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"Here’s our list of what’s happening in the local area in the coming weeks.\nYou can add your event to the list by emailing [email protected]\nFriday, September 29\nMusic\nPaulo Martini Tribute to Paolo Nutini, Stonehaven Town Hall. Tickets are priced £15 std, £12 conc and are available from Ma Simpsons\nFolk Club\nStonehaven Folk Club, Stonehaven Community Centre, 8.30pm. Maria Dunn & Shannon Johnson\nSaturday, September 30\nMusic\nHells Bells, Stonehaven Town Hall.Tickets are priced £17.50 std, £15 conc and are available from Ma Simpsons\nCountry Music Club\nAll Day Festival - 1pm till late. Donna Wilde, Still Water, James Wood, Cimarron, Rob, Ryan & Mike. To book contact (01561) 377638\nCoffee Morning\nMacMillan Coffee Shopping Afternoon, Drumlithie Hall from 2pm to 4pm. Enjoy coffee, cake and lots of stalls.\nComedy\nThe Hook & Eye bar in Stonehaven will host Laugh in the Lounge - an evening of stand up comedy. 8pm, £5 per person\nSunday, October 1\nSoup & Sweet Lunch\nDrumlithie Bowling Club Soup & Sweet Lunch, 12-1.30pm\nMonday, October 2\nSocial Club\nLaurencekirk Ladies Social, 7.30pm in the Dickson Hall - “Pet Jamart”. New members also welcome.\nThursday, October 5\nDance Class\nMasonic Hall, Scottish Country Dance Class. 7.30pm\nMearns FM AGM\nMearns FM Stonehaven Community Radio Station will be holding their AGM at 8o’clock in St James’ Church Hall Stonehaven. All members of the Public are welcome to attend.\nFriday, October 6\nWhist\nDrumlithie Bowling Club Rainbow Whist\nFolk Club\nStonehaven Folk Club, Stonehaven Community Centre, 8.30pm. Singers/ Musicians Session\nQuiz\nCLAN Quiz - Friends of CLAN are holding their annual fund raising quiz at the Royal British Legion, Market Square, 7 for 7.30pm. Tickets, £5, are on sale at The Creel, Barclay Street, or will be available at the door on the night.\nSo come along for a fun night out and help raise funds for a very worthy local charity.\nSaturday, October 7\nBook Browse\nBook Browse St James’ Church Hall Arbuthnott Street, 10am to 3pm. Thousands of books at only £1. Donations – please call 01569 764473 for arrangements.\nSunday, October 8\nSoup & Sweet\nLaurencekirk Bowling Club Soup & Sweet Lunch, noon till 1.30 pm at the Clubhouse, Garvock Road . Cost £5 (£3 for children).\nTuesday, October 10\nDance Class\nMasonic Hall, Scottish Country Dance Class. 7.30pm\nSenior Citizens\nLaurencekirk Senior Citizens, meeting in the Masonic Hall, 1.30pm.\nAuthor Event\n“Author Event, Mearns Library, 7-9pm. Free Event, Refreshments provided. Come along to hear Chris Longmuir, author of gritty crime books set in Dundee, and Eileen Ramsay, author of Scottish Historical sagas and romance novels speak about their books and writing.\nFriday, October 13\nFolk Club\nStonehaven Folk Club, Stonehaven Community Centre, 8.30pm. Jefferson Hamer\nSunday, October 15\nWoodland Walk\nGuide Dogs Stonehaven Walk and Talk, Dunnottar Woods. Registriation £5. All welcome to go along.\nWednesday, October 18\nMearns Ladies Probus\nMearns Ladies Probus, 10am, Crown hotel, Laurencekirk. Topic: ‘BBC Television in the 1960’s’: Mr Ian Hunter\nThursday, October 19\nDance Class\nMasonic Hall, Scottish Country Dance Class. 7.30pm\nFriday, October 20\nFolk Club\nStonehaven Folk Club, Stonehaven Community Centre, 8.30pm. Singers/ Musicians session. (Theme: Revolting Songs)\nSaturday, October 21\nShow\nDolly and Kenny Show, doors 8pm at Stonehaven Town Hall,. Tickets priced £17.50 standard, £15 concessions available from Ma Simpsons\nThursday, October 26\nDance Class\nMasonic Hall, Scottish Country Dance Class. 7.30pm\nFriday, October 27\nMusic\nTide Lines in the Lorelei, doors 8pm at Stonehaven Town Hall. Tickets are priced £15 standard, £12 concessions and are available from Ma Simpsons\nFolk Club\nStonehaven Folk Club, Stonehaven Community Centre, 8.30pm. Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente\nSaturday, October 28\nMusic\nSpiders on Mars, 2.5 hours David Bowie tribute, doors 8pm Stonehaven Town Hall.\nTickets are priced £15 standard, £12 concessions and are available from Ma Simpsons\nMonday, October 30\nDrop-in Cafe\nFettercairn Public Property Committee Drop-in Cafe, Fettercairn Church Hall from 2-4pm. Home-baking, Sales Table, Activity Table for children and Play Area for children. Donations of raffles/ baking greatly appreciated. Funds in aid of Fettercairn Public Hall renovations."
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Fight Leaves Wayne Simmonds Shirtless
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"Reed Saxon/AP Images\nKevin Bieksa and Wayne Simmonds dropped the gloves just 95 seconds into last night’s 4-3 Ducks shootout win over the Flyers, and Bieksa immediately yanked his opponent’s jersey over his head, to the delight of the crowd and to grins from Simmonds and the officials.\nThat’s not supposed to happen. NHL players wear something called a fight strap, which binds the back of the jersey to the pants, preventing the jersey from being pulled off. (Losing a jersey is an advantage in a fight, as it gives the shirtless player’s opponent nothing to grab on to. Sabres enforcer Rob Ray was notorious for losing his gear in a fight, occasionally taking it off himself before clinching.) Any player who engaged in a fight without wearing a fight strap is subject to an automatic game misconduct.\nAdvertisement\nSimmonds wasn’t ejected, though; at the one-minute mark of the video above, you can see he did have his fight strap properly attached. It just broke, which happens on occasion."
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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier ditches Trump over Charlottesville silence
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"Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier resigned from the president’s council on manufacturing Monday in direct protest of President Donald Trump’s lack of condemnation of white nationalist actions in Charlottesville, Va. over the weekend.\nIn a statement, Frazier, who is African-American, said he believes the country’s strength comes from the diversity of its citizens and that he feels personally compelled to stand up for that diversity and against intolerance.\n“America’s leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal,” he wrote. “As CEO of Merck, and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.”\nRELATED: At least one death has been confirmed after a car plowed into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville\nTrump immediately fired back at Frazier on Twitter, saying the Merck CEO now “will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!”\nNow that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2017\nFrazier joined Merck in 1992 and rose through the ranks to become CEO of the company in 2011. He was one of nearly 30 manufacturing and labor leaders named to the President’s Manufacturing Council in January. Made up of CEOs of large American companies including Ford, Dow Chemical, General Electric, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the council is supposed to meet with the president regularly to discuss American manufacturing and job creation.\nFrazier is no stranger to controversy, according to a report from The Hill, serving as chairman of the commission that investigated the pedophilia scandal at Penn State University and ultimately found Penn State administrators failed to take action to stop Gerry Sandusky, the football coach eventually convicted of sexual abuse."
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Lightning's Braydon Coburn: Joining road trip
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"Coburn (lower body) will travel with the team on its upcoming four-game road trip and is hoping to play at some point in the second half of the trip, Bryan Burns of the Lightning's official site reports.\nThe veteran blueliner is yet to play in the month of December, having already missed four games. However, the fact that Coburn is traveling with the team and has been given a chance to play at some point within the next week will be music to the ears of fantasy owners who benefited from Coburn's surprising production -- seven points in 25 games -- earlier in the season. Keep an eye out for updates as the trip progresses."
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The LEGO Group appoints Niels B. Christiansen as CEO
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"Christiansen was most recently CEO of global industrial technology company, Danfoss, a position he held for nine years until end of June 2017. Christiansen replaces Bali Padda, 61, a long-standing LEGO Group executive, who will assume a special advisory role with LEGO Brand Group.\nJørgen Vig Knudstorp, Executive Chairman of LEGO Brand Group said, Niels is a great leader who delivered outstanding results while CEO of Danfoss. There, he transformed a traditional industrial company into a technology leader. His experience in digitalisation and globalisation, implementing a transformative strategy, and creating an agile, high performing, international team will benefit the LEGO Group. The Board is confident that under Niels, the LEGO Group will continue to flourish and bring play experiences to more children around the world. Knudstorp said the transition to a new CEO occurred more rapidly than the Board had anticipated.\nBali has been part of the LEGO Group family for the past 15 years. He played an integral role in the turnaround of the LEGO Group and during his time as CEO created a solid foundation from which to continue to transform the company. He is a great friend and a wonderful ambassador for the LEGO® brand, said Knudstorp.\nNiels B. Christiansen has spent more than 25 years in business leadership. He began his career at management consultancy, McKinsey and power tools manufacturer, Hilti, and became CEO of GN Netcom aged 33. He joined Danfoss in 2004 and became CEO in 2008. During his tenure, the company doubled in size to 39 billion DKK, increased its global footprint and transformed its portfolio in response to changing customer demands. Danfoss is a family-owned, Danish-based global technology company which specializes in infrastructure, food supply, energy efficiency and climate-friendly technology solutions.\nChristiansen said: I am honoured to have the opportunity to join an organisation as iconic and purpose-driven as the LEGO Group. I have loved building with LEGO bricks since I was a child. As I look at the challenges facing this generation of children, the Groups mission, to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow, is more important and urgent than ever. I am looking forward to working with the Board, the family and the LEGO Group team as we embark on the next phase of global growth.\nAbout Niels B. Christiansen\nNiels has broad experience leading large, global high-tech companies. He was most recently President & CEO of Danfoss A/S, a position he left in June 2017. Niels joined Danfoss in 2004 as Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee for Danfoss A/S. He became Chief Operating Officer in 2005, Vice-CEO in 2006 and President & CEO in 2008.\nNiels began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. Following this he joined Hilti Corp as Vice President Corporate Development. In 1997, he joined GN Netcom, moving to the role of President & CEO in 2000. In 2003, he was appointed Group Executive Vice President at GN Store Nord.\nHe is Chairman of the Board of William Demant Holding A/S and Axcel and a Member of the Board of AP Møller-Maersk A/S and Technical University of Denmark (DTU)."
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Winnipeg police confident in Whiteout Street Party security in light of Toronto attack
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"If you are one of the thousands of Winnipeggers who have gone downtown to take part in the Whiteout Street Party, you may have noticed dump trucks parked at major access points.\nThat’s one way Winnipeg Police is trying to prevent something similar to what happened in Toronto Monday when a van struck 25 pedestrians, killing 10.\nREAD MORE: Toronto van attack: What we know and don’t know about the deadly rampage\nWith close to 16,000 people crammed into tight quarters, police want to do everything possible to ensure people have a safe, good time.\n“Part of that is ensuring that there’s no vehicles that will either deliberately or inadvertently get through,” Insp. Dave Dalal said. “The one advantage of a movable barrier versus a cement one is that, if there’s an emergency within that zone, we still have an access route for emergency personnel to get in. It’s a better option for us.”\nREAD MORE: Jets win game 5; fans erupt at Whiteout Street Party\nDalal, a Special Events Commander, said police don’t want to publicly discuss specific tactics, but noted the unpredictable nature of what happened in Toronto.\n“We’ve seen these threats worldwide. The reason that they’re so prolific is because they’re hard to prevent and easy to carry out,” Dalal explained.\n“I can tell you that it’s in our minds, we’re mindful of it, and our operational plan reflects our capability to deal with it.”\nDalal indicated their approach to the next street party will not change, stressing that their tactics attempt to deal with every type of threat.\nWATCH: Winnipeg Police Insp. Dave Dalal said the Toronto attack is in their minds as they make plans for Street Party security\n“People should be concerned that people in the world are doing that. You can’t prevent these attacks everywhere, as you’ve seen. Nobody thought it would happen in Toronto, and we don’t know what will happen locally but we’re doing our best to make sure it doesn’t happen here. We’ve been mindful of this type of threat, and that’s why you’ve seen the large vehicles parked there.”\nREAD MORE: Winnipeg couple spends first hour of newlywed life at Whiteout Party\nHe said they re-evaluate their gameplan after each party, making sure they’re prepared for an increased footprint and more people showing up.\nDetails for the next street party have not been released since the NHL has not yet publicly released the schedule for the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs."
