Knights of the Frozen Throne is pushing the boundaries of Hearthstone's mechanics. With no card is that more true than the new Priest legendary.

As cards continue to be revealed, pros and casual players alike find themselves dazzled by the possibilities. Trying to figure out if cards are useful before you can actually play with them is pretty difficultespecially when the effect is particularly dramatic.

Enter Archbishop Benedictus. The Priest legendary, revealed by Blizzard through IGN, which has one of the most game changing effects seen in the game.

The stats for seven mana are obviously not ideal, in fact following the exact line as Reno Jackson but for one more mana. But this card is all about effect. If shuffles a copy of all the cards left in your opponents deck into yours. If played on curve, you could be talking about 20 cards or more. Obviously, this card is amazing in a fatigue warbut only if you've played it early, potentially before you know it's definitely going to fatigue.

In theory it's incredibly powerful. But in practice, is it any good? After consulting with some in the community, they have their concerns. Against aggro decks in particular, this card won't help you a lot of the time. If you play an under-statted minion that doesn't challenge the board state on turn seven against an aggressive deck, they will just ignore it and kill you. Even if you do get to make use of it, you just restrict your access to your anti-aggro tools by diluting your deck.

Even in a fatigue match-up, you are just playing cards which might not be as useful to you as they were to your opponent.

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The decks have been cleared for an integrated campus of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) at Surajmal Vihar in east Delhi, modelled on the lines of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad.

The new campus had found a mention in Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodias budget speech earlier this year and is among the three ambitious projects which also includes a Teacher Training Institute under Ambedkar University at Lodhi Road and a new campus for the Shaheed Sukh Dev College at Rohini of the AAP government related to higher education.

To cost Rs. 231 crore

The foundation stone for the sprawling campus, which will come up at an estimated cost of Rs. 231 crore over the next two years, had been laid by then Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani in December 2014.

However, issues related to ownership of land on which the campus was to come up had led to suspension of construction work. On Friday, the Delhi Works Advisory Board, headed by Ashwani Kumar, Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, unanimously decided to resume construction.

Various courses

The University School of Architecture and Planning (USAP) is planned for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture and planning, while the University School of Design (USD) is planned for courses at the same levels in varied disciplines such as textile, production, furniture, interior, graphic, film and video design, said the official.

The university will have a proposed intake of 1,500 students across six courses in addition to offering residential facilities.

Not only is the area in east Delhi densely populated but it also has a sizeable student population. Thanks to connectivity to the Delhi Metro as well as the bus network, not only students residing nearby but also those based across the National Capital Region are expected to benefit from it, the official added.

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RIB-OFF ON Broadway isnt just for rib lovers anymore! Thats because this years event is being reimagined as the first-ever Hancock Federal Credit Unions Street Feast, a gathering of regional cuisine and food from across Ohio. Hungry crowds will discover all types of dishes at the event, including Dietsch Brothers ice cream, Firehouse Subs, Kimmels Mountain Man Meats, Kona Ice, Smokin Buckeye BBQ and more! The event will take place Aug. 5 on Broadway. (Photo provided)

