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INDIANAPOLIS — Police and Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana are trying to locate a man wanted in connection to a burglary.
Officials say Gary L. Anderson is a 45-year-old male who is 5’9″ and 140 pounds.
Anyone with information on where he may be is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477). | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/police-in-indianapolis-search-for-burglary-suspect/ | 2022-04-12T12:07:39 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/police-in-indianapolis-search-for-burglary-suspect/ |
TEMPE, Ariz., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Persefoni, the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for enterprises and financial institutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Connor Group, a specialized professional services firm comprised of Big 4 alumni and former industry executives that help financial leaders of multi-billion-dollar public, mid-cap public and pre-IPO companies with their most complex and significant matters. This strategic partnership will help deliver Persefoni's market-leading climate platform to Connor Group's global clients across many exciting industries.
Persefoni's solution radically simplifies the technical barrier to entry for carbon accounting. The platform enables users to turn financial, operational, and supply chain data into certified carbon footprint data, greatly reducing complexity while decreasing time to gain insights across multiple climate disclosure and sustainability reporting frameworks. The company has successfully codified the 750+ pages of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol technical guidance into its platform. Additionally, Persefoni is the first and only vendor to codify the global standard for financed emissions calculations, the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.
On March 21, 2022 the SEC unveiled a revised climate-related disclosure proposal, which Persefoni provided input for on three occasions. If the proposal is passed, listed companies would be required to disclose certain greenhouse gas emissions which would be subject to assurance. Persefoni offers a robust technology-enabled solution that is audit ready and serves as a single source of carbon truth. The platform produces investor-grade disclosure, which is critical to ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and compliance.
Connor Group's expertise and unrivaled track record of delivering transformational strategic guidance and value to companies within the technology and high growth sectors, along with Persefoni, will unlock a new level of value for joint customers by providing a premier avenue for an efficient and effective implementation and integration of the Persefoni solution into daily operations.
"Connor Group's expertise across financial accounting and operations, IPO and M&A services, digital solutions, and managed services, particularly in the tech space, are well positioned to bring Persefoni's real-time carbon reporting capabilities to financial executives, incorporating new climate management practice." – Keith Denham, EVP, Global Markets, Persefoni
"Climate reporting and management are a major strategic topic for most of our clients and we expect will rapidly expand in the years ahead. Having the powerful capabilities offered by the Persefoni platform at their fingertips will allow company executives to effectively report, set goals and drive actions as they look to manage and mitigate their carbon footprint" – Jason Pikoos, Managing Partner, Client Experience, Connor Group
Persefoni, Inc., is the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degree of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides users a single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions.
Learn more at https://persefoni.com.
Follow Persefoni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/persefoni.
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm comprised of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. Our team of highly experienced professionals helps financial executives with their most complex and significant matters, including financial accounting and operations, IPO and M&A services, digital solutions, and managed services. Our clients are the world's top growth companies, and we support them as they change the world and create new markets!
Our client portfolio includes multi-billion-dollar public, mid-cap public, and pre-IPO companies ranging from early stage to late stage. Our global clients represent the most exciting industries including high tech, Internet, social networking, gaming, software, ad tech, cleantech, life sciences, financial services, consumer products, biotech, services, and manufacturing.
Our goal at Connor Group is to be the most respected firm across our service lines by delivering the highest quality services to our clients. We are hired by finance and accounting executives who understand the importance of leveraging their time as well as having a partner that can successfully execute their needs.
Learn more at www.connorgp.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer as his administration tries to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow widespread sale of 15% ethanol blend that is usually prohibited between June 1 and Sept. 15 because of concerns that it adds to smog in high temperatures.
Senior Biden administration officials said the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at 2,300 gas stations. Industry groups say most of those stations are in the Midwest and the South, including Texas.
Biden is to announce the move at a biofuel company in Menlo, west of Des Moines. Iowa is the country’s largest producer of corn, key to producing ethanol.
The waiver is another effort to help ease global energy markets that have been rocked since Russia invaded Ukraine. Last month, the president announced the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve over the next six months. His administration said that has helped to slightly reduce gas prices lately, after they climbed to an average of about $4.23 a gallon by the end of March, compared with $2.87 at the same time a year ago, according to AAA.
Members of Congress from both parties, as well as industry groups, had urged Biden to grant the E15 waiver.
“Homegrown Iowa biofuels provide a quick and clean solution for lowering prices at the pump and bolstering production would help us become energy independent once again,″ said Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. He was among nine Republican and seven Democratic senators from Midwestern states who sent Biden a letter last month urging him to allow year-round E15 sales.
The trip will be Biden’s first as president to Iowa, where his 2020 presidential campaign limped to a fourth-place finish in the state’s technologically glitchy caucus.
After bouncing back to win the Democratic nomination, Biden returned for a rally at the Iowa state fairgrounds four days before Election Day 2020, only to see Donald Trump win the state by 8 percentage points.
Biden heads back to the state at a moment when he’s facing yet more political peril. He’s saddled with sagging approval ratings and inflation at a 40-year high while his party faces the prospect of big midterm election losses that could cost it control of Congress.
The president also planned to promote his economic plans to help rural families struggling with higher costs, while highlighting the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law enacted last fall. The law includes money to improve internet access, as well as for modernizing wastewater systems, reducing flooding threats and improving roads and bridges, drinking water and electric grids in sparsely populated areas.
“Part of it is showing up in communities of all sizes, regardless of the results of the last election,” said Jesse Harris, who was a senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign in Iowa and directed get out the vote and early voting efforts for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008.
Harris said most presidents who visit Iowa typically go to the state’s largest cities. Hitting an area like Menlo, part of Guthrie County, which backed Trump over Biden by 35 percentage points in 2020, “does speak to the importance the administration places on infrastructure broadly but also infrastructure in rural and smaller communities.”
The Biden administration plans to spend the coming weeks pushing billions of dollars in funding for rural areas. Cabinet members and other senior officials will travel the country to help communities get access to money available as part of the infrastructure package.
“The president is not making this trip through a political prism,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “He’s making this trip because Iowa is a rural state in the country that would benefit greatly from the president’s policies.”
Still, administration officials have long suggested that Biden travel more to promote an economy that is rebounding from the setbacks of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of Americans collecting unemployment has fallen to the lowest levels since 1970, for example.
But much of the positive jobs news nationally has been overshadowed by surging gas, food and housing prices that have pushed consumer inflation to 7.9% over the past year ending in February. That’s the sharpest spike since 1982. Inflation figures for March, due out Tuesday, are likely to bring more bad news for the Biden administration.
“Maybe a trip back to Iowa will be just what Joe Biden needs to understand what his reckless spending, big government policies are doing to our country,” Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said in a statement.
After Iowa, Biden will visit Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday.
Psaki blamed Russia’s war in Ukraine for helping to drive up gas prices and said the administration expects the consumer price index for March to be “extremely elevated” in large part because of it.
The EPA has lifted seasonal restrictions on E15 in the past, including after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Trump administration allowed for selling E15 in the summer months two years later but had the rule struck down by a federal appeals court. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/biden-waiving-ethanol-rule-to-try-and-help-lower-gasoline-prices/ | 2022-04-12T12:07:45 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/biden-waiving-ethanol-rule-to-try-and-help-lower-gasoline-prices/ |
Multi-project agreement involves engineering of anaerobic species, a critical component for microbiome medicines
SAN DIEGO and BOSTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Persephone Biosciences Inc., a synthetic biology company reimagining patient and infant health, and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a collaboration to develop a novel therapeutics based on the bacterial genus Bacteroides.
Bacteroides species are among the most common members of the microbiota of animals, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, and are likely a useful tool for stable and long-term delivery of microbial medicines. Unlike many other gut microbes, Bacteroides have been shown to be a good candidate for genetic engineering. Persephone is pioneering the use of synthetic biology for the development of microbial products that impact patient and infant health, which requires the ability to engineer Bacteroides strains for therapeutic applications. This demands a set of reliable and generalizable genetic tools for rapid Bacteroides engineering to optimize therapeutic properties. Ginkgo and Persephone will collaborate on the design and synthesis of such a toolkit as well as the development of novel microbial therapeutic using such tool kit.
"We love supporting early-stage biotechs like Persephone to accelerate groundbreaking and meaningful work at its very genesis," said Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks. "The microbial medicines space is one we are deeply committed to, and we look forward to further developing our anaerobic engineering capability to help foster the next-generation treatments Persephone is developing."
"This collaboration not only provides Persephone with critical engineering capabilities, but also sets the stage for us to further partner with Ginkgo, and access its platform's scale, on additional future projects," said Stephanie Culler, co-founder and CEO of Persephone Biosciences. "We believe Ginkgo's scalability provides us with the opportunity to de-risk and accelerate our programs, which in turn could enable us to improve patient outcomes faster."
About Persephone Biosciences
Persephone is pioneering the use of synthetic biology for the development of microbial products that impact patient and infant health. Persephone is building an end-to-end platform to industrialize the development of engineered cells that restore health to damaged human ecosystems. The company was founded in the summer of 2017 by synthetic and metabolic engineering pioneers, Stephanie Culler PhD, and Steve Van Dien PhD. For more information, visit www.persephonebiosciences.com.
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo is building a platform to enable customers to program cells as easily as we can program computers. The company's platform is enabling biotechnology applications across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals. Ginkgo has also actively supported a number of COVID-19 response efforts, including K-12 pooled testing, vaccine manufacturing optimization and therapeutics discovery. For more information, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com.
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This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the potential success of the partnership and Ginkgo's cell programming platform. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "can," "project," "potential," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) the effect of Ginkgo's business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. ("Soaring Eagle") on Ginkgo's business relationships, performance, and business generally, (ii) risks that the business combination disrupts current plans of Ginkgo and potential difficulties in Ginkgo's employee retention, (iii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Ginkgo related to its business combination with Soaring Eagle, (iv) volatility in the price of Ginkgo's securities now that it is a public company due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Ginkgo operates and plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Ginkgo's business and changes in the combined capital structure, (v) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the business combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities, (vi) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (vii) the unpredictability of the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the demand for COVID-19 testing and the commercial viability of our COVID-19 testing business, and (viii) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Ginkgo's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 29, 2022 and other documents filed by Ginkgo from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Ginkgo assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Ginkgo does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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(The Hill) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions imposed on Moscow are contributing to surging global prices that Americans are feeling throughout the economy, particularly at the grocery store and the gas pump.
Russia’s status as a major exporter of raw materials, especially oil and natural gas, along with Ukraine’s position as a key agricultural supplier to regions including Africa and the Middle East, make the conflict between the two countries a flashpoint for commodity prices, which were already on the rise due to the pandemic.
“These countries export a lot of raw materials,” William Reinsch, a former undersecretary of Commerce who now serves as international business analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an interview. “They tend to have a world price. And so when supply is constricted, the consequence for Americans is that the price goes up because it goes up everywhere.”
New consumer price index (CPI) data to be released Tuesday by the Labor Department is likely to show another sharp jump in both monthly and annual inflation. Consumer prices rose by 7.9 percent in the year ending in February, and signs of high inflation in March are mounting.
On Friday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recorded a 12.6 percent increase in its benchmark food price index from February to March, an uptick it described as a “giant leap.” The March numbers represent all-time highs for cereal grains, vegetable oils and meats, while the sugar and dairy sectors also saw major gains.
The FAO cereal price index in particular saw a 17.1 percent increase from February to March, marking its highest level since 1990. The increase was “largely driven by conflict-related export disruptions from Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, the Russian Federation,” according to an FAO assessment.
The global numbers are consistent with the situation in the United States, where food prices spiked 7.9 percent in February compared to the previous year, the largest 12-month increase since July 1981, according to consumer data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The February food-at-home index, which looks at prices relating to domestic food preparation, was up nearly 9 percent in the same period, while wholesale prices for goods jumped 2.4 percent in February, the largest advance since data was first calculated in 2009.
The war in Ukraine also accelerated a steady rise in oil prices driven largely by the recovery from the pandemic. Fuel oil prices rose 6.7 percent and gas prices rose 6.6 percent in February alone, according to the CPI as crude oil prices rose toward $100 per barrel.
The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude peaked near $130 on March 8 before falling to roughly $94 on Monday, but gasoline prices have not fallen nearly as fast. A gallon of regular unleaded gas costs roughly $4.10, according to the AAA national average, down just 20 cents from a month ago.
While inflation-adjusted gas prices are still below the peaks seen in the wake of the Great Recession, higher energy costs can hit consumers harder than inflation in other sectors. Higher gas prices are not only difficult to avoid for drivers but can also increase transportation costs for store-bought goods.
Beyond the cumulative effects of rising commodity prices, which can ripple through the economy and become magnified as they work their way up global production pipelines, Russia does produce certain goods that U.S. companies, and by extension the nation’s consumers, use directly.
“Palladium, vanadium and titanium are three such goods,” said Reinsch.
Palladium is a component in catalytic converters, which convert toxic gasses produced by internal combustion engines into less toxic pollutants. Vanadium is added to steel to make it stronger, and titanium has numerous applications including aircraft shells.
“There are others who produce these products,” Reinsch said. “But again, it’s supply chain interruptions, and we have to scramble around to find them from other places.”
Blame game
As more Americans feel the sting of inflation, the upswing in prices has emerged as a major campaign issue ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, with Republicans and Democrats taking turns placing blame for the upward trend in costs.
Republicans have blamed rising inflation on Democratic-backed policies, including the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law in March 2021, about a year after former President Trump signed a bipartisan $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.
A number of Democrats have, in turn, placed blame on corporations and market concentration, accusing larger companies of taking advantage of economic conditions to increase costs.
By contrast, experts have pointed to a combination of factors that have contributed to the higher price stickers.
“Part of it is supply chain disruptions because of the pandemic. We can’t get the goods that we got before, for instance, like computer chips, and so on,” Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, told The Hill.
“But it was also the case that budget policy was too loose, and monetary policy was too loose. So we had all three things pushing in the same direction,” he said.
Ben Page, senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, also told The Hill that stimulative fiscal policy contributed to inflation but added he wouldn’t call it the “root cause for most of the inflation.”
“I think the way that you can see that it’s not purely driven by U.S. policy is that it’s not just a U.S. phenomenon,” Page said. “The increased inflation is something that we’ve seen across the world, or certainly across the developed world.”
In recent weeks, countries such as China, Egypt and France have seen rising inflation rates, a trend experts said is exacerbated by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Sanctions impact
The U.S. has joined allies in unleashing a spate of sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told The Hill many of the sanctions have been aimed at raising costs for Russia and restricting how its government accesses the global financial system.
“So, limiting their bank’s ability to the government’s ability to use global banks,” Ziemba continued. “And the sanctions program was set up in a way that tried to use the areas of asymmetry that would hurt Russia more than it would hurt the U.S. and Europe.”Russia installs new general as it prepares next moveEnergy & Environment — How Russian sanctions could hasten energy switch
On the flip side, Ziemba said some of the impacts the U.S. has seen as a result of the sanctions have been “sort of indirect,” while Russia has faced more payment challenges.
“The other issue, of course, the Biden administration is trying to do what they can to alleviate some of these costs. The challenges are we’re in a tight market … and I do think one of the challenges is going to be that a number of the producers of particularly oil and gas don’t make decisions quickly to change their production,” Ziemba said.
“I think that’s where the debates with sort of countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE [United Arab Emirates] have been reluctant to deviate from their go-slow additional supply policy have been disappointing to the administration,” she added. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/heres-how-the-russia-ukraine-war-is-driving-up-prices/ | 2022-04-12T12:07:51 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/heres-how-the-russia-ukraine-war-is-driving-up-prices/ |
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras ("Petrobras") (NYSE: PBR) today announced the expiration and expiration date results of the previously announced cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and collectively, the "Offers") by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. ("PGF"), with respect to any and all of (i) its notes of the series set forth in the table below under the heading "Tender Group 1" and (ii) its notes of the series set forth in the table below under the heading "Tender Group 2." Tender Group 1 and Tender Group 2 are referred to herein individually as a "Tender Group" and collectively as the "Tender Groups." The notes for each Tender Group are referred to herein collectively as the "Notes."
The following tables set forth certain information about the Offers for each Tender Group, including the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted in such Offers, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery delivered at or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below):
The Offers were made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated April 5, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase" and, together with the accompanying notice of guaranteed delivery, the "Offer Documents").
The Offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 11, 2022 (the "Expiration Date"). The settlement date with respect to the Offers is expected to occur on April 14, 2022 (the "Settlement Date").
In order to be eligible to participate in the Offers, holders of Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery received by PGF prior to the Expiration Date must deliver such Notes to PGF by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 13, 2022 (the "Guaranteed Delivery Date").
The purchase of all Notes validly tendered in the Offers with respect to Tender Group 1 would cause PGF to purchase an aggregate principal amount of Notes of Tender Group 1 that would result in an aggregate amount to be paid by PGF in excess of the maximum consideration for Tender Group 1 described in the Offer to Purchase. In order to accept for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 validly tendered, and all of the Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery received by PGF, in each case on or prior to the Expiration Date, PGF is increasing the maximum consideration amount for Tender Group 1 set forth in the Offer to Purchase from U.S.$1.0 billion to U.S.$1,634,162,597.01. As a result, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, PGF has accepted for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 validly tendered, and expects to accept all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 for which PGF has received notices of guaranteed delivery and that are delivered on or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Date.
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, PGF has accepted for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 2 validly tendered, and expects to accept all of the Notes in Tender Group 2 for which PGF has received notices of guaranteed delivery and that are delivered on or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Date.
The principal amount of Notes that will be purchased by PGF on the Settlement Date is subject to change based on deliveries of Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. A press release announcing the final results of the Offers is expected to be issued on or promptly after the Settlement Date.
The total cash payment to purchase Notes accepted and expected to be accepted in the Offers , excluding accrued and unpaid interest, will be approximately US$2.0 billion.
The exchange rates used to calculate the maximum consideration payable for each Tender Group were £1.3040 per US$1.00 and €1.0896 per US$1.00, the applicable exchange rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, as reported on Bloomberg screen page "FXIP" under the heading "FX Rate vs. USD."
All conditions described in the Offer to Purchase that were to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Expiration Date have been satisfied.
PGF engaged BNP Paribas Securities Corp. ("BNP PARIBAS"), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("Citigroup"), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. ("HSBC"), Mizuho Securities USA LLC ("Mizuho Securities"), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley"), and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. ("Scotiabank" and together with BNP, Citi, HSBC, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley, the "Dealer Managers") to act as dealer managers with respect to the Offers. Global Bondholder Services Corporation acted as the depositary and information agent (the "Depositary") for the Offers.
This announcement is for informational purposes only, and does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.
Any questions or requests for assistance regarding the Offers may be directed to BNP PARIBAS confirmation No. at +1 (212) 841-3059 or toll-free at +1 (888) 210-4358, Citigroup collect at +1 (212) 723-6106 or toll free at +1 (800) 558-3745, HSBC collect at +1 (212) 525-5552 or toll free at +1 (888) HSBC-4LM, Mizuho Securities collect at +1 (212) 205-7736 or toll free at +1 (866) 271-7403, Morgan Stanley collect at +1 (212) 761-1057 or toll free at +1 (800) 624-1808 and Scotiabank collect at +1 (212) 225-5501 or toll free at +1 (833) 498-1660. Requests for additional copies of the Offer Documents may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at +1 (855) 654-2015 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers call). The Offer Documents can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gbsc-usa.com/Petrobras/.
The Offers were made solely pursuant to the Offer Documents. The Offer Documents have not been filed with, and have not been approved or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer Documents or any other documents related to the Offers, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
The communication of this announcement and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This announcement and any such related documents and/or materials are for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.") of the Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, (iv) are members or creditors of certain bodies corporate as defined by or within Article 43(2) of the Order, or (v) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the offer to purchase any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement and any such related documents and/or materials are directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this press release and any such related documents and/or materials are available only to and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature or which relate to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. No assurance can be given that the transactions described herein will be consummated or as to the ultimate terms of any such transactions. Petrobras undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Target is holding its biannual car seat trade-in event next week for families to bring an old, expired or damaged car seat to be recycled for a coupon.
Car seats can be traded in from April 18 through April 30 at any Target store. Drop-off boxes will be located near guest services.
Those trading in will receive a 20% off coupon on their Target app or Target Circle account, which can be redeemed through May 14. The coupon applies to new car seats, strollers, and select baby gear.
According to The Bump, those using a car seat for a child can tell if it is expired by looking for a small, white sticker somewhere on the seat with the date the seat expires. The website said other brands have information imprinted somewhere on the plastic shell of the seat. The Bump also offers information on where to find the date, listed by brand.
Materials from old car seats will be recycled by Waste Management.
Target hosts its car seat trade-in twice a year. A total of 1.7 million car seats have been recycled through Target since 2016, amounting to 25.4 million pounds of materials.
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SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phanes Therapeutics, Inc. (Phanes), an emerging leader in innovative discovery research and development in immuno-oncology, announced today that the company has been granted a patent (Patent No. US 11,299,550 B2) on its anti-CD73 antibodies by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent includes the invention of PT199, for which the company just received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to commence Phase I studies.
PT199 is an anti-CD73 mAb with a differentiated mechanism of action and is designed to counter the adenosine-mediated immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. PT199 fully inhibits both soluble and membrane-bound CD73, unlike some other CD73 inhibitors which exhibit incomplete inhibition. Moreover, at higher concentrations, no loss of inhibition or "hook effect" is observed with PT199. Hence, PT199 addresses the limitations of current CD73 inhibitors and is expected to increase antitumor immune activation, and potentially offer a new treatment option for cancer patients.
The multi-center Phase I clinical trial of PT199 is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary efficacy of PT199 alone and in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors that have progressed after all available standard therapy or for which standard therapy has proven to be ineffective, intolerable, or is considered inappropriate.
"This couldn't have come at a better time," said Dr. Ming Wang, PhD, MBA, Founder and CEO of Phanes Therapeutics. "This will be a transformational year for Phanes as we expand from a research to a clinical stage organization. We expect to file two additional INDs in 2022, both first-in-class bispecific antibody programs, and anticipate receiving more issued patents."
About Phanes Therapeutics
Phanes Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotech company focused on innovative drug discovery in immuno-oncology. Based in San Diego, California, the company's management team members previously held senior managerial and R&D positions in leading global pharmaceutical and biotech companies with extensive experience in R&D and commercialization. The company's bispecific antibody platform is PACbody™, a proprietary approach for constructing native IgG-like bispecific antibodies without using protein engineering so that the antibody molecules maintain native structures with superb CMC characteristics, SPECpair™, which allows for mAb-like manufacturability of bispecific antibodies with native IgG-like structures, and ATACCbody™, a proprietary technology for targeting solid tumors using immuno-oncology molecules with minimal risk of cytokine release syndrome,. For more information, please visit www.phanesthera.com.
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Firm hires top leaders to reinforce and advance well-established ESG investing program
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Piva Capital announced the appointment of Elizabeth (Beth) Lowery as a Senior Advisor to the venture capital firm and Daryl Kennedy as its Investor Relations and ESG Manager. In their new roles, they will lend their expertise to drive strategic direction and implementation of ESG principles and activities across Piva's business operations and investments.
"ESG and sustainability are core to how Piva operates and creates value within the next-generation industrial ecosystem we are fostering," said Mark Gudiksen, Managing Partner of Piva Capital. "We're backing up our commitment to ESG in everything we do by hiring world-class people to work with us on the team. We're so excited to have Beth and Daryl join Piva and spearhead our efforts."
Lowery joins as Senior Advisor
Elizabeth Lowery is currently a Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance and ESG with ERM, a sustainability consulting firm. She was formerly the Managing Director of Sustainability and ESG at TPG. Beth joined TPG after a 20-year career with General Motors Company where she was a member of GM's Senior Leadership Group as Corporate Vice President, Environment, Energy & Safety Policy and Secretary to the Public Policy Committee of the GM Board of Directors. She also served as General Counsel for GM—North America Prior to that, she held various executive positions, including Senior Knowledge Leader and a Principal of GreenOrder at LRN, a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, and a law clerk to Michigan Supreme Court Justice G. Mennen Williams. She has and continues to serve on several non-profit and for profit boards.
Lowery will help the firm evaluate investment prospects and assess ESG-related risks and opportunities. She will also support portfolio companies with operations, talent sourcing, and strategic oversight with a focus on ESG-related topics. She will also be involved in the firm's LP relationships and public engagement around ESG.
"It is an honor to join Piva Capital, not only because of the exceptional talent of the team, but also because ESG is woven into the fabric of everything the firm does," said Lowery. "All of us in ESG and sustainability investing want to find better solutions for the world and the planet. I'm happy to lend my expertise in helping Piva advance its efforts."
Kennedy named Investor Relations and ESG Manager
Daryl Kennedy was most recently Lead Sustainable and Responsible Investment Policy Adviser for The Investment Association, the UK's trade body and industry voice for investment management, where she led ESG lobbying efforts and liaised between industry leaders and global government agencies. She also advised the trade group's 250+ asset management members on practical implementations of ESG reporting standards. Prior to that, she held positions at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) and Jones Lang Lassalle (JLL).
Daryl will lead Piva Capital's ESG efforts and be responsible for managing and growing relationships with existing and future investors. She will also spearhead Piva's thought leadership activities covering ESG integration, environmental innovation, and overall GP/LP collaboration on responsible investment practices.
About Piva Capital
Piva Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical industrial challenges with breakthrough technologies and innovative business models. For more information, please visit us at Piva.vc, on LinkedIn and Medium.
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Seven robotics teams set up work stations around a makeshift practice arena in AndyMark Inc. on Saturday. The majority had driven from out of county and found camaraderie among potential competitors.
Each of the seven teams were preparing for the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics state championship, which will start Thursday and continue through April 16 in Terre Haute.
Liz Smith, an adult mentor for Northwestern High School’s robotics team, CyberTooth, explained state championships reset previous alliances that had been formed in prior competitions.
The slate will be wiped clean at the Terre Haute competition as each Indiana robotics team tries to qualify for playoffs. During the first few games, teams will be randomly assigned alliances for every match — competition in one game could become an ally in another.
After qualification matches, the top eight teams will draft alliances for playoffs.
“We’re really excited to go to states,” Smith said. “We worked really hard on our robot, so we’re excited.”
Ultimately, Smith said, CyberTooth is aiming for world championships.
She compared the students’ practice to the schedule of traditional sports teams — they meet three to four times a week to practice or develop the coding and construction of their robot.
How the game works
Before each match, teams are divided between red and blue alliances. Balls, roughly the size of volleyballs, are placed around the field.
Once the match starts, robots have 15 seconds to fire balls into one of two stacked hoops. The lowest hoop is 3 feet and 5 inches above the ground, and the top reaches 8 feet and 8 inches. During those first 15 seconds, all of the robot’s movements must be automated.
If the robots shot a ball from their opponent’s color, the points would count toward the opposing alliance’s score.
After the first 15 seconds, drivers and operators take control. They have 135 seconds to score more points by getting balls in the hoops and climbing an obstacle similar to monkey bars. There are four rungs on the obstacle, each a little taller than the last and worth more points. The lowest bar sits at 4 feet and ¾ inches, while the tallest rung requires robots to remain suspended 7 feet and 7 inches in the air.
Teams show progress
Janna Wilson, a junior at Northwestern and one of the team captains, explained the most dramatic change to the robot has been its ability to climb.
Going into their first competition, which was held in the Northwestern gymnasium on March 5, the robot was able to pull itself to the top bar in 10 to 15 seconds.
Now, it’s able to ascend in 6 to 8 seconds, giving the team more time to score points with the balls before transitioning to the climb.
However, the improved speed has sacrificed stability. The robot must remain suspended for a few seconds for its climb to count. CyberTooth was working to fix the robot’s stability on Saturday.
Wilson said the team was confident in its ability to reach FIRST world championships and win at the state championship.
“I’m really excited, but there’s always a bit of nervousness,” Maranda Padfield, another leader on the team, said.
Thursday will mark Western High School team PantherTech’s first time at state championships since 2017. None of the students on this year’s team have ever been.
“I think everyone’s a little nervous, whether they say it or not,” said Gavan Davis, a Western senior who serves as team captain and robot driver.
After every competition, PantherTech members make improvements on their robot.
Since the first competition, Davis explained, the robot’s intake arm has been expanded to nearly the width of the entire robot. It’s also able to pick up balls quicker.
Dylan Barkley, another Western senior who acts as lead programmer and robot operator on the team, explained the automation coding has also been modified, allowing the robot to complete tasks quicker than it had at the first competition.
The Kokomo High School TechnoKats were developing their robot’s automation on Saturday.
Going into the first competition, the robot consistently got one ball in the lower basket during automation mode. By Saturday, the team was discussing whether it should play things safe with three balls in automation mode, or go for four.
The team has also developed new automation modes, allowing the robot to start in different positions of the arena.
Reinforcements, bumpers and extra climbing hooks have also been added to the robot since the first competition.
“We’ve got a lot to do,” David Brothers, a senior at Kokomo High School and software developer for the team, said of the TechnoKat’s preparations for state championships. “If we can get it done, we’ve got a chance.”
Brothers added that the robot’s light weight, estimated around 85 to 90 pounds, gives the team an edge. It’s able to score ball points or play defensively quicker than other robots.
Noting the different teams working together during the Saturday practice, Brothers said the FIRST competitions promoted “gracious professionalism.” Even during competition days, it isn’t rare for non-allied teams to help each other.
Paul Johnson, a senior at Purdue Polytechnic High School who competes with the school’s team SuPURDUEper, mirrored Brothers’ remarks.
“It’s a really great model,” Johnson said. “It’s cool to see a bunch of teams that could very well be competing against each other work together.”
The Purdue team has won every match in the 2022 competition and was the top-ranking Indiana team on Saturday.
“We’re confident that we’re going to be good,” said Xavion Owens, a sophomore at Purdue Polytechnic who helps with robot construction. He added that the team was aware there would still be challenges to overcome at the state championships.
SuPURDUEper was focusing on the robot’s ability to shoot balls into the top basket on Saturday.
“I feel pretty good with how we’ve done so far,” Johnson said. “If the season ended today, I’d be happy with how we’ve done.”
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MILESTONE EPISODE FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH TONY ROBBINS AND PETER DIAMANDIS
Wellness Podcast Has Doubled Its Audience and Is Consistent Top 20 Nutrition Show on Apple Podcasts
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO), announced today that esteemed wellness podcast The Dr. Gundry Podcast has released its 200th episode. The milestone episode features interviews with esteemed motivational speaker Tony Robbins and leading entrepreneur Peter Diamandis. The Dr. Gundry Podcast, which consistently ranks in the top 20 for nutrition podcasts, is available on PodcastOne, Apple, Amazon, Spotify and wherever podcasts are heard and The Dr. Gundry Podcast Youtube channel.
Having doubled in audience size since joining PodcastOne in 2020, the mission of The Dr. Gundry Podcast is to help you live your best life — mind, body and soul — by empowering you with the tools and knowledge you need. Dr. Gundry interviews some of the world's leading experts, like Arianna Huffington, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dave Asprey and more, and offers cutting-edge wellness expertise during his topical lectures.
"We're proud to be the network that brings The Dr. Gundry Podcast to audiences each week. His episodes are informational, enlightening and quite literally life changing. Cheers to 200 wonderful episodes and we're looking forward to the next 200," said Kit Gray, President of PodcastOne.
Steven Gundry MD is a former cardiothoracic surgeon, medical researcher, restorative medicine practitioner and bestselling author. During his 40-year career, Dr. Gundry has performed over 10,000 surgeries and developed patented, life-saving medical technology. After discovering how nutrition could help his patients avoid surgery, he wrote the book, "Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution" in 2008 which outlines his unique nutrition plan for wellness. In 2017, he released his second book, New York Times bestseller, "The Plant Paradox", that outlines his revolutionary lectin-free diet which has helped tens of thousands lose weight and achieve better health. Ever the constant researcher in pursuit of science-backed solutions for whole body wellness, Dr. Gundry has authored six sequel health books, including his latest, "Unlocking the Keto Code" which focuses on optimizing mitochondrial uncoupling as an essential component of longevity. Produced by Lanee Neil, The Dr Gundry Podcast is an integral part of the 71-year-old doctor's mission to empower as many people as possible with the tools to reclaim health and live well until a ripe old age.
