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Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart reportedly agrees to fully-guaranteed contract, ending standoff
Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart reportedly agrees to fully-guaranteed contract, ending standoff

Yahoo

time5 days ago

  • Business
  • Yahoo

Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart reportedly agrees to fully-guaranteed contract, ending standoff

The standoff between No. 17 overall Shemar Stewart and the Cincinnati Bengals has come to an end. After holding off due to a contract dispute, the rookie defensive end has agreed to a fully-guaranteed deal, his agent told multiple outlets on Friday. The four-year, $18.97 million contract is fully guaranteed — a major victory for Stewart, who was began the dispute over guaranteed money. Stewart also reportedly receives a $10.4 million signing bonus. This story will be updated.

My wife accused me of ‘selective hearing' – turns out I really was deaf
My wife accused me of ‘selective hearing' – turns out I really was deaf

Yahoo

time12-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Yahoo

My wife accused me of ‘selective hearing' – turns out I really was deaf

Michael, 85, and Hilary Whitehall, 64, were used to bickering after four decades of marriage but noticed that it was increasingly being caused by Michael's misunderstandings. A quick test revealed that mild hearing loss was to blame. Here the pair share the signs of hearing loss and game-changing role of a hearing device. — Michael It's not particularly new for a husband who's been married to his wife for nearly 40 years to not listen to a word she says. When I thought that Hilary was mumbling more, that's all I thought it was – I was just not listening when she started talking. I also thought that actors had started mumbling. I've been an agent for 40, 50 years and my big thing was always to tell my clients to speak clearly. I thought there was no enunciation any more – you can't hear what they're saying on television, at the cinema or at the theatre. Then, Hilary announced that she thought there might be a problem with my hearing and I told her to f--- off, which is my catch phrase. But I relented that she may have a point. When we would go to parties where there was a lot of music being played, I couldn't hear a thing. I'd leave early because I couldn't hear anyone. I'd get in a cab and go home. Recently, we were guests at a party. It was absolutely ram-packed and friends were coming over to me and I was standing there, not catching a word, and I could see they were thinking 'god, he's aged'. They ended up putting me in a booth so I could chat to people, who were having to queue to speak to me, as if I was royalty. When we went to the theatre, I'd ask Hilary to book the middle or front stalls to make sure I could hear everybody. I gave in around a month ago and went and saw these lovely people at Specsavers. Hilary had her test as well. I did the hearing check and the lady was absolutely charming. It was all very easy and took around 10 minutes. She presented Hilary's results first and said to her: 'Your hearing is perfect in all registers, absolutely 100 per cent so you have nothing to worry about'. Then she turned to me and her voice lowered and she said: 'On the other hand, Mr Whitehall, for a man of your age you have amazing hearing but there was hearing loss for the upper frequencies.' She presented me with the hearing devices and I selected the silver over-the-ear option and we've had some good success with it. I wore them at Wimbledon this week and I could hear what everyone was saying, not just when talking to me but conversations around me too. When watching the tennis, I could pick up the calls which I wouldn't have been able to before and I could hear the running commentary my son [the comedian Jack Whitehall] was whispering to me. Most of it was amusing remarks about players or somebody in the crowd, which is always good to listen to. I'm on the cusp of wearing it all the time but at the moment I just wear it if I'm going out. They are tiny little things and you don't even know they're in there. It's a far cry from the device my grandfather had, which were big black things like earphones that had a cable coming down to his chest where he had strapped on a speaker that used to crackle all the time and he used to hit it to get it to operate properly. We're happy to get our eyes checked and teeth checked but there seems to be a stigma about getting your ears checked. I think we need to try and debunk that. My audiologist says it would be helpful for people to get their hearing checked from the age of 50. — Hilary I first suspected that Michael had some hearing loss when I noticed we were bickering a lot as a result of misunderstandings or mishearings. Michael would say 'oh, it's beginning to rain' when I'd just said that two minutes ago, or he'd be standing there with a vacuum cleaner because he thought I said to clean the car rather than move the car. Michael kept telling me that it was because I was mumbling. Forget The Wittering Whitehalls, our podcast which we're going on tour with from October, we were the Bickering Whitehalls. We bicker quite a lot anyway because we're big characters but it was definitely becoming more prevalent in our relationship. Hearing loss is a very difficult thing to pin down. It's not linear, necessarily, as you might have a bit of hearing loss then it gets worse, or it can stabilise. There were other little tiny things as well. I have an Apple Watch and I noticed my step count had changed and I wasn't aware of doing more exercise or walking. I worked out that it was because I was having to go up and down the stairs much more than I had been because I'd usually shout up to Michael but all of a sudden he was saying 'what?' and 'I beg your pardon' so I had to keep going up there. Another thing I noticed was that every time Michael walked into the room, he would turn the volume up on the TV and every time I walked into the room, I would turn the volume down. I did think that could be a bit of a sign of hearing loss. We got to the point where Michael would say there's no point going to an event because he won't hear anything, so it was isolating. There were also occasions where we would go to an event and after about 20 minutes, Michael would say he was going home. I also thought it could be a bit of selective hearing, that my voice had simply become a bit of a noise to my husband. I became somebody I didn't particularly like because there was a lot of shouting and a lot of me snapping at him because dealing with mishearing several times a day gets very annoying. Michael wearing a hearing device has been a game changer. At our favourite restaurant the other night, which has amazing food but not great acoustics, he heard everything. My mood has certainly lightened because I'm not having to repeat myself all of the time and shout. Once you become aware of hearing devices, you start to notice how many people are wearing them. I went for a walk with a great friend the other day and was talking about it and it turns out that she's been wearing them for about six years and I had no idea. My mother used to have hearing devices but she never used to put the batteries in because she was very resistant to it. She did become quite isolated because she was literally zoning out because she couldn't hear things. The sooner you can intervene and get the hearing device you need, the better you can address it. He had them on in the house the other day and walked across our wooden floor and said, instantly, I think we need to get the floor fixed because it's started to creak. I explained that it has been creaking for the last eight years. Hearing loss affects 18 million adults in the UK, often unknowingly. Age-related hearing loss is the most common type and it is caused by gradual wear and tear to the tiny sensory cells in the inner ear. It tends to affect both ears and there's currently no way to restore this form of hearing loss. Mishearing is the main symptom but needing to ask people to repeat themselves, having music or television volume higher than other people need and feeling tired or stressed from having to concentrate while listening to others are also signs. It can also lead to relationship difficulties, with more than a third of couples arguing weekly because of mishearing, according to research from Specsavers. As well as these effects on daily life, hearing loss, when left untreated, doubles the risk of developing dementia when it is mild, while severe hearing loss that is not treated raises the risk five-fold. This link isn't fully understood but it is thought that people with hearing loss may become isolated, which is a dementia risk factor. 'Many don't realise that they are missing parts of the conversation,' says Sonam Sehemby, a hearing expert at Specsavers. 'Since it develops gradually, people often wait up to 10 years before seeking help.' However, hearing loss is easily diagnosed with a simple hearing check, which is available on the NHS and free at some pharmacies and opticians. Following a diagnosis, hearing aids are recommended to combat hearing loss by making sounds louder and clearer. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.

