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COALFIELD — Despite missing five players, including a pair of starters, and only dressing nine total for a pair of Hall of Champions games Saturday evening, the Cleveland Lady Raiders notched two more easy victories. "We had so many players step up yesterday (Saturday) to make big plays when we needed it the most," related second-hear Cleveland head coach Bianca Hensley of a 71-50 blowout of host Coalfield followed shortly by a 63-39 thrashing of 2024 Class 1A State Quarterfinalist Clay County. "We didn't have the best start to the Clay County game, but our kids are resilient. They found a way after playing back-to-back games to come away with two wins." With recent Tennessee commit Lauren Hurst out for a third straight game with a groin injury, plus senior starter Tamiah Tanner unavailable as well, several younger players showed what they can do in the twinbill. The 2024 TSSAA Class 4A State Semifinalist Lady Raiders will turn around and play in the Silverdale Thanksgiving Invitational Monday through Wednesday. In the opening round Monday at 7 p.m., Cleveland (3-0) will battle Tyner Academy, which rolled over Signal Mountain 68-32 in its season opener Thursday. The Lady Raiders will face either Soddy Daisy (1-1) or Walker Valley (0-2) in Tuesday's Round 2 before at 3 p.m. before capping the event Wednesday. The other teams participating in the tournament-style play are defending champion Murfreesboro Central-Magnet (1-1), Ooltewah (2-1), Red Bank (1-1) and host Silverdale (2-0). Both teams ripped the cords for 19 points in the opening period before Cleveland took command with a 22-6 second frame advantage. Despite being down 41-25, the Class 3A hosts fought back to win the third quarter 18-14, but the Lady Raiders turned it on down the stretch to pull away with a 16-7 final frame advantage. Posting their highest point total of the young season, freshman Ariyah Huffman drilled a trio of 3-pointers, plus went 5-for-6 at the free throw line for 20 points in her first varsity start. After leading the team in scoring in the season opening win over Baylor, sophomore Laney Copeland sizzled the nylon on four long-range shots on her way to 18 markers. "Ariyah Huffman and Laney Copeland led the way offensively against Coalfield," praised Coach Hensley. "(Sophomore) Izzy Smith came off the bench and was a huge spark plug, hitting two 3s, scoring eight points and grabbing five rebounds." Like her little sister, senior sharpshooter Emma Smith also drilled a pair from "downtown" on her way to 10 points. "(Freshman) Addy Gravelle gave us great minutes off the bench with eight points," the Lady Raider mentor proclaimed. "We had another great game shooting the ball making 13 3's. "(Sophomore) Emily Patterson led us with 10 rebounds. She does all the small things by getting us extra possessions." Once again the opening quarter saw a very tight battle between 2004 TSSAA State qualifiers with Cleveland holding a narrow 18-16 edge. The Lady Raiders were able to open up a little breathing room (16-10) in the second frame for an eight-point halftime advantage. After the intermission, the Cleveland defense took over, holding the Lady Bulldogs to just 13 second half points, while pouring in 29 of their own for the third 20-plus point win of the campaign. Emma Smith topped the scoring tally with 20 points, including a pair of triples and going 6-for-7 at the charity stripe. Patterson helped out with 10 points, including 4-of-5 foul shots, while Huffman netted eight and Copeland seven, with a trey and 4-for-4 at the stripe. Freshman Jada Davis, who had a 3-pointers in each of the three games so far, and Izzy Smith netted five apiece. Along with her bomb, Davis nailed both her free throws, while the younger Smith and Huffman both went 3-for-4 on freebies. Although only hitting five 3-pointers in the win, Cleveland went 24-of-31 at the free throw line. Clay County's (0-2) other loss this season came to 2024 Class 3A State Runner-up Upperman.