Recently named #8 on the list of top podcast publishers in the United States by Podtrac, the industry-leading podcast metric company, PodcastOne's full roster of programming is available on PodcastOne, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever podcasts are heard.
About PodcastOne
PodcastOne is a leading advertiser-supported podcast company, offering a 360-degree solution for both content creators and advertisers, including content development, brand integration and distribution. Acquired by LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO) in 2020, the two entities have subsequently teamed to create a new video podcast (Vodcast) network under the LiveOne umbrella. Amassing more than 2.48 billion downloads per year with 300+ episodes distributed per week across a stable of hundreds of top podcast programs, including influencer talent like Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Steve Austin, Armando "Pitbull'' Perez, Jordan Harbinger, Heather Dubrow, The LadyGang, Kail Lowry, Melissa Gorga, Dr. Drew, Jay Cutler, Michael Irvin, Robert Horry, Dr. Gundry and top-rated true crime shows including Bad Bad Thing, True Crime All the Time Unsolved, This is MONSTERS, Court Junkie, A&E's Cold Case Files, American Nightmare and more. Its shows are distributed across its own platform as well as LiveOne's owned-and-operated channels on mobile, mobile web, desktop and SmartTV's. PodcastOne is the parent company of LaunchpadOne, an innovative self-serve platform developed to launch, host, distribute and monetize independent user-generated podcasts. PodcastOne is the brainchild of Radio Hall of Famer, Norm Pattiz, also the founder of Network Radio-giant, Westwood One.
About LiveOne, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. As of April 1, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free membership base of over 2.23 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, nearly 270 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
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ISLANDIA, N.Y., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Printex Transparent Packaging (PTP), the largest clear folding box manufacturer in North America, has earned the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQF) Manufacture of Food Packaging certification, recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The SQF certification builds on PTP's existing food safety credential -- GMP (Good Manufacturing Process) certification. Printex Transparent Packaging is committed to rigorous continuous improvement. Having a supplier that produces products to meet food safety standards recognized in the industry is important in today's packaging world. Retailers, brand owners and food service providers need assurance that the food packaging materials they buy have been produced under the guidance of a food safety management program. Using an SQF certified supplier like Printex Transparent Packaging, who also sources and manufactures domestically, gives the customer the assurance that their very highest standards are being met.
What is SQF Certification?
The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) is responsible for developing and managing the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program. The SQF program is recognized by retailers and food service providers around the world as a rigorous, credible food safety management system. It is the only certification system recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) that offers certificates for primary production, food manufacturing, distribution, and agent/broker management.
Once a company implements the SQF food safety management program, it is audited regularly by a third-party certification body. The food safety certification requirements of SQF provide a meticulous process to manage food safety risks and provide safe products for use by companies in the food industry.
Why is food safety certification important today?
The SQF program is recognized by retailers, brand owners and food service providers as one of the most rigorous and comprehensive food safety and quality standards in the world. "Our SQF certification helps our customers prepare for new regulations," says Dave Heller, VP at the Printex Transparent Packaging Islandia, NY plant. Countries across the globe are making changes to food safety regulations, including the United States and its Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The newest version, Edition 9, prepares your organization to meet many or most of the FSMA requirements.
SQF standards require establishment of a detailed, comprehensive food safety program through every step of the supply chain. Being SQF certified lets your customers know that you have gone the extra mile to help them lower their risk and exposure. Brand owners can be confident that their products are in the absolute safest packaging.
What can you expect from an SQF certified supplier?
- Highest quality manufacture for food safe products – Having an SQF certified supplier means controls are in place assuring you are getting a consistently produced product that is being properly and continuously evaluated for consistent improvement in process quality and safety.
- Material Traceability – Processes are in place to trace a product through the entire manufacturing process. Unique lot numbers allow traceability from raw material to the finished manufactured packaging.
- Increased Confidence in a system for food safe products – Brand owners can trust that an SQF certified supplier has implemented a food safety program that ensures compliance and safe, quality food for consumers. The third-party certification body performs regular audits of the system. This fact gives owners the assurance that food safety and sanitation issues will not threaten their brand or reputation.
Product packaging plays a significant role in the food industry. PTP knows you want to manufacture quality, safe, food packaging for consumers. Using an SQF certified supplier such as Printex Transparent Packaging provides benefits to brand owners, food service providers and retailers that are immeasurable in today's environment.
Why not take the guesswork and risk out of your supplier selection? Choose a provider that has earned the right to carry the label – SQF Certified Manufacturer.
About Printex Transparent Packaging https://www.ptpackaging.com/ --Brand owners first choice for clear plastic folding cartons. PTP has manufacturing facilities in both New York and Montreal to serve North America. Printex Transparent Packaging focuses on the specialized non-paper packaging converting business including supplying and applying clear PET windows to paper folding cartons. Products: Clear folding cartons, point of purchase power-chutes, in-store POP displays & dispensers, promo and club packs, clear rigid windows for sbs cartons, gift box covers and clear sleeves.
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Leading Applied Behavior Analysis Provider to Expand Geographic Reach and Services
NORWELL, Mass., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proven Behavior Solutions ("Proven"), an Autism Spectrum Disorder ("ASD") treatment company serving clients in both home and clinic settings in Southeast Massachusetts, announced today a strategic investment by Health Enterprise Partners ("HEP"). HEP is a healthcare-focused investment firm whose investors include some of the largest health systems and health insurance plans in the United States. This funding enables Proven to execute on multiple growth opportunities that will grant families managing ASD much greater access to high quality care across New England in the years ahead.
"We couldn't have asked for a better partner," said Scott Snider, CEO. "HEP's approach to driving value and its strategic network mean that all stakeholders are aligned on day one. We know that when they say they believe in a quality first approach, they mean it. Lindsey and I are ecstatic about the opportunity for Proven to set the bar for clinical quality outside of Southeast Massachusetts."
Founded in 2015 by Scott and Lindsey Snider, Proven's unique clinical approach is built on providing personalized care plans to children and young adults with acute diagnoses of ASD and offering robust support to its clinicians so they can focus on what they do best. The company maintains low caseloads for its Board Certified Behavior Analysts ("BCBAs") and provides wraparound support for all clinicians, resulting in higher provider-to-patient ratios and more visits per patient relative to industry average. These steps ensure individualized care for all clients while limiting clinician burnout. Proven's culture of clinical excellence has resulted in exceptional outcomes for its clients and recognition among leading providers in the Boston area. Scott and Lindsey will be remaining with the organization in their current roles to lead it through this next phase of growth.
"I've had the good fortune of knowing Scott and Lindsey Snider for a number of years as they have built Proven into a leading provider of high-quality services for individuals diagnosed with ASD," said Pete Tedesco, Managing Partner at HEP. "We are thrilled to partner with Scott, Lindsey, and the entire Proven team to help accelerate the company's growth and advance their mission to serve even more families."
Proven currently offers Applied Behavior Analysis ("ABA") therapy, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, special education advocacy services, and Assistive Technology support out of three clinical centers in Norwell, West Bridgewater, and Stoughton, Massachusetts, in addition to providing home-based care from south of Boston to Cape Cod. With the funding, Proven will enhance its support for its clinical programs, increase personnel, as well as continue to expand its presence in the northeastern United States. Proven was advised by Cowen on the transaction.
About Proven Behavior Solutions
Proven Behavior Solutions is committed to improving the lives of children and adolescents affected by ASD in the South Shore region of Massachusetts. Proven's clinical team is comprised of highly experienced BCBAs, Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), and clinically trained Advocates delivering care in the home and clinic settings.
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About Health Enterprise Partners
Health Enterprise Partners invests in privately held, lower middle market healthcare services and information technology companies. Central to HEP's strategy is its unique and extensive hospital system and health plan network, 36 members of which are investors in HEP's funds. HEP seeks to invest in companies that improve the quality of the patient experience, expand access, and reduce the cost of healthcare.
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Iconic fleet and navigation brand sets sights on global growth in connected vehicle sector fueled by cutting-edge platform, analytics, and data capabilities
CHICAGO and PERTH, Australia, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rand McNally, in a transformational move to elevate its place in the connected vehicle space, has acquired Australia-based Fleetsu and its innovative, flexible platform. TELEO Capital, which purchased Rand McNally in Q4 2020, bought Fleetsu, combining the fleet organizations as part of its pledge to significantly increase its investment in best-in-class solutions for the transportation market.
The transaction brings together Rand McNally's fleet business with Fleetsu's platform, data, and analytics capabilities to create a global enterprise that will bring innovative solutions to vehicle fleets worldwide. Together, the new combined Rand McNally helps fleet operators maximize business productivity through access to real-time, on-the-road data, providing valuable insights that solve for today's challenges like driver location and safety, engine performance, and vehicle efficiency (fossil and electric).
Although only seven years old, Fleetsu has secured a number of major global truck and automotive OEM contracts, including Toyota Motor Corporation, Australia, as its platform is viewed as a best-in-class vehicle and truck solution for OEMs as well as fleets.
"Rand McNally is committed to delivering innovative products and services that improve fleet and driver efficiency, safety, and security," said Aaron Dannenbring, CEO of Rand McNally. "Fleetsu takes our existing expertise to the next level as we now offer the industry's best connected fleet platform complementing our already robust hardware, navigation, logistics, and publishing businesses. The combination of Rand McNally and Fleetsu creates a world-class connected vehicle powerhouse."
According to Allied Market Research, the global fleet management market is experiencing unprecedented growth with forecasts predicting the industry to more than double by 2030, reaching $52.5 billion in value. With growth happening across all sectors of the industry, but particularly in telematics and connectivity, the business climate is ideal for Rand McNally and Fleetsu coming together.
"The acquisition of Fleetsu is an exciting step in Rand McNally's transformation of its fleet and navigation product offerings," said Joseph Roark, TELEO Capital Operating Partner and Rand McNally Chairman. "Fleetsu's cutting edge platform, analytics and data capabilities will allow Rand McNally to offer a connected vehicle solution across the full fleet supply chain. The acquisition further expands Rand McNally's footprint as a global provider to long-haul and local fleets, field service companies, government, auto and truck OEMs (both fuel and EV platforms) and vehicle rental fleets."
Jakub Felinski, Fleetsu's founder, who will be driving new solutions as Chief Innovation Officer of Rand McNally, noted that "Fleetsu has quickly built a reputation grounded in being hyper-focused on meeting the needs of our customers, no matter how complex."
"With Rand McNally's strong navigation and transportation expertise and our already deep bench of leading engineers focused on creating technology data solutions, we are confident that we will be moving the industry forward," Felinski said. "We look forward to expanding our combined global business that writes a new chapter for connected transportation, led by technology."
In recent years, Fleetsu has won several very high-profile vehicle fleet customers, including Toyota Motor Corporation, Australia. In 2021, Toyota selected Fleetsu as the platform to launch its Toyota Halo connected fleet management solution. Other Fleetsu customers include Avis, Budget, and Cummins.
Complementary Businesses Coming Together
Rand McNally is already an important technology partner to hundreds of the world's best-known transportation and retail brands. The company provides hardware – such as video telematics and dash cameras – and software-as-a-service solutions – such as truck-specific navigation – to the transportation industry. Fleetsu brings a customer base reliant on its software solution designed to collect, analyze, and monetize critical fleet data.
During the next few months, the combined Rand McNally and Fleetsu teams – now Rand McNally – will work to integrate technologies for existing and new customers.
About Rand McNally – Chicago-based Rand McNally makes journeys better through innovative solutions that improve the movement of people and goods.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUE), the easiest, most efficient and transparent online destination for buying and selling new and used vehicles, recently commissioned a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults about their attitudes and shopping behaviors in regards to electric vehicles. The survey showed that rising fuel prices have garnered unprecedented interest in EVs among a wider array of consumers than ever. In fact, over the last month TrueCar experienced a 380% increase in EV prospects year-over-year and a 180% jump year-over-year for hybrids.
The TrueCar survey found that the proportion of consumers who say they are "extremely likely" to purchase an EV increased by 50% from July 2021 (from 14% to 21%). "Now, budget-minded shoppers have joined the technophiles and environmental stewards who represented many of EVs' early adopters," said Mike Darrow, President and CEO at TrueCar. "Throughout the last month we've seen a huge spike in electric vehicle and hybrid prospects on TrueCar sites. As for the EV that has been most popular, we're seeing Kia's EV6 as the vehicle with the highest scarcity," he said.
With fuel prices at an all-time high, 57% of survey respondents say they are now more likely to consider an EV due to those rising costs. Of those planning to make a purchase in the next six months, two-thirds say they are now more likely to consider an EV.
Even so, consumers still have varying levels of interest in EVs. Men remain more likely to purchase an EV than women (59% vs. 45% likely), but interest among both groups has increased since July 2021, and the gender gap has narrowed. The age groups most likely to consider an EV have moved younger in that timeframe, with 20–29-year olds now the most likely to consider an EV.
Although EV consideration has grown significantly, there are still meaningful concerns around the related issues of charging and range. Access to charging remains key: 70% of those who say they are unlikely to purchase an EV do not have access to charging at home. And of these, two-thirds cannot install a charging station at home, making a dense public infrastructure critical for widespread adoption.
Mike Darrow provides commentary on the survey in this video.
Note: For any interested parties who would like to discuss the survey further, Mike Darrow will be at the New York Auto Show, April 12 and 13.
About TrueCar
TrueCar is a leading automotive digital marketplace that enables auto buyers to connect to our nationwide network of Certified Dealers. We are building the industry's most personalized and efficient auto buying experience as we seek to bring more of the purchasing process online. Consumers who visit our marketplace will find a suite of vehicle discovery tools, price ratings, and market context on new and used cars – all with a clear view of what's a great deal. When they are ready, TrueCar will enable them to connect with a local Certified Dealer who shares in our belief that truth, transparency, and fairness are the foundation of a great auto buying experience. As part of our marketplace, TrueCar powers auto-buying programs for over 250 leading brands, including AARP, Sam's Club, Navy Federal Credit Union and American Express. TrueCar is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with an office in Austin, Texas.
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LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Old Pal Shareable Cannabis customers can enjoy a Grow Your Own initiative to put the power of cultivation in their hands for 4/20. Last year, the Grow Your Own program enabled the cannabis community to get up close and personal with a process familiar to the farmers who bring this beloved brand to life and to help deliver a more intimate connection to the plant.
This year, not one but three auto-flowering plants are in each pot carefully tended to by a celebrated cultivator of Old Pal Shareable Cannabis in California, Ladybug Farms. Each of the Grow Your Own kits comes in one powerful hybrid variety called Hifi Lemon to celebrate the cannabis connection to music. It's an easy to enjoy strain with roots in Mythic OG and Atlas Star genetics resulting in a vibrant blend that's blooming with good vibes. The nose is bright, citrusy and sweet, with favors of decadent cheese and zesty lemon offering an uplifting high.
With the potential to yield up to a half to a full ounce of cured flower under standard conditions, each semi-mature plant arrives well on its way through the grow cycle packed in nutrient dense soil that takes out a lot of the guesswork for fertilization. The experts at Ladybug want to make sure customers are set up for success so each Old Pal decorated pot includes a QR code that links to the campaign landing page with growing tips, tricks, care instructions, the 'Pot Sounds' playlist and a series of videos demonstrating the music made by connecting a PlantWave midi controller to various plants.
This partnership with Data Garden and PlantWave founder Joe Patitucci amplifies the idea that plants can actually make music; in fact, the science behind it is relatively simple as each set of electrodes measures electrical variations that change with environmental and even human manipulation. Each plant produces a wave that is translated into pitch messages that can be interpreted through various instruments. The results from these plants were unlike any others showing a smooth, continuous curve that was sonically meditative. "A lot of data from other plants will be super rich and less clearly defined; in fact, when you first hook it up to a plant there will be a lot of noise that will eventually become a wave. These cannabis plants all had very clearly-defined waveforms. I thought I'd seen everything but I'd never experienced that before. The album, released by me called '420hz: Plant Music from Cannabis Plants' will be a result of those HiFi Lemon plants playing and me performing with them," Patitucci added when asked about the project. This window into the secret life of cannabis plants is the first of its kind and an enlightening look at the convergence of trichomes and tech.
Grow Your Own plants will be available in California at select dispensaries. Additionally, participating cultivators of Old Pal Shareable Cannabis in MA, OH, PA and CA will sample their plants to make Old Pal music stems generated by the PlantWave devices. Anyone curious to hear Old Pal cannabis sounds from various strains across the US can text 'Pot Sounds' to '420420' to explore the world of cannabis generated music.
About Plant Wave
PlantWave lets you tune into nature and listen to music played by plants. Just attach two sensors to a plant's leaves and PlantWave connects wirelessly to a mobile device running our app. The app has instruments we've built for plants to play.
PlantWave works by detecting slight electrical variations in plants, graphing them as waves and translating the waves into pitch. The pitch determines notes played by instruments in the app. The result is a continuous stream of pleasing music that leaves listeners feeling more relaxed, connected and in wonder with nature. For more, visit PlantWave.com and follow PlantWave on Instagram.
About Old Pal
Old Pal is a multi-state cannabis lifestyle brand focused on providing value to consumers by offering quality products and trusted consistency. The brand is available through superior and dependable production and distribution through strategic partnerships within the industry. With the incorporation of culture-focused design and marketing, Old Pal has defined a much-needed new space within the industry; curating an accessible lifestyle beyond stoner culture including its beloved soft goods line, Old Pal Provisions. For more information, please visit OldPal.com and follow Old Pal Provisions on Instagram.
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Dustin Beatty
Public Relations
Email: dustin@oldpal.com
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Salesforce customers can now benefit from Real World Data collection and patient engagement for all clinical studies
SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seqster PDM, Inc. ("Seqster") the leading patient-centric healthcare technology company, today announced it has launched SeqsterOS, the Operating System for Patient Registries and clinical studies on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering life science enterprises to seamlessly integrate patient-consented Real World Data, including electronic health records (EHR), genomics, and device data, with a patient engagement layer for their clinical studies.
Integrated directly with Salesforce Health Cloud, SeqsterOS is currently available on AppExchange.
"SeqsterOS app is a welcome addition to AppExchange, as they power digital transformation for clients by empowering both clinical trials and patients on Salesforce Health Cloud," said Woodson Martin, EVP & GM of Salesforce AppExchange. "AppExchange is constantly evolving to connect customers with the right apps and experts for their business needs."
SeqsterOS automates real-time Real World Data ("RWD") collection while improving the participant journey. Life science enterprises benefit from improved study participant engagement and retention. Study participants and researchers benefit from longitudinal health information essential for long-term observational studies and effectively conducting health economics & outcomes research (HEOR).
SeqsterOS on Health Cloud offers these additional benefits:
- FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance for drug submissions
- De-identification and tokenization of data
- E-Consent, eCOA
- ePRO
"SeqsterOS empowers researchers with high-quality, high-fidelity health data directly from any source that can be readily utilized for analytics, AI, and RWE, accelerating the drug discovery cycle, all while improving the patient journey. By joining Salesforce AppExchange, we introduce our solution at scale for life science enterprise clients for application in clinical studies, whether in the traditional site-based setting or in decentralized trials," said Ardy Arianpour, CEO & Co-Founder of Seqster.
About Salesforce AppExchange
Salesforce AppExchange, the world's leading enterprise cloud marketplace, empowers companies, developers and entrepreneurs to build, market, and grow in entirely new ways. With more than 7,000 listings, 10 million customer installs and 117,000 peer reviews, AppExchange connects customers of all sizes and across industries to ready-to-install or customizable apps and Salesforce-certified consultants to solve any business challenge.
Salesforce, AppExchange, Health Cloud and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
About Seqster
Seqster is the leading healthcare technology company that breaks down health data silos at scale. Its enterprise operating system aggregates disparate health data sources into a single, 360-degree view of a patient in real-time, solving a multitude of challenges for life sciences, patient engagement and data interoperability.
Seqster has nationwide coverage of EHRs from hospitals and medical groups, genomic DNA, wearables, pharmacy and social determinants of health data. Through its customizable white-label approach, Seqster provides accelerated access to de-identified, tokenized, real-time data and comprehensive curated data to address critical needs across the healthcare continuum.
Seqster is privately held and headquartered in San Diego. To learn more about Seqster's platforms for Life Sciences, Patient Engagement and Data Interoperability, please contact us at info@seqster.com or visit www.seqster.com.
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NEWARK, Calif., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), a leading provider of data capture and delivery solutions designed to enhance workplace productivity, is excited to announce that it shipped its millionth scanner in Q1, 2022.
Socket Mobile has built a reputation as a trusted provider of mobile data capture tools. As the world has become more mobile and workforces have evolved, transforming into ever-more innovative and efficient shapes, Socket Mobile has adapted to provide businesses with industry-leading data capture tools for a mobile-centric workforce. Socket Mobile has proven it can be counted on for high-quality, premium data capture devices, excellent customer service, and unparalleled developer support.
Trusted by over a thousand application providers, Socket Mobile's products have enabled thousands of businesses to make their operations more efficient, accurate and profitable.
"Socket Mobile would like to thank our many app provider partners, especially our partners like Shopify and Block, and their end-users for helping us reach this milestone. We have seen our growth accelerate as more and more companies use mobile apps to conduct business, and we had a record year in 2021, shipping over 100,000 scanners. We feel privileged to work with so many outstanding app providers whose applications have transformed the way business is conducted. Our tools provide real-time information that helps millions of workers do their jobs with greater efficiency and satisfaction.
"We look forward to continuing to innovate, work hard and strive for data capture perfection as we work to fulfill the requirement of our app provider partners. Mobile apps will continue to evolve to service the ever-changing business landscape, and we are excited at both the challenge and opportunity this provides," said Dave Holmes, Chief Business Officer at Socket Mobile.
Socket Mobile has a data capture solution for every need. Designed with app providers in mind, Socket Mobile's CaptureSDK provides the data capture tools they need to ensure that their application is versatile, powerful, and can serve their business audience.
Socket Mobile offers a wide range of data capture products fully supported by CaptureSDK, including the rugged DuraScan, the powerful SocketScan, the versatile DuraSled, and now the smartphone-based SocketCam. This enables the app provider customer to select an ideal solution for their particular environment.
As the nature of data collection continues to change, Socket Mobile will continue to strive to provide its app partners with excellent tools and products, coupled with the service and support they need to deliver world-class solutions to their customers.
To learn more about Socket Mobile, CaptureSDK, and getting started with app integration please visit https://www.socketmobile.com/capturesdk/integrate-step-by-step
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TOLEDO, Spain , April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- uin has announced a new partnership with the National Gallery, London to breathe new life into its classic and latest footwear by recrafting uin's iconic travel shoes using designs inspired by timeless masterpieces housed in one of the most celebrated art galleries in the world. Global art and cultural IP specialist ARTiSTORY brokered the deal for uin to acquire the global creative rights (excluding China) for the new "A Timeless Journey" collaborative collection that features art pieces by era-defining impressionist painters such as Van Gogh and Monet.
The nine-piece collaborative collection includes graphic designs that draw inspiration from Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Claude Monet's The Water-Lily Pond, Georges Seurat's The Seine Seen from La Grande Jatte, and Edgar Degas's Ballet Dancers. By distilling and purifying the colors and artistic elements of those stimulating vintage paintings, Fernando Acevedo, Chief Designer and Co-founder of uin, reimagines and recreates a theme that captures and transcends the strength and essence of the art pieces. The result is a marriage of the traditional impressionist style and modern interpretation that compels the designs to radiate a newfound charm.
"uin Art Travel Shoes are determined to create a new category of travel shoes, combining simple while natural and comfortable products with creative artistic patterns. The colors and inspirations of those artists fit perfectly into our brand philosophy, and we are excited to set forth on this timeless journey together with images inspired by the National Gallery's masterpieces," said Mr. Acevedo.
Originated in Toledo, Spain, uin's design philosophy for its travel shoes series is the embodiment of two passions that unite humanity across different cultures and continents – travel and art. Combining innovative and comfortable technologies, Fernando Acevedo celebrates the positive emotions emanating from these two types of life-enriching activities by incorporating colorful and soul-freeing pictorial languages that resonates with global travel lovers and artists alike.
Inspired by some of the best-known and best-loved impressionist paintings, the National Gallery, London and uin collaboration marks a new adventure, one that allows uin to reinterpret the artistic feelings embedded in those beautiful and dream-like art pieces in a modern light to redefine footwear design. Staying true to its brand values, uin also hopes to bring warmth and inspiration to customers through the new collection, as well as grant them an immersive artistic and cultural experience whenever they embark on a new journey.
The pandemic has transformed the way that people look at the world and themselves as it awakens us to the need for self-exploration and world travel. Against this backdrop, uin's simple and natural design, enriched with creative artistic patterns, speaks to and inspires those who are motivated to seek spiritual comfort and external adventures through cultural experiences. Over the past few years, uin has launched multiple IP collaborations with global artists and brands, with its Smiley Collection; Destination Collection, Pet Collection and Blossom Collection receiving positive market feedback from over 100 countries. In the US, uin Footwear saw a fifteen-fold sales increase from 2019 to 2021.
About uin
With travel and art embedded in its DNA, uin seeks to reimagine the design of travel shoes by giving them a new identity that matches people's ever-evolving lifestyles. In the exploration of the artistic expression that fuses the natural with the fashioned, the chief designer Fernando Acevedo creates the "uin Art Travel Shoes" series whose design philosophy gracefully centers on the spiritual and emotional power that travel delivers, allowing people to enjoy self-expression through vibrantly colorful patterns that embody youthful energy and freedom.
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Innovative HVAC association and tech-focused software provider leverage partnership and shared vision to make unique next-gen solution available for group members
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XOi Technologies, a leading provider of technician-focused technology solutions, and Synergy Solution Group, an innovative commercial HVAC peer network, announce a shared initiative that delivers XOi's premium Journeyman™ Platform suite of powerful technician-enablement solutions to a nationwide roster of leading contractors.
Synergy Solution Group is the first industry network group to adopt the exclusive Journeyman™ Platform solution, XOi's next-generation smart technology platform for deep-data insight and remote support.
"Synergy and XOi have a long-standing partnership founded on our shared passion for advancing the HVAC industry," said Jim Bartolotta, managing partner of Synergy Solution Group. "Our members are leaders and visionaries in the HVAC field, and our mission is to connect them with solutions and ideas that will help them drive efficiency and value. We immediately recognized that the Journeyman™ Platform represents a great step forward in innovation that can empower our trusted members to start building the future of our industry."
Synergy Solution Group's pioneering adoption of the Journeyman™ suite's advanced AI- and data-powered technician-first technology positions the group's network at the leading edge of the industry.
The initial Synergy Solution Group partners supporting XOi's continued innovation by implementing the Journeyman™ Platform solution include:
- Mechanical Services & Design
- Cooper Oates Air Conditioning
- ISS Mechanical
- Oklahoma Chiller
- Oahu Air Conditioning Service, Inc.
- Atomatic Mechanical Services
- Dowling HVACR Mechanical Services
- W. L. Gary Company
"Our connection with Synergy is based on a mutual vision for empowering contractors through innovation and collaboration," said Aaron Salow, founder and CEO of XOi. "The group's members understand that solutions like the Journeyman™ Platform and forward-thinking partners like Synergy can elevate performance and results and help deliver a market edge during an extremely competitive time."
Combined with XOi's existing analytics and curb-to-curb enablement solutions, the Journeyman™ Platform further equips technicians in the field with knowledge management, media matching and smart linking functions that help users successfully close more jobs in less time and reduce warranty claims due to installation issues.
The full Journeyman™ Platform suite includes:
- Journeyman™: No matter the skill level of the technician on site, XOi's patented Journeyman™ solution uses a simple data plate photo to produce contextual data (equipment history, organizational knowledge and OEM information) that delivers instant, relevant and trusted insights and resource recommendations.
- Journeyman™ Insights: The powerful new Trade Insights Platform provides unique business intelligence based on XOi's unprecedented field service data indexing capabilities. With intuitive visualizations derived from current and historical equipment, job and technician information, company leaders can identify revenue- and efficiency-driving trends to make intelligent and informed real-time business decisions.
- Journeyman™ Virtual Mentor Center: Designed to help address the pressure of the ongoing skilled trades labor gap, XOi's Virtual Mentor Center helps contractors and field service teams enhance customer experience and protect revenue by avoiding second truck rolls or incomplete service. As an in-house provider of live virtual support and training calls, XOi's Virtual Mentor Center helps technicians by offering efficient and repeatable processes that build skills and expertise, rather than simply fixing the problem at hand.
For more information about XOi, visit https://xoi.io.
About XOi Technologies
XOi Technologies, one of the top workplaces in Nashville, is changing the way residential and commercial field service companies in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing industries communicate and serve their customers. XOi's all-in-one communication tool seamlessly connects field service technicians, offices, and their customers while enabling on the job photo and video documentation, workflow automation, real-time remote video support and training, and access to an extensive knowledge base of relevant equipment documentation and training content. Through innovative technology, XOi simplifies technicians' work, validates consistent quality, and transforms the customer experience. To learn more, visit https://xoi.io.
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Ripley PR
(865) 977-1973
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HOUSTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) ("Talos" or the "Company") today announced that Timothy S. Duncan will participate in a one-on-one fireside chat with Jeff Robertson of Water Tower Research. The fireside chat will be broadcast virtually on April 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM Central Time and will focus on the Company's strategy and conventional offshore business model, capital allocation, 2022 plans and rapidly growing carbon capture and sequestration business. The session is expected to run for approximately one hour and is open to all individuals who register.
Investors who are interested in listening may register through Water Tower Research using the following link: https://globalmeet.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1540111&tp_key=80936ad5dd.
ABOUT TALOS ENERGY
Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States and offshore Mexico, both upstream through oil and gas exploration and production and downstream through the development of future carbon capture and storage opportunities. As one of the Gulf of Mexico's largest public independent producers, we leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise towards the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. With a focus on environmental stewardship, we are also utilizing our expertise to explore opportunities to reduce industrial emissions through our carbon capture and storage initiatives along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com.
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Sergio Maiworm
+1.713.328.3008
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Report highlights homebuilder's continued commitment to integration of sustainable principles across its business
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. , April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a commitment to building a more sustainable future, Taylor Morrison (NYSE: TMHC), a leading national land developer and homebuilder, today released its fourth annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The report details the Company's focus and achievements on its core ESG pillars: Building for the Future, People First and Transparency and Accountability.
"Following the progress we made in 2021, we look forward to further advancing our strategic operational initiatives, disciplined capital allocation, and values-based approach to sustainability in 2022 and beyond," said Taylor Morrison Chairman and CEO Sheryl Palmer. "Our ESG initiatives include an emphasis on our long-term strategy for managing our carbon footprint and continuing to increase diversity in leadership positions and across the organization. As we do so, our responsibility to all of our communities will remain our guiding light. As I look ahead, I am energized by the focus and determination of our team to reach new heights in our collective drive to create long-lasting, differentiated value for our homebuyers, business and shareholders."
The publication highlights the following ESG-related achievements Taylor Morrison made in 2021:
- · Environmental | Building for the Future
- · Social | People First
- · Governance | Accountability and Transparency
In preparing this report, Taylor Morrison utilized guidelines by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (U.N. SDGs).
To view Taylor Morrison's full 2021 ESG Report, please visit investors.taylormorrison.com/esg.
About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is one of the nation's leading homebuilders and developers. We serve a wide array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury, and 55-plus active lifestyle homebuyers under our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade, Darling Homes Collection by Taylor Morrison, and Christopher Todd Communities built by Taylor Morrison. From 2016-2022, Taylor Morrison has been recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by Lifestory Research. Our strong commitment to sustainability, our communities, and our team is highlighted in our latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report on our website.
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BOISE, Idaho, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TELEO Capital Management, LLC ("TELEO") announced the acquisition of Fleetsu Pty Ltd. ("Fleetsu") by its existing portfolio company, Rand McNally. Fleetsu is a cloud-based, data analytics fleet management solution provider which enables customers to manage their fleets more efficiently and effectively.
The transaction brings together Rand McNally's fleet business with Fleetsu's platform, data, and analytics capabilities. The newly combined businesses help fleet operators maximize business productivity through access to real-time, on-the-road data, providing valuable insights including driver location and safety, engine performance, and vehicle efficiency (fossil and electric).
