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Three Causes Constellation Manufacturers (STZ) Will not Purchase Cover Progress (CGC)
No inventory has been proof against the massacre happening within the hashish market, not even the biggest participant, Cover Progress (NYSE: CGC; TSE: WEED).
Although Cover's inventory is down huge, it might have been a lot worse if it hadn't been for the "Constellation Put".
Cover inventory has outperformed friends by 15%-60% since November, solely as a result of traders anticipate a buyout ahead of later.
The "Constellation Put" is the shared view amongst market contributors that beverage large Constellation Manufacturers (NYSE: STZ) will purchase out Cover, saving stockholders from struggling additional losses.
That is the explanation Cover inventory has been flat since a horrible earnings report, although friends with related outcomes are in freefall.
Cover inventory has outperformed friends by 15%-60% since November, solely as a result of traders anticipate a buyout ahead of later.
If traders dug a bit of deeper and put themselves within the footwear of Constellation's administration staff they might rapidly see their blind perception is totally misguided.
Within the following report, we lay out why Constellation is most undoubtedly not shopping for Cover Progress and what Cover is price with out the Constellation buyout premium.
Backside Line: Cover should increase extra money earlier than it turns a revenue and can additional disappoint earnings expectations within the course of.
A flat inventory value for the subsequent two and a half years is the best-case state of affairs in our view. The inventory remains to be costly at US$20.00/$C26.00 and must fall 50% to US$10.00/C$13.00 to be pretty valued.
Cover Inventory Supported by Constellation Buyout Rumours
All of the Causes Constellation is Not Shopping for Cover Progress
#1: Shopping for Cover Would Drive Constellation's Debt Ranking to Excessive-Yield
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Continued deleveraging, pushed by the corporate's sturdy money stream era capabilities ought to present the pliability to be opportunistic and elevated share repurchases as we transfer into fiscal 21 and 22. David Klein Constellation CFO
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Our highly effective money era functionality and our need to rapidly de-lever and return Four.5 billion in money to shareholders makes Constellation a compelling funding for the long run. Invoice Newlands, Constellation CEO
Constellation administration has made strongly-worded guarantees to traders that they're severe about reducing down on debt.
Constellation has one of many highest leverage ratios within the large-cap beverage business and the debt ranking is dangerously near being lower to high-yield.
Constellation is already on tremendous secret probation with ranking company Moody's who has threatened to downgrade the corporate to junk standing if debt to cashflow doesn't fall beneath 4x by October of 2020 from 5.2x immediately.
Even when Constellation makes use of money from a pending asset sale to repay a few of this debt, the ratio will nonetheless be above 4x.
A purchase order of Cover Progress, even on the present value would trigger debt to cashflow to spike to ~6x and Constellation will change into a junk-rated borrower.
Constellation Debt Ranking Minimize to Junk if it Buys Cover Progress
A downgrade might happen if the corporate fails to cut back debt/EBITDA to beneath 4x inside 18 to 24 months of closing the Cover funding" (by October of 2020)Moodys July 2019
If lower to high-yield Constellation could be lower off from borrowing within the business paper markets and can lose entry to a portion of the $1.15 billion revolving credit score facility, to not point out the restrictions on promoting extra belongings and the upper curiosity they should pay as a riskier borrower.
Constellation can't afford to pay again $280 million of economic paper and lose partial entry to a billion-dollar credit score line when money is simply $94 million and they're on the hook to pay again $730 million of debt this yr. Administration actually, actually doesn't wish to lose that investment-grade credit standing.
Obtainable Money Not Sufficient to Cowl Debt Due This Yr (2021 within the chart)
#2: Constellation Has Promised Massive Money Payouts. Shopping for Cover Would Make These Payouts Unattainable
"As Invoice talked about Constellation stays dedicated to its objective of returning $Four.5 billion to shareholders in dividends and share repurchases over the fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2022 timeframe"David Klein, Constellation CFO
Constellation's inventory has rebounded 16% this yr totally on the again of aggressive guarantees about elevated shareholder payouts.
Administration says they may pay out $Four.5 billion of money to shareholders by way of dividends and buybacks over the subsequent 30 months.
A $Four.5 billion payout is at present achievable, but when the corporate buys Cover Progress there isn't any method they'll reside as much as this dedication.
Cover is spending USD$1.Three billion a yr on progress to not point out one other USD$600 million for acquisitions within the final six months alone.
Even when we assume no extra spending on acquisitions, Constellation's free money stream after dividends would utterly disappear in the event that they purchase out Cover in comparison with $981 million with no deal.
