Working as an animal talent agent

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Disclosures at Raymond James. com Raymond James and Associates Inc. member NYSE SIP We're checking in on the Arrondiel a week after its signing from Marketplace in Washingt on, I'm Kimberly Adams. Traffic continues moving through the Strait of Hormuz today, a week since the U. S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding, pausing hostilities and reopening the strait, but uncertainty remains over shipping and the fragility of the sixty day agreement. As Fandiar Batman Gelidge is the founder and CEO of the Borse and Bazaar Foundation, a London based think tank. He joins me now. Welcome. Kimberly, great to be with you. Where do things stand now in terms of the ability of ships to move through the Strait of Hormuz? Well, we've seen some indications that the understanding reached in the MOU between the US and Iran is allowing more maritime traffic to pass through the Strait of Hormos. This was obviously a significant goal for the Trump administration , which has been trying to get back to normal in global energy markets. But there' s still a lot of uncertainty because terms of the MOU will only really hold for sixty days while the two sides pursue a comprehensive agreement. And one of the key provisions of the MOU, which is permission for Iran to export its own oil, we have yet to see whether that is actually going to allow Iran to sell more oil. And if it does not , that may jeopardize the MOU and the understandings that are allowing for this little opening for diplomacy and for more trade through the Strait. As Fandiar Butman Gelidge is founder and CEO of the Borz and Bazara Foundation, thank you . Thanks for having me. AI is everywhere . Your work, your home , even apparently, your toaster . But don't get burnt by AI that misses what matters most, humans . 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I saw the Benji movie when I was seven years old and I was fascinated with how well trained the dog was. Audiences everywhere are calling him America's new Most Huggable hero Afe . I got lucky a few years later to get a border collie and really showed me just how smart dogs can be and really what is possible with training. So that's really kind of what got me started in this . People contact me all the time saying their dog is so cute and they think that they should be in this business. You have to understand you're going to have a video person or a camera person in between you and your pet. It's really the training that's going to get them booked. It's not the c uteness. For me, my personal dogs have always been leg humping dogs, which