Rib-Off on Broadway will be re-imagined as the first-ever Hancock Federal Credit Unions Street Feast, presented by the Arts Partnership.The event runs from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, on Broadway between Main Cross and Front streets.The Flag City Corvettes 11th annual community cruise and downtown car show, Car Tunes on Main, will be held the same day.Street Feast highlights regional cuisine as well as food from across the state.Regional food vendors include Dietsch Brothers ice cream, Little Red, Kona Ice, Smokin Buckeye BBQ, Firehouse Subs, and Kimmels Mountain Man Meats. Joining the event from across Ohio are Blue Chew, Cazuelas, and Nikos Street Eats.Live music will play on the main stage throughout the event.Performers include: Ryan Parker Band performs at 4, with the bands namesake a singer-songwriter from Ohio. The group performs original songs in addition to covers stamped with their style of folk, pop and soul. James and Some Names will perform at 6, spanning a variety of musical styles including jazz, rock, funk, folk and bluegrass. Joshua Melton, a singer/songwriter out of Nashville, Tennessee, will perform at 8:30. The Findlay native brings identifiable lyrics and melodies, on-point vocals and a unique take on country music, featuring an eclectic list of original songs and cover tunes.Attendees can vote for the peoples choice food vendor by casting a $1 ballot at the event.Admission for the event is $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under, and free for children in strollers. All proceeds from Street Feast support the Arts Partnerships growing arts education programs.For more information, call the Arts Partnership at 419-422-4624 or visit http://www.artspartnership.com.Street Feast is sponsored by Hancock Federal Credit Union, Beerco, Tall Timbers Industrial Park, Alvada Construction, Bugners Sewer and Septic Cleaning, Valfilm, The Courier, WKXA, WFIN, 106.3 The Fox, Hancock County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of Findlay, Sunbelt Rentals, TJD Industrial Services, and LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac.Car Tunes on Main will be held the same day, with registration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is open to all vehicles.The community cruise will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cruisers will register at LaRiche Chevrolet Cadillac, 215 E. Main Cross St. The cruisers will make pit stops throughout the community.The downtown car show will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cars will be parked on downtown streets as they enter at East Main Cross Street.Car show awards will be presented at 6 p.m., and winners must be present to receive awards.Car Tunes benefits Open Arms Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Services. The major sponsor is the LaRiche Family of Dealerships.Additional information on Car Tunes is available by calling 419-348-3827 or by emailing drjensen15@yahoo.com

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Sewer service may be on its way to the Arco neighborhood in the next few years if a cooperative effort works out between Glynn County Commissioner Allen Booker and the Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water and Sewer Commission.

From my understanding they do not (all have sewer), a lot of places have septic, Booker said. I know my district, I know people that live over there and dont have sewer.

Booker is proposing to use money from the Community Development Block Grant to get the job done.

Ive asked them to work with us to go after a CDBG grant to run water and sewer, to expand it over into Arco, Booker said.

According to the countys grant writer, Monica Hardin, the grant covers a number of things, including water and sewer expansion into low-income areas. The grant, worth $750,000, must be used for activities that help low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, according to the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Departments website.

Nothing will be done this year, however, as the deadline for applying for the grant has passed. The deadline for the next block grant is April 2018, Hardin said.

Utility Executive Director Jimmy Junkin said its still early in the conversation, but the JWSC is already considering some more modern techniques to keep the projects cost within the budget they will have available. If they can do the work with the money from the grant, they will seriously look at moving forward with the project.

Using the sewer system will not be mandatory. According to the countys ordinances, someone is only required to tap in if they are building a new structure or significantly altering an existing one within 500 feet of a sewer line.

This effort to expand the sewer system is part of a larger push by Booker to fight poverty in Arco, a neighborhood which mostly just outside of the Brunswick city limits. Booker said he has already met with members of county staff to put together a preliminary plan to start doing more to improve the neighborhood.

He said Hardin had already been successful in securing a grant for rehabilitating three parks in the neighborhood to give residents access to more outdoor activities.

Along with the renovations to parks and expansion of sewer infrastructure, Booker is also looking to get the residents personally involved in their neighborhood through an Arco planning assembly. The assembly would organize tasks such as community cleanups.

Booker said most of his plan is still preliminary, and that he will elaborate further as it comes together.

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Its been thought for decades that stormwater runoff is the major source of bacterial pollution in the countys rivers, bays and beaches triggering swimming advisories up and down the regions shoreline for 72 hours after it rains.

However, the greatest source of dangerous pathogens flowing from these urban waterways into the ocean may actually be coming from human waste. Thats according to a newly released study commissioned by the areas top water-quality regulators in collaboration with the city and county of San Diego.

The reports authors said cleaning up sources of human feces such as leaky sewer pipes and homeless encampments near rivers and streams is the cheapest way to improve public health at beaches and bays following periods of precipitation.

Human waste carries significantly more pathogens that can cause gastrointestinal illness and other infections than waste from other warm-blooded animals, including raccoons, coyotes, horses and dogs, according to scientists.

I was personally surprised at the extent of human waste that weve observed in our monitoring, said Todd Snyder, manager of the watershed protection program for the county of San Diego. The preliminary results that were seeing is that this human waste is everywhere upstream in the watershed, downstream in the watershed, tributaries, the main stem of the San Diego River.