That promise to return $Four.5 billion to shareholders should flip right into a promise to return solely $1.eight billion to shareholders, a 60% drop.
Stockholders is not going to be completely satisfied.
Money Left Over for Buybacks if Constellation Buys Cover
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|Yr Ending Feb 2020
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#Three: Constellation is Telling Shareholders it Gained't Put One other Greenback into Cover Till November 2023
As well as, the tranche A warrants expire on November, 1 of 2023, the corporate will consider the train of every of those warrants instantly previous to expiration and doesn't plan to make extra money contributions to Cover past the potential train of those warrants. David Klein, Departing CFO
Simply yesterday the Chief Monetary Officer (CFO) instructed the analyst neighborhood that Constellation has no plans to place one other greenback into Cover Progress besides to train warrants which might be within the cash.
The warrants that expire in 2020 will solely improve Constellation's possession by 5%.
Trying previous the 2020 warrants, the one warrants remaining don't expire till 4 years from now and are 50% out of the cash. Cover gained't see greater than $250 million from Constellation for the subsequent Three-Four years.
With each the present CEO and outgoing CFO saying they're dedicated to an final result that doesn't embrace a Cover buyout in it, we expect it's protected to say traders are on their very own.
There isn't any cheap value Cover might fall to that might permit Constellation to purchase the corporate with out having their credit standing lower to junk.
No Constellation buyout is coming.
Cover is Priced Like a Tech Inventory With out the Tech
Cover's financials ought to look much like the beverage or pharmaceutical industries long run.
However immediately, the market remains to be pricing the corporate prefer it's a tech inventory and this creates dangers for traders.
Cover won't be able to fulfill each progress and profitability expectations in our view.
Earnings outcomes will proceed to disappoint and with the Constellation buyout premium eliminated, the inventory will probably be going decrease.
Cover Not Priced Like a Beverage Firm
Not Priced Like a Massive Pharma Firm
Cover is being priced like a tech firm although the hashish enterprise shares no similarities with the tech business apart from speedy progress.
The market is giving Cover full credit score for its speedy progress and likewise assuming margins are going to finish up at enticing ranges although nobody has any thought how worthwhile authorized hashish will finally be.
Priced Like a Tech Inventory With Not one of the Tech
Cover is at present a cultivation firm and sometime if it's fortunate will change into a client packaged items firm.
A tech firm it's not.
Gross margins, a measure of how worthwhile the underlying enterprise is earlier than we embrace company prices, are only one method we will see the Hashish enterprise is completely different than the tech enterprise.
Gross margins within the tech sector are 70%-90%
Hashish Is Not Tech (Gross Margins)
Trying on the hashish business, gross margins are already half of what a tech firm generates, to not point out we all know authorized costs are falling resulting from an acute hashish oversupply, placing additional strain on margins throughout the business.
Costs Beneath Strain from Oversupply of Hashish (2012=100)
Cover's valuation one other method, if the inventory value goes nowhere for the subsequent three years, the inventory will nonetheless be overpriced towards beer and liquor friends.
Cover has to develop income 76% a yr for the subsequent three years and attain an EBITDA margin of 20% from -30% immediately for the inventory simply to remain at $20.00/C$27.00 per share. Not precisely a rosy outlook.
Potential A number of of Cover Three Years From Now (2022)
All of the Causes Cover's Inventory Worth is Going Decrease
#1: Analysts Expectations Are Nonetheless Too Excessive
Analysts nonetheless anticipate blistering income progress and a rising market share of Canadian gross sales.
In actual life, early entrants nearly all the time lose market share as competitors intensifies earlier than business gross sales ultimately find yourself within the palms of some giant winners.
Betting that this time is completely different will not be a successful technique.
On the income entrance, analysts anticipate annual income progress of 87% that means Cover would go from USD$300 million within the final twelve months to USD$1.1 billion by 2022.
Both falling retail costs or a refocusing on income over progress would trigger outcomes to overlook estimates, dragging the inventory down additional.
Analyst income estimates assume a doubling of the Canadian market yearly, a 5% improve in Cover's market share to 30% from 25% and steady business costs. With competitors rising and an oversupply pushing down costs, betting on all three outcomes without delay is actually silly.
#2: The New CEO will Deal with Income not Income Progress
The brand new CEO, a veteran of Constellation Manufacturers and that firm's earlier chief monetary officer, is being introduced in to chop prices and generate some income.
As any enterprise main is aware of, once you deal with income, you aren't spending on progress.
It's extremely probably in our view that in 2020 the brand new CEO sacrifices progress within the pursuit of income, inflicting Cover to overlook income estimates whereas nonetheless shedding cash.