"Rand McNally is committed to delivering innovative products and services that improve fleet and driver efficiency, safety, and security," said Aaron Dannenbring, CEO of Rand McNally. "Fleetsu takes our existing expertise to the next level as we now offer the industry's best connected fleet platform complementing our already robust hardware, navigation, logistics, and publishing businesses. The combination of Rand McNally and Fleetsu creates a world-class connected vehicle powerhouse."
"Fleetsu has quickly built a reputation grounded in being hyper-focused on meeting the needs of our customers, no matter how complex," said Jakub Felinski, Fleetsu's founder and newly appointed Chief Innovation Officer of Rand McNally. "With Rand McNally's strong navigation and transportation expertise and our already deep bench of leading engineers focused on creating technology data solutions, we are confident that we will be moving the industry forward. We look forward to expanding our combined global business that writes a new chapter for connected transportation, led by technology."
"The acquisition of Fleetsu is an exciting step in Rand McNally's transformation of its fleet and navigation product offerings," said Joseph Roark, TELEO Capital Operating Partner and Rand McNally Chairman. "Fleetsu's cutting edge platform, analytics and data capabilities will allow Rand McNally to offer a connected vehicle solution across the full fleet supply chain. The acquisition further expands Rand McNally's footprint as a global provider to long-haul and local fleets, field service companies, government, auto and truck OEMs (both fuel and EV platforms), and vehicle rental fleets."
About Fleetsu
Fleetsu's innovative and flexible platform transforms fleet management by enabling businesses to instantly collect and analyze fleet data. Their proprietary data analytics platform enables seamless integration with third-party data sources and can be deployed as an aftermarket product to a fleet of vehicles or as a solution embedded in the vehicle by an OEM. Fleetsu currently serves customers across the globe, including a partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation, Australia. Other Fleetsu customers include Avis, Budget, and Cummins. Fleetsu is based in Perth, Australia.
For additional information, please visit: www.fleetsu.com.
About Rand McNally
Rand McNally has been transforming travel and transportation for over 165 years. Today, Rand McNally provides innovative fleet management and commercial transportation solutions, connected vehicle technology, and consumer travel and education products. Rand McNally is based in Chicago, IL.
For additional information, please visit: www.randmcnally.com.
About TELEO Capital
TELEO Capital is a lower middle market private equity firm that looks to invest in opportunities where its strategic thought, operational resources, and capital base empower management to perform and execute their business plan. TELEO brings a successful track record of executing corporate carve-outs, recapitalizing broken balance sheets, acquiring founder-owned companies, and implementing buy and build strategies for its portfolio companies. TELEO targets opportunities in the technology and software, healthcare IT, business services, and industrial sectors. The firm is headquartered in Boise, ID with an additional office in Los Angeles, CA.
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- Closing the Gap analyzes 50,000+ data points, reveals survey data polling 2,000+ US adults, and shares insights from 7-figure-earning course creators.
- Online content creation is the most popular type of business entrepreneurs aspire to launch, beating out brick and mortars, eCommerce and selling services.
- Top course creators are 400% more likely to bring in their students from other platforms or databases (e.g. Instagram, podcasts, TikTok, email lists, etc.), and 200% more likely to study how their students engage with their content.
VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Thinkific Labs Inc. ("Thinkific" or the "Company") (TSX: THNC), the platform shaking up the knowledge economy by empowering creators to create, market and sell their online learning products, today released Closing the Gap, an online learning trends report offering a unique look at the state of the knowledge economy, its industry leaders, and what's next.
The report analyzes 50,000+ data points, unveils survey data polling 2,000+ US adults, and shares insights from 7-figure-earning course creators. It reveals the top tricks and trends that separate the top 20% of most successful course creators from the rest, and outlines how online content creation has quickly become the most sought after business strategy by emerging entrepreneurs.
"Course creators who are building hyper-successful online businesses aren't doing it by accident," said Henk Campher, Chief Marketing Officer at Thinkific. "They're taking ownership of their audiences, creating vibrant communities, bundling complementary products and monetizing their content with innovative payment models and selling tools. With the appetite for online learning continuing to grow and more entrepreneurs than ever choosing to create online content, this report gives creators the expert insights they need to build bigger and stronger businesses that have a life-changing impact on their students," said Campher.
Key report findings include:
- Content is the dream - Online content creation takes top spot as the most popular business model entrepreneurs aspire to (51%), beating out selling products online (49%), providing services online (49%) or in-person (46%), or opening a brick and mortar store (39%).
- Creators want control - The most successful creators don't limit themselves only to social media, instead they are 400% more likely to guide their audiences from such platforms into their courses. They're also 200% more likely to study their students' engagement. More audience control means fans become paying customers.
- Communal learning = earning - Top creators were found to be 200% more likely to create communities, lively "town squares" where students can engage with one another and their creators.
- Bundle up - Online learning has gone beyond offering one-off learning products. A whopping 85% of top creators sell multiple products or services, bundling packages to include memberships, private communities, ebooks, one-on-one coaching, physical products, and more.
- Tech is the hot ticket - The software & technology field saw the highest student demand for online learning since the start of 2020, followed by health & fitness, then arts & entertainment.
Expert insight was provided by many trailblazing course creators, each of whom has experienced standout success using the techniques highlighted in the report to engage, convert and retain students. For example:
Nina Zadeh - Co-Founder, Sidewalker Daily
Latasha James - Founder, Online Business Launch Lab
Kat Norton - Founder, Miss Excel
Chef Amanda Schonberg - Founder, Baking for Business
To access the full report, please click here.
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Thinkific (TSX:THNC) makes it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses of any size to scale and generate revenue by teaching what they know. Our platform gives businesses everything they need to build, market, and sell online courses and other learning products, and to run their business seamlessly under their own brand, on their own site. Thinkific's 50,000 active creators earned hundreds of millions of dollars in direct course sales while teaching tens of millions of students. Thinkific is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with a distributed team.
For more information, please visit www.thinkific.com.
This news release includes forward-looking statements and forward–looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws ("forward-looking statements"). Often, but not always, forward–looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "is expected", "expects", "scheduled", "intends", "contemplates", "anticipates", "adoption rates", "believes", "proposes" or variations (including negative and grammatical variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the Company's plans and objectives, industry trends; growing demand for online learning, growth in our industry; addressable markets for our solutions; capturing market share; advances in and expansion of our offered platform service and the anticipated benefits of Thinkific Payments and Thinkific Communities and their features for the Company's customers. Such statements and information are based on the current expectations of Thinkific's management, and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Although Thinkific's management believes that the assumptions underlying these statements and information are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, including, among other factors, the risk factors described in additional detail under "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Information Form, and in our other filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, all of which are available under our profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward–looking statements and information speak only as of the date on which they are made and Thinkific undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward–looking statement or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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The area's first National Automotive Styling Centers™ franchise offers family-friendly entertainment, including car displays, refreshments, and music by DJ Johnny Kage
EL PASO, Texas, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Owners Alex and Myriam Guerrero will host a grand opening event to celebrate the new El Paso location of Tint World® Automotive Styling Centers™, a leading auto accessory and window tinting franchise, on Saturday, April 16.
Guests will enjoy custom and exotic car demonstrations, raffles and other games, food and refreshments, and entertainment from 104.3 HIT FM DJ and Sirius XM host Johnny Kage. The Easter Bunny will also be making a visit to entertain the children.
"We're inviting the El Paso community to join us as we officially introduce Tint World®'s premium window tinting and automotive styling services and products to the area," Alex Guerrero said. "Serving the local community is critical to our success, and the support of our family and friends has helped make the dream of business ownership a reality for Myriam and me. Speaking not only as a business owner, but also as a veteran, I'm proud to provide exclusive discounts to military personnel. We are in El Paso for El Paso. As a token of our gratitude, we're hosting this special family-oriented grand opening event, as we showcase Tint World®'s full range of high-quality aftermarket styling products and services."
Tint World® El Paso is located at 7741 Lockheed Dr, El Paso, TX 79925. Grand opening festivities start at 10 a.m. and will run until 3 p.m.
Tint World® Automotive Styling Centers™ offer sales and installation of auto accessories, mobile electronics, audio video equipment, security systems, window tinting, vehicle wraps, paint protection films, detailing services, nano ceramic coatings, maintenance and repair services, paintless dent repair, and more. Tint World® is also the leading provider of residential, commercial and marine computerized window tinting and security film services with locations throughout the U.S. and abroad, with franchise opportunities available worldwide.
About Tint World®
Founded in 1982, Tint World® Automotive Styling Centers™ is America's largest and fastest-growing automotive accessories and window tinting international franchise, specializing in window tinting, protective films, vehicle wraps, audio and electronics, security systems, car and truck accessories, wheels and tires, detailing and ceramic coating, and installation services.
Tint World® Mobile Services™ include marine, residential, and commercial window tinting films, solar films, decorative films, safety and security films, and protective ceramic coatings. Tint World® has locations in the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, with master franchise opportunities available worldwide. To find out more, please visit www.TintWorld.com or www.TintWorldFranchise.com.
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Charles J. Bonfiglio, CEO
(888) 944-8648
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DALLAS, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based teen twins, Shea and Sydney Hinckley, have officially launched UPwords. The company features apparel and accessories that boast life-changing affirmations in an effort to change the way young women perceive themselves.
Teens and young adults are faced with unprecedented social pressures that compromise their mental and emotional wellness. Sydney and Shea studied the science of abundant thinking—and how impactful self-talk is. The constant narrative to be, have or do more plays over and over in our culture and social media feeds. The lie is constant: You aren't enough. Sydney and Shea's mission is to change that narrative and to remind young women they're enough—exactly as they are.
"During Covid, we wanted to find a way to bring positivity and an uplifting message to our peers. We started searching for self-affirming merchandise and couldn't find anything. That's when we decided to create UPwords," says co-founder Sydney Hinckley. "Our mission is for everyone to be surrounded by uplifting messages that resonate with them, and ultimately bring them joy. All of our products are beautiful, affordable, and encouraging."
Co-founder Shea Hinckley says, "Your thoughts determine your reality because they are powerful enough to affect how you feel about yourself and the decisions you make. UPwords is all about bringing positive affirmations into your daily life, you are constantly reminded of your worth."
About UPwords: UPwords is a Dallas-based clothing and accessories business founded by fraternal twins, Sydney and Shea Hinckley, to create a positive culture for young women to feel confident in their own skin. UPwords carries products that are stylish, affordable and affirmation-based with messaging about worth, value, beauty, strength, bravery and uniqueness. The mission of the company is to create a positive culture and empower women around the world.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vedere Bio II, Inc., a company developing transformative, next-generation therapies for vision restoration and preservation, today announced the appointment of Gina Consylman as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Consylman is an accomplished life sciences executive with widespread experience in finance, accounting, and investor relations.
"Gina brings extensive financial experience in the biotech and biopharma sectors to Vedere, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team," said Cyrus Mozayeni, M.D., Chief Executive Officer & President, Vedere Bio II and Atlas Venture Entrepreneur in Residence. "Her broad public company expertise will be invaluable as we continue to advance our pipeline of pioneering ocular therapies."
Ms. Consylman brings over 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, investor relations, strategy, and corporate development to Vedere. Before joining Vedere, Ms. Consylman served as CFO of bluebird bio, Inc. where she oversaw financial activities during the company's transition into two independent entities. Prior to bluebird bio, she spent more than seven years at Ironwood Pharmaceutics, Inc., in roles of increasing responsibilities, culminating in the role of SVP, Chief Financial Officer. There, she was responsible for driving financial strategy through early to late-stage clinical evaluation and commercialization of multiple drug product candidates and products, as well as navigating multiple high-value collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. Ms. Consylman was also Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at Analogic Corporation, where she oversaw the company's global accounting team. Additionally, she served as Senior Director of Corporate Accounting at Biogen Inc., where she led the accounting teams for the corporate and U.S. commercial business units. Ms. Consylman currently serves on the board of directors for Assembly Biosciences, Inc., and holds a B.S. in accounting from Johnson & Wales University and a M.S. in taxation from Bentley University.
"I'm very excited to have the opportunity to work with the Vedere team to both restore and preserve vision for people suffering from vision loss," said Gina Consylman. "I look forward to driving Vedere's financial strategy and maximizing shareholder value by enabling the purposeful advancement of truly transformational science and products."
About Vedere Bio II, Inc.
Vedere Bio II is a privately held, emerging biopharmaceutical company leveraging proprietary optogenetics and photoswitch technologies along with novel AAV capsids to restore vision in all patients with vision loss due to photoreceptor cell death. Comprising a diverse team of pioneering scientists, Vedere Bio II is discovering and developing next generation ocular gene therapies to increase the quality of vision restoration and preservation for large, underserved indications. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and is funded by Atlas Ventures, Octagon Capital, Mission BioCapital, Samsara BioCapital, the RD Fund and Casdin Capital. For more information, please visit www.vederebio.com or follow Vedere Bio II on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it has been selected as the O-RAN test and measurement partner at a test and certification lab, run jointly by Korean organizations Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).
VIAVI is providing its TM500 O-RU Tester, providing conformance testing, O-RAN fronthaul transport layer testing, and 5G physical layer testing to validate performance and interoperability. The TM500 O-RU Tester supports O-RAN WG 4 specifications as well as 3GPP 38.141 - 1 release.
The growth of Open RAN has become a worldwide phenomenon, as operators and vendors around the world have rallied towards the evolving standards. As the standards allow for multiple vendors, both new and legacy, to provide equipment for different parts of the 5G network, this makes conformance and interoperability testing more critical than ever.
VIAVI offers the most comprehensive test suite on the market for lab validation, field deployment and service assurance of O-RAN networks. With vast experience validating network products for operators and manufacturers worldwide, VIAVI allows any node – O-RU, O-DU, O-CU, RIC and Core – and complete end-to-end testing to be performed on premise, in the cloud or as a service.
"The growth in O-RAN is a great leveler when it comes to communications infrastructure vendors," said Younghae Choi, President of TTA. "Where previously there were two or three major vendors, there are now literally hundreds of vendors all vying for their place in the network and innovating to provide what the market needs. This new multi-vendor environment makes conformance and interoperability testing fundamental and we are thankful to VIAVI for their important role in supporting our efforts in the Korean market."
"Korea has been one of world's hotspots for innovation for many years," said Rajesh Rao, Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, VIAVI. "When you look below the surface you see the vital work of organizations like the TTA and ETRI in maintaining Korea's leadership in innovation. We are proud to support both the TTA and ETRI as they help prepare Korean vendors and the wider ecosystem for the growth in O-RAN based networks."
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. We help these customers harness the power of instruments, automation, intelligence and virtualization to Command the network. VIAVI is also a leader in light management solutions for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and defense applications. Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Proposing Release setting out sweeping new requirements for climate change disclosures. If finalized as proposed, these climate disclosure rules would require dramatic changes to corporate climate disclosures. These changes include extensive qualitative disclosures on climate risk in annual reporting to the SEC and the inclusion of climate risks in audited financials. Vinson & Elkins' new whitepaper provides an in-depth review of the Proposing Release to help companies assess how the proposed rule may impact them.
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For more than a century, Vinson & Elkins has provided outstanding client service across important industries that drive the global economy. Built on a strong culture of collaboration across 12 offices worldwide, V&E lawyers are committed to excellence, offering clients decades of legal experience in handling transactions, investments, projects and disputes across the globe. Learn more by visiting www.velaw.com or follow us on Twitter @VinsonandElkins or connect with us on LinkedIn.
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Offering the largest reach in the DMV, this exclusive deal will include gameday coverage on Big 100.3 FM and more ways for fans to listen daily on the iHeartRadio App, a free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service
LANDOVER, Md., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Washington Commanders announced a new three-year partnership deal with iHeartMedia D.C. to be the team's exclusive radio broadcast partner. Beginning in the 2022 season, live gameday broadcasts will run on iHeartMedia's BIG 100.3 FM and be featured on the station's website and on the iHeartRadio app, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service. This new partnership will expand the team's reach across the DMV, giving more fans the ability to listen and engage with the Washington Commanders on a daily basis and helping to grow the team's fanbase in the region.
In addition to the team's radio gameday broadcast, this partnership will offer a robust lineup of exclusive programming across iHeartMedia D.C.'s radio stations and on the iHeartRadio App. New this season, fans will also be able to access archived radio broadcasts of the team's games anytime via the Commanders channel on the iHeartRadio App.
"We are excited to team up with iHeartMedia as we enter our inaugural season as the Washington Commanders," said Jason Wright, President of the Washington Commanders. "After careful consideration and a thorough evaluation process, we chose iHeartMedia to join our growing list of strategic partners because of their shared commitment, creative approach and aggressive plan for elevating the fan experience through their prioritization of our football games, content and events across their many radio and online platforms. With the largest reach in the DMV, and as the most downloaded and streamed podcasting publisher in the United States, iHeartMedia outperforms competitors in every demographic and daypart. We feel confident this partnership will be a win for all parties involved, but especially for our fans who will benefit from expanded access and content within the DMV and beyond."
With a shared emphasis on creating engaging fan experiences, this partnership will also connect Commanders fans to iHeartMedia D.C.'s large portfolio of talent, including DJs and artists, through in-market team and iHeartMedia events such as Commanders' Draft and Training Camp activities and iHeartMedia's HOT 99.5's Jingle Ball, WMZQ-Fest, DC101-derland and WASH Holiday.
"The Washington Commanders are an iconic brand that we are excited to join forces with," said Kevin LeGrett, President of iHeartMedia Sports. "President Jason Wright and his team are doing great work on the branding of the Commanders and the passion fans have for this team is infectious. This is going to a powerful partnership."
"iHeartMedia DC is thrilled to announce the inaugural broadcast partnership with the Washington Commanders," said Aaron Hyland Region President iHeartMedia. "We are incredibly excited to deliver all of the live Washington Commanders action to the DMV and beyond by utilizing BIG100 and iHeartMedia's unmatched reach in broadcast, podcast, streaming audio and live events."
The partnership with the Commanders represents iHeartMedia's 18th National Football League partnership.
iHeartMedia D.C. includes stations:
- BIG 100.3 Washington's Classic Rock
- 97.1 WASH-FM Best Variety of 80s, 90s and Today
- HOT 99.5 DC's #1 Hit Music Station
- DC101 DC's Alternative Rock
- 98.7 WMZQ Today's Best Country
- DMV's Black Information Network 1120 News & Talk
- 104.7 WONK-FM. Washington, DC. News & Talk
About the Washington Commanders
Owned by Dan and Tanya Snyder since 1999, the Washington Commanders were founded in Boston in 1932 and are one of the original members of the NFL's Eastern Division. The Washington Commanders relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1937 and have since become one of the most recognizable professional sports franchises in history, featuring multiple Hall of Fame coaches, 19 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and one recipient of the Walter Payton Man of The Year Award, Darrell Green. A proud and storied franchise, the team has won five World Championship titles including the 1937 and 1942 National Football League Championship games, as well as Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. Since 1997, the Team has played their home games at FedExField, a multi-purpose stadium located in Landover, MD. Washington Commanders Football Operations are headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, and its Business Operations are headquartered at FedExField.
About iHeartMedia D.C.
iHeartMedia DC owns and operates WASH-FM, WBIG-FM, WIHT-FM, WMZQ-FM, WONK-FM, WUST-AM, WWDC-FM, and is part of iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, reaching over 90% of Americans every month, and has a portfolio of unmatched consumer brands and industry-leading events. iHeart's broadcast radio assets alone have more consumer reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the reach of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled reach of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next four podcast publishers combined; has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand; and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
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Pablo will be spearheading bringing US-based eCommerce solutions to businesses in Latin America
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pablo Unda has joined as the CEO of Advatix LATAM and will be leading the charge in enabling growth for retailers in Latin America.
Pablo comes to Advatix with more than 20 years of experience in supply chain management, logistics, and fulfillment. He served as a senior leader for international 3PL companies and large telecom players in LATAM. Pablo launched and operated seven fulfillment and distribution centers in Chile. He deployed the very first automated storage solution (vertical lift module with pick to light technology) in the industry and introduced one of the first complex repair labs for mobile phones, servicing Kyocera and Nokia.
"We have big plans for Latin America and are already supporting companies in Chile and Peru. Our goal is to bring the best-in-class global solutions to Latin America. For that, we needed a local operations and technology leader who is an industry veteran to enable growth for our customers as well as for Advatix. I am thrilled to have Pablo join our mission with his extensive LATAM experience and a solid track record of success," said Manish Kapoor, Advatix CEO and Co-founder.
Advatix recently made it to number 493 on Inc. magazine's prestigious annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the US. Since inception, Advatix has been successful in rapid growth through sharp focus on empowering its customer companies to achieve and exceed their goals through growth. Growth at Advatix came from helping retailers and eCommerce merchants in the US grow their businesses. Companies in Latin America now have access to the same world class solutions and team to accelerate their eCommerce growth.
Adding Pablo to the team cements Advatix's local presence in Latin America. This is its latest of the series of moves to establish a strong foundation for serving businesses in the region. In Q4 of 2021, Advatix acquired operations consulting company UP-Time.cl based in Santiago, Chile and formed Advatix LATAM.
Advatix offers advanced solutions in LATAM, including operations consulting, engineering and technology. The LATAM eCommerce businesses now also have access to Advatix Cloudsuite, which allows management of end-to-end supply chain solutions for fulfillment, inventory, and logistics.
Pablo noted, "Advatix has an outstanding team and being part of this seasoned group of experts is truly an honor. What also attracted me to Advatix is how fast the company is growing and helping other companies grow as well. The rapid advance of eCommerce in Latin America and the need for experienced consultants and top-notch technological tools places Advatix in a privileged position."
The team in Chile collaborates closely with other industry experts in the US and India. The Advatix leadership team comes with experience from industry giants such as Amazon, FedEx, UPS, Target, Walmart, JDA, and Netflix.
About Advatix
Advatix is one of the world's leading providers of eCommerce Supply Chain Consulting and Technology solutions. In just four years, Advatix has helped numerous companies expedite growth and scale profitably using Advatix's in-depth domain knowledge, industry-leading technology platforms, and the 'boots-on-the-ground' operational leadership.
Advatix currently has operations in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Its global technology hub and logistics command and control centers are based in India.
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Dr. Fernandez of Yale School of Medicine will use Allelica's PRS technology to better understand the genetic basis for multiple childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, anxiety disorders, Tourette Syndrome, chronic tic disorders, motor stereotypies, and autism spectrum disorders.
NEW YORK , April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allelica, a leading genomics software company that develops digital tools to develop, validate and calculate polygenic risk scores for common diseases, is teaming with Thomas Fernandez, MD of Yale School of Medicine in a research project aimed at uncovering the genetic basis for multiple childhood neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Fernandez will use Allelica's polygenic risk score (PRS) modules to accelerate his ongoing research determining the genetic basis for neuropsychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, anxiety disorders, Tourette Syndrome, chronic tic disorders, motor stereotypies, and autism-spectrum disorders. Dr. Fernandez aims to discover which combinations of genes are underlying risk factors for these disorders in individuals with varying polygenic backgrounds.
"My lab is excited to expand our genetic investigations of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders using Allelica's tools," said Dr. Fernandez. "So far, our research has focused on studying rare genetic variants. We believe that insights gained from studying both rare and common genetic variation together in the same individuals will lead to a better understanding of disease biology, diagnoses, and treatments."
Through Allelica's advanced genomic analysis, which is available as an on-premises service, Dr. Fernandez gains access to the industry's most advanced datasets and algorithms, capable of generating PRSs with the highest predictive power. Allelica's unique genomic software tools enable robust PRS development and clinical application, dramatically accelerating research that might otherwise require a team of bioinformaticians, months of trial and error, and expensive computing resources.
"Allelica is delighted to work with Dr. Fernandez in pursuit of the important objective of early detection and prevention of psychiatric disease in children through precision genomics analysis," said George Busby, CSO of Allelica. "Dr. Fernandez's clinical data and Allelica's PRS software tools are a potent combination that we expect will accelerate his clinical team's research."
What is a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS)?
A PRS is a measurement of a person's risk of disease based on their genes and is calculated by combining the effects of many genetic variants across the genome. This information can be used to stratify individuals based on their risk of disease. By combining PRS with conventional risk factors, Allelica aims to make precision medicine available at scale.
About Allelica
Allelica is a leading genomic software company that specializes in secure and scalable solutions to implement clinical-grade polygenic risk scores (PRSs). Allelica's technology combines world-class datasets with the most advanced algorithms to build PRSs with the highest predictive power for estimating disease risk. Allelica's tools translate the enormous potential of genomic data into practical tools that can be used to identify individuals with a high genetic susceptibility for life-threatening diseases. Through the incorporation of genetics into disease risk assessments, Allelica is helping to build the foundations of preventive medicine by helping to identify those for whom early intervention and behavior modification could help reduce lifetime risk. To learn more, visit allelica.com.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yatsen Holding Limited ("Yatsen" or the "Company") (NYSE: YSG), a leading Chinese beauty company, today announced that, it has received a letter from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") dated April 11, 2022, notifying Yatsen that it is below compliance criteria in connection with the performance of trading price of Yatsen's American depositary shares (the "ADSs").
Pursuant to NYSE rule 802.01C, a company will be considered to be below compliance criteria if the average closing price of a security as reported on the consolidated tape is less than US$1.00 over a consecutive 30 trading-day period. Following receipt of the notification, the company must bring its share price and average share price back above US$1.00 within six months.
The company can regain compliance at any time during the six-month cure period if on the last trading day of any calendar month during the cure period the company has a closing share price of at least US$1.00 and an average closing share price of at least US$1.00 over the 30 trading-day period ending on the last trading day of that month. In the event that at the expiration of the six-month cure period, both a US$1.00 closing share price on the last trading day of the cure period and a US$1.00 average closing share price over the 30 trading-day period ending on the last trading day of the cure period are not attained, the NYSE will commence suspension and delisting procedures.
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Yatsen Holding Limited (NYSE: YSG) is a leading player in China's beauty market with a mission to create an exciting new journey of beauty discovery for consumers in China and around the world. Founded in 2016, the Company has launched and acquired multiple color cosmetics and skincare brands including Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, Abby's Choice, Galénic, DR.WU (its mainland China business), Eve Lom and Pink Bear. The Company's flagship brand, Perfect Diary, is one of the top color cosmetics brands in China in terms of online retail sales value. Leveraging its digitally native direct-to-customer business model, the Company has built core capabilities which enable it to launch and scale multiple brands quickly while offering a wide selection of products to a growing variety of customers. The Company reaches and engages with customers directly both online and offline, with expansive presence across all major e-commerce, social and content platforms in China.
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HOHHOT, China, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Yili became China's first food company to announce its Roadmap to a Net-Zero Carbon Future.
- According to the Roadmap, tasks are outlined for 2030, 2040 and 2050.
On April 8, Yili took the lead in China's food industry to launch its Plan for a Net-Zero Carbon Future and Roadmap to a Net-Zero Carbon Future.
Pan Gang, Chairman and President of Yili Group, said that Yili peaked carbon emissions in 2012 and committed to achieving carbon neutrality before 2050 with targets set for 2030, 2040 and 2050.
On the same day, Yili Group Net-Zero Carbon Alliance was inaugurated with Yili's 43 global strategic partners, which was marked by an online conference. With World Integrally Sharing Health: A Sustainable Development Initiative by Yili Group, Yili joined collaborated with partners across the industrial chain towards a net-zero future. Among them, Tetra Pak, FrieslandCampina, Chr. Hansen, Roquette, and four other suppliers were recognized as Low Carbon Pioneer in Yili's Global Supply Chain.
In the Roadmap, Yili outlined a path towards full life-cycle carbon neutrality in three phases.
By 2030, an operational model for green, low-carbon, and circular development will preliminarily take shape at Yili and the energy efficiency will increase substantially.
By 2040, remarkable progress will be made towards overall green growth throughout Yili's industrial chain. The energy efficiency at the corporate level will reach the world's leading level.
By 2050, Yili will become a green, low-carbon, and circular enterprise with a high-quality energy system that is clean, emission-free, safe, and efficient. The energy efficiency of its entire industrial chain will reach a world-leading level.
For many years, Yili has attached great importance to its goal of carbon neutrality and has taken effective actions to reduce carbon emissions across the industrial chain. Pan Pan Gang first put forward the concept of "green leadership" at the first Summer Davos Forum in 2007. Later in 2009, the green industrial chain strategy was proposed, integrating green production, green consumption and green development. As the first company in the food industry to launch the corporate carbon inventory assessment in 2010, Yili has continued with such assessments for 12 consecutive years so far. On October 24, 2020, Yili became China's first food company to commit itself to carbon neutrality in response to China's goal of peaking CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. On December 31, 2021, Yili held a ceremony to launch its Future Intelligence and Health Valley in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China's first five-star project for carbon neutrality.
On December 28, 2021, Yili received the PAS 2060 certification for carbon neutrality from Bureau Veritas, the first in the industry. Bureau Veritas recognized that Yili peaked its carbon emissions in 2012.
This year, Yili now has the first net-zero factory in China's food industry, the first net-zero milk in the country, and the first two "net-zero factories" in the Chinese milk powder industry.
Yili will pursue carbon neutrality before 2050 in its next strategic phase. As one of the Top 5 global dairy brands and the largest dairy company in Asia, Yili will strive for mutually beneficial development along its industrial chain and create more social value while ensuring its high-quality development. Yili will work with partners across the entire industrial chain to make the net-zero future a reality.
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ZB131 is a first-in-class humanized monoclonal antibody targeted to cancer specific plectin
New, preclinical research to be presented at AACR Annual Meeting 2022 shows ZB131 efficacy as a monotreatment for cholangiocarcinoma
Results also indicate dual treatment of ZB131 with standard-of-care chemotherapy gemcitabine enhances suppression of tumor growth above chemotherapy alone in cholangiocarcinoma
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZielBio, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering new treatments for cancer and other serious diseases through its innovative ZielFind drug discovery platform, will present new, preclinical data on the efficacy of its ZB131 drug in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) models at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2022. The conference will take place April 8-13, 2022 in New Orleans and virtually. Dr. Lindsey Brinton, Head of Discovery at ZielBio, will present the data in a talk on Tuesday, April 12 at 3:05 in La Nouvelle Orleans C.
The new preclinical research suggests that ZB131 is effective as a monotherapy in the treatment of CCA, a form of cancer which develops in the bile ducts. When used as a combination therapy with the standard-of-care chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine, ZB131 enhanced the chemotherapy's anti-tumor effects.
CCA is a cancer with a high unmet need and a survival rate of <20% five years post-diagnosis. Most non-palliative patients relapse within two years and treatments in the advanced setting are limited. CCA tumors are characterized by high expression (>85%) of cancer specific plectin (CSP).
CSP is a pro-tumorigenic protein exclusively expressed on the surface of cancer cells. The common presence of CSP on the surface of CCA cells suggests that anti-CSP therapy may be effective in treating this form of cancer. ZB131 is a first-in-class humanized monoclonal antibody with a high affinity to and specificity for CSP.
In this study, ZB131 was administered as a monotherapy to mice inoculated with human CCA cells (CCA-xenografted mice). ZB131 significantly suppressed tumor growth in the majority of mice, and caused complete regression in 17% of mice. In another group of CCA-xenografted mice, ZB131 was administered in combination with the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine (100 mg/kg). In this group, ZB131 showed an increased tumor response (91% suppression) when compared to gemcitabine alone (74% suppression).
"These findings further confirm that ZB131, currently in Phase 1 clinical trials, presents an exciting possibility for the treatment of CCA and other CSP-positive cancers," said Dr. Kimberly Kelly, CEO of ZielBio. "ZB131 has shown strong antitumor activity in vitro and in mouse models. Additionally, it has demonstrated an excellent safety profile with no toxicities identified in GLP-enabling toxicology studies in non-human primates. We are eager to present these data with the AACR community and to see what new data arises from our current Phase 1 clinical trial of ZB131."
About ZielBio
ZielBio is a clinical stage biotechnology company that identifies novel disease targets and develops therapeutic interventions to improve patient outcomes. Its proprietary drug discovery platform, ZielFind, combines the power of functional, high throughput screening with large content data analytics to identify high value targets. ZielBio has a promising pipeline of targets and therapies, including lead asset ZB131, a proprietary humanized monoclonal antibody against cancer specific plectin, a target identified through ZielFind.
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Russia’s war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.
Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are indirect victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. The war has pushed up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.
Kariuki used to spend 20,000 Kenyan shillings, or about $175, to fertilize her entire farm. Now, she would need to spend five times as much. Continuing to work the land, she said, would yield nothing but losses.
“I cannot continue with the farming business. I am quitting farming to try something else,’’ she said.
Higher fertilizer prices are making the world’s food supply more expensive and less abundant, as farmers skimp on nutrients for their crops and get lower yields. While the ripples will be felt by grocery shoppers in wealthy countries, the squeeze on food supplies will land hardest on families in poorer countries. It could hardly come at a worse time: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week that its world food-price index in March reached the highest level since it started in 1990.
The fertilizer crunch threatens to further limit worldwide food supplies, already constrained by the disruption of crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia. The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
“Food prices will skyrocket because farmers will have to make profit, so what happens to consumers?’’ said Uche Anyanwu, an agricultural expert at the University of Nigeria.
The aid group Action Aid warns that families in the Horn of Africa are already being driven “to the brink of survival.’’
The U.N. says Russia is the world’s No. 1 exporter of nitrogen fertilizer and No. 2 in phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Its ally Belarus, also contending with Western sanctions, is another major fertilizer producer.
Many developing countries — including Mongolia, Honduras, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Mexico and Guatemala — rely on Russia for at least a fifth of their imports.
The conflict also has driven up the already-exorbitant price of natural gas, used to make nitrogen fertilizer. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
For corn and cabbage farmer Jackson Koeth, 55, of Eldoret in western Kenya, the conflict in Ukraine was distant and puzzling until he had to decide whether to go ahead with the planting season. Fertilizer prices had doubled from last year.
Koeth said he decided to keep planting but only on half the acreage of years past. Yet he doubts he can make a profit with fertilizer so costly.
Greek farmer Dimitris Filis, who grows olives, oranges and lemons, said “you have to search to find’' ammonia nitrate and that the cost of fertilizing a 10-hectare (25-acre) olive grove has doubled to 560 euros ($310). While selling his wares at an Athens farm market, he said most farmers plan to skip fertilizing their olive and orange groves this year.
“Many people will not use fertilizers at all, and this as a result, lowers the quality of the production and the production itself, and slowly, slowly at one point, they won’t be able to farm their land because there will be no income,’’ Filis said.
In China, the price of potash — potassium-rich salt used as fertilizer — is up 86% from a year earlier. Nitrogen fertilizer prices have climbed 39% and phosphorus fertilizer is up 10%.
In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that raises wheat and corn said fertilizer prices have jumped 40% since the start of the year.
“We can hardly make any money,” said the manager, who would give only his surname, Zhao.
Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely in Ventura, California, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%. Shifting fertilizers is risky, vice president William Terry said, because cheaper versions might not give “the crop what it needs as a food source.’’
As the growing season approaches in Maine, potato farmers are grappling with a 70% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices from last year, depending on the blend.
“I think it’s going to be a pretty expensive crop, no matter what you’re putting in the ground, from fertilizer to fuel, labor, electrical and everything else,” said Donald Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board.
In Prudentopolis, a town in Brazil’s Parana state, farmer Edimilson Rickli showed off a warehouse that would normally be packed with fertilizer bags but has only enough to last a few more weeks. He’s worried that, with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of letting up, he’ll have to go without fertilizer when he plants wheat, barley and oats next month.
“The question is: Where Brazil is going to buy more fertilizer from?” he said. “We have to find other markets.’’
Other countries are hoping to help fill the gaps. Nigeria, for example, opened Africa’s largest fertilizer factory last month, and the $2.5 billion plant has already shipped fertilizer to the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
India, meanwhile, is seeking more fertilizer imports from Israel, Oman, Canada and Saudi Arabia to make up for lost shipments from Russia and Belarus.
“If the supply shortage gets worse, we will produce less,” said Kishor Rungta of the nonprofit Fertiliser Association of India. “That’s why we need to look for options to get more fertilizers in the country.”
Agricultural firms are providing support for farmers, especially in Africa where poverty often limits access to vital farm inputs. In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is helping farmers get fertilizer and access to finance.
“Some farmers are skipping the planting season and others are going into some other ventures such as buying goats to cope,” said Benjamin Njenga, co-founder of the firm. “So these support services go a long way for them.”
Governments are helping, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last month that it was issuing $250 million in grants to support U.S. fertilizer production. The Swiss government has released part of its nitrogen fertilizer reserves.
Still, there’s no easy answer to the double whammy of higher fertilizer prices and limited supplies. The next 12 to 18 months, food researcher LaBorde said, “will be difficult.’’
The market already was “super, super tight” before the war, said Kathy Mathers of the Fertilizer Institute trade group.
“Unfortunately, in many cases, growers are just happy to get fertilizer at all,’’ she said.
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Asadu reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and Wiseman from Washington. Contributing to this story were: Tatiana Pollastri in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Debora Alvares in Brasilia, Brazil; Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi; Lefteris Pitarakis in Athens; Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Joe McDonald and Yu Bing in Beijing; Lisa Rathke in Marshfield, Vermont; Dave Kolpack in Fargo, North Dakota; Kathia Martínez in Panama City; Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt; Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City; Veselin Toshkov in Sofia, Bulgaria; Tarik El-Barakah in Rabat, Morocco; Tassanee Vejpongsa and Elaine Kurtenbach in Bangkok; Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem; Edie Lederer at the United Nations; and Aya Batrawy in Dubai.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Kenedi Anderson, the Crozet, Virginia teen who won a platinum ticket on American Idol, is dropping out of the show for “personal reasons.”
Kenedi withdrew her ticket after last night’s episode, stating “For personal reasons, I’m unable to continue on American Idol. This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make, but I know it is necessary. I’m so grateful to American Idol, the judges, the producers, the amazing contestants, and all the fans who have supported me.”
Kenedi took the time on social media to thank those who wanted to see her win the competition.
“Thank you for giving me such an amazing opportunity to share my voice, chase my dreams, feel so much joy and happiness doing what I love, and make lifelong friends along the way,” she said.
The Crozet teen made it into the Top 24 of the competition. After her initial audition, Judge Luke Bryan said he thought she could win the whole thing. | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/crozet-teen-kenedi-anderson-drops-out-of-american-idol-for-personal-reasons/ | 2022-04-12T12:11:44 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/crozet-teen-kenedi-anderson-drops-out-of-american-idol-for-personal-reasons/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A duckling received a second lease on life this past weekend after being rescued from a storm drain in downtown Richmond.
Richmond Animal Care and Control responded to the scene, after receiving a call for service Sunday, April 10, for a duckling in a drain. Once there, RACC realized that the duckling could not be reached — the tiny animal had slipped through the small cracks at the top of the drain.
The organization then called RVA H2O, the Storm Water Division of the Richmond Va. Department of Public Utilities to join in the safe recovery of the animal.
Large machinery was used in the rescue efforts. The joint teamwork of the organizations led to the duckling being freed from the storm drain, and reunited with its mother and multitude of siblings. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/tiny-duckling-saved-from-richmond-storm-drain-reunited-with-family/ | 2022-04-12T12:11:50 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/tiny-duckling-saved-from-richmond-storm-drain-reunited-with-family/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on nearly 850 bills approved during the 2022 General Assembly session, signing 700 and vetoing or amending others ahead of a looming deadline.
Youngkin has until midnight to approve, veto or change the bills passed this year. The governor’s office announced Monday that he has signed off on 700 bills and took action on 841 total pieces of legislation.
Measures to increase oversight of the Virginia Parole Board, require local school districts to notify parents if their children are being assigned materials with sexually explicit content, and changes for the state’s election officials are among the bills signed by Youngkin.
“These bills are all bipartisan and we can all be proud that together we’ve taken steps to make life easier for Virginians, make our Commonwealth’s economy more competitive, support law enforcement, protect the most vulnerable among us, increase access to health care, and take necessary steps toward making Virginia’s schools the absolute best in the nation,” Youngkin said in a statement.
One of the bills signed into law changes a rule for bicycles traveling side by side. The measure requires people riding bicycles on a highway to get into a single-file line “as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle” to not impede the flow of traffic.
Many of the measures signed by Youngkin won’t go into effect until July. Any amendments he makes will have to be approved by the General Assembly. You can find all of the bills signed by Youngkin here.
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BALTIMORE — Baltimore's new budget proposal will add more money to the upcoming police budget.
The proposal includes a nearly $5 million increase. The police department says they are eliminating 30 vacant positions and will add 35 civilian positions to help detectives investigate crimes.
The $3.3 billion budget proposal includes no new taxes or fees for doing business in the city.
The budget will be considered by the city's board of estimates in the coming weeks.
You can see the preliminary budget here. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-city-releases-2023-preliminary-budget-proposal | 2022-04-12T12:16:53 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-city-releases-2023-preliminary-budget-proposal |
Bus drivers’ union protests as BCPS explores privatizing transportation department
BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - Bay City Public Schools is exploring bids to take over its transportation department and the union representing the bus drivers was protesting Monday.
Jennifer Irman drives bus number 60 for Bay City Public Schools and is the United Steel Workers Vice President.
“What a morale breaker to come back from spring break to the news that they are trying to privatize our jobs after we have worked so hard day in and day out,” Irman said.
She has been taking students to and from schools for the past five years and said she loves it.
“We offer safe, reliable, and caring transportation. We love our bus kids. We know every kid by name. We care about them like they are our own,” Irman said.
Her job could be in jeopardy. The district is accepting bids from private companies to possibly take over the routes.
Jose Ortega drives bus number nine.
“I honestly, truly love these kids. It’s amazing how you just develop a relationship with them,” Ortega said.
He said the district’s current drivers offer something a private company can’t.
“There is 31 people, employees here that, if you vote yes to privatize, you’re going to change their livelihoods. You’re going to break their hearts for these kids. Not to mention the kids. They are going to be devastated if they lose their bus driver,” Ortega said.
“I have serious concerns about privatization,” said Matthew Felan, BCPS treasurer.
Felan said that even he is not sold on privatizing.
“But how this works is the district comes to us with options. We then look at the options to consider what’s best. I’m just laying it out there to be as transparent as possible from the beginning. I have serious doubts about whether that’s the right effort,” Felan said.
Last week the district’s superintendent, Stephen Bigelow, said they are reviewing other proposals to see if they’re competitive with what a third-party provider would charge.
Drivers like Ortega and Irman fear the district may go with a cheaper option and that their jobs are on the line.
“My son, when he said ‘you should become a bus driver,’ I said you’re crazy... I wouldn’t do anything else,” Ortega said.
Copyright 2022 WNEM. All rights reserved. | https://www.wnem.com/2022/04/12/bus-drivers-union-protests-bcps-explores-privatizing-transportation-department/ | 2022-04-12T12:16:53 | 1 | https://www.wnem.com/2022/04/12/bus-drivers-union-protests-bcps-explores-privatizing-transportation-department/ |
BALTIMORE (WMAR) — A bill to address illegal car stunts is headed to the governor.
Officials said there has been an alarming increase in exhibition driving and street racing across the state and there aren’t any good disincentives in place to stop them. People are worried someone will get hurt. It also delays traffic and emergency vehicles.
A bill headed to the governor adds deterrents, hitting the drivers in their pockets by increasing penalties, fines and points for violations and allowing officers to tow vehicles involved.
“When we put points on your license and your insurance company drives up your insurance, we are going to disincentivize you in multiple ways,” said Baltimore City Councilman James Torrence.
Baltimore Police spoke in strong support of the bill, saying the incidents are a drain on their resources.
If the governor signs it, the law takes effect June 1. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/bill-targeting-dangerous-car-stunts-passes | 2022-04-12T12:16:59 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/bill-targeting-dangerous-car-stunts-passes |
Russia’s war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.
Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are indirect victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. The war has pushed up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.
Kariuki used to spend 20,000 Kenyan shillings, or about $175, to fertilize her entire farm. Now, she would need to spend five times as much. Continuing to work the land, she said, would yield nothing but losses.
“I cannot continue with the farming business. I am quitting farming to try something else,’’ she said.
Higher fertilizer prices are making the world’s food supply more expensive and less abundant, as farmers skimp on nutrients for their crops and get lower yields. While the ripples will be felt by grocery shoppers in wealthy countries, the squeeze on food supplies will land hardest on families in poorer countries. It could hardly come at a worse time: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week that its world food-price index in March reached the highest level since it started in 1990.
The fertilizer crunch threatens to further limit worldwide food supplies, already constrained by the disruption of crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia. The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
“Food prices will skyrocket because farmers will have to make profit, so what happens to consumers?’’ said Uche Anyanwu, an agricultural expert at the University of Nigeria.
The aid group Action Aid warns that families in the Horn of Africa are already being driven “to the brink of survival.’’
The U.N. says Russia is the world’s No. 1 exporter of nitrogen fertilizer and No. 2 in phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Its ally Belarus, also contending with Western sanctions, is another major fertilizer producer.
Many developing countries — including Mongolia, Honduras, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Mexico and Guatemala — rely on Russia for at least a fifth of their imports.
The conflict also has driven up the already-exorbitant price of natural gas, used to make nitrogen fertilizer. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
For corn and cabbage farmer Jackson Koeth, 55, of Eldoret in western Kenya, the conflict in Ukraine was distant and puzzling until he had to decide whether to go ahead with the planting season. Fertilizer prices had doubled from last year.
Koeth said he decided to keep planting but only on half the acreage of years past. Yet he doubts he can make a profit with fertilizer so costly.
Greek farmer Dimitris Filis, who grows olives, oranges and lemons, said “you have to search to find’' ammonia nitrate and that the cost of fertilizing a 10-hectare (25-acre) olive grove has doubled to 560 euros ($310). While selling his wares at an Athens farm market, he said most farmers plan to skip fertilizing their olive and orange groves this year.
“Many people will not use fertilizers at all, and this as a result, lowers the quality of the production and the production itself, and slowly, slowly at one point, they won’t be able to farm their land because there will be no income,’’ Filis said.
In China, the price of potash — potassium-rich salt used as fertilizer — is up 86% from a year earlier. Nitrogen fertilizer prices have climbed 39% and phosphorus fertilizer is up 10%.
In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that raises wheat and corn said fertilizer prices have jumped 40% since the start of the year.
“We can hardly make any money,” said the manager, who would give only his surname, Zhao.
Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely in Ventura, California, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%. Shifting fertilizers is risky, vice president William Terry said, because cheaper versions might not give “the crop what it needs as a food source.’’
As the growing season approaches in Maine, potato farmers are grappling with a 70% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices from last year, depending on the blend.
“I think it’s going to be a pretty expensive crop, no matter what you’re putting in the ground, from fertilizer to fuel, labor, electrical and everything else,” said Donald Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board.
In Prudentopolis, a town in Brazil’s Parana state, farmer Edimilson Rickli showed off a warehouse that would normally be packed with fertilizer bags but has only enough to last a few more weeks. He’s worried that, with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of letting up, he’ll have to go without fertilizer when he plants wheat, barley and oats next month.
“The question is: Where Brazil is going to buy more fertilizer from?” he said. “We have to find other markets.’’
Other countries are hoping to help fill the gaps. Nigeria, for example, opened Africa’s largest fertilizer factory last month, and the $2.5 billion plant has already shipped fertilizer to the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
India, meanwhile, is seeking more fertilizer imports from Israel, Oman, Canada and Saudi Arabia to make up for lost shipments from Russia and Belarus.
“If the supply shortage gets worse, we will produce less,” said Kishor Rungta of the nonprofit Fertiliser Association of India. “That’s why we need to look for options to get more fertilizers in the country.”
Agricultural firms are providing support for farmers, especially in Africa where poverty often limits access to vital farm inputs. In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is helping farmers get fertilizer and access to finance.
“Some farmers are skipping the planting season and others are going into some other ventures such as buying goats to cope,” said Benjamin Njenga, co-founder of the firm. “So these support services go a long way for them.”
Governments are helping, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last month that it was issuing $250 million in grants to support U.S. fertilizer production. The Swiss government has released part of its nitrogen fertilizer reserves.
Still, there’s no easy answer to the double whammy of higher fertilizer prices and limited supplies. The next 12 to 18 months, food researcher LaBorde said, “will be difficult.’’
The market already was “super, super tight” before the war, said Kathy Mathers of the Fertilizer Institute trade group.
“Unfortunately, in many cases, growers are just happy to get fertilizer at all,’’ she said.
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Asadu reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and Wiseman from Washington. Contributing to this story were: Tatiana Pollastri in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Debora Alvares in Brasilia, Brazil; Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi; Lefteris Pitarakis in Athens; Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Joe McDonald and Yu Bing in Beijing; Lisa Rathke in Marshfield, Vermont; Dave Kolpack in Fargo, North Dakota; Kathia Martínez in Panama City; Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt; Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City; Veselin Toshkov in Sofia, Bulgaria; Tarik El-Barakah in Rabat, Morocco; Tassanee Vejpongsa and Elaine Kurtenbach in Bangkok; Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem; Edie Lederer at the United Nations; and Aya Batrawy in Dubai.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wnem.com/2022/04/12/russias-war-worsens-fertilizer-crunch-risking-food-supplies/ | 2022-04-12T12:16:59 | 1 | https://www.wnem.com/2022/04/12/russias-war-worsens-fertilizer-crunch-risking-food-supplies/ |
BALTIMORE — Dates for the Maryland State Fair have been announced and this year everyone will have more time to check out the rides, lose at carnival games, and eat way too many funnel cakes.
This year's fair will be held over three long weekends, this summer. It actually begins on Thursday, Aug. 25 and will stay open through Sunday, Aug. 28.
The fair will also be open for the first two weekends in September, running from Sep. 1 to Sep. 5 and Sep. 8 through Sep. 11.
Competition schedules for the Maryland State Fair have not been announced, the fair says those details will be announced soon. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/maryland-state-fair-announces-extended-weekend-dates-for-2022 | 2022-04-12T12:17:05 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/maryland-state-fair-announces-extended-weekend-dates-for-2022 |
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will announce new steps to address the rising price of gasoline.
The Biden administration will temporarily allow an ethanol blend to be sold during the summer.
E15 gasoline, which uses a 15% ethanol blend, is usually banned from being sold between June and September over concerns it adds smog in high temperatures.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol.
The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow the widespread sale of E15.
The Biden administration says the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at 2,300 gas stations.
AAA reports that as of Monday, the national average price of gas was $4.11 per gallon.
While it is down from last month’s high, it is considered a high price when compared to April of 2021, when gas was $2.86 per gallon.
The EPA also plans to facilitate the expanded use of E15, by making changes to E15 fuel pump labeling at gas stations. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/biden-administration-to-temporarily-allow-ethanol-blend-sales-to-lower-gas-prices | 2022-04-12T12:17:11 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/biden-administration-to-temporarily-allow-ethanol-blend-sales-to-lower-gas-prices |
The governor of Georgia is expected to sign a bill on Tuesday that would allow people to carry handguns in public without a permit.
The bill would ban guns in airports and government buildings.
It would also ban certain people from carrying, including those with drug convictions, those who have been convicted of a felony, and people who have been treated for mental health issues or substance abuse in the past five years.
Once it is signed into law, Georgia will be the 23rd state to allow permitless carry or “constitutional carry,” according to data gathered by Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that focuses on gun violence prevention.
Supporters of the bill say it is needed so that people can protect themselves easily as crime rises.
However, critics have said that removing a background check requirement will amp up gun-related deaths.
Law enforcement officials across the country have echoed that statement, saying that without a permit requirement, they will face a greater challenge in combatting gun violence.
Governor Brian Kemp promised a measure like this one when he first ran for governor in 2018. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/georgia-governor-to-sign-permitless-carry-law-on-tuesday | 2022-04-12T12:17:17 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/georgia-governor-to-sign-permitless-carry-law-on-tuesday |
INDIANAPOLIS — Do you have what it takes to be a first responder?
This week is National Telecommunicator Week, so WRTV is taking a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a 911 operator.
Hancock County is growing rapidly, which in turn could mean more emergencies.
The 911 department is trying to stay ahead of the curve and grow with the county. To accomplish this, they are looking to hire a few more telecommunicators.
The folks behind these screens on the other end of 9-1-1 are your lifeline in an emergency.
Alyssa Eichholtz has been a telecommunicator at the Hancock County 911 Department for three years.
“I didn't have any background, but the opportunity presented itself and I took it and I fell in love with it,” Eichholtz said.
Eichholtz said, even without experience, through the training provided, she felt confident from her first phone call.
“You're doing a job if that makes any sense like you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and that's what kind of takes the edge off,” said Eichholtz.
To be a 911 telecommunicator you need a high school education and a calm but strong personality.
“It's a very fulfilling job," Eichholtz said. "Every day is different. You get to be a part of your community. You really get to have a deeper understanding of public safety and public service. If you have any interest in serving your community, doing something not for yourself alone and really just like helping other people it's a great job to get into."
Like many 911 centers, the Hancock County 911 Department is hiring right now. The starting pay is between $40-$48,000. No special education or training is required.
Visit this page to learn more about the job and apply. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/hiring-hoosiers/become-a-911-operator-in-hancock-county | 2022-04-12T12:26:28 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/hiring-hoosiers/become-a-911-operator-in-hancock-county |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says a man died early Tuesday morning after a shooting on the northwest side.
Police responded to the area of Montcalm Street and West 18th Street around 5 a.m. for a shots fired call and around the same time, a call came in for a welfare check for a person down.
Officers found the victim and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
IMPD homicide detectives are investigating and there is not believed to be an active threat to the public at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Steven Gray at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475. You can also call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 (TIPS) to remain anonymous. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/one-dead-after-early-morning-shooting-in-indianapolis | 2022-04-12T12:26:34 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/one-dead-after-early-morning-shooting-in-indianapolis |
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis pastor's legacy is continuing through five people and their education.
Greg Cheatham was an associate pastor at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist. He loved his church and believed in the potential of young people.
Cheatham died from COVID-19 last year. Now, his wife is continuing to honor him.
LaWanda Cheatham used Greg's passion of golf to create a tournament and fund college scholarships.
"He was all about education and getting kids into school," LaWanda said. "Now that this dream has come alive and is working, just to have that joy in the grief is just exciting."
This year's golf tournament is scheduled for August 20 to fund another wave of scholarships.
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On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will announce new steps to address the rising price of gasoline.
The Biden administration will temporarily allow an ethanol blend to be sold during the summer.
E15 gasoline, which uses a 15% ethanol blend, is usually banned from being sold between June and September over concerns it adds smog in high temperatures.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol.
The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow the widespread sale of E15.
The Biden administration says the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at 2,300 gas stations.
AAA reports that as of Monday, the national average price of gas was $4.11 per gallon.
While it is down from last month’s high, it is considered a high price when compared to April of 2021, when gas was $2.86 per gallon.
The EPA also plans to facilitate the expanded use of E15, by making changes to E15 fuel pump labeling at gas stations. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/biden-administration-to-temporarily-allow-ethanol-blend-sales-to-lower-gas-prices | 2022-04-12T12:26:46 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/biden-administration-to-temporarily-allow-ethanol-blend-sales-to-lower-gas-prices |
The governor of Georgia is expected to sign a bill on Tuesday that would allow people to carry handguns in public without a permit.
The bill would ban guns in airports and government buildings.
It would also ban certain people from carrying, including those with drug convictions, those who have been convicted of a felony, and people who have been treated for mental health issues or substance abuse in the past five years.
Once it is signed into law, Georgia will be the 23rd state to allow permitless carry or “constitutional carry,” according to data gathered by Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that focuses on gun violence prevention.
Supporters of the bill say it is needed so that people can protect themselves easily as crime rises.
However, critics have said that removing a background check requirement will amp up gun-related deaths.
Law enforcement officials across the country have echoed that statement, saying that without a permit requirement, they will face a greater challenge in combatting gun violence.
Governor Brian Kemp promised a measure like this one when he first ran for governor in 2018. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/georgia-governor-to-sign-permitless-carry-law-on-tuesday | 2022-04-12T12:26:52 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/georgia-governor-to-sign-permitless-carry-law-on-tuesday |
Q: Ira, you point to Dewayne Dedmon as a playoff-rotation player for the Heat to address the rebounding. But last year he was with the Heat when they were crushed on the glass by the Bucks in the playoffs. — Wes.
A: But the Heat last year also were trying to get by with Trevor Ariza as the starting power forward and with less collective rebounding. This season, Kyle Lowry provides help on the glass and there is more of a group mentality. But I do agree that there could become some potential matchups where Dewayne Dedmon is asked to step aside in terms of smaller ball. If the Cavaliers, for example, are without Jarrett Allen, or even when Allen would leave the game in such a matchup, there arguably could be better options than having Dewayne going out to the corners to defend Kevin Love or having to deal with the athleticism of Evan Mobley. So that could open it more to Caleb Martin, which could in turn open it up more for an additional wing (Victor Oladipo?).
Q: How do you not play someone who just scored 40 points? Doesn’t Erik Spoelstra need to figure this out, and soon? — Bob, Davie.
A: But, again, as mentioned in this space yesterday, Victor Oladipo’s 40-point performance in Sunday’s regular-season finale in Orlando came against an opponent with the second-worst record in the NBA that largely was playing its second-team players. Then also consider that on closing night, Victor’s 40 stood as just the night’s fifth-highest scoring total, a night when Obi Toppin scored 42 for the Knicks, Jalen Green 41 for the Rockets and Malik Monk 41 for the Lakers, with none of those three to appear in the playoffs. Yes, Vic’s performance was heartening. But he assuredly is not starting. And the Heat’s wing priorities in the playoffs are going to be Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro. So it’s not as if Vic will get to play as a volume shooter or volume scorer. And to this point, when Vic has been cast in a limited role, it has led to uneven play by the Heat. This is not about the player or his perseverance. This is about the overall team situation. Albeit, one that could change instantly due to an injury or foul trouble elsewhere on the roster.
Q: I have a bad feeling the No. 1 seed will be fool’s gold and a first-round exit. Getting outrebounded by double digits, giving up a lot of points, playing Duncan Robinson over more skilled guys, this stuff catches up to a team eventually. — Jon.
A: The Heat assuredly will have to be their best selves in the postseason. But when they are, they set up favorably in almost many matchup. Every teams has its warts. The key, given the extra time for preparation in the playoffs, is to minimize those elements. The Heat certainly did not do that with their rebounding in last season’s sweep at the hands of the Bucks. We’ll see now if the warts can be resolved this time around.
() | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/ask-ira-might-heat-playoff-rotation-not-be-such-a-big-thing/ | 2022-04-12T12:28:13 | 1 | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/ask-ira-might-heat-playoff-rotation-not-be-such-a-big-thing/ |
A week before the Orioles shut out the Milwaukee Brewers in their home opener Monday, two pitchers vital to the victory were among those executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said would need to either “step up” in 2022 or risk that the Orioles “move on” from them.
Those who have gotten major league opportunities thus far have accepted the challenge.
In the wake of Elias’ comments about a group of pitchers in their mid-20s who once ranked among the organization’s top prospects, Keegan Akin, Bruce Zimmermann and Mike Baumann have started the regular season with a combined 9 1/3 scoreless innings. Zimmermann, who grew up in Ellicott City and became the first Maryland-born pitcher to start a home opener at Camden Yards, combined with Baumann to record 19 of the needed 27 outs for the Orioles in their shutout of the reigning National League Central champions. Two days earlier, Akin pitched three scoreless innings of relief, throwing 27 of his 31 pitches for strikes and generating a career-high swinging strike percentage.
“We all can build confidence off it,” Baumann said. “We’re gonna push each other to keep doing that. It’s great to be able to push each other. We’re in this together.”
Perhaps at least one of those three can produce the “real cemented breakout” Elias noted the Orioles have yet to receive from a group that features them, Dean Kremer, Zac Lowther and — although Elias didn’t name him specifically after he had already been demoted from major league camp — Alexander Wells, who was recalled Monday after Kremer landed on the 10-day injured list with strained left oblique suffered warming up to enter Sunday’s game. Lowther was one of the final players cut from major league spring training.
All of those pitchers — none of whom Elias acquired — spent time in the majors last year, with Zimmermann’s 5.04 ERA being the best among them.
“We still have high hopes for them and want some of those guys to click this year because it’s gonna be tough if they don’t, and we’re going to have to move on to other people,” Elias said last week.
Two of the Orioles’ top three pitching prospects, Grayson Rodriguez and Kyle Bradish, are at Triple-A Norfolk, while the left-hander ranked between them, DL Hall, is being slow-played coming off a stress fracture in his pitching elbow. There are hopes that all three will reach the majors at some point this year.
But Akin, Zimmermann and Baumann have made strong early impressions that they’ll deserve a role when the prospects do arrive. Akin and Baumann have shown potential to thrive in the bullpen, while Zimmermann, the only one of this group to secure a rotation spot, pitched four scoreless innings, doing more than enough to stay in that role.
“It was everything that I could have asked for and more,” Zimmermann said.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was pleased with how both Zimmermann and Baumann handled the atmosphere, pitching in front of a sold-out Camden Yards crowd for the first time. Zimmermann let out an emphatic yell after an inning-ending strikeout in the second and left the bases loaded in the third, while Baumann shook off a walk to his first batter to fire 2 1/3 shutout innings while repeatedly reaching 98 mph with his fastball.
“I’m impressed by both those young guys,” Hyde said. “I was concerned that Zim and Mike might be a little too amped up. I think Mike was when he first got out there, but then he really settled in, and both guys handled it extremely well.”
Of course, they’ll have to keep it up, but the early returns have been strong. Wells very well could have the chance to continue the trend Tuesday with Baltimore yet to announce who will start. Lowther might have been an option for the call-up had he not started for Norfolk on Sunday.
Kremer showed improved confidence and stuff in spring training and might have displayed both in a season debut Sunday if not for the injury, which Hyde said will keep him out for about a month at the minimum.
Perhaps, when he returns, Kremer will be able to make as solid of a new first impression as Akin, Zimmermann and Baumann.
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross is inherently focused on the here and now with his team.
But one perk of the lockout meant Ross spent time on the back fields at the Cubs complex in Mesa, Ariz., and got a glimpse of the future. Some of those players got time in Cactus League games, too, and could help the Cubs soon. Outfielder and top prospect Brennen Davis most notably should arrive for his major-league debut sometime this year.
Toward the end of big-league camp, Ross remarked on the good impression Davis made in six spring training games, moving well in the outfield and hitting two home runs in eight at-bats.
“It’s hard to judge guys off such a short spring training, but you can tell he’s just starting to fill out that body and he looks the part,” Ross said. “He had a great season last year, continues to build on that and hopefully we see him really soon.
“He’s a guy that’s one of those future pieces you see and kind of watched him develop and put in a lot of hard work this offseason.”
Davis wasn’t alone in standing out. Outfielders Pete Crow-Armstrong and Owen Caissie, infielder James Triantos and shortstop Ed Howard had their moments too. Caissie notably went 5-for-9 with two doubles and an RBI in the Cactus League.
With the minor-league season getting underway last week, it’s time to empty the notebook from the complex’s back fields — including a look at two pitchers worth keeping an eye on at Triple A.
Yohendrick Piñango and his ‘God-given’ swing
Yohendrick Piñango always has loved baseball.
Growing up in Venezuela, he was constantly around the sport. Piñango realized he possessed a special talent while attending Future Stars Baseball Academy in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
“When I was there, I started seeing how it was day to day,” Piñango told the Tribune through an interpreter. “I knew I had the skill, I had the talent, but doing that every day, that grind — that’s when I knew I was passionate about this and that I had the talent to continue to grow.”
Piñango, ranked the Cubs’ No. 10 prospect by Baseball America and No. 20 by MLB.com, is known for his pure hitting ability. Baseball America rated him the Cubs system’s best power hitter and he has elite contact-hitting ability, with the publication noting he’s a “consensus future plus hitter.” The left-handed-hitting outfielder said he always has had a knack for hitting since he was young and first getting into baseball.
“I’ve had that God-given ability to have a good swing, be a good hitter,” Piñango said, “but it’s also something that, even though I do have that ability, I do work on it every day and started since I was young when I was a little kid in the streets of Venezuela playing ball.”
Piñango, 19, didn’t have a typical offseason. He got hit by a baseball in late November and required surgery in December on his left pinky finger, which required three screws to be inserted. The freak injury was the first time Piñango had any health problems in his career, making it tough to deal with at first. But his doctor reassured him after the procedure that it wouldn’t affect his 2022 season.
