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UK Issues Travel Restriction On Nigeria Over Omicron COVID-19 Variant
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced travel restrictions on Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world. This was disclosed by the UK's Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, through his official Twitter account.
The UK is the third country to impose a travel ban on Nigeria in the past few weeks.
Meanwhile, Javid stated that the UK and Irish citizens who will be travelling from Nigeria would be allowed into the country after quarantining for a certain period.
"In light of the most recent data, we are taking further action to slow the incursion of the Omicron variant. From 4 am on Monday, only UK/Irish citizens and residents travelling from Nigeria will be allowed entry and must isolate in a managed quarantine facility, he tweeted.
"And from 4 am on Tuesday, anyone travelling to the UK from countries, not on the Red List will be required to take a pre-departure test, regardless of their vaccination status.
"Vaccines remain our first line of defence— the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones. Please get vaccinated or #GetBoosted as soon as you can."
Indonesia had few weeks ago slammed a travel ban on Nigeria following the discovery of the new strain of the virus.
Lagos Post Online also reported that Canada had placed Nigeria on a travel ban following the discovery of two cases of the Omicron variant which were linked to travellers from Nigeria.
The NCDC, on Wednesday, had announced the presence of the new variant in Nigeria.
According to the Director-General of the centre, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, the cases were identified through the genomics sequencing of positive cases from travelers linked to South Africa.
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Magnesium, by volume, is one of the most plentiful minerals in your body. It is involved in over 300 unique metabolic processes yet its one of the prevalent vitamins to be deficient.
Norman Shealy, PhD., the man who developed the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) devices, states that almost every major medical disease is associated with a magnesium deficiency – which makes since given that every cell in your body requires Magnesium to optimally preform.
Ensuring you have enough Magnesium is simple – you can focus on consuming foods that are high in magnesium (Almonds, Spinach, Dark Chocolate, Avocado, Banana, Black Beans, Swiss Chard, Pumpkin Seeds, Cashew), you can supplement or you can do both.
Magnesium is responsible in the transmission of nerve signals, which are mostly electro-chemical in nature. There are various research articles suggesting magnesium can calm/prevent numbness and tingling.
Most headache sufferers, when tested, are low in magnesium. Magnesium is responsible for regulating neurotransmitters and electrochemical signals in the brain. The majority of research also notes that magnesium prevents excessive calcium from entering brain cells. Elevated levels of calcium is known to over stimulate nerve cells – a leading cause of migraines.
Magnesium is vital in keeping stools soft by inviting water to stay within the intestinal cavity. Constipation is mostly due to stools becoming dehydrated (hardened) when they move through a dry colon. Magnesium is also known to regulate smooth muscle contractions, and the GI tract is nearly 100% smooth muscle. This is why most people who start to supplement with magnesium see an almost instant change in their constipation and cramping.
Basic muscle contraction physiology includes calcium landing on a receptor, which causes the muscle to contract. Magnesium dislodges the calcium from the receptor which allows the muscle to relax. Hopefully now you can see why any irregular contractions of the heart could be due to magnesium deficiency. If you notice your heart beats irregularly, studies show magnesium can help to slow rapid heartbeats and balance hearts that beat off normal rhythm.
Your body requires ATP (cellular energy) to not only function but to also make you feel energized. The mitochondria are the "cell within your cells" that produce ATP – and magnesium is an essential nutrient in this process. Even the slightest drop in magnesium (which would still be seen as "normal" on your bloodwork") can affect energy production and again, over 300 biological processes. Magnesium is also responsible for normal adrenal function, which when deficient can lead to a drain in your bodies adaptation to stress which drains your energy! Most people report an increase in overall awareness of energy when supplementing magnesium.