Commerce Bank decreased its position in shares of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:ZBH – Free Report ) by 3.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,169 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock after selling 700 shares during the period. Commerce Bank’s holdings in Zimmer Biomet were worth $2,393,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Zimmer Biomet in the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Bangor Savings Bank acquired a new stake in Zimmer Biomet in the third quarter worth about $31,000. Family Firm Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Zimmer Biomet during the second quarter worth about $33,000. Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA acquired a new position in shares of Zimmer Biomet during the second quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Ridgewood Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Zimmer Biomet in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. 88.89% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research firms have weighed in on ZBH. BTIG Research dropped their target price on shares of Zimmer Biomet from $134.00 to $126.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Zimmer Biomet from $112.00 to $107.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on Zimmer Biomet from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Evercore ISI dropped their price target on Zimmer Biomet from $113.00 to $110.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 1st. Finally, Raymond James reduced their price objective on Zimmer Biomet from $128.00 to $123.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Zimmer Biomet has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $123.22. Zimmer Biomet Price Performance Shares of Zimmer Biomet stock opened at $110.22 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $21.94 billion, a PE ratio of 20.95, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.02. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $101.47 and a twelve month high of $133.90. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $106.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $109.69. Zimmer Biomet ( NYSE:ZBH – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The medical equipment provider reported $1.74 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.74. Zimmer Biomet had a return on equity of 12.95% and a net margin of 14.27%. The business had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.65 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts predict that Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. will post 7.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Zimmer Biomet Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.87%. Zimmer Biomet’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.25%. Zimmer Biomet Profile ( Free Report ) Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a medical technology company worldwide. The company designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic reconstructive products, such as knee and hip products; S.E.T. products, including sports medicine, biologics, foot and ankle, extremities, and trauma products; craniomaxillofacial and thoracic products comprising face and skull reconstruction products, as well as products that fixate and stabilize the bones of the chest to facilitate healing or reconstruction after open heart surgery, trauma, or for deformities of the chest. Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for Zimmer Biomet Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Zimmer Biomet and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
By Martin Gutmann It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish explorer’s lost ship. Shackleton is best known for the trials of his ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which set off in summer 1914 and saw his ship trapped and swallowed by the ice pack. He and his crew were forced to undertake a dangerous trek across the ice and brave the stormiest seas on Earth until reaching the safety of South Georgia Island in May 1916. His tale is irresistibly cinematic: the icebound ship, the desperate march to safety, the unflagging motivational speeches. It is that rare real-life event that follows a dramatic storytelling arc as well as the best Hollywood script. Even today, his tale provides enduring fodder for bestselling books, business school case studies and social media posts that mine it for leadership lessons and insights. But our obsession with Shackleton is emblematic of a problematic tendency: that of celebrating bold, brash and action-prone leaders who, it turns out on closer inspection, stumbled from one self-inflicted crisis to another. As one of Shackleton’s contemporaries, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, rightly quipped, “Adventure is a sign of incompetence.” Yet to those of us looking for social media- or bestseller-ripe leadership takeaways, this hardly matters. A good story, it seems, has more cachet than actual leadership competency. And this truth extends far beyond polar exploration. A series of contemporary studies have shown that we tend to assess leadership potential by a narrow set of easily observable but largely irrelevant traits. According to a 2020 study, those who speak the most are perceived as having the most leadership mettle, regardless of what they actually say. Other studies have found that we see leadership potential in those who act “assertively and forcefully,” regardless of their competence or, as it may be, incompetence. Meanwhile, Harvard