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“By entering the world’s top four defense exporters after the United States, Russia and France, the (South Korean) defense industry will become a strategic industrialization and a defense powerhouse,” Yoon said at the presidential office.
In 2021, South Korea ranked 10th in the world in arms transfers, according to the authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
With arms exports valued at $566 million, according to SIPRI’s unique trend-indicator value monitoring system, Seoul was well behind last year’s No. 4 exporter, Italy, which sold arms worth $1.7 billion.
For comparison, US arms transfers were calculated to be $10.6 billion.
South Korea has already taken steps to achieve its top four ambitions.
Late last month, it
signed its biggest-ever arms deal to supply Poland with almost 1,000 K2 tanks, more than 600 pieces of artillery and dozens of fighter jets.
And in February it inked a $1.7 billion deal with Egypt to supply it with K9 self-propelled howitzers and support vehicles.
Late last year, South Korea made another massive deal to supply Australia with K9s.
If South Korea meets Yoon’s goal, it will surpass not only Italy, but regional power China as well as Germany, Spain, Israel and the United Kingdom, according to the SIPRI rankings.
“I believe this is a very ambitious goal,” said Chun In-Bum, a retired South Korean general turned military analyst.
“South Korea and its arms industry have to do a lot of work,” he said.
‘Defense major league’
Yoon is largely building on initiatives started under his predecessor, Moon Jae-in, whom Yoon succeeded in May.
Eunwoo Lee, a former translator at the South Korean Defense Ministry,
writing in The Diplomat in March, said Moon “changed topography of the nation’s military,” increasing its defense budgets by about 7% a year.
At a defense exhibition near Seoul last October, Moon vowed to innovate “in line with changes in the security environment and technological progress.”
The investments begun by Moon are paying off, analysts say.
Writing in the online journal War on the Rocks this week, researchers Peter Lee and Tom Corben of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney said sales like the tanks and warplanes to Poland and howitzers to Australia have already pushed Seoul into the “defense major league” with what they called its “K-arsenal.”
Seoul’s military hardware provides a less expensive but extremely capable alternative to Washington’s weapons systems and that’s something the US should embrace, the University of Sydney researchers said.
Those systems include
the KF-21 fighter jet.
The homegrown supersonic fighter, which had its first successful test flight in July, is expected to provide a boost of about $18.3 billion to the South Korean arms industry, Yoon said Wednesday.
Budget stretchers
For buyers, the South Korean weapons can be a way to stretch defense budgets.
The South Korean K2 tanks, for instance, are comparable to pricey top-of-the-line main battle tanks like the American M1A2 Abrams, said Chun, the former South Korean general.
Poland announced earlier this year it would buy 250 Abrams, but US production lines are limited and US military needs come first. The purchase of almost 1,000 Korean K2s allows Warsaw to add significant numbers quicker than it could get new US-made tanks, analysts say.
That’s good news for US interests even if US defense companies aren’t profiting, they say.
“Cast in a strategic light, Seoul’s growing ability and willingness to supply advanced capabilities to other US allies should be welcomed, particularly as the Biden administration grapples with the parallel challenges of resourcing military strategies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific while shoring up America’s own defense industrial capacity,” Lee and Corben wrote.
Questions have been raised about how close Seoul and Washington really are on key challenges.
For instance, after US-China tensions spiked over the visit of
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan earlier this month, when Pelosi visited South Korea afterward, Yoon did not meet in person with her, opting instead for a phone call. That led to speculation South Korea was trying not to upset China.
“Even if questions remain over the true extent of South Korea’s strategic alignment with the United States, Seoul is nevertheless generating strategic effects by arming states facing Chinese and Russian coercion,” Lee and Corbin wrote.
Chun said the recently announced sale of tanks to Poland could bring benefits for the South Korean military, too.
The K2 tanks in South Korea’s inventory are not as capable as those the Poles will be getting because significant improvements — including better defenses — have been made since the K2s were introduced in 2014, he said.
“I hope this is going to be a catalyst for Koreans. We have 2,000 tanks, but if you have legacy tanks, they’re not worth a thing. We saw this in Ukraine. We need state of the art tanks to overcome state-of-the-art antitank missiles. I’m hoping that this would be a catalyst for that,” Chun said. | https://dominicagazette.com/president-yoon-wants-south-korea-to-become-one-of-worlds-top-weapons-suppliers/ | 2022-08-17T11:27:28Z | https://dominicagazette.com/president-yoon-wants-south-korea-to-become-one-of-worlds-top-weapons-suppliers/ | false | 10 |
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A Devonport caravan fire is currently being treated as arson by police. A caravan is thought to have been set on fire in the early hours of the morning directly behind the recently closed Mecca Bingo Hall.
Police are looking for witnesses of the incident that happened around 3am this morning near Granby Street. The caravan was destroyed and part of the outside of the building was also affected.
The cause of the fire is yet to be confirmed. As well as police, three fire crews also attended the "well-alight" caravan to tackle the fire.
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The fire service attended after receiving several calls about the fire. Police were then called by the fire service.
A resident that lives nearby said they thought fireworks were going off until they saw the smoke outside their window which they described as "really bad". They added that the fire service did not leave until around 5am.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called by the fire service to reports of a caravan fire on Granby Street, Devonport at around 3.30am today. "The cause of the fire is yet to be confirmed but it is currently being treated as arson."
Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue confirmed the caravan was destroyed and said there was a little bit of damage to the render of the wall. However, the fire did not spread to the building. Three fire engines were sent to the scene from Greenbank and Camels Head stations.
In a statement, the fire service said: "On arrival crews found a caravan to be well alight to the rear of a commercial property in Devonport. Fire crews on scene used 2 BA, an attack jet and one hose reel jet to bring the fire under control.
"Due to the proximity of the caravan fire to the building some slight heat damage was caused to the wall of the property. Crews gained access to the property to carry out internal checks using a Thermal Imaging Camera to ensure no fire spread. The caravan was severely damaged by fire."
Anyone who witnessed anything and anyone who has any relevant information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting CR/074557/22.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI), one of North America's largest designers, producers and retailers of footwear and accessories, announced the Company will issue its second quarter 2022 earnings on August 31, 2022. Management will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 am E.T. A press release detailing the Company's results will be issued prior to the call.
Investors and analysts interested in participating in the call are invited to dial 888-317-6003, or the international dial in, 412-317-6061, and reference conference ID number 0992621 approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed through the following link: DBI 2Q22 Earnings Webcast
For those unable to listen to the live webcast, an archived version will be available at the same location until September 14, 2022. A replay of the teleconference will be available by dialing the following numbers:
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About Designer Brands
Designer Brands is one of the world's largest designers, producers and retailers of the most recognizable footwear brands and accessories, transforming and defining the footwear industry by inspiring self-expression across every facet of its enterprise. Through its portfolio of world-class owned brands, led by the industry-setting Vince Camuto brand, Designer Brands delivers on-trend footwear and accessories through its robust direct-to-consumer omni-channel infrastructure, featuring a billion-dollar digital commerce business and nearly 650 stores across the U.S. and Canada. Its retailing operations under the DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company banners deliver current, in-line footwear and accessories from most of the largest national brands in the industry and hold leading market share positions in key product categories across Women's, Men's and Kid's in the U.S. and Canada. Designer Brands also distributes its owned brands through select wholesale relationships while leveraging its design and sourcing expertise to build private label product for national retailers. Designer Brands is also committed to being a difference maker in the world, taking steps forward to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the footwear industry and supporting our global community and the health of our planet through donating more than six million pairs of shoes to the global non-profit Soles4Souls. More information can be found at www.designerbrands.com.
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Fire Sale: Dealers rush to sell ghost gun parts before restrictions take effect
With just days remaining until new federal rules will effectively ban so-called ghost guns on Aug. 24, many companies are scrambling to sell parts needed to make the largely untraceable firearms — and gun enthusiasts continue to build them.
In April, President Joe Biden announced new regulations that will treat ghost guns — which can be made from parts bought online or with 3D printers — like any other firearms sold in the U.S.
Typical firearms must include a serial number that lets law enforcement trace them if they're used in a crime, but ghost guns don't have serial numbers. Also, anyone can buy ghost gun parts online without a background check, allowing criminals to bypass restrictions designed to prevent them from purchasing a traditional firearm from a licensed dealer.
Online, many websites that sell ghost gun parts have posted countdowns to the date the rule takes effect and have posted information for enthusiasts who want to continue building firearms at home.
The sites include companies like 80-lower.com, which urges visitors to "grab your freedom while you can" and links to product listings of AR-15 receivers. A similar site, 80percentarms.com, promises to continue shipping ghost gun parts until the day the rule begins. Representatives from 80-lower.com and 80percentarms.com didn't respond to CBS News' request for comment.
The number of ghost guns in the U.S. has been on the rise in recent years. While there's no data on how many ghost gun parts are sold, the number turning up at crime scenes in recent years has soared, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which regulates firearms.
In its latest report on the U.S. gun market, the ATF pointed to jumps in Google trends data in recent years that suggest increasing interest in ghost gun parts.
That data shows key searches related to specific ghost gun parts soared by more than 600 percent in the last decade.
The ATF report also said ghost guns are making it possible "to make a firearm at home without any records or a background check."
Bob and Hugh are two of the people doing just that. They asked CBS News to only use their first names because they fear backlash.
In their garage in California's Central Valley, they make functioning AR-15-style rifles out of what appear to be gun parts but, under current federal law, are just pieces of metal.
Once assembled, guns like the ones Bob and Hugh make are essentially identical to those sold in stores, with one key difference: privately made firearms don't have serial numbers.
Bob and Hugh started putting serial numbers on all the guns they made in 2018, when California began requiring ghost guns to have serial numbers. It's one of only a handful of states that regulate ghost guns at all.
Rules like California's will soon extend to every state once the new ATF regulations take effect. That doesn't mean privately manufactured firearms will be illegal, but rather that ghost guns will have to be serialized, meaning they must contain a serial number. The regulations will also require anyone who buys the parts to submit to a background check.
Bob said he's concerned the new rules will dissuade law-abiding citizens from making guns like he does. He also said he fears criminals simply won't comply, but rather continue to make unserialized guns illegally.
"The laws are going to discourage a lot of people like me who like to make sure everything is above board," he said. "They're going to be discouraging people from going out and participating in this hobby."
Activists and federal officials hope these new regulations will help curtail the use of ghost guns in violent crime.
David Pucino, the Deputy Chief Counsel at Giffords Law Center, which advocates for stricter gun control laws, said it's "a strong rule" that will make it harder for criminals to build ghost guns while allowing hobbyists like Bob and Hugh to continue to do so.
"For the end user, if you're a responsible gun owner who wants to make their own weapons, you're not going to have any effect - no change, really," Pucino said. "It's just going to make it the same process you'd go through to buy a finished gun. However, if you're a criminal actor, somebody who's trying to skirt those laws, you're not going to be able to anymore because you're not going to be able to get sourcing for the parts used to make these ghost guns."
Ghost guns have presented an increasing problem for law enforcement in recent years. Nearly all ghost guns recovered at crime scenes — more than 99% — can't be traced at all, according to the ATF. At the same time, the number of ghost guns used in crimes has risen sharply — jumping 1,000% since 2016, though they still make up just 3% of all guns recovered by police.
Charlie Patterson, the Special Agent in Charge of the ATF's Washington Field Division, called the trend "very troubling."
"Right here in [Washington, D.C.], 41% of all privately made firearms that are recovered link to another shooting."
Patterson said he's confident the new rules will make a difference.
"I think that any tool that law enforcement has that can disrupt firearms trafficking and prevent one life from being lost to gun violence will make a difference," he said.
The key for the new rules to be truly effective, Pucino said, is "implementation."
"What we're going to need is for ATF to be really careful about implementing the rule," Pucino said. "To make sure that folks who are selling weapons by another name, that are selling the parts … that can be used to make guns are regulated as if they're selling weapons. And if ATF does that, I think the rule will be very effective."
But gun owners and advocates like Bob and Hugh maintain their belief that the new rules aren't the way to reduce crime.
"It's not going to work," Hugh said. "Because it's the same thing. Criminals don't obey the law."
For this story, CBS News consulted with The Trace, a nonprofit journalism organization that reports on guns. The Trace correspondent Alain Stephens examined the ATF's efforts to reduce the criminal use of ghost guns in the run-up to the federal rule change. Read the full story here.
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Chinese factories close as drought hurts hydropower
Companies in Sichuan province including makers of solar panels, cement and urea closed or reduced production after they were ordered to ration power for up to five days, according to news reports Wednesday. That came after reservoir levels fell and power demand for air conditioning surged in scorching temperatures.
BEIJING: Factories in China's southwest have shut down after reservoirs used to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a time when President Xi Jinping is trying to extend his position in power.
Companies in Sichuan province including makers of solar panels, cement and urea closed or reduced production after they were ordered to ration power for up to five days, according to news reports Wednesday. That came after reservoir levels fell and power demand for air conditioning surged in scorching temperatures.
"Leave power for the people," said an order from the provincial government dated Tuesday.
The shutdowns add to challenges for the ruling Communist Party as Xi, the country's most powerful leader in decades, prepares to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as leader at a meeting in October or November.
Growth in factory output and retail sales weakened in July, setting back China's economic recovery after Shanghai and other industrial centers were shut down starting in late March to fight virus outbreaks.
The economy grew by just 2.5 per cent over a year earlier in the first half of 2022, less than half the official annual goal of 5.5 per cent.
Areas across central and northern China ordered emergency measures to ensure drinking water supplies after summer rain was as little as half normal levels. The official Xinhua News Agency said firetrucks carried water to two dry villages near Chongqing in the southwest.
Hundreds of thousands of hectares (acres) of crops across central and northern China have wilted due to lack of water and high temperatures, according to the government. Some areas have reported the summer growing season a failure.
The weather agency has warned temperatures in some areas could spike to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
In Sichuan, which has 94 million people, water levels at hydropower reservoirs are down by as much as half this month, according to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economics and Information Technology.
A subsidiary of Guoguang Co., Ltd. that makes pesticide and fertilizer closed from Monday through at least Saturday, according to a company announcement through the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Makers of solar power equipment in Sichuan including Tongwei Solar Co. Ltd. and GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. said they received notices to ration power.
Tongwei said the "power cut and production shutdown have not had much impact," the business news outlet East Money reported.
China faced similar strains last year when Guangdong province in the southeast, one of the world's most important manufacturing centers, ordered factories to shut down after hydropower reservoirs ran low due to sparse rain.
The government has allocated 280 million yuan ($41 million) for drought relief in Hebei and Shanxi provinces and the Inner Mongolia region in the north and Liaoning province in the northeast, according to Xinhua.
"Some small and medium-size rivers are so dry that they have stopped flowing," the report said.
Meanwhile, authorities on Tuesday warned some parts of the country face possible flooding from heavy rains forecast in areas from the northwest across Inner Mongolia to the northeast.
The firm is laying natural gas truck pipelines to create a national gas grid as well as expand city gas distribution as part of the government's target of more than doubling the share of natural gas in the primary energy basket to 15 per cent by 2030.
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In what can be seen as a major firefighting operation, 10 fire engines and around 70 firefighters are tackling a fire under the railway arches on Union Street in Southwark, United Kingdom. The incident came to light after a major fire broke out near the London Bridge station. According to reports, a railway arch containing a number of vehicles is completely alight. "The cause of the fire is not known at this time," London Fire Brigade said.
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UK | 10 fire engines & around 70 firefighters are tackling a fire under the railway arches on Union Street in Southwark; a railway arch containing a number of vehicles is completely alight. The cause of the fire is not known at this time: London Fire Brigade
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Fire at London Bridge Station:
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— Jenny Stanton (@Jenny_Stanton) August 17, 2022
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Firefighters are continuing to tackle the fire under the railway arches in #Southwark. Trains to and from #LondonBridge are affected and several buildings have been evacuated https://t.co/5xIpC4mpKN pic.twitter.com/c8wwK39KkM
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HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it was awarded a $20 million contract by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory (ASL) for sustained support of more than 330 operational or proposed stations in 69 countries, including approximately 230 stations in the continental U.S.
Under the scope of this cost-plus-fixed-fee recompete contract, KBR will provide support for the deployment, operation, maintenance, and repair of USGS domestic and global seismographic systems. The KBR team will support the installation and operation of the USGS component of the Global Seismographic Network, a permanent digital network of more than 150 seismological and geophysical sensors.
This work will take place out of the USGS ASL in Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to Kirtland Air Force Base. KBR will also provide support to the US N4 Network, the Advanced National Seismic System backbone network, additional regional networks, and earthquake aftershock deployments. Along with operational support to these networks, KBR support will ensure the quality and integrity of the data. This data is used for real-time seismic monitoring by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, for tsunami warnings by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Tsunami Warning Centers, for nuclear test monitoring by both the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization and the U.S. Air Force, as well as for scientific research by a broad community of international users.
This tech-heavy contract also includes support for instrument testing and development, depot operations, data collection and quality control, inventory management, shipping coordination, software engineering, and warehouse logistics. The strategic win for KBR includes one base year, four option years, and one six-month extension option.
"KBR scientists and engineers are changing how we learn about and protect our planet every day," said KBR Government Solutions U.S. President Byron Bright. "This crucial research never ends, and we are excited to continue supporting important studies of the landscape of the Earth, its natural resources, as well as the natural hazards that threaten it."
KBR has supported USGS seismic networks for 39 years. Throughout its experience in environmental monitoring, KBR has also worked with government agencies including NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to support their Earth and planetary science and data processing, analysis, and visualization operations.
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Flipkart top pay RS 1L fine for selling sub-standard pressure cookers
By IANS | Published: August 17, 2022 04:42 PM2022-08-17T16:42:06+5:302022-08-17T16:55:06+5:30
New Aug 17 The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has passed an order on violation of consumer rights ...
New Aug 17 The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has passed an order on violation of consumer rights by e-commerce platform Flipkart for allowing sale of domestic pressure cookers in violation to mandatory standards.
According to CCPA Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare, the CCPA has directed Flipkart to notify consumers of all 598 pressure cookers sold on its platform, recall the pressure cookers and reimburse their prices to the consumers and submit a compliance report of the same within 45 days.
The company has also been directed to pay a penalty of Rs 1,00,000 for allowing sale of such pressure cookers on its e-commerce platform and violating rights of consumers.
The Central government, from time to time, notifies the Quality Control Orders specifying compulsory conformity to a standard and use of standard mark for a product to protect consumers from risk of suffering injury and harm and in the interest of people at large.
The Domestic Pressure Cooker (Quality Control) order, which came into effect from February 1, 2021, mandates conformity to IS 2347:2017 for all domestic pressure cookers.
Therefore, since February 1, 2021, all pressure cookers are required to conform to IS 2347:2017 and due diligence is required to be done whether the pressure cookers are offered for sale online or offline.
The CCPA observed that provisions in the 'Flipkart terms of use' such as mandatory use of the words 'Powered by Flipkart' on every invoice of the product and distinguishing sellers as gold, silver and bronze for distribution of various benefits indicates the role played by Flipkart in sale of the pressure cookers on its e-commerce platform.
Flipkart admittedly earned a total fee of Rs 1,84,263 through sale of such pressure cookers on its e-commerce platform.
It was observed by CCPA that when Flipkart has gained commercially from the sale of such pressure cookers, it cannot alienate itself from the role and responsibility arising out of their sale to consumers.
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Rosebud NABs another strong deal
A Rosebud beachside shop leased to National Australia Bank is the latest Mornington Peninsula property to sell on a skinny yield, proving that investor interest in the holiday hotspot is more than just a summer fling.
The NAB-leased branch at 1053-1055 Point Nepean Rd – part of a strip coined as Rosebud’s ‘golden mile’ – sold for $2.125 million, reflecting a 3.95% yield.
Positioned directly opposite Rosebud beach, the property property single-storey building includes the banking chamber, recently upgraded customer service area, partitioned offices, staff amenities, ATM and off-street secure parking.
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Currently returning $84,000 in annual rent, agents also say it offers future development potential.
The sale comes amid ongoing strong demand for shops on the peninsula’s most prominent retail strips.
A shop leased to Country Rd in Sorrento reached $7.125 million at auction, selling on a yield of less than 4%. And earlier this month another Sorrento store leased to Sportsgirl sold for $4.07 million, well above its $3 million reserve price.
MP Burke director Pat Burke says the Rosebud sale is another vote of confidence in the strength of the Mornington Peninsula market.
“The combination of a strong tenant and a prominent location, underpinned by regional growth and a competitive campaign resulted in an excellent sub-4% yield,” he says.
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Completed the 2021/2022 drill campaign with over 36,000 metres drilling.
Gran Bestia
- Long intercepts in seven ridge holes expected to add mineral resources, open in all directions
- C22-225: 0.76 g/t gold equivalent over 287 metres
- C22-214: 0.72 g/t gold equivalent over 126 metres
Cangrejos
- C22-226: 0.70 g/t gold equivalent over 222 metres – open to southwest and to depth
- C22-222: 1.23 g/t gold equivalent over 36 metres – open to east
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) (OTCQX: LMGDF) (the "Company" or "Lumina") is pleased to announce results from twenty-five drill holes at its Cangrejos Project (the "Project") in Ecuador. Seventeen of the reported drill holes are from Cangrejos and eight are from Gran Bestia (see Table 1). During the 2021/2022 drill program, 107 drill holes have been completed, totalling 36,027 metres of resource definition and geotechnical drilling. The drill program is now complete, and all drill rigs have been demobilised from site. Results from two holes at Cangrejos and fifteen at Gran Bestia are pending; including geotechnical holes.
Marshall Koval, CEO, President and Director commented: "I would like to thank our geological team for completing a well executed large-scale program on time. The drilling campaign appears to have delivered exactly what we set out to do, infill the US$1,100 gold constrained pits that formed the basis of the 2020 PEA, while also completing step-out drilling that should enhance the resource size and overall attractiveness of the Project."
Work on the Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS"), expected to be completed in Q2 2023, is continuing. With the drilling now concluded, PFS resource estimation work has been initiated. The supporting geologic and structural models are near completion. Pit slope geotechnical testing and hydrogeologic characterization are also near completion for development of pit slope design recommendations. In addition, metallurgical testing of ~4,700 kgs of drill core is underway at Laboratorio Plenge in Lima. Ongoing field work includes site characterization for project infrastructure and baseline environmental studies.
Results from nine drill holes from the southwestern quadrant of Cangrejos are reported (C22-211, C22-213, C22-217, 22-221, C22-223, C22-224, C22-226, C22-230, and C22-231). Results from these holes are highlighted by hole C22-226 that intersected 221.6 metres from surface to the end of the hole grading 0.57 g/t gold and 0.08% copper, for 0.70 g/t Au Eq. This hole is open to the southwest and leaves the deposit open in this direction and to depth. Results from the other eight holes in this quadrant were typical of those returned from the edges of the deposit.
Results from eight drill holes from the remaining northern, central and southeastern parts of Cangrejos (C22-208, C22-210, C22-215, C22-216, C22-219, C22-222, C22-227 and C22-229), are also typical of the deposit limits. However, hole C22-222 contained 36 metres from 164m grading 1.14 g/t gold and 0.06% copper, for 1.23 g/t Au Eq. This interval is open to the east and corresponds to those higher-grade zones reported from other areas of the Cangrejos periphery.
Seven of the eight holes drilled at Gran Bestia were collared on the ridge crest and drilled down into the ridge to potentially add resources and lower the strip ratio, as this mostly previously uncategorized material formed the high wall of the Gran Bestia PEA pit. All of these holes returned long intervals above the previous mineral resource cut-off grade and are expected to add significantly to the Gran Bestia mineral resource estimate for use in the upcoming PFS. This drilling leaves mineralization in this area open in all directions, including to depth. Of particular note is hole C22-225, that intersected 287m grading 0.59 g/t gold with 0.12% copper for a gold equivalent of 0.76 g/t gold from 270 metres and remains open to depth, as well as six other reported intervals (see Table 1); and hole C22-214, that intersected 126m grading 0.62 g/t gold with 0.07% copper for a gold equivalent of 0.72 g/t gold from 144 metres down the hole, as well as two other reported intervals (see Table 1). The eighth hole, C22-207 at Gran Bestia was drilled at the southeastern limit of the pit towards the Cangrejos deposit and contained a 56-metre interval from 28m grading 1.11 g/t gold and 0.04% copper, for 1.18 g/t Au Eq, leaving the deposit open in this direction.
Table 1: Drill Results
All Lumina sample assay results have been independently monitored through a quality control / quality assurance ("QA/QC") program that includes the insertion of blind standards, blanks and pulp and reject duplicate samples. Logging and sampling are completed at Lumina's secure facility located at the Cangrejos Project. Drill core is sawn in half on site and half drill-core samples are securely transported to either Bureau Veritas Labs' (BV) or ALS Labs' ("ALS") sample preparation facilities in Quito, Ecuador. Sample pulps are sent to BV's or ALS' chemical labs in Lima, Peru for analysis. Gold content is determined by fire assay of a 30 gram charge with total copper content determined by four-acid digestion with ICP finish. Both labs are independent from Lumina.
Lumina is not aware of any drilling, sampling, recovery or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the data referred to herein.
Leo Hathaway, P.Geo., Senior Vice President of Lumina and the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for the Cangrejos Project has reviewed, verified and approved the contents of this news release and has verified the data underlying the contents of this news release.
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest Ecuador. Cangrejos is being advanced to a Pre-Feasibility Study and is the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing exploration projects.
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Certain statements and information herein, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to potentially adding mineral resources and timing of the completion of a PFS study. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or variations of those words or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned to", "are expected to" or "are anticipated to" be taken, occur or be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions including among other things, assumptions about general business and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, and anticipated costs and expenditures. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.
Although management of the Company believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. These factors include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the business of the Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry generally; the supply and demand for labour and other project inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage, grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political risk and social unrest; changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities administrators. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Centrical report finds over 50% of contact centers will add gamification, want to reduce attrition rates, and more.
NEW YORK, LONDON and TEL-AVIV, Israel, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrical, a global SaaS company, and pioneer of a next-generation employee engagement and performance management platform, has released a new industry trend report on the 2022 global state of contact center employee retention and performance.
The industry report is compiled feedback from 245+ contact center leaders from around the globe with company sizes ranging from 101-10,000+ employees.
Centrical CEO and Founder, Gal Rimon shared: "From the survey, we received very clear insights on where contact center leaders' mindsets and priorities are today. Employees are doubling down on their expectations, customers are more demanding than ever before, and to remain successful you must invest in your frontline employees and put them at the center of your business."
The report includes insights and feedback on what contact center leaders currently think of workforce engagement management, how well their employees are performing, the impact on CSAT, and their top initiatives and priorities for 2022-2023.
Key insights include:
- Attrition trends: 52% of respondents agreed that employee attrition is highly correlated to the quality of the employee-manager relationship
- Leadership focus areas: 90% of contact center leaders indicate improving employee experience is a top priority for 2022-2023
- Top priorities: 54% of respondents plan to add gamification in the next 12 months
"It's easy to say that contact centers need to improve the employee experience to reduce attrition, but it isn't so simple," said April Crichlow, CMO, Centrical. "Many factors are at play, from wages to interactions with managers, clarity of KPIs, increasing customer demands, and a host of other issues. Given Centrical's expertise and knowledge in the contact center, we felt it was critical to provide real-world insights and an action plan that all leaders can utilize to address retention and performance gaps given today's climate."
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About Centrical
Centrical's employee success platform blends artificial intelligence and advanced gamification with personalized micro-learning, real-time employee performance management as well as adaptive coaching tools, and well-being strategies. The company has offices in London, New York, and Israel. Customers include leading multinational enterprises, including British Telecom, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Teleperformance, Webhelp, and more.
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The Detroit area HVAC company will celebrate by treating employees and customers to special events and deals
DETROIT, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, a leading Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of experience, will spend August celebrating 74 years of dedicated residential service to the Detroit community with a party for employees and savings for customers.
"When my grandfather started C & C in 1948, his goal was to offer the best heating and cooling service to the community, and we're proud to still offer these services today," said Dayna Hottle, general manager of C & C Heating and Air Conditioning. "We're dedicated to remaining a family-owned and operated heating and cooling business that offers well-paid employment, top-notch services and community aid to the Detroit area and hope to be around for another 74 more years."
Hottle said the company will celebrate by taking employees out on a yacht for a companywide party and will offer its customers a $74 furnace or air conditioning tune-up.
Hottle's grandfather started C & C on Aug. 10, 1948, and the company quickly became a family affair as his children and grandchildren learned the trade, answered phones and addressed mailers. After her grandfather's death in 1977, Hottle's parents and uncle took on the role of running the company, keeping the business in the family for the next generation.
In 2016, Hottle's uncle passed away, but the family rallied to take on the roles he had managed. Hottle also stepped up to new roles over time. She received an economics degree from Albion College and started work as the company's operations manager in 2005. Since January, Hottle has taken on the role of general manager and vows to keep the company family-owned and operated for the foreseeable future.
"We are known for our quality work and exceptional customer service," she said. "We also have the best customers in the world. These are the reasons we have been able to sustain our business for this many years in the increasingly competitive home service business."