As mentioned before, magnesium is required for normal nerve function. When magnesium levels are deficient the nerve system can become overstimulated, which not only increases muscle tension but can physically decrease pain tolerance. Chronic pain conditions (fibromyalgia) are usually characterized with intense muscle contractions, anxiety, anger and stress. Over time these have been shown to develop into painful expressions. Magnesium also is known to relax muscles which is why most people who take a magnesium (Epsom) bath often feel better physically afterwards.
This is by far one of the most obvious tell-tale signs of magnesium deficiency. This is mostly due to the fact that magnesium is intimately connected to nerve transmission and the muscle contraction cycle. As magnesium levels drop, calcium levels often increase. Calcium not only stimulates nerve fibers (causing muscles to contract without signal from the nerve system) but it also physically causes a contraction within muscle fibers. Another culprit: most Americans focus more on calcium supplementation than magnesium supplementation and are often over loaded with calcium – only exacerbating the condition.


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From acquisition opportunities to the burgeoning cannabis industry, investors see a lot of fertile ground in Northeast Ohio.
More banks are moving into the already fragmented market while others are bought up.
Private equity is adjusting to a increasingly competitive landscape as more funds plant flags here.
The battle for talent in the accounting sector has struck a fevered pitch.
And some new initiatives could affect symptoms of the markets systemic issues of poverty.
With the theme of investors and businespeople feeling increasingly bullish about their opportunities in this market, here are our selections for the top 10 biggest finance stories of the year in Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland's largest hometown bank has largely drawn attention these past two years for work tied to its massive, $4.1 billion acquisition of Buffalo's First Niagara Financial Group and the following integration, but KeyCorp has been excelling in multiple other fronts lately.
In the past year, KeyBank has greatly expanded its small-business lending, emerged as a leader in the fintech space — even serving as one of the top backers of a fintech business accelerator in Columbus — and fashioned its affordable housing business into one of its top revenue drivers.
Meanwhile, Key's wealth management business, which falls under Key Private Bank (which itself is part of Key Community Bank), has emerged as the company's fastest-growing business, helping lift income in that division more than 45% from the same point a year ago (income from trust and investment services was up 28% over the same point in 2016). Their assets under management now top $38 billion.
And that's all besides the various industry accolades CEO Beth Mooney (who was named American Banker'sBanker of the Year and received the Crain's Women of Note Legacy Award this year) other execs and the company itself have drawn through 2017.
All those wins reflect an objectively positive year for KeyCorp that sets the tone for another big year in 2018.
With Ohio's medical marijuana program going live in September 2018, this year has been a formative one for the burgeoning legal cannabis industry here.
While the most proactive folks seeking a chance to grow, process and sell marijuana in Ohio have been getting their houses in order for months or even years in anticipation of securing at least one of the couple dozen state-issued licenses available for each operation, 2017 marked the last chance many had to invest in a potential business — at least until the state decides if/when it will allow more operators to get involved. By spring, there was already a sense the time to get involved was running out.
Investors and aspiring license holders spent much of this year navigating local rules in municipalities, some of which were more proactive than others in dropping marijuana moratoriums and tweaking zoning rules to allow for the marijuana industry as would-be businesses have to show they have property lined up and community support in their applications. That has created a battle for real estate as applicants pay to take properties off the market for months at a time in anticipation they'll earn a license.
So 2017 was one where there was a growing sense of urgency for industry stakeholders, both from businesspeople and their investors and the cities who want a piece of what's expected to grow to between a $1.5 billion to $2 billion industry in the coming years.
As of the end of 2017, we already know who the cultivators will be, where they'll operate, and have learned the Northeast Ohio market is the most sought after by dispensaries.
More details will trickle in through the coming months. But in 2017, the time to get involved in Ohio's medical marijuana program has pretty much run out.
One of the market's more high-profile acquisitions of the year came in May when Citizens Financial Group, the Rhode Island parent company of Citizens Bank, bought Ralph Della Ratta's Cleveland M&A advisory firm Western Reserve Partners LLC.