By early March, he was 100% recovered and full go in camp. The Cubs are loaded with outfield talent in the minor-league system, and Piñango shouldn’t be overlooked. He’s opening the season at High-A South Bend, where he collected three hits in his first seven at-bats.
How pitching machines prepare minor-leaguers
The setup was impossible to ignore.
Two pitching machines had been placed on either side of the mound for minor-league batting practice. One was calibrated to throw left-handed sliders, the other right-handed fastballs. The differing speeds and angles challenged the young hitters’ timing.
And that’s exactly why the Cubs have implemented this BP approach for their minor-leaguers. They want to put them in an awkward situation and let them figure it out.
The message to the players: This is a challenge. Go figure it out and try to beat the challenge.
“A lot of the old-school baseball hasn’t challenged enough in some of our batting practice settings,” minor-league hitting coordinator Dustin Kelly told the Tribune during camp. “So we’re setting up a constraint of a machine doing two different things. And it’s like, you guys, go be athletes and figure it out and let the baseball and the flight of the baseball kind of tell us what we’re doing as opposed to focusing too much on mechanics.”
Kelly said that, as an industry, the emphasis on mechanics can be too much at times. He has noticed with the Cubs’ top hitting prospects that they need to be challenged more. While regular BP still is used, sometimes more constraints need to be introduced. The two-machine setup was incorporated throughout the minor-league minicamp. It challenges each hitter differently.
“That battle of going back and forth creates a little bit of internal competition,” Kelly said. “Some guys are really bad at it and some guys are really good. And then it just organically creates a really fun atmosphere.”
Caissie has a specific plan when he faces those machines. When the left-handed-hitting outfielder faces the left-throwing slider machine, he tries to take it up the middle, while he looks to stay back and drive the pitch off the fastball machine.
“Everything’s direction for me and I just try to keep everything to center field,” Caissie said. “The balls may not go to center field, but my body is moving toward center field. … Doing these drills in the field, it’s good for recognition because we always get looks, looks, looks — it’s just more repetitions.”
Cayne Ueckert is a reliever to watch
Big-league camp was a week from ending in Mesa, and Cayne Ueckert still had a locker in the clubhouse.
Ueckert, a 27th-round pick by the Cubs in 2019, was surprised to have received an invitation to major-league camp let alone still have an opportunity to show the staff what he could do days from the MLB season starting.
The 25-year-old right-hander impressed in four Cactus League appearances — aided by an effective two-seam fastball — striking out five and not walking a batter in 3⅓ innings. Coming off a stellar performance at Double-A Tennessee, where he had a 1.61 ERA in 24 appearances in 2022, Ueckert is opening the season at Triple-A Iowa.
It’s the first time he has pitched at that level and he’s closer than ever to the majors. Getting an opportunity to show what he could do in 3½ weeks in camp put him more on the radar. If the Cubs need relief help during the season, Ueckert could force his way onto the 40-man roster and into the big leagues sooner than later.
“It means a little something, like maybe they have plans (for me),” Ueckert said. “But at the end of the day, if I don’t perform, it’s not going to pan out. So just staying healthy and do what I need to do out there is the biggest thing.”
Caleb Kilian unlocks a key pitch
It’s hard to go into an offseason much better than Caleb Kilian’s ending to 2021.
The right-hander, one of two players the Cubs acquired from the San Francisco Giants for Kris Bryant, tossed six perfect innings in the Arizona Fall League championship game to win the title. It served as a springboard into an important offseason in which pitch development became a focal point.
Unlike his curveball, which he got to spin harder and sharper in five AFL outings, Kilian couldn’t quite get his new changeup grip. That work carried into the offseason, and it finally started to feel good two weeks before he reported to minor-league minicamp in February.
“For me, it’s just finishing the ball, finishing with the wrist at the very end and throwing it like a fastball instead of thinking changeup, which was a hard thing to get out of my head,” Kilian said. “Having a changeup is huge. A lot of hitters think that’s the best pitch in the game, so now that I actually have a decent one, I think it will make all my pitches better.”
Kilian used the Cubs’ pitch lab to determine what grip works best action-wise and then how to throw it well. He said pitch lab data is helpful because he didn’t realize he had a weird changeup grip all last season. It was a very average pitch for him, sometimes helping him induce grounders, but he didn’t incorporate it much. Now Kilian uses a circle change grip.
An improved changeup to pitch off his fastball will help Kilian at Triple A, his first time at that level.
“You’ve got to have fastball command. That goes a really long way,” Kilian said. “When you can command the fastball, you can have success and it makes the other pitches look that much better.”
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The Chicago Bulls return to the postseason Sunday for the first time in five years, but at this point even the most optimistic fans have written them off.
They head into Game 1 in Milwaukee having lost 15 of their last 22 games, and Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champion Bucks are healthy and ready to roll.
A four-game sweep seems quite possible, and one oddsmaker listing the title favorites had the Bulls ahead of only the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Pelicans, Charlotte Hornets and San Antonio Spurs — all of whom are in the play-in tournament.
So the pressure is off coach Billy Donovan and his team. A season that started out so well is expected to end with a resounding thud, and then it’s on to Zach LaVine’s contract, the draft and other matters of importance.
But forward Patrick Williams doesn’t see it that way.
“We can play with any team,” Williams said Sunday after the bench mob ended the regular season with a win in Minnesota.
That’s not what their 1-14 record against the top four Eastern Conference seeds — the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers — suggests. But please elaborate, Patrick.
“I don’t think that we see ourselves as underdogs,” Williams continued. “But I think this team definitely can use that as fuel. We did early in the season when guys were saying that this team wouldn’t be as good. I think that’s something we definitely can use as fuel.
“I don’t think we’ll need it. I think we’re all ready for this opportunity. And we’re all ready for this series.”
The Bulls didn’t look ready to play in their two most recent games against the Bucks — losing by a combined 49 points — and they went 0-4 against the defending champs in the season series, continuing their pattern against the NBA’s elite teams.
The cavalry was supposed to arrive in March to save the season, which was why executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas stood pat at the trade deadline and instead signed Tristan Thompson, a big man with postseason experience who could spell Nikola Vučević in the middle.
But the returns of Williams and Alex Caruso didn’t help much, Thompson wasn’t as effective as advertised and Lonzo Ball lingered on the injured list with his knee injury until being ruled out for the season last week. DeMar DeRozan, who carried this team on his back all season, couldn’t do it alone, and without a true point guard, the Bulls were just another middle-of-the-pack team down the stretch.
Since Jan. 14, when Ball went down in a 138-96 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the Bulls went 19-24 to lose their mojo. They were 18th in scoring average (111.7 points per game) and 23rd in 3-point shooting (34.9%) after Ball’s injury.
All eyes will now be on DeRozan and LaVine as they try to pull off a mini miracle. DeRozan is playoff-tested, while LaVine will be making his postseason debut.
The Bucks rested their regulars Sunday in the regular-season finale instead of going all out to try to nab the No. 2 seed in the East. They lost badly to the Cavaliers and wound up with the No. 3 seed — avoiding a potential first-round matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, who meet the Cavs on Tuesday in a play-in game.
It wasn’t exactly tanking, but would anyone in his right mind rather risk playing a series against Kevin Durant and the Nets than face the free-falling Bulls?
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer is no dummy, and he knows they have the Bulls’ number. The last time the Bulls beat the Bucks with both Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton in the lineup was Dec. 26, 2017. Only one Bulls player from that night, Bobby Portis, will be on the floor in this series — and he now plays for the Bucks.
LaVine knows what’s at stake. He called the Bulls’ blowout loss to the Hornets on Friday “embarrassing” and said fans were right to boo the team. But he’s confident they can hang with the Bucks if everyone does his job.
“They have a really good team and a complete team,” LaVine said after Sunday’s game. “I think we do as well. We just have to attack them and figure out ways to beat them.”
Antetokounmpo isn’t likely to win another MVP award this year, though his numbers show he’s in the same area code as the two front-runners, the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić and the 76ers’ Joel Embiid. The “Greek Freak” averaged 26.8 points and 13.5 rebounds in 32 minutes in the Bucks’ four meetings with the Bulls. Vučević averaged 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds against the Bucks, but with Williams back, he shouldn’t have to focus on defending Antetokounmpo.
Lack of size has been an obstacle for the Bulls all season, but they got by with smaller, quicker lineups when Ball was healthy. The Bulls finished 28th in rebounding (42.3 per game), while the Bucks were second (46.7). Having Brook Lopez back creates an even greater size disparity, so Donovan might have to pair Vučević and Thompson together, which doesn’t bode well for a team that’s better when the offense is in a flow instead of bogged down by two bigs.
Donovan said the Bucks are “arguably the best team in the league.” Lopez’s return gives them one more weapon.
“Knowing personnel is really critical,” he said. “Lopez was out there with his back (injury), and now he’s back and has played well. They’ve have had an opportunity to play smaller with Portis at the five and also playing big with Giannis and Lopez together.
“They also can use (Serge) Ibaka. He didn’t play last game against us, so where does he fit in there? Those are all the things you kind of study and just be as detailed as you can.”
Left unsaid is the presence of Bucks guard Grayson Allen, whose hard foul on Caruso on Jan. 21 at Fiserv Forum sent the Bulls’ best defensive player to the injured list with a fractured right wrist and made the former Duke star Public Enemy No. 1 at the United Center.
Allen’s flagrant foul didn’t start the Bulls’ downfall, but along with Ball’s injury, it tested their depth and forced them to play at a higher level every night just to have a chance. Obviously that didn’t happen often, and the Bulls dropped all the way from first place to the No. 6 seed.
The Bulls lost 94-90 on that bitter cold night in Milwaukee with a strong overall effort that fell short. On March 4 at the United Center, they were outscored 37-24 in the fourth quarter of a 118-112 loss, and the Bucks won the final two games by 28 and 21 points.
“They’ve been a championship-caliber team for a couple years now,” LaVine said. “They’re experienced. We have to come in and try to shake it up a little bit. We have to try to bring the fight to them because if we’re back on our heels, it’s not going to be good.”
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Vince Velasquez made his major-league debut in Chicago.
Pitching for the Houston Astros, Velasquez allowed three hits, struck out five and walked four in five scoreless innings against the White Sox on June 10, 2015.
The right-hander, who signed a one-year deal with the Sox after the lockout, gets the start Tuesday in the home opener against the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“It kind of brings back a little bit of memories, kind of a welcoming thing,” he told the Tribune on Sunday. “It’s an honor to really open up in front of Chicago knowing that it was my debut.
“The atmosphere and what the town of Chicago can bring to the table adds to it, and that’s the energy you want to be around and involved with.”
Velasquez and Dallas Keuchel are the scheduled starters for the first two games of the series. Manager Tony La Russa planned to continue the conversation with the coaching staff Monday in regard to options for Thursday’s series finale.
Flexibility and creativity will be keys as the Sox try to navigate the early schedule without injured starters Lance Lynn and Lucas Giolito.
“It’s a unique season based off of last year’s season, which was unique off of the 60-game season,” pitching coach Ethan Katz said Sunday. “Injuries are to be expected. Obviously you don’t want to deal with them or have them definitely impact the first game of the season, but our player development staff has done a great job getting guys ready to help us up here.”
Lynn could miss the first eight weeks of the season after he underwent right knee surgery to repair a torn tendon. Giolito left his opening-day start against the Detroit Tigers on Friday after the fourth inning because of abdominal tightness on his left side. La Russa said an optimistic timeline would mean Giolito misses two starts with a “low abdominal strain.”
“We want to be smart,” Katz said when asked about Giolito. “We don’t want to have a setback either. He’s going to push the envelope to get back as soon as he can. We just have to really trust the medical staff and when they feel like he’s ready, we can start ramping him and get him going.
“But they don’t believe it’s going to be too long. Hopefully it’s a couple starts. Also we have a long road ahead of us, so we have to be smart.”
When it comes to possible fill-ins while Lynn and Giolito are out, Katz said, “Everybody’s an option.”
“Vince is an option, we’ve got some guys that are not here as possible options, guys that are in the clubhouse as options,” Katz said. “We’re just going to have to be creative and try to weather this storm and find matchups that best suit the other team’s lineup.”
Velasquez, 29, went a combined 3-9 with a 6.30 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 25 games (21 starts) for the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres last season.
“There’s some stuff that he’s worked on from the delivery standpoint,” Katz said. “And there’s some little things we’ve added to that as well. And just talking a lot about his usage: How do we want to set up things and how we want to use things and what we can do to help him be more consistent with his pitches. Those have been the main focus points.”
Velasquez is ready to contribute in any way.
“Unfortunately we don’t have our full arsenal (of pitchers), but we’re making the best of what we’ve got and we’re coming out with a bang regardless,” he said. “That’s the mentality going into the home opener. My whole approach is to continue what I’ve been working on.
“I talked to Tony about it and it really was about simplicity. A matter of simplifying things and having that mindset of going out and winning the series. That’s what it comes down to.”
Velasquez looks to continue the string of solid outings by Sox starters Giolito, Dylan Cease and Michael Kopech. Keuchel will follow him Wednesday. For now, the Sox like having Reynaldo López work out of the bullpen; he had a 3.43 ERA in 20 outings (nine starts) last season.
“I think without Joe (Kelly), it’s hard to take (López) out of that (bullpen role),” La Russa said Sunday. Kelly is on the injured list, recovering from a right biceps nerve injury.
“(López has) got so much versatility that way. Joe comes back and we’ll see what the starting situation is maybe then. We have our fingers crossed on (Johnny) Cueto too.”
The veteran Cueto, reportedly signed to a minor-league deal last week, likely will get work at the Sox complex in Arizona before heading to Triple-A Charlotte.
Katz and Cueto have a relationship from when Katz was the assistant pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants in 2020.
“If you want to know where Cueto’s at, just look at his Instagram,” Katz said. “I know him being in shape is not an issue. He’s in shape. It’s just a matter of watching his Instagram, who he is facing, some younger kids in the Dominican. We need to get him facing some minor-league guys first.
“When he’s ready, I’m sure he’ll be banging on the door, and we’re going to be banging on the door of Triple A to let us know when they think he’s ready as well and we’re going to go from there.”
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Good morning, Chicago.
After three games in Detroit, the White Sox have their home opener today at 3:10 p.m. against the Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field. The temperature is expected to reach the low 60s, which would be quite the warmup after playing in the low 40s for part of the weekend at Comerica Park. If you’re headed to the game today, here’s our guide the ballpark — including what to eat.
I’ve been on the Sox beat since June 2019 and have watched a team with a young nucleus grow into a contender. They made the playoffs in 2020 as a wild card and 2021 as a division champion — and they are the popular pick to win the AL Central for a second straight season. The 2021 AL Central-winning team will be honored in a preseason ceremony today.
The pitching staff has taken some injury hits already this year, with starters Lance Lynn likely out eight weeks and Lucas Giolito possibly missing at least two starts. Reliever Garrett Crochet will miss the entire season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
When healthy, the Sox have the talent to stack up among the best in baseball. Luis Robert is a budding superstar. All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson sparks the offense at the top of the order. 2020 AL MVP José Abreu, who is in the final season of a 3-year contract, is a leader on the field and in the clubhouse.
The Sox are looking to take the next step after losing their opening-round playoff series each of the past two seasons. Make sure to sign up for the Tribune sports newsletter and follow our Sox analysis, features, columns and inside perspective all season!
— LaMond Pope, White Sox reporter
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As Cook County property tax bills again face long delays, officials point fingers over who’s to blame
The heads of Cook County’s assessor’s office and its property tax appeal agency currently don’t agree on how it happened, but they agree on this: Second-installment property tax bills are going to be delayed this year again.
County officials have not announced how far the postponement will stretch, but the chair of the Board of Review has warned it could be six months — the latest due date in the past 10 years. Traditionally, the offices involved have aimed to get the second round of bills out by July with an August due date.
Willie Wilson announces run for Chicago mayor. Lightfoot responds: ‘It’s that season. People are going to jump in.’
Businessman Willie Wilson will run for Chicago mayor in the 2023 election, adding a second declared candidate to a growing field of potential challengers to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Announcing his candidacy at a news conference in the ritzy downtown high-rise where he lives, Wilson promised to focus on crime and education.
Requiem for a dollhouse: Handmade replica of a 1950s Bensenville ranch house is too big to donate, too precious to toss
A few years after Penny Parrish’s family moved into the Bensenville ranch-style house her father and a friend built with their own hands, her dad made a replica of the home as a dollhouse for Parrish and her younger sister. Parrish long ago moved away from Bensenville, but for decades she has kept the dollhouse as a memento of those happy midcentury days.
But now she is 75, and she wonders what will become of the dollhouse that occupies a room in her Fredericksburg, Virginia, home. Although she believes it should be preserved as a piece of postwar suburban history, she has found no takers among Illinois historical societies.
Creeping interest rates are cause for pause, readjustment of expectations when it comes to home buying
The latest addition to the list of things the housing market has had a lot to contend with recently: creeping interest rates that are impacting mortgages.
There was hope of relief in 2022 for prospective homebuyers. But a survey forecasting the outlook for homeowners in 2022 reveals 26% of people would be less likely to buy a home this year because of rising interest rates. The average interest rate jumped by more than half a percentage point since March 10, per Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey. And the average rose above 4% on March 17 for the first time since 2019.
- Women reassessed their careers during the pandemic, but for many, one goal remains unchanged: homeownership
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Jim Ramsey, delivered weather news on Channel 9 with ‘mellifluous baritone,’ dies at 69
Jim Ramsey, a mainstay on WGN-Channel 9′s weather team for 30 years, died of natural causes on April 8 at his Island Lake home, said his stepdaughter, Vanessa Wright.
With a deep voice and more than four decades of experience in broadcasting and in meteorology, Ramsey projected steadiness and competence to the station’s viewers, colleagues said.
“He had that beautiful, mellifluous baritone voice that everybody in broadcasting can only dream of having,” said Tom Skilling, Channel 9′s chief meteorologist.
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Medicare has decided once and for all not to pay for Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm unless patients are enrolled in a clinical study.
The agency’s final call was unsurprising, but blessedly rational. It corrects the Food and Drug Administration’s mistake in letting Aduhelm onto the market. At the same time, it leaves room for future Alzheimer’s drugs to be covered — as long as studies show they are safe and effective.
This will encourage beneficial innovation in Alzheimer’s drug development, and ensure that patients get medicines that can truly help them.
The decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services marks a turning point in Aduhelm’s long and contentious journey. In 2014, the drug raised hopes among Alzheimer’s doctors and patients when, in a small phase 2 trial, it appeared to clear amyloid plaques in patients’ brains and — in a first for the field — ease their cognitive decline. Biogen promptly began a large, expensive phase 3 study to confirm those results and, to prepare for the drug’s eventual approval, invested $2.5 billion in manufacturing capacity.
In larger trials, however, the stunning early results couldn’t be replicated. And that seemed to end all hope for the drug — until Biogen said it found buried in the data a signal that the drug could still be effective. Then, according to an investigation by Stat News reporters, the company secretly lobbied the FDA for Aduhelm’s approval.
In 2020, the FDA’s scientific advisory committee harshly criticized the company’s data mining and overwhelmingly recommended against approving Aduhelm. Then the agency stunned everyone by approving the drug anyway, based on its ability to clear amyloid plaques, with the proviso that Biogen would run another trial to prove that the plaque-clearing would slow cognitive decline.
Biogen audaciously priced the drug at $56,000 per year. And Medicare, faced with the possibility of paying for treatment for millions of qualified Americans, had to schedule a big rise in monthly premiums for Part B coverage. (After an outcry, Biogen eventually halved the price.)
Now that CMS has settled on a way to limit spending on the drug until its benefit is proved, Medicare will be able to dial back that premium increase. The decision also likely spells the end of Aduhelm, which doctors were already shunning. In 2021, it brought in only $3 million in sales.
Biogen, patient advocacy groups and even some members of Congress have suggested that CMS’s refusal to cover Aduhelm could have a chilling effect on innovation in Alzheimer’s. They have argued that drug companies will have no incentive to develop new medicines if insurers won’t cover them.
But in a clear and sober explanation of its thinking on Aduhelm, CMS pointed out that the opposite is true: “The CMS final decision provides clarity on the criteria to receive coverage for any drug in this class (and thus what evidence is necessary to meet the standard for ‘reasonable and necessary’ for this particular treatment).”
A drug can be considered innovative only if it actually improves patients’ lives. In a disease as devastating as Alzheimer’s, even marginal improvements matter. But evidence from several large clinical studies indicates that Aduhelm fails to offer that.
Medicare has laid a path for other companies to understand where the bar for coverage is set: A drug must be safe and offer a meaningful benefit to patients, and it must do so over time. This is good news for Eli Lilly & Co. and Roche, both of which have Alzheimer’s therapies that will soon be up for approval.
CMS, which is expected to foot the bill for Medicare patients’ drugs, perhaps had greater incentive than the FDA to make sure the drug works. But the FDA is the agency that should have set the bar. FDA’s mandate is to follow the science.
As it weighs other loaded decisions, particularly for neurodegenerative diseases, it should make sure that Medicare never again has to correct its mistakes.
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Bus driver charged in student’s death
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) - A Michigan bus driver is facing charges following the death of a 13-year-old boy last week.
Zyiar Harris was being dropped off on Wednesday when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
“It’s the bus driver’s fault,” his mother Cassandra Jones said.
Investigations revealed that the incident unfolded when 65-year-old bus driver Deborah White allegedly did not activate the bus’s stop sign and lights.
“My son was autistic,” Jones said. “When he got hit, she pulled off. She seen him get hit, and she pulled off.”
Zyiar later died in the hospital due to complications.
White, who worked for ABC Student Transportation, has been charged with second-degree child abuse and failure to stop at the scene, resulting in death.
White is being held on a $50,000 bond.
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Russia’s war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.
Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are indirect victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. The war has pushed up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.
Kariuki used to spend 20,000 Kenyan shillings, or about $175, to fertilize her entire farm. Now, she would need to spend five times as much. Continuing to work the land, she said, would yield nothing but losses.
“I cannot continue with the farming business. I am quitting farming to try something else,’’ she said.
Higher fertilizer prices are making the world’s food supply more expensive and less abundant, as farmers skimp on nutrients for their crops and get lower yields. While the ripples will be felt by grocery shoppers in wealthy countries, the squeeze on food supplies will land hardest on families in poorer countries. It could hardly come at a worse time: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week that its world food-price index in March reached the highest level since it started in 1990.
The fertilizer crunch threatens to further limit worldwide food supplies, already constrained by the disruption of crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia. The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
“Food prices will skyrocket because farmers will have to make profit, so what happens to consumers?’’ said Uche Anyanwu, an agricultural expert at the University of Nigeria.
The aid group Action Aid warns that families in the Horn of Africa are already being driven “to the brink of survival.’’
The U.N. says Russia is the world’s No. 1 exporter of nitrogen fertilizer and No. 2 in phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Its ally Belarus, also contending with Western sanctions, is another major fertilizer producer.
Many developing countries — including Mongolia, Honduras, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Mexico and Guatemala — rely on Russia for at least a fifth of their imports.
The conflict also has driven up the already-exorbitant price of natural gas, used to make nitrogen fertilizer. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
For corn and cabbage farmer Jackson Koeth, 55, of Eldoret in western Kenya, the conflict in Ukraine was distant and puzzling until he had to decide whether to go ahead with the planting season. Fertilizer prices had doubled from last year.
Koeth said he decided to keep planting but only on half the acreage of years past. Yet he doubts he can make a profit with fertilizer so costly.
Greek farmer Dimitris Filis, who grows olives, oranges and lemons, said “you have to search to find’' ammonia nitrate and that the cost of fertilizing a 10-hectare (25-acre) olive grove has doubled to 560 euros ($310). While selling his wares at an Athens farm market, he said most farmers plan to skip fertilizing their olive and orange groves this year.
“Many people will not use fertilizers at all, and this as a result, lowers the quality of the production and the production itself, and slowly, slowly at one point, they won’t be able to farm their land because there will be no income,’’ Filis said.
In China, the price of potash — potassium-rich salt used as fertilizer — is up 86% from a year earlier. Nitrogen fertilizer prices have climbed 39% and phosphorus fertilizer is up 10%.
In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that raises wheat and corn said fertilizer prices have jumped 40% since the start of the year.
“We can hardly make any money,” said the manager, who would give only his surname, Zhao.
Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely in Ventura, California, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%. Shifting fertilizers is risky, vice president William Terry said, because cheaper versions might not give “the crop what it needs as a food source.’’
As the growing season approaches in Maine, potato farmers are grappling with a 70% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices from last year, depending on the blend.
“I think it’s going to be a pretty expensive crop, no matter what you’re putting in the ground, from fertilizer to fuel, labor, electrical and everything else,” said Donald Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board.
In Prudentopolis, a town in Brazil’s Parana state, farmer Edimilson Rickli showed off a warehouse that would normally be packed with fertilizer bags but has only enough to last a few more weeks. He’s worried that, with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of letting up, he’ll have to go without fertilizer when he plants wheat, barley and oats next month.
“The question is: Where Brazil is going to buy more fertilizer from?” he said. “We have to find other markets.’’
Other countries are hoping to help fill the gaps. Nigeria, for example, opened Africa’s largest fertilizer factory last month, and the $2.5 billion plant has already shipped fertilizer to the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
India, meanwhile, is seeking more fertilizer imports from Israel, Oman, Canada and Saudi Arabia to make up for lost shipments from Russia and Belarus.
“If the supply shortage gets worse, we will produce less,” said Kishor Rungta of the nonprofit Fertiliser Association of India. “That’s why we need to look for options to get more fertilizers in the country.”
Agricultural firms are providing support for farmers, especially in Africa where poverty often limits access to vital farm inputs. In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is helping farmers get fertilizer and access to finance.
“Some farmers are skipping the planting season and others are going into some other ventures such as buying goats to cope,” said Benjamin Njenga, co-founder of the firm. “So these support services go a long way for them.”
Governments are helping, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last month that it was issuing $250 million in grants to support U.S. fertilizer production. The Swiss government has released part of its nitrogen fertilizer reserves.
Still, there’s no easy answer to the double whammy of higher fertilizer prices and limited supplies. The next 12 to 18 months, food researcher LaBorde said, “will be difficult.’’
The market already was “super, super tight” before the war, said Kathy Mathers of the Fertilizer Institute trade group.
“Unfortunately, in many cases, growers are just happy to get fertilizer at all,’’ she said.
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Asadu reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and Wiseman from Washington. Contributing to this story were: Tatiana Pollastri in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Debora Alvares in Brasilia, Brazil; Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi; Lefteris Pitarakis in Athens; Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Joe McDonald and Yu Bing in Beijing; Lisa Rathke in Marshfield, Vermont; Dave Kolpack in Fargo, North Dakota; Kathia Martínez in Panama City; Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt; Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City; Veselin Toshkov in Sofia, Bulgaria; Tarik El-Barakah in Rabat, Morocco; Tassanee Vejpongsa and Elaine Kurtenbach in Bangkok; Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem; Edie Lederer at the United Nations; and Aya Batrawy in Dubai.
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Which industries get the most (and least) time off?
(Timetastic/Stacker) - Most private industry workers in the United States receive paid time off, but it is not required under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Timetastic used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, last updated in September 2021, to illustrate which industries offer the best access to paid vacation time. We’ve ranked industries according to the percentage of workers who have access to paid vacations, with ties broken by the number of days off a person receives after working in the industry for a year. Data is available for workers who have consolidated leave plans (CLP), which are blanket time-off policies that do not distinguish between vacation, illness, or personal business days, and those who do not.
Nationwide, about three-quarters of all private industry workers receive paid time off, or PTO. Two weeks is the average offering for companies with CLP. More full-time workers get paid-time-off than part-time workers: 46% and 35%, respectively.
Larger companies tend to be more generous. At companies with 500 workers or more, 92% of workers have access to paid vacations. That compares to 71% at smaller companies of up to 49 employees. Union members were also found to get 26.6% more vacation time than nonunion workers as more PTO is typically negotiated when settling union contracts. Companies such as Netflix have even turned to an entirely different model: unlimited PTO. This gives employees the agency to take time off at will within reason.
But with U.S. workers already leaving 4.6 vacation days unused in 2021 on average, unlimited PTO may result in employees taking even less time off than average.
#10. Leisure and hospitality
- Workers with access to PTO: 43%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 9 days (CLP) 6 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 13 days (CLP), 9 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
The leisure and hospitality industry—made up of hotel clerks, restaurant cooks, casino workers, and a host of other positions—was hit exceptionally hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Hotel and Lodging Association found it lost as many jobs as government, health services, construction, retail, manufacturing, and education combined.
While workers in this industry tend to accrue more PTO after being with a company for more than a year, the turnover rate works against employees here: BLS data shows turnover in the hospitality industry hovers as high as 80% annually. versus 10%-15% across all industries.
The unemployment rate for this industry in February 2022 was 6.6%, compared to the national jobless rate of 3.8%.
#9. Trade, transportation, and utilities
- Workers with access to PTO: 81%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 19 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 23 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
The trade, transportation, and utilities industry is large and varied, from jobs in lumber yards to hauling cargo. Paid leave—which includes vacation time, holidays, sick leave, and personal leave—can cost employers up to 8.5% of a workers’ total compensation.
In Texas, these jobs contributed nearly 20% of the state’s GDP in 2016, at $317.3 billion; making trade, transportation, and utilities among the highest-grossing in the state.
#8. Professional and business services
- Workers with access to PTO: 81%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 14 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 18 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 20 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 22 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Paid vacations are available to the vast number of employees in this field, which include advertising, law, accounting firms, architecture companies, management consulting companies, and others.
Americans often don’t always take the time they are entitled to. Some 70% of owners of small businesses, in particular, do not view holidays as a time to take away from work. According to the U.S. Travel Association, U.S. workers left 4.6 days unused in 2021, and 5.6 days unused in 2020, which contributed largely to burnout.
A 2016 Harvard Business Review article cited a study finding that for the first time more than half of Americans did not take all of their vacations. The article also noted workers who used more than 10 of their days off had a 65.4% chance of getting a raise or a bonus.
#7. Construction
- Workers with access to PTO: 82%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 8 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 11 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 13 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 14 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
Some construction companies have over the last decade moved away from the traditional way they allot time off, with separate categories for paid vacation, personal days and sick leave. They have instead adopted what is known as a PTO benefit. Vacation time, personal days, and sick leave are rolled into one plan for a consolidated-leave plan model.
Construction officials have largely been against other changes in paid leave. When former President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide up to seven days for sickness or other uses, the Associated General Contractors of America objected, citing long periods of layoffs because of weather and other variables in the industry.
#6. Education and health services
- Workers with access to PTO: 82%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 16 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 20 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 23 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
On average, teachers have about 12 days for sick time or personal leave during the school year. Amid COVID-19, however, teachers across the country are running out of sick days and a federal requirement that schools offer paid time off for COVID-19 illness or exposure has expired.
Similarly, many nurses, doctors, and other health professionals across the country have been under enormous stress during the pandemic. Adding to the pressure for some, they have recently been told to take sick leave or personal days if they test positive for COVID-19.
#5. Real estate and rental and leasing
- Workers with access to PTO: 86%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 12 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 17 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 18 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
With about 106,500 real estate brokerage firms in the country, a competitive benefits package with paid time off can help companies recruit and retain employees.
Brokers can classify their real estate salespeople as either employees or independent contractors, and those independent contractors have far more flexibility to take time away from the office. Independent contractors, not bound to rules and regulations of the company or companies they’re signed onto, are able to more freely create their own hours and schedules. Other companies in this category are primarily in the business of renting or leasing properties or goods or in related services.
#4. Information
- Workers with access to PTO: 90%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 20 days (no consolidated leave)
Netflix, Oracle, LinkedIn, and Twitter are all companies in the information business sector—and all offer unlimited vacation days. The open vacation policy was originated by Netflix, whose CEO Reed Hastings says he takes at least six weeks each year. He attributes employee loyalty at the company in large part to Netflix’s generous vacation and parental leave policies.
Workplace management software company Kronos (now merged with Ultimate Software to become UKG) began an unlimited or open vacation policy in 2016. In a Harvard Business Review article, its CEO Aron Ain said changes in technology led professionals at every level to work after business hours. He added that vacation policies clearly delineating between time off and vacation seemed antiquated.
