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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced it will report financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, which ended March 31, 2022, following the close of the U.S. markets on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Informatica will hold a conference call on the same day at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss its quarterly financial results.
The conference call can be accessed by dialing (844) 200-6205 from the United States or (646) 904-5544 internationally with access code 505719. A live webcast and replay of the conference call can be accessed from the investor relations page of Informatica's company website at https://investors.informatica.com.
About Informatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader, empowers businesses to realize the transformative power of data. We have pioneered a new category of software, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™(IDMC), powered by AI and a cloud-first, cloud-native, end-to-end data management platform that connects, manages, and unifies data across any multi-cloud, hybrid system, empowering enterprises to modernize and advance their data strategies. Over 5,000 customers in more than 100 countries and 84 of the Fortune 100 rely on Informatica to drive data-led digital transformation.
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Victoria Hyde-Dunn
vhydedunn@informatica.com
Media Relations
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All In Together, the leading non-partisan women's civic education nonprofit organization announced that Isabel González Whitaker will be joining as Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. Isabel will help accelerate the growth and impact of AIT's mission to create a truly representative democracy, informed by the participation of women at all levels of government.
Isabel joins AIT from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where she led executive strategic communications and global media efforts including 2021's historic orbital space mission.
A sought-after journalist and editor, Isabel spent two decades at the top of premiere content brands and contributing to national outlets. In 2018, Isabel founded the only park named for a Latino in Georgia, the award-winning Sara J. González Memorial Park, which exists to improve community outcomes. Isabel is an Encore.org Senior Fellow and a Presidential Leadership Scholar.
"As All In Together expands its services during a crucial time in our country's pursuit of sustained and representative democracy, Isabel will bring value with grassroots and executive experience as well as a record leading partnerships, media and community mobilization, " said CEO Lauren Leader.
"I'm honored to join AIT as it inspires and uplifts women across the country in service to an inclusive democracy," said Isabel, who is first-generation Cuban American. "I know firsthand the importance of fair and equal representation in government and I'm excited for the progress we work to accelerate."
About AIT:
All In Together is a non-partisan nonprofit organization dedicated to women's civic leadership.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, Forbes ranked Jeffrey Fratarcangeli, managing principal of Fratarcangeli Wealth Management of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, the No. 1 Best-In-State Wealth Advisor in Michigan for Private Wealth.
SHOOK Research develops the annual Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor list1 based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria gained through telephone, virtual and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. Forbes received 34,925 nominations, an increase of more than 2,000 year-over-year. To be considered, advisors must have a minimum of seven years of experience, and the algorithm weighs factors such as revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their approach to working with clients.
"Building long-lasting, meaningful relationships with our clients is the foundation of our practice, not individual transactions," said Fratarcangeli. "These relationships, coupled with the dedication of our team, have fueled the growth of Fratarcangeli Wealth Management, but more importantly, they have allowed us to help our clients achieve their investment goals with sound financial strategies."
Fratarcangeli has more than 25 years of experience and has consistently been recognized among the top wealth advisors in the country. Most recently, Fratarcangeli was ranked No. 63 on Forbes' 2021 America's Top 250 Wealth Advisors2 list, up six spots from the previous year, and Barron's ranked Fratarcangeli 23rd in its Top Independent Advisors3 list, which includes the top 100 advisors in the U.S.
Fratarcangeli manages more than $2.85 billion as of April 1, 2022, a more than 100% increase since 2018. The practice, comprised of 21 professionals, has four offices across the U.S. and services high net-worth families, athletes and entertainers, publicly traded companies, foundations, government agencies, and many other entities. To learn more about Jeffrey Fratarcangeli and Fratarcangeli Wealth Management, visit www.fratarcangeliwealth.com or call 248.385.5050.
About Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network
For 20 years, Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, the independent brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Company, has simplified independence by partnering with successful financial advisors and fostering a mutual passion for doing what's right for clients. Investment products and services are offered through Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. www.wfafinet.com.
Fratarcangeli Wealth Management is a separate entity from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.
1 The Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking algorithm is based on industry experience, interviews, compliance records, assets under management, revenue and other criteria by SHOOK Research, LLC, which does not receive compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on a ranking. Investment performance is not a criterion. High Net Worth designates advisors whose account sizes are typically under $5mm, though may have accounts with higher amounts. Private Wealth designates advisors whose account sizes are typically $5mm and above, though may have accounts with lower amounts.
2 The Forbes America's Top 250 Wealth Advisors ranking algorithm is based on industry experience, interviews, compliance records, assets under management, revenue and other criteria by SHOOK Research, LLC, which does not receive compensation from the advisors or their firms in exchange for placement on a ranking. Investment performance is not a criterion.
3 The Barron's Top 1,200 Advisors rankings are based on data provided by thousands of advisors. Factors included in the rankings were assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, regulatory record, length of service, quality of practice and client retention.
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BEIJING, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jianpu Technology Inc. ("Jianpu" or the "Company") (NYSE: JT), a leading independent open platform for the discovery and recommendation of financial products in China, today announced that Jianpu has officially been accepted as a member of the Payment and Clearing Association of China (the "Association" or "PCAC"). A total of 19 companies and institutions were accepted on the new member list, including emerging banks, financial institutions, fintech companies, and a National Fintech Certification centre. Jianpu is honored to have been accepted as a member of the Association, especially at a time when the Association is tightening membership management and acceptance.
Jianpu initially joined the FinTech Committee of PCAC in 2017, and was subsequently announced as a member in February 2022. Being accepted as a member reflects the recognition for the work Jianpu has done over the years by both regulators and industry participants. It also signifies the increasing attention to the roles fintech enterprises play in the digital transformation of the financial industry. Jianpu is looking forward to increasing communications with regulators, industry professionals, and peers, to exert the advantages of being a fintech company and effectively performing the duties of a member, and will facilitate the sound development of the payment and clearing service industry by leveraging its digital products and services.
Mr. David Ye, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Jianpu commented, "Jianpu is grateful for the opportunity to complement our strengths with the traditional financial institutions within the association and create new synergies within the member network. We are fully committed to serving the financial industry, promoting global economic development, and working closely with industry participants by leveraging our technologies and innovative products. We will strive to contribute to the high-quality digitalization of the financial industry under the framework of the Payment and Clearing Association of China."
According to a survey from PCAC, 88.1% of financial institutions aim to enhance operating efficiency through their digital transformation initiatives, followed by improving risk management and increasing customer acquisition. The main complication in the digitalization process is the failure to effectively integrate system architectures. As a technology-empowered digital platform, Jianpu provides system-based total solutions to help financial service providers to build and boost digital capabilities so that they could better serve more consumers with financial needs. Jianpu has delivered various projects associated with payment and clearing.In one of its most recent projects, "Quick Payment Customer Activation", the Company offered tailored services to a leading regional bank to enhance its operating efficiency.
The Payment & Clearing Association of China is a self-regulated organization of the payment and clearing service industry in China, supervised by the People's Bank of China. Membership eligibility comprises of banks and financial institutions with an independent legal entity, payment clearing institutions approved by the People's Bank of China or relevant regulatory authorities, licensed non-banking payment institutions, and support organizations related to payment clearing business.
About Jianpu Technology Inc.
Jianpu Technology Inc. is a leading independent open platform for discovery and recommendation of financial products in China. The company connects users with financial service providers in a convenient, efficient, and secure way. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Jianpu provides users with customized search results and recommendations tailored to each user's particular financial needs and profile. The Company also enables financial service providers with sales and marketing solutions to reach and serve their target customers more effectively through integrated channels and enhance their competitiveness by providing them with tailored data, risk management services and solutions. The Company is committed to maintaining an independent open platform, which allows it to serve the needs of users and financial service providers impartially. For more information, please visit http://ir.jianpu.ai.
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This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; the Company's expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its solutions and services; the Company's expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with users, financial service providers and other parties it collaborates with; trends, competition and regulatory policies relating to the industries the Company operates in; general economic and business conditions globally and in China; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Jianpu Technology Inc.
(IR)Oscar Chen, E-mail: IR@rong360.com
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Tel: +86 185 0060 8364
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Christensen Advisory
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Tel: +1 480 353 6648
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HONOLULU, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JL Capital, a Honolulu-based real estate and private equity firm, has selected Highgate, a leading hospitality investment and management company, to manage the new Renaissance Honolulu Hotel at Sky Ala Moana. The twin-tower hotel and condominium development is currently under construction on Kapiolani Boulevard near Ala Moana Center in central Honolulu. The 39-story hotel tower will add 187 new rooms and suites to the island destination and will be topped by Marriott's Renaissance Residences. The condotel will offer a restaurant, bar and an eighth floor Sky Terrace with two swimming pools, men's and women's indoor and outdoor soaking baths, Himalayan salt saunas and a fully equipped fitness center and spa.
Rooted in the culture of Hawai'i with interior artwork created by renowned design team, Sig Zane Kaiao, cultural practitioners Sig Zane and son Kuhao Zane, the Renaissance resort units provide convenient access to the vibrant community in the epicenter of O'ahu. This will be Highgate's tenth property in Hawaii and their portfolio includes the notable Alohilani Resort and the Royal Lahaina Resort, Maui.
"We are thrilled to partner with Highgate as we bring this distinctive brand back to Hawaii. We have been impressed with their leadership and operational excellence in elevating their diverse portfolio, along with their commitment to our community's focus on responsible tourism," said Tim Lee, CEO of JL Capital.
"It is an honor to be selected by JL Capital to reintroduce the Renaissance brand to Hawaii and to be a part of one of the first full-service hotels built in Oahu over the past decade," said Kelly Sanders, EVP of Operations for Highgate. "We are excited to begin this amazing journey working closely with the talented team at JL Capital to bring the Renaissance Hotel and Residences to life over the next 18 months."
About JL Capital
JL Capital, a Honolulu-based real estate investment and private equity firm, is committed to Hawaii's future by investing in and developing sustainable urban communities that provide new jobs, new housing and build strong economic assets for the community.
Deeply rooted in Hawaii through its people and projects, JL Capital currently owns 211,674 square feet of re-development properties in the Ala Moana Transit Oriented Development (TOD) corridor along Kapiolani Boulevard. In addition to the development of Sky Ala Moana, JL Capital plans to further invest and develop another 1,000 dwelling units in the area.
About Highgate
Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing footprint in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership
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The second annual report from Kalderos leverages industry research and internal data to present a holistic perspective on the consequences of pharma's "known unknowns"
CHICAGO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health tech company Kalderos, maker of a data-driven platform for Drug Discount Management, today released its 2022 annual report, outlining a vision for tech-enabled platform solutions to better serve patients.
In its second year, the Kalderos annual report illuminates how systemic data gaps have undermined efforts to make prescription drugs more affordable and explains why these data gaps challenge every healthcare stakeholder.
"Our second annual report discusses a topic that's of the highest importance to us at Kalderos: how better data unites stakeholders to solve systemic challenges and ultimately make the healthcare system work more effectively for patients," said Kalderos CEO Brent Dover. "As we rapidly scale our platform for Drug Discount Management, our report highlights the need for accurate data and technological infrastructure to enable collaborative problem-solving."
The Kalderos 2022 annual report identifies a number of challenges that contribute to high drug prices and suggests opportunities to overcome them. Leveraging internal data and comprehensive industry research and analysis, the report discusses:
- How the pervasive absence of key data continues to add cost and complexity to a system that has been hindered by a lack of transparency
- The impact that data gaps have on each healthcare stakeholder, including drug manufacturers, providers, payers and patients
- How lack of actionable data thwarts policymakers' efforts to make prescription drugs more affordable
The report leverages Kalderos' internal and proprietary data to take a closer look at one data gap in particular – the unknown extent and impact of noncompliant discounts. The Kalderos platform contains the nation's largest confirmed dataset of duplicate discounts between Medicaid and the 340B Drug Pricing Program, enabling unique analysis.
This year's report includes an updated projection for the total number of duplicate discounts for 2020, in which the cost of these duplicate discounts – which are prohibited by law – reached at least $1.3 billion to $2.1 billion, an increase of approximately 35% over 2019.
The 2022 Kalderos annual report also uses data to illuminate the variability of an individual drug manufacturer's exposure to noncompliance. Taking an aggregate of multiple drug manufacturers, Kalderos' tech-enabled, data-driven approach identified nearly 10 times as much noncompliance as manufacturers' existing methods.
"When we founded Kalderos, we wanted to leverage a totally unique approach to Drug Discount Management, and it's empowering to see the impact we've had on the industry to date," said Jeremy Docken, founder and chief strategy officer for Kalderos. "Our second annual report represents another milestone in our company's journey, and we look forward to new opportunities moving forward."
Kalderos experienced accelerated growth in 2021, including a 200% increase in customers and a 300% increase in revenue. The company also deepened its focus on operations and commercialization, building teams and implementing processes to accelerate further this year.
In February, Built In chose Kalderos as one of "22 Chicago startups to watch in 2022." Also in February, the company named seasoned health tech executive Brent Dover as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Entitled "Conquering the 'Great Unknown': Connecting the data gaps that keep us from knowing the true price of drugs," Kalderos' second annual report is available now in web and PDF versions.
About Kalderos
Kalderos created the world's first Drug Discount Management platform, which uses sophisticated models and machine learning to resolve noncompliance issues in drug discount programs. The company's solutions include Discount Monitoring, which leverages a predictive model to identify and resolve historical instances of noncompliance, and 340B Pay, the first real-time solution for drug discount effectuation, which allows providers of any size to request 340B rebates and manufacturers to verify and pay them through a third party payment partner. Based in Chicago, Kalderos was founded in 2016 by a team dedicated to reducing inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system, empowering everyone to focus on the health of people. More information can be found at www.kalderos.com.
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KnowBe4 releases Q1 2022 global phishing report
TAMPA BAY, FL, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the results of its Q1 2022 top-clicked phishing report.
"In our latest quarterly phishing report, we found that holiday-themed emails were the most tempting for employees to click on," said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. "HR-related messages such as a change in the schedule for the holidays likely piqued interest from employees to see if they would receive an extra day off or shortened work schedule due to the holidays. It is important to remember that cybercriminals utilize various tactics such as preying on people's emotions when executing their malicious scams. Remaining vigilant and adopting a heightened sense of suspicion around emails that trigger an emotional response can end up preventing a detrimental cybersecurity attack."
- HR: Change in Holiday Schedule
- Someone special sent you a Valentine's Day ecard!
- St. Patrick's Day: Employee Behavior/Company Policies
- Our Valentine's Day Gift To You
- Starbucks: Happy Holidays! Have a drink on us.
- Business
- Online Services
- Human Resources
- IT
- Coronavirus/COVID-19 Phishing
- Banking and Finance
- Phishing for Sensitive Information
- Mail Notifications
- Social Networking
- Current Events
Top phishing email subjects were broken out, comparing those in the U.S. to those in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In Q1 2022, KnowBe4 examined tens of thousands of email subject lines from simulated phishing tests. The organization also reviewed 'in-the-wild' email subject lines that show actual emails users received and reported to their IT departments as suspicious. The results are below.
The U.S.
- HR: New requirements tracking Covid vaccinations
- Password Check Required Immediately
- HR: Vacation Policy Update
- HR: Important: Dress Code Changes
- Acknowledge Your Appraisal
EMEA
- Authorize Pending Transaction on your Wallet
- HR: Registration for COVID-19 Study
- IT: End of Year Password Policy
- HR: Code of Conduct
- Your Benefit Account Has Been Updated
*Capitalization and spelling are as they were in the phishing test subject line.
**Email subject lines are a combination of both simulated phishing templates created by KnowBe4 for clients, and custom tests designed by KnowBe4 customers.
- IT: Software Update
- Google Forms: Your Voice Engagement Survey
- Zoom: You missed a Zoom meeting
- Project Notice
- Dropbox: Updates about your account
*Capitalization and spelling are as they were in the phishing test subject line.
**In-the-wild email subject lines represent actual emails users received and reported to their IT departments as suspicious. They are not simulated phishing test emails.
For more information on KnowBe4, visit www.knowbe4.com.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by more than 47,000 organizations around the globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist, Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud, and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. Kevin Mitnick, an internationally recognized cybersecurity specialist and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, helped design the KnowBe4 training based on his well-documented social engineering tactics. Tens of thousands of organizations rely on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end users as their last line of defense.
Media Contact:
Amanda Tarantino
Public Relations Officer
KnowBe4
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KPMG IFRS 17 Express – powered by SAS helps insurers confidently accelerate IFRS 17 compliance, building on Allianz's market-tested approach
CARY, N.C., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The clock is ticking on International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17), the January 1, 2023, compliance deadline drawing ever closer. For insurers around the globe struggling with self-development or "empty box" software solutions, there is a new path forward: KPMG IFRS 17 Express – powered by SAS®. The IFRS 17 solution blends KPMG's deep IFRS experience, SAS' best-of-breed analytics and an IFRS 17 methodology globally tested by Allianz, one of the world's leading insurance groups with customers in more than 70 countries.
"There's no need to reinvent the wheel or duplicate effort," said Christian Knoller, IFRS 17 Project Lead at Allianz. "Insurers can take confidence in leveraging a predefined IFRS 17 methodology and technology that encompasses the expertise of three market leaders and industry-leading practices."
Built on the existing SAS Solution for IFRS 17, KPMG IFRS 17 Express is intended to deliver a cost-effective approach that can greatly reduce IFRS 17's computational burdens with pre-configured options for automation and integration. Designed to foster collaboration among actuaries, risk managers and finance teams, the solution provides:
- Fully functional IFRS 17 contractual service margin calculation and posting engine, inclusive of past, current and future reporting periods.
- Predefined data models and wide-ranging postings built to manage a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products available worldwide.
- A structured workflow process within a single, integrated platform, ensuring traceability, auditability, and transparency.
"While the IASB amendments to IFRS 17 were intended to ease implementations, the pandemic challenged compliance efforts, and many insurers aren't where they want, or need, to be," said Mary Trussell, Insurance Accounting Change Lead, KPMG International. "Through our combined financial and risk management experience, SAS' award-winning IFRS 17 technology, and a methodology tested by Allianz, insurers can leapfrog delays and capability gaps and accelerate their IFRS 17 compliance journeys."
International financial reporting standards set common standards for the preparation of financial statements, making public companies more comparable globally. Billed as the first truly global accounting standard for insurance contracts, IFRS 17 will replace the current standard, IFRS 4, and increase financial transparency. While most affected countries are required to comply with the new standard by January 1, 2023, some countries, including several in Asia, will be afforded more time to prepare.
Whatever the compliance deadline, IFRS 17 will change how insurers calculate insurance liabilities and report profit or loss, compelling them to report with greater transparency how insurance and reinsurance contracts affect finances and risk. For most insurers, compliance with IFRS 17 will require significant investment in new or upgraded technology – but KPMG IFRS 17 Express – powered by SAS gives them an efficient and cost-effective alternative that is every bit as thorough and robust as a customized solution.
"IFRS 17 brings material changes to the way insurance companies calculate, manage and report on their financial exposures and risks. These changes require the right operating models, methodology, and technology to be successful," said Troy Haines, Senior Vice President of Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions at SAS. "Bringing together knowledge and practical real-world IFRS 17 experience from SAS, KPMG, and Allianz gives insurers of all sizes exactly what they need: a fast lane to IFRS 17 compliance and a clear avenue for future growth."
To learn more about IFRS 17 Express, request a demo at home.kpmg/ifrs17express.
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-Just in Time for Earth Day and Perfect for Easter Baskets-
NORRISTOWN, Pa., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crazy Aaron's, known for its award-winning Thinking Putty, takes sensory play to the next level with Land of Dough, the world's most eco-friendly dough on the planet. Handcrafted on Main Street USA in Crazy Aaron's wind-powered facility, Land of Dough uses only natural colors, ethically sourced ingredients, compostable glitter, and eco-friendly packaging, making it a perfect toy for every Easter basket.
"Parents will feel good knowing that beautiful, quality play dough doesn't have to be make-believe," says Aaron Muderick, Founder and Executive Chairman of Crazy Aaron's. "Every cup is handcrafted using nothing but the highest quality ingredients, so parents can feel good about it – and kids will love the fun designs and sensory play that our dough has to offer."
A variety of Land of Dough cups feature multi-layered designs, so children can dig through fun surprises. Kids can select from fun themes such as, Planet Earth and Over the Rainbow. The line has grown to include new products like Magic Wish and Party Streamers Glitter Rolls. Additionally, kids can continue the fun with Land of Dough wood play tools included in the Rolling Patterns and Learning Numbers Kits.
Muderick adds, "Compounds like Land of Dough are beneficial for kids. Not only does it offer a fun, tactile experience, it also encourages independent play, and promotes fine motor skills."
The Land of Dough collection is perfectly aged for kids ages three and up and can be found at www.landofdough.com. Pricing ranges from $5 - $25 and is a great addition to every Easter basket.
About Crazy Aaron's
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The partnership is aimed to accelerate the introduction of series production solutions of high-resolution LiDAR for the Chinese market based on InnovizTwo
BEIJING and TEL AVIV, Israel, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiDAR system supplier LiangDao Intelligence and Innoviz Technologies (Nasdaq: INVZ), a leading LiDAR company, announced that they have signed a strategic partnership.
The partnership will focus on deep collaboration and exploration of the customization of Innoviz's LiDAR solutions for OEMs in the Chinese region, the development of perception solutions, and validation and data collection to accelerate the introduction of series production solutions of high-resolution LiDAR for the Chinese market, based on InnovizTwo.
As a full-stack service provider of series-production vehicle LiDAR system, LiangDao Intelligence has been deeply engaged in the LiDAR space for many years. The company's core technical team participated in the software series production development for the series production launch of Scala, the world's first LiDAR in Audi A8 models. In 2019, LiangDao Intelligence took part in the world's first pure solid-state LiDAR series production project. With a deep understanding of the autonomous driving needs of Chinese and global automotive customers, LiangDao Intelligence has a leading international vision and extensive experience in series production project implementation.
A leading supplier of high-performance automotive grade LiDAR sensors, Innoviz Technologies develops LiDAR solutions with superior performance and has the capability of series production of LiDAR products for many applications. In 2018, BMW chose Innoviz's solid-state LiDAR sensor, InnovizOne, sourced and manufactured by Magna International, as its LiDAR for series production. Innoviz Technologies unveiled the B-prototype of its new generation LiDAR, InnovizTwo, at CES 2022. InnovizTwo is intended to deliver a 30x performance improvement and a 70% cost reduction compared to the InnovizOne.
Last month, Innoviz officially launched its subsidiary in China, Innoviz Shanghai Technologies Ltd. (Chinese: 应诺维思(上海)科技贸易有限公司, which follows 3.5 years of Innoviz operations in China. The new company will continue to be headed by Ms. Rosana Su.
"We are happy to bring the most reliable and highest-resolution LiDAR to the Chinese market, paired with our new partner LiangDao Intelligence" said Omer Keilaf, CEO and co-founder of Innoviz. "We are impressed by LiangDao's many years of experience and the distinguished projects their teams have been involved with. We appreciate their unique understanding of the automotive LIDAR market in China and look forward to jointly accelerating the introduction of mutual series production solutions of our high-resolution LiDAR for the Chinese market."
Dr. Xueming Ju, CEO of LiangDao Intelligence, said, "Innoviz Technologies is the industry leader in high-performance LiDAR sensors and sensing solutions, and its new LiDAR products are highly competitive in terms of performance and cost." In this cooperation, LiangDao Intelligence will leverage its Tier 1 capability as the system supplier and integrate Innoviz's strong technical strength to deliver a new generation of LiDAR system solutions to serve Chinese automotive industry customers by meeting the distinct regional requirements of autonomous driving in the Chinese market.
"The partnership between LiangDao Intelligence and Innoviz Technologies has been a long time coming, with the two companies' relationship starting back in Germany in 2018. Innoviz is not only a leader in LiDAR technology, but also a rigorous product deliverer. Innoviz shares the same values as LiangDao Intelligence, and I am looking forward to the future collaboration," Dr. Shengguang Lei, CTO of LiangDao Intelligence said.
In the next step, both parties will work together to deepen their cooperation and exploration to build a complete LiDAR hardware assembly line and supply chain system in China to accelerate the commercialization process of high-level autonomous driving.
About LiangDao Intelligence
LiangDao Intelligence is a global leading system provider of LiDAR sensors, providing industry customers with a full stack of LiDAR sensing systems, including automotive-grade LiDAR hardware, perception software, testing and validation and data services. Together with our industry partners, LiangDao Intelligence is dedicated to applying LiDAR systems to a wide range of applications in automotive and transportation, using reliable technology and products to ensure the safety of future mobility.
As an Innovator Top 100 company, LiangDao Intelligence has the advantages of Sino-German innovation. LiangDao Intelligence's customer base includes well-respected global automotive OEMs, well-known international automotive component companies, and leading Chinese technology companies in the field of autonomous driving.
About Innoviz Technologies
Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world's roads. Innoviz's LiDAR and perception software "see" better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industry's strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been elected both by an internationally-recognized premium car brand for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit www.innoviz.tech.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiftMaster®, the leading brand of professionally installed access solutions, now integrates with Yardi® property management software.
LiftMaster Smart Video Intercoms and Access Control Systems provide property managers with a customizable solution that can extend access control beyond the main entry point to others within the building such as a front gate, gym, package room or parking garage. Integrating with Yardi Voyager® property management software will simplify move-in and move-out, package deliveries and more for property owners, managers and residents.
"Our access solutions are designed with property managers and residents in mind, to make sure community access is secure and easy for them," said Jennifer Lytle, General Manager of LiftMaster Access Controls. "Integrating our Smart Community Access solutions with leading property management software providers like Yardi will streamline tenant information management to further simplify our community access experience."
LiftMaster Smart Video Intercoms and Access Control Systems are powered by myQ to provide customizable applications that help streamline the management of buildings, residents and community access points. Community managers can enhance security and reduce liability with myQ Community web platform and the myQ Community app for residents. Integration with Yardi Voyager lets property managers link the myQ Community web platform to their community's PMS system for automatic tenant database updates. This integration will automatically populate any changes in resident information directly into the myQ Community platform accelerating day-to-day workflows. It also ensures any changes to information in Yardi Voyager are synced to myQ automatically, saving property managers time, hassle and errors.
"By automatically synchronizing resident data every five minutes between LiftMaster's system and Yardi's system, property managers no longer have to worry about entering data twice, saving them considerable time and resources," said Lytle. "Plus, dealers and integrators also benefit from the integration, because it significantly cuts the data migration time, saving administrative costs and shortening project duration."
The myQ Community web platform's growing ecosystem of partners will soon provide even more communities with automatic tenant directory updates through upcoming integrations with other property management software providers. For more information on the Yardi integration click here.
About Yardi
Yardi® develops and supports industry-leading investment and property management software for all types and sizes of real estate companies. Established in 1984, Yardi is based in Santa Barbara, Calif., and serves clients worldwide. For more information on how Yardi is Energized for Tomorrow, visit yardi.com.
About LiftMaster
LiftMaster is the number one brand of professionally installed residential garage door openers, as well as a leading manufacturer of commercial door operators, residential and commercial gate operators, smart video intercoms and related access control products. Driven by the access and security needs of the marketplace, LiftMaster's expansive line of state-of-the-art residential and commercial products are designed to fit any lifestyle or application, providing the latest technology and innovations in safety, security and convenience. More information at LiftMaster.com.
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The expanded capability will focus on formulating market insights, evaluating new solutions through advanced analytics, and curating the market to find the best fit solutions for clients
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton Companies, the world's largest independent insurance brokerage and people solutions consulting group, announced today the launch of a new Insights & Innovation Lab for People Solutions. The new team of experts will focus on helping Lockton clients make their businesses better with new, cutting edge solutions, while also making their peoples' lives better through improved experiences and better care solutions.
With healthcare and benefits complexity continuing to increase, employers are searching for innovative solutions that help them balance providing competitive benefits with increasing costs, while navigating compliance and administration, and increasing employee engagement. The expanded capabilities from the Lockton Insights & Innovation Lab will help clients identify and assess relevant market trends in healthcare & benefits, evaluate applicable solutions, and curate those solutions to find the best fit for their people and business needs. The Insights & Innovation Lab is one of several new capabilities Lockton is investing in, along with improved data analytics, specialty practices and marketing communications.
"We're excited to expand our cutting-edge research and recommendations to our clients through the launch of this new capability and expertise," said Bruce Sammis, Lockton's People Solutions Executive Committee Chairman. "Our clients will benefit from valuable insights and answers, delivered through this unique capability, that helps them better match their needs with innovative solutions that improve the employee experience."
The Insights & Innovation Lab will be directed by Michael Perlmutter, Senior Vice President. Perlmutter, who joined Lockton in December 2021, has worked in healthcare and health management for more than 30 years while serving in strategic leadership roles at large health plans and innovative health management organizations. He was most recently the Health Imagination Leader at WTW.
"The role of benefits in the workplace is changing as employees prioritize their wellbeing as much as their wallet," continued Sammis. "We will continue to invest in our business in order to bring quick, actionable insights to our clients that help them attract and retain the best talent, while controlling rising costs and navigating an increasingly complex landscape."
Additionally, Lockton welcomed Chase Wagner as the Benefits Director of Marketing & Communications at the end of 2021. Wagner has worked in marketing and communications for nearly 20 years, including the areas of marketing strategy, public relations, corporate communications, corporate responsibility, digital advertising, social media, and public affairs. He was most recently the Director of Corporate Communications at H&R Block.
What makes Lockton stand apart is also what makes us better: independence. Lockton's private ownership empowers its 9,000 Associates doing business in over 125 countries to focus solely on clients' risk and insurance needs. With expertise that reaches around the globe, Lockton delivers the deep understanding needed to accomplish remarkable results.
For 13 consecutive years, Business Insurance magazine has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance." Lockton was named among the 2021 Best Managed Companies by Deloitte and the Wall Street Journal, a program that recognizes excellence and honors private companies for their strategy, execution, culture, and financials. For more information, visit www.lockton.com.
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Nationwide initiative aims to provide innovative courseware designed together with students of color to eliminate race and income as predictors of success
PORTLAND, Ore., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Learning, a leading provider of teaching and learning materials, today announced it has been awarded a significant grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further its work in creating and implementing equitable courseware. Lumen was chosen as a result of its long history of creating change in education and providing innovative, high-quality and affordable digital learning courseware to students and educators nationwide. Since its founding, Lumen Learning has set industry benchmarks through its commitment to increase equity, access and affordability in education. This grant will extend this work, focusing specifically on eliminating race and income as predictors of success for students. The selection process for the grant was highly competitive and included dozens of publishers, edtech organizations and institutions of higher learning.
