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Kyrsten Sinema 'boasted' about using her cleavage to persuade 'uptight' Republican lawmakers: Democratic senator's 'coaxing' and Trump's belief that he expected to be reinstated in August 2021 revealed in new book
- Sinema 'joked with Democrats about how easy it was for her to charm Republican men'
- She regularly confounded the White House in talks over 'Build Back Better'
- The book also contains revelations about Trump's effort to get back in office
- Trump called conservative columnist Rich Lowry in May 2021 to predict he would be reinstated by August
- He also said the Senate would be brought back into GOP control
- Details of his conversation in the new book, This Will Not Pass, by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
- There is not constitutional provision for reinstatement
- Trump survived two impeachments, one before and one after Jan. 6th
- Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), said after Trump withdrew his endorsement in his House primary that Trump had asked him to be put back in after 'special election'
- My Pillow Exec Mike Lindell has also spoken repeatedly of reinstatement
- Authors call the comments 'pure madness'
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has confounded Democrats over budget talks – even while boasting about using her cleavage to reel in 'uptight' Republicans, according to a new book.
Sinema, a weight-lifter and fitness buff, regularly draws attention in the buttoned-down Senate hallways with her eclectic fashion choices.
But she has also developed ways to contend with Republicans in the minority, according to This Will Not Pass, a new book by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.
Despite being more 'discomfiting' to the White House than any Democrat in the 50-50 Senate, Sinema had relationships across the political aisle. The former House member, who is the first bisexual member of the Senate, 'joked with Democrats about how easy it was for her to charm Republican men,' according to the book.
'Sinema, a fitness enthusiast who was 36 when she entered Congress, boasted knowingly to colleagues and aides that her cleavage had an extraordinary persuasive effect on the uptight men of the GOP. She told one House Republican that while she would never switch parties, her father would be delighted if she did,' the authors write.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) 'boasted knowingly to colleagues and aides that her cleavage had an extraordinary persuasive effect on the uptight men of the GOP,' according to a new book
The book also delves into President Joe Biden's governing woes – including prolonged talks with Sinema, whom the authors dub an 'aloof Arizonan.' She became a progressive nemesis when she and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) wouldn't go along with Biden's multi-trillion proposals, although she did cheer his infrastructure plan.
After Biden signed the infrastructure bill, Sinema asked Biden's aides not to send the president to her home state for a 'victory lap,' even though he had won Arizona in 2020. White House aides were concluding she was 'simply a difficult person.'
The book describes one early 2021 dinner with Senate Republicans after the election where where the Republicans asked Sinema to join – and she requested to be able to enter through a back door to avoid being seen.
She has won praise from Republicans for her opposition to changing the Senate filibuster, and a line of Republicans congratulated her on the Senate floor after voting with the GOP on a move to advance the Democratic leadership backed voting rights legislation.
The book, which grabbed headlines with revelations about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, also contains details about former President Donald Trump and his election overturn effort.
Sinema confounded Democrats during months-long negotiations
Sinema previously served in the House. Here, she and Trey Hollingsworth, R-Ind., talk before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2018
Sinema asked Biden's aides not to send the president to her home state for a 'victory lap' after Biden signed the infrastructure bill, according to the book
Trump's belief that he could prevail extended well after the time he left the White House and decamped to Mar-a-Lago.
And it wasn't just Donald Trump's most passionate adherents who believed in the 'reinstatement' myth – the former President himself was saying last spring he would be reinstalled within months, the book reveals.
Trump stated his belief in the theory in May of 2021, four months after leaving office, according to the book.
The idea of a Trump reinstatement was being promoted at the time by My Pillow exec Mike Lindell and QAnon adherents, although it would ultimately be believed by nearly a third of Republicans in a June Politico / Morning Consult survey.
Trump phoned National Review editor Rich Lowry to tell him that the magazine 'would take off like a rocket if it recognized that he had actually won the election,' according to the book.
'In fact, Trump told Lowry, he expected to be reinstated by August, and Republicans would be put back in charge of the Senate once the supposedly pervasive corruption of the 2020 election was exposed.'
Former President Donald Trump told columnist Rich Lowry in May 2021 he expected to be reinstated within months, according to a new book
The Senate had flipped to Democratic control in 2000 after two Democratic wins in Georgia.
There is no provision in the Constitution for 'reinstatement' once election results have been certified by the states and Congress has counted the electoral votes and the president and lawmakers have been sworn into office.
(Lowry may have been an odd target for Trump's lobbying. He had called the Capitol riot in a Jan. 6th column a 'disgrace,' where he wrote that 'one point of the riot was to further pressure Pence (“Hang Mike Pence!”), but much of the lobbying took place behind closed doors, among Trump’s advisers.')
Trump also took a shot at now Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. 'It was beyond belief, Trump said, that Mitch McConnell did not seem to understand this,' according to the book.
'The president's comments were pure madness,' the authors write.
Congress ultimately counted the votes certified by the states following the Capitol riot. Joe Biden took the oath Jan. 20th after Trump left the White House
Trump has been spending time at Mar-a-Lago and holding rallies around the country while dangling the possibility of a return to the White House
There have been multiple reports on Trump's interest in getting 'reinstated.'
After Trump withdrew his endorsement of Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks, Brooks released a statement saying Trump had approached him with the idea.
'President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election for the presidency,' Brooks said in a statement.
'As a lawyer, I’ve repeatedly advised President Trump that January 6 was the final election contest verdict and neither the U.S. Constitution nor the U.S. Code permit what President Trump asks. Period,' he added.
'I’ve told President Trump the truth knowing full well that it might cause President Trump to rescind his endorsement. But I took a sworn oath to defend and protect the U.S. Constitution. I honor my oath. That is the way I am. I break my sworn oath for no man.'
Trump took back his endorsement in the Alabama Senate primary, citing Brooks' call for people to put the 2020 election 'behind you.'
Lindell, who was advised Trump inside the White House in the last days of his presidency, has also repeatedly touted the idea.
Other passages in the book reveal how Vice President Kamala Harris quickly learned not to come between President Biden and his negotiations with Congress.
The authors recount one episode where the president snapped at her so harshly even Republican senators in the meeting were shocked.
In a meeting last May, Biden tried to persuade Republican lawmakers to support $1 trillion in infrastructure spending.
And while Biden was ready for a compromise, Harris thought the bill was skimpy.
'Harris thought that there was something missing from the conversation,' according to the book.
She began turning the conversation toward Democratic priorities, including family and social spending, which were originally included in the larger Build Back Better bill.
She 'began to make the case for a larger package than the one Republicans seemed to have in mind.'
'Biden dismissed her comment immediately,' the authors wrote, in so harsh a tone 'that even the Republican senators were taken aback.'
Biden was typically 'scrupulously respectful' of his second-in-command, but the moment revealed that infrastructure negotiations were his and his alone.
- This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future - Kindle edition by Martin, Jonathan, Burns, Alexander. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
- Will Trump Be Reinstated? Mike Lindell and QAnon Prediction Guide - Rolling Stone
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MADRID (AP) — A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands, leaving one person dead and another 24 missing, authorities said.
The vessel overturned sometime between Monday afternoon and early Tuesday, Spain’s marine rescue service said.
Spanish rescuers intercepted three boats heading to the islands, rescuing a total of 116 people, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press.
Two of the boats were located on Monday afternoon, drifting about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of the archipelago, which lies off the northwest coast of Africa.
A third boat was found capsized around 225 kilometers (140 miles) south of the islands. Marine services rescued 36 people, including 10 women and two minors, and recovered the body of a woman. The search has since been halted, said the spokeswoman, who isn’t authorized to be named in the media.
Authorities had been told that the sinking boat, which is believed to have set off from Cape Bojador in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, had been carrying 61 migrants, she added.
In recent years, migrants have been braving the Atlantic Ocean crossing to make it to the Canary Islands, risking one of the most dangerous routes to European territory.
Last year, 22,316 migrants arrived via the Canary Islands. From January to mid-April this year, 6,359 migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands, according to the Interior Ministry, a 60% rise compared to the same period last year.
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel on Monday after three seasons.
To say the Lakers underachieved this season would be an understatement. They finished 33-49, missing the playoffs and even the play-in tournament (where seeds 7-10 play for a chance to get in the NBA playoffs). This came just 18 months after the Lakers won the NBA Finals in Vogel's first season as head coach.
On Monday night's Locked On Lakers podcast, hosts Andy and Brian Kamenetzky discuss the treatment of Vogel on the way out and how that will impact their ability to recruit a prime coaching candidate to replace him.
Almost nothing has gone right in the ensuing two seasons for the rosters assembled by general manager Rob Pelinka and coached by Vogel, who went 127-98 in his three seasons running the club. He was under contract through next season.
“Frank is a great coach and a good man," Pelinka said in a statement. “We will forever be grateful to him for his work in guiding us to the 2019-20 NBA championship. This is an incredibly difficult decision to make, but one we feel is necessary at this point.”
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ESPN reported Vogel’s imminent firing immediately after the Lakers finished the season by beating Denver in overtime Sunday night. During an awkward postgame news conference, Vogel admitted he had not yet been told of the club’s decision before it was leaked to ESPN.
Despite another impressive season from the 37-year-old LeBron James, the Lakers never jelled this season with a roster including nine players over 30 and 11 players who weren’t with the team last season. Davis managed to play in only 40 of their 82 games, while Westbrook struggled mightily to fit into the Lakers' team concept during one of the worst seasons of his professional career.
James spoke to the media Monday morning before Vogel's fate was revealed by the Lakers' front office.
“I respect Frank as a coach, as a man,” James said. “Our partnership that we’ve had over the few years here has been nothing but candid, and great conversations. This is a guy that gives everything to the game and prepared us every single night. ... I don’t know what’s going to happen with Frank being here, but I’ve got nothing but respect for him.”
What's next for the Lakers?
With the firing of Vogel, including how it was handled with ESPN's report as the Lakers game ended Sunday night, and then Vogel's press conference, the narrative on Monday is one about disrespect in regards to the team's front office and its handling of Vogel and this tumultuous season.
This Lakers team was compiled of numerous offseason pick ups last summer, with nine players over the age of 30 rostered and 11 players rostered who weren't with the team last season.
On the Locked On Lakers podcast, Andy and Brian Kamenetzky discuss whether this disrespect in regards to Vogel, or at least perceived disrespect, will hamper the Lakers' ability to score big on a premier head coach this upcoming offseason.
"Whether or not they're able to get a premier head coach I think is actually up to some question," Brian Kamenetzky said on Locked On Lakers. "The Lakers are developing a reputation for treating coaches poorly, treating them as interchangeable, treating them as less important."
Brian Kamenetzky suggested Utah's Quin Snyder as someone who is potentially available after this season, depending on the Jazz's playoff performance, which would likely make him the top coach available.
"Is he going to be somebody that looks at where the Lakers are now and thinks that's where I want to go? I think this is where the Vogel tweet from (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN) right after the game. Whether it's fair or not to the front office, the perception is this is the way they treated a guy who helped them win a title two years ago...I have no problem from a job performance standpoint of Vogel being let go. But, how you treat a guy like that matters to the person who might replace him," Brian Kamenetzky said.
Other than Snyder, some names that are already being tossed around include Lakers assistant and former Grizzlies and Knicks head coach David Fizdale, former Lakers (and multiple other teams) head coach Mike D'Antoni, Warriors assistants Kenny Atkinson and Mike Brown, 76ers current head coach Doc Rivers, 76ers assistant Sam Cassell, and others.
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Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.
The deal is expected to close sometime this year. But before that, shareholders still have to weigh in, as well as regulators in the U.S. and in countries where Twitter does business, before the deal is completed.
OFFER ACCEPTED, NOW WHAT?
The process is off to a good start for Musk, given that Twitter’s board has unanimously approved his offer and is recommending shareholders do the same.
Upon announcing the deal Monday, Twitter noted that the bid, which represents a 38% premium to the company’s closing stock price on April 1, is a “substantial cash premium” and would be “the best path forward for Twitter’s stockholders.”
When Twitter’s board adopted an anti-takeover provision known as a “poison pill” just 10 days ago, the move was widely seen as a telltale sign that the directors were gearing up to rebuff Musk’s opening offer or perhaps seek another suitor willing to pay more.
But the battleground shifted dramatically late last week when Musk disclosed he had lined up $46.5 billion — including $21 billion of his personal fortune — to pay for the purchase. Musk said other investors could contribute to the financing.
The locked-in financing not only underscored the seriousness of Musk’s pursuit, but also appeared to open the door to other large Twitter shareholders interested in hearing more about his plans for the San Francisco company.
The details of those conversations aren’t known, but Musk could point to a more than 20-year history building and running several businesses — most notably as the longtime CEO of Tesla. The electric car maker is currently valued at $1 trillion — roughly 25 times more than Twitter.
“I think there is nothing better for Twitter than Elon Musk buying it and ideally replacing the board, and also doubling down on investments into products and new revenue-generating sources,” said John Meyer, a technology entrepreneur and investor. “Musk has the track record that he can do the impossible.”
It would be easy to see why other Twitter shareholders might welcome a shake-up, as well as an opportunity to cash out of their investment. Before Musk disclosed his 9% stake in Twitter earlier this month, the shares were trading below $40 — not that much more it its $26 price when Twitter went public in November 2013. Since then, the tech-driven Nasdaq has more than tripled, even after a recent downturn. Twitter has been a laggard because the company has struggled to consistently post profits while generating lackluster revenue growth compared to the two dominant forces in digital advertising, Google and Facebook.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s stock is now worth nearly 300 times more than when it went public in 2010. And after struggling to make money for more than a decade, the automaker is now extremely profitable with net income of $3.3 billion during the first three months of this year alone.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
As is customary once a company agrees to be acquired, the buyer gets to take a closer look at its books to make sure there aren’t any red flags that haven’t come up via the company’s public filings.
This step in the process isn’t likely to cause any obstacles for the deal, said Angelo Zino, tech analyst at CFRA.
“He’s acquiring this company, not from a financial perspective,” Zino said. “He’s going to do what he wants with it and he’s probably going to look to make significant changes to the business model of the company.”
WHAT SAY COULD REGULATORS HAVE?
Last year, Twitter generated $5 billion in revenue, with $2.8 billion from the U.S. and the rest earned overseas, Zino said. The Federal Trade Commission in the U.S., or the European Commission in the EU, are among regulatory agencies that may review the proposed Twitter buyout.
The main issues the agencies generally focus on are how the sale of a company could affect competition in an industry, or whether it violates antitrust laws.
These reviews can take months, or longer, but generally represent more of a potential hurdle when two companies in the same industry are combining, or in the case of a single buyer, whether ownership already has a large stake in companies within the same industry.
Neither Tesla, nor Musk’s other company, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, are social media platforms, so antitrust concerns are not expected to arise when regulators review the deal, analysts said.
“We do not expect any major regulatory hurdles to the deal getting done as this soap opera now ends with Musk owning Twitter,” Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a research note Monday.
WHEN DO SHAREHOLDERS GET TO VOTE?
The deal is expected to close in 2022, subject to the approval of Twitter shareholders. Twitter hasn’t announced the timing of a shareholder vote, though the company’s annual meeting is set for May 25, which could offer a convenient time to poll shareholders.
A company can elect to hold a shareholder vote at any time, even before regulators have finished reviewing a proposed takeover.
WHAT ABOUT TWITTER LEADERSHIP?
At this early stage, it’s unclear what will happen to Twitter’s current board or management team if the deal is completed, but Musk has made it abundantly clear that he believes the company has been poorly run. That assessment is a strong indication that Musk’s makeover will also include a purge of Twitter’s top ranks. | https://www.wivb.com/science/explainer-whats-next-now-that-twitter-agreed-to-musk-bid/ | 2022-04-26T19:42:20Z | https://www.wivb.com/science/explainer-whats-next-now-that-twitter-agreed-to-musk-bid/ | false |
Published in PLOS ONE, the CANcer Detection in Dogs (CANDiD) study–the largest clinical validation study in veterinary cancer diagnostics–sets a new benchmark for veterinary medicine
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PetDx® – The Liquid Biopsy Company for Pets™ today announced the publication of a landmark study in PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal from the Public Library of Science. The publication details the largest clinical validation study ever performed in veterinary cancer diagnostics and demonstrates that the performance of OncoK9® – The Liquid Biopsy Test for Dogs™ mirrors that of leading multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests for humans.
The CANcer Detection in Dogs (CANDiD) study, an international, multi-center clinical study, was designed to validate the performance of OncoK9–a novel MCED test for dogs using next-generation sequencing (NGS) of blood-derived DNA.
"PetDx has made an unprecedented investment over the past few years to develop and validate a blood-based test for the detection and characterization of cancer in our canine companions. This landmark study, and our rich R&D pipeline in veterinary oncology, underscore our commitment to building PetDx into the world's leading veterinary cancer diagnostics company," said Daniel S. Grosu, MD, MBA, Founder and CEO of PetDx.
The study was performed on blood samples collected prospectively from more than 1,000 client-owned dogs at more than 40 clinical sites across the United States, Canada, Brazil, the Netherlands, France, and Hong Kong between 2019 and 2021. The results demonstrated the test's ability to detect 30 different types of canine cancer, with sensitivity of 85.4% for three of the most aggressive canine cancers (lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma and osteosarcoma) and overall sensitivity of 54.7%, at a specificity of 98.5% (corresponding to a false positive rate of just 1.5%).
"The pace of enrollment into this study across the globe was truly inspiring: dog owners as well as veterinarians are eager to have a non-invasive cancer detection test and were happy that their dogs could be part of this groundbreaking research. Having this new tool in the toolbox is incredibly exciting for veterinarians; earlier detection, when incorporated as part of preventive care, can improve cancer outcomes and may shorten the path to diagnosis in clinically challenging cases," said Andi Flory, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), Chief Medical Officer at PetDx and the study's lead author.
Cancer is by far the leading cause of death in dogs, with approximately 6 million new cases diagnosed each year in a population of approximately 90 million pet dogs in the United States. Currently there are no established cancer screening guidelines for dogs, and the majority of cases are diagnosed only when dogs start to show clinical signs, by which time the cancer is often advanced and the chances of achieving a cure or long-term control are low.
"Our clinic was honored to participate in the CANDiD study, which we found to be a meticulously executed prospective-collection study that dog parents were really excited to participate in. My own dogs, Buccee and Bella, were the very first enrollees at our hospital, and they are proud to have contributed to such a monumental effort to help dogs with cancer," said Tracy LaDue, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), DACVR (Radiation Oncology), Medical and Radiation Oncologist at Southeast Veterinary Oncology and Internal Medicine and PetCure Oncology, Jacksonville, Fla., which was the study's first clinical site and enrolled 88 dogs.
OncoK9, the first and only "liquid biopsy" test for the detection of cancer-associated genomic alterations in veterinary patients, is currently recommended as an annual screening test for dogs at higher risk of cancer due to age and/or breed, and as an aid-in-diagnosis for dogs in which cancer is suspected based on clinical signs or other clinical findings. Given the prevalence of cancer in these canine patient populations, the test's positive predictive value (PPV)–which describes the probability that a patient with a positive OncoK9 result does in fact have cancer–is estimated to be 76-80% in the screening use case and 94-97% in the aid-in-diagnosis use case. Further studies are underway to support the application of the test in additional use cases, including minimal residual disease detection, recurrence monitoring, treatment response monitoring, and targeted treatment selection.
"During the past decade, novel genomic testing solutions using liquid biopsy technology have catalyzed paradigm shifts in multiple areas of human medicine, such as oncology, obstetrics, infectious disease, and organ transplantation. Our team is delighted to bring this revolutionary innovation to veterinary medicine, starting with a detection solution for cancer–the biggest health threat faced by humanity's best friends," said Dana Tsui, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at PetDx and the study's senior author.
Since its launch in 2021, the OncoK9 liquid biopsy test has been successfully integrated into routine testing at many hundreds of leading veterinary practices nationwide as a new preventive care and aid-in-diagnosis tool. Today, blood samples from all over the country are shipped daily to the PetDx central laboratory in San Diego, and results are delivered to ordering veterinarians within 10 business days. The test is available at veterinary clinics in the United States and Canada through PetDx and IDEXX Reference Laboratories.
About PetDx
PetDx® – The Liquid Biopsy Company for Pets™ is a San Diego-based molecular diagnostics company dedicated to unleashing the power of genomics to improve pet health. The company's flagship product, OncoK9®, enables veterinarians to detect cancer in dogs with a simple blood draw. As a first-in-class multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, OncoK9 employs cutting-edge genomic analysis that leverages next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and proprietary bioinformatics algorithms, empowering veterinarians to provide superior care to canine patients. To learn more, visit www.petdx.com and connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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Auston Matthews leads the NHL in goals, Connor McDavid has the most points and Igor Shesterkin has been the best goaltender in the league.
It’s entirely possible none of them wins the Hart Trophy as MVP.
Matthews, McDavid and Shesterkin are among the front-runners, but the pool of candidates goes at least seven deep with Johnny Gaudreau, Leon Draisaitl, Jonathan Huberdeau and Roman Josi also in the mix.
“There’s an argument or a case for each guy where you say, ‘Yep, for sure,'” former NHL player and coach Rick Tocchet said. “I think this is probably the hardest Hart in years. It’s not clear cut for me because I can make an argument for everybody.”
There will be plenty of arguments made before ballots are due Monday evening. Another problem? Only five players can be listed.
AUSTON MATTHEWS
“What’s the case? He’s the best scorer,” Toronto Maple Leafs teammate David Kampf said. “He has the most goals. That is the reason.”
Matthews’ 58 goals going into Tuesday’s games are the most a player has had in a season since Steven Stamkos scored 60 in 2011-12. Matthews is one of only three players to score that many since the salary cap era began in 2004-05.
An injury slowed Matthews’ push for 60 goals but doesn’t diminish how he has been leading Toronto all season and now into the playoffs.
“It’s just a number,” Leafs defenseman Justin Holl said. “I don’t know if he cares about it that much.”
An added touch: 43 of his goals have come at even strength, also most in the league.
JOHNNY GAUDREAU
The Calgary Flames were not supposed to be this good, and they are in large part because of Gaudreau, who leads them with 111 points and has been much improved away from the puck.
“It’s not outlandish to have him winning the Hart just because of his production and the way he’s played defense, too,” said Tocchet, now a Turner Sports analyst. “His defensive game has really been at another level. You watch him and he’s down low, he’s winning battles, he’s helping his D out for possessions.”
CONNOR MCDAVID
Edmonton’s captain is the best hockey player in the world and is on pace to win the scoring race for the fourth time in the past six seasons. He’s the most dynamic playmaker in the sport and the reason the Oilers are always a threat to make a deep playoff run.
McDavid has also won almost 54% of his faceoffs and honed his all-around game like other stars before him.
“He had the perfect role model in Sidney Crosby to evaluate his game the way Crosby has grown into a 200-foot hockey player, has grown into a tremendous leader,” said Matt Hendricks, who played with McDavid for two seasons in Edmonton. “Connor has done everything to follow those footsteps but also create his own, as well.”
IGOR SHESTERKIN
The New York Rangers look way ahead of schedule in their rebuild, and there are plenty of reasons why, from coach Gerard Gallant to 50-goal scorer Chris Kreider. But the biggest factor has been Shesterkin, who has the lowest goals-against average at 2.03 and the highest save percentage at .936.
"He’s been that good for that team,” Tocchet said. “He dipped a little bit, which is understandable (under) a lot of pressure all year. But he’s still been really good -- excellent. His stats are phenomenal.”
LEON DRAISAITL
McDavid’s running mate isn’t far behind Matthews in the goal-scoring race and is another piston in the Oilers engine to get them back in the playoffs for a third consecutive season.
Draisaitl won the Hart in 2020 after the season was cut short by the pandemic. He is in the discussion again because he does so much more for Edmonton than just creating offense and plays more than any other forward in the league.
“Draisaitl penalty-kills, he takes a lot of draws in his own end on important faceoffs,” Tocchet said. “That means a lot to me for the Hart.”
JONATHAN HUBERDEAU
The most productive player on the best team in the league can’t be counted out. The Florida Panthers score more than anyone else, and Huberdeau is the biggest part of that.
Huberdeau trails only McDavid in scoring, and he hasn’t just done it while playing alongside elite center Aleksander Barkov. He leads the NHL with a career-high 85 assists and reached 30 goals for the second time in a breakout season.
ROMAN JOSI
While Colorado’s Cale Makar is the favorite to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman, Josi has essentially carried Nashville into the playoffs. His 91 points hadhim tied for 13th in the league with Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen, who could be the eighth player in the MVP race.
Nashville has gotten great production from forwards Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg and relied on Juuse Saros in goal, but Josi as the captain and best player controls and wins games.
“He’s just everything for that team,” retired defenseman Karl Alzner said. “Even if he doesn’t get on the score sheet more than once in a game, he is completely driving play for that team every time he’s out there. He’s always in the mix.”
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ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flights attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay “further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight.”
The rate of pay during boarding is 50% of regular pay rates.
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or “narrow-body” planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta’s pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
“This new policy is the direct result of our organizing,” the union said. “As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous.”
RELATED: 'The timing of this is outrageous': Unions react to airlines bringing back banned passengers
The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don’t get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
Unions represent upwards of 80% of workers at American, United and Southwest, but a far lower percentage at Delta. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | 2022-04-26T19:45:51Z | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman who was one of the early investors in a failed professional football league called the Alliance of American Football pleaded guilty Monday to charges accusing him in a $600 million cryptocurrency scheme.
Reginald Fowler was charged with bank fraud, wire fraud and other offenses that prosecutors say contributed to the AAF’s quick demise in 2019.
The guilty plea in Manhattan federal court comes at a time when other fledgling leagues are making longshot bids to loosen the National Football League’s grip on pro football. In 2019, the AAF shut down after eight weeks when it ran out of money.
Fowler, 63, of Chandler, Arizona, was once known for trying to buy the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings in 2005. He ended up as a minority owner before his involvement in the team ended in 2014.
In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said that as part of the crypto scheme, Fowler “helped process hundreds of millions of dollars of unregulated transactions on behalf of numerous cryptocurrency exchanges, skirting the anti-money laundering safeguards required of licensed institutions that ensure the U.S. financial system is not used for criminal purposes.”
Prosecutors also alleged that Fowler lied to AAF executives by claiming he controlled bank accounts with tens of millions of dollars from real estate investments and government contracts that he could use to invest in the league.