#3. Manufacturing
- Workers with access to PTO: 95%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 8 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 18 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 21 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Among all non-agricultural workers, manufacturing’s share of U.S. employment peaked during World War II to 38% but cratered from 32% in 1955 to 8% in 2019 just prior to the advent of COVID-19. The sheer number of manufacturing employees hit an all-time high in the 1970s with around 20 million workers. Many of these jobs have since become automated or been shipped overseas.
The Congressional Research Service in 2017 warned the industry’s wages and benefits were under pressure from cost-cutting, plant closures, and the loss of jobs to other countries. The manufacturing industry was not spared from the Great Resignation, leading employers to rethink hiring incentives in a post-COVID-19 employment landscape.
#2. Financial activities
- Workers with access to PTO: 95%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 21 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 26 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
The financial services sector is key to the country’s security, but it faces a number of risks, including cyberattacks, says the federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.
Professional services network Deloitte predicted a pivotal opportunity for financial services in 2022, pointing to banking, capital markets, financial services firms, and others to lead the industry’s future. Deloitte urged the industry to invest in talent while rethinking the workplace, and paid time off plans may be a place to begin.
#1. Insurance carriers
- Workers with access to PTO: 97%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
Some 2.9 million people worked in the U.S. insurance industry in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The largest number of those, 1.7 million, worked for insurance companies.
Research from Deloitte found that despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry expects rapid growth in 2022 as the demand for insurance increases. With 97% of these workers having access to PTO, competitive benefits packages will need to be more comprehensive than in other industries.
This story originally appeared on Timetastic and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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NEW YORK — A 10-year-old Ghislaine Maxwell told house guests her father beat her with objects of her choosing — and Jeffrey Epstein referred to Prince Andrew as his useful “idiot,” according to an explosive upcoming book about the British royal family.
Excerpts from author Tina Brown’s “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil,” published Monday in the Daily Telegraph, tell how Epstein, a New York financier, used his relationship with the prince to open doors in international circles and further enrich himself.
The book, on shelves in two weeks, also explores how Maxwell’s unorthodox upbringing as the privileged daughter of media mogul and fraudster Robert Maxwell helped shape her twisted relationship with the convicted sex predator.
The child abuse claims in “The Palace Papers” are attributed to a British newspaper heiress who knew Maxwell as a girl.
“(Eleanor) Berry noticed an odd-shaped hairbrush, a strap, a slipper and other implements laid out on the child’s dressing room table. Ghislaine said, rather proudly, ‘(This) is what daddy uses to beat me with. But he always allows me to choose which one I want,’” reads the excerpt.
“In the sadistic offering of power to the powerless, asking her, in essence, to procure herself for her father, one can better understand how Ghislaine fell under the spell of a man like Epstein.”
Brown’s book describes Maxwell, who started dating the multimillionaire Epstein when she was 30 after moving to New York City, as “madly in love” with the late serial pedophile.
“Their relationship quickly turned transactional: Epstein made the money, and Ghislaine made the introductions,” an excerpt reads.
“Unable to hold his sexual attention, she found a way to keep him at her side by recruiting ‘nubiles’ (as she called them) to service his insatiable needs.”
A jury convicted Maxwell on Dec. 29 of aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme from 1994 to 2002. She faces up to 65 years in prison when sentenced in June.
The former socialite’s lawyers argued at trial that she was a victim of Epstein’s manipulation and that prosecutors scapegoated her after his 2019 suicide.
The Queen’s second son was Maxwell’s “biggest catch” for Epstein, Brown writes, and his relationship with the royal was also transactional.
“Privately, Epstein told people that Andrew was an idiot, but — to him — a useful one. A senior royal, even if tainted, is always a potent magnet abroad. Epstein confided to a friend that he used to fly the Duke of York to obscure foreign markets, where governments were obliged to receive him, and Epstein went along as [his] investment adviser,” reads an excerpt.
“With Andrew as frontman, Epstein could negotiate deals with these (often) shady players.”
Andrew, who was accused in a civil case of having sex with one of Epstein’s alleged underage sex trafficking victims, visited the multimillionaire in New York with such regularity that Epstein gave him a “grandly decorated” Upper East Side guest suite nicknamed “the Britannica Suite,” according to Brown, founder of the Daily Beast and a former Vanity Fair editor in chief.
“Epstein made Andrew feel he had joined the big time — the deals, the girls, the plane, the glittering New York world, where he wasn’t seen as a full-grown man still dependent on his mother’s Privy Purse strings or on the harsh pecking order of the Palace,” Brown wrote. “The Duke was always as oversexed as a boob-ogling adolescent.”
A spokesperson for the Maxwell family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the assembly room of the Amur launch complex for Angara rockets at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the construction site of the Amur launch complex for Angara rockets at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022.
Russia will launch a lunar probe later this year and deepen cooperation with Belarus on space infrastructure and technology, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East, Putin recalled Soviet successes in space and said no sanctions on Russia could halt its progress.
What Russia calls its "special military operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" Ukraine triggered a barrage of sanctions from Western countries including restrictions on scientific funding and cooperation.
Putin said Russia would develop a new generation transport spaceship and technologies for nuclear energy in space.
He also said it would launch a probe called Luna-25 to the moon in the third quarter of this year.
Russia would work with Belarus on infrastructure that guarantees the countries independent access to space, said Putin, adding that he'd asked Russia's space agency, Roskosmos, to train a Belarusian for flight on a Russian spacecraft.
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BOSTON - Major U.S. gun manufacturers on Tuesday are slated to urge a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels, leading to thousands of deaths in Mexico.
Lawyers for gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co are expected during a virtual hearing to ask U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor to toss a novel lawsuit Mexico filed in August seeking $10 billion from them.
Mexico accused the companies of undermining its strict gun laws by designing, marketing and distributing military-style assault weapons in ways they knew would arm drug cartels, fueling murders, extortions and kidnappings.
Mexico's lawsuit said over 500,000 guns are trafficked annually from the United States into Mexico, of which more than 68% are made by the manufacturers it sued, which also include Beretta USA, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Colt's Manufacturing Co and Glock Inc.
The companies argue Mexico has failed to establish the financial costs it incurred for health care, law enforcement and other efforts to address gun violence were attributable to the manufacturers' actions.
They also argued a U.S. law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, protects them from lawsuits over their products' misuse.
Mexico, though, says that law only precludes lawsuits over injuries in the United States and would not shield the companies from allegations over the trafficking of guns to Mexican criminals.
Democratic attorneys general from 13 states along with the District of Columbia in January filed briefs supporting Mexico, as did the countries of Antigua and Barbuda and Belize, which said violent gun crimes had harmed Latin America and Caribbean nations.
The companies did not respond to requests for comment.
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LVIV, Ukraine - Civilians were fleeing from areas of eastern Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of an anticipated Russian offensive, while Kyiv said it was checking reports that Russian forces had used chemical weapons in the besieged port city of Mariupol.
The battle for Mariupol, where the regional governor said tens of thousands may have been killed, appeared to be reaching a decisive phase, with Ukrainian marines holed up in the Azovstal industrial district.
Should the Russians seize Azovstal, they would be in full control of Mariupol, the lynchpin between Russian-held areas to the west and east. The city has already been laid waste by weeks of Russian bombardments.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said the government was checking unverified information that Russia may have used chemical weapons while besieging Mariupol.
"There is a theory that these could be phosphorous munitions," Malyar said in televised comments.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said on Monday night that Russia could resort to chemical weapons as it massed troops in the eastern Donbas region for a new assault on Mariupol. He did not say if they actually had been used.
The United States and Britain said they were trying to verify the reports.
The governor of the eastern Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said he had seen incident reports on possible chemical weapons use in Mariupol but could not confirm them.
"We know that last night around midnight a drone dropped some so-far unknown explosive device, and the people that were in and around the Mariupol metal plant, there were three people, they began to feel unwell," he told CNN.
They were taken to hospital and their lives were not in danger, he said.
Asked about the total number of dead in Mariupol, Kyrylenko said: "We are currently discussing 20-22,000 people dead," adding that the figure needed to be checked very carefully.
Chemical weapons production, use and stockpiling is banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Although condemned by human rights groups, white phosphorous is not banned under the CWC.
Russia's defense ministry has not responded to a Reuters request for comment. Russian-backed separatist forces in the east denied using chemical weapons in Mariupol, the Interfax news agency reported.
But should it prove to be the case, it would mark a dangerous new development in a war that has already left a trail of death of destruction since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops over the border on Feb. 24.
About a quarter of Ukraine's 44 million population have been forced from their homes, cities turned into rubble, and thousands of people have been killed or injured - many of them civilians.
REDOUBLING EFFORTS
Putin calls the action a "special military operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" Ukraine but it has drawn condemnation and alarm in the West, which has imposed a wide range of sanctions to squeeze the Russian economy.
After their troops got bogged down in the face of Ukrainian resistance, the Russians abandoned their bid to capture the capital Kyiv for now. They are redoubling their efforts in the east and Ukrainian forces are digging in to face a new offensive.
The governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, urged residents to evacuate using five humanitarian corridors agreed for the east.
"It's far more scary to remain and burn in your sleep from a Russian shell," he wrote on social media. "Evacuate, with every day the situation is getting worse. Take your essential items and head to the pickup point."
In all, nine humanitarian corridors had been agreed for Tuesday, including one from Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that aside from trying to take control of Mariupol, Russian forces were intent on capturing Popasna, a town about two hours drive west of Luhansk, and were set to launch an offensive in the direction of Kurakhove in Donetsk.
Ukrainian troops had repulsed attacks in both Luhansk and Donetsk, it said.
President Zelenskiy pleaded overnight for more weapons from the West to help it end the siege of Mariupol and fend off the expected eastern offensive.
"Unfortunately we are not getting as much as we need to end this war faster...in particular, to lift the blockade of Mariupol," he said.
Separately, in an address to the Lithuanian parliament, Zelenskiy urged the European Union to impose sanctions on all Russian banks and Russian oil and to set a deadline for ending imports of Russian gas.
"We cannot wait," he said.
WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS
The departure of Russian forces from the outskirts of Kyiv brought to light allegations of war crimes, including executions and rape of civilians. Moscow dismisses these and has in turn accused Ukrainian forces of sexual violence.
United Nations official Sima Bahous told the Security Council on Monday: "We are increasingly hearing of rape and sexual violence.."
Kateryna Cherepakha, president of rights group La Strada-Ukraine, told the council via video: "Violence and rape is used now as a weapon of war by Russian invaders in Ukraine."
Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador denied the allegations. The Russian defense ministry said Ukraine's government was being directed by the United States to sow false evidence of Russian violence against civilians despite what it said was Moscow's "unprecedented measures to save civilians."
Putin said on Tuesday Moscow's military operation would undoubtedly achieve what he said were its "noble" objectives.
Speaking at a ceremony at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, Putin was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that Moscow had no choice but to act to protect Russia and that a clash with Ukraine's anti-Russian forces had been inevitable.
He is scheduled to meet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to discuss Ukraine and Western sanctions. Belarus is a staging area for Russian forces.
(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Angus MacSwan; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Nick Macfie) | https://www.unionleader.com/news/military/concern-over-possible-use-of-chemical-weapons-as-battle-rages-in-besieged-ukrainian-port/article_57cc51f5-af59-577f-bc1e-68a5829fb068.html | 2022-04-12T12:32:27 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/military/concern-over-possible-use-of-chemical-weapons-as-battle-rages-in-besieged-ukrainian-port/article_57cc51f5-af59-577f-bc1e-68a5829fb068.html |
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would undoubtedly achieve what he said were its "noble" objectives.
Speaking at an awards ceremony at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, Putin was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that said Moscow had no other choice but to launch a military operation to protect Russia and that a clash with Ukraine's anti-Russian forces had been inevitable.
"Its goals are absolutely clear and noble," Putin said of Russia's military campaign.
Putin said the main objective of Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine was to save people in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014.
"On the one hand, we are helping and saving people, and on the other, we are simply taking measures to ensure the security of Russia itself," Putin said. "It's clear that we didn't have a choice. It was the right decision."
Millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee the country since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbor's military capabilities and root out people it called dangerous nationalists.
Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in an effort to force it to withdraw its forces.
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge) | https://www.unionleader.com/news/military/putin-says-russia-will-achieve-noble-aims-of-its-ukraine-military-campaign/article_a6e42acb-7c08-54ac-9959-77e0a2a17605.html | 2022-04-12T12:32:33 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/military/putin-says-russia-will-achieve-noble-aims-of-its-ukraine-military-campaign/article_a6e42acb-7c08-54ac-9959-77e0a2a17605.html |
CONCORD — The House Education Committee chairman said he will propose boosting state aid to help pay for more costly special education services that local property taxes are unable to cover.
State Rep. Rick Ladd, R-Haverhill, said his amendment would add almost $15 million a year in state education aid to a Senate-passed bill (SB 420) that already will deliver nearly $14 million more a year to the 110 property- and income-poorest communities in the state.
Ladd said while school enrollment has steadily declined in New Hampshire, the number of students with individualized education plans for special education has remained at roughly 30,000 over the past decade.
There are 13 categories of special education under federal law.
Ladd’s plan would give school districts about $500 more for each student with the costliest conditions, which include autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic or physical impairment and visual impairment.
“Some special education conditions take a lot more cost and support than others; some may only amount to a half an hour a week,” Ladd told his committee.
New Hampshire’s current adequate education formula creates a hybrid of grants to assist districts with special needs costs.
Each school district gets an education aid increase of $2,037 for each student with an individualized education plan (IEP).
A second phase of special education support from the state kicks in for high-cost cases if they exceed more than three-and-a-half times the average cost. The state pays 80% of costs above that three-and-a-half times level.
Ladd said his amendment would give more relief to school budgets.
“I like the idea of using special education and using weights. Our policy right now … we are not properly funding special education as we should,” Ladd said.
State Senate plan
All but one state senator last month endorsed the plan of Sen. Erin Hennessey, R-Littleton, to create a new state aid grant program of “extraordinary needs.”
Hennessey’s bill would use a sliding scale to give the poorest communities $650 for each student enrolled in the free or reduced school lunch program, which the state already uses as a proxy for the number of poor families.
More than half the communities would receive no aid under Hennessey’s plan.
Rep. David Luneau, D-Hopkinton and the ranking Democrat on the panel, said if given the choice between the two, he liked the Senate plan better.
Manchester, which spends the least amount per student in the state, would receive $4 million from Hennessey’s plan.
Ladd’s amendment would give Manchester $1.3 million.
“Every school district is going to get an additional grant from the state whether they need it or not,” Luneau said of the special education grant increase.
“The Senate doesn’t put a lot of money into it, but it is directing it to where it is needed the most.”
Ladd said he wasn’t offering his option as a replacement, but suggesting his committee pass both of them onto the House Finance Committee for further review.
If combined, Hennessey and Ladd’s proposal would increase education aid by roughly $30 million next year.
At times in the past, the House has rejected plans to target more education aid after individual members have determined their towns didn’t receive any.
“I believe that every student deserves that opportunity regardless of your wealth or poverty,” Ladd said, adding all school districts should receive some additional aid.
The House education panel meets Wednesday to make an initial recommendation on Hennessey’s bill. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/house-leader-proposes-special-education-aid-boost/article_c29fd2cb-e437-5ef2-9738-f246500640f3.html | 2022-04-12T12:32:40 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/state/house-leader-proposes-special-education-aid-boost/article_c29fd2cb-e437-5ef2-9738-f246500640f3.html |
Orlando’s Dharma Southern Kitchen plans to open three more restaurants by the end of the year as the chain works to make what it calls its vegan Southern comfort food available across the state.
The restaurant dishes out fried green tomato sandwiches, Florida citrus barbecue soy-protein chick’n sandwiches, and biscuits n’ gravy out of its South Street location near downtown Orlando, which opened there in the Market on South in 2015. Outposts in Tampa and Sanford followed in 2019 and 2020.
Dharma Southern Kitchen is looking to grow, with another Orlando restaurant eyed for the tourist side of town as well as an Oviedo eatery and another Tampa site, said owner Shaun Noonan. The goal is to open all three new restaurants by the end of the year.
“We put pretty much a pause on expansion during the last 24 months [because of the pandemic],” Noonan said. “Now we’re getting back into the swing of things.”
Also on the horizon for Noonan is a brick-and-mortar home for his popular downtown Orlando Vegan Hot Dog Cart. The business will open in a space it is sharing with Sly Fox Pub, at 63 N. Orange Ave., on Thursday, but it will keep its longtime “cart” moniker, Noonan said.
Noonan sees the five-year plan for Dharma Southern Kitchen, including opening multiple restaurants in South Florida and in collegiate cities such as Gainesville or Tallahassee. He is also hoping to launch franchising opportunities.
“We really want to bring plant-based cuisine to part of the national dialogue,” Noonan said. “We want to start attracting people that are new to eating plant-based food. We just want to get them good quality food.”
Helping to feed Dharma Southern Kitchen’s growth will be investment through crowdfunding website StartEngine. So far, the restaurant has raised more than $101,700, with a minimum required investment of $190.
The campaign is different from other crowdfunding sources as users are making an investment, not a donation.
“We’ve been in the equity crowdfunding business since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) enacted Title II of the JOBS Act in June 2015, which allowed everyday people from the US and around the world to invest in small US businesses through public crowdfunding campaigns,” StartEngine’s website states.
San Diego-based restaurant analyst John Gordon said the Orlando restaurant’s longevity is a great sign, as many independent restaurants close or change hands after three years.
“There’s always risk in investing in new restaurant concepts,” Gordon said.
He added site selection will be extremely important during the growth as vegan options do better in urban neighborhoods. The business should make sure rent costs are not too high, Gordon said, and selling online also will be important to reach younger customers.
The expansion is coming at a time when consumers are gravitating towards healthy food. Plant-based sandwiches were one of the top 10 trends for 2022 in a forecast survey from the National Restaurant Association of more than 350 professional chefs with the American Culinary Federation.
Dharma Southern Kitchen is cooking up traditionally well-loved dishes, said Jonathan Judy, a chef instructor at University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
“They’re taking cuisine that at least historically would have always had a lot of meat, a lot of fat, a lot of dairy and turning those things into plant-based versions that aren’t just OK, or fine, but are delicious,” Judy said.
Noonan has seen non-meat options at restaurants evolve from 20 years ago, when it might have been just carrot sticks and hummus.
“It wasn’t a respected cuisine at all,” Noonan said. “That has completely flipped itself over.”
That idea was echoed by Judy.
“I think it’s interesting because vegan cuisine used to be extremely boutique,” Judy said. “Vegetables used to be side dishes. Now they’re moving to the center of the plate.”
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The final test before the big cooking competition came down to packing. Could the team from Wekiva High School stuff into their suitcases most of the equipment needed to cook a three-course meal?
Yes, they could, and Monday the three 11th graders, along with their teacher and a chaperone, flew to Houston to compete in the finals of NASA-sponsored student culinary contest. Each student took two suitcases, one packed with an assortment of bowls, cake molds, cutting boards, knives, measuring cups, mixers and sauté pans.
They will shop for their ingredients Tuesday and compete Wednesday as a Top 10 finalist. The three teenagers will cook tandoori chicken, curried vegetables and a “lemon dream cake” for NASA’s judges, hoping their spread is tasty and meets all the strict nutritional requirements of a pre-flight, quarantine meal for astronauts.
“I think it’s really fun, honestly,” said Erick Hendrickson, 17, as the Wekiva trio did a final practice run of their meal after school Friday. “We like food, and we like NASA because it’s cool.”
Erick, Nicholas Eberle, 17, and Travis Grider, 18, all expect to be nervous when they start prepping their food Wednesday morning.
“I’m worried about messing up a step,” said Travis, who is in charge of the curry.
Nicholas, in charge of dessert, said he worried the centers of individual cakes might fall once taken from the oven but quickly reminded himself that if they do, “It’s fixable.”
Erick said they were nervous during the preliminary competition, too, but those feelings eased as they focused on cooking. He expects that will happen Wednesday. “After a while, you calm down,” he said.
The NASA Hunch Culinary Challenge initially involved about 90 high school teams from across the country tasked with creating three recipes that met the agency’s nutritional guidelines, tasted good and could be cooked in two-and-a-half hours. The Wekiva team won its regional competition, then earned one of 10 spots in the finals after regional winners’ recipes were judged by experts at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Chris Bates, director of the magnet academy of culinary arts at Wekiva, said the three teenagers first won an in-school competition to form Wekiva’s team for the NASA contest.
All are “very, very passionate” about honing their culinary skills, he said.
“It’s amazing what they’re doing. They should be really proud,” said Rheanna Schaffer, a pastry sous chef at Walt Disney World, who mentors students in Wekiva’s program.
Schaffer and another Disney chef were on campus Friday afternoon helping the team in its final practice. Each student had one dish he was chiefly responsible for but all helped out as needed.
“You’re an hour in,” Bates said, looking at a time.
By then, the chicken was marinating and the vegetables were cooking.
“You’ll have to get the cake in the oven fast,” Bates added.
Culinary competitions build enthusiasm for the academic program, just as school competitions in other fields do, said Bates, a former executive chef now in his eighth year at the Orange County high school.
And the culinary arts program, with more than 320 students enrolled, provides teenagers with academics coupled with hands-on skills, valuable even if they do not pursue a culinary career.
“The world of culinary arts is a catalyst, a laboratory if you will, for teaching life skills,” Bates added.
His students, he said, must learn to be organized, hold to a schedule and deal with customers and co-workers.
The NASA contest required learning about the nutrition of pre-flight meals, writing a report and calculating whether they’d kept to the required calories, fat grams and sodium levels.
And the sodium levels proved tricky, Bates said, as they were very low.
The students settled on Indian dishes thinking the strong flavors would help make up for a lack of salt.
They tried and abandoned a fish dish. “That didn’t work,” Erick said with a shake of his head.
All three students said they signed up for a culinary class as an elective in ninth grade because they needed something to fill out their schedules.
“I like doing food,” Nicholas said, with a laugh. “A lot of kids think like that.”
But all got hooked, and Nicholas now wants to become a pastry chef.
A win at the NASA competition could mean a scholarship to a culinary school. But if they don’t win, they’ll still enjoy a tour of some NASA facilities and the chance to once again show what they can do in a kitchen.
“It’s been a really cool experience,” Bates said.
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A sunny afternoon at the beach for a young boy ended when a shark swam up in water only a few feet deep and bit his foot, Delray Beach Fire Rescue officials said Monday.
The adolescent boy and two friends were standing in below-knee-deep water in Highland Beach, between Delray Beach and Boca Raton, when a shark about four feet long quickly swam toward him, bit his foot and swam off, said Dani Moschella, Delray Beach Fire Rescue spokesperson.
Fire rescue officials found the boy in the 3000 block of South Ocean Boulevard about 4 p.m. and bandaged the “small but deep” cut underneath his big toe, Moschella said.
He was taken to Bethesda Hospital in good condition but will likely need stitches, Moschella said.
Though Florida has consistently ranked first worldwide in the number of shark bites each year for decades, they are still rare, according to bites tracked by the Florida Museum of Natural History. In 2021, 28 people were bitten by sharks, with two people being bitten in Miami-Dade County, one in Broward and one in Palm Beach County.
The majority of shark bites worldwide in 2021 happened to people surfing or participating in board sports, according to the museum’s International Shark Attack File, while people swimming or wading made up 39% of the bites.
Palm Beach County beaches have seen just 81 “ confirmed unprovoked” bites in nearly 150 years, the museum’s data shows. There have been 16 in Broward County and 19 in Miami-Dade.
The majority of shark attacks happen in shallow waters, the museum’s website says, usually near sandbars where they feed or stay during low tide. “Hit and run” bites, where the shark bites a swimmer or surfer, swims off and doesn’t return, are the most common type of bite and are likely “cases of mistaken identity” caused by a shark’s poor visibility in the waters, according to the museum.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s website on sharing the waters with sharks says they come closer to shore in the spring and summer months, making the height of shark activity April through October, but the odds of an attack are still rare. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-shark-bite-highland-beach-20220411-r4eev335gbdmzphny47btfbpli-story.html | 2022-04-12T12:38:43 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-shark-bite-highland-beach-20220411-r4eev335gbdmzphny47btfbpli-story.html |
A sizable alligator didn’t need a crosswalk to make its way across a Florida road last week in video,
The video recorded by Daniel Kaufman and distributed on several media outlets shows what he said looked like a “10-footer” making its way across the street in Sarasota on April 7.
“Look at this beast,” he said. “It’s like a 10-footer. Holy cow. ‘Sup Bro? You go under my truck? He’s under my truck. It’s official. He is under the truck.”
The alligator was missing its front left foot, but that didn’t stop it from at one point scampering quickly across the road.
Kaufman said it felt like the alligator moved his truck once it was under it. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-alligator-crosses-florida-road-20220412-h5omvk5i2feq3g6cf34bhab5iu-story.html | 2022-04-12T12:38:49 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-alligator-crosses-florida-road-20220412-h5omvk5i2feq3g6cf34bhab5iu-story.html |
A calico kitten survived a scary ride stuck in a car wheel in Florida.
Palatka police officers were flagged down by a motorist on April 8 after the driver “heard a weird noise coming from the car,” according to a post on the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
Images show the “scaredy cat” shoehorned into the inside wheel well “that was too petrified to come out.”
The sheriff’s office fleet manager arrived on scene and was able to pull the tire off the car safely to pull the cat out, the post said.
Sheriff’s deputies then brought the kitten to county animal control, where officials gave the cat the nickname, “Trooper.” | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-florida-kitten-stuck-in-car-wheel-20220412-u4p6insznrgozans7pea2zzumu-story.html | 2022-04-12T12:38:55 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-florida-kitten-stuck-in-car-wheel-20220412-u4p6insznrgozans7pea2zzumu-story.html |
NASA has faced and overcome several issues in its attempts to perform a wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis I moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center in the last two weeks, but a 3-inch valve that’s not easy to get to is forcing it to shift plans to finish the job.
NASA officials outlined a modified approach to the two-day tanking and countdown simulation set to begin Tuesday afternoon with its “call to stations.” The roughly 46-hour test will run through all the preparations needed as if it were launch day for the massive 322-foot-tall combination of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule sitting on the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39-B.
Original plans called for NASA filling and draining of the core stage and upper stages with 730,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
Because of a 3-inch helium check valve that caused issues with pressure to the upper stages of the SLS, specifically the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage powered by one Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine, NASA is going to skip the full tanking of that upper stage.
“We have a faulty device in the system, and that’s caused us to use caution,” said John Blevins, NASA’s SLS chief engineer on a Monday call. “The whole point of wet dress is to decrease risk.”
The valve in question is normally reliable, but its location makes it difficult to check on the launch pad, so mission managers have opted to cut out part of the test, and just wait until the hardware is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to get up and see what the issue is with that valve.
Until then, this modified wet dress rehearsal will still attempt to complete the core stage tanking, which along with the solid rocket boosters will be provided 8.8 million pounds of thrust on liftoff when Artemis I finally does launch.
The new lunar rocket was rolled out to the pad in March in anticipation of the test, but two attempts on April 3 and 4 were scrubbed because of a variety of issues, mostly tied to pressure from the mobile launcher in its connections to the rocket.
This new valve issue was discovered in preparations for an attempt this past weekend that forced NASA to delay to this week. The valve’s purpose is to only allow liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction, and that wasn’t happening.
With confidence it can replace the valve, and perform only minimal testing on the upper stage, which won’t be ignited until in orbit, NASA opted to move forward with the launch pad test.
“The mega moon rocket is in great shape, " said Tom Whitmeyer, deputy associate administrator for common exploration systems development. “We’re treating it very carefully, and therefore we’re going to limit a few of the objectives that were coming up on Thursday.”
After its completion Thursday afternoon, NASA will need about 10 days before it rolls the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to further go through data, and then potentially set a launch date this summer.
The next possible windows for launch are from May 7-21, June 6-16 and June 29-July 12 and July 26-Aug. 9.
“The team has worked through a number of challenges so far ... and has handled each and every one of them with grace under pressure,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager. “I can say that these will probably not be the last challenges we’ll encounter, but I’m confident we have the right team and place, and the ability to rally around those problems and overcome them.”
Artemis I is an uncrewed flight that will send Orion farther into space than any other human-rated spacecraft has ever traveled — 280,000 miles away, which is 40,000 miles beyond the moon. The SLS rocket will surpass the power of the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo program, producing 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
The mission could last either four or six weeks when Orion returns to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of California.
Originally to have launched in 2016, the SLS and Orion hardware have seen numerous cost and production delays, which have had a domino effect on future Artemis missions.
NASA now plans the crewed Artemis II flight, which will take humans in an orbit around the moon without landing, no earlier than May 2024. The Artemis III mission, which would use a Human Landing System, contracted to SpaceX using a version of its Starship spacecraft, will bring two astronauts, including the first woman, to the lunar surface. That mission is now planned for no earlier than 2025. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-nasa-tanking-test-valve-issue-20220412-tjyod6t2wvgbnddn3qgapn4kiq-story.html | 2022-04-12T12:39:02 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-nasa-tanking-test-valve-issue-20220412-tjyod6t2wvgbnddn3qgapn4kiq-story.html |
The South Florida Sun Sentinel continues its 10-part series looking at the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft (April 28-30) with tight ends. The class has several prospects that should be drafted. With their first pick at No. 102, the Miami Dolphins will likely be able to find a formidable prospect that can compete for a role with either their late-third-round pick or their fourth-round selection.
Colorado State’s Trey McBride
McBride, who caught 164 passes for 2,100 yards and scored 10 touchdowns, has elite ball skills and the quickness needed to get open against NFL linebackers. He goes hard as a blocker, which gives him a chance to be a three-down tight end. But he has average speed and isn’t elusive with the ball in his hands, which will likely keep him out of the first round.
Ohio State’s Jeremy Ruckert
This well-rounded tight end was under utilized in the Buckeyes offense, where he only caught 54 passes for 615 yards and 12 touchdowns in his four seasons. He’s a high-motor player who can handle in-line blocking and is athletic enough to pull away from defenders.
Wisconsin’s Jake Ferguson
Ferguson is a reliable, sure-handed target who could use some refining in his route running and in-line blocking. He’s caught 145 passes for 1,618 yards and 13 touchdowns in the 47 games he’s played the past four seasons. He’s got soft hands, and has the talent to be more than a get-in-the-way blocker for the right scheme.
UCLA’s Greg Dulcich
Dulcich flashes the ability to pressure defenses vertically, and has the savvy route running needed to excel in the NFL. He excelled in his last two seasons at UCLA, playing in a Chip Kelly offense, catching 68 passes in 18 games, and turning them into 1,242 yards and a touchdown.
Coastal Carolina Isaiah Likely
Likely is a well-coordinated athlete who has the potential to become a dangerous seam threat playmaker in the right offense. Last season he caught 59 passes for 912 yards and scored 12 touchdowns, but there should be some concern about the level of competition he’s faced. He’s undersized for his position (6-4, 245), but a willing blocker.
Best of the rest
At one point Texas A&M’s Jalen Wydermyer was viewed as the best tight end in this draft class, but his unimpressive combine numbers have cooled off the hype surrounding him. It’s possible that he could play better than he tests. Iowa State’s Charlie Kolar, Washington’s Cade Otton, UAB’s Gerrit Prince, San Jose State’s Derrick Deese Jr., and Nevada’s Cole Turner could carve out respectable NFL careers for themselves.
Class grade: C-
There is no Kyle Pitts in the 2022 crop of tight ends, but there are a handful of players who could become Day 1 starters, and another handful that might put together respectable 4- to 8-year NFL careers. Surprisingly, this class of tight ends features more likable in-line talents who simply need a decent investment.
Teams in need
Very few teams desperately need tight end upgrades this year, which could make this the perfect year to acquire one in Day 2 and stash him away for a season or two. The Commanders, Vikings, Texans, Broncos all have a glaring needs and could add another piece.