Today's announced grant will support Lumen Learning to create new courseware for Introduction to Statistics that can serve as an exemplar of courseware centered in equity that makes a meaningful difference in student success. To achieve this, Lumen has established partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions across the United States, allowing Lumen to work directly with their target student demographic in co-creating relevant courseware materials through student-led user testing centers. Both Rockland Community College in New York and Santa Ana College in California have opened user testing centers on their campuses to assist Lumen Learning in gaining valuable insights and helping establish relatable courses for Black, Latino/a, Indigenous and low-income students. Additionally, Lumen Learning has a partnership with Howard University to gain guidance and feedback on course and platform development, learning from Howard's rich history of success supporting Black students. This game-changing approach will set a precedent for how to better personalize education for students of the future.
"We are extremely grateful to have received this incredible grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This will allow Lumen Learning to aggressively and purposefully advance racial and socioeconomic equity through rapid innovation of our proven courseware and faculty professional development experiences," says Kim Thanos, Co-Founder and CEO of Lumen Learning. "This grant will propel us faster to our goal of implementing more relevant digital learning and improving outcomes for Black, Latino/a, Indigenous and low-income students. Improving outcomes for these students, whose needs have not been met by existing solutions, is an 'all-hands-on-deck' challenge."
Specifically, the grant will provide funds to create new Introduction to Statistics courseware that will replace traditional textbook packages and provide students with a rich, interactive, and personalized learning experience, as well as a complete range of support for faculty members. Introduction to Statistics has been identified as one of 20 "gateway courses," which are foundational, lower-level courses that large numbers of students are at risk of failing and that lead to significant dropout rates between the first and second year of college. Introduction to Statistics has both high annual enrollments and a high failure rate of 24% nationally. The implementation of Lumen's unique model in this critical course can have a strong impact on increasing efficacy for all students.
The grant is part of the Gates Foundation's Postsecondary Success strategy, which is dedicated to ensuring that many more of today's students complete their certificates and degrees and eliminate race, ethnicity, and income as predictors of student success. This goal directly aligns with Lumen's mission to advance racial and socioeconomic educational equity. The foundation's approach is built on research showing that active learning, including through digital courseware, reduces drop, fail, and withdraw (DFW) rates when compared to the traditional lecture format. Further, blended learning courses that combine classroom instruction with digital courseware generate the most impactful results for students. Lumen's evidence-based programs are proven to build not only more effective learners, but more impactful teachers.
"Key insights from this work will inform subsequent courseware development and help us advance our mission to support unprecedented learning for all students across a broad range of gateway courses," says Dr. David Wiley, Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning. "Investment from this grant will deepen our expertise in equity-centered design. We believe that the best courses foster community and connection and promote a sense of belonging where all students feel represented and appreciated."
Additional partners in this endeavor include Digital Promise and The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Lumen's Introduction to Statistics courseware will be ready for piloting in January 2023 and will be broadly available in fall 2023. If you're interested in being part of the development or piloting process, please visit info.lumenlearning.com/statistics.
Since 2012, Lumen Learning has partnered with colleges and universities to support teaching and learning innovation with a focus on improving affordability, access, and student success.
Lumen Waymaker and OHM digital courseware provide evidence-based learning design and data-driven content improvements to increase learning and student engagement using open educational resources (OER).
Lumen Circles provide faculty professional development to build skills and advance teaching practices. Grounded in research about how to increase learning and student success and delivered through peer-based virtual learning groups, Lumen Circles provide a supportive setting for faculty to expand their capabilities for teaching in dynamic educational environments.
Over 500 institutions across the U.S. are using Lumen-supported digital courseware for in-person, online, and blended courses. Materials created by Lumen are published under Creative Commons Attribution licenses and contributed back to the education community. Learn more at lumenlearning.com, and visit our course catalog at lumenlearning.com/courses/.
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More than 48K SWEPCO customers without power following Tuesday night storms
Nearly 46,000 SWEPCO customers are without power after severe weather swept through the area overnight.
Assessors have reported downed powerlines and fallen trees throughout the Ark-La-Tex.
As of 6 a.m. Wednesday, about 40,000 customers in Northwest Louisiana and 8,400 customers in East Texas are without power.
At the peak, about 65,000 customers were without power.
The hardest-hit areas include Shreveport, Bossier City and Haughton, as well as Longview and Gladewater in East Texas.
Estimated restoration times for East Texas are 5 p.m. Wednesday. The company did not provide restoration times for Louisiana.
More:Northwest Louisiana power outage map
For immediate information SWEPCO recommends using one of these methods:
- SWEPCO.com/Alerts for text or email alerts
- SWEPCO.com/App
- SWEPCO.com/Outages/Report
- 1-888-218-3919 to report hazards
School closures:Some Caddo, Bossier Parish schools closed after Tuesday night storms | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2022/04/13/more-than-40-k-swepco-customers-without-power-following-tuesday-storms/7302152001/ | 2022-04-13T13:26:19 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2022/04/13/more-than-40-k-swepco-customers-without-power-following-tuesday-storms/7302152001/ |
Same Delicious Red and Green Enchilada Sauces Now Also Available in New Resealable and Pourable Pouches
ORANGE, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of the LA VICTORIA® brand, one of the leading innovators of flavorful salsa and sauces in the Western U.S. for over 100 years, have reimagined their classic enchilada sauce packaging to give consumers the convenience of an easy-to-open pouch with a twistable cap, making it easier than ever to store the extra and reuse, without the mess. The new Enchilada Sauces in Closable Pouches inspire recipe creation beyond traditional Mexican recipes and can be used for far more than just enchiladas, including tacos, burgers, casseroles, potatoes, soups and more. Available in red and green enchilada sauce varieties, the new closable pouches provide consumers freedom from the hassle of cleanup with traditional canned enchilada sauce and the pesky can opener.
"We saw the need to innovate a resealable enchilada pouch to bring convenience to our consumers and inspire meal creations," said Diana DeLoza, director of marketing for the LA VICTORIA® brand. "Whether you need a little or a lot or you're looking to elevate your next entree, LA VICTORIA® helps you top off your favorite dish—from breakfast tacos, baked potatoes and so much more."
LA VICTORIA® enchilada sauce (MSRP: $2.99) is made with ripened chiles picked at the peak of perfection and contains no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or MSG, plus it's vegan, gluten free and certified kosher. Each red and green variety is the same beloved formula found in the can but now packaged in a convenient 12-ounce resealable pouch that can be stored in the refrigerator after opening.
LA VICTORIA® enchilada sauces are now available at select Albertsons locations and other leading retailers in the western U.S.
For recipes, nutritional information and where to buy LA VICTORIA® products, please visit www.lavictoria.com or follow the brand on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @lavictoriabrand.
ABOUT THE LA VICTORIA® BRAND
Since 1917, the LA VICTORIA® brand has been producing salsas, sauces, chiles, peppers and versatile pantry staples that offer Mexican flavor to any meal. Best known for its flagship product, SALSA BRAVA® Hot Sauce and full line of enchilada sauces, the brand portfolio also includes taco sauces and organic, non-GMO salsas. The LA VICTORIA® brand is part of MegaMex Foods, one of the fastest growing Mexican food companies in the US focused on reimagining Mexican flavor. For more information and recipe ideas, visit www.lavictoria.com or follow the LA VICTORIA® brand on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.
ABOUT MEGAMEX FOODS, LLC.
MegaMex Foods, one of the fastest growing Mexican food companies in the US, is focused on reimagining Mexican flavor in restaurants and home kitchens across the country. MegaMex Foods is proudly committed to authentic ingredients and providing a real solution for achieving true Mexican flavors with trusted products including WHOLLY®, LA VICTORIA®, HERDEZ®, EMBASA®, DOÑA MARIA®, BÚFALO® and DON MIGUEL® brands. Founded by Herdez del Fuerte and Hormel Foods, MegaMex Foods is headquartered in Orange, California, with facilities in Texas and Mexico. MegaMex Foods has two operating plants, numerous manufacturing partners and over 4,000 employees. For more information, visit www.megamexfoods.com and www.mmxfoodservice.com.
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Some Caddo, Bossier Parish schools closed after Tuesday night storms
Shreveport Times
Several schools in Caddo and Bossier Parishes are closed following a line of severe thunderstorms that moved through the area Tuesday night.
The following schools are closed in Caddo Parish on Wednesday:
- Sunset Acres Elementary
- Forest Hill Elementary
- Caddo Middle Magnet
- Southern Hills Elementary
- 81st Street ECE
- Summer Grove Elementary
- Booker T. Washington High
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle
- Northside Elementary
- Westwood Elementary
- Mooringsport Elementary
- Eden Gardens Elementary
- Ridgewood Middle
- Atkins Elementary
- Pine Grove Elementary
In Bossier Parish:
All schools in Haughton and Plain Dealing will be closed. This includes:
- Haughton Elementary
- Haughton Middle
- Haughton High
- T.L. Rodes
- Platt
- Princeton
- Plain Dealing High.
All other Bossier Parish schools have power and will be open.
However, if students or employees cannot get to school or it would be dangerous to do so, they will be excused. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2022/04/13/some-caddo-bossier-schools-closed-after-tuesday-night-storms/7302084001/ | 2022-04-13T13:26:25 | 1 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2022/04/13/some-caddo-bossier-schools-closed-after-tuesday-night-storms/7302084001/ |
Here's what happens when a fight breaks out on a Caddo Parish school bus
On Tuesday morning a Caddo Parish School bus was forced to make an emergency stop on 3132 when a fight broke out between two students. Though police officers were on the scene, the students face no criminal charges.
There is a protocol that is followed when incidents like this happen on the district's busses.
Caddo Schools said, " the protocol for a fight on a bus is for the bus driver to radio our district’s Transportation Dispatcher. A dispatcher will then radio Shreveport Police Department to respond while the driver meanwhile is safely pulling over the vehicle and attempting to break up the fight where it can be deemed safe."
Once the bus driver stops in a safe location, they are asked to remove the students off the bus where they must wait for a guardian to pick them up.
More:What you need to know about the proposed Caddo School District Millage renewals
"They are never left unattended during this time," Caddo Schools said.
Following the incident, the students are referred to their school where disciplinary action is taken. The consequences are given in accordance with the circumstances of the fight.
Tuesday, three Shreveport Police units were on the scene but the students were not taken into custody.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2022/04/13/when-fight-breaks-out-caddo-parish-school-bus-what-protocol/7291919001/ | 2022-04-13T13:26:30 | 1 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2022/04/13/when-fight-breaks-out-caddo-parish-school-bus-what-protocol/7291919001/ |
Historical data from thousands of Medius customers shows finance teams should be prepared for a mammoth surge in invoices on the first Tuesday after Easter
STOCKHOLM, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medius, a leading provider of accounts payable (AP) automation solutions, predicts April 19 to be amongst the busiest days for invoice processing and approvals in 2022.
Medius, which has thousands of customers and manages transactions worth more than $180 billion annually, has analysed historical data to predict the first Tuesday after Easter is likely to be one of the busiest of 2022. Last year, Tuesday 6th April, the first Tuesday after Easter, saw a 44% increase in invoices sent for approval - the busiest day of the year for invoice approvals.
Below outlines the biggest spikes in the Easter period over the last four years for both PO-invoices and non-PO invoices:
Invoice approval means reviewing and approving supplier invoices before these are posted as a cost in the ERP system and sent for payment.
David Taylor, Data Analyst at Medius, said: "Our data shows the number of invoices on the first Tuesday after Easter make it one of the busiest days for accounts payable teams. In fact, last year it had the highest volume of invoice traffic all year beating Christmas and the financial year-end to the top spot with the average business approving more than 200 invoices in one day."
Jim Lucier, CEO of Medius, comments: "Our advice for account payable teams is to clear the backlog as much as possible before Easter so the break doesn't add to the crunch. The surge can be challenging for finance teams given they are under constant pressure to deliver more with less. A sustainable long-term solution is to invest in technology like AI and ML that can automate much of the invoicing process for staff."
For more information, please contact:
Dan Bird, Fight or Flight for Medius
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – On Tuesday night Fort Wayne City Council passed a pair of funding motions.
The first one allows the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) enacted by Congress in March of 2021 to move forward in Fort Wayne. The city will receive $50.8 million to help recover from economic hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Council agreed to a preliminary plan on just how to spend that money.
The second motion related to the ongoing riverfront development. Now in phase 2, the development has been buying business that don’t “fit” with the feeling they’re going for on the river.
The latest move will now be to buy the land Schaab metal products sits on, and relocate it to allow another business that is more pedestrian friendly to move in.
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SHENZHEN, China, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meten Holding Group Ltd. ("Meten Holding Group" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: METX), an omnichannel training company headquartered in China providing language and workplace training services, today provided updates on the Company's metaverse vocational education courses (the "Courses").
As previously announced, in December 2021, Meten Holding Group launched the trial of its metaverse vocational education courses, which cover various subjects, such as video post-production, game rendering, architectural visualization, interior design, UI/UX design, and Building Information Modeling ("BIM") application. Amid the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic early in 2022 in China, the Company achieved a gross billing of RMB10 million (approximately US$1.57 million) from the Courses in the first quarter of 2022, and is anticipating growth potential in the near future, as the Courses have been launched in a limited number of cities, including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Nanjing.
The Courses are customized for both individuals with no knowledge in visual design who wish to start their careers in this field and visual designing professionals looking for advanced training. The Company is committed to helping students with different backgrounds meet their individual learning needs and master professional skills to reach industry standards with unique creativities.
Mr. Alan Peng, Chief Executive Officer of Meten Holding Group, commented, "We are excited to achieve significant progress in launching the metaverse vocational education courses in the face of the challenging environment. With the rapid development of vocational education and increasing demand for talents, we believe vocational education is an integral part of the education industry and wish to help more students achieve their career goals. We will continue to launch the Courses in major cities in China, once the number of COVID-19 cases decline sufficiently. We expect to achieve a gross billing of RMB50 million (approximately US$7.86 million) from the Courses in the full year 2022, with the goal of cultivating 2000 visual design talents."
About Meten Holding Group Ltd.
Meten Holding Group Ltd., formerly known as Meten EdtechX Education Group Ltd., is an omnichannel training company headquartered in China providing language and workplace training services. In addition to its training services, Meten Holding Group actively develops metaverse, blockchain and cryptocurrency mining businesses to align with its future business development strategy. Meten Holding Group engages in blockchain related businesses in North America and Southeast Asia (excluding China), including cryptocurrency mining, mining farm construction, and mining pool and data center operation. Meten Holding Group actively explores metaverse business, such as Metaverse vocational education courses, with its competitive advantages and technology.
For more information, please visit: https://investor.metenedu-edtechx.com/.
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STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A Fremont man was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash Tuesday night in Steuben County.
The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. on West Orland Road near Crooked Lake.
Indiana State Police report 28-year old Channing Szapkiw was operating a 2008 Harley Davidson at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the roadway and struck a utility pole. The force of impact snapped the utility pole in half.
Steuben County EMS personnel provided initial medical assistance. Szapkiw was airlifted from the scene by Lutheran Air to a hospital in Fort Wayne, where he was pronounced dead.
This remains an active investigation by the Indiana State Police. Trooper Dan Burkey was assisted at the scene by Angola Police Department, Steuben County Sheriff’s Department, Steuben Fire & EMS personnel, Steuben County Highway Department, Nipsco, and Countryside Towing. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/fremont-man-killed-in-motorcycle-crash/ | 2022-04-13T13:26:40 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/fremont-man-killed-in-motorcycle-crash/ |
- Morehouse bested more than 60 HBCU teams to win the 2022 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship and a $75,000 institutional grant
- Kentucky State University, Oakwood University and Tuskegee University finish in the top four
- Joshua Ernest of Winston-Salem State University selected by fellow competitors to receive Ernest C. Jones Sportsperson Award
- To rewatch the HCASC National Championship Tournament games, visit HCASC.com
TORRANCE, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Morehouse College has emerged as the champion of the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America's premier academic competition for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), after more than 150 thrilling games of head-to-head competition. More than 300 HBCU students, coaches, presidents and institutional representatives participated in this year's virtual HCASC program, which included student development seminars and activities with HBCU presidents. Honda provided nearly $400,000 in institutional grants to the participating HBCUs.
"Congratulations to the winning scholars from Morehouse who symbolize our mission to power HBCU minds and help students achieve their dreams," said Yvette Hunsicker, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusion & Diversity at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "On behalf of everyone at Honda, we appreciate the tremendous efforts from all of students participating in this year's competition and we want to offer special thanks to the many volunteers and HBCU alumni who make HCASC possible."
During the fast-paced gameplay, the four-student Morehouse team demonstrated incredible skills and teamwork to answer questions on topics ranging from history and science to literature and pop culture. Coached by Robert Myrick, the championship team features team captain Stephen Agyepong, a senior majoring in Biology from Silver Spring, Md., Isaiah Thompson, a senior majoring in Economics from Stone Mountain, Ga., Andre Brown, a junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering from Atlanta, and Kendall Wood, a junior majoring in Biology from Cleveland. Since HCASC was established in 1989, Morehouse College has qualified for the HCASC National Championship Tournament every year.
"HCASC has been a positive space for young Black people to immerse themselves in all of the subjects that they know, love and study," said Stephen Agyepong. "Although my HBCU experience was greatly impacted by COVID-19, I still found a sense of community from my team and other schools in the HCASC cohort."
Runner-up Kentucky State University was awarded a $30,000 institutional grant, while the third and fourth place finishers – Oakwood University and Tuskegee University, respectively – each received $20,000 grants. Dillard University, University of the District of Columbia, Alabama A&M University and Spelman College rounded out the "Great 8" teams that competed in the HCASC Finals, held April 10-12.
Honda Virtual Seminars Help Prepare Students for Post-Graduation Success
In addition to the tournament experience, Honda created virtual development seminars aimed at increasing career readiness and student empowerment. More than 200 students learned interview tips, resume writing best practices and ways to prepare for success after graduation. These seminars were conducted in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Columbus Urban League, Honda Talent Acquisition, and a panel of Honda associates who are HBCU graduates.
Honoring Individual Contributions
Every year, dedicated coaches, volunteers and program alumni help to make the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge a success. Fellow HCASC competitors selected Joshua Ernest of Winston-Salem State University to receive this year's Ernest C. Jones Sportsperson Award, which recognizes a student who epitomizes team spirit, camaraderie, good sportsmanship and academic focus during the National Championship Tournament. The award is named for one of HCASC's early volunteers who mentored many HBCU students.
Honda recognized Robert Myrick, eight-year Morehouse HCASC team coach, as Coach of the Year. Myrick earned this recognition due to his exceptional coaching skills that have consistently kept Morehouse among the top HCASC teams, his generosity and enthusiasm to support the HCASC community.
Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is a year-round program celebrating Black excellence and showcasing the academic talents of top HBCU students from across the country. HCASC challenges students to expand their scope of knowledge on a wide range of topics while also helping to develop their leadership and collaboration skills. By bringing together students from other HBCUs, participants have the unique opportunity to network, gain mentorship opportunities with program alumni and become "friends for life." Since 1989, more than 145,000 scholars have competed in the academic tournament.
For additional information about the 33rd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge and to watch video clips from the tournament, visit HCASC.com, as well as the HCASC Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channel.
Honda and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
For over 30 years, Honda has supported the success and dreams of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students through initiatives including the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge and Honda Battle of the Bands. These programs provide unforgettable experiences and opportunities for HBCU students, including meeting and networking with peers from other HBCU schools. Honda has impacted the lives of more than 200,000 students and awarded over $14 million in grants in support of HBCU education programs and facilities improvements.
To advance its leading investment in HBCUs, Honda is a member of the HBCU Partnership Challenge, a Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus initiative that brings together government, industry and HBCUs to create strategic, more sustainable HBCU partnerships. Honda also has partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to provide annual scholarship funding to support HBCU students pursuing an education in engineering, supply chain management and manufacturing-related fields.
About Honda Corporate Social Responsibility
For more than 60 years in the U.S., Honda has been committed to making positive contributions to the communities where its customers and associates live and work. Honda's mission is to create products and services that improve lives while conducting business in a sustainable manner and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Accordingly, Honda believes in helping people reach their life's potential through its focus on the areas of education, the environment, mobility, traffic safety and community.
Learn more at http://csr.honda.com/.
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CALGARY, AB, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Nanalysis Scientific Corp. (TSXV:NSCI) (OTCQX:NSCIF) (FRA:1N1) ("Nanalysis" or the "Company") announces that CEO Sean Krakiwsky will present at NobleCon18, Noble Capital Markets' Eighteenth Annual Investor Conference at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida on Wed, April 22nd, 2022 at 12:30 PM ET in Seminole Ballroom B. There is also the opportunity to meet with Mr. Krakiwsky at his breakout sessions scheduled for Wed, April 20, 2022, at 11:30 AM ET at Table 11, Thursday, April 21st at 11:30 AM ET at Table 1, and Thursday, April 21st at 1:45 PM at Table 10.
A high-definition, video webcast of the presentation will be available the following day at the following link: https://noble.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/116e75104b074f3491ff20780ccca2af1d
and as part of a complete catalog of presentations available at Noble Capital Markets' Conference website: www.nobleconference.com and on Channelchek www.channelchek.com the investor portal created by Noble. The webcast will be archived on the company's website, the NobleCon website and on Channelchek.com for 90 days following the event.
About Nanalysis Scientific Corp. (TSXV:NSCI, OTCQX:NSCIF, FRA:1N1)
Nanalysis trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) in Canada with ticker symbol 'NSCI', OTC and the Frankfurt exchange under the ticker symbol '1N1'. The company's business is what we term "MRI and NMR for industry". The company develops and manufactures portable Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers or analyzers for laboratory and industrial markets. The NMReady-60™ was the first full-feature portable NMR spectrometer in a single compact enclosure requiring no liquid helium or any other cryogens. The company has followed-up that initial offering with new products and continues to have a strong innovation pipeline. Nanalysis recently announced that it has begun selling a 100MHz device in 2020. The Company's new device will be the most powerful and most advanced compact NMR device ever brought to market.
Nanalysis devices are used in many industries (oil and gas, chemical, mining, pharma, biotech, flavor and fragrances, agrochemicals, law enforcement, and more) as well as numerous government and university research labs around the world. The Company continues to exploit new global market opportunities independently and with partners.
With the recent acquisition of K'(Prime) Technologies Inc. (KPrime), the company maintains a North American sales and service company of over 40 individuals who cover scientific instrumentation for pharma, food, chemical and oil & gas customers, as well as imaging systems for security applications.
Noble Capital Markets ("Noble") is a research driven investment bank that has supported small & microcap companies since 1984. As a FINRA and SEC licensed broker dealer Noble provides institutional-quality equity research, merchant and investment banking, and order execution services. In 2005, Noble established NobleCon, an investor conference that has grown substantially over the last decade. Noble launched www.channelchek.com in 2018 - an investor community dedicated exclusively to public small and micro-cap companies and their industries. Channelchek is the first service to offer institutional-quality research to the public, for FREE at every level without a subscription. More than 6,000 public emerging growth companies are listed on the site, with growing content including research, webcasts, podcasts, and balanced news.
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Both leaders in their respective verticals, the companies are launching the curriculum in time for Financial Literacy Month
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearpod, an interactive instructional platform that gives educators real-time insights into student learning, today expands its partnership with Next Gen Personal Finance to provide free access to a personal finance curriculum. Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit committed to ensuring ALL students graduate high school with personal finance skills, provides free resources and curriculum that prepare students for their financial future. With this partnership, its free, core curriculum covering everything from taxes to investing is now supercharged with Nearpod's engaging platform to empower students with skills that will expand their financial horizons.
The partnership between Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) and Nearpod comes at a time when the need for standards-aligned financial literacy curriculum is undeniable. Research from the National Endowment for Financial Education on high school students shows that after a three-month financial literacy course, 60% of the students had changed their savings patterns, 80% indicated they save for what they really need or want and 20% indicated that they save every time they get money.
The obvious and immediate positive impact financial literacy makes on students' lives is also impacting policy. Late last month, Florida joined 11 other states as it guaranteed a personal finance course for all high schoolers. Equipping students to enter life after high school with strong financial skills stands to create lasting economic impacts for American families in the future.
"At Next Gen Personal Finance, we strive to create equal access and opportunities for every student to gain personal finance skills. Our curriculum lays the groundwork for financial independence and freedom and provides opportunities for us to create greater equity and inclusion in high school and beyond," shared Tim Ranzetta, co-founder of NGPF. "Partnering with Nearpod furthers our ability to ensure that all students graduate high school with personal finance skills by getting high-quality resources and curriculum into the hands of more high school teachers."
Building on an existing partnership through which NGPF lessons on Nearpod have been accessed by students over four million times, the new lessons coming to Nearpod cover taxes, checking, savings, paying for college, types of credit, managing credit, investing, insurance and budgeting in a nine-week course.
"The evidence for incorporating financial literacy into secondary education classrooms is clear, and we're proud to expand the Next Gen content on our platform," shared Pep Carerra, CEO of Nearpod. "Most importantly, we're proud that this robust curriculum will be available for free on our platform. We believe that all students deserve access to this life-changing curriculum, and we're excited to empower educators with engaging content that will have lasting impacts on their students' lives."
April is Financial Literacy month; to begin personal finance education with your students today, click here to access these free NGPF lessons on Nearpod.
Nearpod offers an interactive, instructional platform that merges formative assessment and dynamic media for live and self-paced learning experiences inside and outside of the classroom. Nearpod is a device-agnostic platform that engages students with activities such as VR Field Trips, PhET simulations and Desmos, and features more than 15,000 ready-to-run interactive lessons, videos and activities created in partnership with leading brands like Common Sense Education and Smithsonian. In 2019, Nearpod acquired Flocabulary, a learning platform that engages students in academically rigorous K-12 curriculum while promoting literacy through hip-hop videos. Together, Nearpod and Flocabulary reach educators in the 100 largest school districts in the US. In 2018, Nearpod was named EdTech Digest's Company of the Year. In March of 2021 Nearpod was acquired by Renaissance, a global leader in assessment, reading and math solutions for pre-K-12 schools and districts. To learn more about Nearpod, visit www.nearpod.com. For more information about Renaissance, visit www.renaissance.com.
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF), has become the "one-stop shop" for more than 60,000 educators looking for high-quality, engaging personal finance curriculum to equip students with the skills they need to thrive in the future. NGPF's curriculum has a broad reach, with more than 8 out of 10 U.S. high school students attending schools where a teacher uses the NGPF curriculum. NGPF invests in teacher professional development with live virtual sessions, certification courses and asynchronous On-Demand modules. The non-profit has been recognized by Common Sense Education as a "Top Website for Teachesr to Find Lesson Plans" and "Best Business and Finance Games."
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Asurion Appliance Repair Provides Fast, In-Home Expert Repair of Major Appliances Including Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers and More
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new appliance repair company has opened in Columbus with highly trained experts providing quality, fast repairs as soon as next day. Asurion Appliance Repair experts can provide in-home repairs of major appliance brands including Whirlpool, Samsung, GE™, LG®, Electrolux® and more.
From refrigerator repair to fixing a broken dishwasher or dryer, Asurion Appliance Repair experts are able to complete many repairs in a single visit.
"Whether it's a broken ice maker, a freezer that stops freezing or a washer that leaks, our appliance repair experts can help," said Tim Cager, Manager, Asurion Appliance Repair in Columbus. "We understand that life gets disrupted when the appliances you count on daily stop working correctly, and we're here with highly trained experts to get you back up and running quickly."
Appliance Repair Experts You Can Trust
Asurion Appliance Repair experts are highly trained in repairing Whirlpool, Samsung, GE™, LG®, Electrolux® and other major brands to provide quality repairs for today's modern appliances. Asurion Appliance Repair also has authorized service partnerships with major appliance brands which provides their repair experts with direct access to manufacturer parts to help fix customers' appliances fast. All Asurion appliance repairs are backed by a 60-day warranty on parts and labor.
"At Asurion Appliance Repair, we understand the disruption our customers experience when their appliances stop working," said Asurion Appliance Repair CEO Luke Smiley. "As we continue to build and expand our appliance repair business, we are making customer experience our top priority. The Asurion mission is about more than repairing broken refrigerators and dryers. We fix tech and appliances fast so our customers can get their lives back up and running."
Fast Repair, Because Waiting Isn't an Option
Columbus-area customers can call to schedule an appliance repair or book an appointment online. A technician will arrive at your home to complete your repair as soon as the next day. Service visits include a $99 diagnostic fee, which is waived when Asurion Appliance Repair is hired to fix your appliance.
For more information, to view a service menu, or to book a repair appointment, visit appliance-repair.asurion.com. Or contact Asurion Appliance Repair in Columbus at:
(614) 665-6322
About Asurion
Asurion is a global tech care company that provides insurance, installation, repair, replacement, and 24/7 support for a wide range of technology, from mobile phones and laptops to major household appliances. Our 12,000 experts are available online, on the phone, in store, or can even come to you. Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices and connections.
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The Newell Creative Kitchen brings a new source of kitchen inspiration through immersive cooking content including new farmer's market recipes from viral TikTok sensation Jeremy Scheck
ATLANTA, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: NWL) announced the launch of the Newell Creative Kitchen, the company's first multi-purpose, brick-and-mortar kitchen space located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The versatile space caters to virtual and in-person events and serves as a hub for content creation and kitchen inspiration, connecting people with the latest food and kitchen trends. Newell Creative Kitchen provides an avenue to showcase the latest innovations from Newell Brands' family of leading home and kitchen brands including Rubbermaid, Ball, Calphalon, FoodSaver, Sistema, CrockPot, and Mr. Coffee.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9011051-newell-creative-kitchen/
As life continues to be lived in the kitchen, and at the home, the Newell Creative Kitchen is a new, collaborative way for Newell Brands to keep a pulse on category trends to further delight and engage foodies. The Newell Creative Kitchen exists as a direct extension of Newell Brands' purpose to enhance and brighten consumer's lives at home by creating moments of joy and peace of mind.
"As a destination for home and kitchen brands, we know that the kitchen is so much more than food, it's the heart of the home," said Kris Malkoski, Business Unit CEO, Home Solutions Unit at Newell Brands. "We are pleased to offer the Newell Creative Kitchen as an outlet that fosters inventive thinking and sparks discovery for consumers at home."