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Residents of Bolivar proud to call their friend Mike Parson future governor of Missouri
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"Please enable Javascript to watch this video\nBOLIVAR, Mo. -- Friday will be a big day for the people who live in Bolivar, Missouri, as one of their own is sworn in as the 57th governor of Missouri.\nMike Parson started off decades ago as a gas station owner, where he served his customers by pumping their gas as the children ran in to get treats from the candy counter. The gas station is long gone, but there are plenty of people in the town of just over 10,000 residents who still remember those days.\n“I think Mike is the perfect person to be the governor of the state,” Vonna Jones said. “He has a sweet disposition. He is kind. He has common sense.”\nJones has known the future governor for more than 35 years when only a couple thousand people lived in Bolivar.\nMike, as they called him, still owns a cattle farm not too far from town.\n“I saw him in church Sunday, and I can’t tell you of a better person to hold that position thank Mike,” Gretchen Pulley said.\nShe's known Parson ever since his wife worked as a receptionist for Pully’s husband, who owned the radio station in town.\nWhen Parson became a politician and made the 114-mile trip to Jefferson City, he took his friends along with him.\n\"He asked if I would come to Jefferson City and do some paintings of some areas he liked. I am a watercolor artist,” Pulley said. “I thought, 'Oh, what an honor that would be.'\"\nService is a word used a lot to describe Parson. After the gas station, he served as sheriff of Polk County.\nParson hired current Polk County Sheriff Dany Morrison in 2000 when he started his career in law enforcement. Morrison described his first boss as a hands-on leader who knew how to motivate his deputies to do the best job and always had their backs.\n“One time I needed backup on a call and was trying to apprehend a suspect,” Morris said. “He actually showed up and helped me out on the situation. It was nice to know that not only did he send his deputies, but he came himself to help me out.”\n“This is actually his desk that he sat at was right here, and now he is sitting at the governor’s desk, so I am pretty excited for him,\" Morrison said.\nBolivar attorney Jay Kirksey lived next to Parson for years. He described Parson as, “Andy Griffith from 'The Andy Griffith Show' because he knew everybody and applied common sense while being tough.”\nKirksey believes Parson’s good-ole-boy attitude has helped him in his career in Jefferson City and will serve the people of Missouri well as governor.\n“If you are smart, and you have common sense, and you have a heart, which Mike has, you can’t ask for better,” Kirksey said.\nWhen their Mike becomes Gov. Parson on Friday, it will be an historic moment for the residents of Bolivar, who have a pride that blankets this town with hope.\nPlease enable Javascript to watch this video"
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Southern Company: Vogtle Or No Vogtle, This Utility Is A Buy
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"On June 12, Southern Company (NYSE:SO) opened 1% higher on the news that Toshiba's (OTCPK:TOSYY) Westinghouse subsidiary has struck a deal with the utility holding firm to complete the half-built Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia.\nDespite the deal, uncertainty still hangs over Vogtle, as a Georgia Public Service Commission consultant told the Wall Street Journal that it was 'not economic' for the Vogtle plant's construction to continue. Nonetheless, the Toshiba deal has allowed Southern Company to rally.\nDoes this rally make Southern Company a buy at this time? The answer, in my view, is yes, as at the moment the company seems fairly valued and offers shareholders value for money.\nCurrently, Southern Company is trading in the low-$50 range at a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.03, a forward P/E ratio of 16.48 and offers a dividend yield of 4.53%. TheStreet (NASDAQ:TST) rates Southern Company as a buy with an A- rating, stating that its current P/E ratio:\nindicates a discount compared to an average of 21.34 for the Electrical Utilities industry and a discount compared to the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) average of 25.74.\nIn addition, the 4.53% dividend yield is substantial, and while the 82.60% payout ratio seems high, the dividend seems sustainable due to the revenue and net income figures that Southern Company has reported over the 2012-2016 period.\nYear Revenue ($) Net Income ($) 2012 16.54 billion 2.42 billion 2013 17.09 billion 1.71 billion 2014 18.47 billion 2.03 billion 2015 17.49 billion 2.42 billion 2016 19.90 billion 2.49 billion\nThe stability of the dividend is further ensured by the company's total debt to total capital ratio of 64.18%, as Southern Company holds $109.70 billion in total assets against $47.46 billion in total debt. The high debt is to be expected of a utility, which typically possesses an asset-heavy infrastructure and engages in large-scale projects such as the Vogtle plant. Combine this relatively healthy position with the fact that Southern Company holds $1.98 billion in cash, and the company seems poised to continue paying consecutively rising dividends, as it has been doing since 2002.\nFurthermore, Southern Company retain the two key advantages I highlighted about it when I first wrote about it in March last year:\nUtilities are government regulated and geographically specific. Building power plants is expensive. So is switching electricity providers. These factors provide Southern Company with a natural monopoly over the markets within which it operates, and the government ensures that price gouging cannot occur. This combination of regulation and monopoly provides Southern Company with great stability. The utility provider is not going anywhere soon, making it a relatively safe long-term bet.\nThat Southern Company is an excellent long-term holding is not a fact I would dispute, and it seems to currently serve as an example of \"a wonderful company at a fair price.\" After all, Southern Company's five-year average P/E ratio is 19.3 and its five-year average dividend yield is 4.56%. These averages are not far from Southern Company's current P/E ratio of 19.03 and current dividend yield of 4.53%, making the company seem fairly valued at this time.\nSome investors may think that what the Georgia Public Service Commission's consultant told the Wall Street Journal about the economic infeasibility of the Vogtle plant means that a cheaper price will be available further down the line, and that could be true. But that does not mean that Southern Company is expensive now. It is trading 6.26% below its 52-week high, 10.87% above its 52-week low, is close to its five-year P/E average and five-year dividend yield average, and offers a sustainable 4.53% dividend. Long-term investors would therefore be well advised to give Southern Company serious consideration at this time.\nDISCLAIMER: The author is not a financial professional and accepts no responsibility for any investment decisions a reader makes. This article is presented for information purposes only. Furthermore, the figures cited are the product of the author's own research and may differ from those of other analysts. Always do your own due diligence when researching prospective investments.\nDisclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.\nI wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article."
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Taylor Swift Performs ‘Reputation’ Tracks During Six-Song Set
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"Photo: Sipa / USA Today Network\nBy Hayden Wright\nTaylor Swift has kept a relatively low profile while her sixth studio album Reputation tops the charts and her fans gobble up a holiday helping of confessional new music. Over the weekend, however, Swift made an exception by performing at the Jingle Bell Ball in London.\nRelated: Taylor Swift Pens New Poem ‘The Trick to Holding On’\nHer headlining set included a combination of hits from 1989 and Reputation including “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off” from the former. From the latter, Taylor performed “Gorgeous,” “Look What You Made Me Do” and “…Ready For It?” For good measure, Swift threw in a solo rendition of her duet with Zayn Malik: “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.”\nThe performance followed almost a month after her November 11 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Other acts at the Jingle Bell Ball included Ed Sheeran and Liam Payne.\nWatch Taylor perform “Ready For It,” “Gorgeous” and “Look What You Made Me Do” below:"
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Merger discussions, informal talks: All you need to know about AIADMK’s tussle
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"This comes after state Finance Minister D. Jayakumar on Monday hinted at the possibility of a merger between the two groups.\nChennai: Rebel All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader O Panneerselvam on Tuesday said the Sasikala faction of the party has formed a committee to conduct talks on merger of the two factions.\nNDTV reported that Chief Minister E Palanisamy would be leading a 10-member team to meet Panneerselvam and hold talks.\nThis comes after state Finance Minister D. Jayakumar on Monday hinted at the possibility of a merger between the two groups.\nJayakumar said all 123 AIADMK lawmakers and party cadres were on the same page and discussed the possibilities of retaining the 'Two Leaves' symbol, which had been frozen by the Election Commission.\nOn Monday, Panneerselvam, a former Chief Minister of the state, had expressed confidence that the Dhinakaran faction leaders would approach him for merger talks.\n\"If approached, we are ready to sit and talk and I have confidence that they (leaders) will come (for talks),\" he told reporters at the airport here.\n\"Given the opinion (voiced by OPS), modalities to strengthen the party and to run it with unity were discussed,\" Jayakumar told reporters, briefing them about the meeting which was attended by most of the ministers of E K Palanisamy government.\nAccording to party sources, MLAs from both factions were holding informal meetings over the issue. An MLA from Sasikala camp, who was on board the INS Chennai, said there are likely to be formal meetings on the matter during the later part of the day.\nOn Panneerselvam's demand for ending family rule by Sasikala of AIADMK (Amma) and Deputy General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran, her nephew, the MLA said senior leaders would have to decide on any such issue.\nHowever, Finance Minister Jayakumar said there was no such development regarding demands for removal of Sasikala and Dhinakaran from the party posts.\nSpeculation is rife about a possible pact between Palanisamy and Panneerselvam under which both VK Sasikala, the jailed AIADMK general secretary, and Dhinakaran, her nephew and deputy, would be ousted.\nUnconfirmed reports had it that under the arrangement Palanisamy would continue as Chief Minister while Panneerselvam would occupy the coveted post of AIADMK general secretary, which was held by J Jayalalithaa till her death last December. However, Panneerselvam had earlier in the day told journalists nobody had approached him with such a proposal so far.\nAsked about speculation in political circles that Sasikala, who is serving a prison term in connection with a disproportionate assets case in which Jayalalithaa was also an accused, was preparing to quit as general secretary, Jayakumar said, \"There is no such thing.\"\nThe election symbol is seen as part of Jayalalithaa's enduring legacy. The Election Commission had frozen the two-leaves symbol after both Panneerselvam and Sasikala-Dhinakaran factions staked claim to it ahead of the now countermanded April 12 byelection to RK Nagar assembly constituency.\nJayakumar also said the submission of affidavits of district-level party workers to the Election Commission in the symbol dispute was discussed at the meeting. On the possibility of meeting Panneerselvam to take forward the merger proposal, he said \"For everything there is a time.\"\nWhen a reporter pointed out that Panneerselvam had been demanding a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jayalalithaa, and if it was to be made a condition for merger, he shot back, asking \"Did he (Panneerselvam) spell out this as a condition?\"\nAnother senior Minister and a heavy weight of the party in the western region, S P Velumani said \"For sure we will be united, and retrieve the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol.\"\n\"Those who exited (Panneerselvam and his followers) are also part of our family. It is like a fight between two brothers. Together we will get back the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol,\" he said.\nThere was reportedly unease in Tamil Nadu's ruling party ever since Income Tax officials raided Health Minister Vijayabaskar's premises and seized evidence of bribing voters for the bypoll to R K Nagar assembly seat. The poll, scheduled for April 12, was countermanded by the Election Commission on April 9 amid allegations of rampant inducement and bribing of voters.\nDhinakaran was the candidate of AIADMK (Amma) faction for the seat. He was earlier in the day booked by the Delhi police after it arrested an alleged middleman who, according to police, was purportedly helping the AIADMK leader reach out to an unidentified official in the Election Commission in return for an astounding Rs 50 crore.\nNo arrest warrant has been issued against Dhinakaran. But police have in their custody Sukesh Chandrasekhar, the alleged middleman who was picked from a 5-star hotel in New Delhi yesterday, a senior police official said.\nSasikala had reinducted Dhinakaran, who was expelled from the AIADMK by Jayalalithaa, and appointed him the party's deputy general secretary just before proceeding to Bengaluru to serve the remnant of her jail term after the Supreme Court upheld her conviction and sentence in February this year."