About C & C Heating & Air Conditioning
C & C Heating & Air Conditioning is a Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of expertise installing and servicing all makes and models of heating and cooling equipment. Their technicians are highly trained and qualified and undergo annual background checks, random drug testing, extensive technical and customer service training and are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified. Services include HVAC maintenance and repair, duct cleaning, whole-home air filtration systems, indoor air quality systems and comprehensive maintenance agreements. For more information, call C & C Heating & Air Conditioning at (586) 439-3319 or visit their website at https://candcheat.com/
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-- AYVAKIT showed a superior mean change in total symptom score (p=0.003), compared to placebo plus best available care --
-- Highly significant reductions across all objective measures of mast cell burden reinforce the disease modifying activity of AYVAKIT --
-- AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm, supporting potential for long-term treatment --
-- Plan to submit supplemental new drug application to FDA in fourth quarter of 2022 --
-- Blueprint Medicines to host investor conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. ET --
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced positive top-line results from the registrational Part 2 of the PIONEER clinical trial of AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM) demonstrating clinically meaningful and highly significant improvements across the primary and all key secondary endpoints, including patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of mast cell burden. Based on these top-line data, Blueprint Medicines plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in non-advanced SM in the fourth quarter of 2022, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) anticipated in 2023. In addition, Blueprint Medicines plans to present detailed data from the PIONEER trial at an upcoming medical meeting.
The trial, which was designed to assess AYVAKIT plus best available care versus placebo plus best available care (control arm), achieved its primary endpoint with a highly significant difference in the mean change in total symptom score (TSS) at 24 weeks (p=0.003). TSS was assessed by the Indolent SM Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF). The AYVAKIT arm had a reduction of 15.6 points in mean TSS at 24 weeks, which continued to deepen to 20.2 points at 48 weeks in patients who rolled over to the Part 3 open-label extension study. At 24 weeks, the control arm had a reduction of 9.2 points in mean TSS. In addition, the PIONEER trial met all key secondary endpoints, including significant improvements across all measures of mast cell burden. More than half of AYVAKIT-treated patients had a ≥50 percent reduction of serum tryptase, compared to no patients in the control arm (53.9% vs. 0%; p<0.0001). AYVAKIT was well-tolerated and had a favorable safety profile, and 96.5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients completed 24 weeks of therapy, compared to 93.0 percent for the control arm. Overall, 0.7 percent of patients in the AYVAKIT arm and no patients in the control arm discontinued due to treatment-related adverse events.
"As a physician and clinical researcher who has been treating non-advanced systemic mastocytosis patients for over 25 years, I have been awaiting a therapy that decreases the abnormal mast cell burden and activation, improves a wide range of symptoms, and ultimately provides an improved quality of life to patients," said Mariana Castells, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Mastocytosis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an investigator on the PIONEER trial. "For patients with non-advanced SM, PIONEER is the first study to show significant clinical improvements over best available care across patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease, with a safety and tolerability profile supporting chronic treatment. The trial results suggest that if approved, AYVAKIT would represent a practice-changing treatment, enabling important clinical benefits for a broad range of patients with non-advanced SM."
"The PIONEER results showcase Blueprint Medicines' dedication to advancing the promise of precision therapy for patients with significant medical needs," said Becker Hewes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Blueprint Medicines. "AYVAKIT has the potential to be the first approved medicine for non-advanced SM, and the only treatment that would address the genetic root cause across advanced and non-advanced forms of the disease. Today's milestone represents a watershed moment for the systemic mastocytosis community and Blueprint Medicines, capping a decade of collaboration with clinicians, advocates and patients to transform standards of care, and to deepen the understanding of this disease and its impact on various aspects of patients' lives."
AYVAKIT was designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT, the driver of SM in about 95 percent of cases. SM often leads to debilitating skin, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive and other systemic symptoms, such as life-threatening anaphylaxis.
"Non-advanced systemic mastocytosis is a lifelong disease with severe physical, emotional and social impacts that profoundly reduce patients' quality of life," said Lauren Denton, Executive Director of The Mast Cell Disease Society. "Patients with SM continue to be challenged by efforts to avoid various triggers of everyday life while also managing complex therapies. The PIONEER clinical trial results offer hope to these patients and help pave the way for new innovation in treatment."
"These new data are the culmination of a dedicated long-term collaboration and shared 'patients first' core value between Blueprint Medicines and The Mast Cell Disease Society. We are excited by these results and further energized to work together with these exceptional investigators to transform the lives of patients, offering them a better quality of life and the gift of time," said Valerie Slee, Board Chair of The Mast Cell Disease Society.
Top-line Data from the PIONEER Trial
Part 2 of the registrational PIONEER trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AYVAKIT (25 mg once-daily dosing; N=141) versus control (N=71) over 24 weeks of treatment. Eligibility criteria include an indolent SM diagnosis confirmed by central pathology review, and moderate-to-severe symptom burden despite an optimized regimen of best available care. Patients were able to continue symptom-directed therapies while receiving AYVAKIT or placebo. Results were reported as of a data cutoff date of June 23, 2022.
Baseline data, including mean TSS, were consistent with Part 1 of the trial. The PIONEER study achieved its primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints, with AYVAKIT showing highly significant improvements in patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease burden.
AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm. The rate of adverse events (AEs) was 90.8 percent in the AYVAKIT arm and 93.0 percent in the control arm. Serious AEs occurred in 5.0 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients, compared to 11.3 percent of patients in the control arm. Discontinuations due to treatment-related AEs occurred in 0.7 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients and 0 percent of patients in the placebo arm. The AYVAKIT arm had a lower rate of cognitive AEs than the control arm (2.8% AYVAKIT vs. 4.2% control), and there were no intracranial bleeding events. Treatment-related AEs reported in at least three patients in either arm and at least 5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients included headache (7.8% AYVAKIT vs. 9.9% control), nausea (6.4% AYVAKIT vs 8.5% control), peripheral edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 1.4% control) and periorbital edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 2.8% control). In the AYVAKIT arm, 93.0 percent of edema AEs were Grade 1 and the remainder were Grade 2.
Conference Call Information
Blueprint Medicines will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET today to discuss the top-line data from the PIONEER trial. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 844-200-6205 (domestic) or 929-526-1599 (international), and referring to conference ID 806215. A webcast of the call will also be available under "Events and Presentations" in the Investors & Media section of the Blueprint Medicines website at http://ir.blueprintmedicines.com/. The archived webcast will be available on the Blueprint Medicines website approximately two hours after the conference call and will be available for 30 days following the call.
About AYVAKIT (avapritinib)
AYVAKIT (avapritinib) is a kinase inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of adults with Advanced SM, including aggressive SM (ASM), SM with an associated hematological neoplasm (SM-AHN) and mast cell leukemia (MCL), and adults with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) harboring a PDGFRA exon 18 mutation, including PDGFRA D842V mutations. For more information, visit AYVAKIT.com. This medicine is approved in Europe (AYVAKYT®) for the treatment of adults with ASM, SM-AHN or MCL, after at least one systemic therapy, and adults with unresectable or metastatic GIST harboring the PDGFRA D842V mutation. Please click here to see the full U.S. Prescribing Information for AYVAKIT, and click here to see the European Summary of Product Characteristics for AYVAKYT.
AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT is not approved for the treatment of any other indication in the U.S. or Europe. The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to AYVAKIT for the treatment of moderate to severe indolent SM.
To learn about ongoing or planned clinical trials, contact Blueprint Medicines at medinfo@blueprintmedicines.com or 1-888-BLU-PRNT (1-888-258-7768). Additional information is available at blueprintclinicaltrials.com or clinicaltrials.gov.
About Systemic Mastocytosis
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare disease primarily driven by the KIT D816V mutation. Uncontrolled proliferation and activation of mast cells result in chronic, severe and often unpredictable symptoms for patients across the spectrum of SM. The vast majority of those affected have non-advanced (indolent or smoldering) SM, with debilitating symptoms that lead to a profound, negative impact on quality of life. A minority of patients have advanced SM, which encompasses a group of high-risk SM subtypes including ASM, SM-AHN and MCL. In addition to mast cell activation symptoms, advanced SM is associated with organ damage due to mast cell infiltration and poor survival. Across advanced SM subtypes, the median overall survival is approximately 3.5 years in ASM, approximately two years in SM-AHN and less than six months in MCL.
Debilitating symptoms, including anaphylaxis, maculopapular rash, pruritis, diarrhea, brain fog, fatigue and bone pain, often persist across all forms of SM despite treatment with a number of symptom-directed therapies. Patients often live in fear of severe, unexpected symptoms, have limited ability to work or perform daily activities, and isolate themselves to protect against unpredictable triggers. Historically, there had been no approved therapies for the treatment of SM that selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT.
About the PIONEER Trial
PIONEER is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, registrational trial evaluating AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM. The trial includes three parts: dose-finding Part 1, registrational Part 2 and long-term treatment Part 3. Key trial endpoints include the change in patient-reported disease symptoms as measured by the ISM-SAF TSS, patient-reported quality of life, quantitative measures of mast cell burden and safety. Patients who completed Part 1 or 2 were eligible to participate in Part 3. All patients receive AYVAKIT treatment during Part 3, including those rolling over from the control arm. For more information about the PIONEER trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03731260).
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), plans and timing for presenting detailed data from the PIONEER trial of AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, and expectations regarding the potential benefits of AYVAKIT in treating patients with non-advanced SM. The words "aim," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Blueprint Medicines' business, operations, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, including Blueprint Medicines' ongoing and planned research and discovery activities, ability to conduct ongoing and planned clinical trials, clinical supply of current or future drug candidates, commercial supply of current or future approved products, and launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability and plans in continuing to establish and expand a commercial infrastructure, and successfully launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand the approved indications for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or obtain marketing approval for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT in additional geographies in the future; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Blueprint Medicines' current or future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' advancement of multiple early-stage efforts; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates and gain approval of its drug candidates or of an approved product in an additional indication on a timely basis, if at all; the preclinical and clinical results for Blueprint Medicines' drug candidates, which may not support further development of such drug candidates either as monotherapies or in combination with other agents or may impact the anticipated timing of data or regulatory submissions; the risk that "topline" data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to confirmation, audit, and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data; the timing of the initiation of clinical trials and trial cohorts at clinical trial sites and patient enrollment rates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; Blueprint Medicines' ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic tests for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand its operations, research platform and portfolio of therapeutic candidates, and the timing and costs thereof; and the success of Blueprint Medicines' current and future collaborations, financing arrangements, partnerships or licensing arrangements. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Blueprint Medicines' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Blueprint Medicines' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any other filings that Blueprint Medicines has made or may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent Blueprint Medicines' views only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Except as required by law, Blueprint Medicines explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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Sam Hoskins marked his 300th appearance for the club with his fourth and fifth goals of the season as Town recovered from James Balagizi’s early opener to lead 2-1 at the break. Balagizi struck again in the second-half, only for Bowie to snatch victory. Here are our player ratings...
1. Lee Burge
Kept on his toes in goal without being forced into any speculator stops. His best moment came when denying Nadesan one-on-one shortly before Crawley's second. Safe hands on a slippery surface and nearly claimed an assist when sending Hoskins galloping away with a stunning long pass... 7.5
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2. Harvey Lintott
Unable to prevent Balagizi from nipping in front of him for the early opener but generally it was another good night for the youngster, first at right-back and then centre-half. His height and aerial ability was a feature... 7
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3. Tyler Magloire
An unfortunate slip at the wrong moment allowed Nadesan to set up Balagizi's second goal but that was the only blot on his copybook. Played well otherwise and was more aggressive and proactive in his defending. Arguably his best game of the season... 7
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4. Jon Guthrie
Might have to get used to being a busier man this season due to Town's more attack-minded approach. He led the team well and took charge in the final 20 minutes when partnered by two makeshift centre-backs. Not for the first time though, the ball over the top of Cobblers' defence created problems... 7
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PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and cardiac surgery using blood purification via its proprietary polymer adsorption technology, announced that the Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) has approved national reimbursement for CytoSorb® in certain cardiac surgery indications that is expected to take effect in 2023.
Specifically, the Hospital Technologies Committee of the Israeli MoH has approved national CytoSorb reimbursement, also known as "addition to the Healthcare Basket," for the following indications:
- Intraoperative treatment for urgent or emergency cardiac surgery in patients treated with ticagrelor or rivaroxaban
- Intraoperative treatment during cardiac surgery in patients with acute infective endocarditis
- Intraoperative treatment during surgery for correction of aortic dissection
With its decision, the Committee recognizes the importance and value of CytoSorb to remove a variety of antithrombotic drugs and inflammatory mediators intraoperatively during cardiac surgery. Once the policy revision is completed, public hospitals are expected to receive reimbursement for CytoSorb for these applications.
Christian Steiner, M.D., Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of CytoSorbents, stated, "Israel has one of the highest quality and advanced healthcare systems in the world, strengthened by its leadership in adopting innovative medical technologies. We are pleased that the Ministry of Health recognizes the benefits of intraoperative CytoSorb use in cardiac surgery and has approved national reimbursement."
Israel has a population of approximately 9 million people, all of whom are covered by universal health insurance. Annually, the country spends about 7.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare. Israel spends an estimated $2.4 billion annually on medical devices, with imports accounting for approximately 65% of the medical device market. According to the Israel Heart Society, heart disease is the second leading cause of death in the country. More than 4,000 heart surgeries are performed in Israel each year.
About CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO)
CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in critical care and cardiac surgery through blood purification. Its lead product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union and marketed in more than 70 countries worldwide. It is an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber designed to reduce the "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" that occurs in common critical illnesses and can lead to massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death. In these diseases, the risk of death can be extremely high, and there are few, if any, effective treatments. CytoSorb is also used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to postoperative complications, including multiple organ failure. As of June 30, 2022, more than 179,000 CytoSorb devices have been used cumulatively worldwide. CytoSorb was originally launched in the European Union under the CE Mark as the first extracorporeal cytokine adsorber. Additional CE Mark extensions were granted for bilirubin and myoglobin removal in clinical conditions such as liver disease and trauma, respectively, and for ticagrelor and rivaroxaban removal during cardiothoracic surgery. CytoSorb has also received FDA emergency approval in the United States for use in adult critically ill COVID-19 patients with impending or confirmed respiratory failure. The DrugSorb™-ATR antithrombotic removal system, based on the same polymer technology as CytoSorb, also received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to remove ticagrelor and FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to remove the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) apixaban and rivaroxaban in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during urgent cardiothoracic procedures. The company has initiated two FDA-approved pivotal studies to support marketing approval of DrugSorb-ATR in the United States. The first is the randomized, controlled STAR-T (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Ticagrelor) study of 120 patients at 30 centers to evaluate whether intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR can reduce perioperative bleeding risk in ticagrelor patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. The second study is the STAR‑ D (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Direct Oral Anticoagulants) randomized controlled trial of 120 patients at 30 centers evaluating the intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR to reduce perioperative bleeding risk in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery who are taking direct oral anticoagulants, including apixaban and rivaroxaban.
CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other body fluids through pore entrapment and surface adsorption. The Company's technologies have received more than $39.5 million in non-dilutive grants, contracts and other funding from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF/AFMC) and others. The company has numerous marketed and in-development products based on this unique blood purification technology protected by numerous issued U.S. and international patents and registered trademarks, as well as several pending patent applications, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K+ ontrol™, DrugSorb™, DrugSorb™-ATR, ContrastSorb and others. For more information, please visit the company's websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Piers Morgan begs Elon Musk to buy his beloved Arsenal and go 'nowhere near' Man United after the world's richest man joked he is taking over at Old Trafford
- Piers Morgan has asked Elon Musk to buy Arsenal instead of Manchester United
- Musk tweeted that he was buying the Red Devils, before confirming it was a joke
- The Old Trafford club are currently owned by unpopular US family the Glazers
Piers Morgan followed up Elon Musk's joke about buying Manchester United by cheekily urging the space pioneer to fork out for his beloved Arsenal instead.
On Tuesday, Musk tweeted: 'Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome', although he later clarified that it was part of a long-running gag linking the billionaire businessman with a number of sports clubs.
However, television personality and Arsenal fan Morgan, 57, responded to Musk's initial claim by asking the SpaceX man to come in for the Gunners, currently owned by Stan Kroenke.
Morgan wrote: 'Trust me on this, Elon - you don’t want to go anywhere near them… if you want to buy a football team, try @Arsenal.'
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan joked that Elon Musk should buy his club instead of rivals Man United
Musk had tweeted he's 'buying Man United', before confirming that it was a long-standing joke
Musk had said that while he was not involved in an offer for the Red Devils, they would feature highly on any potential list if he was to buy a sports team.
'If it were any team, it would be Man U,' the 51-year-old wrote. 'They were my fav team as a kid.'
United's poor start to the season - beginning with losses to Brighton and Brentford - has led to increased calls for radical change in the setup at Old Trafford.
Musk's initial comment sparked rumours, before he confirmed it was a 'long-running joke'
In a follow-up tweet, Musk added that Manchester United were his favourite team growing up
However, those results - and the increased pressure on new manager Erik ten Hag and his squad - mean that Morgan is not alone in believing potential investors may not want to go 'anywhere near' the club at the moment.
United are currently owned by the American Glazer family, but fan-led protests have made it clear that many of those in the stands at Old Trafford are not happy with the present operation - and haven't been for some time.
As of the end of the day's market on Tuesday, United had a market capitalization of $2.08billion (£1.72m), although since Forbes claims Musk has a net worth of $272bn (£225bn), after success with PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, he could easily afford this purchase. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11119649/Piers-Morgan-urges-Elon-Musk-not-buy-Manchester-United-beloved-Arsenal-instead.html | 2022-08-17T12:11:48Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11119649/Piers-Morgan-urges-Elon-Musk-not-buy-Manchester-United-beloved-Arsenal-instead.html | true | 3 |
Ghazipur: Three children died here after their mother allegedly gave them to drink tea laced with some poisonous substance following an argument with her husband, police said on Wednesday.
According to the FIR, Sunita Yadav had come to her parents’ place at Dhadhani village following a dispute with her brother-in-law a week ago.
Two days ago, she had an argument with her husband over the phone.
She gave her children tea laced with some poisonous substance on Monday following which Himanshu Yadav (10), Piyush Yadav (8) and Supriya (5) died, SP Rohan Pramod said.
Her fourth child who was playing outside escaped the fate.
The FIR against the woman was lodged by her brother-in-law and she has been arrested, the SP said.
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High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF – Get Rating) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, July 7th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.073 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, August 31st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 19th.
High Income Securities Fund has increased its dividend by an average of 76.7% annually over the last three years.
High Income Securities Fund Trading Up 0.7 %
PCF opened at $7.70 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $7.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $7.82. High Income Securities Fund has a twelve month low of $7.11 and a twelve month high of $10.09.
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China's new 'sky train' LEVITATES on a magnetic track 33 feet in the air and can glide along silently at speeds of up to 50 mph without electricity
- The Red Rail is the first suspended maglev line built with permanent magnets rather than electromagnets
- This means it is more efficient, with only a small amount of electricity needed to propel the train
- The suspended rail operates 33 feet above the ground with the train moving beneath it at speeds of 50mph
- The technological feat is possible due to an abundance of rare earth elements in China
China is well known for its futuristic maglev trains, which use electromagnets to propel the vehicles over tracks at high speeds.
Now the country has unveiled its first suspended maglev line built with permanent magnets, which engineers claim can keep a 'sky train' afloat even without a power supply.
The 2,600ft experimental track, known as the Red Rail, is located in Xingguo county, Jiangxi province, in southern China.
It uses powerful magnets to produce a constantly repelling force strong enough to lift a train with 88 passengers into the air, according to a report in the South China Morning Post.
Unlike most existing maglev lines, the suspended rail operates about 33 feet above the ground. There is no physical contact with the rail as the train moves beneath it silently at speeds of up to 50mph.
China has unveiled its first suspended maglev line built with permanent magnets, which engineers claim can keep a 'sky train' afloat even without a power supply
The 2,600ft experimental track, known as the Red Rail, is located in Xingguo county, Jiangxi province, in southern China
The use of permanent magnets rather than electromagnets, as well as the lack of friction with the track, means that only a small amount of electricity is needed to propel the train.
The track generates much less electromagnetic radiation than traditional maglev lines, which can affect the environment and health of people living nearby.
It is also much cheaper to build, with construction costing only about a tenth of that needed to build a subway, according to researchers at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology.
The technological feat is possible due to an abundance of rare earth elements in China, which are needed to make the train's permanent magnets.
Adding rare earth elements to magnets significantly increases their lifespan. Neodymium, for instance, can reduce the loss of magnetism to less than 5 per cent in a century.
China is home to nearly 40 per cent of the entire world's known reserves of rare earth elements – twice as much as its neighbour Vietnam in second place.
It also mines far more of these metals than any other country – with just six state-run Chinese companies producing 85 per cent of the world's refined rare earths in 2020.
Local transport authorities are currently testing Red Rail on the half-mile stretch of track in Xingguo, but are planning to increase this to 4.7 miles when initial tests are complete.
The maximum speed of most domestic underground lines is generally capped at 50mph but a permanent magnet maglev train, driven entirely by AI, could reportedly reach speeds of up to 75mph.
The use of permanent magnets rather than electromagnets, as well as the lack of friction with the track, means that only a small amount of electricity is needed to propel the train
It uses powerful magnets to produce a constantly repelling force strong enough to lift a train with 88 passengers into the air
Last year, China unveiled the prototype of a super-fast bullet train that engineers said could reach 385mph.
Dubbed the 'super bullet maglev train', it boasts more than twice the speed of the Eurostar fleet and could cover the distance between London and Paris in 47 minutes with its maximum speed.
It uses high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology, different from the low-temperature technology employed by Germany and Japan in their maglev trains, according to experts from Southwest Jiaotong University.
The team claims that the Chinese version is more lightweight with a simpler structure. It is also cheaper to manufacture and operate.
The engineers consider the HTS technology more suitable for the futuristic 'vacuum transportation', which could see ultra-high-speed maglev trains zipping in vacuum tubes in speeds over 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) per hour. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11119261/Chinas-new-sky-train-LEVITATES-magnetic-track-33-feet-air-doesnt-need-electricity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-17T12:21:19Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11119261/Chinas-new-sky-train-LEVITATES-magnetic-track-33-feet-air-doesnt-need-electricity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true | 3 |
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- V-Soft Consulting announced its elevation to ServiceNow Elite Partner status, placing the company among the top performing ServiceNow partners in the industry. V-Soft's ServiceNow practice operates under the V-Soft Digital brand, the innovation arm of V-Soft Consulting.
"We've been working hard to build a base of client success and develop a world class team of consultants across the ServiceNow platform for three years, first attaining Premier status, now demonstrating our success as Elite," stated Leslie June, VP – ServiceNow Customer Experience at V-Soft Digital. "We are committed to continuing to apply our professional expertise to bring value to our clients."
The Elite Partner status is awarded to organizations that demonstrate expertise in five or more ServiceNow products across IT, employee experience, and customer service workflows. As a ServiceNow Elite Partner, V-Soft Digital helps their clients achieve digital transformation through ServiceNow's suite of industry-leading products, such as ITSM, ITOM, ITAM, SPM, CSM, GRC, SecOps, HRSD, and MSP offerings.
David Roy, V-Soft Digital's VP – ServiceNow Delivery Excellence, said, "An increase in our sales accreditations and certification requirements will ensure our teams will have the latest ServiceNow release updates to help guide our customers on their ServiceNow investments."
This recognition by ServiceNow has reinvigorated V-Soft Digital's dedication to further excel in the ServiceNow ecosystem and provide clients with tailored solutions, including consulting, implementation, managed services, hosting, specialized staffing and 24x7x365 support. With plans to extend operations to more locations, V-Soft Digital is confident they will achieve the next milestone as a ServiceNow Global Elite Partner.
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Nota Baloyi is demanding his estranged wife Berita return a designer handbag he bought her.
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‘He’ll demand a G-string next’: Tweeps are dragging Nota Baloyi after he demanded estranged wife Berita return a designer handbag gift.
Nota Baloyi is demanding his estranged wife Berita return a designer handbag he bought her.
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Despite being a self-proclaimed millionaire, Nota Baloyi has publicly ordered his estranged wife Berita to return a number of designer handbags he gifted her.
The rapper and music commentator took to his social media to bash his singer-ex in a viral that has gone viral.
This follows news that Nota has been ordered to pay DJ Shimza R200 000 stemming from a defamation lawsuit.
Taking to his Instagram Live, Nota called on Berita to return several Michael Kors handbags he bought her. He also demanded she uses the money from the gifts to pay off insurance excess relating to a car crash.
He said in a clip posted on Twitter: “Return that Michael Kors bag, take that money because you need to pay the R14 500 excess that you have to pay to repair….You crashed my [Mercedes] Viano into my C-Class, it’s still damaged…
He continued: “Return that Michael Kors bags, I’ve already bought you enough. You can’t leave problems in your household, and you’re running away to Europe”.
Nota then went on to lament that Berita – real name Gugulethu Khumalo – was not born in South Africa.
He added: “Gugulethu, you’re not Berita. Stop pretending to be this Xhosa girl. I told you this pretence must stop. You are not Xhosa, you’re a Ndebele girl from Bulawayo”.
Like many of his previous social media rants, tweeps were not impressed with Nota publicly bashing Berita.
Here’s what they had to say:
@rih_miraj: “I can’t believe this guy is whining over a MK bag. I’m embarrassed on his behalf”
@Riamojaji: “If bitter was a person”.
@SithaleKgaogelo: “We must brace ourselves for Nota’s rants about Berita. That’s how breakup heartbreak hits a narcissist. First, it’s denial, where he thinks she’s just angry she’ll come back. Then comes a time when reality kicks in, that’s where the labeling and shaming starts”
@Sphoki_Mbambani: “Next thing he’ll be demanding a G-string and a bra that he bought her”
@Henryhofmeyer: “Shame Shimmy did a number on him. You know when you’re broke you start remembering debts from ages ago”
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Someone must just tell NOTA….. pic.twitter.com/B27jV0zF90
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SMITHS FALLS, ON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canopy Growth Corporation ("Canopy Growth" or "the Company") (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC), announced today that the Company will hold its 2022 Annual General and Special Meeting in a virtual format. The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM ET on September 15, 2022 and will be conducted by live audio webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WEED2022.
Shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 22, 2022 and shareholders holding a legal proxy for the meeting, are eligible to vote at the meeting. Shareholders will find important information and detailed instructions about how to participate in our virtual meeting in the proxy statement that is available at https://www.canopygrowth.com/investors/investor-events/annual-general-and-special-meeting-2022/.
Shareholders who are eligible to vote have been mailed a notice of internet availability in accordance with securities regulations which will provide instructions on how to access proxy materials and vote their shares. Shareholders are encouraged to vote and submit proxies as early as possible in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy statement.
Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED, NASDAQ:CGC) is a world-leading diversified cannabis and cannabinoid-based consumer product company, driven by a passion to improve lives, end prohibition, and strengthen communities by unleashing the full potential of cannabis. Leveraging consumer insights and innovation, we offer product varieties in high-quality dried flower, oil, softgel capsule, infused beverage, edible, and topical formats, as well as vaporizer devices by Canopy Growth and industry-leader Storz & Bickel. Our global medical brand, Spectrum Therapeutics, sells a range of full-spectrum products using its colour-coded classification system and is a market leader in both Canada and Germany. Through our award-winning Tweed and Tokyo Smoke banners, we reach our adult-use consumers and have built a loyal following by focusing on top quality products and meaningful customer relationships. Canopy Growth has entered into the health and wellness consumer space in key markets including Canada, the United States, and Europe through BioSteel sports nutrition, and This Works skin and sleep solutions; and has introduced additional hemp-derived CBD products to the United States through our First & Free and Martha Stewart CBD brands. Canopy Growth has an established partnership with Fortune 500 alcohol leader Constellation Brands. For more information, visit www.canopygrowth.com.
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LONDON, ON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - VersaBank ("VersaBank" or the "Bank") (TSX: VBNK) (NASDAQ: VBNK) will release its third quarter 2022 financial results and host an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Labaton Sucharow LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP regarding the Uniti Group Inc. Securities Settlement:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
To: all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Uniti Group Inc. (f/k/a Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. ("Uniti")) Securities during the period from April 24, 2015 through June 24, 2019, inclusive, and were allegedly damaged thereby (the "Settlement Class").1
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, that Lead Plaintiffs Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan, Wayne County Employees' Retirement System, and David McMurray, on behalf of himself and as sole beneficiary of the David McMurray R/O IRA (together, "Plaintiffs"), and Zhengxu He, Trustee for the He & Fang 2005 Revocable Living Trust, on behalf of themselves and all members of the Settlement Class, and Defendants Uniti, Kenneth A. Gunderman and Mark A. Wallace (collectively with Uniti, the "Defendants" and, together with Plaintiffs, the "Parties"), have reached a proposed settlement of the claims in the above-captioned class action (the "Action") and related claims in the amount of $38,875,000 (the "Settlement").