“Having accepted full responsibility in an open plea today, Reggie will have the opportunity to be heard at sentencing as to his understanding of the circumstances of the offenses and pivotal issues such as the proper amount of monetary loss attributable to Reggie,” defense attorney Edward Sapone said in a statement. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/pro-football-investor-pleads-guilty-in-cryptocurrency-scheme/ | 2022-04-26T19:46:50Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/pro-football-investor-pleads-guilty-in-cryptocurrency-scheme/ | false |
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — One of two kayakers who did not return from a weekend trip has been found dead in the Long Tom River near Corvallis and a second kayaker remains missing, the Benton County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
Family members identified the body of Joseph Bendix, 26, of Eugene, on Monday morning. His companion, 23-year-old Mariana Dukes, also of Eugene, remains missing, authorities said. She last had contact with her family by phone around 5 p.m. Saturday.
The couple launched their kayaks Saturday south of Monroe, Oregon. and were reported missing Sunday when they didn't show up at Monroe City Park as planned.
Deputies and 50 volunteers used drones, aircraft, divers and boats to continue the search Tuesday. Monroe is about 20 miles south of Corvallis. Authorities also asked anyone who spots a green kayak in the Long Tom River north of Ferguson Road to report it. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Sheriff-1-missing-kayaker-found-dead-1-still-17128159.php | 2022-04-26T19:54:57Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Sheriff-1-missing-kayaker-found-dead-1-still-17128159.php | true |
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 28, 2022
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
112 PM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR
LESS, 20 FT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR
LESS, 20 FT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION...
* AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Dawson, Andrews, Martin, Loving,
Winkler, Ector, Midland, Ward, Crane, Sacramento Foothills and
Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea,
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware
Mountains, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Eastern Culberson
County, Reeves County Plains and Davis Mountains Foothills.
* TIMING...
* WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent.
* RFTI...5 or critical.
* IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the
potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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The upcoming film, The End of Medicine, addresses what our public health agencies ignore: the root causes of pandemics and how to prevent the next one. Contributions by CCS's Dr. Aysha Akhtar, who served as a scientific advisor, are featured in the powerful production.
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a global pandemic that has killed millions, one crucial question has been largely ignored: how did this pandemic arise? Now, a new documentary film is shedding light on the answer.
Created by BAFTA award-winning Director Alex Lockwood (73 Cows), Producer Keegan Kuhn (Cowspiracy), and Executive Producers Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, The End of Medicine exposes the significant links between the rise in infectious diseases and animal industries, such as the wildlife trade and animal agriculture. The film highlights the way in which we treat animals drives the emergence of major health threats such as pandemics, chronic disease, health inequities, and antimicrobial resistance.
The film follows a journey of discovery about these health threats through interviews with world-renowned scientists and public health experts. "As a scientific organization, we know that sustainable health must not only incorporate modern ways to develop drugs and vaccines, but also mitigate the causes of diseases," says CCS Co-founder and CEO Dr. Aysha Akhtar, who previously served in the FDA's Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats. "I am proud to be featured in the film and serve as a scientific advisor. Health agencies are being negligent by not informing the public about the causes of pandemics."
"We have been frustrated with the failure of mainstream media to properly address the threat of disease coming from animal agriculture, both before and during the current pandemic," said Lockwood and Kuhn. "The End of Medicine is an alarm bell and warning of what is to come if we don't change."
"We hope that The End of Medicine is an eye-opening call to action and ignites a spark of willingness to change our habits. The science is irrefutable," Rooney and Joaquin said in a joint statement.
The film will be released in the U.S on iTunes on May 10, 2022.
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ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flights attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay “further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight.”
The rate of pay during boarding is 50% of regular pay rates.
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or “narrow-body” planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta’s pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
“This new policy is the direct result of our organizing,” the union said. “As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous.”
RELATED: 'The timing of this is outrageous': Unions react to airlines bringing back banned passengers
The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don’t get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
Unions represent upwards of 80% of workers at American, United and Southwest, but a far lower percentage at Delta. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | 2022-04-26T20:05:03Z | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | false |
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear.
The challenge is getting tested, obtaining a prescription and starting the pills in a short window.
U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer's pill, Paxlovid, and Merck’s Lagevrio late last year. In high-risk patients, both were shown to reduce the chances of hospitalization or death from COVID-19, although Pfizer's was much more effective.
A closer look:
WHO SHOULD TAKE THESE PILLS?
The antiviral pills aren’t for everyone who gets a positive test. They are intended for those with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are more likely to become seriously ill. That includes older people and those with other health conditions like heart disease, cancer or diabetes that make them more vulnerable.
Both pills were OK'd for adults, while Paxlovid also is authorized for children ages 12 and older.
WHO SHOULDN'T TAKE THESE PILLS?
Merck’s Lagevrio is not authorized for children because it might interfere with bone growth. It also isn't recommended for pregnant women because of the potential for birth defects.
Pfizer's pill isn't recommended for patients with severe kidney or liver problems. It also may not be the best option for some because it may interact with other medications.
The antiviral pills aren't authorized for people hospitalized with COVID-19.
WHAT'S THE TREATMENT WINDOW?
The pills have to be started as soon as possible, within five days of the start of symptoms. Cough, headache, fever, the loss of taste or smell and muscle and body aches are among the more common signs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a website to check your symptoms.
Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University Hospital, advises getting a test as soon as you have symptoms of COVID-19.
“If you wait until you have started to get breathless, you have already to a large extent missed the window where these drugs will be helpful,” Wolfe said.
WHERE CAN YOU GET THE PILLS?
Pharmacies, community health centers, hospitals and urgent care centers are among the sites stocking the antiviral pills, but prescriptions must come from a doctor or other authorized health worker.
The oral treatments are currently available in about 20,000 locations around the country, but President Joe Biden's administration expects that total to jump to around 40,000 in the next few weeks.
The administration also is working to expand the number of sites that can test patients and then provide the treatments in one visit. There are currently 2,200 of these so-called test-to-treat sites, including all 1,200 MinuteClinic locations inside CVS drugstores. Patients can find find test-to-treat locations by checking the U.S. government's COVID.gov website.
Supplies of the pills were limited initially, but ample amounts are now available.
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS FOR NEW COVID-19 PATIENTS?
Yes, but it isn’t as easy to use as a pill.
In February, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a new injected drug from Eli Lilly, bebtelovimab, that targets the omicron variant with virus-fighting antibodies. Regulators cleared that drug for adults and adolescent patients with mild-to-moderate cases of COVID-19 who are at high risk of hospitalization and death.
Earlier this year, regulators revoked emergency use authorization for another Lilly treatment and drugs from Regeneron and GlaxoSmithKline because they were no longer effective against the evolving virus.
WHAT OTHER TREATMENTS MIGHT BE COMING?
Japanese drugmaker Shionogi is testing another antiviral pill.
Unlike Paxlovid, the company’s drug does not require taking a second antiviral to boost its effectiveness against COVID-19. That could reduce some of the potential drug interaction problems associated with the Paxlovid combination.
The Shionogi drug is also designed to be taken once daily for five days. That’s simpler than Paxlovid’s dosing, which must be taken twice daily for five days.
In mid-stage testing Shionogi said its drug significantly reduced COVID-19 viral levels and shedding in patients treated within five days of symptoms. The company is conducting a large global study in patients with increased risk of hospitalization or death due to age or other health issues. Early results from that study — which is being funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health — are expected by the fall.
The company has already requested approval in Japan and plans to also file applications with regulators in the U.S. and Europe.
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MARION, Fla., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landmarks Illinois has launched a new grant program focused on preserving historic places in Southern Illinois in partnership with Banterra Bank, the largest, locally-owned bank in the region. The Landmarks Illinois Banterra Bank Preserve Southern Illinois Grant Program will provide monetary assistance to preserve or rehabilitate historic structures in downtowns and other commercial corridors of Southern Illinois to support economic development.
The Landmarks Illinois Banterra Bank Preserve Southern Illinois Grant Program will provide a minimum of $20,000 in grant funding for two years to historic preservation projects in the region. This is the first grant program Landmarks Illinois has targeted to a specific Illinois economic development region. It is also Landmark Illinois's first grant program offered to private building owners, developers and for-profit business owners.
Landmarks Illinois and Banterra Bank announced the new Landmarks Illinois Banterra Bank Preserve Southern Illinois Grant Program this morning at a community event hosted by the City of Marion, Illinois. Announcement representatives were Landmarks Illinois President & CEO Bonnie McDonald, Banterra Bank President & CEO Jeff May and Marion Mayor Mike Absher. Local business owner Jeff Mayer, who owns and plans to rehabilitate the historic Goodall Building in Marion, also joined the announcement.
"Landmarks Illinois is proud to partner with Banterra Bank to provide this important grant funding for people working to restore historic places to drive economic development in their communities," said McDonald. "Southern Illinois is a unique region in our state, rich with history, outdoor attractions and charming downtowns. The region's historic places also add to its character and appeal and they deserve to be preserved."
Banterra Bank originated in Ridgway, Illinois, and today has 40 locations in six states – 25 of them in Southern Illinois. Its core customer base continues to be Southern Illinois, and May said it was a "no-brainer" to support this new grant program through Landmarks Illinois.
"As a lender with small business expertise, we know that when it comes to renovating historic structures for business use, financing the unexpected can be challenging," said May. "This grant will help with some of those costs and offer credibility to a development project that may assist with further grants. We are encouraged to see how this will grow and support Southern Illinois."
Additional grant program information
Banterra Bank and Landmarks Illinois will provide $10,000 in annual grant funding for two years for the new grant program, with the partners having the option to renew the program at that time.
Commercial property owners, nonprofit organizations or governmental bodies working on a historic preservation project in or near a commercial corridor in Southern Illinois are encouraged to apply for grant funding through the Landmarks Illinois Banterra Bank Preserve Southern Illinois Grant Program.
Grants will be awarded on a matching basis and range from $500 to $2,500, each based on project need. Grants are distributed twice a year. The first grant application deadline is July 15. Visit our website to read detailed grant guidelines and to submit an application.
About Landmarks Illinois
We are People Saving Places for People. Landmarks Illinois is a membership-based historic preservation nonprofit organization serving the people of Illinois. We inspire and empower stakeholders to save places that matter to them by providing free guidance, practical and financial resources and access to strategic partnerships. For more information, visit www.Landmarks.org.
About Banterra Bank
Banterra Bank began as a single bank in Ridgway, Illinois in July of 1975. Today, Banterra has $2.6 billion in assets and is ranked in the Top Ten Percent of U.S. Charter Banks and Top Five Percent for Illinois Charter Banks by asset size. Banterra has more than 40 locations in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Utah, as well as a specialty lending division that serves customers nationwide. For more information, call 866-BANTERRA (226-8377) or go to www.banterra.bank.
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This article is part of our NFL Draft series.
After tremendous success last season, John McKechnie and I are back with a number of prop bet options ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft. Given the tumultuous nature of #DraftSeason, the plan will be to have John take another stab at the prop game a bit closer to crunch time while I examine a couple of angles that seem appealing as of Tuesday.
It's been discussed ad nauseum at this point, but it's worth reiterating the lackluster top-end talent in this draft coupled with a weird combination of teams with multiple first-round picks and no glaringly obvious holes (both New York teams) plus multiple teams that would desperately love to trade down (Lions, Panthers) makes this an awfully unpredictable draft. That's going to be great from an entertainment perspective, but compared to last season where you could essentially map out the first seven picks in some order, this draft gets confusing at pick 2 and that's only if the Jaguars don't throw a curveball.
As a result, I stuck to a pretty calculated set of categories to hopefully provide some plus-money value while also acknowledging the absolute chaos that could occur by 8:11 PM ET Thursday.
Player Specific Number Selection Over/Under
Drake London
I think the mid-first round is going to be ripe for trades, but spending draft capital to move up into the first 10 selections generally is reserved for what teams believe is an elite-level talent or a quarterback. With that being said, I don't imagine a team is going to move up for London which really just leaves three landing spots for a wide receiver to go within the top 12. This bet is centered on the likes of Garrett Wilson/Jameson Williams clearly being defined as the top two of this class and thus filling in two of those spots. I'd like this a lot more if you could bump this down to 10.5 and remove the Commanders from the equation, but I'll take the plus money and hope London's lack of pro day numbers scares off enough teams to have the USC product fall slightly.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Over 11.5 (+122 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Chris Olave
This number sneaks in both the Saints' first Day 1 selection and Eagles' first-round pick, which feels about the furthest Olave will possibly fall. It also allows the possibility for a team to trade up ahead of those teams and still hit on the bet. Given the way the wide receiver market has swelled within the last month and a number of teams with painstakingly obvious needs at the position, someone will grab the electric Ohio State prospect relatively early. If you wanted to double down on this notion, taking Olave to be selected before Trent McDuffie (-125 on DraftKings) seems like a no-brainer, and I even like the notion of grabbing +500 odds (DraftKings again) that he winds up as the No. 3 wide receiver taken.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Under 16.5 (-150 on DraftKings Sportsbook)
Treylon Burks
It's never wise to bet the Packers will draft a wide receiver in the first round, but the only way Burks isn't in green and gold next season is if one of Wilson/Williams/Olave/London somehow falls to No. 22 in what I could only assume was a Laremy Tunsil 2.0 situation. Yes, Burks ran a slower-than-expected 40 at the Combine, but it's hard to ignore the type of production he compiled at Arkansas, and speed as an entity can always be filled later in the draft, or through some of the free agents still roaming around. I think there's a clear drop-off when it comes to top-end draftable WR talent after Burks, which essentially means the Arkansas product will get pushed up by a WR-needy team by default.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Under 22.5 (+124 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Desmond Ridder
Some team is going to trade up to get a fifth-year option on Ridder, who I think has the potential to be a top-2 quarterback from this class. Most sportsbooks offer some over/under on the number of quarterbacks selected in the first round, but none of them give nearly as good of odds as this wager. The Cincinnati product really feels like the only possible first-round selection outside of Malik Willis and Kenny Pickett, both of whom should go well before this spot.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Under 30.5 (+100 on DraftKings Sportsbook)
Ikem Ekwonu
Most sportsbooks I saw had Ekwonu at this number in the -250 or higher range. Maybe Caesars knows something we don't, considering that the North Carolina State product has been rumored to be the selection for three of the first four teams. A "fall" to the Jets seems like the worst-case outcome and still represents tremendous betting value.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Under 4.5 (-130 on Caesars Sportsbook)
Team-Specific First-Pick Positional Selection
Steelers
I'll be honest, I feel far less certain about a few of these options compared to the picks above, but there's too much value out there not to mention. The conventional wisdom seems to suggest the Steelers are going to take either Malik Willis or Kenny Pickett with the idea that Pittsburgh would be the most aggressive
team to trade up to acquire one of the two. I understand a two-year, $14 million deal is hardly a marriage certificate when it comes to starting quarterbacks in the NFL, but I find it hard to believe that Mitch Trubisky, especially given how hot his market supposedly was entering the offseason, would so quickly sign with the Steelers if he wasn't more or less guaranteed the starting role next season. Offensive line still remains the glaring hole even after signing James Daniels away from the Bears, and in a draft full of capable bodies up front, I think the Steelers will be aggressive in adding quality talent to its meager offensive line depth chart.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Steelers First Pick: Offensive Line (+500 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Titans
Just as an aside, if you're interested in doing any of these "X team first pick" bets, FanDuel offers by far the best odds for almost every team. My colleague Mario Puig mentioned this in his article Monday, but I think it's worth highlighting once again. It's not a sexy pick by any means, but the addition of Robert Woods gives the Titans some flexibility to add to their offensive line devoid of both a guard and right tackle.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Titans First Pick: Offensive Line (+210 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Saints
This goes back to my player-specific breakdown at the top. Of the list of teams that could trade up for a quarterback, I think the Saints are surprisingly lower on said list than one might think. Michael Thomas theoretically should be back after a nearly two-year absence due to an ankle injury, but even if the All-Pro wide receiver was magically able to return to form, New Orleans is still in desperate need of a consistent playmaker. Any one of the aforementioned four wide receivers should be in play for one of the Saints' two first-round picks, it's just a matter of guessing what position comes first. Given what I think will be an arms race for wideouts during the first round, I think the Saints will choose to not sweat it out and just grab one at No. 16.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Saints First Pick: Wide Receiver (+210 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
Miscellaneous Additional Props
NFL Draft Best Bet: Malik Willis/Ikem Ekwonu/Breece Hall all first selected for position (+250 on FanDuel)
This ended up being a hit last year and while I do believe there's a bit more variance this go around, I'd be shocked if this combo doesn't land. Yes, I'm putting a lot of faith in NFL teams correctly identifying Willis as the best quarterback prospect in this admittedly meager class which obviously can be concerning, but given the other two appear to be certainties, I like my chances.
NFL Draft Best Bet: Total TEs selected in Round 1 under 0.5 (-750 on BetMGM)
I'm never going to recommend something as a "bet the mortgage" type of thing. But if I did this, would probably be it. I'd consider looking at props for no tight end taken in Round 2, much less Round 1, so yeah, consider this an easy hit. Most sportsbooks had this in the -1000 range so BetMGM gives you the best value in that regard. Much like the aforementioned Ikem Ekwonu o/u, I can't imagine these odds will be up much longer, so grab them soon if you're interested.
NFL Draft Best Bet: ATL select Garrett Wilson/PHI select Chris Olave (+1600 on FanDuel Sportsbook)
Welcome to my favorite long-shot bet of this article. Obviously so much has to go right for something like this to hit, but just from the outside looking in, it's absolutely plausible to see both the Falcons and Eagles selecting these specific wide receivers. I fear Wilson could potentially go even earlier than No. 8 (ATL) and the Falcons could easily go another direction given they have holes almost literally across their entire roster, but this is a perfect fit/need type of deal. The same goes for Olave who, again, I believe will be at minimum a top-16 selection. None of the sportsbooks allow manually crafted parlays, probably for good reason, so something like this probably results in the best bang for your buck even if it's unlikely. | https://www.rotowire.com/football/article.php?id=63284 | 2022-04-26T20:09:55Z | https://www.rotowire.com/football/article.php?id=63284 | true |
Delta will begin paying flight attendants for flight boarding time
Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flight attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane's doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay "further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight."
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or "narrow-body" planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta's pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
"This new policy is the direct result of our organizing," the union said. "As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous."
The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don't get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
Unions represent upwards of 80% of workers at American, United and Southwest, but a far lower percentage at Delta. | https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094850577/delta-flight-attendants-pay | 2022-04-26T20:16:17Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094850577/delta-flight-attendants-pay | true |
Woodley, Rogers headline Saginaw Co. Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - The Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame (SCSHOF) will induct its class of 2022 on Thursday.
The ceremony will be at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, located at 500 Federal Avenue in Saginaw. The inductee announcements will be at 6 p.m. after a social reception starting at 5 p.m.
Clifton Ryan, the Director of the SCSHOF Board and a 2017 induction class member, will emcee the evening.
Class inductees for the interscholastic and professional category include:
- Charles Rogers (posthumously) – Saginaw High School, Michigan State University, NFL
- Ron Rummel (posthumously) – Arthur Hill High School, Central Michigan University
- LaMarr Woodley – Saginaw High School, University of Michigan, NFL
- Nicole Bade-Weirauch – Frankenmuth High School basketball-volleyball, Michigan State University rowing
Inductees for the coach category includes Coach Mike Boyd for Nouvel Catholic Central High School football. Max Fisher, the late Associate Executive Director of the Saginaw YMCA, will be inducted into the Contributor category. John Decker, from Arthur Hill High School and the University of Nebraska, will be inducted into the Veterans category.
To complete the induction class for the Team category, the St. Charles High School football teams from 1961 to 1965 will be inducted for their five years of consecutive league championships.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Hanmi Financial Corp. (HAFC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $20.7 million.
The bank, based in Los Angeles, said it had earnings of 68 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 57 cents per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $65.4 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $59.5 million, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $57.2 million.
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Elon Musk must take down the “coordinated armies of bot accounts” on Twitter that disrupt genuine debate if he truly wants to make the platform about free speech, the chair of the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill has said.
Tory MP Damian Collins said the billionaire needed to follow through on his pledge to support free speech on the site and “defeat the spam bots” after it was confirmed he had agreed a £34.5 billion deal to take over the platform.
Mr Collins is a prominent figure in scrutinising the tech sector, having led a joint committee of Parliament in examining the Online Safety Bill, the Government’s proposed new rules for safety on the internet.
“Elon Musk calls Twitter the digital town square, but it has become a place where free speech is drowned out by coordinated armies of bot accounts spreading disinformation and division,” he said.
“Twitter is a place where many users feel inhibited from expressing themselves, because of the hate and abuse they will receive.
“This digital town square is currently not a place of genuine debate, but a forum where campaigns, sometimes backed by agencies of the Russian state, seek to game Twitter’s algorithms to promote their world views and suppress any voices which dissent from it.”
“If Elon Musk wants to really make Twitter about free speech, he will need to clean up the digital town square.”
Reaction to Mr Musk’s proposed takeover has been mixed, with some industry experts, academics and even users of Twitter raising concerns about the Tesla’s boss’ stance as a “free speech absolutist” and whether this could mean a loosening of content moderation rules.
But Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has welcomed the takeover, calling it the “right path” for the company and hailing the decision to let Mr Musk take the social media platform into private ownership and away from the ad model and Wall Street.
“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter,” Mr Dorsey said.
“It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company.
“Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.”
Downing Street said that “regardless of ownership, all social media platforms must be responsible”.
“That includes protecting users from harm on their sites,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said, adding that Twitter was an “important tool” and that the Government would “continue to work with them to make sure it continues to improve”.
But online safety campaigners have warned that any change to content moderation could have a “chilling effect” on child safety on the site.
Andy Burrows, the head of child safety online policy at children’s charity the NSPCC, said urgent clarity was needed over what approach a Musk-led Twitter would take to tackling online abuse.
“There’s a huge difference in outcomes between a platform that tackles online sexual abuse versus meeting basic legal requirements,” he wrote in a tweet.
“It’s too early to draw conclusions but the headwinds point to a chilling effect. Proper regulatory guardrails have never felt more important.
“The tension between libertarian points of view & tackling illegal behaviour isn’t new, but is pressing.
“Would Twitter still scan for child abuse in DMs (direct messages)? If the Online Safety Bill prevents Ofcom from proactively requiring it, where are we?”
Elsewhere, The Good Place actress and campaigner, Jameela Jamil, was among those who said they would leave the site in the wake of the deal.
“I fear this free speech bid is going to help this hell platform reach its final form of totally lawless hate, bigotry, and misogyny. Best of luck,” she said.
The names of other, smaller social media platforms have also trended on Twitter since the announcement as users debated whether to move to alternative sites.
Mr Musk tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, saying: “The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3234362/elon-musk-urged-to-clean-up-twitters-digital-town-square/ | 2022-04-26T20:36:56Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3234362/elon-musk-urged-to-clean-up-twitters-digital-town-square/ | false |
PORTLAND, Ind. (AP) — Jack Ronald, the former editor and publisher of The Commercial Review and a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, has died at age 73.
Ronald spent decades in journalism in Portland, Indiana, and around the world, training journalists in the former Soviet republics and elsewhere overseas.
Ronald died Saturday, just weeks after being diagnosed with liver cancer, The Commercial Review reported Tuesday.
Ronald worked at the newspaper for 46 years, starting in 1974. He was chairman and president of the Graphic Printing Co., which owns the paper, at the time of his death.
“His parents had started a weekly newspaper, The Graphic, on his first birthday, and it later bought the daily publication,” The Commercial Review reported.
Ronald had leadership roles over the years at the Jay County Arts Council, the Jay County AIDS Task Force, The Portland Foundation and Portland Area Chamber of Commerce. | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jack-Ronald-longtime-Indiana-journalist-dies-at-17128345.php | 2022-04-26T20:38:31Z | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jack-Ronald-longtime-Indiana-journalist-dies-at-17128345.php | false |
Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk dies at 71
"September," Earth, Wind & Fire's effervescent ode to the last night of summer, is an enduring jam for all seasons. Part of its alchemy lies in Andrew Woolfolk's jubilant saxophone.
Woolfolk, a longtime Earth, Wind & Fire member whose sweet signature instrument made songs like "September" impossible not to dance to, has died, group member Philip Bailey announced. Woolfolk was 71.
Bailey, co-lead singer of the genre-spanning band, said on Instagram that Woolfolk died after a six-year illness.
"I met him in High School, and we quickly became friends and band mates," Bailey wrote. "Great memories. Great talent. Funny. Competitive. Quick witted. And always styling."
Woolfolk joined the band in the early 1970s, according to the band's official roster. The EW&F lineup changed often throughout the years, but Woolfolk officially played the sax (as well as flute and percussion) with the group on and off until 1993.
But he hadn't originally planned on joining the band — as Bailey describes in the 2014 memoir "Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire," Woolfolk was studying music in New York when Bailey called him and asked him to join the group after the two had played together in Denver. Woolfolk became known as one of the "original nine," Bailey wrote.
When he toured with the band, Woolfolk would stop the concert cold with rip-roaring saxophone solos, commandeering the stage until the rest of his bandmates joined in. He wasn't the group's lead, but onstage, he possessed the unmistakable charisma of a star.
Offstage, Bailey wrote in his memoir, Woolfolk was a "jolly prankster" who "might fill your hotel room trash can with hot water and balance it atop your bedroom door, just waiting for you to return late at night."
Aside from EW&F albums, Woolfolk also recorded with Phil Collins and Bailey for the latter's solo efforts.
In 2000, Woolfolk was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with his fellow original Earth, Wind & Fire members. That evening, Woollfolk, the only member of the group dressed in a fiery red suit jacket, performed a victorious solo on "Shining Star." | https://www.wgal.com/article/earth-wind-fire-saxophonist-andrew-woolfolk-dies-at-71/39828150 | 2022-04-26T20:41:51Z | https://www.wgal.com/article/earth-wind-fire-saxophonist-andrew-woolfolk-dies-at-71/39828150 | true |
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker who's been a longtime critic of police on Tuesday defended his conduct during a traffic stop for his adult daughter that turned into a verbal confrontation between him and officers.
Police said that Rep. John Thompson, of St. Paul, arrived in another vehicle Sunday after they pulled over his daughter for expired license tabs and for swerving out of her lane.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said in a Facebook post on Monday that Thompson “jumped out and immediately began interfering by yelling and questioning the traffic stop and identifying himself” as a state legislator.
The chief accused the lawmaker of attempting “to intimidate and bully police officers” who were just doing their jobs. He said it was “an absolute shame” that his offices had to “endure illegitimate claims of racism, that John Thompson is still serving in the Legislature."
In a statement Tuesday, Thompson denied misusing his position and had some praise for police.
“As an elected official I certainly would not attempt to misuse, intimidate or bully police officers with my official position,” Thompson said. “I responded as any concerned farther would, arriving at a chaotic scene to help deal with my frightened daughter, who was having a verifiable mental health episode.”