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Vuzix Corp.'s (VUZI) CEO Paul Travers on Q4 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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"Vuzix Corp (NASDAQ:VUZI) Q4 2017 Earnings Conference Call March 19, 2018 8:30 AM ET\nExecutives\nAndrew Haag - Managing Partner, IRTH Communications\nPaul Travers - CEO\nGrant Russell - CFO\nAnalysts\nChristian Schwab - Craig-Hallum Capital Group\nBrian Kinstlinger - Maxim Group\nJim McIlree - Chardan Capital\nOperator\nGreetings and welcome to the Vuzix Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Business Update Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this call is being recorded.\nNow, I'd like to turn the call over to Andrew Haag, Managing Partner at IRTH Communications. Mr. Haag, you may begin.\nAndrew Haag\nGreetings, everyone and welcome again to the Vuzix's fourth quarter and full year 2017 financial results and business update conference call. With us today are Vuzix's CEO, Paul Travers; and CFO, Grant Russell.\nBefore I turn the call over to Paul Travers, I'd like to remind you that on this call management's prepared remarks may contain forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties, and management may make additional forward-looking statements during the question-and-answer session. Therefore, the company claims the protection of the Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements that are contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by any forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors not limited to general economic and business conditions, competitive factors, changes in the business strategy or development plans, the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, as well as changes in legal and regulatory requirements.\nIn addition, any projections as to the Company's future performance represents management's estimates as of today, March 19, 2018. Vuzix assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions may change.\nYesterday afternoon, the company issued a press release containing its financial results and the company filed its 10-Q with the SEC. So, participants in this call who may not have already done so, may wish to look at those documents as the company will provide a summary of the results discussed on today’s call. After the market closed on Friday, March 16, 2018, the company issued a press release announcing it's financial results and filed it's 10-K with the SEC. So participants in this call, who may not have already done so, may wish to look at those documents as the Company will provide a summary of the results we discussed on today's call.\nToday's call may include non-GAAP financial measures. When required, reconciliations to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP can be found in the Company's Form 10-K, annual filings at www.sec.gov, which is also available at www.vuzix.com.\nI will now turn the call over to Paul Travers, who will give an overview of the Company's fourth quarter 2017 financial results and business outlook for 2018. Paul Travers will then turn the call over to Grant Russell, Vuzix's CFO, who will provide an overview of the Company's fourth quarter and annual operating results. Paul Travers will follow Grant Russell and provide closing remarks. And we will open up the call up for Q&A after managements update.\nPaul?\nPaul Travers\nThank you, Andrew. Hello everyone, and thank you all for joining our call today to discuss the Company's fourth quarter financial results and business outlook for 2018. I have a lot to share during the call and will start with our activities around our Waveguide Optics and the Vuzix Blade. This is a technology that we feel ultimately will drive much of the future of what we do with Vuzix. After Grant discusses the fourth quarter and year-end results, I will then provide an update on our efforts in the enterprise space and outlook for 2018. CES 2018 marked the beginnings of one of the more significant events in our Company's history for a number of reasons; so I'd like to start the overview here.\nVuzix Blade; we asked folks the blade does as a matter of fact truly support Amazon Alexa was showcased to over 4,000 industry professionals at CES 2018 and the related Pepcom President there. And, then in late February it was shown publicly again at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain with the Pepcom and Showstoppers President in recently at South By Southwest. In mostly all cases that was received by almost everyone with general amazement, as folks felt they were truly \"viewing the future.\" The Vuzix Blade is differentiated from anything in the market and that delivers a highly useful Smart Glasses experience and a form factor that people would actually want to wear; by most measures Vuzix's Witness Blade offering has done what no other company has been able to achieve thus far.\nThese events drew much attention to Vuzix, that by way of example grew Vuzix's product article page views at January 2019 to 4.1 million views versus 400,000 in January 2017, that's a 900% increase in industry media exposure, all of our external communications firms in Europe and the U.S. did an excellent job at helping to get the message out and coordinated great meetings with the press. The Vuzix's Blade effectively went viral in the press due to the exposure and clearly how well it was received. The headlines were very favorable with just a few examples like from The Verge, they spent almost an hour at the booth the Pepcom by the way, they were just all over the Blade. Anyway \"Vuzix played AR Glasses are the next-generation Google Glass we've all been waiting for.\" And from the quote of Mac; \"If I were Tim Cook, I'd take a long hard look through the lenses of Vuzix's Blade. I think you can see the future through them.\" And then finally, from Gizmodo, \"Holy crap, actual working AR Glasses that aren't completely…\"\nWe also received a pile of best of AR Awards at these shows with folks like Tech Radar, The Headline from a piece they wrote said; \"Vuzix Blade glasses will undoubtedly blaze the trail towards logical, approachable AR for everyone\" with Amazon's Alexa digital assistant steering the wheel.\nThe Vuzix's Blade Edge Developer Program was also kicked off in January to great success, and we have already made some early shipments of Blade products to participants in this program. We have started our second engineering production batch and sooner after our first 1,000 piece production bill will commence, and we're expecting we'll go to developers and other key customers whose early adoption we can further leverage once the blades more formal release begins by summer and into broader distribution and availability throughout our markets.\nOur message has been consistent over the past several years which is in order for the mass market to start adopting AR Smart Glasses in a meaningful way, the technology must effectively disappear and the Vuzix's Blade demonstrates that it can be accomplished right now. And as good as we believe the Vuzix's Blade is, we're just getting started with AR Smart Glasses. Many folks on the call may be aware of the term Moore's Law and it's promise of the doubling of semiconductor chip performance every 18 months while reducing the size and power by a factor of 2. Well, Moore's Law does not apply to optics, and on top of that much of the conventional optics being used by others in the AR industry today have been around for hundreds of years; optics in the physics of light and it's transmission is extremely complex.\nUsing this overtech [ph], we believe can be near impossible to be a near impossible challenge in limiter for the design of any AR glasses that don't end up looking like a science project. Some of the world's leading companies despise this point. For example; where outcrashed [ph] a partner, Optical Architect at Microsoft Hollow Lens said, \"unlike electronics, optics do not follow Moore's Law, and is proven to be one of the hardest challenges to solve in AR/VR hardware.\" Tim Cook, CEO of Apple in an interview with The Independent in October 2017 said the following about augmented reality and optical displays; but today I can tell you the technology itself doesn't exist to do that in a quality way, the display technology required, as well as putting in a stuff around your face, there are huge challenges with that; the field of view, the quality of display itself, it's not there yet. Clearly, some folks still haven't seen the Vuzix's Blade yet.\nAround the Blade and our waveguides Vuzix's has built an extensive patent portfolio in excess of 100 patents and patents pending in areas of optics, head mounted displays in smart glasses. In addition to developing an extensive patent portfolio, the Company has practically invested north of $100 million to advance, develop and bring the Company's proprietary waveguide optics technology to market. Along the way, we have gained years of manufacturing know-how and developed proprietary processes, trade secret materials, some of our \"secret sauce and custom equipment\" to allow us to design and manufacture some of the world's highest performance waveguides available. We believe our waveguides are world's best-in-class. A common question from Vuzix's has sometimes been, how will the Company compete against the largest consumer electronic titans in the world when it comes to AR Glasses? I can confidently say to you, that in the enterprise space, we do a fine job of just that today.\nAnd in the consumer space, Vuzix's will have it's own offerings but also we expect to capitalize on the tremendous opportunity to supply and work with a select group of some of the world's largest tech giants as AR Glasses become ubiquitous and replace the smartphone over the next 5 to 10 years. In some cases, like our recent relationship with Toshiba, we are being asked to supply a finished smart glasses product; with others, our venture relationship would be more focused around Vuzix's being a key supplier of our waveguide and associated optics and display engines. The value proposition, an advantage of Vuzix's optics compared to the competition is rooted much deeper than the surface of a couple of millimeter thick waveguide that are nearly indistinguishable from regular eyeglasses.\nOur waveguide optics and display engines, and the revolutionary technology path we're on beyond today offer a number of significant advantages over other wearable display optics solutions; including high contrast, true see-through capabilities, a critical spec when the display isn't on which I'll describe a bit more in a minute, less weight, more compact size, and high brightness images for use indoors or outdoors. This gives Vuzix we a substantial advantage over other competitors because it allows us to produce optics that are fully transparent even when they are off; think about it, how many folks put their sunglasses on and take them off and are constantly cleaning them because they don't like the smudge they have to look through. Many of our competitors with the display turned off places stuff in front of you that blocks the view, that makes it look like you're looking through a haze, etcetera etcetera.\nWhen our waveguide are off they are absolutely clear, and when they are on they are absolutely beautiful. High brightness -- they produce the high brightness required for AR and for enterprise Smart Glasses applications, so on and off these babies function perfectly. Put together, our waveguides and optics engines provide what we believe are the smallest packaged solutions available today and provide the most degrees of freedom around the industrial design of a finished pair of AR smart glasses. It's important when you're doing a design that these things don't look like the digital glasses that are 3D shutter glasses that's flat across the front, they really look odd, we can tilt and angle and Chevron -- there is a lot of tech that goes into making that work. In Vuzix, again, it's wrapped around the axle of all of this technology we've built over the years.\nBut even more important than what I've laid above, Vuzix has technology, equipment and processes in place to manufacture our waveguides in volume and at price points that should enable the mass market today. There is currently not much competition with see-through and optics; some are able to make a handful of devices in an R&D lab demo but lack the ability to scale a manufacturing process consistently and economically to produce hundreds of thousands, if not millions of waveguides. This appears to be a major hurdle for most of Vuzix's competitors on the waveguide front. Our facility in Rochester, New York is already equipped with waveguide automation and replication equipment capable of producing upwards of 400,000 waveguides annually. Our existing facility can profitably accommodate the installation of 6 more production cells which should push our annual capacity to well over 3 million waveguides.\nIn terms of manufacturing readiness, we believe we can qualify and install an additional 2 million waveguides worth of capacity in less than 6 months. We're prepared and on a path to be able to deliver over a million waveguides in the AR smart glasses space by the end of 2018. Our ability to reliably and cost effectively produce waveguide optics and volume has garnered the attention of many of the industries key players. As a result, Vuzix is seeing a dynamic business opportunity growing around our waveguide optics technology with several distinct go-to-market pass. This is not only as a leading supplier of smart glasses such as the Blade, but also as the go-to-market supplier of high volume waveguide optic systems for a select number of OEM partners.\nThe amount of interest from major industry leaders in what we are doing here at Vuzix has kept us rather busy since the CES. We believe our ongoing meetings with some of the largest companies in the world is not only validating our unique ability and expertise but it's convincing us to accelerate our waveguide optics go-to-market commercial roadmap and strategy.\nUnfortunately, the bulk of these efforts have to be kept highly secret and confidential because most of these players want their product deployment planning kept secret for competitive reasons. The little I can say is that we are now in discussions with over a dozen potential OEM partners, with several of these companies engaged in technology and supplier due diligence related to our waveguide optics and display engines for their AR hardware product roadmaps. We believe Vuzix waveguide technology will help refine our commercial plans around Vuzix as a critical supplier and are optimistic that we'll have multiple new collaboration agreements related to our waveguide optics in 2018.\nThe capital raises in December and January solidified our balance sheet and provides Vuzix the financial strength to better negotiate and respond to potential large scale customer needs as we scale our waveguide optics manufacturing capacities. This is very opportune for us as it seems company after company is clamoring to devise a product roadmap and participate in the next wave of computing in the form of AR smart glasses. It's truly a horse race of consumer electronics thorough brands that are winning up at gate to create and offer AR solutions. As you can see, this is our exciting stuff for Vuzix and the combination of years of development efforts by our teams.