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☆ Investors are rotating into small caps, and analysts love these dividend-paying names
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

These names must offer a dividend yield of at least 3%. The oil and gas company is rated buy or overweight by 83.4% of the analysts covering it, and offers a dividend yield of 4.2%. The stock is up close to 18% this year, and offers a 3% dividend yield. Nearly 74% of analysts rate Patterson-UTI buy or overweight, and consensus price targets suggest 43% upside. Shares are off nearly 8% in 2024, and the stock has a dividend yield of 3.2%.

Persons: Russell, Roth MKM, Piper Sandler, Luke Lemoine, Patterson, Stephen Gengaro, —, Fred Imbert Organizations: Investors, Big Tech, Nvidia, Meta, Nasdaq, Federal, CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Wall, Oil, Gas, Northern Oil's, SM Energy, Xcel, Northern Oil, Energy Solutions, Street, Atlas Energy, UTI Energy Locations: Uinta, Xcel Resources

☆ King Charles’ cancer diagnosis: How much should the public be told?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen leaving Clarence House in London on February 6, the day after it was announced King Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. But Queen Elizabeth and King Charles, they do not want to become the story, they still want to serve their public. In the fullness of time, I would like to think King Charles will talk about his treatment.”Britain's King Charles III poses for a portrait in Buckingham Palace's Throne Room after his official coronation in May 2023. From left are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Prince William; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. From left are Prince Charles; the Queen; Prince Louis; Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte.

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☆ French Minister Heads to Mideast With Post-War Gaza Plans in Mind
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By John IrishPARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister travels to the Middle East on Saturday to test ideas about reviving an Israeli-Palestinian political process after the Gaza war as Europe tries to play a role in a conflict that has deeply divided the European Union. He was referring to Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne's trip to Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, where he will also continue French efforts to defuse tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. European Union member states are divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and their response has mostly been to try to ease the humanitarian situation in the enclave. The Gaza war was triggered by fighters from the Hamas militant group who stormed across the border fence into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Since then, health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza say more than 27,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed, thousands more wounded, the enclave left in ruins and many more displaced.

Persons: John Irish PARIS, Christophe Lemoine, Stephane Sejourne's, Israel, Josep Borrell, John Irish, William Maclean Organizations: European Union, Union, EU Locations: Gaza, Europe, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iran, EU, Paris

☆ Scientists Observe Chimpanzees Using Human-Like Warfare Tactic
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

It is a scenario that has unfolded innumerable times in the history of human warfare. Inter-group violence is ubiquitous in chimpanzees, Lemoine said. While atop border hills, the chimpanzees typically refrained from noisily eating or foraging, instead resting and listening. They were more likely to advance into dangerous territory after descending a hill if the rival chimpanzees were further away. Chimpanzees and the closely related bonobos are the species nearest genetically to humans, sharing about 98.8% of our DNA.

Persons: Will Dunham, Sylvain Lemoine, Lemoine, " Lemoine, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: University of Cambridge, Biology, Inter Locations: Tai, Ivory Coast, West, Washington

☆ Scientists observe chimpanzees using human-like warfare tactic
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] A group of chimpanzees listen to other chimpanzees heard at a distance in the West African forests of Cote d'Ivoire, studied as part of research by the Tai Chimpanzee Project, in this undated handout photograph. But in this case, it involved not people but chimpanzees in Tai National Park in southwestern Ivory Coast, West Africa's largest protected area of rainforest. Inter-group violence is ubiquitous in chimpanzees, Lemoine said. They were more likely to advance into dangerous territory after descending a hill if the rival chimpanzees were further away. Chimpanzees and the closely related bonobos are the species nearest genetically to humans, sharing about 98.8% of our DNA.

Persons: Wittig, Sylvain Lemoine, Lemoine, " Lemoine, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, University of Cambridge, Biology, Inter, Thomson Locations: West, Cote d'Ivoire, Tai, Ivory Coast, Washington

☆ 'It's unfair', Chile coach calls out fixture imbalance after England drubbing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LILLE, France, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Coach Pablo Lemoine said Chile never had a chance of competing against England in their World Cup clash on Saturday having never previously played opposition of similar calibre. "I'm not really disappointed, sorry, that's the reality, that's what is happening with the rankings," he said. "I hope that changes because it's not good for the players or for the supporters... the score is completely unfair." Los Condores started brightly, holding England out for 20 minutes and even causing their opponents a few problems with a quickfire passing game. Chile move on to an all-South American World Cup clash against the Pumas of Argentina for their final Pool D match in Nantes next Saturday.