Thomson said the episode was triggered by the “large presence” of St. Paul police. But he also said the officers on the scene treated him “with the utmost respect” and did an “exemplary job” of deescalating the situation.
House Democrats expelled Thompson from their caucus last fall amid old domestic abuse accusations and questions about whether he really lived in his east side district. Those allegations, which he denied, surfaced after Thompson accused a St. Paul officer of racially profiling him during a traffic stop in which he was ticketed for driving on a suspended Wisconsin license.
Thompson rejected calls at the time from top Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz, that he resign, and remained in office as an independent. He lost a bid in March for the Democratic endorsement in his district to former Liz Lee, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and then-U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, but has said he is running for re-election anyway.
Thompson became an activist after his friend, Philando Castile, was k illed by a suburban police officer during a traffic stop in 2016. As a legislator, he has campaigned for a ban on pretextual stops for minor offenses and other police accountability measures, including a bill to speed up the release of police body camera videos.
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association urged Thompson to allow police to release body camera video of the Sunday's incident, which requires his consent under current state law.
Brian Peters, the association's executive director, said in a letter to Thompson on Tuesday that authorizing the release would corroborate his explanation for what happened.
“Another benefit would be to highlight the effectiveness of St. Paul’s police officers in de-escalation in a mental health situation, as you also noted in your statement,” Peters wrote.
Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, declined to comment Tuesday on whether the incident warrants an ethics investigation. She told reporters that would be up to the House Ethics Committee, but that she hadn't heard of anyone planning to file a complaint.
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Associated Press reporter Mohamed Ibrahim contributed to this story. Ibrahim is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Embattled-Rep-John-Thompson-defends-conduct-in-17128482.php | 2022-04-26T20:42:54Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Embattled-Rep-John-Thompson-defends-conduct-in-17128482.php | true |
CHICAGO – As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Bulls at the moment, there came more bad news on Tuesday afternoon.
Guard Zach LaVine has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols ahead of Game 5 on Wednesday in Milwaukee, one in which the Bulls face elimination. This also comes as guard Alex Caruso remains in the league’s concussion protocol after getting hit in the face in Game 4 on Sunday.
That news leads this edition of “Late Lunch Lineup” on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
We also have news on a game time change for the White Sox on Wednesday, the Cubs’ trip to face the reigning World Series champions, Alex DeBrincat’s pursuit of a career-high in goals, and the 2021 Brian Piccolo Award winners for the Bears.
You can watch this edition with Larry Hawley in the video above. | https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/late-lunch-lineup-april-26-2022/ | 2022-04-26T20:45:56Z | https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-news-now/late-lunch-lineup-april-26-2022/ | true |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-0-5
(two, zero, five)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-0-5
(two, zero, five) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17128479.php | 2022-04-26T20:47:01Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17128479.php | false |
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Stars honour Sir John Gielgud at Westminster Abbey memorial service
Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen have paid tribute to Sir John Gielgud, with Dame Judi describing him as a “brilliant actor and brilliant friend”.
The Oscar-award winning British actor and director, who was a master of Shakespearean roles, died aged 96 in May 2000.
A memorial stone honouring his life and work was unveiled at Westminster Abbey on Monday, with a memorial service taking place on Tuesday.
During the service in the Abbey’s Poets’ Corner, Dame Judi, 87, read Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 as a tribute to Sir John.
Sir Ian, 82, also paid tribute to Sir John who starred in more than 60 feature films and TV productions, including Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando, Gandhi, Chariots Of Fire and Gulliver’s Travels.
Before reading an extract from Shakespeare’s play Sir Thomas More, Sir Ian said: “All I know of him is a witty tongue and a keen eye, but also a generosity.”
Sir Ian also recalled his first meeting with Sir John, during which the late actor said: “When I die the only reason I’ll be remembered is because I’m the first queer actor to be knighted.”
Sir Ian added: “Isn’t that sad. He was a victim of cruel laws.”
English film and theatre director Sir Richard Eyre described Sir John’s acting as “casting a spell that’s lasted a lifetime”.
Reflecting on Sir John’s career, which spanned seven decades, Sir Richard, 79, added: “It seems odd to say it now, but he convinced West End audiences of the joys of Shakespeare.”
he added: “He consistently took risks and accepted challenges.”
English playwright and director David Hare also paid tribute to Sir John, saying: “John Gielgud was loved by audiences as much for his character, for who he was, as for his brilliant acting.”
Sir John won the best supporting actor Academy Award in 1982 for playing Dudley Moore’s valet in Arthur.
Sir John was knighted in 1953 and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1996. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10756461/Stars-honour-Sir-John-Gielgud-Westminster-Abbey-memorial-service.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-26T20:55:23Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10756461/Stars-honour-Sir-John-Gielgud-Westminster-Abbey-memorial-service.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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James J. Osborne Jr., 83, formerly of Erdenheim, the former chief executive officer and co-owner of Williamson Hospitality Services, Army veteran, football star at La Salle College High School and Villanova University, and National Football League field official, died Sunday, April 17, of prostate cancer at KeystoneCare Hospice in Wyndmoor.
Mr. Osborne was an executive at Willow Grove-based Williamson from its creation in 1994 until his retirement in the early 2000s. He specialized in institutional and corporate dining services and was an expert on catering and food preparation for businesses, schools, nursing homes, and other locations.
In charge of the company’s menus, 300-person staff, and the preparation and service of its meals, he also lectured annually to culinary students at Cornell University and won a lifetime achievement award from the Washington-based National Restaurant Association.
He was featured in a 1994 story in The Inquirer about the opening of Williamson Hospitality Services and, when asked how he would describe its mission, said: “Our niche will be quality.”
“He was very social and humility-driven,” said his son, Greg. “He loved talking to people in the kitchen more than the managers. He liked working-class folks.”
One of four brothers who excelled as athletes at La Salle High School and local universities — two at Villanova, one at Temple, and one at La Salle — Mr. Osborne was a star lineman on the La Salle High School football team that beat favored Northeast High, 26-0, in the 1955 Philadelphia city championship game before 20,000 fans at Franklin Field.
He wore No. 40, was named to Catholic League and city all-star football teams in 1955, and that undefeated championship team was recently inducted into the La Salle High School hall of fame. He went to Villanova on a football scholarship, played from 1957 to 1959, and was offered tryouts, which he declined, with three professional teams — the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and New York Titans — after graduation in 1960.
Mr. Osborne was also a longtime football referee and field official who spent a decade in the 1960s and ‘70s officiating high school and college football games, and another half decade in the 1970s and ‘80s as a side judge and line judge in the NFL before a knee injury forced him to retire.
He told stories of being berated on the field by colorful Oakland Raiders coach John Madden before an NFL game even began and of Widener University star Billy “White Shoes” Johnson promising to wave at him from the end zone after scoring a touchdown — and then doing just that.
He took his sons to high school and college games and, to the dismay of his wife, let them work as ball boys on the chaotic sidelines. He also operated the game clock at Eagles games for years at Veterans Stadium. “Jim never strayed too far away from football,” his family wrote in a tribute.
Born Oct. 29, 1938, Mr. Osborne grew up in West Oak Lane and met Sally Campbell in 1944 when they were in St. Athanasius elementary school. They both went to Villanova, married in 1963, and had sons James Joseph III and Greg, and daughter Mollie. His wife died in 2020.
Mr. Osborne served two years in the Army in the 1960s and worked for 25 years with a number of food service companies before teaming up with the Williamson brothers to form Williamson Hospitality Services. “I’ve always had the burning desire to have my own business,” he told The Inquirer in 1994.
“He was very fair and never spoke a bad word about anyone,” said his son, James III. “He competed with himself, not others.”
Mr. Osborne and his wife moved to Florida about 15 years ago. He was a family man and a devout Catholic who supported La Salle and Villanova throughout his life. He liked to read, sail, and play tennis and golf. He woke up early nearly every day to exercise, and he and his wife often marked the sunset with a toast and a prayer.
“Discipline was in his DNA,” said his daughter, Mollie. “He had a lot of integrity.”
“Jim was a first-class person in all that he did,” a friend wrote in an online tribute. “He would do anything for his friends, family and even strangers.”
In addition to his children, Mr. Osborne is survived by five grandchildren, three brothers, and other relatives.
Services are to be held later.
Donations in his name may be made to La Salle College High School, 8605 Cheltenham Ave., Wyndmoor, Pa. 19038. | https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/james-osborne-obituary-williamson-lasalle-villanova-referee-20220426.html | 2022-04-26T20:56:22Z | https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/james-osborne-obituary-williamson-lasalle-villanova-referee-20220426.html | true |
GRAINS-CBOT corn, wheat futures rise on concerns about U.S. crops; soybeans fall
By Mark Weinraub
CHICAGO, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, traders said.
Soybean futures eased as Brazil's Anec raised its outlook for the country's export forecast for the oilseed. Losses were kept in check by signs that the United States remains competitive for deals with top buyer China.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday afternoon rated 27% of U.S. winter wheat in good-to-excellent condition, down 3 percentage points from a week ago and the lowest for this time of year since 1989, as drought persists in the Plains wheat belt.
"A lower U.S. wheat crop would further exacerbate the supply tightness on the wheat market as Ukraine is likely to grow significantly less wheat this year on account of the war," Commerzbank said in a note.
USDA also said that corn planting was 7% complete as of April 24, below the average analyst estimate of 9% and the five-year average of 15%.
"The U.S. corn planting campaign still has time before putting a huge dent in potential production, but forecast maps are relentlessly cold and wet," Matt Zeller, director of market information at brokerage StoneX, said in a note to clients.
Chicago Board of Trade July soft red winter wheat futures settled up 22-1/2 cents at $10.95 a bushel.
CBOT July corn futures were 3-1/2 cents higher at $8.01-1/2 a bushel. New-crop corn futures, which track the crop that will be grown this summer, posted bigger gains, with the December contract rising 9-1/2 cents to $7.43-1/2.
CBOT July soybeans were 3-1/2 cents lower at $16.71-3/4 a bushel.
Private exporters reported the sale of 132,000 tonnes of soybeans to China for delivery in the 2022/23 marketing year, the USDA said on Tuesday morning. (Reporting by Mark Weinraub in Chicago Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Naveen Thukral in Singapore; Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Matthew Lewis) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10756519/GRAINS-CBOT-corn-wheat-futures-rise-concerns-U-S-crops-soybeans-fall.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-26T20:57:20Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10756519/GRAINS-CBOT-corn-wheat-futures-rise-concerns-U-S-crops-soybeans-fall.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Medication Disposal Day April 30
On Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office along with the police departments of Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, and Wiscasset will host the semi-annual Drug Take-Back Day. One in five adults over age 40 takes at least five prescriptions. With many prescription...
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Donald Trump claims Queen and Camilla were competing with each other for his attention at royal banquet as he tells Piers Morgan monarch is 'truly a legend'
- President Trump sat next to Queen and Camilla at Buckingham Palace in 2019
- He claimed he told the Queen he had to talk to Camilla 'for a little while too'
- He said the future Queen was 'funny, smart, quick' and that he liked Charles too
- He said he hopes both Charles and Camilla will make a good King and Queen
- The comments were made during an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV
Former US President Donald Trump claimed the Queen and Camilla were competing with each other for his attention at a royal banquet, and also told Piers Morgan the monarch is 'truly a legend'.
Mr Trump said he was in the company of Camilla and the 96-year-old Queen during an event at Buckingham Palace in June 2019, which he attended with his wife, Melania, and his older children.
The ex-US president, who was speaking to Piers Morgan for his show on new channel Talk TV, with the second half of the interview airing at 8pm tonight, said: 'She [Camilla] was on my right, the Queen was on my left, and I said "Queen, I really have to talk to Camilla for a little while too". We couldn't break apart.
'[Camilla] was funny, she was smart, she was quick, she was great. I like her too. I like Charles.'
When asked if he thinks Charles and Camilla will make a good King and Queen when the time comes, Mr Trump said: 'I hope so. I think it's going to be tricky because they are truly replacing a legend when you talk about this woman [the Queen].'
Former US President Donald Trump claimed the Queen and Camilla were competing with each for his attention at a royal banquet
Mr Trump said he was in the company of Camilla, Charles and the 96-year-old Queen during an event at Buckingham Palace in June 2019, which he attended with his wife, Melania, and his older children
Mr Trump also claimed the Queen had never had such a good time' than when he was sitting next to him at the state banquet.
He said: 'And I sat next to her and we talked the whole night. And somebody said, we've never seen her smile so much. We had a great time. She was laughing and smiling.
'They said they've never seen her have such a good time at a state dinner. You know, normally they're a little boring. Okay, this wasn't boring.'
Elsewhere in the Talk TV interview, Mr Trump blasted Prince Harry's 'terrible' choice to miss his grandfather Prince Philip's memorial service and said the Duke of Sussex is 'whipped like no person I think I've ever seen'.
The ex-US president said it was the 'worst' decision Harry had made, blasted him for being 'so disrespectful' and an 'embarrassment' - and urged the Queen to strip the Duke and his wife Meghan Markle of all their royal titles.
President Trump boasted that the Queen 'never had such a good time' as when she was sitting next to him at a State Banquet in June 2019 (pictured)
During his interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Mr Trump called the Queen a 'legend'
Mr Trump added that the Queen should ban Harry from even visiting her in Britain and tell him: 'Frankly, don't come around.'
When asked about Harry, he said: 'Harry is whipped. Harry is whipped like no person I think I have ever seen.
'I'm not a fan of Meghan. I'm not a fan and I wasn't right from the beginning. I think poor Harry is being led around by his nose.'
When asked by Mr Morgan if he thinks Harry and Meghan's marriage is going to end, Mr Trump added: 'I do. I've been a very good predicter as you know. I've predicted almost everything. It'll end and it'll end bad.
'And I wonder if Harry's going to go back on his hands and knees and say "please". I think Harry has been led down a path.'
'The only thing I disagree with the Queen on - probably one of the only things ever - is that I think she should have said "if that's your choice, fine, but you no longer have titles and frankly don't come around".
'He has been so disrespectful to the country and I think he is an embarrassment.'
The ex-US president was speaking to Piers Morgan for his show on new channel Talk TV, which aired at 8pm tonight
The Sussexes were noticeably absent from Philip's memorial service at Westminster Abbey last month amid rows between Harry and the Home Office over personal protection during visits from their home in the US.
After his grandfather died in April 2021, Harry returned for the funeral at St George's Castle in Windsor Castle - and was said to have wanted to travel to the UK for the thanksgiving service on March 29, along with his family.
But sources suggested his legal position could have been 'undermined' if he had travelled from the US.
Harry brought a High Court claim against the Home Office after being told he would no longer get the same degree of personal security when visiting the UK, despite offering to cover the costs himself.
Mr Morgan spoke to Mr Trump about Harry missing the memorial, saying: 'I couldn't believe that he would not go to that, he was at the Super Bowl. He was at a Texas rodeo. But he couldn't find time to get on a plane.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10756383/Donald-Trump-claims-Queen-Camilla-competing-attention-royal-banquet.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-26T21:04:20Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10756383/Donald-Trump-claims-Queen-Camilla-competing-attention-royal-banquet.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A forensic psychologist testified Tuesday that actor Amber Heard suffers from borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder, as the civil lawsuit between her and ex-husband Johnny Depp continues to wallow in the couple’s personal issues.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post referring to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article doesn't mention Depp by name, but his lawyers say the article contains ”defamation by implication" because it clearly refers to allegations of domestic abuse made by heard when she filed for divorce in 2016.
The psychologist, Shannon Curry, was hired by Depp's legal team. She said she reached her diagnosis during 12 hours of interviews with Heard, as well as from reviewing her mental-health records.
Curry also testified that Heard does not suffer post-traumatic stress disorder from her relationship with Depp, as Heard has claimed.
Depp's team hopes Curry's testimony bolsters their contention that Heard was the aggressor in the couple's troubled relationship. Depp just concluded four days on the witness stand and testified about Heard's “need for conflict” and her tendency to hound and pursue him during arguments when he tried to walk away and disengage.
The two personality disorders are similar, Curry said. Borderline personality is a disease of instability, she said “driven by an underlying fear of abandonment.” She said people with the disorder “will make desperate attempts to prevent that from happening.”
Evidence introduced earlier at the trial includes audio clips of Heard begging Depp not to leave, and to stay with her after he indicated a desire to break up or separate.
She also said that borderline personality disorder “seems to be a predictive factor for women who implement violence against their partner.” Depp has said he is the one who was a victim of domestic violence, and that Heard hit him on multiple occasions and threw items like paint cans and vodka bottles at him.
Histrionic personality disorder, Curry said, is associated with “drama and shallowness,” and a need to be the center of attention.
She said there's a correlation in the disorder with people who are physically attractive and “utilize their looks to get that attention.”
On cross-examination, Heard's lawyers questioned Curry for potential bias, noting that she had dinner and drinks with Depp and his lawyers at Depp's house before she was hired. Curry said it was just part of the interview process.
And Heard's lawyers called attention to evidence that Heard reported abuse contemporaneously to her therapist and to the couple's marriage counselor.
While the libel lawsuit is supposed to center on whether Depp was defamed in the article, most of the trial has focused on ugly details of the couple’s brief marriage. Depp has denied ever striking Heard. Heard’s attorneys say Depp physically and sexually abused her and that Depp’s denials lack merit because he was often drunk and high to the point of blacking out.
Earlier Tuesday, jurors heard testimony from Tara Roberts, who managed Depp's private island in the Bahamas. She testified that she never saw Heard with any kind of bruises. Her testimony also provided another window into some of the extravagances of Depp's lifestyle.
She said she was paid $120,000 to manage the island, where Depp tooled around on a John Deere utility vehicle. The island had a four-person staff, including Roberts, though Depp was only there a few times a year. One section of shoreline on the island was dubbed Brando Beach, for the actor with whom Depp had collaborated in the past.
Roberts also testified about an incident that occurred when Depp and his family had a final excursion on a yacht before it was to be sold to author J.K. Rowling. On cross-examination, Roberts acknowledged that Depp passed out face-first in the sand, and that she arranged for a helicopter to take some passengers away after the yacht trip turned unpleasant.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 is just over a month away.
If you need a reminder that the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is right around the corner just look up.
Alexander Rossi was the first IndyCar driver to see his name on the street signs in downtown Indianapolis.
The annual tradition of “renaming” the streets near Monument Circle kickstarted the monthlong celebration that transforms Indy into the “Racing Capital of the World.”
“This town, this city really comes alive when we get to the month of May. The past two years have been abnormal, for obvious reasons. I think we as drivers have really missed that experience,” Rossi said. “That’s what makes the Indy 500 what it is, everything and the build up and the tradition, and it’s great to be here hanging street signs and kind of signaling the start of the month.”
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Over the weekend, Michigan Republicans endorsed Karamo as the party’s choice for secretary of state. Karamo is a community college professor and commentator who has appeared on Fox News.
Karamo has frequently pushed the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump, who has endorsed her. She is also part of a QAnon-connected “coalition” that has been attempting to recruit and elect like-minded secretary of state candidates. Last year Karamo attended a QAnon conference organized by “QAnon John,” and she appears to still keep in contact with him. She additionally has promoted conspiracy theories about the January 6 insurrection and has also repeatedly made anti-LGBTQ remarks.
On her now defunct podcast It’s Solid Food, Karamo regularly warned listeners that Satan was trying to infiltrate their lives and had the help of celebrities and popular culture. Here are some of her allegations.
Karamo claimed that singers including Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish have been putting children “under a satanic delusion.” From the August 6, 2020, edition of her podcast:
KRISTINA KARAMO (HOST): One of the things [unintelligible] most perpetuators of this rise in paganism and witchcraft are celebrities. They are some of the worst offenders of it all. You know, Ariana Grande, she had a song called God is a Woman. She has a song called God is -- this is what I'm talking about. Christians got to quit being squeamish. Got to quit being squeamish, folks. Let’s deal with the world we live in and let's fight back and if we want to hide from like, “Ohhh no, that’s too gross, ahhh!” You know, then you're not preparing, you’re not preparing your kids.
She literally had a song, has a song called God is a Woman. And at the MTV video awards, she, her performance involved recreating the Last Supper of Christ as a lesbian orgy. You heard me correctly. I don't need to repeat that. Then she had the Shiva, which is the Hindu goddess of death, above the supposed lesbian orgy that was the Last Supper. Just total blasphemy. Just total blasphemy. And then after it was interchanged between Shiva, which was the Hindu goddess of death, in a portal that was a vagina because that's part of paganism, this female worship. And so that’s the people who are entertaining your kids. So you send, we send our kids to these weak churches, these weak churches, then they turn on and then they’re boring. They don't learn anything, no spiritual meat. Then they have these entertainers who do this kind of blasphemy of the highest level, just blasphemy. And these are the people who entertain your kids. And then we still have, “Why are young people walking away from the faith?” Because they're under a satanic delusion. You think -- or, or Billie Eilish. She has a song called Good Girls Go to Hell. That’s the name of a song. This is what kids are listening to.
Karamo said that Satan “is super crafty” and “Beyoncé is working overtime to pull more and more Black Americans into paganism and calling it African spirituality.” During her August 6, 2020, podcast, Karamo attacked Beyoncé for allegedly “trying to target Black people into embracing paganism.” In discussing Beyoncé and paganism, Karamo said that Satan “is crafty. That joker is super crafty.” (Karamo has stated that she believes paganism leads you down a road to Satan.)
KRISTINA KARAMO (HOST): I don't talk about my religious beliefs at work because I teach in a secular environment. But if a student asked me my personal opinion, I'm going to be very honest. And I had a student who once said, “Well, you know, I believe there's a bunch of gods.” And that’s what people are gravitating to because, again, witchcraft gives them a sense and paganism gives them a sense of power without conformity to something. It's just follow self.
And we see Beyoncé pushing that more and more. And she's really targeting, trying to target Black people into embracing paganism. And one of the really interesting things is that her husband, Jay-Z, is, many people have said, is a satanist. I believe it to be true. I don’t have any hard proof.
With Beyoncé, she now is trying to push paganism, especially she is targeting Black people with her Black is King album. It's a really, I totally believe it's like a whole slap on the whole Jesus is King album that Kanye West came out with because as you see here in her promo video, she's reading a book about Black gods and kings and whatnot. And, and that's the thing. And in one of her songs from the new visual album, you know, one of the artists who's singing the song with her said, “There ain’t no Bibles, there ain't no Bibles in the, in the jungle,” you know? And then in her, one of her songs, Black Parade, you know, it’s all this talk about, “I’m Oshun and I charge my crystals in the moonlight” and all this, and so I notice a lot of people, a lot of people I know are getting involved into straight up witchcraft because they, “I want to connect with my ancestors and our people weren’t Christian before.” And it’s just — this is what I always say. Satan ain't smart, he is crafty. That joker is super crafty. So how he’s -- and paganism. I don't care where you going to [unintelligible]. They all use some kind of rocks and crystals to gain some kind of wisdom and knowledge and power. They all do it. It's not even novel. It's not even new. Come on. Satan, do it, try, do better. But he don't have to do better than most humans are so ignorant. Why? Why? Why should he have to create a new strategy? I mean, it works, so why — if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? And that's what's going on. So Beyoncé is working overtime to pull more and more Black Americans into paganism and calling it African spirituality. It's hilarious. Actually, it’s not hilarious. It’s sad. It's really sad.
Karamo on a Korean drama’s plot line about communicating with ancestors: “Satan, again, he's so crafty. … You're communicating with demons.” From Karamo’s August 6, 2020, podcast:
KRISTINA KARAMO (HOST): The point of the matter is is that entertainers are now marketing satanism and paganism to people. Satanism is on the rise. And you talk to people about satanism, they're like, “Oh, those people are just playing. They're just poking fun at organized religion.” Really? So why do they always try to mock Christianity and mock Jesus? Why don’t they [mock] Islam and Allah? Not going to do that. Why don't they mock Shiva or Brahman? They don't do that. They only mock the one true God. It’s because of Satan.
And so people are turning to these things to find happiness and “I'm going to communicate with my ancestors.” Bull, no. There's no ancestors for you to talk to. And Satan, again, he's so crafty. You know, one of the things I, my new thing — haven’t watched one in a while but I really like — are Korean dramedies. Korean dramedies are great, by the way. They are. They are really great. I love them. OK. And so I was watching one particular Korean dramedy and it was about how it was a pastor and his brother. And they were going to find their mother, who was missing. And so nevertheless, the brother was a shaman. And so when I'm watching the movie, the brother was talking about communicating with the ancestors. And I was just so -- I was so, you know, I found it so interesting that the brother mentioned communicating with the ancestors because I'm like, here it is. This is in Korea.
It is so important to know that you're not communicating with no ancestors. Sweetheart, you’re communicating with demons. And this is what we're turning to to cope with life because people don't want God. And the only true way you can cope with life, you can cope with this existence is with Jesus Christ. You can only get through life with the maker of life. And that is God.
Karamo warned that people doing yoga are doing “a satanic ritual.” From the September 18, 2020, edition of It’s Solid Food:
KRISTINA KARAMO (HOST): If you start studying other cultures, art, what we consider to be art oftentimes, [unintelligible], “Oh, they're doing this ritual, this dance.” These are all satanic rituals. This is not just dance to dance. It is to summon a demon. Even yoga. The word yoga really means yoke to Brahman. So people are thinking they're doing exercises, no, you're doing actual, a satanic ritual and don't even know it. And that's becomes from our very materialistic worldview that's crept into every corner of our life that someone could be practicing an open, demonic ritual in front of our faces and we’ll be like, “Oh wow, this must be just some kind of cultural dance.” Like, it's not a cultural dance, it's a demonic ceremony. What's wrong with you? But people don't understand that. It’s because our worldview is so skewed.
Karamo: “Cardi B is another tool of Lucifer because she peddles filth in the culture.” From the September 18, 2020, edition of her podcast:
KRISTINA KARAMO (HOST): Whether she knows it or not — I have no clue — she is a tool of Lucifer. Cardi B is another tool of Lucifer because she peddles filth in the culture, and she peddles such filth and sexual degeneracy in our culture that many people are laughing at her, and they're laughing because as we know her and Megan Thee Stallion came out with this video called WAP, or this song. And you already know what it stands for, so I'm not going to say, but it's very obscene.
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By The Associated Press
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the war in Ukraine has already weakened Russia’s military capability.
Austin said after meeting allies and partners at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Tuesday that, since Russia began the invasion, its land forces have sustained “pretty substantial” casualties, as well as lost a lot of equipment and used a lot of precision-guided munitions.
He said that “they are, in fact, in terms of military capability, weaker than when they started, and … it’ll be harder for them to replace some of this capability as they go forward because of the sanctions and the trade restrictions that have been placed on them.”