\nI'd like to now turn the call over to Grant, and again, I will then follow-up with a review of our enterprise business and future outlook. Grant?\nGrant Russell\nThank you, Paul. Before I begin, I'd like to encourage interested listeners to review our 10-K that we filed late Friday with the SEC for more detailed explanation on some of the annual year-over-year variances as I will be highlighting just a few. And as everybody knows, we do file our financial reports in dollars but I'm going to comment on the operating results in millions this time.\nFor the three months ended December 31, 2017 Vuzix reported $1.6 million in total revenues as compared to $0.6 million for the same period in 2016, an increase of 168% year-over-year. Quarterly sales have now increased 7 consecutive quarter stating back to Q2 2016. The year ended December 31, 2017 Vuzix reported $5.5 million in total revenue as compared to $2.1 million for the prior year, an increase of 160% year-over-year. Overall, quarterly and annual revenues were up primarily as a result of much stronger M300 smart glasses sales, sales of engineering services related to the work we did for Toshiba, and finally a much stronger waveguide component revenues due to increased development activities with our existing OEM engagements.\nWe reduced our gross loss from sales in 2017 to $0.7 million versus a gross loss of $1.2 million in 2016. The improvement was primarily a result of higher revenues to absorb the overheads and improve the direct product margins which actually improved 5%, and that's even with the fact that we're selling our eye-wear at zero margin currently due to prior rate downs.\nOverall, research and development expenses for the 2017 year decreased to $6.7 million as compared to $6.9 million for the 2016 period. This decrease was mainly due to the reclass of internal salary costs from R&D operating costs to engineering services cost of sales related to the Toshiba engineering project, and decreased M300 development cost as compared to 2016. It should be noted that such reduction in R&D expense is not contemplated for the 2018 period and we currently expect R&D expenses for the year to increase but we won't be reclassing internal wages to cost to sales.\nOur operating expenses related to sales and marketing increased 5% due to the commercial launch of the M300 and additional staff. G&A expenses for 2017 were $6.1 million as compared to $5.1 million in 2016, with the increase primarily being due to the hiring of new staff during 2017 offset by a reduction of $0.4 million in the R&D and shareholders communications costs. For the full year, the net loss for 2017 after the provision for accrued preferred stock dividends was $21.3 million or $1.02 per share as compared to $20.9 million or a loss of $1.23 per share for the full year of 2016.\nNow for some balance sheet highlights; our pro forma cash position as of December 31, 2017 was $43 million and that's inclusive of our common stock offering that closed on January 29, 2018. The company now has clearly enough capital to operate and execute on it's business plan for at least the next 12 months. Cash used in operations including changes in the working capitals operating analysis totaled $16.5 million in 2017 as compared to $14.4 million in 2016. Cash for investing activities was $2.7 million versus $2.2 million. The increase was for IP and related license purchases along with $0.4 million in capitalized software development costs related to the new Vuzix's basic Smart Glass application suite.\nTo close up my comments with the growing demand for the shipments of the M300, as well as the introduction of our Toshiba and Blade Smart Glasses to the market, we expect to see cash flows improve as our revenues expand in 2018.\nWith that, I'd like to turn it over to Paul Travers. Paul?\nPaul Travers\nThank you very much, Grant. Our enterprise business continues to grow at Vuzix, M300 sales continue to increase in Q4 and we expect the level of business activities around the M300 spend to expand throughout 2018 and beyond delivering enterprise-class smart glasses to businesses increasing their efficiencies, knowledge, capture and service levels. Between Q4 in this call, the underlying market for Vuzix smart glasses has picked up steam and it is represented by an increase with some of our key sales metrics and activities which is a strong indicator for future sales growth. We made further investments in our enterprise business in Q4 including adding top level sales talent and adding to our CRM and marketing tools and enhancing our ERP and supply chain software system, as well as investing in pre-sales and technical support.\nWe invested in and launched the Vuzix's basics application platform to help accelerate the customer pilot phase and to reach the previous [indiscernible] small business market who couldn't afford a custom solution just yet. We increased our active pilot programs by approximately 150 pilots since the last conference call, an increase of about 40%. We have increased our VIP partner network by 35% and furthered our global reseller network. We have also qualified more sales leads in the last 4 months than we did in all of 2017. Our Top Tier VIPs have been ordering with a significantly higher frequency and in larger quantities.\nOrders directly between Vuzix and large enterprise organizations are also increasing including a large order that we delivered to a Top 5 life sciences company for a global deployment. We are in final stages with a large aviation services company for what we expect will be Vuzix's largest deployment of M300's to-date. And our inbound RFPs have also accelerated in 2018 with line of sight to multiple first half deployments that we expect to start deploying in the second quarter; these activities we believe should lead to significant enterprise ales growth in 2018, especially in the second half of the year as the M300 platform continues to be the smart glasses hardware of choice for the enterprise market.\nWe're also seeing a fair number of companies that may have initially chosen glass or ODG hardware coming back to Vuzix as their company readies itself for larger global deployment of smart glasses. For example, smart glasses hardware has to work for 100% of the workers, we have a large aviation partner leading glasses for the Vuzix's M300 for their large scale deployment because our hardware works for left and right eye users. Diverse wearable platform that the M300 delivers also was pivotal for a large pharma company realizing that Vuzix M300 could support being the one smart glasses device they needed to deploy to 16 different used cases; we were not talking about just one here folks, these guys are using in a lot of different areas and again, with all of the accessories and the way our system is designed, it's so flexible that it seems to fit just about every used case out there.\nAnother company is coming back to Vuzix with a planned 700 unit roll out at half the price of their ODG pilot hardware shrinking their expected ROI payback period in half. These are just a few of the reason opportunities that exemplify that Vuzix is the first choice in terms of hardware platform and enablement of true large-scale deployments.\nOn top of this growing success, we're very encouraged with the launch of Vuzix's basics application platform. The first of these applications Vuzix's basics video was launched in Q4 and is the first application in the platform. Vuzix Basics video out-of-the-box allow it's companies to click, connect and collaborate using our M300. We worked with several large enterprise clients including to GE Aviation, ATV, Lifecycle Engineering and Vibco [ph] to trial the application in their real-life operations. With their feedback and success in Q1 2018 Vuzix made this offering downloadable from our Vuzix App Store as an add-on SaaS solution offering that has annual subscription fees. Vuzix Basics video sales continue to gain steam, as evidenced by our increases in pilot programs since Q4.\nVuzix Basics video is enabling pilot and POCs in large enterprises and opens the door to small businesses that are buying this application directly from Vuzix. This is important that small businesses make up a large part of the industrial and field service space from a headcount perspective, and these organizations see immediate value in the Vuzix M300 with Vuzix Basics video solution. This sector we believe is an untapped market for smart glasses, primarily because of the significant efforts to get a quick win with smart glasses, and Vuzix Basics video solves the problem. This is also opens the door for our VIPs as the ability to deliver a smart glasses PLC in hours, days at the very most and the large enterprise gets that quick win on the books much sooner leading the desire to expand to more structured enterprise appointments that the VIPs will drive.\nVuzix plans to add more of Vuzix Basics applications over the course of 2018 to expand these business offerings and based on the initial success of VDV begin to more aggressively market to small businesses, similar to the strong interest we received from the largest consumer companies in the world related to our waveguide optics technology, Vuzix has also witnessed an influx of inbound requests for collaboration from some of the largest organizations in the world that want to deploy the Vuzix's Blade and it's waveguide optics technologies in their organization to drive their industry 4.0 initiatives and comprehensive digital transformations.\nCompanies are putting a focus on how to leverage augmented reality in their products and services in the overwhelming media attention from both CES and Mobile Congress regarding the Blade has opened a whole new series of opportunities for Vuzix and enterprise. Having a comprehensive wearable computing and AR solutions platform will allow a company to enable important parts of their entire value chain, all ideally supported with Vuzix's AR smart glasses devices across the board. Since the launch of our developer program and CES, we have witnessed a jump in requests for NDAs, non-disclosure agreements, as well as master service agreements, MSAs in enterprise. What we are hearing from these organizations is that a lightweight consumer-friendly stylist pair of AR smart glasses like the Vuzix Blade can be embedded into critical, differentiating and proprietary used cases for the businesses.\nThese large organizations see the Vuzix Blade as an ideal part of their solution and this spans a range of used cases that is amazingly diverse. I wish I could say even more but even described in the used cases is violating any agreements we have in place. Again, there is so much more I'd love to be able to share but what I can say is, we're being told by a large number of customers and prospects that Vuzix solutions have the potential to transform their business and deliver competitive advantage and they are in a race to prove our solutions and afford them across their businesses.\nFinally, last week Vuzix announced that we are now producing our M300 type C smart glasses for Toshiba in volume. We coincided with the receipt of the first initial purchase order from Toshiba for just under $1.1 million. This cobranded pair of smart glasses is the first Windows-based smart glasses solution in the market, and we believe this product will be received well by our customers and theirs. The initial purchase order from Toshiba is the first of several orders we expect from Toshiba to satisfy the $5 million purchase order minimum for this products specific exclusivity. Our partner at Toshiba are very excited to start selling the device in volume and we are looking forward to meeting their needs in our beginning discussions on further new collaboration between companies on different products at the same time.\nIn summation; as you can gather from management's comments there is a tremendous amount of awareness of Vuzix from enterprise customers and strategic partners alike. We feel 2017's tech team established Vuzix as a leader in the enterprise space on many fronts. Vuzix set new records for revenue, added several new OEM partners, chips added significant strength to the Vuzix's team through the addition of talented new employees and broadened our intellectual patent portfolio of 100 patents and patents spending; also importantly, Vuzix now has the financial resources to execute on it's plans for the next 2 to 3 years and greatly grow it's business. 2018 should be fueled by increased M300 enterprise deployments, revenue contributions from the Toshiba M300C, Vuzix Basics video and Vuzix Blade which will enter the market in a big way along with new and growing strategic partnerships, all of which we expect will position the company for stronger growth in 2018 and beyond as Vuzix continues to pace the way in a multi-billion dollar, hundred plus billion industry and that's the leader.\nNow let me pass the meaning to Andrew to begin the Q&A session. Andrew?\nAndrew Haag\nOperator, we will now open the call for question-and-answers, and if you can remind everyone how to prompt for questions, that would be great.\nQuestion-and-Answer Session\nOperator\n[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Christian Schwab with Craig-Hallum Capital Group. Please proceed with your question.\nChristian Schwab\nCan you give us an idea of a multi-year timeframe -- what you're kind of thinking in the thousands of units that you anticipate being able to sell in the Blade versus the M300 and categorize which one of those two you think would be bigger than the other?\nPaul Travers\nGrant, you want to take the numbers part of that one to start?\nGrant Russell\nSure. At this stage, I mean -- we're not -- let's go in providing unit sales guidance but I can tell you that we do have the supply chain running to build M300 and 1,000 to 2,000 per month range and we have our planning all the way out for the next 25,000 pieces and that will take -- either take -- could take a year or could take two years. And then for the Blade, we -- our current production plan is for a minimum of 10,000 pieces in 2018 and hopefully that could be a multiple but component lead times for some of the new tactics in these things that can be fairly long. So in the short-term, clearly, we believe the M300 is going to be the leader and but the Blade should rise and the indications as Paul mentioned. Enterprise to the consumer side is looking pretty solid, so we could be pleasantly surprised and see that match or maybe even exceed the M300.\nChristian Schwab\nAnd my last question has to do with the waveguide optics and potentially selling those to others. Can you give us an idea in a multi-year timeframe with greater than already a dozen partners -- the opportunity of that product?\nPaul Travers\nWhen we first say that Vuzix to be clear is going to be in this business selling finished products. There are select partners that we're talking with right now that would be very synergistic with what Vuzix does and it would be good for Vuzix to be in their products and in those cases, these guys are -- some of them have been in development for a bit now and some of them has sounded consciously, publicly, but odds are this is going to be a 2019 kind of deployment for most of these guys, a lot of them are just getting started although I have to say some of them are really pushing fast into their development programs. And the kinds of numbers, I mean this is -- the guys that we would enable are in sectors of the consumer electronic market that could represent millions of units for Vuzix.