Profitability is essential longer-term, however in the event you take progress out of the equation hashish turns into an business with worse margins than tech and slower progress. Why would any big-money traders trouble transferring cash into hashish when higher risk-adjusted returns will be discovered elsewhere?
#Three: Share Rely Will Be on the Rise to Fund the Money Burn
There may be one place the place we're in settlement with the market.
Cover will run out of cash earlier than administration is ready to flip a revenue.
Nevertheless, estimates are far too rosy even on this entrance.
Analysts anticipate Cover to solely burn one other C$500 million in cashflow by mid-2022 although present spending implies a C$2.2 billion deficit.
We additionally want so as to add in capital spending which might devour one other C$2.5 billion by mid-2022 for a grand whole of C$Four.7 billion of money spent earlier than a greenback of revenue is generated.
This C$Four.7 billion deficit doesn't even embrace any extra purchases of different corporations or the money burn if Cover closes the acquisition of U.S. operator Acreage and has to pay for that firm's progress.
Burning C$Four.7 billion of money for a corporation solely price C$9 billion is absolutely one thing.
If Cover needed to fund a C$Four.7 billion money gap they might problem 72 million extra shares after burning by way of the money stability, a 20% improve.
Each the expectation and the fact of extra shares or dilutive convertible debt hitting the market will put strain on Cover's inventory value over the subsequent two and a half years.
Cover shareholders are caught holding a deeply unprofitable firm that's already priced for a giant turnaround.
Even when every thing goes proper, the inventory value is merely the place it ought to be.
#Four: Margins in a Maturing Hashish Market Are Unknown
The business arbitrarily got here up with 30% as a guidepost for the place cashflow, additionally referred to as EBITDA, margins might finally find yourself.
We are able to't discover any analysis justifying why this quantity has been utilized in investor decks and by administration groups when speaking to traders.
Our greatest guess is the business took the margins of conventional produce growers and tripled them.
In the end we expect cashflow margins will fall someplace between 10%-30%, however till the business oversupply is handled, outcomes will probably be a lot worse.
Margins for produce growers at present fluctuate between a loss for rising peppers in Alberta to a 22% margin for rising flowers.
EBITDA Margins for Rising Produce and Flowers
Simply to verify the business margins had been according to these of particular person corporations we appeared on the cashflow margins for 2 of Canada's oldest greenhouse growers, Bevo Agro and Village Farms.
These corporations have been public for greater than a decade proving they're two of probably the most profitable greenhouse operators in Canada.
With a 10-year common EBITDA margin of 10%, their outcomes help the opposite business margin information we collected and displayed above.
We expect hashish margins will look much like promoting flowers.
Flowers are perishable and normally a time-sensitive and impulse buy permitting sellers to cost a premium.
If hashish finally generates EBITDA margins of 20%, according to rising flowers, the business finally has to take one other leg down earlier than discovering a backside.
10 Years of EBITDA Margins for Bevo Agro and Village Farms
The Subsequent Yr Will Not be Sort to Cover Progress
Cover Progress inventory is hanging on for expensive life and the one factor propping it up is a rumoured acquisition by Constellation Manufacturers.
We now have debunked that hearsay and identified all of the destructive catalysts coming sooner or later that may chip away at Cover's US$20 inventory value.
As we've really helpful with different hashish shares, higher to put money into know-how and look ahead to some severe business headwinds to blow over earlier than diving again in for the multi-year rebound.
One after the other the potstock dominos are falling and Cover is subsequent.


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Jon Comer, the first pro skateboarder with a prosthetic leg, died on Thursday, Dec. 5 at age 43. Comer turned pro in the mid-1990s and won fans around the world with his vert and concrete skatepark videos, including a full part in the 1999 Powell video 'Magic,' inspiring a generation of athletes with disabilities to take up skateboarding and other action sports.
"It goes without saying: Jon Comer was the godfather of adaptive skateboarding," says Daniel Gale, the sport organizer for adaptive sports at X Games including the Adaptive Skateboard Park event that debuted as a medal event at X Games Minneapolis 2019. "A lot of skaters seeing his videos and photos in magazines in the '90s didn't even immediately notice the prosthetic leg. The stuff that he was doing on vert ramps on a prosthetic leg when nobody else was, was as good as just about any other pro skateboarder at the time."