Austin reiterated that “we would like to make sure, again, that they don’t have the same type of capability to bully their neighbors that we saw at the outset of this conflict.”
He criticized Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s warning that the threat of a nuclear conflict “should not be underestimated.”
Austin said that “it’s unhelpful and dangerous to rattle sabers and speculate about the use of nuclear weapons.”
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Putin gets what he didn’t want: Ukraine army closer to West
— Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII
— France’s victorious Macron boosts weapons, stakes in Ukraine
— Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra organized by Met, Polish operas
— Follow all AP stories on Russia’s war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
MOSCOW — A senior Kremlin official says that Ukraine may split into several parts.
Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, said in remarks published Tuesday that “the policies of the West and the Kyiv regime controlled by it would only be the breakup of Ukraine into several states.”
The statement comes as Russia says it has focused on expanding control over Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland called Donbas. Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian troops there since 2014 when conflict erupted following Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula.
Moscow launched military action in Ukraine on Feb. 24, days after recognizing the separatist regions’ independence.
Last week, a senior Russian military officer said that along with taking control over Donbas, Russia also wants to overtake southern Ukraine, saying such a move would also open a land corridor between Russia and the separatist Trans-Dniester region of Moldova.
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MADRID — Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said Tuesday he was “very worried” by the explosions this week in the separatist region of Trans-Dniester, adding that they reminded him too much of occurrences in the Donbas region immediately prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine late February.
“I remember before Feb. 21, there have been some series of ‘false-flag’ operations in Donbas region, so called people republics, that were used as the pretext by Russia to recognize and then to sign the so-called friendship and assistance treaties and then to start the military operation,” Rinkevics told reporters in Madrid.
“I’m very worried about the current trend in Trans-Dniester because that resembles a little bit that pattern that we have seen,” he added.
Police in Trans-Dniester say two explosions Tuesday in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked two antennas out of service. On Monday, several explosions were reported to have hit the Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol, the region’s capital.
Trans-Dniester, a strip of land in Moldova, has been under the control of separatists since a 1992 war with Moldova. Russia bases about 1,500 troops there. The United States has warned that Russia could launch “false-flag” attacks in nearby nations as a pretext for sending in troops to those nations.
Rinkevics was in Madrid to meet his Spanish counterpart and discuss the Ukraine war and the upcoming NATO summit in the Spanish capital.
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The Russian military has warned it could strike Ukrainian “decision-making centers” in the Ukrainian capital and said wouldn’t be stopped by the possible presence of Western advisers there.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday accused the U.K. of making statements encouraging Ukraine to use Western weapons to carry out strikes on the Russian territory, warning that if it happens the Russian military could retaliate by hitting government structures in Kyiv.
It directly pointed at U.K. Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey, who told Times Radio that it was “not necessarily a problem” if Ukraine British-donated weapons were used to hit sites on Russian soil.
The ministry said in a statement that “the Russian armed forces are ready to deal retaliatory strikes with long-range precision guided weapons on Kyiv centers that would make such decisions.” It noted that “the presence of citizens of one of Western countries in the Ukrainian decision-making centers won’t necessarily pose a problem for Russia in making a decision to launch retaliatory action.”
The Russian military so far has avoided striking presidential, government and military headquarters in Kyiv during its campaign in Ukraine that has entered a third month.
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Congress to fully fund the Biden administration’s proposed budget for the State Department, telling lawmakers the spending is critical to ensuring that the war in Ukraine is a “strategic failure” for Russia and a message to other countries that might invade their neighbors.
Blinken said his weekend visit to Kyiv with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had left him with the “indelible impression” that Ukraine is winning, particularly in the capital. “It was right in front of us: the Ukrainians have won the battle for Kyiv,” he said.
Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that the U.S.-led global response to Russia’s invasion had “underscored the power and purpose of American diplomacy.” He said the $60.4 billion budget proposal for the next fiscal year was needed to continue to rally partners and allies in the cause.
“We will, we have to continue to drive that diplomacy forward to seize what I believe are the strategic opportunities and address risks presented by Russia’s overreach, as countries reconsider their policies, priorities, their relationships,” Blinken said. “The budget request before you predated this crisis, but fully funding it is critical in my judgment to ensuring Russia’s war in Ukraine is a strategic failure for the Kremlin and serves as a powerful lesson to those who might consider following its path.”
Blinken did not name other nations that might be considering following Russia’s lead but his comment was seen as a veiled reference to China, which has sided with Russia in the Ukraine conflict and has made no secret of its desire to re-unify the island of Taiwan with the mainland.
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CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency says it was possible that an accident could have occurred when Russian troops seized control of the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster during the war in Ukraine.
Speaking on a visit to the former nuclear power plant Tuesday on the 36th anniversary of the meltdown, Rafael Mariano Grossi said “the situation in 1986 was completely different. In this case, what we had was a nuclear safety situation which was not normal, and could have developed into an accident.”
Russian troops moved into the radiation-contaminated Chernobyl exclusion zone in February on their way toward the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and withdrew late last month as Russia switched its focus to fighting in eastern Ukraine. The site is now back in Ukrainian hands and communications which were disrupted have been restored.
Russian forces continue to hold a working nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia plant, where there was fighting nearby in early March which damaged the plant’s training facility.
“Clearly, the physical integrity of one nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia, was compromised, we also had situations where the external power was interrupted including here (Chernobyl) so there were a number of events that were compromising the normal operations of any nuclear power facility,” Grossi said.
“Those were avoided but of course, as I was saying, the situation was not stable and we have to stay on alert.”
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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday announced a 6.2 trillion yen ($48.7 billion) emergency package to reduce the impact of rising prices of gasoline, grains and other raw materials due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The package includes additional gasoline subsidies, financial support for small and medium-scale businesses hit by the pandemic, as well as support for low-income households.
At a time when the pandemic still impacts people’s daily lives and the economy, the Russian invasion of Ukraine heightened global uncertainty while triggering rising costs of oil and grains, disrupting the stable supply of seafood and raw materials, and causing insecurity to people’s lives, Kishida said. “We need to ensure sense of security among the people.”
About one quarter of the package will be used to address soaring crude oil prices. To limit gasoline price increases, the government will raise subsidies to oil distributors and extend the program until the end of September.
The package will also support small and medium-size businesses hit by the pandemic and provide support for low-income households, as well as fisheries, lumber and wheat companies.
Kishida also said Japan will maximize renewable energy and promote nuclear energy following a decision to phase out coal imports from Russia. He said the government will ensure stability of energy, materials and food supply by diversifying exporters.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odesa region with neighboring Romania.
Oleksandr Kamyshin, the head of the state-run Ukrainian Railways, said the bridge across the Dniester Estuary where the Dniester River flows into the Black Sea was damaged in Tuesday’s missile attack by Russian forces. He said there were no injuries.
The strike has cut off the railway connection to areas of the Odesa region west of the estuary and Romania.
The Russian attack follows a series of strikes on key railway facilities in Ukraine unleashed by the Russian military on Monday.
It comes after last week’s claim by a senior Russian military officer that Russia aims to take control of the entire south of Ukraine and build a land corridor to the separatist Trans-Dniester region of Moldova, where tensions have escalated in recent days.
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WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government says it is imposing sanctions on 50 Russian entities and individuals over Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said Tuesday that the Polish measures come on top of European Union sanctions and target many Russian individuals and companies that do business in Poland.
Kaminski said the targeted companies will have their assets frozen and will be excluded from participation in public tenders, while Russian oligarchs on the list will be banned from entering Poland.
Gas giant Gazprom and Moshe Kantor, who owns a share of Poland’s state-owned chemicals group Azoty, are on the new list.
Kantor recently resigned as head of the European Jewish Congress after Britain imposed sanctions on him over his alleged ties to the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Poland, a strong supporter of Kyiv, has taken in millions of refugees and on Monday announced plans to send an unspecified number of tanks to Ukraine.
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STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s foreign minister has decried as “unjustified and disproportionate” a decision by Russian authorities to expel several Swedish diplomats.
Ann Linde vowed in a social-media post that Sweden would respond “appropriately” to the expulsions announced Tuesday of four Swedish diplomats by Moscow. Separately, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said three diplomats “from the Swedish Embassy in Russia” would be expelled.
Swedish news agency TT reported that three of the diplomats were based in Moscow, where the embassy is located, and one in St. Petersburg.
Linde wrote on Twitter: “By expelling Western diplomats, Russia is isolating itself internationally.”
Russia has generally sought to keep expulsions symmetrical to moves by European countries to kick out Russian diplomats over President Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Sweden expelled three Russian diplomats.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials were reporting more civilian deaths in various parts of eastern Ukraine as Russian forces stepped up attacks on Tuesday.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said three people died after Russian shells hit a residential building in the city of Popasna, which Russian forces have been trying to capture.
Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko of the neighboring Donetsk region said two people were killed and six others wounded in his region, writing on social media that “Russians continue to deliberately fire at civilians and to destroy critical infrastructure.”
To the north in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said shelling of civilian areas killed three people and wounded seven more.
And further south, regional authorities in Zaporizhzhia said a missile strike killed at least one person and wounded another. Russian forces fired several missiles targeting one of the factories in the city of Zaporizhzhia, they said.
The U.N. human rights office said Tuesday it has counted 2,729 people killed and 3,111 injured in fighting since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, though it acknowledges that tally only includes confirmed casualties and is likely to understate the real toll.
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ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to direct talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.
The call comes in the wake of Turkish diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis over Russia’s war in Ukraine, including by hosting Ukrainian and Russian negotiators for talks in Istanbul late last month.
The Turkish presidency said in a statement Tuesday that Erdogan proposed taking the “Istanbul process to the level of leaders, a crucial threshold in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations.” It sought to continue the “positive progress of the Istanbul talks” toward peace.
Talks stalled after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian troops of committing war crimes. Putin later said peace efforts were at a dead end.
Ankara, which maintains close ties to both Kyiv and Moscow, has presented itself as a neutral broker in a bid to end the fighting.
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MOSCOW — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a cease-fire in Ukraine at his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Guterres is visiting Moscow and is then scheduled to visit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, this week.
“We are extremely interested in finding ways in order to create the conditions for effective dialog, create the conditions for a cease-fire as soon as possible, create the conditions for a peaceful solution,” Guterres said, speaking in televised comments at the start of the meeting.
Guterres also said he wanted to reduce the impact of fighting in Ukraine on food security in other parts of the world. Lavrov said they would discuss “the situation around Ukraine that acts as a catalyst for a great number of problems which had piled up over recent decades in the Euro-Atlantic region.”
Guterres is also expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later Tuesday.
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GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency is launching a new appeal for funds for the crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine that projects up to 8.3 million people will have to flee the country by year-end.
The projection was announced Tuesday as part of a new $1.85 billion regional response plan from UNHCR aimed at supporting refugees from Ukraine after Russia’s war began on Feb. 24. It far outstrips the agency’s previous refugee estimates, which now stand at just over 5.2 million.
The exodus has exceeded the worst-case predictions of the Geneva-based agency, which it has called the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
The response plan would help refugees who have fled to neighboring countries including Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, but also other countries in the region, including Belarus, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.
The U.N. estimates that nearly 8 million people are displaced within Ukraine, and another 13 million people are believed to be trapped in war-affected areas of Ukraine. The country had a pre-war population of about 44 million.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vowing that Ukraine’s allies will “keep moving heaven and earth” to fulfill Kyiv’s defense requirements as the war enters a new phase.
Austin convened a meeting with officials from around 40 countries on Tuesday at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany to work out ways to keep military aid to Ukraine going. Guests included Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
He said “this gathering reflects the galvanized world” since Russia’s invasion, with more than 30 allies and partners joining the U.S. in sending security assistance to Ukraine and more than $5 billion worth of equipment committed.
Austin cautioned that “we have much more to do: Ukraine needs our help to win today, and they will still need our help when the war is over.”
He said of Ukraine: “We know, and you should know, that all of us have your back and that’s why we’re here today — to strengthen the arsenal of Ukrainian democracy.”
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BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister says her country will enable the delivery of self-propelled armored anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine.
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht made the announcement at a U.S.-hosted meeting on arming Ukraine at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany, according to the text of her remarks Tuesday provided by her ministry.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has faced mounting pressure, including from within his governing coalition, to approve the delivery of heavy weapons such as tanks and other armored vehicles to Ukraine. Germany has already delivered other equipment.
Lambrecht also reiterated plans for eastern European allies to send Soviet-era material to Ukraine, and then have Germany fill the resulting gaps. She said Germany is working together with the U.S. to train Ukrainian troops on artillery systems on German soil.
Germany decided on Monday to clear the delivery of Gepard anti-aircraft guns, Lambrecht said, without providing details. German media reported that defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann would get the green light to deliver technically upgraded guns from former German military stocks.
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LONDON — A top British government official says Russia is making “unsound” military decisions because of President Vladimir Putin’s desire to secure some kind of victory in Ukraine by May 9, when Russia marks its victory in World War II.
U.K. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said Tuesday that Russian forces were “giving away whatever advantage they may have won” by launching an offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region before enough troops were assembled.
He told Sky News that Putin’s “desire to stand there on the steps of the Kremlin on May 9 and be a hero, means that thousands of Russian lives are going to be lost and the Russians are going to hand over the numerical advantage that they should have.”
Heappey also rejected Russia’s claim that NATO is provoking Russia by arming Ukraine, calling accusations of aggression by the alliance “utter nonsense.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused NATO of “pouring oil on the fire” by supply Ukraine with weapons.
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QUARTERLY SALES INCREASE 16%, DRIVEN BY 9% COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES GROWTH
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First quarter highlights, year over year:
- Total revenue increased 16.0% to $2.0 billion
- Comparable restaurant sales increased 9.0%
- In-restaurant sales increased 33.1%, while digital sales1 represented 41.9% of food and beverage revenue
- Operating margin was 9.4%, an increase from 9.3%
- Restaurant level operating margin was 20.7% 2, a decrease of 160 basis points
- Diluted earnings per share was $5.59, a 25.6% increase from $4.45. Adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excluded an $0.11 after-tax impact from expenses related to the 2018 performance share COVID-19 related modification, corporate restructuring costs, restaurant asset impairment and closure costs, and certain legal proceedings, was $5.70, a 6.3% increase from $5.36 2
- Opened 51 new restaurants with 42 locations including a Chipotlane
"Chipotle's performance in the first quarter was strong, despite challenges from the Omicron variant and on-going inflation," said Brian Niccol, Chairman and CEO, Chipotle. "Our investments in our people, coupled with our digital system and commitment to culinary driven by Food With Integrity resulted in serving more guests at our restaurants with excellence."
Results for the three months ended March 31, 2022:
Total revenue in the first quarter was $2.0 billion, an increase of 16.0% compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase in total revenue was driven by a 9.0% increase in comparable restaurant sales and new restaurant openings. Our in-restaurant sales increased 33.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021, while digital sales represented 41.9% of total food and beverage revenue.
We opened 51 new restaurants during the first quarter with 42 locations including a Chipotlane. These formats continue to perform very well and are helping enhance guest access and convenience, as well as increase new restaurant sales, margins, and returns.
Food, beverage and packaging costs in the first quarter were 31.0% of total revenue, an increase of 100 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2021. The increase was due to inflation across the menu, primarily due to beef, avocados, and paper, partially offset by leverage from menu price increases.
Restaurant level operating margin was 20.7%, a decrease from 22.3% in the first quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to increases in hourly wages and higher food costs, partially offset by leverage from menu price increases and lower delivery expenses.
General and administrative expenses for the first quarter were $147.4 million on a GAAP basis, or $144.5 million2 on a non-GAAP basis, excluding $2.8 million for a COVID-19 related modification to our 2018 performance shares made in December 2020, $1.2 million related to transformation expenses and restaurant closure costs, and a $1.0 million reduction in certain legal proceedings. GAAP and non-GAAP general and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2022 also include $101.4 million of underlying general and administrative expenses, $20.1 million of non-cash stock compensation, $16.7 million related to the All-Managers' Conference held in March, and $6.3 million related to higher bonus accruals as well as payroll taxes on equity vesting and stock option exercises.
The GAAP and non-GAAP effective income tax rate was 16.7%2 for the first quarter of 2022, which is lower than the first quarter of 2021 and our expected effective income tax rate for the full year 2022, due to elevated excess tax benefits related to option exercises and equity vesting.
Net income for the first quarter was $158.3 million, or $5.59 per diluted share, an increase from $127.1 million, or $4.45 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2021. Excluding the after-tax impact of modification expenses related to our 2018 performance shares, corporate restructuring, restaurant asset impairment and closure costs, and certain legal proceedings, adjusted net income was $161.4 million2 and adjusted diluted earnings per share was $5.70.
During the quarter, our Board of Directors approved the investment of up to an additional $300 million, exclusive of commissions, to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to market conditions. Including this repurchase authorization, $280.8 million was available as of March 31, 2022. The repurchase authorization may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time. We repurchased $260.1 million of stock at an average price per share of $1,490 during the first quarter.
More information will be available in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which will be filed with the SEC by the end of April.
Outlook
For 2022, management is anticipating the following:
- Second quarter comparable restaurant sales growth, assuming current sales trends continue, in the 10% to 12% range
- Between 235 to 250 new restaurant openings (including 5 to 10 relocations to add a Chipotlane), which assumes construction and permit delays don't worsen
- An estimated underlying effective full year tax rate between 25% and 27% before discrete items
Definitions
The following definitions apply to these terms as used throughout this release:
- Comparable restaurant sales, or sales comps, and comparable restaurant transactions, represent the change in period-over-period total revenue or transactions for restaurants in operation for at least 13 full calendar months.
- Average restaurant sales refer to the average trailing 12-month food and beverage revenue for restaurants in operation for at least 12 full calendar months.
- Restaurant level operating margin represents total revenue less direct restaurant operating costs, expressed as a percent of total revenue.
- Digital sales represent food and beverage revenue generated through the Chipotle website, Chipotle app or third-party delivery aggregators. Digital sales includes revenue deferrals associated with Chipotle Rewards.
- In-restaurant sales represent food and beverage revenue generated on-premise. In-restaurant sales includes revenue deferrals associated with Chipotle Rewards.
Conference Call Details
Chipotle will host a conference call on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 4:30 PM Eastern time to discuss first quarter 2022 financial results as well as provide a business update for the second quarter 2022.
The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing 1-888-317-6003, or for international callers by dialing 1-412-317-6061, and use code: 5128212. The call will be webcast live from the company's website on the investor relations page at ir.chipotle.com/events. An archived webcast will be available approximately one hour after the end of the call.
About Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is cultivating a better world by serving responsibly sourced, classically-cooked, real food with wholesome ingredients without artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Chipotle had over 3,000 restaurants as of March 31, 2022, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany and is the only restaurant company of its size that owns and operates all its restaurants. Chipotle is ranked on the Fortune 500 and is recognized on the 2022 list for Fortune's Most Admired Companies. With over 100,000 employees passionate about providing a great guest experience, Chipotle is a longtime leader and innovator in the food industry. Chipotle is committed to making its food more accessible to everyone while continuing to be a brand with a demonstrated purpose as it leads the way in digital, technology and sustainable business practices. For more information or to place an order online, visit WWW.CHIPOTLE.COM.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about our goals for number of Chipotle restaurants, restaurants with Chipotlanes and rate of expansion, comparable restaurant sales, estimated tax rates, future cash flow, and future long-term prospects. We use words such as "anticipate", "believe", "could", "should", "may", "approximately", "estimate", "expect", "potential", "intend", "project", "encouraged", "target", and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions, to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on currently available operating, financial and competitive information available to us as of the date of this release and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements, including but not limited to: uncertainty regarding the duration and severity of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its ultimate impact on our business, including supply chain disruptions and difficulties in acquiring restaurant equipment, impact on guest traffic, restaurant sales and operating costs and the ability of our third-party suppliers and business partners to fulfill their responsibilities and commitments; increasing wage inflation and the increasingly competitive labor market, which impacts our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and has resulted in occasional staffing shortages; increasing supply costs (including beef, avocados and paper); risks associated with our reliance on certain information technology systems and potential failures or interruptions; privacy and cyber security risks related to our acceptance of electronic payments or electronic processing of confidential customer or employee information, including through our digital app; the impact of competition, including from sources outside the restaurant industry; the financial impact of increasing our national average hourly wage; the impact of federal, state or local government regulations relating to our employees, employment practices, restaurant design and construction, and the sale of food or alcoholic beverages; our ability to achieve our planned growth, such as the availability of suitable new restaurant sites and the availability of construction materials and contractors; increases in ingredient and other operating costs due to our Food With Integrity philosophy, tariffs or trade restrictions and supply shortages; the uncertainty of our ability to achieve expected levels of comparable restaurant sales due to factors such as changes in consumers' perceptions of our brand, including as a result of actual or rumored food safety concerns or other negative publicity, decreased overall consumer spending (including but not limited to the increase in inflation and higher gas prices), or the inability to increase menu prices or realize the benefits of menu price increases; risks associated with our increased focus on our digital business, including risks arising from our reliance on third party delivery services; risks relating to litigation, including possible governmental actions related to food safety incidents and potential class action litigation regarding employment laws, advertising claims or other matters; and other risk factors described from time to time in our SEC reports, including our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are available on the investor relations page of our website at ir.Chipotle.com.
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The following tables provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures presented in the text above to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted net income is net income excluding expenses related to restaurant asset impairment, corporate restructuring, legal proceedings, stock-based compensation modification expense, and certain other costs. Adjusted general and administrative expense is general and administrative expense excluding transformation expenses, legal proceedings, stock-based compensation modification expense, and certain other costs. The adjusted effective income tax rate is the effective income tax rate adjusted to reflect the after tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments. Restaurant Level Operating Margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, is equal to the revenues generated by our restaurants less their direct operating costs which consist of food, beverage and packaging, labor, occupancy and other operating costs. This performance measure primarily includes the costs that restaurant level managers can directly control and excludes other operating costs that are essential to conduct our business. Management uses restaurant level operating margin as a measure of restaurant performance. Management believes restaurant level operating margin is useful to investors in that it highlights trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent to investors when relying solely on GAAP financial measures. We present these non-GAAP measures in order to facilitate meaningful evaluation of our operating performance across periods. These adjustments are intended to provide greater transparency of underlying performance and to allow investors to evaluate our business on the same basis as our management, which uses these non-GAAP measures in evaluating the company's performance. Our adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted general and administrative expenses, adjusted effective income tax rate and restaurant level operating margin measures may not be comparable to other companies' adjusted measures. These adjustments are not necessarily indicative of what our actual financial performance would have been during the periods presented and should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative to, our results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further details regarding these adjustments are included in the tables below.
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A forensic psychologist testified Tuesday that actor Amber Heard suffers from borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder, as the civil lawsuit between her and ex-husband Johnny Depp continues to wallow in the couple’s personal issues.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post referring to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article doesn’t mention Depp by name, but his lawyers say the article contains ”defamation by implication” because it clearly refers to allegations of domestic abuse made by heard when she filed for divorce in 2016.
The psychologist, Shannon Curry, was hired by Depp’s legal team. She said she reached her diagnosis during 12 hours of interviews with Heard, as well as from reviewing her mental-health records.
Curry also testified that Heard does not suffer post-traumatic stress disorder from her relationship with Depp, as Heard has claimed.
Depp’s team hopes Curry’s testimony bolsters their contention that Heard was the aggressor in the couple’s troubled relationship. Depp just concluded four days on the witness stand and testified about Heard’s “need for conflict” and her tendency to hound and pursue him during arguments when he tried to walk away and disengage.
The two personality disorders are similar, Curry said. Borderline personality is a disease of instability, she said “driven by an underlying fear of abandonment.” She said people with the disorder “will make desperate attempts to prevent that from happening.”
Evidence introduced earlier at the trial includes audio clips of Heard begging Depp not to leave, and to stay with her after he indicated a desire to break up or separate.
She also said that borderline personality disorder “seems to be a predictive factor for women who implement violence against their partner.” Depp has said he is the one who was a victim of domestic violence, and that Heard hit him on multiple occasions and threw items like paint cans and vodka bottles at him.
Histrionic personality disorder, Curry said, is associated with “drama and shallowness,” and a need to be the center of attention.
She said there’s a correlation in the disorder with people who are physically attractive and “utilize their looks to get that attention.”
Curry will be cross-examined Tuesday afternoon.
While the libel lawsuit is supposed to center on whether Depp was defamed in the article, most of the trial has focused on ugly details of the couple’s brief marriage. Depp has denied ever striking Heard. Heard’s attorneys say Depp physically and sexually abused her and that Depp’s denials lack merit because he was often drunk and high to the point of blacking out.
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SYOSSET, N.Y. (PIX11) – Surveillance video shows the moment a thief hopped into an unattended car at a gas station on Long Island and drove away.
A 2011 black BMW was stolen from the BP station at 200 South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset at 4:43 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department. The 35-year-old victim left his car unlocked and running while he went inside the gas station, police said.
Two people in a white Range Rover and two people in a gray Nissan Murano had arrived at the gas station earlier and were lingering at the gas pumps, detectives said. While the victim was inside, a thief got into the BMW and drove away southbound on South Oyster Bay Road with the Range Rover and Murano.
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By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin did not skate with his Washington Capitals teammates Tuesday morning and his status moving forward is unclear with the start of the playoffs less than a week away.
Ovechkin was listed as day to day with an upper-body injury, and coach Peter Laviolette called his captain a game-time decision to face the New York Islanders in the third to last game of the regular season. But the team is being extra cautious with the 36-year-old star, and Laviolette made that clear when asked if he was optimistic about Ovechkin being ready for the start of the first round.
“I want to say I hope so, but I don’t know,” Laviolette said after Washington’s morning skate. “It depends on how things progress with him, so it’s day to day right now.”
Ovechkin tripped over Toronto goaltender Erik Kallgren’s stick and slammed into the boards left shoulder first early in the third period Sunday night in a shootout loss to the Maple Leafs.. He lay on the ice in pain, skated off and did not return.
The Russian winger has only missed 24 games because of injury during his 17-year NHL career. He has never missed a playoff game.
“He’s always around, and he’s always playing,” longtime teammate Nicklas Backstrom said. “His style of play, you’re going to get injured. But I just think mentally he’s so strong. He plays through everything. It’s just the way he is as a guy. He doesn’t miss games. And it doesn’t matter how hurt he is. He’s one of those guys you can always count on.”
Ovechkin earlier this season passed Jaromir Jagr for third on the career goals list and now trails only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howie. He has 50 this season — the ninth time he has done that, tying Gretzky and Mike Bossy for the NHL record.
Durability has helped Ovechkin play 1,274 regular-season and 141 playoff games since making his debut in 2005.