Della Ratta, an investment banking vet in this market, started the business in 2004. He and his five partners and cofounders and 30-person staff all merged into Citizens as the $120 billion-asset bank sought to build up its corporate M&A work.
The deal marked the first acquisition supporting Citizens Capital Markets Inc., which added broker-dealer capabilities to the bank's existing capital markets platform when the entity was launched in 2016. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, but company filings showed Citizens incurred $11 million of goodwill expense in the deal.
Then, just week after that deal was announced, Citizens named Della Ratta, who's still running Western Reserve Partners, its new Ohio market president. He replaced Joseph DiRocco in the role, who in May took a job with Fifth Third Bank as its regional president for Northeast Ohio.
"It's all about opening doors, being a rainmaker and making things happen for everyone in the organization," Della Ratta told Crain's of his market president role in July.
In the accounting field, business is strong and steady, and that's helping firms grow right along with the demand.
This is creating a war for talent in the accounting space as ever-growing firms — from the Big 4, all of which have a presence in this market, to the myriad midsize players — attempt to draw from the same pool of talent whether here or across the country.
Besides battling amongst themselves, the industry finds itself competing for tech-savvy workers with skills in areas like data science and app development against companies on the coasts in regions like Silicon Valley where those workers tend to flock.
Couple that with an demand for accountants themselves — not just in accounting firms but other fields — that's greater than the pace at which colleges are graduating them, and you find firms doing more and more to draw top employees in various ways, from offering enticing starting salaries and lucrative bonuses to adopting more relaxed, millennial-inspired company cultures to offering programs like one at PricewaterhouseCoopers that directly pays down a student's college debt.
Firms say the fight to get in front of people is such a challenge that many recruiting teams are targeting job prospects who haven't even graduated from high school yet, but have shown an interest in accounting.
"The war on talent has gone ballistic," Allan Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group Inc. in Chicago, told Crain's in September. "Firms are moving from using outside firms for recruiting to doing it internally. They have war rooms set up just for that because it's win or get eaten."
Among a flurry of high-profile, big-dollar acquisitions that transpired in 2017 was one in the spring that had a unique connection to a small Cleveland investment firm.
Back in April, Straight Path Communications Inc., a small telecommunications company in Virginia with nine employees, announced a pending sale to AT&T for $1.6 million. However, what was later revealed to be Verizon Wireless fought with them behind the scenes, each outbidding the other in hopes of taking over the small company's 5G spectrum band claimed via licenses auctioned off by the Federal Communications Commission.
(From L to R) Robert Clutterbuck Jr., Ryan Crane and Robert Clutterbuck Sr.
Verizon ended up winning, buying Straight Path in a deal valued at about $3.1 billion, marking a 404% premium over the firm's roughly $36 stock price logged just a few weeks earlier.
However, Clutterbuck Capital Management, which was running a $100 million investment fund under Bob Clutterbuck and his two sons, had perceptively acquired a chunk in Straight Path years before the sale. They secured an even bigger piece upon negotiating a debt deal with warrants for company stock that was ultimately used to pay a federal fine (related to the business not developing its 5G network as it was required to — it gets complicated) that needed cleared before the firm could be acquired by one of the telecom giants.
Clutterbuck made a killing in the deal, which for them was a transaction years in the making. New York investors began blowing up phones at this otherwise unknown fund in Cleveland asking the Clutterbucks to call them when they did other deals in the future.
It's fair to say this Cleveland firm garnered Wall Street envy that day.
"Here in Cleveland, we beat out all the other guys," Clutterbuck Sr. proudly told Crain's in May. "There will eventually be a new number one deal. But to be part of a record-breaking worldwide M&A deal, and to be at the epicenter of it here in Cleveland is a pretty exciting thing."
The past few years have been quite active for private equity while competition for deals, fueled by a record level of built-up dry powder, has been increasingly forcing private equity firms to adapt to the evolving landscape.