\nSo I would suggest that you hear about development efforts more or so in 2018 from an OEM perspective, and then deployments in 2019.\nOperator\nOur next question comes from the line of Brian Kinstlinger with Maxim Group. Please proceed with your question.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nWith 1Q almost done, Grant, can you tell us how many pieces have shipped thus far in the first quarter excluding Toshiba?\nGrant Russell\nBrian as I said, we don't disclose or unit sales currently at this time. So we're tracking ahead of last year's quarter, I can tell you that.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nI would hope so, right.\nGrant Russell\nI mean, I really am not prepared to answer that.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nHow about the Toshiba relationship -- you've made an announcement on that one, can you talk about how you expect that to ramp through this year?\nGrant Russell\nWell, they like I see -- there is going to be sometime between first deliveries to a customer and rollout deployments with their Windows-based product. They are targeting some very large enterprises; so the speed of that -- I mean, we will see but I mean it should be a nice steady increase this year and we -- I can't share forecast with you but it could be a pleasant surprise, we did indicate in the contract there is the $5 million of required purchases for them to maintain their one-year exclusive. We expect that will be achieved and they've shown us indications of multiples of that but time will tell.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd do you recognize revenue from Toshiba when you shipped them product or when they ship their product to users?\nGrant Russell\nWhen we ship to them because they've brought it and taken title of the product.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nSo will there be revenue in this first quarter?\nGrant Russell\nIt's going to be tight, we picked up production and it can take 2 to 4 weeks to get the product flowing off at the end of the line; if they can do it in a shorter period than yes, otherwise that will be Q2.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd then we saw -- as you discussed, negative gross margins, it decreased obviously this year but can you talk about when you'll see a normalized margin? And then, can you talk about how much fixed cost is in gross margin versus the product margin?\nGrant Russell\nIf you refer to the Q, there's -- I mean the K, on -- there is a table we have quarterly and annual tables regarding our composition of cost of goods and you'll see there some of the fixed items are clearly, the manufacturing overhead freight are fairly variable, we have warranty and we've had been having amortization of software development costs and royalties. The amortization of software development cost that was completed at the end of September and that related to the original smart glass OS; now we're investing in software development costs related to Vuzix Basics, so that will start flowing back through cost to sales when we feel all that software is completed. But as I briefly mentioned, the eye wear is currently being sold at cost because we've written that till sums down.\nWe've got about another $120,000 worth of cost of goods for that -- the flow through the income statement but thereafter then, we should be getting to more normal -- on more normalized basis but the first $1.5 million of gross margin pretty well gets eaten up by our fixed overhead costs. Then after that we have the contribution from the product sales and that's strictly a matter of volume. We would expect -- clearly in 2018 to start going back to a positive overall gross margin.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd that's in the first quarter?\nGrant Russell\nNo, I said in 2018, it's not going to be in the first quarter.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd then in terms of the M300, can you talk about how many -- what the product margin is? You said it's gone up and then I didn't take a look at the K. And then, can you talk about how many were shipped in the first quarter? I mean, sorry in the fourth quarter, sorry about that.\nGrant Russell\nAs I said previously, we don't really see unit sales; I mean, our average sales price, we've disclosed some of the revenue numbers, you can work back from that. I mean we're still not shipping clearly thousands per quarter but the average selling price is around $1,100 so you can do some math backwards. The margins are improving; as I stated in for the year, they improved by 5%, even with the eyewear. We're expecting those numbers should grow into the mid-50's with our -- once the eyewear is out of the game, so I hope from a product standpoint we still feel we'll be achieving in the mid-50's on the actual smart glass sales.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd is that timeframe and by mid-2018 to mid-50s or is that…\nGrant Russell\nYes, we should be there by mid-2018 for sure.\nBrian Kinstlinger\nAnd then, can you talk about the priorities with the increased capital -- what are your top couple of priorities? And then with that money, how many shares now outstanding and then, options and warrants in addition?\nGrant Russell\nThe front of the 10-K has got our number of shares and I think -- what we've got here -- I think we've got $27.3 million is our current share count. There's about warrants that were issued in the last two financings, so I think they're about a little over $2 million, and then stock options about $1.5 million. Clearly, we still have the Intel-preferred shares outstanding which are convertible, and there is about $25 million worth of those and they converted $5 million to shares; so potentially there is another 5 million shares worth of dilution there. What was the balance of that question?\nBrian Kinstlinger\nThe priorities of your capital; I think you've been capital constrained for a long time now that you're not…\nGrant Russell\nYes, I mean -- I see, clearly, general working capital but we do not have any direct plans for any acquisitions or major expenditures other than we want to expand the capacity of our waveguide production, we have some new products where -- that are coming along, we want to do a little more and go faster on R&D because we feel we have some new technology we want to capitalize and get the market a little quicker, and make some strategic hires within the organization to complement all that. But I mean, at this stage we don't expect it to keep it on the balance sheet, invest in the short-term money and have it on-hand when we need it.\nPaul Travers\nI'd like to add just a little bit of color on the Toshiba effort. So Toshiba actually has been in the market with select accounts for some time now, they're in very short number of units, maybe like -- I can't tell you the exact numbers but 50 to 150 kinds of numbers where they have been sharing already and letting people use and using their software, and they've gotten a great response from those firms and so there has been some seeding already happening.\nOperator\nThank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jim McIlree with Chardan Capital. Please proceed with your question.\nJim McIlree\nCan you share with us how many eyewear units you have in inventory; i.e. how much we still have to sell before we get those?\nGrant Russell\nWe've got about 1,700 units.\nJim McIlree\nAnd you think -- if I understood the answer to a previous question correctly, you think you can get rid of them by the middle of the year; did I hear that right or…\nGrant Russell\nThat's our intention, yes.\nJim McIlree\nAnd R&D in Q4, I know there is -- you had some things going on there, $2.3 million, is that a good level going forward or is or that -- they're going to go up or down?\nGrant Russell\nIt probably is going to be at least that level going through 2018 or maybe one at couple of $100,000 markets; there still was some modest re-class of some internal labor from -- on the Toshiba project.\nJim McIlree\nAnd then I was just hoping that I could -- you guys could explain a little more detail on the M300 timeline; pilots -- are they paid pilots, kind of like what the size of these pilots are to-date either -- let's call in terms of units per pilot, just kind of a general number there. And then, what you think the rollouts might look like -- so let's say if a pilot has 10 units, the rollout is going to have -- to make up the number 10x of that. And is there enough experience yet to talk about adoption rates from pilots to production rollouts?\nPaul Travers\nThe pilots really vary; some firms are significant numbers, north of 50 pieces actually; some are 2 or 3 just to get the tests drive going. The rollouts in some cases -- we're talking with folks that are in the thousands of pieces; in other cases it's just smaller, 100 to 500 kinds of numbers. And it really depends a lot upon the form whether using it. In some cases, I mentioned on the call that there is as many as 16 different vertical areas within the firm that they're using these glasses, and these firms are massive, they have hundreds of thousands of employees, not every one of them clearly would be using the glasses but they could get deployed in a pretty significant way. There are other firms that have outlets around the world to the tunes of 4,000 or 5,000 outlets they need to have one or two systems. So really is very, very broad -- the number of units a pilot could turn into.\nFolks here in the sales team have a funnel and they work that funnel backwards and there is [indiscernible] in a bunch of different buckets as to where they could end up.\nJim McIlree\nAnd it's obviously very encouraging and bullish that you've increased the number of pilots; I'm just trying to translate that into pilots for a month turns into rollouts 6 months down the road, 9 months down the road; do we have experience yet to really have a firm estimate on timing from pilot to rollout?\nPaul Travers\nAgain, that also is pretty broad because it depends upon -- again, the smaller pilots with smaller firms have a tendency to be in the work faster, the bigger guys take longer and it can take anywhere from several months to almost [indiscernible] 15 to 20 pieces, the best of size of the business in the small firm and then it's a rollout, right on through the many months, 10 or 12 months, even sometimes a 1.5 year plus kind of numbers.\nGrant Russell\nI'd say 6 to 9 months for the big companies.\nJim McIlree\nAnd then on the Blade; it sounds to me like -- well, I'm confused as to what your initial focus is going to be; is it going to consumer or enterprise? And on the enterprise market, I'm assuming that you're targeting or your channeled market is similar to M300? But if it's consumer, what channel are you contemplating using?\nPaul Travers\nIt's focused first on enterprise, we have very clear requests in business opportunities there. It's in the mix of M300 activities that we already are doing, the developer community already knows Vuzix, we're in the process of building out an ecosystem around the Blade that ultimately the average Joe [ph] is going to love, but it's going to take more time to get there but there is a plenty of business on the consumer or on the enterprise side right now that we're seeing. Again, as I said in the call -- my comments; there are folks now that are saying I want to use this across -- Vuzix's products across our used cases, so there is places where folks are B2C oriented where they've got an outlet -- where -- kind of like in Amazon where they would have brick-and-mortar store, they need folks in that brick-and-mortar store stacking shelves in the light and smart glasses, although were efficient, you look kind of off wearing them and they really like the Blade for those used cases and due to big opportunities on that side of the house in enterprise.\nSo that's where the initial focus is but we do have activities happening on the consumer side, the south where the applications that are running, we're building out an ecosystem that is also pointed at the consumer side of the space.\nJim McIlree\nAnd just to clarify on the answer you just gave Paul; you're talking about enterprises potentially deploying the M300 and the Blade but in different used cases. So maybe for some particular users, the Blade would be appropriate but for other users in a different part of the organization maybe the M300 would be appropriate. Is that -- did I understand your answer correctly there?\nPaul Travers\nYou nailed it, that's exactly correct.\nJim McIlree\nAnd I just wanted to again to make sure the channel that you're using for the Blade to the enterprise market, it's similar to the channel for the M300; so you're not recreating denovo a new path market?\nPaul Travers\nNo, that's correct. Although I have to say there's a lot of end customers come into Vuzix surrounding the Blade; so we do use the VIPs of course and they are excited about it also but there's folks that are in large organizations that -- they're willing to put their own effort in around the Blade because it's sees -- they finally have a way to impact a part of their business with a change that could be significant that they haven't before.\nOperator\nOur next question comes from [indiscernible]. Please proceed with your question. I'm sorry, our next question comes from Christian Schwab with Craig-Hallum Capital Group. Please proceed with your question.\nChristian Schwab\nI just want to make sure I understand correctly; we don't expect any cannibalization of the M300 and enterprise work cases versus the Blade, right? So the Blade -- we're kind of thinking about -- if I'm correct, correct me if I'm wrong; in retail stocking and picking and light hands free mobile applications type of things versus the M300 workload cases which have typically been warehousing and field services; is that correct?\nPaul Travers\n100% correct. They are still -- it kind of works across the organization and in certain areas it makes great sense for an M300 and then there's other areas where the blade is a better choice.\nChristian Schwab\nI just wanted to make sure that I understood that correctly. What do you believe would be a fair price to sell the waveguide optics for?\nPaul Travers\nWe're still working through that detail. We've heard that alternatives -- waveguide is just a few of them out there quite frankly, but some of them are in the $100 an eye kinds of costs; others I think are even more than that because it's so difficult to produce them. So there's a benchmark there, a baseline out there that says they're fairly expensive, it does not cost Vuzix anywhere near that. That said, this is a value proposition, we're bringing something to the table that you can't get elsewhere. We can produce them in volume, so there is a number -- it's less than $100 a piece because it doesn't -- we just don't need to have it that high and that -- that makes it so you can't sell in mass market products. So it will be a mass market price point for the overall system, Vuzix's contribution is not going to be a trivial piece, to get waveguides, it's not -- it's not about $1 a piece, that's for darn sure; it will be in the -- probably less than $50 but we don't go beyond saying stuff like that, but at the end we're not really settled on the final price yet.