“Sometimes there’s got to be a little bit of luck to it, but he’s a really strong guy,” Laviolette said. “He hates not playing the game. He hates being out so he’s going to want to be back as soon as possible and we’re going to make sure that he’s in a good spot to do that.”
With Ovechkin expected to be out, Connor McMichael steps into the top line left wing spot alongside Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson. He has not played since April 10.
“It’s a huge opportunity for me to prove myself going into the playoffs and kind of prove to the coaches that when guys do get hurt that I am ready to fill that void,” McMichael said. “Ovi, he will be OK. He is a warrior, and he’s been out before and he seems to always come back so we are looking forward to having him back — whenever that is.”
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Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flights attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay “further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight.”
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or “narrow-body” planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta’s pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
“This new policy is the direct result of our organizing,” the union said. “As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous.”
The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don’t get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
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US STOCKS-Nasdaq tumbles to lowest close since late 2020
China's COVID-19 led lockdown and an aggressive pivot by major central banks to fight inflation have overshadowed what has been a better-than-expected quarterly earnings season so far. Alphabet Inc and Microsoft Corp both dropped almost 4% ahead of their results after the closing bell.
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Wall Street ended sharply lower on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq closing at its lowest since December 2020 as investors worried about slowing global growth and a more aggressive Federal Reserve. Tesla slumped 12% after investors worried that chief executive Elon Musk might sell some of his stake in the electric car maker to help pay for his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, announced on Monday.
Tesla contributed more than any other stock to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq's steep declines. It was the steepest one-day drop for the Nasdaq since September 2008. The tech-heavy index has now fallen 22% from its record high close last November.
Previously-prized growth stocks have been hammered in recent weeks as investors fret about the impact of higher interest rates on their future earnings. China's COVID-19 led lockdown and an aggressive pivot by major central banks to fight inflation have overshadowed what has been a better-than-expected quarterly earnings season so far.
Alphabet Inc and Microsoft Corp both dropped almost 4% ahead of their results after the closing bell. About a third of the S&P 500 companies are set to report results this week. Alphabet fell another 6.5% in extended trade after its quarterly report disappointed investors.
Apple, Wall Street's most valuable company, fell 3.7% in Tuesday's session ahead of its report on Thursday. "Earnings broadly have been pretty good. But it hasn't really mattered very much to the overall stock story. It's mainly about the Fed and other central banks, and now China and COVID," said Ross Mayfield, an investment strategist at Baird in Louisville, Kentucky.
"I think with where the market is right now, in this indiscriminate selling and fear phase, I think you've got more potential for downside risk than you have for an upside surprise," Mayfield said. The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index lost 4.99% and was among the worst of 11 sector indexes, pulled lower by Tesla, and also by a 4.6% decline in Amazon.
The S&P 500 energy index was the only sector to rise, ending up 0.05% as oil prices rebounded following reports that Russian gas supplies to Poland would be halted Wednesday, a development viewed as an escalation of tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.38% to end at 33,240.18 points, while the S&P 500 lost 2.81% to 4,175.2.
The Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.95% to 12,490.74. Of the 134 companies in the S&P 500 that reported earnings so far, 80.6% topped analysts' profit expectations, according to Refinitiv data. In a typical quarter, 66% beat estimates.
General Electric Co tumbled more than 10% after forecasting full-year earnings at the low end of its previous estimate. United Parcel Service Inc fell 3.5% despite reporting a rise in quarterly adjusted profit, while U.S. hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc slumped nearly 9% after its earnings missed estimates.
Meanwhile, data showed U.S. consumer confidence edged lower in April, though households planned to buy automobiles and many appliances, which should help underpin consumer spending in the second quarter. Volume on U.S. exchanges was 12.3 billion shares, compared with a 12.6 billion average over the last 20 trading days.
Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 4.71-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 4.82-to-1 ratio favored decliners. The S&P 500 posted no new 52-week highs and 45 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 24 new highs and 646 new lows.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Uber agreed to pay a 26 million Australian dollar ($19 million) fine for misleading riders by falsely warning they could be charged a cancellation fee and for inflating estimates of comparable taxi rides, the ride share company and Australia’s consumer watchdog said Tuesday.
Uber B.V., a Netherlands subsidiary of San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc., admitted breaching Australian Consumer Law by making false or misleading statements in its app, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement.
The first offense stems from a free cancellation policy that allows a customer to cancel a booking at no cost up to five minutes after a driver has accepted the trip.
Between at least December 2017 and September 2021, more than 2 million Australian customers who attempted to cancel within that five-minute window were warned: “You may be charged a small fee since your driver is already on the way.”
The cancellation message has since changed to: “You won’t be charged a cancellation fee.”
“Uber admits it misled Australian users for a number of years and may have caused some of them to decide not to cancel their ride after receiving the cancellation warning,” Commission Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said.
Uber said in a statement almost all riders chose to cancel their trips despite the warnings.
The second offense related to estimated taxi fares provided by the app to Sydney customers between June 2018 and August 2020, when the taxi ride option was abandoned.
The algorithm used to calculate the fare ranges inflated the taxi estimates. The actual taxi fare was almost always cheaper than Uber’s lowest estimate. Uber had not ensured the algorithm was accurate, the commission said.
Uber apologized for the taxi fare estimate “being higher than it should have.”
Uber said it cooperated with the commission and made changes to its platform based on concerns raised by investigators.
“We are committed to continually raising the bar — for ourselves, our industry and most importantly for the people who use our services,” Uber said.
Uber and the commission agreed to jointly ask the Federal Court to order the AU$26 million ($19 million) fine.
The maximum fine Uber could have faced is difficult to calculate because the penalties rose sharply during the time in question.
The maximum financial penalties under Consumer Law had been AU$1.1 million ($793,000) per breach.
They are now AU$10 million ($7.2 million) — three times the value of the benefit received or 10% of annual turnover. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/uber-admits-misleading-australian-riders-agrees-to-pay-19m/ | 2022-04-26T21:20:47Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/uber-admits-misleading-australian-riders-agrees-to-pay-19m/ | true |
FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (WFRV) – Deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office have released the name of the 57-year-old man that was found dead on the shore of Lake Winnebago in the Town of Friendship on Sunday.
According to a release, Thomas Williams from Fond du Lac was the man found dead. Detectives believe Thomas was still alive in early April of this year.
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who has had contact with Williams since April 1 to step forward and inform Fond du Lac County Law Enforcement at (920) 906-4777 as they continue to investigate.
The circumstances surrounding his death and the location where his body was discovered remain under investigation and Local 5 will update this story if any more information is made available. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/deputies-name-57-year-old-found-dead-on-shore-of-lake-winnebago/ | 2022-04-26T21:22:48Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/deputies-name-57-year-old-found-dead-on-shore-of-lake-winnebago/ | false |
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) _ Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $2.4 billion.
On a per-share basis, the McLean, Virginia-based company said it had net income of $5.62.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $5.39 per share.
The credit card issuer and bank posted revenue of $8.56 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $8.17 billion, also beating Street forecasts. Fourteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.02 billion.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands to be the next owner of Twitter, having pledged roughly $44 billion to buy the social platform and take it private.
Assuming that happens, next up on his agenda will be planning how to fulfill his promises to develop new Twitter features, open its algorithm to public inspection and defeat “spambots” on the service that mimic real users.
He'll also need to have the company start “authenticating all humans,” as he described it in a statement quoted in the Monday press release announcing the acquisition. What exactly Musk meant by the phrase remains unclear.
So does the question of whether his ideas are technologically possible and how we'll know if these changes would benefit users or serve some other purpose.
Experts who have studied content moderation and researched Twitter for years have expressed doubt that Musk knows exactly what he is getting into.
After all, there are plenty of fledgling examples of “free speech”-focused platforms launched in the past few years as Twitter antidotes, largely by conservatives unhappy with the company’s crackdowns on hate, harassment and misinformation.
Many have struggled to deal with toxic content, and at least one has been cut off by its own technology providers in protest.
Musk received some effusive, if highly abstract, praise from an unexpected quarter — Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, who praised Musk's decision to take Twitter “back from Wall Street” and tweeted that he trusts Musk's mission to “extend the light of consciousness” — a reference to Dorsey's notion that “Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness.”
The more hands-off approach to content moderation that Musk envisions has many users concerned that the platform will become more of a haven for disinformation, hate speech and bullying, something it has worked hard in recent years to mitigate.
Wall Street analysts said if he goes too far, it could also alienate advertisers.
Musk has described himself as a “free-speech absolutist” and In recent weeks, he has proposed relaxing Twitter content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump’s account — while ridding the platform of fake “spambot” accounts and shifting away from advertising as its primary revenue model.
Musk believes he can increase revenue through subscriptions that give paying customers a better experience — possibly even an ad-free version of Twitter.
Asked during a recent TED interview if there are any limits to his notion of “free speech,” Musk said Twitter would abide by national laws that restrict speech around the world. Beyond that, he said, he’d be “very reluctant” to delete posts or permanently ban users who violate the company's rules.
It won’t be perfect, Musk added, “but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible."
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SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s corporate parent on Tuesday posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror.
For most companies, the numbers announced by Alphabet Inc. would be a cause for celebration. But tech companies are sized up differently, with investors typically measuring them by how much growth they deliver each quarter compared to the previous year.
Alphabet began this year with growth trends shifting dramatically downward. That already contributed to a 20% decline in its stock price since it peaked at about $3,030 in early February before a widespread sell-off in tech stocks. The shares shed another 6% in extended trading Tuesday after the latest quarterly numbers came out.
The concerns about slowing growth have become an even bigger worry amid rising interest rates aimed at tamping down the highest inflation rates in more than 40 years. Higher borrowing costs, coupled with the economic upheaval caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine, are more likely to cool off the U.S. economy and create on even bigger drag on growth.
Alphabet’s revenue during the January-March period totaled $68 billion, a 23% increase from the same time last year. That was the first time since 2020 that the company has reported as year-over-year revenue gain of less than 30%. The figure fell about $40 million below the average estimate among analysts polled by FactSet Research
The first-quarter profit drooped 8% from last year to $16.4 billion, or $24.62 per share. That was also below the average analyst projection of $25.47 per share, according to FactSet.
As usual, advertising funneled through Google’s dominant search engine and a vast network that snakes through most of the digital economy. Google’s ad sales totaled $54.7 billion, during the first quarter, a 22% increase from the same time last year. | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Google-parent-suffers-1Q-growth-slowdown-profit-17128584.php | 2022-04-26T21:25:18Z | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Google-parent-suffers-1Q-growth-slowdown-profit-17128584.php | false |
On the afternoon of Dec. 8, frantic text messages and phone calls began to spread among a group of active and retired teachers from Lafayette High School and P.S. 65 in Buffalo.
This was hours after an international audience had watched, captivated, as a Coast Guard rescue swimmer dangling from a helicopter pulled a woman from a vehicle lodged in the raging Niagara River, just yards from the brink of the American Falls, and carried her in bracing winds to the riverbank.
Now, colleagues were asking each other in disbelief:
Was that Miss Bell who went into the water?
Amanda Jordan, who taught English to refugee students at P.S. 65 with Bell, tried reaching her friend.
“I knew when Miss Bell didn’t answer her phone that that’s what happened,” Jordan said in an interview.
Authorities determined a 69-year-old Williamsville woman drowned after intentionally driving into the river but otherwise have shared little about her and declined to reveal her name.
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A police report released in response to a public-records request, along with interviews with family and former colleagues, offer previously untold details about the victim and that day's events.
Beverly C. Bell is described as a bright, talented musician who grew up downstate and later taught French, Spanish and English as a second language here for 20 years.
At an age when many peers are long retired, Bell continued teaching through the Covid-19 pandemic before going on medical leave last fall.
An only child who never married or had children, Bell had suffered health issues. But friends and family don’t understand what led her to steer her sedan into the river on that frigid morning.
And they struggle to reconcile their warm memories of Bell in life with the painfully public way she died.
“Things had to have been impossible for her to bear,” said Patricia Laing, who taught with Bell for several years. “I just, I just can't imagine.”
Long Island to Buffalo
Bell's mother, Wavie Maye Cook, moved to this country from Canada after marrying Edward Bell, who worked for the Long Island Rail Road, said Geoffrey Drew-Brook, a first cousin of Bell’s.
Drew-Brook remembered her regular visits to Canada and the occasional trips his Canadian contingent made to visit Bell’s family and spend time on Long Island’s beaches.
“She liked playing with the younger cousins. And she was also very active on the piano,” said Drew-Brook, who was six years younger than the cousin known as "Cheri" for her middle name, Cheryl.
Drew-Brook said he doesn’t know when she moved to Western New York. Records show she lived on East Spring Street in Williamsville.
Bell began teaching in Buffalo in 2001, according to district records.
She initially taught French and Spanish but transitioned to English as a new language – primarily working with refugee students.
Bell spent many years as a substitute and that’s one reason she kept teaching into her late 60s, colleagues said.
A quiet talent
The longest stretch of Bell’s time with the district was spent at Lafayette and, most recently, at P.S. 65, the Roosevelt Early Childhood Center, in Riverside.
“She was quirky. A lot of quirks. But she was also very intelligent and talented, especially with music,” said Alyssa Wallace, who taught English as a new language with Bell at Lafayette. Her colleague shunned the spotlight but, Wallace said, “everyone knew Beverly.”
On one occasion, Laing and Bell were in a classroom during a planning period at Lafayette when a skeptical colleague asked Bell if she really could sing.
Challenged, Bell launched into a beautiful rendition, in the original French, of “Dominique,” a 1963 hit by the performer known as the Singing Nun, Laing recalled, stunning their colleague.
“She was not a joiner. She was kind of a quiet person,” said Laing, who worked with Bell from around 2011 to 2015 and remembered anxiety that drove Bell to arrive at school 90 minutes early.
During the pandemic, when classes shifted online, Jordan invited Bell to her Town of Tonawanda home, where she helped Bell teach virtually.
“It was an adventure, I'll say that,” said Jordan, who was decades younger but considered Bell – always “Miss Bell,” not “Beverly” – a friend.
Jordan said Bell didn’t like to cook, loved showing off clothes she bought on sale at Macy’s and occasionally purchased stuffed animals to give to her elementary-age students.
“She taught me a lot and I taught her a lot,” said Jordan, recalling Bell’s flashes of wit.
Recent health concerns
In mid-September, Bell hurt herself when she fell, or fainted, in a bathroom at P.S. 65, Jordan said, badly injuring her hip.
This came on top of other health issues Bell developed in recent years, friends said, including vision problems and a diabetes diagnosis that prompted her to throw all sugary items out of her apartment.
Bell went out on medical leave and moved into Beechwood Continuing Care for rehabilitation to try to return to the classroom, friends said.
“To be honest with you, she should have retired,” Laing said. “But she did not want to retire. She wanted to keep teaching.”
Drew-Brook said he had talked to his cousin several times in November. He said he was aware of some of her health issues but Bell didn’t seem overwhelmed by any of it.
On Dec. 6, Bell called to ask Jordan to take a day off from work to ferry her from Beechwood to a medical appointment. Jordan’s husband and mother ended up taking her.
Before they left, an employee at Beechwood urged them to take Bell directly from the rehab unit to the appointment and back again – even if Bell asks to stop somewhere else, Jordan recalled.
This instruction sticks in Jordan’s mind given what happened two days later.
Retracing her steps
A State Park Police incident report shows that a friend of Bell’s, whose name is redacted, had picked Bell up from Beechwood about 8:35 a.m. Dec. 8 to take her to another medical appointment.
Afterward, this friend – who wasn't Jordan – took Bell to her apartment. The friend went inside to get clothes and mail for Bell, presumably to take to Beechwood, while Bell remained in the friend’s vehicle.
By the time the friend returned, around 10:30 a.m., Bell had driven off in her own car and was gone.
Bell’s car wasn't spotted again until 11:45 a.m., when a witness saw it in downtown Niagara Falls, with its trunk open, near the Seneca Niagara Casino and about to enter Niagara Falls State Park. Police found no evidence she had been inside the casino.
Witnesses did not see the vehicle enter the river, but investigators found tire tracks in the snow on the riverbank, between the Goat Island pedestrian and vehicle bridges, with no skid marks or other indications Bell tried to stop.
The responding officer found Bell’s 2018 Toyota Camry sedan in the rapids, about 60 yards from the brink. Witnesses said they saw at least one woman yelling for help in the car.
Officials, after determining it wasn’t safe to attempt a rescue from shore, called in a Coast Guard rescue copter from Detroit, setting up the scene replayed on social media and on the news around the world.
Park Police said she had drowned before the swimmer reached Bell, who had an iPhone, a bank card and medical discharge papers on her. Three days later, her vehicle was swept over the Falls in a windstorm.
Hard to understand
Drew-Brook said Park Police called him as a family contact to inform him of Bell’s death.
“I was shocked, and so were the rest of the cousins,” Drew-Brook said. “We just didn’t see that coming.”
All these months later, friends and family say they’re still grappling with Bell’s death. She did not leave a suicide note.
“I couldn’t imagine her doing that because she was scared of a lot of things,” Wallace said. “So I couldn’t imagine her, like, willing herself to do that.”
Celia Spacone, coordinator of the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Erie County, said suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States but the rate declined from 2019 to 2020.
This trend, also seen in Erie County, might appear counterintuitive, Spacone said, given the myriad pandemic-induced personal and professional stresses.
But, she said, she suspected more people grew comfortable discussing mental health concerns and reaching out for help.
Loved ones tend to look for one specific trigger for a suicide attempt but, Spacone said, “It’s usually multifaceted and very complex.”
Jordan, in hindsight, pointed to her friend’s lingering concerns about her health.
She recalled Bell telling her: “I tried praying. I tried going to the doctors. Nobody can tell me what's wrong. I don't understand.”
Jordan remembered her friend as stubborn, once she made up her mind, but she still wonders about Bell’s intentions.
“I'm not even sure If she knew what she wanted to do, as she did it,” Jordan said. “She could have just, in frustration, hit the gas and really didn't mean it.”
Drew-Brook is left to plan a memorial service for his cousin that should take place later this spring or early summer.
“It just doesn't make any sense,” he said.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature approved a compromise bill to expand a law shielding people who report drug overdoses. The governor is expected to sign it.
It builds on a 2019 law that exempts from criminal liability the person who calls 911 for help, along with the person who overdosed.
The goal is to encourage people to help instead of declining to report an overdose for fear of being arrested, supporters said.
Supporters say the so-called Good Samaritan law needed to be expanded as the state grapples with an epidemic of fatal overdoses that grew nearly 25%, topping 600, last year.
“With a record number of Mainers dying from overdoses, we need to confront the fact that what we’re doing now isn’t working. We listened to the people on the ground, the people who see overdoses in their community regularly, and they told us what needed to change," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro.
The original bill would’ve exempted from criminal liability anyone at the scene, but it was tweaked to exempt anyone who’s helping at the scene. It also expands the offenses that are immune from prosecution. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-Maine-s-Good-Samaritan-law-sent-to-17128581.php | 2022-04-26T21:28:53Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-Maine-s-Good-Samaritan-law-sent-to-17128581.php | true |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
In a tweet, the first-term Democrat from Raleigh representing the 2nd Congressional District said she's experiencing mild symptoms. She said she will quarantine and avoid traveling, in keeping with guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“I am grateful to be vaccinated & boosted and for advances in technology that allow me to continue representing #NC02 during this time,” she wrote.
Ross, 58, a former state House member and 2016 U.S. Senate candidate, is the latest political figure serving in Washington to announce a positive test.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., all tested positive on Tuesday. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/North-Carolina-Rep-Deborah-Ross-tests-positive-17128658.php | 2022-04-26T21:31:19Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/North-Carolina-Rep-Deborah-Ross-tests-positive-17128658.php | false |
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A soldier was killed and two others were hurt during an exercise at the Yakima Training Center in central Washington state, Army officials said.
Army Pfc. Joseph A. Marquez, of Dover, Delaware, died Friday in what was described as a “single-vehicle incident,” during a training exercise at the facility north of Selah, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported.
A news release from the infantry division said Marquez, 20, was a member of the 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 7th Infantry Division based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in western Washington.
The training center is a satellite installation of JBLM.
The injured soldiers were treated at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital and released, officials said. The military did not release their names.
The incident is under investigation. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Soldier-killed-2-hurt-at-Washington-state-17128473.php | 2022-04-26T21:32:30Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Soldier-killed-2-hurt-at-Washington-state-17128473.php | false |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Highwoods Properties Inc. (HIW) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results beat Wall Street expectations.
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $110.4 million, or $1.03 per share, in the period.
The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 97 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $40.3 million, or 38 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $206.4 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $201.5 million.
Highwoods Properties expects full-year funds from operations to be $3.82 to $3.98 per share.
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Stacey Solomon was supported by her followers as she shared a teary-eyed image.
Taking to Instagram, Stacey expressed how she was feeling over her upcoming wedding to fiancé Joe Swash. They are due to tie the knot at Pickle Cottage in July 2022.
Yesterday was a huge day for the Loose Women presenter as she was choosing her wedding dress for the big day. But, she said she was an 'emotional mess' as she tried on the luxurious gowns.
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She looked radiant and beautiful as she posed in a dress, with a veil on. Her eyes were red from tears but her smile was painted from ear to ear. The 32-year-old was accompanied by her sister, Jemma as they both looked emotional in a mirror selfie.
Stacey penned an emotional message to her 5.1million followers. She wrote: "Today I Choose My Wedding Dress. And I never want to forget this feeling…
"I’ve been putting it off I think because the more I got excited about it the more silly I felt for some reason… I started feeling really conscious about not being, well I don’t know.
"I wouldn’t have done life any other way EVER. I’m so grateful for how it turned out and I genuinely believe everything happens for a reason. But I suppose sometimes those old fashioned narratives make you feel that way don’t they?"
She continued: "I decided to try my dresses on, at home with just me not making a 'thing' of it. But it turns out it felt like the hugest 'thing' ever.
"My sister dropped the kids back from school and popped up and we both ended up emotional messes. I loved every single second of today, trying them on, imagining seeing Joe for the first time, feeling the veil on my shoulders & seeing the glitter sparkle as I moved around.
"None of these are THE dress but I took this picture to remember how excited I felt today. And no matter who, how or what way around you do it, it’s the most special moment ever."
Fans took to the comments to shower her in compliments. Nicola said: "Aw Stacey the happiness shows in both you & your sisters faces... congratulations lovely @staceysolomon you’ll be a stunning bride xxx"
Victoria said: "Never let anyone dull your sparkle @staceysolomon and narratives are so outdated, your family and you are beautiful and you deserve every second of happiness." Meanwhile, Geraldine said: "Think everybody crying along here."
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NORTH READING, Mass. (AP) _ Teradyne Inc. (TER) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $161.9 million.
The North Reading, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 92 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 98 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 87 cents per share.
The maker of wireless products, data storage and equipment to test semiconductors posted revenue of $755.4 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $742.3 million.
For the current quarter ending in July, Teradyne expects its per-share earnings to range from $1 to $1.29. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had forecast adjusted earnings per share of $1.06.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $780 million to $870 million for the fiscal second quarter. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $811.9 million.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released a plan Tuesday to deal with an expected increase in already high numbers of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the planned lifting of a public health order that has kept people from seeking asylum — and that Republican and some Democratic lawmakers insist should be kept in place.
A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas outlines a more robust effort to enforce U.S. immigration law without the use of Title 42, which was invoked at the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
"When the Title 42 public health Order is lifted, we anticipate migration levels will increase, as smugglers will seek to take advantage of and profit from vulnerable migrants," Mayorkas warns in a memo that comes a day before he is to testify to Congress on an issue that has become a potent element in Republican political messaging.
The plan includes increasing the number of personnel in the border region from Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies, expanding detention capacity with the use of temporary facilities and aggressively deploying a process known as expedited removal to deport migrants who do not qualify for asylum or some other relief under U.S. law.
It also relies on new Department of Homeland Security initiatives intended to streamline the evaluation of migrant claims, such as the deployment of asylum officers to the border to help determine whether someone should be granted temporary legal residency until an immigration court rules on their case.
Unmentioned is the fact that a court could soon order the government to reverse course and halt plans to lift Title 42 on May 23 because of lawsuits filed by Republican-led states.
On Monday, a federal judge in Louisiana said he would issue an order limiting the administration’s ability to prepare but left specifics of the settlement to the federal government and the states.
U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, a Trump appointee, has scheduled a hearing on May 13 in the lawsuit by Louisiana and 20 other states seeking to keep Title 42 authority in place. Republicans and some Democrats in Congress have also urged the Biden administration to continue the order for now.
Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times under the rule, which was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Donald Trump.
Advocates for asylum-seekers support the end to the rule, which they say endangers people fleeing persecution back home and violates rights to seek protection under U.S. law and international treaty. The states challenging the administration say the U.S. is not ready for a likely influx of migrants resulting from the rule’s end, straining public services.
It comes amid what the administration concedes are historic numbers of migrants attempting to cross the border due to factors that include economic and political turmoil in Latin America, as well as a backlog of people hoping to seek asylum.
The increase in migrant encounters is also due in part to Title 42 itself.
Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 33% increase from a month earlier, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
But many of those encounters were people coming back after being removed under the public health authority. CBP said the number of unique individuals encountered nationwide in March came to 159,900, still high but significantly below the total.
Biden administration officials argue that the use of expedited removal is more of a deterrent because people subjected to it are inadmissible for five years and can be charged with a felony if they attempt to return to the country. Under Title 42, there are no legal consequences and many people simply turn around and come back. | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4520240 | 2022-04-26T21:42:18Z | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4520240 | true |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will release more details Monday surrounding why he abruptly canceled the execution of Oscar Smith, delaying his previous plan to reveal the reasons this week, the Republican's spokesperson confirmed.
Casey Black said in an email Tuesday that the governor's office will "be releasing more information and action steps." Lee had previously promised reporters to provide new information this week. However, the governor's office pointed to the pending adjournment of the GOP-controlled General Assembly as a reason to push back divulging execution details.
"I think that's fair to folks who are stretched thin covering final items of import in the legislature and trying to cover this issue with attention to detail," Communications Director Laine Arnold said in a follow-up email.
Last week, Lee issued a statement saying there had been an "oversight in preparation for lethal injection" as he granted a temporary reprieve to the 72-year-old Smith. A day later, he said the reprieve was needed because of a "technical oversight," without explaining further.
The governor's office and Department of Correction have since declined to answer direct questions about the planned execution, including whether the execution drugs were compounded, and if so, whether a pharmacist had those drugs independently tested for "potency, sterility and endotoxins" as outlined in the state's lethal injection protocols. The protocol allows the state to use compounded or manufactured drugs.
The reprieve will be in effect until June 1. In the interim, attorneys and death penalty watchdog groups have called for an independent investigation into the matter. To date, the state has declined to say whether they will do so.