A hearing will be held before the Honorable Brian S. Miller on November 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. CDT, remotely, via videoconference (the "Settlement Hearing") to determine whether the Court should: (i) approve the proposed Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) dismiss the Action with prejudice as provided in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated June 17, 2022; (iii) approve the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the proceeds of the Settlement (the "Net Settlement Fund") to Settlement Class Members; and (iv) approve Co-Lead Counsel's Fee and Expense Application. To join on your computer or mobile app, please download Microsoft Teams and enter 265 481 733 390 for the meeting ID and RCEzJP for the passcode. To join with a videoconferencing device, go to teams@meet.vc.uscourts.gov and enter 118 555 112 9 for the meeting ID. The Court may change the date and time of the Settlement Hearing without providing another notice. You do NOT need to participate in the Settlement Hearing to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MONETARY PAYMENT. If you have not yet received a full Notice and Claim Form, you may obtain copies of these documents by visiting the website for the Settlement, www.UnitiGroupSecuritiesLitigation.com, or by contacting the Claims Administrator at:
Uniti Group, Inc. Securities Litigation
c/o KCC LLC
P.O. Box 6159
Novato, CA 94948-6159
www.UnitiGroupSecuritiesLitigation.com
Inquiries, other than requests for information about the status of a claim, may also be made to Co-Lead Counsel:
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If you are a Settlement Class Member, to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form postmarked or submitted online no later than December 1, 2022. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not timely submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by all judgments or orders entered by the Court, whether favorable or unfavorable.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a written request for exclusion in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice so that it is received no later than October 14, 2022. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court, whether favorable or unfavorable, and you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, Co-Lead Counsel's Fee and Expense Application, and/or the proposed Plan of Allocation must be filed with the Court, either by mail or in person, and be mailed to counsel for the Parties in accordance with the instructions in the Notice, such that they are received no later than October 14, 2022.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, DEFENDANTS, OR DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE
DATED: August 17, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE COURT
_______________________________
THE HONORABLE BRIAN S. MILLER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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WISCONSIN — Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.
The effort, which breaks the group's previous $45 million spending record set in 2020, comes months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that created a constitutional right to have an abortion. It will be waged by the organization's political and advocacy arms and will focus on governor's offices, U.S. Senate seats and legislative races in nine states where abortion rights could be restricted or expanded depending on the outcome at the ballot.
The historic proportions of the midterm campaign, when less money is usually spent, were made possible by a torrent of money raised after the decision by the high court's new conservative majority, touching off a tectonic shift in the politics of abortion. Now, for the first time, Republicans who have long campaigned against abortion and Roe v. Wade will face voters on an issue that is no longer hypothetical and carries real life consequences.
Planned Parenthood says its spending will help remind voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin what's at stake in a bid to drive turnout by Democratic and independent voters.
“Who wins in these midterm elections will determine whether a state has access to abortion and potentially determine whether we will face a national abortion ban,” said Jenny Lawson, the executive director of Planned Parenthood Votes. “We will be clear about who is on which side.”
A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found a majority of Americans think Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide. More than half of the respondents said they feel at least somewhat “sad” or “angry” about the Supreme Court’s decision.
Earlier this month in red-state Kansas, voters rejected by nearly 20 percentage points a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the legislature to advance a ban on abortion.
Whether it truly is a galvanizing issue will become clear after Election Day, Nov. 8.
“We say this every cycle: ‘This is the important election,'” said Amy Kennedy, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Votes in Georgia. “For us, this really is the most important election cycle of our life.”
Planned Parenthood says it intends to contact 6 million voters through door knocking, phone calls, digital advertising, mailers and radio ads. It has already run some TV ads in Wisconsin, where Republicans control the statehouse and where Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson are up for reelection.
It also is launching a website, takecontrol2022.com.
While the Supreme Court's ruling in June effectively left setting abortion policy to the states, Planned Parenthood says it is also investing in U.S. Senate races because Republicans have expressed an interest in pursuing a national abortion ban, though such a measure would almost certainly be vetoed by President Joe Biden.
Democrats and their allies have long tried, without much success, to energize supporters by focusing on abortion. But the Supreme Court’s decision clarified the stakes as never before. In roughly a dozen states led by Republicans, abortion has already been banned or heavily restricted. Many more are expected to follow.
“When people go to vote this November, nearly half of the folks voting could be living in a state that either has already banned abortion or is quickly moving to ban abortion. These are entirely new circumstances,” Lawson said. “There are a lot of issues people care about, certainly, but the state of abortion access is absolutely one of the defining issues this November." | https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/planned-parenthood-to-spend-record-50m-in-midterm-elections | 2022-08-17T12:33:40Z | https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/planned-parenthood-to-spend-record-50m-in-midterm-elections | true | 33 |
Organizations protest against government for not allowing UN rights chief to witness the real situation in the hill tracts
Protestors from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts demand a visit by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to monitor the human rights situation. (Photo: Supplied)
Civil society organizations held protests against the Bangladesh government for not allowing the United Nations human rights chief to visit the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Several organizations and activists participated in a march and organized a human chain as a mark of protest as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded her official visit to the South Asian nation on Aug. 17.
The protestors claim the government did not allow Bachelet inside the hill tracts of the Chittagong division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar settled by indigenous tribes, to hide rights violations by its officials.
“We have learned from reliable sources that the chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission wanted to come to get information about human rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts but was not given permission by the government,” said Rinisha Chakma, who leads a women’s association in the area.
Chakma told UCA News that the denial proved government intend to cover up the violations of human rights.
Indigenous leaders, speaking at the protests, alleged violations including extrajudicial killings, disappearances, abductions, land dispossession, torture of women, and demanded the withdrawal of the military rule in the hill tracts.
Hill Women’s Federation leader Nity Chakma said they want Bachelet to come and see the conditions of the indigenous peoples and witness the injustices that are being done to them.
“How long the injustices against us will continue? We don’t want to lose a single person, we don’t want any mother and sister to be raped, and we don’t want Bengalis to be sent as our rivals. We want peace and withdrawal of military forces from the hills,” she said.
The area has seen an influx of landless Bengali Muslims since Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in 1971. Until then the hilly, forested region was inhabited by dozens of Tibeto-Burman ethnic tribal groups for centuries.
This, observers say, was aimed at changing the demographic of the area to check a brewing insurgency by the ethnic tribes.
The increased presence of outsiders has backfired as the tribes are opposed to Bengali settlements sparking social tensions and violence.
“The government does not want peace in the hill tracts and hence has prevented the UN top official from coming here. I strongly condemn it,” said Raphael Tripura, a development worker from Shanti Raj Church of Bandarban district.
Around 3 percent of the region’s some 1 million people are Christians, mostly from Bandarban.
“We want to live in peace, we don’t want murders, disappearances and tortures here,” Tripura, a Catholic father of three, said.
Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there was no mention of a visit to the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bachelet’s schedule for Bangladesh.
In Dhaka, the UN official met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed, ministers, the National Human Rights Commission, representatives of civil society organizations and other stakeholders.
She also visited the Cox’s Bazaar camps housing Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Aug. 16, 2022
Ahead of the first day of school, the Keller Independent School District is removing all books that were challenged last year within the school district, including the Bible, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s “The Diary of Young Girl.”
“Attached is a list of all books that were challenged last year. By the end of today, I need all books pulled from the library and classrooms. Please collect these books and store them in a location. (book room, office, etc.),” Jennifer Price, executive director of Keller ISD’s curriculum and instruction, wrote in an email sent to principals, obtained by The Texas Tribune.
Attached to the email was a list of 41 book titles to be removed, including all versions of the Bible and “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe, which depicts Kobabe’s journey of gender identity and sexual orientation.
The direction to remove all 41 books surprised some local residents because a school district committee made up of members of the public met last year and recommended that some of the books now being removed — including Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and “Anne Frank’s Diary” — remain in student libraries.
But since that committee met and recommended keeping some challenged books, three new conservative school board members, all recipients of a Christian political action committee’s donations, were elected to the district’s seven-member board of trustees. And according to the school district, all 41 challenged books are now to be reviewed again by campus staff and librarians to see if they meet a new board policy approved last week, according to Bryce Nieman, the Keller ISD spokesperson.
Nieman said the school board, with its three newest members elected last spring, unanimously approved a new policy for acquiring and reviewing books. The policies are, in part, based on the Texas Education Agency’s model policy released in April after calls from Gov. Greg Abbott to come up with a state standard for these procedures. This includes the school board members or someone appointed by them, having the power to accept or reject any materials.
The first day of school for Keller ISD is Wednesday.
Last year’s district book committee was formed after parents found Kobabe's book in the district and had it removed. At the same time, state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, sent a list of some 850 books about race and sexuality — including Kobabe’s — to school districts asking for information about how many of those are available on their campuses.
Both Keller ISD and Krause kicked off a flurry of book challenges across the state over books that shared the perspectives of LGBTQ people and those that touched on the harsh reality of racism.
Both this Keller list and Krause’s share titles such as “Gender Queer” and “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Pérez, which follows a love story between a teenage Mexican American girl and a teenage African American boy in 1930s East Texas, including the 1937 New London School explosion about 200 miles north of Houston.
This latest book removal follows May’s fiery school board elections that centered on how America’s history of racism should be taught in Texas public schools and which books kids should be able access on campuses.
During those school board campaigns, there was unprecedented heavy investing in more conservative candidates by Patriot Mobile, a Texas-based cellphone company that donates a portion of its customers’ phone bills to conservative, “Christian” causes.
The company’s political action committee, Patriot Mobile Action, raised more than $500,000 for political contributions to Keller and other Tarrant County school board candidates. Part of the money raised was spent on top political consulting firms that bolstered a platform against critical race theory, with flyers saying the candidates were “saving America.”
Laney Hawes, who has four children in the district and served on the Keller ISD book committee, said she believes the removal of these books is a result of the Patriot Mobile Action PAC money that helped pay for the campaigns of the three new school board members.
“I feel bad for students who, many of them, the only opportunity they're going to have to learn about really, really difficult topics is in books,” Hawes said. “I feel bad for the most marginalized kids in our school district, the LGBTQ+ kids and also a lot of the kids of color. I'm sad. I'm disheartened and I'm frustrated and I'm angry.”
Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education programs at PEN America, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the free expression via literature, said in a statement that the Keller ISD directive “tramples” on the work committee members did over the last year to their list.
“The sweeping attempt to remove these titles from classrooms and libraries on the eve of a new school year is an appalling affront to students’ First Amendment rights. It is virtually impossible to run a school or a library that purges books in response to any complaint from any corner,” Friedman said.
Critical race theory, typically a university-level field of study is the idea that racism is embedded in legal systems and not limited to individuals. It is not taught in Texas’ public schools, but has been used by conservatives as a buzzword to include anything about race taught or discussed in public secondary schools.
All of the school board candidates were billed as ones who would eradicate “critical race theory” from classrooms and remove books discussing LGBTQ issues, which some parents have described as “pornographic.”
In the Keller school board races, Patriot Mobile Action backed Micah Young, Joni Shaw Smith and Sandi Walker. All of them won. Neither Young or Smith returned calls from The Texas Tribune for comment on Tuesday. Walker told the Tribune she did not have any information.
Since last year, state lawmakers including Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have criticized what they claim is the “indoctrination” of children in classrooms. The two top elected officials have also made parental rights a priority as they both seek reelection in November. Patrick has also vowed to push for a “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Texas, mirroring Florida’s conservative push to limit classroom discussions about LGBTQ people.
“Parents will be restored to their rightful place as the preeminent decision-maker for their children,” Abbott declared on Jan. 26 during a campaign event at a charter school in Lewisville.
Yet, for years parents in Texas have wide-ranging rights. Currently, Texas parents have the right to remove their child temporarily from a class or activity that conflicts with their religious beliefs. They have the right to review all instructional materials, and the law guarantees them access to their student’s records and to a school principal or administrator. Also, school boards must establish a way to consider complaints from parents.
In Texas, sex education is not required to be taught in public schools. Health education was removed as a requirement to graduate high school in 2009.
Still, some parents, opposed to and frustrated by masking requirements along with nearly three years of on-again, off-again school closures, have become more vocal at school board meetings, claiming their rights have been compromised.
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/16/keller-isd-removes-books/.
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Back To School: Packing a healthy lunch on a dime
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The emphasis this year is back to school on a dime and nowhere are savings more achievable than with school-day lunches.
There's a dual focus to the approach – money-saving, yes, but it has be something your child will eat.
The first step is crucial and cannot be skipped.
"You need to get your kid's input on what they are going to eat because nothing is more frustrating than sending something to school and then it comes right back," said family and lifestyle blogger Amanda Mushro.
Mushro, a Uniontown native, said your child's input simplifies your life and that is going to save you a ton of money because "you're not wasting food by just sending items they're never going to eat."
"You're trying to use foods that they're already familiar with, preparing things and low-cost protein items," added registered dietitian Lara Zervos. "Dairy is a great low-cost alternative to protein, as well. Cheese sticks, cheese cubes, yogurt."
That also includes last night's dinner and that can be both a great source of protein and Mushro says you can get creative with those leftovers.
"Chop up some of that chicken, toss it into some pasta or make a cheese quesadilla or a kind of taco to go," she said. "You're saving money, saving some time, and you're using up those leftovers that you already cooked."
Zervos said this is prime time for fresh fruits in the lunchbox because apples start coming into season, pears, green seedless grapes, and even honeydew melon.
Also, don't forget the frozen fruit section.
"Frozen fruit is going to be significantly cheaper than fresh fruits and it is just as healthy," Mushro said.
Even the treat for the end of the meal can be done inexpensively.
"Make up some cookies or brownies," Mushro continued. "Just a couple of dollars for a box and you don't need to portion out what you're going to use for the rest of the week."
So, what if you're child has a specific request like cheese sandwiches? Then that's the meal, make a batch on Sunday and save time during the week.
Both Mushro and Zervos are big on saving money by buying in bulk and they have both specifics and cautions.
Mushro says a consistent eater is easy and she has one of those and another who wants variety.
"I tried to build her menu around what is on sale and how we can save a little bit of money," she said. "So, on Sundays, we kind of lay everything out, make the sandwiches for the week, put them into a bag, and toss them into the freezer."
She said for chips and other traditional fares, avoid the individual serving packets.
"It is so much more expensive," she explained. "What you want to do is you want to buy those items in bulk and then individually portion them out."
However, that comes with a caution.
"Make sure you're getting the correct serving size," Zervos said. "You know, it's real easy, for example, some of the cheddar cheese crackers, you could really overdo it on serving sizes."
Both she and Mushro agree, that investing in a Bento box lunch container is wise.
"Very great, modular packing systems for our food, you know how to fit it all together," Zervos said.
"I can put individual foods, and everything stays put," added Mushro. "He can try as many different foods as he likes, and then I'm not washing a million different things."
They also said to scrap that expensive applesauce and yogurt pouches and get reusable pouches.
"You can find them online, you can find them in the big box stores, and they're relatively inexpensive," Zervos said.
"It's not an investment in the beginning, but in the long run it will save you money," Mushro continued.
However, a word of caution – kids are so used to throwing out the applesauce pouches, you have retrain them not to throw out the reusables.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that’s looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Judge Gregory Lammons in Fort Collins, Colorado, made the decision after holding a hearing on a request from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to compel testimony from attorney Jenna Ellis. Prosecutors are interested in Ellis’s role in helping to coordinate and plan legislative hearings in Georgia and others states where false allegations of election fraud were pushed, according to testimony in court.
Fulton County prosecutors have purchased plane tickets and made a hotel reservation in preparation for Ellis to testify on Aug. 25.
The investigation, prompted by a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, began early last year. During that call, Trump suggested Raffensperger could “find” the votes to overturn his narrow election loss in the state. It has become clear since the special grand jury was seated in May that the focus of the investigation extends well beyond that call.
Willis last month filed petitions with the judge overseeing the special grand jury seeking to compel testimony from seven Trump associates and advisers, including Ellis, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. Because they don’t live in Georgia, she had to use a process that involves getting a judge in the state where they’re located to order them to appear before the special grand jury in Atlanta.
Giuliani, who’s been notified he’s a target of the investigation, is set to testify before the special grand jury on Wednesday. Graham’s subpoena orders him to testify on Aug. 23, but he has said he’ll appeal a judge’s Monday order declining to quash his subpoena.
In the petition seeking Ellis’s testimony, Willis identified her as “an attorney for the Trump Campaign’s legal efforts seeking to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Ellis appeared with Giuliani at a Dec. 3, 2020, state Senate committee hearing at the Georgia Capitol during which false allegations of election fraud were made, Willis wrote. She also wrote at least two legal memos to Trump and his attorneys advising that then-Vice President Mike Pence should “disregard certified electoral college votes from Georgia and other purportedly ‘contested’ states” when Congress met to certify the election results on Jan. 6, 2021, the petition says.
Evidence shows that Ellis’s actions were “part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere,” Willis wrote.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, signed off on Willis’s petitions to order Ellis and other Trump associates to testify. He issued so-called certificates of material witness stating that they are “necessary and material” witnesses for the special grand jury investigation.
Lammons, the Colorado judge, heard arguments from Ellis’s lawyer, Michael Melito, and prosecutor Dawn Downs, with the Larimer County district attorney’s office in Colorado, in a hearing that was streamed online. Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten appeared by video conference from Atlanta as a witness to testify why Ellis’s appearance is necessary.
Lammons found that there is enough evidence that Ellis is a material witness and there is no evidence that traveling to Atlanta for one day of testimony would be an undue burden. He said any issues of attorney-client privilege that Ellis may wish to raise should be addressed by McBurney, the judge in Georgia.
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Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes.
U.S. District Judge Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 plaintiffs in a long-running civil suit against the judges.
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders convicted of petty theft and other minor crimes. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to say goodbye to their families.
“Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust,” Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the damages award. “Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns.”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions after the scheme was uncovered.
Ciavarella is serving a 28-year prison sentence. Conahan, who was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison, was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Kids-for-cash-judges-ordered-to-pay-more-than-17379027.php | 2022-08-17T12:42:07Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Kids-for-cash-judges-ordered-to-pay-more-than-17379027.php | false | 16 |
Simon Jordan is pondering a return to football club ownership as he revealed he is considering a bid for Championship club Coventry.
Jordan spoke about his intentions on Tuesday during a discussion centred on the club’s pitch struggles, insisting the Sky Blues would be a good football club to buy.
According to The Times, SISU – the clubs hedge fund owners – are reportedly open to offers from a potential buyer with the financial capabilities to capitalise on the financial difficulties unfolding at Wasps – who own the Coventry Building Society Arena, where City play their home games.
The former Crystal Palace chairman was then asked by a talkSPORT listener if he would ever show an interest in buying the Midlands club to which Jordan gave an honest and open response.
“It’s something I have looked at previously with Gary Hoffman years ago before he became the Premier League chairman, “ Jordan told talkSPORT.
“It’s something I’m potentially looking at, at this moment in time because it’s in play, so yes.
“The football club’s for sale. Whether it’s for me to buy with other people is a different discussion, but it’s for sale and it’s a football club I’m being encouraged to look at so it’s not something I’m not aware of.”
The ex-Crystal Palace owner then spoke again about Coventry when prompted on Wednesday by talkSPORT host Jim White, saying the club has enormous potential.
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He said: “You asked me a question and I answered it. There’s an opportunity with Coventry at this moment in time.
“How clear that opportunity is is to be seen. It’s a decent football club and in a far better state than when it was five years ago when I looked at it.
“It’s a better place, they are better organised, they have a better recruitment policy, better manager, and performing again in the league.
“There’s an opportunity there with the decline of Wasps for Coventry to get control of its own destiny. Who wouldn’t want to be looking at a club that has potential?
“It’s a one club city, why not?”
Jordan’s bombshell may come as a welcome boost to Coventry fans who have been unable to see their club fulfil any of their home fixtures league fixtures this season.
Coventry have played just their two scheduled away league games so far this season after the pitch at the CBS Arena was deemed unsafe by an independent grass specialist.
Grounds staff have been working to get the pitch in a playable state after it suffered damage from the Commonwealth Games’ rugby sevens matches earlier in the month.
The Sky Blues were due to play their rescheduled fixture against Wigan Athletic on Tuesday night after the clash was postponed on Saturday, but it has now been postponed for a second time.
Coventry fear the pitch will not recover in time for this weekend’s visit of Huddersfield meaning that by the time the club travel to Hull for their next away game on August 27, they would have gone two weeks with a competitive fixture.
As a result, the club have contacted Huddersfield to ask if Saturday’s game can be switched to the John Smith’s Stadium but at this late stage, the change looks unlikely.
The uncertainty surrounding the pitch has also created a problem for Mark Robins’ side with an early-season fixture pile-up hampering his squad’s ability to gain match rhythm.
Jordan’s interest in buying the Championship club did not go unnoticed by his talkSPORT colleagues.
Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor could not resist a little dig, advising him to stick to talkSPORT.
He said: “Simon Jordan ran Palace into the ground and Coventry fans will not want Simon Jordan taking over the club.
“He’s got to learn his lesson from Crystal Palace. He’s doing a great job at talkSPORT in the punditry world. Top pundit. I’d stick to that.
“If I’m a player as well, the amount of stick Simon Jordan gives players about wages about this, about image rights, about advertisement.
“If I was a player at Coventry, I’d be like ‘no, no’. You offer a new contract and your agent will have to negotiate with Simon.”
Of course, Jordan was not going to let that pass without a cutting response.
“I’m not going to take advice from Britain’s biggest brain donor. Let’s get it right,” Jordan replied.
“It’s a cheap shot and easy shot to make. When the banking crisis happens and you run out of money, you take your medicine. I lost £50m. He has fact on his side.
“I didn’t run it into the ground, I handed it over to others for nothing.
“Gabby has a right to an opinion… it’s not much of an opinion. It’s not one I particularly value. He’s not a peer, so I don’t listen to him with any sense of value.
“That’s what you put yourself up for.
“Gabby speaks about things he can’t possible comprehend. I could go into the territory of saying he’s a village idiot, but he doesn’t need any help with that.”
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British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1 percent in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4 percent in June, intensifying the squeeze on households, official figures showed on Wednesday.
The increase was above all economists’ forecasts in a Reuters poll for inflation to rise to 9.8 percent in July, and will do nothing to ease the Bank of England’s (BoE) concerns that price pressures may become entrenched.
Earlier this month the institution raised its key interest rate by 0.5 percentage point to 1.75 pp – its first half-point rise since 1995 – and it forecast inflation would peak at 13.3 percent in October, when regulated household energy prices are next due to rise.
BREAKING: UK CPI has topped double digits , headline came in at 10.1%.
Even core CPI (ex energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) came in at +6.2% vs 5.9% exp
These numbers are staggeringly high. Over to you BOE! pic.twitter.com/RQeCX5gl1j
— Joumanna Bercetche 🇱🇧 (@CNBCJou) August 17, 2022
Wednesday’s figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that prices rose 0.6 percent in July from June on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, while the annual rate of retail price inflation hit 12.3 percent, its highest since March 1981.
“Getting inflation under control is my top priority, and we are taking action through strong, independent monetary policy, responsible tax and spending decisions, and reforms to boost productivity and grow,” finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said in response to the data.
Spectre of recession
Surging energy prices in Europe, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are the main driver of inflation and are likely to tip Britain into a lengthy, if shallow, recession, later this year, according to the BoE.
However, there were hints in the data that future inflation pressure might be starting to abate.
In month-on-month terms, input prices rose by only 0.1 pct, the slowest increase so far in 2022, partly caused by weaker global demand for steel as economic growth slows around the world and a fall in crude oil prices.
Although INFLATION is an international problem, it is considerably worse than the UK's competitors. The main reason for the difference is #Brexit via the slide in the value of £pound since 2016. #CostOfLivingCrisis pic.twitter.com/aSszX9pYfu
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AsiaBaseMetals Inc. (CVE:ABZ – Get Rating) shares hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as C$0.11 and last traded at C$0.11, with a volume of 5500 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at C$0.13.
AsiaBaseMetals Trading Down 15.4 %
The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$0.16 and a 200-day moving average price of C$0.16. The firm has a market capitalization of C$5.40 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.33.
AsiaBaseMetals Company Profile
AsiaBaseMetals Inc focuses on the exploration and development of base metals in Canada. It explores for zinc, iron, gold and silver, cobalt, and lithium deposits. The company primarily holds a 100% interest in the Gnome project consisting of 12 mineral claims covering an area of 5,868 hectares located in British Columbia.
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Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSE:CSH – Get Rating) – National Bank Financial reduced their FY2022 earnings per share estimates for Chartwell Retirement Residences in a research note issued on Monday, August 15th. National Bank Financial analyst T. Woolley now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.56 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.58. National Bank Financial has a “Outperform Market Weight” rating on the stock. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Chartwell Retirement Residences’ FY2023 earnings at $0.66 EPS.
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The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 31st will be paid a $0.051 dividend. This represents a $0.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of ?. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 30th.
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Flippa Market Insights provides historical sales information and other pertinent business performance data to help buyers of online businesses make better-informed decisions about acquisition deals
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flippa, the #1 global online marketplace to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets, is launching a powerful new business intelligence tool to help buyers make better-informed decisions about whether to buy an online business: Flippa Market Insights. By drawing upon a decade's worth of data, Flippa can help buyers get better visibility into the business performance, how it compares to the peer set and comparable values of the businesses listed for sale.
Flippa Market Insights will ultimately help buyers and sellers on the Flippa marketplace to achieve better clarity in business valuations and confidently close deals for high-quality online businesses.
"Flippa has democratized the exit for online entrepreneurs, and Flippa Market Insights is democratizing access to business intelligence for buyers to use when making decisions about online small business acquisitions," said Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa. "It's like Bloomberg for Small Business, providing up-to-date market intelligence and detailed information to help online business buyers and sellers make the best-informed decisions possible about when to execute a transaction deal."
The new Flippa Market Insights module is built on two unique key capabilities:
- Comparative pricing information: When business buyers are looking at available listings, Flippa Market Insights will help them quickly compare prices of businesses to other businesses and assets that are available for sale, or that have recently sold. Buyers and sellers can quickly navigate the platform to get up-to-date market intelligence about the latest pricing trends, determine whether a business is priced competitively, and make better-informed decisions about how to price a business for sale or whether to make an offer at or below asking price.
- Peer benchmarks: The Flippa Data Team identified the most important performance metrics for each category of online business or digital asset, and aggregated data from third party integrations like Google Analytics, Shopify and Stripe. Based on this data, Flippa Market Insights now offers peer benchmarks to show average performance data for each type of online business or asset. Buyers and sellers can see how each online business, ecommerce website, blog, or digital asset performs against the competition on key business metrics such as average order value, customer lifetime value, authority score, or volume of organic traffic.
Just as investors in publicly traded companies or traditional M&A advisors rely upon analysts' research and business intelligence to evaluate investment decisions, Flippa Market Insights intends to make these types of resources and capabilities more accessible to investors in small online businesses, ecommerce sites, and other privately held digital assets.
Using a unique data set of historical sales information, performance metrics and AI, Flippa intends to take a leading role in producing insights and information that small business owners and investors need to make better, more informed decisions about deals.
"Flippa has always led the market in providing insights into trends in apps, eCommerce and Sites," said Tony Xu, Head of Product, Flippa. "Market Insights brings over a decade of proprietary data together to bring an unparalleled level of transparency and information on each individual listing on Flippa."
The new Flippa Market Insights is available now to Flippa marketplace users. For more details, visit https://flippa.com/product/market-insights.
Flippa democratizes the exit and empowers business ownership as the #1 global platform to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets, such as websites, eCommerce stores, apps, social media accounts, newsletters and online businesses. Flippa has more buyers than any other platform, with 600,000 monthly searches from investors seeking to acquire businesses. To learn more visit Flippa.com
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Limassol’s development as a business hub and a destination for international technology companies has kept its real estate sector alive after the demise of the golden passport scheme in late 2020.
The Real Estate Agents Registration Council of Cyprus said Limassol’s property market boom continued during the second quarter of 2022 as almost half of sales occurred in the district.
Based on Land Registry data, 46.5% of real estate action (value) in Q2 took place in Limassol.
Some 450 sales transactions and deposits of sales documents valued at approximately €126 million were recorded in Limassol.
The indicative average selling price of all properties was approximately €280,000.
Some 50 transactions of housing units were reported, with a total value of €37 million.
The average sale price was €770,000, indicating that most sales involved luxury houses and flats.
Transactions for commercial real estate reported were worth €15 million and involved offices and shops.
Council chair Marinos Kineyirou said the number of commercial transactions could be higher, as many sales involved properties under development.
“The bulk of the interest comes from investors looking for properties that can be rented out, a trend proven by the hike in rent prices.
“Land developers will need to adapt their development plans to meet this increased demand,” said Kineyirou.
The value of sales of land plots has also increased, as 120 transactions worth €127 million were recorded.
According to Kineyirou, “the many Land transactions show that land developers are in the process of planning and developing new projects to meet the increased demand, which currently exceeds the supply for many property categories such as offices and apartments”.