Aussie who makes $300k a year reveals how you could too with a three-day course - but the job is a lot harder than what many think
Aussie who makes $300k a year reveals how you could too with a three-day course - but the job is a lot harder than what many think

Daily Mail​

time02-07-2025

  • Business
  • Daily Mail​

Aussie who makes $300k a year reveals how you could too with a three-day course - but the job is a lot harder than what many think

A young real estate agent is pulling in $300,000 in his second year — and he only needed a three-day course to begin. Ethan Forbes, who is based in Baringa on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, was stopped while on the beach and asked how much he makes in his role. He said he 'accidentally fell' into real estate, joking that it was for the 'wrong reasons'. 'I had a mate who was in it. He had the watch, the car, and I was like, I just want to be like that,' he said. Mr Forbes, who works for LJ Hooker's branch in Caloundra, said he took home $130,000 in his first year as an agent. '[I earned] $291,000 in GIC [Gross Commission Income] so probably took home $130,000, but that was working six to seven days a week, 12-hour days, with no holidays,' he said. 'Literally, right now, I'm on my holidays for the first time in two years.' He also described the 'pretty easy' training he opted for to get into the real estate industry. 'It's a six-month course or a three-day course, depending on which one you go with,' he said, adding the short one was in person while the months-long one was online. When asked why someone would choose the longer course, Mr Forbes told the interviewer that it was cheaper. 'So the three days (is) like three grand, the other one's like $500.' During the interview, Mr Forbes said the hardest thing about being a real estate agent is 'emotions with your clients', adding that he is an 'emotional sponge'. 'You got to take everything on and also talking to people that don't want to talk to you,' he siad. 'It's prospecting. 80 per cent of it is like we're glorified telemarketers.' Mr Forbes said the most expensive property he sold was $1.302 million which would suggest his commission might have been within the range of $26,040 and $52,080. The average earnings for real estate agents in Australia vary depending on experience, location, and commission structures. According to SEEK, real estate agents typically earn between $75,000 and $95,000 per year. The bulk of this income comes from commissions which usually range from 2 per cent to 4 per cent of the property's sale price, as noted by Because of this commission-based structure, only top-performing agents are likely to earn over $100,000 annually. In Queensland, the minimum requirement to begin working in real estate is obtaining a Real Estate Registration Certificate. Once certified, an individual is allowed to work as a real estate agent, but only under the supervision of a fully licensed agent. Rules on how long someone must train to become a licensed agent vary depending on which territory or state someone is in. But it is generally understood that, before applying for a licence, someone must complete an approved real estate course and have at least 12 months of full-time work experience.

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