Competition has translated to higher company valuations, contributing to a seller's market. Private equity firms enjoy that when selling off assets, but are forced to cope with it on the buy side.
All those factors are shaping today's private equity landscape, putting a premium on finding not just the best deals, but the ones flying under the radar as firms look to put stashes of capital to work in investments.
Those trends are influencing not just how the market's largest firms do business, like The Riverside Co., but smaller and midsize players, too.
Another effect of this movement has been the emergence of new funds, most of which are being led by principals spinning off their own businesses after working at long-established firms like Riverside and Linsalata Capital Partners. Nearly all of them are starting with smaller funds and seeking deals in niche businesses in the lower-middle market where there's perceived to be less competition – despite the growing number of firms seemingly setting sights there.
In this market alone, some of those newer firms include Watervale Equity Partners, MavenHill Capital, The Inkwell Group and Align Capital Partners, which just formed in 2016 and completed the most deals this year of those newer groups.
"This is the most competitive environment I've seen in my 30 years," Riverside CEO Stewart Kohl told Crain's in a Q&A in October. "And it's a natural evolution of the industry."
A new project targeting Akron and Summit County aims to fix one of Northeast Ohio's underlying symptoms of economic inequality: proper and affordable access to financial services for those who need it most.
The city of Akron, in partnership with United Way of Summit County, in November was awarded a $90,000 grant by the New York nonprofit Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund as part of its nationwide Bank On initiative to establish a local coalition dubbed Bank on Rubber City. The grant covers the salary of a two-year fellowship position that will oversee those efforts, which involves bringing together stakeholders including local government, nonprofits, consumers and banks themselves.
It's the first Bank On collation in Ohio, and it's significant the program is targeting Akron. Besides helping citizens access banking services — which in itself should help improve the community and local economy — the initiative stands to create banking products and programs for the financially vulnerable that could very well end up being implemented in other markets, not just those in Northeast Ohio.
Unbanked and underbanked issues are, indeed, a real, complicated and deep-seated issue in this part of the state that will take buy-in from the community, banks, and local government. This should be a step in the right direction for improving financial stability for a citizenry that clearly needs it.
"From the city perspective, the fiscal health of residents is tied to the fiscal health of the city," Annie McFadden, Akron deputy chief of staff, told Crain's in December. "It's an important issue (Mayor Dan Horrigan) wants to push and get the gravitas of city administration behind … because we want to make this a priority for residents. The ultimate goal would be to make financial empowerment and access to financial services a public right."
While legislation exists that's intended to cap those ludicrously high interest rates, loopholes in state laws have created ways around those. And as a result, the payday loan industry here has run effectively unchecked for years, with any attempts to close those loopholes met by fervent pushback by industry-backed lobbying groups. Those lenders tend to cluster around the state's lower-income areas, preying on the poor with loan terms that push borrowers into cycles of debt most struggle to get out of. The industry, though, maintains it's meeting a short-term credit need banks won't touch — and there is some truth to that. A balance, though, needs struck as that seesaw clearly tips in favor of the lenders at the detriment of consumers.
Crain's examined Ohio's payday loan problem this spring. At the time, some lawmakers seemingly motivated at closing those loopholes declined to say whether any progress was being made. Reigning in that industry would also address one of the symptoms of underbanked and unbanked problems.
Throughout the rest of the year, some legislation has been introduced, but meaningful reform has yet to come.
"In a time when Cleveland manufacturers and other employers are looking for a stable workforce, the instability that this type of lender creates in the workforce has a harmful ripple effect long-term on the worker economy in Northeast Ohio," Melanie Shakarian, director of development and communications at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, told Crain'sin March. "It creates this generational poverty we're constantly trying to fight."
This past year brought a number of new, out-of-state banks to the Northeast Ohio market.
Meanwhile, some of the region's smaller and midsize banks pushed deeper into Cleveland in anticipation of growing by eating more a greater share of the market despite the competition this already-fragmented market invites. In many ways, this year was expected to be the year for the community bank — and with several players growing and laying the groundwork to further expand their businesses in 2018, in many ways, it was.