Business School professor Thomas DeLong coined the term “the busyness trap” to describe our admiration for those who are perpetually busy. In other words, in our offices today, appearing leaderlike, rather than actually demonstrating sound judgment and an ability to inspire others, is often the path to recognition, promotion and fame. Shackleton is a case in point. Despite his heroic efforts to lead his crew to safety, the crisis he faced was largely of his own making. He disregarded seasoned whalers’ warnings about hazardous ice conditions and failed to select, train and equip his crew properly. Even more damning, the expedition’s second ship, the Aurora, faced an even graver crisis than the Endurance, resulting in three lost lives — a detail often brushed aside in glowing accounts of Shackleton’s “leadership prowess.” His most demonstrable skill, it turns out, was not so much leading, but rather managing to overcome his own ineptitude despite long odds. His record as an explorer is an unimpressive 0 for 4: He was part of four expeditions to the South Pole but never reached it. In fact, in this heyday of polar exploration, he failed to claim any of the era’s grand objectives: the North and South poles and the Northeast and the Northwest passages. Meanwhile, Roald Amundsen, that comparatively dull but competent Norwegian, ticked them off with precision. His expeditions may lack the high drama of Shackleton’s, but they offer lessons in careful preparation and steady competence. His expeditions are, compared to Shackleton’s, unexciting stories. And, perhaps precisely for this reason, few have heard of him. The lesson here? True leadership isn’t about swaggering through crises of one’s own making or dazzling us with dramatic heroics. It’s about foresight, preparation and avoidance of a crisis in the first place. Celebrating leaders such as the Shackletons of our offices, while overlooking the quieter, more competent Amundsens out there, perpetuates a toxic admiration for flashy bluster and missteps over steady success. The danger extends beyond overlooking brilliant but understated leaders. As leadership scholar Keith Grint notes, our fascination with action-oriented figures can become self-perpetuating. Once people realize they are rewarded for hyperactive responses to crises, they learn to “seek out — or reframe situations as crises.” One need only look around the office or the news cycle to glimpse this phenomenon in action: The key to garnering influence, favor and, for that matter, votes, appears increasingly to be bold proclamations and ceaseless agitation in the face of a real or imagined threat. Let’s leave Shackleton where he belongs — celebrated as a gallant adventurer, sure, but on an ice floe of cautionary tales. The next time we seek out great leaders, let’s look past the dramatic and toward those who quietly get the job done. We might be surprised at what (and whom) we find. Martin Gutmann is an American professor at the Lucerne School of Business in Switzerland and the author of “The Unseen Leader. How History Can Help Us Rethink Leadership.” This article was published by Chicago Tribune and distributed by Tribune Content Agency.Halifax security forum: United States senator questions Canada's military spending
Farmers call for ‘Punjab Bandh’ todayAdventure Toys in Northallerton has become a well-known toy destination of dreams described as "wall to floor" full of toys - selling everything from stocking fillers to slides, swings and more. This year will be their 35th Christmas selling wares to the families of North Yorkshire after the store was dreamed up by husband and wife Belinda and Noel Metcalfe in 1989. Adventure Toys, Northallerton. (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) Adventure Toys, Northallerton. (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) Their daughter, Louise Ingham, 40, now works at the store too - and they've been growing every year since. Louise told The Northern Echo: "Now there are not many toy shops at all never mind independent toy shops. "We’ve just kept trying different things and have been going out to Europe to get unusual toys as well as the classics." Adventure Toys, Northallerton. (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) The store has built up a reputation for outdoor things like slides climbing frames and swings but also does indoor toys like trains wooden toys and model animals. Despite the large shift to online shopping, Louise says that business has still been thriving and many customers are making journeys from further afield. She added: "95% of our business was online but recently that has changed with people actually wanting to come in, to come to the shop and see the toys. Adventure Toys, Northallerton. (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) "They say that there aren’t any toy shops anymore and that they like to see, choose, and handle what they want. "More customers are coming through as it’s normal now to travel about an hour plus from places like Newcastle, and Sheffield. "When people are spending several hundred pounds on big outdoor setup, they want to come and see if it will be worth it." Adventure Toys, Northallerton. (Image: SARAH CALDECOTT) Now heading into the festive season once again, Louise and her parents say they are filled with pride when it comes to what they have achieved and look forward to many more years in business. She added: "We are incredibly proud of what we've done and what we continue to achieve. We are unique and we're known because of my mum and dad. "People know us and say 'Oh yes, you're that toy place'."