The Newell Creative Kitchen will serve up a steady stream of inspiration for consumers, acting as a content incubator where creators can seamlessly produce and share videos, tutorials and more. Newell Creative Kitchen kicks off with TikTok star, Jeremy Scheck @ScheckEats to share new recipes packed with fresh farmer's market produce.
"I love spending time in the kitchen creating flavorful recipes that people can easily modify with ingredients they have on hand," said Jeremy Scheck. "I am excited to partner with the Newell Creative Kitchen to inspire people in their own kitchens this spring with fresh and flavorful creations that show how to use all kinds of produce throughout the farmer's market season."
Conceptualized by global design and architecture firm Perkins&Will and constructed in partnership with Schimenti Construction Company, the Newell Creative Kitchen caters to an intimate audience setting and is equipped with a pristine pantry organized and stocked with the latest innovations from Newell Brands, a flexible meeting area, and an outdoor patio. It is packed with integrated production elements including reclaimed sound-rated ceilings, multi-layered lighting, and complex audio-visual equipment, optimal for content creation.
The newly renovated 5,000 sq. ft. space is part of a freestanding 19th century building, steps from the Hudson River and can host up to 40 people. As a long-standing part of the New Jersey community, Newell Brands looks forward to opening the space to the Hoboken community and local organizations.
Content produced from the Newell Creative Kitchen can be found on the website, YouTube channel or by starting to follow the hashtag #NewellKitchen on Instagram and TikTok.
To follow along with Jeremy's farmer's market recipes and for additional kitchen inspiration, visit www.newellcreativekitchen.com.
About Newell Brands
Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, FoodSaver, Calphalon, Sistema, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer's, Yankee Candle, Graco, NUK, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Spontex, Coleman, Campingaz, Oster, Sunbeam and Mr. Coffee. Newell Brands' beloved, planet friendly brands enhance and brighten consumers lives at home and outside by creating moments of joy, building confidence and providing peace of mind.
This press release and additional information about Newell Brands are available on the company's website, www.newellbrands.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Callan, a leading institutional investment consulting firm, announced today that Nicole Wubbena joined the firm's Global Manager Research group (GMR) as a senior vice president and research consultant on April 11. Ms. Wubbena brings more than 12 years of research consulting experience, and will focus on U.S. and international public equity manager research. She reports to GMR head Mark Stahl, CFA, senior vice president, and is based in Callan's Chicago office.
"I am thrilled to join the Global Manager Research team," said Ms. Wubbena. "I appreciate the depth of collaboration that exists between the research and consulting teams in delivering solutions to clients. Most importantly, the Callan culture, which is welcoming and rooted in inclusiveness, is unparalleled in this industry and one that I am proud to be a part of."
Most recently, Ms. Wubbena was an associate partner at Aon where she led the U.S. equity manager research team, conducting manager due diligence and selection and portfolio construction and monitoring. She was also a member of the Equity Portfolio Construction Committee. Prior to Aon, she was a consulting group analyst for Morgan Stanley. Ms. Wubbena earned her BA in human biology from Stanford University.
"We are excited and lucky to have Nicole become part of Callan's Global Manager Research Group," said Mr. Stahl. "Her experience and knowledge regarding both the investment manager universe and equity markets will enhance our research efforts and benefit our clients. In addition, her professional and thoughtful demeanor fits seamlessly into the Callan culture."
About Callan
Callan was founded as an employee-owned investment consulting firm in 1973. Ever since, we have empowered institutional clients with creative, customized investment solutions backed by proprietary research, exclusive data, and ongoing education. Today, Callan advises on more than $3 trillion in total fund sponsor assets, which makes it among the largest independently owned investment consulting firms in the U.S. Callan uses a client-focused consulting model to serve pension and defined contribution plan sponsors, endowments, foundations, independent investment advisers, investment managers, and other asset owners. Callan has six offices throughout the U.S. Learn more at callan.com.
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mediarelations@callan.com
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Riviera and Marina to Undergo Stem-to-Stern Re-Inspiration in 2022 and 2023 Rebuild Will Yield 1,210 New Suites and Staterooms and Transformed Public Spaces
MIAMI, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, announced details of its most ambitious OceaniaNEXT experience elevation initiative to date with the stem-to-stern re-inspiration of the 1,210-guest ships Riviera and Marina, two of the most acclaimed ships in modern history. With the advent of Riviera's and Marina's re-inspiration, Oceania Cruises will, for the first time, field a fleet entirely composed of brand-new or better-than-new ships in every destination across the globe.
Debuting in December 2022 and November 2023 respectively, Riviera and Marina will become better-than-new ships in a re-inspiration without peer. Every surface of every suite and stateroom will be entirely new, while in the public spaces, a refreshed color palette will surround a tasteful renewal of fabrics, furnishings, and lighting fixtures that exquisitely encompasses the inimitable style and comfort of Oceania Cruises. Tuscan marble, engaging works of art, and designer residential furnishings will adorn the re-inspired spaces. The iconic Library will remain just as plush and hushed, while magnificent views will fill Horizons as never before. From the bejeweled chandeliers in the gracious Grand Dining Room to the Lalique crystal-laced Grand Staircase, Riviera and Marina will each celebrate a rejuvenation so sweeping, it will be positively unimaginable to resist their welcoming embrace.
"At Oceania Cruises, we continue to raise the bar and elevate the guest experience at every opportunity. Whether it's innovative new culinary concepts, immersive new destination experiences, or presenting our guests with ships that are not just better, but better than new, Oceania Cruises sets the standard by which others are judged," stated Howard Sherman, President & CEO of Oceania Cruises.
Floor-to-Ceiling, Wall-to-Wall All-New Suites and Staterooms
Riviera's and Marina's suites and staterooms will be passionately reimagined to provide a radiant and even more decadent degree of lavish residential comfort while leaving no surface untouched, no design detail wanting. Lighter, brighter, and even more spacious, every suite and stateroom on board will glow from a floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall re-inspiration. Custom-crafted furnishings, exotic stone, and polished wood finishes, and designer accessories will add an air of elegance and sophistication that are the hallmarks of our completely transformed guest accommodations. Every square inch will be new, enhanced by nuanced shades of the sea and sky, creating a harmonious celebration of style and comfort.
Living and sleeping areas will reflect a luxurious array of new finishes. From lustrous Italian marble to bespoke fabrics in harmonious tones evocative of painted deserts and tranquil skies, each sublime sanctuary will shimmer with the modernity of an inviting Milanese townhouse. Sensuous, curvilinear tables and chairs will beg for attention, subtle lighting will suffuse opulence, and intricate millwork will whisper of the finest European craftsmanship. Bathrooms will be pearlescent, bedecked with glittering fixtures and with spacious storage effortlessly incorporated. Indescribably exquisite, this evolution will be nothing short of perfection.
Suite and Stateroom Highlights:
- Riviera and Marina will boast a radiant new glow reminiscent of a sun-dappled Newport estate yet with the warmth and joie de vivre of a chic Parisian apartment in which each element has been carefully chosen to create a comforting sense of home.
- Concierge Level Veranda Staterooms and Veranda Staterooms are the largest standard staterooms afloat at 291 square feet.
- Suites and staterooms will embrace a complete transformation that flawlessly melds meticulously considered functionality with refined splendor and a refreshing residential panache.
- Each private retreat will gleam with sumptuous new furnishings, sleek restyled bathrooms, fashionable lighting, and myriad thoughtful details, such as an abundance of outlets and USB ports always within reach.
- Brand-new bathrooms will be more spacious than ever before and feature generous, oversized showers.
Lustrous, Glamorous, and Radiant Public Spaces
Just beyond the transcendent havens that are the suites and staterooms, the same devotion to grandeur will be suffused into airy and uplifting public spaces tastefully reconceived to further enhance our guests' culinary and leisurely flights of fancy. A twinkle of elegance and comfortable sophistication will further refine our dining venues, creating worthy stages for The Finest Cuisine at Sea. The restyled Grand Bar will specialize in temptation via libation while the butter-soft leather armchairs in The Grand Dining Room will reflect a renewed sense of grandeur that radiates from the glistening chandelier and plush carpets. For aficionados of dining alfresco, there will be even more options to delight in. In addition to the leisurely seaside-inspired retreat that is the Terrace Café and the barbecue temptations of Waves Grill, a delightful Trattoria will feature an array of wood-fired pizzas, succulently grilled Italian specialties, tantalizing salads, and indulgent desserts every evening in a relaxed atmosphere caressed by sea breezes and dappled with moonlight.
Public Spaces Highlights
- Convivial lounges, tony bars, and decadent dining venues will be gracious beneficiaries of a blissfully elegant restyling, elevating social and epicurean interludes to new heights of congenial sophistication.
- The Grand Dining Room will be even grander and more opulent with plush new carpets underfoot and lustrous, leather-covered armchairs creating an indulgently comfortable setting for a lavish evening of dining.
- Timeless Italian dining will beckon beneath a canopy of stars at our new tantalizing eatery, an alfresco pizzeria, and trattoria.
- Polo Grill will radiate a new contemporary glow. Retaining its rich leather chairs and polished wood paneling, plush new carpeting, exquisite new wall coverings, and dramatic draperies will create an entirely new yet delightfully familiar backdrop for the finest steakhouse experience at sea.
- Horizons will be not only completely reimagined but also lighter, brighter, and even more luxurious than before.
Re-Inspiration Debut Sailings
Riviera will debut on December 7, 2022, on a 16-day Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Caribbean cruise from Rome to Miami. From there, Riviera will reprise her eternally popular 7- to 14-day Caribbean sailings from Miami to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America for one final season before returning to Europe in late March 2023. Riviera then charts an inaugural season of Far East explorations during later 2023 and early 2024.
Marina will debut on November 13, 2023, on a 7-day cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon. From Lisbon, Marina will bound her way to Miami, where she will kick off her annual South America season on December 3, 2023.
Details on the 2024 itineraries for the entire Oceania Cruises fleet will be released in the coming weeks.
The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
In a new world of luminous and luxurious design, rest assured that one aspect will remain constant and unchanged: Oceania Cruises' trademark warm and personalized service. Whether guests are sailing for the first time or the fifteenth, they will note the ease with which the staff remembers their names and their preferences along with the genuine smiles and enthusiasm that can only come from the heart.
"Our people remain at the heart of what we do, and the officers and crew of Oceania Cruises are the finest at sea. While the onboard experience continues to surprise and delight, the way our staff approaches the art of service remains delightfully familiar, warm, and gracious," added Sherman.
Regatta, Insignia, Nautica, and Sirena Are Better Than New, Too
In addition to Riviera and Marina, Oceania Cruises' four 656-guest ships are also better than new, having been recently re-inspired. Insignia debuted better than new for her 2019 Around the World in 180 Days voyage, followed shortly after by Regatta and Sirena in the same year, and finally with Nautica, which just re-entered service on April 1, 2022. All-new suites and staterooms are complemented by dramatically restyled public spaces replete with chic and tony residential furnishings and accented by an intriguing international art collection.
For additional information on Oceania Cruises' small-ship luxury product, exquisitely crafted cuisine, and expertly curated travel experiences, visit OceaniaCruises.com, call 855-OCEANIA, or speak with a professional travel advisor.
About OceaniaNEXT
OceaniaNEXT is a sweeping array of dramatic enhancements so transformational, they are inspirational. This ambitious brand initiative elevates every facet of the Oceania Cruises guest experience to new levels. From thoughtfully crafted new dining experiences and reimagined menus to the dramatic Re-inspiration of the brand's six better-than-new ships, guests savor The Finest Cuisine at Sea, are pampered aboard small and luxurious ships, and enriched through in-depth destination exploration.
About Oceania Cruises
Oceania Cruises is the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line. The line's seven small, luxurious ships carry a maximum of 1,210 guests and feature the finest cuisine at sea and destination-rich itineraries that span the globe. Expertly curated travel experiences aboard the designer-inspired, small ships call on more than 450 marquee and boutique ports across Europe, Alaska, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New England-Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, Tahiti and the South Pacific in addition to the epic 180-day Around the World Voyages. The brand has a second 1,200-guest Allura Class ship on order for delivery in 2025. With headquarters in Miami, Oceania Cruises is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a diversified cruise operator of leading global cruise brands which include Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
About Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. With a combined fleet of 28 ships with nearly 60,000 berths, these brands offer itineraries to more than 490 destinations worldwide. The Company has nine additional ships scheduled for delivery through 2027, comprising of approximately 24,000 berths.
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Based on a survey of nearly 1,000 American office workers 1:
- 77% feel positive about returning to the office2
- Only 32% feel their company's health and safety measures are excellent 1
- 29% feel pressured to come into the office when sick1
- A comprehensive, well-enforced hygiene program is key to instilling confidence among office workers
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A survey of almost 1,000 American office workers, commissioned by Reckitt's Lysol Pro Solutions and conducted by Suzy™, reveals that while 94% are currently going into work at least once a week 1, only 32% rate the measures taken by their employers to protect them from the spread of illness-causing germs in the office as excellent.1
Over a quarter (29%) even report continued pressure from their management to come into the office while sick during the pandemic 1 and almost half (47%) admit to knowingly not following hygiene protocols. 1 These findings are striking as America returns to the office against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey, conducted in March 2022, underscores the importance of an effective and well-enforced office hygiene program to protect and inspire confidence among employees. Key findings include:
- Workers feel positive about returning to the office – but germ concern persists:
- Workers feel that their companies' hygiene programs leave room for improvement:
- Workers want control over hygiene:
- Attitudes towards workplace hygiene are changing but need to evolve further:
Dr. Lisa Ackerley, Director, Medical and Scientific Engagement, Hygiene, at Reckitt's Lysol Pro Solutions, comments:
"After two years of remote and hybrid working, many Americans are eager to return to the office. However, our survey shows that many office workers feel that their employer could do more – both in terms of implementing hygiene protocols that help to protect them, and providing them with the education and products to protect themselves in the workplace.
"The office environment – where groups of people share spaces – can be a major source for virus and bacterial transmission – not just COVID-19. Germs typically spread via hands to and from surfaces such as keyboards and work surfaces, particularly when people are hot-desking. In addition, offices contain many other shared items and surfaces such as door handles, bannisters, photocopiers, meeting room tables and kitchen surfaces and equipment. Disinfection is key to helping break the chain of germ transmission via these surfaces. This must be combined with good hand hygiene and encouraging employees to stay home when sick.
"While employers should protect their employees when they are in the office, the survey shows that employees also want to do more to protect themselves and their co-workers. A comprehensive office hygiene program should encourage employees to get involved in helping prevent the spread of germs.
"Combined together, these measures can make a real difference not only to improving cleanliness but also showing that the company is nurturing a culture of care for its employees."
Employers can turn to specialists such as Lysol Pro Solutions to help them take the appropriate measures to protect their staff from the spread of germs on surfaces in the office. Lysol Pro Solutions has drawn on its deep understanding of how people move and interact within a space – with a focus on high touch, high traffic areas within those spaces – to create solutions to protect people outside of the home.
Complemented by Reckitt's science expertise and world-renowned research on illness-causing pathogens, Lysol Pro Solutions' programs successfully incorporate enhanced measures for protection and science-based training on when, how and what products to use to clean, disinfect and create protected spaces.
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ABOUT LYSOL® PRO SOLUTIONS
Reckitt's Lysol Pro Solutions harnesses the power of Lysol to help protect businesses and public spaces from the spread of germs. In today's world, consumers have increased hygiene expectations which makes germ-protection more critical than ever. The comprehensive approach from Lysol Pro Solutions incorporates science-backed protocols and training, EPA-approved Lysol products and Lysol branded marketing materials and signage. Lysol Pro Solutions empowers businesses to demonstrate to their staff and customers a commitment to providing a trusted standard for protection.
ABOUT RECKITT
Reckitt* is driven by its purpose to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We fight to make access to the highest-quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment a right, not a privilege, for everyone. Reckitt is proud to have a stable of trusted household brands found in households in more than 190 countries. These include Enfamil, Nutramigen, Nurofen, Strepsils, Gaviscon, Mucinex, Durex, Scholl, Clearasil, Lysol, Dettol, Veet, Harpic, Cillit Bang, Mortein, Finish, Vanish, Calgon, Woolite, Air Wick and more. 20 million Reckitt products a day are bought by consumers globally.
Reckitt's passion to put consumers and people first, to seek out new opportunities, to strive for excellence in all that we do, and to build shared success with all our partners, while doing the right thing, always is what guides the work of our 40,000+ diverse and talented colleagues worldwide. For more information visit www.reckitt.com/us.
*Reckitt is the trading name of the Reckitt Benckiser group of companies
1 Survey conducted by Suzy™ in March 2022 and commissioned by Lysol Pro Solutions. It received 954 responses from office workers across the US with an equal male/female split.
2 Positive emotions chosen by respondents included: satisfied, content, happy, calm, relaxed, excited and delighted.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omega Healthcare, a leading technology-enabled healthcare management solutions provider, today announced its acquisition of ApexonHealth, an AI and automation-based revenue cycle management and payor solutions provider, and Vasta Global, a provider of real-world data abstraction and analytics for the oncology market.
ApexonHealth leverages its digital solutions to deliver comprehensive technology-enabled services for both providers and payors from revenue cycle management and coding to claims management and advanced analytics. ApexonHealth's cognitive and automation capabilities have significantly reduced manual effort and increased accuracy in claims adjudication strengthening its payor services. ApexonHealth's expertise in the healthcare payor sector will augment Omega's existing payor-focused offerings.
Vasta Global provides clinical data management with a focus on the oncology market and provides real-world evidence (RWE) data curation and analytics, clinical trial support, and cancer registry services for cancer centers. Vasta Global's customers span the entire healthcare ecosystem including providers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and contract research organizations (CROs) that provide clinical trial management services.
The two acquisitions will complement Omega Healthcare's existing strengths in revenue cycle management and clinical data management for various medical registries including cancer, stroke, and trauma. These acquisitions are part of the strategy to accelerate Omega's journey in scaling its portfolio of AI- and data-analytics- based solutions to help healthcare clients optimize revenue while reducing cost through leveraging of big data and automation technology. With the recently completed acquisition of Reventics, Omega Healthcare will deliver an end-to-end revenue cycle management suite of solutions to healthcare providers, from analytics-driven clinical documentation improvement to platforms for payment data management. The Company will also expand its oncology-focused offering to now include big data capture and reporting to help healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies leverage complex, longitudinal data to improve cancer treatment.
"We are pleased to welcome ApexonHealth and Vasta Global to the Omega family," commented Anurag Mehta, CEO of Omega Healthcare. "We've been very impressed by the vision and execution by the two management teams. Bringing together the Omega, ApexonHealth, and Vasta offerings together will unlock significant value to our clients."
"I am thrilled about this opportunity to join the Omega platform. Our mission to provide sustainable and scalable solutions to our clients is one that is shared by the Omega Healthcare team. With their broad capabilities, we are excited to offer our clients access to data curation, registry management, and machine learning solutions. Through this alliance, we reinforce our commitment to scientific discovery for patients through accelerated clinical research and real-world data," said Kinjal Vora, CEO of Vasta Global.
"We are pleased to welcome ApexonHealth and Vasta Global to the Omega family," commented Harsh Nanda, Managing Director and Head of Technology Private Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. "With the acquisitions of Reventics, ApexonHealth, and Vasta Global, Omega now services more than 350 customers spanning the entire healthcare continuum with the support of robust technology-led solutions and insights. Together, we can help our clients enhance the patient experience while improving operational efficiency and strengthen our position as the partner of choice for the healthcare ecosystem."
EY was the exclusive financial and tax advisor to ApexonHealth on the transaction.
Avendus Capital was the exclusive financial advisor to Vasta Global on this transaction.
About Omega Healthcare:
Founded in 2003, Omega Healthcare helps payors, providers, and pharmaceutical companies eliminate administrative burdens, accelerate cash flow, and reduce health management costs while enhancing patient care. The company streamlines medical billing, coding, and collections processes and provides virtual nursing services, including triage, care continuation, clinical documentation improvement, and re-admittance avoidance. Combining the largest medical coding staff in the world with proprietary technology, analytics, and automation capabilities, Omega Healthcare provides the most comprehensive outsourced solutions in the industry and is ranked among the top revenue cycle management business process services by industry analysts.
Backed by the Private Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Group, Omega Healthcare has more than 26,000 employees across the United States, India, and the Philippines.
About ApexonHealth:
Founded in 1996, ApexonHealth provides healthcare-focused digital solutions that combine the best of cutting-edge technology around machine learning, workflow automation, and business process automation to deliver comprehensive services for both providers and payors from revenue cycle management and coding to claims management and advanced analytics. Having helped 80+ healthcare organizations in 14+ years transform their RCM systems, ApexonHealth is actively involved and supports various healthcare bodies like the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), and more.
About Vasta Global:
Vasta Global offers solutions for data management, clinical research, bioinformatics consulting, and business process outsourcing. With over a decade of experience in cancer research and medical information management, Vasta Global is committed to providing sustainable and scalable solutions for clinical research and bioinformatics needs. The company's information technology and data management solutions streamline and integrate research and patient care workflows while collecting quality data, achieving research goals, and shaping the clinical practice guidelines of tomorrow.
About Goldman Sachs Asset Management:
Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the primary investing area within Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), we deliver investment and advisory services for the world's leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals, drawing from our deeply connected global network and tailored expert insights, across every region and market—overseeing more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision worldwide as of December 31, 2021. Driven by a passion for our clients' performance, we seek to build long-term relationships based on conviction, sustainable outcomes, and shared success over time. Follow us on LinkedIn.
About Everstone Capital Partners:
Everstone is a premier investment group focused on cross-border North America – Asia investments and domestic investments in India and Southeast Asia, with assets of ~US$7 billion across private equity, real estate, credit, climate change and green infrastructure, and venture capital. Everstone has a significant resource base across its seven offices in Singapore, India (Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru), New York, Mauritius and UAE, comprising best-of-breed investing, operations and strategic resources with extensive skills and experience.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeno Markets - a well-organized online broker - has just released a Detailed Review for their products and services, bonus, and reviews from experts. In 2022, Zeno Markets is more promising than ever and its development will live up to any of traders expectations.
What is Zeno Markets?
Founded in 2011, Zeno Markets is a broker specializing in Forex trading and CFDs. Zeno Markets offers a wide range of products, including forex, CFDs, cryptocurrencies, and commodities.
Fully Certified Legal Documents
Broker licenses should be the dominant element to be checked when traders look for a broker before trading. A licence guarantees that the broker is well regulated by a relevant body or authority.
An unregulated broker gives traders no legal power to claim traders' fund if taken. In a worst case scenario, traders lost all if a fraud takes place.
Common regulatory bodies that issue brokerage licenses are:
- Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Simple research showed that Zeno Markets Ltd. was established in St.Vincent by registered Grenadines. It is regulated by the Financial Services Authority under license no. 26368. Zeno Markets Ltd., owns and operates Zeno Market's website.
On its official website, Zeno Market claims to fully comply with all local policies and laws where it is operating. This is a safe broker for traders to start trading journey.
Astounding Products & Services
Zeno Markets offers CFD trading opportunities with 1,000+ financial instruments - a huge and appealing number to any investors.
Traders can find the following trading assets available offered by Zeno Markets:
- Currency Pairs: 70+ major, minor and exotic currency pairs in the world
- Cryptocurrencies: Top crypto pairs, including Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum
- Indices: NASDAQ, Spain 35, S&P 500. UK 100, Dow Jones 30, Europe 50,...
- CFDs: 2,000+ equity CFDs using high leverage to maximize profits
- Metals: from gold to zinc, just name it
- Commodities: Energies and metals, deep liquidity is on Zeno Markets
Generous Promotions and Bonuses
Unlike others, Zeno Markets offers less but better promotion and bonus. The bonus is withdrawable after trading volume meets the requirements.
Also, traders are welcome to bring a friend to earn referral bonuses, awarding in cash or relaxation trips. Zeno Markets's Partner program also suggests exclusive benefits of trading conditions and competitive offers.
Smart and Cutting-edge Trading Platform
Zeno Markets uses MetaTrader 5, the most trading platform worldwide and trusted by more than 90% of forex brokers. Mobile trading version is also available for "one-hand" traders.
MT5 is a multi-asset platform that provides tools for comprehensive analysis, EA trading, and copy trading. MT5 platform's strength offers more than 80 indicators, graphical objects, and any other kinds of orders. The platform is dedicated to facilitate the trading of CFDs, stocks, and futures.
MT5 on browser, no download required
MT5 is equipped with in-depth functions to powerfully perform fundamental and qualitative analysis, not to mention technical and quantitative ones. Plenty of MT5 add-ons provided by the third-party services are also available to maximize trading experience (and profit, of course). Like no other of its kind, MetaTrader has emerged as a hub for algorithmic trading with millions of global users.
Particularly, MT5 Android allows traders to set up and execute trading strategy precisely in a blink. Try it and traders will see how 30 of the most essential technical indicators and 24 analytical objects such as lines, channels, geometric shapes, and tools such as Gann, Fibonacci, and Elliott bring the money to traders' hand.
Using the MT5 Platform, Zeno Markets takes a step ahead to improve and give priority to their customers' experience.
Pros and Cons at Zeno Markets
The benefits of trading with Zeno Markets:
- Advanced MT5 trading platform
- Good reviews from customers and experts
- Leverage up to 1:500
- Zero spread
- 24/5 customer support
- Competitive fees
- A wide range of trading products
- Easy-to-use website and mobile app
- Build a solid community for traders
- Website supports multi-language
Although Zeno Markets is considered a rookie broker in the Vietnam market, just a couple of bonus and promotion programs is not enough to attract local traders. The broker advisably needs to enhance its authenticity and superiority if they want to outstand the market.
Experts' review on Zeno Markets
Zeno Markets offers new traders a prevailing but handy platform. And the 24/5 customer support is available if any support is needed.
The 2011-established broker is recognized as a pioneer in providing a multi-asset platform with all popular trading assets, including Forex, contract CFDs, indices, metals, energies, and cryptocurrencies.
Zeno Markets is making steady moves to expand the market globally through local compliance, retail and commercial partnership. Being a newcomer in Vietnam trading market does not stop Zeno Markets from growing. The broker offers Vietnamese investors the most advanced trading experiences as well as a dedicated customer service team working around the clock to serve international standards to a local site.
Investment advices
Picking a reputable broker or a newly growing name, designing a trading strategy is more important. Don't trust anyone blindly with business or finances. The most reliable and unprejudiced review only eases traders' mind of choosing a safe broker, not to make a profit-guaranteed investment.
Leveraged trading, including financial instruments offered by the CFDs, carries a high level of risk since leverage can work both to traders' advantage and disadvantage. It may not be suitable for all investors because it is possible to lose all of the invested capital. Traders should never invest money that they cannot afford to lose. Before trading in the complex financial products offered, traders should understand the risks involved and their level of experience. Seek for independent advice at anytime needed.
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OSLO, Norway, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera Limited (NASDAQ: OPRA), one of the world's major browser developers and a leading internet consumer brand, will report its first quarter 2022 results before the market opens on Thursday, April 28th, 2022. The quarterly report will be available on the investor relations section of our website at https://investor.opera.com.
Management will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, April 28th at 8:00 am Eastern Time (EST).
A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations section of the website at https://investor.opera.com.
Listeners may also access the call by dialing the following numbers:
United States: +1 800-895-3361
China: +10-800-714-1507 or +10-800-140-1382
Hong Kong: +80-090-1494
Norway: +47 80-01-3780
United Kingdom: +44 0-808-101-1183
International: +1 785-424-1744
Confirmation Code: OPRAQ122
About Opera
Opera is a global web innovator. Opera's browsers, news products and fintech solutions are the trusted choice of hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Opera is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange (OPRA).
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Comprehensive platform within Oracle Cloud HCM gives HR and business leaders tools to support employee success with new solutions for listening, communication, productivity, and engagement
AUSTIN, Texas, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced Oracle ME, a complete employee experience platform to help organizations increase employee engagement and ensure employee success. Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle ME enables HR and business leaders to streamline communications across the organization, increase productivity by guiding employees through complex tasks, and improve talent retention by developing a more supportive and trusted environment at work.
The events over the past two years have changed the game for the global workforce – people's expectations for what they want and need from their employers have evolved. According to the most recent Oracle AI@Work study, 85 percent of the global workforce are not satisfied with their employer's support for their careers, and 87 percent believe their organization should be doing more to listen to the needs of its workforce. This has put increasing pressure on organizations to prioritize the employee experience, but without truly understanding the needs of individual workers, it's difficult for HR and business leaders to design workplace experiences that support their employees through their careers and help them thrive personally and professionally. Personal priorities are driving professional decisions and workers are looking for guidance on how to succeed in their careers while balancing personal demands.
"Employees want to feel heard, empowered, and part of a culture they believe in. To meet these expectations, organizations need to step up and design experiences that meet the unique needs of their talent – or risk losing them to competitors that do," said Yvette Cameron, senior vice president of global product strategy, Oracle Cloud HCM. "Part of designing better experiences involves seeing employees as unique individuals with their own needs, goals, and ways of getting things done. Oracle ME is all about converging workers' information, critical insights, workflows, and preferences with a technology-enabled solution to give each individual something they can call 'my experience'. It's the only complete employee experience platform focused on understanding the 'me' behind every worker, providing organizations new ways to listen to, communicate with, support, and develop their hybrid workforce."
Oracle ME delivers a better way to work by providing contextual and guided experiences that strengthen workplace relationships and allow employees to provide continuous feedback with their managers. Oracle ME also enables managers to track and act on real-time employee sentiment, while helping HR teams deliver personalized employee communications and support their entire workforce with direct access to the tools they need, when they need them. Oracle ME includes the following Oracle Cloud HCM solutions:
- Oracle Touchpoints is a new employee listening solution that helps managers strengthen relationships with their employees and better support workforce wellbeing and success. Natively developed within Oracle Cloud HCM, Oracle Touchpoints allows managers to regularly capture, track, and act on employee sentiment to build trust with their teams and promote an inclusive work environment. Managers get continuous employee insights through pulse surveys and receive recommended next actions to take, such as scheduling check-ins, providing feedback, or celebrating moments that matter. The employee engagement center within Oracle Touchpoints allows employees to take an active role in their success and satisfaction by providing a single place to define and organize topics for check-ins, review meeting history, provide ongoing feedback, and access suggested actions.
- Oracle HCM Communicate is a new employee outreach solution that allows HR teams to design, send, monitor, and measure the impact of communications. Built directly into Oracle Cloud HCM, HCM Communicate is connected to an organization's workforce data, making it easy for HR teams to create and target personalized communications to groups with highly specific characteristics. For example, HR teams can send a message to workers in a specific city or country who are within two years of employment and enrolled in a particular training course. With HCM Communicate, HR teams can also measure engagement with the content through open rate analysis and seamlessly send follow ups or set up ongoing campaigns to drive more effective and engaging communications.