Comer injured his right foot in a car accident when he was four years old, and had it amputated several years later, at age 7. It didn't stop him from taking up skateboarding at age 12. The 2004 documentary 'Never Been Done: The Jon Comer Story,' directed by Matthew J. Powers, chronicles his life and skateboarding career and won awards that year at the San Diego Film Festival, Houston International Film Festival, Tiburon International Film Festival, and the X-Dance Film Festival. Comer was humble about his accomplishments when interviewed for the film: "I don't know if I think what I've done in my life is amazing, because to me it's just my life," he said at the time. "I'm not like trying to impress anybody. I'm just skating and having fun."
Gale, who co-founded Adaptive Action Sports with snowboarder Amy Purdy, says Comer is directly responsible for bringing adaptive sports to X Games. Gale and Purdy first met him at the Extremity Games in 2006, and later invited him to skate in a series of demonstration events they organized at X Games Los Angeles between 2008 and 2011 that served as a forerunner for bringing adaptive motocross, snowboard, mono ski, snowmobile, and skateboard events to X Games over the last decade. When Gale got the go-ahead to organize Adaptive Skateboard Park as a medal event in 2019, Comer was the first skater he called with an invitation.
"He was on our roster right up until the day before our first practice on site," Gale says. "We thought he was going to make it and everyone was super bummed when he called and said he wasn't feeling well."
Evan Strong finished 4th at that event and has also competed in Adaptive Snowboarder X at X Games. Strong won Snowboard Cross gold at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, and says he attributes much of his success to an out-of-the-blue call from Comer when he was a teenager.
"Jon played an integral role for me as I recovered from my accident 15 years ago in Maui after I was hit by a car and my left leg was amputated," Strong says. "Before the accident I was an up-and-coming amateur skateboarder in Hawaii and somehow he heard about my accident. He actually reached out to me while I was still in the hospital just to see if he could help out in any way. I told him, 'Man, I don't know if I'm ever going to skateboard again' and he said, 'Oh, you'll be skating again, guaranteed. It felt like such a far-away concept at the time, and he brought it right to me."
Strong says Comer sent him an advance DVD copy of 'Never Been Done' for his 18th birthday to help drive the point home.
"I turned 18 in the hospital, and getting that DVD helped motivate me to do my physical therapy, find a prosthetist, and heal and recover to get back to doing what I loved so much: the fun of skateboarding," Strong says. "It really propelled me to where I am now, to the X Games, the Paralympics, all of it. In some ways my life and my career as an athlete has really been greater than I'd ever imagined before my accident, and Jon really sent me on that path. I'm eternally grateful to him for it and I definitely feel obligated to pass it on."
Oscar Loreto Jr., who finished 6th at the Minneapolis 2019 Adaptive Skateboard Park event, says he was first inspired to try skateboarding after seeing Comer in an ad in a skateboard magazine.
"It was a sequence of him where he kicks his prosthetic leg off while doing a kickflip, landing back on the board with just his stump and liner," Loreto says. "I thought it was the sickest thing ever. Like, I want to do that!"
Loreto is a regular-footer and skates with a prosthetic on his left leg. Comer was a goofy-footer, skating with a prosthetic on his right leg.
"The first time I met him was in 2006 when Adaptive Action Sports was doing the Vans Warped Tour, and immediately he started helping me out with foot placement, giving me advice about the best prosthetics, the best settings for spring and stiffness," Loreto recalls. "He definitely spread that knowledge, to me and to anyone who wanted followed his lead. Jon was just a compassionate dude who loved skateboarding. He was stoked on anybody who wanted to shred, and always wanted to spread the stoke. Losing him is tragic: I'm gonna miss him a lot. I'm going to celebrate his life in the only way that seems right, by going skateboarding and trying to help inspire some other people to do the same."
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"Whoever is generous to the poor, lends to the Lord and He will repay him." (Prov. 19:17) While we are deeply saddened at the loss of lives and the destruction of millions of homes in the last three months with Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique, our hearts are overwhelmed with the compassion and unity of … Continue reading Report of Cyclone Idai Relief
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Andy Serkis and Sofia Coppola To Direct Films Based On Children's Classics
Some rumors floating around Hollywood point to two very interesting choices being made for the director's seat in two live-action versions of beloved animated classics based on children's literature.
The first and the most reliable rumor is that Andy Serkis, the acrobatic and transformative actor known primarily for his work as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings, has signed on to direct the upcoming Warner Brothers adaptation of The Jungle Book, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film would be Serkis' directorial debut, although he has been behind the camera before, directing the barrel chase scene in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a sequence that played out like the most exciting theme park ride ever. This announcement likely put's Serkis' adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm on indefinite hold. Whether or not Serkis will contribute any of his famed motion capture work to the film is unclear.