CINCINNATI — The Denver Broncos needed one win in their final three games to reach the playoffs for the first time since winning the Super Bowl in 2015. They are running out of chances. The Broncos (9-7) fell short in an attempt to secure a postseason berth Saturday, falling 30-24 in overtime to the Cincinnati Bengals. After two straight losses, Denver needs a win in its final regular-season game, next week at home against the two-time Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. “It’s been like this for two weeks,” Broncos quarterback Bo Nix said. “Just need to put everything in it to go win the game.” The Broncos (still control their own destiny. Win next week and they're in with no outside help needed. “Just get back in Monday, start the week over again and beat Kansas City,” Broncos defensive end Zach Allen said. “Obviously, we could have got it done two games ago. We should have got it done tonight. We'll be fine.” The Broncos will face a Chiefs team that already clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC and will likely rest their starters, especially with Patrick Mahomes nursing a high ankle sprain. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) is tackled by Denver Broncos cornerback Riley Moss (21) after a touchdown during overtime of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster Denver lost 16-14 to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 10. The Broncos were 5-5 after that loss. “Need to turn the page and get ready for a really good team coming in the last game of the season,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton said. “This is what we do it for, meaningful games. There's nothing worse than playing games the last part of the season where there's nothing at stake.” The Broncos could have taken the importance out of next week's game with a win over the Bengals. Nix tossed three game-tying touchdown passes in the second half, two to Marvin Mims Jr. who made a leaping grab between two defenders for a 24-yard TD to tie the score at 24 with eight seconds left. Denver Broncos wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. (19) celebrates a touchdown with Denver Broncos tight end Lucas Krull (85) against the Cincinnati Bengals during the second half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster The Broncos considered going for two points on the conversion, but Payton opted to kick the extra point and send the game into OT. Nix held up two fingers after Mims' score. “I definitely want the ball with a chance to win the game, but we had a chance to do that in overtime,” Nix said. Denver could have nailed down a playoff berth with a tie, but punted twice in overtime, once after the Bengals missed a chance to win the game when Cade York's 33-yard field goal attempt hit the upright. Joe Burrow tossed a 3-yard TD pass to Tee Higgins to win the game with 1:10 left to keep the Bengals' playoff hopes alive. “We've got to turn ourselves into winners," Broncos right tackle Michael McGlinchey said. "We've got to make sure when we control the outcome of certain things, we need to finish. Cincinnati's a great football team. They played like their life was on the line today.”
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The Place next April will open the biggest expansion in its five-year history when it opens The Launchpad, a 50-unit apartment complex designed to provide permanent housing for youths until they can find somewhere to live themselves. Young adults ages 18-25 will sign one-year leases on apartments in the $20 million project on the west side of Colorado Springs, where they will receive help with education, employment and mental health so they remain self-sufficient, said Joey Macasero, grants and communications coordinator for The Place. The building will be staffed around the clock by direct care specialists, a case manager and a program manager, he said. “Tenants will receive support to re-enroll in school, get a GED (general educational development) certificate or seek higher education. We are already working with other organizations to provide health care, and they will have access to (a variety of) other resources,” Macasero said. “When a tenant signs a one-year lease at Launchpad, we expect they will be ready to be on their own,” but no one will be forced to leave when their lease expires. The Place now offers housing services to homeless youth ages 15-24, offering them a safe and stable place to live, through 70 housing units scattered across the Colorado Springs area as well as intensive case management for physical and mental health care, educational and employment support and development of family and life skills. The nonprofit agency will continue to operate its housing program after The Launchpad opens, Macasero said. The agency also sends its Outreach Team to places where homeless teens gather, such as Acacia and Dorchester parks, to develop rapport with youth, offer them needed supplies as well as case management services, Macasero said. The team tells youths they meet about the agency’s drop-in center near downtown Colorado Springs, where hot meals, showers, shelter, essential supplies and employment services are available. The Place operates an emergency overnight shelter that can accommodate up to 20 homeless young people and serves three meals daily. Shelter clients must arrive before the 7 p.m. curfew and most leave by 10 a.m. for work or to attend school, Macasero said. During the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, The Place helped 562 youth through its Outreach Team, drop-in center or emergency shelter. He said the largest share of financial help was spent on rental assistance for youth in the agency’s housing program. The Place is supported mostly from foundation grants and individual contributions — the agency’s largest fundraising event, the Off the Street Breakfast, attracted 962 participants in July. The Place became a separate nonprofit in 2019 after opening 19 years as part of Urban Peak, which provides similar services in the Denver area to give the local nonprofit more flexibility in addressing issues specific to Colorado Springs. The agency selected Becky Treece as its CEO in March from a field of 85 applicants; she had previously served as interim CEO and chief development officer for the organization and had worked for several other local nonprofits. “Between getting you a job, getting you your vital documents, getting you an ID, getting you transportation to doctor’s appointments, to getting you set up with a doctor, there are so many things that they (The Place) help with, more than just food and being somewhere you can actually be sheltered,” said Jasmine, a Place client.