Smith was convicted of the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons. He is the oldest inmate on Tennessee's death row.
He had been scheduled to receive a three-drug injection at a Nashville maximum security prison. In Tennessee, officials use midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide, to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart.
Lethal injection drugs have been a challenge to obtain for some states as many pharmacies and manufacturers refuse to supply the medications for executions. This has forced some states to explore other execution methods, including South Carolina forging ahead with plans for a firing squad.
In Tennessee, some inmates can choose between lethal injection or the electric chair. | https://www.startribune.com/governor-to-give-details-on-canceled-execution-next-week/600168153/ | 2022-04-26T21:46:08Z | https://www.startribune.com/governor-to-give-details-on-canceled-execution-next-week/600168153/ | false |
Pedestrian dies after being hit by HGV in Elgin
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A 42-year-old man has died after being hit by an HGV in Moray.
The incident happened on Birnie Road in Elgin at about 10:00 on Tuesday.
Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The unclassified road, next to a golf course, was closed to allow a collision investigation.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
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ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines, which has narrowly fought off several attempts to unionize its flight attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and a change that is expected to increase their wages by several thousand dollars a year.
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Delta said the change will start June 2 on all flights. In a memo to flight attendants, the airline said the new pay “further recognizes how important your role is on board to ensuring a welcoming, safe and on-time start to each flight.”
The rate of pay during boarding is 50% of regular pay rates.
The change comes as Delta plans to increase the boarding time for single-aisle or “narrow-body” planes from 35 minutes to 40 minutes, which the airline expects will increase the percentage of flights that depart on time.
Delta’s pilots are represented by a union, but several attempts to organize the flight attendants have failed in the face of fierce opposition by the Atlanta-based company. The Association of Flight Attendants, which has been gearing up an organizing campaign at Delta for more than two years, took credit for the boarding pay.
“This new policy is the direct result of our organizing,” the union said. “As we get closer to filing for our union vote, management is getting nervous.”
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The union said Delta was also responding to employee anger over the longer boarding times, during which flight attendants currently don’t get paid.
Delta said the new boarding pay would be on top of 4% raises that it granted to flight attendants last month.
Unions represent upwards of 80% of workers at American, United and Southwest, but a far lower percentage at Delta. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | 2022-04-26T21:58:52Z | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/delta-flight-attendants-boarding/507-b27bc3e4-af99-446e-8322-c43a4b647130 | true |
Saskatchewan Expands Covid-19 Booster Eligibility To 50+
CANADA, April 26 - Released on April 26, 2022
Saskatchewan has expanded the eligibility for fourth doses (second booster) of COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents aged 50 and older effective immediately. The fourth dose is recommended four months or longer after having received the third dose.
Previously, the fourth dose was limited to individuals over 70 or those 50 years and older living in First Nations and Métis communities or in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District.
This is in addition to all residents of long term and personal care homes and those with designated health conditions who have been eligible for fourth doses since February.
Immunity is shown to wane over time and the provision of booster doses is demonstrated to provide significantly increased protection against serious illness, hospitalization and death.
COVID-19 vaccination appointments are available through the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), Indigenous Services Canada, the Northern Inter-tribal Health Authority and at participating pharmacies throughout the province.
To book a COVID-19 immunization, visit Saskatchewan.ca/covid-19 or by telephone at 1-833-SaskVax (727-5829).
All Saskatchewan residents age five and older are eligible to be fully vaccinated and residents age 12 and older are eligible for a third dose (first booster) four months following their second dose. For more information on third and fourth dose eligibility, see Saskatchewan.ca/covid-19.
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Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday the completion of a framework that his administration hopes will curb gun violence in the city for years to come.
"We're not here today to pat ourselves on the back because we know there is a lot of work to do," Stoney said at an hour-long, round-table discussion held Tuesday afternoon with partners VCU Health, Child Savers, Richmond Public Schools and Richmond police, who contributed to the 38-page report and the programs outlined in it. "We may not see the results overnight, that's why we need you committed for the long term."
The Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention framework that his administration published Tuesday has been years in the making, and brings together community-based programs under a singular effort targeting the city's most at-risk youth. A working group was first convened in October 2020 to begin working on the framework, and Stoney has periodically announced programs created within it.
The approach is broad, touching several city offices from Community Wealth Building to Parks and Recreation to Police, and outside agencies like VCU, Richmond and Henrico Health District, and nonprofits. It includes programs that provide counseling and mentorship, offer employment opportunities and other positive experiences for the most underserved and Black and brown communities.
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Earlier this year, Stoney and city officials announced several initiatives including a $1 million grant program and the hiring for several positions to oversee some of the efforts: a new community safety coordinator and three "violence interrupters."
Last year, the city received a $500,000 grant for a program aimed at middle school students, and VCU touted it's hospital-based intervention efforts. Also in 2021, Stoney declared gun violence a public health crisis, a symbolic measure, but City Council later approved about $500,000 to support these efforts.
Since then, the city has earmarked millions in federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act, part of a stimulus package to help communities recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report.
This is a developing story. Check back to Richmond.com for updates. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mayor-stoney-unveils-citys-final-report-on-gun-violence-during-roundtable/article_872a8d35-b0ac-5efa-a431-90652586598c.html | 2022-04-26T22:01:50Z | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mayor-stoney-unveils-citys-final-report-on-gun-violence-during-roundtable/article_872a8d35-b0ac-5efa-a431-90652586598c.html | true |
Why would Pep Guardiola EVER walk away from Man City? Thrilling nights like this against Real Madrid in the Champions League (and Erling Haaland on the way) make the Etihad the place to be for many years to come
- Why would Pep Guardiola ever want to walk away from Manchester City?
- Guardiola's current contract at the Etihad expires at the end of next season
- And with Erling Haaland on the way, why would he leave this squad he's built?
- City came out on top in a thrilling seven-goal thriller against Real Madrid
- Nights like these show that the Etihad is the place to be for many years to come
On the upper tier of the huge stand opposite the dug outs at the Etihad Stadium hangs a banner thanking Manchester City’s owner Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi for a trophy-heavy first ten years.
We are four years in to the second decade of Middle East ownership now and watching this incredible game of European football it was hard not to wonder what further fabulous dramas may lie ahead.
More particularly, it seemed increasingly strange – as City traded thunderous blows with the best team in Spain – to ponder why Pep Guardiola would even think about leaving when his current contract expires at the end of next season.
Why would Pep Guardiola ever want to walk away from Man City with what the future holds?
We have seen some quite remarkable things at this stadium in recent times. Some of them have involved games against Liverpool and against Manchester United and against Tottenham.
It is almost 10 years ago exactly since we sat spellbound as City tossed away their very first Premier League title against QPR and then, at the death, grabbed it back again.
This, though, was among the most thrilling of the lot.
This was Real Madrid in attendance. The most successful club in the history of European football. Leaders of La Liga by 15 points.
And City beat them wonderfully and dashingly. It was only due to Real’s cussedness and indeed City’s rather ragged finishing that the margin of defeat was not greater.
We have seen some quite remarkable things at this stadium in recent times, including games against Liverpool, Manchester United and their European semi-final with Tottenham (pictured)
For City where better by a distance for huge swathes of this game. They inflicted upon Real possibly the most satisfying one-goal defeat of this great institution’s very existence. Real are still in this tie ahead of next Wednesday’s second leg in Madrid and will be desperately thankful for that.
This is the City team that Guardiola built and much as they were brilliantly expansive and precocious here, it is one that will only grow better, wiser and more talented from this point.
Next season, for example, the Premier League leaders are expected to have the Norwegian forward Erling Haaland in their ranks.
So, yes, it seems strange that Guardiola would even think about leaving as he has previously suggested he will.
When he left Barcelona after four magnificent years in 2012, the great Catalan was burned out, worn down by the demands of the job and the constant needling of Jose Mourinho’s Real.
Their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid was among the best of the lot
Guardiola's men edged Real Madrid 4-3 on the night and were the better team throughout
It does not feel the same now. The energy of Guardiola’s team reflects the enduring dynamism of their coach and to watch them play here was to watch one of the great English sides any of us have ever seen.
City terrified and terrorised Real for the first half an hour. They were two goals up in record time and could have been out of sight by the time Karim Benzema scored beautifully, deftly but quite unexpectedly in the 33rd minute.
Real spent huge periods of this game on the retreat.
But it was that opening spell that found them at their most disorganised, their most bereft as they discovered, like many before them, just how it feels to walk in to the teeth of the City threshing machine.
As the minutes ticked by, so the City opportunities came and went. The speed at which Guardiola’s players moved the ball was just too quick for the Spaniards.
Every time a player in dark blue turned to face his own goal, it was to witness one in a lighter shade sprinting past him either with, or in anticipation of receiving, the ball.
This is the team that Guardiola built and it will only grow better, wiser and more talented when Erling Haaland (pictured) arrives as expected ahead of next season
City need to be more clinical at that time. Riyad Mahrez shot when he should have passed. Gabriel Jesus passed when he should have shot.
Had Haaland been in this line up already then maybe this game and this tie could have been over by half-time.
But is it not football’s, and indeed footballers’, imperfections that keep pulling great coaches back into the game?
There is no such thing as a finished job – a finished article – in sport and surely Guardiola will have pause to mull that this summer whatever happens between now and the Champions League final in Paris on May 28.
Football teams do tend to exist in cycles. This much we know. The wheel turns and periods of excellence – or otherwise – come to an end.
City will only keep on improving and at 51 years old, why would Guardiola want to leave now?
But it does not feel like that at the Etihad at the moment. It feels as though this team – already free of the shadow of players like Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero and David Silva – is nearer the start of its road than to the end.
For all its quirks, this has the look of the greatest City team Guardiola has assembled in his six years in England. Its rivalry with Liverpool is magnetic.
If Guardiola does not continue to work here beyond next season, it’s hard to wonder where he will go. Even harder to work out why. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10756539/Why-Pep-Guardiola-walk-away-Man-City-thrilling-nights-like-these.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-26T22:03:27Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10756539/Why-Pep-Guardiola-walk-away-Man-City-thrilling-nights-like-these.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
A nonlethal shooting took place outside a South Carolina baseball field Monday night while several Little League games were underway, forcing panicked children to flee and seek cover as dozens of shots rapidly fired.
The incident in North Charleston is under investigation by police, who have recovered guns from the scene. No injuries have been reported.
Video of the incident shows young children fleeing the field and dropping to the ground mid-game as around 50 shots rang out. One child playing catcher freezes when he hears the gunfire, then rips off his helmet and begins running. A child who was getting ready to bat looks around in a panic before doing the same.
“Get off the field!” one adult yells. “Crawl that way! Crawl that way!” another pleads.
“Assistant Chief Greg Gomes is shocked by the video and horrified at the events that took place in our city tonight,” NCPD spokesperson Harve Jacobs said in a statement. “He vehemently denounces this violence and is outraged at those responsible for putting so many innocent lives in danger.”
No suspects have been taken into custody yet, but the department is “actively investigating this incident to the fullest extent of the law and will do everything in their power to locate and arrest the individuals involved in this heinous and reckless act. We will leave no stone unturned in bringing these suspects to justice,” Jacobs said.
According to the police report, officers arrived at the parking lot at the Pepperhill Park baseball fields after hearing rapid gunshots shortly before 9 p.m. Witnesses told police that “a large group of teenagers pulled into the parking lot in separate vehicles and began to fist fight with each other” and eventually “began shooting at each other” before fleeing in their vehicles, the report said.
North Charleston Mayor R. Keith Summey, a Republican, said at a press conference Tuesday that it was deeply upsetting to see gun violence affect kids.
“When you see children diving on the ground playing baseball, that will not be tolerated,” he said.
“This destroyed the hearts of a lot of people ― mothers, fathers, children,” he continued and announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case.
Games at the park have been canceled Tuesday and Wednesday while police formulate a safety plan with the city’s recreation department.
South Carolina has been rocked by multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, including two over the Easter weekend. Since then, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has vowed to support a bill imposing tougher penalties on people for illegally carrying guns.
Democratic state Sen. Dick Harpootlian said in the chamber earlier this month that he’s desperate to remedy the situation.
“In the upstate we had a 12-year-old shoot a 12-year-old. A 12-year-old shoot a 12-year-old ― murder him,” he said, referring to an incident last month in Greenville. “The easy accessibility to guns by these young people, mostly, and their ability to carry them or feel like they can carry them anywhere, is killing us and them.”
President Joe Biden, fed up with Congress’ inability to pass new gun laws, recently announced a sweeping new executive action on firearms. This includes a crackdown on “ghost guns” ― firearms that are bought in parts and assembled at home to evade tracking ― and increased police funding, despite opposition from progressives on the latter. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-carolina-baseball-kids-shooting_n_6268326ae4b0ea625c0d6520 | 2022-04-26T22:04:37Z | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-carolina-baseball-kids-shooting_n_6268326ae4b0ea625c0d6520 | false |
Catalent (CTLT) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
Catalent (CTLT) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended March 2022. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price.
The earnings report, which is expected to be released on May 3, 2022, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call, it's worth handicapping the probability of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus Estimate
This maker of drug delivery technologies is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.94 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +14.6%.
Revenues are expected to be $1.22 billion, up 15.8% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions Trend
The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 0.18% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings Whisper
Estimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. Our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) -- has this insight at its core.
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Catalent?
For Catalent, the Most Accurate Estimate is higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of +0.31%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #3.
So, this combination indicates that Catalent will most likely beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?
Analysts often consider to what extent a company has been able to match consensus estimates in the past while calculating their estimates for its future earnings. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Catalent would post earnings of $0.84 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.90, delivering a surprise of +7.14%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates four times.
Bottom Line
An earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Catalent appears a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Indianapolis-based Market Wagon is celebrating a milestone in its six-year history. The online farmers marketplace says it has received $10 million in cumulative sales for farmers, chefs and artisans in central Indiana.
Market Wagon is an e-commerce platform that allows local farmers food producers to sell their products directly to customers. The products are delivered through the company’s local food delivery hubs.
In central Indiana, Market Wagon delivers products from nearly 200 farmers and food producers to a 19-county region that includes the cities of Indianapolis, Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette, Kokomo and Muncie.
“Our company’s mission is to enable food producers to thrive in their local market. Hitting this milestone demonstrates that we’re doing just that,” Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Nick Carter said in written remarks. “I am so proud of the team which has made this exponential growth possible. It’s been an incredible ride as we make continue to connect Hoosiers to Local Food.”
Since its founding in 2016, Market Wagon has grown to operate in 20 states.
The milestone comes nearly a year after Market Wagon received a $5 million investment to further its expansion plans. Less than a year prior, the company secured a $1 million seed round of funding.
Last weekend, Market Wagon received the Scale-up of the Year Award at the TechPoint Mira Awards honoring the Best in Tech in Indiana. Carter was also nominated for the Rising Entrepreneur Award.
We’ll have more from Carter on the company’s growth in Wednesday’s INside Edge Midday Report e-newsletter. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/inside-indiana-business/market-wagon-hits-10m-sales-milestone/ | 2022-04-26T22:07:46Z | https://www.wishtv.com/news/inside-indiana-business/market-wagon-hits-10m-sales-milestone/ | false |
Two people aboard a medical helicopter were killed Tuesday when the aircraft crashed in western New York, according to state police.
The Mercy Flight helicopter went down in the Genesee County town of Elba while on a training flight at about 1 p.m., Maj. Eugene Staniszewski said at a news conference.
The victims were believed to be the only people in the helicopter when it crashed. No patients were on board, authorities said.
A photo on the website of The Daily News of Batavia showed smoke rising from wreckage in a field.
Mercy Flight, based in Buffalo, transports patients to area hospitals in a Bell 429 helicopter, according to the not-for-profit company’s website. The twin-engine aircraft is housed at the Genesee County Airport.
That’s a little less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the crash site.
Staniszewski said the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board would investigate the cause of the accident. Weather did not appear to be a factor.
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Downed power lines were visible near the wreckage but are not believed to have contributed, Staniszewski said.
“I don’t believe the lines caused the crash but the aircraft may have struck the lines on the way down,” he said. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/two-killed-when-medical-helicopter-crashes-in-new-york/3664532/ | 2022-04-26T22:11:06Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/two-killed-when-medical-helicopter-crashes-in-new-york/3664532/ | true |
The U.S. Postal Service is hosting a walk-in job fair at the San Luis Obispo Post Office on Dalidio Drive on Saturday, April 30.
The Postal Service has an immediate need to fill the positions of city carrier assistant and rural carrier associate. Officials say there are more than 20 available jobs in San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas.
The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1655 Dailido Drive in San Luis Obispo. Social distancing and face masks will be required.
Applicants must be 18 years or older, a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and be able to pass a drug test and criminal background investigation. Some positions require an exam. Any position with a driving requirement will also require a valid driver's license and clean DMV two-year driving history.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) _ Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $65.4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Milwaukee-based company said it had net income of 90 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 98 cents per share.
The investment management firm posted revenue of $281.6 million in the period.
Artisan Partners shares have dropped 25% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $35.80, a fall of 37% in the last 12 months.
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Facebook agrees to take down video of Brit being held by Russians as Boris Johnson says Ukraine may agree to prisoner swap deal
- PM did not rule out a prisoner swap to free British Aiden Aslin captured by Russia
- Boris Johnson told TalkTV 'We will do what we can. Clearly it is for the Ukrainians'
- Facebook to take down video of Aiden being taunted with death penalty, PM said
Facebook has agreed to take a video of a British fighter who was captured in Ukraine by the Russians as Boris Johnson has said that he could be freed under a prisoner swap deal.
The Prime Minister did not rule out a prisoner swap to free former care worker Aiden Aslin before adding his Government could not 'pre-empt' what decisions may be made by Ukraine's leaders.
The family of Aiden want Russia to free him after he appeared in a video with his face bruised asking to be part of a prisoner swap in exchange for pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, held by Ukraine.
On the chances of a prisoner swap, Mr Johnson told Tom Newton-Dunn on new station Talk TV: 'We will do what we can. Clearly it is for the Ukrainians. They have the other individual who is part of the equation.
'We can't really pre-empt what they may decide.'
The family of Aiden (pictured) want Russia to free him after he appeared in a video with his face bruised asking to be part of a prisoner swap in exchange for pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, held by Ukraine
Mr Johnson added: 'It is very important to understand that Aiden and other UK nationals who have been fighting for the Ukraine armed forces who get captured are not hostages and they are not to be swapped as though they are terrorists - they are prisoners of war.
'They are, therefore, entitled to rights under the Geneva Convention.
'They should not be paraded in front of the cameras. They should not be made to give hostage videos - that is a breach of their rights as prisoners of war.'
THe Prime Minister did reveal that Facebook is to take down a video of the captured British soldier being taunted with the death penalty.
The 28-year-old joined the Ukrainian marines four years ago and has dual UK-Ukrainian citizenship and a Ukrainian fiancee.
The Prime Minister did not rule out on TalkTV a prisoner swap to free former care worker Aiden Aslin before adding his Government could not 'pre-empt' what decisions may be made by Ukraine's leaders
Russia has appeared to brand him an enemy agent rather than a prisoner of war after he was questioned by his captors following his forced surrender in Mariupol last
Aiden, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, was paraded on TV with his face bruised. It is thought he is being held in a military detention facility.
Footage shows him being questioned by one of his captors off camera and he supposedly agrees with the suggestion that 'those who stood with you [in Ukraine], they are killers'.
Speaking from the family home in Balderton, Nottinghamshire today, Nathan Wood begged the Foreign Office to intervene after Aiden Aslin was branded a spy by the Kremlin - prompting fears he will be treated more harshly than a PoW
Mr Aslin's brother Nathan Wood said: 'People should not believe anything the Russians say or are making my brother say. He is being held against his will and forced to say whatever they tell him to.
'Anything that comes out of my brother's mouth now, and the mouths of his Russian captors, are lies.'
The captured soldier's mother, Angela, and his brother said they had appealed to Mr Johnson for his freedom during a phone call with them.
Nathan said he spoke to his brother on the phone following the comments, and said he was hoping there would be a swap soon.
He told TalkTv: 'I would hope that, at some point, there will be a prisoner swap. However, it's out of my hands. It is between Ukraine and Russia.'
Outlining his phone conversation with his brother, Nathan added: 'It was obvious that he was with the Russian people that were holding him and he was asking for me to contact Boris to get this prison swap done. And to keep on asking for this swap.'
Brit fighter Shaun Pinner has been captured by Russian forces after surrendering in Mariupol. He was paraded on Russian television looking clean-shaven with no visible wounds. He said on the broadcast: 'I am Shaun Pinner'
Mr Johnson said the Facebook removal comes after Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries called Sir Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Facebook's parent company Meta and the UK's former deputy prime minister.
Mr Johnson told TalkTV: 'Nadine Dorries rang Facebook earlier today, she rang Nick Clegg, and as I understand the matter Nick has agreed to take that down.'
Ex-British Army soldier Shaun Pinner, 48, serving in the Ukrainian Marines was also captured during the siege.
Looking clean-shaven with no visible wounds, he said on a broadcast: 'I am Shaun Pinner. I am a citizen of the United Kingdom. I was captured in Mariupol.
'I am part of 36th brigade, 1st Battalion Ukrainian Marine. I was fighting in Mariupol for five to six weeks and now I am in the Donetsk People's Republic.'
He reportedly told the Russians that 'he doesn't want war and wants to go home'.
There is concern for his safety amid fears that he could treated as a spy by the Kremlin.
Kremlin stooge Graham Phillips conducted a menacing interview with Brit captive Aiden Aslin
British pro-Kremlin stooge Graham Phillips who conducted a menacing interview with battered captive Aiden is also facing the threat of prosecution or being stripped of his British passport.
He is accused of potential war crimes in Ukraine and is a former sex blogger who even appeared on the BBC to brag about using prostitutes.
Aiden endured a 45-minute encounter with Phillips, who taunted him about potentially facing the death penalty under the laws of the 'Donetsk People's Republic'.
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ORLANDO, FL (WFLA) — The parents of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida’s tourist district, have filed a lawsuit against the ride’s owner, manufacturer and landlord.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Orlando, claimed the defendants were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.
The defendants are also accused of failing to warn their 6-foot-2-inch, 380-pound son about the risks of going on the ride and not providing an appropriate restraint system.
Michael Haggard, the attorney representing Sampson’s mother Nekia Dodd, claimed that the ride’s over-the-shoulder harness restraint should have been supplemented with a seat belt.
“That seat belt costs $22 a seat. They could have run this ride 2-3 times and paid for [belts on every seat] on the first night of its operations,” Haggard said. “We wouldn’t be talking right now and Tyre would be out on a football field with his mom rooting him on.”
According to preliminary findings from a forensic examination, it was discovered that the harness proximity sensor on Tyre’s seat, Seat 1, was manually loosened, allowing operators to seat larger-sized riders within the seven-inch restraint opening.
This manual adjustment caused Tyre’s seat to be improperly secured, leading him to fall from the 430- foot ride to his death.
“I think that’s an incredibly important fact. It’s also important who knew about it. Did the manufacturer know about it? Did Icon Park know it was occurring?” asked Haggard.
The Quest Engineering report determined there were no mechanical or electrical failures of the ride itself.
According to documents obtained by our sister station WFLA, the operations manual lists the maximum weight for the ride as less than 287 pounds. Tyre Sampson’s father said his son weighed more than 300 pounds.
Orlando Slingshot, the owner and operator of the ride, sent WFLA a statement after the lawsuit was filed Monday.
“Orlando Slingshot continues to fully cooperate with the State during its investigation, and we will continue to do so until it has officially concluded. We reiterate that all protocols, procedures and safety measures provided by the manufacturer of the ride were followed,” wrote Orlando Slingshot, in part.
In a statement, ICON Park said park officials were “deeply troubled” about the state’s preliminary findings.
The ride had only been in operation for less than six months and was inspected in December, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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IndyCar adds shootout segment to Indianapolis 500 qualifying
Roger Penske has tweaked qualifying for next month's Indianapolis 500 to add a shootout that will determine the first four starting rows for "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."
Penske told The Associated Press the tweaks will create a high-pressure atmosphere on the second day of qualifying.
"We're going to have all 33 qualify on Saturday and then come back on Sunday, and take two hours at the best time of the day and send the top 12 out and then the top six," Penske told AP before Tuesday's announcement. "I really want to do this, we already do it at other races.
"To have Joe Blow, who is 33rd, get beat by Julian Blow - if you think about it, doing it this way, we're really going to be able to promote it and it's going to be a very tense two hours."
IndyCar most recently has used a "Fast Nine" format at the Indy 500 to determine the first three starting rows. The new format will set positions 13-33 on May 21, the first day of qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The second day will feature the fastest 12 drivers all posting a four-lap average for the pole. The field will be cut to six for a "Fast Six" that will determine the first two rows and the ultimate pole winner. It will air live on NBC.
Delvin Defrancesco leads a group of cars into Turn 1 during testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
The pole-sitter will receive $100,000 and 12 points in the IndyCar standings. Points will be awarded in decreasing one-point increments for the top 12.
"We have an incredibly deep field heading into this year´s Indianapolis 500," IndyCar president Jay Frye said in a statement. "The timing is right to implement a new and dramatic way to expand one of the most intense weekends on our calendar. Winning pole position for the `500´ is an incredible feat, and with this new format, it will be even more challenging."
Only 32 teams have currently announced their intent to run the Indy 500, with the final 33rd entry an unknown a month out from the race. Should there be more than 33 entries, IndyCar will still hold "Last Chance Qualifying" on May 22.
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Marcus Ericsson, of Sweden, drives into Turn 1 during testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Pneumatically actuated valves, valve terminals, electric automation, and decentralized I/O will be displayed.
ISLANDIA, N.Y., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Festo highlights industry-leading technology that gives breweries greater flexibility and better overall results from investments in automation. (Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America, May 2-5, 2022, Minneapolis, Festo Booth #2953)
Festo's range of pneumatically actuated ball, butterfly, pinch, and angle-seat valves, shown at the booth, automatically control flow to achieve batch-to-batch consistency. Greater consistency not only pleases customers, but also means optimum throughput and low waste. Festo now offers free online configuration tools for automated butterfly and ball valves as well as quarter-turn actuators. The online configuration process supplies price, estimated delivery date, data sheet, bill of material, 2D CAD data, 3D CAD models, and certificates – all in a matter of minutes. Units arrive fully assembled and tested.
Festo I/O systems, including the new CPX-AP-I decentralized I/O, reduce wiring and shorten pneumatic tube runs, resulting in easier and faster installation of components and a clean, streamlined looking brewhouse and packaging line. The Festo strategy of shorter tube runs increases system performance through faster acting valves and actuators. IP65, IP67, and IP69 rated components, such as the industry leading IP69k-rated MPA-C valve terminal, offer various amounts of water resistance and may not require control cabinets, depending on the location. These machine mounted components save space and lower cost.
