economy solutions in India. Recycling is not just an environmentally responsible choice; it is a powerful tool to mitigate the effects of climate change. The recycling expertise we've harnessed from 25 years in the industry enabled us to push the boundaries of what's possible in PET recycling in India, and the partnerships with Manjushree for conversion and Coca-Cola for adoption of rPET helped us launch new sustainable packaging solutions at scale."
Thimmaiah NP, MD and CEO of Manjushree Technopack said, "We are thankful to Coca-Cola India to have entrusted this opportunity to Manjushree. I thank the Go Rewise team for bringing out consistent quality PCR PET granules, enabling us to make the preforms for the small pack CSD bottle successfully."
This partnership aims to cater to the Government of India's new Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2022 (PWM), wherein they have laid out EPR requirements regarding using recyclate in packaging applications. According to the rules, 30 per cent recyclate must be used by all packaging manufacturers/brands in rigid packaging applications starting in 2025 and will be increased to 60 per cent by 2028. While players like Go Rewise and Manjushree are creating scaled capacity to cater to the increasing demand for rPET-based packaging, FMCG majors like Coca-Cola India are leading the way in adopting circular solutions and delivering on their sustainability commitments.
Ganesha Ecosphere Limited is a thought leader and the largest player in post-consumer PET waste recycling in India with a total installed capacity of 150,000 MT per annum. It offers the highest quality rPET fibres and yarns to the textile industry in the spinning, non-wovens, and technical textiles categories.
With more than 30 years of presence, Ganesha has emerged as the leader in the recycling industry and now with its foray into primary recycling space via its new brand "Go Rewise", is set to revolutionize the adoption of recycled plastics in packaging solutions and thereby creating sustainable, circular packaging solutions. Go Rewise is a new-age brand, offering sustainable packaging and textile solutions with its FDA-approved, premium-grade recycled PET solution to the FMCG, and sustainable textile industries.
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Coca-Cola in India is one of the country's leading beverage companies, offering a range of high-quality and refreshing beverage options to consumers. The company in line with its vision of 'Beverages For Life' offers a wide portfolio of products which includes hydration, sports, sparkling, coffee, tea, nutrition, juice, and dairy-based products. In India, its beverage range includes Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Charged by Thums Up, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, and Minute Maid range of juices. The company also offers hydration beverages including Limca Sports, Smartwater, Kinley, Dasani, and Bonaqua packaged drinking water and Kinley Club Soda. Premium products constitute Schweppes and Smartwater. In addition, it offers a Costa Coffee range of tea and coffee. The company is constantly transforming its portfolio, from reducing sugar in its drinks to bringing innovative new products to market.
The company along with its owned bottling operations and franchise bottling partners has a strong network of close to 4 million retail outlets through which it refreshes millions of consumers across the country. It seeks to positively impact people's lives, communities, and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable agriculture initiatives, and carbon emission reductions across its value chain.
Globally together with its bottling partners, The Coca-Cola Company employs more than 700,000 people, helping to bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.
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PFF Mock Draft Simulator 5.0: Arizona Cardinals surprise fans by trading the fourth pick
The consensus is that the Arizona Cardinals will roll with offense with the fourth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, so let’s consider the contrary for a minute.
By Sion Fawkes
Pick 106: Dominick Puni, T/Kansas
Just 16 picks later, I got the Cards taking another offensive lineman in Dominick Puni, who will instantly create depth since I traded Kelvin Beachum to Tennessee in this scenario. While Arizona wouldn’t land Olumuyiwa Fashanu or Joe Alt in this mock, Puni, whose pass blocking grade beat out Fashanu’s and finished one slot behind Alt’s, makes for yet another strong consolation prize.
Pick 133: Tyler Davis, DI/Clemson
Tyler Davis has ended up in Glendale in previous mocks, but in this scenario, he factors in as a player who will likely provide depth. However, as with Dante Stills in 2023, Davis could be more than just a player who rotates in, depending on what the Cardinals do on the defensive line in free agency.
Pick 140: Drake Nugent, C/Michigan
While Hjalte Froholdt is the unquestioned starter at center, there needs to be a legitimate backup in town, and the Cardinals didn’t have one last year. Drake Nugent was the best player on the board when the 140th pick came up, so this was an easy value selection.
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Texas attorney general refuses to grant federal agents full access to border park: "Your request is hereby denied"
Eagle Pass, Texas — Texas' attorney general on Friday forcefully rejected a request from the Biden administration to grant federal immigration officials full access to a park along the southern border that the state National Guard has sealed off with razor wire, fencing and soldiers.
For three weeks, the federal government and Texas have clashed over Shelby Park, a city-owned public park in the border town of Eagle Pass that was once a busy area for illegal crossings by migrants. Texas National Guard soldiers deployed by Gov. Greg Abbott took control of Shelby Park earlier in January and have since prevented Border Patrol agents from processing migrants in the area, which once served as a makeshift migrant holding site for the federal agency.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Border Patrol, had given Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton until Friday to say the state would relent and allow federal agents inside Shelby Park. On Friday, however, Paxton rebuffed that demand, saying Texas state officials would not allow DHS to turn the area into an "unofficial and unlawful port of entry."
"Your request is hereby denied," Paxton wrote in his letter.
Paxton pledged to continue "Texas's efforts to protect its southern border against every effort by the Biden Administration to undermine the State's constitutional right of self-defense."
Inside Shelby Park, Texas guardsmen have been setting barriers to impede the passage of migrants hoping to cross into the U.S. illegally, and instructing them to return to Mexico across the Rio Grande. The Texas Department of Public Safety also recently started arresting some adult migrants who enter the park on state criminal trespassing charges.
Abbott and other Texas officials have argued the state's actions are designed to discourage migrants from entering the country illegally, faulting the federal government for not doing enough to deter unauthorized crossings. But the Biden administration said Texas is preventing Border Patrol agents from patrolling the Rio Grande, processing migrants and helping those who may be in distress.
Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility. Texas state officials are not legally authorized nor trained to screen migrants for asylum, arrest them for immigration violations or deport them to a foreign country. However, Abbott signed a law last month that he hopes will allow Texas officials to arrest migrants on illegal entry state-level charges and force them to return to Mexico. The Justice Department is seeking to block that law before it takes effect in March.
The Supreme Court earlier this week allowed Border Patrol to cut the razor wire Texas has assembled near the riverbanks of the Rio Grande, pausing a lower court order that had barred the agency from doing so. The razor wire in Shelby Park has remained in place, however, since federal officials have not been granted full access to the area.
While the Supreme Court has not ruled on Texas' seizure of Shelby Park, that dispute could also end up being litigated in federal court if the Biden administration sues the state over the matter.
While the White House has called his policies inhumane and counterproductive, Abbott has argued he is defending his state from an "invasion," and his actions in Eagle Pass have received the support of other Republican governors across the country.
U.S. officials processed more than 302,000 migrants at and in between ports of entry along the southern border last month, an all-time high that shattered all previous records, according to official government data published Friday. Illegal border crossings have since plummeted, a trend U.S. officials have attributed to increased Mexican immigration enforcement and a historical lull after the holidays.
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In December 1963, a military family named the Gardners had just moved to San Diego, Calif.
The oldest son, 17-year-old Randy Gardner, was a self-proclaimed "science nerd." His family had moved every two years, and in every town they lived in, Gardner made sure to enter the science fair.
He was determined to make a splash in the 10th Annual Greater San Diego Science Fair.
When researching potential topics, Gardner heard about a radio deejay in Honolulu, Hawaii, who avoided sleep for 260 hours.
So Gardner and his two friends, Bruce McAllister and Joe Marciano, set out to beat this record.
Randy Gardner spoke to NPR's Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam in 2017.
When asked about his interest in breaking a sleep deprivation record, Gardner said, "I'm a very determined person, and when I get things under my craw, I can't let it go until there's some kind of a solution."
Of his scientific trio, Randy lost the coin toss: He would be the test subject who would deprive himself of sleep. His two friends would take turns monitoring his mental and physical reaction times as well as making sure Gardner didn't fall asleep.
The experiment began during their school's winter break on Dec. 28, 1963.
Three days into sleeplessness, Gardner said, he experienced nausea and had trouble remembering things.
Speaking to NPR in 2017, Gardner said:
"I was really nauseous. And this went on for just about the entire rest of the experiment. And it just kept going downhill. I mean, it was crazy where you couldn't remember things. It was almost like an early Alzheimer's thing brought on by lack of sleep."
But Gardner stayed awake.
The experiment gained the attention of local reporters, which, in Gardner's opinion, was good for the experiment "because that kept me awake," he said. "You know, you're dealing with these people and their cameras and their questions."
The news made its way to Stanford, Calif., where a young Stanford sleep researcher named William C. Dement was so intrigued that he drove to San Diego to meet Gardner.
Along with a U.S. Navy medic named Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross, Dement helped monitor Gardner's health throughout the experiment. Dement also helped Gardner stay awake by playing basketball or games of pinball with Gardner.
When asked about his win percentage in pinball, Gardner said, "I did good. I think I beat him most of the time."
Gardner actually won all the time.
"Physically, I didn't have any problems," Gardner said. "But the mental part is what went downhill. The longer I stayed awake, the more irritable I got."
On Jan. 8, 1964, Gardner reached the last day of the experiment. He had been awake for 11 days straight — 264 hours — a new Guinness World Record.
Gardner said, "I had a very short fuse on day 11. I remember snapping at reporters. They were asking me these questions over and over and over. And I was just — I was a brat."
After talking with reporters, Gardner was sent to a nearby naval hospital. There, doctors observed his brain waves through an electroencephalogram machine he was hooked up to. Medically, Gardner was perfectly healthy.
So, at the navel hospital, Gardner slept for 14 hours. After he woke up, he said, he felt "groggy, but not any groggier than a normal person."
Gardner, McAllister and Marciano won first place at the San Diego science fair.
Although Gardner's record was broken within the same year, his experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation. It supported later studies of "microsleeps." According toGuinness World Records, microsleeps are "momentary lapses into sleep that last for just a few seconds."
Decades later, the field of sleep research had grown exponentially, including the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation.
The last Guinness world record for sleep deprivation was awarded in 1986to Robert McDonald, who deprived himself of sleep for almost 19 days. In 1996, the GWR stopped tracking sleep deprivation, citing the "harmful" effects of sleeplessness.
In making this decision, Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, wrote:
"Sleep is just one of those key, absolute, fundamental parts of human nature — we need our sleep. And I think that's why this is a particularly fascinating record, because challenging the extremes of something that is so absolute is key to understanding who we are as a species."
When Gardner spoke to NPR in 2017, he mentioned that he developed insomnia as an adult. He said, "About 10 years ago, I stopped sleeping. I could not sleep. I would lay in bed for five, six hours, sleep maybe 15 minutes and wake up again. I was a – I was a basket case."
It's unclear what triggered his condition. But Randy Gardner says he sees it as some kind of "karmic payback" for his science experiment 60 years ago.
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Jaydeep Gusain and Jaspal Gusain Receive Prestigious "Top 40 F&B Leaders Awards 2023" from Economic Times for Ramen N Pho by Pronto Pastas and Noodles
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:27 PM2023-10-20T13:27:12+5:302023-10-20T13:30:08+5:30
VMPL Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 20: In a momentous occasion that celebrated excellence in the Food and Beverage industry, ...
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 20: In a momentous occasion that celebrated excellence in the Food and Beverage industry, Jaydeep Gusain and Jaspal Gusain have been honored with the "Top 40 F&B Leaders Awards 2023" by the Economic Times for their exceptional contribution to the culinary world through their establishment, Ramen N Pho by Pronto Pastas and Noodles.
The distinguished award was presented by none other than renowned Bollywood actress and entrepreneur, Shamita Shetty, who commended the duo for their outstanding achievement in the culinary world. The event, which took place on 23rd September, saw Jaydeep and Jaspal Gusain graciously accept the award in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments in the food industry.
The journey of Ramen N Pho began with the vision of Jaydeep and Jaspal Gusain to introduce the authentic flavours of ramen to the food-loving community. With a focus on quality ingredients, impeccable preparation, and a deep-rooted passion for the art of culinary excellence, they successfully transformed their vision into reality. Their dedication and commitment to delivering a superior dining experience did not go unnoticed by the Economic Times, leading to this prestigious accolade.
Speaking about the recognition, Jaydeep and Jaspal Gusain expressed their gratitude for the acknowledgment and support from their patrons. "We are deeply humbled and honoured to receive the 'Top 40 F&B Leaders Awards 2023' from the Economic Times. This achievement is a testament to the hard work, passion, and dedication that our entire team at Ramen N Pho has put into delivering exceptional dining experiences. We are immensely grateful to our customers for their continuous support, and we remain committed to offering authentic and delicious ramen dishes," they said.
The history of Pronto goes back to 2012 when the brand catered to the needs of Italian food lovers, establishing a loyal customer base. However, the culinary journey of Jaydeep and Jaspal Gusain took an exciting turn post-lockdown when they introduced their new culinary venture, "Ramen N Pho." This innovative addition completely transformed the landscape of the food industry, bringing the authentic flavours of ramen to the forefront of the culinary scene.
The "Top 40 F&B Leaders Awards 2023" by Economic Times serves as a testament to the exceptional culinary expertise of Jaydeep and Jaspal Gusain and the remarkable success of Ramen N Pho by Pronto Pastas and Noodles. As they continue to redefine the culinary landscape with their unique flavours and unwavering commitment to excellence, their journey is sure to inspire many more food enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in the industry.
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PFF Mock Draft Simulator 5.0: Arizona Cardinals surprise fans by trading the fourth pick
The consensus is that the Arizona Cardinals will roll with offense with the fourth pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, so let’s consider the contrary for a minute.
By Sion Fawkes
Pick 184: Frank Gore Jr., RB/Southern Mississippi
Frank Gore Jr. would be the fourth man in a brewing committee for the Cardinals, and factors in as nothing more than an insurance policy in this situation. He’s a smaller back who could take over for either Michael Carter or Emari Demercado should injuries strike the backfield.
Pick 188: Taulia Tagovailoa, QB/Maryland
Another developmental prospect with NFL bloodlines comes to Glendale to compete with Clayton Tune. The Cards should sign a better option for backup quarterback in free agency, leaving Tagovailoa to compete with Tune for the third string spot.
Pick 225: Jared Wiley, TE/TCU
Just like with the previous pick, Jared Wiley gets drafted to compete for a spot as a TE3, or even the TE2 spot if he proves he can keep up with Elijah Higgins. As with Tagovailoa and Gore, Wiley could be a prime practice squad candidate if he loses out.
Pick 227: Jordan Magee, LB/Temple
Jordan Magee was the final pick in this draft, and he’s yet another one the Arizona Cardinals can develop, but with his position, there is a chance he sticks around on special teams for Year 1. If not, then there is also plenty of room on the practice squad as far as 2024 goes.
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Egypt suffered more Africa Cup of Nations shoot-out heartache as goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the winning penalty to send DR Congo through to the quarter-finals.
All four of the Pharaohs’ knockout games in the 2021 tournament required additional time, culminating in a spot-kick defeat to Senegal in the final.
And, after a 1-1 draw following extra-time, they went the same way in San Pedro with an 8-7 loss on penalties.
Mostafa Mohamed continued to step up in the absence of the injured Mohamed Salah with his fourth goal in as many matches from the spot, cancelling out Meschack Elia’s opener, with Egypt hanging on in extra time following Mohamed Hamdy’s 97th-minute red card.
Mohamed missed from 12 yards the second time around and keeper Mohamed Abou Gabal also fluffed his lines, leaving opposite number Mpasi to hold his nerve and set up a last-eight clash with Guinea.
Elia was a threat from the off and wasted a promising opportunity inside two minutes, racing behind Egypt’s high defensive line before firing over.
Egypt soon settled and former West Brom defender Ahmed Hegazi should have done better when heading over Marwan Attia’s cross unmarked from six yards in the eighth minute.
Rui Vitoria’s side dominated possession without creating any more chances and they were punished in the 37th minute.
The warning signs were there as Theo Bongonda failed to keep a shot down from 15 yards and an excellent sliding challenge from Hamdi Fathi prevented Elia from firing at goal after Brentford striker Yoane Wissa picked out the Young Boys forward with a fine pass.
Elia would not be denied soon after, heading in on the goal line after Wissa’s cross was deflected beyond Abou Gabal as Egypt switched off from former West Ham left-back Arthur Masuaku’s throw-in.
But the Leopards were only ahead for eight minutes as VAR intervened to award a penalty for Dylan Batubinsika’s elbow on Hegazi, with Mohamed firing the spot-kick into the top corner.
Elia almost turned provider seven minutes after half-time, finding space on the right and providing a cross that Cedric Bakambu stabbed into the side-netting.
DR Congo defender Chancel Mbemba headed over from a corner before Egypt finally found their spark again with Ahmed Sayed Zizo and Attia forcing Mpasi into saves.
They looked more likely to find a winner, but could not create anything of note late on and were then put on the backfoot by Hamdy’s sending-off for two yellow cards, the second for a lunging tackle.
Masuaku blazed a free-kick over the bar and Samuel Moutoussamy fired wide from distance ahead of a dramatic shoot-out that ended with both goalkeepers stepping up.
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United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Washington D.C. diverted to Denver due to cracked windshield
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement Sunday afternoon that a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane diverted in Denver from Las Vegas due to a cracked windshield.
The plane was headed to Washington D.C. but was forced to land in Denver around 1:10 p.m. MST, while passengers were able to deplane normally and a plane change happened, according to FAA.
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FAA says a new flight and aircraft was scheduled to depart Denver to Washington D.C. Dulles Airport around 2:25 p.m. MST. The plane reportedly had 166 passengers onboard and seven crewmembers.
In a statement, the FAA explains that the "cracks happen across all airplane models" and generally, when they occur, it's in the "glass pane on the outside, which serves as a protective covering for the inner structural portion."
FAA also says that the glass panes are around two to three inches thick with several layers and that windshields cracking happens more often than travelers think.
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A new study shows nearly one-third of Americans have no religious affiliation. Some secular organizations are trying to create the community of church — without the religion.
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A new study shows nearly one-third of Americans have no religious affiliation. Some secular organizations are trying to create the community of church — without the religion.
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das addresses financial stability and rupee volatility
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:10 PM2023-10-20T13:10:48+5:302023-10-20T13:15:02+5:30
New Delhi [India], October 20 : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das addressed concerns about India's financial ...
New Delhi [India], October 20 : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das addressed concerns about India's financial stability, crude oil prices, and rupee volatility in a recent statement, emphasizing the stability of the Indian Rupee amidst global economic fluctuations.
Addressing a gathering in Delhi, Governor Das highlighted the complexity of the current economic landscape, stating, "There is a multiplicity of factors. The dollar index has become quite strong. The bond yields in the US have reached an all-time high, but, if you look at the volatility of the Indian rupee from January 1 this year till now, the rupee depreciation is 0.6 per cent. Whereas on the other hand, the appreciation of the US dollar for the same period has been in the order of about 3 per cent. So the rupee is stable."
