Nathan Cleary has opened up on his future on the field, declaring there is a reason why winning his fourth straight NRL premiership has not dulled his motivations. But he also has his mind set on family life beyond footy after sharing his dream of becoming a parent with his Matildas superstar partner Mary Fowler. The 27-year-old is on the comeback trail from off-season shoulder surgery and facing a huge challenge to keep Penrith on top in 2025 following the departure of running mates Jarome Luai, James Fisher-Harris and Sunia Turuva. “It’s a question that often gets asked, about motivation,” Cleary said on ex-NRL player Keegan Hipgrave’s podcast . “The way I think of it is I’m not really a person who will sit down and have yearly goals. I know what I want but it comes from little improvements each day and trying to find the joy in that. “I remember goal-setting when I was younger. All I want to do is play NRL, and then you get to NRL, it’s like alright, what’s next? Then it’s alright, if I win a competition I could happily retire. “But then you win a competition, it’s alright, well, this is pretty addictive, I want to win another one.” Cleary said his career turned in 2019-20 when he began caring less about external opinions, realising he was worried within games that he would be criticised for mistakes. His father and coach Ivan proved crucial to that turnaround. “I think in a way it’s almost disrespectful to the people in your corner if you’re so worried about what other people are thinking and not taking their opinions on board,” Cleary said. “I’ve had such a great group around me, particularly family, teammates, coaches all the way through, and I was almost neglecting that for these random people who wanted to have a shot at me.” Fowler has since become an important sounding board on the occasions the sporting stars do want to discuss their on-field pursuits. “She definitely understands,” Cleary said. “People look at us and think we’re talking about our sport all the time but sometimes it’s just nice to sit there as two human beings and enjoy other’s company and talk about something other than sport. “When we’re together we just enjoy each other’s company but it’s that support and trust that if something is going wrong we can talk to each other about it and bounce ideas off each other. It’s been really nice.” The discussion around Cleary and Fowler inevitably took over the podcast, with Hipgrave keen to explore how the Panthers halfback navigates the long-distance relationship. “Sometimes you just get home and you want a little cuddle but I think it’s helped us in a way to connect on more than just a physical level and actually have genuine conversations,” he said. “We just navigate around it and when we do see each other, it’s the best thing ever. You are really grateful for those moments we get to spend together. “Constant communication is what works for us, we make a real emphasis on that. And compromise as well. You’re not always going to love the same things. “The thing that I’ve noticed about having a partner is I just want to make her happy and I want her to feel safe and feel like I’m there for her so anything she wants to do, I’ll be like ‘yeah I’ll do that because it’s going to make you happy’.” Cleary said he walked on egg shells early when he was unsure if he could joke with Fowler as he does with family and friends. But more than a year on, they are serious enough that he was willing to share his hopes to one day have children with her. Hipgrave bounced off Cleary saying he “would love” to have kids in the future to ask if he and Fowler were thinking about it soon. “It’s obviously tough that we are both pretty stuck into our sport,” Cleary said. “I definitely want to in the future. I’d love for it to be with Mary, I just think she’d be the best mother but yeah we’ll see. “It’s not a rush at the moment but definitely in the future. I see that post-footy, I would love to have a little family of my own.” While Cleary has achieved it all in his sport, Fowler is just 21 and still coming into her own as a Manchester City star and Matildas leader. Cleary had earlier spoken of the strong relationships he has with his parents and three siblings. “I’m really lucky with my family. We’ve got such a great close-knit family,” he said. “My parents are still together and they’ve just taught us what caring and love is about. I’ve got three siblings, we’re always super close.”In Pictures: Politics frames the debate as Ireland holds five ballots in 2024
Biden’s Energy Department races to get cleantech money out before Trump takes officeNexOptic Technology Corp. ( CVE:NXO – Get Free Report ) shares fell 20% during mid-day trading on Saturday . The company traded as low as C$0.02 and last traded at C$0.02. 480,200 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 387% from the average session volume of 98,644 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.03. NexOptic Technology Price Performance The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$0.03 and a 200-day moving average of C$0.02. The company has a quick ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 56.33. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.00 and a beta of 1.14. NexOptic Technology Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) NexOptic Technology Corp., a technology company, develops artificial intelligence and imaging products. It engages in developing All Light Intelligent Imaging Solutions (ALIIS), a suite of intelligent imaging solution that processes raw images and video in real time; and NexCompress technological solutions. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for NexOptic Technology Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for NexOptic Technology and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Brock Bowers sets NFL rookie records as the Raiders roll to a 25-10 victory over the SaintsCHINA is pressing ahead with plans to construct a mega-dam near its contested border with India, a colossal undertaking that could generate three times as much power as the Three Gorges Dam. The Chinese government approved the construction of “a hydropower project” in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, without giving more details. Previous reports indicated the dam would be the world’s biggest and require 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) of investment—making it one of the costliest infrastructure projects ever and likely a huge boon to Beijing’s efforts to revive growth. The dam could also become a source of renewed tension between China and India, as the Yarlung Tsangpo runs through the contested Arunachal Pradesh area and feeds into one of India’s major rivers. Ties between two nations have just stabilized after a four-year stalemate over a June 2020 border clash that killed some 20 Indian and at least four Chinese. The project would take at least a decade to build and require connecting to the grid further east as there’s “zero need” for this sort of energy supply in Tibet, said David Fishman, a Shanghai-based senior manager at the Lantau Group, an energy consulting firm. “It’s a massive engineering undertaking. The river itself has excellent hydropower resources,” he added. “Everybody downstream is going to be concerned about what it means if water flow is reduced. I know India is very anxious about it.” Beijing appears aware of the sensitivities. An article from 2020 asking whether a hydroproject on the river—known as the Brahmaputra in India—would wipe out Tibet’s last tigers was censored on messaging platform WeChat. By Friday, that link returned the message: “The content violated rules and cannot be seen.” India’s Ministry of External Affairs declined to comment when contacted for further information. China’s Foreign Ministry didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment on whether Beijing and Delhi had been in communication over the project. A colossal China-run dam on India’s doorstep would give Beijing influence over water flow into India, something leaders could use as leverage in times of political tensions. The two nations set up an exchange mechanism to manage such issues in 2006, and held a virtual meeting as recently as May 2022, according to China’s Ministry of Water Resources. Power pivot HYDRO is the second largest source of power generation in China, making up nearly 14 percent of the nation’s mix last year, according to data from BloombergNEF. But it’s growing at a slower pace than other power types. Global warming has extended droughts in China and unexpectedly cut hydropower output, leading to power crunches in water-rich provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan. Analysts earlier saw damming the Yarlung Tsangpo as unlikely. Getting materials and workers to such a remote site would be enormously costly, as would stringing the power lines needed to get the electricity to market. Despite that, the government kept the door open. In 2020, a state media report cited the head of government-owned Power Construction Corporation of China saying the lower reaches of the river featured a huge gorge with potential for 70 gigawatt electricity generation capacity—more than triple that of Three Gorges Dam, which is the world’s largest. Environmentalists in China have long worried about the irreversible impact of dam constructions in the gorge, home to a national natural reserve declared in 2000 and one of the country’s top biodiversity hotspots. Bloomberg NewsAPAAR ID Card: Know here-full form, registration process, benefits and method of downloading
Julia Bradbury said she has become more focused on her health than she has ever been after “death looked her in the eyes”. The 54-year-old TV presenter revealed in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and later underwent a mastectomy during which her breast plus two lymph glands were removed before reconstruction took place. Bradbury has since stopped drinking alcohol and has changed the priorities in her life, but revealed she has received some pushback on social media from sharing her approach. She told The Times Weekend magazine: “I wasn’t close to death, but death looked me in the eyes. So I am more focused on my health than I ever have been. “I don’t drink, I eat a healthy diet and exercise every day. “When I came home from my mastectomy, I promised I would spend time outside every day, and that is my mantra, however poor it might be in this shitty winter.” Bradbury, who has since been given the all-clear, said a doctor recently helped her reframe how she utilises her energy. She recalled: “He said, ‘This drive that you have – you’re running on a credit card. You can push through all sorts of things. But is that the best thing for you?’. “I realised you don’t have to win every race. You don’t have to overcome everything. I don’t want to max out the credit card.” The presenter previously discussed her experience in an ITV documentary, Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer And Me, which followed her as she came to terms with her diagnosis and prepared to undergo her single mastectomy. She also regularly shares her wellness and fitness tips with her more than 270,000 Instagram followers. However, she revealed she has had pushback from people saying, “I was healthy, I go to the gym, I got cancer, and now its metastasised and I’ve got secondary cancer. So are you blaming me for my illness?”