The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board has required cities under its jurisdiction to limit bacterial pollution at specific locations during dry-weather conditions by 2021 and during rain events by 2031. The program stretches through more than a dozen watersheds, from Chollas and Scripps to San Marcos and Laguna Beach.

The new report looked at the most cost-effective ways to meet state standards for cleaning up fecal bacteria at 20 of the most impacted beaches, rivers and creek segments in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

Following release of the cost analysis, environmental groups expressed concern that local governments would try to use the findings to delay compliance with broader water-quality regulations. But they agreed that leaking sewer pipes and other sources of human waste could be the primary culprit polluting beaches with harmful bacteria.

While we question the motives behind the study and some of its methodology, to the extent this study allows our governments to reverse years of poor planning and fix aging wastewater infrastructure, we hope it can be useful, said Matt O'Malley, executive director of San Diego Coastkeeper.

According to the report, for every $1 million spent by public agencies to reduce human waste in rivers and beaches, about 152 fewer people a decade on average would get sick from associated pathogens.

A different analysis the Surfer Health Study commissioned last year by the city and county of San Diego found that adults who went surfing 72 hours after it rained were more likely than dry-weather beachgoers to suffer gastrointestinal illnesses.

For every 1,000 surfers who went into the ocean within three days of a rain event, 30 fell ill on average, according to the Surfer Health analysis. Thats compared with 25 out of 1,000 surfers who got sick after getting in the water during dry-weather conditions.

The Surfer Health examination, which was conducted by UC Berkeley and the Surfrider Foundation, also found that while higher rates of illness were correlated with wet-weather conditions, the increase didnt exceed water-quality guidelines established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

At this point, San Diego County officials are trying to pinpoint where the human sewage in watersheds is coming from. The potential sources are wide-ranging: broken septic tanks, illegal dumping by RVs, transients camped in creek beds and cracking wastewater pipes.

Were doing more water-quality monitoring to see where are the highest concentrations, so we can go after those and dig in further, said Snyder, the watershed protection manager. For sewer pipes, we just need to keep working our way upstream to figure out where those hotspots are.

Community advocates for river and creek rehabilitation projects said homeless encampments are a significant source of pollution in urban waterways.

One of the large problems is transient populations in the creek, all up and down the watershed, said Leslie Reynolds, executive director of Groundwork San Diego.

On Friday, she was standing next to a section of Chollas Creek at Market Street and Euclid Avenue that her nonprofit group has helped restore dramatically, including a walking path, interpretive signage and native vegetation.

The revamped creek also had at least half a dozen homeless people congregating in and around it Friday, including 64-year-old Marcel Smith. He said people sleep in a culvert in the dry creek bed and that some relieve themselves in the area.

We have Starbucks across the street, so a lot of times if a person needs to go to the bathroom, thats where we go, Smith said. You find a lot that go over to the Starbucks and then you find the ones that dont. It varies.

The newly released cost-analysis report for reducing fecal bacteria comes as part of a debate about how and to what extent to improve water quality throughout the region. Should cities and counties follow traditional metrics that look at particular types of contamination, such as harmful bacteria? Or should they embrace broader approaches that seek to restore entire rivers and streams? Or should they concentrate on improving only aspects of watershed health that directly affect people?

Water-quality regulators have long pressured cities in San Diego County to clean up pollution through improvements to their stormwater systems. River contamination is worsened by rains, which flush everything from cigarette butts and industrial chemicals to lawn fertilizers and pet feces into waterways.

Municipalities have submitted extensive plans for meeting these goals, and in the past decade have started limiting hardscape surfaces in targeted areas because they speed up runoff flows and tightening rules on new housing and commercial development to require filtration systems that enable more urban runoff to soak into the ground.

All the while, cities have routinely pushed back on the huge price tags associated with larger river restoration projects and major overhauls of public stormwater systems. The collective cost runs into the billions of dollars over time.

After accounting for financial benefits associated with recreation, public health and other factors, the expense associated with cleaning up bacterial pollution in the regions rivers, creeks and beaches during and after storms would amount to about $34.6 million a year for the next 65 years, according to the new report.

In light of the latest findings, city and county officials have a chance to petition the regional water quality board to revise its overall approach and extend timelines for compliance.