Governor Das reiterated the robustness of India's financial sector, emphasizing that despite new uncertainties emerging in the past fortnight and fluctuations in crude oil and bond markets, India's economic fundamentals remained sound.
He underscored the RBI's vigilance, especially in managing retail inflation, and clarified that the central bank was not considering the re-introduction of the Rs 1000 denomination.
Regarding the availability of currency notes, sources confirmed that existing denomination notes were sufficient to meet the current demand.
Governor Das stated, "Most of the Rs 2000 notes came back to RBI, rest are coming, only Rs 10,000 crores left."
He emphasized that the RBI was in the market to prevent excessive volatility and maintain the stability of the Indian Rupee.
Additionally, Governor Das addressed concerns about high-interest rates, stating that the RBI's prime objective was a gradual reduction in rates.
He highlighted the importance of petrol and diesel prices, indicating the central bank's vigilance in managing these aspects of the economy.
On the sidelines of the event, experts echoed Governor Das' sentiments, affirming the stability of the Indian Rupee.
They noted that the rupee's depreciation had been only 0.6 per cent against the dollar since January 1, while the appreciation of the USD during the same period was around 3 per cent.
This stability reassured the markets and demonstrated the RBI's proactive measures to maintain equilibrium amidst global economic fluctuations.
As India navigates these economic challenges, the RBI's cautious approach and proactive interventions are expected to play a pivotal role in ensuring the country's financial stability and economic resilience.
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Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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Taylor Swift could be heading for the Super Bowl to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce after he and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 on Sunday.
The pop star and others in a suite in the corner of the American football stadium could be seen cheering and jumping up and down after Kelce caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes midway through the first quarter.
It came in the end zone at the same end of the stadium as Swift, who was watching the game with his mother, Donna Kelce, and his brother, Philadelphia Eagles centre Jason Kelce.
Their celebrations were plentiful, as Kelce finished with 11 catches for 116 yards, in the process breaking Jerry Rice’s record for the most receptions in post-season play.
Swift’s Eras Tour schedule might be the only thing that endangers her being at Allegiant Stadium when the Chiefs face either the San Francisco 49ers or Detroit Lions in the Super Bowl on February 11.
Swift has concerts scheduled for Tokyo on Frida February 9 and Saturday February 10.
She was shown early and often during the AFC title game.
CBS cut to Swift while advertising its upcoming Grammy Awards broadcast and showed her again after Kelce made a big catch in the second quarter.
Swift has been a regular at Kelce’s games this season, bringing the league even more attention from fans of one of the biggest entertainment stars in the world.
Jason Kelce stole the show in Buffalo, celebrating shirtless and bringing a young girl to get a photo with Swift.
He was more subdued and fully clothed in the suite in Baltimore during the first half, wearing a Chiefs winter hat on his head, and high-fiving others after big plays.
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Tata Motors expands its digital footprint with strategic investment of 150 crores in Freight Tiger
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:49 PM2023-10-20T13:49:32+5:302023-10-20T13:50:03+5:30
New Delhi [India], October 20 : In a significant move to strengthen its presence in the digital logistics landscape, ...
New Delhi [India], October 20 : In a significant move to strengthen its presence in the digital logistics landscape, Tata Motors Limited, has announced its strategic investment in Freight Commerce Solutions Private Limited, popularly known as 'Freight Tiger'.
The announcement, made through a regulatory filing under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, highlighted Tata Motors' plans to acquire a substantial 26.79 per cent stake in Freight Tiger on October 19.
The deal, valued at Rs 150 Crores, was formalized through a Securities Subscription Agreement (SSA) and a Shareholders Agreement (SHA) signed between Tata Motors and Freight Tiger.
Additionally, Tata Motors has the option to invest an additional Rs 100 Crores over the next two years, based on prevailing market conditions.
Commenting on the partnership, Girish Wagh, Executive Director at Tata Motors Ltd, stated, "At Tata Motors, we are committed to transforming road logistics industry with our innovative solutions and services. We believe that by playing a larger and deeper role in bringing all the stakeholders together to improve road logistics efficiency, we can create value for our core customers: the fleet owners".
Wagh further said, "Hence, we are excited to announce our partnership with Freight Tiger, a pioneer in digitizing the logistics industry. Their vision is aligned with ours, as we strive to improve the efficiency and sustainability of road logistics. Together, we will create new opportunities for growth and value creation for our customers, partners and stakeholders"
Swapnil Shah, Founder and CEO of Freight Tiger, expressed his enthusiasm about Tata Motors' strategic investment, saying, "Software- led approaches are the lever to transform existing industry assets and supercharge them to work more efficiently for all stakeholders. We do this by building trust & facilitating collaboration across the logistics value chain".
Shah added, "We are excited to have Tata motors as a strategic investor who shares our belief and vision to build a unified national platform at an unprecedented scale. With such incredible backing and expertise, the company is strategically positioned to lead India's efforts in reducing logistics costs to under 10 per cent of GDP from over 14 per cent."
The transaction, which is subject to customary condition precedents, is expected to be completed by November 15.
Tata Motors' foray into the digital logistics sector signifies its commitment to embracing innovative technologies and driving transformative changes in the Indian logistics landscape.
Freight Tiger, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mumbai, operates as India's largest software-enabled neutral freight network.
The company offers a comprehensive suite of digital solutions, including a cloud-based Transportation Management Software (TMS) platform, efficient freight procurement systems, and a marketplace application connecting fleet owners and logistics service providers.
Fright Tiger processes a 4 per cent of India's total freight and operates across 90,000+ locations, serving a vast network of 400+ shippers and 1500+ logistics service providers.
Tata Motors' strategic investment in Freight Tiger is aligned with its commitment to transforming the road logistics industry.
By integrating Freight Tiger's innovative technology with Tata Motors' connected vehicle platform 'Fleet Edge,' the companies aim to create an end-to-end digital ecosystem covering both truck and trip logistics.
This integration will offer a unified national platform to streamline logistics interactions, optimize cargo movements, and enhance overall efficiency in the freight industry.
Tata Motors' strategic investment in Freight Tiger underscores its determination to be at the forefront of the evolving logistics ecosystem, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and sustainability in the movement of goods across the country.
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NationalGreg Combet to chair Future FundFormer Labor cabinet minister Greg Combet has been appointed to chair the Future Fund’s board for the next five years.January 29, 2024 — 10.47amSaveLog in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.Save videos for laterAdd videos to your saved list and come back to them any time.Got itLoadingReplayReplay videoPlay videoPlay video
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Randa Slim, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, about the history of Hezbollah, and the groups their current role Lebanon and the region.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Randa Slim, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, about the history of Hezbollah, and the groups their current role Lebanon and the region.
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England defender Kyle Walker has apologised to his wife Annie Kilner after he fathered a second child with model Lauryn Goodman.
Walker, 33, already had three children with Kilner when in 2020 Goodman gave birth to their son.
The England international told The Sun newspaper the time had come to “own up” to his mistakes.
He and his wife Kilner are currently expecting their fourth child.
The Manchester City defender told The Sun: “What I’ve done is horrible and I take full responsibility.
“I made idiot choices and idiot decisions. I can’t begin to think or imagine what Annie is going through. I’ve tried to ask her but there’s pain and hurt.
“The only person to blame is me. I have roles and responsibilities that I’m aware of and I’ve made stupid choices. But I need to own up to my mistakes — I owe it to everyone.”
Walker’s wife found out about his second child with Goodman when the model sent her a message on Instagram, according to the newspaper.
In 2020, the Manchester City footballer was forced to apologise after it was widely reported he held a party at his Cheshire home in violation of the nation’s lockdown measures.
The club promised that the 30-year-old would be subject to an “internal disciplinary procedure”.
“I reflect on, you know, my decision making,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live at the time. “It was bad decisions from me at an important time for the country and the world. I take full responsibility for that but I’m moving on now.”
Walker and Kilner are spending some time apart, The Sun reported.
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44-truck convoy delivering aid in Sudan after 6-week conflict delay: UN
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:17 PM2023-10-20T13:17:33+5:302023-10-20T13:20:07+5:30
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United Nations, Oct 20 UN humanitarians said a 44-truck convoy, which had been delayed by conflict for six weeks, is delivering aid in Sudan, a country suffering from twin crises of a deadly conflict and a cholera outbreak.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it opened the way for the convoy to deliver supplies from the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the Unicef to Kordofan and Darfur, reports Xinhua news agency.
The trucks got their green light to roll out on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported more than 1,400 suspected cases of cholera and 64 associated deaths in Sudan since the outbreak was declared late last month.
OCHA said humanitarian agencies have scaled up their response to the outbreak, coming as Sudan's healthcare system is stretched to its limits, with 70 per cent of hospitals in conflict-affected states not functional.
Facilities in states unaffected by conflict have been overwhelmed by an influx of people displaced by the fighting.
The humanitarians said UNICEF and WHO warned that at least 10,000 children under the age of 5 in Sudan could die by the end of this year due to rising food insecurity and health and nutrition services disruptions.
The WHO said in a release on Monday that urgent action was needed to preserve Sudan's health systems, especially at community and primary healthcare levels.
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What a Trump's economic agenda could look like if he's re-elected By Scott Horsley Published January 28, 2024 at 4:36 PM MST Listen • 11:22 What could Donald Trump's economic agenda could look like if he gets back into the White House? Copyright 2024 NPR
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Fresh wave of protests expected across Middle East
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:40 PM2023-10-20T13:40:54+5:302023-10-20T13:45:10+5:30
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Gaza, Oct 20 Fresh protests against Israel’s siege of Gaza are expected across much of the Middle East on Friday as aid agencies warned hospitals in the enclave are running out of fuel amid fears life-saving aid will be still stuck in Egypt for another day.
With the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deteriorating each hour, Israeli leaders have been rallying troops preparing for a potential ground incursion and on Friday morning they issued a mandatory evacuation order to some 23,000 residents living near the border with Lebanon, CNN reported.
Israeli warplanes’ relentless bombardment has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and sparked growing protests across the Middle East.
Egypt’s state-aligned political parties and institutions have called for nationwide protests in Egypt on Friday in support of Palestinians, a rare moment during a decade of strict anti-protest laws, CNN reported.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Hamas war is “real”.
“We have seen the Arab streets fill with rage, all across the region... This is exactly what Hamas was hoping to achieve. And this can derail the recent and historic rapprochement between Israel and its Arab neighbours,” von der Leyen said during a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
With anti-Israel protests rising across the Middle East there are fears other fronts could open up, particularly on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon where Hezbollah dominates and has increasingly clashed with Israel’s military over the last week.
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Wales is to join England and Scotland in banning disposable vapes.
The Welsh Government will also support UK Government legislation to increase the smoking age so children turning 15 this year or younger can never legally be sold tobacco.
A UK-wide consultation on smoking and vaping closed on December 6 and received 27,921 responses – 1,018 from Wales.
The Welsh Government, along with the UK and Scottish governments, intends to introduce legislation to implement a ban on disposable vapes, including both nicotine and non-nicotine products due to their significant environmental impacts.
Lynne Neagle, the Welsh Government’s deputy minister for mental health and wellbeing, said: “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and premature death in Wales.
“It causes a quarter of all cancer deaths in the UK and is responsible for 80,000 preventable deaths in the UK of which around 5,600 are in Wales, each year.
“Whilst vapes can be useful to some smokers in supporting smoking cessation, data shows the number of children using vapes has tripled in the past three years.
“Due to their nicotine content and the unknown long-term harms, vaping carries a risk of harm and addiction for children.
“The use of single-use vapes has also grown in recent years to the point that almost five million are either littered or thrown away each week.
“Not only is this extremely wasteful because of their hard-to-recycle components but disposable vapes are known to be used by children and when littered they can release toxic chemicals into the environment.
“We want to take all actions possible to stop young people from starting smoking in the first place, to prevent youth vaping and to tackle the effects single-use vapes are having on our environment.
“I am grateful to all those from Wales who contributed to this consultation. We will now work jointly with the other nations and take collective action to tackle the harms caused by smoking and youth vaping across the UK.”
The UK Government will bring forward a Tobacco and Vapes Bill at the earliest opportunity to introduce powers to restrict flavours which are specifically marketed at children, ensure that manufacturers produce plainer packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops, moving them out of children’s sight.
New £100 fines will be brought in for shops in England and Wales which sell vapes illegally to children.
Trading standards officers will be given powers to act “on the spot” to tackle underage tobacco and vape sales. This builds on a maximum £2,500 fine that local authorities can already impose.
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Erik ten Hag has offered his thoughts on Altay Bayindir’s debut for Manchester United and has confirmed the return date for fellow goalkeeper Andre Onana.
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Bayindir, who moved to Old Trafford this summer from Turkish side Fenerbahce, made his first appearance for the Red Devils in Sunday’s 4-2 win over Newport.
The Turkey international was thrown into the XI with No.1 Onana unavailable due to being on international duty with Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Speaking after United’s victory over League Two side Newport in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Ten Hag said: ‘I think it was a composed debut [by Bayindir].
‘Some good saves, so very composed. I think, overall, he can be happy. I was pleased with his performance.
‘Andre Onana will be back for Thursday [against Wolves in the Premier League]. Maybe, for the first time as long as I was manager, I can pick a team from the squad that is probably the strongest here.’
Bayindir, reflecting on his debut for United, said: ‘To play my first game, I am feeling very good. It is the biggest club in the world.
‘I feel special today [being the first Turkish player for Man Utd]. I feel very proud.
‘Of course I want to play more games. The manager will give chances. I thank the fans because they are supporting in every game and I am so happy.’
Meanwhile, Onana was accused of ‘alienating’ Cameroon fans and his international teammates at AFCON before they were knocked out by Nigeria on Saturday.
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Indo-Canadian man who strangled pregnant wife granted full parole
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:35 PM2023-10-20T13:35:46+5:302023-10-20T13:40:17+5:30
Toronto, Oct 20 A 51-year-old Indian-origin former high school teacher, who strangled his four-months pregnant wife and burned ...
Toronto, Oct 20 A 51-year-old Indian-origin former high school teacher, who strangled his four-months pregnant wife and burned her body in 2006, has been granted full parole in Canada.
Mukhtiar Singh Panghali was initially sentenced to life in prison in 2011, without the possibility of parole for 15 years, for killing Manjit at their Surrey home in British Columbia, the CBC News channel reported.
Police found 31-year-old Manjit's burned body on a beach near Roberts Bank in Delta five days after she was reported missing by her husband in October 2006.
Panghali, who was first arrested in 2007, lost an appeal regarding his life sentence for second-degree murder in 2012.
He was granted day parole last year, and allowed unescorted temporary absences from jail in 2021, according to the news report.
The Parole Board of Canada, while granting full parole to Panghali this month, hoped that he would not pose a risk to society, and that his release would help facilitate his reintegration into society at large.
"Since your release on day parole, you have not posed any significant management concern and appear to be reintegrating appropriately. You have several positive supports and now, you have the support of the (Correctional Services of Canada) for full parole," a decision addressed to Panghali read.
Attaching conditions on his release, the Board asked Panghali to refrain from alcohol and report all sexual and non-sexual relationships with women to his parole officer.
He has also been asked not to contact Manjit's biological family, which includes his daughter, who was four years old at the time of her mother's death.
The Board said Panghali showed remorse -- despite initially "minimising and avoiding" his responsibility in the crime for years.
"You voiced regret for your actions, appeared future-oriented and outlined your short- and long-term goals for your future," the board wrote of Panghali's parole hearing.
"Your goal is to be a good father to your daughter, regardless if she resumes contact with you or not," it said.
In 2014, a Supreme Court judge in British Columbia awarded more than $600,000 to Maya Panghali, the couple's daughter who is now being raised by Manjit's sister.
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Fermata Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ – Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 20,729 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $7,446,000. Invesco QQQ comprises 2.1% of Fermata Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position.
A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. grew its position in Invesco QQQ by 7.4% in the 1st quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 5,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,996,000 after purchasing an additional 381 shares during the period. Axiom Financial Strategies LLC grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Axiom Financial Strategies LLC now owns 816 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. Roundview Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Roundview Capital LLC now owns 53,323 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $19,332,000 after acquiring an additional 495 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 11.2% during the 1st quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 2,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $997,000 after acquiring an additional 278 shares during the period. Finally, Covestor Ltd grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 309.2% during the 1st quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 446 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $162,000 after acquiring an additional 337 shares during the period. 43.95% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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Shares of QQQ stock traded down $2.54 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $423.81. 37,137,028 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 41,956,096. Invesco QQQ has a 12 month low of $285.19 and a 12 month high of $429.85. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $403.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $380.90.
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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 January 2024 – AlphaX, a cryptocurrency exchange will officially launch on February 1, 2024, becoming the first centralized exchange to go live in 2024.
In a highly competitive cryptocurrency industry, where centralized exchanges (CEX) face fierce competition, AlphaX Group has chosen to break through the barriers by focusing on cryptocurrency exchange. What sets AlphaX apart from other CEX platforms is its primary focus on English-speaking users and the provision of comprehensive asset analysis content, aimed at reducing uncertainty for investors.
"AlphaX is committed to providing users with a high-speed and secure trading environment," said Douglas Lee, Chief Product Officer at AlphaX.
Currently, AlphaX has shortlisted 500 cryptocurrencies from the thousands available, selecting those that offer relatively secure trading options and substantial potential. This includes tokens such as modular blockchain Celestia, Bitcoin ecosystem's ARC-20 Atom, leading oracle provider Chainlink, and other tokens with strong investment value. Highly volatile assets, like meme tokens, are not included in the trading list. The platform aims to cater to the preferences of investors with different risk levels while minimizing their exposure to risk as much as possible. All tokens come with comprehensive asset analysis and evaluation content for investors' reference.
It is essential to remind traders that investing in cryptocurrencies carries inherent risks, and investors should always "Do Your Own Research" (DYOR).
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Health and environmental groups are “delighted” with the Government’s plan to ban disposable vapes, which they say prioritises the “health and wellbeing of our children and the planet”.
But others have criticised the ban, which is expected to come into force at the end of 2024 or the start of 2025, saying disposable vapes are a tool to help people give up smoking cigarettes.
Throwaway vapes will be banned in Britain under plans to tackle the rise in young people vaping and protect children’s health.
Dr Mike McKean, vice president for policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: “We’re delighted that the Westminster Government has heard our calls and is rightly prioritising the health and wellbeing of our children and the planet.
“As a respiratory consultant it is not lost on me that smoking remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and disease in the UK.
“We know this because we have 60-plus years of research and data on cigarette use on a population level. But the research and data around widespread e-cigarette use is still very much in its infancy. The long-term impacts, especially for children and young people, remain unknown.”
The ban forms part of the Government’s response to its consultation on smoking and vaping, which was launched in October last year.
New powers will also be introduced to restrict flavours, produce plainer packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops, moving them out of children’s sight.
