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On the day Floyd Little the football player was to receive assurance that he would live forever  Floyd Douglas Little  the man born on the Fourth of July  picked at his breakfast.
 The Broncos' first star with national appeal  Little had to wait 30 years after he was eligible for election to become the franchise's third player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday at Fawcett Field  the high school home field of Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels.
 Halfway through his two-egg omelet Saturday morning  Little got a call from McDaniels  who was kicking from inside his mother's womb when Little took his final handoff in 1975.
 The story goes that Little saved the Broncos franchise. A college sensation at Syracuse  Little became the Broncos' first  first-round draft pick to snub the National Football League and sign with Denver's struggling American Football League franchise. The excitement of Little's arrival  coupled with a nonprofit group that funded the expansion of Bears Stadium to what became Mile High Stadium in 1968  scuttled relocation plans and kept the team in Denver.
 As members of the new Hall class were waiting in a holding room for ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman to stop talking Friday  Little was filled with calm and peace. And a little feistiness.
 Joining him among the senior players who were elected was Dick LeBeau  the former Detroit Lions defensive back who is now the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator. LeBeau has taken on a protective  never-let-them-read-you persona that is typical of longtime NFL coaches. But Little poked away at LeBeau's guard.
 LeBeau couldn't help smiling at Little's playfulness.
Floyd Little

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri  arrived back in Lebanon two weeks after  he  announced  his  surprise resignation while in Saudi Arabia. Within hours of landing at Beirut International Airport  Hariri shocked the country by announcing he had put his resignation "on hold" while talks with Hezb'allah and other political factions are underway.
Al Jazeera's Zein Khodr  reporting from Beirut  said that Hariri's tone has shifted since he gave his resignation speech two weeks ago. "He [Hariri] didn't even mention Hezbollah or Iran[.] ... He even said that he's looking forward to a partnership with all political parties in the country "What is clear is that there has been intensive discussions behind closed doors " she said. "The resignation was an attempt by Saudi Arabia to curb Hezbollah's influence[.] ... That attempt backfired[.] ...  Hariri  was conciliatory in  his  message."
What is going on? Whatever influence Saudi Arabia was exercising over  Hariri  has weakened since  he  left the kingdom. Before returning to Lebanon   Hariri  had meetings with several leaders  including Macron of France and el-Sisi of Egypt. France has a keen interest in what happens in Lebanon  since the tiny nation is a former French colony. And as a Sunni regional power  Egypt is on the front lines of resisting the spread of Iran's influence.
Those "intense discussions" almost certainly included Hezb'allah. Given that  Hariri  cited threats against  his  life by pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian factions in Lebanon as a primary reason for  his  resignation  it is possible that some sort of backroom deal with the terrorists was struck that gives certain assurances to  Hariri  regarding  his  personal safety. For Hezb'allah  part of that deal could have included  Hariri  promising to back away from Saudi Arabia.
Saad Hariri

Speaking earlier about progress towards the merger   Essilorâs Chief Operating Officer Laurent Vacherot  said: âWe are serene â repeating that the deal was expected to close in the first half of 2018.
Announcing its annual results   Essilor  said  it  was targeting revenue growth of around 4 percent in 2018. Revenues rose 3.1 percent on a like-for-like basis to 7.5 billion euros last year  partly helped by higher sales in North America.
A measure of profitability stripping out the cost of sales and operating expenses stood at 18.2 percent of revenue in 2017  down from 18.6 in 2016 and is forecast at a minimum of 18.3 percent in 2018.  The company  gave few further details.
 Vacherot  said Essilor would keep pursuing  its  strategy of bolt-on acquisitions in 2018  particularly in China and India.

Laurent Vacherot