. A post shared by JULIA BRADBURY (@juliabradbury) Responding to the accusations, she added: “No. All I’m saying is, this is what I went through. It was a wake-up call, and it made me look at life differently. “It made me prioritise my sleep, emotional health, and give more time to my loved ones. “If I drink more than four units of alcohol a week, my risk of reoccurrence goes up by 28%. But people find me giving up drinking infuriating.” Bradbury, who has a 13-year-old son Zephyr, and nine-year-old twins Xanthe and Zena, said having children later in life has caused her to not be as “patient” as she feels she should be at times after becoming more set in her own ways. “People think that after you’ve got a cancer diagnosis, you become this beautiful angel with a halo, and a super mum and do everything right”, she added. “But no, you make the same mistakes. I lose my temper, and I can hear myself saying things that I can’t believe I’m saying. “None of us know what we’re doing, really. We’re just doing our best. I know they do have lots of love. They are told that they’re loved every day.” We do not moderate comments, but we expect readers to adhere to certain rules in the interests of open and accountable debate.NexOptic Technology Corp. ( CVE:NXO – Get Free Report ) shares fell 20% during mid-day trading on Saturday . The company traded as low as C$0.02 and last traded at C$0.02. 480,200 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 387% from the average session volume of 98,644 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.03. NexOptic Technology Price Performance The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$0.03 and a 200-day moving average of C$0.02. The company has a quick ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 0.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 56.33. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.00 and a beta of 1.14. NexOptic Technology Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) NexOptic Technology Corp., a technology company, develops artificial intelligence and imaging products. It engages in developing All Light Intelligent Imaging Solutions (ALIIS), a suite of intelligent imaging solution that processes raw images and video in real time; and NexCompress technological solutions. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for NexOptic Technology Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for NexOptic Technology and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its position in shares of Belden Inc. ( NYSE:BDC – Free Report ) by 0.7% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 101,180 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 674 shares during the quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC’s holdings in Belden were worth $11,851,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC increased its position in Belden by 14.8% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,486,337 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $525,485,000 after acquiring an additional 576,768 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in shares of Belden by 15.8% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 313,063 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $29,365,000 after purchasing an additional 42,600 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama lifted its position in shares of Belden by 2.1% during the second quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 249,573 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $23,410,000 after purchasing an additional 5,209 shares during the last quarter. Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC lifted its position in shares of Belden by 2.2% during the second quarter. Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC now owns 214,322 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $20,103,000 after purchasing an additional 4,636 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado lifted its position in shares of Belden by 60.7% during the second quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado now owns 167,430 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $15,705,000 after purchasing an additional 63,216 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.75% of the company’s stock. Belden Price Performance BDC opened at $122.39 on Friday. Belden Inc. has a 12-month low of $69.33 and a 12-month high of $131.82. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $120.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $106.09. The company has a market capitalization of $4.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.46 and a beta of 1.08. Belden Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.16%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. Belden’s payout ratio is 4.65%. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In BDC has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Belden from $124.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Benchmark lifted their target price on Belden from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $122.75. Check Out Our Latest Research Report on BDC Insider Transactions at Belden In other news, CAO Doug Zink sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.82, for a total value of $386,460.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 6,643 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $855,751.26. The trade was a 31.11 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link . Corporate insiders own 1.59% of the company’s stock. About Belden ( Free Report ) Belden Inc designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of signal transmission solutions for mission critical applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Automation Solutions. The Enterprise Solutions segment offers copper cable and connectivity solutions, fiber cable and connectivity solutions, interconnect panels, racks and enclosures, and signal extension and matrix switching systems for use in applications, such as local area networks, data centers, access control, 5G, fiber to the home, and building automation. Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BDC? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Belden Inc. ( NYSE:BDC – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Belden Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Belden and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Vance takes on a more visible transition role, working to boost Trump’s most contentious picks