Trading standards officers will be given powers to issue £100 fines “on the spot” to tackle underage tobacco and vape sales at shops in England and Wales.
Under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the Government has previously announced plans to introduce legislation so children turning 15 this year or younger can never legally be sold tobacco – to bring about the “first smokefree generation”.
The UK Government, along with the Welsh and Scottish governments, intends to use legislation to ban disposable vapes because of their significant environmental impacts, according to the Welsh Government. This includes both nicotine and non-nicotine products.
In Northern Ireland, the decision must be agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly, which is not sitting after powersharing at Stormont collapsed almost two years ago.
The announcement was hailed as a “vital stepping stone on the path to ending the smoking epidemic”, by Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health.
She said: “The Government’s strategy is the right one: stop smoking initiation, support smokers to quit by using the most effective methods, while protecting children by curbing youth vaping.”
And Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, said when speaking to young people a couple of years ago she was “shocked and concerned” to hear children as young as 12 say vaping was “normalised among their peers”.
She said: “This announcement will help tackle that issue and I know that many children and parents will be extremely relieved.”
The plainer packaging proposal was praised by Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), who said the “comic characters, bright colours and sweet names” were “unacceptable for products that should only be promoted to adults as an aid to quitting smoking”.
Meanwhile, calls were made for the Government to ensure services which support people to stop smoking are “adequately funded” if the changes are brought in.
Dr Ian Walker, executive director of policy at Cancer Research UK, said: “Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of cancer, and research shows that vapes are far less harmful than smoking and can help people to quit.
“If this legislation is passed, the UK Government should ensure local smoking cessation services are adequately funded, and those trying to quit are given as much support as they need to help them do so.”
And Bob Blackman MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health, said the legislation will need to be scrutinised when it is laid before Parliament, as the “devil will be in the detail”.
Environmental groups and charities hailed the disposable vapes ban as news which “can’t come soon enough”.
Some five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week, up from 1.3 million from last year, the Government said.
Libby Peake, head of resource policy, Green Alliance, said: “This ban can’t come soon enough, not only for the health of future generations, but also for the health of the planet.”
She said there will be many environmental benefits, as lithium ion batteries will stop going to waste, the risk of fire from mishandled batteries will be minimised and “dangerous plastic pollution will be prevented”.
Gavin Graveson, Veolia senior executive vice president, Northern Europe, said that “we can’t afford to allow more pollution” adding disposable vapes have been designed “with no thought for their environmental impact”.
But some groups hit out at the disposable vape ban, saying how they have helped smokers to quit.
Removing disposable vapes will make it harder to support the most vulnerable smokers who find it difficult to use refillable products, Dr Ruth Sharrock, clinical lead for tobacco dependency, North East and North Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board, said.
She said: “The immediacy of a disposable vape makes such a difference. It is as if we are taking a cigarette out of their hand and replacing it with a vastly safer product.”
Simon Clark, director of the smokers’ lobby group Forest, said: “Vaping has been a free market success story. Millions of smokers who want to quit have done so by switching voluntarily to e-cigarettes and other reduced-risk products.
“The convenience of single use vapes has played an important part in that process.”
The answer to stopping youths vaping lies in “effective and proactive enforcement” rather than a ban, John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association said.
He also said the disposable vapes ban announcement will put children at “greater risk by turbo-charging the black market”.
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Taylor Swift hit the football field for the first time to kiss Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Sunday, January 28, football game, securing their spot at the 2024 Super Bowl.
Swift, 34, attended the AFC Championship game on Sunday in support of her boyfriend and his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, who were playing the Baltimore Ravens at Maryland’s M&T Bank Stadium for a position in the Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs won 17-10, and they will play either the San Francisco 49ers or the Detroit Lions in the big game depending on which team wins the NFC Championship.
Life is good for Travis Kelce pic.twitter.com/Pdogmhg6pg
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— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) January 28, 2024
With his performance in the game, Kelce became the all-time post-season leader in receptions in the playoffs. Swift was seen smiling as Kelce accepted the AFC Championship trophy, but she wasn’t the musician he quoted while holding the hardware. “You gotta fight for your right to party!” a joyful Kelce shouted, quoting Kiss.
Swift has been a proud member of Chiefs Kingdom since she started dating Kelce, 34, in the summer of 2023. The Grammy winner attended her first game at Arrowhead Stadium in September 2023 and has since been a fixture as the season has progressed.
Announcers have often mentioned Swift during the broadcasts of Chiefs games. Retired NFL athlete Tony Romo even called her Kelce’s “wife” — twice.
“And his wife loves it — I mean girlfriend,” Romo, 43, during the Christmas 2023 game as Swift celebrated a big play.
His fellow broadcaster, Jim Nantz, replied: “You’ve been down that road with that before.”
Romo previously made the same blunder during an earlier December 2023 game against the Buffalo Bills.
Weeks later, Kelce and the Chiefs played the Bills again in the divisional playoffs. Swift sat in a private box in the New York stadium with Kelce’s entire family on January 21 and once again got a shout-out.
“Look who’s in the house, that’s Taylor Swift, the MVP — most valuable princess — of Chiefs Kingdom,” an announcer quipped during the broadcast.
Swift hasn’t let any of the comments faze her, as her primary game day objective is simply cheering on Kelce and his teammates.
“When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,” Swift told TIME magazine in her Person of the Year cover story last month. “The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”
Swift further explained that she has “no idea” how often cameras pan to her during any given broadcast. “I’m just there to support Travis,” she stressed. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”
At a Friday, January 26, press conference, Kelce said he and Swift have spoken about keeping the focus on their happiness. “The only thing we’ve talked about is as long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise,” he shared. “That’s all that matters.”
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1 of 2 | Visitors wearing protective face masks line up to see Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France in 2020. Protesters attempted to deface the Mona Lisa Sunday by throwing soup at the masterpiece, which was unharmed. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Environmental activists in Paris threw pumpkin-colored soup at the Mona Lisa Sunday, expressing their concerns over the world's agricultural and food systems, and what they feel is an insufficient response from world leaders, the Louvre announced Sunday.
The iconic painting is protected by heavy, bullet-proof glass and was apparently not damaged.
"What is more important? Art or the right to have a healthy and sustainable food system?" the activists said, speaking in French. "Our agricultural system is sick." They were removed by Louvre security guards.
It appeared there was no logical tie between throwing soup at the Mona Lisa and expressing anger over agricultural policies and food systems.
"Two activists from the environmental movement 'Riposte Alimentaire' sprayed pumpkin soup on the armoured glass protecting the Mona Lisa, this Sunday, January 28, 2024, around 10am (4aET)," a statement from the museum said.
"The Louvre's security staff immediately intervened."
'Riposte Alimentaire' translates to "Food Response."
The room that houses the Mona Lisa, the "Salle des Etats," was closed briefly but reopened after visitors, who gasped when the protestors threw the soup at the 16th-century masterpiece, had been removed.
The vandals, two females, reportedly ducked under a barrier around the site of the painting and discharged the soup onto the Mona Lisa and surrounding wall from what appeared in photos to be some sort of bottles. It remains unclear how the women snuck the soup past the museum's elaborate security system.
The Mona Lisa, perhaps the most famous painting in the world, has been the target of vandals on many previous occasions.
A Louvre employee stole the masterpiece in 1911 which bolstered the masterpiece's international profile.
The bottom of the canvas suffered damage from an acid attack in the 1950s, which prompted officials to tighten security around the painting, including adding bulletproof glass and other measures.
Then, in 2022, a man disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair smeared cake across the Mona Lisa's protective glass.The man, who wore a black wig and lipstick abruptly reached up and attempted to deface the painting, was promptly sent for psychiatric evaluation.
That same year, a woman hurled a ceramic cup at the painting. The cup shattered but the Mona Lisa remained unharmed.
The Mona Lisa, which measures just over 2.5 feet tall and less than 2 feet wide, is one of many famous artworks that draws millions of visitors every year to the Louvre.
The museum announced in 2023 that it would limit the number of daily visitors admitted into the building to enhance the experience for tourists.
Security concerns in Paris, including at the Louvre, are being bolstered as the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics is now just six months away. The event is scheduled to include a flotilla of boats that will travel down the Seine River with the 10,000 athletes who are scheduled to compete in the Games, past the Louvre, and to the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
The route was designed to highlight the history and beauty of Paris, organizers have said.
As many as half a million visitors are expected to line the four-mile route for the event, prompting security concerns.
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Dozens of people gathered Sunday afternoon in Joliet for a vigil after one man killed eight people, including seven of his relatives, in a string of shootings last weekend.
Police say suspect Romeo Nance killed his mother, aunt, uncle and siblings at two homes Jan. 21 before shooting another man in a random attack. Nance, 23, fled the city before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a confrontation with U.S. Marshals in Texas.
Friends and family surrounded the driveway Sunday of one of the homes on the 2200 block of West Acres Road. A collage of the victims leaned against the porch, which was lined with a dozen glass candles. A floral sign hung from the front door: “Family is forever.”
The Will County coroner’s office and police identified the relatives killed by Nance as his mother, Tameka Nance, 47; his aunt, Christine Esters, 38; his uncle, William Esters II, 35; his brother, Joshua Nance, 31; his sister, Alexandria Nance, 20; as well his 16- and 14-year-old sisters, who were not named. Officials have offered no motive for the shooting.
The man Nance later killed Jan. 21 at Pheasant Run Apartments in unincorporated Joliet was identified as 28-year-old Toyosi Bakare, originally from Nigeria. Nance also shot a 42-year-old in the leg that day, who police said sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Nance’s girlfriend has been charged with obstructing justice in the investigation of the massacre.
“It is joyous and it is comforting to know that they are loved, and that so many people remember their names and let their legacy live on,” Cara Esters, the sister of Christine and William Esters, tearfully told the crowd. “We are confident that, together, we will find a way to get through this.”
After Cara Esters spoke, the crowd released a sea of black and white balloons into the air. Latisha Fox, who described herself as a longtime friend of the family, read the names of the victims as the balloons flew into the sky. Several people sobbed as gospel music played.
“If you don’t know them, we want you to know how great, amazing they were,” Fox said. “They were loving people, and a loving, loving family.”
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Cara Esters described her family’s contributions to the community. William Esters had started his own security firm; Christine Esters worked with the Illinois Department of Corrections and Tameka Nance was a dedicated nurse. Her three nieces were actively involved in wresting, volleyball, and track and field.
Pastor Kenneth Coleman led the crowd in prayer, encouraging mourners to hold each other’s hands.
“This was a great loss to all of us,” Coleman said. “We lost some great people in this tragedy. But out of this, we’re learning to love each other even more.”
Several people, many wiping tears from their eyes, formed a line behind the porch after the vigil to pay respects.
“My family was, and is, and forever will be about love and laughter,” Cara Esters said. “We will forever remember their names, and shout it from the rooftops.”
When asked if she had any remaining family after the killings, Cara Esters told reporters, “We are small but mighty.”
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Israel orders mandataory evacuation of town near Lebanon border
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:04 PM2023-10-20T13:04:30+5:302023-10-20T13:05:13+5:30
Jerusalem, Oct 20 The Israeli Defence Ministry on Friday ordered the mandatory evacuation of the northern Kiryat Shmona ...
Jerusalem, Oct 20 The Israeli Defence Ministry on Friday ordered the mandatory evacuation of the northern Kiryat Shmona town near the Lebanon border.
Kiryat Shmona is home to 23,000 residents, Ministry spokesperson Mayan Lazarovich told CNN, adding that the this was a “mandatory evacuation”.
The residents will be relocated to state-subsidized guesthouses and the evacuation will be led by the local municipality alongside the Ministries of Tourism and Defence, according to the Ministry.
The order was approved by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and was communicated to the town's mayor a "short time ago", the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on X.
On Monday, the IDF announced that it was implementing an emergency plan to evacuate all civilians living up to 2 km from the Lebanese border and would put them up in state-funded guest houses, the BBC reported.
Kiryat Shmona was not on the list at the time but falls within the radius.
The town has been hit by rocket fire in recent days amid clashes between armed fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah group and the Israeli military.
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Sign him up! Walsh stuns as Broncos superstar reels in pass from legendary QB Tom Brady
Broncos superstar Reece Walsh has achieved plenty in his short career thus far, however catching a pass from Tom Brady may just rank near the top.
Brady has just completed a two-stop tour of Australia, speaking at events in Melbourne and Brisbane over the weekend.
Walsh, as well as the rest of the Broncos team, attended An Evening with Tom Brady at the Brisbane Showgrounds over the weekend.
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Over 2000 attended the Brady speaking event in Brisbane while 3000 packed into the Crown Palladium in Melbourne.
One of the highlights of the Brisbane show was when Walsh, who joined Brady on stage with Brisbane Lions star Lachie Neale, streaked across the middle of the room to catch a pass from the greatest quarterback of all time.
In typical Brady fashion, he threw a dart about 30 metres to hit Walsh in the chest. Unsurprisingly the Broncos fullback made no mistake on his end either.
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Walsh, who snared himself a signed ball from the QB, said he was interested in Brady’s approach to the game and the “mindset” he needed to forge the Hall of Fame career he did.
“Not every day you get to see Tom Brady talk and then get to catch a ball and get it signed,” Walsh told The Courier Mail.
“How he applied himself everyday and his mentality … for myself, being at a younger age, it’s good to listen and hear one of the best players talk about his mindset and how he tackled every day.”
Walsh wasn’t the only huge name in Australian sport to catch a pass from Brady over the weekend.
UFC star Alex Volkanovski may have a featherweight title fight against Ilia Topuria in February to prepare for, but he was in a relaxed mood when he attended Brady’s Melbourne event.
“See, there’s part of me that says, I can’t make it that easy, because they’re going to go back and be like, ‘That was easy, I caught a pass,’” Brady said to the crowd.
“So sometimes I like to make it a little hard. But not for him (Volkanovski), because I love him! You’ve got to go right down the middle.”
The UFC champion caught the pass to rapturous applause.
Carlton Blues coach and AFL legend Michael Voss was another to catch a pass from Brady during the Melbourne show.
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When Carolina Shiino was recently adorned with the crown and sash denoting her as "Miss Japan 2024" in a Tokyo hotel, the 26-year-old burst into tears. After all, she was the first woman born outside of Japan to non-Japanese parents to win the title.
After her coronation, Shiino, who was granted Japanese citizenship as recently as 2022, said it had all been "like a dream."
"I have often had to fight against obstacles that prevented me from being accepted as Japanese, which is why I am extremely grateful to be recognized as Japanese in this competition," she said.
Despite her words, a social media debate quickly erupted in Japan over whether Shiino should really be allowed to receive the "Miss Japan" crown.
Most of the positive posts focused on the fact that she is a Japanese national, while most of those opposing her win stressed the issue of ethnicity.
"The person chosen as 'Miss Japan' is not even half-Japanese but a 100% pure Ukrainian. Doesn't that make her 'Miss Ukraine?'" asked one user (@iwaimichiko) on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Going by appearances
In Japan, the state of being Japanese is traditionally thought of as being a matter of appearance and not of nationality.
For example, like many other half-Japanese people, the tennis player Naomi Osaka, with her Japanese mother and her Haitian father, is generally perceived as being Japanese because she "looks" Japanese — despite speaking Japanese poorly and not receiving her Japanese passport until she was 22.
In contrast, some Japanese seem to find it abstract and alien that foreigners without Japanese roots, such as Carolina Shiino, can become their compatriots by means of naturalization.
This is despite the fact that several thousand people receive a Japanese passport every year, including foreigners of non-Japanese origin. Marti Turunen, for example, a Finn who came to Japan as a missionary, took Japanese citizenship in 1979, gave his name a Japanese turn as Marutei Tsurunen and held a seat in the upper house of Japan's parliament from 2002 to 2013.
Migration from Ukraine to Japan
The new beauty queen is the daughter of Ukrainian parents. She was born in the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine in 1998.
After her parents divorced, her mother married a Japanese man with the surname Shiino, which led to Carolina moving to Japan at the age of five, growing up there in completely normal circumstances.
She speaks Japanese without any accent and says she has completely taken on the Japanese culture, feeling herself to be Japanese both in her language and her thinking.
However, her non-Japanese appearance has frequently attracted notice in her Japanese environment.
The organizer of the "Miss Japan Grand Prix," Ai Wada, told British broadcaster BBC that the jury had chosen Ms. Shiino as winner "with full confidence."
"She speaks and writes in beautiful and polite Japanese," Wada said. "She is more Japanese than we are."
But not all users of X, Japan's most important discussion forum, were convinced.
"As a Japanese woman with one-eighth Japanese blood, I feel that you have to be at least half-Japanese to represent a homogeneous country like Japan at the 'Miss Japan' competition," wrote one user (@0xkarasy). "It's a matter of identity."
User Ajisai Natsuko (@ajisainatsuko07) wrote: "I am Japanese and am not at all satisfied with this choice of 'Miss Japan.' Japanese standards of beauty are different from Western ones."
Other comments, however, centered on Shiino's beautiful appearance.
"Isn't this the most beautiful 'Miss Japan' in history? It don't think I have ever seen such a beautiful woman before," wrote Yuna (@yucop73). Also on X, Kaoru (@1958118) wrote: "She has earned the 'Miss Japan' title. She is a modest and sweet Japanese lady."
Some users also suggested that the jury wanted to make a political point with a choice that can be seen as championing diversity and expressing solidarity with Ukraine.
An old debate reignited
Shiino herself has said that she competed for the "Miss Japan" crown very deliberately to "create a society in which people are not judged by their appearance."
The current controversy over her win will thus not have surprised her, particularly in view of the fact that there was a similar discussion nine years ago, when Ariana Miyamoto was chosen "Miss Universe Japan" as the first mixed-race woman to win the title. Back then, too, there was criticism that the 20-year-old did not look "Japanese enough."
Like Naomi Osaka, Miyamoto had an African American father, and there was discussion of whether a dark-skinned Japanese woman could be a "Miss Japan."
Now, however, people in the island nation must accustom themselves to a "Miss Japan" who doesn't look Japanese — but who is Japanese at heart.
This article was translated from German
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abrdn plc reduced its holdings in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS – Free Report) by 6.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 733,802 shares of the investment management company’s stock after selling 50,000 shares during the quarter. abrdn plc’s holdings in The Goldman Sachs Group were worth $237,436,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GS. Fairfield Bush & CO. purchased a new position in The Goldman Sachs Group during the 1st quarter valued at about $66,000. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. increased its holdings in The Goldman Sachs Group by 1,505.1% during the 1st quarter. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. now owns 41,300 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $13,633,000 after acquiring an additional 38,727 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 18.5% during the 1st quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 118,609 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $39,153,000 after purchasing an additional 18,540 shares during the last quarter. Zions Bancorporation N.A. boosted its stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 79.4% during the 1st quarter. Zions Bancorporation N.A. now owns 827 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $273,000 after purchasing an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Covestor Ltd boosted its stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 118.3% during the 1st quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 310 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $102,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. 69.06% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research note on Thursday, October 5th. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $481.00 to $491.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 17th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $440.00 price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research note on Wednesday, January 17th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $382.00 to $440.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 9th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $437.00 to $493.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 2nd. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $402.22.