While focusing efforts on human waste wouldnt necessarily satisfy the boards current standards for limiting overall bacterial pollution, it would be cheaper requiring about $20.7 million annually for the next 65 years.

The new report also said if the deadline for wet-weather compliance were postponed until 2051, municipalities could reach compliance by spending only $7.8 million on average for the next 65 years.

Environmental advocates have strongly rejected a longer timeline for compliance, arguing that the water quality board has already extended its deadline for wet-weather standards from 10 years to two decades.

They have pushed for even more expensive changes, calling for large-scale rehabilitation of urban rivers and streams. They believe such investments would create lush, clean and inviting spaces that would also boost home values.

The new report found that incorporating more restoration strategies along with upgrading stormwater systems would have by far the greatest benefits including millions of dollars of savings in public-health costs and higher revenues associated with recreation.

But wide-scale rehabilitation of rivers and comprehensive restoration of wetlands would also end up costing the most money in the long run. To meet the regional water quality boards standards for limiting bacteria, it would cost on balance about $60.4 million a year for the next 65 years.

Elected officials in San Diego and Orange counties will have a chance to submit their latest proposals to the water quality board later this year. The board will then likely make a determination of how to proceed in early 2018.

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Manual scavenging kills more people than terrorism in the country, according to the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), an organisation working for the eradication of manual scavenging.

According to the SKA, 1,300 manual scavengers died across the country in 2016. In the same time period, 516 civilians were killed in terrorism in India, as per the data of the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), an organisation that helps in critical assessment and analysis of terrorism in South Asia. Recently, the death of two manual scavengers in Delhi has sparked a debate on the state of manual scavenging in the country.

Though the practice of manual scavenging was banned in 2013 under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, the death of two labourers while manually cleaning sewage in the capital is shocking, said Brajesh Kumar, coordinator of the SKA Delhi zone.

Though multiple laws prohibit manual scavenging and despite the Supreme Courts strict directions, things have not changed and 1,300 people died across the country in 2016 in septic tanks or sewers while doing this job. For cleaning septic tanks or sewers, workers often descend into the tank filled with noxious gases, with no protective gear. Often the worker has to go deep inside the tank to clean it, Kumar said.

Although the Delhi State Legal Services Authority had identified 233 manual scavengers in the capital in 2013, of whom 104 were government employees, this figure, say experts, is misleading since there is no way to determine the exact number of people working privately in manual scavenging.

The three Municipal Corporations of Delhi have 2,382 nala beldars, or drain cleaners, on their rolls. Officially, these employees are meant to keep small drains free of silt, but there is nothing that says they cannot be made to clean deeper sewers. The Delhi Jal Board, too, has full-time sewer cleaners. Besides, civic agencies often outsource the dehumanising work to contractors, who find contract labour for such assignments. This allows the agencies to escape culpability in the event of accidents.

A study by Praxis India, a non-profit Bangalore-based organisation doing research on issues related to urban space, revealed the occupational and health hazards and perils of contracting faced by sewerage workers of Delhi. Praxis Indias study shows that every year, over 100 sewerage workers die in Delhi after entering drains and manholes with high temperature, slippery walls, floors and toxic gases.

Most sewerage workers, due to lack of medical attention, suffer from several dreaded diseases like cardiovascular degeneration, musculoskeletal disorders, infections, skin problems and respiratory ailments, said Saron Thambola, a member of Praxis India.

Apart from health hazards, the other issues manual scavengers face are low pay, caste-based discrimination, prejudice, lack of occupational safety and apathy of government agencies, he added.

Jayanti Majumdar, a Dalit scholar at the Mahatma Gandhi Peace foundation, told The Sunday Guardian: The problem of manual scavenging is also a problem of caste. Only law cant prevent manual scavenging; society has to respond and render support to end this inhuman practice. Contractualisation has worsened the situation of manual scavengers. Political parties should ensure they are not only taking votes in the name of caste, but also working for those castes.

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UTICA Several downtown Utica buildings are going to look a little different.

At a recent meeting of the citys Scenic & Historic Preservation Commission, board members approved several Certificates of Appropriateness for seven building owners to make exterior improvements to their properties.