Persons: Pablo Lemoine, Lemoine, I'm, we've, Condores, Henry Arundell, Captain Martin Sigren, Mauroy, haven't, Nick Mulvenney, Clare Fallon Organizations: LILLE, England, Stade Pierre, Canada, USA, Brazil, Pumas, Nantes, Thomson Locations: France, Chile, England, Japan, Samoa, Argentina, Lyon

☆ Five-try Arundell stars as England thrash Chile 71-0
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

England, who made 12 changes from the starting line-up against Japan, scored 11 tries, including five for 20-year-old winger Arundell that equalled an England record, albeit against the lowest ranked team in the tournament playing at their first World Cup. Samoa and Japan have five, Argentina four and Chile are yet to register after three defeats. It was one-way traffic by then and Arundell got his fourth, chipping and gathering his own kick. Chile showed touches of ambition in the first half but never really threatened and were chasing shadows after the break. Their coach Pablo Lemoine, who scored a try for Uruguay against England in that 2003 match, said: "I'm not really disappointed, that's reality.

Persons: Winger Arundell, debutants Smith, Winger Henry Arundell, Steve Borthwick, Arundell, Owen Farrell, Marcus Smith, Smith, Marcus, Theo Dan, Bevan Rodd, Matias Dittus, maul, Dan, Elliot Daly, George Ford, Farrell, England's, Josh Lewsey, Rory Underwood, Daniel Lambert, Ford, Jack Willis, Borthwick, Freddie Steward, Pablo Lemoine, Philip Blenkinsop, Ken Ferris, Clare Fallon Organizations: England, LILLE, Japan, Wales, Samoa, Ford, Fiji, France, Thomson Locations: France, England, Chile, Marseille, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Japan, Argentina, flyhalf, Uruguay

☆ Underdogs Chile make four changes for Samoa game
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Lawrence White | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOULOUSE, France, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Chile coach Pablo Lemoine resisted the urge to make too many adjustments to the team for their Pool D Rugby World Cup match against Samoa on Saturday with four changes as they bid to bounce back from an opening defeat by Japan. Los Condores bring in Tomas Dussaillant at hooker, try a new second row pairing of Santiago Pedrero and Pablo Huete and give a start to Jose Ignacio Larenas on the left wing. The lowest ranked team at this World Cup and making their debut in the tournament, Chile notched two tries in the 42-12 loss to Japan but also suffered a pair of yellow cards and now look to the Samoa game as their best remaining chance of a win. Among the players to watch in the Chile side are full back Inaki Ayarza, a deft runner who sparked their opening score against Japan, and flyhalf Rodrigo Fernandez who finished it. The accomplished Fernandez has already caught the eye with his all-round game and will have to be at his best for Chile to beat Samoa for an unlikely first-ever win in a World Cup game.

Persons: Pablo Lemoine, Condores, Tomas Dussaillant, Santiago Pedrero, Pablo Huete, Jose Ignacio Larenas, flyhalf Rodrigo Fernandez, Fernandez, Javier Carrasco, Matias Dittus, Clemente Saavedra, Raimundo Martínez, Marcelo Torrealba, Rodrigo Fernandez, Matias Garafulic, Domingo Saavedra, Diego Escobar, Diego Escobar 17 Salvador Lues, Esteban Inostroza, Javier Eissmann, Alfonso Escobar, Ignacio Silva, Benjamin Videla, Pablo Casas, Lawrence White, Ken Ferris Organizations: Pool D, Samoa, Japan, Santiago Pedrero, Santiago Videla, Thomson Locations: TOULOUSE, France, Chile, Japan, Samoa, Diego Escobar 17

☆ Couple leaves jobs and sells everything to buy $1.6 million campground
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCouple leaves jobs and sells everything to buy $1.6 million campgroundMark Lemoine, KOA Campground owner, joins Make it Monday on 'Last Call' to talk how he and his wife left their jobs and 'sold everything' to buy a KOA campground.

Persons: Mark Lemoine, KOA

In 2016, Mark Lemoine came home from work and told his wife Karla Lemoine he wanted to quit his job and buy a campground. The Lemoines put their house on the market, withdrew all their savings and "sold everything we owned to buy the campground" for $1.6 million, Mark says. Mark and Karla Lemoine sold their house, car and more to buy a campground in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It brought in $1.2 million in revenue last year, enough for the Lemoines to pay themselves a combined $150,000 in salary. The Lemoines had to get creative to pay for their dream $1.6 million campground.