\nChristian Schwab\nWhat type of gross margin are we targeting though?\nPaul Travers\nIt really is a function of volume by the way, if you -- to get that kind of price points that you need for mass market you got to be buying mass market volumes. And Grant, you want to talk to the margin side of it?\nGrant Russell\nSure. Well, clearly it will be as much as we can reasonably get but we do understand the sensitivity. The large OEMs, they're going to be pretty demanding; so I would think if we're selling them by the millions to two accounts we would -- we probably wouldn't be achieving 40% margin, so it will be probably closer to mid to high 20s in big, big volumes. That's more of a typical OEM margin, we're not going to get the 40-plus that would normally come from taking a product directly to market, a finished product.\nPaul Travers\nBy the way why we're not enabling everybody, it's only selected accounts that will have the opportunity to work with Vuzix.\nOperator\nOur next question comes from [indiscernible]. Please proceed with your question.\nUnidentified Analyst\nJust wanted to ask a question about the 10-K which again mentioned going back to 2016 of November, a loss of a strategic relationship. I know that Grant has said that Intel still has their preferred; was that just a reiteration specific to or can you say whether that was in reference to Intel -- has Intel in anyway shape or form communicated their desire to either convert or otherwise -- and can you made any mention the current ongoing relationship with -- between Vuzix and Intel? Thank you.\nPaul Travers\nThe Intel relationship is just like it was a year or two ago. They still own their preferred shares in Vuzix, we haven't slipped any of them into at this point in time. And what can I say, we buy parts from them and we use them in our products and the relationship status quo effectively.\nGrant Russell\nAgain, they are still a strategic relationship and that they are still providing parts to Vuzix; and -- so there's no certainly animosity or negative to the relationship. I assume a reiteration of that exact release from November 16.\nPaul Travers\nYes, it's in our risk factor section and we believe it's prudent to continue on with that. I mean there's other risk factors saying that their preferred shares if converted can't be sold because there's an effective registration statement and so on. It's just making sure that people are potentially aware.\nOperator\nThank you. This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the call back over to Mr. Travers for any closing remarks.\nPaul Travers\nI would like to thank for you Vuzix shareholders for their participation on today's call, and their support of the company. This concludes the Vuzix fourth quarter 2017 financial conference call. Thanks again, everybody.\n[Call ends abruptly]\nCopyright policy: All transcripts on this site are the copyright of Seeking Alpha. 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"Get soaps updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\nEva Price will finally give birth next week in incredibly chaotic scenes that will be choc-a-bloc full of drama.\nToyah, played by Georgia Taylor, will be forced to deliver the baby herself after Eva becomes trapped in the bathroom of the cottage the pair have rented out. But the drama certainly won't be over after the baby is born for Toyah as lies pile up and she is accused of cheating on Peter Barlow.\nOver the last six months, they have managed to keep Eva's pregnancy quiet from everyone on the cobbles - including their half-sister Leanne and Toyah's partner Peter.\nAfter Toyah's surrogate miscarried her baby, she managed to get Eva (Catherine Tyldesley) to agree to be her replacement surrogate in an utterly bonkers plan.\nEva discovered that she was pregnant with ex Aidan's baby and planned to abort it, but Toyah convinced her to continue the pregnancy so that she could adopt the child. Despite arousing suspicion along the way, they managed to convince the rest of the family that Eva was leaving to go to a beauty course in America.\nIn scenes airing next week on Coronation Street , Toyah is left worried when she facetimes Eva and notices she looks unwell. But she is left in even more of a panic when she struggles to find her car keys.\nLater, Simon returns with the car after letting his yob friend Tyler take it for a joyride. Toyah fails to reprimand him after he reveals that he has found a receipt for a cottage in Lymm, which is where Eva is staying.\nShe lies to Simon and tells him that it was a surprise for Peter. However her sister Leanne is suspicious when Toyah covers for Simon yet again.\nFinally, Toyah manages to get away and reaches the cottage, only to hear Eva screaming after locking herself in the bathroom and going into labour.\n\"Toyah hears screams and Eva says she has gone in to labour but unfortunately the door to the bathroom has fallen off with Eva trapped inside,\" actress Georgia reveals. \"Toyah smashes the hell out of that door because she is going to make sure that Eva and her baby are okay.\n\"Toyah finds herself delivering the baby and what I love about this so much is it reminded me of my days on Casualty because this is the kind of thing happens on those kind of shows all the time, total flashback!\"\nShe adds: \"As terrified as she is, she knows that there is nobody else here and she needs to get on with it. Ultimately she is trying to save her child’s life.\"\nFinally, the ambulance arrives and takes Eva, her newborn baby and Toyah to hospital. Eva reminds Toyah that her surrogate is supposed to be in Dubai so the pair come up with a plan. After Toyah decides to tell Peter that the surrogate is in Tamworth and that she will be visiting her, Eva is left alone with the baby.\nLeft alone with her baby, Eva is forced to pick her daughter up and is in awe.\n\"When Toyah leaves Eva for the first time with the baby in the hospital, she is on Cloud 9. At this point, she believes this plan is going to work and everything is going to be perfect,\" Georgia says. \"Genuinely, Toyah is not worried about Eva going back on the deal, she is so in love with this baby and thinks all her dreams are going to come true.\"\nLater, Peter is ecstatic when he receives a text from Toyah saying that the surrogate has gone into labour. As Eva hides in another room, Toyah video chats Peter to show him his daughter and they decide to call her Susie.\nA beaming Peter reveals the news to everyone in the bar while a jealous Simon grits his teeth.\nOn Friday, Toyah returns to Weatherfield with the baby and Peter is instantly smitten.\n\"Everyone is so thrilled for them. Ken is delighted and is one of the first people over to congratulate them and see the baby,\" Georgia reveals.\n\"There is a really powerful moment when Peter picks up what he believes to be his child for the first time; she sees the love in his eyes and at that moment she absolutely believes that she has made the right decision for the right reasons.\"\nHowever Toyah's bubble of happiness quickly bursts when she is confronted by Leanne after Simon tells her he thinks Toyah is having an affair.\nA panicked Toyah lies to Leanne and says that she rented a friend who needs to escape from an abusive relationship. She also confides in Leanne that Eva won't be returning to Weatherfield.\nThe countless lies she has spun begin to weigh on her mind and Aidan notices her awkwardness when he stops to say hi to Susie.\nGeorgia explains: \"By accident, she has become a deceitful person but she doesn’t have the traits of a naturally deceitful person.\n\"But she does have a conscience so there is always a chance that she won’t be able to contain her guilt forever.\"\n*Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV"
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Men's lacrosse drops Ivy League opener to Harvard
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Woman blames United Airlines for her dog's death after unexpected 20 hour layover
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"ROMULUS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Kathleen Considine says she and her family would have never put her 7-year-old dog, Jacob, on a plane if they thought it would be risky.\nConsidine is blaming United Airlines for her dog's death, which occurred just hours after he arrived in Portland, Oregon.\nConsidine, who is from Dearborn, Michigan, had recently relocated to Portland. It was time for her beloved Jacob to join her.\nConsidine says her family was told that Jacob's crate would fit on the two planes that he'd have to be aboard. But when Jacob arrived in Chicago to change planes, they got a phone call because the second plane could not accommodate the size of his cage.\nJacob's one-hour layover turned into a 20-hour layover as the airline waited to put the dog on another plane.\nCharlie Hobart, a spokesman for United Airlines, says their agent at Metro Airport in Romulus did make a mistake and they have apologized for that error.\nHobart says, despite the 20-hour layover, they are not responsible for Jacob's death and that the dog did not show any signs of being ill while in their care.\nBut Considine says that when her boyfriend went to the airport in Portland to pick Jacob up because she was at work, her boyfriend noticed that Jacob didn't seem well at all.\nA United worker reportedly told him the dog may have been given some medication and that he would be fine. That was around 4 p.m.\nConsidine says she was cuddling with Jacob on the bed that night after a veterinarian said to keep an eye on him. But by around 11 p.m., Jacob was in trouble.\nConsidine and her boyfriend rushed Jacob to an emergency veterinarian where he immediately needed CPR.\nEight minutes later, Jacob was dead.\nConsidine was told that it appeared Jacob died from Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus Syndrome, which is more commonly called bloat, brought on by stress.\nIn a Facebook post, Considine wrote:\n\"Nothing will bring my baby back, but I am asking everyone to please share this post so nobody else has to go through this terrible tragedy.\nUnited Airlines \"PetSafe\" program is cruel. They treat animals like baggage. They did not care if Jacob had food or water or any time out of his cage. They are incredibly rude and have shown no sympathy for my dog's death. I would have received the same responses if they were to have broken my guitar in baggage.\nThe airline is ignoring my questions and concerns so I am turning my attention to Facebook in hopes to spread the word.\"\nRead Kathleen Considine's full post below:"
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Former BBC Radio presenter in coma 'after being attacked in Benidorm bar'
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"The video will start in 8 Cancel\nGet daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe See our privacy notice Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\nA former BBC Radio presenter is in an induced coma after being attacked in a bar in Benidorm, according to reports.\nComedian Jimmy Carol, 63, is seriously ill in a hospital in Spain with a bleed on the brain and a fractured skull.\nAccording to reports, he was hit so hard he \"hit the floor already unconscious\".\nHe is believed to have woken up briefly in order to \"murmur some incomprehensible words\" shortly before he was put into an induced coma.\nMedics rushed Mr Carol into immediate surgery to release pressure and swelling on his brain.\nHe has been transferred to Alicante Hospital for further CT scans and monitoring.\nHis son Daniel is believed to be at his bedside.\n(Image: Facebook)\n(Image: Facebook)\nBBC journalist Andy Kershaw said Jimmy's son James confirmed the news on Facebook.\nJames asked for prayers towards his dad's \"full healing and recovery\".\nThe man who allegedly hit Jimmy \"ran off immediately afterwards\", according to reports. He is believed to be still at large and Spanish police are involved.\nOn Jimmy's website, he is described as \"a man with a social conscience\" as well as a \"well-established radio presenter and entertainer\".\n(Image: Facebook)\nHis biography reads: \"From his roots as an entertainer with over thirty years experience both at home and abroad, Jimmy Carol has successfully diversified into other areas of the entertainment sector.\n\"He is a well-established radio presenter and has interviewed world renowned celebrities for BBC Radio Sheffield’s shows.\n\"More recently, he has extended his skills into theatre, television and voice over work.\n\"He has also worked as a Compere and has a good track record as an entertaining after dinner Speaker.\n\"A man with a social conscience, he actively supports various charities, arranging and performing in benefit shows, often coercing his friends in the entertainment world into working beside him on a voluntary basis.\n\"In summary, Jimmy is an experienced, talented, all-round professional performer.\""
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Water Corporation tweets picture of Sesame Street’s Ernie watering ‘pot’ plant
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"After bagging the Euro 8.78 billion deal for 36 fighters to strengthen the fleet, French aircraft manufacturer Aviation is now eying the naval contract of 57 aircraft that is up for grabs.\nThe navy issued a 'Request for Information' last month seeking response from various manufacturers to equip its aircraft carriers with fighter jets, shelving the original plan to go in for the naval version of the indigenous Tejas.\nEric Trappier, CEO of Aviation, said the French aviation company will pitch for the naval contract.\"We are the only company to have strictly the same aircraft for our air force and for our navy. Our for the navy and the air force are same,\" he toldEarly last year, a team from France had given a detailed presentation to senior navy officers on various aspects of the naval version and the benefits it would offer with two arms of defence forces using fighter jets.\"In case we have the new contract for the navy, we will benefit from the local implementation of the production (for the air force),\" Trappier said.The air force is also looking to procure fighter jets to replenish its ageing fleet. has already begun manufacturing an initial lot of the 36 jets for theLike other defence companies vying for the multi-billion dollar contract, too has offered to set up a manufacturing line in India.\"We started to think seriously about producing in India a long time ago. We will start production of parts of Rafale, which is a part of the existing contract.\"It will not only be Rafale, but parts of Falcon (fighter jet) will be produced in India. We want to have a serious footprint under the programme.\"If we get new contract for more jets, it will help us to develop more capabilities and we will have an assembly line in India,\" Trappier said."
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The new AJ Student Prize is open for entries!