- Oracle Journeys is a workflow solution that simplifies complex tasks with step-by-step processes and personalized guidance that helps employees navigate personal, professional, administrative, and operational activities, including onboarding, returning to work safely, growing career opportunities, managing team compensation, or opening a new facility. New enhancements help employees make informed decisions by surfacing personally relevant instructions, training, and analytics along their guided digital journey. Oracle Journeys can be extended to include workflow actions and resources from other Oracle and third-party applications to deliver guidance for different business needs across the organization.
- Oracle Connections is an interactive workforce directory and organization chart that fosters collaboration and increases opportunities for inclusion and internal mobility by making it easier for employees to search for and connect with others across the organization. Employees can import their LinkedIn profiles, record video introductions, highlight their unique skills and accomplishments, and share feedback on each other's walls to better learn about one another and grow their professional network.
- Oracle HR Help Desk is a service request management solution that makes it easy for all workers to get the answers they need and for HR to effortlessly track cases without the risk of sensitive data getting into the wrong hands. Employees can search for content, securely submit inquiries, and open help tickets through multiple channels including Oracle Digital Assistant, SMS, email, and social platforms.
- Oracle Digital Assistant is an HR chatbot that provides a conversational interface for employees to get immediate answers to questions and easily complete transactions directly through voice or text. HR teams can deploy Oracle Digital Assistant quickly to support over 90 prebuilt transactions and can extend the solution to support new processes or requirements.
Oracle ME is an open platform that extends across the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite. It also connects to and automates processes with third-party systems and works across multiple channels such as email, SMS, web browser, collaboration tools, and video conferencing. HR teams and business leaders can easily manage changes within Oracle ME to adjust to the changing work environment without the need for IT support, making it easier to deliver employee experiences that reflect a company's unique culture.
"Oracle ME is the birth of a new category. Everyone has an answer to Employee Experience these days, but Oracle is taking the conversation a step further," said Jason Averbook, industry analyst, co-founder and CEO of Leapgen. "What we've treated as a luxury when it comes to personalized support and workforce communication is now a necessity. Oracle is meeting modern employee expectations and then some - and they're not calling it a nice-to-have. Proactive listening, contextual guidance, and personalized communication is exactly what the workforce needs and deserves, and Oracle ME delivers."
"One of the keys to creating a positive experience for our employees and managers is helping them take control of their information and their teams. With Oracle solutions like HR Help Desk, Digital Assistant, and Experience Design Studio we've been able to help managers complete common tasks like employee transfers in a fraction of the time it took before. Now, they get more time back to focus on adding value to the company," said Gareth Abreu, Principal Technology Delivery Manager, HCM, at The Co-op. "We're very excited about Oracle's ongoing efforts to improve employee experience with innovations like Journeys and the entire Oracle ME platform, which will continue to drive the success of our workforce and, therefore, our business."
"It's exciting to see platforms like Oracle ME enter the market and help businesses navigate some of the most important workforce challenges to-date. You can't solve problems you don't know about, so it's important for organizations to ask their employees how they're feeling. That's the first step to building trust within the workforce," Tim Sackett, president of HRUTech.com. "The next step—and arguably the most important—is to use what they say in strategic decisions so that they feel heard. Every employee is an individual, and to keep them engaged in your organization you need to treat them that way."
To learn more about Oracle ME, please visit: http://oracle.com/employee-experience/
To learn more about Oracle Touchpoints, please visit: http://oracle.com/human-capital-management/employee-experience/touchpoints/
To learn more about Oracle HCM Communicate, please visit: http://oracle.com/human-capital-management/employee-experience/communicate/
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On the heels of successful global expansion, OSF Digital raises record growth equity investment led by Sunstone Partners
QUEBEC CITY, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - OSF Digital, an award-winning provider of digital transformation services to companies worldwide, announced today a USD 100M Series C investment led by Sunstone Partners with participation from existing investors Delta-v Capital and Salesforce Ventures. OSF Digital is a rapidly expanding global independent commerce and digital transformation partner and the only Salesforce Partner globally to earn expert distinction in four major commerce categories. OSF Digital is raising this funding following record-setting sales in 2021 and growing from less than 1,000 employees to more than 1,800 employees in a little over a year. OSF Digital has also completed over ten acquisitions over the past three years to expand the company's capabilities and geographic reach.
OSF Digital will utilize this funding to accelerate service capability expansion, sales and marketing, industry-focused solutions, and aggressive mergers and acquisitions. In addition, OSF will focus on innovative product development and providing leading digital transformation solutions to its customer base at a greater velocity using AI and a tech-enabled team of consultants.
"This significant growth investment led by Sunstone Partners will help bolster OSF's leading position within the global digital commerce market," said Gerard (Gerry) Szatvanyi, CEO of OSF Digital. "Sunstone strongly believes that a company's people are the key to success—and they are committed to growing and developing people as they grow a company, which is aligned with OSF's values."
Sunstone Partners is a growth equity & buyout firm that invests in high-growth, tech-enabled services and software companies, including within the cloud services and digital transformation market. The firm helps dynamic, founder-run organizations maximize success to become industry-leading businesses, by implementing operational excellence and executing organic and inorganic growth opportunities. The firm has a long track record of working successfully with founder-led companies, having been named as part of Inc. Magazine's "Founder Friendly Investors" list.
"We believe in OSF's mission of digital commerce-led transformations for some of the leading brands across the world and are very excited to partner with OSF in their next phase of growth," said Arneek Multani, Managing Director, Sunstone Partners.
OSF Digital, an award-winning Salesforce Partner for over ten years, is committed to driving digital transformation for its customers. The firm's deep industry expertise enables it to identify a client's unique requirements and launch innovative solutions dedicated to specific markets and industry verticals. Prior to this round of funding, OSF Digital investors Salesforce Ventures and Delta-v Capital's funding helped the firm build its expertise and successfully grow on a global scale.
"I am grateful for the continued support of Delta-v and Salesforce Ventures. This investment represents a great opportunity for our employees, customers, and company," said Gerry. "We are at a very exciting time in OSF's history. We look forward to expanding our service offerings, expanding into additional geographies, and strategically acquiring more companies."
Rand Lewis, Managing Partner with Delta-v Capital and OSF Digital Board member, added: "Delta-v Capital is thrilled to be on this journey with OSF Digital. We remain impressed by OSF Digital's industry-specific packaged solutions. Further, this capital will enable OSF's innovation advancements in proprietary AI-enabled productivity tools. These tools deliver high-quality software for clients at lower cost and with faster development times."
"We are pleased to be part of OSF Digital's growth as they innovate on B2B and B2C multi-cloud digital transformation," said Robert DeSisto, SVP, Business Strategy and Growth, Digital Customer Engagement at Salesforce. "We believe OSF is quickly becoming a leader for companies seeking to transform their business digitally."
OSF Digital has over 1,800 employees and 49 offices worldwide. Its customers include some of the world's biggest brands: L'Oréal, Burton Snowboards, Ubisoft, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Kal Tire, Wharton University of Pennsylvania, Lush Handmade Cosmetics, Domaine Chandon, Urban Barn, etc. OSF Digital is also the recipient of several Salesforce awards, including the 2021 Partner Innovation Award and the 2021 Sales Excellence Partner Award.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the wide adoption of hybrid work, cyberattacks on home networks are potential threats to modern enterprises. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today announced the general availability of its Okyo™ Garde Enterprise Edition that provides industry-leading cybersecurity to protect businesses from home network vulnerabilities.
Everyday, more organizations are adopting a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture to provide consistent protection to employees - anywhere work needs to happen. Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition enables organizations to extend Palo Alto Networks' best-in-class SASE into the home network through a security subscription that comes with Prisma® Access and a beautifully designed Wi-fi 6 router. Built for ease of use, Okyo Garde is seamless to configure for IT teams, and easy to manage for at-home employees through a simple mobile app.
"The benefits for working remotely also come with the shared responsibility between employees and employers for protecting networks, as at-home use of personal devices, email and social media accounts increases the risk of cyberattacks on the enterprise," said Kumar Ramachandran, senior vice president of products at Palo Alto Networks. "Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition is built upon the principles of Zero Trust and enables organizations to extend the corporate network and bring unified security policy management and SASE to the hybrid workforce. Together, Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition with Prisma Access extends that best-in-class security synonymous with corporate environments into the home."
In order to create tightly controlled security zones for corporate and personal devices, Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition also includes an option for at-home employees to create separate private and personal networks. The use of separate networks prevents commingling of data, while also reducing the risk of attackers moving laterally from one network to another.
- Protects the corporate network from the employee's personal network at home, reducing the risk of lateral movement.
- Secures unmanaged work devices at home, such as printers, VoIP phones and hardware prototypes.
- Helps protect the whole home from phishing, malware and other attacks, including on personal and IoT devices.
- Provides enterprise security teams an easy interface to assign and manage Okyo Garde subscriptions for employees.
- Gives security operations center (SOC)/IT visibility and control over the in-home corporate network while providing the means to ensure personal network activity is not visible to IT admins.
- Provides fast and reliable Wi-Fi coverage throughout the home.
''The home has now become an important edge of the enterprise network that requires secure connectivity. A blended home network with all the traffic funneled through consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers creates a new set of cybersecurity challenges for companies," said Brandon Butler, research manager, Enterprise Networks, IDC. "More than ever, companies need to secure the home network, just like they would a branch office. Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition helps organizations by extending enterprise-class security to their employees' homes.''
Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition is now available in the U.S. and Canada from Palo Alto Networks and Palo Alto Networks NextWave partners.
Click here to learn more about Okyo Garde Enterprise Edition with Prisma Access.
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pathfinder Ventures Inc. (TSXV: RV) (the "Corporation," "PVI" or "Pathfinder.") is pleased to announce that it has closed the transaction previously announced on December 14, 2021, involving the 1.892-acre property adjacent to its existing Pathfinder Camp Resort location in Agassiz B.C.
The Pathfinder Camp Resorts location in Agassiz is fully operational with 32 full hookup RV sites and 8 fully furnished cabins. The property was acquired in 2020 and underwent major renovations and improvements before opening under the Pathfinder Camp Resorts brand in May 2021.
The purchase of the property is with an arms-length party to acquire a 100% interest in a 1.892-acre property adjacent to its existing Pathfinder Camp Resort location in Agassiz B.C. for an aggregate purchase price of $750,000 in cash (excluding closing costs).
The acquisition may provide the Pathfinder Camp Resorts' Agassiz B.C. location with up to 25 new, full hookup RV sites. Once land-use applications are approved and rezoning is complete, Pathfinder will begin its redevelopment of the property. The company estimates the construction to begin Fall 2022 and the project to be completed later in 2023.
"This property offers significant growth potential for our newly renovated Pathfinder Camp Resort in Agassiz B.C. We have the staffing and amenities in place, so we will plan to develop most of the 1.892 acres into additional RV campsites offering full hook-up connections for our customers," said Joe Bleackley, Founder and CEO.
Pathfinder Ventures Inc. is developing a network of premier branded, upscale, and family-friendly RV parks and campgrounds under the "Pathfinder Camp Resorts" name. Pathfinder currently has three camp resorts located in B.C. and is focused on growing its network through both acquisitions and new construction. The Corporation is taking advantage of the rapidly growing market of Canadians who want to experience the great outdoors in an RV.
Joe Bleackley
Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Director
Pathfinder Ventures Inc.
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The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Corporation. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, the Corporation does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements that are contained or incorporated in this press release.
In the case of RV, this news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are particular to RV and are not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe RV's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that RV or its management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to RV, RV provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, RV's objectives, goals or future plans, statements, its projected revenues and earnings, and anticipated future growth in new markets. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the ability of the RV to successfully implement its development strategy and whether this will yield the expected benefits; competitive factors in RV's industry sector; the success or failure of product development programs; currently existing applicable laws and regulations or future applicable laws and regulations that may affect RV' s business; decisions of regulatory authorities and the timing thereof; Covid-19 related risks, availability of properties; the economic circumstances surrounding RV's business, including general economic conditions in Canada, the US and worldwide; changes in exchange rates; changes in the equity market; inflation; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; and those other risks disclosed in the filing statement or other disclosure document prepared and supplied on sedar. Although RV believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. RV disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phosplatin Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on oncology therapeutics, today announced the first patient has been treated in a Phase 2 clinical trial of the company's lead therapeutic candidate, PT-112, in patients with recurrent thymic epithelial tumors (TETs), specifically thymoma and thymic carcinoma. The trial is being conducted under formal collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (see NCT05104736).
The Phase 2 trial is designed to further assess the safety and efficacy of PT-112 in patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma, and to use correlative studies to explore molecular profiles, examine parameters of immune activation and analyze immune cell infiltration in response to PT-112 treatment, as the candidate is known to promote immunogenic cell death (ICD). ICD is an immunostimulatory form of cancer cell death in the tumor microenvironment, and PT-112's highly potent induction of ICD has been validated in relevant cancer models.
Phosplatin is providing NCI with PT-112 drug supply and support for correlative research, and NCI is overseeing enrollment and dosing of the study's intended 53 patients. To be eligible for the study, patients must have uncommon tumors of the thymus (TETs) returned or progressed after treatment with at least one platinum-containing chemotherapy, or have refused standard treatment. The primary endpoint is overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1 criteria. The secondary endpoint measures include safety, duration of response, progression free survival, overall survival and ORR based on ITMIG-modified RECIST criteria (as established by the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group).
"As an immunomodulatory treatment, PT-112 has performed well in early phase trials for TETs and warrants additional Phase 2 testing. Given the significant unmet need for patients with recurrent TETs, with no established immunotherapy option and no approved drug, it is important that we continue to study potential therapies," said Arun Rajan, MD, Senior Clinician in the Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch at the NCI.
"In our Phase 1 trial of PT-112, we reported favorable safety data and observed a durable clinical response in a patient with advanced metastatic thymoma, which had the signature of potential immune involvement to the response," said Robert Fallon, Phosplatin President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are excited to work with Dr. Rajan and his outstanding team at the NCI to further study the potential of PT-112 to provide significant benefit to patients with these cancers."
Phosplatin holds an FDA Orphan Drug Designation for PT-112 in thymoma and thymic carcinoma. TETs, including thymomas and thymic carcinomas, are uncommon tumors of the thymus for which there is no FDA-approved drug. The five-year survival rate for patients with thymoma or thymic carcinoma is 55%. In cases of relapse following surgical intervention, TETs have the potential to metastasize and there are limited options for treatment.
PT-112 is the first small-molecule conjugate of pyrophosphate in oncology, and possesses a unique pleiotropic mechanism of action that promotes immunogenic cell death (ICD), through the release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that bind to dendritic cells and lead to downstream immune effector cell recruitment in the tumor microenvironment. PT-112 represents a highly potent inducer of this immunological form of cancer cell death. Further, PT-112 harbors a property known as osteotropism, or the propensity of the drug to reach its highest concentrations in certain areas of the bone, making it a candidate for treatment of patients with cancers that originate in, or metastasize to, the bone. The first in-human study of PT-112 demonstrated an attractive safety profile and evidence of long-lasting responses among heavily pre-treated patients and won "Best Poster" within the Developmental Therapeutics category at the ESMO 2018 Annual Congress. The combination Phase 1b dose escalation study of PT-112 with PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor avelumab in solid tumors was reported in an oral presentation at the ESMO 2020 Virtual Congress. The Phase 1 study in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma presented at ASH is the third completed Phase 1 study of PT-112. Monotherapy Phase 2 development is ongoing in mCRPC, and now includes the Phase 2 proof of concept study in thymic epithelial tumors under the company's formal collaboration with the NCI. The PD-L1 combination Phase 2a study is ongoing in a dose confirmation cohort of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Phosplatin Therapeutics Inc. is a privately held, clinical stage pharmaceutical company that holds exclusive global license to phosphaplatins, a family of small molecules rationally designed to circumvent the mechanisms of drug resistance and toxicity commonly associated with chemotherapeutic regimens. The company's lead candidate, PT-112, is a novel chemical entity under clinical development that exhibits a unique combination of properties, including immunogenic cell death and osteotropism. Clinical data generated to date across three Phase 1 studies have demonstrated single-agent anti-cancer activity and an attractive tolerability profile, and three Phase 2 studies of PT-112 are underway. The company's research and development work has been funded by private investors and family investment offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, along with a sub-license agreement for the development, commercialization and use of PT-112 in Greater China. The company also sponsors the ongoing clinical study of PT-112 in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab under a collaboration agreement with Pfizer and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (operating as EMD Serono in the US and Canada), and has an active collaborative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the NCI to conduct a Phase 2 trial utilizing PT-112 in thymic epithelial tumors.
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TAMPA, Fla., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Primo Water Corporation (NYSE: PRMW) (TSX: PRMW) (the "Company" or "Primo"), a leading provider of sustainable drinking water solutions direct to consumers in North America and Europe, today announced that the Company will release its first quarter ended April 2, 2022 financial results before the markets open on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Primo will host a conference call, to be simultaneously webcast, on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation. To participate, please call the following numbers:
North America: (888) 664-6392
International: (416) 764-8659
Conference ID: 27455088
This is a live, listen-only dial-in telephone line.
A live audio webcast will be available through the Company's website at www.primowatercorp.com. The webcast will be recorded and archived for playback on the investor relations section of the website for two weeks following the event.
The Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held solely by remote communication, in a virtual-only format on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. ET. The meeting can be accessed by shareowners at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRMW2022 using the control number on their proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.
Technicians will be ready to assist you with any technical difficulties. Please call the technical support number that will be posted on the meeting login page at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRMW2022 if you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during check-in or during the meeting. Primo Water Corporation has designed the format of the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareowners to ensure that shareowners are afforded the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting and to enhance shareowners' access, participation and communication through online tools.
Guests can listen to the meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PRMW2022, but only shareowners may communicate or vote at the meeting.
At the meeting, shareowners will be asked to receive the financial statements for the year ended January 1, 2022 and the report on those statements by Primo's independent registered certified public accounting firm, elect directors, approve the appointment of Primo's independent registered certified public accounting firm, hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, and transact any other business that properly may be brought before the meeting and any adjournment of the meeting.
The meeting will be recorded and archived for playback on the investor relations section of the website for two weeks following the event.
Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America and Europe and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue. Primo operates largely under a recurring razor/razorblade revenue model. The razor in Primo's revenue model is its industry leading line-up of sleek and innovative water dispensers, which are sold through retailers and online at various price points. The dispensers help increase household penetration which drives recurring purchases of Primo's razorblade offering. Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill. Through its Water Direct business, Primo delivers sustainable hydration solutions across its 22-country footprint direct to the customer's door, whether at home or to businesses. Through its Water Exchange and Water Refill businesses, Primo offers pre-filled and reusable containers at over 13,000 locations and water refill units at approximately 22,000 locations, respectively. Primo also offers water filtration units across its 22-country footprint representing a top five position.
Primo's water solutions expand consumer access to purified, spring, and mineral water to promote a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle while simultaneously reducing plastic waste and pollution. Primo is committed to its water stewardship standards and is proud to partner with the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) in North America as well as with Watercoolers Europe (WE), which ensure strict adherence to safety, quality, sanitation and regulatory standards for the benefit of consumer protection.
Primo is headquartered in Tampa, Florida (USA). For more information, visit www.primowatercorp.com.
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HELSINKI, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Bioretec Ltd Company announcement 13 April 2022 at 3 p.m. EEST
The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Bioretec Ltd was held today, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 EEST in Tampere. The Annual General Meeting approved the Financial Statements for the financial year 2021 and resolved to discharge from liability the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO for the financial period from 1 January to 31 December 2021.
Treatment of profit or loss
The Annual General Meeting resolved, according to the proposal of the Board of Directors, to credit the loss of EUR 5,947,718.62 for the financial period from 1 January to 31 December 2021 to the equity as profit/loss from preceding financial periods. No dividend shall be distributed.
Number of members of the Board of Directors, election of members of the Board of Directors and their remuneration
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be five (5).
The Annual General Meeting resolved that Tomi Numminen, Michael Piccirillo, Sarah Fisher and Pekka Simula were re-elected as members and Päivi Malinen is elected as a new member of the Board of Directors for a term starting at the end of the Annual General Meeting and expiring at the closing of the 2023 Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the following remuneration will be paid to the members of the Board of Directors for the term beginning at the end of the Annual General Meeting and ending at the end of the 2023 Annual General Meeting: EUR 2,500 per month for the Chairman of the Board of Directors; and EUR 1,500 per month for the members of the Board of Directors.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the company may extend the consultancy agreement with Tomi Numminen in respect of consulting services related to the company financing and commercialization of the company's products in the United States. The consultancy fee payable pursuant to such agreement is EUR 7,500 per month.
Election and remuneration of the auditor
The Annual General Meeting resolved to elect the auditing firm Ernst & Young Oy as the auditor of the company until the closing of the 2023 Annual General Meeting. Auditing firm Ernst & Young has notified that Erika Grönlund, Authorized Public Accountant, is the responsible auditor. The auditor will be compensated as reasonably invoiced.
Authorization of the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares
The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares, as well as the issuance of option rights and other special rights entitling to shares pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Finnish Companies Act, as follows:
Under the authorization, up to 5,000,000 shares (including the new shares to be issued based on the special rights) can be issued, which represents approximately 35 per cent of all outstanding company shares at the Annual General Meeting record date April 1, 2022.
The shares or special rights entitling to shares can be issued in one or more tranches, either against or without payment. The shares issued under the authorization can be new shares or shares in the company's possession.
The authorization can be used for the financing or execution of acquisitions or other business arrangements, to strengthen the balance sheet and financial position of the company, for implementing the company's share-based incentive plans, or for other purposes determined by the Board of Directors.
Under the authorization, the Board of Directors may resolve upon issuing new shares, without consideration, to the company itself.
The Board of Directors is authorized to resolve on all terms for share issues and granting of special rights entitling to shares in the company. The Board of Directors is authorized to resolve on a directed share issue and issuance of special rights entitling to shares according to the shareholders' pre-emptive rights and/or in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive right, provided that there is a weighty financial reason for the company to do so.
The authorization is valid until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2023. The authorization revokes previous unused share issue authorizations except for the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting held on 26 June 2020 authorizing the Option Program 2020-1.
Granting option rights to the members of the Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting resolved, according to the proposal of the Board of Directors, to grant Option Rights in accordance with the terms of the stock option plan 2020-1 entitling in aggregate to up to 106,666 new shares to members of the Board of Directors as set out below:
Annual General meeting minutes
The meeting minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available no later than 19 April 2022 on the company's website at https://bioretec.com/investors/investors-in-english/governance/general-meetings/annual-general-meeting-2022
Resolutions of the organizing meeting of the Board of Directors
At the Organizing meeting, held after the Annual General Meeting on 13 April 2022, the Board of Directors of Bioretec Ltd Tomi Numminen as Chairman of the Board.
Further enquiries:
Tomi Numminen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel. +358 40 581 2132
Timo Lehtonen, CEO, tel. +358 50 433 8493
Information about Bioretec
Bioretec is a globally operating Finnish medical device company that continues to pioneer the application of bioresorbable orthopedic implants. The company has built unique competencies in the biological interface of active implants to enhance bone growth and accelerate fracture healing after orthopedic surgery. The products developed and manufactured by Bioretec are used worldwide in approximately 40 countries.
Bioretec intends to introduce a new generation of bioresorbable materials with enhanced strength for improved surgical outcome. The new RemeOs™ product line is based on a magnesium alloy and hybrid composite. The RemeOs™ implants are resorbed and replaced by bone, which eliminates the need for removal surgery while facilitating fracture healing. The combination has the potential to make titanium implants redundant and help clinics reach their Value-Based Healthcare targets while focusing on value for patients through efficient healthcare. With the U.S. and EU market authorization for the first RemeOs™ product expected in 2022, Bioretec is positioning itself to enter the addressable USD 7 billion global orthopedic trauma market and become a game changer in surgical possibilities. Better Healing – Better Life. www.bioretec.com.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncora Medical (Oncora) announced today that Scripps Health (Scripps) and UT Health San Antonio (UT Health), have both selected Oncora's advanced oncology patient care software to improve documentation efficiency and enhance personalized cancer care using structured data analytics and machine learning.
The independent purchase and adoption of Oncora's software by these two leading cancer centers highlights the shared challenges and opportunities facing oncology providers today. Doctors spend between 50% and 67% of their time completing clinical documentation. Oncora's clinical solution Oncora Patient Care™ helps oncologists produce high quality documentation while simultaneously capturing structured data throughout the entire patient journey. The software seamlessly integrates the Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) and other software systems used in the oncology clinic for a simplified workflow. Oncora's oncology informatics solution, Oncora Analytics™, aggregates this structured information with data derived from clinical notes, medical images, and diagnostic reports to support clinical trial enrollment, retrospective research, and predictive analytics to power personalized patient care.
"Having access to comprehensive, structured data is critical to delivering high-quality cancer care to our patients. We look forward to deploying the new software at all of our sites of care throughout San Diego, La Jolla, Encinitas, and Oceanside," says Dr. Thomas Buchholz, chief scientific officer with Scripps Health.
Joshua Asper PA-C and Deputy Chair of Operations at UT Health Mays Cancer Center, adds "We are thrilled to be working with Oncora. Oncora's value add will be to streamline clinical documentation, improve revenue by aligning documentation with revenue cycle efforts, and enhance collaboration with referring physicians via integration between MOSAIQ, EPIC and other EMRs. The very impressive analytical software will serve to support cancer center operations, research, and quality assurance."
Oncora solutions were developed in close collaboration with world leading oncologists to enable more efficient and personalized oncology care. "We are proud to partner with two leading centers to improve the way that oncologists collect and interact with data for the benefit of patients with cancer. We look forward to advancing patient care and research across Texas and Southern California," said David Lindsay, Oncora's CEO.
About Oncora Medical
Oncora Medical, Inc. is an oncology patient care company. Oncora builds EHR-integrated software to improve oncologists' workflow and documentation, while leveraging predictive models to enable personalized care. For more information on how Oncora is fighting cancer with data, visit www.oncoramedical.com or follow us on Twitter at @oncoramed.
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Oncora Medical
Alessandra Patrizio
alessandra@oncoramedical.com, (215) 853-6903
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New global office led by Vinicius Reis will anchor Stagwell's investment in Latin America, connecting best-in-class services in the region for accelerated growth
NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced the opening of a new global office in Brazil to accelerate the company's growth in Latin America and drive collaboration across its local agencies and affiliate partners. Stagwell Brazil is the second international office the company has opened in 2022; in January, Stagwell launched an office in Singapore to accommodate its growth throughout Asia-Pacific.
Vinicius Reis will lead the office as President, Stagwell Brazil, alongside CCO & Partner CPB Brazil Andre Kassu and CCO & Partner CPB Brazil Marcos Medeiros. They will work to drive growth and bolster capabilities to serve regional and global clients seeking to reach consumers in the Latin American market. Reis will also continue to lead operations at Stagwell agency CP+B Brazil where he, Marcos, and Andre, have built the agency into a regional force for blue-chip clip engagements with Stella Artois, AB InBev, McCain, Amazon, Activision, Blizzard, Bauducco, PicPay, 99 (DiDi), Diageo, and others. Prior to CP+B Brazil, Reis served as CEO of Havas Digital and held international executive roles at DDB Miami and Lowe Worldwide.
"We're excited to enter this new chapter of our ambitious global expansion, returning to a region I've long believed to be the front door to international expansion for modern brands," said Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell. "Stagwell Brazil will be a crucial player in the LATAM marketing ecosystem as we continue to grow our best-in-class offering for global clients."
"Stagwell's mission to transform marketing with the power of creativity, data and technology is a powerful differentiating force in the market right now, and we're excited to contribute the network's growth," added Reis. "Our agencies and partners across Latin America represent the best in modern marketing expertise. With Stagwell Brazil, we have the opportunity to drive region-wide collaboration in service of our clients."
Stagwell agencies in Brazil include global travel media firm Ink, communications network Allison+Partners, CP+B Brazil, YML, Locaria, and Code & Theory. Additionally, Stagwell has significantly expanded its footprint across LATAM over the past year via affiliate partnerships with recognized content and media agency networks Anchor Worldwide, Grupo Garnier and The Lab, with teams distributed across Aruba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Curacao, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Stagwell's Global Affiliate program has to date signed over 50 affiliates worldwide, representing countries across Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, and Eastern Europe.
About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 10,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
CONTACT:
Beth Sidhu
202-423-4414
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STOPit and CREC to Provide 24/7 Safety, Mental Health and Crisis Support for New Mexico Rural School Communities
Holmdel, N.J., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in safety and wellness solutions that create safer and healthier places to learn, work, and live today announced that it has partnered with Central Region Educational Cooperative to deliver comprehensive safety and wellness solutions to rural New Mexico schools. More than 60,000 students will implement STOPit's Anonymous Reporting Solution (ARS), Enhanced Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and Safety & Wellness Training Curriculum for students and staff.
"Student mental health cases and concerns are at an all-time high and mental health resources are in great demand. Students and staff are the eyes and ears of the district. If you can provide them a safe, confidential space to share what they are seeing, hearing, and feeling, they will feel empowered to help," said Parkhill Mays, CEO of STOPit Solutions. "STOPit has a suite of technology services and curriculum, and a world class crisis center that helps take the burden off of school administrators while providing much-needed resources for students and staff. When states like New Mexico invest in our solutions, it gives students and school staff the ability to quickly gather, disseminate, and respond to information about an evolving and potentially harmful event that can provide at-risk students the help they need."
"Here at CREC, we understand the unique challenges rural schools face. Our job is to close the gap between what our member districts need for their students and families and what they lack access to due to logistical or scarcity factors. We accomplish this by connecting our members with a variety of educational tools and resources such as STOPit Solutions," said Maria Jaramillo, Executive Director for Central Region Educational Cooperative. "STOPit Solutions will be able to provide the students in our districts with additional resources to help address their mental health and safety issues."
STOPit's ARS includes technology and training for the entire school community to prevent, detect, and contain risk. At-risk students are identified so they can get the help they need, and when a student is on a pathway to violence, intervention can save lives. Combined with STOPit's SEL, Safety and Wellness Curriculum, schools can:
- Prevent: Foster students' personal growth, resilience, and protection of themselves and others. Train students in social and emotional learning, instill a safety mindset, and provide trauma-informed care knowledge.