The Goldman Sachs Group Trading Down 1.3 %
GS traded down $4.91 during trading on Friday, hitting $377.79. 3,464,718 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,054,963. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.07. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has a 1 year low of $289.36 and a 1 year high of $392.73. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $368.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $341.45. The firm has a market cap of $123.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.46.
The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 16th. The investment management company reported $5.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.62 by $1.86. The Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 7.85% and a return on equity of 7.82%. The company had revenue of $11.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.32 earnings per share. The Goldman Sachs Group’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. will post 32.51 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The Goldman Sachs Group Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 29th will be given a dividend of $2.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 28th. This represents a $11.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.91%. The Goldman Sachs Group’s payout ratio is currently 48.20%.
Insider Transactions at The Goldman Sachs Group
In other news, CAO Sheara J. Fredman sold 4,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $380.15, for a total transaction of $1,634,645.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 11,463 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,357,659.45. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, insider Kathryn H. Ruemmler sold 7,277 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $379.81, for a total transaction of $2,763,877.37. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 6,501 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,469,144.81. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Sheara J. Fredman sold 4,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $380.15, for a total transaction of $1,634,645.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 11,463 shares in the company, valued at $4,357,659.45. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 88,984 shares of company stock valued at $6,042,731. Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.
The Goldman Sachs Group Company Profile
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in resale agreements.
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Disposable vapes are set to be banned in Britain as part of plans to tackle the rise in young people vaping and protect children’s health.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce the plan to implement the ban – using powers already in place under the Environmental Protection Act – which is expected to come into force at the end of 2024 or the start of 2025, during a visit to a school on Monday.
It forms part of the Government’s response to its consultation on smoking and vaping, which was launched in October last year.
New data shows the number of children vaping in the last three years has tripled, the Government said, adding that use among younger children is also rising, with 9% of 11 to 15-year-olds now using vapes.
Disposable vapes have been pushing the rise in youth vaping, with the proportion of 11 to 17-year-old vapers using disposables increasing almost ninefold in the last two years, it added.
New powers will also be introduced to restrict flavours which are specifically marketed at children and ensure that manufacturers produce plainer packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops, moving them out of children’s sight.
New £100 fines will also be brought in for shops in England and Wales which sell vapes illegally to children.
Trading standards officers will be given powers to act “on the spot” to tackle underage tobacco and vape sales. This builds on a maximum £2,500 fine that local authorities can already impose.
Vaping alternatives – such as nicotine pouches – will also be banned for children.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among children, and so we must act before it becomes endemic.
“The long-term impacts of vaping are unknown and the nicotine within them can be highly addictive, so while vaping can be a useful tool to help smokers quit, marketing vapes to children is not acceptable.
“As Prime Minister I have an obligation to do what I think is the right thing for our country in the long term. That is why I am taking bold action to ban disposable vapes – which have driven the rise in youth vaping – and bring forward new powers to restrict vape flavours, introduce plain packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops.
“Alongside our commitment to stop children who turn 15 this year or younger from ever legally being sold cigarettes, these changes will leave a lasting legacy by protecting our children’s health for the long term.”
The UK Government, along with the Welsh and Scottish governments, intend to introduce legislation to ban disposable vapes due to their significant environmental impacts, according to the Welsh Government. This includes both nicotine and non-nicotine products.
In Northern Ireland, the decision must be agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly, which is not sitting after powersharing at Stormont collapsed almost two years ago.
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health noted the UK Government’s plans and said: “The department will make the necessary preparations to allow incoming ministers and the NI Assembly to take a decision on introducing the regulations in Northern Ireland.”
Under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the Government plans to introduce legislation so children turning 15 this year or younger can never legally be sold tobacco – to bring about the “first smokefree generation”.
Some £30 million new funding a year will be provided to bolster enforcement agencies – including Border Force, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Trading Standards – to implement these measures.
Lynne Neagle, the Welsh Government’s deputy minister for mental health and wellbeing, said: “We want to take all actions possible to stop young people from starting smoking in the first place, to prevent youth vaping and to tackle the effects single-use vapes are having on our environment.”
Jenni Minto, Scotland’s public health minister, said: “I have worked closely with circular economy minister Lorna Slater on disposable vapes.
“These are a threat to both public health and the environment – from litter on our streets, to the risk of fires in waste facilities – that’s why we will act on our Programme for Government commitment and move to ban them.”
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said: “Smoking is still the single largest preventable cause of death in England. Almost every minute of every day someone is admitted to hospital with a smoking-related disease. And it costs society £17 billion each year – putting a huge burden on our NHS.
“That’s why we are driving the way forward through our smokefree generation plan, which will prevent our children from starting this dangerous habit.
“The health advice is clear, vapes should only ever be used as a tool to quit smoking. But we are committed to doing more to protect our children from illicit underage vaping, and by banning disposable vapes we’re preventing children from becoming hooked for life.”
Vapes should only be used by adults as a tool to quit smoking and they contribute to an extra 50,000-70,000 smoking quits a year in England, the Government said.
As part of the Government’s Swap to Stop scheme, almost one in five of all adult smokers in England will have access to a vape kit alongside behavioural support to help them quit the habit.
Chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty said: “If passed, this legislation would have a major public health impact across many future generations.”
The ban also aims to have a positive impact on the environment as five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week, up from 1.3 million from last year.
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said: “Not only are disposable vapes often targeted, unacceptably, at children – they also represent a huge and growing stream of hard-to-recycle waste, with nearly five million thrown away every week.
“This historic announcement will be a powerful tool in support of our efforts to crack down on waste and boost recycling, as well as helping to create the first smokefree generation.”
HMRC estimates that the illicit tobacco trade costs the UK economy around £2.8 billion a year in lost revenue – money that should fund public services.
On Monday, HMRC and Border Force will publish a new illicit tobacco strategy – Stubbing Out the Problem – setting out how it will aim to reduce the trade in illicit tobacco and tackle and disrupt organised crime behind the illicit tobacco trade.
The Labour Party has said it will support the disposable vapes ban and “ensure these important measures to protect children’s health are brought in” but criticised the length of time it has taken.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “What has taken the Government so long? Labour put forward measures to tackle vapes being aimed at children more than two years ago but these were blocked by the Conservatives. In the meantime, the numbers of young people vaping have soared.
“Labour will not sit back and allow a new generation of kids to get hooked on nicotine. Of course we will support this ban on disposable vapes.”
Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health, said banning disposable vapes will require “strict enforcement to be effective, as illegal vapes are already flooding the market”.
She added: “It’s excellent news that the Government has updated its strategy for tackling illicit tobacco, but we are yet to see the same strategic approach applied to vapes.
“Throwing money at the problem is not enough, stopping illegal vapes at the border, inland and at point of sale requires a thought-through intelligence-led strategy.”
Dr Mike McKean, vice president for policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), welcomed the news.
He said: “Bold action was always needed to curb youth vaping and banning disposables is a meaningful step in the right direction. I’m also extremely pleased to see further much-needed restrictions on flavours, packaging and marketing of vapes, which RCPCH has repeatedly called for.
“Government must swiftly lay the legislation to ensure it can be fully considered in this Parliament. We look forward to seeing more details about these landmark plans, especially in terms of implementation, enforcement and monitoring.”
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Italy PM Giorgia Meloni splits from her partner of 10 years
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:32 PM2023-10-20T13:32:07+5:302023-10-20T13:35:03+5:30
Rome [Italy], October 20 : Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday said that she has separated from her ...
Rome [Italy], October 20 : Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday said that she has separated from her journalist partner Andrea Giambruno.
"My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here," Meloni posted on her social media account on X.
"Our paths have diverged for some time, and the time has come to acknowledge it," the 46-year-old Italian Prime Minister said.
La mia relazione con Andrea Giambruno, durata quasi dieci anni, finisce qui. Lo ringrazio per gli anni splendidi che abbiamo trascorso insieme, per le difficoltà che abbiamo attraversato, e per avermi regalato la cosa più importante della mia vita, che è nostra figlia Ginevra.… pic.twitter.com/1IpvfN8MgA— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) October 20, 2023
Giambruno and Meloni are not married and have been long-term partners. They have a seven-year-old daughter.
"I thank him for the splendid years we spent together, for the difficulties we went through, and for giving me the most important thing in my life, which is our daughter Ginevra," she wrote.
Giambruno, who hosts the show "Diario del Giorno" on Italian free-to-air television channel Rete 4a had come under flak when he suggested on his show this August that women could avoid rape by not getting too drunk.
Meloni had said after that episode that she should not be judged for comments made by her partner, and that in future she would not answer questions about his behaviour.
Meanwhile, in her statement on X about her split with her partner, the Italian Prime Minister said, "I will defend what we were, I will defend our friendship, and I will defend, at all costs, a seven-year-old girl who loves her mother and loves her father, as I was unable to love mine. I have nothing else to say about this."
Born in Rome in 1977, Meloni was 15 when she joined the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI). She met Giambruno, who was born in Milan in 1981, in 2015 when he was working as a writer for a TV show on which Meloni appeared.
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Tens of thousands of people protested in Madrid on Sunday to reject a government plan to provide amnesty for Catalan separatists over their failed 2017 secession bid.
Madrid has been rocked by a number of protests over the proposed amnesty, and Sunday's rally was organized by the conservative opposition party Partido Popular (PP).
PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo and former prime minister Mariano Rajoy, as well as president of the Madrid region Isabel Diaz Ayuso attended the demonstration.
Police estimates put the crowd attendance at 45,000 people, who gathered in the capital's central Plaza de Espana.
Participants held numerous Spanish and EU flags, but also as placards reading "No to amnesty" and "Sanchez traitor," in reference to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) party.
Nunez Feijoo has said that a majority in the country rejects the amnesty deal and during the rally, he addressed supporters, saying that "nobody will force a country on us that we have not voted for."
Sanchez government depends on deal
Sanchez's government won a vote of confidence in parliament last November for another four-year term, following a snap election that took place in July.
But the amnesty bill for those involved in the 2017 secession bid was main condition by Catalan parties for agreeing to support Sanchez's coalition government.
The bill will be considered in Spain's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday and if approved, the law would block legal action against hundreds of Catalan activists who are being investigated or have been charged for their role in the attempted declaration of an independent Catalan state in 2017.
If enacted, the measure would take several months to become law.
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‘Martin Luther King’ is a depiction of ground realities, say VK Naresh, Puja Kolluru
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:34 PM2023-10-20T13:34:42+5:302023-10-20T13:35:03+5:30
Hyderabad, Oct 20 Director Puja Kolluru’s new socio-political comedy film ‘Martin Luther King’, while being a satire on ...
Hyderabad, Oct 20 Director Puja Kolluru’s new socio-political comedy film ‘Martin Luther King’, while being a satire on village politics in the Telugu states, is also very much a depiction actual realities, according to her and actor V.K. Naresh.
The movie’s crew has been going about promoting the Telugu film in several cities including Visakhapatnam, to Kurnool, and Vijayawada. As the trailer has received great appreciation from audiences, the actor-director duo elaborated on the film’s themes during its promotion in Kurnool.
V.K. Naresh, who plays the role of a local politician in the film said in Telugu: “What makes ‘Martin Luther King’ so good, is that it is very much relevant. As both Telugu and Tamil states are headed for elections, this movie represents the on ground political realities of your daily wage labourer.”
Puja Kolluru said: “Understanding the film’s themes is simple. Look at yourself in the mirror, that is all. ‘Martin Luther King’ is more a real-life depiction of the political truths on the ground level than a full on satire.”
The movie deals with some very heavy and serious contemporary themes, and while it has a comical tone, it is still very much based on the ground level realities of village politics and how the politicians curry favour, just to win elections as they employ the cheapest tricks in the book to their advantage.
An official remake of the Tamil film ‘Mandela’ which starred Yogi Babu, ‘Martin Luther King’ is directed by debutant filmmaker Puja Kolluru and stars Telugu actor Sampoornesh Babu in the lead role. It also features actors Venkatesh Maha and Sharanya Pradeep, in important supporting roles.
Scheduled to hit theatres on October 27, the director had further said that while the movie is indeed a remake of the Tamil film, it is solely focused on Telugu politics as the culture, problems, and politics of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are very different from what goes on in Tamil Nadu or Puducherry.
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Don't ignore your body's signals.
By Donna Andersen
Last updated on Jan 28, 2024
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Having the tools to spot a sociopath is important, especially if you want to prevent yourself from becoming stuck with one.
There are some defining traits of sociopaths, including being impulsive, having difficulty forming emotional attachments, being prone to fits of anger, and lacking empathy. Quite simply, they are usually without a conscience.
While psychopaths are "born," sociopaths are created as a result of childhood experiences, abuse, and environmental factors. And while studies have found that sociopaths can experience emotions and feelings, they are most likely to experience negative ones.
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Luckily, your body has a protective sense called intuition, which is part instinctive knowing, and part physical reaction. And our bodies tell us when someone or a situation poses a threat, just like a sociopath does.
Here are 8 subtle ways your body warns you when you're interacting with a sociopath.
1. Fear
Fear is our body's reaction to threats in the environment around us. It's a normal response, as LCSW and mindfulness teacher Nichole Moorman points out, saying, “Our bodies and brains are designed to feel fear.”
When you feel sudden fear, consider it the ultimate warning sign that you're conversing with or are in the presence of a sociopath. If you're ever suddenly gripped by fear when this person is in your presence, trust your gut.
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2. Chills
Getting chills or goosebumps is a reflex that evolved in our ancestors where the hair on their necks, arms and body stood up. This, in turn, made them appear larger to scare off predators.
And while we can also get goosebumps or chills when the weather is cold, if your hair suddenly stands up in the presence of a particular person, you could be reacting to a sociopath’s predatory stare.
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3. Difficulty breathing
Your body goes into fight-or-flight mode when you're scared or anxious, and this can lead to difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. Your heart rate will also increase, therefore leading to quickened breath.
When you find it hard to take deep, even breaths around this person, it’s probably because something about their behavior is profoundly troublesome. It's a subtle way your body warns you that you're interacting with a sociopath.
4. Crying
When your interactions with this person frequently bring you to tears, know that this is not normal. It’s a warning that something is terribly amiss.
While crying for no reason at all can be a result of many different factors, including experiencing trauma, being a highly sensitive person, being stressed or anxious, and/or feeling overwhelmed. In the presence of a sociopath, it may be your body's visceral reaction to them.
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5. Pounding heart
Your heart starts pounding when you look at the object of your affection or when you're excited about something. But in this case, when you're interacting with a sociopath or someone with sociopathic tendencies, a fast heartbeat may signify that, deep down, you’re afraid.
6. Upset stomach
If you feel nauseous around this person or when you think about certain interactions you've had with them, your internal compass is sending you a message. Your body is letting you know that your anxious feelings aren't without merit.
In fact, when you feel anxious, studies say that experiencing nausea or an upset stomach is a normal response, as our brains and digestive system are incredibly interconnected.
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7. Nightmares
If you have nightmares or bad dreams while involved with a sociopathic person, or you have difficulty sleeping, pay attention to what your body and brain are telling you. Something is interfering with your rest.
Nightmares are your body's way of connecting your brain to your soul, communicating your worries and anxieties from your waking life into your subconscious. If you're wary of this person in real life, that will translate into nightmares.
8. Nagging feeling
If you have a sense that something is wrong, but you can’t identify what it is, your inner self knows there's a problem and is trying to get your attention. Never play off your gut feeling as an overreaction because, more likely than not, your intuition is revealing the truth to you.
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The key to escaping sociopaths is to pay attention to warning signs. But unfortunately, we sometimes don’t listen to ourselves.
Most people experience warning signs early in an involvement with someone new, but don’t know what they mean.
In fact, in a survey, I asked the question: "Did you have intuition or a gut instinct early in the involvement that there was something wrong with the person or the relationship?" An astounding 71% of survey respondents answered yes. But 40% of respondents ignored their intuition and continued with the relationship, much to their regret.
So if you instinctively have a bad reaction to someone, don’t chide yourself for being judgmental or paranoid. Don’t tell yourself that everyone deserves a chance and that you should be open-minded.
There's a reason for your reaction, even if you don't know what it is right away. If you can’t avoid the person altogether, at least be wary. Your intuition is probably trying to warn you of danger.
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Donna Andersen is a writer and author who offers advice on escape and recovery from sociopaths, psychopaths, or narcissists. She has appeared on TV shows like ABC 20/20 and The Ricki Lake Show, as well as in digital and print media publications like Psychology Today, Marie Claire, Thought Catalog, and Daily Mail.
This article was originally published at Lovefraud.com. Reprinted with permission from the author.
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Childress Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV – Free Report) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 6,579 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $983,000.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in AbbVie by 0.3% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 139,161,796 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,749,269,000 after buying an additional 440,286 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 78,182,567 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,533,537,000 after acquiring an additional 1,156,130 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 43,152,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,813,873,000 after acquiring an additional 404,379 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 34,952,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,697,046,000 after acquiring an additional 907,917 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 17.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 31,571,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,102,311,000 after acquiring an additional 4,785,277 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.86% of the company’s stock.
AbbVie Price Performance
Shares of AbbVie stock traded down $0.73 during trading on Friday, hitting $164.40. 4,654,408 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,876,630. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.59, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $153.78 and its 200 day moving average price is $148.95. AbbVie Inc. has a twelve month low of $130.96 and a twelve month high of $167.95. The company has a market cap of $295.92 billion, a PE ratio of 45.04, a PEG ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 0.50.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, EVP Nicholas Donoghoe sold 2,912 shares of AbbVie stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $154.72, for a total value of $450,544.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 55,903 shares in the company, valued at $8,649,312.16. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.26% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ABBV. Barclays raised their price objective on AbbVie from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on AbbVie in a research note on Thursday, November 9th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. Raymond James boosted their price objective on AbbVie from $177.00 to $181.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 1st. UBS Group cut their price objective on AbbVie from $157.00 to $150.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised AbbVie from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $173.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, December 11th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $167.13.
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About AbbVie
AbbVie Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Humira, a therapy administered as an injection for autoimmune, intestinal Behçet's diseases, and pyoderma gangrenosum; Skyrizi to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic disease, and Crohn's disease; Rinvoq, a JAK inhibitor to treat rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis, axial spondyloarthropathy, and ulcerative colitis; Imbruvica for the treatment of adult patients with blood cancers; and Venclexta/Venclyxto to treat hematological malignancies.
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Lord David Cameron has condemned the actions of Iranian-backed militias after three American troops were killed and dozens injured in north-east Jordan amid fears of a wider conflict with Tehran.
The UK Foreign Secretary renewed calls for Iran to de-escalate in the region following the first US deaths since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the US “shall respond” to the overnight drone strike near the Syrian border.