He noted that 222 transactions of €94 million involved land properties on which housing projects are to be developed.
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- Long intercepts in seven ridge holes expected to add mineral resources, open in all directions
- C22-225: 0.76 g/t gold equivalent over 287 metres
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Cangrejos
- C22-226: 0.70 g/t gold equivalent over 222 metres – open to southwest and to depth
- C22-222: 1.23 g/t gold equivalent over 36 metres – open to east
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) (OTCQX: LMGDF) (the "Company" or "Lumina") is pleased to announce results from twenty-five drill holes at its Cangrejos Project (the "Project") in Ecuador. Seventeen of the reported drill holes are from Cangrejos and eight are from Gran Bestia (see Table 1). During the 2021/2022 drill program, 107 drill holes have been completed, totalling 36,027 metres of resource definition and geotechnical drilling. The drill program is now complete, and all drill rigs have been demobilised from site. Results from two holes at Cangrejos and fifteen at Gran Bestia are pending; including geotechnical holes.
Marshall Koval, CEO, President and Director commented: "I would like to thank our geological team for completing a well executed large-scale program on time. The drilling campaign appears to have delivered exactly what we set out to do, infill the US$1,100 gold constrained pits that formed the basis of the 2020 PEA, while also completing step-out drilling that should enhance the resource size and overall attractiveness of the Project."
Work on the Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS"), expected to be completed in Q2 2023, is continuing. With the drilling now concluded, PFS resource estimation work has been initiated. The supporting geologic and structural models are near completion. Pit slope geotechnical testing and hydrogeologic characterization are also near completion for development of pit slope design recommendations. In addition, metallurgical testing of ~4,700 kgs of drill core is underway at Laboratorio Plenge in Lima. Ongoing field work includes site characterization for project infrastructure and baseline environmental studies.
Results from nine drill holes from the southwestern quadrant of Cangrejos are reported (C22-211, C22-213, C22-217, 22-221, C22-223, C22-224, C22-226, C22-230, and C22-231). Results from these holes are highlighted by hole C22-226 that intersected 221.6 metres from surface to the end of the hole grading 0.57 g/t gold and 0.08% copper, for 0.70 g/t Au Eq. This hole is open to the southwest and leaves the deposit open in this direction and to depth. Results from the other eight holes in this quadrant were typical of those returned from the edges of the deposit.
Results from eight drill holes from the remaining northern, central and southeastern parts of Cangrejos (C22-208, C22-210, C22-215, C22-216, C22-219, C22-222, C22-227 and C22-229), are also typical of the deposit limits. However, hole C22-222 contained 36 metres from 164m grading 1.14 g/t gold and 0.06% copper, for 1.23 g/t Au Eq. This interval is open to the east and corresponds to those higher-grade zones reported from other areas of the Cangrejos periphery.
Seven of the eight holes drilled at Gran Bestia were collared on the ridge crest and drilled down into the ridge to potentially add resources and lower the strip ratio, as this mostly previously uncategorized material formed the high wall of the Gran Bestia PEA pit. All of these holes returned long intervals above the previous mineral resource cut-off grade and are expected to add significantly to the Gran Bestia mineral resource estimate for use in the upcoming PFS. This drilling leaves mineralization in this area open in all directions, including to depth. Of particular note is hole C22-225, that intersected 287m grading 0.59 g/t gold with 0.12% copper for a gold equivalent of 0.76 g/t gold from 270 metres and remains open to depth, as well as six other reported intervals (see Table 1); and hole C22-214, that intersected 126m grading 0.62 g/t gold with 0.07% copper for a gold equivalent of 0.72 g/t gold from 144 metres down the hole, as well as two other reported intervals (see Table 1). The eighth hole, C22-207 at Gran Bestia was drilled at the southeastern limit of the pit towards the Cangrejos deposit and contained a 56-metre interval from 28m grading 1.11 g/t gold and 0.04% copper, for 1.18 g/t Au Eq, leaving the deposit open in this direction.
Table 1: Drill Results
All Lumina sample assay results have been independently monitored through a quality control / quality assurance ("QA/QC") program that includes the insertion of blind standards, blanks and pulp and reject duplicate samples. Logging and sampling are completed at Lumina's secure facility located at the Cangrejos Project. Drill core is sawn in half on site and half drill-core samples are securely transported to either Bureau Veritas Labs' (BV) or ALS Labs' ("ALS") sample preparation facilities in Quito, Ecuador. Sample pulps are sent to BV's or ALS' chemical labs in Lima, Peru for analysis. Gold content is determined by fire assay of a 30 gram charge with total copper content determined by four-acid digestion with ICP finish. Both labs are independent from Lumina.
Lumina is not aware of any drilling, sampling, recovery or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the data referred to herein.
Leo Hathaway, P.Geo., Senior Vice President of Lumina and the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for the Cangrejos Project has reviewed, verified and approved the contents of this news release and has verified the data underlying the contents of this news release.
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest Ecuador. Cangrejos is being advanced to a Pre-Feasibility Study and is the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing exploration projects.
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Certain statements and information herein, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to potentially adding mineral resources and timing of the completion of a PFS study. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or variations of those words or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned to", "are expected to" or "are anticipated to" be taken, occur or be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions including among other things, assumptions about general business and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, and anticipated costs and expenditures. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry has been seen jogging on the field with his daughter after practice. Green Bay Packers are once again borrowing kids’ bicycles for rides to practice. Fans are rubbing elbows with their favorite players to get those coveted autographs.
Yes, the NFL is looking and acting like it’s essentially back to normal going into its third season dealing with COVID-19.
There are no more trailers or tents for testing, and masks are rare. In fact, the protocols devised and tweaked by the league and the NFL Players Association in 2020 and 2021 were suspended last March.
The NFL seems to be following the lead of the CDC, which dropped social distancing and quarantine requirements last week with an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older acquiring some level of immunity from vaccinations or infections.
The league still wants anyone with possible symptoms to speak up and wear a mask after contact with someone with COVID-19. A positive test still means isolating at home for at least five days.
“I think we are always concerned about everybody’s safety, ours and the health of our families,” Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel said, adding that 2 1/2 years into the pandemic: “Hopefully we are past that.”
The biggest changes have been the easiest to notice at training camps across the NFL: Fans are back and close enough to high-five and shake hands with players, no longer kept at a distance and happy to resume preseason traditions.
Players are happy to have fans fully back, grateful for the energy boost during the monotonous routine and long days of camp.
“It’s huge,” Packers running back Aaron Jones said. “The fans are everything. They’re what makes football go, and I would say this is one of the best traditions in football, the bike rides. I’ve had my same little bike rider since I came in, got to bring my son to practice with me as well, so it’s special to me.”
The Packers were among the teams that allowed fans to watch training camp practices in 2021 at a distance, though no interaction with players was allowed.
Cheers are very welcome after the relative silence the past two years when the only sounds were pads thudding, coaches yelling and occasionally music over speakers to simulate fan noise. Families of players, coaches and team staffers couldn’t attend either, preventing them from stealing a few minutes at work with their kids or spouses.
Henry’s daughter Valentina, now 2, is the perfect age to enjoy racing her father to an end zone after an early practice at camp. The two-time NFL rushing champ said it’s the kind of moment his daughter can look at when older.
“Having these moments are always precious, especially with your kids, but just being in football and training camp it takes up a lot of time,” Henry said. “But any time you get a moment like that, you always cherish those moments and something that we can look back at and laugh at and enjoy.”
Vaccinations eased the protocols from 2020 when teammates had to keep 6 feet apart and coaches wore masks on the field whether in practice or games no matter if teams were inside or outdoors. Titans center Ben Jones said that meant friends sitting apart for breakfast and lunch, making it tough to build team chemistry and camaraderie.
“It made it a lot of challenges for me who’s a guy who’s trying to get five guys on the same page to do it spread out,” Ben Jones recalled. “It’s not what you want. As a guy on the team, as a leader, you want as many guys as close as possible so you can have an impact on them.”
The social distancing signs are gone. So too are the mandatory tests, saving time each morning spent waiting for a positive or negative result.
No NFL regular-season games were canceled the past two seasons because of the pandemic, though many were moved around during 2020 with the entire preseason scrapped. About 95% of the players and nearly 100% of team personnel were vaccinated, the league reported.
The Titans had the first outbreak of the 2020 season, and Vrabel tested positive during the 2021 preseason at the start of another outbreak for the team.
Other professional leagues also are adjusting protocols;
— Major League Baseball dropped regular COVID-19 testing for all but symptomatic individuals prior to the start of the 2022 season.
— The NHL and NHL Players Association released updated protocols Tuesday afternoon “strongly” encouraging vaccinations and booster shots and testing only when symptoms are present. Much like the NBA and MLB, unvaccinated individuals won’t be able to cross the border between the U.S. and Canada. Unvaccinated players risk suspension and lost pay for missing “team activities,” though the NHL only has a couple of players and assistant coaches in that category.
— The NBA hasn’t revealed its full policy for the upcoming season. Commissioner Adam Silver said last month he’s expecting continued movement toward normalcy, “I have learned over the last 2 1/2 years not to make any predictions when it comes to COVID, but only to say we’ll be prepared for anything that comes our way.”
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AP Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow, AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds, AP Hockey Writers Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow and AP Sports Writers Steve Megargee and Jake Seiner contributed to this report.
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Pack of wolves on the loose after escaping from a zoo through a 'deliberately' cut hole
A PACK of wolves are on the loose after escaping from a zoo through a hole that was "deliberately" cut in the fence.
Vancouver Zoo closed after wolves escape enclosure
The wolves escaped from their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. The Canadian zoo has been shut following the incident with a "small number" of wolves still roaming free. Most of the wolves are now back in their enclosure but a frantic search is still underway for the rest.
The zoo said their escape is "suspicious, and believed to be due to malicious intent".
The enclosure held nine wolves and six cubs before the escape.
It is not known how many animals managed to escape during the incident.
Police are looking into the hole in the fence which appears to have been cut deliberately.
"Langley RCMP are investigating what appears to be unlawful entry and vandalism," zoo officials said.
A visitor said they were turned away due to an "issue with an animal" and was told nobody was allowed in the park due to safety concerns.
Despite their escape, the zoo said they did not pose a risk to the public.
But British Columbia Conservation Officer Service told CTV news that people should “keep their distance” if they do see the animals.
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No injuries have been reported by the public or the staff.
The zoo said: "The Greater Vancouver Zoo is working with the Langley RCMP and the B.C Conservation Officer Service to contain wolves that have been found outside their enclosure this morning.
"This is an ongoing investigation and is suspicious, and believed to be due to malicious intent.
"Most wolves are back in the care of our animal health and welfare team. GVZoo staff continue to actively search for small number of remaining wolves unaccounted for.
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"Langley RCMP are investigating what appears to be unlawful entry and vandalism. Zoo officials say there is no danger to the public and ask anyone who sees a wolf in the Greater Vancouver Zoo area to contact the following below."
The zoo made headlines back in 2019 when a young girl was bitten by a black bear.
An advocacy group Zoocheck also discovered animals at the zoo were suffering from a lack of enrichment in the same year.
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Despondent Manchester United fans were lulled into thinking that all their Christmases had come at once this week when Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, said he was going to buy the ailing Premier League club.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, whose net worth Forbes reports to be $270 billion, announced on social media that he was planning to buy the club from the Glazer family.
That pledge would have been music to the ears of the beleaguered United fans who are planning another protest against the club's owners ahead of Monday's home clash against Liverpool, who won 5-0 at Old Trafford and beat them 4-0 at Anfield last season.
Given the fact that United began the season under new manager Erik ten Hag with a 2-1 loss at Brighton & Hove Albion and then followed that up with Saturday's humiliating 4-0 defeat at Brentford, the arrival of Jurgen Klopp's side (who are also winless from their two games this season) is not one many United supporters are relishing.
Musk broke the news on Twitter, the social platform for which his attempted takeover had led to a protracted legal battle, late on Tuesday.
Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Unfortunately for United supporters, the 51-year-old then had to explain to his 103.4 million followers that he was merely making a joke, which is never a good sign of how well your comedy material has landed.
It turns out that the prospect of Musk taking over at various sporting enterprises is a recurring theme in his laugh-a-minute social media output.
No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I'm not buying any sports teams.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Standup is my side-hustle
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Still, even after dismissing the prospect of riding in to save United, Musk has still left the possibility dangling that he might make a bid for the Old Trafford boardroom one day by revealing his childhood fandom of the club.
Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Unsurprisingly, Musk's tweet prompted a wave of reaction from United fans, many of whom seemed perfectly happy with the takeover to go ahead as long as it brought the much-derided Glazer era to an end. One even suggested that Musk rechristen Old Trafford the same unconventional name as the son he had with ex-partner Grimes.
And at this point I don't care if you rename Old Trafford as "X Æ A-12 Musk Stadium"
— ً (@TheFergusonWay) August 17, 2022
Just buy the club.
Some weren't confident that a billionaire-led revolution would be enough to save United from themselves after a wretched start to the season.
Let's be honest, not even Elon Musk could save Man United at this point... https://t.co/q5FawJDeaT
— Jake Barford (@BFordLancer48) August 17, 2022
As per usual, poor old Harry Maguire also managed to get himself unwittingly caught in the crossfire, with one cheeky fan pleading with Musk to recruit the centre-back for his next space exploration project.
Please send maguire to Mars
— ' (@bu2iu) August 17, 2022
It would cost Musk approximately $2.4 billion to buy Manchester United, according to their current stock-market valuation, which is less than 1% of his current net worth. However, he could make history by being the first person to purchase a football team using dogecoin, his cryptocurrency of choice.
"I'm mainly supporting [dogecoin], frankly, because I think doge has the memes and dogs and it seems to have a sense of humor and doesn't take himself too seriously," he said last week.
Using meme currency to buy a meme football club? How apt.
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Of course, Musk isn't the only person with the financial clout to purchase Manchester United, with several of his contemporaries in the upper echelons of the Forbes rich list possessing the means to launch bids of their own should the mood take them.
Bernard Arnault ($173.9bn net worth, according to Forbes)
French billionaire Arnault is the co-founder and chairman of the Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton corporation, the world's largest purveyors of luxury goods. It would be worth it just to see what a wardrobe of home, away and third kits designed by Louis Vuitton would look like.
Jeff Bezos ($169.2bn)
Bezos has transformed the once-humble online bookshop Amazon into an omnipresent global marketplace known for its rigorous scrutiny of workers' productivity. Manchester United as a team covered just 95.6 kilometres of ground in their abysmal 4-0 defeat against Brentford while the Bees covered 109.4 km. Just saying.
Bill Gates ($114.8bn)
The Microsoft founder is famed for his philanthropy and could perhaps be persuaded into buying United as a charitable enterprise, gradually nursing the ailing club back to health. After all, the Gates Foundation he runs with ex-wife Melinda is committed to "tackling the greatest inequities in our world," and many United fans will feel that finishing a dismal sixth in the Premier League last season ranks among them.
Larry Page ($103.5bn) and Sergey Brin ($100.4bn)
With the billionaire Google co-founders at the helm, former United chief Ed Woodward's quest to make the Red Devils the biggest football club on the internet would surely be forever cemented.
Mark Zuckerberg ($64.4bn)
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The Nationals lost star man Juan Soto (and 79 games!), Wayne Rooney's DC United can't score a goal, the Spirit has won once in 16 and the Mystics have a tough playoff task against Seattle Storm... 2022 is a year to forget for ALL Washington's sports teams!
- Washington Nationals have lost more MLB games this year than any other team
- Wayne Rooney's DC United is last in the MLS Eastern Conference standings
- And it doesn't get much better for any of the other teams in the capital city
It's not a year to remember for Washington sports fans. In fact, it's a year that many probably can't wait to be over.
From baseball to basketball and not forgetting soccer, the capital has had a miserable 2022 so far. But some teams haven't been as bad as others and for some, there are signs of life even in a tough run of form.
Sportsmail takes a look at where things have gone wrong.
DC United is last in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference standings in a tough season
WASHINGTON NATIONALS
For a large part of the Major League Baseball season, the story of the Nationals was intertwined with the story of Juan Soto. The Nationals threw everything at keeping its star man - making a stunning 15-year offer worth $440million. And he still said no.
The 23-year-old, who has 22 home runs to his name and counting eventually left before the trade deadline for San Diego Padres.
And he returned to DC over the weekend for a series of games against his old team. San Diego won two of the three but Soto got a warm reception from his former supporters.
'It feels pretty cool,' Soto said about being back. 'It’s kind of sad in the same way because it’s still the Nationals and you were there and it was a really good team by the time I was there.
'But it is what it is, it’s a business now, and I’m on a winning team. I’m really happy. I’m happy for myself that I get to play with Manny (Machado) and Jake Cronenworth and all those guys that are here.
'They are really good guys. So, I’m happy to be here.'
But while Soto and the Padres size up the world series, the stark reality for the Nationals is that it has won 39 and lost 79 of its games this season and is last in the National League East standings.
It has lost more games than any other team in MLB and there's still two months of the season left.
Juan Soto left the Nationals for San Diego, even after being offered a $440m contract
DC UNITED
It's probably going to get better at DC United now Wayne Rooney has become the coach. But it's not going great so far.
DC were beaten 1-0 by Western Conference leader LAFC on Tuesday night and has scored five goals in its last eight matches and failed to hit the net in its last four. It is last in the Eastern Conference, seven points adrift of 13th-place Atlanta and 11 points off the playoffs.
But there are reasons for thinking things will get better. Rooney has proven himself an astute coach and worked well on a shoestring budget at English third tier team Derby, before he returned to Washington.
He has moved quickly in the transfer window - Victor Palsson, a defensive midfielder, joined on a free transfer from Schalke and looked good on his debut in Saturday's 1-0 defeat by New England Revolution.
The big talk, however, is on Christian Benteke and his impending arrival from Crystal Palace. The former Liverpool and Aston Villa forward is a coup for Rooney and DC and exactly what a goal-shy team needs.
He could be eligible to make his debut Saturday night, against Philadelphia Union. It can't come quickly enough - but he needs to hit the ground running.
DC United hasn't even scored in its last three games, let alone won, but it should improve with Wayne Rooney as coach
WASHINGTON MYSTICS
The Washington Mystics have enjoyed the best year out of all the teams in DC
The women's basketball team in DC is doing the best job for the city in sport this year. Perhaps it isn't a surprise.
At present, its third in the Eastern Conference after a 22-14 record and is heading into the playoffs, where it meets Seattle Storm.
The first game between the two is Thursday.
The Mystics and Seattle made the 2018 finals and Seattle ran out winner that time and the last four WNBA championships have been shared between the two teams.
This time, Seattle is favorite to win again with the Mystics fifth seed in the playoffs and the Storm fourth.
No pressure on Mike Thibault's side, but its the best hope the city seems to have for sporting success this year.
WASHINGTON SPIRIT
Where to start with the Spirit this year. Technically its doing better than the men's team - Rooney's DC United - in the sense its 10th out of 12 teams in the NWSL and not last.
But it has won once this season, out of 16 games. The two teams below it have three and four games in hand respectively and are just two points behind.
The Spirits's 12 points mainly come from nine draws - credit where it's due, its a team that almost finds it as hard to lose as win - but with sixth-place Chicago 11 points ahead and in control of the final playoff spot, it seems unlikely the Spirit's campaign will extend beyond regular season play this year.
The Washington Spirit has had a hard season and won just one game out of 16 so far
DC United coach Wayne Rooney won't find much to get excited by in Loudoun United's season
LOUDOUN UNITED
The reserve team to DC United, Rooney is unlikely to look at his second tier team and find too much to be excited by as he tries to rebuild the club he recently joined.
Loudoun is 11th out of 14 teams in the USL Championship Eastern Conference, a league which houses a number of second teams to Major League Soccer outfits.
Loudoun has won only five of its 23 games, losing 15 and drawing just three. A sobering record.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
The NBA season was over months ago but the Wizards slumped after a promising start. The opening to last season was excellent and it topped the standings with a 10-3 record but then spiraled and finished 35-47.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81.
Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega.
Petersen, born in the north German port city of Emden, made two features before his 1982 breakthrough, “Das Boot,” then the most expensive movie in German film history. The 149-minute film (the original cut ran 210 minutes) chronicled the intense claustrophobia of life aboard a doomed German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic, with Jürgen Prochnow as the submarine’s commander.
Heralded as an antiwar masterpiece, “Das Boot” was nominated for six Oscars, including for Petersen’s direction and his adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s best-selling 1973 novel.
Petersen, born in 1941, recalled as a child running alongside American ships as they threw down food. In the confusion of postwar Germany, Petersen — who started out in theater before attending Berlin’s Film and Television Academy in the late 1960s — gravitated toward Hollywood films with clear clashes of good and evil. John Ford was a major influence.
“In school they never talked about the time of Hitler -- they just blocked it out of their minds and concentrated on rebuilding Germany,” Petersen told The Los Angeles Times in 1993. “We kids were looking for more glamorous dreams than rebuilding a destroyed country though, so we were really ready for it when American pop culture came to Germany. We all lived for American movies, and by the time I was 11 I’d decided I wanted to be a filmmaker.”
“Das Boot” launched Petersen as a filmmaker in Hollywood, where he became one of the top makers of cataclysmic action adventures in films spanning war (2004′s “Troy,” with Brad Pitt), pandemic (the 1995 ebolavirus-inspired “Outbreak”) and other ocean-set disasters (2000′s “The Perfect Storm” and 2006′s “Poseidon,” a remake of “The Poseidon Adventure,” about the capsizing of an ocean liner).
But Petersen’s first foray in American moviemaking was child fantasy: the enchanting 1984 film “The NeverEnding Story.” Adapted from Michael Ende’s novel, “The NeverEnding Story” was about a magical book that transports its young reader into the world of Fantasia, where a dark force known as the Nothing rampages.
Arguably Petersen’s finest Hollywood film came almost a decade later in 1993′s “In the Line of Fire,” starring Clint Eastwood as a Secret Service agent protecting the president of the United States from John Malkovich’s assassin. In it, Petersen marshalled his substantial skill in building suspense for a more open-air but just as taut thriller that careened across rooftops and past Washington D.C. monuments.
Seeking a director for the film, Eastwood thought of Petersen, with whom he had chatted a few years earlier at a dinner party given by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Eastwood met with Petersen, checked out his work and gave him the job. “In the Line of Fire” was a major hit, grossing $177 million worldwide and landing three Oscar nominations.
“You sometimes have seven-year cycles. You look at other directors; they don’t have the big successes all the time. Up to ‘NeverEnding Story,’ my career was one success after another,” Petersen told The Associated Press in 1993. “Then I came into the stormy international scene. I needed time to get a feeling for this work -- it’s not Germany anymore.”
Petersen considered the political thriller — which cast the heroic Eastwood as the tired but devoted defender of a less honorable president — an indictment of Washington.
“When John’s character says, ‘Nothing they told me was true and there’s nothing left worth fighting for,’ I think his words will resonate for many people,” Petersen told The Los Angeles Times. “The film is rooted in a profound pessimism about what’s unfortunately happened to this country in the last 30 years. Look around — the corruption is everywhere, and there’s not much to celebrate.”
After “Outbreak,” with Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman, Petersen returned to the presidency in 1997′s “Air Force One.” Harrison Ford starred as a president forced into a fight with terrorists who hijack Air Force One.
“Air Force One,” with $315 million in global box office, was a hit, too, but Petersen went for something even bigger in 2000′s “The Perfect Storm,” the true-life tale of a Massachusetts fishing boat lost at sea. The cast included George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg but its main attraction was a 100-foot computer-generated wave. With a budget of $120 million, “The Perfect Storm” made $328.7 million.
For Peterson, who grew up on the northern coast of Germany, the sea long held his fascination.
“The power of water is unbelievable,” Petersen said in a 2009 interview. “I was always impressed as a kid how strong it is, all the damage the water could do when it just turned within a couple of hours, and smashed against the shore.”
Petersen’s followed “The Perfect Storm” with “Troy,” a sprawling epic based on Homer’s Iliad that found less favor among critics but still made nearly $500 million worldwide. The big-budget “Poseidon,” a high-priced flop for Warner Bros., was Petersen’s last Hollywood film. His final film was 2016′s “Four Against the Bank” a German film that remade Petersen’s own 1976 German TV movie.
Petersen was first married to German actress Ursula Sieg. When they divorced in 1978, he married Maria-Antoinette Borgel, a German script supervisor and assistant director. He’s survived by Borgel, son Daniel Petersen and two grandchildren. | https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/wolfgang-petersen-blockbuster-filmmaker-of-das-boot-dies.html | 2022-08-17T13:00:06Z | https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/wolfgang-petersen-blockbuster-filmmaker-of-das-boot-dies.html | false | 36 |
IMSA is heading to our area
The Virginia International Raceway is preparing for something huge. They will be hosting their largest race of the year the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at VIR is a three-day sportscar racing is expected to bring about 30,000 fans from all over the country to the area. The series begins on August 26 and Mike Rose VIR marketing director says it is the biggest event of the year. Ross added: "We’re one of only twelve tracks in the country that are lucky enough to host IMSA. They bring the big show. It’s going to be a great time.”
VIR sent out a press release to make sure everyone is aware that the IMSA is coming over the next month. Rose added “We have a ton of people that we’re going to welcome to southside Virginia. We’re going to be able to showcase everything that’s going on here with all the great things in the River District, the things happening in Halifax to everywhere in between.”
Local retailers will profit
Rose seemed excited as he told WDBJ News that the race will increase tourism throughout the entire region. “We go into retailers all the time,” added Rose. “Whenever they see VIR on my shirt or my hat or anything of that nature, they always are like, ‘oh gosh, thank you guys for bringing so many people here’. They’ll spill out much more than just on the VIR property”
IMSA driver Mike Skeen said: "Being from Charlotte it’s pretty close. So, I’ve got lots of friends and family that always come out, and it’s obviously a beautiful facility lots of for everybody to hangout. It’s my favorite track, too. It’s really fun to drive, and there’s great racing here. So, it’s always a fun stop on the calendar,” | https://original.newsbreak.com/@cheryl-e-preston-1594046/2704675875098-virginia-international-raceway-prepares-for-largest-race-of-the-year | 2022-08-17T13:03:55Z | https://original.newsbreak.com/@cheryl-e-preston-1594046/2704675875098-virginia-international-raceway-prepares-for-largest-race-of-the-year | true | 1 |
August 16, 2022, Cinedigm Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) trading session started at the price of $0.674, that was -17.16% drop from the session before. During the day, the shares moved up to $0.69 and dropped to $0.63 before settling in for the closing price of $0.76. A 52-week range for CIDM has been $0.47 – $2.95.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Communication Services sector saw sales slided by -9.10%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 102.10%. With a float of $153.69 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $174.33 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 134 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +54.58, operating margin of +1.92, and the pretax margin is +2.65.
Cinedigm Corp. (CIDM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Cinedigm Corp. stocks. The insider ownership of Cinedigm Corp. is 13.04%, while institutional ownership is 11.30%.
Cinedigm Corp. (CIDM) Latest Financial update
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 3/30/2022, it has been observed that the corporation posted -$0.02 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at -$0.02) by $0. This company achieved a net margin of +3.95 while generating a return on equity of 7.44. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.03 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 102.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.00% during the next five years compared to 14.90% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Cinedigm Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Cinedigm Corp. (CIDM) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.90. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.73. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.16.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.01, a number that is poised to hit -0.04 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.05 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Cinedigm Corp. (CIDM)
The latest stats from [Cinedigm Corp., CIDM] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.05 million was inferior to 2.13 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 69.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.06.
During the past 100 days, Cinedigm Corp.’s (CIDM) raw stochastic average was set at 40.65%, which indicates a significant increase from 35.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 105.06% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 88.51% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $0.5908, while its 200-day Moving Average is $0.9241. Now, the first resistance to watch is $0.6714. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $0.7107. The third major resistance level sits at $0.7314. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $0.6114, it is likely to go to the next support level at $0.5907. The third support level lies at $0.5514 if the price breaches the second support level.
Cinedigm Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) Key Stats
There are 176,737K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 97.32 million. As of now, sales total 56,050 K while income totals 2,210 K. Its latest quarter income was 16,850 K while its last quarter net income were -2,410 K. | https://newsdaemon.com/2022/08/17/cinedigm-corp-cidm-is-6-83-away-from-50-day-simple-moving-average-despite-all-headwinds/ | 2022-08-17T13:04:35Z | https://newsdaemon.com/2022/08/17/cinedigm-corp-cidm-is-6-83-away-from-50-day-simple-moving-average-despite-all-headwinds/ | true | 6580 |
Aug 16, 2022
Canadian inflation slows to 7.6% in July: StatCan
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Canadian inflation cooled to 7.6 per cent year-over-year in July, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.
The consumer price index data came in line with what Bay Street had forecasted. The median estimate among economists tracked by Bloomberg was for a 7.6 per cent year-over-year rise in July.
CPI came in at 8.1 per cent in June.
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The consumer price index data came in line with what Bay Street had forecasted. The median estimate among economists tracked by Bloomberg was for a 7.6 per cent year-over-year rise in July.