Dolphins’ focus
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The Dolphins ensured that the tight end room remained intact this offseason when Mike Gesicki received the franchise tag, and Durham Smythe signed a two-year deal worth $7 million. That means Hunter Long, a 2022 third-round pick, must find a way to push for playing time, if not a starting role. Adam Shaheen is still around, providing versatility. If the Dolphins do select a tight end it will likely be in later rounds. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-draft-kelly-te-20220412-bwnwhaiz2jh4zf7vsdavae2vei-story.html | 2022-04-12T12:39:08 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-draft-kelly-te-20220412-bwnwhaiz2jh4zf7vsdavae2vei-story.html |
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he'll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer as his administration tries to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia's war with Ukraine.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow widespread sale of 15% ethanol blend that is usually prohibited between June 1 and Sept. 15 because of concerns that it adds to smog in high temperatures.
Senior Biden administration officials said the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at 2,300 gas stations. Industry groups say most of those stations are in the Midwest and the South, including Texas.
Biden is to announce the move at a biofuel company in Menlo, west of Des Moines. Iowa is the country's largest producer of corn, key to producing ethanol.
The waiver is another effort to help ease global energy markets that have been rocked since Russia invaded Ukraine. Last month, the president announced the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve over the next six months. His administration said that has helped to slightly reduce gas prices lately, after they climbed to an average of about $4.23 a gallon by the end of March, compared with $2.87 at the same time a year ago, according to AAA.
Members of Congress from both parties, as well as industry groups, had urged Biden to grant the E15 waiver.
"Homegrown Iowa biofuels provide a quick and clean solution for lowering prices at the pump and bolstering production would help us become energy independent once again, said Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. He was among nine Republican and seven Democratic senators from Midwestern states who sent Biden a letter last month urging him to allow year-round E15 sales.
The trip will be Biden's first as president to Iowa, where his 2020 presidential campaign limped to a fourth-place finish in the state's technologically glitchy caucus.
After bouncing back to win the Democratic nomination, Biden returned for a rally at the Iowa state fairgrounds four days before Election Day 2020, only to see Donald Trump win the state by 8 percentage points.
Biden heads back to the state at a moment when he's facing yet more political peril. He's saddled with sagging approval ratings and inflation at a 40-year high while his party faces the prospect of big midterm election losses that could cost it control of Congress.
The president also planned to promote his economic plans to help rural families struggling with higher costs, while highlighting the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law enacted last fall. The law includes money to improve internet access, as well as for modernizing wastewater systems, reducing flooding threats and improving roads and bridges, drinking water and electric grids in sparsely populated areas.
"Part of it is showing up in communities of all sizes, regardless of the results of the last election," said Jesse Harris, who was a senior adviser to Biden's 2020 campaign in Iowa and directed get out the vote and early voting efforts for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008.
Harris said most presidents who visit Iowa typically go to the state's largest cities. Hitting an area like Menlo, part of Guthrie County, which backed Trump over Biden by 35 percentage points in 2020, "does speak to the importance the administration places on infrastructure broadly but also infrastructure in rural and smaller communities."
The Biden administration plans to spend the coming weeks pushing billions of dollars in funding for rural areas. Cabinet members and other senior officials will travel the country to help communities get access to money available as part of the infrastructure package.
"The president is not making this trip through a political prism," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. "He's making this trip because Iowa is a rural state in the country that would benefit greatly from the president's policies."
Still, administration officials have long suggested that Biden travel more to promote an economy that is rebounding from the setbacks of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of Americans collecting unemployment has fallen to the lowest levels since 1970, for example.
But much of the positive jobs news nationally has been overshadowed by surging gas, food and housing prices that have pushed consumer inflation to 7.9% over the past year ending in February. That's the sharpest spike since 1982. Inflation figures for March, due out Tuesday, are likely to bring more bad news for the Biden administration.
"Maybe a trip back to Iowa will be just what Joe Biden needs to understand what his reckless spending, big government policies are doing to our country," Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said in a statement.
After Iowa, Biden will visit Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday.
Psaki blamed Russia's war in Ukraine for helping to drive up gas prices and said the administration expects the consumer price index for March to be "extremely elevated" in large part because of it.
The EPA has lifted seasonal restrictions on E15 in the past, including after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Trump administration allowed for selling E15 in the summer months two years later but had the rule struck down by a federal appeals court.
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Associated Press writer Matthew Daly contributed to this report.
E15 Gas: Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol.
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The government's consumer price index being released Tuesday is expected to show that prices shot up 8.4% from 12 months earlier, according to economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet. That would mark the fastest year-over-year inflation since December 1981. And it would surpass the 7.9% 12-month increase in February, which itself set a 40-year high.
Economists have also forecast that from February to March, consumer prices jumped 1.1%. That would be the sharpest month-to-month jump since 2005.
The March numbers will be the first the capture the full surge in gasoline prices that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Moscow's brutal attacks have triggered far-reaching Western sanctions against the Russian economy and have disrupted global food and energy markets. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gasoline - $4.11 - is up 44% from a year ago, though it has fallen back in the past couple of weeks.
The escalation of energy prices has led to higher transportation costs for the shipment of goods and components across the economy, which, in turn, has contributed to higher prices for consumers.
"The war in Ukraine has complicated the inflation outlook,'' noted Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington Trust.
Economists point out that since the economy emerged from the depths of the pandemic, consumers have been gradually broadening their spending beyond goods to include more services. A result is that high inflation, which at first had reflected mainly a shortage of goods - from cars and furniture to electronics and sports equipment - has been gradually emerging in services, too, like travel, health care and entertainment.
If the March price figures come in as expected, they will solidify expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates aggressively in the coming months to try to slow borrowing and spending and tame high inflation. The financial markets, in fact, now foresee much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as last month.
The central bank's rate increases will make loans sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses. Mortgage rates, in particular, though not directly influenced by the Fed, have rocketed higher in recent weeks, making home buying more expensive. Many economists say they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and might end up acting so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
For now, the economy as a whole remains solid, with unemployment near 50-year lows and job openings near record highs. Still, rocketing inflation, with its impact on Americans' daily lives, is posing a political threat to President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies as they seek to keep control of Congress in November's midterm elections.
Economists generally express doubt that even the sharp rate hikes that are expected from the Fed will manage to reduce inflation anywhere near the central bank's 2% annual target by the end of this year. Tilley, Wilmington Trust economist, said he expects year-over-year consumer inflation to still be 4.5% by the end of 2020. Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he had forecast a much lower 3% rate.
In Tuesday's government report, even excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation for the past 12 months is expected to have hit 6.6%, according to the FactSet survey. That would be the biggest such year-over-year jump since August 1982.
Inflation, which had been largely under control for four decades, began to accelerate last spring as the U.S. and global economies rebounded with unexpected speed and strength from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession that began in the spring of 2020.
The recovery, fueled by huge infusions of government spending and super-low interest rates, caught businesses by surprise, forcing them to scramble to meet surging customer demand. Factories, ports and freight yards struggled to keep up, leading to chronic shipping delays and price spikes.
Critics also blame, in part, the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion March 2021 stimulus program, which included $1,400 relief checks for most households, for helping overheat an already sizzling economy.
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City Council could discuss an item from its Tuesday meeting that critics say will turn a portion of Campus Corner into a bar district.
The owner of Logie’s on the Corner, at 796 Asp Avenue, will ask the council to approve a special use permit that the owner says will not change its operations as a restaurant and bar, but to ensure compliance with city and licensing requirements, a staff report states.
The law regarding food and bar ratios changed in 2018 and Logie’s request would allow them to “without being concerned about the ratio of food to alcohol sales,” the staff report reads.
Following the implementation of new alcohol laws in October 2018, 35% or more of monthly gross sales must be attributable to food items to be considered a restaurant. Prior to that date, restaurants needed to prove 50% or greater sales of food, but low point beer was included as food.
Logie’s owner Joe Bendetti said last month that the restaurant has operated a full kitchen and menu since 2005. Bendetti pointed out that the new law would allow him to avoid an annual audit.
The Planning Commission approved his request 4-1, with Commissioner Steven McDaniel voting against it last month. He wanted to view Logie’s sales to see the number of times in a year it did or did not meet the 35% food sales requirement.
Residents and business owners claimed during a predevelopment meeting that Logie’s could “eliminate a full menu if they chose to do so,” and effectively turn it into a bar.
Rainey Powell protested the request when he cited concerns it would turn the area into a bar district. Powell owns a large tract of land across from Campus Corner.
The agenda packet shows her letter and additional people have protested the request in writing, including the owners of MB Realty James Miller and Deana Burger, Balfour of Norman owner Jerry Hatter, L&E Webb owner Michael Webb, Gayle Welcher, 753 Asp owner Keith McCabe and Juneanne Murphy.
Hideaway Pizza CEO Brent Murphy claimed in his letter that “four other restaurants on Campus Corner will seek similar special uses from the City” if Logie’s is approved.
The item is being heard on the consent agenda as a formality known as “first reading” which makes the item an official to be discussed by council on a second or third reading when the applicant and the public can make comment. It was not known if the council intended to pull the item to discuss it ahead of its vote on the consent agenda.
Other business
Councilors will also vote on a contract to purchase 3101 Silverado Way ahead of water improvement projects in the city’s 2060 Strategic Water Plan (SWSP). The purchase amount is $450,000.
The property would be used for a potential second raw water tank as a gravity-fed raw water body, a solids dewatering enhancement to separate filter backwash and solids and a direct potable reuse blending facility to mix “finished” water with recycled water from the reclamation facility. It could also serve a staging area for construction crews, according to the staff report.
The council will decide if it will grant an exception to a construction ban on development in the Center City Form Based Code area for St. John’s Episcopal Church.
The city’s center code committee is reviewing the code until June 1. The city has banned all construction until then, but council can grant an appeal to an applicant.
The church wants to demolish a detached garage on a 7,500-square-foot lot, the staff report reads.
Ahead of a future contract with Factory Obscura to lease or purchase a city owned building at 101 W. Gray, the city has been tasked to find a new location for its facilities maintenance division. The maintenance division currently occupies this space.
Factory Obscura operates an Oklahoma City location and intends to open one in Norman.
The council agreed to let the city pursue negotiations with the interactive art company in November.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first online matchmaking event of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), which also marked the official launch of the Canton Fair "Trade Bridge" promotion events for its 131st session, kicked off on April 7. The event connected leading multinational companies from five Nordic countries online with Chinese pioneering manufacturers and manufacturing bases.
The event was joined by more than 120 officials and business professionals, including Chu Shijia, Secretary General and Vice President of Canton Fair, Director-General of China Foreign Trade Centre, Han Xiaodong, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden, Simon, CEO of Sweden Bugge Group, Guo Zhiyao, Deputy General Manager of Bank of China (Europe) S.A.
Buyers at the event have had the opportunity to directly meet Chinese home appliance industry bases and leading companies from Shunde, Guangdong and Hefei, Anhui. Shunde, which specializes in white appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines and stoves, is one of the largest home appliance manufacturing bases and export bases in China. Companies in Anhui, on the other hand, present a comprehensive industrial chain from research and development, production, sales, and logistics to supporting businesses.
Chu Shijia noted that the 131st Canton Fair, which will be held from April 15 to 24, gathers 25,000 quality companies from China and abroad, including 5,300 time-honored brands, national technology centers, and award-winning companies that focus on innovation, development and pioneering technology.
Canton Fair continues its effort in promoting international trade
The trade volume between China and the EU reached a record high at 828.1 billion USD in 2021 and 137.1 billion USD in the first two months of 2022. Last year, the trade volume between China and Sweden also reached a record high at 20.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 17 percent.
Han Xiaodong valued the Canton Fair as one of China's important trade platforms, with efforts contributing to promoting bilateral trade. He encouraged Nordic companies to seize the business opportunities at the Canton Fair and through its matchmaking events.
Simon noted that he has witnessed more Nordic companies exploring the Chinese market, and more Chinese smart manufacturers entering Nordic countries. He spoke highly of the innovative approach of hosting the Canton Fair online and believed that this move provided a high-quality platform to help boost trade and tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Trade Bridge" virtual promotion boosts business efficiency
Canton Fair set up one-on-one negotiations based on needs and sectors for buyers from leading international companies and Chinese suppliers to reduce sourcing costs and improve efficiency. Finnish Kesko Group buyers said that they have effectively found suppliers and new products through extended channels.
Moving forward, this Canton Fair will host 50 matchmaking events in its key markets, inviting companies and industry buyers to connect with Chinese industrial clusters, so that companies around the world can share business opportunities and promote high-quality development of international trade.
Visit https://www.cantonfair.org.cn/en-US/register/index#/foreign-email for more opportunities.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 131st China Import and Export Fair ("Canton Fair"), launching online on April 15, will once again be joined by official mascots, "Bee" and "Honey", providing buyers and participants with an immersive experience through a range of live streams on the Fair's social media channels.
The "Bee and Honey" virtual tour was first launched at the last Canton Fair with eight virtual tour activities connecting buyers with exhibitors, bringing a shopping festival feeling for businesses unable to make it in person. Activities were widely welcomed as buyers were able to find potential suppliers and raise inquiries during the tour.
"We have fully upgraded 'Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey' activities. In the 131st session, the events will break the barrier of time and space and enable our followers to enjoy the feast of China's smart manufacturing through our social media accounts. These virtual tours are a new model that enable both parties in international trade to boost negotiations and transactions, improving their business efficiency," said Alan Liu, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair.
Bee and Honey to discover quality manufacturers across different sectors
Bee and Honey will discover signature products that will be released from quality suppliers, while at the same time exploring the latest technology from small and medium-sized enterprises that have value-added products, innovative development capability and great market potential. Buyers can have quick access to products they are interested in and interact with suppliers.
30 trade groups registered for the virtual tour from provinces such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hebei, Guangxi and Shandong. About 500 companies signed up from sectors including electronics and home appliances, health care, consumer goods, textiles and clothing, vehicles and accessories, office supplies and luggage, bathroom supplies and baby products. 31 quality suppliers and one foreign trade transformation and upgrading base have been selected to participate in the eight themed events this session.
Themed events will explore smart homes and other leading technologies, personal care for COVID-19 prevention, green travel to enable a low-carbon environment, baby care for happier growth, quality craftmanship, lifestyle in a limited space, fashion trends and office essentials.
Accessibility empowered across social platforms
The activities will be accessible through eight of Canton Fair's channels including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, VK and Pinterest. The tours will feature corporate interviews, product representations, factory demonstrations, process and craftmanship introductions, and lucky draws to showcase comprehensive content from China's intelligent manufacturers to buyers around the world.
To enable further market outreach and connect more quality resources and networks for buyers, the event will be launched in countries and areas that have large market needs to encourage more direct inquiries at the Fair and to share market opportunities brought by Chinese companies.
Visit https://www.cantonfair.org.cn/en-US/register/index#/foreign-email for more opportunities.
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CHICAGO , April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 20/20 Foresight is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, 2020-4.com. The site was redesigned to better reflect 20/20 Foresight's innovative executive search services and extensive consulting expertise, as well as to improve user experience.
The site features a detailed overview of 20/20's unique executive search capabilities as well as robust consulting practice including Compensation Consulting, Executive Coaching, Career Coaching, Leadership Assessments, Litigation Consulting, and Succession Planning. It enables clients to better understand 20/20's sophisticated technology platform and data-centric process. The site also features 20/20's new CLEAR score, a proprietary method for evaluating candidates.
"This new site reflects our relentless drive for innovation and our commitment to our clients to provide a transparent, thoughtful, and streamlined search process," commented Bob Cavoto, Founder and Managing Director Emeritus.
Robert Peck, Managing Principal, added, "Over the last two years, 20/20 has grown — strategically hiring professionals to strengthen our internal organization, adding additional offices to expand our market presence, and investing in technology to enhance our capabilities. We felt it was important to redesign our site to reflect this growth and continuing commitment to client experience."
20/20 Foresight Executive Search invites visitors to explore the website and learn more about its focused expertise in real estate, financial services, and professional services. Users will also have the opportunity to review hundreds of recently completed searches so that they can see for themselves how 20/20 Foresight has helped companies around the country find leaders who have taken their organizations to the next level.
About 20/20 Foresight Executive Search 20/20 Foresight Executive Search was founded in 1994 to provide an unparalleled recruitment experience. The company's team features career consultants who are experts in real estate, financial services, and professional services. 20/20 Foresight leverages a proven recruitment process, proprietary tools and techniques, and the industry's best database, resulting in a 95 percent success rate in placements. 20/20 Foresight Executive Search was ranked by Forbes as one of "America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms 2021," an honor it has held for the last five years.
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alleghany Corporation (NYSE:Y) today announced that it will release its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 after the market closes on Thursday, May 5, 2022. In conjunction with the release, Alleghany will post its financial supplement to the company's website at www.alleghany.com.
About Alleghany Corporation
Alleghany Corporation owns and supports operating subsidiaries and manages investments, anchored by a core position in property and casualty reinsurance and insurance. Alleghany's property and casualty subsidiaries include: Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a leading global reinsurer; RSUI Group, Inc., which underwrites wholesale specialty insurance coverages; and CapSpecialty, Inc., an underwriter of specialty casualty and surety insurance coverages. Alleghany's subsidiary Alleghany Capital Corporation owns and supports a diverse portfolio of eight non-financial businesses.
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AFR is Piloting Its New All-Cash Offer Program in New Jersey, Florida, and Texas Before a National Rollout
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Financial Resources, Inc. (AFR) is pleased to announce its newest program, eCASH Home Financing, which aims to give borrowers the buying power of an essentially all-cash offer in today's competitive market and help create equal opportunity for traditional and first-time homebuyers currently searching for their dream home. The program is initially available for brokers via AFR Wholesale and realtors and consumers via eLEND in New Jersey, Florida, and Texas, with plans to expand nationwide.
Buyers who use the eCASH program benefit from a contract addendum that ensures AFR's program partner will buy the house if the buyer is unable to close due to a covered reason and that the seller will receive the approved purchase price regardless of the appraised value. This is made possible through AFR's substantial technology and personnel investments
"AFR's mission has always been to enable qualified applicants to own their own home, and when low inventory and low interest rates were combined with more Americans wanting to move to the suburbs than ever before, our team knew that new programs like this one would need to be created to continue to make our mission a reality," says Bill Packer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, American Financial Resources, Inc. "By introducing this eCASH program, we reinforce our vow to make closing on a dream home possible."
To ensure this program reaches borrowers and traditional home buyers during a time when housing inventory is at an all-time low and cash offers are crowding out traditional financing, AFR Wholesale and the consumer-facing brand, eLEND, have made the process simple for brokers, realtors, and consumers. Buyers will connect with an approved mortgage professional and realtor before being pre-approved for their mortgage. Once they find their dream home, make an offer, and have that offer approved by an AFR program partner, they will receive an addendum to the purchase contract which includes the proof of funds that certifies that the program partner will close on the deal if a covered circumstance arises.
For mortgage brokers looking to learn more about this program or express interest in trialing it in another state, visit https://info.afrwholesale.com/ecash.html. Realtors or consumers looking for more information can visit https://info.elend.com/ecash.html.
About American Financial Resources, Inc.
American Financial Resources, Inc. (AFR) offers a comprehensive array of residential mortgage products to meet a variety of financing needs. AFR is a leading FHA 203(k) lender for sponsored originations and an innovator in construction and renovation lending. AFR utilizes the latest technology and delivers educational resources to correspondent lenders, mortgage brokers, loan originators and consumers. American Financial Resources, Inc. is an Equal Housing Lender and Equal Opportunity Employer. Lender NMLS 2826 at www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. For more information, visit www.afrcorp.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Aris Gold Corporation (Aris Gold or the Company) (TSX: ARIS) ( OTCQX: ALLXF) announces that, further to the Company's news release of March 21, 2022, it has closed the acquisition of a 20% joint venture interest in the Soto Norte gold project in Colombia, with the option to acquire a further 30% interest. Aris Gold has also upsized the existing precious metals stream at the 100%-owned Marmato Mine by $65 million and arranged a $35 million debenture (the Debenture) that is convertible into common shares of Aris Gold at a conversion price of US$1.75 (approximately C$2.211).
Aris Gold CEO Neil Woodyer stated: "Soto Norte is a large-scale gold project that is well-aligned with our core strengths as mine operators in Colombia. The construction of Soto Norte is expected to follow the expansion of our 100%-owned Marmato gold mine in Colombia. We look forward to engaging with the Soto Norte communities and developing a mine that implements sustainable mining practices to ensure protection of the environment and the local ecosystem."
- Soto Norte hosts Indicated mineral resources of 8.5 million ounces (Moz) of gold and Inferred mineral resources of 3.6 Moz of gold
- Soto Norte Feasibility Study2 demonstrates production of over 450,000 gold ounces per year at average AISC of $471/oz from 5.0 Moz Mineral Reserve
- Aris Gold will provide a new and informed approach to environmental permitting: Following detailed technical feedback from the Colombian environmental regulatory authority (ANLA) in 2021, drafting of a new Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) commenced and will include a robust Quality Assurance and Quality Control process for regulatory compliance. As operator, Aris Gold's team will contribute its knowledge and experience as well as provide a respectful licensing process with its local stakeholders.
- Social development opportunities: Soto Norte will be a significant project for the local and regional communities, providing employment and skills training for up to 1,800 construction contractors and up to 940 full time operations personnel, and a strategy to procure goods and services from the regional community.
To strengthen its financial position, Aris Gold has amended the existing $110 million precious metals stream at the Marmato mine with Wheaton Precious Metals International to increase the aggregate total funding amount by $65 million to $175 million, with $15 million received by Aris Gold at closing of the transaction and (ii) $50 million payable during the construction and development of the new Lower Mine.
In addition, Aris Gold has issued, through its wholly owned subsidiary Aris Gold Acquisition Corp., a $35 million convertible senior unsecured Debenture to GCM Mining Corp. (GCM Mining - TSX:GCM) (the Issuance). At any time after 12 months from closing, the Debenture is convertible, in whole or in part, into 20,000,000 common shares of Aris Gold (Aris Common Shares) at a conversion price of US$1.75 per Aris Common Share. The Debenture pays interest monthly with an annualized coupon of 7.5%. The ability of GCM Mining to fully execute its conversion rights under the Debenture is subject to disinterested Aris Gold shareholder approval at the next annual meeting of shareholders, which will be held on June 3, 2022.
The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Pamela De Mark, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration of Aris Gold, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Aris Gold is a Canadian mining company listed on the TSX under the symbol ARIS and on the OTCQX under the symbol ALLXF. The Company is led by an executive team with a demonstrated track record of creating value through building globally relevant gold mining companies. In Colombia, Aris Gold operates the 100%-owned Marmato mine, where a modernization and expansion program is under way, and operates the Soto Norte joint venture, where environmental licensing is advancing to develop a new gold mine. Aris Gold plans to pursue acquisition and other growth opportunities to unlock value creation from scale and diversification.
Additional information on Aris Gold, including the Soto Norte feasibility study, can be found at www.arisgold.com and www.sedar.com.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" or "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation statements relating to: the Soto Norte project; Aris Gold's relationship with local communities and the protection of the Soto Norte project's ecosystem; the new ESIA; the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders; the Feasibility Study; all-in sustaining costs; and statements related to the potential of the Soto Norte project are forward-looking. Generally, the forward-looking information and forward- looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "advancing", "become", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "forward", "intend", "plan", "potential" or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "could", "may", "might" or "will" or "would" be taken, "occur" or "be achieved".
Forward looking information and forward looking statements, while based on management's best estimates and assumptions, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Aris Gold to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or forward looking statements, including but not limited to: the ability of the Aris Gold management team to successfully integrate with the current operations, successful completion of the ESIA and receipt of approval from ANLA (including the Soto Norte 0095-68 mining license amendment and extension from the ANM), receipt of securities regulatory and stock exchange approvals, risks related to international operations, risks related to general economic conditions, uncertainties relating to operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, actual results of current exploration activities, availability of quality assets that will add scale, diversification and complement Aris Gold's growth trajectory; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; fluctuations in prices of metals including gold; the ability to convert mineral resources to mineral reserves; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, increases in market prices of mining consumables, risks associated with holding derivative instruments (such as credit risks, market liquidity risk and mark-to-market risk), possible variations in mineral reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; changes in national and local government legislation, taxation, controls, regulations, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada or Colombia, accidents and operations, labour disputes, title disputes, claims and limitations on insurance coverage and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals including obtaining required environmental and other licenses, or in the completion of development or construction activities, changes in national and local government regulation of mining operations, tax rules and regulations, and political and economic developments in countries in which the Company operates, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Aris Gold's most recent AIF available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Although Aris Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information or statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information or statements. The Company has and continues to disclose in its Management's Discussion and Analysis and other publicly filed documents, changes to material factors or assumptions underlying the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements and to the validity of the information, in the period the changes occur. The forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are made as of the date hereof and Aris Gold disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future results. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (Nasdaq: BKSC) announced unaudited earnings of $1,464,106 or $0.26 and $0.26 basic and diluted earnings per share, respectively, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 – a decrease of 19.11% from earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 of $1,810,075, or $0.33 and $0.32 basic and diluted earnings per share. Annualized returns on average assets and average equity for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were 0.88% and 11.24%, respectively, compared with March 31, 2021 annualized returns on average assets and average equity of 1.37% and 13.26%, respectively.
Fleetwood S. Hassell, President of the Bank of South Carolina, stated, "Less fee income from mortgage activity, diminishing fees from the PPP program, and razor thin margins have adversely impacted our first quarter bottom line. In spite of a changing rate environment and 40-year high inflation, loan demand seems to be improving and our reserve for loan losses is strong. Much of this has been anticipated, and we budgeted for the first quarter accordingly. Our challenge moving forward remains to deploy our excess liquidity into higher yielding assets. With recent Federal Reserve announcements, we believe higher rates are to be anticipated, which should improve our yield on loans, daily liquidity, and the reinvestment of maturing securities in our portfolio. We are pleased to be ahead of our profit plan to date."
The following table shows the balance sheet and income statement highlights:
About Bank of South Carolina Corporation
The Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company of The Bank of South Carolina ("The Bank"). The Bank is a South Carolina state-chartered bank with offices in Charleston, North Charleston, Summerville, Mt. Pleasant, and the West Ashley community and has been in continuous operation since 1987. Our website is www.banksc.com. Bank of South Carolina Corporation currently trades its common stock on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol "BKSC".
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Manage and track cookie consent to comply with privacy regulations and deliver data transparency to customers
NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading data intelligence platform that enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, security, and governance, today announced the release of cookie consent for BigID.me, a privacy-on-demand solution to manage data rights and preferences. Cookie consent enables organizations to comply with global privacy regulations by collecting user consent before tracking data.
Global privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), has made it mandatory for websites to capture consent from visitors and allow them to control their data privacy preferences. According to 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, 81% of consumers are less likely to shop with a brand or merchant in the future if they are not given the option to opt in or out of cookies when using their website or app.1 Consumers have become more aware of data privacy and expect transparency on what personal data is being collected and how it is being used.
BigID.me's cookie consent management allows organizations to build trust with customers and simplify global privacy compliance:
- Automate website scanning to manage and categorize third party cookies and trackers
- Customize the cookie banner with regulations by user location and language
- Store and track all records of consent for audits
"Despite the panic over the coming "cookiepocolypse", this sort of tracking is still a central component for any modern-day enterprise - and thus any privacy program," said Heather Federman, Chief Privacy Officer at BigID. "BigID.me enables privacy teams to simplify and centralize this process by having a one-stop for managing all consent preference capabilities."
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- Visit BigID at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. at Booth #311
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About BigID
BigID's data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, protection, and perspective. Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across their data landscape. BigID has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100, the 2021 Inc 5000 as the #19th fastest growing company and #1 in Security, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at https://bigid.com.
1451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, VoCUL: Connected Customer, Trust & Privacy – Insight Report August 2 2021
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Callinex Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Callinex") (TSXV: CNX) (OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce that, due to strong demand, it has increased the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (See News Release dated March 30, 2022) from C$4.22 million to C$6.24 million (the "Offering"). The Offering will be used to fund the ongoing drill campaign at the Rainbow Deposit, Pine Bay, Manitoba.
The Offering will now consist of (i) up to 453,446 hard dollar units (the "HD Units") at a price of C$3.11 per HD Unit (the "HD Offering Price") for gross proceeds of up to C$1,410,217; and (ii) up to 966,000 Manitoba flow-through units (the "FT Units") at a price of C$5.00 per FT Unit (the "MB FT Offering Price") for gross proceeds of up to $4,830,000.
Each HD Unit shall continue to consist of one common share and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant (each whole such common share purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each FT Unit shall consist of one flow-through common share and one-half of one transferrable Warrant to be issued on a non-flow-through basis. Each Warrant shall be exercisable into one additional common share (a "Warrant Share") for two (2) years from closing at an exercise price of C$4.75 per Warrant Share.
The Warrants will be subject to an acceleration cause whereby if at any time the volume-weighted average trading price of the common shares exceeds C$6.25 for a period of 15 consecutive trading days, the Company is entitled, as its option, to accelerate the expiry date of the Warrants by delivering written notice to the holders of the Warrants, to a date that is not less than 30 days after such notice is given.
The Company will pay finders a fee consisting of a cash and/or share purchase warrants of the Company.
The gross proceeds from the sale of FT Units will be used by the Company to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that will qualify as "flow-through mining expenditures" as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Qualifying Expenditures") related to the Pine Bay Project, Manitoba. All Qualifying Expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscribers of the Flow-Through Shares effective December 31, 2022. The net proceeds from the sale of the HD Units will be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
Callinex Mines Inc. (TSXV: CNX) (OTC: CLLXF) is advancing its portfolio of base and precious metals rich deposits located in established Canadian mining jurisdictions. The focus of the portfolio is highlighted by the rapidly expanding Rainbow Discovery at its rich VMS Pine Bay Project located near existing infrastructure in the Flin Flon Mining District. The second asset in the portfolio is the Nash Creek Project located in the VMS rich Bathurst Mining District of New Brunswick. A 2018 PEA generates a strong economic return with a pre-tax IRR of 34.1% (25.2% post-tax) and NPV8% of $230 million ($128 million post-tax) at $1.25 Zinc. The third asset, 100% owned Point Leamington Deposit in Newfoundland, is located in one of the richest VMS and Gold Districts in Canada. Callinex prepared a pit constrained Indicated Mineral Resource of 5.0 Mt grading 2.5 g/t AuEq for 402 koz AuEq (145.7 koz gold, 60.0 Mlb copper, 153.5 Mlb zinc, 2.0 Moz silver, 1.5 Mlb lead), an pit constrained Inferred Mineral Resource of 13.7 Mt grading 2.24 g/t AuEq for 986.5 koz AuEq (354.8 koz gold, 110.2 Mlb copper, 527.3 Mlb zinc, 6.2 Moz silver, 7.0 Mlb lead) and an out-of-pit Inferred Mineral Resource of 1.7 Mt grading 3.06 g/t AuEq for 168.5 koz AuEq (65.4 koz gold, 13.3 Mlb copper, 102.9 Mlb zinc, 1.4 Moz Ag, 2.6 Mlb lead).
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future expenditures. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, among others, the ability to complete the proposed drill program and the timing and amount of expenditures. Except as required under applicable securities laws, Callinex does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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Strategic acquisition accelerates Checkr's expansion into the small business segment, unlocks best-in-class products for businesses of all sizes
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Checkr, a leading HR technology company powering the future of work, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Inflection, whose flagship brand GoodHire is a leader in background checks for small businesses. This is Checkr's largest acquisition to date, enhancing its leadership in the background check industry. The transaction closed in April 2022.
This acquisition is a critical part of Checkr's expansion strategy in its fastest growing small-to-medium sized (SMB) business segment. GoodHire serves tens of thousands of customers in this segment. It was the first provider to offer a self-service background check solution, designed specifically for small businesses, featuring a 100% online experience, built-in compliance, an intuitive interface and excellent customer service.
Companies of all sizes now expect digital tooling and a great candidate experience to win the war for talent — the kind delivered by innovative gig companies like Uber and Doordash. With this acquisition, Checkr is positioned to bring an innovative, best-in-class software platform to customers of all sizes - now including small businesses as well.
"This acquisition is bringing two of the most innovative companies in our space together," said Daniel Yanisse, CEO of Checkr. "Our teams have so much in common: a focus on building delightful experiences for customers, very similar cultural values and most importantly, a commitment to build a fairer future for workers."
"Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, creating the vast majority of new jobs in North America," said Naeem Ishaq, CFO of Checkr. "We're excited that this strategic acquisition enables Checkr to tap into this incredible growth and further accelerate our fastest growing customer segment."