Festo packaging line solutions deliver precision filling and package handling, as well as high-speed automated inspection capabilities. Festo demonstrates electric automation solutions, including precision gantry robots and the Festo Motion Control Package (FMCP) control platform. FMCP coordinates motion of up to six axes for pick and place and other precision Cartesian robotic applications often applied on packaging lines. Configuring these Cartesian motion applications using a function block strategy requires no specialized programming knowledge.
Festo beverage components conform to the highest standards of sanitary design and operation in harsh washdown environments. And Festo's free online productivity tools shorten acquisition time. These tools ensure the correct product for the need. For more information visit the Festo website http://www.festo.com/us.
About Festo
Festo is a leading manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components, and controls for process and industrial automation. For more than 40 years, Festo Corporation has continuously elevated the state of manufacturing with innovations and optimized motion control solutions that deliver higher performing, more profitable automated manufacturing and processing equipment.
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BROOKFIELD, Wis., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Procurement Partners, a leading provider of healthcare spend management and procure-to-pay technologies, is proud to announce it has appointed Harmeet Singh as President and CEO to lead the company's next chapter of growth.
"We are delighted to have someone of Harmeet's caliber leading Procurement Partners," states Kevin Frick, General Partner at Serent Capital. "When we initiated our CEO search, we sought a leader who has a track record of building customer-centric organizations, and that's exactly what we found. Throughout his career, Harmeet has consistently demonstrated an unusual ability to understand what customers need and then leading teams in building great solutions."
Harmeet brings decades of executive leadership and operational experience to Procurement Partners. Most recently, Harmeet was the CEO at RateGain. While at RateGain, Harmeet orchestrated the transformation of the business from a point solution to a platform solution, inevitably leading to RateGain's IPO. Under Harmeet's leadership, RateGain successfully navigated the COVID pandemic while winning several accolades for its innovation and strong customer-centric culture.
Previously, Harmeet was an Executive Partner in MDP's Telecom, Media, & Technology Services group, responsible for identifying and evaluating potential investments in the cloud and IT services industry. Prior to that role, Harmeet was the President of Cloud Services at j2 Global, Inc. There, he scaled the SaaS portfolio to $600M in revenues during his tenure. Harmeet has participated in over 100 M&A transactions throughout his career.
The appointment follows a period of strong performance and tremendous growth at Procurement Partners. In 2020, the company received a significant investment from Serent Capital. 2021 included the transformative strategic acquisitions of On.Care and Hybrent to expand the company's capabilities and better serve its customers.
Navneet Gosal, Co-Founder of Hybrent and CPO of Procurement Partners indicates, "With the scale of our combined business and new leadership, I'm confident we'll be able to continue innovating and delivering great features and functionality to our customers."
"We're starting an exciting new chapter here," states Rusty Zosel, Founder of Procurement Partners and current SVP of Channel Management. "We've brought together three exceptional companies in the last year and grown our team significantly. Bringing in a leader with experience scaling businesses was the right call for our company, customers, and colleagues. I look forward to working with Harmeet."
Per Harmeet: "I'm thrilled to be joining the Procurement Partners team. I believe Procurement Partners has a strong business model and a talented management team. The company's procure-to-pay solution provides enormous value to the healthcare ecosystem, benefiting providers, vendors, group purchasing organizations, and other service companies. I look forward to working with our customers, partners, and the overall stakeholders to help drive even more benefit from our solution."
About Procurement Partners
Procurement Partners is a leading provider of technologies that help reduce the cost of healthcare. Their solutions connect 1000's of unique providers and vendors to automate and streamline tasks related to contracting, purchasing, inventory management, invoice reviews and payments. Their customers benefit from the efficiencies gained and the competitive advantage of optimizing expenses. They process over 4 billion dollars in annual transactions. For more information, visit procurementpartners.com or their related product pages, hybrent.com and on.care.com
About Serent Capital
Serent Capital invests in growing businesses that have developed compelling solutions that address their customers' needs. As those businesses grow and evolve, the opportunities and challenges that they face change with them. Principals at Serent Capital have firsthand experience capturing those opportunities and navigating these difficulties through their experiences as CEOs, strategic advisors, and board members to successful growing businesses. By bringing its expertise and capital to bear, Serent seeks to help growing businesses thrive. For more information on Serent Capital, visit www.serentcapital.com.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — Silver Blue Bonnet Day At the San Angelo State Park is being held on May 4, 2022 from 9 AM – 2 PM at the Chaparral Pavilion near the south entrance to the park. This event is free for senior citizens.
This annual event is a day for our senior citizens to get out into nature and relax by enjoying a guided park tour with bird and flower viewing, informative displays, music, and a free picnic lunch to round off the event. This event is hosted by the Friends of San Angelo State Park and Sponsored by Bryant Better Hearing.
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HOUSTON, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Versa Integrity Group, Inc. ("Versa"), a national leader in a wide range of non-destructive industrial inspection and testing, announced David Garibaldi has been named Chief Financial Officer. In his role, Garibaldi will drive financial planning, perform risk management, and plan financial strategy for Versa.
"David brings a deep understanding of financial planning and strategy from his experiences in the testing, inspection, and certification industries," said Versa CEO Darryl Schimeck. "Versa is fortunate to have him on board and take our financial performance to the next level."
Prior to joining Versa, Garibaldi served as a CFO and in corporate development roles where he led financial reporting, audit management, and strategic growth strategies for his organizations. "I'm thrilled to work with Versa's leadership and the team at Dorilton Capital to grow Versa into the leading provider of asset integrity and inspection solutions."
About Versa Integrity Group
Versa Integrity Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Dorilton Capital, provides a variety of inspection and testing services, including non-destructive testing, heat treatment, mechanical integrity, rope access, tank inspection, corrosion detection, advanced services, and unmanned access. Founded in 2012, Versa supports customers nationwide from over 20 regional offices. Learn more at www.versaintegrity.com.
About Dorilton
Dorilton is a private investment firm that invests in businesses across a range of industry sectors, working in partnership with management to grow value over the long-term. By providing funding and expertise to drive growth, Dorilton helps its companies and its people achieve their full potential. Learn more at www.doriltongroup.com.
For inquiries or relevant opportunities, please contact brian.talbott@doriltoncapital.com.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
340 PM CDT Tue Apr 26 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island
and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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In a dynamic media market, where content optimization is key to staying competitive, Fincons Group has developed a single, end-to-end rights management solution for maximizing content exploitation
LAS VEGAS, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fincons Group, a leading international system integrator with key experience in the media & broadcast sector in the US and Europe, today launches its new comprehensive rights management solution at the NAB Show 2022.
This unique solution responds to urgent market demand for a unique and centralized enterprise-view of content rights that matches their fluid approach to content. AllRights is a single, modular solution, based on an extremely comprehensive set of core capabilities, combined with value-added incremental features that leverage AI, ML, innovative data-driven toolsets as well as a flexible and modern technical layer.
From a technology perspective the solution is highly configurable, cloud-native and offered in SaaS with optional multitenancy. Most importantly, however, AllRights offers a uniquely broad range of capabilities to respond to emerging market needs. Special focus was placed on providing a contemporary user interface, focused on a smooth, intuitive user experience inspired by the one of modern B2C applications.
Increasing competition for viewers fragments audience and is making the battle for valuable and appealing content increasingly tough especially considering how expensive new content can be. Add to this the fact that available rights are limited, and it is clear why many major industry players are shifting their business model from content acquisition to content production. Similarly, M&A strategies are becoming more common in a bid to enrich content catalog, reduce overhead costs and acquire market share.
As a result, traditional divisions between buyers and sellers are blurring with companies representing the producer, the seller and even the buyer depending on the context. The content value chain and the related business models have never been more fluid.
"Now any content distributors, content producers, content aggregators, broadcasters can all access the same capabilities as they shift their roles on the value chain," explains Alberto Niero, General Manager Global Business Unit Media at Fincons Group, "Unlike existing systems that were designed with only the requirements of one specific player in the chain in mind and struggle to adapt when used by other players, this tool is designed to be fluid and respond to the needs of media players today supporting all kinds of transactions and needs."
AllRights supports full content rights exploitation in a business-outcome driven paradigm, with a user-friendly configurable environment, and introducing a set of smart features, such as NLP-based Automated Contract Import, to capture the relevant T&Cs in content licensing contracts, helping to accelerate the process and reducing manual data entry errors.
"This latest solution is a natural evolution of our experience in the media sector. Over the years Fincons has been gathering and interpreting the feedback and information provided by its media clients and investing in developing and scouting new technologies to help respond to their emerging needs. We can't wait for clients to discover how much simpler and more profitable their content rights management can become," concludes Francesco Moretti, Global Deputy CEO & CEO International at Fincons Group.
About Fincons Group
With 2000 employees worldwide and 39 years of experience, Fincons is an award-winning IT business consultancy, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, digital, technology and operations to a diverse range of industries. In the Media sector, the Group has long term and successful relationships with Tier-1 clients, providing solutions and ICT services covering the entire digital supply chain, from Rights Management, Programming, Data-driven production, Metadata management, to Asset management, Advertising, Digital services, OTT, and NextGenTV. Fincons has offices in the US (New York, Los Angeles, Austin), in the UK (London), Italy (Milan, Rome, Bari, Verona, Catania), Switzerland (Lugano, Bern, Zurich, Küssnacht am Rigi), Germany (Munich) and in France (Paris, Lyon).
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZeroSum Market First Report is the automotive industry's first source to predict month-end vehicle movement, providing vital supply and demand trend data to automotive marketers and dealers. ZeroSum uses predictive modeling to accurately estimate new vehicle inventory, pricing trends, and market share.
ZeroSum's Take: What You Need to Know
The consistency of new vehicle inventory levels over the last six months suggests that the industry is readjusting to a 'new normal' level of inventory while increasing vehicle prices indicate low inventory levels continue to generate strong gross for dealers and profit for OEMs. The conflict in Ukraine has caused European OEMs to revise production forecasts, while several companies, including VW, have announced shifts in production from Europe to North America and China.
Ford's announcement of splitting their business into Ford Blue and Ford Electric suggests a willingness of OEMs to reimagine business models, with other OEMs likely to follow suit. The launch of new electric vehicles is likely to accelerate as OEMs look to capitalize on consumer behavior shifts due to inflation and fuel prices.
Here are your key takeaways:
April new and used inventory is down while prices continue to rise. There are currently 1% fewer new cars and 2% fewer used cars on the ground than at the start of the month. New vehicle prices have risen 1%, and average used car prices are now up $8,500 YOY.
- Challenge brand loyalty. Dealers should look outside of their own brand for opportunities to steal market share from nearby OEM franchises in high opportunity segments.
- Market the car, not the price. Due to rising prices, dealers should focus marketing messaging on available inventory vs. prices or offers, to win additional shoppers.
- Market your whole inventory. Consumers are likely to consider both new and used vehicles due to limited availability and soaring prices.
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City just couldn’t shake off Real Madrid.
In a wild Champions League match that resembled a basketball game at times, City beat Madrid 4-3 in the first leg of the semifinals but will leave Etihad Stadium wondering how the record 13-time champions were still in it.
Ultimately, Karim Benzema’s cheeky “Panenka” penalty in the 82nd minute saw Madrid escape with some hope of pulling off a comeback in next week’s second leg at Santiago Bernabeu.
City, looking to reach the final for a second straight year, was 2-0 ahead after 11 minutes — through goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus — and should have been further clear before Benzema steered in a volley off the post in the 33rd.
Phil Foden restored City’s two-goal lead in the 53rd, Vinicius Junior replied two minutes later for Madrid, and the chances kept coming for both teams before Bernardo Silva curled a shot inside the near post after the referee played the advantage following a foul on Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Benzema had the final say on the night by converting a penalty after Aymeric Laporte’s handball to become the competition's top scorer on 14 goals and continue the best scoring form of his career, with 40 in all competitions this season.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti lost 5-0 in his most recent visit to the Etihad — with Everton on the final day of last season’s Premier League — and City could easily have scored many more, powered by its spectacular start.
With Madrid fielding a ball-playing midfield — of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Federico Valverde — that lacked the bite of injured Casemiro, City cut through the visitors at will.
De Bruyne’s late run through the middle wasn’t picked up and he stooped to head in, via his left shoulder, an inswinging cross by Mahrez after barely 90 seconds.
When Jesus turned David Alaba with ease following De Bruyne’s ball into the middle and slipped home a finish, the Etihad erupted again and Ancelotti flung his arms into the air.
Jesus, fresh off a four-goal haul against Watford on Saturday, was a constant threat — Alaba couldn’t handle him and was substituted at halftime — and Mahrez was being given so much space down the right.
The winger squandered two gilt-edged chances that left Guardiola enraged, the first in the 26th minute when he swing wildly when one-on-one with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and hit the sidenetting, and then just after the restart when he raced through again and curled against the post.
In between, Benzema had gotten his now-customary goal in the Champions League, clipping a volley in off the post from Ferland Mendy's cross in the 33rd and City was living dangerously at times — especially goalkeeper Ederson when he dallied on the ball.
The second half was just as chaotic, and the goals kept coming.
City re-established its two-goal lead in the 53rd when Foden headed home a cross from Fernandinho, the 36-year-old club captain who came on at right back for the injured John Stones.
Back came Madrid, with Vinicius turning Fernandinho — showing his fallibility in an unfamiliar position — near the halfway line and sprinting down the left before cutting in and placing a shot beyond Ederson.
Bernardo's goal owed as much to the quick-wittedness of referee Istvan Kovacs as the Portugal midfielder's own brilliant finishing and it looked as if City was finally going to take a two-led lead to Madrid.
Then Laporte glanced the ball off his head and onto his flailing arm to give away a needless penalty. Benzema kept his composure while all around him were losing theirs, giving Madrid renewed belief of reaching a first final since 2018.
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- In conjunction with the business combination agreement, the parties have commitments for $40 million in new investments by institutional investors, including $20 million in conversion of licensing consideration from Cellectis
- Isleworth has $207 million in trust
- Merger expected to be completed in Q3 of 2022; Combined company expected to be listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol INKC.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. and AVENTURA, Fla. and NATICK, Mass., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Isleworth Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ISLE) ("Isleworth"), a special purpose acquisition company (NASDAQ: ISLE, ISLEW) and Cytovia Holdings, Inc.("Cytovia"), a biopharmaceutical company empowering natural killer (NK) cells to fight cancer through stem cell engineering and multispecific antibodies today announced they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon consummation of this combination, Isleworth will be renamed Cytovia Therapeutics, Inc. (the "combined company") and its common stock and warrants are expected to remain listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols INKC and INKCW, respectively.
The combined company will continue Cytovia's operations and remain focused on developing and manufacturing complementary NK cell and NK engager antibody platforms.
The combined company will be led by Dr. Daniel Teper, the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Cytovia.
"We are grateful for the strong support from new and existing investors and the team of seasoned entrepreneurs at Isleworth. We expect this transaction to accelerate the execution of Cytovia's vision to advance NK therapeutics towards a cure for cancer" said Dr. Teper. "We are encouraged by our preclinical data recently presented at AACR, which supports advancing development of our iPSC-derived NK cells (iNK) and Flex-NK™ cell engagers for the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma."
Bob Whitehead, Isleworth's CEO, said: "Isleworth evaluated multiple life science companies and was most impressed by the talent and technology assembled by Cytovia. We believe Cytovia is one of the most advanced, innovative cell therapy companies involved with the development of new cancer treatments. Cell therapies in oncology have already brought hope to millions. Cytovia's approaches could conceivably make similar approaches more conveniently 'off-the-shelf' and affordable."
Cytovia's Therapeutic Approach
Cytovia aims to accelerate patient access to transformational cell therapies and immunotherapies, addressing several of the most challenging unmet medical needs in oncology.
The company focuses on harnessing the innate immune system by developing complementary and disruptive NK-cell and NK-engager antibody platforms. Specifically, Cytovia is developing three types of iNK cells: unedited iNK cells, TALEN® gene-edited iNK cells with improved function and persistence, and TALEN® gene-edited iNK cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-iNKs) to improve tumor-specific targeting. The second complementary cornerstone technology is a quadrivalent multispecific antibody platform designed to engage NK cells by targeting the NKp46 activating receptor using a proprietary Flex-NK™ technology.
These two technology platforms are being used to develop treatments for patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and solid tumors. Clinical studies are expected to initiate by the end of 2022.
Headquartered in Aventura, FL, Cytovia operates R&D laboratories in Natick, MA and a cGMP cell manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico and has scientific partnerships with Cellectis, CytoImmune Therapeutics, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, INSERM, the New York Stem Cell Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Cytovia Therapeutics has recently formed CytoLynx Therapeutics, a strategic partnership focused on research and development, manufacturing, and commercialization activities in Greater China and beyond.
Cytovia Pipeline
Cytovia is the first immune-oncology company with the capabilities to combine gene edited iPSC-derived NK Cell and Flex-NK™ cell engager antibody platforms to develop the next generation of immunotherapies for both hematological and solid tumors.
Cytovia's portfolio includes targets and indications with a balanced risk profile.
GPC3 is a promising novel target for solid tumors, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma, where the unmet medical need is most significant. Cytovia's lead program aims to develop first-in-class HCC therapies targeting GPC3. The initial four product candidates will be evaluated as monotherapies and as combination therapies. CYT-303, Cytovia's GPC3 Flex-NK™ engager, is a tri-specific antibody that binds to HCC tumor cells through GPC3 and to NK cells through NKp46 and CD16a. For patients with either an impaired number or function of NK cells, Cytovia will evaluate the addition of iNK cells, CYT-100, to possibly unlock the full potential of this treatment strategy. Cytovia is also developing CYT-150, gene-edited iNK cells, to improve tumor infiltration and cell persistence, that may also be combined with CYT-303. In addition, CYT-503, a GPC3-targeting CAR-iNK cell therapeutic, is designed to improve specificity for tumor targeting. Cytovia expects to file INDs for CYT-303 and CYT-100, followed by INDs for CYT-150 and CYT-503.
CD38 is a well-established clinical and commercial target for Multiple Myeloma. Cytovia is developing CYT-338 and CYT-538 which are, respectively, CD38-targeting Flex-NK™ cell engagers and CAR-iNK cells for the treatment of Multiple Myeloma in patients that have failed CD38 antibody therapies and agents targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA).
Cytovia is also developing an intracranial EGFR CAR iNK candidate to target both wtEGFR and EGFR vIII to address a significant medical need in the management of the currently untreatable Glioblastoma multiforme.
Cytovia has established collaborations with academic institutions and industry partners including Cellectis for TALEN® gene-editing. TALEN® gene-editing is a technology pioneered and controlled by Cellectis, a clinical-stage biotechnology company using its gene-editing platform to develop life-saving cell and gene therapies. The TALEN® gene-edited patents controlled by Cellectis in the field of iNK and CAR-iNK are licensed from Cellectis by Cytovia and Cytovia holds global development and commercial rights to these patents.
Planned Milestones and Use of Proceeds
Proceeds from private placements (the "PIPE"), funds in Isleworth's trust account (net of redemptions), and proceeds from other prospective financings, in the aggregate amount of up to one hundred million dollars, would provide Cytovia with capital for up to 2 years to further develop its gene-edited iNK and Flex-NK™ cell engager technologies. Cytovia plans to focus on multiple milestones, including:
- Filing the first two INDs for Flex-NK™ CYT-303 and iNK CYT-100
- Initiating Phase I/II clinical trials to evaluate CYT-303 and CYT-100, alone and in combination, for the treatment of HCC
- Obtaining and presenting initial clinical data for CYT-303 and CYT-100 in HCC
- Filing INDs for CYT-150 and CYT-503 and initiating Phase I/II clinical trials
- Continuing to enhance iNK & Flex-NK™ technologies and advance the pipeline with multiple therapeutic candidates
Summary of Transaction
The transaction would value the combined company at a pro forma equity value of $602 million, assuming a $10 per share price, no Isleworth stockholder redemptions and no additional financing obtained prior to the closing of the transaction. As a result of the transaction, the combined company would have up to $227 million in gross proceeds from a combination of approximately $207 million in cash held in Isleworth's trust account (assuming no Isleworth stockholders exercise their redemption rights at closing) and $20 million from PIPE financing of new investors, and without considering the proceeds of any additional prospective financing.
All existing Cytovia equity holders will roll the entirety of their equity holdings into the combined company and are expected to hold approximately half of the issued and outstanding equity of the combined company immediately following the closing (assuming no Isleworth shareholders exercise their redemption rights at closing).
The transaction, which has been approved by each of Isleworth's and Cytovia's Boards of Directors, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022, subject to approval by Isleworth's and Cytovia's shareholders and satisfaction, or the waiver of, customary closing conditions identified in the business combination agreement.
Isleworth and Cytovia have agreed in the business combination agreement to take all necessary action to cause the board of directors of the combined company immediately following the closing to consist of seven directors, of whom two individuals will be designated by Isleworth and five individuals will be designated by Cytovia. Each designee will meet the director qualification and eligibility criteria of the Nominating and Corporate Governance committee of the board of directors of Isleworth, and a number of Cytovia designees will qualify as independent directors as determined by the board of directors of Isleworth such that a majority of the directors as of immediately following the closing will qualify as independent directors.
I-Bankers Securities, Inc. is serving as capital markets advisor and placement agent to Isleworth. Truist Securities is acting as financial advisor, placement agent and capital markets advisor to Cytovia. BTIG LLC is acting as capital markets advisor to Cytovia.
Cooley LLP is serving as legal advisor to Cytovia. ArentFox Schiff LLP is serving as legal advisor to Isleworth. Goodwin Procter is serving as legal advisor to Truist Securities in its role as placement agent.
About Cytovia Therapeutics
Cytovia Therapeutics aims to accelerate patient access to transformational cell therapies and immunotherapies, addressing several of the most challenging unmet medical needs in cancer. Cytovia focuses on harnessing the innate immune system by developing complementary and disruptive NK-cell and NK-engager antibody platforms. The company is developing three types of iPSC-derived (or iNK) cells: unedited iNK cells, TALEN® gene-edited iNK cells with improved function and persistence, and TALEN® gene-edited iNK cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-iNKs) to improve tumor-specific targeting. The second complementary cornerstone technology is a quadrivalent multifunctional antibody platform designed to engage natural killer cells by targeting NKp46 using Cytovia's proprietary Flex-NK™ technology.
These two technology platforms are being used to develop treatments for patients with solid tumors such as HCC and Glioblastoma as well as hematological malignancies such as Refractory Multiple Myeloma.
Headquartered in Aventura, FL, Cytovia has research and development laboratories in Natick, MA, and a GMP cell manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico. The company's own R&D work is augmented through scientific partnerships with Cellectis, CytoImmune, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, INSERM, the New York Stem Cell Foundation and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Cytovia has a strategic partnership with CytoLynx Therapeutics, which is focused on research and development, manufacturing, and commercialization activities in Greater China and beyond.
About Isleworth Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
Isleworth Healthcare Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Isleworth has operating expertise in managing large and high growth businesses and more specifically, in the life sciences industry. Collectively, Isleworth has built, managed, bought and sold companies or technologies all over the world. Al Weiss (Chairman, Director), former President, Worldwide Operations Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, and Bob Whitehead (CEO, Director), a long-standing pharmaceutical executive, in the United States and internationally, and in large and emerging stage companies, lead the team. The team includes Dan Halvorson (EVP & CFO, Director), experienced public and private company executive in financial planning and operations in the life science, technology and artificial intelligence industries; Vipul Patel, MD, (Director), a pioneer in the development and utilization of robotic surgical technologies, and is connected to many emerging stage lifescience companies; Monica Reed, M.D. (Director), an experienced healthcare leader of large regional healthcare systems and community hospitals, and serves on various bioscience boards; Bob Dahl (Director), formerly Managing Director of Healthcare Investments at the Carlyle Group and was previously co-head of healthcare investment banking at Credit Suisse; and Michelle McKenna (Director), an experienced board member who has significant experience in M&A and early stage companies, and as a C-suite executive of the NFL, was responsible for the highly effective Covid-19 contract tracing program across the league.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will, "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," expect," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial and performance metrics, including the benefits of the proposed business combination, the anticipated timing of the proposed business combination, Cytovia's expectations regarding cash runway, projections of market opportunity, operating results, debt levels, potential revenues, business strategies, various addressable markets, anticipated trends, industry environment, developments in markets in which Cytovia operates, the initiation, timing, progress, scope and results of Cytovia's ongoing pre-clinical studies, planned clinical trials and research and development programs, the timing, availability and presentation of pre-clinical and regulatory developments, Cytovia's ability to timely file and obtain approval of investigational new drug applications for its planned clinical trials, the potential benefits of Cytovia's platforms, programs and product candidates, the development and the commercial potential, growth potential and market opportunity for Cytovia's product candidates, if approved, and the drivers, timing, impact and results thereof, the potential and future results of current and planned collaborations, Cytovia's ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of any of Cytovia's product candidates, Cytovia's plans to research, discover and develop additional product candidates, including by leveraging other technologies and expanding into additional indications, Cytovia's ability to expand its manufacturing capabilities, and to manufacture its product candidates and scale production, Cytovia's ability to meet certain milestones , and the effects of regulations and Isleworth's or Cytovia's projected future results. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of the respective managements of Cytovia and Isleworth and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction, or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions this press release relies on. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Cytovia and Isleworth. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including (i) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political, economic and legal conditions; (ii) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Isleworth's securities; (iii) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination or to obtain additional financing, including financing the parties intend to obtain prior to the consummation of the business combination to meet the minimum cash condition contained in the business combination agreement related to the proposed business combination and to fund operations and future product development; (iv) risks relating to the uncertainty of projected information, including Cytovia's ability to project future capital needs, cash utilization and potential cash inflows, and timing with respect to Cytovia and its product candidates; (v) uncertainties inherent in research and development, including related to safety, progression of and results from its ongoing pre-clinical studies and planned clinical trials candidates; (vi) difficulties arising from Cytovia's third-party licenses, or supply-chain or manufacturing challenges; (vii) unexpected safety or efficacy data observed during pre-clinical or clinical studies; (viii) the failure of the data from Cytovia's pre-clinical trials to be indicative in human trials; (ix) the ability of Cytovia to protect its intellectual property rights; (x) trends in the industry, changes in the competitive landscape, and delays or disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the risk that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the associated containment efforts may disrupt Cytovia's business and/or the global healthcare system (including its supply chain) more severely than it has to date or more severely than anticipated; (xi) the effects of competition on Cytovia's future business and the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with collaborators, manufacturers, suppliers, licensors or strategic partners and retain its management and key employees; (xii) changes in the legal and regulatory framework for the industry or unexpected litigation or disputes and future expenditures; (xiii) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed by Isleworth's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by Isleworth; (xiv) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the proposed business combination in the anticipated manner or on the anticipated timeline, including the approval of the proposed business combination by the stockholders of Isleworth and Cytovia, the satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following redemptions by Isleworth's public stockholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (xv) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the proposed business combination on Cytovia's business relationships, performance, and business generally; (xvi) risks that the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations of Cytovia and Isleworth and potential difficulties in Cytovia employee retention as a result of the proposed business combination; (xvii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Isleworth or Cytovia related to the agreement and plan of merger or the proposed business combination; (xviii) the ability to maintain the listing of Isleworth's securities on the NASDAQ or the combined company's securities on the NASDAQ or another securities exchange; (xix) the price of Isleworth's securities, including volatility resulting from changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Cytovia plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Cytovia's business and changes in the combined capital structure; (xx) any changes to accounting methods of Isleworth; (xxi) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed business combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities; and (xxii) those factors discussed in Isleworth's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents Isleworth has filed, or will file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements.