What's also unclear is why Warner Brothers would take on a version of The Jungle Book at this point, when Disney is already casting their own version of the beloved classic, with Iron Man director Jon Favereau in the director's chair and Idris Elba in the role of Shere Kahn, according to The Wrap.
The second rumor, which at this stage is very much just a rumor, is that Sofia Coppola, director of Lost in Translation and most recently The Bling Ring, has been approached to direct an adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid, according to Deadline Hollywood. Coppola's luxurious, art-house style seems like a strange choice when placed against the all-singing, all-dancing version put out by Disney in 1989, but when you consider the original version's much darker subject matter, the choice of Coppola seems to make sense.
Neither Serkis' The Jungle Book nor Coppola's The Little Mermaid have announced any casting, so who would you like to see step into the shoes of both films' iconic roles?
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I always find it odd when Hollywood does this. It is like the two Snow White films that came out around the same time. Of course, it goes beyond that. Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached, Deep Impact and Armageddon, etc. etc.
Right now, I can't think of any casting choices. However, Idris Elba as Shere Kahn sounds so awesome. As for The Little Mermaid... I have no clue. It has always been one of my favorite stories, Disney or otherwise. The world described in the original fairy tale always struck me as breathtakingly gorgeous. Considering the story, the main actress is going to have to be capable of communicating clearly with her facial expressions. We will have to see the pain in her eyes when she walks on her new legs. She will have to show her love without saying a single word, and we will have to feel the heartbreak and resolution when she chooses death over killing the man she gave her heart to.


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BiLog: The Best...V7 Best Practices Data Analysis Options
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Are you ready for: PAS 55 and ISO 55000 ? Maximo is !!!
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Changing status of Stateful Mbos using Integration Framework
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Understand Oracle Temp Usage of Maximo
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Bilog: 84 Million Acres… And Exploring V7 BI and Reporting 2012
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Maximo Scripting: Date Dizziness - Part III
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Maximo Scripting: Date Dizziness - Part II
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Two useful methods added to MXServer API
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What do an airline, a national train operator and a global engine manufacture have in common?
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What do an airline, a national train operator, and a global engine manufacture have in common? They probably have any number of things in common, but as this is a Maximo blog I will focus on the fact that they are all using Maximo Asset Configuration Manager (ACM) at the core of their business. You may be asking 'why' and 'what does ACM actually do'? And apart from using ACM, what else do these businesses have in common? Complex assets High value assets Safety Critical operating environments Highly regulated by... [More]
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Maximo Activity Dashboard (PerfMon) Overview: The Maximo Activity Dashboard commonly known as PerfMon is available as a UI Interface from Maximo version 7 onwards. It is normally used when debugging performance related problems in Maximo. Here are some of the capabilities of PerfMon – Provides information on Individual Request Processing Time on the server side including – Overall response time Average response time for similar kind of requests The navigation event that led to the request being made.... [More]


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Para encontrar tu medida más exacta, dibuja tu pie completo en una hoja de papel y mide del talón hasta la punta. Si tu medida está entre alguno de los números de la tabla de tallas, te recomendamos que elijas la talla superior. Asegúrate de que pones el peso completo sobre el pie mientras lo dibujas. Nota: Para mejores resultados, es recomendable hacer la medición finalizando el día.
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* Para poder tener una medida real en base a los centímetros el zapato tiene que ser medido por el interior del mismo y no por la suela de este.
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Sajó(redirected from Sajo River)
(also Slaná), a river in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, a right tributary of the Tisza River of the Danube basin. The Sajó is 229 km long and drains an area of 12,700 sq km. The river rises in the Slovak Ore Mountains and flows, for the most part, in a broad valley; in its lower course it flows along the Middle Danube Plain. The Sajó is fed primarily by rain, and freshets occur in the summer and fall. The mean flow rate is approximately 70 cu m per sec. In some years, the river freezes over for one or two months. It is used for timber flotation. The Hungarian city of Miskolc is located on the Sajó.


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Nishikori, Murray withdrew at the Australian Open 2020
Two players, Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray, said they could not attend the first Grand Slam tournament of the year because of injury.
"I and the team made this decision because I was not 100% ready or fit to play at the highest level. I was very hesitant because the Australian Open is one of the love leagues. I like it. Thank you everyone for your support. The team and I will continue to work hard to get back to the stage soon", Kei Nishikori said on December 30.
The world's 13th ranked tennis player withdraws on grounds of a right elbow injury. He has not played any match since his defeat in the third round of the US Open. Nishikori became the highest ranked player to withdraw from the tournament so far.