- Detect: Train internal and external members of the school community to review and assess the level of risk an individual may be to themselves or others—then develop a plan to protect the individual and possible targets.
- Contain: Save lives by leveraging an alert system that instantly informs and requests help from staff and/or 911 for any emergency or non-emergency issue. Enable faster responses, more effective actions, and better outcomes when time is of the essence.
- Train: Work with students in SEL, safety, and trauma-informed care to foster personal growth, resilience, and protection of self and others.
K-12 schools are responsible for ensuring a safe learning environment that promotes the physical, social, and emotional well-being of all students, teachers, and staff. It is critical to be aware of and take the necessary steps to prevent and address the range of issues that may harm individuals, groups, or the school community as a whole. STOPit enables a community to work together to help at-risk students and create a safe and healthy school environment.
To learn more about the STOPit Anonymous Reporting System and SEL Curriculum, please:
- Call: 855-999-0932
- Email: sales@stopitsolutions.com
- Download our free guide to learn how schools are using comprehensive safety solutions to create safe learning and working environments.
About Central Region Educational Cooperative
Central Region Educational Cooperative (CREC) is one of ten regional educational cooperatives established in 1984 by the New Mexico Department of Education. CREC is located in Albuquerque but provides support services to seven rural school districts and four state-supported programs as well as the families served by them. It accomplishes this purpose by offering a variety of resources and services, including early childhood programs and coaching, related service provision, Universal Design for Learning applications and coaching, SEL supports, technology assistance, administration supports, grant administration, and more.
About STOPit Solutions: STOPit Solutions is the leading provider of safety & wellness solutions that help protect the physical, social, and emotional well-being of millions of students, employees, and citizens throughout the United States and abroad. STOPit provides over 7,000 schools, workplaces, and communities award-winning technology-based solutions that help intervene on safety and well-being concerns, respond and mitigate critical incidents, and educate individuals on personal safety & wellness. As a result, STOPit has been able to save and change the lives of millions while creating safer and healthier places to learn, work, and live. Visit stopitsolutions.com to learn more.
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SAN DIEGO, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Suneva Medical, Inc. ("Suneva" or the "Company"), an innovative medical technology company using regenerative medicine to change the standard of care in aesthetic treatments, announced that its Silhouette InstaLift®, a non-surgical thread lift, has won the Best Thread Lift Treatment title in NewBeauty's 2022 Beauty Awards. Silhouette InstaLift uses collagen-stimulating absorbable sutures that offer patients immediate and lasting results with minimal recovery time.
NewBeauty announced the winners of its 12th annual NewBeauty Awards, a collection of the 365 most innovative products and treatments taking the beauty industry by storm, in a release on April 5 and in the publication's Spring-Summer issue, currently on newsstands nationwide. This year marks NewBeauty's biggest Awards yet, with the introduction of numerous categories, including breakthroughs in sustainability. In judging products annually, NewBeauty editors must confirm that the winning products and services deliver on their claims, offer solutions to the biggest beauty problems, and make those who use them look and feel like the best versions of themselves.
"The Suneva team is honored to have Silhouette InstaLift named amongst so many other beauty industry leaders and innovators," said Pat Altavilla, Chief Executive Officer of Suneva. "Winning this NewBeauty award proves just how valued our FDA-approved procedure is to providers and patients."
The Silhouette InstaLift procedure takes place in a physician's office and is done in less than an hour. A patient will walk out with an immediate facial lift thanks to Silhouette Instalift's unique bi-directional micro-cone technology. Over time patients continue to see results as Silhouette InstaLift boosts natural collagen production, adding volume to the cheeks and mid-face.
"A growing number of patients come to me looking for a natural and rejuvenated-looking face, without wanting to undergo serious surgery. And though some fillers can lift the face to a degree, patients want to avoid looking overfilled from too many fillers to get the lift they need," said Dr. Kimberly Butterwick, Dermatologist and Silhouette InstaLift provider in San Diego, California. "I've utilized Silhouette InstaLift in my practice for over 5 years, and it is a trusted way to achieve the natural, long lasting results my patients are looking for—without the downtime of a traditional facelift."
"The Silhouette InstaLift treatment is easy for providers to learn and offer to our patients. Regenerative aesthetic options are extremely popular in my practice, with more and more people understanding the benefits of harnessing the body's natural abilities to fight aging," said Dr. Steven Yoelin, a board-certified ophthalmologist, medical aesthetics industry expert, corporate strategic advisor, clinical researcher, medical trainer and Silhouette InstaLift provider in Orange County, California. "My Silhouette InstaLift patients rave about the immediate and natural lift with minimal downtime."
On January 12, 2022, Suneva Medical and Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. (NYSE American: VHAQ) ("Viveon Health" or "VHAQ"), a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company's securities are expected to be traded on the NYSE American under the symbol "RNEW."
*A study of 100 patients treated with Silhouette InstaLift. Results were based on patient satisfaction surveys sent at 1 week post-treatment (n=28) and at 3 months posttreatment (n=47). Improvement in midfacial deficits was evaluated by clinical reviewers at 3 and 6 months post-treatment using a volume deficit scale (0=none, 1=minimal, 2=mild, 3=moderate, 4=significant, and 5=severe) (n=91). The majority of patients started with an average deficit of 3.Model is a real patient treated with Silhouette InstaLift by Tam Nguyen, MD. Individual technique and results may vary. †18% PGA/82% PLLA.
References: 1. Silhouette InstaLift® Instructions for Use. Sinclair Pharmaceuticals; 2019., 2. Ulery BD, Nair LS, Laurencin CT. Biomedical applications of biodegradable polymers. J Polym Sci B Polym Phys. 2011;49(12):832-864. 4. Nestor MS, Ablon G, Andriessen A, et al. Expert consensus on absorbable advanced suspension technology for facial tissue repositioning and volume enhancement. J Drugs Dermatol. 2017;16(7):661-666.
Silhouette InstaLift is the only non-surgical rejuvenating procedure that uses advanced Micro-Suspension Technology™ to offer immediate and lasting results.* The procedure takes under an hour and is done in a provider's office. InstaLift also has minimal downtime, with most signs of treatment (ex: bruising, swelling, and tenderness at the treatment site) dissipating within 24–48 hours. Patients can get right back to their activities and enjoy an instant lift in the cheeks, while adding volume over time for long lasting results. Suneva's Micro Suspension Technology is comprised of micro cones that are placed in the deepest layer of mid-facial skin. It delivers an immediate lift and gradually restores lost facial volume of the mid face by activating patient's own natural collagen production for a more youthful appearance that continues to improve over time. The sutures and cones are made from poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA), a well-known biomedical copolymer that is biocompatible and biodegradable 1,2,†. Learn more about Silhouette InstaLift at https://instalift.com/.
About Suneva Medical, Inc.
Suneva Medical, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, CA, is a leader in regenerative aesthetics. It is focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing branded products for providers and their patients. Suneva Medical offers a portfolio of products to address the impact of the aging process to deliver solutions that leverage the body's own restorative capacity. The product portfolio is composed of several "only" and "first to market" solutions with both FDA PMA approval and 510(k) clearance. For more information, visit https://www.sunevamedical.com/.
Important Information About the Proposed Business Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, Viveon Health will file a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a proxy statement/prospectus (the "Form S-4") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Form S-4 will include a proxy statement to be distributed to holders of Viveon Health's common stock in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the vote by Viveon Health's stockholders with respect to the proposed transaction and other matters as described in the Form S-4, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of securities to be issued to Suneva's stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. After the Form S-4 has been filed and declared effective, Viveon Health will mail a definitive proxy statement, when available, to its stockholders. Investors, security holders and other interested parties are urged to read the Form S-4, any amendments thereto and any other documents filed with the SEC carefully and in their entirety when they become available because they will contain important information about Viveon Health, Suneva and the proposed business combination. Additionally, Viveon Health will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Copies may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. Securityholders of Viveon Health are urged to read the Form S-4 and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting decision with respect to the proposed business combination because they will contain important information about the business combination and the parties to the business combination. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.
Participants in the Solicitation
Viveon Health and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Viveon Health's stockholders with respect to the business combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in Viveon Health will be included in the Form S-4 for the proposed business combination and be available at www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed business combination when available. Information about Viveon Health's directors and executive officers and their ownership of Viveon Health's common stock is set forth in Viveon Health's prospectus, dated December 22, 2020, as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of such filing. Other information regarding the direct and indirect interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus pertaining to the proposed business combination when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.
Suneva and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Viveon Health in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination will be included in the Form S-4 for the proposed business combination.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "target," "believe," "expect," "will," "shall," "may," "anticipate," "estimate," "would," "positioned," "future," "forecast," "intend," "plan," "project," "outlook" and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made in this press release regarding: Mr. Brower's instrumentality in fundraising and partnership development; expansion of Suneva in the regenerative aesthetic market; Suneva's growth within its announced SPAC deal and continued evolution and adoption of Suneva's regenerative medical products; and the combined company's shares being traded on the NYSE. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on Viveon Health's and Suneva's current beliefs, expectations and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; (2) the institution or outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Viveon Health and/or Suneva following the announcement of the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the inability of the parties to complete the proposed business combination, including due to failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of Viveon Health or Suneva, certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to closing in the merger agreement; (4) the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; (5) the failure to meet the minimum cash requirements of the merger agreement due to Viveon Health stockholder redemptions and the failure to obtain replacement financing; (6) the inability to complete a concurrent PIPE; (7) the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Suneva's business and/or the ability of the parties to complete the proposed business combination; (8) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Viveon Health's shares of common stock on the NYSE American following the proposed business combination; (9) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination; (10) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of Suneva to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; (11) costs related to the proposed business combination; (12) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (13) the possibility that Suneva may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (14) the amount of redemption requests made by Viveon Health's stockholders; (15) changes in the competitive landscape, including the introduction of competitive products or improvements in existing products; and (16) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the final prospectus of Viveon Health for its initial public offering dated December 22, 2020 filed with the SEC and the Form S-4 relating to the proposed business combination, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and in Viveon Health's other filings with the SEC. Viveon Health and Suneva caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Viveon Health and Suneva caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Viveon Health and Suneva do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Neither Viveon Health nor Suneva gives any assurance that the combined company will achieve its expectations.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination. This press release shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
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Partnership Exemplifies Power of TetraScience's Open Network Ecosystem to Create Enterprise End-to-End Solutions
BOSTON, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced a partnership today with EPAM, a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, which will enable customers to accelerate scientific outcomes at enterprise scale. As the role of scientific data in accelerating every aspect of drug delivery becomes increasingly critical, unfortunately the proliferation of analytic tools with incompatible data formats impedes progress and represents a fundamental challenge for digital transformation. The partnership helps customers address this problem, and builds on a successful, shared implementation for a major, pharmaceutical customer.
"We are delighted to partner with EPAM to leverage their expertise in delivering innovative strategies and technology solutions for global life sciences companies across their product life cycle," said Chad Garrett, Chief Revenue Officer, TetraScience. "By combining our powerful life science cloud platform with EPAM's ability to shape and service enterprise digital strategy, we're offering customers a much faster and more effective path to maximize the value of their data through a future-proof digital infrastructure."
The Tetra R&D Cloud engineers heterogeneous data formats into harmonized Tetra Data, a vendor-neutral data model that creates data liquidity. EPAM helps customers drive scientific outcomes in a more effective way by implementing change management roadmaps that capitalize on the business value of workflows and data consumption.
"We are thrilled to join the Tetra Partner Network so that together we can bring a powerful combination of skills to help customers accelerate the delivery of drugs," says Chris Waller, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientist, EPAM. "EPAM's understanding of complex product development and expertise with change management – aligned with TetraScience's open data ecosystem – will unlock the full potential of digital transformation and place customers on the best path for success."
"Biopharma R&D needs to unify and harmonize experimental data in the cloud in order to fully capitalize on the power of AI and data science," said Patrick Grady, CEO of TetraScience. "In turn, AI and data science will uncover insights that will accelerate discovery and development of therapeutics that extend and enhance human life. Industry participants of all kinds – global pharmas, biotech startups, informatics providers, CROs, biopharma app companies, and more – recognize that this movement to the R&D Data Cloud must be driven by vendor-neutral and open partnerships that are deeply data-centric. We are thrilled to further extend this network by partnering with EPAM."
About TetraScience
TetraScience is the R&D Data Cloud company with a mission to transform life sciences R&D, accelerate discovery, and improve and extend human life. The Tetra R&D Data Cloud provides life sciences companies with the flexibility, scalability, and data-centric capabilities to enable easy access to centralized, harmonized, and actionable scientific data and is actively deployed across enterprise pharma and biotech organizations. As an open platform, TetraScience has built the largest integration network of lab instruments, informatics applications, CRO/CDMOs, analytics, and data science partners, creating seamless interoperability and an innovation feedback loop that will drive the future of life sciences R&D. For more information, please visit tetrascience.com.
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ATRS, CLSN, AAL, KLDO, and CTIC.
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DALLAS, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trive Capital ("Trive"), the Dallas-based private equity firm, is excited to announce its recent formation of Trive Capital Real Estate in partnership with a team of talented real estate investors led by Troy Daniel. The value-add real estate strategy will focus on off-the-run acquisition and development opportunities in the multifamily and industrial sectors, with flexibility to pursue assets in other sectors opportunistically. The Trive Capital Real Estate team is actively pursuing investment opportunities ahead of a formal fund raise.
"The pillars of the Trive investment philosophy that have led to success in our Buyout and Structured Capital funds are a deep-value focus, off-the-run sourcing strategy, and a hands-on, operational and data-driven approach to investing," said Conner Searcy, Managing Partner of Trive Capital. "The Trive Capital Real Estate approach to investing will reflect these tenets in the real estate context. Moreover, we have known Troy for years and are excited to partner with a talented investor, and we believe his investment track record and fiduciary approach align with the character and culture of Trive."
Troy Daniel added, "We are excited to launch this new strategy with Trive. The commonality in approach to team culture and investment philosophy made this an incredibly natural fit. We have assembled a talented Real Estate team to immediately begin pursuing opportunities with the support of the Trive platform."
About Trive Capital Trive Capital is a Dallas, TX based private equity firm with more than $4 billion of regulatory assets under management. Trive focuses on investing equity and debt in what it sees as strategically viable middle-market companies with the potential for transformational upside through operational improvement. We seek to maximize returns through a hands-on partnership that calls for identifying and implementing value creation ideas.
The Trive team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals who have been involved in over 100 middle-market transactions representing in excess of $6 billion in revenue across Trive's targeted industry sectors and situations.
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NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TVS Next, a leading digital transformation firm, is now Great Place to Work–Certified™ in their first-ever participation in the survey. Great Place to Work® Certification validates the efforts in building a High-Trust, High-Performance Cultures™ that establishes TVS Next as a magnet for digital talent, a core proponent in realizing their vision to drive growth for companies that profoundly impact the future.
TVS Next's culture is driven by Connected Brilliance, the way they bring customer insight, people and practices together to help clients navigate and connect with what's new. By leveraging this connected mindset and modern engineering practices, they unlock value that elevates human experiences to shape a better future.
TVS Next is focused on attracting and developing brilliant minds and pursuing diversity through inclusion in all aspects of their business. The Great Place to Work® Certification emphasizes TVS Next's employer-friendly policies and culture. The Great Place to Work® Trust Index© validated the core values for TVS Next's employees, including credibility of the management, respect for employees, fairness, pride and camaraderie.
TVS Next has proved that it excels not just in building transformational practices but also in providing outstanding employee experiences, and the Great Place to Work® Certification is a validation of its policies and culture. The Great Place to Work® Trust Index© survey said 88% of employees of employees believe that TVS Next is indeed a great place to work.
"This is an incredible recognition of our commitment to building employee experiences that foster inclusivity, connectedness and growth. A place where every Nexian feels respected, recognized and empowered to thrive," said Vinod Krishnan, CEO & MD, TVS Next.
About TVS Next
TVS Next is part of a globally diversified conglomerate with business across automotive, financial services, logistics, real estate, auto & electrical components, and electronics. TVS Next has helped high growth businesses reimagine, design, and develop software that has delivered transformational outcomes for businesses using our connected brilliance of engineering, intelligence, and experience at a speed that is unmatched.
Connect with TVS Next at www.tvsnext.io or on LinkedIn.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their Trust Index© Survey empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make strategic people decisions. The Institute serves businesses, non-profits and government agencies in more than 60 countries and has conducted pioneering research on the characteristics of great workplaces for over three decades.
Learn more at https://www.greatplacetowork.in/
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs closed two Fast-Track SWIFT cases in March. In these cases:
- DIRECTV, LLC challenged Charter Communications, Inc.'s (Spectrum) claims regarding the availability of sports channels and sports programming on DIRECTV's streaming service (DIRECTV Stream); and
- American Optometric Association (AOA) challenged the website claim made by Vision Direct that it "operate[s] in line with the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (FCLCA)."
Fast-Track SWIFT is an expedited NAD challenge process designed for single-issue advertising cases.
DIRECTV, LLC v. Spectrum
DIRECTV challenged three of Spectrum's express claims in a television commercial titled "Monsters:Karaoke." Those claims include:
- Consumers cannot watch the "biggest game of the year" on DIRECTV Stream;
- None of consumers' "favorite sports channels" are available on DIRECTV Stream; and
- DIRECTV Stream has "no local sports channels."
NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue the challenged claims. However, NAD offered that as an alternative to discontinuing the "no local sports channels" claim, the advertiser could choose to modify it instead to inform consumers of the channels or networks that are not available as well as the specific package being compared.
NAD determined that these claims were appropriate for Fast-Track SWIFT because the challenged express claims presented the single issue of whether the Spectrum commercial conveyed an accurate and substantiated message about the availability of sports channels and sports programming on DIRECTV Stream.
DIRECTV Stream, DIRECTV's "over-the-top" streaming service, offers on-demand and live television programming through the internet and competes with subscription cable television services such as Spectrum. DIRECTV Stream's lowest-priced tier of service is the "Entertainment Package," which does not include Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) – the exclusive home for a significant number of regular season MLB, NBA, and NHL games. However, RSNs are available with each of the other DIRECTV Stream packages.
NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue the unqualified claim that consumers cannot watch the "biggest game of the year" on DIRECTV Stream because, in the context of Spectrum's commercial and when it was broadcast, "the biggest game of the year" refers to the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl is available on all DIRECTV Stream packages.
NAD also recommended that the advertiser discontinue the claim that none of consumers "favorite sports channels" are available on DIRECTV Stream. While the comparative availability of RSNs is a legitimate point of difference that Spectrum may highlight in its advertising, NAD noted that RSNs are available on DIRECTV Stream packages, except for the Entertainment Package.
Finally, NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue the claim that DIRECTV Stream offers "no local sports channels." NAD noted that the advertiser may also modify the advertising to clarify the channels or networks that are not available and that the claim is limited to the DIRECTV Entertainment package. Any such modification should effectively and accurately inform consumers of the channels or networks that are not available as well as the specific package being compared.
NAD noted that nothing in its decision precludes the advertiser from making truthful and non-misleading claims about Spectrum and DIRECTV Stream's available channels, including claims regarding the availability of RSNs, and their customers' respective access to sports programming.
In its advertiser statement, Spectrum stated that it "strongly disagrees with NAD's conclusions regarding the single commercial that was challenged" but noted that it "nonetheless remains a strong supporter of self-regulation and will comply with NAD's decision."
AOA v. Vision Direct
AOA challenged the website claim made by Vision Direct that it "operate[s] in line with the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (FCLCA)."
In response to AOA's challenge, Vision Direct informed NAD that it had voluntarily and permanently taken down the challenged express claim and affirmed that it would permanently discontinue its use going forward. Therefore, NAD did not review this claim on its merits.
Learn more about the NAD Fast-Track SWIFT challenge process and how to file a challenge. All BBB National Programs case decision summaries can be found in the case decision library. For the full text of NAD, NARB, and CARU decisions, subscribe to the online archive.
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LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Mercy For Animals hidden-camera footage shows the heartbreaking conditions chickens endure before being sent to the slaughterhouse. A Mercy For Animals undercover investigator shot the video at a contract farm that sells to discount grocer ALDI US.
The footage reveals these horrors and more:
- Tens of thousands of chickens crammed into filthy and overcrowded sheds forced to live for weeks in their own waste.
- Chickens, including days-old chicks, suffering from illness, severe open wounds, and other serious injuries.
- Sick or hurt chickens tossed into buckets, left to suffer and die slowly or be crushed by dead or ailing birds thrown on top of them.
"In refusing to address unconscionable cruelty in its supply chain, ALDI US is disregarding horrific animal suffering and the critical evolution to less cruel industry practices," said Leah Garcés, president of Mercy For Animals. "No animal should endure the abuses our investigation exposed. ALDI US must take swift action to join the hundreds of other food companies that have rejected the worst factory-farming practices."
In late 2021, Mercy For Animals published a report ranking retail grocers according to their progress in addressing the most-pressing welfare issues for chickens raised for meat. ALDI ranked among the lowest.
Mercy For Animals is calling on ALDI US to adopt the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC), which requires a switch to higher-welfare breeds and affords birds more space, better litter and lighting, and environmental enrichments. More than 200 companies across the United States have already adopted BCC standards.
For more information or to schedule an interview with a member of the Mercy For Animals investigations team contact Elizabeth Millner at ElizabethM@MercyForAnimals.org.
Mercy For Animals is a leading international nonprofit working to end industrial animal agriculture by constructing a just and sustainable food system. Active in Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, and the United States, the organization has conducted more than 80 investigations of factory farms and slaughterhouses, moved more than 300 food companies to adopt animal welfare policies, and helped pass historic legislation to ban cages for farmed animals. Join us at MercyForAnimals.org.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) (the "Company"), a gold exploration and development company, has released the following corporate update from its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, George Bee:
Dear U.S. Gold Corp. Shareholders:
With the progress that we have been making, along with the increased attention and interest around gold and copper assets, we thought this would be a good time to provide our shareholders with an update. We are on track to accomplish our next two milestones at the CK Gold Project, located in southeast Wyoming. The CK Gold Project continues to be our top priority as we approach our big midyear 2022 objectives:
Permit to Mine Application. We have over 18 months of baseline data on fauna, flora, groundwater, surface water, meteorological conditions, air quality, and rock geochemistry. We continue with monitoring, and these data are being assembled into a permit application that describes our proposed mine and impacts which we believe would be heavily net positive for all concerned. We completed a wetlands survey and, as it relates to the footprint of the project, we are not under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, meaning that our permit application will be handled solely by the authorities in Wyoming, led by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ).
We held a permit scoping meeting with WDEQ in October 2020 and had a follow-up meeting in December 2021, and now plan an April 2022 update in preparation for our permit submission midyear. At the April meeting, our team plans to show our hydrological and geochemical modeling that we believe demonstrates that the groundwater in and around the project will not be affected by our proposed operations. Additionally, we will be discussing the permit proposals for big game habitat impact mitigation, plans for mine closure, and the sources and use of water. Realizing that water is a precious commodity, we have designed into our plans, a dry stack spent material facility wherein we pressure filter water from the material after extraction of gold- and copper-bearing minerals so that the water can be recycled back into the plant.
We anticipate submitting a complete and well supported permit application that can be reviewed by the authorities expeditiously, allowing the company to quickly proceed to the next stage of development.
Engineering Study. Last year we published a prefeasibility study on December 1st; the full technical report is available on our website and can be accessed here. In February, we evaluated engineering firms to take the study to the next stage, announcing in March that Samuel Engineering, Inc. (SEI) of Greenwood Village, CO, had been awarded work on the next phase of engineering. SEI and our in-house team are assessing recommendations from equipment manufacturers with the aim of optimizing the plant equipment and layout. We anticipate that we should be able to tighten up the process plant footprint, eliminating the need for certain pieces of equipment, such as a pebble crusher and a bank of cyclones, thereby reducing the capital cost and optimizing the designs for the local conditions.
SEI is a company with extensive experience in Wyoming, and serving the resource sector in general, and we hope to capitalize on their experience. Additionally, we will look to benefit from the fact that the aggregate and many of the materials we need for construction naturally occur on-site. Employing local experienced contractors will help control development costs, avoiding transportation and offsetting some of the increases in fuel prices that we are all subject to. Inflation and supply chain delays are issues affecting the market and aspects that we are working on to ensure that the plant savings we hope to achieve are not eliminated.
A new look at concentrate sales is one aspect that has been encouraging for the project. The CK Gold Project will produce a high-value concentrate, something that looks like grey dust, with 20+% copper and 2-3 ounces of gold per ton. Initially, we considered the need to ship the concentrate overseas to achieve the highest sales prices. While transport overseas is still a possible sales avenue, overseas sales come with additional transportation charges and delays in payment. We have recently retained a concentrate marketing consultant with deep experience in both smelter operations and metals/concentrate trading, who believes that the North American smelters will be eager to compete for the concentrate the project would produce. Furthermore, clean concentrates with gangue elements that contribute to the flux needed for smelting are sought after to blend with poorer-quality concentrates from other smelter customers. We anticipate payable values between 96% and 97% for the gold and copper in the concentrate. We now plan to have concentrate shipped in 10-ton bulk bags, and those could be directed to one of a number of smelters by truck or rail.
The next phase of engineering is scheduled for completion midyear, and we are on track. While there will potentially be some escalation reflected in the study for consumer items, such as fuel, we will be evaluating the project economics at higher copper and gold prices than were used for the prefeasibility study at $1,625 per ounce of gold and $3.25 per pound of copper, which resulted in a 39.4% before-tax IRR for the project. We see the CK Gold Project as continuing to be a sound proposition with upside still to be factored in.
By way of a reminder, we are now building on the PFS with highlights that include:
- Mineral Resources – 1.58 million gold equivalent ("AuEq") ounces of Measured and Indicated (M+I) Resources
- Mineral Reserves – 1.44 million AuEq ounces of Proven and Probable (P1 and P2) Reserves
- 10-year Mine Life at 20,000 short tons per day process rate
- Initial Capital – $221 million
- Robust Economics – 39.4% IRR before tax and 33.7% IRR after tax
- Upside Potential
- Permitting and Development
With significantly higher gold and copper prices, the PFS clearly outlined what we consider to be an economically attractive project that is now leveraged to the increases we see. Our entire team is committed to continuing to advance this opportunity to permitting and into production.
Additional Upside on the CK Gold Project
Beyond the 1 million gold ounces and 248 million pounds of copper contained in the proven and probable reserve category, we believe that CK Gold deposit has additional resources and a blue-sky exploration upside. We know the deposit is open at depth and to the southeast. We have intentionally completed our PFS technical study and pursued the next phase of engineering without efforts to incorporate additional resources. This decision was taken to conserve treasury by limiting exploration expenditures, thereby avoiding shareholder dilution, and with the objective of showing the value proposition around the reserves we know currently exist. However, the upside is potentially significant. You may access the recent video to understand the magnitude of the potential here. Several holes drilled in 2021 support the contention of mineralization beyond our current resource estimates. These results will be shared as they become available but stop short of a full evaluation to increase resources and reserves for now, until we get the initial project underway.
Regarding the aggregate potential and by way of a reminder from the last update, this passage, taken directly from our PFS, highlights the aggregate opportunity: "A unique feature of the CK Gold Project is its proximity to growing population centers and infrastructure, which may further offer opportunities to bolster revenue through the sale of waste rock as aggregate. Investigations have proven the non-mineralized rock to be of very good quality for aggregate products. Only a minor benefit for the aggregate potential has been recognized in this study, and more work is warranted to assess the full potential. To move bulk rock tonnages, some additional arrangements would need to be made, but there is more than 30 million tons of rock available that could retail, as crushed and clean aggregate, at between $16 and $18 per ton, and this potential value has not been fully captured in this study." For now, we are focused on the value creation centered around permitting the gold and copper operation. The immediate effect of having aggregate on site will be a reduction in construction costs for our processing plant; however we will continue to assess the upside of the project. Not only will we have a potential revenue source from rock already mined to support gold and copper production, but we also look to assess the net reduction in carbon emission by making this rock available to the market.
High-Potential Exploration Projects Primed for Discovery in 2022 and Beyond
US Gold has just completed two equity financings, the second of which was greater in gross proceeds and share price than the first, which shows solid support from our investors and provides a solid balance sheet. With greater financial resources available, we will review the potential to create value from our portfolio of exploration assets, either through a strategic partnership or judicious use of funds for exploration.
Corporate Operating Highlights
There are many attractive aspects of U.S. Gold Corp. First, we are one of the few exploration and development companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Second, we have a tight share structure, with just over eight million shares of common stock outstanding. Third and finally, we are proud to say that as of today, U.S. Gold Corp. currently has no long-term debt, with approximately $9 million of cash in treasury.
We continue to focus on moving all of our projects forward to enhance shareholder value. 2022 is already a busy year, with lots of value-creating catalysts for U.S. Gold Corp. On behalf of the entire management team and Board of Directors, we would like to thank you for your support as we continue to advance the company.
Sincerely yours,
U.S. Gold Corp.
George Bee
George Bee
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
For more information, I encourage you to contact the Company at ir@usgoldcorp.gold or visit our website at www.usgoldcorp.gold.
U.S. Gold Corp. periodically sends news via email to its shareholders and interested investors. If you would like to receive these communications, please sign up to receive U.S. Gold Corp. news releases at: http://ir.usgoldcorp.gold/
About U.S. Gold Corp.
U.S. Gold Corp. is a publicly traded, U.S.-focused gold exploration and development company. U.S. Gold Corp. has a portfolio of exploration properties. The CK Gold Project is located in southeast Wyoming and has a PFS technical report, which was completed by Gustavson Associates. Keystone and Maggie Creek are exploration properties on the Cortez and Carlin Trends in Nevada. The Challis Gold Project is located in Idaho. For more information about U.S. Gold Corp., please visit www.usgoldcorp.gold.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this shareholder letter are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "will," "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated," and "intend," among others. Forward-looking statements include all mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates; projected mine life, initial capital and potential production; economic estimates, including NPV and IRR; process plant improvements; expectations regarding the concentrate that may be produced at the CK Gold Project; references to potential additional resources at the CK Gold Deposit; and the proposed timing for filing and approval of our mine plan permit. These forward-looking statements are based on U.S. Gold Corp.'s current expectations, and actual results could differ materially from such statements. There are a number of factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, risks arising from: the prevailing market conditions for metal prices and mining industry cost inputs; environmental and regulatory risks; the reasonability of the economic assumptions contained in the PFS; changes in interpretations of geological, geostatistical, metallurgical, mining or processing information, including interpretations of the information resulting from exploration, analysis or mining and processing experience; COVID-19 uncertainties; risks faced by junior companies generally engaged in exploration activities; whether U.S. Gold Corp. will be able to raise sufficient capital to develop the CK Gold Project and implement future exploration programs; the success or failure of future drilling programs; and other factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be reviewed at www.sec.gov. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and assumptions about future events. While management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other risks, contingencies, and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control. The Company undertakes no duty to correct or update any information contained herein.