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Harrogate school to unveil Premier League and FA-funded all weather pitch
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"St John Fisher Catholic High School’s new all-weather pitch will be officially opened this weekend.\nThe 3G pitch is set to be a key venue for the development of girls’ football participation in the area, with eight brand new female teams planned, including a women’s open-age side.\nIt will be used by students as well as partner clubs Harrogate Town AFC and Pannal Sports JFC.\nThe pitch has been funded by a grant from the Premier League and the FA Facilities Fund.\nStaff members Max Mills MBE (pictured) and Mike Knowles will officially open the pitch this Saturday (October 7) with MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough Andrew Jones.\nThe grant has enabled the school to replace an existing grass pitch, prone to waterlogging, with a state-of-the-art third generation (3G) artificial grass pitch (AGP).\nBoth partner clubs previously had to travel for training due to a lack of adequate facilities in the area.\nThey will now base all of their training at the school pitch.\nPartner club Harrogate Town AFC, who sit top of National League North, will also use the pitch to deliver community outreach programmes.\nSince 2000, the Football Foundation Funding Partners’ investment has provided 520 grants worth £19.4m towards grassroots sports projects worth over £38.4m across the whole of West Riding.\nFounded in 2000, the Football Foundation is the largest sports charity in the UK funded by the Premier League, The FA and Government, via Sport England.\nIt develops new and refurbished grassroots sports facilities in order to improve the quality and experience of playing sport at the grassroots level.\nSince it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has awarded around 15,000 grants worth more than £580m towards improving grassroots sport, which it has used to attract additional partnership funding of over £800m – £1.4bn of investment into the grassroots game.\nRead more\n£1.1m sports facilities approved for Pannal Sports Junior Football Club"
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New York teen chokes mom’s ex-boyfriend to death after seeing him beat her: police
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The NL Wild Card Race Should be a Wild Ride in 2018
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"Last season saw a rumbling tectonic shift in the battle for the National League’s two Wild Card playoff slots.\nThe Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies shook up their front offices prior to the start of the 2017 season and saw instant returns as both teams dropped their old school approach to the game and went on to capture the league’s two Wild Card playoff spots.\nIn 2018 we can expect the battle for the NL Wild Cards to get tougher and even more competitive as the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants join the Rockies and D’Backs in the hunt for Wild Card gold. (Maybe it’s more like Wild Card tungsten or aluminum.)\nLet’s go ahead and recklessly stipulate that the Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers will likely take their respective divisions in 2018. Which allows us to focus on the predictable winners and possible pretenders in the Wild Card races.\nThe Two Previously Dominant Teams\nI don’t see either Arizona or Colorado taking a step back from their 2017 gains in the upcoming season.\nThe Diamondbacks (93-6 9) had the third best record in the NL last season, winning one more game than the Cubs.\nColorado smartly focused on further building up their bullpen this offseason (Wade Davis, Bryan Shaw, and Jake McGee) and their 824 RS led all National League teams in 2017.\nSo let’s look at the teams who will push the D’Backs and Rockies for a 2018 Wild Card birth.\nThe Two Newly Improved Teams\nLast year the Milwaukee Brewers (86-76) missed tying Colorado (87-75) for the second Wild Card spot by one game. While the Rockies have improved their bullpen, the Brewers have seriously retooled their offense and defense.\nMilwaukee signed free agent CF Lorenzo Cain (5 years/$80m) and picked up OF Christian Yelich in a multi-player deal with the Marlins on January 25th. The Brewers also saw OF Domingo Santana, 25, have a break-out season in 2017 (.875 OPS, 151 games), and have several other viable outfield options on their roster.\nBut the Brewers need starting pitching. And maybe a lot of starting pitching.\nCount on them to sign one of the following free agent starters in the next ten days: Yu Darvish, Jake Arrieta, or Alex Cobb. A trade with Tampa Bay for SP Chris Archer is less likely, but that also has to be on the Milwaukee front office’s front burner.\nDespite the holes in their starting pitching, the Brewers are the number one contender to join Arizona and Colorado in the hunt for the Wild Card. But seriously pushing the Brew Crew to get some National League Wild Card glory are the St. Louis Cardinals.\nThe Cards may have one of the best crop of talented young starters in the game:\n– RHP Carlos Martinez, 26\n– RHP Alex Reyes, 23\n– RHP Jack Flaherty, 22\n– RHP Luke Weaver, 24\n– LHP Austin Gomber, 24\nThey will join veteran pitchers Adam Wainwright, Michael Wacha, and Miles Mikolas to round out the starting rotation and add depth to the bullpen.\nThe Cards’ offense (7th in the NL with 761 RS) was dramatically strengthened by the acquisition of power-hitting outfielder Marcell Ozuna, picked up in mid-December from the Miami Marlins.\nOzuna (145 OPS+, 191 hits) is one of the top three hitters in the National League and will provide the Cardinals with the additional power bat they needed to get.\nWith the St. Louis Cardinals joining the Brewers in pursuit of the 2018 NL Wild Card sweepstakes, it means that for the Chicago Cubs to win the NL Central Division title, they’ll have to perform well in the 38 games they have against two greatly improved teams in their own division.\nThe Two Outlier Teams\nAnd the envelope for the two surprise Wild Card contending teams of 2018? It’s the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants.\nThe Mets have two factors playing in their favor this season. First, their starting pitching has the potential to bounce back from a terrible 2017—a 5.01 team ERA that pushed them to 14th among NL pitching staffs.\nFew Major League teams have the opening power punch of 25-year-old RHP Noah Syndergaard and 29-year-old RHP Jacob deGrom in their rotations. Add to that the usual crowd of (admittedly) often-injured young starters, any of whom could make 2018 a breakout year.\nThe second factor in the Mets’ favor this season is the deconstructed Miami Marlins and the not-quite-there-yet rebuilding Atlanta Braves. That’s 38 total games against one floundering team and one rebuilding team— which should give the New York Mets a good opportunity to snag a bunch of potential wins.\nThe San Francisco Giants have a more difficult path to the land of the Wild Cards.\nThe Giants are built, in a sense, not to last. Unlike teams with built-in depth, when predictable injuries hit key San Francisco starting players this season there’s a precipitous drop-off in offense and pitching.\nSan Francisco has certainly improved last season’s historically bad offense (29th in MLB with 639 RS and a -137 run differential). But the upgrades (3B Evan Longoria, RF Andrew McCutchen) are older and don’t bring a lot of additional power to the table.\nStarting pitching starts out strong with LHP Madison Bumgarner and RHP Johnny Cueto, but drops off with 33-year-old Jeff Samardzija (4.42 ERA in 32 GS) and several untested younger arms.\nIt remains to be seen if the Giants’ bullpen (4.34 ERA, 19th out of 30 MLB teams) will be improved enough with the return of soft-tossing closer Mark Melancon from injuries.\nThe 2018 season should bring an intense second-tier battle for the two NL Wild Card slots. 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Environmental Law: Trump reverses past climate change policies with energy independence order
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"Login E-mail: Password: Already a paid subscriber but not registered for online access yet? For instructions on how to get premium web access, click here. Forgot your password?\nShare this: Email\nPrint\nFacebook\nLinkedIn\nTwitter\nGoogle\nOn March 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dramatically shift course from the climate change focus of the Obama administration. The order has several components which will affect United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) climate regulations along with energy production activities. A key aspect is the revocation of the Clean Power Plan ..."
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Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great
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What they discovered about how we work may help inform policymakers looking to grow the economy and employers looking to retain the best workers.\nThis kind of data, examining workplace conditions in the U.S., has not been collected for decades. \"We have excellent data on wages, on training ... but we don't know much about the conditions of work,\" says Nicole Maestas, an economist and associate health care policy professor at Harvard Medical School who is the lead researcher on this study.\nWhat the researchers found was that more than 1 in 4 Americans surveyed say they don't have enough time to do their jobs, with about half of Americans reporting that they do some work in their free time. This was most prevalent among white-collar workers. Two-thirds of all workers say they frequently work under tight deadlines or at high speed.\nIn addition, 1 in 5 reported experiencing verbal abuse, threats, humiliating behavior or unwanted sexual attention at work in the past month; or they experienced bullying, harassment or sexual harassment in the past year.\n\"One thing that really struck me was the high prevalence of hostile social interactions at work,\" says Maestas. Her survey found that while such interactions were seen across the board, verbal abuse was much more common in customer service jobs and experienced at the highest rates among men who did not graduate from college. Younger women and women of \"prime age,\" defined in the survey as ages 35-49, experienced the most unwanted sexual attention.\nBut people who have \"good\" bosses — or bosses who respect them, praise them, work with them and give feedback — were less likely to have workers who reported verbal or physical threats, Maestra notes.\n\"Maybe bad bosses are part of the problem,\" she says, when it comes to a hostile work environment.\nAmerican workers feel, by and large, that they have a reasonable amount of autonomy on the job and are confident in their skills. Still, many workers, particularly those in service jobs and without a college degree, have little control over their work schedules. Some experience schedule changes the day of work or the day before.\nNew York and San Francisco have passed laws requiring employers to make schedules more predictable, and Oregon may become the first state to require at least a week's notice of duty hours for certain service jobs so employees can plan doctors' appointments and child care and get to their second jobs.\nDespite multiple studies showing the benefits of telecommuting, it is still a rare option for many workers. The RAND survey found that 78 percent of employees are required to show up at their workplaces during regular business hours.\nNo matter where we work, friendships play an important role in how we perceive our jobs. Sixty-one percent of women agree with the statement \"I have very good friends at work,\" while 53 percent of men agreed.\nWhile the emotional support helps, many jobs are simply tough on the body. Seventy-five percent of people surveyed report intense or repetitive physical exertion on the job at least 25 percent of the time. While workers who don't have a college education report greater physical challenges on the job — think health care aides and construction workers — college-educated and older workers face significant physical challenges as well, particularly in the medical and sales fields where they are lifting heavy items and on their feet most of the day.\nThe physical exertion of their jobs may be why some older Americans retire early. It's also a prime consideration for many seniors who say they would consider going back to work for the \"right\" job, Maestas says.\n\"We've got more people retiring than ever, and there just aren't enough younger workers to both release retirees and grow the economy,\" she says, so employers should take notice of workplace conditions if they want to retain older, experienced workers.\nAdditionally, 55 percent of workers report they are exposed to physical risks like smoke, fumes, infectious materials, extreme temperatures and vibrations from hand tools about 25 percent of the time. \"That was strikingly high,\" Maestas says.\nSaba Waheed, the research director at UCLA's Labor Center who was not involved in the study, says she was also surprised by the extent of the health and safety challenges revealed in the survey.\n\"We have a lot of great laws, but we need better enforcement,\" she says.\nWhile she largely praises the survey's comprehensiveness, Waheed says she would have like to see how workers fared along hourly versus non-hourly lines, as well as the experiences reported by part-time versus full-time workers. \"I would really love to see race in here,\" she says, as well.\nMaestas says that the survey did not break down workers by race because doing so would have resulted in numbers too small to be statistically significant.\nThe American Working Conditions Survey is based on a European workplace survey conducted every five years. Maestas and her team plan to compare the U.S. data with European data in 2018.\nThe survey was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Social Security Administration."