At the Australian Open, Nishikori has the best performance in the quarterfinals of 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019. He currently has a record of 29 wins and 7 losses in Melbourne Park.
On 28/12, Andy Murray announced his withdrawal from the first Grand Slam of the year because the hip injury has not fully recovered. At the Australian Open 2019, Murray said tearful goodbye to fans, but he decided to come back later.
The former world number one marked his return at the Antwerp Open tennis tournament, where he beat Stan Wawrinka in the final to take the championship. In November, Murray relapsed from injury while attending the Davis Cup.
As expected, Murray will not play any tournament until February. He will return at the Open Sud De France tennis tournament in Montpellier.
The Australian Open 2020 will take place from January 20 to February 2 at the Melbourne Park sports complex. This year's tournament continues to increase the prize money to a record of 49.2 million USD. The champion of the men's singles and women's singles received more than 2.8 million USD.


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Root canal treatment (also called endodontics) is needed when the blood or nerve supply of the tooth (known as the pulp) is infected through decay or injury.
If the pulp becomes infected, the infection may spread through the root canal system of the tooth. This may eventually lead to an abscess. If root canal treatment (RCT) is not carried out, the infection will spread and the tooth may need to be taken out.
Root canal treatment is a skilled and time-consuming procedure.The aim of the treatment is to remove all infection from the root canal. The root is then cleaned and filled to prevent any further infection.


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It isn't always easy to plan for long-term care. As a younger person, you may not have imagined needing long-term care. After all, you were healthy and fit.
What is probate and how can you avoid it?
For baby boomers, many of whom are reaching their retirement years, estate planning has moved to the forefront of their minds. Once you are into your mid-60s, you start to realize many of your friends or older relatives are passing away and you want to make sure your affairs are in order sooner rather than later. In the estate planning process, the term probate comes up a lot, leaving many confused as to what exactly probate is and why you might want to avoid it.
What makes a will legal and valid?
Wills are an important part of any estate plan, even if you don't have many assets or beneficiaries to protect. A will lets you choose how to distribute your assets upon death and can guarantee you that your wishes can't be ignored by those who you leave behind.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee has launched a probe into JPMorgan Chase's "London Whale" trading losses, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin, is interviewing current and former employees of JPMorgan's (JPM.N) Chief Investment Office in connection with the bank's $5.8 billion loss on trades in an obscure corner of the credit market, according to the source.
A spokeswoman for the committee declined to comment.
JPMorgan's losses stemmed from bets by London-based CIO trader Bruno Iksil on an index for credit default swaps. His outsized positions earned him the nickname "London Whale" from the hedge fund traders taking the other sides of his positions.
An internal investigation by the bank revealed the possibility that the trades may have been deliberately mismarked in JPMorgan's books to make the losses look smaller.
On Thursday, JPMorgan named Craig Delany as the new head of the chief investment office, filling a role that had been vacant for over three months after his predecessor, Ina Drew, and other executives and traders from the CIO resigned.
Federal investigators and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into whether anyone involved in the incident committed a crime.
So far, seven current and former JPMorgan employees have hired lawyers to help them navigate the investigations. The bank's internal probe is ongoing.
"At a time when questions are regularly being asked as to why more prosecutions are not being brought against financial institutions, the Senate Committee obviously thinks it has an important role to play in exploring these matters," said Daniel Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School.
Levin's committee has examined other big banks' behavior in the past and issued reports that have become part of the foundation for new financial regulation.
"This subcommittee has no legislative jurisdiction, but it has formidable clout," said Karen Shaw-Petrou, co-founder of Federal Financial Analytics in Washington.
"It can't move legislation, but it can change public opinion in ways that force the hand of both other Senators and, even if Congress is stymied, regulators. A clear case in point is the subcommittee's recent hearing on HSBC, which is having far-reaching impact on enforcement actions related to Iran sanctions," she added.
Paul Miller, managing director at FBR in Washington, said he thought the investigation would in the end have little impact, and that the events that prompted it did not warrant so much attention.
"This never put JPMorgan in a failure mode, it was contained," he said of the losses on the CIO desk.
"This is overkill. The stock has been punished; (JPMorgan CEO) Jamie Dimon's reputation has been tarnished."
The probe by Levin's committee was first reported by Bloomberg news.
Additional reporting by Aruna Viswanatha in Washington; Editing by Bernard Orr and Phil Berlowitz


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Cold-Weather Concerns
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Church and youth leaders need to remain alert to three potential health risks that surface during cold weather: 1) overexertion, 2) frostbite, and 3) hypothermia.