US officials were working to identify the group behind the attack but have so far assessed that one of several Iranian-aligned groups was responsible.
Mr Biden said in a written statement that the US “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner (of) our choosing”.
In a post on X later on Sunday, Lord Cameron said: “We strongly condemn attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups against US forces. We continue to urge Iran to de-escalate in the region.
“Our thoughts are with those US personnel who have lost their lives and all those who have sustained injuries, as well as their families.”
US forces have long used Jordan, a kingdom bordering Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and Syria, as a base.
US Central Command put the toll at three killed and 34 injured.
Since the war in Gaza began, Iranian-backed militias have struck American military installations in Iraq more than 60 times and in Syria more than 90 times with drones, rockets, mortars and ballistic missiles.
The attack on Sunday was the first targeting US troops in Jordan during the conflict and the first to result in American deaths.
The militias have said that their strikes are in retaliation for Washington’s support for Israel in the war in Gaza, and aim to push US forces out of the region.
The US in recent months has hit targets in Iraq, Syria and Yemen in response to attacks on its forces and to diminish the threats from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels to commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
The US and UK launched a second round of joint strikes against the rebels earlier this week, which appears to have done little to deter Houthi action.
A British-linked oil tanker went up in flames after an attack claimed by the Yemen-based group on Friday before a further strike on HMS Diamond, the British destroyer stationed in the Red Sea, was successfully repelled.
The Ministry of Defence earlier branded ongoing action by the Houthis as “intolerable and illegal” and said Britain and its allies “reserve the right to respond appropriately”.
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abrdn plc lessened its holdings in shares of The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX – Free Report) by 14.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,444,861 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock after selling 735,995 shares during the period. TJX Companies accounts for approximately 1.0% of abrdn plc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest position. abrdn plc’s holdings in TJX Companies were worth $395,059,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in TJX Companies by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 80,105,413 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $6,792,138,000 after purchasing an additional 495,302 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in TJX Companies by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 46,543,024 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $3,946,383,000 after purchasing an additional 1,990,407 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in TJX Companies by 88.1% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 26,619,778 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $2,118,935,000 after purchasing an additional 12,468,119 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in TJX Companies by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 21,447,146 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $1,813,329,000 after purchasing an additional 555,639 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in TJX Companies by 90,089.8% in the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 19,788,543 shares of the apparel and home fashions retailer’s stock valued at $1,575,168,000 after purchasing an additional 19,766,602 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.28% of the company’s stock.
TJX Companies Stock Up 0.9 %
TJX traded up $0.87 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $96.38. 4,163,717 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,060,071. The TJX Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $72.92 and a 12-month high of $96.45. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $91.86 and a 200 day moving average of $89.87. The firm has a market cap of $109.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.
TJX Companies Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 15th will be given a $0.3325 dividend. This represents a $1.33 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 14th. TJX Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.68%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Evercore ISI assumed coverage on shares of TJX Companies in a report on Tuesday, November 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $105.00 target price on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group boosted their target price on shares of TJX Companies from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 16th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of TJX Companies in a report on Thursday, October 5th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of TJX Companies from $90.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, November 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of TJX Companies from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 16th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.75.
View Our Latest Analysis on TJX Companies
Insider Buying and Selling at TJX Companies
In other TJX Companies news, CEO Ernie Herrman sold 17,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $89.06, for a total value of $1,514,020.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 576,105 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,307,911.30. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.
TJX Companies Profile
The TJX Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. It operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX International. The company sells family apparel, including footwear and accessories; home fashions, such as home basics, furniture, rugs, lighting products, giftware, soft home products, decorative accessories, tabletop, and cookware, as well as expanded pet, and gourmet food departments; jewelry and accessories; and other merchandise.
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Schenn scores in OT to lift Blues beat over Kings
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored 1:04 into overtime to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday for their season-best fifth consecutive win.
Jordan Kyrou had one goal and two assists for St. Louis, which surrendered at least four goals in each of its previous four games against Los Angeles. Pavel Buchnevich and Nick Leddy also scored, and Joel Hofer made 30 saves.
Schenn got a nice pass from Buchnevich and beat David Rittich for his 13th goal.
Phillip Danault, Adrian Kempe and Jaret Anderson-Dolan scored for Los Angeles, which dropped its fourth consecutive game. Rittich made 28 stops.
The Kings are 2-8-6 in their last 16 games after a 20-7-4 start to the season.
Danault tied it at 3 when he elevated a slap shot past Hofer for his 10th goal with 1:16 remaining in the second period.
Kyrou shot a feed from Scott Perunovich past Rittich for his 14th goal 12:07 into the second, giving the Blues a 3-2 lead. Robert Thomas picked up an assist on the play, giving him seven assists in his last five games.
Buchnevich tied it at 2 with his 17th goal on a power play just 55 seconds after Anderson-Dolan scored his first goal of the season 5:39 into the second.
Buchnevich has scored in each of his last three games, recording four goals and an assist during that stretch.
Leddy scored his third goal of the season 12:51 into the first, tying it at 1. St. Louis is 11-3-1 when a defenseman scores this season.
Kempe scored his 17th goal on a feed from Anze Kopitar 4:06 into the game.
Perunovich departed in the third with a lower-body injury.
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Kings: At Nashville on Wednesday night.
Blues: Host Columbus on Tuesday night.
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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Travis Kelce made even more NFL history on Sunday afternoon.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end officially surpassed Jerry Rice for the most postseason receptions in league history during their AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens. Kelce broke a tie with Rice when he caught an 8-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes in the first half of that game at M&T Bank Stadium.
A postseason legend. Congratulations @tkelce! pic.twitter.com/x6pyPz4o0b
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 28, 2024
The reception was one of nine that Kelce had in the first half. He also opened the game by catching a wild touchdown pass from Mahomes in the first quarter. Kelce, despite being completely covered by cornerback Marlon Humphrey, expertly turned around and caught the pass before falling into the end zone.
OH MY GOODNESS TRAVIS KELCE pic.twitter.com/b8W7hs0ih4
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 28, 2024
The touchdown was the 17th between Mahomes and Kelce in the playoffs.
Kelce racked up 984 receiving yards, his first under 1,000 in a single season since the 2015 campaign, in the regular season with the Chiefs. The 34-year-old had five catches for 75 yards and had two touchdowns in their divisional round win over the Buffalo Bills last week. He had another seven catches in their opening round win over the Miami Dolphins.
Rice had 151 postseason receptions during his career before he retired in 2004. Julian Edelman is third with 118 in his career, and Rob Gronkowski had 98 catches in the playoffs before he retired. Tyreek Hill is the closest active player to Kelce on the postseason reception list, though he has just 96. Julio Jones is 11th with 77.
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If you're having to set the same boundaries over and over again, you might have different work to do.
By John Sundholm
Written on Jan 28, 2024
Photo: FatCamera from Getty Images Signature / Canva Pro
For many of us, being able to effectively set boundaries is one of the hardest but most important things we can learn to do.
But one therapist is warning that boundary-setting can sometimes be confused for something that is actually keeping us from growing, both personally and in our relationships.
Therapist Yolanda Renteria says setting boundaries can be a form of avoidance that holds us back.
Renteria is a licensed professional counselor whose work focuses intently on trauma, how it impacts our brains and mental health, and how to heal it and move past it — so you might say she's an expert on setting boundaries.
Learning how to set and maintain boundaries is often key to addressing trauma, after all, especially when our trauma involves other people in our lives.
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But like so many therapy concepts and "therapy speak" that have exploded in popularity on social media in recent years, the concept of boundary-setting is often misunderstood.
Boundary-setting isn't just making rules for others — it's ultimately about your own behaviors and responses.
"Walking away from every situation or person that doesn't feel aligned for you might not really be a sign of having really good boundaries, but actually you might be missing out on a lot of growth," Renteria said in a recent TikTok video.
She went on to explain that this kind of approach to difficulties with people and relationships can sometimes be a means of avoiding working on ourselves.
Therapists often explain that many people think boundary-setting is simply making demands or rules about others' actions. But the most important part of setting boundaries is actually about your own behavior — how you will act and care for yourself when someone inevitably does violate them.
As an example from my own life, I have set a firm boundary with my father that his religious proselytization is not welcome. This doesn't mean I have cut my father out of my life, though. Rather, it means that I've done the work of explaining to him why this is hurtful and made clear that I'm not willing to engage in conversations where he attempts to convert me to his beliefs, and how I will respond if he does so.
We certainly don't agree on ... well, anything, frankly, but we're able to still enjoy each other's company and even have respectful, edifying conversations about our differing beliefs on occasion. We've even changed each other's minds a time or two.
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Of course, this work isn't always appropriate for every situation or relationship.
"Sometimes we meet people and we decide that they're not for us," Renteria explained. "That is okay." And some people are just plain old abusive and refuse to change, and hence need to be cut off.
But there's a difference between abuse and making mistakes, of course. Nobody's perfect and everyone we care about is going to hurt us eventually, after all. Renteria said how we respond to this is where the rubber meets the road, not just for our relationships but for our own personal development.
Renteria said a pattern of constant boundary-setting can be an indicator of avoidance that's hindering your growth.
"If we never really try to understand, to listen, to communicate effectively and non-defensively, to repair [our relationships]," Renteria explained, "then what we might be doing instead of setting boundaries is really just avoiding."
And this is where we begin to lose opportunities for our own development.
"If we notice that we are in a pattern response where every time a person does something similar, we just shut down and walk away and call that boundaries, then we're not really growing," Renteria said.
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She went on to explain that our own part in our relationship dynamics is the only thing we actually have any control over and it's what "can make our relationships healthier in the future" because it can be where our growth stems from.
"Not only that, though, building deep connections happens when we're able to be vulnerable with another person and repair."
Learning the difference between boundary-setting and simply avoiding this tough relational work allows us to stay open to those connections and the growth that can spring from them.
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John Sundholm is a news and entertainment writer who covers pop culture, social justice and human interest topics.
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Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lessened its holdings in Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP – Free Report) by 67.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,029 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 10,332 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Automatic Data Processing were worth $1,210,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. OFI Invest Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Automatic Data Processing in the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC acquired a new position in shares of Automatic Data Processing in the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new position in Automatic Data Processing during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. acquired a new position in Automatic Data Processing during the 4th quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. acquired a new position in Automatic Data Processing during the 3rd quarter worth about $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.37% of the company’s stock.
Automatic Data Processing Trading Down 0.3 %
ADP opened at $236.10 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $97.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.79. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. has a 52 week low of $201.46 and a 52 week high of $256.84. The business’s 50 day moving average is $233.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $238.70. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86.
Automatic Data Processing Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a $1.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. This represents a $5.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. Automatic Data Processing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 66.59%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Automatic Data Processing
In other Automatic Data Processing news, VP John Ayala sold 1,500 shares of Automatic Data Processing stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.13, for a total value of $352,695.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 19,183 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,510,498.79. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.26% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. StockNews.com lowered Automatic Data Processing from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 5th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Automatic Data Processing from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 26th. Barclays decreased their target price on Automatic Data Processing from $285.00 to $280.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 26th. UBS Group started coverage on Automatic Data Processing in a research note on Tuesday, November 7th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $235.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Wolfe Research raised Automatic Data Processing from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Automatic Data Processing presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $253.17.
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Automatic Data Processing Profile
Automatic Data Processing, Inc provides cloud-based human capital management solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). The Employer Services segment offers strategic, cloud-based platforms, and human resources (HR) outsourcing solutions.
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Rolling Stones, Lady Gaga stun audience at surprise gig at NYC
By IANS | Published: October 20, 2023 01:06 PM2023-10-20T13:06:22+5:302023-10-20T13:10:06+5:30
Mumbai, Oct 20 Legendary band The Rolling Stones performed at a New York city club recently to celebrate ...
Mumbai, Oct 20 Legendary band The Rolling Stones performed at a New York city club recently to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’.
It is the band’s first album of new material in eighteen years.With DJ Questlove on the turntable, the celebration quickly turned into a rock show when Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood took the stage to perform songs from the new album and iconic hits. They were joined by singer-actress Lady Gaga on stage as they performed ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ at theRacket NYC.
Many prominent members of the cinema and music world attended the event including Bruce Springsteen, Daniel Craig, Mary Kate Olsen, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Chris Rock, Taylor Hill, Rachel Weisz, Dianna Agron, Christie Brinkley, Minka Kelly, Tommy Hilfiger and more.
The 12-track album has been recorded in various locations around the world, including Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Metropolis Studios, London; Sanctuary Studios, Nassau, Bahamas; Electric Lady Studios, New York; and The Hit Factory/Germano Studios, also in New York.
The band’s late drummer Charlie Watts is featured on two tracks, ‘Mess It Up’ and ‘Live
‘Hackney Diamonds’ is The Rolling Stones’ first studio set of new material in 18 years since 2005's ‘A Bigger Bang’. Since then, they have continued to smash box office records on a series of global sell-out tours and released 2016's Grammy-winning ‘Blue & Lonesome’, which featured their versions of many of the blues tracks that helped shape their sound, and topped album charts around the world.
'Hackney Diamonds' marks The Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood) first album produced by producer and musician Andrew Watt.
The Rolling Stones have sold over 250 million albums worldwide, and is the longest surviving band with 6 decades and counting of sticking together as a unit. They’re considered as one the greatest bands along with legends like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Pantera, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Queen, Guns N' Roses and Led Zeppelin.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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Patrick Mahomes won't win NFL MVP this season. He didn't deserve it, based on his regular season. That's probably OK with him since the Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl.
It doesn't matter anymore if the Chiefs and Mahomes show out in the regular season. When they get to the playoffs, they have Mahomes and that makes them tough to beat. The Chiefs are going to their fourth Super Bowl in the last five seasons after Mahomes had an excellent first half and Kansas City's defense did the rest in a 17-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs had not played a true road playoff game with Mahomes before this season. This postseason the Chiefs went on the road and beat the Buffalo Bills and Ravens in consecutive weeks, adding even more chapters to Mahomes' legacy and their own growing dynasty.
The Ravens weren't overrated and neither was Lamar Jackson. The Ravens were great all season and Jackson deserves the MVP he'll get in two weeks. But Mahomes is the one current quarterback you want if you absolutely need to win a big game. The Chiefs looked like less than themselves most of the season. They lost six games, including losses to the Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders. The offense was questioned for not having enough star power. But in the end, it didn't matter what happened in the regular season. Kansas City was great when it needed to be.
For Jackson and the Ravens, it's a disappointing end to a fantastic season. But that's life in the AFC during the Mahomes era. If you're trying to get to a Super Bowl when Mahomes is still in his prime, you're going to be disappointed more often than not.
Patrick Mahomes starts fast
On the Chiefs' first drive of the game, it was clear that Mahomes was locked in.
Mahomes completed all five of his passes on the first drive, including a great fourth-down throw back to the middle of the field to Travis Kelce, and a finely-tuned back-shoulder throw to Kelce for a 19-yard touchdown.
Mahomes didn't miss in the first quarter. He hit all 10 of his passes in the quarter, and his first in the second. The 11 straight completions to start a conference championship game were the most since Rich Gannon in 2002 according to CBS. It wasn't just the completions but the degrees of difficulty.
Mahomes was excellent on third and fourth down, often turning absolutely nothing into a big play.
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— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) January 28, 2024
Jackson will win his second MVP, which will tie Mahomes, but he couldn't keep up with the Chiefs' quarterback. Jackson was just 5-of-12 for 67 yards in the first half, and 13 yards came on a crazy completion to himself. The Chiefs had 221 yards before halftime and the Ravens had just 110.
Mahomes was against a Ravens team that was the best in the NFL in the regular season and he completely dominated the first half. The Chiefs led 17-7. Baltimore had chances to come back in the second half, but it couldn't make winning plays like its opponent.
Ravens can't come back
The Ravens defense made some adjustments and got to Mahomes a few times. The Chiefs offense slowed way down in the second half. But the Ravens couldn't take advantage. The Chiefs defense deserves credit for that.
The Ravens had a chance to cut the Chiefs' lead to to 17-14 early in the fourth quarter, but rookie receiver Zay Flowers had a sequence he'll have a tough time living down. Flowers had a 54-yard catch, but took a bad taunting penalty at the end of it. That moved the Ravens back 15 yards. Flowers had a chance to score a touchdown to make up for it but dove and Chiefs cornerback L'Jarius Sneed — who Flowers taunted at the end of his long catch — punched it out and Kansas City recovered in the end zone. Flowers then cut his hand hitting the bench in frustration, according to CBS.
It seemed like the Ravens panicked early on when Mahomes had that first impressive scoring drive. They completely abandoned the run game. Ravens running backs had four attempts all half, despite not trailing by more than a single score until Harrison Butker had a 52-yard field goal in the final seconds of the first half. Baltimore didn't play like itself all game.
With 6:45 left, Jackson threw into triple coverage to the end zone and safety Deon Bush had an easy interception. The turnovers by Flowers and Jackson in the fourth quarter were huge reasons Baltimore lost. The Ravens had one final shot to get the ball back trailing 17-10 but Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught a long third-down pass from Mahomes just before the two-minute warning to seal the AFC title. Jackson is in for another year of hearing about how he can't win the big one. He will have two MVPs soon but no Super Bowl appearance.
That's due in part to Mahomes. Much like when Michael Jordan ruled the NBA or Tom Brady was making the Super Bowl just about every year, there won't be many opportunities for other teams in the AFC to make the Super Bowl as long as Mahomes is in his prime.
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Maidstone forward Lamar Reynolds has credited the gruelling fitness sessions of manager George Elokobi for their sensational run to the last 16 of the FA Cup.
The National League South club etched their name into FA Cup folklore on Saturday with a remarkable 2-1 victory over Ipswich, who were 98 places above the visitors before kick-off at Portman Road.
It was Maidstone’s seventh tie of the competition and their reward is a trip to Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry for a place in the quarter-finals.
After beating Barrow, Stevenage and now Sky Bet Championship promotion hopefuls Ipswich, Reynolds paid tribute to ex-Wolves defender Elokobi.
“Who would have thought it? But like the gaffer said, you’ve got to believe and we believed,” Reynolds insisted.
“We probably had not much possession but took our chances, got the victory in the end and the 12th man on the side gave us the second wind and the third wind to get us over the line.
“Our gaffer, you all know his background and he is very tough, especially his training routines.
“He always wants us to be the fittest because if you’re fitter than the opposition, you probably have more chance of winning the game.
“With the programmes he has put into us from when he played, it has really helped us gain that edge. We stuck around them. I wouldn’t say we’re as fit as them but we kept up with them and got the win.”
Elokobi insisted he always believed Maidstone could cause an upset in front of their 4,472 travelling fans and drummed that into the squad.
Sixth-tier Stones also ditched training on their artificial surface at Gallagher Stadium to prepare for the Ipswich clash on grass, with Elokobi going as far as to get them to train on the same size pitch as at Portman Road.
“He exaggerated on believing in each other and knowing we’re all capable of winning the game if we stick to the script we’ve planned,” Reynolds added.