"We're excited to join forces with Checkr and help make compliance and hiring easier, faster and more accurate." said Mike Grossman, CEO of Inflection. "I am confident that together we will continue to always build the best products for our customers."
To learn more about Checkr visit here.
About Checkr
Checkr's mission is to build a fairer future by designing technology to create opportunities for all. Established in 2014 and valued at $5 billion, Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. We believe all candidates, regardless of who they are, should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and more fair—way to screen job seekers. Many of the fastest-growing businesses in the world use Checkr's technology to easily initiate and review background checks. Our customers include Uber, Instacart, Netflix, Adecco, Airbnb, Coinbase and more than tens of thousands of customers from SMBs to Fortune 500 employers. We have the goal to work with our customers to unblock four million candidates in 2022. Join us in the effort to promote fair chance at checkr.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
About GoodHire
Since 2013, GoodHire has been a trusted background check partner to tens of thousands of organizations. With its innovative, technology-first approach, coupled with an intense focus on customer delight, GoodHire has redefined the background check service industry. GoodHire uses automation and advanced data engineering to help customers accelerate hiring and make more confident hiring decisions. Thanks to its easy-to-use platform and responsive, FCRA-trained support team, our customer satisfaction and NPS scores match those of America's most trusted brands.
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BlackRock, Fidelity, Marshall Wace and Fin Capital Participate
BOSTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Circle Internet Financial, a global internet finance firm and the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), today announced it has entered into an agreement for a $400M funding round with investments from BlackRock, Inc., Fidelity Management and Research, Marshall Wace LLP and Fin Capital. The funding round is expected to close in the second quarter.
In addition to its corporate strategic investment and role as a primary asset manager of USDC cash reserves, BlackRock has entered into a broader strategic partnership with Circle, which includes exploring capital market applications for USDC.
The new funding promotes Circle's continued strategic growth as demand for dollar digital currency and related financial services continues to scale globally. USDC is one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies with over $50 billion in circulation.[1]
"Dollar digital currencies like USDC are fueling a global economic transformation, and Circle's technology infrastructure sits at the center of that change. This funding round will drive the next evolution of Circle's growth," said Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO of Circle. "It's particularly gratifying to add BlackRock as a strategic investor in the company. We look forward to developing our partnership."
About Circle
Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies powering always-on internet-native commerce and payments. Today, Circle's transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through the frictionless exchange of financial value. Additionally, Circle operates SeedInvest, a leading startup fundraising platform in the U.S. Learn more at https://circle.com.
A full description of the terms of the proposed transactions (collectively, the "Transactions") between Circle Internet Financial Limited ("Circle") and Concord Acquisition Corp ("Concord"), will be provided in an amendment to the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC by Circle Internet Finance plc (the "Company") that will include a proxy statement for the stockholders of Concord that will also constitute a prospectus of the Company. Concord, Circle and the Company urge investors, stockholders and other interested persons to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus as well as other documents filed with the SEC because these documents will contain important information about Concord, Circle and the Transactions. After the registration statement is declared effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to be included in the registration statement will be mailed to stockholders of Concord as of a record date to be established for voting on the Transactions. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, by directing a request to: Concord Acquisition Corp, 477 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10022. The preliminary and definitive proxy statement/prospectus to be included in the registration statement, once available, can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov).
Participants in the Solicitation
Concord, Circle and the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the Transactions under the rules of the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of Concord is set forth in Concord's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the stockholders in connection with the Transactions will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Non-Solicitation
This document is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Transactions and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Concord, Circle or the Company, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "should," "would," "could," "plan," "predict," "potential," "seem," "seek," "future," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected timing of closing of the private funding round. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of Concord's and Circle's management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Concord and Circle. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, political and business conditions; applicable taxes, inflation, interest rates and the regulatory environment in which Circle operates; the outcome of legal proceedings or other disputes to which Circle, Concord and/or the Company is or may become a party; the inability of the parties to consummate the Transactions; the risk that the approval of the stockholders of Concord or Circle for the Transactions is not obtained; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions, including as a result of a delay in consummating the Transactions; the risk that the announcement and/or consummation of the Transactions disrupt current plans and operations of Circle; the risk that any of the conditions to closing are not satisfied in the anticipated manner or on the anticipated timeline; the ability to maintain the listing of the combined company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; those factors discussed in Concord's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents of Concord filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Concord, Circle and the Company presently do not know or that they currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Concord's and Circle's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Concord and Circle anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. However, while Concord and Circle may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Concord and Circle specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Concord's or Circle's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
[1] https://www.circle.com/en/usdc
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LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), an influencer-based social media firm and digital talent management agency, today announced that LURE, their high-end pheromone infused men's cologne, has received Amazons "#1 New Release" badge under the very large men's cologne category of 27k+ brands.
LURE cologne is fortified with pheromones, known to attract the opposite sex. Plans are underway to sell the product via different distribution platforms. The brand uses CMGR's proprietary software Magiclytics, to analyze demographics and market the product to the most relevant audiences.
"The speed at which LURE has moved up in the rankings is a promising sign" said Amir Ben-Yohanan, CEO of CMGR. "As we continue our marketing strategy and widen our distribution, LURE is positioned to become a major player in men's cologne."
About Clubhouse Media Group, Inc.
CMGR offers management, production, and deal-making services to its handpicked influencers, a management division for individual influencer clients, and an investment arm for joint ventures and acquisitions for companies in the social media influencer space.
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Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flows, results of operations, uses of cash and other measures of financial performance.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause CMGR's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others such as, but not limited to economic conditions, changes in the laws or regulations, demand for CMGR's products and services, the effects of competition and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or represented in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking information provided in this release should be considered with these factors in mind. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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Live video webcast with moderated fireside chat with members from the CNS Pharmaceuticals management team and featuring Key Opinion Leader, Samuel A. Goldlust, MD, on Thursday, April 14th at 11:30 AM ET
HOUSTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP) ("CNS" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of novel treatments for primary and metastatic cancers in the brain and central nervous system, today announced it will participate in the Virtual Investor Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Spotlight event on Thursday, April 14th at 11:30 AM ET.
For the spotlight event, John Climaco, CEO of CNS Pharmaceuticals will be joined by Key Opinion Leader Samuel A. Goldlust, MD, to discuss GBM, the unmet need and the work CNS Pharmaceuticals is doing to advance Berubicin for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer.
Dr. Goldlust is a leading Neuro-Oncologist who currently serves as the Pitkin Chair in Neuro-Oncology and Medical Director of the Brain and Spine Institute, John Theurer Cancer Center and an investigator in the Company's global potentially pivotal study of Berubicin.
Berubicin is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier. Anthracyclines, a class of anticancer agents that are among the most powerful chemotherapy drugs and effective against more types of cancer than any other class of chemotherapeutic agents, are designed to utilize natural processes to induce deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage in targeted cancer cells by interfering with the action of topoisomerase II, a critical enzyme enabling cell proliferation. Berubicin treatment of brain cancer patients appeared to demonstrate positive responses that include one durable complete response in a Phase 1 human clinical trial conducted by Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Berubicin, was developed by Dr. Waldemar Priebe, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Company is currently conducting a potentially pivotal global study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Berubicin in the treatment of GBM.
A live video webcast of the presentation will be available on the Events page of the Investors section of the Company's website (cnspharma.com). A webcast replay will be available two hours following the live presentation and will be accessible for 90 days.
About CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CNS Pharmaceuticals a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of anti-cancer drug candidates for the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the brain and central nervous system. The Company's lead drug candidate, Berubicin, is a novel anthracycline and the first anthracycline to appear to cross the blood-brain barrier. Berubicin is currently in development for the treatment of a number of serious brain and CNS oncology indications including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.
Additionally, the Company is advancing the development of its WP1244 drug technology portfolio, which utilizes anthracycline and distamycin-based scaffolds to create small molecule agents and is believed to be 500x more potent than daunorubicin in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation. Preclinical studies of WP1244 demonstrated high uptake in the brain with antitumor activity. CNS Pharmaceuticals is evaluating the use of WP1244 in the treatment of brain cancers, pancreatic, ovarian, and lymphomas.
For more information, please visit www.CNSPharma.com, and connect with the Company on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
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TEANECK, N.J., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services, will announce results for the first quarter of 2022 on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, after market close.
Following the release, Cognizant management will conduct a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss operating performance for the quarter. To participate in the conference call, domestic callers can dial 877-810-9510 and international callers can dial 201-493-6778 and provide the following conference passcode: Cognizant Call.
The conference call will also be available live on the Investor Relations section of the Cognizant website at http://investors.cognizant.com. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register and to download and install any necessary audio software.
For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing (877) 660-6853 for domestic callers or (201) 612-7415 for international callers and entering 13728473 from two hours after the end of the call until Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The replay will also be available at Cognizant's website http://investors.cognizant.com for 60 days following the call.
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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Tyler Scott, Vice President, Investor Relations, (551) 220-8246, tyler.scott@cognizant.com
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Family of Consulting Solutions companies experienced YOY revenue growth of 87 percent
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consulting Solutions, a nationally recognized leader in technology workforce and consulting services, announced today that its family of companies, including CSI, Meridian Technologies, and JDC Group, experienced a collective year-over-year (YOY) revenue growth rate of 87 percent between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021.
Among the conglomerate's achievements in the previous year:
- Deepened specialized technology partnerships to support SAP, Oracle, and UKG markets
- Finalized and fully integrated its TEK Connexion acquisition in February 2021
- Acquired 60+ new clients
- Received the following industry awards: Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms in the U.S., SIA Largest Staffing Firms in the U.S., and ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing for both Client and Talent Satisfaction.
Since 2016, Consulting Solutions has executed a transformation strategy to expand its portfolio of companies to deliver comprehensive services that meet the full range of client needs from a technology consulting and staffing perspective. The organization has grown to deliver both breadth and depth in IT services, including cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation for multiple industries including commercial verticals and government.
"Our acquisition goals have been to preserve brand equity and customer loyalty while continuing to grow our offerings far beyond what niche firms can deliver," said Michael Werblun, CEO of Consulting Solutions. "Today's organizations have diverse technology needs, and as always, our mission is to offer the full gamut of IT workforce and consulting services from a single-source provider that clients know and trust. Our commitment to quality offerings and consultant care enabled us to continue to grow even during the pandemic."
Among its 2021 achievements, Consulting Solutions' SAP specialized unit JDC Group achieved SAP silver partner status in the SAP® PartnerEdge® program, indicative of the high level of quality the organization provides to businesses using SAP solutions.
Consulting Solutions delivers "white glove" services built on listening to client needs and developing supporting solutions. Today, the organization has a network of over 1 million highly qualified technical consultants with experience across multiple mission-critical technologies and industries.
"We go beyond delivering teams that merely check the boxes in terms of experience and credentials," said Werblun. "We take care in understanding our clients' organizational culture as well so that the consultants and teams we deliver are precisely aligned to the client's needs and can hit the ground running on critical projects with rapid speed to impact. This highly customized approach is another reason we have longstanding partnerships with our clients and continue to deliver top-notch technology and workforce solutions that mitigate risk and ensure program success."
About Consulting Solutions
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Consulting Solutions (www.consultingsolutions.com) is a nationally recognized leader in technology solutions and services. Consulting Solutions' key practice areas include Agile Development, Application Development, Advanced Analytics, Cloud & Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Delivery Leadership, and ERP (SAP, UKG, & Oracle). Our scalable engagement models—from individual technology consultants to strategic enterprise programs—enable clients to tap into world-class talent, expertise, and services to drive technology and enterprise transformation initiatives. Consulting Solutions was recently named to the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, the SIA Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms in the U.S. and SIA Largest Staffing Firms in the U.S., and was recognized as ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing for both Client and Talent Satisfaction.
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Through CPower's Building Management System-as-a-Service, Commercial Real Estate Owners and Managers Can Implement Smart Building Technology to Optimize Energy Capabilities and Meet Decarbonization Goals, While Feeding Capacity to the Grid
NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management ("CPower") today announced the launch of CPower's Building Management System-as-a-Service (BMS-aaS) to enable grid-interactive efficient buildings in New York City. The solution provides commercial property owners and managers a $0 out-of-pocket intelligent building management system to better manage and control their energy use and lower their carbon emissions, while providing demand flexibility to the grid.
Faced with record high vacancy rates, commercial building owners in New York City are looking for ways to modernize as workers return to the office. Additionally, decarbonization regulation such as New York City's Local Law 97 and New York State's Climate Leadership and Protection Act require buildings throughout New York to reduce their carbon emissions. Through its partner ecosystem, CPower's BMS-aaS offers advanced analytics and tenant-by-tenant, floor-by-floor control to ensure energy efficiency and reduce energy bills. CPower's BMS-aaS can also help maximize demand response participation to create additional revenue streams and respond to Time of Use calls for Local Law 97 compliance.
"Our discussions with buildings owners and property managers across the City show that they understand the value in these smart building systems but are daunted by occupancy shortfalls to make such an investment. Moreover, roughly 24,000 buildings in New York City are expected to be affected by Local Law 97, with many in the commercial sector currently above the law's emissions limits. Our goal through this solution is to find new ways to help our customers meet their business and carbon neutrality goals using new smart building technology," said Pat McChesney, Vice President and General Manager – New York, CPower.
Charles Hoppenstein, owner and property manager of RH Realty 39, praised CPower for its BMS-aaS offering that has been implemented at his 230 W 39th Street Garment District property.
"This offer from CPower provides a creative, cost-neutral way for me to stay competitive. I have been impressed by how simple they have made this offering. I appreciate the market and technology expertise they have provided while delivering a hands-on and dedicated focus on my property," Hoppenstein said.
A market leader enabling NYISO and utility demand response programs, CPower helps its customers in New York maximize the value of their electric loads, facility assets, and distributed energy resources (DERs). Across the U.S., CPower manages more than 5.3 GW of DER capacity, with nearly 2,000 customers at more than 12,000 sites, to guide its customers toward a clean and dependable energy future.
For more on CPower's BMS-aaS, visit: bit.ly/3Lu7h6i.
About CPower Energy Management
CPower Energy Management is a leading, national energy solutions provider guiding customers towards a clean and dependable energy future. We manage more than 5.3 GW of customer capacity across the U.S., forming virtual power plants that are good for the grid and great for the community. CPower maximizes the value of our customers' electricity loads, facility assets and distributed energy resources while delivering flexibility, capacity and other ancillary services to the grid. With more than two decades of experience, we've grown to offer more than 55 local energy programs, partnering with grid operators and utilities to serve more than 12,000 sites, delivering approximately 7,000 metric tons of CO2 reductions in 2020 alone. CPower is based in Baltimore, Maryland and is owned by LS Power, a development, investment and operating company focused on the power and energy infrastructure sector. For more information, visit: www.cpowerenergymanagement.com.
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PHOENIX, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc. ("Creative Medical Technology" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CELZ), a leading commercial stage biotechnology company focused on a regenerative approach to immunotherapy, urology, neurology and orthopedics, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the American Urological Association ("AUA") Annual Meeting on May 13-16, 2022 in New Orleans to showcase CaverStem®, the only patented procedure performed by a licensed physician that provides a safe, effective solution to treat erectile dysfunction using the patient's own stem cells to repair damaged tissue.
"With the addition of team members with decades of experience in medicine and medical marketing, we are excited to present CaverStem® to this very prominent group of practicing physicians. CaverStem® is backed by clinical trial results published in a peer reviewed journal and supported by testimonials from patients that have had life-changing positive results," said Timothy Warbington, President and CEO of Creative Medical Technology.
Notable accomplishments:
- Landmark clinical trial results published in Journal of Translational Medicine showing strong efficacy and no major adverse effects (Link)
- Protocol optimized to eliminate the need for centrifuge – reducing capital equipment cost and streamlining the procedure for providers and patients
- Exclusive rights for the use of the FDA approved device
- Expanding physician network – validation not only of the technology, but the lucrative business model
- Consumer awareness programs optimized to support healthcare providers with outreach
The Company's presenters at the conference will include Dr. Naveen Kella from The Urology Place (www.TheUrologyPlace.com), who has successfully performed over 50 procedures at his San Antonio, TX location. Dr. Kella will share his experience from training to the ongoing support he receives from Creative Medical Technology and the impact it has had on his practice and patients.
"We initially read the study on CaverStem® and after talking to other providers were encouraged about this technology. I am excited to present my own experience with this treatment for which we are collecting data on outcomes," said Dr. Kella.
The Company plans to utilize the AUA event to share updated data on CaverStem and recruit additional providers.
Interested in becoming a provider:
You do not have to wait until the conference begins to get started as a provider. To get started, simply complete the form here: https://caverstem.com/become-a-provider/.
About Dr. Naveen Kella:
Dr. Naveen Kella is board certified in urology, with a fellowship in Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery. He is known for his experience in treating prostate cancer and has performed over 3,000 robotic prostate cancer surgeries. He has a strong interest in finding ways to continually minimize treatment side-effects.
About Erectile Dysfunction:
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is characterized by the lack of ability to achieve and maintain penile erection for intercourse. Methods used to quantify ED include the Erectile Function Visual Analog Scale (EF-VAS) and the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5), however clinically it is primarily diagnosed based on symptomology. In our aging society, ED is becoming an increasing problem. According to one study, 39% of men at age 40 experience symptoms of ED, whereas by age 70 the incidence rises to 67%. In this latter age group, it is believed that 50-85% of ED cases are associated with hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia. Overall, it is estimated that 10-30 million Americans suffer from this condition.
About Creative Medical Technology Holdings
Creative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc. is a commercial stage biotechnology company specializing in regenerative medicine in the fields of immunotherapy, urology, neurology and orthopedics. For further information about the company, please visit www.creativemedicaltechnology.com.
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Distribution Agreement will Bring Select CBD and Curaleaf Hemp to the Caribbean, Latin America and Travel Retail
WAKEFIELD, Mass., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") a leading international provider of consumer CBD and hemp products, today announced that its Select CBD and Curaleaf Hemp products will become available for the first time in the Caribbean market thanks to a new distribution agreement with WB Canna Co. & Wellness ("WB Canna Co."). This agreement will bring Curaleaf's lineup of products from its eponymous Hemp and Select CBD product lines to customers in, and traveling throughout, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Bermuda, Barbados, Cayman, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, and Saint Maarten, as well as additional markets in Latin America, travel retail, and the cruise and diplomatic channel.
WB Canna Co. & Wellness is a wholly owned subsidiary of Miami-based WEBB Banks, the leading premium wine and spirits distributor in the Caribbean and one of the first companies in the region focused on distribution of top-quality CBD and wellness products. The distribution relationship combines Curaleaf's expertise in creating high-quality non-psychoactive hemp products with WB Canna Co.'s ability to navigate the legal and compliance needs across the fragmented geography of the Caribbean, bringing operating efficiencies that will drive further accessibility to Curaleaf's family of CBD products.
Curaleaf Hemp offers a broad range of CBD products with consumer-friendly formats and price points to select retailers throughout the U.S. A collection of all-new Select CBD products that feature minor cannabinoids like CBN and CBG, are slated to debut in April. All Curaleaf and Select CBD products are subjected to stringent industry testing practices.
"We are committed to setting the highest possible standards for product quality and accessibility at Curaleaf, and we are thrilled to expand the reach of our award-winning CBD products to retail stores in the Caribbean through a distribution partner like WB Canna Co. It continues to be of utmost importance that we're able to provide consumers with reliable access to the products they know and love," said Patrick Larkin, SVP of Sales at Curaleaf.
"We believe that consumer demand for high-quality CBD products will continue to grow year-over-year, and we remain laser-focused on building brand recognition and brand loyalty," said Joseph Gennaro, VP of CBD, Health & Wellness at Curaleaf. "Consequently, our agreement with WB Canna Co. marks a key inflection point in the go-to-market strategy for our CBD business and shows our commitment to achieving international growth."
"In the short time since launching WB Canna Co. and Wellness early last year, we've seen incredible interest and excitement for high-quality CBD and wellness products throughout the Caribbean and Latin America," said Phillip Jarrell, COO of WB Canna Co. & Wellness. "We're very proud to add Curaleaf to our growing portfolio and introduce their popular and innovative products to consumers across the region."
CBD products that are derived from hemp contain less than 0.3% THC and have been legal at the federal level since the passing of the Farm Bill in 2018. As a precaution, we recommend researching the CBD laws and regulations of your destination, as well as any countries or states you are traveling through en route to your destination. You should also thoroughly understand the products in your possession, and whether they contain any THC or are purely CBD. TSA rules apply. The statements above have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
For more information, please visit CuraleafHemp.com and SelectCBD.com.
About Curaleaf Holdings
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf and Select, provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 23 states with 128 dispensaries, 26 cultivation sites, and employs over 5,600 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com.
About WB Canna Co. & Wellness
WB Canna Co. & Wellness, a wholly owned subsidiary of Miami-based WEBB Banks, distributes top-quality cannabidiol (CBD) and wellness products in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Travel Retail. The portfolio includes well-known brands and category leaders including Curaleaf, cbdMD, Marley, Dream Water, and Secret Nature, with additional top brands to be announced soon.
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This media advisory contains forward–looking statements and forward–looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward–looking statements or information. Generally, forward-looking statements and information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or, "proposed", "is expected", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. More particularly and without limitation, this news release contains forward–looking statements and information concerning Curaleaf's business relationship with WB Canna Co. & Wellness and hemp products related thereto. Such forward-looking statements and information reflect management's current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the company with respect to the matter described in this new release. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which are based on current expectations as of the date of this release and subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties is contained under "Risk Factors and Uncertainties" in the Company's latest annual information form filed March 9, 2022, which is available under the Company's SEDAR profile at http://www.sedar.com, and in other filings that the Company has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as to the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news release.
INVESTOR CONTACT
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
IR@curaleaf.com
MEDIA CONTACTS
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
Tracy Brady, VP Corporate Communications
Media@curaleaf.com
WB Canna Co. & Wellness
Greg Cohen
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George Harrison Signature Edition Pre Rolled CBD + CBG Joints, Paraphernalia and Merch Available Now On Dadgrass.com And Dealers Nationwide
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National cannabis brand Dad Grass announced a collaboration with one of the most influential artists of modern history, music legend George Harrison. With more to be revealed in the coming months, the collaboration kicks off with the release of a signature All Things Must Grass Collection featuring federally legal pre-rolled CBD + CBG joints, paraphernalia and merchandise. Dad Grass honors the late musician and celebrates the 50th anniversary of his masterpiece All Things Must Pass by rolling up a range of light-hearted and laid-back cannabis products.
Headlining the All Things Must Grass Collection is the Special Blend George Harrison Dad Grass Five Pack, a pack of pre-rolled joints crafted from a mix of organic CBD and CBG hemp flower responsibly grown right here in the USA. This peaceful balance of the two most enlightening cannabinoids, CBD for physical harmony and CBG for mental clarity, serves as an ode to George's mystic blend of cultures, styles and times.
"We tend to shy away from the high test blow-your-mind weed that kids are into today," said Ben Starmer, Co-Founder and CEO of Dad Grass. "For this project, we set out to create a mellower kind of joint, something that blended together the type of high quality, low potency, and all-natural flower that was around when George was 'having a laugh' back in the early 70s. Just a classic smoke for a classic bloke."
The low dose organic hemp flower used for these joints, as well as all Dad Grass products, contains less than 0.3% THC meaning that it won't get you stoned to the bone.
"These Special Blend joints should take you back to the good ol' days when smokin' a doobie helped you tune in, gave you a pleasant-but-manageable buzz and put you in a chilled out euphoric mood," said Joshua Katz, Co-Founder of Dad Grass. "
Directly inspired by the iconic artwork and creative spirit of All Things Must Pass, the collaboration also features paraphernalia and co-branded merchandise including a pack of George Harrison signature rolling papers, a rolling tray, and a very special edition All Things Must Grass Dad Stash. This version of Dad Grass's fan-favorite stashing system disguises a pack of Special Blend joints as an All Things Must Pass double cassette box so fans can hide their grass in plain sight.
ABOUT DAD GRASS
Dad Grass is reviving the mellow sensibility of the casual smoke. Available in a variety of classic configurations, Dad Grass's 100% Organic hemp CBD & CBG pre rolled joints, tins of flower and full spectrum tinctures serve up a clean buzz without the fuss. Their special collections of merch and apparel pay tribute to the timeless staples of dad style. Past, present and future. Like your parents' stash, they keep things easy and dependable, never fancy or complicated.
Instagram: @dad.grass
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--Hadley Provides Practical Help -
WINNETKA, Ill., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 20 million people in the United States have low vision, most commonly from age-related conditions, including macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy. As the aging population grows, the number of those with vision loss is expected to double. Many more adults will face the physiological and emotional challenges of adjusting to life with a visual impairment.
Hadley, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, can help. With Hadley, people discover new ways to adapt daily routines and navigate life; ways that don't rely so much on vision.
All conveniently from their home. All completely free of charge.
"One of the hardest adjustments can be emotional," said Julie Tye, Hadley's CEO. "Realizing that an impairment is likely permanent can be devastating. But small wins can make all the difference. Things like finding a new way to dial your phone or read your mail rebuilds a sense of control and confidence. Figuring out how to use Alexa or an iPhone to read text aloud to you; that's a real gamechanger. Daily tasks become less time consuming and frustrating. Life can become more enjoyable again. There's more hope for the future."
Vera Thompson, 69, Los Angeles, was diagnosed with glaucoma and recalls losing her vision as devasting at first. "I lost my freedom and livelihood all at once," said Thompson, who is among the growing number of those with visual impairments who have turned to Hadley. Thompson enrolled in Hadley's technology workshops to help her get back on her computer to stay informed and keep in touch with her friends and family.
Angela Rader, 53, of Arkansas has been living with macular degeneration. She rediscovered her passion for working in her kitchen after taking Hadley's workshop series on cooking with vision loss. "I needed to re-learn how to use a kitchen knife and find my way around my kitchen again, Hadley gave that joy back to me," said Rader.
Debbie Gabe, 71, of Hawaii lives with retinitis pigmentosa. "The hardest news about my diagnosis, was that no one could tell me what I should do next," said Gabe, who gained renewed confidence by learning to use screen reading technology through Hadley, allowing her to live more independently and pursue interests she had given up on.
For more information on how Hadley helps visit: www.hadley.edu
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Joan Jaeger, press@hadley.edu
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The new brand offers a curated selection of made-in-Italy designs, including modern kitchens, bathrooms, closets, and interior doors.
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Announced today, MandiCasa is a new initiative launched by Dario Snaidero and his corporate team that will offer first-to-market exclusive collections, as well as top-quality products from a range of premium Italian suppliers. The new brand combines Dario Snaidero's Italian family heritage, a deep-rooted dedication to improving the quality of life at home, and more than 45 years of experience and success in the North American market.
"I am extremely proud and excited to launch MandiCasa," said Dario Snaidero, Founder of MandiCasa. "The design industry is ever-evolving and the time is right for our family in America to begin a new venture that focuses on the needs of the North American luxury market. We've spent the last few years meeting with manufacturers across Italy so that we can expand our offering of top quality designs. Most importantly, MandiCasa will continue our mission to offer the personalized service that our family-run business has always been known for."
MandiCasa is launching with seven kitchen designs ranging from modern to transitional, all with a sophisticated aesthetic that defines the new brand. Each design is fully customizable through a wide variety of accessories and materials that empowers designers and homeowners to create bespoke solutions that fit their every need.
In addition to MandiCasa's exclusive kitchen designs, the brand will also distribute a variety of home essentials from top-tier Italian suppliers. This includes unique and innovative designs for the bathroom, closet, and brand-new interior door designs for 2022, all complete with an extensive range of customizable finishes and accessories to ensure every room in the home is as functional as it is beautiful.
MandiCasa will be supported by the same dedicated team of trusted professionals at their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, and in newly renovated showrooms in major markets including New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami.
About MandiCasa
MandiCasa is a new entrepreneurial initiative by Dario Snaidero and his corporate team that offers a curated selection of made-in-Italy designs, first-to-market exclusive collections, and top quality products from a range of premium Italian suppliers. By combining Italian heritage with more than 45 years of experience in the North American market, MandiCasa delivers best-in-class service and style. The MandiCasa team has a strong foundation in the North American luxury residential market, as well as extensive experience with multi-family projects. Led by Dario Snaidero, the group has supported more than 215 projects across America, with a significant footprint in the US and Canada working with top developers.
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Datavault® monetizes faith based and nonprofit institutions' data to increase the yield of donations for religious organizations
NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Vault Holdings, Inc., leading the way in tokenomics and metaverse data visualization, valuation, and monetization, today announces a deal with 100+ churches as part of the launch of its Datavault® for Churches platform through its subsidiary Data Donate Technologies(DDT™). Under these contracts, Datavault® enables parishioners and donors to contribute to faith based and non-for-profit organizations through their data assets. In doing so, data is turned into new income for non-profit organizations, businesses, and individuals.
"Datavault's platform provides a safe and secure data solution for challenges that many churches face today. Our platform will consolidate, valuate, and visualize data so that pastors and their congregations can access the rich possibilities within the metaverse. Additionally, when we practice prayer, we also must practice data security. We often pray about private and meaningful matters in our lives making cybersecurity paramount in these communications. Technology and data will enable a more secure, impactful, organized, and sustainable future for religious organizations," says Nathaniel Bradley, co-founder and CEO of Data Vault Holdings.
Datavault® is powered using blockchain technology, meaning the information is protected and ownership is guaranteed. The platform's technology will provide churches with the tools to address issues such as a lack of data security, difficulty partnering with charities,and decreased church attendance and tithing. Additionally, Datavault® will also help churches to better manage their data.
"The Datavault® platform will empower church leaders and give them control over what is already theirs. Datavault® will give us the tools to secure our own data and increase its value. Through this platform, churches have a bonafide opportunity to create value. Charitable giving in the U.S. reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020, as individual Americans, corporations, and foundations made contributions in response to Covid-19 pandemic and racial justice efforts1. Data donation technologies will allow us all to give more," says Dr. Darrell Scott, co-founder and pastor of New Spirit Revival Center, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Datavault's patented platform will allow church partners to address their present and future operational needs. Datavault® also offers:
- Mobile donations
- 3D multimedia data visualization
- Cross-referencing church data with datasets from other organizations and across religious organizations
- Buying, selling, and trading data on the Information Data Exchange®
- Partnership and sponsorship opportunities with charities and other non-profit organizations
- An ability to grow community profiles
Churches can create NFTs through the Datavault® platform and mint unique digital assets from art, GIFs, collectibles, music, and sermons, for example. Church goers can also create income for themselves by donating personal data through surveys and by connecting their social media accounts to Datavault®. Different from Big Tech, which sells personal data to third-parties, Datavault® instead provides its users the patented platform to buy, sell, and trade data for their own individual revenues.
"We created Datavault® to help non-profit organizations utilize our patented data donation platform as a simple and creative way to increase cash flow without additional overhead costs. Our vision is to create one of the greatest givebacks in history. This partnership takes us back to our altruistic roots and helps to empower churches using the data that they already have," says Alfred Blair Blaikie III, President and co-founder of Data Donate Technologies.
About Data Vault Holdings Inc.
Data Vault Holdings Inc. is a technology holding company that provides a proprietary, cloud-based platform for the delivery of branded data-backed cryptocurrencies. Data Vault Holdings Inc. provides businesses with the tools to monetize data assets securely over its Information Data ExchangeⓇ (IDE). The company is in the process of finalizing the consolidation of its affiliates Data Donate Technologies, Inc., ADIO LLC, and Datavault Inc. as wholly owned subsidiaries under one corporate structure. Learn more about Data Vault Holdings Inc. here.
About Data Donate Technologies, Inc. (DDT®)
DDT® develops technologies for data management so companies can monetize data assets. Data Donate Technologies, Inc. secures buyers for data assets on behalf of non-profit, faith-based, and political fundraising organizations. Learn more about Data Donate Technologies, Inc. here.
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1: "Charitable Giving in the U.S. Rose 5.1% to a Record US$471.44 Billion in 2020", 5th edition of the Giving USA Foundation's annual report, June 2021, https://www.barrons.com/articles/charitable-giving-in-the-u-s-rises-5-1-to-a-record-us-471-44-billion-in-2020-01623797511
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