CPI came in at 8.1 per cent in June.
This is a breaking news story. More to come. | https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canadian-inflation-slows-to-7-6-in-july-statcan-1.1806313 | 2022-08-17T13:05:03Z | https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canadian-inflation-slows-to-7-6-in-july-statcan-1.1806313 | false | null |
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Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win Quiz Answers: Win iPad Air And More
The online retailer Amazon India has hosted yet another quiz contest today, the Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win Quiz. You can participate in this quiz contest and get a chance to win a new iPad Air and up to Rs. 5,000 cash in the form of Amazon Pay Balance.
The Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win Quiz contest went live at 12 AM today (August 17) and will be hosted until August 30. This is a spin and win contest and it comes with five different prizes. Winners of the contest will be announced The rewards will reach winners on or before October 31.
Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win Quiz Answers
You can check out the question and answer and the various prizes of the Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win quiz contest from here. This quiz contest will have a spinning wheel, which will be segmented into six slices. Five of these slices will indicate prizes such as iPad Air, Rs. 5,000, Rs. 100, Rs. 50, and Rs. 20. The sixth segment will read, "Better luck next time".
Let's take a look at the question and the prizes that participants can win as a part of the Amazon Tech Edition Spin and Win Quiz contest from here.
Question: A movie about Shankar and Anna Florian's expedition to reach the mythical city of El Dorado is known as __ Obhijaan. Fill in the blanks
Answer: Amazon
When it comes to prizes,
- 1 winner will get a new iPad Air based on lucky draw.
- 2 winners will get Rs 5,000 Amazon Pay Balance based on lucky draw.
- 300 winners will get Rs 100 Amazon Pay Balance based on lucky draw.
- 300 winners will get Rs 50 Amazon Pay Balance based on lucky draw.
- 500 winners will get Rs 20 Amazon Pay Balance based on lucky draw.
You will be able to participate in the contest and answer the question to be eligible to win the respective prize depending on where the pointer of the spinning wheel lands. If it lands on the sixth segment mentioned above, then you will not be able to proceed further with the contest. The other conditions such as age criteria remain the same.
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Stray Review: Join The Adventures Of A Cat
While I have been an avid PC gamer for a while, this is the very first time that I am reviewing a video game. The game has been developed by BlueTwelve Studio, published by Annapurna Interactive, Iam8bit Inc, and is available on PC, Xbox, and Playstation. I have been playing the video game "Stray" for more than a week, and here is the full review of this latest multi-platform video game.
Test Bench Specs
I played the game on the latest on the new Alienware x15 R2, powered by the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H CPU and RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU. The latest premium gaming laptop from Dell is more than equipped to handle Stray at the highest graphics settings, and the laptop offered a performance of over 200fps at 1080p resolution.
Again, make sure to set the max frame rate settings to uncapped to get over 60fps gameplay, especially if you are playing on a high-end laptop like the Alienware x12 R2, which comes with a 360Hz display.
A Fun To Play Game
Unlike most modern AAA adventure games, which will have a very complicated storyline and various difficulty modes, Stray takes a different approach. This game is fun to play with a fixed difficulty level. However, you might have to think out-of-the-box to clear some hurdles.
The game has a simple storyline, where a lost cat is trying to go back to its base. While doing so, it has to face a lot of obstacles, jump across the buildings, sewage pipes, and it even has to carry some buckets, eat food, and drink water just like a real cat.
If you feel stuck in any of the levels, then you can always go to YouTube and look at some of the walkthroughs and I myself have done that a few times while playing the game. I also liked the overall dark neo kind of theme on this game and even the music will also make you feel more involved in the actual gameplay.
One Game For Everyone
While most modern games are now rated for PG 16, Stray is probably one of the few games that anyone can play. It is a fun game with witty elements, and it does make you laugh and giggle while completing some of the missions.
Verdict: Adventure Game With A Twist
When I say Stray is an adventure game, it is not a typical modern adventure game, as this one has a simple storyline and linear progress. It is a short game that has around four hours of playable content. Overall, it's a must-play game for those who want something refreshing and unique.
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Rajkummar Rao-starrer HIT – The First Case will be available for streaming on Netflix soon, the streamer announced Wednesday.
The mystery thriller, a Hindi remake of the 2020 Telugu hit of the same name, released in theatres on July 15.
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HIT, which stands for Homicide Intervention Team, narrates the story of a cop (Rao) who is on the trail of a missing woman.
The streaming platform shared the news about the premiere of HIT on its official Instagram handle.
“Every case is full of twists and turns, but some pack a harder punch than others. #HIT is coming soon on Netflix! #HITTheFirstCase @rajkummar_rao @sanyamalhotra_ @saileshkolanu @tseries.official,” read the caption.
HIT - The First Case is directed by Dr Sailesh Kolanu, who had also helmed the original film.
Also starring Sanya Malhotra, the film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Dil Raju, Krishan Kumar, and Kuldeep Rathore.
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Media Alert: Supermicro's 3rd Annual Open Storage Summit
Supermicro Brings Together Kioxia, Solidigm, Broadcom, and Other Leading Industry Experts to Discuss the Latest in Storage Technologies and Innovative Solutions for a Wide Range of Workloads
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From August 17 through September 7, 2022, the 3rd Annual Supermicro Open Storage Summit will be open for audiences to engage in one of the industry's leading online storage conferences. The event brings together server storage technology and data center application professionals to discuss the disruptive new technologies shaping the future of the enterprise, data center, and hybrid cloud storage. This year's summit, entitled: Innovations in Storage Performance, with partners including industry pioneers AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Kioxia, Nutanix, NVIDIA, OSNexus, Qumulo, and Solidigm, who will share their visions for the future of storage and also discuss how new technologies are bringing fresh opportunities and challenges to the storage world.
What: Supermicro 3rd Annual Open Storage Summit 2022
Where: Virtual
When: August 17 to September 7, 2022
Storage Summit Keynote Roundtable – Storage Hardware Innovation – Driving the Way We Store Data. Participants: Supermicro, Kioxia, Solidigm, Broadcom
- August 17, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- August 18, 2022 - Asia-Pacific - 10:00 AM GMT+8
Storage for a Digital Workspace World. Participants: Supermicro, Nutanix
- August 23, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- August 24, 2022 - Asia-Pacific – 10:00 AM GMT+8
Storage Intelligence for Data Growth: Collaborating on Hardware and Software for a more Flexible SDS. Participants: Supermicro, Qumulo, AMD
- August 25, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- August 26, 2022 - Asia-Pacific –10:00 AM GMT+8
The Unstoppable Rise of Disaggregated Storage Solutions. Participant: Supermicro
- August 30, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- August 31, 2022 - Asia-Pacific –10:00 AM GMT+8
Feeding the Data-Hungry GPU Beast. Participants: Supermicro and NVIDIA
- September 1, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- September 2, 2022 - Asia-Pacific – 10:00 AM GMT+8
Orchestrating Open-Source Storage Solution for More Efficient IT. Participants: Supermicro, OSNexus
- September 7, 2022 - North America/EMEA –10:00 AM PDT / 19:00 CEST
- September 8, 2022 - Asia-Pacific –10:00 AM GMT+8
Registration is available, and additional information is located at https://whitepapers.theregister.com/summit/supermicro_open_storage_summit_2022?td=mediaalert
All sessions and information will remain available online for one year.
About Supermicro
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis products. The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
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22 30-Minute Dinners That Support Brain Health
Delicious meals can be quick and easy to prepare, and these 30-minutes or less dinner recipes are proof. These meals are also packed with ingredients like walnuts, fish, beans and leafy greens, all of which can help support healthy cognitive function. Help keep your mind sharp with recipes like our Walnut-Rosemary Crusted Salmon and Easy Tuna Cakes with Greens & Lemon Dressing. They're nutritious, flavorful and perfect for any night of the week.
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Walnut-Rosemary Crusted Salmon
Salmon and walnuts are both great sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Pair this easy salmon recipe with a simple salad and a side of roasted potatoes or quinoa.
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Easy Tuna Cakes with Greens & Lemon Dressing
Dried herbs, white beans and canned tuna come together in these easy tuna cakes served over greens. A lemony dressing ties this quick dinner together.
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Black Bean-Quinoa Bowl
This black bean and quinoa bowl has many of the usual hallmarks of a taco salad, minus the fried bowl. We've loaded it up with pico de gallo, fresh cilantro and avocado plus an easy hummus dressing to drizzle on top.
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Celeriac & Walnut Tacos
Fake out your meat-loving family and friends with this fast plant-based taco dinner recipe. Ground toasted nuts and chopped sautéed celeriac yield a texture similar to ground beef, then classic taco seasoning does the rest. If you want a little heat, sprinkle these healthy vegetarian tacos with some minced jalapeño.
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Beet & Shrimp Winter Salad
This healthy dinner salad recipe gets its staying power from protein-packed shrimp and fiber-rich barley. With a simple red-wine vinaigrette, this quick salad makes just one serving but is easy to double or triple. Look for precooked beets with other prepared vegetables in the produce department.
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Kale & Avocado Salad with Blueberries & Edamame
Bursting with nutrient-rich produce, this California-inspired salad is a delicious and satisfying way to get your vitamins. We love the unique combination of blueberries, edamame, and goat cheese.
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Grilled Lemon-Pepper Salmon in Foil
We're willing to bet that this easy grilled salmon in foil recipe will become a regular in your weeknight dinner rotation. Cooking fish in foil keeps it super-moist, plus you don't have to worry about the fish sticking to the grill. Butter, lemon pepper and fresh parsley perk up the flavors for this versatile main course. Cook some vegetables, such as asparagus, zucchini and corn, alongside the fish packets for a healthy dinner that's ready in less than 30 minutes.
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Salmon Rice Bowl
Inspired by the viral TikTok trend, this tasty bowl makes for a satisfying lunch or dinner. With a handful of healthy ingredients, like instant brown rice, heart-healthy salmon and lots of crunchy veggies, you'll have a filling and flavorful meal in just 25 minutes. Looking to cut down on carbs? Try swapping in riced cauliflower in place of the brown rice.
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Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Chickpeas & Spinach
Simmer eggs in a rich tomatoey cream sauce studded with chickpeas and silky spinach for a super-fast vegetarian dinner. Serve with a piece of crusty bread to soak up the sauce. Be sure to use heavy cream; a lower-fat option might curdle when mixed with acidic tomatoes.
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Chili-Rubbed Tilapia with Asparagus & Lemon
Tilapia, a relatively plentiful fish, has the unfortunate reputation of being dull. All it needs is a spice rub, a familiar barbecuing technique that works just as well indoors. You could also use this rub on chicken breasts or toss it with lightly oiled shrimp before cooking.
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25-Minute Sweet Potato & Bean Enchiladas
These quick sweet potato and bean enchiladas are diabetes-friendly thanks to egg wraps that are lower in carbs than traditional tortillas. The vegetarian filling is both sweet and savory, while the topping adds texture and freshness.
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Honey Walnut Shrimp
Walnuts are given a brown sugar coating that pairs nicely with sweet and savory shrimp in our version of this popular restaurant dish. Serve the shrimp with rice and steamed veggies to make it a full, healthy meal. This ultra-quick dinner recipe is sure to become a new weeknight favorite.
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Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Kale
You can make these three-ingredient tomato-simmered eggs with things you probably already have on hand in your freezer and pantry. To make these baked eggs more like eggs in purgatory, look for a spicy tomato sauce and don't forget some whole-wheat bread for dipping.
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Big Beautiful Summer Salad
This gorgeous and healthy summer vegetable salad is loaded with pretty produce, including golden beets, avocado, corn, microgreens and radishes. Chickpeas and edamame add substance, and an herb-filled buttermilk-avocado dressing makes this salad really special. Serve it on its own for a light vegetarian meal or add grilled chicken for an easy weeknight dinner.
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Baked Tilapia Curry
This healthy fish-and-vegetable curry recipe is made with yellow curry paste, but any Thai curry paste--red or green--will work. Serve with sautéed green beans and brown basmati rice to soak up all the delicious sauce.
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Roasted Salmon with Spicy Cranberry Relish
This ruby-red cranberry relish recipe gets refreshing crunch from apple and celery. It's also delightful alongside a roast chicken or pork loin.
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White Bean & Sun-Dried Tomato Gnocchi
Sun-dried tomatoes are the star of this recipe— providing texture and umami. Combined with the spinach, they make this dish a great source of vitamins C and K.
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Chicken Florentine
Classic chicken Florentine--creamy spinach served atop sautéed chicken cutlets--is a fast and easy meal. To keep calories lower, this recipe uses cornstarch to thicken the cream instead of cheese. This chicken recipe is simple enough for weekdays but also elegant enough for a dinner party.
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Avocado Tuna Salad
Jazz up a can of tuna with this easy avocado tuna salad recipe. Silky avocado adds creaminess that's cut with a hit of acidity from lemon and a briny punch from feta cheese. Romaine hearts and cucumber offer refreshing crunch.
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20-Minute Creamy Tomato Salmon Skillet
Salmon fillets cook quickly and are coated with a delicious creamy sauce made with tomatoes, zucchini and Italian seasoning. This easy salmon dinner is sure to become a new weeknight favorite the whole family will love. The best news: you can get this meal on the table in 20 minutes flat.
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Vegetarian Chopped Power Salad with Creamy Cilantro Dressing
Cilantro adds color and flavor when blended to make a creamy dressing. Serve this healthy salad for lunch or dinner.
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Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp scampi is a favorite dish at many Italian restaurants but our version takes just 20 minutes to prepare, so it's perfect for a weeknight dinner at home. Large shrimp are cooked with garlic and then served over linguine pasta with a buttery-wine sauce. | https://www.eatingwell.com/gallery/7994329/30-minute-brain-health-dinner-recipes/ | 2022-08-17T13:12:57Z | https://www.eatingwell.com/gallery/7994329/30-minute-brain-health-dinner-recipes/ | true | 1 |
Ashburnham Police Chief Chris Conrad sworn in as Loring Barrett retires
Conrad takes reins from Chief Loring Barrett, who retired in July after 17 years.
ASHBURNHAM – Although Police Chief Chris Conrad might be technically new to the position, the actual job of running the entire department has become very familiar to him over the past few years. And Conrad said he had his predecessor, Chief Loring Barrett, to thank for preparing him for his new role.
“Chief Barrett had been working with me for quite some time to help ease that transition, and so that’s really what made that difference – he kind of mentored me for the last year or two, so I was kind of able to pick it up where he left off,” Conrad explained.
Barrett, who retired after 17 years as chief on July 15, began including Lt. Conrad in more and more of the day-to-day operations of running an entire police department.
Conrad said he was grateful to have his former chief’s confidence.
More:Loring Barrett reflects on 17 years as Ashburnham Police Chief
“The last few years I’ve been in charge of pretty much the daily operation of the department, including functioning, scheduling, training – and he also brought me in on budgeting the last couple of years so I could have an understanding of how the budget is put together,” Conrad explained
He learned that the town’s chief is responsible for much more than keeping the department’s budget in order.
“The police chief here in Ashburnham holds the responsibility of managing the public safety building as well as overseeing the communications department and the animal control – they’re all separate budgets and contracts, so it was quite a lot,” he said.
From part time dispatcher to chief
Conrad's law enforcement career began in 2000 when he applied for a part-time dispatcher position at the Ashburnham Police Department while he was attending classes at Anna Maria College in Paxton. Within a month or two, he recalled, he was promoted to full time, while still attending college full time.
Conrad was hired as a part-time police officer in 2001 and worked at several departments while waiting for a full-time position to become available.
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“And back then, to get on full time was very difficult, so I actually worked for Ashburnham, Rutland, and Winchendon all at the same time as a part-time police officer, and then in 2005 Winchendon hired me full time and sent me to the police academy,” he explained.
He worked full time in Winchendon for over a year, but when a full time opening became available in Ashburnham, Conrad jumped at the chance to work with Chief Barrett again.
Conrad, 43, who lives in Ashburnham with his wife, Ellen, and their two children, is the first police chief to live in the town since 1998.
Conrad said he had wanted to be a police officer from a very young age.
“Being a police officer was the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do,” Conrad said, adding that he graduated from Anna Maria with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. “So, it’s the field I’ve always wanted to get into.”
Fire academy graduate
After growing up in Connecticut, Conrad said he became a firefighter in that state just to become part of the emergency response field. Although he didn’t spend a lot of time fighting fires, Conrad did end up being nationally certified while at the fire academy.
“Technically, I’m also an arson investigator here for the town,” Conrad explained. “Because in order to be an arson investigator, you have to have police powers and have gone to the fire academy, which I did.”
Conrad, who still keeps his firefighter bunker gear close at hand, has investigated several local fires in town, including the blaze that destroyed the Mr. Mike’s Mini Mart in 2017.
“I was part of the investigation of that as a police lieutenant but also a fire investigator – it was kind of a unique role,” he said.
Support from the town
Conrad was officially sworn in as chief on July 11 and took his oath of office at a public ceremony on Aug. 8. He said he was grateful to have the confidence and support from the residents with whom he shares the community.
“I’ve been a resident here a long time, so I’m very familiar with a lot of people, and it’s actually been kind of humbling to see how many people have reached out,” he said. “When (my promotion) hit Facebook, we must have received 150 messages and calls and people and business owners who just stop in – it’s nice to get that kind of support.”
As for the future of the Ashburnham Police Department, Conrad said his predecessor left him in charge of a well-oiled machine that didn’t need much in the way of changes.
“However, there’s always room for improvement, and there are always things we can look at to make sure we’re doing it the best we can,” Conrad said.
Taking the reins
He intends to spend the next few weeks meeting one-on-one with each of the department’s employees. “I want to get their perspective on what they see that is working and what may not be working that I don’t necessarily see. By doing that, maybe I’ll find some things that need fine-tuning, and that’s how I’m going to find that out.”
Conrad admitted he’s still getting used to being the top law enforcement officer in the town where he’s spent so much of his career.
“Coming into (Barrett’s) office that first day when he wasn’t here was a little surreal because I was so used to seeing him,” Conrad said. “And, honestly, I’m going to miss that camaraderie that he and I had every morning.”
“But I’m just delighted and proud that I’ve made it this far – I’m thrilled because I have a long career left to go here, I’m a resident here, and it’s great to be able to take over a department that I walked into at the lowest level (for lack of a better term!) 22 years ago, and here I am running the show,” he said. “That’s exciting.” | https://www.thegardnernews.com/story/news/2022/08/17/ashburnham-police-chief-chris-conrad-sworn/10332317002/ | 2022-08-17T13:14:56Z | https://www.thegardnernews.com/story/news/2022/08/17/ashburnham-police-chief-chris-conrad-sworn/10332317002/ | true | 1 |
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV – Get Rating) major shareholder Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 11,029 shares of Brightcove stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $6.77 per share, for a total transaction of $74,666.33. Following the purchase, the insider now directly owns 4,856,484 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,878,396.68. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Large shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.
Edenbrook Capital, Llc also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, August 15th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc purchased 5,853 shares of Brightcove stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of $6.77 per share, for a total transaction of $39,624.81.
- On Monday, August 1st, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 500 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of $5.85 per share, for a total transaction of $2,925.00.
- On Friday, July 29th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 15,000 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of $5.98 per share, for a total transaction of $89,700.00.
- On Wednesday, July 27th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 1,000 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of $6.00 per share, for a total transaction of $6,000.00.
- On Monday, July 25th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc acquired 4,274 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of $6.00 per share, with a total value of $25,644.00.
- On Thursday, July 14th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc acquired 3,703 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of $5.85 per share, with a total value of $21,662.55.
- On Tuesday, July 12th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc acquired 1,250 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of $6.05 per share, with a total value of $7,562.50.
- On Tuesday, June 21st, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 3,250 shares of Brightcove stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $6.47 per share, with a total value of $21,027.50.
- On Wednesday, June 15th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 2,300 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $6.43 per share, with a total value of $14,789.00.
- On Monday, June 13th, Edenbrook Capital, Llc bought 10 shares of Brightcove stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $6.51 per share, with a total value of $65.10.
Brightcove Stock Performance
Shares of BCOV opened at $6.81 on Wednesday. Brightcove Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $5.84 and a fifty-two week high of $12.55. The business has a 50-day moving average of $6.46 and a 200 day moving average of $7.17. The firm has a market cap of $285.33 million, a P/E ratio of -113.50 and a beta of 0.75.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts have issued reports on BCOV shares. TheStreet cut Brightcove from a “c” rating to a “d” rating in a report on Friday, April 29th. StockNews.com upgraded Brightcove from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 15th.
Institutional Trading of Brightcove
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of BCOV. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC bought a new stake in shares of Brightcove during the 4th quarter valued at about $179,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Brightcove by 9.1% during the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 191,160 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,953,000 after acquiring an additional 16,000 shares during the last quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its position in shares of Brightcove by 111.8% during the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 8,905 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $91,000 after acquiring an additional 4,701 shares during the last quarter. Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL bought a new stake in Brightcove in the 4th quarter worth approximately $273,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in Brightcove by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 328,919 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,362,000 after buying an additional 1,751 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.67% of the company’s stock.
Brightcove Company Profile
Brightcove Inc provides cloud-based services for video. Its flagship product includes Video Cloud, an online video platform that enables its customers to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices. The company also offers Brightcove Live, a solution for live streaming; Brightcove Beacon, an application that enables companies to launch over-the-top video experiences on multiple monetization models; Brightcove Player, a video player technology with a cloud-based service for creating and managing experiences; and Zencoder, a cloud-based video encoding technology.
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Western companies with iconic brands like Coca-Cola that exit Russia face years of battling knockoffs and unauthorised imports clamouring to fill the void they leave behind, a risky bid as courts show little sympathy for firms that depart.
Rospatent, the Russian government's intellectual property agency, is receiving an influx of applications for trademarks of Western brands popular in the country, said Robert Reading, head of content strategy in the intellectual property group at analytics firm Clarivate Plc, which tracks the filings.
In usual times, governments reject applications for trademarks that are identical or very similar to existing brands, intellectual property experts said.
But the Russian government this spring adopted a decree allowing businesses to use patents from countries deemed "unfriendly," such as the United States and United Kingdom, without paying the owner of the intellectual property, putting Western brands on the defensive.
Russia also now permits “parallel imports,” or grey-market items, for products spanning from Carefree feminine products to any brand of footwear.
The murky territory for major brands in Russia is like the “Wild West,” said Carey Kulp, a lawyer at Philadelphia intellectual property law firm Volpe Koenig PC.
"The big issue in Russia is, will the court support Western brands?" Reading said.
GIVE TO STATE
Moscow entrepreneurs Alexander Gershtein and Vadim Ryabchenko, who own a bandage and medical materials manufacturing business, applied for around 20 trademarks including Coca-Cola, Adidas, Mercedes Benz and P&G's Pampers diaper brand.
Gershtein said his firm may be able to make items such as diapers branded as Pampers and he may license others, if he wins approvals, he said.
"If, for example, the state says it wants to produce...then we will give the state the Mercedes trademark," Gershtein said. "And there is nothing wrong with that."
He said he has not yet heard from the companies asking him to withdraw his applications.
P&G and Adidas declined to comment. Mercedes Benz did not return requests for comments.
COURTROOM CLOSED
Coca-Cola has so far largely failed to have a Russian judge take its side in cases against grey-market sodas imported from the United States, and competitors with nearly identical names, such as "Fantola," which have flooded the market.
Importer Pivoindustria LLC has been able to sell thousands of cans of Fanta peach and pineapple and Coca-Cola Cherry - even though the government has not added sodas to the list of goods eligible for parallel imports.
Pivoindustria buys the sodas in US Costco and Walmart stores and is considering importing more, a company executive said. The most recent shipment arrived in Russia in April, said Maxim Sosov, a lawyer for Pivoindustria.
Coca-Cola is seeking a judgement against Pivoindustria, after unsuccessfully trying to order customs to block the soda shipments, Sosov said.
"(The judge) understands parallel imports are good because they are competition, cheaper price, and it is better for consumers," Sosov said, adding that they also help support Russian businesses.
Coca-Cola has appealed the court's decisions and has said it "protects its goodwill and reputation where third parties seek to trade off the company’s renowned, worldwide" brand.
Reuters could not attend a court hearing on one of the three cases Coca-Cola filed against Pivoindustria because the Atlanta-based company won the approval of a judge to block public access, a move that Sosov said was illegal. A lawyer for Coca-Cola said the information being considered in the hearing was "not publicly available" and she could not freely make her arguments for imposing a judgement on Pivoindustria.
Coca-Cola declined to comment on the closed case.
Coca-Cola in April also appealed the decision of a Russian court to approve beverage company Chernogolovka's "Fantola" brand prior to the conflict in Ukraine, according to court documents.
"This should, in normal times, be an easy win for Coca-Cola," said Peter Maggs, a research professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and expert on Russian law. "At this point, Chernogolovka’s only possible argument is that Coca-Cola has abandoned its mark."
An executive with Chernogolovka told Reuters, however, that "we have already won this lawsuit several times over...in several countries, not just Russia."
"We continue to insist that what we are doing is not misleading for the consumer," its CEO Natalia Sakhnina said, insisting that Chernogolovka has never used anyone else's recipes, designs, names or fonts.
"'Fan' is in both words...it is also in 'fantastic,'" Sakhnina said.
Chernogolovka is aiming for a 50% share of Russia's near $9 billion soft drinks market now that Coca-Cola is reducing operations, Reuters has reported. The company started making Cola Chernogolovka in May.
'MOTHER'S BORSCH'
Some entrepreneurs in Russia are trying to "Russify" Western brands, said Josh Gerben, founding partner of law firm Gerben Perrott PLLC.
German confectioner Haribo, famous for its "gummi" bears, in June filed a notice of opposition with government authorities against an application to use the name "Russian Haribo" in Cyrillic letters, said spokesperson Jennifer Millns.
An entrepreneur in May requested approval to use McDonald's golden arches and red sign, emblazoned with "Mother's Borsch" in Cyrillic, for cafes and bars, according to a filing found by the law firm.
In June, another entrepreneur asked for permission to use the sports footwear brand New Balance in Cyrillic letters, according to another filing.
McDonald's Golden Arches logo was visible and its flagship Big Mac hamburger was still for sale at some franchised locations months after the chain first closed in March.
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Onboarding Partner The Boeing Company Taps 98point6 to Deliver Virtual Care to Eligible Health Plan Dependents
SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 98point6, the virtual care company offering simple access to exceptional primary care and integrated behavioral health nationwide, today announced the expansion of its behavioral health program to include emotional and mental health support for adolescents. As the initial program partner, The Boeing Company will now offer the 98point6 virtual therapy solution to its eligible U.S.-based employees and retirees' dependents ages 12-17.
Today, nearly one in five children and teens in the U.S. struggle with anxiety, depression, mood swings and self-harm each year. Unfortunately, a significant number of the country's youth still lack access to affordable and quality healthcare. Of those struggling with a mental health issue who do receive treatment, only 7% receive appropriate treatment, according to the American Psychological Association, due in large part to the lack of providers trained to treat this unique age group. The COVID-19 pandemic has only further exacerbated the dire need for accessible services to address this mounting crisis. Among high school students surveyed in 2021, nearly 20% said they'd considered suicide at some point in the last year. An alarming statistic that underscores the expansion of the 98point6 behavioral health program to support adolescent care.
"Mental health is an important part of a child's overall health and well-being," said Jeff White, Director of Global Health and Well Being, Boeing. "As demand for mental health care continues to rise, we looked for opportunities to expand resources for children. Video-based therapy through 98point6 offers a convenient, confidential way to access the support children need."
Boeing offers the program to its eligible health plan dependents who reside in Arizona, California, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington state, with plans to expand to other states as licensing requirements are met.
Uniquely positioned to respond to the country's rising mental health crisis, 98point6 launched its behavioral health program in February 2021 for patients 18 years and older. The service provides employers, health plans and health systems access to a single-stop virtual care solution that ensures their members and employees are fully supported on the path to mental health. Through on-demand access to the trusted primary care relationship, 98point6 physicians can identify mental health issues further upstream, before they become more burdensome and costly to patients and providers.
"Today's youth have experienced unprecedented developmental and educational upheaval and political unrest. This makes connecting them to licensed therapists all the more important," said Dr. Mara Kailin, Senior Director of Behavioral Health at 98point6. "Employers, like Boeing, who are offering behavioral health services are helping to reduce stigma, normalize behavioral health mindsets and encourage individuals to seek help sooner."
98point6 welcomes conversations with additional employers interested in tailoring a behavioral health program for their plan dependents. For more information, visit 98point6.com.
About 98point6
98point6 is redefining digital health. Since our 2015 founding, we have been committed to building a path to integrated, optimized care that inspires patient participation and is rewarding for providers. By applying powerful technology to key areas within the point-of-care, we're eliminating traditional barriers to access, precisely automating aspects of the medical encounter, improving rates of clinical adherence to treatment guidelines, and allowing physicians to focus on the most meaningful part of the visit — patient connection. For employers, health plans and health systems, 98point6 increases primary care utilization among those not actively or appropriately engaged in their health, enabling earlier medical intervention, improving productivity, reducing overall cost of care, and improving patient outcomes. To learn more about 98point6, visit www.98point6.com.