“We had done analysis and he kept nagging on believing – when you believe in yourself, stuff like this happens.”
Maidstone players gathered again on Sunday to watch the fifth-round draw but Reynolds spent his morning back at his day job driving autistic children to events for Links Support Solution in Gants Hill.
Reynolds admitted: “It is amazing and I think a lot of them would have watched.
“If I have a game on a Tuesday, I will do that during the morning and head off to a game.
“On a Wednesday we (Maidstone) have a day off so I’ll go in for the morning and Sundays I do events with them. I am pretty much the driver!
“I take them to wrestling or a basketball match, just events because they are local young lads who want to enjoy themselves.”
After scoring his first goal for the club with a delightful chip in Saturday’s victory, the Jamaican-born attacker is eager to keep putting Maidstone on the map.
“I’d wait another 10 seasons for that same scenario again. It felt special,” Reynolds said.
“This can put us on the map, it shows Maidstone is a huge club with a massive background. Now it is time to push on and hopefully the name gets bigger and bigger.
“You just have to believe and now you have to believe it because it has happened!
“We’re in the round of 16 and who would have thought that? It is ridiculous. When you say it out loud it is ridiculous, but what an achievement.”
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American Express (NYSE:AXP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The payment services company reported $2.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.64 by ($0.02), MarketWatch Earnings reports. The company had revenue of $15.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16 billion. American Express had a return on equity of 30.60% and a net margin of 13.61%. The company’s revenue was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.07 earnings per share. American Express updated its FY 2024 guidance to 12.650-13.150 EPS and its FY24 guidance to $12.65-13.15 EPS.
American Express Trading Up 7.1 %
AXP traded up $13.36 during trading on Friday, reaching $201.43. 13,555,402 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,606,542. The company has a quick ratio of 1.60, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $146.80 billion, a PE ratio of 17.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $179.08 and its 200 day moving average is $165.35. American Express has a 12 month low of $140.91 and a 12 month high of $204.77.
American Express Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 5th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 4th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. American Express’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 21.41%.
Insider Buying and Selling at American Express
Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Express
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of American Express by 118,198.3% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 13,732,068 shares of the payment services company’s stock valued at $2,028,913,000 after acquiring an additional 13,720,460 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of American Express during the 4th quarter valued at $911,554,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in shares of American Express by 162.6% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,961,999 shares of the payment services company’s stock valued at $289,885,000 after buying an additional 1,214,731 shares in the last quarter. CI Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of American Express during the 4th quarter valued at $124,325,000. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its position in shares of American Express by 83.5% during the 2nd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,697,068 shares of the payment services company’s stock valued at $295,632,000 after buying an additional 772,115 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.08% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
AXP has been the subject of several research reports. Bank of America cut their price objective on shares of American Express from $203.00 to $202.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 5th. Monness Crespi & Hardt initiated coverage on shares of American Express in a research note on Wednesday, December 20th. They issued a “neutral” rating on the stock. Oppenheimer decreased their price objective on shares of American Express from $190.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 11th. Stephens upgraded shares of American Express from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $148.00 to $193.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Finally, HSBC started coverage on shares of American Express in a research report on Friday, October 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $181.00 target price on the stock. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $178.21.
Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on AXP
American Express Company Profile
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. Its products and services include payment and financing products; network services; accounts payable expense management products and services; and travel and lifestyle services.
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Donoghue Forlines LLC raised its holdings in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO – Free Report) by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,625 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Broadcom makes up about 0.8% of Donoghue Forlines LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Donoghue Forlines LLC’s holdings in Broadcom were worth $2,180,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Rise Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Broadcom by 76.5% in the 3rd quarter. Rise Advisors LLC now owns 30 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 13 shares during the period. Bollard Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Broadcom in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Macroview Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Broadcom in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Altshuler Shaham Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Broadcom in the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO acquired a new position in shares of Broadcom in the 3rd quarter valued at $32,000. 78.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity at Broadcom
In related news, Director Justine Page sold 143 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,094.00, for a total value of $156,442.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 3,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,539,090. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other Broadcom news, CFO Kirsten M. Spears sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,043.14, for a total transaction of $2,607,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 26,880 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $28,039,603.20. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Justine Page sold 143 shares of Broadcom stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,094.00, for a total transaction of $156,442.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 3,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,539,090. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 45,443 shares of company stock valued at $50,151,532. 2.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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Broadcom Price Performance
Broadcom stock opened at $1,204.88 on Friday. Broadcom Inc. has a 52-week low of $572.10 and a 52-week high of $1,284.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $564.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.58, a PEG ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $1,070.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $941.66. The company has a quick ratio of 2.56, a current ratio of 2.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 7th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $11.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $10.96 by $0.10. Broadcom had a net margin of 39.31% and a return on equity of 73.43%. The firm had revenue of $9.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $9.75 earnings per share. Broadcom’s quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Broadcom Inc. will post 43.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Broadcom Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 20th were issued a $5.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 19th. This represents a $21.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.74%. This is a positive change from Broadcom’s previous quarterly dividend of $4.60. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio is currently 63.75%.
Broadcom Profile
Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.
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In December 1963, a military family named the Gardners had just moved to San Diego, Calif.
The oldest son, 17-year-old Randy Gardner, was a self-proclaimed "science nerd." His family had moved every two years, and in every town they lived in, Gardner made sure to enter the science fair.
He was determined to make a splash in the 10th Annual Greater San Diego Science Fair.
When researching potential topics, Gardner heard about a radio deejay in Honolulu, Hawaii, who avoided sleep for 260 hours.
So Gardner and his two friends, Bruce McAllister and Joe Marciano, set out to beat this record.
Randy Gardner spoke to NPR's Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam in 2017.
When asked about his interest in breaking a sleep deprivation record, Gardner said, "I'm a very determined person, and when I get things under my craw, I can't let it go until there's some kind of a solution."
Of his scientific trio, Randy lost the coin toss: He would be the test subject who would deprive himself of sleep. His two friends would take turns monitoring his mental and physical reaction times as well as making sure Gardner didn't fall asleep.
The experiment began during their school's winter break on Dec. 28, 1963.
Three days into sleeplessness, Gardner said, he experienced nausea and had trouble remembering things.
Speaking to NPR in 2017, Gardner said:
"I was really nauseous. And this went on for just about the entire rest of the experiment. And it just kept going downhill. I mean, it was crazy where you couldn't remember things. It was almost like an early Alzheimer's thing brought on by lack of sleep."
But Gardner stayed awake.
The experiment gained the attention of local reporters, which, in Gardner's opinion, was good for the experiment "because that kept me awake," he said. "You know, you're dealing with these people and their cameras and their questions."
The news made its way to Stanford, Calif., where a young Stanford sleep researcher named William C. Dement was so intrigued that he drove to San Diego to meet Gardner.
Along with a U.S. Navy medic named Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross, Dement helped monitor Gardner's health throughout the experiment. Dement also helped Gardner stay awake by playing basketball or games of pinball with Gardner.
When asked about his win percentage in pinball, Gardner said, "I did good. I think I beat him most of the time."
Gardner actually won all the time.
"Physically, I didn't have any problems," Gardner said. "But the mental part is what went downhill. The longer I stayed awake, the more irritable I got."
On Jan. 8, 1964, Gardner reached the last day of the experiment. He had been awake for 11 days straight — 264 hours — a new Guinness World Record.
Gardner said, "I had a very short fuse on day 11. I remember snapping at reporters. They were asking me these questions over and over and over. And I was just — I was a brat."
After talking with reporters, Gardner was sent to a nearby naval hospital. There, doctors observed his brain waves through an electroencephalogram machine he was hooked up to. Medically, Gardner was perfectly healthy.
So, at the navel hospital, Gardner slept for 14 hours. After he woke up, he said, he felt "groggy, but not any groggier than a normal person."
Gardner, McAllister and Marciano won first place at the San Diego science fair.
Although Gardner's record was broken within the same year, his experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation. It supported later studies of "microsleeps." According toGuinness World Records, microsleeps are "momentary lapses into sleep that last for just a few seconds."
Decades later, the field of sleep research had grown exponentially, including the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation.
The last Guinness world record for sleep deprivation was awarded in 1986to Robert McDonald, who deprived himself of sleep for almost 19 days. In 1996, the GWR stopped tracking sleep deprivation, citing the "harmful" effects of sleeplessness.
In making this decision, Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, wrote:
"Sleep is just one of those key, absolute, fundamental parts of human nature — we need our sleep. And I think that's why this is a particularly fascinating record, because challenging the extremes of something that is so absolute is key to understanding who we are as a species."
When Gardner spoke to NPR in 2017, he mentioned that he developed insomnia as an adult. He said, "About 10 years ago, I stopped sleeping. I could not sleep. I would lay in bed for five, six hours, sleep maybe 15 minutes and wake up again. I was a – I was a basket case."
It's unclear what triggered his condition. But Randy Gardner says he sees it as some kind of "karmic payback" for his science experiment 60 years ago.
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"Will target Hamas like human animals during and after the war": Israeli Minister Avi Dichter
By ANI | Published: October 20, 2023 01:39 PM2023-10-20T13:39:52+5:302023-10-20T13:40:04+5:30
By Ashoke Raj Tel Aviv [Israel], October 20 : Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter said ...
By Ashoke Raj
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 20 : Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Avi Dichter said on Friday that the Hamas organisation have behaved like 'animals' and emphasised that his country will target Hamas like 'human animals' during and after the war.
"You don't need justification to fight against an organization like Hamas that have behaved like animals hunting other animals. It's not going to be to be stopped and we are not going to take it as something that was done, and that's it. We are going to target those animals, human animals, whether during the war or after the war, nobody is going to escape," he said.
While speaking with ANI, Israeli Minister Dichter claimed that Hamas and its associates were responsible for the explosion at the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza and highlighted that the incident happened the day when the US President was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv.
He added, "Well, we all know that what happened in Gaza Hospital was a Palestinian job. It's not fully sure whether it was a rocket or a bomb launched by Hamas. This hospital belongs to Christian people. It's one of the single churches in the Gaza Strip."
He said further, "It's not a coincidence that it happened just on the day that the President of the US was supposed to come here and those who saw the movies understand. I must say I know something about it. That's not an event that happened from a bomb coming from an air strike."
Meanwhile, the Israel Defence Forces struck several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon overnight in retaliation for rockets and missiles fired into northern Israel, the military announced on Friday morning.
The IDF added that one of its drones killed a suspected terrorist inside Lebanon without elaborating.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a number of rocket attacks on Israel. One rocket hit a home in Kiryat Shmona, injuring three Israelis. Magen David Adom emergency responders said the victims were a 75-year-old man with moderate injuries, a five-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man who both had light injuries, Israeli News Agency, TPS reported.
Thursday also saw several incidents of gunfire from Lebanon. Israeli authorities began implementing plans to evacuate Kiryat Shmona, on the Lebanese border, to state-funded guest houses. The town has 22,000 residents.
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The Texas Rangers may find themselves with two aces in the hole by the middle of the 2024 season. Pitchers Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer are both eyeing mid-summer for their returns to the mound.
DeGrom, a two-time Cy Young winner, is recovering from elbow surgery, while Scherzer is on the mend from a December procedure to correct a herniated disk in his lower back.
Both pitchers were on hand for the Rangers' annual FanFest and addressed their respective timetables to return to Texas' lineup.
"When we get us back here, hopefully somewhere around the trade deadline, it's like picking up a couple guys," deGrom said via ESPN.
Said Scherzer: "We won the World Series, so everything's great. You've got to keep the glass half-full mentality to this."
The 39 year old, who was acquired from the New York Mets at the trade deadline, was a key part of the Rangers' rotation in the final stretch of the season. Before missing the final two weeks and opening two rounds of the playoffs due to a pulled muscle in his shoulder, Scherzer was 4-2 with a 3.20 ERA in eight starts.
He was eventually able to come back and start twice in the American League Championship, but his shoulder injury flared up again and he pitched in only three innings of Game 3 of the World Series. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young winner, underwent surgery on Dec. 15.
Scherzer joined deGrom in the Texas bullpen after the latter inked a five-year, $185 million deal last offseason. His elbow injury limited him to only six starts and 30⅓ innings before he was shut down.
But the games he played were critical as the Rangers needed both of the wins he secured to reach the postseason. DeGrom went 2-0 with a 2.67 ERA and 45 strikeouts.
By spring, the 35 year old said he plans to be throwing and explained that he needs to complete a plyometric training program prior to that point. Scherzer said he's in a good place with his recovery and got past the six-week, post-surgery period with no setbacks.
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Capital Wealth Planning LLC acquired a new position in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO – Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 741 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $615,000.
A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rise Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Broadcom by 76.5% in the third quarter. Rise Advisors LLC now owns 30 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. Bollard Group LLC purchased a new position in Broadcom in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Macroview Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Broadcom in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Altshuler Shaham Ltd purchased a new position in Broadcom in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO purchased a new position in Broadcom in the third quarter valued at about $32,000. 78.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Summit Insights upgraded shares of Broadcom from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 8th. StockNews.com cut shares of Broadcom from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Broadcom from $900.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, December 8th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Broadcom from $990.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 4th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Broadcom from $1,010.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Broadcom currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $981.45.
Insider Activity at Broadcom
In related news, Director Eddy W. Hartenstein sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,140.30, for a total transaction of $912,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 810 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $923,643. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In related news, Director Eddy W. Hartenstein sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,140.30, for a total transaction of $912,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 810 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $923,643. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Hock E. Tan sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,089.69, for a total transaction of $21,793,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 229,796 shares in the company, valued at approximately $250,406,403.24. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 45,443 shares of company stock valued at $50,151,532. Insiders own 2.20% of the company’s stock.
Broadcom Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:AVGO opened at $1,204.88 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $1,070.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $941.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $564.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.58, a PEG ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.23. Broadcom Inc. has a one year low of $572.10 and a one year high of $1,284.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.82 and a quick ratio of 2.56.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December 7th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $11.06 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $10.96 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $9.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.28 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 39.31% and a return on equity of 73.43%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $9.75 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Broadcom Inc. will post 43.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Broadcom Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $5.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 19th. This represents a $21.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.74%. This is a positive change from Broadcom’s previous quarterly dividend of $4.60. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 63.75%.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.
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Chandrapur: Pregnant woman falls to death from bridge, four-year-old son sits beside corpse all night
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: October 20, 2023 01:22 PM2023-10-20T13:22:36+5:302023-10-20T13:33:46+5:30
In a heartbreaking incident in Maharashtra's Chandrapur, a pregnant mother met a tragic end as she fell from a ...
In a heartbreaking incident in Maharashtra's Chandrapur, a pregnant mother met a tragic end as she fell from a bridge while riding a two-wheeler with her four-year-old son. The unfortunate incident occurred on a Wednesday night as the mother set out to fulfill her son's simple wish for chocolates.
The deceased has been identified as Sushma Pawan Kakade, who resided in Bamani, Ballarpur taluka, with her husband and son. Their evening outing took a tragic turn when her son expressed his desire for chocolate, prompting Sushma to take him to a nearby market on her two-wheeler.
During their journey on the Rajura-Ballarpur road, their two-wheeler skidded, leading to a fall from the Wardha River bridge. Although both landed in a muddy area, Sushma sustained a severe neck injury and tragically lost her life on the spot. Her son, fortunately, escaped with minor injuries but was left to sit beside his mother's lifeless body, crying throughout the night.
After receiving information from her mobile location, the police conducted a search under the Rajura bridge in the early hours of Thursday and found Sushma's body. The boy was lying in the mud next to her. He was safely rescued, Police Inspector Umesh Patil said. Both the mother and son were rushed to the Ballarpur Rural Hospital. Regrettably, Sushma was declared brought dead, while her child received medical attention and is currently undergoing treatment.
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Non-religious Americans seek community Published January 28, 2024 at 4:37 PM MST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:53 A new study shows nearly one-third of Americans have no religious affiliation. Some secular organizations are trying to create the community of church — without the religion. Copyright 2024 NPR
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AMI Investment Management Inc. lessened its holdings in Schwab International Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHF – Free Report) by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 88,615 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,982 shares during the period. Schwab International Equity ETF comprises approximately 1.4% of AMI Investment Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 27th biggest position. AMI Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Schwab International Equity ETF were worth $3,009,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Schwab International Equity ETF by 28.9% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 58,761 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,158,000 after acquiring an additional 13,179 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of Schwab International Equity ETF by 3.7% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 94,554 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,473,000 after buying an additional 3,408 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. raised its position in shares of Schwab International Equity ETF by 655.6% during the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 2,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 2,065 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its position in shares of Schwab International Equity ETF by 1.1% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 47,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,757,000 after buying an additional 499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Schwab International Equity ETF by 4.7% during the first quarter. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $281,000 after buying an additional 342 shares during the last quarter.
Schwab International Equity ETF Stock Performance
Shares of Schwab International Equity ETF stock traded up $0.15 on Friday, hitting $36.63. 3,468,828 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,157,595. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.88 and a beta of 0.87. Schwab International Equity ETF has a 52 week low of $32.29 and a 52 week high of $37.14. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $36.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.22.
About Schwab International Equity ETF
Schwab Strategic Trust (the Trust) is an open-end management investment company. The Trust’s portfolio of funds include Schwab U.S. REIT ETF, Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF, Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF, Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF, Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF, Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF, Schwab U.S.
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The NFL's most famous fan is going to have to hustle to make the Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
Taylor Swift made it to playoff games in Kansas City, Buffalo and Baltimore to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. She was there when the Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 in the AFC championship game to advance to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Feb. 11.
Making it to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl won't be so easy.
Swift is performing the fourth of four shows from her The Eras Tour in Tokyo on Saturday night before the Super Bowl. Logistically Swift could make it from Japan in plenty of time.
Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas. Her show is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. in Tokyo. Her shows on that tour have typically run between three and four hours. If it ends at 10 p.m. in Tokyo, the time difference helps. That would be about 5 a.m. Saturday in Las Vegas.
It takes between 11 and 12 hours to fly from Tokyo to Las Vegas — Swift isn't flying commercial, so it's not like she's going through security and waiting at the gate — so physically making it to Las Vegas isn't a problem. She would theoretically arrive sometime on Saturday night. The game kicks off on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time.
There's also a question of whether Swift will want to make the trip. It would be a grueling week for her. She has shows in Tokyo on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Jumping right on a plane after her fourth show in four days for a flight of maybe 12 hours back to the United States for a football game, just to fly back to Australia for a concert on the Friday after the Super Bowl is a big ask.
But we know by now that Swift has made it to Chiefs games most of the season, and when she celebrates a big play by Kelce or any of his teammates, it usually makes the TV broadcast. That happened after Kelce scored against the Ravens on Sunday.
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Swift was down on the field celebrating with Kelce after the game, giving him a big hug before the team accepted the AFC championship trophy.
We'll see if Swift decides to come back for the Super Bowl and cheer on Kelce. If she does, we know that CBS will find her during the broadcast.