Regional banks are staking their claims in this market as well, though. Some new players who have entered the market this year through loan production offices anchored by industry vets nabbed from other banks include San Francisco's Bank of the West, Atlanta's SunTrust Bank and Kittanning, Pa.'s NexTier Bank.
Expect more of that movement in 2018.
"The Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown market, it's gigantic," Northwest Bank CEO Bill Wagner told Crain's in April regarding what he and other bankers see here. "There's a strong history of manufacturing and it's very similar to the western Pennsylvania market, and that's attractive to us, plus the sheer size of the market. There are acquisition opportunities, but also opportunities to attract a very substantial customer base."
Whether its new private equity funds starting up, companies here being bought out, or, in one case, the head of a family office filled with high-net worth investors in Switzerland moving back to Northeast Ohio to source deals here, investors of all sorts seem increasingly bullish on the market.
For a region that's all but shaken off the identity of the Rust Belt, that's arguably the biggest takeaway for the finance sector in 2017.
And at a time when the investing sector at large is loaded with money to put to work, private equity is flush with dry powder and middle-market companies are hungry for capital, established investors are looking for fresh opportunities here while new players are being drawn in.
"It's a very attractive M&A and capital market here," Effram Kaplan, a managing director at Cleveland-based investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., told Crain's in July. "But whether it's this market or any other one we play in, private capital markets are becoming incredibly efficient. When you have much more efficient, smart, sector-focused investors, it becomes more competitive, which is driving prices up and returns down. And I don't think that's a short-term trend. That's here to stay."
When an economic resurgence and increasingly positive Cleveland identity couple with a market teeming with hungry investors, it's apparent businesspeople are seeing plenty in Northeast Ohio that's whetting their appetites.
And folks like Frederick Shepperd, the investor who moved back to Ohio from Switzerland to source deals, are looking famished.
"Europe is treading water," he said. "Ohio is where it's at."


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Top hung windows: Also known as awning windows, top hung windows are hinged at the top of the frame, while the bottom of the window opens by swinging outwards. When open, the glass pane slopes downwards and can be left open when it rains, which is great for ventilation.
The sliding sash window: Sliding sash windows feature two movable panels, or sashes, which slide vertically to open and close the window, but they remain inside the frame so they don't protrude out to the exterior or interior of the house. When positioning the two sliding sashes in the centre of the frame, one creates equal openings at the top and bottom giving the best cross-flow ventilation of any window.
The mock sliding sash window: Mock Sash Windows open in the same way as normal top-hung awning windows but, when closed, offer the same visual appeal as traditional sliding sash windows, but they come in at a much lower price point.
Full pane window: Full pane windows offer minimal obstruction to any outdoor views. They come in a variety of configurations, from single- to double-, and triple-pane formats, but all of them boast large panes, with slender frames. These windows are mainly side hung, except if there is as small top opener, which will be top-hung.
Horizontal gliding windows: These windows boast large panes or sashes, which slide open horizontally for maximum ventilation and minimal obstruction of any views.
Small pane windows: Otherwise known as cottage pane windows, small pane windows boast a multi-pane window format where each sash is usually divided into two columns and five rows of glazing. For the most part, these windows are side-hung, and come in single, double, three and four sash formats. However, they can be easily made up to fit any space required.
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Aluminium windows, such as Swartland's KENZO range for example, may not be the top performing material in terms of heat transfer and loss, however with slight adjustments in your glass choice, you can still create a good energy-saving window. Aluminium is a very strong material that requires hardly any maintenance at all. Also, since aluminium is so strong, you can make window frames with exceptionally thin profiles, allowing for maximum glazing and views to the outdoors.