Overexertion can occur in many ways. A common cause for this in the winter is shoveling snow. Breathing cold air causes some blood vessels to constrict. At the same time, the loss of body heat, combined with the strenuous physical activity, causes the heart to work harder as it must pump blood through more narrow arteries.
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Chihuahua with a Mustache
Today there was a book fair at the girl's school. She and I spent a great deal of time checking out all the titles on the tables. Very honestly, there wasn't much there that was even worth a second glance. It was highly disappointing. I knew we had to find something though. The fair helps support the school, and a portion of the proceeds goes towards getting new books for their classrooms. That, and the kid knew she was allowed to get a book.
Back and forth between the chapter book tables. One mundane sounding description after another. Then we wandered back to where we started – with the picture books. We don't read that many of them any more. We read for a half hour (sometimes more) a day, but that's almost all devoted to novels. That's when I saw it!
It was hidden beneath scores of boring paperback children's stories… a hard cover, only one letter of the title peeking out – but I recognized the font instantly. "Lily-Ann! What's this???" I slide the book out just a titch, so that two letters are now revealed.
I'm sure her animated shout could be heard throughout the main floor of the school.
Yep. We found a copy of Skippyjon Jones; Class Action.
We love Skippyjon. We read a lot about him at wegivebooks.org. I remember the first time she saw the cover of the original Skippyjon Jones, she said "Momma, that cat looks like a Chihuahua." This sticks with me because I poo poohed her, assuming it was just the illustrators style… but very quickly found out I was wrong. And yes, I made sure to apologize for it.
We're Chihuahua nuts around here (as I'm sure you've guessed). So these absolutely adorable books, with their smart stories, and rich characters? We ❤ them in a big way.
So yay! The kid now has her very own Skippyjon Jones book… and we popped the CD in to listen to it being read while we drove to get her Daddy from work (it was interesting to hear someone else's take on the characters voices and the songs – her mom voice and my mom voice are VASTLY different, and curiously enough we were pretty dead on for every other character and the songs). We've now heard it six times. And it's no less charming on it's sixth than on it's first, though I'm not sure her Daddy would agree. LMAO
Anyway… instead of sharing a book cover as I often do when I'm writing about a book we enjoy, I'm going to share a picture the girl did up yesterday. She took a photo (using the iPad) of Deedee, and then proceeded to edit it. So here's Deedee, or as the girlie put it – giggling hysterically: "She's a Chihuahua with a Mustache!"
Get Yourself Into Aperture!
Sooo…. since taking my workload into Apple's latest version of Aperture, I've become a total lover of presets. I've created two of my own, and have a couple dozen others as well. It's rare that I don't do any further tweeking after applying a preset – but they do go a fair distance in cutting down my editing workload.
Haven't checked out Aperture 3 yet? Apple is offering a free one month trial – so it's a good time to look into it. It's a great tool for amateur photophiles too, so don't think that just because you aren't a professional it's not worth investing in a good processing tool. Learning how to properly edit your photographs can turn a good capture into a great one. And a good photo editing program is a MUST HAVE for anyone who's involved in scrapbooking. It's the ideal way to provide those special touches that can really punch your work up a notch (or even two or three). 🙂 So check it out: http://www.apple.com/ca/aperture/
Seriously, this is one program that should make it into your bag of tricks. 😉
Now… since I've been toying with presets I have to ask… Each photo shoot I edit seems to inspire a new one. So it won't be long until I have enough of them to launch my own preset collection. Would ya'll be interested in the TD Photography preset collection?
…as the wheel turns
So, just as I get better, the girlie is up for her turn. Isn't that the way? She's not sick yet, but I can feel it coming. The moodiness. The sleepiness. The irritabliness. Wait. That's not a word. Okay, maybe I'm not ALL the way better yet. 😉
It was a long day.
But I was able to get a little work done.
I put in a few hours this afternoon editing photos. However, I'm not on the desktop computer, so I'm unable to share any. Sorry. Though, I don't think I'd have done so anyway. This was a "boudoir" shoot. And while some folks have no problem letting it all hang out for the world to see (and seriously, kudos to those of you who have the guts to do so) that's not the case in this instance.


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TAP Early Head Start program receives $2.7 million
ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - Total Action for Progress, or TAP, is receiving a nearly three million dollar federal grant to support Early Head Start programs in the Roanoke Valley.
Senator Mark Warner announced Friday the money from the Department of Health and Human Services will support child care and early education programs for low-income families.
TAP's Resource Development Director, Amy Hathaway, says the program saves school systems from having to get kids up to speed later on, making it a good use of taxpayer money.