The work, which will be done by Bonacci Architects, is part of the citys Faade Improvement Loan Program. The program is focused on rehabilitating blighted commercial buildings within commercial thoroughfares that are adjacent to residential neighborhoods.

The city received approximately 20 applications for the program.

"For the past several years, the city has offered a facade grant program for businesses along largely Bleecker Street from Genesee Street to Albany Street," said Brian Thomas, the city's commissioner of urban and economic development. "This past year, the mayor asked that we change our focus and focus on Genesee Street essentially from Oriskany Boulevard to Oneida Square."

The city has allocated $90,000 in 2016-17 funds with additional funds likely to be allocated in the 2017-18 program year for the loan program, according to a request for proposal for architectural services sent out by the city. The program is a federally funded program through theU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program.

"We didn't limit the amount of people that could participate," Thomas said. "There's a limit on the dollars that are available."

Forgivable loans of up to $22,500 will be awarded based on a rating system, according to the request for proposal. In order to receive the full $22,500, the property owner must commit a private match of at least $7,500 for a total project budget of $30,000. Any cost overruns beyond the $30,000 will be the responsibility of the private property owner, according to the request.

Project components eligible for funding, according to the city's website, include things such as exterior painting, repairing or replacing windows, awnings, signs and display-area lighting.

Items not eligible include work completed prior to project funding, interior improvements or improvements not seen from a publicly owned space, security systems and business operational costs.

Black River Systems at 162 Genesee St. is one of the businesses taking part in the program.

Michael Krumme, the company's vice president, said they are looking to use the program to help replace the window that's in the front of the building. He said they wouldn't be able to fix it without the program.

"We're right on the Busy Corner, sort of a historical area and that window's been missing pieces of it ever since we moved in," Krumme said. "It's uninsulated and leaks and this is going to help us fix that."

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Published: July 30, 2017 4:00 AM

The sun for a few moments will be close to 80 percent dark across northeast Ohio at 1:07 p.m. Aug. 21.

For those of us in Portage County, that's the peak time for the upcoming solar eclipse, according to Jay Ryan, who, courtesy of Roger Sidoti, spoke to Kent Rotary Tuesday.

It's weather permitting, Ryan told Rotarians, because if it is cloudy, those looking toward the heavens will not notice much except a temporary greater darkness.

An amateur astronomer who has developed an expertise concerning eclipses, Ryan maintains a website, americaneclipseusa.com, that provides easy-to-read information for people fascinated by what happens when our moon briefly passes between the sun and Earth.

Solar eclipses, his website says, happen more often than we might think, but they cast a shadow along a relatively narrow track determined by the moon's orbit. Those outside the track, where the shadow does not fall, do not notice any darkness.

Ryan's website indicates we in Portage County will experience a shadow generated by a brief 80 percent blackout of the sun. If you want to see what a 100 percent blackout looks like, wait seven years. One is scheduled to occur in 2024 and if the sky is clear, that eclipse will be dramatic.

Wyoming adventure

In follow-up discussion at Rotary, Dr. E.A Mastroianni, the dentist, mentioned his son, Ernie, photography editor for the science magazine, Discover, will travel to Casper, Wyoming where the eclipse will be 100 percent. Wyoming's cleaner atmosphere will make it easier to photograph the eclipse.

In the 1970s, while studying at Kent State University's School of Journalism, Ernie was a photographer at the Record-Courier. We experienced a near total solar eclipse while he was working at the newspaper and Ernie shot stages of the eclipse that turned out brilliantly. We published his eclipse stages across the top of Page 1.

Ernie has always been interested in science so the job of being photography editor for Nature must be a nearly perfect fit. Ernie has covered a mission to the South Pole. A website gallery he maintains has, among many photos, some of owls and birds for a birding magazine. There is a photo he took of the planet Mercury crossing between the sun and the earth with tiny Mercury so far away its shadow was too diffuse to block out sunlight. There are photos showing thousands of people carrying huge Alpen Horns at a Swiss festival.

Ernie's photography decorates his father's dental offices and provides a nice distraction from one's dental problems.

Our courthouse

Three different versions of our Portage County Courthouse are shown on the cover of a program handed out during the 1960 dedication ceremonies for the courthouse we have now. Industrialist Jack Schafer, an expert on architectural preservation and a collector, shared this program.