There may be additional risks that neither Isleworth nor Cytovia presently knows, or that Isleworth or Cytovia currently believes are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Isleworth's and Cytovia's expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Isleworth and Cytovia anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause Isleworth's and Cytovia's assessments to change. However, while Isleworth and Cytovia may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Isleworth and Cytovia specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Isleworth's and Cytovia's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
Additional Information About the Proposed Business Combination and Where To Find It
The proposed business combination will be submitted to shareholders of Isleworth and Cytovia for their consideration. Isleworth intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") with the SEC which will include preliminary and definitive proxy statements to be distributed to Isleworth's shareholders in connection with Isleworth's solicitation of proxies for the vote by Isleworth's shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination and other matters as described in the Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Cytovia's shareholders in connection with the completion of the proposed business combination. After the Registration Statement has been filed and declared effective, Isleworth will mail a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its shareholders as of the record date established for voting on the proposed business combination. Isleworth's shareholders and other interested persons are urged to read, once available, the preliminary proxy statement/information statement/prospectus and any amendments thereto, the definitive proxy statement/information statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with Isleworth's solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of shareholders to be held to approve, among other things, the proposed business combination, because these documents will contain important information about Isleworth, Cytovia and the proposed business combination. Shareholders may also obtain a copy of the preliminary or definitive proxy statement, once available, as well as other documents filed with the SEC regarding the proposed business combination and other documents filed with the SEC by Isleworth, without charge, at the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to 360 Central Avenue, First Central Tower, Suite #800, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701.
Participants in the Solicitation
Isleworth, Cytovia and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitations of proxies from Isleworth's shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of Isleworth's shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination will be set forth in Isleworth's proxy statement/information statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. You can find more information about Isleworth's directors and executive officers in Isleworth's 2021 Form 10-K. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests will be included in the proxy statement/information statement/prospectus when they become available. Shareholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the proxy statement/information statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
Non-Solicitation
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PPL Electric Utilities wins industry award for innovative distribution system tool
Published: Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:13 PM EDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
EPRI honors Pennsylvania utility for helping to improve safety, reliability and efficiency
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Electric Utilities is proud to announce it has won a 2021 Technology Transfer Award from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The award recognizes PPL Electric's application of an adaptive Distribution Protection Assessment Tool (DPAT) that automates processes, increasing the overall safety, reliability and efficiency of the electric grid.
"This tool will play an important role as we continue to develop a safer, smarter, self-healing grid of the future," said PPL Electric Utilities President Steph Raymond. "Through innovation, we've already built one of the most advanced grids in the nation. Awards like these recognize our continued focus on providing safe, reliable and affordable electricity for our customers."
Through a supported partnership, PPL Electric used EPRI's Distribution Protection Assessment Tool to create an automated system that develops and routinely checks settings on its distribution network. This enables the overall system to work more efficiently and help avoid unnecessary disruptions in service that could be caused by incorrect settings.
In addition, the tool can identify gaps in settings, as well as in system design and configuration, to clear potential faults from the system. This helps prevent potential safety risks to employees, customers and the public.
To date, DPAT has identified six errors that were immediately sent to PPL Electric engineers so they could correct the problems and ensure the overall system was working as intended.
Presented annually, EPRI's Technology Transfer Awards recognize industry leaders and innovators who help transform research into results that can improve efficiency, enhance equipment, and improve security for the benefit of utility customers.
"Innovation to continuously improve service and safety is a big part of what we do," Raymond said. "We're always working — day in and day out — to make enhancements for the benefit of our customers."
PPL Electric Utilities delivers safe, reliable and affordable electricity to more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in eastern and central Pennsylvania. It regularly ranks among the country's best utility companies for reliability and customer satisfaction. PPL Electric Utilities is a major employer and an active supporter of the communities it serves. It is a part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies. Visit pplelectric.com or connect on social media via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for energy efficiency tips, bill help information, guidance on shopping for an electricity supplier, storm updates and more.
EPRI conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. An independent, nonprofit organization, EPRI brings together its scientists and engineers as well as experts from academia and industry to help address challenges in electricity, including reliability, efficiency, affordability, health, safety and the environment. For more information visit epri.com.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that lawmakers will return to the Capitol in late May for a special legislative session to address the state's rising property insurance rates.
The Republican set the session for May 23 to May 27 and has tasked the GOP-controlled statehouse with considering legislation on property insurance, reinsurance and building code changes.
In his proclamation, DeSantis wrote that it is necessary to stabilize the insurance market ahead of hurricane season. He also cited various problems with the state's market, including high rates of litigation that drive up premiums and insurance companies recently becoming insolvent.
There have been growing calls for the governor to convoke a special session on property insurance to deal with spiking rates and other issues in the market. Lawmakers failed to pass property insurance bills during the regular legislative session, which ended in March.
The Legislature had a contentious special session last week on congressional redistricting, passing a map drawn by DeSantis' administration that has already sparked a legal challenge.
Lawmakers also passed a bill last week to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World controls on its property in the state. DeSantis signed the bill into law on Friday.
The move punishes the entertainment giant for opposing a law that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as lessons that are not “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate. The law, which critics call “Don't Say Gay," was signed in late March by the governor. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/DeSantis-sets-dates-for-session-on-property-17128621.php | 2022-04-26T22:45:31Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/DeSantis-sets-dates-for-session-on-property-17128621.php | true |
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TORONTO and NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Real Brokerage Inc. ("Real" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: REAX) (TSXV: REAX), an international, technology-powered real estate brokerage, today announced that is has obtained a receipt for a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus (the "Shelf Prospectus") from the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. A corresponding registration statement on Form F-10 (the "Registration Statement") has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Canada/U.S. Multijurisdictional Disclosure System ("MJDS").
The Shelf Prospectus and Registration Statement (when effective) will qualify the distribution from treasury and secondary distribution of up to US$200 million of common shares, warrants, units, debt securities and subscription receipts (collectively, "Securities") or any combination thereof, during the 25-month period that the Shelf Prospectus remains effective (subject to MJDS eligibility). The specific terms of any future offering of Securities will be set forth in a prospectus supplement to the Shelf Prospectus, which will be filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the SEC in connection with any such offering.
The Securities may be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of sale and, subject to applicable regulations, may include "at-the-market" transactions, public offerings or strategic investments.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these Securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC, but is not yet effective. Securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective. A copy of the Shelf Prospectus can be found on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and a copy of the Registration Statement (once effective) can be found on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Real (www.joinreal.com) is a technology-powered real estate brokerage operating in 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Ontario and Alberta, Canada. Real is building the future, together with more than 4,500 agents and their clients. Real creates financial opportunities for agents through better commission splits, best-in-class technology, revenue sharing and equity incentives.
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "likely" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should", "could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. These statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof. Forward-looking information in this press release includes, without limiting the foregoing, information relating to the amount and terms of any offering of Securities under the Shelf Prospectus and Registration Statement, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the filing of any prospectus supplement and the business and strategic plans of Real.
Forward-looking information is based on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including but not limited to Real's business objectives, expected growth, results of operations, performance, business projects and opportunities and financial results. Real considers these assumptions to be reasonable in the circumstances. However, forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. These factors should be carefully considered and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Real cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Real assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
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ATLANTA, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollins, Inc. (NYSE:ROL), a premier global consumer and commercial services company announced that the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.10 per share payable June 10, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 10, 2022.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota oil patch worker is challenging U.S. Sen. John Hoeven in the Republican primary.
Riley Kuntz, who earlier this month filed the paperwork to run for Senate, said on his Facebook campaign page that he supports limited government, protecting life and limited taxation and spending. He said he is taking “bold action” to stand up for conservatives in North Dakota.
“I know most of you probably have no idea who I am and that’s for a couple of reasons: I enjoy my privacy and I’m not even a politician,” Kuntz said in a video.
Kuntz, 39, of Dickinson, led an unsuccessful bid to overturn three bills passed the 2019 North Dakota Legislature, including laws that restricted the state auditor, funded the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and shielded communications between lawmakers and public employees.
Hoeven was endorsed as the Republican party candidate for Senate during the party convention earlier this month, narrowly defeating a challenge by state Rep. Rick Becker, of Bismarck.
Democrats have endorsed Katrina Christenson, a University of Jamestown engineering professor.
The North Dakota primary election is scheduled for June 14. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Oil-patch-worker-challenging-U-S-Sen-Hoeven-in-17128787.php | 2022-04-26T22:58:41Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Oil-patch-worker-challenging-U-S-Sen-Hoeven-in-17128787.php | true |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee’s spokesperson says the Republican will release more details on Monday surrounding why he abruptly canceled the execution of Oscar Smith, delaying his previous plan to reveal the reasons this week.
Casey Black said in an email Tuesday that the governor’s office will “be releasing more information and action steps.”
The governor’s office pointed to the pending adjournment of the GOP-controlled General Assembly as a reason to push back divulging execution details.
Last week, Lee issued a statement saying there had been an “oversight in preparation for lethal injection” as he granted a temporary reprieve to the 72-year-old Smith. A day later, he said the reprieve was needed because of a “technical oversight,” without explaining further. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/tennessee/governor-to-give-details-on-canceled-execution-next-week/ | 2022-04-26T23:00:04Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/regional/tennessee/governor-to-give-details-on-canceled-execution-next-week/ | false |
Colombia reports 52 activists killed already this year
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A total of 52 Colombian human rights activists and community leaders have been killed in the first three months of this year, authorities say.
It is a significant increase from 2021, which saw 145 murders all year.
Most of the victims are targeted because they clash with the interests of illegal armed groups, including drug trafficking gangs, according to Colombia's human rights ombudsman.
The country is one of the world's most dangerous for activists, monitors say.
The victims include 28 land rights and community rights activists, nine indigenous activists and four farming activists, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reports. Of the victims, 48 were men and four were women.
One of the most shocking cases was that of Breiner David Cucuñame, a 14-year-old indigenous activist who was shot dead in January while on patrol with an unarmed group that seeks to protect indigenous lands.
Colombia is officially at peace after signing a deal with the largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), in 2016. But other armed gangs continue to operate in the country, the world's largest cocaine producer.
Violence started increasing towards the end of last year due to disputes over territory and resources involving dissident Farc rebels and members of another Marxist guerrilla group - the National Liberation Army (ELN) - as well as right-wing paramilitary groups and criminal gangs such as the Gulf Clan.
"The homicides against social leaders and human rights defenders seriously affect the foundations of democracy," said Carlos Camargo, the human rights ombudsman. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61238539?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | 2022-04-26T23:12:12Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61238539?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | true |
New Residential Investment (NRZ) Reports Next Week: What to Know Ahead of the Release
Wall Street expects flat earnings compared to the year-ago quarter on higher revenues when New Residential Investment (NRZ) reports results for the quarter ended March 2022. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.
The earnings report, which is expected to be released on May 3, 2022, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it's worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus Estimate
This real estate investment trust is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.34 per share in its upcoming report, which represents no change from the year-ago quarter.
Revenues are expected to be $228.55 million, up 69.5% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions Trend
The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 15.7% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings Whisper
Estimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. This insight is at the core of our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction).
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for New Residential Investment?
For New Residential Investment, the Most Accurate Estimate is the same as the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that there are no recent analyst views which differ from what have been considered to derive the consensus estimate. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of 0%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #4.
So, this combination makes it difficult to conclusively predict that New Residential Investment will beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?
While calculating estimates for a company's future earnings, analysts often consider to what extent it has been able to match past consensus estimates. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that New Residential Investment would post earnings of $0.38 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.40, delivering a surprise of +5.26%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates two times.
Bottom Line
An earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
New Residential Investment doesn't appear a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
Stay on top of upcoming earnings announcements with the Zacks Earnings Calendar.
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency has sparked one of the most exciting discussion topics of a generation. Some call it the “Internet of Money” and predict it could change the way money works forever. If true, it could do to banks what Netflix did to Blockbuster and Amazon did to Sears. Experts agree we’re still in the early stages of this technology, and as it grows, it will create several investing opportunities.
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A rock-climbing wall, trapeze bar, bean bags and other fun activities are helping kids focus at Northwestern Elementary School.
These activities, and plenty of others, are located in the school’s sensory room, a space for students who need to burn off steam, as well as those who need a little more stimulation to keep going.
A student who is overstimulated might hang out in the calming tent, go through some yoga poses or color as a way to calm down and gather themselves.
They might also sit in the calming canoe, a plush-like seat that wraps the student up, providing a cozy-like feel.
“It’s the perfect pressure they need to release that overstimulation,” said Charity Rossiter, special education teacher at Northwestern Elementary.
For students who need a little more stimulation, Rossiter might have them work on their motor movements by maneuvering up the climbing wall, wheeling around on a scooter board or putting them through an obstacle course.
The sensory room is for all students. No referral is needed, because as Principal Tiffany Myers puts it, “Sometimes you just need a break.”
“It’s a safe place for them (teachers) to bring students to unwind,” Rossiter added.
A $5,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, the energy company’s charitable arm, helped give the sensory room a boost this year.
The grant afforded the climbing wall, new carpet and a paint job. Rossiter said new paint helped tone down the room and make it not so bright. Sensory rooms are meant to be welcoming and relaxing.
“Anything we can support that helps students learn or have a better learning environment we’re all for,” said Kevin Johnston, government and community relations manager for Duke Energy.
The Duke Energy Foundation supports nonprofit organizations and schools through grant giving. Johnston said the sensory room easily fit the foundation’s goals.
“It’s a place for them to refresh … so they can focus more on the learning,” Johnston said.
There are four different types of activities in the sensory room, depending on a student’s needs: attention/focus, proprioceptive, tactile and calming.
Attention and focus activities include obstacle courses, puzzles and some board games.
Proprioception is the body’s ability to sense its own location and movements, such as being able to walk without looking at your feet. Activities include jumping on a trampoline and trapeze bars. Proprioceptive activities stimulate the brain and muscles (think: getting the juices flowing), help burn off energy and enhance body awareness.
Tactile activities, such as kinetic sand and fidgets, work fine motor skills and help with hand and finger awareness.
Calming activities are just that, intended to help a student relax. These include the calming canoe, bean bag chairs and yoga poses.
An added benefit of the sensory room is that students learn these concepts and why they are important.
Every student who uses the sensory room completes a breathing exercise before going back to class. They also pick a quote posted on the door to tell themselves before leaving, such as “I will be thankful,” or “I will believe in myself.”
Many of the activities might seem like play or games, however they are research based and work both sides of the brain.
Take, for example, a color tile game. Rossiter will lay out different colored tiles on the floor and have a student jump to the color she calls out.
“To them, I’m just playing a game,” Rossiter said, but in reality, a student is learning to pay attention and follow directions.
“It translates to success in the classroom,” Myers added.
The same sensory concepts are found throughout the elementary school.
Students do a wall sit and twist, touching different dots on the wall, trace their finger through a maze and walk in a figure-eight pattern.
Rossiter said teachers will take their students through the activities on the way back from a restroom break. Students can also do them in between classes.
Geana Moore, director of special services, said the sensory room has been a “game changer for some kids.” School staff have observed better stamina and focus in students who use the sensory room, leading to improved academic success.
“We’re seeing reduced behavior from kids who use the room on a regular basis,” Rossiter said. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/northwestern-sensory-room-gets-boost-from-duke-energy-grant/article_a4bea9f2-c59c-11ec-8cb1-fb9c6d6b53d1.html | 2022-04-26T23:25:02Z | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/northwestern-sensory-room-gets-boost-from-duke-energy-grant/article_a4bea9f2-c59c-11ec-8cb1-fb9c6d6b53d1.html | true |
Indiana will never be known for its beaches and mountains. Though in all fairness, we do have at least one great beach at Indiana Dunes National Park in our north, and some excellent sled-riding hills all over our south. The state actually has a long list of beautiful outdoor amenities in every direction of it. It’s just not what non-Hoosiers think of first when it comes to us or our home.
Imagine being the person in charge of recruiting a business to locate in the state. The short list of what Indiana wants from them includes modern, high-paying jobs for people who need them, the local investment a new headquarters or manufacturing facility requires, and of course, the tax revenue the business will create. So, what do virtually all new business recruits want from Indiana in return?
The incentives historically have started with some sort of tax abatement or specific financial incentive offered by the state or local government, or both. It is so common in specific deal-making here, that creating as many of those incentives across the board is what the primary policy-making goal has become. Our top pitch, our most attractive feature our state’s salespeople will point to is its foundation of cheapness — many of the financial incentives are available to anyone interested. It makes sense, the math is easier to explain when it’s simple.
The Indiana Destination Development Corporation touts the state as being ranked the “fifth best state in the nation for business, and first in the Midwest.” This ranking comes from a 2019 article in Chief Executive. The article features this reasoning for the high ranking from Dan Starr, CEO of Do It Best, a $3.7-billion home-center-retail supplier in Fort Wayne that is the largest privately held outfit in the state: “It has a very low tax burden and a regulatory environment that is somewhat favorable to business…and when you look at the state budget, there is no looming unfunded public-pension liability or something like that.”
Makes sense. At least it makes sense for a home-center-retail supplier. The math is simple. But apparently keeping or making Indiana attractive is no longer that simple in the view of Dave Ricks, chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-based drug maker Eli Lilly and Co.
Ricks spoke to the Economic Club of Indiana on Wednesday and gave the state some advice that on the one hand was newsworthy, and on the other hand has become brutally familiar. Yes, the simple math is still simple and still true, but the state is far behind the curve in other critical ways.
“Our education attainment in the state is not good. The ability to reskill the workforce, I think, could improve. Health, life and inclusion … conditions rank poorly nationally in our state. And also workforce preparedness … is a liability for us,” Ricks said.
He’s talking about investing in people. It is something our policy makers have trouble prioritizing. The math is more complicated. The investment strategy is longer term. And while it’s easy to argue the virtues of investing in public health and public education, it is hard to overcome the parochial nature of who will receive those investments and when. Unless, of course, the strategy includes everyone.
Sadly, politics can make that unnecessarily difficult.
Conserving and protecting the natural beauty of the state would also be a wise investment in keeping it competitive. But again, this is a long-term play. It reminds me of a question a neighbor once asked me: “When is the best time to plant a tree? Thirty years ago.”
But Ricks touched on this issue too.
“If we cannot offer energy that has a sustainability mix to it, we won’t land the next big employer here in the state,” Ricks said. This is counter-intuitive around here, but not so much everywhere else. Again, it is a long-term play, but then so is locating a large business operation in a new place.
The work Indiana has done in creating a pro-business environment has not been void of value, but it really is limited by its potential. Cutting taxes has a floor, and regulatory burdens are already so low here, it’s hard to make that pot any sweeter. However, the potential of a healthy, well-educated population, and a cleaner, safer environment all have a collectively high ceiling. The value of investments in those things can grow.
Ricks has said all of these things before Wednesday, and he will say them again. They are only provocative because too few decision makers have been listening. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/opinion/michael-leppert-investing-in-people-should-be-the-easiest-choice-of-all/article_b4ee4c14-c593-11ec-81e4-9f067b8746a7.html | 2022-04-26T23:25:08Z | https://www.kokomotribune.com/opinion/michael-leppert-investing-in-people-should-be-the-easiest-choice-of-all/article_b4ee4c14-c593-11ec-81e4-9f067b8746a7.html | false |
Rattler Midstream (RTLR) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
Wall Street expects a year-over-year increase in earnings on lower revenues when Rattler Midstream (RTLR) reports results for the quarter ended March 2022. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.
The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on May 3. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.
While management's discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it's worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise.
Zacks Consensus Estimate
This oil and natural gas services provider is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.26 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +62.5%.
Revenues are expected to be $98.38 million, down 0.4% from the year-ago quarter.
Estimate Revisions Trend
The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 1.85% higher over the last 30 days to the current level. This is essentially a reflection of how the covering analysts have collectively reassessed their initial estimates over this period.
Investors should keep in mind that an aggregate change may not always reflect the direction of estimate revisions by each of the covering analysts.
Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Earnings Whisper
Estimate revisions ahead of a company's earnings release offer clues to the business conditions for the period whose results are coming out. Our proprietary surprise prediction model -- the Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) -- has this insight at its core.
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a more recent version of the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
Thus, a positive or negative Earnings ESP reading theoretically indicates the likely deviation of the actual earnings from the consensus estimate. However, the model's predictive power is significant for positive ESP readings only.
A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold). Our research shows that stocks with this combination produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and a solid Zacks Rank actually increases the predictive power of Earnings ESP.
Please note that a negative Earnings ESP reading is not indicative of an earnings miss. Our research shows that it is difficult to predict an earnings beat with any degree of confidence for stocks with negative Earnings ESP readings and/or Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) or 5 (Strong Sell).
How Have the Numbers Shaped Up for Rattler Midstream?
For Rattler Midstream, the Most Accurate Estimate is higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of +1.96%.
On the other hand, the stock currently carries a Zacks Rank of #2.
So, this combination indicates that Rattler Midstream will most likely beat the consensus EPS estimate.
Does Earnings Surprise History Hold Any Clue?
Analysts often consider to what extent a company has been able to match consensus estimates in the past while calculating their estimates for its future earnings. So, it's worth taking a look at the surprise history for gauging its influence on the upcoming number.
For the last reported quarter, it was expected that Rattler Midstream would post earnings of $0.23 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.24, delivering a surprise of +4.35%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates just once.
Bottom Line
An earnings beat or miss may not be the sole basis for a stock moving higher or lower. Many stocks end up losing ground despite an earnings beat due to other factors that disappoint investors. Similarly, unforeseen catalysts help a number of stocks gain despite an earnings miss.
That said, betting on stocks that are expected to beat earnings expectations does increase the odds of success. This is why it's worth checking a company's Earnings ESP and Zacks Rank ahead of its quarterly release. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Rattler Midstream appears a compelling earnings-beat candidate. However, investors should pay attention to other factors too for betting on this stock or staying away from it ahead of its earnings release.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/rattler-midstream-rtlr-reports-next-week%3A-wall-street-expects-earnings-growth-0 | 2022-04-26T23:25:22Z | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/rattler-midstream-rtlr-reports-next-week%3A-wall-street-expects-earnings-growth-0 | true |
CDC study suggests 3 in 4 children have had COVID-19 infections
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday.
The researchers examined blood samples from more than 200,000 Americans and looked for virus-fighting antibodies made from infections, not vaccines. They found that signs of past infection rose dramatically between December and February, when the more contagious omicron variant surged through the U.S.
The most striking increase was in children. The percentage of those 17 and under with antibodies rose from about 45% in December to about 75% in February.
For Americans of all ages, about 34% had signs of prior infection in December. Just two months later, 58% did.
"I did expect it to increase. I did not expect it to increase quite this much," said Dr. Kristie Clarke, co-leader of a CDC team that tracks the extent of coronavirus infections.
The older people were, the less likely they had evidence of past infections, the study found. For those 65 and older, 19% had signs of prior infection in December and 33% did in February. That may be because older adults have higher vaccination rates and they may be more likely to take other COVID-19 precautions, such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds, Clarke said.
Clarke said the tests can detect antibodies for one to two years after infection, and possibly longer.
Studies have shown previous infection can protect some people against severe disease and hospitalization, but CDC officials stressed that the previously infected should still get COVID-19 vaccines.
The study looked for any detectable level of antibodies; it did not distinguish how many people had antibody levels that might be protective. Scientists are still trying to understand what role these kinds of antibodies play in protection from future virus exposures.
Officials continue to urge Americans to get vaccines and boosters, which offer additional protection against COVID-19 for all, including those who were previously infected.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that the agency is paying close attention to COVID-19 cases in the Northeast.
"There are some areas of the country, particularly in the Northeast, where we're seeing a higher number of cases and we're starting to see some hospitalizations tick up," she said.
Walensky said health officials had not seen the numbers tick up as much as we might have expected earlier in the pandemic, "thanks to, I believe, a large amount of protection in the community" and from vaccines.
"But this is something that we need to watch carefully," she said.
CNN contributed to this report. | https://www.koat.com/article/covid-19-cdc-study-3-in-4-kids-infected/39828246 | 2022-04-26T23:29:21Z | https://www.koat.com/article/covid-19-cdc-study-3-in-4-kids-infected/39828246 | true |
- The cable has plunged around 3.70% in the last four trading sessions.
- A breakdown of the Falling Channel formation has strengthened the greenback bulls.
- Investors seek a pullback for making a short entry.
The GBP/USD pair is falling like a house of cards since Friday after slipping below the two-week-old barricade at 1.2973. The asset has eased around 3.70% in the last four trading sessions and is showing no sign of reversal yet.
The downside breaking of the Falling Channel on the daily scale has vigorously strengthened the greenback bulls. The upper boundary of the above-mentioned chart pattern is placed from June 2021 highs at 1.4249 while the lower boundary is plotted from April 2021 low at 1.3669. A breakdown of the Falling Channel results in volume expansion and wider ticks.
The 10- and 20-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at 1.2838 and 1.2945 respectively are trending lower, which adds to the downside filters.
Also, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into the bearish range of 20.00-40.00, which signals a fresh downside impulsive wave ahead.
After a juggernaut downside, a pullback looks likely. Therefore, investors should wait for a pullback to near the round level barricade of 1.2800 for building fresh shorts. Responsive selling at 1.2800 will drag the asset towards the round level supports at 1.2600 and 1.2500 respectively.
On the flip side, the cable can perform well if the asset oversteps the psychological resistance of 1.3000. This will send the pair towards Thursday’s high at 1.3090, followed by a three-week high at 1.3147.
GBP/USD daily chart
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