For additional information, please contact:
U.S. Gold Corp. Investor Relations:
+1 800 557 4550
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Expanded Partnership Will Accelerate Go-To-Market Capabilities
- ValueMomentum is expanding its cloud presence with Mendix Global Industry Cloud for Insurance and Financial Services
- Financial services and insurance companies will have access to industry-specific application development templates
BOSTON, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in modern enterprise application development, announced that its long-time implementation partner, ValueMomentum, the New Jersey-based IT services and software solutions provider, has been elevated to Global Systems Integrator (GSI) status. The move will enable financial services and insurance companies to drive value faster with software applications built with low-code.
"ValueMomentum has been a Mendix partner for more than three years," said Hari Sathyendran, director and head of alliances at Mendix. "As a leading systems integrator in the insurance and financial services market, the company has helped many organizations meet their strategic goals faster through accelerated application development and delivery. As a GSI, ValueMomentum will also help its clients establish Mendix low-code Centers of Excellence, which are capable of advancing departmental and enterprise standards."
The Mendix GSI program extends the company's global footprint. Conversely, GSIs gain early access to the Mendix roadmap and hands-on experience with the platform's emerging capabilities, so they can help their clients build new value-generating capabilities.
"Erie Insurance is strategically investing in platforms as well as the capabilities that we build," said Denise Smith, director of commercial lines technology at Erie Insurance. "Our partnership with Mendix and ValueMomentum has enabled us to gain efficiency in our technology platforms. The Mendix platform's rapid development capabilities, combined with ValueMomentum's insurance and technology expertise, helped us lay the foundation for delivering differentiated products and customer experiences to help achieve our business goals."
The Mendix GSI program has tripled in size in the last year as more and more systems integrators recognize the imperative to provide their clients with an application development platform that can become an enterprise-wide standard.
"The insurance and financial services industries continue to undergo significant digital disruption," said Vinod Paidimarry, SVP Digital & Cloud Solutions at ValueMomentum. "Mendix enables us to build adaptive solutions for our clients that accelerate business growth and keep pace with rapidly changing customer expectations. Our extended partnership will help insurance and financial services firms design the right digital experiences at a significantly higher velocity."
Gartner predicts that by 2024, more than 65% of application development will be built with low-code. More recently, Gartner named Mendix a Leader in its 2021 Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) Magic Quadrant, and positioned it ahead of all evaluated competitors in "Completeness of Vision." Similarly, Forrester selected Mendix as a Leader with the "strongest current offering" in the 2021 Forrester Wave for Low-Code Development Platforms.
ValueMomentum provides software and services to insurance, health care, and financial services firms. Customers choose ValueMomentum due to the company's track record of delivering value and driving the momentum of customers' business initiatives. ValueMomentum accomplishes this by applying a time-tested formula of combining strong technology expertise with deep industry experience. For more information, visit https://www.valuemomentum.com.
In a digital-first world, customers want their every need anticipated, employees want better tools to do their jobs, and enterprises know that sweeping digital transformation is the key to survival and success. Mendix, a Siemens business, is quickly becoming the engine of the enterprise digital landscape. Its industry-leading low-code platform and comprehensive ecosystem integrates the most advanced technology to support solutions that boost engagement, streamline operations, and relieve IT logjams. Built on the pillars of abstraction, automation, cloud, and collaboration, Mendix dramatically increases developer productivity and empowers a legion of not-so-technical, 'citizen' developers to create apps guided by their particular domain expertise, facilitated by Mendix's engineered-in collaborative capabilities and intuitive visual interface. Recognized as a leader and visionary by leading industry analysts, the platform is cloud-native, open, extensible, agile, and proven. From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to intelligent automation and native mobile, Mendix is the backbone of digital-first enterprises. The Mendix enterprise low-code platform has been adopted by more than 4,000 leading companies in 46 countries.
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Over 70% of vehicles sold globally in 2028 will be connected, but only 58% of subscriptions will be paid by consumers
NEW YORK, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, connectivity will be available in over half of new vehicles sold in 2022 and over 70% in 2028. Carmakers are committed to connectivity because of its various benefits, including fleet management, reduction of warrant costs, convenient Electric Vehicle (EV) ownership, and Over the Air (OTA) updates. However, they still have not found an effective strategy to recoup the connectivity and airtime costs. Connected services adoption is low, especially among lower-tier vehicles, and the increase in free trial periods means that the ratio of paid subscriptions will contract by 20% between 2021 and 2028.
Despite moving to become ubiquitous, vehicle connectivity is still not a significant revenue source. "Due to the prevalence of high traffic phone data plans, end consumers have little motivation to pay for connectivity and rarely renew subscriptions after the free trial period, which carmakers are constantly extending. This is especially true for infotainment services that compete with free phone mirroring. This reality signals that it will be challenging for carmakers such as Stellantis, Ford, and GM to achieve their recently announced goals to generate US$20 billion in software and services revenues annually by 2030, at least 13 times what they generate today," explains Maite Bezerra, Smart Mobility and Automotive Research Analyst at ABI Research.
From premium to volume cars, nearly all carmakers are committed to deploying software-defined vehicle platforms and betting on revenues from delivering software-enabled services and features OTA. That requires the establishment of a revenue-generating consumer touchpoint where these new services will be bought or updated, essentially relying on user engagement with embedded infotainment systems rather than mirroring through CarPlay or Android Auto. "However, most subscription revenues presently derive from essential telematics and remote services rather than infotainment," Bezerra points out.
Connected services subscriptions are being extended to drive higher customer engagement. The average free trial period in the United States is increasing from three to six months, in Europe from one to three years (e.g., Polestar), and in China, many carmakers offer free for life connectivity (e.g., NIO, SAIC-GM). The drawback of such a strategy is that the ratio of subscriptions paid by the final consumers will dwindle. ABI Research expects over 70% of active infotainment subscriptions to be on a free trial or free-for-life arrangement in 2022.
Further adding to the connected vehicle monetization challenge, software-defined vehicle platforms will considerably increase monthly data consumption - from 400-500 MB to up to 2-20 GB - and connectivity costs, which neither carmakers nor end consumers have been willing to pay so far. "Nevertheless, EVs could be the panacea for low connected services adoption by final users as they significantly improve ownership convenience," concludes Bezerra.
These findings are from ABI Research's Connected Car market data report. This report is part of the company's Smart Mobility and Automotive research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights. Market Data spreadsheets are composed of deep data, market share analysis, and highly segmented, service-specific forecasts to provide detailed insight where opportunities lie.
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The supply shortage has not significantly affected Telematic Control Unit (TCU) components. Despite being exposed to slow-moving recovery in other domains, demand remains strong, and ABI Research projects 58 million connected vehicle shipments in 2025. Europe, the US, and China are the leading markets holding 80% of the global market share. Laggard nations include Japan and emerging economies in South East Asia, Africa, and South America. Nevertheless, all carmakers in all regions aim to provide embedded connectivity in future vehicle platform generations.
Infotainment systems have become an important purchase criterium that can drive higher sales. Still, an effective plan of action must be developed to monetize them during the vehicle's lifecycle and justify Return on Investment (ROI).
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CARLSBAD, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, today announced it has been awarded a Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate (VSTC) to install its complete, advanced Ka-band satellite system on Airbus A320 series of aircraft. This CAAC validation, Viasat's first in China, lays the foundation for Chinese airlines to install and deploy Viasat's industry-leading In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system, including antenna, radome, modem, server and WAPs, on Airbus A320s.
The CAAC VSTC was awarded based on an Airbus A320 STC previously certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It joins a portfolio of STCs that has been applied globally on 1,800+ commercial aircraft installed with Viasat's in-flight connectivity system. In total, the Company's current IFC solution has accumulated more than 16.5 million flight hours.
Don Buchman, Viasat's vice president and general manager, Commercial Aviation, stated, "Achieving the CAAC validation milestone in China is significant because Chinese-based airlines, using our best-in-class equipment, are now a step closer to delivering an on-the-ground internet experience to their passengers while in-flight. We're grateful to our partners in China for their support and are committed to continuing to invest in this important market -- where we have operated since 1994 -- for the long run."
Viasat's IFC system will enable full video streaming, browsing, messaging, social media scrolling and more to every connected device on a Viasat-equipped aircraft. In addition to optimizing passengers' connected experiences when in-flight, Viasat's IFC solution will enable airlines to enhance passenger loyalty, improve operating efficiencies and increase revenue generating opportunities through ancillary content and application programs.
For more information on Viasat's Commercial Aviation services, please visit Viasat online at Viasat.com.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable, fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit: www.viasat.com, go to Viasat's Corporate Blog, or follow the Company on social media at: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube.
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$5.8 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market
JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WallachBeth Capital LLC, a leading provider of capital markets and institutional execution services, announced that LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT), a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing pharmacologically active drugs for use in cancer treatment, has entered into definitive agreements for the purchase and sale of 2,900,000 shares of LIXTE's common stock at a purchase price of $2.00 per share in a registered direct offering. The gross proceeds to LIXTE from this offering are expected to be approximately $5.8 million before deducting the placement agents' fees and other offering expenses.
WallachBeth Capital, LLC and WestPark Capital, Inc. are acting as co-placement agents for the offering. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about April 14, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The shares of common stock are being offered by Lixte pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-252430) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 26, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on February 5, 2021. The offering of the securities will be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the securities being offered will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc.
LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT), is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on new targets for cancer drug development and developing and commercializing cancer therapies. Major drivers of cancer are defects in the switches that turn the biochemical pathways in cells on or off. Most cancer research over the past 30 years has focused on the "on" switches because the "off" switches, especially the master "off" switch protein phosphatase (PP2A), were believed to cause intolerable toxicity in patients. LIXTE has achieved a breakthrough with its novel, first-in-class lead clinical compound and PP2A inhibitor, LB-100, demonstrating that LB-100 is readily tolerated in cancer patients at doses associated with anti-cancer activity. Based on extensive published preclinical data (see www.lixte.com), LB-100 has the potential to significantly improve outcomes for patients undergoing various chemotherapies or immunotherapies. LIXTE's new approach has no known competitors and is covered by a comprehensive patent portfolio. Initial proof-of-concept clinical trials are in progress.
About WallachBeth Capital LLC
WallachBeth Capital offers a robust range of capital markets and investment banking services to the healthcare community, connecting corporate clients with leading institutions, creating value for both issuers and investors. The firm's experience includes initial public offerings, follow-on issues, PIPE offerings, and private transactions. WallachBeth Capital is a leading provider of institutional execution services, offering clients a full spectrum of solutions to help them navigate increasingly complex markets. The firm's website is located at www.wallachbeth.com.
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) hosted a send-off dinner last night for the 61 athletes representing the United States at Invictus Games, April 16-22, 2022, in The Hague, Netherlands. Nearly half of Team U.S. are registered warriors with WWP.
"I am extremely proud of Team U.S. athletes for making it to the Invictus Games," said James Herrera, WWP Physical Health & Wellness vice president. "For many, this long journey as a competitor in adaptive sports began during service after an injury."
Many WWP warriors competing in the Invictus Games grew their skills in modified athletic opportunities through WWP's Adaptive Sports, Physical Health and Wellness, and Soldier Ride programs. Known as the "One-Armed Archer," Gabriel George, a retired Navy corpsman, joined WWP in 2015 after a motorcycle accident left him with severe spinal cord damage, resulting in a paralyzed right arm, which was amputated in 2020. Gabriel will represent Team U.S. for the first time in adaptive archery, swimming, and rowing.
"People see me doing sports and ask me how," shared Gabriel. "The answer is simple; I could not do all that I do without the support of Wounded Warrior Project. Ninety percent of the time, I am in pain, but I always have an event to look forward to and other warriors to help. Living the logo keeps me going, and I am energized for my first games with the team."
Invictus Games was founded in 2014 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and former captain in the British Army. Today, more than 500 competitors from 20 nations compete in a series of events like archery, sitting volleyball, track, wheelchair basketball, indoor rowing, powerlifting, and swimming.
Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has been meeting the growing needs of warriors, their families, and caregivers — helping them achieve their highest ambition. Learn more.
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PENSACOLA, Fla., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZA Group, Inc. (OTC: ZAAG) ("ZAAG" or "the Company"), a company specializing in emerging industries acquisitions with an emphasis in the direct to consumer apparel and manufacturing self-sustainable farms, adds a USDA Consultant to offer assistance with USDA loans and compliance for vertical growing system buyers.
The USDA consultant ("the Consultant"), was engaged shortly after the Company secured its second vertical farm order during the month of March 2022. With over 10,000 vertical growing system inquires, the Consultant will not only respond to the inquires, but offer his assistance to structure the appropriate business plan utilizing the vertical growing system to then be used to obtain USDA loan for their business. The Consultant will further assist on offering his guidance on the vertical system staying compliant with the USDA and obtaining additional benefits for optimal success.
The Consultant has over 6 years in the farming industry owning Miracle Life Farm, LLC. ("MLF"), a family owned farm. MLF successfully grew Thai Guava, Sugar Apple, and Passion Fruit and distributed them to large grocery chains across the U.S., most notably Presidente, Publix, and Winn-Dixie. His success was utilizing all the USDA benefits from loans and insurance, mastering cropping and harvesting techniques, and securing distribution channels while staying compliant as a farmer.
ZAAG's President, John Morgan comments, "Utilizing a USDA consultant is game changing for us. We now not only have assistance on responding to the growing number of inquires on obtaining a vertical growing system, but we can now assist them on purchasing a system or systems utilizing extremely low rate long term loans through the USDA. We can now help many start a new business in an essential space during an inventory scarce time without having to or with very minimal personal funds. I am proud to be part of an organization where we can now help others provide fresh produce, start a business, and create jobs." Morgan continues, "To our shareholders, providing these new opportunities to potential or current vertical farmers will not only help increase revenue, but we can now respond to the 10,000 inquires with these new options, greatly increasing the chance for many new vertical farmers. The average sales conversion rate across all industries sits around 2.46% to 3.26%, that equates to 246 to 326 new growing system orders out of our growing and current 10,000 inquires, generating approximately $49.2 to $65.2 million based on the rough conversion outcome with one system each. ZAAG would benefit approximately $24.6 to $32.6 million through its March 3, 2022 60% acquisition agreement with E-Roots Manufacturing, Inc., significantly maximizing shareholder value. I look forward on sharing further updates as we progress."
About ZA Group, Inc. (ZAAG)
ZA Group, Inc. is a company specializing in emerging industries acquisitions with an emphasis in the direct to consumer apparel and manufacturing self-sustainable farms. Its goal is to take its brands to the next level whether to own, license, or manage. Currently ZA Group, Inc. owns 60% of E-Roots Manufacturing, Inc., to manufacture self-sustaining vertically integrated farms, and NFID as a wholly owned subsidiary, an online retail outlet offering apparel (visit website).
To learn more, please visit: www.zagroupusa.com
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2 children found dead in Miami after 911 hang-up calls
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 7:58 AM CDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) — Police officers found two young children dead after responding to several 911 hang-up calls from an apartment in Miami.
Police spokesperson Michael Vega tells news outlets officers looked inside the apartment and saw the unresponsive children late Tuesday.
Their cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
He says they appeared to be about 6 and 3 years old.
Vega says officers spoke to a woman at the scene “who appeared to be irate or going through a crisis.” She’s expected to be questioned.
Her relationship to the children was unclear.
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Breezy, cool, and damp today; windy, cold days are ahead
High temperatures will dip into the 30s at times this week
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The large storm system that triggered widespread severe weather in the region on Tuesday has moved on to the east and in its wake, we have quieter, but also cooler conditions in store for today. Expect gray skies with brisk west winds and occasional light rain across the area. Temperatures will hover in the 40s today with a west breeze that will reach 25 miles per hour at times, certainly adding an extra chill to the air. Incidentally, the 2.25 inches of rain we officially received on Tuesday in Rochester was a record amount for the day and we now have a surplus of 1.60 inches for the month. the surplus for 2022 overall stands at 1.10 inches.
Clouds and showers will clear off this evening, but the brisk winds will persist. Expect partly cloudy skies throughout the night with temperatures falling into the upper 20s by early Thursday. Wind chill values will be in the teens at times.
Strong, powerful winds will blow even colder air into the region on Thursday as the storm system’s center remains planted just to our northeast. Expect thick clouds throughout the day with a few light snow showers and periodic sprinkles blowing through the area. High temperatures tomorrow will only be in the upper 30s with west winds at times reaching 40 to 50 miles per hour, making it feel like the 20s.
We’ll have some sunshine on Friday, but gusty winds will keep a wintry chill in the air. Expect high temperatures in the upper 30s with west winds occasionally reaching 30 miles per hour. Wind chill values will be in the teens and 20s throughout the day.
After a bright, but chilly Saturday, a few light rain and snow showers will move into the area from the northwest on Easter Sunday afternoon. High temperatures for both weekend days will be in the low 40s.
There will be a chance of light rain and snow showers late next Monday and again for much of Tuesday with high temperatures still only in the low and mid-40s. The remainder of the upcoming week looks drier and sunnier with temperatures slowly warming from the 40s to the mid-50s.
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Rates of certain STDs increased in 2020, CDC data shows
(CNN) - Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States dropped early in the pandemic, but increased by the end of 2020.
The data was published Tuesday in the 2020 STD Surveillance Report.
By the end of the year, gonorrhea rates had risen 10%. Rates of syphilis were up 7%.
Those numbers included increased rates of disease among newborns, called congenital syphilis. It went up 15% from 2019, representing a 235% increase from 2016.
Congenital syphilis occurs when a woman with syphilis passes it to her baby during pregnancy and it can lead to serious health problems and death.
Commenting on the data Tuesday, a CDC official highlighted the pandemic’s dramatic disruption to life as we knew it.
Chlamydia rates were down 1.2% from 2016.
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Column: Graduate student worker critical of IU dean's column about unionizing
Last Friday, James Wimbush, dean of Indiana University’s graduate school, published a column arguing against a graduate workers union. In his column, he claims a union would interfere with “why students pursue their graduate degrees,” and that it would “alter their status from students to employees.” He seems to believe that the “expanded educational experience” afforded by performing crucial labor for the university would be ruptured, and not helped, by a union.
He is wrong.
Across campus, roughly 2,500 graduate workers labor for IU. We grade. We lead discussion sections. We manage online learning platforms. We write syllabi, teach classes, hold office hours and conduct research. But without union recognition, we cannot properly negotiate. Our stipends have not risen with the cost of living, and exorbitant fees pinch us further. Thanks to the tireless efforts of many IU graduate workers, our union has been formed. But the IU administration responds only with silence and double-talk. This is why we strike. It is a way to collectively demonstrate our value to an administration that repeatedly refuses to cooperate.
Earlier column: Indiana University dean makes case against graduate students unionizing
Wimbush’s column epitomizes IU’s fallacious anti-unionism. Circulating common fictions about graduate compensation, he claims our “income” for 10 months averages $51,000 a year, implying that this is more than enough, that we should sit down, shut up and grade. He points out a recently awarded 5% raise as an example of IU’s benevolence. Why should graduate workers need a union? Surely it would only get in the way.
But tuition waivers are not taxable income. They don’t pay rent or buy groceries. With this mischaracterization, Dr. Wimbush only highlights how high tuition is. Meanwhile, the 5% raise on my $18,000 stipend constitutes a mere $900: not enough to make up for the 5% increase on my rent this year, or my $1,400 in mandatory fees, about which IU refuses to negotiate. The case is even more dire for international students, who pay an additional $600 fee annually. A one-time raise is nothing compared to the bargaining power of a union, which is why Wimbush is afraid of it.
His column repeatedly demeans our work as “part-time,” which is erroneous for two reasons: First, part-time workers deserve unions. Second, Wimbush’s rhetoric reflects an embarrassing misunderstanding of how his university functions. We are both students and workers. Our contracts may stipulate part-time hours, but in practice, the line between student-work and worker-work blurs. I am expected to funnel my coursework into my teaching. In the business world we might call this “on-the-job training,” which is paid labor, but Wimbush’s rhetoric implies this work is not separate, even though my undergraduate students, and IU, benefit from it.
Several faculty members respond: Faculty members voice support for IU grad student workers unionizing
The cruel irony is that IU is paying Wimbush nearly $315,000 this year. Astronomical earnings like this are not uncommon among university administrators. Venkat Venkataramanan, executive vice provost for finance, makes $422,000 a year, and President Pamela Whitten, $650,000. These kinds of monstrous salaries render the very idea of hourly wages obsolete, and they exemplify the lie of meritocracy in the American academy, the lie upon which IU’s anti-union rationale rests. They also represent the excess with which IU might bargain once our union is recognized, which is why Wimbush avoids mentioning it. Instead he inflates graduate earnings as a diversionary tactic, an attempt to hide that he and his fellow six-figure administrators make more than enough to live on, that they want their checks, and they demand that we, the workers, sign them.
We strike because we want union recognition. We strike because we deserve a living wage. We strike because we have no other choice.
Jeff Moscaritolo is a Ph.D. student at Indiana University. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/04/13/graduate-student-worker-critical-iu-deans-column-unionizing/7283790001/ | 2022-04-13T13:34:42 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/04/13/graduate-student-worker-critical-iu-deans-column-unionizing/7283790001/ |
Severe weather, tornado in Texas injures 23
SALADO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - The severe weather and tornado that struck in the Salado area Tuesday evening leveled buildings, downed power lines, uprooted trees and injured at least 23 people, Bell County Judge David Blackburn said.
Of those injured, 12 required hospitalization and one appears to be in critical condition, Blackburn said.
According to the county judge, the first call regarding a tornado was received at about 5:37 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens of calls soon followed after the tornado crossed from northern Williamson County into the Salado area in southern Bell County, KWTX reported.
Blackburn said search and rescue crews have done multiple walkthroughs and, as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, believe everyone in the storm-ravaged area is accounted for.
“Buildings were reduced to rubble and power lines are scattered all over the place,” Blackburn said, “The damage is extensive and, at this time, to not have any fatalities is very significant.”
Blackburn said the county is ready to provide an emergency shelter to those affected, but homeowners afflicted by the storm turned down help Tuesday evening.
The focus will now turn to cleaning up the debris from damaged homes and restoring downed power lines in the area.
“There will be many, many days of cleanup after this,” the county judge warned.
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Songs by Wu-Tang, Alicia Keys added to Recording Registry
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Critically acclaimed debut albums by Wu-Tang Clan and Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin’s Latin pop megahit “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the recordings being inducted this year into the National Recording Registry.
The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the 25 songs, albums, historical recordings and even a podcast that will be preserved as important contributions to American culture and history.
Keys’ “Songs In A Minor,” released in 2001, introduced the young New York musician to the world with her unique fusion of jazz, R&B and hip hop and earned her five Grammy awards. With songs like “Fallin’” the album has been certified as seven-times multiplatinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Staten Island collective Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and more, released their highly influential debut “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” in 1993, which combined East Coast hardcore rap centered around kung fu film storylines and samples.
Other albums that were included were Linda Ronstadt’s “Canciones de Mi Padre,” a musical tribute to her Mexican-American roots, Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning “Nick of Time,” A Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory,” and the Cuban musical ensemble’s self-titled debut “Buena Vista Social Club,” which also inspired a film by the same name.
Other songs now in the registry include Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “Walking the Floor Over You” by Ernest Tubb, “Moon River” by Andy Williams and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” by The Four Tops.
The Four Tops song was penned by the songwriting trio of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier and became a No. 1 song in 1966 known for its unorthodox arrangement and the urgent, operatic vocals of lead singer Levi Stubbs. The last surviving member of the band, Duke Fakir, said he was honored to have their song included in the registry.
“When we recorded ‘I’ll Be There,’ I have to admit (for the first time), we thought of the song as an experiment for the album,” Fakir said in a statement. “We never believed it would even make it on the album, let alone be a hit for all time in ‘The Library of Congress.’ I wish Levi, Obie (Benson), and Lawrence (Payton) were here with me today so we could celebrate this incredible accolade together. And we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to Holland Dozier Holland, the tailors of great music, who wrote it.”
Other recordings include public radio station WNYC’s broadcasts from Sept. 11, 2001 and Marc Maron’s interview with Robin Williams on his podcast “WTF with Marc Maron.”
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New IHSAA classifications bringing big changes to Edgewood sports
A lot of fall postseason changes are ahead for Edgewood's athletic programs in football, basketball, volleyball and soccer.
The IHSAA announced its classifications for football, basketball, volleyball and soccer on Monday for the next two school years.
The biggest effect for Edgewood, listed with 802 students, could be seen in football, where the Mustangs are bumping back up to Class 4A after spending the past two seasons in 3A.
"The challenges are non-stop for us," said Edgewood coach Caleb True, whose first team battled injury, COVID-19, youth and low numbers last season. "We're either the biggest in 3A or the smallest in 4A. We looked at this a couple months ago (when the enrollment figures were released) and we figured we were going to make a jump.
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"So we talked to our guys to get them in the right head space, so they were not shocked when it happened. But we'll be happy to compete at whatever class they put us. I'm glad Edgewood is growing and I hope we can grow into a powerhouse."
Numbers are critically important now as Edgewood is the fourth smallest team in 4A.
"Our definite No. 1 goal is to get as many guys in the weight room as possible," True said. "And our numbers are growing, too. We have 22 coming over for eighth grade weights, so that's a plus.
"Our goal is to get above 60 (players), where we were two years ago when we were right around 65."
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Sectional football a toss up
Edgewood was in 4A from 2015-18 and lost its first three playoff games 43-3, 42-6 and 48-6, before getting past Madison and Silver Creek in 2018 and falling to power East Central in the sectional final.
But enrollment changes have moved four teams from that old sectional alignment to 3A: Franklin County, Madison, Scottsburg and South Dearborn. So an uncertain postseason future awaits until the sectional assignments are announced.
All of Sectional 21 is intact with Connersville, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Muncie Central, New Castle, Pendleton Heights, Richmond and Shelbyville. But Sectional 22 sees powerhouse Bishop Chatard falling back to 3A, leaving a likely landing spot for Northview if it is replaced by Bedford North Lawrence in the Evansville-area sectional.
The Stars (enrollment 1,397) are falling out of 5A and could find themselves in an eight-team bracket with the Evansville area schools: Reitz, Harrison, Central, Jasper, Boonville, Memorial and now Bosse, which moved up from 3A.
A new 4A sectional for Edgewood might include some combination of East Central, Silver Creek, Martinsville, Jennings County, Mooresville, Greenwood, Brebeuf Jesuit, and New Palestine. Indianapolis George Washington is also joining Crispus Attucks and Southridge in 4A.
Other area schools will see some new alignments
While it's likely Bloomington North (1,664) and Bloomington South (1,733) will remain coupled with Evansville North (1,856) and Castle (1,944) in their 5A sectional, Jeffersonville is rising to 6A (as is Cathedral because of the tournament success factor).
That leaves New Albany, Seymour and Floyd Central in the southeast and Columbus East, Franklin and Whiteland from mid-Indiana. There are just 14 5A teams south of Indianapolis. Of the remaining 18, Anderson, West Lafayette Harrison and McCutcheon the closest to Indy.
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Chesterton, Merrillville, which has lost at semi-state three years in a row, and Fort Wayne Snider all fell to 5A. Bishop Dwenger is moving up from 4A.
Owen Valley (650) remains in 3A, but will see a new sectional lineup with Brown County (503) and Sullivan (472) going to 2A. Brownstown Central is going to 2A. Monrovia, 1A state champs in 2015, is moving up again to 3A.
In 2A, Linton (386) will now be the fifth smallest school. The class now includes Pioneer and Lafayette Central Catholic. Eastern Greene (321) remains in 1A but the addition of Dugger to the field might mean some shifting as sectionals 47 and 48 already have eight teams with Indianapolis area Sectional 46 hosting just seven.
Shifting gears in basketball
While nothing should change as far as basketball sectionals for North or South, Edgewood is a different matter.
Brownstown (488), sectional champ this year for both boys and girls, is dropping to 2A.
The cutoff between 3A/4A is 1,030 and between 2A/3A is 495, so Northview (955), Owen Valley (650), West Vigo (525), South Vermillion (510) and Brown County (503) remain in 3A.
However, Greencastle (475), usual regional host for both boys and girls, and Sullivan are moving down to 2A.
So there's likely to be some shifts in the southern 2A sectionals, including the field the includes Eastern Greene and Linton, with North Daviess (286) is jumping up to 2A, just three students over the 1A/2A cut.
Evansville Mater Dei and Southridge are moving up to 3A and Tecumseh is moving down to 1A, which removes three teams from those sectional lineup. Southridge also hosted the boys regional last season.
In 1A, the usual field that gathers at White River Valley, will probably be the landing spot for Dugger. That might move Eminence to an Indianapolis area bracket, or maybe Lighthouse to Loogootee where it's volleyball team goes, as no sectional in the state has more than seven teams.
In girls' basketball only, Silver Creek is moving up to 4A due to the success factor.
Also, Loogootee is dropping back to 1A, with North Daviess a good bet to fill that slot at in a sectional that included Eastern, Linton, Mitchell, North and South Knox and Paoli last season.
Volleyball changes
Like basketball, the biggest local change is Brownstown Central, which won titles both years it was switched to Edgewood's sectional, dropping to 2A.
North Daviess is also a 2A program now and Southridge will no longer be in the Eastern/Linton sectional, moving up to 3A. Sullivan is a likely addition.
Mater Dei (496) is moving up to 3A by population while Barr-Reeve and Providence are in 3A due to success factor. Tecumseh is dropping to 1A, which might change the Orleans/Loogootee area sectional lineups.
Soccer changes
Northview's boys have dropped from 3A to 2A, which means it will likely switch from the Bloomington/Terre Haute sectional to Edgewood's sectional or one in Indianapolis. Cascade also bumped up to 2A.
And Brown County's girls will leave the Edgewood sectional after dropping to 1A. Monrovia is up to 2A.
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48 hour makeover: How Scalia changes things, what it says about Indiana women's basketball
After losing three foundational players in Ali Patberg, Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and Aleksa Gulbe, Indiana women's basketball reloaded.