The photo in the program's upper left shows the 1830 Greek Revival Courthouse and Jail on the square in downtown Ravenna. Greek Revival was typical of New England architecture in the Western Reserve, when it was first populated by New Englanders, mostly from Connecticut. Connecticut had "reserved" this section of Northeast Ohio from its original land-grant that stretched from seat to sea. Many Connecticut speculators bought huge tracts of land here to sell to settlers. Benjamin Tappan, the founder of Ravenna, was one of these speculators.

Greek Revival was the popular architectural style of the early 19th century and most of early Ravenna, including its commercial buildings, were in that style. The Phenix Block that Coleman Professional Services now owns, was primarily in this style. An 1877 remodeling by the IOOF changed part of it to a more florid version of commercial architecture, Jack said.

The lower left photo is of our 1882 courthouse. It was attached to the front of its 1830 predecessor, which the county had outgrown. Jack said our High Victorian Gothic courthouse showed more architectural exuberance than most Ohio courthouses of the era and that may be why its loss is still mourned today. It was well suited to Ravenna, defining the central public space of the community and it coordinated well with the commercial buildings that Henry Riddle constructed later, especially Riddle Block No. 1.

The image on the right of the program is a rendering of the current courthouse built during the modernist era that swept the USA after World War II. Its austere design clashed with the late 19th and early 20th century style commercial buildings that remain dominant in Ravenna today. Two decades ago some unflattering comments about the Portage County Courthouse appeared in a book about Ohio's courthouses. The commissioners were remodeling the courthouse's interior back then and asked the architect to soften its plain modernist exterior. He did so by attaching a pedimented portico on the front.

To enhance understanding of Ravenna's architectural heritage, Jack Schafer is providing interesting hour-long walking tours of the downtown to raise funds for the Main Street Ravenna program. The next one deals with the community's civic buildings. It is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 17 with a repeat session at 11 a.m. Aug. 26.

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc. shares had a trading volume of 10K on Thursday. Overall, volume was down 94.13% under the stocks normal daily volume.

Investors are a little more bearish on Apogee Enterprises, Inc. recently if you take a look at the change in short interest. The firm experienced a rise in short interest of 2.08% as of the latest report on May 31, 2017. Short interest grew from 4,618,489 to 4,714,340 over that period. Days to cover decreased from 25.9 to 23.0 and the percentage of shorted shares is 0.16% as of May 31.

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On September 23 the stock rating was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform and a price target of $47.00 was set in an announcement from Northland Securities. Northland Securities raised the price target and upgraded the stock on September 23 boosting the price target from $33.00 to $47.00 and moving the rating from Market Perform to Outperform.

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc.s P/E ratio is 17.98 and market cap is 1.51B. As of the latest earnings report the EPS was $2.92 and is expected to be $3.38 for the current year with 28,848,000 shares presently outstanding. Analysts expect next quarters EPS to be $0.99 with next years EPS anticipated to be $4.18.

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Two architectural practices in North Yorkshire have merged to create a more substantial presence in the North East architecture market.

Shuttleworth Picknett Associates and DKS Architects, who were both operating from offices in Stokesley, have consolidated their resources, workload and client base.

The new business will be known as SPA Architects and will operate from Shuttleworth Picknett Associates' existing premises on Stokesley Business Park.

All staff have been retained to establish a headcount of 16 staff with a range of expertise consisting of architects, technicians, interior designer, BIM manager, practice manager and administration support.

DKS partner Martin Desmond said "The two practices were near neighbours, of similar size and very similar in organisation and culture, so discussions were straightforward and made sound economic sense.

"Each practice shared a common understanding of delivering projects in the same development sectors particularly in the residential, healthcare, industrial, education and leisure sectors, but have also been able to bring expertise in different sectors such as residential extra-care, commercial, retail and pharmaceutical design which compliments these core sectors."

Fellow DKS partner David Knudsen added: "All current projects are continuing seamlessly with at least the same levels of design skill, working drawing detail and contractor support during construction stages.

"However, we believe that going forward the levels of service we can offer will be even higher due to synergies within the combined business.

"In addition to architectural and interior design services we are also able to offer project management and principal designer services as a result of the merger."

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