"The tax dollars you put into this program are the kind that save tax dollars later on, and by some estimate two to seven times, so you really, in the end it's an investment and I think that's really how people are beginning to look at it," said Hathaway.
The program is going into its second year.
Hathaway says the state looked at how many children were in better situations thanks to the childcare program, and decided it deserved the grant.
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Source: Rockford Register Star, June-July, 2019.
Masonic Temple South Main Street
Source: 1902 Rockford Illinois, p.60, Press of Horner Printing Company.
Norden Society of East Rockford – 1872-73
Norden Society of East Rockford – Scandinavian Literary Society, has been in operation for about 3 years.
Organized for improvement intellectually of Swedish inhabitants of the city
about 50 members, have a hall above 303 and 305 East State St.
They possess a small but nice library. The books are hired out at 5 cents per week.
page 29: A. W. Linden, president; A. Hollem, vice-president; Thor. Munthe, secretary; P. G. Bowman, cashier
Source: 1872-1873 City Directory
John William Shesler, DDS – obituary, Oct. 2017
Source: Rockford Register Star, Oct. 24, 2017
Rockford Newspapers, 1952 – 97 East State St.
97 East State St. : (all of below) 1952
Rockford News Tower
Winnebago Newspapers, Inc.; Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic
Consolidated News Service; Rockford Downtown Merchants Association
2nd Floor: Rockford Broadcasters Inc.; WROK – 1948,
Room 201: Maurice Miller, barber
Room 202: Rockford Community Chest, Inc.
Room 203-4: Placement Bureau
Room 206-212: Miller, Thomas, Hickey & Collins, lawyers
Room 209: Winnebago County Tuberculosis Association
Room 211: Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society
Room 214: Raymond Knowland, architect
Room 216: Robert C.C. Fringer, physician
Room 219: Boy Scouts of America (Blackhawk Council)
Room 220-223: Rockford Broadcasters Inc., WROK
Room 221: Family Consultation Services
Room 224-226: Rockford Council of Girl Scouts
Room 225: Smith Hayes Advertising Agency
Room 301: Alvin G Gunter DDS dentist
Room 302: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Agency
Room 401: Clarence E. Werner DDS dentist
Room: 404: Carrico & Wilgus real estate and insurance
Room 501: Williams McCarthy and Kinley: lawyers
Room 601: vacant
Room 606: Wedell C. Galloway, independent advertiser
Room: 701: Albert G. Simms office
8th Floor: Council Rooms
Source: 1952 Polk's Rockford City Directory
Castrogiovanni, Dr. Anthony F. – 1967 obituary
Dr. Anthony Castrogiovanni, dentist, Rockford. Born July 27, 1933, Rockford son of Anthony A. and Lena (Schifo) Castrogiovanni.
Life-long resident of Rockford, chairman for indigent care for the Winnebago County Dental Society.
Member of executive council, Winnebago County Dental Society
Member of Illinois and American Dental Societies
Graduated from West High School, Drake University, U.S. Air Force 1959 – 1962
Active in Football and Track in High School, skiing, tennis and golf, fishing. big game hunting
Married Carol L. Schultz, Sept. 12th, 1959. They have two children: Laura Marie, 5, and Carl, 3.
Member of Cathedral Catholic Church and is a fourth degree Knight of Columbus.
Sources: Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic, April 20 and 21, 1967; and also Rockfordiana: Biographies – CAR – CAZ, 1967 to present.
Rockford Labor News, p. 10 – Friday, October 27,1972
Source: Rockford Labor News, Friday, Oct. 27, 1972
'Home rule effect on economy debated" and "Historical Groups Back Home Rule" – 1983
Source: Rockford Register Star, March 31, 1983
"Face Loss of City Licenses" – 1945, plead Not Guilty
Source: Rockford Morning Star March 6, 1945
Richard Nordlof, 1933 – 2018 – 2018, obituary
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/5/2018


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Labor Split, Return To Sender
She's one of the greatest songwriters of our time. She campaigns and helps raise money for Democratic candidates. She's 63 - she sings about it on her latest CD. She's the "Natural Woman." She's Carole King and she's bringing her "Living Room Tour" to The Woodlands this Friday night. She'll perform favorites like "You've Got A Friend", "It's Too Late" and "So Far Away." She'll also sing songs she wrote that others recorded - "Locomotion" (Little Eva), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees), "Go Away Little Girl" (Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond), and "Take Good Care Of My Baby" (Bobby Vee).One of the Sunday news shows did a segment on her this past weekend - she rocked. Call your nearest ticket broker and head to The Woodlands.
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