Persons: Mark Lemoine, Karla Lemoine, Mark, Karla, they'd, Devin Lieberman, they've, Joseph KOA, Roth IRAs Organizations: CNBC, America Locations: Michigan, Benton Harbor , Michigan, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Coloma, St, Rockford , Michigan

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe bought a campground in 2016 for $1.6 million—today it's worth $6 millionMark Lemoine, 53, took a leap of faith in 2016 when he resigned from his state government job to pursue his lifelong dream of owning a campground. He and his wife, Karla, also 53, acquired the Coloma/St. Joseph KOA Campground in southwest Michigan for $1.6 million. After numerous renovations, new additions and dedicated care, their campground's value has skyrocketed to $6 million.

Persons: Mark Lemoine, Karla, Joseph KOA Locations: Coloma, St, Michigan

☆ Google is trying to be 'safe and responsible' with AI, says the engineer who got fired after sentience claim
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Google engineer fired after saying an AI chatbot was sentient said it's being "responsible". A Google engineer who was fired after saying its AI chatbot gained sentience said the company is approaching artificial intelligence in a "safe and responsible" way. "I think Google is going about doing things in what they believe is a safe and responsible manner, and OpenAI just happened to release something," he said. He was fired later that month as Google claimed he violated its confidentiality policy. A company representative told Insider at the time that his sentience claims were unsupported and there wasn't any evidence to suggest it had consciousness.

☆ A former Google researcher behind a seminal AI paper describes how the company lost a top chatbot visionary
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Character.ai CEO Noam Shazeer, a former Googler who worked in AI, spoke to the "No Priors" podcast. He says Google was afraid to launch a chatbot, fearing consequences of it saying something wrong. Like the chatbot ChatGPT, Character.ai's technology leans on a vast amount of text-based information scraped from the web for its knowledge. Shazeer was a lead author on Google's Transformer paper, which has been widely cited as key to today's chatbots. Google had also received pushback internally from AI researchers like Timnit Gebru who cautioned against releasing anything that might cause harm.

☆ The Google engineer who was fired after claiming the company's chatbot is sentient says AI is the 'most powerful' tech invented 'since the atomic bomb'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Blake Lemoine, a former Google engineer, says AI is the most powerful invention since the atomic bomb. Lemoine was fired by Google in June 2022 after he claimed the company's chatbot is sentient. Now he's warning that the AI bots being developed are the "most powerful" pieces of technology invented "since the atomic bomb." Google fired Lemoine on June 22, saying he violated the company's employee confidentiality policy. A Google spokesperson told Insider in June that there is no evidence to support Lemoine's claims that the company's AI is sentient.

☆ Google is warning its employees not to help its Bard AI chatbot trick users into thinking it's human
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When Bard provides a response that is considered bad, employees can "fix" the response by rewriting it. In the "Do's" section, it told employees that Bard's responses should be in the first-person, maintaining an "unopinionated, neutral tone." 5 steps for teaching Bard Step 1: Pick a use case Step 2: Try out a prompt Enter a prompt. Step 3: Evaluate Bard's response Check Bard's response and give it a thumbs up or down - Did it follow instructions as you expected - Was the response factually correct? Make sure you refer to recommended formatting for different types of responses Step 5: Submit and confirm Before submitting.

A Louisiana officer was arrested and charged after a high-speed chase that led to the deaths of two teenage girls, officials said. Officials didn't clarify how fast Cauthron was going at the time of the crash in Brusly, a town about 10 miles southwest of Baton Rouge. His bond was set at $100,000, and as of Tuesday, he remained in the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, online records show. He was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter by law enforcement in West Baton Rouge. Maggie and Caroline were both cheerleaders at Brusly High School in West Baton Rouge, according to the school.

☆ Google AI may not be sentient but it is really powerful. Here's how it might actually revolutionize the way we use technology.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-04 | by ( Alex Kantrowitz | Big Technology | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When I sat down with Blake Lemoine last week, I was more interested in the chatbot technology he called sentient — LaMDA — than the sentience issue itself. As our conversation began, Lemoine revealed Google had just fired him (you can listen in full on Big Technology Podcast). But now, one week later, I can't stop thinking about how LaMDA — conscious or not — might change the way we relate to technology. As LaMDA-like technology hits the market, it may change the way we interact with computers — and not just for customer service. LaMDA technology is a big leap forward.

☆ A Google engineer believed he found an AI bot that was sentient. It cost him his job.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-23 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Blake Lemoine, an engineer who claimed an AI bot was sentient, was fired from Google. "We wish Blake well," a spokesperson for Google told the Washington Post. Experts told Insider it is very unlikely the chatbot is sentient. Google suspended Lemoine in June after Google said he violated the company's employee confidentiality policy, Lemoine told The New York Times. Experts told Insider the chatbot is most likely not sentient, but Lemoine continued to believe it was.

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