And they reloaded fast.
Indiana landed three transfers from the portal who should all be key contributors right away. In less than 48 hours, 2020 IndyStar Miss Basketball Sydney Parrish announced her transfer to IU, and the Hoosiers formalized her and Alyssa Geary's additions from Oregon and Providence. And they landed a third from within the Big Ten, in Minnesota's Sara Scalia.
The Hoosiers pulled it off thanks to a busy two days behind the scenes.
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A women's basketball destination
Things came together quickly for IU last weekend. Parrish visited Bloomington on Friday, and formally committed the same day. Meanwhile, Scalia flew in that evening.
So when Parrish posted her announcement on Saturday morning, and while that news made waves across the state, Scalia was visiting with Indiana's staff. She spent Saturday touring IU's campus and facilities, and committed Sunday morning.
Indiana had no prior relationship with Scalia, aside from playing against each other. The Hoosiers didn't recruit her out of Stillwater (Minn.) High School. The staff just got to work when she entered the portal, and they sold her on the direction of the program.
The Golden Gophers were 0-4 against the Hoosiers during Scalia's three years in Minneapolis.
Indiana has become a destination for players seeking a shot at a conference championship and an extended NCAA tournament run, a distinct difference from the past.
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This isn't Moren's first experience with transfers. She's leaned heavily on transfers throughout the last four years. Patberg, who came in from Notre Dame in 2017, spanned that entire time frame. Brenna Wise transferred from Pittsburgh and played for two seasons, and then Cardaño-Hillary arrived from George Mason for the next two.
But bringing in players from within the Big Ten is notable, and Scalia is the first major transfer Moren has landed from within the conference.
It speaks volumes about where the program is headed when a player from the same conference chooses to come to Bloomington.
An electric shooter
Its 3-point shooting was not one of Indiana's biggest strengths last season.
They didn't hide from that. After IU's loss at Nebraska in February, Moren said her team relied too much on the outside shot, and are better off when they shoot around 15 threes in a game instead of the 23 they attempted in that game.
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It wasn't a weakness — the Hoosiers shot just shy of 33 percent from beyond the arc as a team last season, which ranked 75th in the country and seventh in the Big Ten.
Scalia's former team, Minnesota? The Gophers finished fourth in the country in 3-point percentage at 38.2. They had two players in Scalia and Deja Winters (who exhausted her eligibility last season) who ranked in the top 25 in the nation and top five in the Big Ten in shooting percentage.
Minnesota often lived and died by the three. Indiana won't suddenly turn into that type of team, but adding one of the best shooters from a team like that will be huge. And Scalia joins a much more talented team than the Gophers, who finished 15-18 overall with a first-round Big Ten Tournament exit and a second-round WNIT loss.
Scalia's shooting ability will open up a lot for the Hoosiers. It could draw defensive attention away from Berger, Holmes, and other weapons, and give them more space to operate. But it gives IU an offensive element it didn't have last season — Scalia's 3-point percentage topped everyone on IU's roster.
A plethora of options
Over the course of one weekend, the Hoosiers went from a team that had some holes to plug to one that could be even deeper than last year.
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There are several combinations of starting lineups IU could go with now.
Holmes and Berger are locks for the starting lineup. Given her shooting ability, her nearly 18 points per game, and her familiarity with the Big Ten, Scalia also seems like a strong candidate to start.
The Hoosiers could go with a smaller lineup with four guards, and start Parrish and Chloe Moore-McNeil alongside those three. IU could also start just one of them and go with either Geary or Kiandra Browne.
And that's not even mentioning incoming Israeli freshman guard Yarden Garzon, who could be more ready to contribute right away than many other freshmen after playing with and against WNBA players in Europe.
IU has a lot of options. And that's not something that has always described the Hoosiers over the past few years.
Indiana is now at 14 scholarships allotted for next season — and the roster may not be complete.
Whatever happens, Indiana proved its prowess in the new age of women's college basketball last weekend. Landing commitments from players like Parrish and Scalia within 48 hours of each other shows the Hoosiers have become one of the top dogs in the Big Ten.
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TE A.J. Barner has one career start. And he's one of the more experienced IU pass catchers.
IU junior A.J. Barner started just one game last year (when the Hoosiers used a two-tight end set against Ohio State). As a true freshman in 2020, he got almost all of his work on special teams. But on an offensive roster that has been almost entirely re-set, he returns as one of the most established players on that side of the ball.
His 14 receptions and 162 yards in 2021 both put him second among Indiana returners, and he's one of just three returning players who caught a touchdown pass last year.
So with captain Peyton Hendershot gone after five years, following a 2021 season in which he led IU in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, Barner views it as his job to step up and say anything he can to help the new faces and young players he's likely to be surrounded by.
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"I was in a leadership role in high school," Barner said. "Now without Peyton there, it's kind of my role to be more vocal. When you're not really taking the first-team reps, it's more difficult to step in and hold other starters accountable. Without him being in there and now being in that role, I'm able to oversee really everyone and help point everybody in the right direction, whether it's off the field, in workouts, on the field, just using my experience to maybe do a route better."
Barner is in an elevated role now because there aren't many players on the offense in position to challenge his authority. Wide receiver D.J. Matthews, who posted 165 receiving yards last season before tearing his ACL, is still on the mend and is out for all of spring practice. Transfer running backs Shaun Shivers (Auburn) and Josh Henderson (North Carolina) and wide receivers Emery Simmons (North Carolina) and Cam Camper (Trinity Valley Community College) are all just getting their feet set. The quarterback battle, which includes returning starters Jack Tuttle and Donaven McCulley as well as Missouri transfer Connor Bazelak and redshirt sophomore Dexter Williams, will certainly produce a leader. Barner will have to produce to maintain his respected voice.
IU's offensive coaches trust him to do that. The 6-6, 251-pounder caught Indiana's longest pass of the season last year, a 76-yard touchdown in a win over Idaho. He's a legitimate enough deep threat for the Hoosiers to spread him out wide off the edge, and he can stretch the field even when lining up next to an offensive tackle.
Barner thinks there is more he can do in new offensive coordinator Walt Bell's scheme, as there is more creativity allowed on the part of the receivers.
Bell says his pass catchers are asked to "manage their grass," which effectively means, be willing and able to alter a route if it's the only way to find open space away from defenders. It requires quarterbacks and receivers to have a good sense of each other so they know what changes in defensive looks can trigger what sort of alterations in a route, but Barner thinks it could make him and other pass-catchers more dangerous.
"You're not in a set-in-stone route," Barner said. "It's more so with the coverage. So I feel like my ability to use my speed and my size to get open will be a good point of emphasis with myself... With the new offense, you can make a play out of whatever the defense is doing. They have to defend us. Also, when they do decide to defend us, you can change what you're doing to make sure you get open."
The departure of Hendershot as well as run-blocking specialist Matt Bjorson means Barner has to become a more complete tight end this year, which means pass-catching won't be his whole job. The Hoosiers will need his help blocking on the edge to make the running game better after the team finished 12th in the Big Ten in rushing in 2021, averaging just 3.2 yards per carry.
"I feel like honestly anyone can be a good blocker," Barner said. "It's just all about if you want to block. I understand if you want to get the ball, you better block first. It's something I take pride in."
And Barner also takes pride in being a leader, particularly for the tight end room. The only other upperclassmen are walk-ons, and the other scholarship tight ends in camp are redshirt freshman Aaron Steinfeldt and true freshmen Ryan Miller and Brady Foley. Barner wants to be the example for them that Hendershot was for him.
"He's a guy that was a consistent All-Big Ten tight end," Barner said of Hendershot. "The biggest thing for him was competing with him every day. At winter workouts and everything else. I was always trying to learn from him but also compete with him, just pushing myself to be the great player he is... With him not being in the room anymore, I feel like I've taken over that leadership role." | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2022/04/13/iu-football-a-j-barner-becoming-leader-complete-tight-end-hoosiers/7276902001/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:02 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2022/04/13/iu-football-a-j-barner-becoming-leader-complete-tight-end-hoosiers/7276902001/ |
Tech company will implant payment chip into your hand
(CNN) - Instead of carrying your wallet in your back pocket or purse, a tech company wants you to carry it under your skin.
The British-Polish company, Walletmor, is selling microchips as alternative payment options.
This chip is about the size of a grain of rice, costs about $300 and does not come inside a credit card. Instead, it must be implanted in your body, preferably in your hand.
Once you activate it using a digital wallet app, Walletmor says you will be able to make purchases at most businesses around the world just by swiping your hand over a card reader.
Right now, the chips are only being sold to citizens of the United Kingdom, Switzerland and countries in the European Union.
According to Walletmor, almost 200 people already have the implants.
Walletmor suggests using a surgeon or one of its trusted specialists for the minor operation, but once the implant goes in, there are no refunds.
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Teen student charged with sexual assault, attempted murder in alleged attack on his teacher
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A judge on Tuesday set a competency hearing for a student accused of sexual assault and attempted murder of a Las Vegas teacher.
The teen has been identified as 16-year-old Jonathan Eluterio Martinez Garcia, KVVU reported.
According to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, Martinez Garcia faces 15 felony charges in connection with the incident. He was initially facing six felony charges. However, Wolfson confirmed Monday that an additional nine felony charges were added.
His charges range from kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon or tear gas, battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault and more. He is being charged as an adult.
In court Tuesday, his lawyer requested that he be evaluated for competency, so a judge suspended a preliminary hearing until that evaluation. The competency hearing was set for May 6 at 8:30 a.m.
Bail for Martinez Garcia remains at $500,000, under the condition of high-electronic monitoring and no contact with the victim.
According to Las Vegas police, the incident occurred Thursday at Eldorado High School.
An investigation by the department’s Sexual Assault Section indicated that the teacher was in her classroom when a student entered to talk about his grades. At some point, police say, the teen suspect became violent and began punching the teacher. Police said he strangled her until she lost consciousness.
After that, authorities said the suspect fled the classroom after the attack, and the victim was later found by another school employee. Police were able to identify the suspect, and Clark County School District police officers took him into custody.
According to police, the teacher, who has not been identified, is still recovering.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices.
The complaint in New York federal court accuses Musk of violating a regulatory deadline to reveal he had accumulated a stake of at least 5%. Instead, according to the complaint, Musk didn’t disclose his position in Twitter until he’d almost doubled his stake to more than 9%. That strategy, the lawsuit alleges, hurt less wealthy investors who sold shares in the San Francisco company in the nearly two weeks before Musk acknowledged holding a major stake.
Musk’s regulatory filings show that he bought a little more than 620,000 shares at $36.83 apiece on Jan. 31 and then continued to accumulate more shares on nearly every single trading day through April 1. Musk, best known as CEO of the electric car maker Tesla, held 73.1 million Twitter shares as of the most recent count Monday. That represents a 9.1% stake in Twitter.
The lawsuit alleges that by March 14, Musk’s stake in Twitter had reached a 5% threshold that required him to publicly disclose his holdings under U.S. securities law by March 24. Musk didn’t make the required disclosure until April 4.
That revelation caused Twitter’s stock to soar 27% from its April 1 close to nearly $50 by the end of April 4’s trading, depriving investors who sold shares before Musk’s improperly delayed disclosure the chance to realize significant gains, according to the lawsuit filed on behalf of an investor named Marc Bain Rasella. Musk, meanwhile, was able to continue to buy shares that traded in prices ranging from $37.69 to $40.96.
The lawsuit is seeking to be certified as a class action representing Twitter shareholders who sold shares between March 24 and April 4, a process that could take a year or more.
Musk spent about $2.6 billion on Twitter stock — a fraction of his estimated wealth of $265 billion, the largest individual fortune in the world. In a regulatory filing Monday, Musk disclosed he may increase his stake after backing out of an agreement reached last week to join Twitter’s board of directors.
Jacob Walker, one of the lawyers that filed the lawsuit against Musk, told The Associated Press that he hadn’t reached out to the Securities and Exchange Commission about Musk’s alleged violations about the disclosure of his Twitter stake. “I assume the SEC is well aware of what he did,” Walker said.
An SEC spokesperson declined to comment.
The SEC and Musk have been wrangling in court since 2018 when Musk and Tesla agreed to pay a $40 million fine to settle allegations that he used his Twitter account to mislead investors about a potential buyout of the electric car company that never materialized. As part of that deal, Musk was supposed to obtain legal approval for his tweets about information that could affect Tesla’s stock price — a provision that regulators contend he has occasionally violated and that he now argues unfairly muzzles him.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on ballot boxes
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that will likely determine how extensively absentee ballot drop boxes can be used in the upcoming midterm election where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and Republican U.S. senator are on the ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that will likely determine how extensively absentee ballot drop boxes can be used in the upcoming midterm election where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and Republican U.S. senator are on the ballot.
The court in February barred the use of drop boxes outside of election clerk offices for the April spring election where local offices such as mayor, city council and school board were decided. But the larger question the court has yet to address is whether to allow the secure ballot boxes going forward in places such as libraries, grocery stores and other locations.
The fight is being closely watched as Republicans push to limit access to absentee ballots following President Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin over Donald Trump in 2020 by just under 21,000 votes. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson are on the ballot in November.
State law is silent on drop boxes, but the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has told local election officials they can be placed at multiple locations.
A Waukesha County judge ruled in January that the election commission's guidance was contrary to the law and that the guidance was actually an administrative rule that was invalid because it was not put in place properly. The state Supreme Court will also be deciding whether to let stand the judge’s ruling that prohibited anyone other than the voter from returning an absentee ballot.
The elections commission rescinded its guidance pending the outcome of the court's ruling.
Advocates for people with disabilities and others argue that restriction makes it more difficult for some voters who have limited mobility, or other physical impairments, from returning their ballots.
Wisconsin’s top elections official testified last year that at least 528 drop boxes were used by more than 430 communities in the presidential election. The popularity of absentee voting exploded during the pandemic in 2020, with more than 40% of all voters casting mail ballots, a record high.
All eyes in Wednesday's arguments will be on swing Justice Brian Hagedorn, a conservative who sometimes sides with the court's liberal minority.
In January, Hagedorn sided with liberals and put on hold a lower court's ruling barring drop boxes outside of clerks' offices for the February primary. But in February, Hagedorn reversed and sided with the conservative majority in reinstating the lower court's ruling that put the ban in effect for the April election and beyond pending the Supreme Court's ruling.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of two Milwaukee voters by the conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. It is opposed by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Wisconsin Faith Voice For Justice and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have also tried to enact laws limiting the use of absentee ballots, but Evers has vetoed them.
Republicans have made similar moves since Trump’s defeat to tighten access to ballots in other battleground states. The restrictions especially target voting methods that have been rising in popularity and erecting hurdles to mail balloting and early voting that saw explosive growth earlier in the pandemic. | https://www.kttc.com/2022/04/13/wisconsin-supreme-court-hear-arguments-ballot-boxes/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:20 | 0 | https://www.kttc.com/2022/04/13/wisconsin-supreme-court-hear-arguments-ballot-boxes/ |
(The Hill) – Prominent GOP pollster Frank Luntz said in a recent interview that Republicans in private are mocking former President Trump and they are “tired of going back and rehashing the 2020 election.”
Luntz said he was not surprised by comments made by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) that gained attention from the Gridiron Club’s annual dinner.
“He’s f—— crazy,” Sununu said of Trump earlier this month at the annual event, known for its roasts of politicians and other figures.
“I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution,” he added. “But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out.”
Luntz said that while the comments were made at a roast, many members of the Republican party feel the same way.
“I don’t know a single Republican who was surprised by what Sununu said. He said what they were thinking,” Luntz said to The Daily Beast. “They won’t say it [in public], but behind his back, they think he’s a child. They’re laughing at him.”
“That’s what made it significant,” he added, referring to Sununu’s comments.
Luntz added, “Trump isn’t the same man he was a year ago.”
“Even many Republicans are tired of going back and rehashing the 2020 election. Everybody else has moved on and in Washington everyone believes he lost the election,” the pollster said.
After Sununu’s comments at the dinner gained attention, he emphasized that his remarks were a joke.
“It’s all a joke. Look, I don’t think he’s crazy. It’s all a joke,” Sununu said.
“It’s all in fun, it’s all a joke, and anyone who’s trying to make this to be more than it is either seriously doesn’t understand what the Gridiron dinner is all about or just has to, you know, like I said, lighten up a little bit, get a sense of humor,” he added.
President Biden even appeared at the popular event via a video message.
“I get the sense even if I’m not at the dinner, I’m going to be on the menu,” the president said.
Sununu late last year announced that he would run for a fourth term as governor, despite pressure from the GOP to run for Senate.
“I’d rather push myself 120 miles an hour delivering wins for New Hampshire than to slow down, end up on Capitol Hill debating partisan politics without results. That’s why I am going to run for a fourth term,” Sununu said, speaking from Concord, N.H. | https://www.wane.com/news/gop-pollster-says-republicans-are-mocking-child-trump/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:22 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/gop-pollster-says-republicans-are-mocking-child-trump/ |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Tuesday, April 12th carpenter local 232 held “Tax Fraud Days of Action.”
The event took aim at construction industry tax fraud, something the Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) estimates costs Indiana over 400 million dollars every year.
the IKORCC pointed out that much money could pay for a number of different things in the community. Like 8,741 state troopers, 7,937 K-12 teachers, or 783 small business loans.
Tom Case, a representative of IKORCC, said that although Fort Wayne is the second largest city in Indiana it’s construction wages are actually the lowest in the state. He says the wages are in their low state because of workers that are being paid cash or improperly.
Presentations at the event covered that construction tax fraud hurts more than just taxpayers. The workers, and contractors who play by the rules are hurt as well. Per IKORCC workers lose out on benefits and other contractors lose business, their bids aren’t as competitive as those who are exploiting cheap labor.
In what became a bit of a who’s who of politicians and influential community figures. Councilmembers Russ Yale, Geoff Paddock, and Thomas Didier all attended alongside Mayor Tom Henry, state senators Justin Busch and David Niezgodski. In addition Phil GiaQuinta, a minority house representative spoke as well.
Mayor Henry said the whole conversation really boiled down to trust, and took time to talk about a proposed solution to the issue. A new responsible bidding ordinance for Fort Wayne.
A responsible bidder ordinance helps ensure that cities hire responsible contractors. They serve to protect local governments by establishing criteria that contractors must meet to be eligible to work.
At one point multiple politicians from both sides of the aisle took to the podium and agreed that something had to be done, much to event organizer Kyle Gresham’s delight saying, “What you are seeing today is both parties coming together to tackle an issue that affects all of us. This is what our political system is supposed to look like.”
Tomorrow another event will be put on concerning tax fraud in Indianapolis, more information about the event, and more information about their movement can be found here. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/carpenters-shine-light-on-millions-of-lost-dollars-looks-for-plan-to-crack-down-on-tax-fraud/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:28 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/carpenters-shine-light-on-millions-of-lost-dollars-looks-for-plan-to-crack-down-on-tax-fraud/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base.
She quickly pulled off her sweatshirt, grabbed her No. 92 jersey and found a bright orange batting helmet.
A few minutes later, Nakken made major league history as the first female coach on the field in a regular-season game when she took her spot Tuesday night in a 13-2 win over San Diego.
“I think we’re all inspirations doing everything that we do on a day-to-day basis and I think, yes, this carries a little bit more weight because of the visibility, obviously there’s a historical nature to it,” she said. “But again, this is my job.”
Nakken came in to coach first base for the Giants in the third inning after Antoan Richardson was ejected.
When she was announced as Richardson’s replacement, Nakken received a warm ovation from the crowd at Oracle Park, and a congratulatory handshake from Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer.
“Right now in this moment as I reflect back, I reflect back to somebody needed to go out, we needed a coach to coach first base, our first base coach got thrown out, I’ve been in training as a first base coach for the last few years and work alongside Antoan, so I stepped in to what I’ve been hired to do, is support this staff and this team,” Nakken said.
The baseball Hall of Fame was ready, too. Her helmet is already on its way to the shrine in Cooperstown, New York.
San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler said Nakken had “prepared for this moment” while working with Richardson and others.
“So it’s not a foreign spot on the field for her. She does so many other things well that aren’t seen,” he said. “So it’s nice to see her kind of be right there in the spotlight and do it on the field.”
Nakken is an assistant coach who works heavily with baserunning and outfield defense. She watches games from an indoor batting cage near the steps to the dugout — and keeps a Giants jersey nearby, just in case she needs it.
And in an instant Tuesday night, she needed it.
The 31-year-old Nakken jogged onto the field four days after Rachel Balkovec became the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of an Major League Baseball team. She guided the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa club to a win in her first game.
Nakken had previously coached the position in spring training and during part of a July 2020 exhibition game at Oakland against now-Padres manager Bob Melvin when he was skipper of the Athletics. She started at first again a night later against the A’s in San Francisco as the teams prepared for the pandemic-delayed season.
“You feel a sense of pride to be out there,” Nakken said at the time. “Me personally, it’s the best place to watch a game, that’s for sure.”
The former Sacramento State softball star, whose blonde braid hung out from her orange protective helmet Tuesday, became the first female coach in the big leagues when she was hired for Kapler’s staff in January 2020.
At Sacramento State from 2009-2012, Nakken was a three-time all-conference player at first base and four-time Academic All American. She went on to earn a master’s degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco in 2015 after interning with the Giants’ baseball operations department a year earlier.
From Day One with the Giants, Nakken embraced her role as an example for girls and women that they can do anything.
“It’s a big deal,” she said. “I feel a great sense of responsibility and I feel it’s my job to honor those who have helped me to where I am.” | https://www.wane.com/news/photos-giants-alyssa-nakken-becomes-first-female-coach-on-major-league-baseball-field/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:34 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/photos-giants-alyssa-nakken-becomes-first-female-coach-on-major-league-baseball-field/ |
NEW YORK (NewsNation) — John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, in Washington, is playing a sold-out concert in Brooklyn this summer. Hinckley plays guitar and sings.
Hinckley tweeted, “I’m very excited about my upcoming show. Ticket sales are good. July 8, Market Hotel in Brooklyn NY.”
Tickets for the show, at the hotel at 1140 Myrtle Ave. in Bushwick, were going for $20 but recently sold out, according to the website.
“You’re not gonna find this man on a Grammy stage anytime soon,” entertainment attorney Domenic Romano said Tuesday night during an appearance on NewsNatinon’s “Banfield.”
“The federal judge ruled that he’s a low risk for violence, not a high-risk to society, and so finally, the restrictions are coming off, as of June, and so he’ll be allowed to live his life,” Romano added.
Hinckley seriously injured Reagan, as well as three others, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Hinckley was released from psychiatric care in 2016 and later started focusing on a music career.
His YouTube channel, which he started posting videos to in 2020, has more than 26,000 subscribers. | https://www.wane.com/news/president-reagans-would-be-assassin-to-play-sold-out-ny-concert/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:40 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/president-reagans-would-be-assassin-to-play-sold-out-ny-concert/ |
(ABC4) – A woman made her way onto the Minnesota Timberwolves’ home court Tuesday night and attempted to glue her hand to the floor — to protest Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor’s factory egg farm.
The woman, Alicia Santurio, walked onto the court during the second quarter of the game and tried to glue herself to the floor under the basket, a press release from grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) said.
Her shirt displayed the message, “GLEN TAYLOR ROASTS ANIMALS ALIVE.”
Photos erupted on social media shortly after the incident showing Santurio being escorted off of the court by security, leaving a glue stain behind on the court.
In a statement to ABC4, a spokesperson from DxE said, “Unfortunately, the superglue didn’t stick well enough to the floor, and Alicia was ripped off the floor by security.”
The protest was allegedly an attempt to bring awareness to a ‘mass killing’ that DxE claims happened at an Iowa farm owned by Taylor.
“There’s no symbolic thing going on, more of a means to create enough of a disturbance that will be notable and people will talk about in creating buzz,” said DxE press coordinator Matt Johnson.
Santurio was escorted out of the arena with a scrape to her hand, Johnson tells ABC4.
Santurio was issued the following trespass notice:
The Timberwolves issued a statement Tuesday night on Twitter regarding the incident saying:
“A fan disruption occurred during the second quarter of tonight’s game. We are in touch with Target Center Security to address the incident.”
Santurio was quickly given the nickname “GlueGirl” on social media following the incident.
On April 6, another activist, Carla Cabral, with DxE glued her left hand to a table, disrupting a hearing of the Assembly Agriculture Committee in Sacramento. | https://www.wane.com/news/protestor-glues-hand-to-court-during-nba-game/ | 2022-04-13T13:35:46 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/protestor-glues-hand-to-court-during-nba-game/ |
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond man pleaded guilty Monday and a Henrico man pleaded guilty last week to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in cases where each brandished their firearms in a residential area.
According to court documents, on July 23, 2021, police officers found 24-year-old Anthony Cornelius Brown Jr., of Richmond, and 24-year-old Dequane McCullers, of Henrico, along with several other individuals brandishing firearms in the Belt Atlantic apartment complex on social media.
When officers responded to the area, they found Brown, McCullers and two others in the area. The suspects ran away when police attempted to stop them. Ultimately, officers detained all four and found Brown in possession of a Glock 35, .40 caliber firearm and McCullers in possession of a Glock 23, .40 caliber firearm.
Brown pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. McCullers pleaded guilty on April 6 to the same charge.
Both are scheduled to be sentenced on August 15 and each face a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, according to police. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.
The case was part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. | https://www.wric.com/news/crime/two-felons-charged-after-being-caught-on-social-media-brandishing-guns-at-belt-atlantic-apartments/ | 2022-04-13T13:39:11 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/crime/two-felons-charged-after-being-caught-on-social-media-brandishing-guns-at-belt-atlantic-apartments/ |
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A dump truck crashed in Henrico County, and multiple poles and utility lines have been affected.
The incident occurred on Oakley’s Lane and Audubon Drive.
The road is closed to all traffic while Dominion Energy and first responders work to clear the roadway, according to police.
Drivers are urged to seek an alternative route. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/dump-truck-crash-in-henrico-affects-multiple-poles-utility-lines/ | 2022-04-13T13:39:17 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/dump-truck-crash-in-henrico-affects-multiple-poles-utility-lines/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police is investigating two separate shootings that happened along interstates overnight.
The first incident was on northbound I-195 at the Cary Street exit at 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim was uninjured when she heard a loud sound and pulled over. She found three bullet holes in her 2004 Lincoln Town on the driver’s side.
The second incident occurred at 12:44 a.m. on Wednesday on I-95 southbound near exit 61. According to police, a vehicle was struck by gunfire. A female passenger was hit in the arm and taken to John Randolph Medical Center. Two bullet holes were located in the 2007 Lexus and the driver’s side window was shattered. VSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation was called to assist.
There is no suspect vehicle for either incident and the shootings are still under investigation. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/state-police-investigating-two-shootings-into-moving-vehicles-on-i-95-i-195-one-woman-injured/ | 2022-04-13T13:39:24 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/state-police-investigating-two-shootings-into-moving-vehicles-on-i-95-i-195-one-woman-injured/ |
Norman Animal Welfare Pet of the Week: Teddy
Teddy is our pet of the week!
This handsome male neutered Shepherd mix is 6 years old. Teddy is brown and weighs 57 lbs.
He is available for adoption at the Norman Animal Welfare Shelter, 3428 Jenkins Ave., pet ID 22268. Contact the shelter at 405-292-9736 or animal.welfare@normanok.gov to set up an appointment.
Second Chance Pet of the Week: Rain
Rain will always bring you rainbows! Rain is a 1-and-a-half-year-old spotted girl looking for a spot in your home. She is a go-with-the-flow companion looking to make her future family very happy.
Rain is very dog friendly and would love a home with other doggos or kiddos to play with, although she would do great as a first-time pup owner as well. She wants to take turns being chased and matches her playmates' energy.
After patrolling the yard for birds, she is ready to hang out on the couch and enjoy some treats (but only after some basic commands). Rain is crate trained, leash and harness trained, doing great with potty training and great in the car and out in public.
All of our adoptable pets are spayed or neutered, microchipped, given age appropriate vaccines and are current on their flea, tick and heartworm prevention. All dogs are heartworm negative and all cats are tested negative for FIV/FELV prior to hitting our adoption floor.
Already have a dog? Bring 'em by for a meet and great with our adoption candidates. Our trained matchmakers love playdates and it's a great way to make sure everyone gets along at home too. Stop by our facility noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday to meet any of our adoptable friends. Our address is 4500 24th Ave. NW, Norman, OK 73069
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Join host Emma Keith in exploring the criminal justice system that convicted and sentenced Rebecca Hogue, the Norman, Oklahoma mother found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her son.
Over five episodes, released every other week, The Transcript will explore Hogue's case, Oklahoma's Failure to Protect statue, the stories of other women like Rebecca and more. Hear insight from advocates, experts, reporters and more about the Oklahoma law and the policy decisions that have made a case like Rebecca's — and Oklahoma's legal treatment of women and mothers — possible.
Listen to Episodes 1 and 2 now: anchor.fm/thenormantranscript. | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/listen-the-transcript-releases-episode-2-of-protected-a-podcast-exploring-rebecca-hogues-case/article_aedaa844-b054-11ec-ba80-97de731b8b70.html | 2022-04-13T13:49:38 | 1 | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/listen-the-transcript-releases-episode-2-of-protected-a-podcast-exploring-rebecca-hogues-case/article_aedaa844-b054-11ec-ba80-97de731b8b70.html |
It’s easy to focus on the negative sometimes. As an editorial board, we have plenty of opportunities to criticize and critique, but we also have a chance to call out the positive in our community.
This Wednesday, we want to take a moment to offer a “cheers” to a few things happening in our community that deserve a moment of spotlight.
Cheers to:
Our teachers and school staff.
On Friday evening, Norman Public Schools will celebrate its faculty and staff with its annual Celebration of Excellence at the Embassy Suites; the celebration recognizes the district’s teacher of the year, support staff of the year and more. Especially after two long years of schooling during a pandemic, we’re so grateful for our teachers and the people who keep our schools running and succeeding every day.
A call for team spirit.
At a press conference late last week, University of Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables asked that fans show up and show out for the April 23 Spring Game.
“It doesn’t matter what the temperature is and what time is it or where the sun is during the day and what we’re doing or if we have a halftime show or not, if we’re road or away or what uniforms we’re wearing, none of that matters,” he said. “Show up. How we show up matters. Send a message. We talk about this program being one of the most tradition-rich and best programs in the history of college football, [so] show up with some pride on the 23rd.”
Venables’ idea that fans’ role in the game is an important piece of the puzzle is correct; crowd support can be a make-or-break factor in a team’s performance. We hope fans can help give the Sooners the season we all want to see, starting with the Spring Game.