CONTACT: Jennifer Lyle, 98point6@finnpartners.com
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Airlines have been asked to ensure that passengers wear masks inside planes and maintain hand hygiene, aviation regulator DGCA said today in view of the rising number of Covid cases in Delhi. In case a passenger refuses to comply, strict action, including deboarding, can be taken by the airline.
Airlines have to ensure that passengers are wearing face masks properly throughout the journey and ensure proper sensitisation through various platforms, the regulator said.
Surprise inspections are to be carried out at airports and on airlines and passengers, the DGCA said.
Pointing to a circular issued in June, the aviation regulator said there should be strict compliance.
Under the orders issued in June, face masks can be removed only under exceptional circumstances and for permitted reasons. Airports were asked to increase surveillance -- entry was to be denied to anyone not wearing a mask. Proper sanitization measures, including provision of sanitisers at prominent locations inside the airport, were also advised.
In March, the mask rules in Delhi were relaxed with the scrapping of the Rs 500 fine for violation. The decision was taken by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority following a sustained low positivity rate of Coronavirus.
Practically overnight, mask-less faces on the roads became the norm.
But over the last couple of weeks, virus appeared to have gained an edge, with the cases of hospitalisation and death increasing steadily.
Since August 1, hospitalisations in Delhi have gone up by more than 60 per cent. The positivity rate stands at 19.20 per cent, the highest in over 200 days, data show.
A majority of the admissions took place on Tuesday when the national capital reported 900 cases. In the evening, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena requested people to maintain Covid-appropriate behaviour.
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Wealth Alliance boosted its holdings in shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE:RBA – Get Rating) (TSE:RBA) by 18.2% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 4,751 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 730 shares during the period. Wealth Alliance’s holdings in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers were worth $280,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in RBA. Vigilant Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers by 669.2% during the 1st quarter. Vigilant Capital Management LLC now owns 500 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 435 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers during the first quarter worth approximately $37,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers by 860.8% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 759 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 680 shares during the last quarter. Curi Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers by 8,568.4% in the first quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 1,647 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $97,000 after buying an additional 1,628 shares during the last quarter. 81.62% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Price Performance
Shares of RBA stock opened at $70.77 on Wednesday. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated has a 12 month low of $48.65 and a 12 month high of $76.18. The company has a market capitalization of $7.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.81, a P/E/G ratio of 5.98 and a beta of 1.01. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $65.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $60.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Increases Dividend
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts recently commented on RBA shares. National Bank Financial downgraded shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers from a “sector perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $56.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, July 12th. Raymond James boosted their price objective on Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 8th. TD Securities raised their target price on Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, May 12th. Bank of America upgraded Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $75.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, July 14th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers from $60.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 12th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $64.00.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Profile
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated, an asset management and disposition company, sells industrial equipment and other durable assets through its unreserved auctions, online marketplaces, listing services, and private brokerage services. It sells a range of used and unused commercial assets, including earthmoving equipment, truck tractors and trailers, government surplus, oil and gas equipment, and other industrial assets, as well as construction and heavy machinery.
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BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT FRA bought a fresh place in Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE:PEAK). Money CNN data shows that the institutional investor bought 943.5 thousand shares of the stock in a transaction took place on 6/30/2022. In another most recent transaction, which held on 6/30/2022, BLACKROCK ADVISORS (UK) LTD. bought approximately 893.5 thousand shares of Healthpeak Properties Inc. In a separate transaction which took place on 6/30/2022, the institutional investor, CENTERSQUARE INVESTMENT MANAGEME bought 676.7 thousand shares of the company’s stock. The total Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.60% of the company’s stock.
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In the most recent purchasing and selling session, Healthpeak Properties Inc. (PEAK)’s share price increased by 0.11 percent to ratify at $28.25. A sum of 3290905 shares traded at recent session and its average exchanging volume remained at 4.49M shares. The 52-week price high and low points are important variables to concentrate on when assessing the current and prospective worth of a stock. Healthpeak Properties Inc. (PEAK) shares are taking a pay cut of -23.34% from the high point of 52 weeks and flying high of 21.61% from the low figure of 52 weeks.
Healthpeak Properties Inc. (PEAK) shares reached a high of $28.4299 and dropped to a low of $28.04 until finishing in the latest session at $28.10. Traders and investors may also choose to study the ATR or Average True Range when concentrating on technical inventory assessment. Currently at 0.58 is the 14-day ATR for Healthpeak Properties Inc. (PEAK). The highest level of 52-weeks price has $36.85 and $23.23 for 52 weeks lowest level. After the recent changes in the price, the firm price to earnings ratio of 71.52 and price to earnings growth ratio of 24.66.
Having a look at past record, we’re going to look at various forwards or backwards shifting developments regarding PEAK. The firm’s shares rose 2.43 percent in the past five business days and grew 8.65 percent in the past thirty business days. In the previous quarter, the stock fell -6.43 percent at some point. The company’s performance is now negative at -21.72% from the beginning of the calendar year.
According to WSJ, Healthpeak Properties Inc. (PEAK) obtained an estimated Overweight proposal from the 21 brokerage firms currently keeping a deep eye on the stock performance as compares to its rivals. 0 equity research analysts rated the shares with a selling strategy, 9 gave a hold approach, 8 gave a purchase tip, 4 gave the firm a overweight advice and 0 put the stock under the underweight category. The average price goal of one year between several banks and credit unions that last year discussed the stock is $32.12.
Victoria’s Secret & Co. (VSCO) shares on Tuesday’s trading session, jumped 6.98 percent to see the stock exchange hands at $42.77 per unit. Lets a quick look at company’s past reported and future predictions of growth using the EPS Growth. EPS growth is a percentage change in standardized earnings per share over the trailing-twelve-month period to the current year-end. The company posted a value of $6.16 as earning-per-share over the last full year, while a chance, will post $6.80 for the coming year. The current EPS Growth rate for the company during the year is -10.40% and predicted to reach at 7.33% for the coming year. In-depth, if we analyze for the long-term EPS Growth, the past five years and the scenario is totally different as the current prediction is 40.60% for the next five year.
The last trading period has seen Victoria’s Secret & Co. (VSCO) move -42.21% and 63.62% from the stock’s 52-week high and 52-week low prices respectively. The daily trading volume for Victoria’s Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) over the last session is 1.37 million shares. VSCO has attracted considerable attention from traders and investors, a scenario that has seen its volume drop -25.34% compared to the previous one.
Investors focus on the profitability proportions of the company that how the company performs at profitability side. Return on equity ratio or ROE is a significant indicator for prospective investors as they would like to see just how effectively a business is using their cash to produce net earnings. As a return on equity, Victoria’s Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) produces 136.50%. Because it would be easy and highly flexible, ROI measurement is among the most popular investment ratios. Executives could use it to evaluate the levels of performance on acquisitions of capital equipment whereas investors can determine that how the stock investment is better. The ROI entry for VSCO’s scenario is at 54.30%. Another main metric of a profitability ratio is the return on assets ratio or ROA that analyses how effectively a business can handle its assets to generate earnings over a duration of time. Victoria’s Secret & Co. (VSCO) generated 12.70% ROA for the trading twelve-month.
Volatility is just a proportion of the anticipated day by day value extend—the range where an informal investor works. Greater instability implies more noteworthy benefit or misfortune. After an ongoing check, Victoria’s Secret & Co. (VSCO) stock is found to be 5.38% volatile for the week, while 5.51% volatility is recorded for the month. The outstanding shares have been calculated 84.38M. Based on a recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is 19.38%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is 27.16% while it has a distance of -9.17% from the 200 days simple moving average.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a well-known specialized pointer made by Larry Williams to help recognize overbought and oversold circumstances. Victoria’s Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO)’s Williams Percent Range or Williams %R at the time of writing to be seated at 11.92% for 9-Day. It is also calculated for different time spans. Currently for this organization, Williams %R is stood at 8.85% for 14-Day, 7.31% for 20-Day, 5.57% for 50-Day and to be seated 44.73% for 100-Day. Relative Strength Index, or RSI(14), which is a technical analysis gauge, also used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100 for overbought and oversold. In the case of Victoria’s Secret & Co., the RSI reading has hit 67.13 for 14-Day. | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/08/17/positive-prospects-but-probably-healthpeak-properties-inc-peak-victorias-secret-co-vsco/ | 2022-08-17T13:25:40Z | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/08/17/positive-prospects-but-probably-healthpeak-properties-inc-peak-victorias-secret-co-vsco/ | false | 19813 |
Smashburger Is Bringing Back A Fan-Favorite Sandwich
Smashburger is known for its unique smashed patties made with 100% Certified Angus Beef. A smash burger is a style of cooking burgers that includes flattening the patty by literally smashing it onto a grill. The patty adheres to the griddle, resulting in a crispy crust around the edges of the burger. Smashburger prides itself on creating these burgers in a fast-casual environment that is accessible to everyone (via Smashburger).
Smashburger provides alternatives for those customers who prefer not to eat beef. It offers turkey burgers, vegetarian black bean burgers, and chicken sandwiches. Smashburger has an impressive six different kinds of crispy chicken sandwiches on the regular menu, as well as two kinds of chicken tenders.
While other fast food burger joints like Whataburger and Burger King serve spicy chicken sandwiches, Smashburger only offers Nashville hot-style chicken tenders (via Thrillist). That's about to change as the chain is re-releasing its spicy chicken sandwich for a limited time.
Smashburger fans are getting what they asked for
Smashburger posted a short video to its Twitter account alerting customers to the good news. The $5 Scorchin' Hot Crispy Chicken Sandwich returns to stores on August 16, 2022. According to the video, fans were begging the chain to bring back the sandwich after its short debut in 2021. The Scorchin' sandwich is a twist on a Nashville hot chicken sandwich, with spicy red pepper mayo, and pickles (per Smashburger).
The hot chicken sandwich was first introduced at Smashburger back in April 2021. Per PR Newswire, it was created as a way to "end the chicken sandwich wars" occurring at several fast food restaurants. During the original promotion, Smashburger offered a "Peace Hour" where free chicken sandwiches were given to any fast food employee who came dressed in uniform.
The Scorching hot chicken deal is more expensive than a single spicy chicken sandwich at Popeyes or Chick-fil-A. Both fast food chains sell spicy chicken sandwiches for under $5. However, the $5 chicken sandwich at Smashburger is still the least expensive chicken sandwich on the menu.
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Ashwin Gangaraju To Helm Magnum Opus 1770 Created By Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Based on Bankim Chandra's Anandamath, the producers Shhailendra Kumar, Sujayy Kuttiy, Krishna Kumar B and Suraj Sharma release the motion poster marking 150 years of Vande Mataram. Celebrating the glorious 75th Independence Day of India, producers Shhailendra Kkumar, Sujayy Kuttiy, Krishna Kumar B and Suraj Sharma announced their much-talked-about magnum opus 1770, based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Bengali novel Anandamath. Produced under the banner of SS1 Entertainment and PK Entertainment, this multi-lingual film will be helmed by acclaimed director Ashwin Gangaraju, who assisted SS Rajamouli in Eega and Baahubali (both series). He made his debut as a director with critically acclaimed Aakashvani in 2021.
"This subject was a huge challenge for me, but with legendary V Vijayendra Prasad sir writing the adapted story and screenplay, I think what we have on paper is a blockbuster cinematic experience," affirms the director Ashwin Gangaraju.
"As a filmmaker, I'm more drawn towards the stories which have periodic setups, bigger emotions, the scope for larger-than-life action etc and this is something that sits in perfectly for me. Initially, I was a little sceptical but I spoke to Ram Kamal Mukherjee and after listening to his vision I gained confidence," he added.
"I met producers Shhailendra ji, Sujayy Kuttiy sir, Krishna Kumar sir and Suraj Sharma in Mumbai shortly after that. We had a prolonged discussion on the film and how they want to take it forward. Their warmth and attitude of working as a team made me connect to them instantly," shares Ashwin.
This year also marks 150 years of Vande Mataram, the song that appeared first in Bankim Chandra's novel Anandamath, which almost shook the roots of the British Empire. India's most celebrated storyteller V Vijayendra Prasad who penned the screenplay says, "I feel that Vande Mataram was a magical word. It was a mantra that was given by Maharishi Bankim Chandra for a nation to unite against tyranny and injustice. In 1770, we dealt with the story of unknown warriors who ignited the fire of the freedom movement."
Internationally acclaimed author and filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee being the creator of this magnum opus says, "I am grateful to my producers for having faith in my vision. I instantly liked the vibe of Ashwin as a filmmaker. He came prepared, with his own ideas, that enhanced the narrative visually. I loved his film Aakashvani and appreciated his skill as a storyteller. But the most important aspect of 1770 lies in the magical words written by Vijayendra Prasad sir, who is known for his unique ideas. His way of storytelling connects with the audiences, beyond linguistic boundaries. I am truly blessed to have a passionate team like this."
Shhailendra Kkumar from SS1 Entertainment feels that this is the right time to make larger-than-life cinema. He collaborated with Suraj Sharma from PK Entertainment and former Zee Studio head Sujayy Kuttiy and producer Krishna Kumar B to make this dream come true. "Being a singer from Jhansi, we have grown up singing Vande Mataram in our schools and colleges. But when Ram da (Kamal) mentioned the story of Anandamath and Vijayendra Sir gave his version, I was completely bowled over. I am grateful to Sujoyy Kuttiy and Krishna Kumar B for making this impossible task possible. It's not a film, its a dream to create one of the finest entertaining cinema for the big screen.
Suraj Sharma from PK Entertainment says, "Being the youngest in the team, I am glad to be a part of this dream project. I am fortunate enough to learn a lot from such experts and legends who created such blockbusters."
Producer Sujoyy Kuttiy, known for making historical sagas like Manikarnika-The Queen of Jhansi and many other prestigious films under Zee Studios, collaborated in 1770 because he could see the potential in the narrative. "My equation with Vijayendra Prasad Sir is beyond work. He is an inspiration. I was sure that if I ever make 1770, then this has to be written by Sir, or else I am not doing this film," says Kuttiy. "Sujoyy sir is absolutely right," seconds producer Krishna Kumar B, "A film as huge as Anandamath needs an extremely able shoulder. We have grown up singing Vande Mataram, and now we will witness the birth of this mantra. I have closely worked with Ashwin and his associates, and when Ram Garu (Kamal) narrated the story, I had Ashwin in my mind."
The film will be made in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannad and Bengali. The team will lock the main lead before Dassera, and by Diwali, they will announce the cast of the film. Ashwin along with his team has started researching the period and trying to create a visual that is unique. | https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/news/2022/ashwin-gangaraju-to-helm-magnum-opus-1770-created-by-ram-kamal-mukherjee-339207.html | 2022-08-17T13:28:31Z | https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/news/2022/ashwin-gangaraju-to-helm-magnum-opus-1770-created-by-ram-kamal-mukherjee-339207.html | true | 8 |
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"This primary election is over. But now the real work begins," she told a crowd of supporters late on Tuesday.The Wyoming congresswoman has made her name as an anti-Trump Republican and continued to vow Tuesday that she would do whatever it takes to ensure Trump would never be re-elected as president after the January 6 Capitol riot. She was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting the event.Cheney told NBC that she planned to join a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and independents, saying a broad, united front was necessary to keep Trump out of office. Her spokesperson also told Politico that she planned to launch an organization in the coming weeks to educate Americans about the "ongoing threat to our republic."In response to rumors that she is contemplating a run for the presidency herself, Cheney told NBC that she would make a decision "in the coming months."
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Liz Cheney Vows to Keep Fighting Trump After Wyoming Loss
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Rep. Liz Cheney has vowed to keep fighting Donald Trump after conceding defeat in the Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.
"This primary election is over. But now the real work begins," she told a crowd of supporters late on Tuesday.
The Wyoming congresswoman has made her name as an
anti-Trump Republican and continued to vow Tuesday that she would do whatever it takes to ensure Trump would never be re-elected as president after the January 6 Capitol riot. She was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting the event.
Cheney told NBC that she planned to join a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and independents, saying a broad, united front was necessary to keep Trump out of office. Her spokesperson also told Politico that she planned to launch an organization in the coming weeks to educate Americans about the "ongoing threat to our republic."
In response to rumors that she is contemplating a run for the presidency herself, Cheney told NBC that she would make a decision "in the coming months." | https://sputniknews.com/20220817/liz-cheney-vows-to-keep-fighting-trump-after-wyoming-loss-1099698088.html | 2022-08-17T13:28:54Z | https://sputniknews.com/20220817/liz-cheney-vows-to-keep-fighting-trump-after-wyoming-loss-1099698088.html | true | 1 |
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(The Hill) — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said hours after losing her reelection primary to Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman that she is “thinking about” running for president.
“That’s a decision that I’m gonna make in the coming months, and I’m not gonna make any announcements here this morning. But it is something that I am thinking about, and I’ll make a decision in the coming months,” Cheney told NBC’s “Today” show early Wednesday when pressed on if she is thinking about a White House bid.
The disclosure came less than 12 hours after major networks projected that Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who hails from a political dynasty, lost to Hageman, former President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate to take on one of his largest critics in Congress.
As of 7 a.m. Wednesday and with more than 95 percent of the vote in, Hageman led Cheney, 66.3 percent to 28.9 percent, according to The New York Times.
Cheney during the NBC appearance initially dodged the question when asked if she is considering running for president, telling co-anchor Savannah Guthrie that she is focused on completing her time in Congress — both serving the people of Wyoming and finishing work on the Jan. 6 House select committee — and again vowing to do what it takes to keep Trump out of the Oval Office.
Speculation is rising about Cheney’s next political act now that her time in Congress has an expiration date. The three-term House lawmaker has been vague when discussing her political future but has consistently said she will continue to oppose Trump and his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Cheney added to that speculation in a speech on election night while conceding the race to Hageman and asserting “now the real work begins.”
“So, I ask you tonight to join me. As we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats, and independents — against those who would destroy our republic,” she said at the end of her speech.
“They are angry and they are determined, but they have not seen anything like the power of Americans united in defense of our Constitution and committed to the cause of freedom. There is no greater power on this Earth and with God’s help, we will prevail,” she added.
A reference to Abraham Lincoln in her concession speech further fueled the buzz regarding whether or not Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will make a bid for the White House in 2024.
“The great and original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all. Lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our union, and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history,” Liz Cheney said Tuesday night. | https://www.valleycentral.com/hill-politics/cheney-says-shes-thinking-about-running-for-president/ | 2022-08-17T13:31:31Z | https://www.valleycentral.com/hill-politics/cheney-says-shes-thinking-about-running-for-president/ | true | 23 |
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The MGM Resorts Foundation (the "Foundation") has awarded nearly $2 million in the form of 82 grants to nonprofit organizations located in communities around the country in which MGM Resorts operates, including Southern Nevada, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Northeast Ohio, the DC Metropolitan area and Western Massachusetts. Funding was awarded to organizations that provide basic needs services to community residents.
The funds are the result of contributions made to the Community Grant Fund by MGM Resorts employees as well as guests. Grant decisions are made by the Company's Community Grant Councils, a voluntary committee of employees who represent their respective regions. The committee distributes donations not ear-marked for specific nonprofit organizations or programs into a grant fund with awards based on a competitive proposal process.
"Year after year we are amazed at the generosity of our employees and now guests. In 2022, MGM Resorts employees gave to 82 nonprofit organizations that serve the communities where we live and work," said Maria Jose Gatti, Executive Director of Community Engagement for MGM Resorts International. "On behalf of our grant recipients, thank you to those who gave to the Community Grant Fund, providing vital assistance to our communities, including medical care, mental health counseling, food and shelter."
The MGM Resorts Foundation was established in 2002 as an opportunity for MGM Resorts employees to contribute to important charitable causes. Since inception, the Foundation has raised more than $100 million and supported more than 1,500 charitable organizations.
MGM Resorts is committed to strengthening the livelihood, capacity and resiliency of communities, developing sustainable institutions, supporting good jobs, promoting next generation skill development and collaborating with the public sector, policy makers, educators and nonprofit organizations. MGM Resorts holds a bold vision for social impact and sustainability through "Focused on What Matters: Embracing Humanity and Protecting the Planet." Guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Company set concrete goals that are woven into the business' strategic plans. Click here to learn more about Focused on What Matters.
To learn more about The MGM Resorts Foundation, visit www.mgmresortsfoundation.org.
About the MGM Resorts Foundation
The purpose of The MGM Resorts Foundation is to collect and distribute monies and assets donated by employees and guests of MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) for the aid and support of qualified community nonprofit programs, agencies or organizations designated exclusively by MGM Resorts' employees.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 33 unique hotel and gaming destinations globally, including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. The Company's 50/50 venture, BetMGM, LLC, offers U.S. sports betting and online gaming through market-leading brands, including BetMGM and partypoker. The Company is currently pursuing targeted expansion in Asia through the integrated resort opportunity in Japan. Through its "Focused on What Matters: Embracing Humanity and Protecting the Planet" philosophy, MGM Resorts commits to creating a more sustainable future, while striving to make a bigger difference in the lives of its employees, guests, and in the communities where it operates. The global employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more information, please visit us at www.mgmresorts.com. Please also connect with us @MGMResortsIntl on Twitter as well as Facebook and Instagram.
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Onboarding Partner The Boeing Company Taps 98point6 to Deliver Virtual Care to Eligible Health Plan Dependents
SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 98point6, the virtual care company offering simple access to exceptional primary care and integrated behavioral health nationwide, today announced the expansion of its behavioral health program to include emotional and mental health support for adolescents. As the initial program partner, The Boeing Company will now offer the 98point6 virtual therapy solution to its eligible U.S.-based employees and retirees' dependents ages 12-17.
Today, nearly one in five children and teens in the U.S. struggle with anxiety, depression, mood swings and self-harm each year. Unfortunately, a significant number of the country's youth still lack access to affordable and quality healthcare. Of those struggling with a mental health issue who do receive treatment, only 7% receive appropriate treatment, according to the American Psychological Association, due in large part to the lack of providers trained to treat this unique age group. The COVID-19 pandemic has only further exacerbated the dire need for accessible services to address this mounting crisis. Among high school students surveyed in 2021, nearly 20% said they'd considered suicide at some point in the last year. An alarming statistic that underscores the expansion of the 98point6 behavioral health program to support adolescent care.
"Mental health is an important part of a child's overall health and well-being," said Jeff White, Director of Global Health and Well Being, Boeing. "As demand for mental health care continues to rise, we looked for opportunities to expand resources for children. Video-based therapy through 98point6 offers a convenient, confidential way to access the support children need."
Boeing offers the program to its eligible health plan dependents who reside in Arizona, California, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington state, with plans to expand to other states as licensing requirements are met.
Uniquely positioned to respond to the country's rising mental health crisis, 98point6 launched its behavioral health program in February 2021 for patients 18 years and older. The service provides employers, health plans and health systems access to a single-stop virtual care solution that ensures their members and employees are fully supported on the path to mental health. Through on-demand access to the trusted primary care relationship, 98point6 physicians can identify mental health issues further upstream, before they become more burdensome and costly to patients and providers.
"Today's youth have experienced unprecedented developmental and educational upheaval and political unrest. This makes connecting them to licensed therapists all the more important," said Dr. Mara Kailin, Senior Director of Behavioral Health at 98point6. "Employers, like Boeing, who are offering behavioral health services are helping to reduce stigma, normalize behavioral health mindsets and encourage individuals to seek help sooner."
98point6 welcomes conversations with additional employers interested in tailoring a behavioral health program for their plan dependents. For more information, visit 98point6.com.
About 98point6
98point6 is redefining digital health. Since our 2015 founding, we have been committed to building a path to integrated, optimized care that inspires patient participation and is rewarding for providers. By applying powerful technology to key areas within the point-of-care, we're eliminating traditional barriers to access, precisely automating aspects of the medical encounter, improving rates of clinical adherence to treatment guidelines, and allowing physicians to focus on the most meaningful part of the visit — patient connection. For employers, health plans and health systems, 98point6 increases primary care utilization among those not actively or appropriately engaged in their health, enabling earlier medical intervention, improving productivity, reducing overall cost of care, and improving patient outcomes. To learn more about 98point6, visit www.98point6.com.
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Onboarding Partner The Boeing Company Taps 98point6 to Deliver Virtual Care to Eligible Health Plan Dependents
SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 98point6, the virtual care company offering simple access to exceptional primary care and integrated behavioral health nationwide, today announced the expansion of its behavioral health program to include emotional and mental health support for adolescents. As the initial program partner, The Boeing Company will now offer the 98point6 virtual therapy solution to its eligible U.S.-based employees and retirees' dependents ages 12-17.
Today, nearly one in five children and teens in the U.S. struggle with anxiety, depression, mood swings and self-harm each year. Unfortunately, a significant number of the country's youth still lack access to affordable and quality healthcare. Of those struggling with a mental health issue who do receive treatment, only 7% receive appropriate treatment, according to the American Psychological Association, due in large part to the lack of providers trained to treat this unique age group. The COVID-19 pandemic has only further exacerbated the dire need for accessible services to address this mounting crisis. Among high school students surveyed in 2021, nearly 20% said they'd considered suicide at some point in the last year. An alarming statistic that underscores the expansion of the 98point6 behavioral health program to support adolescent care.
"Mental health is an important part of a child's overall health and well-being," said Jeff White, Director of Global Health and Well Being, Boeing. "As demand for mental health care continues to rise, we looked for opportunities to expand resources for children. Video-based therapy through 98point6 offers a convenient, confidential way to access the support children need."
Boeing offers the program to its eligible health plan dependents who reside in Arizona, California, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington state, with plans to expand to other states as licensing requirements are met.
Uniquely positioned to respond to the country's rising mental health crisis, 98point6 launched its behavioral health program in February 2021 for patients 18 years and older. The service provides employers, health plans and health systems access to a single-stop virtual care solution that ensures their members and employees are fully supported on the path to mental health. Through on-demand access to the trusted primary care relationship, 98point6 physicians can identify mental health issues further upstream, before they become more burdensome and costly to patients and providers.
"Today's youth have experienced unprecedented developmental and educational upheaval and political unrest. This makes connecting them to licensed therapists all the more important," said Dr. Mara Kailin, Senior Director of Behavioral Health at 98point6. "Employers, like Boeing, who are offering behavioral health services are helping to reduce stigma, normalize behavioral health mindsets and encourage individuals to seek help sooner."
98point6 welcomes conversations with additional employers interested in tailoring a behavioral health program for their plan dependents. For more information, visit 98point6.com.
About 98point6
98point6 is redefining digital health. Since our 2015 founding, we have been committed to building a path to integrated, optimized care that inspires patient participation and is rewarding for providers. By applying powerful technology to key areas within the point-of-care, we're eliminating traditional barriers to access, precisely automating aspects of the medical encounter, improving rates of clinical adherence to treatment guidelines, and allowing physicians to focus on the most meaningful part of the visit — patient connection. For employers, health plans and health systems, 98point6 increases primary care utilization among those not actively or appropriately engaged in their health, enabling earlier medical intervention, improving productivity, reducing overall cost of care, and improving patient outcomes. To learn more about 98point6, visit www.98point6.com.
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Green-Roof Market Growth, Industry Analysis, Share, Trend, Key Players, Opportunity and Forecast to 2030
Description
The impact of a number of factors such as economic, legal, social, political, technological, and modern business developments on market dynamics is briefly examined in the Green-Roof market analysis. The global Green-Roof market analysis focuses on market share and competitiveness index, which helps evaluate the top player’s contributions to the industry. Financial insights, regional engagement, market efficiency, critical data, product range, and segment contribution are all used to evaluate each manufacturer on a regular basis.
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The analysis evaluates market aspects such as drivers, constraints, opportunities, and future trends, as well as important factors that will affect the market throughout the projected time, from both the supply and demand sides. The paper includes an extensive PEST analysis for each of the five regions studied: North America, Europe, APAC, MEA, and South America. This analysis was done after researching the political, economic, social, and technical factors affecting the Green-Roof market in various places.
Major key players covered in this report are:
Optigreen
TAJIMA
Soprema
Tremco
Sempergreen
Onduline
ZinCo
KAJIMA
American Hydrotech
SIKA
Henry
Bioroof
Vegetal
VEDAG
Intrinsic
Rooflite
Bauder
Liveroof
Xero Flor
Green Roof Blocks
Vitaroofs
Green Roof Outfitters
Hannor
ZHEJIANG SOL
Kuangye Green-Roof
Regional Overview
A thorough review of all departments, geographic classifications, and country surveys were carried out with data that were meaningful in all respects. The purpose of this Green-Roof report is to investigate growth trends, exciting opportunities, key obstacles, and future prospects. This research report covers information on strategic alliances, plans, new product launches, agreements, joint ventures, and key industry players. Reports are useful to customers, sellers, traders, service providers, and distributors.
Market split by Type, can be divided into:
Extensive Green-Roof
Semi-intensive Green-Roof
Intensive Green-Roof
Market split by Application, can be divided into:
Residential Buildings
Commercial Buildings
Industrial Buildings
Others
Market split by Sales Channel, can be divided into:
Direct Channel
Distribution Channel
Market segment by Region/Country including:
North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia and Spain etc.)
Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia and Southeast Asia etc.)
South America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia etc.)
Middle East & Africa (South Africa, UAE and Saudi Arabia etc.)
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Table of Content
Chapter 1 Green-Roof Market Overview
1.1 Green-Roof Definition
1.2 Global Green-Roof Market Size Status and Outlook (2015-2030)
1.3 Global Green-Roof Market Size Comparison by Region (2015-2030)
1.4 Global Green-Roof Market Size Comparison by Type (2015-2030)
1.5 Global Green-Roof Market Size Comparison by Application (2015-2030)
1.6 Global Green-Roof Market Size Comparison by Sales Channel (2015-2030)
1.7 Green-Roof Market Dynamics (COVID-19 Impacts)
1.7.1 Market Drivers/Opportunities
1.7.2 Market Challenges/Risks
1.7.3 Market News (Mergers/Acquisitions/Expansion)
1.7.4 COVID-19 Impacts on Current Market
1.7.5 Post-Strategies of COVID-19 Outbreak
Chapter 2 Green-Roof Market Segment Analysis by Player
2.1 Global Green-Roof Sales and Market Share by Player (2018-2020)
2.2 Global Green-Roof Revenue and Market Share by Player (2018-2020)
2.3 Global Green-Roof Average Price by Player (2018-2020)
2.4 Players Competition Situation & Trends
2.5 Conclusion of Segment by Player
Chapter 3 Green-Roof Market Segment Analysis by Type
3.1 Global Green-Roof Market by Type
3.1.1 Extensive Green-Roof
3.1.2 Semi-intensive Green-Roof
3.1.3 Intensive Green-Roof
3.2 Global Green-Roof Sales and Market Share by Type (2015-2020)
3.3 Global Green-Roof Revenue and Market Share by Type (2015-2020)
3.4 Global Green-Roof Average Price by Type (2015-2020)
3.5 Leading Players of Green-Roof by Type in 2020
3.6 Conclusion of Segment by Type
Chapter 4 Green-Roof Market Segment Analysis by Application
4.1 Global Green-Roof Market by Application
4.1.1 Residential Buildings
4.1.2 Commercial Buildings
4.1.3 Industrial Buildings
4.1.4 Others
4.2 Global Green-Roof Revenue and Market Share by Application (2015-2020)
4.3 Leading Consumers of Green-Roof by Application in 2020
4.4 Conclusion of Segment by Application
Chapter 5 Green-Roof Market Segment Analysis by Sales Channel
5.1 Global Green-Roof Market by Sales Channel
5.1.1 Direct Channel
5.1.2 Distribution Channel
5.2 Global Green-Roof Revenue and Market Share by Sales Channel (2015-2020)
5.3 Leading Distributors/Dealers of Green-Roof by Sales Channel in 2020
5.4 Conclusion of Segment by Sales Channel
Continued…
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Annual Best Airlines Report Reveals Best and Worst Airlines in America Based on Reliability, Overall Experience, Cost, Loyalty Offerings, and More
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, The Points Guy (TPG) has released its sixth annual Best Airlines Report naming Delta Air Lines the number one airline in America for the fourth year in a row. TPG ranked airlines in the United States from best to worst according to criteria including customer satisfaction, cabin comfort, on-time records, lost luggage data, lounge quality and more. The rankings also reflect a strategic method that evaluates all aspects of a customer's journey — from ticketing through baggage delivery and even redeeming rewards for future trips.
"As travel restrictions were lifted around the world and more people returned to traveling, airlines faced a mountain of challenges this year from labor shortages to unfortunate delays making it a difficult year for air travel," said Brian Kelly, Founder of The Points Guy. "In the face of these challenges, our team has worked tirelessly to create this invaluable resource that will help travelers make educated decisions when booking their next domestic getaway."
Southwest Airlines took the number two spot, with United, American, and Alaska rounding out the top five rankings. By contrast, Spirit, Allegiant, and Frontier were the lowest ranked airlines over the last year, with Spirit dropping from 8th place in 2021 to 10th place this year.
Best Airlines Report for 2022 rankings are highlighted below:
- Delta Air Lines
- Southwest Airlines
- United Airlines
- American Airlines
- Alaska Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- Frontier Airlines
- Allegiant Air
- Spirit Airlines
Additional takeaways include:
- Delta comes out on top again: Named the winner for the fourth year in a row, Delta boasts an extensive network of lounges, impressive customer satisfaction feedback, and fewer involuntary bumps than its competitors. Delta saw the fewest customer complaints this year with just 1.25 complaints for every 100,000 passengers. They also only bumped two passengers out of more than 127 million Delta flyers in 2021, which was impressive given the state of the airline industry overall.
- Hawaiian Airlines ranks highest in reliability: For the second straight year, Hawaiian Airlines came out on top in terms of reliability with the lowest percentage of delays and cancellations. Over 90% of Hawaiian's flights arrived on time (within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time), and just 264 of the airline's 60,000+ flights were canceled.
- Southwest wins for affordable fares and widespread network Southwest Airlines took the top spot in the cost & reach category, which measures how vast a carrier's route network is combined with how much it costs consumers to fly the carrier. While Southwest doesn't serve as many destinations as some other U.S. airlines, its airfares were notably more affordable than the three legacy airlines (American, Delta, United) — and Southwest charged the fewest ancillary fees for checked bags and ticket changes or cancellations.
- United earns top marks for frequent flyers: United received the highest score in the frequent-flyer category thanks to a broad portfolio of cobranded credit cards plus the highest number of airline partners for earning and redeeming MileagePlus miles.
Report methodology:
This year TPG took into consideration reliability, experience, loyalty and cost & reach for each airline. TPG also examined data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.), including the number of passenger complaints filed against each airline with the D.O.T., as well as the number of reports of lost luggage each airline had. Additionally, in consulting the airlines' financials and combing through publicly available fleet data, the experts at TPG were able to factor all those elements — and more — into the rankings for 2022's best airlines report.
For all criteria, the raw scores from the data were converted into a scaled score from 0 to 10 and then weighted using the following percentages to arrive at the final score. This ensured that the calculation for each airline's score was made relative to the performance of others — as opposed to a simple ranking system that wouldn't accurately capture these differences.
The full list of factors and weighting was as follows:
- Reliability (30%)
- Experience (25%)
- Costs and Reach (20%)
- Loyalty (25%)
A full version of TPG's 2022 Best Airlines Report can be viewed here.
For a year-over-year comparison, TPG's 2021 Best Airlines Report can be viewed here.
About The Points Guy
The Points Guy (TPG) is a trusted travel and lifestyle media platform that focuses on maximizing travel experiences while minimizing spending. Through an informative, clever point of view, TPG has become the leading online site for all things points, miles and resourceful travel experiences. The site's editorial content and newsletter consists of firsthand flight, hotel and airplane reviews, curated travel guides and immersive video components, as well as global event activations. Since its launch in 2010, founder Brian Kelly has expanded the team to include a distinguished editorial staff and extensive network of freelancers around the globe. Today, TPG reaches 11 million unique monthly visitors and more than 3.5 million followers across social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok).
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), today announced the company's PASCAL Precision transcatheter valve repair system received CE Mark for the treatment of mitral and tricuspid regurgitation (MR and TR).
"Delivering the PASCAL Precision system to clinicians in Europe marks another significant step in our partnership with physicians who treat the large population of patients with mitral and tricuspid valve disease," said Bernard J. Zovighian, Edwards' corporate vice president, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies. "Edwards has a long history of innovation, and the significant advancements in the PASCAL Precision system are designed to improve clinicians' ability to provide positive outcomes for patients with both MR and TR."
The PASCAL Precision system is utilized in the treatment of patients with mitral or tricuspid regurgitation, through a single delivery system. The new system is designed to enable precise navigation and implant delivery.
"The PASCAL Precision system provides significant advancements in operator experience with implant delivery," said Prof Jörg Hausleiter, Professor of Medicine and the Deputy Clinic Director at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. "Having successfully treated my first patient with the PASCAL Precision system, I found it easy to operate and the improved catheter response and stability gave me greater control to place the implant exactly where I needed to."
The PASCAL Precision system includes PASCAL and PASCAL Ace implants, which feature independent grasping, atraumatic clasp and closure, and implant versatility including the ability to elongate and navigate complex anatomy.
The PASCAL Precision system is one of multiple transcatheter repair or replacement therapies in development by Edwards that are designed to address mitral and tricuspid valve diseases. The company is committed to transforming the treatment of mitral and tricuspid patients, supported by a robust body of clinical evidence.
About Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader of patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring. We are driven by a passion for patients, dedicated to improving and enhancing lives through partnerships with clinicians and stakeholders across the global healthcare landscape. For more information, visit Edwards.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by management of the company and are believed to be reasonable, though they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statement. Investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements based on a number of factors as detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2022. These filings, along with important safety information about our products, may be found at Edwards.com.
Edwards, Edwards Lifesciences, the stylized E logo, Edwards PASCAL, Edwards PASCAL Precision, PASCAL, PASCAL Ace, and PASCAL Precision are trademarks of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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After settling a years-long lawsuit earlier this year over event parking, the 49ers are on their way to ending another legal battle with the city of Santa Clara — this time over the management of Levi’s Stadium.
The 49ers sued the city back in 2019 after the Santa Clara City Council voted to remove the football team from managing non-NFL events, citing concerns about fraud and the team’s failure to comply with state wage and conflict-of-interest laws.
But because of the litigation, the team has continued to oversee the stadium, booking concerts and other events.
Now, after three years in court, the 49ers are offering the city a settlement of $3.3 million, according to team spokesperson Rahul Chandhok.
The offer includes a $650,000 payment from the team to the city’s general fund and a $650,000 transfer from the Stadium Authority’s discretionary fund to the general fund. The remaining $2 million will be used for public safety expenses for the stadium.
Under the proposed agreement, the 49ers will also forgive $350,000 in interest that the Stadium Authority owes the team and continue to operate the stadium without dispute over management powers.
Chandhok said the settlement would help Santa Clara “avoid millions in future legal fees.” He estimates both the team and the city have spent $8 million fighting the litigation and blamed Mayor Lisa Gillmor for having a “track record of wasting taxpayer dollars of failed litigation,” citing the $6 million the city spent fighting a lawsuit and a court order requiring them to switch to district-based elections.
“Prolonged legal fights only benefit the lawyers, and we hope the city will take this significant step to restore this partnership and focus on generating revenue from the stadium,” Chandhok said in a statement. “For Mayor Gillmor and her allies to say otherwise is just another attempt to trump up a conspiracy to cover up her own fiscal recklessness.”
Gillmor could not be reached for comment.
Vice Mayor Suds Jain declined to comment, saying he needed to more details of the settlement first, but said he doesn’t “really like paying lawyers.”
The city council is slated to discuss the legal battle with the 49ers during its closed session meeting on Tuesday evening. Ahead of the meeting, an organization called Santa Clara Now, which was created by team and its CEO Jed York, purchased Facebook ads urging residents to contact the council and tell them to approve the settlement.
Over the years, the city and the NFL team have had an acrimonious relationship and have been engaged in multiple legal battles.
In February, the 49ers settled a 2018 lawsuit the team filed against the city that claimed they had overpaid more than $1 million for parking at the city-owned golf course near the stadium. According to settlement documents, the team paid the city $325,000.
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ATLANTA , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today that members of its leadership team will present in person at the following investor conferences in the coming weeks:
-Raymond James Diversified Industrials Conference on August 23 at 10:20 a.m. ET
-Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference on September 8 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Interested parties can access live webcasts of the fireside chats on the Company's investor relations website. A replay of the webcasts will be available after the event.
About Genuine Parts Company
Founded in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. The Company's Automotive Parts Group distributes automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The Company's Industrial Parts Group distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. In total, the Company serves its global customers from an extensive network of more than 10,000 locations in 17 countries and has approximately 53,000 employees. Further information is available at www.genpt.com.
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Major brands show strong support for the global championship of women's professional soccer
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Relevent Sports Group (RSG) announces a powerful list of brand and media partners ahead of the 2022 Women's International Champions Cup (WICC) to be held today, August 17 and August 20 at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. The tournament has four champion clubs from around the world who will battle to be called the Women's Club World Champion.
Ally, a longtime partner of the WICC, is the presenting sponsor of the 2022 WICC. The list of brand partners also includes Verizon, Toyota, Nike, Oakley, TikTok, BODYARMOR, Turkish Airlines, Cazadores Tequila, Sorare, Socios.com, Hertz, Shutterstock, YETI, Pacific Seafood, and Sport Oregon.
"It's a privilege to continue our support of the Women's International Champions Cup and its unwavering mission to bring incredible athletes to the world's stage," said Stephanie Marciano, Head of Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Ally Financial. "We are committed to leveling the playing field for these world-class athletes and welcome the strong partners joining us as we continue to change the game for all women."
ESPN will serve as the official broadcast partner of the WICC in the U.S., Mexico, Central America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Other media partners include DIRECTV in South America (outside of Brazil), NENT in Scandinavia, and Astro in Malaysia. Further, DAZN is the global media rights distribution partner in markets and territories not listed above. In total, the tournament will be broadcast in 250 markets and territories worldwide.
"The quality and volume of this year's WICC partners demonstrates the enormous global interest around women's professional soccer," said RSG CEO Daniel Sillman. "The days of people claiming that women's sports aren't financially viable are over, as you can see by our deep roster of partners and the investment being made in women's sports."
The WICC, now in its 4th year, is a qualification-only event. Each participant must win a championship in its most recent season to be invited to the WICC. This year's participants are the Portland Thorns, who won the 2021 NWSL Shield, 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, and 2021 WICC; Olympique Lyonnais, who won the 2021-22 D1 Feminine and 2021-22 UEFA Women's Champions League; Chelsea, who won the 2021-22 FAWSL; and Monterrey, who won the 2021 Torneo Grita México Apertura 2021.
RSG has made a long-standing investment into the growth of women's soccer through its WICC platform. In 2020, RSG developed a women's-focused content strategy with new original programming, highlighted by "The Fixture by the WICC." The weekly digital show is available on all ICC social channels and is entirely dedicated to women's soccer including highlights, news, transfers, and players to watch. RSG also produced a full-length documentary about Lyon star Ada Hegerberg available now on ESPN+.
All of this year's partners share in RSG's vision to promote, elevate, and support women across the globe. This has been a transcendent year for women's sports, and soccer specifically, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the equal pay agreement between the Men's and Women's U.S. National Teams, and record-breaking attendance and viewership with the UEFA Women's EURO.
"Toyota is thrilled to be an official sponsor of the Women's International Champions Cup and cheer on the Portland Thorns as they look to defend their title," says Russ Humberston, president of the Pacific Northwest Toyota Dealers Association. "We're especially honored to have a hand in inspiring the future generation of athletes and showing them dreams can come true through the player mascot program. We're able to create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for local children as they stand alongside their role models on the field."
"Pacific Seafood fuels athletes and fans around the world with the healthiest protein on the planet and is proud to partner with the Women's International Championship Cup for a second year," said Bill Hueffner, Chief Marketing Officer for Pacific Seafood. "Because nets play a vital role in both soccer and fishing, we saw an opportunity to educate fans on sustainable fishing practices by providing the nets on the field. These custom hand-crafted nets are produced on the Oregon coast and are specially designed to only catch targeted species."
Tickets for the 2022 WICC are available at www.internationalchampionscup.com.
ABOUT RELEVENT SPORTS GROUP
Relevent Sports Group (RSG) is the premier soccer events and media business in North America and Asia. RSG owns and operates soccer properties, including the WICC, and sells premium rights for the world's top leagues, federations, and confederations. RSG is focused on expanding its footprint, creating a year-round soccer platform including new digital properties and the first-of-its-kind joint venture with LaLiga to promote soccer in North America.
CONTACT: Ian Campbell, icampbell@rsgrp.com
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A woman’s distressed call to the emergency helpline after she jumped into the sea to escape her alleged rapist, landed a youth in custody on Wednesday.
The call came through in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a young woman’s voice on the emergency line brought police rushing to the area of Valletta where the alleged victim had jumped into the waters.
She claimed that she had done so to escape “the physical and sexual abuse” of Qasem Saleh, a 20-year-old Syrian construction worker whom she had been dating.
The woman claimed that the abuse was still ongoing when she jumped into the sea.
When police officers arrived at the site along Triq il-Mediterran at around 2.45am, they found the woman in the water.
The suspect was also in the area and put up no resistance as the officers approached.
The youth was taken into custody and questioned, cooperating all along, explained prosecuting Inspectors John Spiteri and Kevin Pulis.
On Wednesday, he was escorted to court, pleading not guilty to rape, holding his alleged victim against her will and grievously injuring the woman with whom he was in a relationship.
The accused’s lawyer, Mario Mifsud, made no request for bail at arraignment stage but asked the court to direct the prosecution to summon the alleged victim if possible at the first hearing.
Meanwhile, the defence also asked the court to recommend that the accused be detained at the Young Offenders’ Unit, given he was under 21.
The court, presided over by magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia, made the recommendation.
The court also issued a protection order in terms of which the accused was not to approach or communicate with the alleged victim in any manner, even while under preventive arrest and that order was to remain in force until final judgment.
AG lawyer Sean Azzopardi assisted the prosecution.
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Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS – Get Rating) had its price target reduced by research analysts at Mizuho from $210.00 to $200.00 in a report issued on Wednesday, The Fly reports. Mizuho’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 11.98% from the stock’s current price.
A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on ZS. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on Zscaler from $300.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 27th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on Zscaler from $260.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Friday, May 27th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Zscaler from $275.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 26th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Zscaler from $147.00 to $168.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 27th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their price objective on Zscaler from $325.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and twenty-five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $245.91.
Zscaler Trading Down 1.7 %
Zscaler stock opened at $178.60 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 2.24 and a quick ratio of 2.24. Zscaler has a one year low of $125.12 and a one year high of $376.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.34 billion, a PE ratio of -66.89 and a beta of 1.04. The business’s fifty day moving average is $158.19 and its 200 day moving average is $193.45.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, COO Dali Rajic sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.80, for a total transaction of $3,895,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 231,574 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,079,229.20. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In related news, COO Dali Rajic sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.80, for a total transaction of $3,895,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 231,574 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,079,229.20. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Robert Schlossman sold 239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total value of $35,850.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 112,622 shares in the company, valued at $16,893,300. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 49,710 shares of company stock worth $7,275,302. 20.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. M&T Bank Corp increased its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 2,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. B. Riley Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,713 shares of the company’s stock worth $550,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 4.1% in the first quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 1,273 shares of the company’s stock worth $307,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 4.1% in the first quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,328 shares of the company’s stock worth $320,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arlington Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 122.4% in the first quarter. Arlington Partners LLC now owns 109 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. 43.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Zscaler
Zscaler, Inc operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company provides Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, servers, operational technology, Internet of Things device secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and Internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.
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Chef for Cadets cooking up amazing meals at Benedictine Military School
Chef Vince Freyne has been at Savannah school for 14 years
Chef Vince Freyne has been at Savannah school for 14 years
Chef Vince Freyne has been at Savannah school for 14 years
Benedictine Military School is serving up fresh, nutritious, and healthy choices at lunchtime.
With over 400 hungry teens in search of nourishment converging on the cafeteria over a span of two hours every day, feeding the small army is no east task.
Luckily for the Cadets, Chef Vince Freyne is up to the mission.
"Their enthusiastic appetites give us a sense of pride," says Freyne.
Chef Vince and his SAGE Dining Services team serving up a a wide variety of foods each day.
"We take the opportunity to educate the Cadets about cuisine, ethnicity and nutrition and all the factors that hopefully they'll take with them in their adult lives," explains Chef Vince.
For 14 years now, Chef Vince has been filling the plates and stomachs of Benedictine students, faculty and staff.
Lunchtime at Benedictine is very different than a lot of other schools. Multiple options are offered including a salad bar, a pasta bar, hot entrees, desserts and more.
"We have a captured audience," laughs Chef Vince. "They don't have the opportunity to go out and eat different things for lunch so we must be versatile."
Benedictine is one of three Savannah area schools utilizing the services of SAGE Dining.
"We love what we do and we love that we do it here," adds Freyne. | https://www.wjcl.com/article/chef-for-cadets-cooking-up-amazing-meals-at-benedictine-military-school/40916695 | 2022-08-17T13:50:16Z | https://www.wjcl.com/article/chef-for-cadets-cooking-up-amazing-meals-at-benedictine-military-school/40916695 | true | 1 |
VANCOUVER, BC , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithium South Development Corporation (the "Company") (TSX-V: LIS) (OTCQB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ) is pleased to provide an update on the drilling campaign currently underway at the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project (HMN Li Project) in Salta Province, Argentina. Andalgala Perforaciones S.A. of Catamarca, Argentina have been contracted to provide a second core rig for drilling at the project site. The rig is expected to be located by this coming weekend at the northern portion of the Alba Sabrina claim block. The rig has the depth potential required for the drilling program.
Company Director and Chief Operating Officer, Fernando Villarroel states, "We are very pleased to have obtained a second drill rig to move our drill program forward in a timelier manner. We look forward to providing further results from the two operating drill rigs."
The objective of the program is to potentially expand the current Lithium Carbonate Resource which is defined with an average grade of 756 mg/L lithium within 571,000 tons in the Measured and Indicated Categories (See news release December 4, 2018, and NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report titled, Initial Measured and Indicated Lithium and Potassium Resource Estimate, Hombre Muerto North Project, Salta and Catamarca Provinces, Argentina, prepared by independent consultants Montgomery and Associates of Santiago, Chile).
The current Resource is contained solely on the Tramo Claim Block, which is 383 hectares in size. Tramo is one of five Salar-located, non-contiguous claim blocks that comprise the total project area of 3,287 hectares. The current drill program is focused on exploration of the Alba Sabrina Claim Block, which is 2,089 hectares in size.
About Lithium South
The HMN Li Project is at an advanced stage of evaluation, with a Preliminary Economic Assessment completed in April 2019. Lithium South is the 100% owner and expects to expand the known resource with its current drill program. Preliminary results support this expectation. Additional project work including permitting, environmental studies and process test work is ongoing.
The HMN Li Project is adjacent to a US$840 million lithium mine under development by the Korean multinational corporation POSCO, which acquired their holdings from Galaxy Resources Ltd. for US$280 million. Livent Corporation is producing lithium south of the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project and has operated there for over twenty-five years.
The Company is evaluating a conventional evaporation process method, and Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) as an alternative method. DLE test work on 2,000-liter brine samples is currently in progress by Chemphys Chengdu, in China, and Eon Minerals in Salta, Argentina.
The technical and scientific information in this press release was reviewed by Mr. William Feyerabend, a Consulting Geologist and Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Feyerabend participated in the production of this press release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Adrian F. C. Hobkirk
President and Chief Executive Officer
Investors / Shareholders call 855-415-8100 / website: www.lithiumsouth.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed the content of this news release and therefore does not accept responsibility or liability for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward- looking statements. We seek safe harbor.
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MIAMI (AP) — A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami remained in “extremely critical condition" early Wednesday, officials said.
Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as he and other officers closed in a suspect wanted for an earlier robbery in nearby Broward County, police said. His family has remained by his side at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.
“There's a mom and dad right now suffering," Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez said during a news conference Tuesday evening. “Our officers are hurting real bad. We stand together praying for him. We will not quit.”
Police said Echavarry and other officers began pursuing a white vehicle involved in an earlier armed robbery when its driver tried to flee, ramming into police vehicles and a civilian vehicle whose three occupants were hospitalized in stable condition.
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He then tried to escape on foot, but a confrontation and gunfire ensued. The driver, identified as Jeremy Horton, 32, of Acworth, Georgia, was shot and died at the scene.
Horton had been stopped in South Florida on Aug. 8 and cited for having no proof of insurance and driving with an expired tag and a suspended Georgia driver's license, according to Golden Beach Police Chief Rudy Herbello.
Echaverry has been with Miami-Dade Police for five years, and was assigned to the department's robbery intervention detail. His friends told the Miami Herald he was moving up and planned to get married.
Monday's shooting wasn't his first brush with death, the newspaper reported. As a rookie in March 2018, Echaverry was a passenger in a police vehicle that rammed into another car, killing its 45-year-old driver.
The computer on the police vehicle showed Officer John Song was driving at 78 mph in a 40 mph zone a second before the crash. Both officers were airlifted to a hospital. In May a jury acquitted Song of vehicular homicide and reckless driving. The Herald reported that Echaverry testified that he couldn't remember the moments leading up to the crash. | https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/miami-officer-still-critical-as-robbery-suspect-identified/article_57447db5-fb5f-5e5d-8daa-d381f9754184.html | 2022-08-17T14:01:52Z | https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/miami-officer-still-critical-as-robbery-suspect-identified/article_57447db5-fb5f-5e5d-8daa-d381f9754184.html | true | 35 |
Firstlight Media and Google Cloud Advance Cloud OTT Capabilities for Customers
IBC 2022 previews: Personalized FAST channels with Google Ad Manager integration; data dashboards with churn prevention module; linear streaming on Google Cloud Media CDN
TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Firstlight Media today announced that it has achieved key milestones in its collaboration with Google Cloud to create the next generation of cloud-native OTT capabilities.
Advancing development activities announced at NAB 2022, Firstlight Media will be showcasing at IBC:
- Personalized FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channels running on Google Cloud and ready for scalable CTV monetization via pre-integration with Google Ad Manager across client, and server side environments.
- Analytics dashboards built on a proprietary, unified data model, bringing together user engagement, content performance, and quality of experience metrics to help drive the business. Leveraging the Firstlight Media analytics platform, built on top of Google BigQuery and Looker, media companies can identify and target users at risk of churn to improve retention and identify new revenue opportunities.
- Linear streaming through HLS and DASH on Google Cloud Media CDN, with an early version of low latency streaming using the LL-DASH protocol.
"As we've plunged more deeply into our R&D collaboration with Google Cloud, two things have stood out," said Juan Martin, CTO and Co-Founder of Firstlight Media. "First, our innovation velocity has dramatically increased with Google Cloud, which will be transformational for the media industry. Second, a tight integration with leading CTV focused services like Google Ad Manager and Google Cloud Media CDN will have a direct impact on the bottom lines of OTT providers."
As the Google Cloud Industry Solution Media & Entertainment Partner of the Year for 2021, Firstlight Media is working across its partner ecosystem to preview at IBC 2022 tools that can help accelerate OTT's shift to cloud-native platforms.
"At Google Cloud, we continue to explore new ways for our customers to build better businesses with cloud technologies," said Anil Jain, Managing Director, Media & Entertainment Industry Solutions for Google Cloud. "By working closely with partners such as Firstlight Media, we can accelerate the streaming industry's transition to a new generation of solutions by advancing capabilities and products that can drive business success and consumer satisfaction."
Firstlight Media's OTT platform is designed to build and run scalable applications in the cloud using cloud-native technologies, including containers, microservices, a service mesh, APIs, and immutable infrastructure. The OTT technology stack provides significantly better performance, a modular approach for feature expansion, continuous delivery for rapid iteration, and built-in scalability, observability and security. Forward-looking OTT providers such as aha 2.0 in India, PLDT's Smart in the Philippines and others are using the Firstlight Media platform to deliver services with the flexibility and the agility of the cloud, while equaling or exceeding the reliability and high performance of broadcast.
Please contact Firstlight Media at [email protected] to set up a meeting before, after, or during IBC.
Firstlight Media is leading cloud transformations of OTT and in-home experiences for pay-TV, telcos, and MVPDs. The company's cloud-native platform leverages a transformative Gen5 architecture for unparalleled performance in delivering premium video, handling complex use cases, and scaling to millions of viewers. Founded by a team that has built and operated dozens of Tier 1 OTT services worldwide, Firstlight Media is powering immersive sports, live experiences and personalized entertainment on any screen. The company is headquartered in Toronto and has additional locations in Los Angeles, San Diego and Chennai, India. For more information, visit firstlight.ai.
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How to Watch: Saints at Packers in NFL Preseason
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers will host the New Orleans Saints at 7 p.m. Friday in an NFL preseason matchup.
Here’s what you need to know.
Packers by 3
Records: As if it matters, both teams are 0-1. Green Bay lost 28-21 at San Francisco while New Orleans lost 17-13 at Houston.
Worthless history: The Packers are 7-2 all-time vs. the Saints in preseason.
The line: The Packers are 3-point favorites at FanDuel Sportsbook with a total of 39.5 points.
How to Watch Saints at Packers
Live TV: The game will air on the Packers TV Network, with Kevin Harlan and John Kuhn on the call. The network consists of WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee; WGBA-TV, Green Bay; WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau, Wis.; KQDS/FOX, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis.; WLUC-NBC/FOX UP, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; WMBD/CBS, Peoria/Bloomington, Ill.; KCCI/CBS, Des Moines, Iowa; KWWL/NBC, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa; KTVI/FOX, St. Louis, Mo.; KETV/ABC, Omaha, Neb.; KNDB/BEK, Bismarck, N.D.; KRDK/BEK, Fargo, N.D.; KNDM/BEK, Minot, N.D.; KDLT/NBC, Sioux Falls, S.D.; KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, Alaska; KATN/ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska and KJUD/ABC, Juneau, Alaska.