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Record rise in hate crime after Brexit vote
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"Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email\nRecord levels of hate crime were reported by three-quarters of police forces in England and Wales in the aftermath of last year’s EU referendum with Cambridgeshire seeing a nine per cent increase.\nNew analysis has shown that in the county there was a total of 179 hate crimes in July to September last year, up nine per cent on the previous quarter, April to June 2016.\nHertfordshire police recorded 266 offences up 30 per cent, Suffolk 123 crimes up 37 per cent and Essex police recorded 376 offences up 41 per cent.\nDetective Inspector Dean Wiffin, of the Cambridgeshire force, said world events, such as the Orlando shooting and the murder of a Catholic priest in France, together with the reported increase in hate crimes following the EU Referendum may have left people feeling more vulnerable.\nHe said: “Although a rise in hate crime is always concerning, if these events have raised awareness and resulted in people reporting when they maybe wouldn’t have done so before, then it’s a good thing.\n“Under-reporting is a factor we’re focusing on because, more often than not, those affected by hate crime are too frightened or intimidated to come forward or do not recognise they are victims.\n“I would encourage victims, family members, carers and the public to help us tackle the problem by reporting incidents to the police or our partners. Everyone has the right to live without harassment or fear of crime.”\nIn some areas the number of incidents jumped by more than 50 per cent.\nA human rights organisation has said the country should prepare for the possibility of further spikes in offences once the Brexit process has begun.\nThe figures, compiled by the Press Association, provide the first complete picture of hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales following the referendum on June 23.\nThey show that in the three months ending September 2016, 33 out of 44 forces recorded the highest quarterly number of hate crimes since comparable records began in April 2012\nThree forces each recorded more than 1,000 hate crimes - the Metropolitan Police (3,356), Greater Manchester (1,033) and West Yorkshire (1,013).\nOnly four forces reported a decrease on the previous three months.\nThe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the findings suggested a small number of people used the Brexit vote “to legitimise inexcusable racism and prejudice”, while the charity Victim Support said that more needed to be done to encourage victims to come forward.\nProvisional figures on hate crimes published by the Home Office in October 2016 suggested that offences in July 2016 were 41 per cent higher than in July 2015.\nThe new analysis shows that a rise in incidents was seen in almost every force in England and Wales, both year-on-year and when comparing the three months either side of the referendum.\nThe Press Association also cross-referenced data on offences with the results of the EU referendum to see if there was any pattern to the level of hate crime.\nIn 36 police force areas, a majority of voters backed Leave in the referendum - and the quarterly hate crime figure rose in all of them except two.\nThe area with the biggest Leave vote, Lincolnshire, saw hate crimes jump by 59 per cent.\nBut the figures do not suggest a trend across the country. Two forces that covered areas with a large Remain vote - Merseyside and Thames Valley - recorded rises in hate crime of 19 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.\nIn Cambridgeshire, Cambridge voted overwhelmingly for Remain, as did South Cambridgeshire. Fenland was 71.4 per cent Leave. The other three districts in Cambridgeshire had Leave majorities.\nDavid Isaac, chair of the EHRC, said it “must be sensible to prepare for any possible spikes” in hate crime once Brexit negotiations got under way.\n“The vast majority of people who voted to leave the European Union did so because they believed it was best for Britain and not because they are intolerant of others,” he said.\n“It is clear, however, that a small minority of people used the Brexit vote to legitimise inexcusable racism and prejudice. We cannot allow such intolerable acts of hate to be condoned or repeated.\n“The triggering of Article 50 is the next major milestone and we must do all we can to discourage hate attacks and to support people who feel at risk.”\nLucy Hastings, director at Victim Support, revealed the charity last year supported 16,000 victims of hate crime in England and Wales and confirmed a spike in referrals in the immediate aftermath of the referendum.\nShe said the rise could be linked to increased publicity about hate crimes, which “encouraged more people to report or seek support”.\nShe added: “Hate crime has no place in our society and every victim of this crime is one too many.\n“We believe that more needs to be done to further encourage reporting. This includes making third-party hate crime units more accessible to the public.”"
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Here's your morning briefing:\nImage copyright Reuters Image caption Brexit Secretary David Davis (left) and the EU Commission's Michel Barnier are leading the negotiations for the two sides\nThe government has published a plan for an interim customs union with the EU as it withdraws from the bloc, the first in a series of papers setting out its position on key areas of Brexit negotiations.\nThe proposal would see the UK remain free from tariffs on goods within the EU and at the same time ministers would expect to be able to negotiate new international trade deals - something they cannot currently do from within the customs union.\nOnce this temporary arrangement period expires, the UK would seek a \"highly streamlined\" border with the EU, or a new \"partnership\" with no customs border at all.\nIt's intended to provide reassurance to businesses, but Labour has claimed it's a ploy to \"gloss over\" divisions within the cabinet.\nAnalysis: Having our cake and eating it?\nBy Simon Jack, business editor\nThe government is promising that businesses will only have to adjust once to our eventual customs relationship with the EU.\nThat must mean that the day after we leave the EU, and enter the interim period, there will be no change. So we are out of the customs union, but everything will pretty much stay the same until the interim period is over.\nThe only difference is that because we are technically out of the customs union, we will be able to negotiate our own trade deals with non-EU countries, while enjoying the benefits of frictionless trade we have now.\nThis approach will look to many like the \"having our cake and eating it\" that Boris Johnson was so keen on - and EU officials weren't.\nRead Simon's full article\nGet news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning\nKim Jong-un 'briefed' on attacking Guam\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam, according to state media. The report on news agency KCNA said Kim Jong-un \"examined the plan for a long time\" and discussed it with senior military officials. But, crucially, the report added that the North Korean leader would watch the US before making any decision, signalling an apparent deceleration in the provocative rhetoric.\nJo Cox 'hero' dies\nThe family of Bernard Kenny, who tried to stop the murder of MP Jo Cox in West Yorkshire last year, says he has died aged 79. The former miner was stabbed as he intervened when Thomas Mair attacked Mrs Cox in Birstall in 2016, and was later awarded the George Medal. Tracey Brabin MP, who was elected in Jo Cox's constituency after her death, said: \"Bernard will forever be remembered as a true hero.\"\nSierra Leone mudslides kill hundreds\nMore than 300 people have been killed in mudslides and flooding near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. A hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud. The number of casualties is expected to rise, with local residents reportedly trying to recover bodies from the rubble with their bare hands.\nWhat the papers say\nThe Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail report on a \"backlash\" against the announcement that Big Ben will fall silent for four years - with the Telegraph quoting senior MPs as calling the move \"entirely bonkers\". The Times interprets today's customs union proposal as evidence that Chancellor Philip Hammond has won the upper hand over International Trade Secretary Liam Fox as reported divisions continue in the cabinet over how to proceed with Brexit.\nDaily digest\nSwift justice Pop star Taylor Swift wins an assault case against DJ David Mueller\nRailroaded Train passengers are braced for news of an increase in regulated rail fares from January 2018\nFat not fit People who are overweight face increased health risks even if they appear medically healthy, experts warn\nSnap judgement Social media giant Snap's shares plunge following disappointing results\nIf you watch one thing today\nMedia playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Post-war US anti-Nazi film makes comeback after Charlottesville violence\nIf you listen to one thing today\nImage copyright AFP\nHow Ambedkar helped form independent India\nIf you read one thing today\nImage copyright Hugh Miles Image caption Prince Sultan bin Turki, pictured centre\nSaudi Arabia's missing princes\nToday's lookahead\n09:30 The ONS publishes the inflation figures for July which will be used as the benchmark for rail fare rises to be introduced in January 2018\nToday Tory MP Craig MacKinlay appears in court for the first time after being charged with falsely recording election expenses in 2015\nOn this day\n1947 India officially became an independent country outside British rule\n1992 The first Premier League matches were played, with the first goal by Brian Deane of Sheffield United as they beat Manchester United 2-1\nFrom elsewhere\nLearndirect faces collapse after failing to suppress Ofsted report (FT)\nHow the Garden Bridge came to be so hated (CityMetric)\nIs America heading for a new kind of civil war? (New Yorker)\nKenya post-election deaths raise questions over police brutality (Reuters)"
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Reputable Vendors For Solar Eclipse Glasses - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |
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Cornelius ready to replace Rudolph as Oklahoma State QB
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Michael Jackson estate suing ABC over TV special
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Kagame in Djibouti To Further Trade and Investment Deals
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Inhumane treatment investigated at Effingham Animal Shelter - WTOC-TV: Savannah, Beaufort, SC, News, Weather & Sports
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"Inspectors from the Georgia Department of Agriculture visited the Effingham County Animal Shelter Monday to investigate allegations about inhumane treatment of animals.\nAccording to the inspection report from the department, the complaint \"covered many areas of concern\" including \"Facility offers no heat or blankets, unclean enclosures, no food, diseases not being reported.\"\n\"State Department of Agriculture came out and did an inspection, an unannounced inspection,\" said Steve Davis, Effingham County administrator. \"We passed this inspection with no violations.\"\nWhile there weren't any violations, the inspector did ask for better temperature control in a building without central heating and air. The report requires the shelter to add a thermometer and a heat source to it's building for stay animals and animals on hold.\nHeather Holmes, foster lead for Cherokee Humane Society in Acworth, Ga., works to rescue animals from the Effingham County shelter and find the homes across the state. She said she noticed the cold conditions during a visit earlier this year.\n\"It's freezing cold,\" Holmes said. \"The doors are wide open. The slats in the side of the walls are open. This is for ventilation. I said, 'Well, where are the blankets?' I said, 'It's freezing in here.' She said, 'I don't like putting blankets in there because they pee and poop on them.' I said, 'And you have a washing machine, right?' She said yeah. Then she said, 'Well we didn't know it was going to be this cold last night.'\"\nMonday's inspection report animals had access to large dog beds and blankets to animals to get off of the concrete floor.\nSeveral other viewers reached out to WTOC with complaints against the shelter, alleging misdiagnoses of illness or as feral as a reason to euthanize, improper disposal of animal bodies and animals being scheduled for euthanasia earlier than required.\nNone of those complaints were found or addressed in Monday's inspection report, and it's unclear if those complaints led to the state investigation.\nA concern for Holmes that isn't cited in the report, the shelter euthanizes animals without sedation.\n\"It's my understanding that the ferals or the cats they can't handle, they'll stick them in their stomach, wherever they can stick them,\" Holmes said. \"I've heard that the dogs when they're euthanized some of them howl and carry on while they're dying. The cats bounce around in their cages before they die.\"\nAccording the Department of Agriculture, it's not a violation to not sedate an animal before euthanasia unless an intracardial procedure is used, which the department said is rare.\n\"There is no inhumane treatment at our facility at all,\" Davis said. \"We're following all state guidelines on all treatment of the animals.\"\nWhile it's not illegal, Holmes said it doesn't sound humane.\nThe American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition notes \"Sedation and/or anesthesia may assist in achieving the best conditions for euthanasia. It must be recognized that sedatives or anesthetics given at this stage that change circulation may delay the onset of the euthanasia agent.\" In a section specific to animal control, sheltering and rescue facilities, the guide notes two people should handle well-socialized animals \"without pre-euthanasia sedation,\" but \"when euthanizing distressed, dangerous, or fractious animals, a sedative or anesthetic should be administered prior to attempting euthanasia.\"\nThe ASPCA End of Life Care guide states, \"Your veterinarian has special training to provide your pet with a humane and gentle death. During the procedure, your vet will inject your pet with a sedative followed by a special medication. The animal experiences no awareness of the end of life.\"\nAccording to records Holmes received from the shelter, 1,974 animals were moved out of the shelter between Jan. 1, 2017 and Oct. 27, 2017. 963 of those were euthanized.\nDavis said the shelter has a three-day hold policy on animals before they can be euthanized, and Holmes would like to see that extended.\nShe would also like the see the shelter do better networking with other rescue groups throughout the state to reduce the number of animals euthanized.\n\"I know there's no such thing as no kill, but something needs to be done,\" Holmes said. \"These animals need to networked a lot better than what they are.\"\nDavis said the state inspector visit validates the concerns submitted to the Department of Agriculture were legitimate, but said the lack of violation shows the shelter isn't doing anything wrong.\n\"I absolutely do, and it was good that they came out,\" Davis said. \"They went around it. They took pictures. They inspected it, the areas, for cleanliness and all of the above. Plus they checked our records. We've got professional staff down there, and we document everything we do. We have nothing to hide at all.\"\nCopyright 2017 WTOC. All rights reserved."
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BRIEF-Guangdong Ellington Electronics Technology says FY 2016 dividend payment
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"Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Thursday\nThe following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy:"
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The Latest: California helicopter crash victims identified
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British defence spending dipped below NATO target in 2016 -think tank
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