The return of our annual spring lineup.
With spring in swing, Norman is emerging from the cold to a number of activities that we look forward to every year.
This weekend, residents can take their families to the city’s annual Easter egg hunt (that’ll kick off at 5:30 p.m. this Friday at Andrews Park). The aforementioned Spring Game will take place the weekend after that at 3 p.m. April 23 (complete with the unveiling of Baker Mayfield’s Heisman statue).
The final weekend in April means the return of Norman Music Festival, back fully in person for the first time in three years. The free festival runs Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, April 30. | https://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/editorial-cheers-to-teachers-supporting-our-sooners-and-normans-spring-lineup/article_649c33a6-baae-11ec-83d0-0f561e9cc386.html | 2022-04-13T13:49:45 | 1 | https://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/editorial-cheers-to-teachers-supporting-our-sooners-and-normans-spring-lineup/article_649c33a6-baae-11ec-83d0-0f561e9cc386.html |
2 Foothill baseball, 2 West Valley softball players named YMCA Athletes of the Week
Jordyn Wurzer and Cabria Childers
School: West Valley
Year: Wurzer (senior) and Childers (junior)
Sport: Softball
Comment: Wurzer and Childers were lights out and helped their team sweep U-Prep during a doubleheader on April 5 and a home game on April 8. Wurzer went 8 for 10, hit two home runs and drove in seven RBIs against the Panthers.
Childers as a pitcher delivered 16 innings, tossed two complete games and allowed just three runs on seven hits during her three appearances. Childers also swung a strong bat. She went 5 for 9 with three doubles and six RBIs.
Billy Lifvendahl and Tyler Cooke
School: Foothill
Year: Lifvendahl (sophomore) and Cooke (senior)
Sport: Baseball
Comment: The sophomore pitcher right hander earned two wins against Chico as the Cougars swept the three-game series. Lifvendahl shut Chico out in the third game of the series last Friday. He threw a complete game and allowed just three hits. Lifvendahl in game two of the series on April 5 came into pitch the sixth inning and allowed just one earned run as Foothill rallied in game two to win 7-6.
Cooke lined a walk off base hit against Chico in the second game to lift the Cougars in game two of a doubleheader on April 5. In game one of that doubleheader, Cooke pitched a complete game and allowed three runs to help Foothill edge Chico 5-4. Cooke this season is batting .291 with five doubles and a home run.
Each week, the Record Searchlight selects the girl and boy athletes who stand out based on merits from their performance in the prior week. Profiles highlight their accomplishments on the field or inside the gym and provide a glimpse into who they are as students. To make suggestions for R-S Athletes of the Week, email sports reporter Ethan Hanson at ethan.hanson@redding.com or go to bit.ly/3HuxlfW.
Ethan Hanson started working for the Redding Record Searchlight after four years with the Los Angeles Daily News as a freelancer. His coverage includes working the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in South Bend, Indiana, and writing about the St. Louis Rams' move to Los Angeles with the Ventura County Star. He began his career as a play-by-play broadcaster for LA Pierce College from 2011-2017. Follow him on Twitter at @EthanAHanson_RS. | https://www.redding.com/story/sports/2022/04/13/california-high-school-sports-baseball-softball-ymca-athletes-week/7294828001/ | 2022-04-13T13:53:59 | 0 | https://www.redding.com/story/sports/2022/04/13/california-high-school-sports-baseball-softball-ymca-athletes-week/7294828001/ |
2 children found dead in Miami after 911 hang-up calls
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:58 AM EDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) — Police officers found two young children dead after responding to several 911 hang-up calls from an apartment in Miami.
Police spokesperson Michael Vega tells news outlets officers looked inside the apartment and saw the unresponsive children late Tuesday.
Their cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
He says they appeared to be about 6 and 3 years old.
Vega says officers spoke to a woman at the scene “who appeared to be irate or going through a crisis.” She’s expected to be questioned.
Her relationship to the children was unclear.
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Jupiter double murder unsolved after 10 years
A double murder shook the lives of a Hobe Sound family, and a decade later they are still seeking answers.
Wednesday marks 10 years since Theodore (Teddy) Donohue and Samantha McKenna were found dead in a parked car. The car was found at the far end of the 6600 block of Fourth Street in Limestone Creek. Both Donohue and McKenna had been shot several times.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says the case is still open, but there are no suspects or new information.
Robertha Donohue said not a day goes by she doesn't think about her son, and she wants answers.
"If anyone knows they need to come forward," Robertha said. "The bodies were badly mangled to tell how old, they couldn't even tell how old they were. That's how bad they left them."
Robertha said the last 10 years have been difficult for and her son's 6 children. She said she knows she can't bring him back, but she does want justice.
"I've had to do this myself, go to them, talk to them, call them, do all that, because nothing's happening. And I don't know why I can't get satisfaction for my son and grandchildren."
The events leading up to the shooting are unclear, as is a motive. But Robertha believes justice could be served with the help of the community, and she's asking anyone with information to come forward.
PBSO recently raised the reward for information from $1,000 to $3,000 as they work to solve the case.
If you have any information, call Palm Beach Crime Stopper at1-800-458-TIPS (8477).
PBSO recently raised the reward for information from $1,000 to $3,000 as they work to solve the case.
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Martin County deputies searching for suspect in violent convenience store robbery
Deputies with the Martin County Sheriff's Office are actively looking for someone they said violently robbed a Stuart convenience store.
Detectives said a masked white or light-skinned man entered the Step In Food store on Cove Rd. Monday night with a knife.
Surveillance video released by the sheriff's office shows the man walk directly towards the counter and immediately wrap his arm around the store clerk with a knife.
He then demands the store clerk open the cash register and begins taking money.
Deputies said before the man left the store, he threw the store clerk to the ground.
The store clerk was not seriously injured.
Detectives said the suspect fled on foot towards SE Driftwood Ave.
It's unclear at this time how much money was stolen.
Detectives with MCSO said this now marks the third convenience store robbery in the last six months.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office.
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Rates of certain STDs increased in 2020, CDC data shows
(CNN) - Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States dropped early in the pandemic, but increased by the end of 2020.
The data was published Tuesday in the 2020 STD Surveillance Report.
By the end of the year, gonorrhea rates had risen 10%. Rates of syphilis were up 7%.
Those numbers included increased rates of disease among newborns, called congenital syphilis. It went up 15% from 2019, representing a 235% increase from 2016.
Congenital syphilis occurs when a woman with syphilis passes it to her baby during pregnancy and it can lead to serious health problems and death.
Commenting on the data Tuesday, a CDC official highlighted the pandemic’s dramatic disruption to life as we knew it.
Chlamydia rates were down 1.2% from 2016.
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The man sought as a person of interest in the mass shooting on a Brooklyn train during rush hour a day ago, Frank R. James, has now been labeled a suspect in the case, authorities said Wednesday as the manhunt for the gunman intensified.
James, 62, remained at large Wednesday, more than 24 hours after the attack terrorized rush-hour commuters in Sunset Park and left 23 people hurt, 10 of them by gunfire at the 36th Street station.
It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the shift to suspect from person of interest for James, but police have said he is the man who rented a U-Haul linked to the case. A key to the vehicle and the credit card used to rent it was discovered at the scene.
The van with Arizona license plates was found just before 5 p.m. Tuesday on Kings Highway in Gravesend. The vehicle was later searched and cleared, senior law enforcement sources said, as cops removed a table, chairs and memory foam pillows.
Meanwhile, the hunt for James has stretched into a second day. He has ties to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to police.
He was said to have past criminal records in those states, as well as ties to New York, law enforcement sources said.
Part of his criminal history included making "terroristic threats," according to sources, but investigators said the threats were similar to ones commonly made by those who are emotionally disturbed.
Authorities also were looking into social media posts and YoutTube videos by someone with the same name that mentioned homelessness, New York and Mayor Eric Adams, leading officials to tighten the mayor's security detail, police said. Videos that James is believed to have posted on YouTube show him ranting about violence.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell called the online statements "concerning."
It appears James drove the rental van to New York from Pennsylvania on Monday, based on license plate reader data and other info, sources said. Investigators obtained video from 5 a.m. Tuesday near where the van was found parked, appearing to show a man matching the description of the subway attacker emerging from the van.
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A motive for the attack remains under investigation, but officials quickly sought to assure already fearful New Yorkers there were no imminent outstanding threats.
“There are currently no known explosive devices on our subway trains and this is not being investigated as an act of terrorism at this time," Sewell said earlier Tuesday.
Cops believe the suspect acted alone. Law enforcement officials said a .9-mm semi-automatic handgun was recovered at the scene, along with a bag of smoke canisters and fireworks. A hatchet, two extra extended clips of ammo, a fuse and a spray bottle of gasoline were also found, police said.
One source told NBC New York that the gun the suspect used may have jammed, preventing worse tragedy. However, the shooter was able to fire at least 33 times inside the train car.
A total of 10 people were struck by gunfire, with five shooting victims said to have been critically wounded. Police said that an additional 13 people were hurt by falling, smoke inhalation or other injuries suffered during the panic after the shots were fired. The extent of the other victims' injuries wasn't clear.
A reward of $50,000 from police, the MTA and Transport Workers Union is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment of the shooter.
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Severe weather, tornado in Texas injures 23
SALADO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - The severe weather and tornado that struck in the Salado area Tuesday evening leveled buildings, downed power lines, uprooted trees and injured at least 23 people, Bell County Judge David Blackburn said.
Of those injured, 12 required hospitalization and one appears to be in critical condition, Blackburn said.
According to the county judge, the first call regarding a tornado was received at about 5:37 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens of calls soon followed after the tornado crossed from northern Williamson County into the Salado area in southern Bell County, KWTX reported.
Blackburn said search and rescue crews have done multiple walkthroughs and, as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, believe everyone in the storm-ravaged area is accounted for.
“Buildings were reduced to rubble and power lines are scattered all over the place,” Blackburn said, “The damage is extensive and, at this time, to not have any fatalities is very significant.”
Blackburn said the county is ready to provide an emergency shelter to those affected, but homeowners afflicted by the storm turned down help Tuesday evening.
The focus will now turn to cleaning up the debris from damaged homes and restoring downed power lines in the area.
“There will be many, many days of cleanup after this,” the county judge warned.
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President Joe Biden plans to roll out five new judicial nominees on Monday, elevating two judges to federal circuit courts and picking three to serve on district courts, a White House official told NBC News.
Biden is nominating John Z. Lee, a district court judge in Illinois, to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Salvador Mendoza, Jr, a district court judge in Washington, to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
He plans to nominate Stephen Henley Locher to the Southern District of Iowa; Nancy L. Maldonado to the Northern District of Illinois, and Gregory B. Williams to be district court judge in Delaware.
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Songs by Wu-Tang, Alicia Keys added to Recording Registry
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Critically acclaimed debut albums by Wu-Tang Clan and Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin’s Latin pop megahit “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the recordings being inducted this year into the National Recording Registry.
The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the 25 songs, albums, historical recordings and even a podcast that will be preserved as important contributions to American culture and history.
Keys’ “Songs In A Minor,” released in 2001, introduced the young New York musician to the world with her unique fusion of jazz, R&B and hip hop and earned her five Grammy awards. With songs like “Fallin’” the album has been certified as seven-times multiplatinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Staten Island collective Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and more, released their highly influential debut “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” in 1993, which combined East Coast hardcore rap centered around kung fu film storylines and samples.
Other albums that were included were Linda Ronstadt’s “Canciones de Mi Padre,” a musical tribute to her Mexican-American roots, Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning “Nick of Time,” A Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory,” and the Cuban musical ensemble’s self-titled debut “Buena Vista Social Club,” which also inspired a film by the same name.
Other songs now in the registry include Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “Walking the Floor Over You” by Ernest Tubb, “Moon River” by Andy Williams and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” by The Four Tops.
The Four Tops song was penned by the songwriting trio of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier and became a No. 1 song in 1966 known for its unorthodox arrangement and the urgent, operatic vocals of lead singer Levi Stubbs. The last surviving member of the band, Duke Fakir, said he was honored to have their song included in the registry.
“When we recorded ‘I’ll Be There,’ I have to admit (for the first time), we thought of the song as an experiment for the album,” Fakir said in a statement. “We never believed it would even make it on the album, let alone be a hit for all time in ‘The Library of Congress.’ I wish Levi, Obie (Benson), and Lawrence (Payton) were here with me today so we could celebrate this incredible accolade together. And we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to Holland Dozier Holland, the tailors of great music, who wrote it.”
Other recordings include public radio station WNYC’s broadcasts from Sept. 11, 2001 and Marc Maron’s interview with Robin Williams on his podcast “WTF with Marc Maron.”
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2 children found dead in Miami after 911 hang-up calls
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:58 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MIAMI (AP) — Police officers found two young children dead after responding to several 911 hang-up calls from an apartment in Miami.
Police spokesperson Michael Vega tells news outlets officers looked inside the apartment and saw the unresponsive children late Tuesday.
Their cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
He says they appeared to be about 6 and 3 years old.
Vega says officers spoke to a woman at the scene “who appeared to be irate or going through a crisis.” She’s expected to be questioned.
Her relationship to the children was unclear.
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Rates of certain STDs increased in 2020, CDC data shows
(CNN) - Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States dropped early in the pandemic, but increased by the end of 2020.
The data was published Tuesday in the 2020 STD Surveillance Report.
By the end of the year, gonorrhea rates had risen 10%. Rates of syphilis were up 7%.
Those numbers included increased rates of disease among newborns, called congenital syphilis. It went up 15% from 2019, representing a 235% increase from 2016.
Congenital syphilis occurs when a woman with syphilis passes it to her baby during pregnancy and it can lead to serious health problems and death.
Commenting on the data Tuesday, a CDC official highlighted the pandemic’s dramatic disruption to life as we knew it.
Chlamydia rates were down 1.2% from 2016.
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Severe weather, tornado in Texas injures 23
SALADO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - The severe weather and tornado that struck in the Salado area Tuesday evening leveled buildings, downed power lines, uprooted trees and injured at least 23 people, Bell County Judge David Blackburn said.
Of those injured, 12 required hospitalization and one appears to be in critical condition, Blackburn said.
According to the county judge, the first call regarding a tornado was received at about 5:37 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens of calls soon followed after the tornado crossed from northern Williamson County into the Salado area in southern Bell County, KWTX reported.
Blackburn said search and rescue crews have done multiple walkthroughs and, as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, believe everyone in the storm-ravaged area is accounted for.
“Buildings were reduced to rubble and power lines are scattered all over the place,” Blackburn said, “The damage is extensive and, at this time, to not have any fatalities is very significant.”
Blackburn said the county is ready to provide an emergency shelter to those affected, but homeowners afflicted by the storm turned down help Tuesday evening.
The focus will now turn to cleaning up the debris from damaged homes and restoring downed power lines in the area.
“There will be many, many days of cleanup after this,” the county judge warned.
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Songs by Wu-Tang, Alicia Keys added to Recording Registry
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Critically acclaimed debut albums by Wu-Tang Clan and Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin’s Latin pop megahit “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the recordings being inducted this year into the National Recording Registry.
The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the 25 songs, albums, historical recordings and even a podcast that will be preserved as important contributions to American culture and history.
Keys’ “Songs In A Minor,” released in 2001, introduced the young New York musician to the world with her unique fusion of jazz, R&B and hip hop and earned her five Grammy awards. With songs like “Fallin’” the album has been certified as seven-times multiplatinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Staten Island collective Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and more, released their highly influential debut “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” in 1993, which combined East Coast hardcore rap centered around kung fu film storylines and samples.
Other albums that were included were Linda Ronstadt’s “Canciones de Mi Padre,” a musical tribute to her Mexican-American roots, Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning “Nick of Time,” A Tribe Called Quest’s “The Low End Theory,” and the Cuban musical ensemble’s self-titled debut “Buena Vista Social Club,” which also inspired a film by the same name.
Other songs now in the registry include Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “Walking the Floor Over You” by Ernest Tubb, “Moon River” by Andy Williams and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” by The Four Tops.
The Four Tops song was penned by the songwriting trio of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier and became a No. 1 song in 1966 known for its unorthodox arrangement and the urgent, operatic vocals of lead singer Levi Stubbs. The last surviving member of the band, Duke Fakir, said he was honored to have their song included in the registry.
“When we recorded ‘I’ll Be There,’ I have to admit (for the first time), we thought of the song as an experiment for the album,” Fakir said in a statement. “We never believed it would even make it on the album, let alone be a hit for all time in ‘The Library of Congress.’ I wish Levi, Obie (Benson), and Lawrence (Payton) were here with me today so we could celebrate this incredible accolade together. And we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to Holland Dozier Holland, the tailors of great music, who wrote it.”
Other recordings include public radio station WNYC’s broadcasts from Sept. 11, 2001 and Marc Maron’s interview with Robin Williams on his podcast “WTF with Marc Maron.”
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WIVB) — Wherever you are, you’re bound to find a Bills fan, and the Masters proved it over the weekend.
It was the 18th hole and Collin Morikawa had just taken his shot. After swinging the club, a clear “Go Bills!” could be heard on the broadcast, which was shared by the Buffalo Bills on Twitter.
“Go Bills! That you, @JoshAllenQB?” the Bills wrote on Twitter.
Maybe it served as a bit of luck for Morikawa, as the ball cleanly made its way into the hole. Morikawa finished fifth overall during this year’s tournament.
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There has never been a question about Aaron Hicks’ talent. So it was no surprise on Tuesday night when the outfielder sent the ball just over the right-field wall for his first home run of the season. Hicks has always had the ability and the power that intrigues the Yankees.
It’s just been about his ability to stay on the field.
After missing pretty much all of the 2021 season because of a torn ligament sheath in his wrist, Hicks is back to show that he can be a big contributor to this team. So far, Hicks has had a hit in all but one of the Yankees’ five games this season, hitting .308/.438/.538 with a .976 OPS.
“I feel like he’s still finding his way but that’s the good thing about it, he is getting on base,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s getting his hits. It’s really good to see him go the other way right-handed. That’s something that’s in his game, especially here. I don’t think he felt like he even got it, but he snuck it out of there. So it’s nice to see. Obviously, last season was a lost year for him. I know he’s really worked hard in the winter, going to play winter ball, but also physically getting himself ready. He played a lot in spring training. He was taking a lot of at-bats even on the days he wasn’t playing so he will be ready to go and he’s come in and really contributed.
“And today set the tone for us offensively with a big first hit.”
Hicks’ first homer of the season was in the second inning, his first at-bat, off Blue Jays lefty Yusei Kikuchi.
“I didn’t know,” Hicks said of the 365-footer. “I mean I knew I hit it well, but I didn’t think it was gonna go out. I thought maybe I might be able to get off the wall or at least be able to have a sacrifice [fly].”
Instead, it went over the wall and gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead. It was the first time this season the Bombers have scored first in a game.
It’s a relief for Hicks after the struggles of the last few years. Since signing a seven-year, $70 million deal in the spring of 2019, Hicks has played in just 145 games over three seasons because of injuries that included having to have Tommy John surgery and the wrist surgery last season. That has opened the door to questions about his future here.
But Hicks made a commitment this winter to getting back. That included going to the Dominican Republic to play in their winter league. Hicks thinks that has helped him start strong this season.
“I’m just trying to go out there and play right now. Just play and kind of just enjoy the moment and enjoy what I’m doing,” Hicks said. “And just take it day by day. Not really trying to think too much about that. But you know, going to play in DR definitely helped that out a lot, and being able to have spring training and then especially short spring training, but I felt really comfortable while I was in the DR. So now I’m playing my first couple games. I feel good.”
If Hicks can maintain his health and stay on the field, his ability to switch hit and hit with power will help an offense that struggled last season. Boone thinks this is a better offense already and Hicks agrees.
“I mean I feel like the team in the past was kind of more base-to-base. This team is already going to first to third. Guys are moving guys,” Hicks said. “Guys are still hitting with power, but this is definitely something that’s different from years past.”
Tuesday night, Hicks had to deal with a little different defense as well. Against the lefty Kikuchi, the Yankees sat left-handed hitter Joey Gallo and used Giancarlo Stanton in right field. They moved Aaron Judge to center and Hicks to left, a position he had not played in a big league game since Sept. 29, 2017.
“Just like my first route, it was kind of shaky in the beginning,” Hicks said with a smile. “But I mean, when I kind of got started to get a little bit more comfortable out there. It was alright, the four-man outfield kind of messed me up. But overall, I feel like it was pretty, pretty good.”
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By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden has now said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounts to “genocide,” accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.”
“Yes, I called it genocide,” he told reporters in Iowa on Tuesday shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington. “It’s become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.”
Last week, Biden stopped short of saying Russia’s actions amounted to genocide.
At an earlier event Tuesday in Menlo, Iowa, addressing spiking energy prices caused by the war, Biden had implied that he thought Putin was carrying out genocide against Ukraine, but offered no details. Neither he nor his administration announced new consequences for Russia or assistance to Ukraine following Biden’s public assessment.
Biden’s comments drew praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had encouraged Western leaders to use the term to describe Russia’s invasion of his country. French President Emmanuel Macron declined to take his rhetoric that far in comments Wednesday.
“I am prudent with terms today,” Macron said. “Genocide has a meaning. The Ukrainian people and Russian people are brotherly people. It’s madness what’s happening today. It’s unbelievable brutality and a return to war in Europe. But at the same time I look at the facts, and I want to continue to try the utmost to be able to stop the war and restore peace. I’m not sure if the escalation of words serves our cause.”
Macron said it’s been established that the Russian army has committed war crimes in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy praised with Biden’s assessment.
“True words of a true leader @POTUS,” he tweeted Tuesday. “Calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. We are grateful for US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities.”
A United Nations treaty, to which the U.S. is a party, defines genocide as actions taken with the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
Past American leaders often have dodged formally declaring bloody campaigns such as Russia’s in Ukraine as genocide, hesitating to trigger an obligation that under international convention requires signing countries to intervene once genocide is formally identified. That obligation was seen as blocking President Bill Clinton from declaring Rwandan Hutus’ killing of 800,000 ethnic Tutsis in 1994 as genocide, for example.
Biden said it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia’s conduct met the international standard for genocide, as Ukrainian officials have claimed, but said “it sure seems that way to me.”
“More evidence is coming out literally of the horrible things that the Russians have done in Ukraine, and we’re only going to learn more and more about the devastation and let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies,” he said.
Just last week Biden said he did not believe Russia’s actions amounted to genocide, just that they constituted “war crimes.”
During a trip to Europe last month, Biden faced controversy for a nine-word statement seemingly supporting regime change in Moscow, which would have represented a dramatic shift toward direct confrontation with another nuclear-armed country. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden said of Putin.
He clarified the comments days later, saying: “I was expressing the moral outrage that I felt toward this man. I wasn’t articulating a policy change.”
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The first-round playoff schedule has been set for the No. 6 seed Chicago Bulls vs. the No. 3 seed Milwaukee Bucks.
The best-of-seven series will start at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with TV coverage on TNT.
Here’s the schedule for the entire series, with times and TV (all times Central):
- Game 1: Bulls at Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
- Game 2: Bulls at Bucks, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)
- Game 3: Bucks at Bulls, 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
- Game 4: Bucks at Bulls, noon (ABC)
- Game 5: Bulls at Bucks, TBD
- Game 6: Bucks at Bulls, TBD
- Game 7: Bulls at Bucks, TBD
The Bulls lost all four meetings with the Bucks this season, including 28- and 21-point blowouts in the last two games.
- Jan. 22: Bucks 94, Bulls 90
- March 4: Bucks 118, Bulls 112
- March 22: Bucks 126, Bulls 98
- April 5: Bulls 127, Bulls 106
The Bulls were 1-14 against the top four Eastern Conference seeds — the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers — this season. This will be the Bulls’ first postseason appearance in five years.
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What had been a well-pitched game early spiraled quickly out of control in the eighth inning for the Twins on Tuesday night thanks to a bevy of walks, poor defense and a Dodgers lineup that is too good not to capitalize on mistakes.
Six runs and three relievers later, the Twins found themselves staring at a large deficit, just minutes before the skies opened up, forcing a rain delay that lasted nearly an hour and a half. When the two teams resumed, the Dodgers sealed a 7-2 victory over the Twins in the early minutes of Wednesday morning.
The Twins (2-3), who tied the game up in the fifth inning thanks to a Dodgers (2-2) error, met a similar fate three innings later. After a pair of walks — one from Emilio Pagán, the other from Caleb Thielbar — Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner sent a ball towards Luis Arraez at third.
Instead of two outs — or at least one — the ball rolled under Arraez’s glove and the go-ahead run came around to score. Another walk followed, and in came reliever Jhon Romero, who promptly allowed an RBI single to Justin Turner and two-run double to Will Smith. As the inning continued to unravel for the Twins, another run scored on an Arraez error in which the third baseman simply fell down and another followed on a Gavin Lux single.
In total, Twins pitchers issued nine walks in the game, most coming in the later innings.
“It’s a good, healthy challenge to go out there and face that team, because they are going to make you make very good pitches over and over again,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “If you find the middle of the zone, they’ll probably put a good swing on it. If you’re out of the zone, they don’t expand very much, so I think it’s that, and then you add the weather in on top of it and that’s probably why the walks are showing up.”
It was a tough end for the Twins, who had pitched well early in the game, getting a nice effort to kick things off from veteran starter Chris Archer in his Twins debut.
The righty, whom the Twins signed late in camp on March 28, cruised through his four-inning outing, and finished with an enthusiastic reaction — a chest slap mixed with some skipping and yelling — after striking out Justin Turner looking to end the fourth inning.
“I haven’t felt healthy in some time. I had a lot of friends and family here. The team has done a good job of helping me understand what makes me great,” Archer said. “(Pitching coach) Wes (Johnson) has instilled the utmost confidence in me, and it was just a moment where I was just like really excited.”
The Twins were excited by what they saw from Archer, too.
Archer touched 95 on the radar gun twice, his velocity up on average from where it was during his injury-ravaged 2021 season and afterward, he said he hasn’t felt this good in over two years.
“It’s actually fun for me to look up and it puts a smile on my face watching him pitch the way he’s pitching right now and we’re going to keep him going,” Baldelli said. “It was a very good start today against a very good team. We were pleased with every aspect of it.”
After four sharp innings, he made way for rookie Josh Winder.
While it looked as if Winder might have been on track to win the fifth starter spot out of camp, the Twins instead signed Archer, relegating the rookie to the bullpen. In his debut Tuesday, he tossed one inning of relief.
Winder struck out the first batter he saw, Smith, looking with a little help from catcher Ryan Jeffers, who framed the third strike nicely. But the rest of the inning wasn’t quite as easy for the Twins’ No. 7 prospect (per MLB Pipeline) who then walked the next two batters and later saw them advance to second and third on a double steal.
One run, Cody Bellinger, came around to score to give the Dodgers the lead at the time. The Twins would tie it up in the fifth inning when Arraez, pinch hitting at the time, grounded what looked like it would be a double play toward Trea Turner at short. Instead, he seemed to slip and flipped the ball over Lux’s head at second, allowing Max Kepler to score.
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The Miami Dolphins had to add wide receivers this offseason to arm quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with pass-catching targets. They addressed the need by landing the NFL’s fastest and one of the most productive at the position.
Trading for former Kansas City Chiefs star Tyreek Hill and signing him to a four-year, $120 million extension to ensure he is paired with budding wideout Jaylen Waddle gives the Dolphins what is likely the NFL’s fastest duo.
Slot receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr., formerly of the Dallas Cowboys, was also signed in free agency, presenting the likely three-wide lineup the Dolphins will often trot out, with Hill and Waddle.
The addition of two capable receivers this offseason made longtime Dolphins wideout DeVante Parker dispensable. Miami traded him within the division to the New England Patriots, along with a fifth-round pick in this month’s draft, for a 2023 third-round selection. The transaction ended the longest active tenure on Miami’s roster at the time, with Parker a 2015 first-round pick.
Before the moves made, wide receiver was a position to key in on when analyzing what the Dolphins might do in the upcoming draft, especially with either their late-first-round pick, No. 29, or second-round selection at 50. In a way, they did address receiver with those picks as both were shipped to Kansas City in the deal that acquired Hill, a Pro Bowler in all six of his seasons with the Chiefs.
Now, if they still pick one with either their third-, fourth- or one of two seventh-round selections, it would more so be for depth and a developmental piece, rather than a player needed to contribute immediately.
The speed on the outside will give Tagovailoa a chance to find receivers open deep, if his arm is up to it coming off his multiple injuries that date back to college at Alabama and if the offensive line, that now has top left tackle Terron Armstead, gives those plays the time to develop.
It, too, can create ample run-after-catch production if Tagovailoa can be efficient underneath getting the ball to Hill and Waddle in an offense under new coach Mike McDaniel that should also feature an improved rushing attack.
“[Hill] is such a unique talent,” Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said when he spoke at NFL meetings in late March. “For what Mike and I were talking about what we needed on our offense, for those dynamic catch-and-runs — obviously, with Waddle, we added Cedrick Wilson — and then, arguably, Tyreek is the best run-after-catch receiver in the league.”
Adding more yards after catch to his game is something Waddle said on the I Am Athlete Podcast, which the South Florida Sun Sentinel participated in, he wants to do in his second season after his rookie-record 104 receptions only barely got him into quadruple digits in receiving yards, 1,015.
Parker’s departure leaves a bit of a void for a possession receiver on the outside that goes up and makes contested catches over defenders. That can be filled, in part, with tight end Mike Gesicki, who often lines up in the slot or on the boundary, back on a franchise tag.
Preston Williams, now entering his fourth season and, like Parker, an oft-injured pass catcher, could provide that presence when healthy and effective. Miami re-signed the 6-foot-5 target this offseason after his production has dropped in each of his past two seasons to the point of coming up with just six receptions for 71 yards in 2021.
Lynn Bowden, after he missed the entire 2021 season on injured reserve, is an upstart candidate to come back with a strong 2022. In his last five games as a rookie in 2020, Bowden totaled 27 receptions for 212 yards.
If the Dolphins don’t add another wide receiver either in the draft or otherwise before training camp, Williams, Bowden and Trent Sherfield, whom Miami acquired in free agency after he played in McDaniel’s offense with the San Francisco 49ers could form the 4-5-6 combination behind Hill, Waddle and Wilson.
The team also has River Cracraft, Cody Core and DeVonte Dedmon as receivers on the roster during the offseason workout program that could compete for a spot on the roster come training camp.
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