NFL Network: Next week’s game at Kansas City will be aired live by NFL Network. This game will not be televised live nationally. NFL Network will show it on tape at midnight and 10 a.m. Saturday, though.
Radio: The call of Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren can be heard on the Packers Radio Network. There’s a new flagship station, with WRNW-FM 97.3 in Milwaukee replacing WTMJ. Click here for the list of affiliates.
The Lineups
The Packers held 33 players out of the San Francisco game and might do something similar this week with the starers getting so many practice reps against New Orleans’ starters.
“I think the good thing about playing Dennis (Allen) and his squad is we saw a lot of different looks on defense,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after Tuesday’s practice. “We saw pressures, edge pressure, we saw combo pressure, we saw Mike pressure. We saw a number of different defenses: one high, two high, quarters. So, we saw a lot of good stuff, and that’s important. Sometimes, we’ve had teams that have been very vanilla here in the past, not showing a lot, but I’m glad they played a lot of different defenses and played some man at one point. So, it was good work for us. Obviously, there’s no tackling in this. That’s the only difference, I think, between the preseason and today’s practice.”
With Rodgers presumably not playing, Jordan Love and Danny Etling will handle the quarterbacking duties. Love threw three interceptions in the loss to San Francisco but Rodgers chalked those up to mistakes by other players.
“I thought he did some really good things,” Rodgers said. “Drop-pick (by Tyler Davis), kind of not a great route, not great finish by Romeo (Doubs) on the one that becomes a bogus pick, and then bad decision but a terrible route inside (by Amari Rodgers). We should have been smoking down the seam and had a chance on a touchdown, instead we’re in a tight spot with the pocket collapsing throwing a contested ball on a guy who’s running the wrong route. It might look bad on the stat sheet with the three picks, but the film tells a different story.” | https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/gameday/how-to-watch-saints-at-packers-in-nfl-preseason | 2022-08-17T14:02:37Z | https://www.si.com/nfl/packers/gameday/how-to-watch-saints-at-packers-in-nfl-preseason | true | 1 |
Texada Software Announces New Chief Executive Officer Matt Harris
Market-Leading Software Platform for the Equipment Industry Appoints Enterprise Software Leader Matt Harris as Chief Executive Officer
Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – August 16, 2022) – Texada Software (“Texada”) announced that it has appointed technology executive Matt Harris as Chief Executive Officer. Matt brings to Texada an impressive track record for launching disruptive new technologies and driving sustainable revenue growth for a variety of software and technology companies.
Matt joins Texada from Viewpoint, a division of Trimble, where he was the President and General Manager. Viewpoint provides an industry-leading SaaS platform for construction companies that connects a contractor’s projects and job sites with their back office. Matt was with Viewpoint for over 11 years and served roles in strategy, sales, and product as they grew nearly twenty fold into a construction industry software platform leader. Prior to Viewpoint, Matt has held leadership roles with FEI Company, Netscape and General Electric amongst others.
Matt takes the reins from Nabil Kassam, Founder of Texada Software, who commented, “Our mission has always been to make work easy and instant, through our platform that increases the capabilities and productivity of businesses who rent, sell, manage or service equipment assets. I’m excited to welcome Matt as CEO, and I look forward to supporting Matt and the entire Texada team going forward as we deliver more value to our customers and to the equipment industry.”
“Matt’s extensive experience with growing and leading an enterprise SaaS business at scale in the construction software space, coupled with a long track record with many successful technology businesses, give him a unique vision and leadership skills to help grow the business with the Texada team,” said Matt McDonald, Partner at Banneker. Harjot Sachdeva, Operating Partner at Banneker Partners added, “Matt’s experience, vision, and deep market expertise make him the ideal choice to lead Texada in creating the next generation of software solutions for equipment dealers and rental companies. As the company announces new offerings and new partners, Matt’s demonstrated proficiency at launching products and delivering value to customers will be vital for the company’s next phase of growth.”
“With Banneker, Texada is ideally situated to build on its legacy and leadership in heavy equipment rental software markets. The strength of its customer base, its product portfolio, and its organization all provide meaningful pillars from which the Texada platform can expand,” said Matt Harris. “The industry is urgently looking for transformative solutions which integrate their businesses with their customers and their operations. Texada will focus on further developing its integrated platform to meet these critical needs.”
Matt’s appointment comes on the heels of Banneker Partners’ growth investment in Texada on June 30, 2022. Texada is a leading provider of cloud-based ERP and rental management software for managing dealer and rental operations throughout the equipment lifecycle. The cloud-based Systematic Rental Management (Texada SRM) platform is trusted by equipment rental companies, equipment dealerships, construction companies, contractors, and operators around the world to manage their equipment rental businesses. Banneker’s software expertise and deep capital will enable Texada to pursue a strategy focused on delivering exceptional customer value and innovation by investing in sales, marketing, product development, professional services and customer support, as well as strategic acquisitions.
About Texada
Texada Software offers cloud or client-based software applications for equipment rental companies, equipment dealerships, construction companies, general contractors, and equipment operators, including mechanics, logistics managers and service technicians. Texada’s products manage the entire asset lifecycle, including equipment purchasing; rental and sales transactions; inventory location, utilization, maintenance and depreciation tracking; used equipment sales and disposals analysis; and inventory replenishment analysis. Texada is the provider of industry-leading technology FleetLogic, a mobile field service and logistics management platform; SRM (Systematic Rental Management), a complete management software for scaling rental businesses; Texada Pay, a payment processing platform; and GateWay, an online store and mobile e-commerce app for customers and sales teams.
For more information please visit www.texadasoftware.com.
Matthew Harris
Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]
+1 (503) 702-0254
About Banneker Partners
Banneker Partners invests in growing enterprise software businesses to drive sustainable long-term value. Banneker takes a partnership approach to support founders and management teams to achieve their goals by implementing proven best practices and making additional investments across functional areas, including sales, marketing, product management, product development, professional services, and customer success, and we complement these growth initiatives with strategic acquisitions that are focused on enhancing customer value.
For more information, please visit www.bannekerpartners.com
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summary: Even before the pandemic, Americans were suffering from mental illness at increasing rates while the number of psychiatrists in the US keeps declining. To improve direct access to affordable mental health services, TeleSage has developed and released the SAGE, a fully validated, mental health diagnostic screener that yields a detailed report. Dr. Benjamin B. Brodey, CEO of TeleSage, says: "The SAGE is the mental health equivalent of a set of laboratory tests in primary care, but the SAGE can be taken anonymously by the client from the comfort of their home."
The SAGE has been used since 2018 at major research universities and by mental health clinicians worldwide. Dr. Brodey says: "The SAGE has been available on a 'prescription' basis. We need an 'over-the-counter' solution."
The SAGE efficiently evaluates up to 400 symptoms of mental illness and 24 of the most common mental health diagnoses in just 5 to 15 minutes using AI-driven branching algorithms. Users receive a detailed report summarizing the client's symptoms and likely mental health diagnoses. The SAGE can be taken on any device that connects to the internet without needing to download software or an app.
Because mental disorders are still stigmatized, TeleSage has made its public SAGE system completely anonymous. Users can even permanently delete their report from the system. SAGE users can share their report with a new clinician or get a second opinion. Dr. Brodey says: "We need to lower the barriers that prevent people from getting the help they need. It can be difficult to express your feelings to a clinician and even more difficult to know which symptoms might be most significant. The SAGE can act as an intermediary between the client and clinician."
Supporting Quote: According to Benjamin B. Brodey MD, MPH, "Our mental health delivery system is completely unprepared for the unprecedented mental health crisis that we are currently experiencing. Online mental health decision support tools, such as the SAGE, will both empower clients to get the help they need and also reduce clinician burdens."
Benjamin Brodey MD, MPH, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School, served as Principal Investigator (PI) on the NIH grant that funded the initial development of the SAGE. Interviews with Dr. Brodey can be arranged by contacting smcconnell@telesage.com. Dr. Brodey would be happy to discuss a variety of online self-assessment options
Call to action: As an anonymous, publicly available, validated, and comprehensive mental health diagnostic screener, the SAGE is unique. SAGE administrations can be purchased for $15 by credit/debit card or by Apple Pay, Google Pay, or PayPal. Administrations can be used directly by the purchaser or sent to a friend who can also take the assessment anonymously at www.sagesr.com. Members of the press can get a free fully anonymous SAGE self-assessment at www.sagesr.com/press.
CONTACT: Scott McConnell, smcconnell@telesage.com
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Airbnb is taking new steps to prevent renters from throwing unauthorized parties.
The company said it has rolled out new "anti-party" tools that will help identify potentially "high-risk" reservations.
The technology being implemented will look at various factors before allowing a person to rent, including their rental history, length of trip, distance traveling to the listing, and timing of the reservation, Airbnb stated.
"This anti-party technology is designed to prevent a reservation attempt from going through," Airbnb said.
The company said a similar type of technology was successfully utilized in Australia.
"We have seen a 35 percent drop in incidents of unauthorized parties in the areas of Australia where this pilot has been in effect," the company said. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/airbnb-rolling-out-anti-party-technology | 2022-08-17T14:03:55Z | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/airbnb-rolling-out-anti-party-technology | false | null |
Barangaroo South precinct takes out top design gong
The Barangaroo South urban renewal project has taken top honours at the Property Council of Australia’s awards ceremony, lauded for its design and sustainability features.
Lendlease’s mixed-use project won the RLB Australian Development of the Year at the PCA/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards and won other gongs including the WSP Award for Best Sustainable Development — New Buildings and the Liberty Steel Award for Best Mixed Use Development.
The development will house 23,000 office workers, 2000 residents, a six-star hotel and more than 80 eateries and retail outlets across 500,000sq m of space when completed in 2023.
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“Barangaroo South is a truly iconic international project that has recalibrated the way Australians think about precinct-scale urban renewal,” PCA chief executive Ken Morrison says.
“Lendlease has combined iconic buildings designed by acclaimed architects with world-leading sustainability initiatives that have transformed entire supply chains and challenged large tenants to embrace green business practices.
“Barangaroo South also throws down the gauntlet to governments across Australia by showing when density is done right, it delivers.”
Meanwhile, Mirvac’s EY Centre won the SAS International Award for Best Office Development, recognised for its ground plane activation, architectural design and “smart building” status.
The Sarah Slattery-led quantity surveying firm Slattery won the PwC Award for Diversity for companies with fewer than 250 employees.
Cushman & Wakefield took home the Moulis Legal Award for Diversity for companies with more than 250 employees.
The du Chateau Chun Award for Future Leader of the Year went to WSP senior mechanical engineer Rebecca Fitzgerald.
The S4B Studio Award for Best Heritage Development was given to the Old Clare Hotel in Sydney’s Chippendale, which has been carved out of the Clare Hotel pub and Carlton & United Breweries Administration Building.
The Equiem Award for Best Project Innovation went to Project REDDA, a real estate due diligence tool that detects key risks in leases.
The KONE Award for Best Development Innovation was awarded to the Tonsley Innovation District in South Australia for cultivating high-value manufacturing, leading-edge research and emerging industries.
The PCA’s Mr Morrison said the quality of entries reflected an industry committed to driving innovation.
This article originally appeared on www.theaustralian.com.au/property. | https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/barangaroo-south-precinct-takes-out-top-design-gong | 2022-08-17T14:05:00Z | https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/barangaroo-south-precinct-takes-out-top-design-gong | true | 1 |
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Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China’s defence ministry said on Wednesday.
China’s participation in the joint exercises was “unrelated to the current international and regional situation”, the ministry said in a statement.
Last month, Moscow announced plans to hold “Vostok” (East) exercises from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, even as it wages a costly war in Ukraine. It said at the time that some foreign forces would participate, without naming them. read more
Its last such exercises took place in 2018, when China took part for the first time.
China’s defence ministry said its participation in the exercises was part of an ongoing bilateral annual cooperation agreement with Russia.
“The aim is to deepen practical and friendly cooperation with the armies of participating countries, enhance the level of strategic collaboration among the participating parties, and strengthen the ability to respond to various security threats,” the statement said.
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Beijing and Moscow have grown increasingly close.
Shortly before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow announced a “no limits” partnership, although U.S. officials say they have not seen China evade U.S.-led sanctions on Russia or provide it with military equipment.
Russia’s eastern military district includes part of Siberia and has its headquarters in Khabarovsk, near the Chinese border. | https://arynews.tv/china-to-send-troops-to-russia/ | 2022-08-17T14:07:33Z | https://arynews.tv/china-to-send-troops-to-russia/ | true | 10 |
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Education Agency released grades this week for each school district and campus across the state, and that includes the charter districts in the area.
Seven charter school districts in Bexar County received an A rating out of a total of 25 here. The same number received a Not Rated score, or a D or F, meaning they received a score of less than 70.
The TEA on Monday said 1,195 districts and 8,451 campuses were rated this year based on performances on the STAAR tests, improvements on those scores, and efforts on “closing the gap” for disadvantaged students.
Districts or schools that received the Not Rated score will be spared from sanctions this school year because this was the first ratings since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The accountability ratings for charter districts in Bexar County and surrounding counties are below. To see the ratings for traditional public school districts, click here.
To view the 2022 accountability ratings for other districts and campuses across Texas, visit TXschools.gov.
Charter schools in Bexar County:
- Basis Texas: A / 99
- Bexar County Academy: Not Rated
- Brooks Academies of Texas: B / 81
- Compass Rose Public Schools: C / 77
- The Gathering Place: Not Rated
- George Gervin Academy: B / 85
- Great Hearts Texas: A / 92
- Heritage Academy: A / 100
- Inspire Academies: B / 83
- Jubilee Academies: C / 75
- Lighthouse Public Schools: Not Rated
- New Frontiers Public Schools Inc: A / 91
- Por Vida Academy: B / 83
- Positive Solutions Charter School: Not Rated
- Prelude Preparatory Charter School: Not Rated
- Promesa Academy Charter School: Not Rated
- Royal Public Schools: Not Rated
- San Antonio Preparatory Schools: C / 74
- School of Science and Technology: A / 91
- Southwest Preparatory School: B / 82
Charter schools in counties surrounding Bexar:
- Meadowland Charter District (Kendall): Not Rated
- Trinity Charter School (Comal): B / 80 | https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/08/17/a-f-accountability-ratings-for-san-antonio-area-charter-school-districts/ | 2022-08-17T14:07:35Z | https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/08/17/a-f-accountability-ratings-for-san-antonio-area-charter-school-districts/ | false | 1 |
The former president endorsed Hageman, an ex-Cheney ally who in 2016 called Trump "somebody who is racist and xenophobic" and attempted to thwart his nomination during that year's Republican National Convention.
Hageman now disowns her previous statements on Trump, claiming she was led astray by "the lies the Democrats and Liz Cheney's friends in the media were telling at the time."
"Absolutely the election was rigged," Hageman said on the campaign trail, echoing the former president's lie about the 2020 election. "What happened in 2020 is a travesty."
The GOP nominee advances to face Democratic pick Lynnette Grey Bull, a renewable energy advocate who is vying to become the first Indigenous person to win a U.S. House seat representing Wyoming, which produces a large percentage of the nation's coal.
"It's definitely a David and Goliath type of campaign," said Grey Bull, who states on her website that "coal, oil, and gas are not viable energy sources in the long-term, environmentally or economically."
By contrast, Hageman—who is heavily favored to win in November—has been described as an "anti-conservation zealot" given her years as a trial lawyer fighting environmentalists in court and her expressed disdain for the very idea of protected federal lands. The oil and gas industry was among the corporate interests that helped fund her campaign against Cheney, who was also a vocal supporter of fossil fuel development.
"For three decades, Hageman has been sparring with environmentalists, suing federal agencies over land use decisions, and advocating for transferring control of federal lands to states," HuffPost's Chris D'Angelo recently reported. "It is a record of anti-conservation, anti-government zealotry that once earned her the nickname 'Wicked Witch of the West' among environmentalists—a title she embraced."
"Come next year," D'Angelo warned, "Hageman could be Wyoming's new at-large congresswoman and, if she has it her way, a member of the House committee with jurisdiction over energy development, public lands, and wildlife."
In a December appearance on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's podcast, Hageman boasted, "I've taken on the EPA, I've taken on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, I've taken on the USDA."
Hageman is currently listed as a senior litigation attorney on the website of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a right-wing legal group that opposes climate regulations. As the New York Times notes, her "most far-reaching case" as a trial lawyer "was a successful challenge of Clinton-era federal regulations to protect millions of acres of National Forests from road-building, mining, and other development."
Unlike her position on Trump, Hageman's support for fossil fuel extraction and opposition to federal land, water, and endangered species protections has not wavered.
"At a luncheon last week for the Chamber of Commerce of Rock Springs, a community built on fossil-fuel extraction, Ms. Hageman promised to be a champion in Washington for those industries if elected," the Times reported Tuesday. "And she warned that Democrats' climate and tax bill would be 'devastating' to Wyoming, after stating that coal was an 'affordable, clean, acceptable resource that we all should be using.'" | https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-january-6-committee/ | 2022-08-17T14:08:15Z | https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-january-6-committee/ | false | 2 |
New York — Backed by the grassroots labor group that secured the first-ever union victory of an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., workers of another warehouse filed a petition on Tuesday for an election in upstate New York in the hopes of a similar outcome.
A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board said the petition was filed for the warehouse known as ALB1, located in the town of Schodack, roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Albany.
To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility. Whether or not workers have reached that threshold will likely be hashed out in the coming weeks.
Paul Flaningan, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company has roughly 1,000 warehouse workers at the Schodack location. But in the filing, the Amazon Labor Union, the nascent union backing the workers, said there would be roughly 400 employees in the bargaining unit.
Heather Goodall, a warehouse worker and a former insurance agent who’s leading the organizing effort, said in an interview earlier this month that workers had enough support to file for a union petition, but were choosing to delay in order to pick up even more signatures. On Tuesday, she said the group’s attorneys were not ready to release information on the number of signatures collected to the public.
The NLRB must now verify if the workers who signed the petition are qualified to seek an election. If the agency approves, it will sort out dates and times for an election between the company and the Amazon Labor Union, which pulled off a union win on Staten Island, New York in April.
The union, composed of former and current warehouse workers, began backing organizing efforts in upstate New York after it was approached by Goodall, who joined Amazon in February to scope out the company’s working conditions. She quickly began talking to her co-workers about organizing and launched the union campaign in May along with a group of other workers.
Soon after, Goodall said she met with the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, or RWDSU, which also took on Amazon during a union election at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, the results of which are still being contested.
Eventually, she said organizers decided to pursue a more grassroots approach and align with the ALU, based on a belief the group understood the company better than other established unions.
“It seemed to make sense that we work directly with them, and continue to build the Amazon Labor Union nationally,” Goodall said.
A labor victory in Schodack would essentially broaden ALU’s support within Amazon and transform it into a touch point for labor concerns beyond Staten Island. It could also revive enthusiasm that began to flail following the group’s May loss at a second warehouse on Staten Island and reports that it halted organizing at two other nearby facilities.
At the same time, the ALU is defending its lone win against Amazon, which has filed more than two dozen objections to that election. Attorneys for both sides have attempted to discredit the others’ claims during a weeks-long, contentious NLRB hearing that wrapped up in mid-July. A ruling on that case is expected to be issued in the coming weeks.
Organizers say Amazon has already began holding meetings with workers in Schodack to discourage them from unionizing. In a statement, Flaningan, the Amazon spokesperson, said employees can choose what they want to do.
“As a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” Flaningan said. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
Meanwhile, dozens of TikTok creators are pledging to stop business with Amazon until it meets the demands of the union, such as a minimum wage of $30 an hour and longer breaks. On Tuesday, the nonprofit Gen-Z for Change unveiled a campaign backed by roughly 70 content creators who say they will refuse to monetize their platforms for Amazon unless “tangible changes” are made to improve working condition.
“Amazon’s widespread mistreatment of their workers and blatant use of union busting tactics will no longer be tolerated by the TikTok Community or TikTok Creators,” said the letter the group shared on Twitter.
Amazon did not respond to a request for comment on the campaign.
Other campaigns have been underway at company warehouses in states like Kentucky and North Carolina as workers attempt to gather enough signatures to petition for their own elections. Among other things, workers in upstate New York are calling for better training at the company’s warehouse and higher wages.
“We have employees that are unable to even make it to work because they can’t afford gas,” Goodall said. “They can’t afford car repairs, they can’t afford to support their families.”
The petition comes amid broader scrutiny into Amazon and its warehouse operations across the country. On Monday, dozens of workers at a company air hub in San Bernardino, California walked off the job to protest low wages and safety from heat.
Federal officials have also been more involved. Last month, OSHA inspected Amazon facilities in a handful of states after receiving referrals for health and safety violations. The civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is also investigating safety hazards at Amazon warehouses and what a spokesperson for the office called “fraudulent conduct designed to hide injuries from OSHA and others.” | https://www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2022/08/amazon-workers-in-albany-area-file-for-union-election.html | 2022-08-17T14:12:38Z | https://www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2022/08/amazon-workers-in-albany-area-file-for-union-election.html | false | 35 |
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Public perception research sharpens COVID-19 government messaging
The lifting in April this year of the National State of Disaster, which was declared in March 2020 in terms of the Disaster Management Act of 2002 to contain the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), brought much-needed socio-economic relief in South Africa.
The recent announcement also by the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, that the Department of Health will no longer publish the daily COVID-19 statistics, was another milestone. These statistics previously provided a transparent and necessary picture of the surging daily infections and deaths nationally.
It is an indisputable fact that the past two years have been a period of unchartered territory in our country since the advent of our democracy. With limited knowledge of the deadly virus that the World Health Organisation had declared a global pandemic, most countries, including South Africa, had to resort to drastic measures. These included risk-adjusted levels of restrictions and the more severe national lockdown that brought almost everything in the country to a virtual standstill.
The country started dealing with COVID-19 cases when it had to repatriate South African students who were studying in Wuhan, China, where the highest number of cases of COVID-19 were reported. This was followed by the first case of COVID-19 detected in the country in March 2020.
The swift response by government is probably what made South Africa succeed in weathering the storm within the two years of the virus descending on the country. One has to hasten to caution that although we managed to weaken COVID-19, it has not yet been completely eradicated in the country and worldwide. The virus is still virulent, and therefore should still be closely monitored and properly managed.
One can only look back with pride and appreciation at the science-based interventions made by government, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, with the primary objective being to save lives and livelihoods. The daily new infections at the time made a number of sceptics doubt our ability as a country to respond adequately, but we never failed.
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), which was chaired by the President, acknowledged that in addition to scientists advising and guiding the country’s response to COVID-19, we also required a strong communication and mass mobilisation work stream. This work stream was expected to report weekly to the technical National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) and ultimately to the NCCC.
The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) was tasked to lead this work stream. This task was made possible by the communication partnership GCIS set up to drive this work. The partners included business, labour, civil society organisations, traditional leaders, churches and our media partners.
The key content nerve centre of all this depended on the Department of Health with their scientist and the research support that was guiding how the messaging was packaged.
This included using various products and platforms to, among other things, communicate the preventative health measures of wearing a mask, regularly washing hands with soap or using a 70% alcohol-based hand sanitiser and maintaining social distancing.
In its allocated budget for this campaign, GCIS allocated some for research and in some cases, partnered with the Solidarity Fund for this research. The outcome of these findings provided guidance on which platforms to use and how to package the content in an engaging manner that makes it accessible to our targeted recipients.
Since COVID-19 was an unprecedented phenomenon, government needed to use a nuanced approach in some instances and also deal with the fake news that was circulating in social media and causing untold panic in South Africa.
Research findings enabled government to understand the social and public health implications of the pandemic in order to respond to the information needs of the public. Our scientists and medical practitioners provided useful guidance on how to communicate impactful messages to the public.
This week, we received the close-out research report done by Ask Africa, a Pretoria-based research company. Without detailing the report which was presented at the GCIS Webinar on Closeout Research Findings, the key findings of this research confirm the impact communication and mass mobilisation had on how citizens responded to COVID-19.
It further confirms that citizens were empowered with information that enabled them to take responsibility in the fight against the onslaught of COVID-19. At the same time, it told us that almost three-quarters of the respondents perceived government positively on how it managed the pandemic and the vaccination programme, as well as the provision of social relief packages.
This positive response is also attributed to effective government communication on the pandemic and the free vaccination programme.
In testing the government message on COVID 19, the findings show that over 90% of respondents recalled the messages about protecting oneself against COVID-19 through social distancing, isolation and staying safe, among others. The wearing of a mask (84%) and use of a hand sanitiser (72%) was the GCIS campaign message to all people in South Africa, which was seeking to minimise the spread of new infections.
While emphasising the importance of vaccination to prevent severe illness, hospitalisation and even death, we also had to outline the voluntary aspect of this campaign. Research findings reveal that the awareness of the vaccination programme improved from 55% in 2021 to 87% in 2022.
Public perception about government’s role in administering vaccines increased from 66% in 2021 to 85% in 2022. This is linked to government securing enough vaccines and making them easily accessible to all who want to be vaccinated.
Taking into cognisance that vaccination was a necessary but voluntary option, we appreciate that even those who opted not to vaccinate, it was not due to lack of knowledge or awareness of the vaccination programme but of their own volition.
The research insights confirm the decision of the NCCC, under the leadership of President Ramaphosa, that all people in South Africa need to embrace the ongoing battle against COVID-19. Such partnership with communities has undoubtedly enabled us to achieve what we sought to achieve to provide communities with information that will guide their decisions.
Meanwhile, the close-out research has not only guided the GCIS on how to embark on a conventional approach to reach out to all citizens but it has also provided the department with valuable recommendations on how to sharpen its communication beyond COVID-19.
*Phumla Williams is the Director-General of the Government Communication and Information System. | https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/public-perception-research-sharpens-covid-19-government-messaging | 2022-08-17T14:19:07Z | https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/public-perception-research-sharpens-covid-19-government-messaging | false | 2 |
Who is Ismael Cruz Córdova from ‘Rings of Power,’ and where else have we seen him?
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power consists of characters new and old to J.R.R. Tolkien’s expansive mythos. and Ismael Cruz Córdova‘s character is a central part of the brewing conflict. The prequel series takes place during the Second Age that sees the creation of the One Ring and the ascension of Sauron’s evil empire. This will be the actor’s most high-profile gig to date, and it’s meaningful on multiple levels.
Córdova will play the mysterious Arondir, a Silvan Elf who was created for the show. What is known about him is that he’s a skilled fighter, he’ll be in the southern region of Middle-earth, and he has a forbidden love with a human village healer, Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi). As a Black Puerto Rican, Córdova is making history as one of the first people of color to portray an elf in Middle-earth, and it’s a privilege he’s not taking lightly. Córdova has said that it’s been his mission to play Arondir and shared how arduous the casting process was.
Per IMDB, he was born and raised in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, and described it as a rural town with beautiful hills that was very “jungly.” He later moved to San Juan, and in high school, the young Córdova joined the drama club and started doing local commercials, TV, and film. He moved to New York City in 2006 and furthered his education at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts. For his acting work, he received multiple awards, critical acclaim, and was named one of the 25 leaders of the future by Latino Leaders Magazine.
One of Córdova’s earliest big breaks was a recurring role in season three of the CBS lawyer drama The Good Wife, where he played the internet spiritual leader Jimmy Patrick. The character influenced Alicia Florrick’s (Julianna Margulies) daughter, Grace (Makenzie Grace), to follow a path of Christianity, which didn’t go over well with the mother. Jimmy’s youthful, down-to-earth approach drew Grace in, and it forced Alicia to confront her own views toward religion.
From 2013-2015, Cordova played Mando on Sesame Street, a Puerto Rican resident and professional writer. He taught lessons about culture and language using catchy songs and always maintained an infectiously upbeat attitude. Cordova gave an interview with NPR, remembering the life-changing experience of being on the legendary kids’ program. He recalled how mothers would sing his song to him in the subway and how thankful he was that it was a good tune.
In a dramatic departure, Córdova played Hector Campos in Showtime’s Ray Donavan, a man who has an incestuous relationship with his half-sister Marisol (Lisa Bonet), and kills her for having outed them. Córdova was unrecognizable as the Twi’lek prisoner Qin in The Mandalorian, “Chapter 6: The Prisoner.” In 2020, Cordova was in HBO’s juicy psychological thriller, The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. He played Elena’s (Matilda De Angelis) suspicious boyfriend who’s accused of murdering her and has to clear his name.
Rings of Power will be Cordova’s first leap into fantasy and there are great expectations for the series. He’ll also be in Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology for Netflix, and the thriller Finestkind from director Brian Helgeland. | https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/who-is-ismael-cruz-cordova-from-rings-of-power-and-where-else-have-we-seen-him/ | 2022-08-17T14:23:39Z | https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/who-is-ismael-cruz-cordova-from-rings-of-power-and-where-else-have-we-seen-him/ | false | 1 |
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