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Cody Rhodes, Bayley win epic Royal Rumble matches, earn WrestleMania shots
Cody Rhodes won his second consecutive men’s Royal Rumble match and Bayley won her first women’s Royal Rumble match on Saturday night and both competitors will get championship shots at WrestleMania.
Rhodes capped the night with a celebration. He was left with only CM Punk in the ring. The two went back and forth, giving it their all to see who would be able to go on and main event WrestleMania. Both competitors nailed each other with their finishers, but it was Rhodes who was able to get the upper hand.
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He stood on the top rope, pointed to the WrestleMania 40 sign and then to the direction of WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns. It will likely be Reigns vs. Rhodes for the second straight WrestleMania.
Bayley picked up her first Royal Rumble victory. She lasted over an hour in the ring after she entered the match at No. 3. She eliminated seven competitors, including a returning Liv Morgan.
She then suggested on X that RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley would be in her sights.
“I beat @RheaRipley_WWE’s record, now I’m ready to beat her at #WrestleManiaXL,” she wrote.
Both the men’s and women’s Rumbles saw some epic returns.
WWE ROYAL RUMBLE SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR TROPICANA FIELD, HOME OF TAMPA BAY RAYS
Andrade returned to WWE after he was released in 2021. He had been with Luca Libre AAA Worldwide and All Elite Wrestling before making his return. Additionally, Omos and Sami Zayn were back in the ring. Pat McAfee entered the match for 38 seconds before he eliminated himself. And NXT stars Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes appeared too.
The women’s Rumble saw the returns of Morgan and Naomi – who had been with TNA Wrestling since last year. TNA Wrestling Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace made a surprise appearance. Jade Cargill made her WWE debut and NXT stars Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton appeared in the match.
There were two other matches on the card as well.
Logan Paul defeated Kevin Owens via disqualification to retain the United States Championship. The referee caught Owens using brass knuckles to punch Paul and called the match. Owens then power-bombed Paul through the announce table.
Roman Reigns retained his championship in a fatal four-way match with A.J. Styles, LA Knight and Randy Orton. Reigns has been the champion for more than 1,200 days and will walk into WrestleMania 40 as the champion. Reigns pinned Styles for the victory.
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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Organized drug gangs are threatening to consume Ecuador in some of the worst violence seen in years. How did it get this bad and what are the governments options?
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Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE – Free Report) by 527.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,641 shares of the software company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,220 shares during the quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Adobe were worth $1,347,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Adobe in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates increased its holdings in Adobe by 57.6% in the 3rd quarter. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates now owns 52 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Financial Freedom LLC acquired a new position in shares of Adobe in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Halpern Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Adobe by 314.3% during the 3rd quarter. Halpern Financial Inc. now owns 58 shares of the software company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Finally, Fiduciary Alliance LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Adobe during the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. 80.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CAO Mark S. Garfield sold 788 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $615.42, for a total value of $484,950.96. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 4,055 shares in the company, valued at $2,495,528.10. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, CAO Mark S. Garfield sold 788 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $615.42, for a total transaction of $484,950.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 4,055 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,495,528.10. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider David Wadhwani sold 6,099 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $571.77, for a total value of $3,487,225.23. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 7,614 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,353,456.78. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 44,425 shares of company stock valued at $26,431,673 in the last quarter. 0.24% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Adobe Stock Down 1.4 %
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 13th. The software company reported $4.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.13 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $5.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.01 billion. Adobe had a return on equity of 38.30% and a net margin of 27.97%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.78 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Adobe Inc. will post 14.6 earnings per share for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup upped their price objective on Adobe from $610.00 to $675.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 12th. Barclays upgraded shares of Adobe from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $680.00 to $700.00 in a research note on Monday, December 18th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Adobe from $650.00 to $705.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 2nd. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of Adobe from $670.00 to $690.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 8th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised shares of Adobe from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $660.00 price objective for the company in a report on Thursday, October 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and twenty-one have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Adobe presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $613.14.
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Adobe Profile
Adobe Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday suggested that some protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza could be linked to Russia and urged the FBI to investigate.
In an interview with anchor Dana Bash on CNN's State of the Union, the former House speaker said, without offering evidence, that she believed some protesters are connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"For them to call for a cease-fire is Mr. Putin's message," she said. "Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see. Same thing with Ukraine. It's about Putin's message. I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some, I think, are connected to Russia. And I say that having looked at this for a long time now, as you know."
Asked for clarification on whether she thought some anti-war protesters were plants, Pelosi said: "I don't think they're plants. I think some financing should be investigated. And I want to ask the FBI to investigate that."
The congresswoman's comments came in response to questions about whether she was concerned about challenges to organize Democrats given voters' anger over President Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza and his refusal to call for a cease-fire.
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Israeli attacks have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, most of whom are women and children, and displaced about 85% of people in the territory. Hamas militants killed some 1,200 people in Israel in the Oct. 7 attack and seized some 250 hostages, about 130 of whom are still being held, according to Israeli officials.
"What we have to do is try to stop the suffering and gossip," Pelosi said. "This is women and children. People don't have a place to go. So let's address that."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy organization, condemned Pelosi's comments as "unsubstantiated smears" that the group said echoes messaging meant to dehumanize Palestinian people.
"We are deeply disturbed by Former House Speaker Pelosi's comments," CAIR's national executive director Nihad Awad said in a statement. "Rep. Pelosi's claim that some of the Americans protesting for a Gaza ceasefire are working with Vladmir Putin sounds delusional and her call for the FBI to investigate those protesters without any evidence is downright authoritarian."
In response to NPR's request for comment, a spokesperson for Rep. Pelosi stood by her comments, adding that Pelosi has always supported the right of Americans to express their views through peaceful protest.
"As Speaker Pelosi said on CNN, we have to focus on stopping the suffering in Gaza, and she will continue demanding that all hostages be freed now," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "Informed by three decades on the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Pelosi is acutely aware of how foreign adversaries meddle in American politics to sow division and impact our elections, and she wants to see further investigation ahead of the 2024 election."
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How come he doesn’t know?: Sanjay Raut slams Fadnavis over drug mafia in state
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: October 20, 2023 01:24 PM2023-10-20T13:24:20+5:302023-10-20T13:25:03+5:30
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was protecting the drug mafia ...
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was protecting the drug mafia in the state. Raut made this claim in connection with the recent seizure of mephedrone valued at Rs 300 crore by the Mumbai police.
Raut was interacting with reporters before joining a march in Nashik to protest the growing menace of drugs in Maharashtra. Fadnavis knows everything about the opposition. How come he doesn’t know about the drug mafia? He is shielding the drug mafia and those who are taking haftas (protection money), he said.
Calling Lalit Patil, a main accused in the Rs 300-crore mephedrone seizure case, the tip of the iceberg, Raut said, In fact, the friends of drug mafias are sitting in the assembly. It’s the plight of Maharashtra that we have such a home minister (Fadnavis), Raut said. The arrest of Lalit Patil has triggered a war of words between the ruling dispensation and the opposition in the state. Hours after the news of Patil’s arrest came on Wednesday, Fadnavis had said that a major revelation will soon come out.
Raut also alleged that MLAs and ministers take haftas. An MLA takes Rs 16 lakh hafta from the drug racket and there are six such MLAs, he said. The Sena (UBT) leader said his party organised the morcha in Nashik to raise awareness of drug abuse but efforts were made to discourage students and parents.
On October 6, the Sakinaka police in Mumbai announced that during the course of a two-month operation, they had arrested numerous people from various cities and confiscated 151 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 300 crore. During the investigation, a drug production facility in the Nashik area was also shut down.
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Everett Township - One man was arrested after deputies say shots were fired after an altercation in Newaygo County.
Saturday, deputies were called to 1900 block of S. Walnut Avenue at 9:30a.m. for a shots fired complaint.
Upon arriving on scene, deputies say that several men at the residence had gotten into an altercation which led to shots being fired.
A 35-year-old male from White Cloud was taken into custody at the scene and was charged with felonious assault and felony firearms. He was lodged in Newaygo County Jail and is pending arraignment.
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| 2024-01-29T00:01:36Z
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Zay Flowers had a sequence to forget at a pivotal moment in Sunday's AFC championship game.
The Baltimore Ravens receiver turned the ball over just inches from the goal line, then reportedly cut his hand while slamming the bench in frustration. The sequence derailed a Ravens rally en route to a 17-10 Chiefs win that eliminated Baltimore and secured a fourth Kansas City Super Bowl berth in five seasons.
With Kansas City leading 17-7 early in the fourth quarter, Lamar Jackson found Flowers on a crossing route in the red zone. Flowers cut toward the end zone, then dove and stretched the ball out in an attempt to cross the goal line. He didn't quite get there.
Chiefs cornerback L'Jarius Sneed punched the ball out just short of the goal line. The ball then bounced into the end zone, where Kansas City recovered it for a touchback.
Zay Flowers fumbles at the goal line 😦
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 28, 2024
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Instead of a touchdown to cut Baltimore's deficit to 17-14 early in the fourth quarter, Kansas City took over possession with a 17-7 lead. Making matters worse, Flowers exacerbated the mistake with another one.
He slammed his hands on the Ravens bench and his helmet after the play. CBS reports that Flowers cut his left hand while venting his frustration.
Zay Flowers appeared to cut his finger after slamming his hand on the bench after his goal line fumble.
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 28, 2024
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Zay Flowers appeared to have cut himself reacting to his fumble, per @EvanWashburn. pic.twitter.com/yxmSPVVrii
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) January 28, 2024
Fortunately for Flowers, the injury didn't sideline him. But plenty of damage had already been done at a pivotal moment in the game.
For Sneed, his punch-out signaled redemption after Flowers beat him for a big catch to set up the red-zone attempt then taunted him after the play. Flowers caught a 54-yard pass from Jackson to set Baltimore up at the Kansas City 10-yard line. He then shoved Sneed to the turf and threw the ball at his head.
Zay Flowers was called for a taunting penalty after a 54-yard gain 😬
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 28, 2024
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Officials flagged Flowers for a taunting penalty that pushed the Ravens back to the 25-yard line. Four plays later, Sneed forced the Flowers fumble that ended Baltimore's best chance of making it a close game.
The Ravens would eventually score a field goal to cut their deficit to seven points, the the Chiefs responded by running out the clock on their final possession to secure the victory.
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| 2024-01-29T00:01:37Z
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NATO chief urges US lawmakers to continue supporting Ukraine, warns Beijing is watching
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday encouraged U.S. lawmakers to continue funding Ukraine in its war against Russia, warning that Beijing and other authoritarian powers will be emboldened should Russian President Vladimir Putin succeed.
Stoltenberg appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and warned that Beijing is closely watching the allies’ response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“What matters is that Ukraine gets continued support because we need to realize that this is closely watched in Beijing,” he said.
He argued that the U.S., Europe and other parts of the world will be made more vulnerable if Putin “gets what he wants in Ukraine.”
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: NATO GOES BACK TO THE COLD WAR TO FEND OFF RUSSIA
“It is important that Putin doesn’t get his way in Ukraine,” the NATO chief said. “That will embolden other authoritarian powers. Today it’s Ukraine, tomorrow it might be Taiwan.”
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and believes it must be reunified with the mainland.
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Stoltenberg is meeting with top U.S. defense officials and lawmakers this week to discuss the continued funding to Ukraine, which is being tied up in Congress over a dispute on U.S. border policies and other political issues.
Ukraine’s aid remains a divisive issue, with critics flagging Ukraine’s longtime struggles with corruption.
Five Ukrainian officials were arrested over the weekend for allegedly stealing nearly $40 million in funds meant to purchase military equipment for the war against Russia. Ukraine’s security service said members of the defense ministry conspired with members of a Ukrainian arms firm to embezzle the funds, which were meant to purchase 100,000 mortar shells.
Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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The White House says three American service members were killed and 25 wounded in a drone attack on a remote military base in Jordan. An Iranian-backed militia group has claimed responsibility.
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Argonautica Private Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI – Free Report) by 17.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 10,132 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,537 shares during the quarter. Argonautica Private Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $1,774,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Dfpg Investments LLC raised its holdings in Analog Devices by 3.4% in the second quarter. Dfpg Investments LLC now owns 1,610 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $315,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Oakworth Capital Inc. raised its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 3,026 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $589,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 4.7% in the 2nd quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,241 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $242,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Clarius Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Clarius Group LLC now owns 4,733 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $922,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Finally, West Branch Capital LLC boosted its position in Analog Devices by 46.5% during the 2nd quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. 85.55% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Activity
In other Analog Devices news, EVP Vivek Jain sold 17,038 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.66, for a total transaction of $3,129,199.08. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 5,815 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,067,982.90. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In other Analog Devices news, CEO Vincent Roche sold 10,000 shares of Analog Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $197.07, for a total value of $1,970,700.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 5,713 shares in the company, valued at $1,125,860.91. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Vivek Jain sold 17,038 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.66, for a total value of $3,129,199.08. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 5,815 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,067,982.90. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.
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Analog Devices Stock Performance
Shares of Analog Devices stock traded down $3.37 during trading on Friday, hitting $193.93. 2,379,139 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,751,972. The stock has a market cap of $96.16 billion, a PE ratio of 29.65, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.21. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $190.49 and its 200 day moving average is $182.75. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $154.99 and a 12 month high of $202.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.37.
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 21st. The semiconductor company reported $2.01 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.02 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $2.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Analog Devices had a return on equity of 14.18% and a net margin of 26.94%. Analog Devices’s revenue for the quarter was down 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.73 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.05 EPS for the current year.
Analog Devices Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 4th were paid a $0.86 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 1st. This represents a $3.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.77%. Analog Devices’s payout ratio is 52.60%.
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices, Inc designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia. The company provides data converter products, which translate real-world analog signals into digital data, as well as translates digital data into analog signals; power management and reference products for power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing, and energy management applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and consumer markets; and power ICs that include performance, integration, and software design simulation tools for accurate power supply designs.
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Childress Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA – Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,202 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $872,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Naviter Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 31.1% during the 2nd quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC now owns 4,582 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,802,000 after acquiring an additional 1,087 shares during the last quarter. Mendel Money Management boosted its stake in shares of Mastercard by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Mendel Money Management now owns 2,133 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $839,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of Mastercard by 5.9% in the second quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 7,433 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,923,000 after purchasing an additional 411 shares during the period. Neo Ivy Capital Management purchased a new stake in Mastercard during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,196,000. Finally, Armstrong Fleming & Moore Inc purchased a new stake in Mastercard during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $315,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.94% of the company’s stock.
Insider Activity
In other news, major shareholder Foundation Mastercard sold 125,816 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $377.45, for a total transaction of $47,489,249.20. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 98,424,221 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,150,222,216.45. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In other news, major shareholder Foundation Mastercard sold 125,816 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $377.45, for a total transaction of $47,489,249.20. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 98,424,221 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $37,150,222,216.45. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Richard K. Davis purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 9th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $390.96 per share, for a total transaction of $390,960.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 9,743 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,809,123.28. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 520,262 shares of company stock valued at $201,031,282. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Read Our Latest Analysis on MA
Mastercard Trading Up 0.4 %
Shares of MA traded up $1.73 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $438.53. 2,725,548 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,176,106. The firm has a market cap of $411.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.20, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.10. Mastercard Incorporated has a 12-month low of $340.21 and a 12-month high of $440.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.24. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $421.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $406.06.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 26th. The credit services provider reported $3.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.21 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $6.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.53 billion. Mastercard had a net margin of 44.85% and a return on equity of 188.83%. The business’s revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.68 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Mastercard Incorporated will post 12.17 earnings per share for the current year.
Mastercard declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, December 5th that authorizes the company to repurchase $11.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the credit services provider to repurchase up to 2.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
Mastercard Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share. This is a positive change from Mastercard’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 8th. Mastercard’s payout ratio is currently 23.00%.
Mastercard Profile
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. It facilitates the processing of payment transactions, including authorization, clearing, and settlement, as well as delivers other payment-related products and services.
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Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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Texas has been in litigation over its foster care system for nearly 13 years. A federal court is now weighing whether to impose hefty fines over the system's inability to make progress.
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Three including two women arrested for helping drug don Lalit Patil to escape from govt hospital
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: October 20, 2023 01:00 PM2023-10-20T13:00:37+5:302023-10-20T13:01:09+5:30
The police have reported the arrest of three individuals, which includes two women, on charges of assisting drug case ...
The police have reported the arrest of three individuals, which includes two women, on charges of assisting drug case accused Lalit Patil in his escape from a government-run hospital in Pune.
Two Nashik citizens, Archana Nikam and Pradnya Kamble, were detained by the crime division of the Pune police on Thursday and brought before a judge, an official said. They were kept in police custody by the court until October 23. In a separate incident, Mumbai's Sakinaka police detained Sachin Raosaheb Wagh (30), who was allegedly accompanying Patil when the latter was on the run after fleeing on October 2.
Seeking the custody of the two women, Pune Police told the court that they used to meet Patil when he was admitted to the Sassoon hospital here, and during these visits, they hatched a plan of his escape. The women gave Patil Rs 25 lakh when he landed in Nashik after his escape, police claimed.
Patil, first arrested by Pune police last year in a drug case and admitted to the hospital for treatment of TB three months ago, escaped on October 2. He was arrested by a team of Sakinaka police, who are probing a Rs 300 crore mephedrone seizure case in which he is a prime accused, from Bengaluru on Tuesday night.
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BALTIMORE — The Kansas City Chiefs earned their fourth trip to the Super Bowl in five seasons on Sunday, controlling the clock and coming up with three turnovers to defeat the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 in the AFC Championship Game.
The Chiefs (12-6), heading to their second straight Super Bowl, await the winner of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions. They will square off in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 4 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Baltimore, the top seed in the AFC, finished its season at 13-5.
BACK. TO. BACK. pic.twitter.com/hK6hom7t4i
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 28, 2024
The Chiefs took advantage of an efficient offense, a record-breaking day by tight end Travis Kelce and clutch defensive plays to advance.
Kelce had nine catches for 96 yards in the first half, passing Jerry Rice for most postseason catches. He finished the game with 11 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. He caught all 11 passes thrown his way.
Kansas City also dominated the clock, holding the football for 37:30.
Sunday’s game at M&T Bank Stadium was the first AFC Championship Game in Baltimore since 1971, when the Colts were still playing in Maryland. The Colts beat the Oakland Raiders 27-17 that day to advance to Super Bowl V.
On a celebrity note, Sunday’s game also marked the first appearance of pop superstar Taylor Swift at a conference championship game.
Sunday’s matchup was the fifth conference championship game in NFL history featuring two former MVP quarterbacks -- Patrick Mahomes (2018, 2022) and Lamar Jackson (2019). It was also the first in which both quarterbacks were under the age of 30.
Baltimore had narrowed the Chiefs’ lead to 17-10 on Justin Tucker’s 43-yard field goal with 2:34 to play, but Kansas City maintained possession at the two-minute warning when Mahomes completed a 32-yard pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling to the Ravens 22 on a third-down play.