The story of Up works well because it's heartwarming to see an odd couple go on an adventure together in a flying house and run into squirrel addicted dogs. This alternate horror story version of Up also works because it's easy to imagine Carl Fredericksen as an evil monster who takes Russell as his prisoner.
I think Pixar needs to start making horror movies. Until then, I'll have to make do with these Bobby Burns re-edits.


Wallaroo is well known for its excellent fishing. The much sought after King George Whiting are frequently caught here, particularly in winter. There are also yellowtail whiting, garfish, tommy ruffs, mullet, salmon, snook, and occasionally flathead. Bream can also be caught, mainly within the marina.
Among the bigger fish are snapper and mulloway. Yellowtail Kingfish also make their appearance from time to time, although they move on quickly from place to place. You have to be in the right spot at the right time, but if you are, they provide, kilo for kilo, the biggest fighting challenge you will experience.
Squid (calamari) are plentiful in the area, as are blue swimmer crabs when in season (September through April). In fact, Wallaroo is probably just about the best place in the country for blue swimmer crabs! Very occasionally, cuttlefish may be caught. Spencer Gulf dolphins have found an interesting way to prepare them!
Jetty fishing is always popular at Wallaroo, particularly as it is convenient and free. It also accounts for good catches when the conditions are suitable, including large fish such as snapper. Judging by the number of ink stains, the jetty must also be a good place to catch squid. When a ship is in the port, or expected, the outer part of the jetty will be closed off. However, there is more than enough room to accommodate fishing needs in the remaining length. When the port is expected to be empty for some time, the entire length of the jetty may be available to the public, and it is a very long jetty.
Another popular place for fishing is within the marina, particularly on windy days when it offers more shelter than the jetty. Each major waterway branch has a nature reserve block on it which allows the public access to the water. You can pick the reserves, as they have substantial plantings of native trees on them.
Main species caught in the marina are yellowfin whiting, bream, mullet, and crabs. Occasionally, itinerant snapper, mulloway and kingfish can be caught.
Boat fishers are well catered for, with a four lane launch ramp within the marina breakwaters, and easy access to the pristine waters of Spencer Gulf. There is a modest launch fee, but it also covers use of a provided wash bay for when you have retrieved your boat, and waste bins for the use of boaties. To pay your launch fee, use the machine under the light in the boat trailer parking area to buy a launch ticket. If you are a frequent user, you can buy a season ticket from the Copper Coast Council in Kadina. The launch ramp is sheltered within the marina breakwaters, and is still useable in very windy conditions. Access to Spencer Gulf is easy from the launching place. Be aware that there are two speed requirements within the marina. 4 Knots and no wake. In other words, if you are leaving a wake at 4 knots, then you need to slow down further, until you are no longer leaving a wake.
Be prepared with accurate forecasts! Click this menu bar for access to Wallaroo tidal forecasts, Coastal waters forecasts, and General Weather forecasts. If you have a printer attached to your computer, they can be printed.
Of course, once you have launched your boat, you need to know where to go to catch fish, and fishing people are notoriously secretive about where the good spots are. It can take you a while to discover them for yourself. One way to get around this is to book aboard a fishing charter, where the skipper will know the good spots in the prevailing conditions, and you will have a better chance of making a good catch. There are a number of fishing charters operating out of Wallaroo. They vary from half day to full day and even multi-day trips in larger boats, sometimes visiting several locations around the Gulf.
Another way of fishing in company with like minded people is through an angling club, and there is such a club in Wallaroo. The Copper Coast Angling Club is a family orientated fishing club catering for all ages, from the very young to the veterans. There are different sections covering juniors sixteen years and under, Ladies, Veterans and Mens. Outings are held regularly for members to attend, relax and enjoy a fun day out with the family and other club members. They fish beaches, rocks and jetties and occassionaly hold offshore outings. Throughout the year they hold freshwater and saltwater outings. They hold local trips, and travel to different areas within the State of South Australia . Contact the president on 0488 222 593 for details.