The Ravens squandered several scoring chances earlier in the fourth quarter.
Trailing by 10 points early in the final period, Baltimore was poised to score after Jackson completed a long pass to Zay Flowers. However, on the first play of the period, on a 2nd-and-8 play from the Chiefs 9, Flowers caught a pass but fumbled just before the goal line. The ball was recovered by Kansas City’s Trent McDuffie in the end zone for a touchback.
Another back-breaking turnover by the Ravens occurred with 6:54 to play. Jackson’s deep pass intended for Isaiah Likely was intercepted in the end zone by Deon Bush.
Harrison Butker’s 52-yard field goal gave the Chiefs a 17-7 lead at the half. Kansas City dominated play in the first half, collecting 16 first downs to just five for the Ravens. The Chiefs also held a commanding advantage in possession at the half, holding the football for 20:39 while the Ravens were limited to 9:21.
Kansas City took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter, as Mahomes engineered a 16-play, 75-drive that chewed 9:02 off the clock. Isiah Pacheco scored on a 2-yard run with 10:56 left in the half.
The Ravens tied the game late in the first quarter, with Jackson finding Flowers for a 30-yard touchdown with 4:58 left in the period.
The Chiefs struck first, with Mahomes finding Travis Kelce for a 19-yard touchdown with 7:41 left in the first period. Kansas City’s opening drive was prolonged when Mahomes found Kelce for 13 yards on a 4th-and-2 play. Kelce’s TD grab was his sixth in a championship game, setting an NFL record.
The Chiefs, appearing in their sixth consecutive championship, became the third team to advance to four Super Bowls in five seasons, matching the Buffalo Bills (1990-93) and the New England Patriots (2014, 2016-18).
Chiefs coach Andy Reid became the fourth head coach in NFL history to reach five or more Super Bowls. New England’s Bill Belichick did it nine times, with Pro Football Hall of Famers Don Shula (six) and Tom Landry (five) rounding out the list.
The Ravens were seeking their third Super Bowl appearance and first since Super Bowl XLVII after the 2012 season.
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In December 1963, a military family named the Gardners had just moved to San Diego, Calif.
The oldest son, 17-year-old Randy Gardner, was a self-proclaimed "science nerd." His family had moved every two years, and in every town they lived in, Gardner made sure to enter the science fair.
He was determined to make a splash in the 10th Annual Greater San Diego Science Fair.
When researching potential topics, Gardner heard about a radio deejay in Honolulu, Hawaii, who avoided sleep for 260 hours.
So Gardner and his two friends, Bruce McAllister and Joe Marciano, set out to beat this record.
Randy Gardner spoke to NPR's Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam in 2017.
When asked about his interest in breaking a sleep deprivation record, Gardner said, "I'm a very determined person, and when I get things under my craw, I can't let it go until there's some kind of a solution."
Of his scientific trio, Randy lost the coin toss: He would be the test subject who would deprive himself of sleep. His two friends would take turns monitoring his mental and physical reaction times as well as making sure Gardner didn't fall asleep.
The experiment began during their school's winter break on Dec. 28, 1963.
Three days into sleeplessness, Gardner said, he experienced nausea and had trouble remembering things.
Speaking to NPR in 2017, Gardner said:
"I was really nauseous. And this went on for just about the entire rest of the experiment. And it just kept going downhill. I mean, it was crazy where you couldn't remember things. It was almost like an early Alzheimer's thing brought on by lack of sleep."
But Gardner stayed awake.
The experiment gained the attention of local reporters, which, in Gardner's opinion, was good for the experiment "because that kept me awake," he said. "You know, you're dealing with these people and their cameras and their questions."
The news made its way to Stanford, Calif., where a young Stanford sleep researcher named William C. Dement was so intrigued that he drove to San Diego to meet Gardner.
Along with a U.S. Navy medic named Lt. Cmdr. John J. Ross, Dement helped monitor Gardner's health throughout the experiment. Dement also helped Gardner stay awake by playing basketball or games of pinball with Gardner.
When asked about his win percentage in pinball, Gardner said, "I did good. I think I beat him most of the time."
Gardner actually won all the time.
"Physically, I didn't have any problems," Gardner said. "But the mental part is what went downhill. The longer I stayed awake, the more irritable I got."
On Jan. 8, 1964, Gardner reached the last day of the experiment. He had been awake for 11 days straight — 264 hours — a new Guinness World Record.
Gardner said, "I had a very short fuse on day 11. I remember snapping at reporters. They were asking me these questions over and over and over. And I was just — I was a brat."
After talking with reporters, Gardner was sent to a nearby naval hospital. There, doctors observed his brain waves through an electroencephalogram machine he was hooked up to. Medically, Gardner was perfectly healthy.
So, at the navel hospital, Gardner slept for 14 hours. After he woke up, he said, he felt "groggy, but not any groggier than a normal person."
Gardner, McAllister and Marciano won first place at the San Diego science fair.
Although Gardner's record was broken within the same year, his experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation. It supported later studies of "microsleeps." According toGuinness World Records, microsleeps are "momentary lapses into sleep that last for just a few seconds."
Decades later, the field of sleep research had grown exponentially, including the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation.
The last Guinness world record for sleep deprivation was awarded in 1986to Robert McDonald, who deprived himself of sleep for almost 19 days. In 1996, the GWR stopped tracking sleep deprivation, citing the "harmful" effects of sleeplessness.
In making this decision, Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, wrote:
"Sleep is just one of those key, absolute, fundamental parts of human nature — we need our sleep. And I think that's why this is a particularly fascinating record, because challenging the extremes of something that is so absolute is key to understanding who we are as a species."
When Gardner spoke to NPR in 2017, he mentioned that he developed insomnia as an adult. He said, "About 10 years ago, I stopped sleeping. I could not sleep. I would lay in bed for five, six hours, sleep maybe 15 minutes and wake up again. I was a – I was a basket case."
It's unclear what triggered his condition. But Randy Gardner says he sees it as some kind of "karmic payback" for his science experiment 60 years ago.
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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund raised its holdings in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO – Free Report) by 6.6% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 668,863 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 41,319 shares during the period. Cisco Systems comprises approximately 0.7% of Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s holdings in Cisco Systems were worth $35,958,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. United Bank acquired a new position in Cisco Systems in the 1st quarter worth approximately $645,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 32.5% during the 1st quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 4,243,073 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $236,593,000 after buying an additional 1,040,607 shares during the period. Roundview Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 13.1% during the 1st quarter. Roundview Capital LLC now owns 10,540 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $588,000 after buying an additional 1,221 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 21.5% during the 1st quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 11,763 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $656,000 after buying an additional 2,079 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Cisco Systems by 8.1% during the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,429,518 shares of the network equipment provider’s stock valued at $135,470,000 after buying an additional 182,857 shares during the period. 72.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on CSCO shares. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on shares of Cisco Systems from $58.00 to $54.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 16th. New Street Research lowered shares of Cisco Systems from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 16th. DZ Bank lowered shares of Cisco Systems from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $50.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, November 17th. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price target on shares of Cisco Systems from $59.00 to $51.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 16th. Finally, Raymond James downgraded shares of Cisco Systems from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $58.21.
Insider Transactions at Cisco Systems
In other news, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 5,060 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.95, for a total transaction of $242,627.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 67,422 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,232,884.90. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In other news, EVP Deborah L. Stahlkopf sold 24,579 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.99, for a total transaction of $1,179,546.21. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 210,395 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,096,856.05. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Maria Victoria Wong sold 5,060 shares of Cisco Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.95, for a total transaction of $242,627.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 67,422 shares in the company, valued at $3,232,884.90. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 150,475 shares of company stock worth $7,464,194. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Cisco Systems Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:CSCO traded down $0.19 on Friday, hitting $52.14. 13,160,315 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,188,400. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $49.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $52.31. Cisco Systems, Inc. has a one year low of $45.56 and a one year high of $58.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $211.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.75, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.91.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 15th. The network equipment provider reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.20. Cisco Systems had a net margin of 23.40% and a return on equity of 34.41%. The company had revenue of $14.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.63 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that Cisco Systems, Inc. will post 3.38 earnings per share for the current year.
Cisco Systems Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were issued a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.99%. Cisco Systems’s payout ratio is 47.13%.
Cisco Systems Profile
Cisco Systems, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Japan, and China. The company also offers switching portfolio encompasses campus switching as well as data center switching; enterprise routing portfolio interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks, delivering highly secure, and reliable connectivity to campus, data center and branch networks; wireless products include wireless access points and controllers; and compute portfolio including the cisco unified computing system, hyperflex, and software management capabilities, which combine computing, networking, and storage infrastructure management and virtualization.
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BBAU first central university in UP to get A++ ranking by NAAC
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Lucknow, Oct 20 The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University (BBAU), Lucknow, on Thursday, joined an elite club as ...
Lucknow, Oct 20 The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University (BBAU), Lucknow, on Thursday, joined an elite club as it got the top-notch A++ rating by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The university obtained a 3.72 score on a point scale of 4.
There are four central universities in Uttar Pradesh and BBAU is the only one among them to obtain A++ rating.
While BBAU has A++, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) got A and the University of Allahabad obtained B++ rating.
BBAU vice chancellor Acharya Sanjay Singh said: "It is collective team work from all our stakeholders. Teachers, students and staff worked as a unit that helped us to get this ranking. There are four central universities in UP And BBAU is the only one to get A++. Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University and Prayagraj (Allahabad) University are behind us."
Singh said: "BBAU was awarded 'A' grade in 2015. The term of five years had expired in May 2020. The process got delayed due to Covid-19. The university submitted its self-assessment report to NAAC in July this year. The team visited between October 9 and 11. In National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking, we were placed 42 among all universities. Not many universities that got A++ got ranking in NIRF."
"The university has been secured Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.72…valid for a period of five years. The NAAC made its assessment under seven criteria and awarded marks on a scale of four points each. For curricular aspects, BBAU scored 4 out of 4, for teaching-learning and evaluation 3.6, for research, innovation and extension 3.73, for infrastructure and learning resources 3.85, for student support and progression 3.44, for governance, leadership and management 3.42 and for institutional values and best practices 3.96. This adds up to 3.72 total points obtained by BBAU from NAAC,” the vice chancellor said.
The jubilant students said it is a big achievement and this will provide them an opportunity for better placement.
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Arizona State Retirement System lessened its position in BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK – Free Report) by 1.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 42,391 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 457 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System’s holdings in BlackRock were worth $27,405,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in BLK. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich grew its holdings in BlackRock by 98,608.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 96,772,169 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $66,883,117,000 after acquiring an additional 96,674,131 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in BlackRock in the fourth quarter valued at $1,037,009,000. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in BlackRock by 104,159.9% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 697,499 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $494,269,000 after purchasing an additional 696,830 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in BlackRock by 15.4% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,326,618 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $1,777,933,000 after buying an additional 310,256 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can acquired a new stake in shares of BlackRock in the second quarter valued at about $200,102,000. 77.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. TD Cowen raised shares of BlackRock from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the company from $819.00 to $938.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th. BNP Paribas upgraded BlackRock from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $885.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, December 12th. StockNews.com started coverage on BlackRock in a research note on Thursday, October 5th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on BlackRock from $836.00 to $897.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 16th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on shares of BlackRock from $814.00 to $800.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 11th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $785.73.
BlackRock Trading Down 0.4 %
Shares of NYSE BLK traded down $3.16 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $787.30. The company had a trading volume of 687,911 shares, compared to its average volume of 566,377. The stock has a market cap of $117.12 billion, a PE ratio of 21.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.36. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $778.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $712.74. The company has a quick ratio of 3.72, a current ratio of 3.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. BlackRock, Inc. has a one year low of $596.18 and a one year high of $819.00.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 12th. The asset manager reported $9.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $8.84 by $0.82. BlackRock had a return on equity of 14.85% and a net margin of 30.81%. The business had revenue of $4.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.65 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $8.93 EPS. BlackRock’s quarterly revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that BlackRock, Inc. will post 39.4 earnings per share for the current year.
BlackRock Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 7th will be given a $5.10 dividend. This represents a $20.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.59%. This is a boost from BlackRock’s previous quarterly dividend of $5.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 6th. BlackRock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 54.78%.
Insider Activity at BlackRock
In other BlackRock news, CEO Laurence Fink sold 15,385 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $652.03, for a total transaction of $10,031,481.55. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 435,260 shares in the company, valued at approximately $283,802,577.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, CEO Laurence Fink sold 15,385 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $652.03, for a total value of $10,031,481.55. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 435,260 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $283,802,577.80. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, General Counsel Christopher J. Meade sold 18,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.54, for a total value of $5,085,660.60. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now directly owns 11,914 shares in the company, valued at $3,366,142.24. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.96% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About BlackRock
BlackRock, Inc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism after suggesting some pro-Palestinian protesters are “connected to Russia.” “We have to think about what we’re doing, and what we have to do is try to stop the suffering in Gaza … but for them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message,” she said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see.” The comments come as pro-Palestinian protesters demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have consistently interrupted President Joe Biden’s events as well as Pelosi’s own recent event in Seattle. “I think … some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere,” Pelosi said. “Some, I think, are connected to Russia. And I say that having looked at this for a long time now, as you know.” When asked whether she thought some pro-Palestinian protests were Russian plants, the California Democrat responded, “I don’t think they’re plants.” “I think some financing should be investigated,” Pelosi said, “and I want to ask the FBI to investigate that.” She swiftly received criticism from the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, who said the organization was “deeply disturbed” and called Pelosi’s suggestion that the FBI investigate the protesters “downright authoritarian.” “We are deeply disturbed by Former House Speaker Pelosi’s comments. Rep. Pelosi’s claim that some of the Americans protesting for a Gaza ceasefire are working with Vladimir Putin sounds delusional and her call for the FBI to investigate those protesters without any evidence is downright authoritarian,” Awad said in a statement. “Her comments once again show the negative impact of decades of dehumanization of the Palestinian people by those supporting Israeli apartheid. Instead of baselessly smearing those Americans as Russian collaborators, former House Speaker Pelosi and other political leaders should respect the will of the American people by calling for an end to the Netanyahu government’s genocidal war on the people of Gaza,” the statement continued. A spokesperson for Pelosi told CNN the former speaker “supported and defended” the right to peaceful protest but was acknowledging the history of foreign adversaries meddling in American politics to affect elections. “Speaker Pelosi has always supported and defended the right of all Americans to make their views known through peaceful protest. Informed by three decades on the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Pelosi is acutely aware of how foreign adversaries meddle in American politics to sow division and impact our elections, and she wants to see further investigation ahead of the 2024 election,” the spokesperson said. There is no reported evidence that Russia is linked to pro-Palestinian protests, but Russia and Russian-sponsored entities have been known to meddle in United States politics with the goal of sowing discord and affecting election outcomes. A report released by the US intelligence community in March 2021 detailed how the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with an influence campaign “denigrating” Biden and “supporting” former President Donald Trump, citing a massive disinformation push. Russian-troll farms such as the Internet Research Agency have been known to use social media to spread misinformation and encourage division in US politics by exploiting issues such as vaccine and mask mandates. CNN’s Avery Lotz, Haley Talbot and Dianne Gallagher contributed to this report.
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Survey Shows Benefits of Sober New Year Start
It’s good to go dry, a new study has found. The findings from research by management marketing firm Tebra, which tracked the January trends of removing alcohol from the daily lives of participants, found the medical benefits of sobriety – and its increasing popularity.
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LOS ANGELES — Late-night television talk show legend Jay Leno has filed for conservatorship over his wife because she is suffering from dementia.
According to court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight, Leno, 73, filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The petition requests that Leno be made the conservator for 77-year-old Mavis Leno so he can structure her living trust and other estate plans.
Documents state that Jay Leno “wishes to create a trust to hold each of his and Mavis’ one-half interest in their community property, in order to ensure Mavis has managed assets sufficient to provide for her care” in case he dies before her.
A hearing is scheduled for April 9, USA Today reported.
Jay Leno has filed for conservatorship over his wife, Mavis Elizabeth Leno, because she suffers from dementia. https://t.co/WeABjrKgl9
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) January 27, 2024
“Unfortunately, Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years,” the filing states, according to the newspaper.
Mavis Leno “suffers from dementia, major neurocognitive disorder,” her physician wrote in a doctor’s capacity declaration.
It is unclear when Mavis Leno, who has been married to the late-night host for 43 years, was diagnosed with dementia, Entertainment Tonight reported.
Jay Leno, through a spokesperson, declined to comment on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Lenos, who live in Beverly Hills, California, do not have children, the newspaper reported.
“Jay Leno has always handled the couple’s finances through the term of their 43-year marriage, and will continue to do so until his passing,” the petition stated.
The estate plan will also provide for Mavis Leno’s brother, who is “her sole living heir aside from Jay,” according to CBS News.
The couple met at Los Angeles’ Comedy Store in 1976, the Times reported.
“I always had this idea that I would never get married,” Mavis Leno told People magazine in a 1987 interview. “But with Jay, I began to realize that this was the first time I was ever with someone where I had a perfect, calm sense of having arrived at my destination.”
In an interview with People in 2019, Jay Leno said “I always tell guys when they meet a woman, ‘Marry your conscience. Marry someone who’s the person you wish you could be and it works out OK.’”
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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund reduced its stake in Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – Free Report) by 18.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 71,743 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock after selling 16,282 shares during the period. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s holdings in Visa were worth $16,502,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of V. Hibernia Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the third quarter worth $25,000. West Tower Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the second quarter worth $30,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 545.5% during the third quarter. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC now owns 142 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Financial Freedom LLC bought a new stake in shares of Visa during the fourth quarter worth $32,000. Finally, FNY Investment Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of Visa by 227.7% during the third quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC now owns 154 shares of the credit-card processor’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. 81.35% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Visa Stock Performance
NYSE V traded down $4.67 on Friday, reaching $267.94. The stock had a trading volume of 8,586,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,831,572. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 1.45. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $260.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $246.90. Visa Inc. has a 1-year low of $208.76 and a 1-year high of $272.86. The company has a market cap of $491.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.95.
Visa Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 8th. Visa’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.94%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
V has been the topic of several recent research reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Visa from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Visa from $305.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Wedbush boosted their price objective on Visa from $270.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Mizuho boosted their target price on Visa from $243.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 18th. Finally, William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Visa in a research note on Friday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Visa has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $288.50.
Insider Transactions at Visa
In other news, insider Rajat Taneja sold 36,546 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.20, for a total transaction of $9,874,729.20. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 232,112 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,716,662.40. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. In related news, insider Rajat Taneja sold 36,546 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.20, for a total transaction of $9,874,729.20. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 232,112 shares in the company, valued at approximately $62,716,662.40. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Chairman Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. sold 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.14, for a total value of $9,445,600.00. Following the sale, the chairman now owns 139,854 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $33,025,123.56. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 126,707 shares of company stock valued at $32,183,621. 0.19% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Visa Profile
Visa Inc operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services.
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